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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
SERVICE PENSION BILL
RECOMMENDED FAVORABLY
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, jan. 2s.-Ry unani-
nous vote of the hotise committee on
pensions and invalid pensions. acting
as one committee, the McCumber serv-
ice pension bill was favorably reporte1 1
TO the house today. The bin provides
that all veterans Of the Mexican war
or the war of 1861 who are 81 years
old may have pension Of $12 q month.
Veterans 40 years old are to have SIS
month and $40 a month Is to be
granted veterans over IS years of age.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
SHOTS EXCHANGED IN ROYAL
GARDENS TERRIFlES PALACE
~ Assoointed Press.

MADRID, Jan. ga report that
three men who had been acting suspic-
iously had exchanged shots with the
keepers of the royal estate at the Case
do Campo While the queen and the
queen mother were driving there Sun
day afternoon caused some alarm.
Later it developed that the men We're
poachers. They are in custody.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
PLAQUE breaks Out in China

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The state
today received a cablegram
from the American vice consul at New
Chwang, China, stating that the
plague had broken out in that prov
ince.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
JAPANESE BUILDING MANY
NEW SHIPS OF WAR
BY Associate ted Press.

TOXIC, Jan. 29.-During 1907 the fol-
lowing warships will be launched at
japanese yards: AT Kuri the battleship
Oki of $4,000 tons; the armored cruiser
ltsuki, 14,600 tons; second class cruiser
3400 tons; at Yokosuka, the
cruiser Kurama. 14OOO tons; at
Sasebo and Kobe, the cruisers Tone and
Obo, 5000 tons each; at Uraga, the tor
pedo boat destroyer Kirusiki, 1000 tons.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
WILL SHUT
OUT AMERICAN ICE
Bv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Ell PAsO, Tex Jan. 29.-1ce manu-
facturers along the border have been
notified that the Mexican government
will soon place a duty on ice Nearly
all the ice consumed in northern Mex
leo is manufactured ON the Texas side
and enters Mexico free of duty. The
Mexican tariff on ammonia used i'm the
manufacture Of ice is so high as to
make it impossible to manufacture ice
in Mexico in competition with ice ad-
mitted free
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
SCARLET FEVER EPIDEMIC
AGAIN RAVAGES CHICAGO
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
CHICAGO, Jan, 29.-The scarlet fever
epidemic, which WAS said by the off
cials Of The health department to be
lcssenins, has broken out with renewed
violence. All records were broken to-
day, when 407 new cases We're reported.
report Ell.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
SON OF FAMOUS SCIENTIST
FINDS JEWELS IN TRUNK
IN Asgociated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Damouds and
other jewels valued a. $4,000 woro
found TODAY in an old trunk In the home
of the late Charles Tripler of anhas-
set, l.. |, discoverer ,f liquid air. The
finding was made ~ Nh Triplcr's SON,
l.. b. Tripler who knew nothing Of
these valuables until he broke into
the trunk.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
LAWYER BR0WBEATS
COURT; FINED S1OO
RY Assocla ted Press.

BY Ass0ciated Prtss,
OMAHA, Jan, 29.-Former Congress-
man W, j. Connell, who was yesterday
adiudged guilty of contempt by Judge
Sutton of the district court after trial.
was today sentenced TO pay a fine of
800 COnnell was charged with trying
to broWbeat the court in the recent
coal trust trial.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
RED CROSS FORWARDS $4,000
FOR STRICKEN CHINESE
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-The Ma
tional Red Cross has received from Dr.
KloptCh of the Christian Herald an
additional $4,000 for the Chinese famine
sufferers and the money has been
cabled to Consul General Rodgers at
Shanghai.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
Seven Thousand Quit Work
BY Associated Press

BAKU, Transcaucasia, Jan. 29.-Sev-
en- thousand employees of the naphtha
works struck today. Their demands
include a bonus for 1906. varying from
20 to so per cent of their wages for
the year. A general strike is being
planned in support of the movement.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
viii Bring spaoiards to Hawaii


HONOLULU, Jan. 29.-The Hawaii
immigration society has chartered a
steamship IN LonGon for the purpose
of bringing one thousand Spaniards to
Hawaii. The coltract price for trans
portation Is $75OJO.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
MAKES SCORE OF SO SHOTS
A MINUTE WITH A RIFLE
Rv Associated Pross

bN lA0EVVIWIV
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Jan. ga. f.
Laudensack Of New Haven, Conn. to-
day established a new record i'm the
rapid fire contest OF the third annual
tournament of the indoor % caliber
rifle league of the United States, maxi
ing SO shots I'm one minute.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
BAY CITY BRICK TRUST
PUSHES PRICES UP
BY Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 29.-The
price of brick has been raised to $3.50
per 1000 from $40, the price which has
ruled for long time past
The brick industry Of San Francisco
is i'm the hands of four concerns, two of
which are located i'm this city.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
Count roIstol pyIna
IN AssOciaLod Pross.

BY NtsOtIdIed IfCSE
STOCKHOLM, Jan GA dispatch TO
the Dagblad hom st. Petersburg SAYS
Count Tolstoi he novelist and social
reformer, is dying.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
Went ON Rocks.

Hangoe, FINLAND, September 12.-Ef-
forts are being made to save the i'm
perial yacht STANDARD, which went or
the rocks off here yesterday EmperO"
Nicholas and the royal family are
housed on board the Alexandra and
will rmain there until the arrival of
the Polar Star from st. Petersburg.
They will then return to the capital.
The STANDARD is still on the reef Her
bottom is badly torn forward and
amidships there is a rent AZ feet
long. The luxurious saloons, the inl-
perial suite and the engine rooms are
flooded. Five salvage steamers are
standing by.
Today they succeeded in raising the
after funnel of the yacht which had
been carried away. The salvage of the
STANDARD is now certain, but every
thing movable on board is being trans
ferred to the Alexandra.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
For the Orient.

Seattle, Wash, September 12--Wil-
liam H. Taft sailed at 1 o'clock today
on the steamship Minnesota. The sec
retary was in fine spirits and chatted
and laughed with the members of his
party aboard the Minnesota, while a
great crowd looked on from the docks
and waved adieus and good wishes.
Accompanying Secretary Taft are rep
resentatives of the Associated Press,
Golfers Weekly, the New York Herald
and other papers. his wife and son
Charlie, his private secretary, Fred w.
Carpenter, and General Clarence Ed
wards of the bureau of insular affairs
On the Minnesota also are Judge
Thomas Burke and w. F. Backus, of
this city, special commissioners to the
Orient for the Alaska-Yukon Pacific
exposition; Thomas J. O'Brien ambas-
sadOr of the United States to Japan.
and Peter Augustus Jay, first Sec
retary of the embassy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
DAUGHTER WINS SUIT

Jury Decides That f. w. Vanderbilt
is Incapable of Managing His At
fairs.
New York, Sept 12.-Edward w.
Vanderbilt, the AGED retired merchant
of Brooklyn who married May S.
Pepper, the spiritualist medium, is
incapable of managing his affairs be-
cause of lunacy. according to a YER
dict returned by the sheriff's jury in
Brooklyn today.
The proceedings to have Mr.. Van
derbilt declared incompetent were
brought by his daughter, Miss Minerva
Vanderbilt, after Mr. Vanderbilt had
married Miss Pepper sever al months
ago and had given her large portion
Of the real estate which he owned in
Brooklyn, including the house III
which they lived.
Miss Vanderbilt asserted that her
inheritance rights were being disre-
garded by these gifts and that she
had been left without a home. A
brother and sister Of Mr.. Vanderbilt
subsequently Joined her in the appeal
to the courts.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
On WY to Exposition.

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. Ex-Governor
and Mrs. Deneen left this morning for
Cincinnati. where they will be joine1
by President Edmund J. James, of the
University of Illinois and Mrs. James
and will leave for jamestown, Va,
Governor Deneen will make the re.
sponse to the address of welcome by
Governor Swanson, of Virginia, on
Saturday, which is Illinois day, ami
President James will also deliver an
address.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
Decrease i'm Grape Culture

the delicious suppernong grape Is
becoming almost plentiful now. but
continues to sell at ten cents a quart.
The grape industry has greatly de-
clined in this section of late on ac-
count of the stringent laws govern
ing the making and selling of wine.
Many people have cut down and de-
stroyed their vineyards, and the supply
OF grape even for preserving is apt tn
grow less from year to year.-New
Bern Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
COPPER SHARES TUMBLE.
Producer and Consumer are Un-
able to Agree
SITUATION REACHES A CRISIS
Copper 0ompanys
Mines Soon to Shut Down-Said 10
be Surplus OF 25o. 900 900 Pounds
OF Copper in Country.

New York, September IA crisis
in the copper situation due to a dead
lock between the producer and the
consumer has resulted In a tremendous
over-production of the metal and the
Amalgamated Copper Company, the
largest producer of copper In the cour
try, will soon shut down its mines
about Butte, Mont News of the in-
tended suspension of operations there
was made known today by an interest
closely identified with that company
Amalgamated stock fell over four
points in the stock exchange when the
news became known and the shares
of the company sold down to $60.25
which is 81 points under the high re-
cord price of the year. The Anal
gamated company has had difficulty in
obtaining adequate supplies of fuel at
Butte and this is said to be a contrib
uting cause for the shut down.
The Amalgamated Copper Company,
along with other copper companies,
has been piling up large surplus of
copper for months and it is authorita-
lively stated that there is a surplus OF
$50 900 900 pounds of refined copper in
the United States.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
Roosevelt and the Negroes.

Washington, September 12.-"This
convention is not opposed TO Presl-
dent Roosevelt because it is not po-
litical convention declared Rev. e.
c. Morris, the president, in calling
the National Baptict (Negro) Conven-
ton together at the second days ses-
sion.
DR.. Morris said there were many
negroes in the convention who are
for the president, although they are
convinced he made a mistake in the
Brownsville affair. The speaker sail
further that these negroes believe
the president is manly enough to
correct his error when the time comes ,
Rev. L. G. Jordan, secretary of the
foreign mission board, in making his
annual report, said that God had no
other purpose in permitting the ne
groes to be brought to this country as
slaves than TO prepare them to send
the gospel to their brothers and sis
tiers in darkest Africa.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
A Humane Appeal.

A humane citizen of Richmond, Ind
Mr.. u. D. Williams. 1O7 w. Main
street. says. II appeal to all persons
with weak lungs to take DR.. Kings
New Discovery, the only remery that
has helped me and fully comes up to
the proprietor's recommendation :" It
saves more lives than all other throat
and lung remedies put together, User
as a cough and cold cure the world
over. Cures asthma, bronchitis. Group
whooping cough, quinsy, hOarseness,
and phthisic, stops hemorrhages Of
the lungs and builds them up. Guaran-
teed at r. r. Bellamy's drugstore. Soc
and 81. Trial bottle free.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
PIT OUT OF BUSINESS.
simmer Makes Complaint Against
Railroad and Terminal Companies.

Washington, Sept 12.-Char1ges oI
gross favOritism are made IN conf
plant filed today with the Interstate
commerce commission by Carl Elch-
enberg, of Galveston, against the Sou
thern Pacific company and the South
ern Pacific Terminal company. The
complainant alleges the defendants
have granted the exclusive privileges
of their wharves in Galveston to a com
petitor of the complainant, the priv
iIege affording him a practical mon
opoly on shipments of cotton SEED
cake and cotton seed meal by saving
all switching and loading and unload
kng charges.
U The complainant alleges that he
practically has been put out OF busl-
ness, as to the shipment of cotton
seed cake and cotton seed meal, being
unable to compete with the holder CT
the monopoly. He asks the commls-
sion to protect him and other ship
pers in thir rights and to give him
reparation against the defendant COM
panies in the sum of $4,000.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

North Carolina takes first rank
among all the states engaged In the
manufacture OF chewing and smoking
tobacco, according to bulletin On the
manufacture OF tobacco in the Unit
ed States, which has just been issued
by the census bureau.
There were only 80 establishments
engaged in the manufacture Of smok-
ing and chewing tobacco in the state
in '0S as compared with 80 such es-
tablishment Is 1899 but there was q
notable increase in the value of the
products.
This increase during the five years
mentioned was $11SS7 ,9e5, or s7.1 per
cent
The total value of the manufactured
product of smoking and chewing to-
bacco in North Carolina in 1905 was
s25.48S, ,721
Rather unusual is the fact that the
number OF establishments decreased
This situation is attributed to the pre-
vailing Capitalization methods in al
most all branches of the business.
There was big increase in the amount
of capital employed in these manufac-
turing enterprises, which jumped from
six and a half to more than thirty
million dollars in the five years nam
ed.
The number Of wage earners was
practically the same in both years,
but wages increased from 1858, ,170 in
1900 to 1,23O,O88 in 1905. The cost OF
used doubled during the five
years.
The jump was from S4,230,O49 i'll
1900 to $8,961,772 in 19O5-Asheville
Gazette-News.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
D{FAULTER IS CAPTURED
Was Reading Account of His Biz
Steal When Taken
IETTEN MADE FULL CONFESSION
spent Greater Part of Money On
Negro Woman-Contempla Sui
cidc but Didn't Have Courage to
Take Fatal Plunge.

New Orleans, September 12.-Chas
u. Letten, chief clerk in the Office oil
the first district tax collector here
who disappeared two days ago, fear
ing a shortage of 500. 900, was found
this afternoon standing on the bank
Of the Mississippi river, attempting
to summon up courage to jump in the
water and commit suicide. He said he
had started toward the water several
times, but each time his courage had
failed him. He made full confession
The man who saw Letten standing
On the river bank reported his discov-
cry to the police and when the officers
arrived they found Letten standing
under an umbrella reading an account
of his defalcatiOn in morning paper.
He said he had found the sun very hot
and between his forts to summon up
courage enough to commit suicide
had sat beneath the umbrella and
read of his big theft. Letten said,
when carried before the inspector OF
police and the grand jury, that he
had spent the greater part OF the
money he had given her had been in
who lives in a handsomely furnished
house in the old French quarter of the
city and who is said to have bought
considerable quantities of real estate.
Letten says the greater part of the
money he had givn her had been in
vested in realty, only a comparatively
small amount being devoted to her
living expenses.
According to the last estimate made
as to Letten's shortage he was about
s1O7, 900 short in his accounts when
he disappeared two days ago. During
these two days he said he had been
hiding in the woods along the river.
Virginia Reed, the negress in the
case, was arrsted today and held as
a witness. An attempt will be mano
to indict her as a principal in the de-
faIcation. Her VIII, d copy OF "nlch
was obtaind today, showed that she
had made provisions to give much ol
the stolen money to a church ana 10
an orphanage. Letten had o5 cel''S
in his nossession when arrested.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

The strong prohibition sentiment in
the South has been emphasized by the
recent passage Of an act by the Geor-
gia legislature.
Newspapers and magazines are re-
ferrins at length TO the fact that the
southern states are abolishing the sa-
looms.
A writer in the latest issue Of Review
OF Reviews goes into the subject prin-
cipaiiy from the Georgia view point,
which however. is bat general as to the
south He says that the riot OF a year
ago generated the tidal wave of senti-
ment which swept the state.-Con-
cord Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Things have been so quiet in vic
unity of Jesse Grant recently that the
that the Presidential bees stinger has
been pulled. Our guess is that Jesse
has had his leg pulled.-Washing
Post.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Governor Hughes who has adopted
the ordinary political dodge of visit
ing the country fairs says ''the public
conscience is awake" He will also
find that the Oyster Bay boss is very
much awake to the Hughes scheme to
control the New York delegation 70
the Republican National Convention.
Greensboro Record
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
PostpOned Hearing.

Atlanta. Ga, Sept. 12.-The Georgia
railroad commission today Indefinitely
postponed consideration of petition
for long distance telephoning re-
Gently presented by the Bell telephone
company pending a detailed report
from the company.
Vice President Gentry of the COM
pany said that after a fair trial he
will be prepared to make a detailed
report.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
How to Avoid Anpedicjtis

Most victims Of appendicitis are
those who are habitualIy constipated
OrinO Laxative Fruit Syrup cures
hronic constipation by stimulating
the liver and bowels, and restores the
natural action Of the bowels. Orinc
Laxative Fruit Syrup does not naus-
cate or gripe and is mild and pleasant
to take. Refuse substitutes. Jos c.
Sheppard and The J. Hicks Bunting
DRUG Co
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

One Of the worst features of kid
ney trouble is that it is an insidious
disease and before the victim realizes
his danger he may have Il fatal mala-
dy. Take Foley's Kidney Cure at the
first sign of trouble as it corrects ir-
regularities and prevents Bright's di-
ease and diabetie.-Jos. c. Shephard
and The J. Hicks Bunting Drug Co.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
COMPANIES MUST PAY TAXES
Opinion of Law Officer as to Liability
of Insurance Companies.
(Special to The Messenger. }


Raleigh, Sept. 12-The assistant at
torney general gives an opinion as to
the liabilities of insurance companies
to taxation on their guaranteed capi'
tai that state auditor have brought UP
this question Some companies have
know as guaranty capital, that is Sc
curities of other companies They put
Up the claim that these have already
been taxed and the companies holding
them thus escape.
The auditor will call on companies
for back taxes due under this ruling
These companies can deduct from cred
it's due them on amount equal to their
reinsurance reserve.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

1t was nearly time to hear from Cox
ey. and the announcement that he
plans to lead another army of "discon-
tented and unemployed citizens'' upon
Washington can excite no surprise.
This time however the place for hin,
to recruit such an army is in Wall
street-Springfield Republican.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Having yielded to temptation and
lost his gift of silence, Governor
Hughes, of New York, has shown him
self greatly inferior to Secretary Taft
in the art of saying nothing from
noteS-St. Louis, Mo-, Republic
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

1t may be true that the rate IN
North Carolina is as low as in any
other southern state with the excep-
tion of Virginia, but even this leaves
us kick.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

The Chronicle has felt satisfied that
however the present cotton crop NAV
pan out, the farmers are going to get
good price for the staple-a good
price if the crop should be a large one
and fine price if it should be a small
one.-Charlotte Chronicle
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Moody's Magazine says the attacks
upon the railroads are due to the fact
that at last we have a crop of pass
less statesmen. Also to the fact that
more legislators are trying to pass
for statesmen Post.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

They could have easily given the lie
to the gentleman who started the
Fifth district combine by refusing to
ask for the jobs for which he hal
them slated-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
Of Interest Tn MANY.

Foley's Kidney Cure will cure any
case OF kidney and bladder trouble
that is not beyond the reach OF med
icine. No medicine can do more. Jos.
c Sheppard and The J. Hicks Bunting
Drug Co
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

kodol for indigestion and dyspepsia
combination OF natural digestants
and vegetable acids, digests the food
itself and gives strength and health
to the stomach Pleasant to take Sold
by r. r. Bellam0.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Nearly all Cough Cures. especially
hose that contain opiates, are con-
tpating. Kenredy's Laxative Cough
grup contains no opiatas and acts
gently on the bowels. Pleasant TO
take. Sold by x. II. Beltamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

When in doubt indict Standard
Or seems to be motto of most fed
eral grand juries nowadays But are
there no other corporations whose
methods ought to be probed?-Boston
Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
The New Pure Food and Drug Law

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs.
olds and lung troubles IS not affect
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug law as it contains no opiates or
other harmful drugs, and We recon-
mend it as a safe remedy for children
and admits
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
The Touch That Heals

Is the touch of Rucklen's Arnica SaIve
It's the happiest combination of Ar
MICA flowers and healing halsams ever
compounded. No matter how old the
sore or ulcer is, this salve will cure it
For burns, scalds, cuts. wounds OF
piles, it has no equal. Guaranteed by
R.. +. Pellamy, druggist 52c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Says an Indiana Judge: Don't blame
your boy for doing what you used to
do" Surely not, just give him what
you used to get for doing it and let
1t go at that-Milwaukee Sentinel
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills for hachache, weak kidneys and
inflammation Of the bladder. Sold by
r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Don't neglect your stomach. At the
hrst Indication OF trouble take some
thing chat will help it along In It's
work Of digestfng the food YOU eat.
kodol for indigestion and dyspepsia
VIII do this. Sold by r. r. Beliamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

DeWitt's Carboiized Witch Hazel
Salve is good for boiIs. burns, cuts,
scalds and skin diseases. 1t Is espec-
ially good for piles. Sold by r. r.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

That statement that the president
Will send to congress in December the
biggest message ever transmitted to
that body should not surprise anyone
The country is getting bigger all the
time, why shouldn't presidents mes
sages keep up?-Philadelphia Press
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
LAND ENTRY.
State of North Carolina.
New Hanover County.

SIdte Oh NOrtn 0arOdlna.
New Hanover County.
The undersigned lays claim to
and enters the following described
vacant and Incorporated lands
lying and being in Masonboro town
ship, New Hanover County and State
or North Carolina. bounded and des-
cribed as follows. to wit. adjoining
the lands OF 81. L. Horne on the east
and on the south by the PARSLEY
land. on the west by the lands of
Ben w. Beery, and on the north by
she lands Of H Horne ct al. con-
tanning twenty-five (25) acres. more
Or less.
This 18th day Of August. 1907.
n. L. HORNE.
Entered August 14th- 1905, at
Ills a. m.
JOHN HAAR.
REGISTER Deeds and Acting Entry
Taaxer for New Hanover County.
aug 1e 3ets
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

AT last comes a denunciation of the
president that disheartens his friends.
Chauncey Depew says: Il approve of
Roosevelt. t."-Philadelphia North Ame-
rican.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
good for any one who needs a pill,
Sold by p. r. Bellamy