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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-19

New York, March 16.-The collapse
Of stocks which has occurred this week
has been SO sudden and SO violent as
to Iesye opinion dazed over the mean-
ing OF the demonstration and its prob
able Interior consequences. The ex-
tent Of the declines has been so por
tentouS, the volume of the offerings
which has deluged the market have
been so overwhelming and at the same
tame the usual consequences Of fail
Akres or financial disasters has been SO
entirely lacking as to leave an uncannY
effect on the minds of observers. The
extent Of the slump is the more remark
able as coming on the heels of d pro-
longed decline which has already Pre-
sumabiy gone far to discount the un-
favorable factors which were supposed
to be the influence on the market. The
cumulative effect of the last spasmodic
drop was all the more acute for this
reason. The fall in prices is much
greater compared with such previous
occasion as the May panic of 1901. with
which the present week is most sen
orally compared for violence of fuc,t-
atoms and indiscriminate unloadiIiS
OF stocks as it follows such prolonged
fall while the 1901 panic broke in upon
ing prices.
stock discussion in Wall street
for Some time past has been of laws
passed by various state legislatures
for the restriction of railroad charges
2nd for other measures of regulation;
Il the course Of proposed measures Of
the national government looking to ad-
dinonai restraint upon corporation
powers and administration, especially
in the issuing of bonds and stocks and
the fixing of valuations of railroads
with a view to traffic charges to be
permitted to the railroads. The impress |
sien of all this discussion has been |
greatly heightened by the course of |
pramfnent men in the railroad and |
banking world. which was construed |
as an indication of the keen anxiety |
they were laboring under of the pros |
peat offered by this course of events. |
The attitude of appeal to the public |
aRd the government authorities which |
chs course suggests has awakened the |
apprehension OF holders of stocks. This |
is especially true, of course, of snecu
lahv hSlders, but the more permanent
investment holders have been affected
also to some extent. The ASSUMPTION
has gained ground in the Wall street
district that this was the feeling of the
great controlling investors themselves
in the leading railroad systems Of the |
sountry and the fear has taken hold !
the speculative imagination that |
h0lderS of securities of this pre-emi- |
nent class were unloading their hold |
ings indiscriminately in a spirit Of
utter uselessnesS of the future earn !
ing or dividend paying power of their |
properties.
The ughtness of money is now world |
wide. the pressure in London and in |
Berlin being almost as acute as in New |
York. The very active trade condi- |
doas call for extraordinary supplies for |
the circulation, and the result is a I
depletion of cash holdings in banking |
reserves On which to base credits
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-19
IN ITS NINTH WEEK
1haW's Case May Reach Jury
By the 25th
.OELMAs MAPS OUT PLAN
New Witnesses WiIlbe Summon
ed by Defense

jerome Will Present His Last Bit Of
Evidence Monday-WiiI Try to Get
Before Jury Photographic Copies of
Affidavit Contends That IL l. Compc
tent Evidence to Contradict State
mcni Of Mrs. Thaw-Dcfcndsnt's
Confidence increases as Tri.I Pro-
crosses.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-19
Bank CIearanceS.

ew York. March 16.-The statement
oIsdearing house banks for the week
SHOWS that the banks hold S3.e33.1se
sAre than the legal reserve require
nseHS. This is an increase of 1884 ,s75
as compared with last week.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-19
Wholly Untrue and Without Founda-
Il

augusta. Ga, March 16.-In regard
he report wired here today from the
that he had given fifty milton
54as to the Chinese famine relief
end. Mr.. John D. Rockefeller, through
ms secretary, said the story was Who'll
y untrue and without foundation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-19
CAUSE NOT KNOWN
Opinion Da@0 Oyer Sudden
Collapse In Prices
Equal TO PANIC OF 1901
The UItefiOr Consequences Can
not be F0ret0Id

Railroad Legislation by Various States
Thought to be One of the Factors in
UuScitIin2 the MarIlct-Ii9htness of
A1oncY Now d-Wide-Prcssure
i'll London and Berlin Almost as
Acute as in New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-19

IL Is believed by some that the far
mers could control the price OF toba co
by reducing the acreage. This being
the case why not pass law requiring
them to do it-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-19

Easter millinery display Tuesday and
"Wednesday at PoKeefA
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
'Ho Longer "Ihs
Original John Doe"
New Yurk Sun.

Fron ne New York sun.
Aman named Doe applied to the
ourts not long ago for g change Of
mama.
qt Is impossible to carry on 9 sue
cessful business under that name"
he said, Everybody looks upon me
as . jokes The minute Inject a man
Ahe begins to grin. 80 there really
" flesh and blood Does be says.
mad always supposed the Doe
family exissed for judicial purposes
alone Iexplain that according to
the directory there are several OF us
poor devils pegging along handi-
capped by that popular cognomen,
but the fact OF numbers in nowise In
creases his regard for me. He simply
declines to take me seriously; there
fore Ill expect to keep out OF the
poorhouse / shall have TO give up
the name OF Doe."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Mexico, Mo-, March Is Twenty
three cadets OF the Missouri military
academy were expelled by Supt. W.
d. Fonville for having taken part In
the hazing OF the new boy, Cadet
Casame Of Peoria, Ill.
All year the management has been
making determined efforts to put q
stop to the hazlng OF the new boys
received, and Saturday, when q large
number Of the old boys took posses.
sion OF a new student and without
cerem ony pitched him In the icy
wster Of the lake upon the campus,
an investigation was started. The
lad, who Is about 16, narrowly es.
capped drowning, but finally recover.
ed~/irom his severe ducking. The
|6oys sent home are of prominent
families and we're officers Of the
cadet companies.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
Save the Trees.

Clifford Pinchot, chief of the bureau
OF forestry Of the department of agri-
culture, has asked the house commit.
tee on agriculture to favor the appro-
priation Of 100000 for the use of
his bureau. This is a large sum of
money, and congress will be likely to
look into the matter carefully before
granting the request. Yet 1t must be
said that forestry has come to be a
very important branch of government
tai supervision, and the good results
that have followed stimulation of the
science Of caring for trees cannot be
denied. Some figures cited in this
connection, says the Troy Times, In
dictate that the money would not be
wasted. The standing timber in the
national forest reserves Is worth $780,.
100000, and the whole property in
charge of the department and the bu.
reau aggregates In value $1,40O,000,-
900. To properly protect these pos
sessions, saying nothing about the ex.
tension of forestry work, is no small
task. The interests to be guarded are
large, and doubtless congress will
take all the facts into due considera.
ton.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Graphophones were used to help the
stenographers during a recent govern.
ment inquiry in Chicago when the in.
vestigators had received orders to
forward to Washington a transcript of
the testimony at the earliest possible
moment. The stenographers took their
notes in the ordinary way, and read
them to a graphophone AS fast as
a cylinder was full, the machine was
turned over to typewriter, who set
1t to repeating what the stenographer
had spoken, and transcribed 1t on
paper. Within 80 minutes after the
last witness had ceased speaking the
record of the hearing was about com.
pleted, ready to be sent to the national
capital.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Every year in the Rumai country,
India, marriage lottery-a sort of
sweethearts sweeps held. The
names of all the marriageable girls
and of the young men of the circle
who want to get married are written
on slips of paper and thrown into
separate earthern pots. From these
they are drawn against one another
by the local wise man. This simply
determines the fact that the Rumai
girl has come out and is ready to be
married, and the youth whose name is
drawn against hers thereby obtains a
particular letter of introduction, with
authority to make love Immediately
with what ardor and success he Is
capable of.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21


The London Express Is unhappy b.
cause Of its discovery that TIE annual
Increase In the total wealth Of the
United States Is something Ike ten
times the increase in the wealth Of
Great Britain. From q British point
of view this may be lamentahle, but
from no point Of view can il be se
garded as surprising. We have about
twice the population OF that country.
and there is noticeable difference In
the matter Of area Our natural re-
sources in every departmement Of
productive indsutry far exceed those
of Great Britain. Her land values,
while not absolutely fixed. may be
held to have reached the limit Of nor
NAL expansion, while In our case q
variety OF influences such as railway
development trolley line extension.
irrigation. and an ever increasing de-
mand for the products Of the soil.
bring idle land under profitable cult
walton. and so give 1t value. and give
greater value to lands already &C,
cupied. The American workingman.
with his higher wages. declares the
New York Sun, can AFFORD better
housing than the English working.
man, and another important factor in
dwelling-house values appears in our
vast population of the well-to-do.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
500 Reward; 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there IL at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it, stages,
and that 10 Catsrrh., Halls Cstarrh
Cure IL the only positive onre now
known 10 the medical itsssfnity.
Catafrah being D constitutional dis
ease, requires 9 constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catsrrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
System, thereby destroying the ioun.
dalton Of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing it, work. The proprietors
I've 90 much faith in its curative
powers that they offer one hundred
dollars for any case that Il fails to
cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY q Co. Toledo,
O. Sold by all druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
eupation.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Marx Twain. after 3 lifetime
through which be has cheered and
amused his countrymen. seems grow
ing pessimistic in his age. Or Is this
vail. from the North American Re
view. merely the record Of one OF
those moments Of reaction to which
all humorists are subject: "A myriad
Of men are born; they labor and sweat
and struggle for bread; they squabble
and scold and fight; they scramble
for little mean advantages over each
other; age creeps upon them; infrmi-
ties follow; shames and humiliatio7s
bring down their prides and their
vanities; those they love are taken
from them and the Joy Of life is
turned to aching grief. The burden
Of pain. care. misery, grows heavier
year by year; at length, ambition Is
dead. pride is defied; vanity is dead;
longing for release is In their place.
II comes at last-the only imprisoned
gift earth ever had for them-and
they vanish from a world where they
were Of no consequence; where they
achieved nothing; where they were
a mistake and a failure and a fool
ishness; where they have left no sign
that they have existed-a world
which will lament them a day and
forget them forever. Then another
myriad takes their place, and copies
all they did, and goes along the same
profitless road, and vanishes as they
vanish-to make room for another,
and another. and million other my
RAIDS to follow the same arid path
through the same desert, and accom-.
plish what the first myriad, and all
the myriads that came after 1t, &C.
Notwithstanding"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
Twenty-Five Carats
or No Wedding.

From the New York Sun.
A man who was buying a wedding
ring unconsciously impaired the III
formation that the bride was an
English woman.
"Then this ring will never suit her. "
said the clerk. ut is a good ring,
but is IS carat, Nothing less than
a % carat wedding ring will satisfy
an English woman. The Is carat
ring is the usual wedding ring in this
C ountry, but In England and France
a nd indeed In most European coun.
tries, the bride would refuse at the
very altar q man who offered to
m AIRY her with any other than a %
carat ring"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
The Rudeness of Lawyers.

Joseph II. Choate tells law
yers that they should be courteous in
the cross-examination of witnesses.
He also expresses the Judgment that
rudeness and discourtesy hurt the
lawyers who employ them. Lawyers
as class are not loved. Most men
at some time or other have had disa-
greeable experience with them, and,
while they may respect individual law
yers, the feeling toward lawyers in
the mass is not one Of respect and af-
lection. The badgering Of witnesses
under cross-examination, which small
lawyers delight in and which judges
permit when they should not, is an old
evil which creates for the badgering
lawyers the cordial dislike. not only
of the badgered victims. but most Of
the laymen who witness the perform
ance. Witnesses in a court of justice
are there to assist the court and jury
in arriving at the truth. They are not
there of their own choice. but come in
obedience to the summons of the
court. AS rule, says the Philadel.
phia Press, the court does not protect
them sufficiently from harsh treat
ment, base insinuations and gross
abuse at the hands of the attorney
whose client is unfavorably affected
by their testimony.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
Japan's Fair Exhibit,

When the war with Russia started.
In 1904. Japan looked to the United
States for sympathy. and received II.
Japan had nearly the most extensive
and interesting exhibit which was
made by any foreign nation at the st.
Louis worlds fair Of 1904. which was
very effective way Of showing her
regard for the United States. Her
display at the fair was UNNECESSARILY
larger and finer than that of Russia.
BY bringing the war with Russia to
an end In 1905. President Roosevelt
rendered service Of inestimable
value to Japan, which the emperor.
his peace commissioners at Ports
mouth and the press Of Toxic and the
other Japanese centers have freely &C
knowledged. Japan has even more
interest in maintaining friendly rela-
tons with us than we have with her,
declares Charles M. Harvey In Leslie's
Weekly. The trade between the two
countries is growing and II is profit
able to each. Her recent war i'm.
posed debt burden which bears with
crushing weight on the Japanese peo-
pie. Japan's natural resources are
small. She has an especial need for
many years of unbroken peace. Hap
PLY, so far as we are concerned, that
peace Is likely to be maintained.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
The immigrant who goes to a new

The immigrant who goes to a new
country with no money to start on is
worse of generally than If he stayed
at home. This is something that the
young men who have gone to South
America have found out, and they are
advising their friends to stay at home,
where they can earn at least a dollar q
day. and not 90 to Uruguay to work for
30 cents for the same time. The gold.
en- South Americas often exist only In
fiction.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
Three B00dIers Plead Guilty.

Columbus, Ohio, March 18 Three
of the men indicted by the grand
jury for accepting and giving brides
in onnection with the Broad street
pa wing contracts pleaded guilty
Nhen arranged. They are Nelson
ga pnon, ex.general manager Of the
Trinidad Paving company Of Cleve.
land; Arthur Beck, ex assistant city
en- gineer, and Alfred Shoemaker, ex-
city inspector.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Commander Peary has the honor Of
being the first man to receive a gold
medal from the National Geographic
society. The medal was presented re-
Gently by President Roosevelt in be-
half of the society, which desired to
recognize the distinguished services
Of the explorer in wrestling its secrets
from the frozen north.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
Same Grave For CoupIe.

Montgomery, NO., March 1S.-Ai.
ter living together for more than a
hall century, Thomas Rosser and his
wife died at their home in this coun.
ty, their death being but q few hours
apart. Each was aware Of the 9th.
er's condition. Rosser was 81 years
old and bis wife II. Both were
buried at Wellsville In the same
grave.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21
cadet companies

Kodol digests what you eat end
quickly overcomes indigestion, which
is forerunner Of dyspepsia. 1t ia
made In strict conformity to the
National Pure Food and Drugs Law
and Is sold on q guarantee relief
plan. Sold by Clay's drug store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Even the heroine who by waving her
red petticoat saved the fast express
from destruction has had to- give up
her pass. Thus do the sins of the un.
Just fall upon the just.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Down in Pennsylvania there Is q
lady who has presented her husband
with twins and triplets during the
past 10 months. The gentleman 10
likely to believe by this time that
there must be something In the u su-
perDtition,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The South Dakota men who have
been making love to a young man dis
guised as woman and spending their
hard-earned money for presents have
a chance to make an awful example
of him for obtaining money under
false pretenses.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Ali Merzi, the new shah Of Persia,
is described as a man who possesses
an iron will. Also he has more step.
mothers than any other ruler now ex.
tant.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Persia didn't have much difficulty
in launching her constitution. Her
troubles will come when she begins
to steer it through the storm of par
liamentary discussion.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

A Nebraska pamphleteer states that
coal gas in minute quantities in the
house causes consumption. How
pleased a man feels II he can throw
new scare into people.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

The greatest consolation in your
dying hour will be the remembrance
Of the truth you have told and the
good deeds you have done.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-03-21

Only one man in thousand In the
Russian army possesses . handler
chief.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
ARREST AMERICANS
THREE TAKEN BY RUSSIAN Po-
LICE AND JAILED.
ONE is NOTED SOCIALIST
American Embassy Attempts Their
Relief, But Is Unable To
Do Anything.

st. Petersburg, Oct 21-William
English Walling of indianapolis, Ind.
his wife and sister-in-law, Miss Rose
Stunsky, were arrested in this city
last night by gendarmes because OF
their association with several mem
bers of the Finnish progression party.
A representative OF the American en-
bassy appeared in their behalf but he
can take no action until today. Kel.
logg Durlang, another American and a
friend of Mr.. Walling, who has been
gathering material for lectures, also
was arrested, but later he was re-
leased
MIR. Walling is a wealthy socialist.
He is grandson of the late w. H. En-
glish, who was vice presidential candi-
date in 1880. For several years Wall
ing has taken an active interest in
the Russian struggle, and this is the
third time he has visited Russia
The Films with whom the Wallings
have been associating also were ar
rested. In this party there are three
men and the wife of Prof Malm Burg
of Helsingfors university.
The arrest took place at the Hotel
de France, one of the leading hotelries
of this city. The rooms of the Wall
ing party and the Films were thor.
oughly searched, all the baggage OF
the Walling party and the Films be-
ing opened. The gendarmes took pos
session of a large quantity of books
and documentary matter.
Mr.. Walling and his wife. who is
known to the literary world as Anna
Stunsky, and Miss Stunsky were
| taken to the gendarmes headquarters
! for all the prisons were overcrowded
After much telephoning by the author
tiles, places were finally found for the
| detention prison, his wife to the
women's prison and Miss Stunsky
who is apparently regarded as the
most important captive. to the new
| Jail recently built for the secret pc
lice.
1t was impossible to learn what the
charge was against the Films. This
will determine the accusation against
Mr.. Walling, but member of the
secret service said the order of ar
rest had originated in his section anc
that the secret service had been shad
owing Walling for two years. The
police have been instructed to lool
also for James M. James, a New York
newspaper man who has been ovel
here for New York weekly and sew
eral socialist papers. He has beer
arrested twice during raids on revolu
tionary gatherings but was released
upon proving that he was present il
his journalistic capacity only.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Lauritzen- Petersen Wedding


Last Wednesday afternoon at three
O'Clock at the church in Elk Horn
occurred the marriage of Mr.. Carl
Lauri,zen and Miss Tena Petersen,
Rev. Jersild officiating. A reception
was given at the brides home imme-
diately after the ceremony. Many
friends and relatives were present.
The bride is the only daughter of
Mr.. aud Mrs John Petersen who are
we'll acquainted both in Audubon
and Shelby county, he being psesi-
dent of the bank. The groom is
manager of the Olsen Knitting mills
and has made many friends since his
arrival here from Racine, Wisconsin.
We wish them success and happiness.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24

AS we now make our new Hair Vigor it
does not have the slightest effect upon
freely and for any length Of time with with.
falling hair. Cures dandruff.
-Mads by the j. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
WILL PICK CONVENTION CITY.
Republican National Committee Called
to Meet Early Next Month.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 21.-The re-
publican national committee will meet
here Dec. 6 and to decide upon the
place and time for holding the next
republican national convention.
According to Mr.. New, several
cities have made application for the
convention, among them Chicago,
Kansas City, st. Louis, Denver, Seat
tie, Atlantic City, Pittsburg. Milwau-
kee and ST. Paul
'The next convention is going to
attract a larger number OF people
than have heretofore attended," said
Mr.. New, land there are four con
siderations to be taken into account
in deciding the place. The first is
the accessibility of the town, Second
it must have ample hotel accommo-
dations. Third, it must provide a
good hall, and fourth, it must pos.
sess adequate facilities for the dis.
tribution of news"