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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

NefSied CHanse i'm Selecting Jurie~ in
capital Case-Nece~aty for n Re-
formarory-

q Enterprise has received a cir
GUAR letter from Judge Walter II.
Neal n which he gives his reasons
TOT the proposed change in he iav
1or selecting jurors in capital cases
also for the blishnent OF a re-
foTmatory. Judge Meals words should
nave great weight because his exps..
enceo on the bench has convinced him
OF the righteousness Of his cause. O,
these two particulars points Judge Neal
says
Under the law as l. now exists in
TINS state when a person l. charged
with the commission u a capital GRIM
lnal o1ense and is placed on trial h.
nay challenge peremptorily twenty
three Jurors and the state can only
challenge four. From an experience in
the practice of law and then five years
work on the bench II - clear 10 nv
mlnd that the statute ought 10 b
changed 80 that in the trial or orenses
o larson rape, burglary, murder, he
four capital felonies. the state ought
to have the same numer Of challenges
as the prisoner. 1t is my deliberate
opinion that this will help solve the
IEnchlnc problem.
AS ! go yer the state and Try young
boys for the commission Of crime |
become more and more impressed OF
the imperative necessity for the estab-
llshment of a refOrmatory TO which
outlay Of a lage sum Of money but the
would not suggest in its conception the
OutIa yOf a large sun o fmoney by the
state If We can't save bad BOYS and
make out them good and useful cit
liens. ] I'M sure we can bring good rut
of this and | think we ought to mAke
the effort. Very many times | have
mad my heart to bleed when as a
judge it became my duty 10 send boys
70 the jail and penitentiary-brieht
eyed good looking boys. Boys that had
too much promise OF good in them 10
be sen off with thieves and murderers
and hardened criminals, and yet wee
so bad and vicious that they ought not
to be turned loose on society and the
public. | have made up my mind iC
make an effort conducted on an hon
Orable basis, to have these two statutes
written in the laws of my state-Hisl
Point Enterprise.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17
Mr.. Wayland and Labor Again.

IabOring men are men who must
toll for bread. 1t has been and will
always be. But Mr.. Wayland asks this
question in his Appeal to Reason:
What would the rich do if they could
get no poverty-stricken dependents to
work for Them? They would have to
do their own work, even bake their
own bread in the sweat Of their own
faces. Only because labor has been
misled by men in the pay of the capt.
talists has the working class been pre-
vented from voting a they strike.
That is true. If no one would work
for a wage then the man or woman
who had labor to perform must per-
force do the chOre withOu help. But
suppose that it were not for the peo-
pie whao are we'll enough to do hire
people who have no other talent ex-
cept Drawn to offer?
If one man can remain in his studio
and paint d picture and get money for
painting it to hire a wench TO
cook his meals. isn't it proper for the
wench to cook. Suppose she were
to refuse-where would she secure
food? She has no talent for anything
else-and it is up to her to do some
thing. One man may sit at his desk.
like Wayland, for instance n write
rot hat excites the passions n pre-
JUDGES of the w~orkingman, and the
Workingman is Out rustlng. working
for Maryland, and Wayland is becom-
ing rich-and the man working for
him is not in any way a beneficiary
He gets a small commission, but way
land is the fellow pOcketing the swag
and yet he wants to tell people that
If they would not work for men une
can pay salaries that the rich would
49, - -N n IAyr
about Mr.. Wayland's printers and edi-
tors? He is getting his lions share OF
the saag. and they are tOiling for the
pittance he sees At to throw them.
But he says that inasmuch as that
is the style he must do what others are
doing. He is under a form Of govern
ment different than he would have, he
says, and necessarily he does in Rome
what the Romans do. And yet he has
the nerve. in face of his position "a to
himself. to write this paragraph:
If YOU saw a mans house on fire
and went in and old him about II,
and he made no o to get out, but
would c~Onplacentiy remark that he
would wait and see If 1t developed into
a big fire or not. you would think he
was crazy. But | fail 10 see that ne
is any more mentally deranged than
1it H!dH Nlo d0ii4i'S 14i0t
right. but is waiting for the move
ment to develop more strength before
Joining it.
Why doesn't Wayland practice what
he breaches above, and start socialism
as he would have II and run his paper
on that PLAN He is certainly crazy
to wait until all the people become
socialists.
But his graft game is too juicy. He
clings to il and squeezes ii, and has the
laboring men and h~alf-witted fellows
out hustling In the hot weather 10
send him in bundles while he i ad-
hitting that he Is buying income prop
erty. He says he hates TO buy 1t. but
people are doing il. so he must do as
the people do. But a mans craze
who doesn't send him a bundle sub
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

"At Pont-Ayen, in Brittany said g
New York painter, Il met Mortimer
Menpes, who is chiefly famous for his
friendship with Whistler
The hotels ut Pont-Aven Is a nu-
scum of superbly carved antique Bre-
ton chests, armories and closet beds
and a gallery Of Harrison, Penfc,d.
Pauline Palmer, and other noted ART
lists.
I'm the salon Of the hotel. | heard
Henpes talk one day Of Whistler.
"fWnistIer,' Menpes said, was not a
conceited man. He was a joker. As
Jokes. not as serious speeches, mos
of his remarks were TO be taken
Thus q lady said Il day 10 Whist
Ter:
"Do you think. Mr.. Whistler. that
genius is hereditaryT
al can't tell you. madam Whist
Ter replied. Heaven has granted me
no offspring"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

a seedy looking individual. appar-
emily from the rurals. entered Flock
r~r's barber shop one day last week.
says the Hobart metropolitan.
He go n the second chair. and ,oE
Charley ae wanted the whole works.
After Charley had trimmed him up
till b would have passed /r Leslie
SfblacE. he woke up.
Hair cut says the sleeper. drows-
lly.
Hairs cut says Charlie.
Shave. says he. still half asleep
Done shaved you
Shampoo
You've got err
Shine
Been shined.'
Neck shave.
ALREADY been there.
"*Singe hair
1--we burned IL
The customer settled down In the
chair until he was sitting on his neck.
and sayg. Pull a tooth"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

Gut Of the tail of my eve 7 watched
the mayor and duplicated his Ella horata
oo"' ana the dance was on. The tin
was 10 step high. hold vour partner
eiose, and walk round and round her.
we managed TO get through without
any catastrophe, and I was then in
TO a senorita in white. and
a scnottische was called. The orches-
ira Played exactly the same tune. onIv
ttne signtly quickened. As | led my
iady TO the center I was not a little dis
mayed 10 discover that she had forgot
Ten 10 wear shoes Remembering the
uneven noor and my own heavy shoes.
l a a case Of buck fever a. I thought
OF the lacerated feet which were sure
70 Ic-iow. My warmhaired friend was
Hoiding a rirtatiOus soiree over In the
corner with -four Of the prettjesr girls.
out ne wasn't overlooking anv part Of
my performance n was X me
aware OF that fact by sundry ocular
references TO my grace and agility. |
nate 10 confess the number Of times I
apologized 10 my pardner for tramp
ing on her, but II was not q few.
After each dance the aIcalde invited
U.s. with ladies in tow, to join him in
a small building near by. where he
passed out fiery aguardienta in a tin
cup. n night was hot, but the liuuor
vas hotter, and II was easy TO see the
hnlsh of this dance If one tried 10
work the two in combination. Our
Trend. the mayor, was much disguised
at Il abstemiousness, and If was diff
ncult to make him understand that
We meant no reflection on him or his
lquor. On the plea OF being tired. we
were excused about midnight. but the
dance dld not stop until the jug was
empty and the stars had fed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17
Accepts Position With Richmond
COMPANY.

Mr.. B. ". Arlington. who has been
In the employ OF the passenger de-
partment of the Coast Line for some
years, has resigned and has accepted
q position as assistant city ticket
agent of the Richmond Tranfer COM
pany. He assumes his new duties on
the 18th of the present month. MT
Arlington has many friends here VINO
will regret very much TO see nln
leave.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

II th@c tso men. Bran and RDose-
veit. shall be p4tted against zach ether
In I@hs. 80 s1ll see some lively poli-
tirs. making tame even the = mraign
Of 1886, And stranger things than that
have happend IN this cOuntry.-Sav-
n.ard
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

Farmers. mechanics, railroaders, Ia
borers rely on DR.. Thomas's Electric
Oil. Takes the sting out Of cuts,
burns or bruises at once. Pain cannot
stay where it is used
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

After Inauguration Of Hayes tie
southern question began 10 give way %
economic problems-fnance and taxa
ton. II there had been no dispute
about the succession. whether Haze
or Tilden was really elected the 'aTi1
would have been az prominent n 1880
as Il became In 1890. and silver would
have had its day in politics long tsf"F"
1896. The real issue n 1884 vaS gnetn-
er the republican party had had he
presidency long enough The countrE
decided that twenty-foQr years whs
long enough That Is what elected
Cleveland, though Ben Butler was run-
ming IN the interest OF Blaine Z Tam
many vas giving aid and comfort
By 1858 the tariff was paramount aad
ID continued until the panic ri ls'
~discreditad in advance the Wilson Dill
Then 16 10 / came 10 the front IL VAS
in the midst OF financial panic u u
dustrial depression. and CoxeT $ army
vas in the field. riot was In Caica-o;
discomfort vas everywhere POLITICS
was choas. Parties were snisered
Teller and Towne left the republicans.
Palmer and Buckner left the democrats
The u was in deiirium. In m
othr country except ours and England,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17
OR BRYAN?

~eS"iuttoo AID blood would have fol-
4weI "" al know the issue. No
klnIey- = fr nd uf silver wes electnd
president b tie .nfn who believed
4 he SOLD sian = q. and Mr. Mex n
Ter himself blame a cnavert 10 that
idea
, 1906-02-06
SAYS THAT PLANTS
HAVE SOME SENSE
JOHNS HOPKINS BoTANlST SAYS
THEY CAN SEE, SMELL AND
TASTE BUT NOT HEAR.
They Can Recognize Light and Direc-
toin From Whence 1t Comes, Can
Feel the slightest Wound and Can
Discriminate In Taste-Brand New
Theory Is Advanced.

Baltimore, Md, Feb. CIR. Henry
S. Conrad of the botanical department
of Johns Hopkins university, after con
tinued experiments, is convinced that
in some form plants have all the senses
of animals except hearing.
I'VE have never been able to discov-
er any way in which they are suscep-
tible to sound" said DR.. Conrad yester-
day, "but in seeing, feeling and tasting
they are developed"
The sundew, which grows in the
swamps about Baltimore. probably
knows the sense of taste to a greater
extent than any other.
with a single exception" says DR..
Conrad, they can recognize light and
the direction from which it comes;
they feel the slightest wound; they dis
criminate in taste; they have a sense
of direction, whether they are turned
in the right direction or not, and arc
influenced by electric currents passing
near them"
, 1906-02-06

Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 6.-Local of.
ficers of the Kansas City Southern
have no additional news to give out re-
garding the report on the condition of
the property made in New York, de-
failing the conditions and duties of the
stockholders when they took the road
from the Hartman voting trust. The
record shows that poor road beds
caused tbs wrecks, and derailments the
first six months of last year. The sur
plus Of $4,000, 900 carried on the books
was wiped out by the new auditor be-
cause that sum had really already been
expended. The 100000 carried in
stated earnings was transferred to OPP
Grating expenses, where the new audi
tor found it belonged. twenty-five per
cent of the engines and Go per cent of
the cars were found unfit for use. 1t
will take about $7,OOO,G coo to bring the
equipment up suitably to handle the
traffic.
, 1906-02-06
New Mexicans Protest.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 6.-Every
senator today received an address
from Arizona filing the protest of the
people against their being Joined with
New Mexico. The address speaks of
the unalterable opposition of Arizona
as to this unjust measure, and says
it represents 95 per cent of the peo-
pie of the territory. 1t says the de-
cided racial differences between the
people of Arizona and the majority of
those in New Mexico are irreconcil-
able; that the state would be I'M
wieldy if the two territories joined;
that Arizona is developing in
and population of a high character,
and that, if the states are joined, pub
lie affairs would likely be controlled
by people of a different race, not
Americans, who outnumber the people
of Arizona two to one, while the as
sessed valuation of Arizona exceeds
that of New Mexico by more han
33 1-3 per cent.
, 1906-02-06

Helena, Mont, Feb. 6.-The east
bound passenger train on the Northern
Pacific was oyertaken by a section of
u runaway freight train in the noun
tains early today. The coach and bag.
gage cars were smashed. The dead
are Foster Seckel, J.. S. Robinson and
S. J. Jessup, the messenger. Two I'M
men were cremated. A search
reveal other bodies besides these
five. The runaway was making about
a hundred miles an hour before it ov.
ertook the passenger train. The col
.lision threw the cars off the track
where some were burned. Jessup was
alive when the rescuers began work,
but he was pinned to the blazing wreck,
age and screamed in agony at the vain
efforts to release him.
This mornings disaster was most re.
markable. The passenger train passed
through Austin, just west of Helena,
on time. Following it came a long
train of freight cars loaded with lum-
Der. Arriving at Austin, the freight
, 1906-02-06
PRICES WORKING
A LITTLE H\GHER
INQUIRY QUITE STRONG AT
SOUTH OMAHA FOR EVERY
THING IN FEEDER LINE.
Good Heavy FIeshy Steers Are Selling
at Better Than Four Dollars and
Hay Feeding-summary of the
Market Conditions.

South Omaha, Neb, Feb. 6.-Fol-
lowing is Clay, Robinson & Co.'S sum
mary of the market conditions at this
place:
The run of hay-fed cattle was mod
crate last week, and nothing very good
was received. The inquiry is quite
strong at the present time for every
thing in the feeding line and prices
are gradually working a little higher.
The good heavy, fieshy steers for feed
ing purposes are selling at the present
time at S4.2O@4.5O; fair to good, 1885
@4.15; common to fair, S3.5O43.75;
.ers, $3.9O@4.25; fair to good, $3.50
3.S5; good yearlings up around $4,000
4.25; good steers calves, $4.00Q4.35.
There is also very good inquiry for
butcher stock from h~ay-feeding. Good
cows and heifers are selling around
S. .0003.50. The trade today is
strong, and while supplies are light,
there are a large number of buyers
on hand and a considerable larger
number of cattle could be handily
taken care of. Indications favor a
very good inquiry right along for the
good kinds of feeders and no doubt
prices will advance materially during
the coming month. At the present
time the beef market is not in very
good condition and the good heavy
steers that could be used for beef pur-
poses have been bringing better prices
for feeding purposes than to go to the
killers. However, we believed they
will strengthen up considerably before
long on the killing end.
, 1906-02-06
READY FOR
The BIDDERS
TRUSTEES OF BAPTIST CHURCH
REoRGANIzE FOR YEARS
BUILDING OPERATIONS.
w. n. Frazee Chosen as President, w.
II. Peabody as Secretary and N.
E. Corthell as Treasurer-P,ans
Drawn by H. L. ScofieId Adopted
and Specifications Accepted.

The board of trustees of the Baptist
church We're in session last afternoon,
when The Republican went to press,
and at 4 O'Clock had disposed of little
of the business on hand. The board
was ~reorganized by the election of the
following officers:
President-W. H. Frazee.
Secretary-W. H. Peabody.
Treasurer-N. +. Corthell.
The plans for the new church were
received from the architect, H. L. SEQ
field, and fully approved by the board.
1t was decided to ask the contractors
of the city to submit bids for the cree
ton of the new church to be opened
at the end of thirty days, when it is
hoped to award the contract and have
work started on the building.
The plans are for one of the hand
soonest churches ever erected in the
state. The foundation will be about
10 by 10 feet, and the excavation for
the basement OF the old building will
be utilized part way under the new,
although the basement will be much
larger than was hat of the old build,
ing. The walls of the building will
be of Laramie-made brick, with stone
trimmings, some of the brick being al
ready on the site of the proposed
church. The others will be delivered
as they are needed and the stone trim,
mings will be cut here.
The interior of the auditorium will
be finished in oak. The specifications
prepared by Mr.. Scofield do o in
clude the altar furniture. The interior
will be of hard pine finished in oil.
The floor of the auditorium will slope
toward the altar, the floors of the
other rooms being on the level.
The members Of the board are quite
well pleased at the plans as drawn,
which provide for a church costing
about $12 1000. They are also pleased
at the progress made in securing
funds, although they are not yet
through with that work. Enough
money is on hand to warrant them
in proceeding with the contract and
the pushing Of the work of construc-
ton. The contractors of the city will
be furnished with copies of the plans
and specifications, and by the first of
March they will have their estimates
ready for submission to the building
committee of the board of trustees.
, 1906-02-06

home at Cody, Wyo., to Europe, says
the Omaha Bee. That this year will
witness the last of the exhibition with
the colonel at the head has been given
out as a fact. Colonel Cody retired
early last evening at the Merchants
hotel, being greatly fatigued after his
journey, and as he will take an early
train this morning for New York. His
sister, Mrs. H. c. Wetmore, is with
him. Others composing the party are
George Rose and Samuel Penny of
Cody and NJ. A. Russell of Deadwood.
These men will accompany ColoGel
Cody to Europe and will each have
duties with the Wild West aggrega-
ton.
, 1906-02-06
WRECK TODAY
ON NORTHERN ROAD

engine was %uncoupled and left for a
water tank, leaving the freight stand
ing on the track. There is a steep
grade, here and the brakes not holding,
the long freight started down hill. It's
speed was terrific, and the passenger
train could not go fast enough, SO the
freight crashed into the e cars,
smashing them and throwing them in
to the ditch, this overturned the stove
and the cars were soon ablaze. The
crash Of the collision was terrific and
people living by rushed to the scene of
the wreck.
The combination car was on fire, and
pinned under it was Jessup, the express
messenger. Heroic efforts were made
to relieve him, but the fire drove the
rescuers away. 1T is hard to lie here
and burn to DEATH" said the messen.
ger, as they struggled to release him.
but the effort was fruitless, and after
a few creams of agony, unconscious
ness came to him. In full view of the
onlookers, with blazing shingles all
about him, and his bed a mass of red
hot Goals, was the body of an unidenti-
fed man, as it was slowly consumed.
The freight train broke away at Aus
tin, thirteen miles west, while the en-
CINE was taking water, and ran about
ten miles.
, 1906-02-06
WANT REVENUES
KEPT ON ISLANDS
HAWAIIAN DELEGATION ON ITS
WAY TO WASHINGTON TO EN-
TER PROTEST IN CONGRESS.
Party Claims That More Than Million
Dollars Taken From Islands Year
ly in Revenues and Will Ask That
at Least Three-Fourths Be Spent
for Internal Improvements.

Washington, d. c., Feb. Ga dele
CATION of Hawaiian citizens has arriv-
ed here to appear before a committee
of congress to advocate legislation re-
curing three-fourths of the customs
duties and internal revenues collected
in the territory to be expended on pub
lie works there.
1t is said 81, 200, 900 a year, equal to
IS per capita of the population, is tax
en- out of the territory, which the dele
CATION says constitutes a heavy drain
on its resources.
The members of the delegation in
clude w. o. Smith, attorney general
of the island before the annexation;
George w. Smith, president OF he
board of supervisors of Oahu county,
in which Honolulu is situated; Mark
b. Robinson, ]. r. Gait, e. a. Nc
Querny, d. II. Chase and A. B. Loeben-
stein.
w. o. Smith, the chairman Of the
commission, in speaking of the visit OF
the delegation, said: I'VE ask moth
ing for the exclusive benefit of Haw-
ali. We are here to ask that 70 per
cent of the customs duties and inter-
nal revenue collected in the territory
for the next twenty years be expended
on public works. We do not ask a dol
lar for our W current expenses. The
only benefit the people of the Islands
will reap will be that the money spent
for wages on the proposed pubic
works will be kept in circulation IN
the islands instead of being shipped
in gold to San Francisco"
, 1906-02-06
LOOKS QUITE GOOD
FOR THE RAW[|NS BILL

poses of the electorate by the unlawful
use of legal expense and who sought
the affirmation of the power of the
legislative committee" He declared
the pending bill too conservative, add
ing: Trhe railroads dodge from ma
tional regulation behind their state
charters and from state regulations
behind their interstate rights. They
decree that certain towns shall pros
per and others decay. They outrage
the helpless with excessive charges.
The pending bills would do some
good, but would not reach some of the
wrongs which have been crying for
remedy for forty years" The house
will probably vote on the bill Thurs.
day.
, 1906-02-06
MADE FINE SHOWING
WITH THE NEW C

District Foreman Sullivan of the
shops this morning received a tele-
phone message from ]. II. Grove at
Rawlins, who went to that city last
night with engine 1886, testing the coal
from the No. 2 mine at Hanna. Mr..
Grove said the engine had behaved
beautifully, steaming readily and
keeping steam at a pressure of 200
pounds. The coal produced very few
sparks, comparatively, and the tests so
made have been quite satisfactory
to the officers of the road.
, 1906-02-06
PROMINENT BAPTIST PASTOR,
POLITICIAN AND BANK PRES
IOENT PREFERS DEATH
TO DISGRACE.
Charged With %Corrupting Morals of
Boys of Baptist Church and Prom
ised ty Local Newspapers Not to
Publish Statements II He Would
Leave Town Forever-Alleged Con-
spirators Must Face Trial in Joplin

Peoria, H., Feb. 6.-Rev. George
Simmons committed suicide during the
night with cyanide of potassium. He
was pastor of the First Baptist church,
president of two savings banks, origi-
nator of the substitute for coffee, auth
or of many religious works, a teacher,
and was recently selected to manage
Governor Yates senatorial compaign.
Complaint was made to the states at
turney Saturday that Simmons had
been corrupting the minds and morals
of members of the Baptist boys bri-
gade. Editors of the local papers yes
.terday told Simmons they would not
print the facts if he would leave town
forever within t~wenty-four hours, hav-
ing decided upon this course to pro-
.tect the reputation of the boys.
, 1906-02-06

New York, Feb. 6.-An effort was put
forward today to urge President Roose-
welt to take a hand in the expected coal
strike. 1t is believed that he can avert
the coming trouble, having the most
potent influence outside the conflicting
interests. 1t is thought Mr.. Roosevelt
can settle the wage difference, which is
the only point of difference.