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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-04-02
EASTER
The New Fad in New York High So
ci ty.-SaIe Of Stanford Whit Art
Coli CtiOn.
(By Revere Thompson.)

New York, March 30.
! Manhattan will attend the church
services tomorrow morning, but the
serious business of the day will include
something more than ~ttentiO to Eas-
ter carols. Like Charles street in Bal
timOre and the board walk in Atlantic
City. Fifth avenue will have a brilliant
passing show to edify the gapers on.
But the cal display Of feminine fnery
Will hc about the tables Of the SmarteSt
restaurants where fashionable New
York will dispose itself - eat, drink
and be merry, while C~iSplaNing its new
gown and criticising the mOdish ap-
parai Of it's noighbOrS.
Sherry's DelmOnicO's and the WAL
dOrf Astoria are the objective points
Of the thrOngs that will be poured
fourth by the fashionable churches.
There has been q keen competition all
week TO secure tables situated to fur
niSh the best vantage points. These
sO-caIled informal lunC2eOnS where
the smart set Will drop in to get a
bite" are carefully planned events.
Position IN the dining rooms has been
secured far in advance, and the head
walters have reaped a golden harvest
by Knowing what guests it would be
desirable to remember in rCservlng the
tables. Never was more paid
to what is really q passing fad. thar
has been manifested towards this in
formal Easter But New
York IS taking it very seriously. as New
York usually does take its amusements
when there is a social string attached.
one Of the most interesting events
Of tNe past week was the Stanford
White art sale. Such art treasures
have seldom before. if ever. come un-
der the hammer Of an American auC-
tiOneer, For it was in his own house
that Stanford White was to be seen as
a great c0nnOisseuT. His treasures
were bought in every corner Of Europe.
and chosen because of their fitness
and beauty. and not because someone
else had told him TO buy them. The
world could see his taste in art decOra-
tons in public places like the Madison
Square Garden, or in the many houses
Of the wealthy which were furnished
under his direction. Bat in his own
home he Helt absolutely uHtrammelled
"a give his fancy full reign. His love
for the beautiful was not Influenced by
the necessity for manifesting Ostenta-
tious wealth, as was the case in many
IF the homes he was called upon to
decorate One could not but feel re-
greet that such a remarkable collection
should he scattered to hall a hundred
no mes TO be mixed with baser mat
fer
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BOWSER'SLOVE NOTES
Wife Reads Some Of His Gushy
Missives of Long Ago.
He CALLS THEM FORGERIEs.
incident Breaks Up What Promises TO
BE an Evening of Happiness and
Contentment-she Proves He Wa
Like Other SWANS.

copyright, 1907, BY c. II. Sutclife.l
The wind was bowling and the snow
fakes flying as the BOWser family sat
down the other evening-he to his CT
gar and newspaper and Mrs. Bowser
to her book-and for half an hour the
cat purred in contentment Oh the
hearth and peace reigned supreme.
Then Mr.. Bowser laid aside his paper
and exclaimed:
BY George, ] wish every one in this
world was as happy and c0ntenteQ
as we are tonight. This IS home, Mrs.
BoWser, the sort OF home every man
pictures 10 himself when he marries.
but which seldom comes to any man.
We can sit here and have no feeling
Of envy or enmity toward any human
being"
1T p!eases me to know that you are
satisfied she replied.
"~SatisfcG: Why, I would be a bar
barian not to be satisfied. don't
thinE there is another woman in the
world who tries harder to make home
what it ought to be-
Thank yOu, dear"
There are times when I kick and
grumble &2d say things I shouldn't,
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New Millinery every day at Renders.
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Ovc.com:e Ky F'21HoH1e.

: -. ~ 80
MIS-. B0Ts2r saw that tn2 converse
tion was leaG.H@ TO pcrllou5 paths ana
would have been &!ad 10 cheek Or turn
it. Every wife knows that 4 hus-
band who gets 4 GOOD TT on is just a.
dangerous. as when in q fault finding
mood. He Is att to OVe~dO it. She
spoke about The price Of meat going up
again without any seeming cause for
it. but Mr.. Pow&er didn't care if chuck
steak went up to a dollar a pound. Re
morse was gnaWing at his heart, and
he wanted to set himself right.
How mean Of me to want to take
this cats life" he sighed as he bent
over and str0ked the animals back.
Had l succeeded in killing him it
would have been almost as bad as
murder. Right here and now, Mrs.
Bowser, I promise you never to thirst
for his gore again."
81 see by the papers that Taft says
he will take the presidential nomina-
ton if the people seem to want him
to-" she said in answer.
81 don't care two brass pins for
IdIt ullu LIS dulDlIIOuS. l. II IdhC IL
nomination myself in the same way.
AS a matter Of fact, I have been an
old kicker around this house and am
sorry for it. Has a husband any right
to kick about the gas bills? Does his
wife burn the gas TO spite him? DOer
she burn the coal for the same reason?
If q water pipe bursts, is she to blame?
A month ago a boy threw a SNOWFALL
and broke 4 window. I came home
and fairly hoWled over it and laid all
the blame on to you. One night two
weeks ago I found q potato on the
front steps. I entered the house with
it in my hand and Iectured YOU for half
an hour on your extravaganza. and
then it turned out that a boy had hit
the door with the tuber. Mrs. Bowser,
l don't deserve as good q wife as you
are"
"You are simply a little impulsive
and impatient at times"
at is sweet and kind and nice of
you to say that. but l know and feel
that l am little less than a criminal
However. 1 am going to make a Com
plete change in myself. From and aft
er this date if I so much as give you q
cross look l hope the whole neighbor,
hood Will turn out to give me q coat
of tar and feathers"
Mrs. Bowser wiped away a e a of
wifeiy gladness, the cat set up Il new
pur Of satisfaction, and Mr.. Bowser
swallowed ut the lump in his throat
and picked up his paper again. The
calamity might have been averted had
his Sye not lighted upon an article that
had escaped his attention before. lie
read it oyer twice and then struck the
stand 4 blow with his fst and ex-
claimed:
by thunder. that man ought to be
sept p fas taa"
AWhat is =" askcE Mrs. Bowser.
"tt's = E's. = Chicago tryin. to a
rorce his W. lie says ne was ayy,
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Peanuts-NOrth Carolina prime
$1.25: extra prime $3.50; fancy S1.4O;
Virginia prime $1.10; fancy $1.20;
Spanish $40.
REE,SWAX-2Tc.
ECGS-18 % zoe.
CHICKENS-Hens 35c; springs 20
to soc.
PORK.--8 to 1Oc.
BFFF-Cn FOOT 2 to sac
SWEET POTATOFS-$l.25.
n. G. BACON-Hams (Oldl 17c;
shoulders u to 13c: sides II to 13c.
SFJINCLES-Per 1000; 5-inch saps
$500: 5~incE hearts $3.50: 6-inch saps
5000: 6~inch hearts $5.75.
TIMBER
Per NJ. Extra milIing..s8 50 to $40 90
Mill prime -. 20 to s 90
Common mill . s 90 to so
LOGs-select $500; No. L $3.50;
knotty $3.50.
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MAENET,

Corrected by
". Il. Cooper, Wholesale Grocer
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Senator Rayner. of Maryland, is no
doubt correct in his statement that the
day of bosses with the democratic
party is over. There is no use for
bosses where there is nothing left to
boss.-Philadelphia Press.
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There are times when I kick and
grumble G2d say things I shouldn't,
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All DAY LAST YEAR
. casks spirits ~turpeutine.
- barrels ToSiu
IS barrels tar.
: barrels crude t~urpenIine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-04-02
SHOOTING At
Constable Nicholson Shot by Negro,
Message Comes to Wilmington

Constable Savage received an urgent
telegram from Mayor W. c. Wick OF
Councils, a small station 33 miles from
Wilmington on the Carolina Central.
last night asking him to come at once
with the blood hound to that place TO
trail a negro criminal who had shot
Constable Nicholson of that place. Ell
forts by Mr.. Savage TO have the local
freight stopped, so he could go TO Corn
Gil were unavailing and it was not
possible for him to respond to the
call.
1t was reported that the negro who
shot Nicholson is armed TO the teeth
and means to fight to the death.
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LOCAL COTTON MARkEr.
Saturday. March 80.

SATURDAY. A2rcn 81.
COTTON-Steady 10Sc.
Receipts OF Gotten today-255 bales.
Receipts this season to date
500 422 bales.
Receipts same day last year-2S9
bales.
Receipts same season last year
2S5,475 bales.
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TO THE BEACH TODAY.
Today cars to the Beach every half
hour from 4 to
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la AAANS AS
think. Did l write you any love LET.
tiers while we were engaged"
Her Grave Mistake.
Mrs. Bowser should have promptly
lied about it u said no. She ought
TO have known that nothing on earth
will provoke a husband, no matter how
good he is, like the sight Of one of
his silly old illusions. Indeed, she did
know it: but, on the contrary, she had
carefully saved every n and had a
wifely as well as a womanly pride III
them. She therefore after a moments
hesitation answered:
Il believe you wrote me two or
three"
Il hardly think so. l was not one
of the mushy sort. After l had told
| you hat I loved you and wanted you
to be my wife that settled things. Did
l gush in any Of the brief notes | sent
you:'
Some of your brief notes were six
page letters"
NO, Never.'
Il cant say that you gushed. You
called me an angel and said you could
not live without me-"
Mr.. Bowser flushed up and laughed
without mirth and asked TO see any
such letter and added:
Come. now, lets see If / was as
bad as the rest of them. I'd take my
dying oath that l never wrote a word
Of love. but perhaps I've forgotten.
Jus brine down three or four Of the
letters a4I We will laugh over them"
But you'l-you.l get mad"
"Nonsel5e. Why should l get mao
over something that happened twenty
years ago.
She went upstairs after the letters,
and 1Ir. EcWScr felt a chance taking
place within him. When Mrs. Bow
ser came down with three or four
letters il her hand he laughed in an
uneasy way and said:
Behold the proofs in your breach Of
promise suit. Now, then, read away"
and You wOn't-wOnt'-
AGO ahead"
"Well. here's a letter beginning My
little darling Of a bluabell angel
When l got it.
Il deny that it begins that way!.'
shouted MI. Bowser as the scarlet
came to lis face.
Then Troub'a Began.
"But you can read for yourself. l
don't see why you should be ashamed
OF it. Here is one in which, goo say:
Heaven has 10 angel compared 20
thee. If anything should happen 30
you I'd hang myself within al hour,
for life to me you'd be nothinG.'"
BY the jumping jericho, Mrs. Bow
ser, do you want u make out that !
was tie bicGe3t ass il America q!
twenty-tAree: lie sho@eeG.
"Of coy&se not. You loEed me. ara
you talked and wrote Hike all young
men in love. It "a awfu!ly sweet aIl!
nice Of YOU. In this letter here you So
that you have net eaten or slept To-
three days and nights for thinking CT
me. [ cried when i read the words"
81 wrote that muShy stuff, did L"
yes, and here you say that if W.
should quarrel and | should look upol
you coldly you WoGld blow your brains
out"
Never! Never in this living wcri3
Old l write such STUFF"
But you can see for yourself. You
don't deny your oW.n handwriting, 10
you?'
4 Go: hereby declare thee letters
base forge-;es.."
why. dear. how al you talk that
way? If y31 we're il lov" wiz rc,
why shouldn't you write this Way:"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28

one days pay, and the total amount so
contributed will be doubled by the en-
ployers. Out of this fund accidentyin-
surance of 81 a day will be paid to
those sustaining injuries which In
capacitate them for work. In case OF
accidental death. funeral expenses are
provided for and the widow OF the
miner Is guaranteed So a week for one
year and 81 additional for each child
under fourteen years of age.
The relief fund is to be managed
by the men themselves, the outside and
inside forelnen and three other en-
ployes selected by the contributing
members of the fund forming the COM
mittees. Payments are to be made by
the companies upon orders from THIS
board, and q statement is to be posted
annually of all receipts and disburse-
ments. When the fund is exhausted
it will be renewed in the way it started
by the companies duplicating the to-
tai of all Individual payments.
Some years ago the Lehigh Valley
started a relief fund along these lines
Tor its miners, but 1t was abandoned
owing to the fact that the men stopped
contributing. Now that the relief fund
plan has been so thoroughly tried out
by the railroads and the anthracite
miners are so much more prosperous
than formerly the relief fund IS ex-ss
pected to be more successful and its
ultimate adoption thruout the hard COAL
region Is probable
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28
Robbery Of Chicago Office De
clared to Have Been Work
Of Business Man
ARREST EXPECTED BY NIGHT
Developments Anticipated That Will
starle chie.so-Money Taken From
Under the Eyes Of Officials and EN-
pIoyes-Fir.t Evidence Of Guilt Of
Suspect Was Not Believed.

Chicago, Feb. 2s.-The mystery of
the theft of $4,000 from the Chicago
subtreasury has been cleared. The dar-
ing robbery was not the. work of gov
ernment employees who fell before
temptation, or of poor workmen en-
ployed in making repairs about Uncle
Sans local treasure trove.
Instead, it was a big business man
who engineered the colossal theft.
Whether he had assistance among em-
ployes Of the office is as, yet unknown.
The identity of the business man
is. known to the government secret
service agents; he is now under sur
.veillance, one Of the missing $1,000 bills
has been traced and the recovery Of
the remaining $4,000 and the arrest
of the culprit will follow Tonight.
This is the statement made late this
afternoon by George w. Fitzgerald, the
subtreasury teller from whose steel
cage the money was stolen last We'd
nesday and who has since been under
close surveillance of secret service Of
fcers.
Conclusive evidence has been se-
cured against a man of such local i'm
portance that it will cause profound
shock when his name becomes public, {"
<4
the subtreasury in the ordinary course
of business, saw an opportunity to
snatch a fortune with little prospect
of trouble and took advantage of it.
ARMED with an ordinary ruler, he
reached thru the netting and knocked
a small package from the desk to the
floor, where it was within easy reach
gecause of the three-inch space be-
tween the bottom of the cage screen
and the floor"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28
Famous Jasper County School
Case For Alleged Shortage
Won by Defendant
SUIT INVOLVED LARGE SUM
Wells Alleged to be Short in Accounts
About $4,000, After Serving Dis-
triet as Treasurer Twenty five Years
Court Directs Verdict for Hin
General News.
Special 20 Times-Republican.

Special 60 Times Republican.
Newton, Feb. 49, famous
Washington township school fund case,
in which suit was brought to collect q
large sum alleged to be due the district,
was decided in court here this morning
in favor of the defendant w. B. Wells,
the judge directing that verdict for
Wells be returned. This was done at
the conclusion of the evidence Of the
plaintiff, the defense not having yet
introduced Its testimony.
This was an action in which it was
sought to collect from w. B. Wells and
his bondsmen the sum OF $4,000, with
interest, amounting in all to about SO,
900. Mr.. Wells served for twenty -five
years as treasurer Of the district of
Washington, in which the town of I
Colfax is situated. He was elected
to succeed himself each succeeding
term, and at the close Of each year
made his annual report Of the financial
transactions of the school district, the
reports being duly approved by the.
board. s
After the Colfax bank failure It de-
Aveloped that there was an apparent
shortage in his accounts. An expert
went over the books and made q res
port that there was a shortage Of Ab0ut
$4,000. Mr.. Wells insisted that none Of
the school funds had been misappro-
Spriated, but that the apparent shortS,
age was due to poor methods Of book
keeping. He said that during al these
years he had been in the habit Of pay-
ing teachers salaries frequently from
his personal account and not waiting
for an order from the board, this sbe- /
ing done to accommodate the teachers.
Evidence! would have been introduced
to this effect had not the verdict been
directed by the court, who SUSTAINED the
motion on the grounds that the school
board had not used due diligence II I
passing upon the accounts before ao-
cepting the treasurer's reports.
Had the school district won. It Wa
contemplated to bring suits against tho
ten or twelve men who have at various
times signed Mr.. Wells bonds, and all
these parties were interested in the
litigation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28
SUICIDE AT TAMA
Henry woolerins Shoot. Himself in
the Head-Was Prosperous and
Well Liked, and Cause for His Act is
Unknown.


Special to Times Republican.
Tama, Fet,. eS-About 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, as Mrs. Ellis Golds-
wort stepped to the door on some
errand, she heard a pistol shot at the
home of her neighbor, Mr.. Henry
Woolering, who buys hides. and poul-
try. Thinking nothing about it at the
time, she went about her work, only
to be reminded of it later when the
body of Mr.. Woolering was found lying
across chair where it had fallen, a
gihastly hole thru the temple telling
the cause of death. Beside the body
lay a 32-calibre revolver, and one
chamber was empty. The cause Of the
act is unknown, but he has been de-
spondent at times, tho In well to do
circumstances. He was a widOwer
about 20 years of age. and has been in
the poultry and egg business here for
great many years. He was as well
known among the farmers OF this
vicinity and commanded the respect
and friendship of nearly every one.
The coroner, after viewing the re-
mains decided an inquest was unneces-
Sary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28
BUXTON MINERS FEAR GHOST
Many Negroes Refuse to Fill Thei.
Places in Mine.

Many Negroes Refuse to Fill Their
Places in Mine.
Special to Times Republican
Oskaloosa, Feb. ga ghost story
that seems destined to equal Tam
O'Shanter.' is exciting the big mining
camp of Buxton. 1t has it's origin in
negro supersritution and the number
13. In one of the big mines there is
shaft No 13, and the report has gained
currency that the place is haunted.
Some of the miners have suddenly be-
come Ill since those stories gained
circulation and others have had press.
ing engagements that have prevented
their filling their places in the mine.
While many stories are going the
rounds as usual in ghost lore, no two
of them agree. Some claim to have
seen weird figure in various parts of
the mine lowering or crouching in the
glare OF the mine lamps. 1t hangs onto
the shadows Of the men as they leave
the mine, seeming to follow or to float
noiselessly after them at distance
that makes the figure scarcely discern
ible. II the strange figure is ap-
preached it suddenly vanishes, nor can
it be found. The figure appears to
melt into the darkness and to dis
solve into the gloom of which it seems
part. Some have described the ghost
as appearing like the figure of sol
diers clad in uniform and wearing a
slouch hat. Others have said the figure
is more like that OF a desperate with
a cartridge belt about the waist and
carrying q big shooting iron at his
side or else holding a Winchester.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28

unique Institution is the Industrial de-
partment, for the equipment Of which
the Pennsylvania railroad paid all the
bills This department has nothing in
common with manual training. A
four years course is planned. begin
ming with mechanical drawing and end
ing with machine design. A drawing
room carpentry shop, forging room, a
wood, and metal working machinery
department = all equipped with the
most up-to-date machine tools that
money can buy, together with the ex-
pert instruction to be provided. Will
enable the school to give students ad-
vantages heretofore enjoyed only by
pupils of the best technical schools.
Graduates of the Altoona high school
will be fitted to go directly into the
Pennsylvania shops on footing be-
tween the regular apprentices, who.
as rule entirely lack. training, and
the special apprentices who are grad
yates of technical schools.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28
Helping Him.
(Harper's Weekly)

A certain politician of Chicago went
to Washington during the early part
of the present administration armed
with all manner of recommendation
for a position in the consular service
The applicant had been so confident
that he would secure the fat berth
desired that he intimated to his Chi
cago friends, before his departure,
that he should be glad to see them
abroad at any time.
To his great chagrin, however, the
Chicago politician soon found out that;
the president was not in the least dis
posed to favor him with an appoint
ment, either foreign or domestic.
whereupon the Chicago man became
most despondent. Said he:
"Mr. President, when 1 left home 1
had told all my friends that was con-
fldent you would give me something.
I hate to go back empty handed. It
isn't SO much the office that / care for,
but 1 shouldn't like to have that Chi
cago crowd laughing at. my expense"
The president is reported to have
smiled grimly at this.
about the best suggestion can
make in the matter" said he. Is that
you tell your Chicago friends that
offered you the post Of consul general
at Paris aud that you declined Il.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-28
COUNTY READING CIRCLE.
Story County Move Will BE Valuable
Adjunct to Agricultural Lines.

Story County Move Will BE Valuable
Adjunct to Agricultural Lines.
Special 10 Times-Republican.
Ames, Feb 2S.-The Bennett Broth
rers, living near this place, who won
the first prize offered for ten ears of
corn, both at the agricultural society
meeting in Des Moines and at the con-
test Of the Corn Growers association
held at the Iowa State College, have or
ganized reading circle for the county.
In this move Story county will have a
valuable adjunct to every line of agri-
culture. Prof. r. l.. K. Bliss, Of the
extension department Of the college,
spoke last week at Evergreen school
house, where the body met to organize,
and Prof. Snyder will speak next week
at the same place. The plan is not only
to organize a local club, but to make
the movement countrywide and have a
number of auxiliaries, all Of which viii
devote one night week to the dis
cussion of some of the many problems
coming up before the farmers of the
community. During the busy season
only monthly meetings Will be held, but
at slack periods weekly ones are
planned.