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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-12
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Elevator. Flour Mills, Houses anu
700 600 Bushels OF Grain Burned

Duluth. Mimi, Nov. J.-Fire which
started in the grain elevator at sh-
nerior Wis, at o'clock last night
was brought under control after hay-
ing destroyed the elevator, three
-four mills. forty homes and $7OO,Oco
bushels Of grain.
Two scows, q derrick and two tnss
we're also burned.
The loss aggregates $2.51s,5co- The
cause of the fire is unknown
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-12
CRISIS ABOUT OVER
Resumption Of Normal G0ndI-
lions Close at Hand
BANKS IN 5000 CONOIT TONS
Gold Engagements Amount to W.
er S5O,OOO,O0O

T,raayxs all Record i'm History of New
York F'inance-itaisihs Oh DISCOUNT
Rates Docs Not Stop Importation Oh
yellow MetaI--N"tabIc Advances
5y Active shares in Stock Market.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-12

Hsx Portiers. Curtains at Gsyiords
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06
MILEAGE rs FIXED.
Hoo-~ Committee Prepares to Draw
It's Pay Legally.

Austin. TX. Feb, 6.---The house
committee on state affairs yesterday
afternoon reported favorabiy a bill
by Hamilton. providing for a law
authorizing the Legislature to pass
mileage and per diem appropriation
for members.
This is in conformity with the
point raised by Mr.. Clement,
Clement would not join in this
bill as ii fixes the mileage at 20
cents per mile. whereas his bill fixed
the mileage at cents
The new bill yalidates all warrants
heretofore issued,
The petition from San Saba was
read in the house calling for an in
yestigation OF the charges made
that Gruet has an agreement with the
county attorney of Travis county for
a share Of the penalty in he Waters
Pierce suit
Mr.. Keedy has introduced a bill
compelling the railroads 10 furnish
express facilities WITHOUT the aid Of
the express companies.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06
ADVERTISED FOR WIFE.
Mrs. Miller Replied and Is Now the
Fifth Mrs. Whyers.

st. Louis, Feb. 6.--Joseph Whyers
of Edwardsville, H., suburb, ad-
vertised three weeks ago for a wife.
his fourth wife having died Decem-
Der Z. Among those who replied was
Mrs. Josie Miller of st. Louis. Why
ers said that he could not get away
to marry her on account OF being
anchored to three boys. He invited
her to come to Edwardsville, and
she did so He met the interurban
car yesterday and the couple We're
impressed with each other at first
sight. He showed her his home, A1e
was pleased with it and proposed
that they get married Immediately.
They visited the court house, obtain
ed marriage license. Judge Hill
skotter performed the ceremony and
Mrs. Miller became the fifth Mrs.
Whyers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06

Unless The malicious practice of
breaking windows In the business
part Of town is discontinued the en-
forcemcut OF the curteW ordinance
should be- revived The latest suffer
er is ed Hudson, a photoerahher
whose display case at the foot of the
stairway leading 60 his studio was
broken last night The case was @
large one and has been used hy MI
Hudson several wears i'm which ro
place pictures on exhibition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06
bRltfS Are TOO LONG
Ap>e0sts Jetee3 Ce0p1sn q uSsiesS
la>sNiisa by nsyus.

Galveston. Tex, Feb e--Thrce
times within the last week III. court
OF civil appeals at Galveston has fel,
compelled TO remark upon the grow
ing disposition Of attorneys toward
introducing immaterial and surplus
matter In briefs filed in that court
In an opinion filed Saturday af-
ternoon in the case OF j. NJ. Guffey
Petroleum company vs., w. $.
Nearn, Chief Justice GIN concludes
with this language
Recurring TO the lengthy brief.
We take this occasion TO protest
against this growing evil. Counsel
In the preparation of briefs should
take the time 10 be reasonably con
else. Briefs are designed not only TO
aid the appellate court In reaching a
correct conclusion. but 10 enable the
court 10 dispose OF the cause with
less labor and consumption OF time.
The amount of work this court can
accomplish depends upon the time
consumed In consultation and con
scientious court must needs read the
briefs. If able counsel who prepared
the briefs for appellant were the
only offenders in this respect tand
they do not offend often) We might
have foregone these remarks. but
the habit is general and growing and
the efforts of this court to dispose of
the vast number of cases now on our
dockets are crippled by lengthy
briefs, which, while able and exhaus-
tive, might we'll be materially reduc-
ed by little time spent In arrange
ment and condensation. We hope
counsel for appellant and the bar
generally will take what has been
said in good part and hereafter let
their conscientious efforts be direc-
ted not only to aiding the court to
a correct but to Il speedy conclusion
In Judge Recess opinion in the
case of j. w Johnson VS.. Texas and
Gulf Railway company. filed January
80, occurs the following:
| THE case is presented here for
! appellants in brief of 149 pages
and printed argument OF IS pages
In the brief there is an unneeessar.
multiplicity and repetition Of aastgn
! ments OF error and propositions
!. tending rather to confuse than
!. elucidate the issues involved "
must in justice to other litigant
the hearing of whose appeals is tn,
ineedlessly delayed by the consHml
, tion of time required TO axa,ntn
such briefs. deprecate the CROWN
disposition to extend beyond reason
able limits the briefs in appealed
cases. More attention should be paid
to rule So for preparation Of cases
! on appeal.
The following paragraph occurs
! in Associate Justice Reese's opinion,
filed January 81. in the case of
| Brewer ct al VS.. Cochran.
I'VE have not thought il neces-
sary TO discuss the nHnerous assign
ments of error and propositions
| hereunder in appellants brief
/ which are multiplied beyond any
necessity therefor in the proper pres
/ entation of the issues involved. and
! the brief in consequence extended
! beyond any reasonable limits.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06
GUARDING the FUNDS
Sserier N eet Tsee b X TArevn
Areead fua1S Of State.

Austin, Feb 6.--Dnring the time
Chairman II A. O'Neal of the APP
propriations committee is busy with
the investigating committee of which
he Is chairman. W. J, Bryan OF Tay-
lor county Is acting chairman, Mr..
Bryan of the house and Mr. Willacy
of the senate committee are work
ing hand in hand II Is the first time
in the history of legislation. as far
as present members can recall. that
the two committees have not been at
loggerheads. SO far the deficiency
been reported
There will be new features to the
general appropriation bill this year,
features which will establish pre-
cedent, and which will call attention
to a loose system that has heretofore
been in vogue in the state. One pro-
vision of the appropriation bill will
be that no money shall be paid out
under the terms of the bill except by
a voucher made out to the person
for whom it is intended. Every per
son on the payroll of the state must
be given a voucher showing the
amount due. the service performed
and the term of the service for which
it is given, and this voucher must be
paid either in person to the one
named therein or upon written order
of such person.
Heretofore it has been the custom,
so the finance committee has ascer-
tanned. that head of department,
having forty clerks for instance,
would get the amount for these for
ty clerks in lump and would pay
the forty employees in cash separate
ly, The new provision will prevent
any head of department, if it should
happen that dishonest official
should ever be elected, from drawing
the amount Of money authorized
for the forty clerks and employing
| only thirty of them. Each person
must have his or her voucher for
! the amount due.
Another provision is that whicf
lputs all merchants and traders OF
notice that If they sell to the state Q
Texas through the head OF any De
partment or the purchasing AGen'
4 any goods. wares or merchandtn'
when there is not in the fund al
propriated for the purpose sufficiel
money to pay the amount due, II
state of Texas is not responsible fc
1.-THE debt. Provision is made for tn
merchant to be informed of the cor
dition of each fund as there will D
weekly balances reported to tn
comptroller.
The bill makes it unlawful TO
1.-THE head of department to make
purchases when there is no none.
in the proper fund to pay the amour
except through the proper deflcencN
channel.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06

T1res ha NDed h CsofNioa q Avs-
rste Last Mat.

Three men are reported to have
een killed at Alyarado last night as
be result OF a collision between two
treaght trains. One OF the victims OF
he accident was John Wright. u
young man about eighteen years old
nd a son of Conductor George
Wright. who was in charge of one of
he trains. Young Wright was not
) member Of the train crew but was
making a trip over the road with
1is father. It Is said that he was
Aieep in the caboose of train
which was crashed into by the en-
-1ne OF train following close be
ind. The forward train had stopped
1t the water tank to take water
shen it was telescoped by the rear
rain. The caboose is said to have
been completely demolished. II is
Iaimed that two stockmen who
we're riding in the caboose of the
front train were killed, but this
part Of the report has not been con
ffrmed
Young Wright was "A nephew of
Gus Wright, yard master for the
Katy at this place. Mr.. Wright left
last night for Alvarardo as soon as he
received the news of the terrible ac-
cident
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06
The $500 Proposition.

The following have paid $500 in
advance for the Daily Light since
EHoh
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06
TINE Is EXTENDED.


At the meeting OF the city council
las, night an extension OF time was
granted the Central Texas Traction
company in which to designate the
streets In Waxahachic over which II
proposes To operate inserurban cars.
The matter was presented by J. +.
Strickland president OF the COM
pany. and Judge NJ. B. Templeton,
the company's attorney. These gentle
men filed with the council written
acceptance Of the franchise ordin-
ance as passed in November. with
the exception OF the last section
which provided that the streets de-
sired to be used be designated in the
acceptance Judge Templeton eN-
planned that the time given the COM
pany in which to name the streets
over which cars were TO be operated
was entirely too short, and asked for
an extension OF six months from the
date OF the acceptance OF the ordin-
ance A bond of $500 was rendered
the city council as an evidence OF
good faith but the extension was
granted without this obligation be
ing required. This action Of the coun-
ell does not affect that part of the or
dinance with reference 10 the be-
eining of construction and the com
pletion of the road
When this matter had been dis
posed of the routine business of the
council was taken up. Bills against
the city were allowed and ordered
paid. Reports of officers and stand
ing committees were received and
approved. The council then adjourn
ed to meet Thursday, Feb. IA, at 4
o'clock in the afternoon to canvass
, the returns of the special election to
| be held Feb s.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06
NORSEL FOR BRtl\
\ Mother Makes Mistake and
Hands Baby to Bear.

Alton. Va, Feb 6.-James In
gram, Young farmer of Nelson
county. went to neighboring plan
ration on business Monday. Knowing
he would not be able to return until
late. and that his wife desired him
to accompany her to neighbo S,
where there was TO be dance, IL
was agreed that the woman should
start alone, taking their child with
her, and meet her husband at a
fence.
The woman started later than
she intended. 1t was dark and cold
when she reached the fence.
She saw dimly a figure lowering
in the dusk on the other side. She
took the object to be her husband
Calling him by name, she handed
the child over.
When she reached the second
panel and looked mp she saw the
figure disapp.ariuE without
a word and taking the baby with IT,
She then noted that the figure did
not travel upright like a man.
She Jumped 20 the ground and
ran. calling her husband. whom sh"
met on the road Hc also had been
DELAYED
tash,s were obtained. an alaG ~
stv~n, and tharough ~.'arch made.
nut nothing could h. seen or heard
This morning tracks Of an i'm
mems. boar were found i"adinE 20
ward tn. mountains M trace has
been found ~ the infant
There is scsnc.lv suy doubt fha'
ih- Infant wss dcvnursa hs thr bear
'a whom thr delicate mors"l wa
handed h, IN. mother
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06

They certainly do things on a
Wholesale scale out in California
The traveller down the coast from
San Francisco to Los Angeles rides
through thirty-five miles of grow
ing beans. A tract of 5000 acres IS
owned by one man. A "bean ranch
may sound rather odd, but that is
what it amounts to. The annual bean
crop of California amounts to 500
carloads
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06

Rev iohn Foanst Ia. Fr.. Mlhu.
dls; pastor af Fnnis sad Nairh"aa
chapel went opt to tas iassws place
iaRt Thursday a. assist Ea aotn@
.suns repairs on the church buiissaE
"a. sind hs1 sao~u ra. building oaF
II sAap-- n ~zs sfrsAxhf~usaa ap
us~ SlweAs pas under IL ans cshs
fspa4rs mad. Brota.r Fean~g
pr.-sssssi sssara2y night aaa >anas2
morning III. ssys II wAs yegN oesa
driving hone NC-das -Ernss >ews
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06

Iu lyadinp varieties Ir o.. cents
per hundred Cabbagr and sweet
potato plants at the samN price Bird
Forrest. WaXahach,y TrNgs. sc
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06

When you pay five dollars in ad-
vance you save a dollar in the deal.
Try it once and see how we'll pleased
YOU will be.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-06
Reddinr Plants.

We have a large stock of geranl-
ums, pansy. feverfew, daisy, caleus,
Saliva, Verbena and alternanther,
one and two years old roses, and
other plants which we will sell
cheaper than you can buy elsewhere
Look at our stock before buying
Bird Forrest, Waxahachie, Tex. g.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
Goes Back to House

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 1.-The senate
today spent three hours today consid
ering the prohibition as it came
from the house for concurrent &C
ton.
ed but were defeated
The bill was passed as it came
from the house, with the exception
that a verbal correction was made,
which will necessitate the bill re-
turning to the house for confirmation
of this correction before the act can
go to Governor Smith for his sig
nature.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
No Details of the Trouble Received
AT japanese Ambassy at WASH
ingtoB-Korean Battalion Mutiny
Against Order at Seoul-Casual-
ties Are Unknown.

Washington, Aug IA dispatch
received at the state department 10
day from Consul General Thomas
Sammons at Seoul, Korea, says that
forty Koreans were killed or wound
ed today in a fight p~recipitated by
the disarmament of .ne Korean ar
my. The casualties on the japanese
side, the dispatch adds, were slight
No details of the disarmament OF
the Koreans and of the trouble
which today resulted from IL, have
been received at the Japanese en-
bassy in this city
Affairs in Korea not having a d.
rect bearing on the United States,
the foreign office at Toxic is not
keeping the embassy here informed
Of what is going on there every
day.
I'VE have not received any ad-
vices regarding the disarmament Of
the Koreans by the Japanese" said
Miyaoka, the counsel of the embas-
sy today:
eff the news of their disarma-
ment is correct it must have been
dictated solely by the necessity Of
maintaining peace in the country.
Seoul, Aug. IA Korean battal-
ION IuutluISu LulS mOEIIuS dSdIl1SI
the disarmament order and engag-
ed in a fight for several hours with
the Japanese troops ear the con-
sulate quarter with rifles and a ma
chine gun. The casualties are I'M
known.
According to official reports re-
ceived by General H~asegawa up to
9 o'clock tonight there were 120
casualties among the Koreans as a
result of the riots growing out of
the disarmament of the Korean
troops.
Marquis Ito today assureu the en-
perOr Of his complete safety
Marquis Ito provided the foreign
consulates with guards tonight as
a ~precaution for safety.
The japanese military take the
credit Tor a prompt suppression of
an outbreak in the event of a SYM
pathetic uprising.
The imprisonment of fugitives
from the Shiawa continues. The re-
mainder Of the Korean army, dis
trlbuted throughout the country,
will be disbanded as fast as the i'm
perial rescript reaches the different
stations.
No trouble is anticipated. The
~residency general regards. the urgent
question, that relating to abdlca-
ton, settled; and believes that an
army Of several thousand Japanese
is sufficient to maintain order.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
OPINIONS DIFFER
Held That Company is a South Caro-
lima Corporation-Was Operating
in the State Under Charter Grant
ed by the Safe.

Columbia, S. c., Aug. 1-Justice
Ernest A. Cary, of the state supreme
court today, in the case of w. G.
Geraty, against the Atlantic Coast
Line Company, delivered an opin-
ion involving states rights in di-
rect opposition to a recent opinion
of Federal Judge j c. Pritchard
in a similar case.
The case is one for damages
against the Atlantic -oast Line for
More than $4,000.
Relying upon the decision Of
Judge Pritchard in the case of Leo
VS.. Atlantic Coast Line, in which it
as held that the defendant corpora
ton and properly within the juris-
diction OF the United States courts
in such cases alleging damages, the
railroad contended that the de-
PENDANT is not a corporation under
the laws of the state of South Caro-
lima, as alleged in the complaint.
Judge Cary held hat the railroad
company is a South Carolina cOrpO-
ration. If it is not a domestic then
he holds, the operations Of its rail
roads in this state is unlawful"
Judge Cary holds hat the Atlant-
ic Coast Line Company was formed
by merger subsequent to the enact
ment of tie constitution OF -905,
and therefore is operating in this
state under a charter given by the
state, hat otherwise IL is a tress-
passer and has no right within the
state.
He declares a demonstrated cor
pOration" to be a foreign corpora
ton which has become as practically
the same as a domestic c~OrporaLIon
and insists hat the laws or the state
apply equally.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
Requires Physicians Attention.
TRAGIC AFFAIR IN PHOEBCS
One Man Killed and Two Others
Wounded, One Probably Fatally.

Newport News, August 1--Garrett
Walsh, a first class fireman belonging
to the crew Of the battleshiD Maine,
was killed, and Chief Master-at-Arms
T. F. Maddox and Chief Baker J. NJ.
Alderman of the same ship, were
wounded, the former probably fatally,
by Fred Gutierrez, a beach wagon dri-
yer, in PhOebus tonight about 10
o'clock. Gutierrez was first arrested
n taken to the Hampton Jail, the Of
ficerS fearing that the excited crowd of
! soldiers and sailors on the streets of
PhOebus would attempt %lynching. The
sailors had employed Gutierrez to
drive them and a sick shipmate to Old
Point. They were on their way to get
the sick man when the driver stopped
in front Of the Palace hotel, at Howard
II Mallory streets, and said he was
going to get a drink. The sailors urg-
ed that they wanted to catch the 1920
launch out to their snip and asked the
driver to fOregO his drink and hurry
on after the sick man. Then an argu-
ment over the payment of the fares
started. By this time the entire party
had entered the bar of the Palace hotel
and some hot words were passed. Ac-
cOrding to the story told by spectators
Gutierrez caught Walsh in the collar
and jerked him out the back door.
Alderman and a soldier named Smith
followed; then Gutierrez drew a large
knife and stabbed Alderman in the
arm. FlOurishing his weapon, the dri-
Yer threatened the sailors and soldiers
and Walsh fed into a rear room of the
hotel. closely followed by Gutierrez. In
the meantime Maddox and others had
come Out of the bar and Maddox start
ed for the room into which the other
two had disappeared. Gutierrez ap~
peared in the door and attacked the
master-at-arms, stabbing him over the
heart and infiicting other wounds about
the body. Quite a crowd had gathered
but before anyone could interfere Gu
tierrez made a break and escaped in
the darkness. Walsh was found dead
in the room with his throat cut, his
heart pierced and his body badly cut
in several other PAGES. Soon after
wards TOwn Sergeant Williams and
Officer Johnson found Gutierrez at his
home in Asylum street and put him
under arrest. On account of the num-
Der of excited soldiers and sailors who
were talking freely of %lynching, the
sergeant hurried his prisoner Ove to
Hampton and lodged him in Jail there.
Gutierrez, who appeared to be half
drunk, said that the sailors had at
tempted to beat him.
Doctors are now working on Mad
dOx, but it is said that his chances for
life are slim. A %coroner's inquest is
being held over the remains Of Walsh
who was 35 years Old and a native of
Boston.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
FOR STEALING WHISkEY.
Son of Prominent Man Under Arrest
At Bristol, Tenn.

Bristol, Tenn, Aug. flames B..
Ayres, 27 years old, son Of General
Rufus A. Ayres, n of the wealth.
lest and best known men in Virginia,
was arrested today on the charge
of stealing whiskey from the office
of the Southern Express Company
last Monday.
He is believed to be suffering
from alcoholic insanity and was to-
night taken to the southwestern
state hospital for the insane at Ma
rion, Va, by Superintendent A. S.
Priddy.
Young Ayres has been cashier of
one of his fathers banks at Big
Stone Gap. He is prominent in So
ciety and a married a year ago
to Miss Bullet, of Louisville, KY,
a member of one Of the most prom
inent families in the state. The we'd
ding was an important social event
and the bridal tour included a trip
to Europe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
MISSISSIPPI PRIMARIES
Incomplete Returns Show That Will
IiamS is i'm the Lead

Jackson, Miss, August 2.-Incom-
plete returns from the democratic
primaries held yesterday throughout
the state at midnight showed that
Congressman John Sharp Williams
was leading Governor Vardaman for
the senatorial nomination about 3
to !.
The count is progressing slowly
because of the extreme lengeh Of
the ticket.
In the contest for governor, Chas.
Scott and A. f. Noel are leading the
other candidates.
with about % towns heard from
Williams had 1900 votes to Varda-
mans 1000.