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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
RESULT OF FIEE.
A Dozen Persons Injured Families
Made Homeless, Fifty Horses Burn
ed to Death and Property valued at
100000 Destroyed.

New York, January "A dozen. per-
sons were injured, forty families were
made homeless, 1000 persons we're
driven temporarily from their homes,
fifty horses were roasted to death ard
property valued at 100000 was des-
troyed today in the worst early morn
ing fire New York has seen in many
months. One big tenement house at
427 West 53rd street and large board
ing stable at 429-431 West 53rd street
were destroyed. Seven tenement
houses at 426-434 West 53rd street and
436 and 438 West 54th street were
badly damaged. Lack of adequate
water pressure is said to have been
largely responsible for the extent Of
the fire. Had not one of the big fire
boats which drew its water supply
from the Hudson river, come to the
rescue, the loss must have been much
greater
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
The Brownsville Affair.

Inc president Is intensely in earliest
in the Brownsville matter. This is
made evident by his determination 10
Secure further evidence, if possible,
in support of the wisdom of his action.
He realizes that his adversaries in
tend to prove, if possible, that he has
inflicted grievOus wrong punishment
upon innocent men in his efforts TO
punish certain murderers and those
who have shielded them. Possibly the
president may have expressed himself
in an impulsive fashion regarding tie
criticism which his action has aroused
in the senate. But it is utterly irF
conceivable that the president OF the
United States has indicated 10 anyone
his deliberate intention 10 refuse TO
execute the laws of the land and I'd
face impeachment proceedings ratner
than to execute such laws merely De-
cause he does not believe they are
constitutional. Such an attitude can
not even be in the presidents thoughts
for it would mean that he intends 10
violate. in the most fragrant manner,
his oath to preserve, protect and de-
fend the constitution" which requires
that ''he shall take care that the laws
be faithfully executed" The laws en-
acted by congress over the presidents
veto are valid until declared otherwise
by an authority other than the pre5i-
dent, and no president of the United
States has ever constituted himseIG
an authority as to the constitntionality
of laws he is called upon TO execute.
These facts are so self-evident that IL
is preposterous to assert that Theodore
Roosevelt has indicated in anyway his
| intention TO swerve from his duty as
executor of the laws.-Washineto
Post
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
READ-ON COLLISION.
About Thirty Persons Killed and Forty
Injured.

Topeka, Kas., January about go
persons, mostly Mexican iaborers were
killed and 40 persons were injured
early today in head on collision three
miles west of Alma, Kas., bewteen pas
senger trains No. %, southbound, and
No. 80. northbound. The cars on train
No % went into ditch and several of
them were consumed by fire. Many of
the victims were pinioned in the wreck
age and were burned TO death. Only
their ashes remain. Twelve of the IN
jured were seriously hurt. Six of them
may die The Meeicans were en- route
railroad
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
VIII SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR
Text Book Commission Indignant al
Charges Made by Blackburn.
Especial to The MessengerD

Raleigh, N. c., January 2.-State
Auditor Dixon says the state text
book commission met today and dis
cussed the charge against the governor
published in Sundays papers over the
signature of Congressman Blackburn,
who now denies authorship. The COM
mission decided to fully support the
governor in any steps he might take
in the matter. The commission IS very
indignant at the absolute unfoundei
charges, which are as foolish as they
are false Auditor Dixon remarked:
- would just as soon be convicted OF
being q knaye as q fool.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
TO FILL VACANCY.
Rev. Archibald johnson Appointed
Director of School for Deaf Mutes.
(SDecial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, N g.. January 2,-GoVer-
nor Glenn appoints Rev. Archibald
Johnston a director of the state school
for deaf mutes at Morganton in place
of W C. Dowd, who resigned upon be-
ing elected a member of the legislature.
Mrs, Charles H. Belvin, wife of the
president Of one OF the leading banks
here, is dangerously i'll and there IS
little hopes of her recovery.
President Charles c. Moore OF the
State Cotton Gorwers' association TINS
afternoon met the county directors IN
conference; many we'll known farmers
are present including ex-Congressman
S B. Alexander
A resolution is offered to use cotton
cloth instead Of jute for bagglng so as
to increase consumption.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
LETTER A FORGERY
Blackburn Denies Making
Charges Against Coy Glenn.
new TURN IN SITUATION
&ckburn Furnishes Signed State
ment at Attorneys Request.

No Further Steps Taken TO Have War
rant SerVed-Governor Glenn NOti-
fled Attorney Proceedings Would be
Withdrawn il Blackburn Would
Sign Affidavit and Make it Public
Through Observation-Disclosures
Wsl Sue Every Newspaper That
Published the Lctter-Congressm
elect Hacl.ett Publish Card Denying
Charges Against Him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
COTTON NTII. MEN MEET.
Immigrant Labor, Child Labor and
Compulsory Education Discussed.

Spartanburg, S. c., January 2.-The
south Carolina Manufacturers associa-
tion convened today, one hundred dele
gates from the various cotton mills
throughout the state being presen,
representing capital Of f1fty-five mil
lion dallars. Ellison Smyth, president of
the Pelzer Cotton mills. is president
Of the association and made the open
ing address, which was responded to
by A B. Calvert, president of Drayton
mills. The meeting was held behind
closed doors. The subjects under dis
cussion are the labor question. incllld-
ing immigrant labor. child labor. COM
pulsory education. etc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
CARGO ON FIRE.
British Steamer Cainterr Loaded
With Cotton, Puts into Port.

Halifax, n. S, January with her
Cargo on fire, the British steamer
Cairnterr, from Galveston for Liver
pool. with cotton, put into this port to-
day. The fire was discovered on Fri
day last, and as efforts 10 extinguish
it were unavailing, it was decided to
run for Halifax. The holds were seal
ed and when the vessel arrived, al
though the decks and sides were heat
ed, the flames had not burst through.
The Cairnterr is a steamer Of 2.293
tons net burden She sailed from Gal
weston Decemer 90, with 1920 square
bales and 700 round bales of cotton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
FRAUD WAS ALLEGED
Charges Against New York
Cotton Exchange.
WILL Be INVESTIGATED
Want Officials Barred From Use
of Mails.

Charges Presented To Postmaster Gen
cral by Representative Livingston
AMI IiarVic Jordan-Asscrts That
New York has Ceased to be- n Com
mcrcial Spot Cotton Ccntrc-That
the Cotton Exchange has Developed
Into Speculative or Gambling
Body-Prcsidcnt Hubbard Defends
Cotton Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04

Don't wait-begin using Blue Rib
bon Lemon and Vanilla. Absolutely
pure go twice as far and the Blue Rib
bon Flavor is perfection. Ask for the
% cents size
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
THE BEACH

On pleasant days there Is mo- better
place to spend an hour or two than
at the beach.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
THE WRECK ON THE b. AND q.

Investigation Begins Before Coroner's
Jury-rrsncipal Witnesses Were
Three Off1cials Of the Road-Neith-
er OF Them Could Give Reason for
the Wrcck-Inquiry VIII Likely Last
While Week.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-04
(sneciaI to The Messenger.)

RALEIGH, N. c., January 2.-GoVernof
Glenn found positively today that Con-
gnessman Blackburn was in Green's
bono and notified state Solicitor Brooks
to have. him arrested for criminal libei
and to secure counsel to assist in the
prosecution. Solicitor Brooks lnIne-
diately went out to look for Blackburn,
neb him ON the street, Blackburn COM
The Washington times., 1907-10-17
MARCONI OPENS
WIRELESS SYSTEM
ACROSS THE SEAS
First Message Will Be
Addressed to British
NewspaperS-Sec-
ond to America,

GLACE BAY, n. s.. Oct. H-Five
years of patient. tedious effort in per-
fecfins his wireless apparatus culmina1-
ed today when AIarconi watched his
operators click the message marking the
formal opening of the transatlantic serV-
ice for public business.
AS ono of his experts. Mr.. Hanlkey'
,s diving. Marconi has withdrawn all in
v,tations TO his f.iends to visit the
et.oeh-naking p1hiJ1tiOn- He has DcCn
drill,nx mis- operators here both day and
light watching them untringly. He
said they are capable Of handling the
KEYS under all conditions.
The first message win be addressed 10
r,rItish newspapers The first message
western will go TO American and Cana
d,,, newspapers. Then the system viii
be open to commercial business Inc
commercial rate viii be ten cents a
word. and the press rate five cents o
word. ..,.,,,--
from, its beginning until TO-DAY, when
messages were flashed across the At
Iantic. may be briefly summarized thus:
iS42-Prof. Morse stgnaled across Sus-
ouehanna river without metallic connec-
ton, by means of wires stretched along
the banks.
1S54-Clarl Maxwell Aefined ether
waves to the Royal So lety, declaring
wireless teiegraphy possible by means
OF electromagnetic disturbances.
tSS5-Sir william Presce. Of London.
signaled between parallel telegraph
wires four and one-haif miles apart
| iSJ2-Sir William Preece established
| communication between Flatholm and
| IIasternock, three and one-tktrd miles
/ apart.
/ ISg7-Marconi introduced tho high-wiTe.
aerial. and signaled from Lavernock 10
/ Flatholm.
| i9Oi-Marconi signaled letter ''s' from
| Cornwall to Newfoundland.
| fs02-Actual wireless communication es-
| tablished. between Cape Breton and
/ Cornwall
The Washington times., 1907-10-17
ISLANDERS PROUD
OVER FRIENDSHIP
OF UNITED STATES
Self-Control Policy of Amer
ica Not Clear to
Delegates

MANILA, oct. H.-SecrHtary Taft IS
the center OF attractIoa n Manill to-
Cay, following his addr ess at the open
ins Of the first Filipino assembly, here,
yesterday Although the Var Secretary
failed to make the Americ a. policy clear
10 some OF the delegates, his optimistic
Views expressed have given the island
ers much encouragement.
One Yerifcatien-
Secretary Taft's optimist5c predictions
about his Filipino protege5 have found
at least one verificatiOn. At the opening
Of the st. Louis Exposition, when the
IgorrOtes We're winning fame with Sun
day feasts Of boiled dog, Taft astonished
the exposition officials By telling them
that ne expected more from that people
than from any other in the Philippines.
They have he said, "gameness.
hardlhood, the courage OF industry, and
an aptitude in the use Of Implements
With opportunity and instruction the
Igorrotes are vindicaung the judgment
OF their friend, the Secretary Of War
In the railroad construction now under
way on the islands OF Luzon. Panay
Negros. and Cebu they are the most
desirable Iaborers; they learn quickly
work with comparative continuity. and
have some sense OF hrnesty toward EN-.
plOyers-
II is not that they are equal to good
American labor IN America. Climate
and inherited habits are too potent for
that reformation But they are fully
equal to white labor on the islands. Ar
engineer on the spot estimates an Igor
rote TO be worth three AVERAGE .FrfiiuIuos
All OF the races do better work than
they were expected to do; a result OF
inte- -Hgenr direction by the American
engineers and bosses. who soon learned
20 adjust methods TO Filipino habits
Moros, Nisayans and IlcanOs are all al
it
Trains Are crowded.
The 10 miles Of finished raIlroad be-
tween Manila and Dagupan. another
seaport. furnish fine example of well
built road, and that stretch seems tc
Continued on Second Page)
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SUING ATTORNEY
FOR RECOVERY Of
HER PROPERTIES
TaStefulIy GOWned. She
Makes Striking Picture
AS She TeStlfieS.

Breathing the atmosphere of an old
aristocracy and shedding a light of a
cultured age In the staid old court room
presided over By Justice Wright, Miss
Cornelia Corbett today took the witness
stand in her suit against Attorney F.
A. Fenning for alleged conversion Of her
property and for the recovery of the
same, or its value.
Miss COrbe.t offered a striking picture.
She was goWned In a dark blue tailor
made suit, lighteHed up with little
touches OF green, q dark green velvet
tcque ornamented in red roses, a white
shirt waist and black gloves.
She mad little color In her face, and
her big blue eyes looked out with a
tired expression telling only in part
the dreadful ordeal she has passed
through since JuCe, 1904. when fle and
her mother were taken withouf warning
from their home and incarr rated in
St EliZabeth's Insane Asylum.
Her Voice Sutdued.
Her voice was low AMI Ler answers
given in a way which toId in itself
the gentle breeding that characterized
her and the cultured circle in which
her life had been spent. The technicail-
ties of her examination were a little
confusing and embarrassing to her. and
every once IN while when sho was not
quite sure just how TO anywer the
questions Of her counsel, an exSression
OF appeal and Of absolute loneliness
passed over her face. only to be driven
away with show Of courage that she
coulS not hide.
H. answering q question she started
10 quote some one on the value OF an
organ, which had been included in the
ssle, when counsel for Attorney Fen
ming broke in Sharply with 4 object
Miss CCrbett was told that she could
testify only as to what she herself knew
and said, Oh In an mbarrassd wal
that more than ever accentuated her
htlplessnsss in her strange position.
Suit to Recover.
Miss Corbett's suit Is for the recovery
Of her individual property, which she
claims was sold by Felning as trustee
for her mother. she enumerated the
CONTINUED on Second PageD
The Washington times., 1907-10-17
JAZZ PANESE FEAR
PLOTS To KILL
CROWN PRINCE
Royal Visitor to Korea
Under Close Guard.
British Editor in
Trouble.

SEOUL. Oct. 17.-Now that crown
Prince Yoshihito OF Japan Is IN Korea.
his countrymen here are alarmed for
his safety.
The prince was received by Korean
onicialdom with great eordiality, ous
the peopls ate sullen and the recently
discharged native soldlery actually
Threatening.
RumOrs are current, too. OF a plot TO
assassinate the royal visitor. The secret
police have been unable definitely TO
find the source OF the reports. and their
uncertainty adds TO the uneasiness-
Many suspects have been arrested
His Palace Closely Guarded
The palace set aside for the prince's
occupancy is heavily guarded, and the
utmost precautions have been taken 10
prevent the entrance Of any visitor
whose business and identity are not
fully known.
The prince arri 5ed on q japanese war
ship at Chemal yesterday afternoon.
was greeted at ms dock by the Crown
Prince Of Korea and his suite, tccom-
panied them with his staf to the rail-
road station, reached here at 4:30 O'Clock,
and entered the city through series OF
triumphal arcnes-
MARQUIS Ito has spent much time with
him since his arrival. and it is believed
the Korean situation has been gone over
thoroughly between them
British Editor in Trouble.
EdIsor Z. H Bethel. OF the Korea Daily
/ News and the Dainian Shimpo, English
and Korean newspapers printed here,
I has given notice OF an appeal to the
/ home governmSEt from TIE British
I consular courts action binding him
/ over to refrain from melting the KO-
reans to hostility against the Japanese
/ and threatening him with deportation
I as well as forfeiture Of his bond,
should he offended again.
The Washington times., 1907-10-17
SOUTH POISONS
MIND Of PUBLIC
AGAINST NEGRO
Mary Church Terrell
Member of Washington
SchoolBoard MakeSSen-
Sational Speech in
Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Oct T7.-Colored
residents OF this city are greatly agitated
by the speech OF Mrs. Mary Church
Terrell, OF Washington. in which she
solemnly declared that a crisis Is at
hand In the history OF the black race,
and that renewed interference on the
part OF the North Will alone save the
race from extinction. Mrs. Terrell, who
is well known as one OF the most promi-
nent colored women In the country. is
a member Of the Board Of Education
in Washington, and has taken a great
interest In the race question in that
city, which promises to disrupt the pub
lic school system. Her address. which
was delivered before the American Mis-
siOnary Association, created much CON-
ment.
Sectional Breach Healed
Justice d. J. Brewer, OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States. was in the
chair when Mrs. Terrell delivered her
/ stirring speech. She was frequently
interrupted by applause.
The breach between the North and
the South has practically healed" de-
clared Mrs. Terrell. Northern men
/ hold large commercial interests in the
/ South. Besides. so irritably has the
| South insisted for years that It is the
| colured mans best friend, that It un-
derstands him better than anybody
else in the world, so benigenertly has
It shouted that II will brook inter
| ference in the treatment accorded him
from nobody on earth. that the North
| generally speaking, has been persuad
ed for the sake Of peace to keep ans
! accept this view and keep hands or.
''By a continual evaggeration of tn,
colored mans vices, by a studied sup
pressicu Of the proofs OF his marveloui
| advancement. by a malicious use OF epi
thets such as the scarecrow OF socia
equality. the bugaboo OF negro dom
| ination. and others which lnisIead anS
pols0n the public mind; by A watchful
| searching skepticism with respect (,
tevidencs Of his marvellous i.dvancemen
along All lines, but with a convenien
| oredulity with respect to every repor
or tradition which can be used to prov,
! kContinued on Eleventh Page,4
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Suit to Recover.
THE WEATHER REPORT.

In ali other parts of the country the
weather has been fair. The temperature
has fallen sharply in the extreme North
west.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light and variable; on the
south Atlantic coast fresh northeasterly,
and on the east Gull coast light north
eastcrly.
Steamers departing today iot Euro
pcan ports will have fresh southwesterly
Banks
The Washington times., 1907-10-17

On Saturday Cctober 70, Annapolis will
honor the memory OF Peggy Stewart
Hundreds of MaTyianders viii visit the
State Capital on that day. The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad affords convenient train
service from Washington via Odenton.
Consult ticket agents.-AdV.
The Washington times., 1907-10-17
DESTROYER TRUXTUN LOSES
CHANCE TO FOLLOW FLEET

The officers and men Of the torpedo
boat dcst rOyer TruxtUn, who had eX-
pected 70 participate in the voyage OF
the Atlantic feet to the Pacific. are dis
appointed for that vessel has been
placed in reserve at the Norfolk navy
yard
Her place in the second torpedo flO-
tiIla has been taken by the destroyer
Wo-dep, which has been undergoing re-
PAIRS L the navy yard there
The Washington times., 1907-10-17
Harvara-Annapolis Gams.

At Annapolis next Saturday. October 19
C1n=enient train service via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. Leave Washington u: 80
Y. "a, and arrive Annapolis 1850 D. m.
Returning train leaves @ls,napolls5 $50 pm.
ADV
The Washington times., 1907-10-17

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Ever Happen TO You?

A man came into Simpsons
Pharmacy, Seventh street and
Rhode Island avenue, the other
day. hot and dusty. As he was
drinking & soda, he said to the
clerk:
I've been walking all over
this section looking for rooms,
and 1 can't find a thing to suit.
Put an ad in The Times at
our branch here" said the clerk,
~and then read over the rooms
for rent list this evening"
The man says his new rooms
are great"
The Washington times., 1907-10-17

Sun sets today. So
Sun rises tomorrow ...........s..........6.l Il
The Washington times., 1907-10-17

HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, oct. IL
Both rivers clear.
The Washington times., 1907-10-17
Otto Heinze & Co.
Declare Ability to Pay
ALI Just Obligations

NEW YORK, Oct 17.-In a formal
statement given out this morning. the
firm Of Otto Ifeinze 6, CO. declared itself
Confined on Ninth PareN
The Washington times., 1907-10-17
Company B of 18th
Held Responsible
For Riot.
General CrOzier Out
lines Method of
Investigation.

The blame for the shooting in
Brownsville, Tex, last year, which
resulted in the killing of one man,
the manning Of another, the dis
missal from the army without
honor" OF whole battalion OF coll
ored soldiers, and the institution
OF one of the warmest political
fights in recent history, has been
definitely placed upon Company B
of the Tweuty-ffth Infantry, ac-
cOrding to the annual report Of
Brig. Gen William Crozier, chief Of
ordnance Of the army. made public
today at the War Department.
his conclusions, he says, were
reached after a most careful and
technical investigation, the object
Cs which was TO identify the rifles
f>om which the bullets and cart
ridge cases, received in evidence,
had been fired.
Trial at Armory.
with this end IN View he continued
"a trial was made at Springfield Armory
to determine the possibility OF ascertain.
Ing from a micrOscoDical examination
OF the gun marks on q fired cartridge
case the rifle from which Il had been
fred The trial developed the fact that
such Identification was possible by vir-
tue OF the characteristic marking on the
various external surfaces OF the carr
ridge case produced by the similar. com
Elementary markings IN the chamber
and on the breech mechanism OF the
rife
''Thereupon all OF the cartridge cases
received IN evidence and all OF the rifles
which had been at Brownsville in the
hands OF troops at such times as would
render IL possible for the cartridge casey
10 have been fred from them were ser
to the Springfield Armory for examina-
dOn. As a result Il was found that OF
the thirty-nine cartridge cases In ques-
ton eleven had been fred from the same
rife, eight from another rife. eleven
from another rifie, and three from a
! fourth rife, the remaining six having
insufficient gun marks 10 classify tkslh-
Markings Compared.
The markings on the cartridge case
OF each group were then compared with
/ the markings produced by all Of the
| aforementioned rifles. through the me-
dunn OF auxiliary cartridges fred al
[ Springfield in each Of the rifles. In this
way it was found that the cartridge
/ cases comprising groups one, two. and
I three had been fred in rifles belonging
/ to Company =, Twenty-ffth Infantry.
I and that cartridge cases OF group four
I had probably also been fired from an
/ other Of the rifles in the same conf
| pany.
Somewhat similar investigation was
made in regard to the bullets recovered
from Brownsville, and received IN evil
/ dencc.
1T was established that the bullets
were United States model Of 1895, or
United Stapes model OF 1893 bullets, and
that they had been fired from either
the United States model OF ISIS rifles,
/ or from the United States model OF
1903 life, and from no other"
The Washington times., 1907-10-17

SContinued on Eleventh Page,}
The Washington times., 1907-10-17
Trains Are crowded.
Peggy Stewart Dav at Annapolis

CONTINUED on Second PageJ