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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-04-12

New York, April 9,-One day more
and the concluding chapters Of the
trial of Harry K. Thaw. for. he mr.
der Of Stanford White, will have been
written into history. With an ora
t"rlcal appeal TO both the written and
the 'unWTitten law" for the jUstifica-
ton Of his client, Dolphin VI. Delmas.
the California Attorney cnpc,ndad bis
avbo,,e,i,,
'p '''1 ~
"0 J"' 'HLA "l'efho"h. Nheh court
cohVen'S tomorrow morning at l1:30
o'clock, me hour later than usual
R1stricf Attorney Teroma will on no
~, i,n,
-O"-
h""i9 """Ie99 - eApecteu 10 make d
plea which viii be accounted n of
the greatest efforts Of his life .Judge
E,5tzgarald would no, Gov, +odo. ,
t"0 Jul
""''lF loIl""lnS the dlstrlct attor-
Hey 5 closing remarks, but The gener-
Al impression is hat he will do SO.
In that event thnra ceomc 1jt+Io do,b+
~
july oy toiIorr"" evening.
With the exception Of the few mo-
nlents when ne was reading from the
-.
wa, ono If ,,e.oin. Io.a
fort uo .h.orr ~
Hurry, Th.u. rho c,ool ~ a,tuoI1.a
r~o;ohthooa
WI bo cbontod ~ehonla
ira tho oh;ror ,,a;uh.o 20 49,
n,;ddlo ouar n ah%1. -
ing wrorps and ,ecc,,ing noidone -
a;.+roor h, So
th;c bravo uap9o
R~rineino tho narrative. ,f h;e
mani dow, IN tho oro,+ - .ho riat.
-kJr Ds,noo ,ola If rh.v ava ~,
wisa d;,;,a at tho cafo Asarti, With
Ttuv+on pea7o and TAoraO MaCa,.h
~"StanfoFa White nv aceiden. ~. DO
.ana into tho ,oor vhero .ha nor.v
sat Thav aid mot 600 him hn+ WHOM
White left the Mace The vo,ne woman
called for a. pencil and wrote q note
70 her husband. saving The B.
was here b. but went ous
again" 49," '"'
When Thaw read this. his first
thought was that of his wife. He
said to her Are You all risht?"
when he received her assurance that
sho was no mastered whatever ONO
no might have fe,t at that time
- a nub1ic Mace and in the nresence
of his friends and the incident had
no fnrther sipni1cance for the time he
'"Thaw had bought four tickets for
a roof garden entertainment that even
nc went !no1e VA ~ par'',
wha ooo,niod ono of tbo ooo+c low.
iuo Mr. Thaw vithout . seat He he-
ing of a nervous temperament, walk
about looking for another seat.
INV" lie louhu oe9lue Nhe "lIness'
thoro oho,t ~ bow Tbon ho ro+,rn
eli 10 his nar+r talked ahout the NAV !
and its lack of interest. They left,
Mrs. Thaw and Thomas McCaleb in
fr"H'' lruAloh b'aIe Il ina" loI-
.no5 Ie
rFbay 80 n,o.aod ON h;c r-o, o,lno
Remember at this point, gentlemen. |
ENr3teStlmon| OF all the witnesses is
40 .""' 'N' l"Hne ana ue~
and corrosoa and rbat 10 ma11-a1
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STATE or NORTH CAROLINA.
New Hanover County.
J. \. hcGeachy. Acting Cashier
for Hugh MacRae * Company, Bank
erS. do sDlemly wear that the above
statement ~ true to the bert OF my
knowledge and belief.
j 4. AcGEACHT,
Acting Cashier.
Sworn 70 and eubecrIh"d before me
this April Sth. 1907.
JAS. OWEN REILLY. IL s.
Notify PubEc
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

There is no satisfying the laborers
when it comes to giving them a re-
duction in their hours Of work. Word
comes from Melbourne, Australia,
that the printers in that country at
ter having secured their working
hours reduced to eight without an
abridgement of pay, are now coun-
CLING on a strike to have their hours
of work reduced to six hours a day.
That is bringing the labor question
down to a fine point for arbitration
as to whether they ought to work
at all or not. Having trimmed off
two hours of each day by the same
ratio it is presumed that eventually
they can get the system down to such
a fine point where it will not be
necessary to work at all. We pre-
sumo that those printers in Mel
bourne will want to be placed on a
pension list and let the bosses go to
work and earn enough money for
both. However, we are inclined to
believe that for the present genera
ton eight hours will have to suffice
for a days work, and the printers
will have to take a few chances on
being worked to death at eight hours
of labor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

While not accomplishing all that
he hoped for. George w. Glover, of
the only son Of Mrs
Mary Baker G.. Eddy, states in an
interview that he has a%scertained
quite a good deal Of information
concerning his mothers property as
a result of the suit which was start
ed and then dropped. Instead of
having but $4,000 worth of proper
ty, Mr.. Glover says that it is now
definitely settled that Mrs. Eddy has
property worth over one million dol
lars. For the present Mr.. Glover
says that he is satisfied with having
forced the execution Of a trust deed
which has taken the control of her
property out of the hands of the
men in whom he has no confidence.
and that his only regret is that his
mother Is left under their baneful
influence to be kept a prisoner by
them for the rest Of her natural life.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
DEMOCRACY HAS A CHANCE.

The southern states are desirous
of being figured in as a quantity of
some weight when it comes to select
ing a candidate for the presidential
in the national demo-
cratic convention. The south seems
to have become tired of the selection
northern and western men for their
democratic candidates and the demo-
Gratis down there feel that so long
as they have been contributing what
is know as the solid south" that it's
solidity ought to be recognized with
a presidential candidate. The Nash
Vile, Tenn, American, Il of the
leading democratic papers across the
southern line talks a bit vigorous on
this line and sets forth it's reasons
in the following article:
COZ course there is but one chance
for the election of a democrat to the
presidency, and that the nomination
of a southern man. We should hold
the convention at Louisville, and
nominate one of our own, preferably
Senator Culberson. This man ap-
pears to be clean, capable and prom
Using. His public services have all
been satisfactory and commendable
in their performance to the public
generally, as they have been to Texas
particularly. We have few men like
|Culberson to draw from. He is a Saul
among men. AS for the people north
Of the Ohio. there never was a time,
even amidst the shot and she'll of the
civil war. that the southern man did
not command that respect to which
he was entitled. Before and since
this great conflict the southern
statesman has held the admiration of
the east, even when opposing its
special interests, for he met move
ments for sectional favor with ap-
peals to patriotism, and he convinced
them all of his ch!yalric bearing and
character, for he bore himself like a
man and he kept his escutcheon
clean.
at has been said that there are no
democrats except in the southern
states. Personal and sectional inter-
ests are so paramount to the country
in the great cities and centers, the
foreign population has SO increased,
and the patriotic idea SO little COM
pretended that the south is looked
to to save the country, both on the
field and at the polls. Here 95 per
cent are native born. The laws Of
seven of the southern states make the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

Too much prosperity is proving a
hard thing for Wall street to handle
successfully, and that it has receiv-
cd 4 very severe Jolt during the sum-
mer months there is no question. In
the curse Of q statement on the
troubles that Wall street has encoun-
tered during the summer the Provi-
dence Journal has the following to
say:
THE shrinkage in Wall street val
lei has already exceeded $4,000
100000. This is largely due. not to
President Roosevelt's policy or his
actions in connection with corpora
lions. for similar disturbances have
taken place In London and else
where. English consols, for instance,
are lower today than they have been
in the history Of the nation. AS a
matter of fact, we have had in this
country too much prosperity for sew
eral years, causing an OVERRIDING in
all channels Of work, construction
and speculation. In other words,
there has been too much business for
capital, credit and transportation.
Values had become inflated, and in
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

enjoyment Of the ballot contingent
upon the patriotism Of the forbears.
Should such statutes find their way
upon the law books Of New York,
Illinois, and many other states be-
You'd the great divide, there would
be a tremendous reduction in the
vote.
For forty years the south has fur
nished the democratic party it's vote;
for forty years no sort of national
recognition or promise of it has been
the reward. Is it not just as we'll to
not vote at all? Can we have any
less? We "a have more. We can have
all in a little while, probably in 1908,
if we assert our claims to it and back
up the assertion with a solid delega-
ton for the union, the constitution
and the laws and a southern demo
'crat for the presidency"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

We notice that the Roosevelt Re-
publican League is going to have a
meeting at Huron in the course of
a few weeks-but the Queerest
part of the proposition is that the
call for the league members had to
be published first in a democratic
paper, when it appeared in the Sioux
Falls Press a few days ago. The af-
filiations of the insurgent wing of
the republican party seems to still
have a high standing with The Press,
but it does not look very good to see
republican notices published eNclu-
sive in a democratic paper, when
there are a few republican papers in
the state. Just what the Roosevelt
League expects to accomplish at this
meeting is not clear-when it is so
thoroughly understood that President
Roosevelt will under no circumstan-
ces accept a nomination and that he
is bending every energy to secure the
nomination of Secretary Taft, who
represents the Rooseveltian idea
throughout. 1t is evident, however,
that the league in this state is going
in direct opposition to the wishes of
the president, for whom the members
claim to have so much reverence, and
are anxious to see his policies carried
out. There is but one man, SEEM
ingly. whom the president believes
will be able to carry his policies into
effect, and that is none other than
Secretary Taft. If it is the desire
of the league members to see that the
Roosevelt policies are made a thing
Of absolute surety in the future. why
do not they indicate that they have
some desire to follow the wishes of
the president? 1t Is all right to
stand on the housetop and shout how
strong they are for Roosevelt and his
reforms, but it seems that they have
no desire to get past the president
and if he declines to accept the nom
nation, then those leaguers are 60
ing in to pick out a man that suits
their w fancy-as up to the pres
ent time they have indicated that
there is no other man they will tie
to-with the possible exception of
Senator LaFollette. We are Of the
opinion that the Roosevelt Republic
an League will have to change its
name or change Its tactics before
very long, as the evidence comes to
light that they are not sincere fol-
lowers of the presidents wishes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

The Republican has Just received
a copy Of the second annual report
OF the State Horticultural Society,
from the hands of Prof. N. E. Han
sen. The book is OF great value, for
it contains the interesting papers and
discussions of some of the very best
authorities on tree culture in the
state, which is of i~ncalculable bene-
fit to all who are in the least inter-
ested in that study. For years this
society has been doing everything
possible to advance the growing Of
trees and shrubbery and with excel
lent results, too. The society has a
membership Of about five hundred
and they are all interested in the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
It is evident that the fifteenth an

1t is evident that the fifteenth an
nual session of the National Irriga-
ton Congress is going to be quite
an affair. 1t is to be held at Sacra-
mento, CAL, September 81, and the
preparations that are being made to
entertain the visiting delegates indi-
cate the Importance of the gathering.
\ magnificent convention hall, seat
ing over 5000 delegates, has been
erected especially for the gathering.
During the progress of the CONVEX
ton there will be a grand parade,
composed of floats emblematical of
the irrigation idea, many illustrations
of which have just been received
through the medium of The Wednes-
day Press, a newspaper journal pub
lished at Sacramento. Irrigation has
a strong following in the coast coun-
try, and the time was when it had a
strong following in South Dakota
but that was at a period when rain
fall was exceedingly carce-some
@"oiVS ySoAo o6O. AAOuSouO6 vi Dr.
tesian wells we're put down all over
the state with the idea of irrigating
the land for the better production of
crops. Just about the time that the
movement got a good satrt, the sea-
son Of drouth changed to one OF
moisture and EVER since that day
there has been NJ shortage of rain
fall or shortage Of crops in South
Dakota. But the sinking of artesian
wells, however, had its good effect
just the same and the money expend-
led was not lost by any means. AS
Ia rsult Thousands of farmers have
lplenty OF water on their farms for
their stock. when the probabilities
ARE that without the agitation of IT.
rigation the wells would not have
been secured and the farmers would
have depended upon. surface wells.
which In those days seemed rather
hard to get. Doubtless much good
will result from the irrigation con-
gress as it applies to the western
country and that it will receive the
proper impetus for further explora-
ton and development there is no
Question.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06


Notwithstanding the statements
made by the insurgent press relative
to Senator Kittredge's ability as a
speaker and their references to his
address on the Panama canal, the
senator is making a fine impression
on the people of the state whenever
he appears in public. His thorough
knowledge of the canal conditions
and his splendid manner of explain
ing everything about the greatest
project Of the age, is giving the peo-
PIE an understanding of 1t that they
never would get in any other way.
The Vermillion Plain Talk. a demo-
cratic paper. speaks in the highest
terms of the senator's address and
compliments him for the way in
which he is enlighteniEg the public
on this important subject.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
YOUNG MEN FOR PRESIDENT.
discussion has arisen whethe

A discussion has arisen whether
the presidential chair should be fill
mature years than President Roose-
welt. Under the age of 60 is regard
ed as an age where a mans useful
ness in the presidential chair en- be
of the greatest benefit to the peo-
pie. In past years the various presi-
dents o fthis country have been over
that period, and some under it.
Touching on THIS question OF age for
man to occupy the presidential chair,
Leslie's Weekly has an Interesting
article, which is presented Us fol-
lows:
Within the last few years politics
in the United States has set a pace
which no president could travel eX-
cept one who had youth and physical
yigor on his side. From present in
dications the pace will continue to be
SpCSuy lOl LuS luLulC IOl d puDllC
man youth may mean anything under
so. Several presidents were above
that age at Inauguration. On entering
office John Adams and Jackson we're
each 62, Taylor vas 65, Buchanan
was sc and William Henry Harrison
was 68. Harrison and Taylor, how
ever-the former a month and the
latter a year and a third after inaug-
uration-died in Office. Buchanan
turned out to be one of the weakest
Of all the presidents. Adams made
Jackson, but much of Jackson's sue
cess was due to the blunders of his
a~dversaries. All the other presidents
were under 60 when inaugurated.
But none of the presidents here
named except Buchanan, who was
confronted with the issue of seces-
sion and civil war, aver had to deal
with such large questions as are con-
stantly presenting themselves to
President Roosevelt, and such as are
likely to present themselves to pres
idents hereafter. An equipment Of
youth and physical vitality is needed
for the presidents of the present and
Of the future. Roosevelt, the young
est Of all the presidents, is also bet
ter endowed physically and vitality
than any of them were. This has been
n Of the secrets of his success. The
men who come after him will need
some of this equipment. We have
many old men in congress-Cullom,
Frye, Allison, Cannon and others
but none of these has the RESPONSE
bility Of the president. None of these
is subjected to as much strain as a
president like Roosevelt Is in a day.
!. Happily for the republicans every
!, man whose name is being hopefully
!, coupled with any prominence in on
nection with the candidacy for COS,
is on the sunny side of so. On March
) a., 1909, at the next presidential in
: auguration, Roosevelt will be SO;
| Hughes, At; Fairbanks, ST; Taft, SO,
and Knox, Sc. One of these is likely
: to be nominated and elected in
: 1905"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

One more political move has been
made in the insurgent movement to
make room for the appointment of
a Crawford favorite when Command
ant Goddard, of the Hot Springs
soldiers home, vas removed by the
home board to give place to D. B.
Dudley, of Canistota. OF course
some grounds had to be made as an
apology for the removal of the COM
mandant, but they have not been
made public as yet. Three members
of the board were in favor of Mr..
Goddard's removal and two opposed
it. 1t was the removal Of Thos. De
Jean from the home board by the
governor that he was enabled to get
three of his friends on the board.
But the old soldiers of the state did
not approve Of the removal Of Mr..
DeJean, and they showed their feel
ings on the matter the first oppor-
tunity they had when they elected
Mr.. DeJean as the department COM
mander of the Grand Army of the
Republic Of South Dakota. 1t has
been some time since the governor
received such a rebuke as that, but
it was merited,. for the governor had
no good grounds for Mr.. DeJean's
removal and the old soldiers knew it.
In the oncoming campaign the old
soldiers will have long memories
when the governor will be called up
on to explain his official action in
these two cases.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06


The weekly papers which came to
the exchange table of The Republican
last week and this have contained
some splendid advertising about the
palace, which opens September
90 and closes September %. The
press Of the state is a very large fac
tor In advertising the numerous fairs
and other fall events which have been
scheduled this year, and 1t indicates
quite a lively feeling on the part of
South Dakota people to celebrate the
harvesting of a fine crop. There isn't
a state in the union that can show as
much activity on the part of her
people as South Dakota in the way
of having a good time in the fall of
the year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

the meantime there were many evil
dences of corporate dishonesty, which
shocked confidence by the revelations
that cropped out from time to time.
MIR. R%oosevelt's policy has been
forced upon him by these develop
ments. While the penalty now being
paid may be bitter for the excuses
that have taken place, the situation
will be q sounder one in the end and
all interests will be established on a
more conservative basis. Great pros
perity has forced upon corporations
a larger amount of business than they
had the ability to handle; hence the
flooding of the market with securi-
ties to obtain the means to meet the
emergency and the excessive issues
from that source 1t is plain to be
seen, therefore, that those who blame
Mr.. Roosevelt for all our troubles
are in error. Actual conditions have
been mainly responsible. We have
been confronted with conditions, lot
theories"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06
GETS THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

GETS THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
After twelve years of litigation
the old homestead OF the late Gov
ernor Arthur G. Mellette reverts to
his widow, and it seem hal it is
but a just termination of the long
suit. The supreme court has just
affirmed the decision of the lower
court, giving the property to Mrs.
Mellette, and she will be free to en-
Joy the property. The story is quite
n interesting one, involving the de-
falcation of ex-Treasurer Taylor and
the efforts of Governor Mellette to
make good his part of the shortage.
The Watertown correspondent tells
Of those incidents in the following:
In December of 1894 the state was
shocked by the absconding Of State
100000 of the states money. Gov.
general of the state, looked with dis
AA0y uPOA AAo Iooh VI AONOVOAAA6 ny
on the bonds given in large part by
his friends and associates. 1t meant
financial ruin to many of them. Ex-
Gov. Arthur G. Mellette, one Of the
heaviest bondsmen, came at the first
word Of the defalcation voluntarily
to turn over to the state his whole
fortune, and assist the attorney gen.
eral in recovering upon the other
bonds.
Several months before the defal-
cation. Gov. Mellette had taken up
. note for about SIS, 600 held by
Taylor for money borrowed at his
hank in Redfield. giving as security
deeds to his own estate, and as adj
ditional security, deeds to property
owned by Mrs. Mellette, consisting
Of their home in Watertown, forty
acres Of lake shore property at Lake
Kampeska and plated lots in Mitch
oil. These deeds could not be found
at the time of the settlement with the
state, but the governor explained
them to Attorney General Crawford
and reached an agreement with him
that the state should make no claim
against Mrs. Mellette's separate
property.
The governor turned over all his
property to the state and left Water
town soon after without q dollor to
his name to die in a strange and dis
tant state. Then the lost" deeds
came to light and were promptly
transferred by Taylor to the state,
Forgetting its promise through the
former attorney general, or because
q some supposed right, the state Their
demanded Of Mrs. Mellette possession
Of her separate property under the
deed given to Taylor as security fol
this old $4,000 loan.
Her husband dead, his property
forfeited and hers now in jeopardy,
the widow turned to her husbands
cid law partner, George w. Case.
and he began the long fight for the
old homestead. His defense Of Mrs
Nellette's interests vas on the
ground that since she was but q
surety for the Taylor note of $15,
600, and since the governors prop.
erty was valued substantially at 1885,
900. net, the proceeds of the estate
Of atse egovernor's property should
hane.been first applied on the Taylor
mote, and that her property could be
held only in ttheeevent of the INSULT,
cheney Of the governors property tt
cover the Taylor obligation. Before
he got the recent decision he hat
fought it twice through the circuit
court and twice before the supreme
court.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

That lot you own may be worth
twice as much to some other person
as it is to you. Find out through
a want ad.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-06

development of trees throughout the
state. The third annual report Of the
society is now in the hands Of the
printers and will be ready for dis
tribution within a short time.