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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
TROBLES IN
Rattle Between Troops and Peasants.
Sixty Men Killed and Three
wounded.

Bucharest, March 26.-Reports have
been received of a regular battle be-
tween peasants and troops in the
streets Of Alexandria, Wallachia,
so miles from Bucharest. Sixty men
were killed and three hundred were
wounded before the rioters were re-
pulsed. Alexandria has been placed
under martial law.
An additional M thousand troops
under the command of General Cornl-
ceano have been concentrated IN the
vicinity of Bucharest for protection
against a peasant attack and IN the
fear of such an occurrence, the royal
palace has been surrounded with ar
tiliery.
During the sitting today of the cham
Der, Premier SturZa appealed to par
iiament to assist the government in
the difficult task of passing the urgent
~--asures presented for the purpose
of uuellig promptly the peasant dis
orders. EX-Minister IOnesco on be-
half Of the conservatives, then made
a moving speech in which, in view Of
the alarming state of the country he
urged the house to unanimity on this
pressing matter.
At the close of IonescO's remarks the
chamber witnessed a dramatic incl
dent. NJ. Sturdza and NJ. IOnesco, who
for many years past have been bitter
political opponents, shook hands eff
fusively amid thunderous applause.
The sitting today vas one of the most
important held by the ROumanian
parliament and it's close with the re-
Cancellation of NJ. Sturdza and IonescC
is considered befitting the solemnity
of the occasion.
A dispatch received here from the
frontier of ROumania says the advance
OF the riotOus peasants on Bucharest
continues. Up to the present time
it has been found impossible to di.
vert them.
There is great alarm in the Roum.
manian capital.
The garTisOnS in Is Of the forts
forming the defense of the city have
been increased and the hoyal palace
where King Karol and Queen Carmen
Sylvia reside is strongly protected BY
soldiers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR.
Examination of Discharged Negro Sol
dicrS COntinues-Tcstifying Throws
No New Light on the Subject.

Examination of Discharged Negro Sol
dicrs COntinues-Tcstifying Throws
No New Light on the Subject.
Washington March 26.-AlthOugh
several white officers of the 25th in
fantry who have just concluded their
attendance at the Penrose court a
tial at San Antonio reported to the
Scnate committee on military affairs
today, the committee continued it's ex-
animation Of former negro soldiers
Thomas Taylor and JOS. L. Wilson,
both former members of Company B.,
whose guns have been identified by
experts at the Springfield arsenal with
shells picked up in the streets of
Brownsville, We're on the stand. Their
examination was intended to show
'f.' their guns were in good cOndi-
....:. when inspected the morning fol-
lg the shooting and that they
(. d not have been used in the shoot
affray.
". w. Taliferro, formerly sergeant
major of the 25th infantry, also tes-
Qifiet concerning incidents at Fort
Brown on he night of the shooting.
He said that on the night of the
shooting he was asleep in the admin
istration building Inc was awakened
by "a single shot which he thought
came from the town outside the gar
rison wall. He said he put on part
of his clothes and ran out of the build
ing to find Major PenroSe and heard
some one hear the garrison gate say
three times in a deep voice, Il want
all Of you" The witness said he a
greatly excited but he ran to Major
Penrose's quarters and then to the
barracks where he found the major
and reported to him. He secured a
gun and went back OF his post at the
administration building. Some u
ment was created by Taliferro when
he told of the confession and excite
nent. He said he heard the c8ven
gan and went back to his post at the
parade ground and mistQok the sound
for the approach of artillery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, March 27.-More faVorAo'a
weather for the growing crop had 4
depressing effect today on the ioca'
wheat market. but because OF the Coz
ering by shorts the tone AZ the close
was steady, the final quotations on tn
May delivery being unchanged fron
yesterday. Corn was a shade to"er.
oats were up l-2c and provisions were
20 TO O. l-2c higher.
Chicago. March 2I-Thc leading fu-
lures ranged "a follows.
Open High Low Close
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Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, n. c., March Il.
Today what is known as the Beckett
Commission met here to arrange for
the epileptic institution and colony. E.
F. Aydlett was the only absent member
of the commission, he being detained 1t
Perquimans court. There We're present
G. A. Webb. w. A. Erwin. J. II. Wed
dington and J w. Mcneil The entire
day was devoted to an examination Of
the land to be acquired and the con-
ference with the superintendent Of the
hospitals for the insane. Senator Webb
of this commission arrived today from
Florida. where he has been with his
family since the legislature adjourned
A charter is granted the j. L. Tay-
lor Furniture Company at Bellhaven.
| capital stock s25 900, to manufacture
furniture.
The case against the two negro
| women here charged with keeping al
unlawful house is postponed until April
9th.
NO1lL = IIoO bCCA LAoo - LIN -INN
ton of a new cotton mill at Wake
Forest college, the building t cost
| s25. 200.
A contract has been made for a new
| cafe and hotel here to be occupied by
Richard Giersch, the building to lace
the Masonic temple and be very hand
| some in style. 1t is to be built by
| Jerome Rosenthal.
In the superior court here Robert
Layton, employed at a dairy, was &C
| quilted of the charge Of numbering a
fellow workman named monaghan
last October.
The democratic primaries for the
city election will be held April 4th and
the following evening the aldermen
will meet and will order the election
May 9Th and also an election on the
issue of 100000 bonds for IN auditOri-
UNI, city buildings stationhouse, etc.
General Traffic Manager r. E. L.
Bunch Of the Norfolk & Southern rail-
way. was here today before the corpor-
alton commission to arrange for freight
ldIeS over Tie IOdu DetWeeu MOIe1lEGU
City and Beaufort.
Your correspondent paid a visit the
Office of the Biblical Recorder today
and found Rev. G.. w. Blanchard there
who is to take charge May LIST, when
Editor J.. W. Bailey will retire and
will begin the study of law, hoping tc
get license next spring as he has oeen
studying for some time. He remarked
hat he intended tO be as active and
interested in Baptists and Temperance
work as ever. He has been for four
| years at the head of the temperance
movement in the state as the chairman
Of the North Carolina anti saloon
league. He has two engagements to
speak in May, one on the 10th before
the Southern Baptist Convention; tie
other, on the 28th at louisville. the bac-
%calaurate addresses before the Southern
Theological seminary.
There was a very considerable frost
yesterday morning and plowed ground
looked white. Peaches, apples, pears
and plumS are in full bloom, but the
weather is SO dry that it is not thought
they have been injured. The weather
bureau ciassed the frost as a light one.
1t is much heavier in the country than
in the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
WALKED EX NEGRO.
Young Lady in Columbia Has Trying
Experience Negro Enters Her
Room.

Miss Lula Norton, the nineteen
year old daughter of Mr.. Albert Nor
ton, salesman, while sleeping at her
home, 609 Taylor street, with her six
teen year old sister, Miss Leila Nor
ton, was awakened between ; and 4
o'clock this morning by a touch upon
her arm of a mans hand, and upon
ing by her bed a negro, Joha Rich
ardson, who has been employed as
house boy for the family about six
months.
Her lips frozen by fright, she could
not give the alarm until the intruder
had jumped from the window by which
he had entered and made off into the
night. Against the ledge was found
a ladder, giving easy access to the
room, which is on the ground floor
level, the house being Of only one
story.
Awakening her sister Miss Norton
with her sought her father, and the
latter promptly phOned TO the police
headquarters the news Of the horri-
bic experience his daughter had just
undergone. Policemen Morgan and
Madden We're detailed upon the case
n within an hour had the negro ar
rested. He was found feisning sleep
ID he kitchen of the Norton home
where he usually had a pallet. He was
AXE to headquarters for the remain
der OF h night-Columbia (S. c.
Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.

New Orleans, March 27.-Spot cotton
closed quiet and unchanged; middling
uplands 10 Ills; sales were 1,SOO bales
On the spot and 100 to arrive. Futures
opened steady from 8 to I points below
yesterdays close. In anticipation Of
the Easter holidays there was little
trading and the market was quiet
throughout the greater part OF the day.
The demand became better as the Cay
advanced and the closing was steady
prices ranging from 2 to 6 points be-
low yesterdays close.
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Houston quiet at 10 13~16c: ne re-
ceipts J,Z&1 bales.
Augusta quiet at 11Ac; net receipts
707 bales.
Memphis steady at 1lHc: net re-
eiptS 1,166 bales.
St. Louis quiet at 1CGc: net receipts
500 bales.
Louisville firm at lie.
Cincinnati. net receipts $50 bales.
Total today net receipts 9,191 bales:
gross receipts, 15,176 bales; shipments.
1907 BALES: sales 2,415 bales; stock.
29G.7C1 bales.
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Liverpool. March 27.-Cotton: Spot
easy prices Az points higher. Ameri-
can middling fair 6.67; good
$40: middling SIS; low middllng 5.6e;
good ordinary SOS: ordinary 40.
The SAILS OF the day were 5000 bales
Of which 500 were for speculation and
export and included $500 American.
Receipts SO, O bales including 30, 400
American. Futures opened firm and
closed steady. American middling G..
0. c. March 56eK: March and April
see: April and May 5.5sA; May and
June s.Ss: duna and July s.s6ik; July
ana ANgms a4s: August and HefteR~
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PRODUCE.
Corrected by
e. Cooper. Wholesale Grocer
to 12h.

CCFFEE--oA to 12H.
FLOUR-Straights 1915 to $500;
second patents $4.25; full patents
$3.50
MOLAssES-s. House 15c: New Or
leans brights FAC; Porto Rico 81 to 40c
SALT-Prices car load lots 100 lbs
c. F. HE: 200 lbs C. F. 75c; 200 lbs.
F. F. eOc; less than car load lots. 100
SUCAR-Granulated $3.50; w. c..
X. No. 3 $3.50; No. s4.35; No. 9
s4.25: No. II 1925.
LRRD-(Tierce basis) pure 1Oc;
compound &c.
MEAL-North Carolina $1.31; Vir-
OATs-No. ? mixed 55 to coo, white
seed oats 60c.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-North Carolina prime
s1.25; extra prime $3.50; fancy $40;
Virginia prime $1.10; fancy s1.20:
Spanish S1.40.
BEESWAX-27c.
ECGS-18@ zoe.
CHICKENS-Hens 35c; springs 20
to soc.
TURKEYs-Alive zoe; dressed 25c.
PORk--8 to 1Oc.
BEEF-Cn foot 2 to 3Rc,
SWEET POTATOES-$i.Zo.
n. c.. BACON-Hams (old) lie;
shoulders 12 to 13c: sides IL to 13c.
SHINGLES-Per 1000: 5-inch saps
$500; 5~inch hearts $3.50: 6-inch saps
$500: 6~inch hearts $5.75.
TIMBER
Per M. Extra milling. IS SO to SO 90
Mn prime 80 to soo
c Hjll 4air mil, 6 90 % to 70 go 80
LOGs-Select $500: No L $3.50;
knOtty $3.50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS.

Total today. at all ports. net receipts
27,210 bales: exports 70 Great Britain,
1880 bales; continent, $50; stock l.
O2&.47S.
Consolidated, at all ports. net re-
ceipts l03.0S5 bales: exports to Great
Britain, 3S,467 bales; France. $500
bales: continent 1859. Japan, S.995.
Total since September 1st, at all
PORTS, net receipts. 8,911,152 bales: ex-
ports to Great Britain, 3,1G4.262 bales:
France ~77O.O22: continent. 2,776.732:
Japan, 1885.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
NAVAL. STORES MARKET,

New YORK, -NarCh
steady, 1906. Rosin firm.
Savannah, 27.-Turpentine steady
20: sales 106: receipts 213; shipments
so.
Rosin firm; sales 1912; receipts 54S;
shipments 2,901; stock 43,8S4. Quote:
a. B. c. D. E. s4.35: F. 40; G..
s4.42H: H. $40; I. $4.15; X. $685.;
n $40; W. G. $5.55; ". w. s5.9C.
Charleston. March 27.-Turpentine
and rosip unchanged.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES.
Receipts of Cotton and Naval Stores
at the Port of Wilmington Yester-

w. and W.-1O bales cotton.
W. Q. and .A.--247 bales cotton, l
cask spirits turpentine, AZ barrels tar,
s barrels crude ~turpentine.
A. and " casks spirits turpen-
tine, II barrels rOsin. 13 barrels tar.
Whitlock-5 casks spirits t~urpentine,
81 barrels rOsin, 9 barrels tar.
Raft--1,12i roSin.
Totai-o5! bales cotton, Is casks
spirits ~turpentine, 60 barrels rosin, 8
barrels crude t~urpentine.
Last year--27 bales, 81 casks spirits
100 barrels rosin, 81 barrels
rosin, IA barrels crude t~urpentine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
THE MONEY

New York. March 21.-Money on
all easy 395l.. ruling rate a., closing
bid 3, offered al 81. Tine loans easy.
sixty days 81. TO 6A per cent. and 80
days and six months s Pc cent. Close
Prime mercantile paper 6Tol4 per
cent. Sterling exchange steady win
actual business ir bankers bills at
4.832O 4.S325 for demand and al
1865 4.7S7O for sixty daN bills.
oosted rates 4 so and ASK. CONNER
Cial bills 4.7S2s. Bar silver t6"s.
Mexican dollars 81
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NEW O DRY GOODS.

New York, March 27.-The dry goods
market holds firm but the tone is
somewhat gutter. Spot merchandise is
scarcer than it has v Q been In first
hands at this period. This is true not
only of cotton goods, which have been
having a large forward safe this year,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
COTTON

New York. March 27.-Receipts at
the ports today 27,210 bales against
1883 last week and 1G.472 last year
For the week 10000 bales against
I66 161 last week and 1O3,797 last
year TOday's receipts at New Or
leans 1851 bales against 1927 last
year, and at Houston 5.2sI against A.
514 last wear.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
LOCAL COTTON MARkET.

Wednesday, March p.
COTTON-Steady 1880.
Receipts OF cotton today-2o1 bales.
Receipts this season to date
3O8,r0S bales.
REGENTS same day last year-27
bales.
Receipts same season last year
S24.o23 bales.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
VESSELS IN PORT
STEAMERS.

Cayo,L Largo (Br.) 1928 tons, Davey,
Alexander Sprunt and Sol
Ossabow, (Am.D 2,045 tons, New
York, Webb, to F. A. Fetter, agent Sea-
board.
j. B. RabeI, $50 tons, Griffin, c. D.
Mafftt.
SCHOONERS.
Charles j. Doomis, sos tons, War
rem, to 9. D. Mafftt.
r. T. Rundlett, 219 tons, Johnson,
c.. D. Mafftt.
Perry Setter, 1858 tons, Blake, c. D.
Mafftt.
HoratioL. Baker, 72O tons, Mohr. C.
G.. D. Nafftt.
Horace P. Shares, 592 tons, Flynn,
G. D. Mafftt.
Everett Webster, 3S9 tons, Maxwell,
C.. d Mafftt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29

but also Of silks, linens, laces and Ell
%broideries and other lines. Carpets
hold Very firm. Rugs are having a
great sale.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29

People who are writing letters to tas
aswspapers tellir~ why MIR. Roosevelt
sEDuld accept a third term are helping
to cut down the postal deficit some
what.-Washipgton Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29

The automobile industry has increas-
ed 461 per cent. in five years. net
counting by-products like profanity
and court plaster.-Indianapolis Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29

Cash quotations. were as IoIIows:
Flour barely steady; No. = spring
wheat. 79m SIC: No. ,. 7Gd SiHc. 40.
> red, 73A n 14hc. No. = corn. +4m
44hC. No. = yellow 45C No. > oats
417sc; No. , white. 4224 T43c: No. 2
white 4CGil2c. No. = rye Csc. fair To
choice mailing 65M zoe. No. | flax seed
Sl.l4: No. / North Western tl.2l.
clover contract grades 3l5.l5: short
ribs. sides OooscD $500 S.62E. mess
pork per Dbl $I6.25m 16."7lz. lard per
100 lbs. $3.50 short clear sides CboNvdl
SS.75@9 90: whiskey basis Of high
wines S1.29.
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PRICES.

New York, March 27-Cotton: Spot
quiet: middling uplands 1925: mid
ding gulf 11.20: no sales
FutuTTG closed steady
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~OffOn Movements & Quotations Local aFordsn ROn6S
w L Financial Jews & Other Market Reports DO11Oo

Der SIS: september and October 5SE
october and November 5.52, November
and December 552I. DrcembeT and
January 5.52E: January and February
=-T
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NEWS TINS FROM RALEIGH.

Rickett Commission Meets-Contract
Made for Erection of New Cotton
MilI-Acquitted of Charge Of Muir
der-Editor Bailey to Study Law.
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NEW YORK

New York, March 27.-Flour steady
with a moderate inquiry
CORN MEAI~Steady
WHFAT- SPOT steady 40. ?. red
s17sc elevator. Options "a net higher.
Nav S4".c. lug SI7sc. september $3.50
CORN-Spot barely steady, No -
56T-c e. yator. Options unchanged
Nav "a. July 53%c.
OATS-SIot easy: mixed tGLC.
LARE-F: western prime 5000
40 nominal Refined firm. continent
as So"th American $l0.25. com
pound 81 sc.
pork St,tdy.
EICI---St, dy. domestic far T.
extra -. "f'.c Japan nominal
MOLASSI STEADY.
SUGhIt-Raw strong. fair refining
3hc: centrifugal sc test 2E moiasscs
sugar exc: refined stead.
CCFFEE-Spot quiet. ri" No :. 1C:
Santos. SO 4. &C. mild coffee dun Cor
dova 9nl2i-c: futures to IS points
lower.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Bermuda
per barrel 81. 90 n CSC. southern $50
300: Cuban $500 500. old per
barrel Si-jOm $50. Sweets steady. un-
changed.
CABBAGES-EaSy: ola red per ton
s15M25: whit" Danish seed SO" IA:
southern per crate 75cmsl25.
BTTTEP-Firm. unchanged.
CHEESE-F#rm, cream full, Colptpd
and white, small and large 12Irm l5c:
Skins 2@I1i.c-
EGGS Easier. nearby selected whit"
q 22c: choice 19m zoe: brown and
mixed extra I9m20c; first to extra
hrsts 171&T 1870; western frsts lThM
l7hc.
COTTON SEED OIL was easy for
crude but firm for refined. Prime
crude fob mills 81 nominal: prime
summer yellow 45Rc: of summer yell
Tow 1924 4%laC; good of summe vel
low 43h04ic: prime white SAC, prime
winter yellow SIC.
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NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE -
Nothing doing.
RCSIN-Nothing doing.
AR Firm, $3.50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Hard
$3.50: dip. $500: Virgin 1925 bid.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29

Many business men are shortsighted
in not looking into things. They are
daily losing money by not adopting the
great Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea
system. Makes them we'll and kegs
them well.-R. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-29
RECEIPTS SAME DAY LAST YEAR

p casks spirits turpentlne.
100 barrels TOSin.
81 barrels tar.
IA barrels crude ~turpentine.
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RECEIPTS TO-DAY.

IL casks spirits turpentlne-
1921 barrels cOsin.
60 barrels tar.
8 barrels Grade turpentine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-19
FINDS FOUR RIFLES
USED IN SHOOTING
Report from Springfield Arsenal Says
Rifles from 25th Infantry Were
Used at Brownsville.

Washington, ID. c.. March 19.-Four
rifles from company B, 25th infantry,
were used in the Brownsville affray if
the ordnance department of the army
can substantiate reports to the senate
committee on military affairs concern
ing the microscopic examinations of
33 shells picked up in the streets of
the town on the morning following the
shooting All of the rifles in the pos
session of the battalion at Fort Brown
on the night of Aug. Is were sent To
the Springfield arsenal, and two shots
fired from each. The shells used were
then compared with those picked up at
Brownsville. and the officers making
the tests reported that it has been
demonstrated beyond dispute that fom
guns of Company B were used in dis
charging all of the SO shells.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-19
GRAND JURY LEARNS HOW
FRISCO HAS Been BLED

Ruef and Schmitz forcing them to be
content with this sum.
Prize Fight Graft Exposed.
Another transaction which was suS-
pected but never proved until yester-
day on the sworn testimony of super
visOrial witnesses, is the prize fight
Doodle of $4,000. James COffroth, Viii
lis Britt, Morris Levy, and Eddie Ora
ney, known as the fight trust each
subscribed $4,000 to secure the exclu-
sive privilege of prize fight permits for
1906. This money was placed in Ora
ney's hands in January, 1906, and by
him paid to Ruef in Ruef's office dur
ing the same month. To the super
visors whose vote it was necessary to
secure, Ruef is said to have paid $500
apiece, Withholding the rest, which, il
is alleged, was divided between him
self and SchmitZ. A demand was made
for the return of some portion of the
money after the earthquake and fire
had rendered the privilege valueless
but this was refused by Ruef
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-19
TEN IN ONE FAMILY
HAVE THE SMALLPOX
Alarming Condition Found to Exist
Southeast of Moline on Coal
town Road.

1t developed today that the family
of Elliott Parks, living six miles south
east of Moline on the Coaltown road
has been afflicted with smallpox foI
some time and that number of neigh
bors have probably had the same dis
ease, though they thought it chicken
pOX. A Moline physician has dag
nOsed the case at the Parks home and
asserts the disease is smallpox The
first case in the neighborhood appeareG
Immediately after the holidays and
probably score or more have been i'll
There have been 10 cases in the Park
family.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-19
COLLAPSE OF BUILDING
CAUSED BY THE FLOOD
Two Persons Killed and Ten Others
Injured When Walls Give Way
at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, March ia three story
brick building at the corner of Front
and Plum streets. which has been sur
rounded by the Ohio river flood for
several days, collapsed last night, re-
sulting in the death of two persons and
the injury of 10 others
The building was occupied by sever
al Italian families. A middle aged
woman and her 3-year-old child were
instantly killed.
One building was surrounded by 10
feet of water which weakened the
walls and caused the collapse.
The polices had much difficulty in
rescuing the injured, being compelled
to use boats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-19
NOT FOR TAFT BOOM
President Denies New Report
of Significance of De-
neen Conference.

Washington, March Ex-Governor
Deneen and Attorney General Stead
did not come to see me on any political
matters at all. We did not talk poll
tics at all"
The above are substantially the words
the president used in his talk with Sen
ator Hansbrough today when the latter
asked him about the report that the
subsidy conference at the White house
with the Illinois officials, during which
Secretary Taft and his brother were
called was for the purpose of launch
ing a boom for Taft for the presidency