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The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
SAVED BY INFANTS CRIEs
Eight Persons Narrowly Escaped Be-
ing Burned to Death.

Allentown, Pa. Dec. 13.-The cries
of an infant saved the lives Of eight
persons here early today but not before
the baby's father and brother had been
asphyxiated by coal gas
Contravc, his wife and two children
slept in one room and boarders occu-
pied other parts of the house. The
escaping coal gas awakened the baby
whose cries aroused one OF the board
ers- He broke down the door of the
room occupied by the Contravos and
found the father and son dead. He
then rescued the mother and baby
and reused the other boarders who
had also been overcome.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17

Secretary MetcaIf Takes Justice De-
lacey to Task.

Washington, December 13.-Secre-
tary Metcalf has addressed a letter to
Justice Delacey of the Juvenile court
of this city, in connection with case
in which the justice recently dismissed
the charge of stealing against a boy
on condition that he enlist in the navy.
The secretary pointed to the unde-
sons whose probity could be ques-
toned and expressed the hope that the
courts would aid in maintaining the
navy's high standard. Judge Delacey
in reply, has assured Secretary Met
calf that hereafter he will refrain
from pursuing a course that might
be obnoxious to the navy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
FATALITIES AT FIRE
One Person Burned to Death and Two
Others Have Narrow Escapes.

New York, Dec. 13-While the fire.
men labored TO extinguish fire AMI
save the horses from a stable in East
Ninth street this morning, ono man
was burned to death and another man
and woman narrowly escaped death
from suffocation in a house in the
rear of the stables The fremen de-
clare that they were told by the police
that the house was vacant. The stable
q small structure, containing nine
horses was practically destroyed with
its contents when Chief Croker was in
formed that there were persons in the
building behind the stable. the lower
floor of which was ablaze. Denounc-
ing the police for failing to notify him
earlier, Chief Crocker sent his men
into the house. They found the body
OF William S. Abel in a closet where
he had taken refuge and beensuffocat-
ed by smoke.
Robert Dwyer and his wife were
found unconscious in an upper hall
way.
He had tried to save his wife
and before becoming unconscious he
threw his coat over her face, thereby
saving her life. Mrs. Dwyer was
quickly revived but Dwyer was in a
serious condition and did not respond
to treatment readily. ;-a-- 80.
1t is believed that he will recover
The nine horses in the stable were
burned to death.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
EXTRA APPROPRIATION
Thaw Trial Proving Very Extensive 10
New York.

New York, Dec. 13.-An extra ap-
preparation OF SIS 900 for conducting
the trial of Harry X Thaw was al
lowed today by the board OF estimate.
Comptroller Metz said District Attor-
ney Jerome was going to confer with
bis experts with "A view OF keeping
Uown expenses for their testimony az
the second trial.
Already $24 900 has been spent for ex-
perts.
1T is an outrage. but IL can't be
helped added the comptroller, tho
experts were paid at the rate Of 800
day, approximately $l5 an hour in
some cases"
II was stated that the cost OF ting
Thaw trial had been upwards CT $780,
600.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
STORM SWEEPS PENSACOLA
Much Damage Done to Shipping In
tereStS

Much Damage Done to Shipping In
tereStS.
Pensacola, Fla, December ia
storm which struck Pensacola today
did much damage to shipping interests
here. During the height Of the gale,
which attained velocity of As miles
an hour, the Russian ship Avonia,
which was set at anchor in the har-
Dor, dragged her anchors and collided
with the British bark Emma Parker
damaging that vessel 10 a consider
abe extent
Four loaded and five empty barges
broke their moorings and were beach
ed. Much damage of a minor charac-
ter Is also reported,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
A. c. L. ) PER CENT. DIVIDEND
Figured Out That Holdtrs OF the
stock Would still Have Per
Cent Interest.

concerning the action OF the hoard
le, directors of the Atlantic coast Line
in declaring the dividend OF three
Per cent. which IS to be paid with the
four per cent certihCE-es OF indebted
hess OF the company the Baitimoro
Sun Of yesterday says.
The action OF the directors cn this
dividend proposition has been eagerly
| awaited wherever The stock is held
| IL will be recalled thar at the regular
| meeting OF the board I'm New York In
November dividend action was ecnsid-
cred. Ii was not then ready to be act
ed upon. however. and was deferred un-
iii December. owing TO the stringeney
OF money and the acuteness OF hnan-
cial conditions generally.
The conclusion 10 pay In the certi-
Gates OF Indebtedness and not in cash
shows that the officials OF this COM
pany are not yet convinced that an
ample supply or money could be OBJ
tanned in cash TO meet this obligation.
although the dividend is admitted TO
have been earned.
The Atlantic Coast Line has out
5 anding in round figures $47 500 900
OF stock. At per cent the disburse-
ment just authorized will require ST.
425. 900 OF the certificates The COM
pany holds in its treasury according TO
its last statement, $3.S35 600 of these
assets, a portion which now will b9
distributed TO the stockholders.
7 here was SOME figuring among the
local stockholders as TO what they viii
receive in cash should they desire To
part with the certificates OF indebted
ness given them. There has been no
open sale OF these certificates for somo
time, ut conservative bankers csu-
mate that they might sell at about 20.
With this as a basis and with At
lantic Coast Line stock selling around
20, the holder OF the stock will still
have a 6 per cent interest yield, so IL
follows:
THE holder OF 100 shares of Coast
Line stock will receive $500 OF 4 per
cent. certificates in dividends. At 70
in the market this Will yield $3f0 in
cash For a full year AT this rate the
dividend return will amount to $420.
With Coast Line stock selling at 20
a share, this dividend into 420 viii
give a quotient of or uer cent on
the stock at around its present selling
price.
Those who paid 100. or par, for the
stock, or those who bought IL during
the boom of six or eight months ago.
when it sold above iG0, must OF course
calculate the interest on the premium
Eaid, which necessarily brings down
the interest return.
Taking par as the basis OF pur-
chase and 20 as the rate at which the
certificate will sell, the dividend jusc
, declared will yield the holder only
, about 40 R.d cent
Those a6rthe meeting were II. NJ
Emerson, president; Henry Walters.
chairman OF the board; Hamilton,
| vice president; w Delano, Jr., and NJ,
F. Plant Of New York; F.. w. Scott.
| Richmond d. McRae and II. b. Short
CT Wilmington; J. J. Lucas, South Cas-
: Olina; w. w. Mackall OF Georgia, and
! Waldo Newcomer, OF this city, direC.
| tors"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
PAPERS APPROVE DECISION
Legislative Committee Complete Ex-
animation of Books OF State OFF,
cialS-SuIrcme Court TO adjourn
on the 21<t-Silvcr Service for
Cruiser North Carolina.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh. Dec, Il

1 -1AN~NN~~c@ BAAN
Raleigh, Dec, Il
This morning the legislative invest
igating committee completed the exam
ination OF the books of the state au-
! ditor. Members of the committee said
that too much praise could not be Civ
! err the clerks in both the Offices Of the
state treasurer and auditor for the ad-
! nl:Table manner in which the books
srekept there being great accurancy
Gnd cleanness. The report upon the
receipts of the general fund during
the year, amounted TO S2,G03. .263.55,
and those OF the educational fund show
s49. .453. So The balance at the close
of the previous year was OF the general
fund 1898 .0s2 60 and o! the educational
fund s5G.525,7S Thv disbursements
during the year of Tie general fund
aggregated s2.72l. .72S.z5 and the edn
cational fund s96,l5S.35. The balanc-
az present of the general fund is s219,-
CATO and of the educational fund So,
&2l3S.
\ commission was issued TO-DAY
10 Edgar A. Simpkins Company b, Sec.
end regiment, Goldsboro.
Some Raleigh gentlemen who have
critically examined the newspapers
from all over the state in order TO see
their reference to the recent decision
Of state supreme court in the $780,,
00G Southen railway fine say that prac-
tically every paper has approved the
decision in an editorial way.
The supreme court tomorrow will
file opinions and some more may b"
filed twice next Vice. 1t is expected
that he court will adjourn for the
term on the 21st, which is SATURDAY.
week" No more cases of general i'm
| ortance remain to be fled. After
all the chief case was that as to the
, $4,000 fine.
The silver service for the cruiser
North Carolina is now being made and
, the progress on it is excellent. The
, state appropriation ior it was $1,000
and S1,000of it has been privately con-
Carolinians living out OF the state who
have shown a great deal of interest
in this matter and who have been
; very liberal with $25 checks.
i The corporation commission disposed
.. of number of minor complaints and
, requests today. The commission is a
i very important buffer between the pub
lie and the railways, the general pub
lie has little idea OF the great num-
ber of petty matters it settles.
, The turning on Of the electric power
from Buckhorn Falls is quite an event.
Raleigh is to get this power next year
! and it will be used in operating the
/ lighting plants of the electric railway.
| The same company namely the Electric
! Bond and Share Company, owns the
d! street railway lighting plant here and
also the Buckhorn plant The panic
did not check work on either of these
plants, it is pleasant to say.
| A discussion about the railway rate
matter, now going on has fixed a be
lief in the minds of some persons that
| the legislature ought really to clothe
the corporation commission with full
| power to fix rates The commission alon
knows how to do this in what may be
| called flexible way, SO as to adjust
things to the situation as regards the
D., various lines,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17

With only slightly more than
receipts at the port of Wilmington
up to this date, have already exceeded
by more than 10000 bales the total
receipts for the whole of last year.
and in comparison with the receipts
up to this same date last year, this
seasons record is more than 10000
bales in advance of that date. These
figures reveal what tremendous cot
ton business is being done at this port
anf they must prove gratifying to
citizens, proving as they do what an
important position Wilmington occu-
MES in the cotton world being now
the fourth port in the country, Gal
Teston, New Orleans and Savannah
being the only ports ahead of her.
The weekly statement posted at the
rooms Of the chamber of commerce
yesterday gives some interesting in
formation concerning the cotton busi-
ness at this port and the figures show
that the staple is continuing to pour
into this port IN great quantities, near
ly every days receipts exceeding by
hundreds of bales the receipts OF the
corresponding day year ago.
The figures posted yesterday show
that the days receipts were 5,115
bales, compared with 2,154 for the
same day last year; the months re-
ceipts up to date were 42,241 bales,
compared with 22,9SS for the same Pc
riod last year, this bringing the sea-
sons receipts from September 1st TO
322, 800 bales, compared with last years
record Of 239,O42 bades. ...
| The cotton for the entire year end
ing on September list were only 322,-
COG bales and this record has already
been smashed although only a compar-
atively small part of the year has
passed.
The total exports during the present
month, to date, foreign and domestic,
have amounted to 1888 bales, against
16,448 bales last year, and the seasons
exports, domestic and foreign, amount
to 2S6,294, against 217 1862 for the same
period last year.
On the corresponding date year
ago there were 26,373 bales ashore
and none afioat, while yesterday there
were 1887 ashore, and 2S,093 afoat
making a total of 44,05O.
The naval stores receipts are run
ming behind the receipts of last year,
with the exception of tar, which shows
a gain. The months receipts of naval
stores amount to 293 casks of spirits,
1866 barrels of rosin, 3,194 barrels of
tar and 533 barrels crude, while the
report last year for the same period
showed S91 casks Of spirits, 4,423 bar
rels rosin, 1,762 barrels tar and 1,0O5
barrels crude.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
NEW YORK BANKS SwINDLED
Advanced Money on Bogus Cotton
Warehouse ReCeipts-


Warehouse Receipts
Augusta Ga, Dec. 13.--It was learned
here today that parties in New York
have swindled banks in that city out
of large sum of money on fictitious
cotton warehouse receipts purportins
to be from Augusta 4,
Leading cotton firms in this city
have been notified that these bogus re-
ceipts have been foated there for sew.
eral hundred tales % cotton claimed
to be stored with the Savannah Valley
Warehouse here. The schemers claim
that the warehouse is located on a spur
Of the Central Of Georgia road, but
local cotton men know or no such
place.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
Weak Lungs and Catarrh.

Miss Beulah B. Broome, 400 18th St.,
n. E., Washingto ton, D. c., writes:
"I have suffered from weak Iunrs and
catarrhal troubles for four years
brought on by many neglected colds,
but on the recommendation of a friend
L gave Peruna an honest trial and I am
pleased to state that it restored me to
perfect health. There is not the slight
est trace of catarrh in my system and
my lungs are perfectly sound. I un-
hesitattngly give this testimonial"
catarrf, OF the Worst Form.
Mrs. Amanda Long. 7237 seeley Ave.,
Chicago, ILL.,, writes: 49,.
~ believe that am cured Of cafarrh
of the worst form and of long standing.
/ was almost total wreck. + tried al
most everything, and doctored with
plumber of doctors, but they did me no
good. l tried Peruna as a last resort.
and by the time had taken one bottle
I could see that it was helping me, so I
continued taking it. I can now say I
have not felt the slightest symptoms
for three months, and I think there is
nothing like Peruna. I cannot praise
it too highly"
Headache and Neuralgia.
Mrs. NJ. Kliner, 2649 E. SO street, s. E..
Cleveland, Ohio, writes:
"I am enjoying good health since /
have taken your medicine. I had suf.
fered for good many years previous to
taking Peruna, and ever since I can say
I do not know what headache or wkaa
neuraIgia is"
p1opao ror 1903
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
GLENN ON DECISION.

Agrees With Justice That the q per
Cent Rate - Not Confiscatory.
Thinks His Proposition Better for
State Than 2 Cent Fare-SaSs the
Decision Will be Strong Authority
When Case is Argued Before L. -
Supreme Court.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
COTTON RECEIPTS

Wilmington is Fourth Cotton Port in
the Country - Seasons Receipts
Since September 1st Exceed by
10000 Bales, Record for Whole
OF Last Ycar-h1terestimg Figures
Shown at Chamber of Commerce
Yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
Headache and Neuralgia.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Druggist for Free Peruna Imanac tor 1908.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-05

Gaines, at the instance of Mr. Taft,
both by letter and telephone OF
course nobody knows what goes on
in a grand jury; / betray no conf
dence when l say that while | do not
know what transpired in the grand
jury room, that the evidence was
conclusive that the AMERICAN To
BACCO COMPANY and the REGIES
WERE IN COMBINATION, but it was
thought advisable to go to NEW
YORK to get the proof of it. (Here
Mr.. Stanley holds UP large pamphlet
entitled
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-05
+. G. EWING, PreSld
R. e. COOPER,
f. w. DABNEY,
w. F. FLOWERS,
G. C. REYNOLDS,
]. w. DUNN,
G. P. WAKEFIELD.

And in the face of this proof, pub
licly taken in the nations Capitol
with Gaines, and James, and Trimble
and Kehoe, Hopkins, Flood, and forty
others laundering it to all the world
with this poor resolution of mine
printed in flaming headlines in every
newspaper of the United States, this
miserable, mendacious traducer of my
people comes before you and says
there never was any collision be
tween the Regies and the American
Tobacco Company, and /, forsooth, am
an incendiary and demagogue be
cause l deny 1t. (Applause)
"BLAcK PATCH" DIVIDED INTO
DISTRICTS BY THE TRUST.
No division of territory; no evil
dence before the Federal Grand Jury
that they, in a back room, have form
ed a hellish conspiracy to fasten
chains and letters on all of you.
Do you know Professor w. H
Hook7 Let me read this to you: He
says he sold a crop of tobacco plant
ed on two sides of the road. The
Italian Reggie bought half OF 1t and
wouldn't buy the other half of 1t be
cause 1t wasn't in its district, and the
most amusing part Of 1t is that that
buyer was Ben Sorry; whom this man
Beach paints as the most low
able, tender, sweetest of men. terror
to a regiment of night riders, and
that he "has never been bluffed much
or twice" And this man. who goes
all over Tennessee and Kentucky ia
get the history of Ben Sorry, couldn't
find out that Ben Sorry knew that a
combination existed between the Re
gies and the American Tobacco Com
pany.
STATEMENT OF W. \. HOOK.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-04

$50 Cuartones cepilado5 pies
TABLONCIlLOS CEPILLADOS UNA CARA
-o299 1aOlonclloS dmensiones
"CHANFLAN JUNTERA"
1000 1ablas xo-I 81 dierentes dmensione
'SILEN BOCELADO PARA TICHOS
1920 Iablas u cepillada cara con
IABLAS IL CEPILLADAS DOS CARAS
2olo lablas X IL, 39,25S pies.
CUARTONES EN- BRJ.DO
Cuaones de odas
p N1gas
ALFAJIAS
1853 Ataias pies.
TABLAS EN- BRCTO
5oSI Iabas II, 1880.
labones Y el le V
San Juan, p r.. Enero 20 de 1907.
Apatado 657. TeGono 1890
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-04

o.podra hallarlo donde quiera
que vaya a ocultarse. Sera su-
hciente un pequeilo tir6n al
austerO manto de Juvenal, para
dejarsal descubierto las desnu-
deces de Sardanapalo. Encen-
dida esa luz jocosa, bastard re-
visar ciencia, religion, historic
y costumbres para encontrar no
pOcas veces, tras la caratula i'm.
pasible, la mueca grosera del
farsante.
Pero tampoco del ingenio, de
la algeria sc hara I'm ofcio, Y
menos un trjpode. Dejara de
ridiculizarse la vida serena en-
nombre de TN afectado Y vano
humorismo, cuyo secreto sera
de todos. Dejaremos de ideali-
Ear las mentecateces y groserias
cha abacanas del Lazarillo Y del
Busc6n, para desdenar 10 que
no entendemos.
Sabremos que hay cosas que
resisten la burla por verdaderas
y por mobiles, y acabaremos por
respetarlas. HaremOs de la vida
algo alegre, pero no grotesco, Y
antes de lanzarnoS q hacer una
grac1a, pensaremOs ST no Sc nos
habra adelantado el repartidor
de STONES 8 el mozo de cuerda
de la esquina.
Venga en- buena hora Ell chis-
te a la casa del pobre. FL alegra-
"a las intermlnables veladas; el
|consolara de las miserias de-
sencantos. Por primera vez en-
la historic hara el bien. De
tra1la sangrlenta en- poder de
los zOllOS, sc trOCara en- inOfen-
slvo juguete en- manos de los
n1nos. Y aun al pasar por las
gargantas de las mujeres v los
lablos tremulos de los anCia.
nos, podra dignihcarse, perdien-
do, de una vez para Slempre, Su
empecatada groseria.
Amtonio Zosoya
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-04
Ell CHISTE|

Es la epidemia que nuestros
predecessors literarios, con har-
to menospreCio de la realeza,
hubieran denominado "reinan-
te." Librenos Dios de la meta
fora. Ello es que desde los
venturosos tiempos de las mil
v una barbaridades", no habia-
mos asistido, en- clase de coma
drones criticos, a partos tan fell
ces de ingenio. Estamos en-
pleno intermedio c6mico: que
conner no eenemos; pero, mos
reimos mas.
No hay mapera de sustraerse
al retrueCanO, que nos Slgue,
nos aCeCha, nos asalta y nos
desternilla, Entrad en- vuestro
domicilio. La senora os dira
que la sopa Sc retrasa porque
es de tortuga; Ell nino, al Cual
aconsejais la docilidad, os dira
que Ell animal mas d6cil es Ell
chico del Carpintero, que GUAM
do lie PECAN, menea la cola, y la
criada Os reterira que sc ha es-
Capado un toro; pero que no
hay cuidado, porque ha sido en-
Puerta Cerrada. Reireis, ST es
que los ChiSteS oS sOrprenden
de buen humor, y os pregunta-
reis luego que ha ocurrido, que
imaginario doctor Ok ha hecho
respirar a esta ciudad triste cl
oxigeno del ingenio y de la ale
gria. para que todo el mundo sc
devane los sesos buscando el
contraste, el doble sentido, la
paradoja, la salida de pie de
banco que ha de desarrugar los
entrecejos y hacer reir a la mis-
misima fuente de la Tripona.
No hay en- clio gran dano.
Tan fatigados estamos de cosas
ridiCulamente serias y enfado.
sas, que no pareCe NAL que las
gentes las vayan subrayando
con algo de 10 que los peritos
denominau "choteo." Ademas,
habia un monopolio del chiste,
abominable como todos los mo-
nopolios. Los afortunados que
tenian acciones-malas aCciO
mes, por 10 general-se erigian
en- arbitros de la mentalidad y
estorbaban no pocas veces TN
possible renaCimiento literario.
Recordemos q aquel incompara
BILE dicharachero apodado ella
rim, que desCorazono q una ge-
neraCion con suS admirables lu-
CubraCiones grOtesCas. Nadle
habra olvidado que, durante
una deCada, un SemanariO que
hoy hubiera aburrido a las gen
tes, sirvio para que don Sinesio,
don Fiacro, don Celso y otros
eximinios Sc abrogaran la re-
presentation de la intelectuali
dad espanola. ESQ va es impo-
sible. Ell tendero sc ha perca-
tado de que Ell chiste esta en- el
Contraste, de que hay pala bras
de doble sentido, y en- cada mos
trador, con los g6neros que han
sufridO mayor O menOr averia,
sc dan retrueCanos de anadidu-
ia. Los tiempos son malos pa,
ra los grac1osos profesionales;
hacen chistes por NADIA. pour
le plaisir'. va no sc llega a mi
nistro, nj siquiera a director
general, por ese camino. como
en- los tiempos de Narvaez. Las
gracias que un tempo sirvie :
ron para esCalar las cumbres de
la fortuna. nos parecen senci-
las y candorosas como la codor-
niz de la fabula.
No es facil colegir todas las
COnseCuencias de eSta que pu
dieramos lamar soCializacion
del ingenio y vulgarizacion de
10 comiCo. Por de pronto, to
das las ranCias teOriaS, tOdOs los
sistemas cerradOs, todas las pre-
sunciones fatuas y hueras rigi-
deCes, asi sOclales como artist
L. l.. Il l.-s. l. IL
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-29
STEUNENBERG WAS
IN LAND FRAUDS
WITNESS TESTlFIEs THAT HE
WAS APPROACHED BUT DE-
cLINED PROPOSITION.
Government Produces Strong Chain Of
Evidence Against Senator
Borah and His Asso-
eiates.

Boise, Sept 2S.--When the trial Of
United States Senator Borah was re
suned today the attorneys for the
government continued their efforts to
establish the connection of former
Governor Steunenberg. with the tim
ber land conspiracy. which. it is said.
existed in this state from 1901 TO
1904.
A. b. Campbell testified that Steun
enberg approached him with propo
sition to go into the timber land. but
he turned the matter over to Albert
T.. Palmer. one of the alleged dun
my" trustees in the handling of tim
Der land claims. Palmer said he ha |
wealthy friends in Wisconsin already
interested in the lumber trade.
These men. according to Campbell,
were James T. Barber and Sumner G.
Moon Of Eau Claire. Wis. officers Of
the Barber Lumber company. which
operates here. and are jointly indict-
cd with Senator Borah, Steunenberg
and others.