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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-20
The Bank of WAYNE has had Six

he Bank of Wayne has had Six
teen years of Successful management
during this time it has earned more
than two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars-it has paid to it's shareholders
more than One Hundred and Fift
Thousand Dollars in dividends, and
now has a Surplus of more than Ony
Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-20

William Dean Howells' statement
that it is a crime for poets to accept pay
for their poems suggests that a good
many chronic bards woul make more
by accepting pay mo- to write.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-20

No doubt a source of humiliation to
b respectable citizens OF San Francis
&C is the contemplation of its chief
magistrate t~ransactlng h municipal
ity's business from behind prison
bars.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-20

Then again it appears hat Mayor
Schmitz, of San Francisco, got at least
a part of what was coming to him.
Even in a city stepped IN corruption, a
notorious CRATER is apt to come to grief
sooner Or later.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-20

Philadelphia is promised filtered wa
ter in a few weeks. That city has for
years been almost as badly in need of
filtered water as of disinfected public
morals.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-20

It is reported that Walter Wellman
will be ready to sail for the pole about
August Is. Meantime he might get
busy on his explanations OF why he
didn't get there.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-20

In contemplating war with the United
States the Japanese are said to have
their eyes on the Philippines. Are the
Japs hunting for trouble in punches?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
NEW PASSENGER RATES
Southern Secures Restraining Order
Against Virginia and North Carolina

Richmond, Va, May 9.-United
States Circuit Judge Pritchard tonight
granted an Injunction and restraining
order in the suit of the Southern Rail-
way company against the clerk and
members and corporation commission
of Virginia, thereby preventing them
from publishing their order putting
the two cent passenger rate in effect
in this state. The bill is made return
able before Judge Pritchard in Ashe-
vile, N. O., on June q.
At the same time Judge Pritcnard
granted a similar order in the suit of
the Southern Railway company against
members of corporation commission
sion, the attorney general and the
assistant attorney general of North
Carolina in the same way restraining
those officials from publishing and put
ting into effect the new law provi ling
for passenger rate Of two and one
quarter cents The North Carolina bill
is returnable before Judge Pritchard in
Asheville on June 26. The North Car
olina suit refers to both passenger
and freight rates.
While this matter is thus brought to
head by the Southern road, it is
upon what seems to be high authority,
stated that all other transportation
companies affected will come in as
parties
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
FIRE IN KANSAS CITY


Kansas City, Mo-. May 2-George
deMare was killed and fifteen persons
were injured in fire that destroyed
the five story brick university build
ing at the northwest corner Of Locust
and Ninth streets, causing a property
damage of s25O,O00. Six persons are
missing and may be buried in the
ruins. The debris cannot be searched
before tomorrow.
The building was occupied by
Mont gomery Ward and company as
Offices. employing two hundred girls.
ani by numerous artists and musi-
clans who lost everything.
Countess Alexandria Blumberg. a
miniature artist who came to America
two years ago from Paris and who
had a studio On the fourth floor. was
overcome by smoke and carried from
her room by fireman. who started
down a ladder with her. When the
| two were within thirtyfeet of the
ground the firemen be low in their
! excitement turned a stream Of water
on them, knocking them from the lad
der
Miss Blumberg suffered a fractured
ckull. Her studio contained many
| rare works Of art. They We're all de-
stroyed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
WILL COMMENCE TODAY
Charged With Participation In
Murder of Gov. Stuenberg
Is Eirts of the Four Men Indicted to
be Tried-One OF the Accused Has
Made COnfessiOn-Crime Grew Out
OF Labor Troubles-Triai Promises
to be Noted One.

Boise, Idaho, May 8.-By overruling
today the motion o fthe defense for a
bill of particulars setting forth what
meet the accused with the murder of
former Governor Steuenberg, Judge
Fremont Wood of the district court of
Ada county, cleared the way for the
trial of William D. Haywood, secretary
of the western federation OF miners.
which will begin tomorrow morning.
Judge Wood held that the reues. of
Haywood's counsel for more explicit
statement of the charges against the
prisoners came too late. regardless of
whether it might have been entertain-
ed at any earlier stage Of the proceed
ings. In cases where bills of particu-
lars dix allowable Judge Wood, who
is to preside over the trials of the
accused miners, declared the motions
must be made before the indictments
are n;eaded to before the cases are
set for trial
Haywood is the first Of four men ac-
cused of completely Ill the Steuenberg
murder to be tried. The others, Meyer,
Fettibone and Orchard, the last Of
whom is said to have made a confess
sion, will be tried as circumstances die
tate, following the conclusion of the
proceedings against Haywood.
The prisoner, his counsel and the
attorneys specially retained to present
t2e case and plead the cause Of the
accusing state, sTe ready for the long
the greatest tasks of the court, is to
procure jury and that will ne COM
menced tomorrow morning as soor as
Sheriff Hodgin has intOned the formal
Cry opering the court.
The victim Of the Caldwell assassi-
nation, long conspicuous a figure in
the political life of the state, was pos
sibly known to hundreds cf citizens cf
Ada county and personal alignment
and partisanship on the labor question
in which the prisoner and his code
PENDANTS were for a long time active
leaders, is general, SC that it is at
once difficult task to fird men free
from the disqualifications that unfit
them for the high duty cf juror :
Many men who knew the community
we'll and who add to their cAiGu'a at:cn
the further handicaps Of apprehension
Of future violence for revenge, take the
extreme view that it will he possible
to get jury, but the weight of opinion
is against this conclns;9n
One of the counsel TO: the prisoners
said:
''J'he broader the scope CT the case
placed before the state the better We
shall be satisfied" T
Nearly forty corresponds en:s for press
associations and newspapers have
come to report the case. and special
wire arrangements have been made for
the transmission of the dispatches
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
CRAIG FOR GOVERNOR
Ruling Affecting Life Insurance Conn
.Danics-Charged With Tnfanticide.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger)
Raleigh, May 8.-Locke Craig. of
Asheville. is formally in the field for
the democratic nomination for govern
Or. Letters sent out by his friends
have brought very flattering replies.
Insurance Commissioner Young rules
that no life insurance company doing
business in North Carolina shall issue
any special or board contracts or sell
any stock in connection with the poll
icies. This is to prevent rebating and
is intended to place all citizens OF the
state upon the same basis so far as
life insurance contracts are concern
ed = I'd III
Rosa Johnston, L 1issolute young
white woman, is in custody. She was
arrested late this afternoon on the
charge of numbering her infant, imme
diately after having given birth to
ib last night near stable. The childs S
mouth was filled with straw to pre-
vent it's crying and it's head was then
dashed against a box. The woman re-
fuses to speak.
John Bethel, a notorious negro, was
shot and killed while attempting to
escape from the convict camp, of this
county, near Wake Forest. He was
sentenced for four years for larceny,
He escaped from Jail several years ago,
leading in the escape several other
prisoners.
Insurance Commissioner Young
pays into the state treasury 3O,131,
receipts for April.
William Dancy, who served in Co.
E. ~ N. c. regiment and who had
been in the soldiers home for fifteen
years died today, aged sc
State veterinarian Butler, who went
to Polk county to investigate an al
legged case of glanders in a horse finds
it was not that disease but merely
abcesS of tooth.
Secretary Livingston Johnston re-
ports that North Carolina BaptisIs
during the past twelve months gave
$30,500 for foreign missions and $16.-
1O4 for home missions, an increase
in the latter over the previous year
of $4,000.
Wake Forest has in four months
raised $4,000 on the new endowment
fund.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10

A terrible and startling tragedy oc-
CURED in the ordinarily peaceful garrl-
son at Fort Caswell. at the mouth OF
Cape Fear river yesterday afternoon.
as the result Of which a man lies dead
and two other persons. a man and
woman, We're seriously injured. with
chances seeming, 1t IS said TO favor
the death of both.
From facts which could be gathered
in the city last night, after a futile
attempt had been made to reach the
fort by phone, it seems that there
were two parties in the shooting, and
that the action of one was taking in
defense of the life of the other.
The tragedy occurred early yester-
day afternoon, shortly before O'Clock.
when Henry Hamilton, private in
the 10Th Co. Of artillery corps, for
some reason, now unknown. became
angry with his wife and fired at her.
the ball lodging in her body. AS She
ran screaming with pain from the
house he followed and fired a second
time at her. Corporal Watson rushed
to the aid of the stricken woman
and as he reached her side the infu-
rated man shot the corporal. Both or
these are said now % be in O preca-
rious condition One OF tho attaches
Of the commissary department, seeing
the tragedy rushed from his quar-
ters and shot Hamilton. The latter fell
over dead.
1t is said that Hamilton had re-
Gently made threats against his wife
and that the attaches OF the oommis-
sary department, where he was en-
ploycd. were on the lookout for his
wild actions.
AS said above the cause of the trag-
edy could not be learned, but 1t Is be-
lieved to have been the result Of mari
tai disaGeements.
Hamilton is thought To have come
from Columbus, Ga, his native city
being given as Macon.
Mr.. w. w. King. undertaken In this
city. was notified OF the death OF Ham
ilton and he will leave for the font
this morning on the steamer Whining
ton with a casket in which the re-
mains of the deceased will be shipped
to his former home
The fort Was thrown into a high
pitch Of excitement by the terrible
shooting occurrences.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
STRIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Troops Ordered Held in Readiness for
Emergencies.

Sacramento, Cal, May S.-Adjutant
General Lauck received the following
telegram from Governor Gillette last
night "Things look serious. Have
everything ready to move If necessary
AS heretofore, take every precaution-
ary measure.
James Gillette"
San Francisco, Cal, May S.--A con-
ference was held in the Mayors office
today between Mayor Schmitzs, Pat
rick Calhoun, president Of the United
Railroads and Richard Cornelius,
being present The mayor proposed
that the case be submitted to a COM
mittee of fiftten citizens to be
appointed by him. President Cal
but stated that he would see his col
leagues in reference to the matter and
give an answer later. President Cor
nelius said that while he had no Objec-
ton to the appointment Of such a
committee he could not agree TO its
acting as a board Of arbitration. The
mayor, in closing the discussion de-
clared his intention of appointing the
committee regardless OF the opinion OF
either Calhoun or Cornelius -.
| OF the % people injured in yester-
days fight between the strike breakers
and the crowd reports from the hos
| pitals today indicate that four more
will die. Nearly all the other wounds
| proved to be superficial and most oi
the wounded have been Semoved II
their homes.
Thornwell Mullaly assistant TO tht
president OF United Railways stated
today that the company had a numebl
OF affidavits showing that the shootin:
yesterday was begun BY persons in III,
crowd trying 10 o1ostruct the movemen
OF street car and not by the men wht
are operating them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
HURT BY INTERNAL MACHINE
Thought to Have Been Sent by Tilted
Lover of Girl.

Atlanta, Ga. May S.-Mrs. Julia Nc
Arthy tonight was seriously injured
and her residence at 447 Georgia ave,
was wrecked by an Internal machine
contained in a package which she was
attempting to open. The package,
which was addressed to ner daughter,
Miss Waite Mccarthy, was brought to
the house by messenger boy while
the young woman was absent and her
mother attempted to open it. The
police believe the machine was sent by
a lifted lover, whom they are now leok-
ing for.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
INJUNCTION GRANTED
Alabama Restrained From Putting in
Operation Certain Laws.

Montgomery, Ala, May S.-Judge I.
G Jones of the United States court TO-
day granted preliminary injunctiols on
the part of ten roads in Alabama,
restraining the state from putting in
to operation certain laws just enacted.
Continuance Eas taken in the appli-
cation Of the Louisville and Nashville
and the southern and northern roads
because of eheir having made rates
rates in effect January 1, last shall
be the maximum charge, This feature
was continued for thirty days by re-
quest OF the state
The roads which secured the in
functions are the Atlantic Coast
line, the Seaboard. the Central OF
Georgia and the Western of Alabama; |;
the Alabama Great Southern, the
Southern. the Mobile and Ohio, the
Atlanta and birmingham. the Frisco
and the Nashville, and the Chattanoo-
ga and st. Louis
The laws resisted make rates jan
uary /. the maximum rates. fixes rates
On 110 articles. Classics the roads.
and provides for the ahrogation of Ii
.oense Of any road removing a case
from the state to the federa1 cor,rt.
The question Of master will be de-
termined ON the motion day, the first
Tuesday in June.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
FIVE YEARS IN PENIIENTIARY
Was Tried in Federal Court Yesterday.
Mi~trial I'm Whiskey Case From
Cumbcriand-Order Made I'm an Ad-
miralty Case

The United States district and cir
cult court for the eastern district of
North Carolina was convened at 10
o'clock yesterday morning and the
consideration of the cases on the dock
ct resumed. Up TO the present time
the cases before the court have been
mostly for alleged violations Of the rev.
enue laws. The most important case
tried yesterday was that of Ed. Smith,
the man charged with having raised
checks on several Wilmington mer-
chants Smith was only recently re-
leased from the Atlanta prison where
he served a two years sentence on the
same charge for which he was tried
yesterday. The indictment against
Smith is for violation of the postal
laws and he plead guilty. The court
sentenced him to five years at hard
labor i'll the penitentiary at Atlanta
and to pay the costs.
Judge Purnell stated in answer TO
questions asked by counsel that at
some future date at chambers IN this
city, he will entertain a motion to
strike the celebrated New Jersey Lana
and Lumber Co. VS. Gardner-Lacy
Lumber Co, ct al, suit of the docket
The following cases were disposed of
during the day:
m,. d ex- etaOin shrdlu cmfwy pat
Grant Porter, Cumberland. whiskey
retailing, guilty, sentenced to four
months in Jail, 800 fine and costs.
Frank Debury, Scotland, illicit dis
tilling, plead guilty, 80 days in Jail and
800 and costs. Judgment suspended
and defendant discharged.
T. J. Gore, New Hanover, violation
of Section 1926, case compromised, Get
tied with commissioner internal
revenue
Tom Bogans, Robson, retailing
plead guilty, judgment 80 days in Jail
and fine of 800 and costs,
Ned Thigpen, Duplin, retailing, plead
guilty, judgment six months in Jail
and fine of 800 and costs.
H. B. Stackhouse, Robson, retailing
80 days in Jail and fine Of 800 and
costs.
w. A. Mose1y, Cumberland, retail
ing, case given to jury at 1890 p. m.
At $3.50 last night the jury came i'll and
said there was hopeless division,~so a
juror was withdrawn and a mistrial
ordered.
Louis Hoskins, Cumberland, retail
ing, verdict brought in after court ad-
journed mot guilty"
Handy Holmes, Cumberland, retail
ing. & f. Judgment nj ST. sci fa and
capias.
Leon T. Cook, of Maxton, n. c., at
torney at law, was sworn in and ad-
mitted to practice in the circuit court.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10

Liner and Cruiser Nearly Collide il
Tor

Liner and Cruiser Nearly Collide in
Fog.
New York May S-Passengers on the
big German stamer Kaiser Wilhelm
Ii, which arrived today from Europe
reported that the liner had a remark
ably narrow escape from collision
with the German protected cruiser
Bremen in a dense fog of Nantucket
yesterday.
According to the STORY the Kaiser
was ploughing along at high speed
when the Bremen loomed up in the
fog only a short distance ahead In
ssaIlly the Miners engines were re-
Segsed and her nose was turned to one
side,
The Bremen's watch saw the dan
ger at the same instance and the
cruisers course was altered 80 that shs
veered OF In q wide circle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
No Lives Lost.

Marselles May S-Accordin~ 70 dis
patches received here Fl ON the agents
Of the company that owned the French
steamer Poitou, wrecked on the coast
of Uruguay, all the passengers of the
vessel. las we'll as the crew. are safe.
The passengers are being tranferred
by steamers to Buenas Ayres.
The crew will remain on board an
til all hopes of re-f1oating the -issel
are abandoned
The dispatches say there has been no
loss Of life. There were 160 passen-
gers On board the Poitou
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10

Los Angeles, May SACK O'Brien
and Tommy Burns met tonight Cor a
purse of $4,000 and the heavyweight
championship. During the first round
Referee Eyton called off all bets with
out giving reason. C'Brien is said to
be injured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
Bond Issue I'm Elizabcthtown Carried.
Especial To The Nessengerl

Elizabethtown, ". C.. Ma s.-An
election was held here YESTERDAY TO
decide whether or not Elizabeth town
ship would issue bonds TO the amount
of $4,000 to assist I'm building a roi'-
road from Abbottsburg on thee S. A
L. to Hizabethtown. The bonn Issue
was carried by safe majority. In
the municipal election Terry A. Lyon
a talented young lawyer. was elected
mayor amoRt unanimously.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10

Baltimore. May s-The democrats
swept the city in yesterdays municipal
election -
The plurality of J. Barry MakooI.
democrat Tor mayor over Timanus. re-
publican fs 4,64Q The democratic
candidates for Comptroller and pres
1sdent OF the second branch of the city
council were elected by good plurau-
Gea.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10

Valdosta, Ga, May S.-Steve Pearce.
Pearce, well known turpentine oper-
ator Of Grassland, was found dead in
bed at a hotel here today, his throat
cut and knife in his hand The
theory is that he committed suicide. al
though there Is some grounds that sus-
pect foul play.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10

Los Angeles. Cal. May S.-The annu-
au election of officers was tho princi-
pal business tranactad at todays ses-
sion of ,the imperial council Of the
Mystic Shrine. Henry r. Na5Jring-
haus OF Moolah tenlc;e, St Louis, va.
elected imperial outer guard.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10

New York, May 8,-The contest be-
tween the transatlantic and coastWise
steamship companies and the striking
longshoremen which followed the re-
fusal of the former to grant a wage
increase of approximately SO Is per
cent. continued today to the disadvan-
tage of both parties. While the men
remained idle several ships were oblig-
ed to sail with partial cargoes.
The only persons receiving direct
and immediate benefit from the situ-
alton are the crews of the vessels who
having been pressed into double SER
vice, are receiving the wages Of steve
dores in addition to their regular pay
as ship employees. But with the SER
vices of the crews and such other help
as could be picked up the work pro-
cessed slowly and much freight was
necessarily refused.
Merchants throughout the country
are feeling the delay, it is said, con-
tracts are maturing without the full
filment of their conditions, and orders
are piling in with no immediate pros
pect of being filled.
1t is in this last phase of the situa-
tion that the striking longshoremen
find their greatest source of satistac-
ton. A general protest of merchants,
they are, sure, will impel the steam
ship men to agree forthwith to their
demands for higher wages.
The threat that the transatlantic
lines, which are under contract with
their respective governments to carry
the mails on scheduled time woulG be
forced to suspend their sailings tenn
porarily, is not seriously entertained.
The thinking strikers realize that the
companies would, if necessary, sacrifice
their freight and even passenger busi-
ness and fill their holds with coal,
rather than interrupt or seriously de-
lay the mail service. Rather the strik-
ers expect to cause such Inconvenience
aad money loss that the companies
will be glad to come to terms.
With the exception of the half dozen
liners which have acceded to the de-
mands, the steamship people tonight
remain firm in their determination not
to yield. The liners sailed as schedul-
ed today. They included the Baltic,
of the White Star line. for Liverpool;
Noordam, of the Holland-American
line, for Rotterdam; the French liner
Roma, for Marseilles, and the Italian
tBrazile, for Naples and Genoa.
Though probably 10000 men are idle
there was comparatively little disorder
today. The leaders of the strikers
have shown disposition to check any
outbreak against men who are work
ing, and in one instance today several
strikers surrounded two workers who
were armed and caused the arrest of
the two and later appeared against the
men in court.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
NationaI.

Brooklyn, 4; Chicago, II.
New York, 4; Pittsburg, 0.
Philadelphia, 4; st. Louis, 6.
Boston, 6; Cincinnati. 0.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10

Little Rock, 10; Nashville. s.
New Observation-Disclosures. rain.
Shreveport-Montgomery; failure OF
Montgomery to arrive.
No other games scheduled.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
South Atlantic.

Augusta-Savannah, wet grounds.
Jacksonville Macon, wet grounds.
Columbia. 2; Charleston. o Go In
nings).
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
Virginia State League

Danville, 2; Richmond. s.
Norfolk, 3; Lynchburg, s.
Roanoke, 6; Portsmouth, I q in
nings; rain).
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
EFFECTS OF STRIKE
Being Felt throughout The
Country
10000 LONC5HOREMEM OUT
Many Vessels Leave Port With
Partial CargOes

Merchants Feeling the Delay-Orders
PiIinS III With No Immediate Pros
pccts Of Being Fiiled-Strikers
Counting Strongly on General Pro-
test From Business Men-Leaders OF
Strikers Show Disposition to Check
IaIyicSSneSS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-05-10
BASEBALL.
American.

Chicago. 5: Cleveland. Z.
st. Louis-Detroit, rain.