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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
RATE NOT REASONABLE.
Commerce commission Decision IN
favorable to Southern Railway and
Others.

Washington, July 29-In an opin-
ion handed down today by Com
missioner Clements. the interstate
commerce commission decided that
the present rate of Al cents per 100
pounds in cotton, goods, by sea and
rail, from Augusta, Ga. to New York,
is not reasonable. The case was
that of F. Warren Manufacturing
Company of Augusta, Ga. and others.
against the Southern Railway Com
pany n others. The commission
held that the absorption of a COM
peting line of railway by another, in
alleged violation of the statutes of a
state, is a matter within the control
of the state courts n can be con-
sidered by the commission only in
its ultimate results of inducing I'M
reasonable rates.
Further, the commission holds
that the violation of the so-called'
antitrust act bv u~nwarranted agree
ments in restraint Of trade by carriers
of interstate commerce is not with
in the jurisdiction Of the commission
but only the correction of ~unreason-
able rates which may be the pur-
pose and effect of such illegal act.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
HIS FOURTH TRIAL
Caleb Powers Arraigned Tor Compile
ity in Murder of GOebel.

Georgetown, KY, July 29.-For the
fourth time Caleb Powers was placed
on trial here today. charged with COM
plicity in the murder Of William Goe-
bel Special Judge J. E. Robbins is
on the bench. Immediately after court
convened Judge James Z. Siinms, OF
counsel for Powers, entered a motion
and filed an affidavit in it's support, t.
have the sitting Judge sworn of the
bench.
Court adjourned until tomorrow to
give the commonwealth attorneys tine
to- consider the motion and affidavit.
Although not officially given out, 1t
is reported that the allegations against
Judge Robbins are sensational, charS-
ing prejudice in the former trial. The
court will pass on the motion for &c
moval tomorrow.
1t is not believed that Robbins VII
vacate the bench. Although it is gen.
orally anticipated that ne will go into
the trial Immediately and take lis
chances of being upheld by the appel
late court, the report is current that
the prosecution does not want the
trial at this time and that the case may
be continued.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
Steamer Rammed Bark.

Pensacola, Fla, July 29.-Tne Ger
ma steamer Eyer, from Hamburg,
1ammed the Norwegian bark Maren in
tie harbor today, staving in seven Or
eight plates just above the wa;er lire.
end breaking a number Of beams. The
steamer in passing up the ha:bo- fall
ed to respond to the wheel and crash
ed into the bark which was at anchor.
The latter vessel was loaded. A libel
for $4,000 was filed against the
steamer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
BOMB sIlfs FIRE.
Many Heroic Resucues Made by Fire
men-F1ames Shot uD Stairways,
Cutting OF Chance OF Escap-F1re
Also Destroys Long Beach Hotel
$50 Guests Flee for Their Lives
No Fatalities Reported

New York. July 2s.-E!ghteen per-
sons are dead and at least Is are Sc
riously injured as the result Of a fire
TODAY in a tenement house on Chris
tie street. All of the occupants OF
the house Were Italians. 1t was at
first reported that the fire was prob
ably caused by Il bomo which explod-
ed in the grocery store in the base
ment OF the building. but the police,
after a careful Investigation. say there
is no evidence to sustain this theory
or to show that the fire was Of incen-
resulted from the destruction Of the
Long Beach hotel at Ions Beach to-
day.
An explosion in the Italian gro
Gerry store on Christie street started
the fire which swept through the
stroyed the lives of nearly a score
people and injured Is others. The
noise Of the explosion caused a panic
in the dcnsely populated district. The
police say that many persisted in the
flames. a second explosion from a
kerosene tank followed and the whole
lower floor was a mass of flames
from the blazing oil. The fire shot
up the s~tairways. cutting off all
escape fr6m~ those in the bedrooms
above. Many rushed to the fire es-
cape which became clogged with
c~;~L+1ooJ ooo,lc rTr,a ao-oo- J~;1Ial
many as they We're about to be res
cued from the ROOT while others were
OercOme by smoke. There were
many heroic rescues by the firemen.
The bodies of the dead were found
in all of places.
-Four women were discovered dead
in a closet where they had rushed to
hide from the flames which found
them Il
HOTEL BURNED
Eight hundred guests of the Long
Beach hotel, one of the largest sea-
shore hotels on the Atlantic coast,
had to flee for their lives early to-
day when the hotel was burned to the
sands. There was no loss of life and
so far as can be learned no one was
injured The guests lost almost all
their clothing and personal effects.
The fire was discovered on the first
floor shortly after five O'Clock. Hall
boys and clerks hurried Through
the smoky corridors and aroused
the sleeping euests The flames
spread 50 rapidly in the great wooden
structure that the guests had bare
ly time to selze some scanty cloth
ing and They fed to the beach
beach ana were taken care of by the
cOttagcrS. The hotel burned like
finder and within a short time was a
s~mOulGering mass of ruins 1t was
three stories high and nearly 500
feet in length and when filled to it's
capacity housed HOO persons. The
loss is about $500. coo.
The frightened guests huddled to-
gether in groups along the beach
watching the flames destroy the ho-
tel. Sparks from the fire set
ablaZe the cottages Of A. B. Chap
man and three others and these too
were DESTROYED. The hotel burned
so rapidly that the employees had
no time to ave any of the furni-
ture or contents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
BRANDY STILLS IN SURRY.

1t is learned that thirty brandy dis.
tilleries have been bonded in Surry
county by the government.
The fruit crop in that section was
damaged to a large extent by the late
frosts III the spring. the peach crop
being practically ruined. Therefore,
it is presumed that that the new bran-
dy will be mostly of the apple fag-
or-Winston dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
Officially

New Orleans, July 29.-Gen. Stephen
D. Lee, commanding the United Con-
federate Veterans, today issued an or
der officially announcing the death
of United States Senator oettu5. who
was a bfigadier general in the confed-
crate army. He %eulogiZes him as j
true soldier and born leader, who
won friends on every hand and there
is no n who will be so universally
missed"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
4 Happy Man.

Is Amos F. King. OF Port Byron. ".
Y, (s5 years OF age) since a sore on
his leg. which had troubled him tho
greater part Of his life. has been en-
tirely healed by Bucklen's Arnfza
salve: the worlds great healer OF
Sores. Burns, Cuts, Wounds and Piles.
Guaranteed By r. r. Bsllamy, Drag
gist. Price Csc. -:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
Heat KiIsI Boil WeeyIIs.

Baton Rouge, La, July 29.-Enor-
nous numbers If boil weevil CUBS
have been baked TO death by the
scorching sun OF the past two weeks,
according TO the state crop pest com
mission report. The heat has killed
so many grubs as TO make nf
a fair crop in sections where the ont
look has been the worst.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02

some n has given out the story
That DR.. Woodrow Wilson has a habit
or talking In his sleep but hat win
not injure his chances for the presI-
dency 50 long as ii can be shown thar
he doesn't talk too much while ne
is awake.-Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02

During the summer kidney irregular
tlS are often caused by excessive
drinking or being o~verheated. Attend
TO the kidneys at once by using FoIey's
Kidney Cure. Sold by JOS. c. Shepherd
and ]. Hicks bunting Drng Co.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02

Little Will1e-Say pa, what is the
difference between well and good
Pal have noticed my son. that
about the only time when you are good
is when you are not weIl.-Baltinore
Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02

Get a free sample of Dr.. Shoop's
Health Ciffee" at our store. II real
coffee disturbs your Stomach, your
Heart or Kidneys, then try this clever
Coffee imitation. DR.. Shoop has close
ly matched Old Java and Mocha Coffee
in flavor and taste. yet it has not a
single grain of real Coffee in it. DR..
Shops Health Coffee Imitation is
made from pure toasted grains or
cereals, with Malt, Nuts. etc. Made III
a minute. No tedious wait. You will
surely like it. Sold by S. w. Sande. s
Cheer up" says the Atlanta Com
stitution. The sun is cooling off, and
after a while there will be mighty lit
tie hot air IN this country" Poor. de-
luded contemporary! There will be
plenty so long as our politicians do
not cool of.-Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02
ROADS STR|KEeplIek

Roads dubbed into Becoming Party
to A2reement-Public Mind In
aamed by Newspapers and POIid-
cians-Threats of Legislation Hos
tile TO Roads Were Used-Coer-
Give Measures Directed by Cover
nor Glenn.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-02

Old-fashioned Father (sternly)-Can
your prospective wife make up a coed
batch OF bread?
Truthful son-Well, she can handle
the dough all right.-Batimore Amefi-
can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
Further Decrease in Cost Expected
Dealers Make Statement as to
the Reasons.
WHOLESALE.

Lower meat prices are at least one JOY
Of the holidays that may be shared by all
Where a porterhOUse steak cost p cents
pound month ago, it may now be
bought for 20 cents, and a similar drop
in prices from the :ates of thirty days
ago is observed in other cuts OF beef,
and also III pork.
further drop in prices is expected.
according to the Washington agent of
great packing firm, and this Will apply
not only to the higher grades of meat,
but also the poorer cuts. The princi-
pal drop thus FAR is in pork. but the
quotations on lamb and veal hold firm.
Dealers say that the western packers
are buying cattle cheaper now than they
did month or more ago, and that this
has caused the fall in prices. 1t is add
ed that the effect will be felt more
strongly in THIS city little later, and
one retailer is authority for the proph-
scy that further drop of several cents
n the prices of both beef and pork is
expected soon. He says that a further
reason for falling prices is the smaller
demand to which high prices restricted
trade, causing the supply to bank | ,.
He finds that with prices high many
persons buy less meat o. meat of poor
r quality, simply denying themselves
until prices change to suit their purses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
Beautiful Art Subject Free
ON SCHEDULE TIME,
Nh. Chester Believes Panama Cana
Will Be Successfully Completed.

c. L. Chester of New York delivered
IN illustrated lecture on Panama before
the National Geographic Society at Ma
tional Rifles Armory Friday evening
Mr.. Chester made two trips to the 18TH
mus in the past year, and according to
him the dirt Is flying along the canal
route and everything is in excellent con-
dition. Particularly is this true of the
health of the men engaged in the work
In referring to the latter he declared that
they are working with vigor and a cour-
age that entitle them to the term of hero,
from the chief of engineers down to the
second-class laborers.
Mr.. Chester says this canal work is the
greatest engineering feat in the history
of the world, and he is of the opinion
that the work will be crowned with sue
cess, and that the canal will be completed
on schedule time. He reviewed the early
history of that portion of America and
of the early and fruitless attempts mad
by the Spaniards and French TO dig the
canal. He dwelt upon the stringent sani-
tary measures taken by the canal COM
mission in stamping out disease. He also
described the water works systems and
the sewerage systems that have been in
stalled by the Americans
He concluded his lecture by showing
number of pictures of the natives of
Panama and of their methods of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
LINCOLN POST ELECTION.
Delegates Favor John S. Walker for
Department Commander.

At the regular election of Lincoln Post,
No. g. G. A. R.. held Wednesday, Deem
Der 4, 1906, the following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year. Commander
w. H. Raymond: senior vice commander
r. B. Harlow: Junior vice commander, A.
B. Chatfield: quartermaster, George B.
Rose; surgeon, A. E. Johnson; chaplain
]. D. Bloodgood; officer of the day, George
w. Street; officer of the guard, John Nc
Namara: trustee. John S. Walker; de-
partment relief committeeman, Hazard
Wheeler: department memorial commit
teeman, George r. Ferguson.
Representatives to department encamp-
ment-J. d. Bloodgood. l.. P. Williams
w. A. Moore. B. f. Chase. George Smith
George w. Street. o. H. Oldroyd, Ga r.
Ferguson. Hazard Wheeler. R. B. Harlow
A. B. Chatfield. II. H. Martin, H. E. Will
l!ams, ]. H., Burgess, S. w. McElderry,
j. E. McCabe. G. M. Rowe, G. B. Rose,
John Mcnamara. Alternates-Abran
Myers Daniel Williams. W. S. Seymour
Alexander Scott. w. A. Griswold, Frank
Evans. John Morrison, w. S. Boyd, S r.
Whitney, Archie Burgess. w. D. Yingling
Robert Alton A. w. Bogia, George
Pulaski. w. ]. HARRISON. H. f. Lincoln
]. l.: Daily, Jacob Peacock and Thomas
Smith,
The representatives and alternates have
expressed themselves as enthusiastically
n favor of the election of John S. Walker
as department commander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
Alexandria County Items.

Miss Bouton of Ballston has been ap-
pointed ticket agent of the w. A. and F.
c. railroad at Rosslyn.
A merry crowd of masqueraders, chap
eroned by Mrs. AIRY r. Thomas, visited
the home of Mrs. f. f. Speer of Ballston
Thursday last, where mock marriage
took place and a program of music was
given. All had merry time.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mock left Balls
ton this week and will make West End
their future home.
Mr. Herbert Morton Mr.. Melvin Moore
and Mr.. Lee thompson left Clarendon
recently for North Carolina and will go
TO Florida before returning home
Mr.. Harry Collins and family have re-
moved from Vienna TO their new home
in Ballston.
Mr.. Harry Crack is the new jailer lot
Alexandria county. He took charge Mon
day.
Miss May Thomas of Ballston has as
her guests Misses Artie Pearson and Pearl
Wiley of Vienna. Va.
MIR. Richard Tall and family have leased
one of Mr.. Baldwin's houses and are oc-
cupying it.
Mrs Crux's home at Clarendon will soon
be completed and she will move -lato il in
a few days.
The c. E. Society of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church of Batlston gave a play in the
Sunday school room which was entitled
"A MisChievous Niger last night.
Among those who took part were Misses
Helen NeitCh, Edna Chappelear, Mr.. Dur
bin Hodgkins. Herbert Porter, Eddie Boil
den and Lester Ryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
LEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS
COMMISSION MERCHANTS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING.
Delegates to National Convention
Chosen-The Objects of the Or
ganization Outlined.

The Washington branch of the National
League of Commission Merchants of the
United States held its annual meeting
Thursday night last in the league head
quarters at 900 B street northwest. Of
ficers for the ensuing year were elected as
follows: John H. Shreve, president; Rob-
ert l.. Adams, vice president; ". j.
Heider, treasurer; W. F. Adams secre-
tary, and w. w. Leishear, G. Taylor
Wade and Nathan J. Ward, executive
committee. Messrs. John H. Shreve and
William f. Adams were elected dele
gates from the local branch to the ma
tional convention of the league, which
meets in Savannah, Ga, next month.
The Washington branch of the commits
sion merchants league was organized in
this city less than year ago. and is
composed of the following firms: E. j.
Adams & Co.. Robert L. Anderson, Heit-
muller & Heider. Krey, Price & Co., Will
liam w. Lcishear & Son, William O..
Shreve & Sons, II. L. Strang, G. Taylor
Wade and n. j. Ward & Co. The organ
;Zers are the present officers of the asso-
citation. They are all young and hustling
business men, and are products of the
ing high in the business world.
What It Has Accomplished.
Among the improved conditions which,
it is claimed, the league has brought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08

An oVersupply of dressed fowls of all
kinds caused a slump in the market yes
terday and chickens. turkeys and ducks
are selling wholesale at prices from
a cent to three cents lower per pound than
for some weeks past. The cool weather
of the early part of the week is said to
be responsible for the slump, as it caused
the farmers and poultry raisers in Mary
land. Virginia and North Carolina to ship
the big birds in large quantities TO the
dealers here. The consequence is that
cient to meet the demand and when the
heavy receipts came the market broke.
Baltimore. Phiiadelphia and New York
are also said to be oversupplied like this
city. and the dealers here have not been
able to unload at those points. The
dealers say that the slump is only tenn
pOrary and that prices will return to their
old basis next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
Sunday School Glass Gives Supper,

The Philathea class of Centennial Bap-
fist Sunday school, corner Sth and I
streets northeast, gave a supper at the
church Friday yvenins. Mrs. (. =. Beach.
president of the class, presided. while the
following program was given: Glass song.
Philathea class; prayer, Rev. A. X
Wright; piano solo. Miss Bessie Van de
Bogert; address. Rev. A. X. Wright; vocal
solo, Miss Sadie -; address, Miss A NJ
Mynes; piano trio, Misses Carrie Lipp
and Gwynette Christian and Mrs. G. w.
Bowen: address. Mr. G. r. Shields: vocal
solo. Mr.. Chester Wilfong; reading, Mr.
William Collins; piano duet, Misses Car
RE Lipp and Bessie Van de Bogert; vocal
solo, MIR. Lipp.
Upon conclusion of the above program
all We're bountifully served at the able
which was artistically arranged and deco
rated with ferns. The flowing were
present: Misses arrie Licp. I1el
Frantz Jessie rrantz. Lillian Monkey.
Nettie Walton. Alice Cilley. Annie Gre
CORY. Lillian Gregory. Bessie Stonnell
Gwynette Christian. Bessie Van de Bo-
CERT, Myrtle Williams, Kathryn Murphy.
Lucy Rhodes, \. NJ. Mynes Louise Wise,
Sadie Lipp. Margaret Burdett, Julia
Beach. Mesdames Gibbs, Hahn, Watt,
Robertson, Ehlers Childs. Vaughn,
Shields, Lipp, Wise, Christian, Bowen,
Jenkins. Walton, Wilfong. Beach. Hart
man, Dipple; Messrs. G. r. Shields. VIII
liam Collins. Chester Wilfong Fred Lipp,
Charles Wise. Rob IT Jenkins and lev.
A. *. Wright.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
VETERANS TO CELEBRATE
CONFEDERATION OF BATTLES
OF CIVIL WAR.
Survivors of Armies of Tennessee
and Cumberland, Respectively,
to Meet December II.

Monday and Tuesday. December 16 and
II, are days which the survivors of the
great western armies of the war of the re-
bellion recall with great interest as the
anniversary days of the battles of Frank
lin and Nashville, which took place forty
four years ago. The veterans are getting
ready to celebrate the occasion. The rem
nant of the armies of the Cumberland.
led to victory by Gen. George II. Thomas
and commanded by Gen. John NJ. Scho-
field. and a detachment of the Army OF
the Tennessee, commanded by Gen. A. J.
Smith-who was loved even as Thomas
was-will assemble at Masonic Temple
the evening of December IL and live over
again the stirring days Of the strenuous
campaign. This date Also marks the
ninety-first anniversary of the birth OF
Gen. Thomas.
Among the distinguished guests will be
Mr.. Justice Harlan. who was colonel of a
Kentucky regiment in the Army of the
tennessee, and Joseph G. Cannon, who, al
though not veteran, at a veterans ban
quet one night declared that he'd rather
be able to wear honorably the badge OF
The Grand Army of the Republic than to
be Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. Many United States senators and
representatives have accepted invitations
to be present, and the program will be
filled with patriotic music of the old days
ana speeches from statesmen and soldiers
Opens With a Dinner.
The program will open with a dinner al
$50 O'Clock, all the arrangements for
which are in the hands of Mrs Isabel
Worrell Ball, president of the Depart
ment of the Potomac, Woman's Relief
Corps, and a committee of Relief Corps
women. Mrs. Ball has arranged for a
musical program to be interspersed with
the toasts. Miss Emogean Newland and
Mrs. Dunn being among the soloists.
Among the veterans of the three arm
les who have the anniversary in hand are
Senator William Warner, Col. Green Clay
Goodloe, Gen. E. c. Carmen, Gen. Frank
G. Smith, Gen. Thomas Henderson, Gen
John c. Black, Col. Washington Gardiner
Gen. l. r. Sherwood, Col. ]. G. Wham
Capt. George Roadway, Capt. Robert
Armour, Col. John Tweedale, Maj. j. S
Roy. Gen. Eugene V. Payne, Col. John A
Joyce, Capt. j. II. Simpson, N. N. Nc
Cullough. P. B. Entriken, Col. l. w.
Stone, Col. John McElroy. Maj. A. F. Nc.
MILAN, Capt. G. NJ. Robinson, E. V. Fen
ton, N. Nj. Ferree, Commander Depart
ment of the Potomac, G. A. R., and Rob-
ert A. Raglan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
BARBER ENDS LIFE.
John o. Ross, Despondent Because of
Illness, Kills Himself.

John o. Ross, colored, a barber, COM
mitted suicide yesterday at his home, POP
LIST street southeast, by shooting himself
through the head He had been i'll more
than a year and had been treated at
Providence and Freedmen's hospitals. His
wife last Thursday made arrangements
to have him taken to the Washington
Asylum Hospital, as he was suffering
from locomotor ataxia and she was unable
to properly care for him and their two
to being sent there and complained Bit
terly of his wife's action. He wrote a
note to his wife this morning telling her
poor health and the arrangements for
sending him to- the Washington Asylum
Hospital. he explained, prompted the
deed. He added that there was no fu-
ture for him and asked that his body be
cremated.
Joshua Barber, a friend of the family,
was in the room with Ross this morning
He was washing and dressing one of the
children, he says, and Ross told him he
wanted him to take a note to his wife.
Barber turned in the direction of Ross
just in time to see the latter with the
pistol pointed toward his right temple.
He started to disarm him, but the shot
was fired and the body fell before Barber
could reach Ross.
The police took charge of the premises
until the arrival of Acting Coroner Glaze
brook. An investigation was made by
the latter and a certificate of death by
suicide given.
Mrs. Lavinia Ross, wife of the barber
who committed suicide, respected the
wishes of her husband. as expressed in
the note he wrote just before he shot him
self, and sent for an undertaken shortly
after Coroner Glazebrook had given the
death certificate and made arrangements
for the cremation of the body tomorrow.