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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-04-09
TIMBER DEAL COHsUMM tTE
WiImingtrn COMPANY Buys IOO,-
900 Acres in S. c.
$4,000 il said to be the Price-Li@ht-
wood Timber Bought by the Stan
dard Turpcninc COmpany-Ncgo-
tiatiOnS Conducted in Conway.

An important deal in timber, which
was recently consummated III South
Carolina, whereby a Wilmington con-
Germ becomes the owners Of valuable
holdings, was recently announced
from Conway, S. c. The entire light
wood timber holdings of the Bur
roughs and Collins Company was
transfers to the Standard TurHentine
Company of this city.
1t is said that there are approx
mately 100, 900 acres of lighrWOod
timber in the tract and that some
thing in the neighbOrhOOd Of $4,000
was the price paid for the lightwood
alone 1t is understood that the new
territory will not be used as i feeder
for the Wilmington concern, but that
several spiritine plants will be estab-
lished nearer the holdings to utilize
the timber.
The deal was consummated through
Mr.. Leesia manager of the Whining
ton branch, who was accompanied by
his attorney, H. l.. Cook, Esq, OF
Fayetteville, and the Bourroughs anG
Collins Company was represented by
Hon. r. B. Scarborough, the concluG'
ing negotiations having been conduct
ed in Conway.
The head Office of the Standard
Turpentine Company is i'll New York
City but they have big plant in Will
mington. which takes rank among
the leading industrial enterprises OF
this section. Mr. Malcolm Mckenzie
the president of the company, spends
good deal of his time in Whining
ton and the progressive development
of his concern will be learned Of will
interest here.
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IN STORM OF HATTERAS
Steamer Virginia Has 60 Hour Strug-
Gle With the Waves.

New York, April 6.-With seven of
her crew more or less injured and the
others utterly exhausted, the steamer
Virginia arrived here today from
Kingston, Jamaica, after a desperate
struggle with a storm of sixty hours
duration off Hatteras. The Virginia
ran into the storm last Tuesday and
from that time until Thursday it was
constant battle with the Sea The
wind reached a velocity Of 60 miles
an hour and rain fell in torrents.
At one time six water spouts were
sighted from the steamers bridge. An
immense wave which struck the ship
about six hours after she had run into
the storm, ripped off the tarDaulins
that had been hastily battened down
over the hatch openings. Galleys
cabins and scuppers were flooded four
fold up. Frank Perry, the steward
and George Wolf, the cook, were in
the galley when the water poured in
on them, submerging them to theil
| necks and setting them afloat. Dur
| ing the sixty hours which the storm
| continued Captain Czech remained con
| tinuously on the bridge and ever,
| man of the crew was kept at his post
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CIVIL TERM STARTS MONDAY
Two Weeks More of the Supe
ri0f Court
Large Numbes OF Cases on the Trial
and Motion Docket-Intcrcsting
Suit for Valuable City Property Set
for Tomorrow.

Superior court for the trial of civil
cases will be convened tomorrow
morning and the term will last for
two weeks. Judge B. F. Long, who
has been the presiding Judge over the
criminal term, which has been in
session during the past week, vii.
also preside over the civil term.
Nine days of the II days term have
been set aside for the trial OF cases,
there being Al civil actions on the
calendar arranged by the members
of the bar On the motion docket,
which it is expected will be reached
on Thursday, in the second week,
there are So cases set.
The cases set for trial tomorrow
are as follows:
Charles VESSEL VS. Thorpe and
Applegate.
Eta Hart ct al VS. Josh Simon.
Louisa B. Smith VS. Susan E. Moore.
A. c. Nelson VS. Southern Express
Co.
uc uOSI Interesting anu IllpOl tduL
of these suits is the case of Smith VS.
Moore, this involving the ownership
of valuable property on Second and
Red Cross streets A verdict was CIV
en- once for the plaintiff and an ap-
peal to the supreme court resulted
in new trial. Both sides are repre-
sented by strong counsel, E. K. Bry-
an, Esq, and J. D. Bellamy e Son
appearing for the plaintiff ard Bella
my & Bellamy and Rountree & Carr
for the defendant.
The jurors drawn for the two weeks
term are as follows
First Week.. W. Yates, L. S.
Belden, w. D. Huhn, John Wanna
| maker. John S. Poovey, H. w NAL
| 10y. Tim Donlan, ]. w. Smith G. d.
! Phares. Chas. H. Hill, H. a. Burr,
| Samuel A. King. J. W. Mintz, Geo.
| E. Leftwich w. J. Kirkham, J. P.
| Taylor, T. r. Bryant, NJ. J. Cruise.
Second Week-A. w. Hewett, D. n
Stanley, D. nj. Williams, Jos. E. Ever.
EFT, w. D. Mcmillan, Jr., John j
Furlong, G. D. Foard, Samuel North
rop, j. H. Hintze, P. H. Walsh, H. X
| Nash, w. L. Smith, r. G. Herring
| w. o. H. Hardy, r. II. Pickett, u. D
| Benton, A. S. Hankins, E. L. Davis
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ANOTHER MOVE BY CONEY
Will Start a New Crusade on New and
Original Lines.

New York, April g.. The Herald
tomorrow will say:
Jacob S. Coxey, of the Coxey
Army of 1894, is planning another
great national crusade on new and
sensational lines. He may commence
opperation the present year. It all
depends on the outcome of his invest
ments. Since he went through bank
ruptcy two years ago, following the
failure of the steel mill which he had
built at his home in Mount Vernon,
Ohia, he has been engaged in retriev-
ing his fortune.
Mr. Cox was in New York several
days ago and said: I am preparing to
take up my campaign Of education
where I was forced to leave it several
years ago | shall conduct this cam
paign on new and original lines and
in d way that will be certain to at
tract the attention of the nation.
will travel with an entire train OF
cars and a tent capable Of seating
| many thousands. This country is be-
! coming ripe for just such a great
| movement
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RRICE IN CHICAGO.

Guest of Honor at Banquet of the
Commercial Club.
Chicago, April 6.-James Brlce'
British ambassador to the United
States. after spending a busy day IN
Chicago, attending luncheons and vis-
iting a score of large commercial and
industrial establishments, tonight was
the guest of honor at banquet given
by the commercial club at the Audi
torium hotel There We're 175 prom
inent business and professional men
about the board Red. white and
blue, in the form Of st. Andrews
cross faced from one end of the hall
the red, white and blue of the
stars and stripes at the other. The
ambassador was the only sPeakeE
during the evening. His topic was
THE Modern City in Relation TO the
| State"
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ROYALTY ON A VISIT
King and Queen of England on the
Way to Spain.

Caltagena, Spain, April 6.-Prepar-
aens for the reception of the royal Wis
itors have been made on a magni6-
ceaf scale. King Alfonso will reach
here Monday morning, Immediately
before the arrival here Of King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandria. The VS.
it Of the latter will be of short dura-
aaa owing to King Alfonso's ankle
nv concerning the condition of Queen
victoria whose acoouchment is ex-
peoted shortly.
yoafon. France, April Queen
Alexandra and Princess V1ctor1a ar
rived here today and went on ooara
the royal yacht Victoria and Albert
Nhe police arrested German q
a small steamer in the vicinity on ne
soyaa yacht. The man who eouia mo-
explein his presence ON the VesSef
m6s detained on suspicion or seans
al anaxcnfa6t
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Washinton, April 6.-Presldent
Roosevelt is receiving a great many
letters from different sections Of the
country regarding the combination
which it is asserted has been formed
to defeat. at the coming presidential
campaign, the policies of Mr.. Roose-
Welt. Information as to the identity
Of the writer's and the precise nature
Of their communications is withheld,
but those who are close to the pres
ident say the disclosures have stirred
up considerable feeling.
Tue location and date of the dinner
and the personnel Of the party attend
ing it at which the plot is said tC
have been elaborated remain secret
so far as any information at the
White house is vouchsated.
You gentlemen are all wrong as
to the details of the dinner" is all
that Secretary Loeb would tell the
newspaper men today, except to IN
aicate that the affair was OF an IN
formal character and that the dis
closures came out in an infOrma
manner. Senator Bourne, of Oregon
it has been commonly reported, Wa'
the host at the dinner while the guest:
included, among others, Senate
i. Aaasbrough. of North Dakota, am
Deiegate Andrews of New Mexico
Comment was made upon the fac
that all three Of these gentlemen wer
at the White house today, and talke
with the president. None of the call
ers would make any statement on IN
subject nor would any of them adml
that his call at the White house ha
any connection with the matter.
Secretary Loed said Senator Bourn
had called On the president to discus
some land Office appointments whlc
had been hanging fire for long time
Senator PenroSe, of Pennsylvania
whose name has been freely used l
connection with the White hous
eenaection with the disclosures of th
alleged plot, has not communicate
with the White house since the stor
became public, according to Secretar
Loeb. who stated today that the onl
Information received there about hi
had come from the newspapers. Whe
1 a Ceport that Senator PenrOse VIZ
} going to the White house to tai
abont the matter with the presidel
was called to Secretary Loeb's after
ZION, the latter said: 81 have mao
no statement about him and the Sci
atr has nothing to deny to me-"
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Killed by Strikers.

Lodz, Russian Poland, April g.
Ten workmen were shot and killed
by strikers in the factory district here
today because they attempted to re-
sumo work. The managers OF the
factories have Begun to re-engage men
but the socialists are bitterly opposing
the resumption Of work.
Stavropol, Russia, April 6.-Four
peasants were killed and three wound
ed yesterday in a conflict between
villagers Of Jalga and some r1rd po-
iicemen who had arrested peasant
The police were forced to amandoI
their urisoner and retire.
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Strike Continues

Norfolk, Va, April 6.,,The long
shoremens S Strike here continues with
the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany and the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company, each work
ing upwards of 100 men. The Old Do
minion has several ships here with
unloaded cargoes and another arrived
from New York today The situation
is not encouraging. A few more i'm
ported men to take the place of the
strikers came in today
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Sfidshfpmen Win Boa; Race.

Annapolis, Nd, April G.--T'he naval
academy defeated Georgetown in the
annual boat race between the crews
Of the two institutions, the midship-
men being six lengths ahead az the
finish. The time OF tho winning was
IL minutes, 81 seconds; two minutes.
21 seconds slower than the record for
the course made last year. A oorld
wind blowing directly against the
crews raised a choppy sea
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REV. DIR. WARREN's BOOK.
He Apologies to the Conference for
its Publications and Will Suppress

New York, April GA preacher
rising to apologize to 500 Of his fellow
clergymen for a book of fict;cn OF
which he was the author and then.
amid the plaudits Of the gathering,
seizing his hat and overcoat tn hurry
down town to his publishers to sup
press the volume created sensation
a. today's session of the annual New
York Methodist conference.
Rev. DR.. Benjamin c. Warren,
pastor of Centenary Methodist church
this city, was the preacher. His book
| which was published some months
ago, was strongly criticised in many
churches. Critics of the book have
| declared that it contains a burlesQue
on a dozen or more preachers wen
known in the New York conference
Conditions described in the book are
said to be strangely like those ex'
listing in a certain Hudson river town
Today when most Of the regular con
ference business had ended Mr.. War
rem, after explaining about his Dool
said,
'It appears that am guilty Of hav
ing drawn certain characters too clos
to life. If have animadverted harsh
| ly upon any man or woman inside o
outside the conference / am heartil
sorry for it. l think / can have tha
book suppressed and the plates Ge
stroyed. l am going to bend my ut
most endeavor in that direction. l d
this not in hope Of reward or fear o
punishment, but because Of the homo
and esteem in which l hCli thl
body"
AS the minister concluded and TIi
: his hat and coat in his hands ciartc
: down the aisle for the publishers, IN
gathering rose and cheered.
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END IS IN SIGHT
Thaw Case Will Reach Jury
This Week
NO SIGN OF MORE DELAY
New Record for Length of Tine
Has Been Established
Whether Or Not Defense VIII Gall
More Witnesses H. PrUblcmatiC-
Case viii Likely Go To the Jury on
Observation-Disclosures I'm the Case
VIII Probably Begin Tomorrow.

New York, April 6.-That the long
drawn out Thaw trial now is in It's
Twelfth week, will be finished this
coming week now seems almost
certainty There is no sign OF any
more OF the delays which have mark
ed the case from the very beginning.
There have been SO many surprises,
however, SO many delays. that the
case already has been extended long
beyond the time ever before required
to try murder case in New York.
DR.. Allan c.. McLane Hamilton, the
alienist who was on the stand when
the case was suddenly stopped by the
district attorneys suggestions. for tho
appointment of commission In lun-
acy will probably be recalled To Tho
stand when the trial is resumed on
Monday He has already testified that
he believed Tbaw was insane when
he shot Stanford White and will be
asked to repeat that statement. The
iunacy commission having decided
| that Thaw IS now sane.
Whether or not the defense will call
any more witnesses is problematic.
It is stated that they expect 20 re-
Quire no more than an hour To- COM
pete their case. If this be true there
/ i, hxy hn oh naus
go to the jury on Thursday. District
Attorney Jerome said tonight that nc
had no more witnesses whose evidence
he would try to place before the
jury.
1t has been rumored that Mr.. Je-
rome would try 10 pu. several new
witnesses on the stand after the final
close Of the defense's cOSe. but his
statement tonight puts that rumor TO
rest
Mr.. Delmas will probably begin his
argument on Monday. He should fin-
tsh on Tuesday. Nr. jerome still
says he will not resume moro than
one day and therefore at the least he
should complete his argument on
Wednesday. Judge Fitzgerald
charge to the jury should not require
more than three or four hours and Il
Is therefore very probable that ths
:. case will be in the iury's hands
Thursday.
Mr.. Delmas will go Before the jury
with a plea for an absolute acqutta
;. ON the ground that Thaw's mind wa!
!, unbalanced at the time he committed
the crime, and in view OF the FAC
; that he has since recovered his menta
o balance, he should be allowed to g
! absolutely free. Mr.. Jerome, on tn
r. other hand will argue that ThaV wa
Y sane within the meaning OF the Law
II when he killed Stanford White. tha
> the crime was planned and premedi
+ tated and he should suffer the ex
% treme penalty OF the law.
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Rockefeller to Become Farmer

New York, April 6.-John D. Rookie
feller, Jr, it is reported, is to take
charge of his fathers great estate at
Tarrytown. 1t is reported that the
superintendent of the estate is to re-
sign April Is and that young Rookie
feller will succeed him.
The young mans health has been
poor for some time and the doctors
have told him that he must secure
outdoor employment. The estate con-
sists Of 5000 acres.
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Protested Against Hundlcy's Appoint.
nent

Washington, April 6.-Senator Pet
tus Of Alabama, lodged with the pres
ident a protest against the appoint
ment of Oscar r. Huadley to be a
federal district judge in that state.
After seeing the president the senator
said that he did not regard Mr.. Humid
ley as fit for the place and that nine
tenths of the men Of his own party
were against him. Hundley's appoint
ment has not been formally announced
at the white house but it is under
stood that the president has practical
ly made up his mind to appoint him
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Occupied by Nicaraguan Troops.

Managua. Nicaragua, April g.
Puerto Cortez On the north coast OF
Honduras has been occupied by Mica
raguan troops according to reliable
advices received here. With the ex-
oeption OF the seaport OF Amapala
where President Bonilla Is surrounded
by bis enemies the revolutionists OF
Honduras In connection with the
forces OF NicarAaga ere in possession
Of practically all Honduran terri
tory. aslX
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Seven Killed by Tornado.

Luverine, Ala, April 6.-Seven per-
sons, five white and two colored, it
is learned were killed by the tornado
that passed through this county yes
;terday. The storm struck nearest to
Luverne at Pittsburg, six moles from
here. There several houses were
blown down and Samuel Brown and
two children injured. James Knowles
and son were killed at Petry. Others
were injured Mr.. Farriod and two
children met death at Bradleyton, as
did the two negroes. Mrs. Farrlod
was fatally hurt Several others were
injured.
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Carnegie Has Been Generous.

Pittsburg, April 6-The gift Of So
100000 to the Carnegie Institute, an
nounced by Andrew Carnegie yester-
day swe1ls the amount given by Mr..
Carnegie to the library, institute and
technical schools here to s19,620,00O
and raises the total of his benefac-
tions in Greater Pittsburg to s32,500,-
900. 1t is said that this is the largest
sum ever given by one individual to
any one community in all history.
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Fatal Collision Between Tram and
C.r1of Gar

Charlotte, n. c., April 6-As the re-
suit of a collision here today at the
Brevard street crossing between a
Seaboard Air Line train and a street
car. two persons were fatally injured
and four seriously. The car was
smashed and the engine disabled. The
fatally injured are Conductor Martin
and William Howard.
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Communications Received By
the President
ALL NAMES ARE WITHHELD
Correspondence Concerns COM
hInation Recently Formed

That Banquet at winch
the Plot Was Elaborated Tor tne
Overthrow Of the Roosevelt Inf1u-
cnce-InformatiOn as to the Identity
Of the Presidents Correspondents
and the Contents of Their Conn
municationS Withhcld-SOme Names
Mentioned as Those Present at the
DiuDer-Gff the Scene on the Pen
rose Trial.
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Senator HeYhul.n LEI.

Philadelphia, April 6.-United
States Senator w. B. Hepburn OF
Idaho was taken i'll here tonight and
is under the care of two physicians
and nurse at the Bellevue-Stratford
Hotel. He came to this city to attend
dinner and shortly after his arrival
complained of feeling i'll. He became
worse and friends summoned pry-
acute indigestion. Late tonight he
sicians who diagnosed his case as
was resting easier.
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Tennessee May Not be Represented

Tennessee May Not be Represented
Nashville, Tenn, April 6-Governor
Patterson today sent special mess
aee to the legislature recommending
that the act appropriating $4,000 for
q state exhibit at the Jamestown Tx
position be repealed. The governor
gives as his reason that he thinks 1t
hattaz tn have no exhibit at all "than
Il door and unsatisfactory one
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WILMINGTON N. c., APRIL g. 1907
MARY BAKER EDDY PROPERTY
4 Supplemental Proceeding to Have
the Trustees Made Parties Defen-
dant. Il n

Concord. n. H, April Ga supple
mental bill in equity called forth by
the recent announcement thai me
property of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy
had been transferred to three trustees
was led in the Merrimack county
court today by the original piaintlns
or next friends" in the suit for an
accounting OF Mr. Eddy's property.
The bill filed today is the answer Of
the plaintiffs to the motion made hy
the defendants last Tuesday that the
three trustees. Archibald Mcclellan or
Boston; Henry NJ. Baker, OF Bow, and
Josiah E. F'ernald, Of this CiLy, be
substituted for the next friends,
suits against the defendants IN the
case. who are all prominent members
of the Christian Science church. The
answer in the form Of supp 2ncntal
petition. asks that the three trustees
be added to the list of defendants on
the ground that the trustees are work
:2r 'he saline clds as III, Cri"lnal de-
feEdants, that is, that they are undUly
influencing Mrs. Eddy and managing
her property to their own purposes.
Judge Robert n Chambe lain is
S led All order that all the defendants,
including the original defendants and
the three trustees, shall aprear in
court on April 18th to make answer
to the petition filed today. The sup
Elemental bill also asks that the deed
of trust be vacated on the ground
that Mrs. Eddy was not comretent
tC execute it. and it was device con-
trived by the defendants to defeat the
purpose of the original suit
Boston, April 6.-Frederick w. Pea
body, Of this city, Of counsel fpr the
plaintiffs said today:
''The attempted creation Of the
trust is an admission of the IL :0mpet-
ency of Mrs. Eddy personally to ad-
! minister her business and property,
| and such an admission involves the
| further incompetency to dispose Of it
| by deed of trust or otherwise. | am
| confident We shall have no difficulty
in having the alleged trust Instrument
| invalidated because Of Mrs. Eddy S
| condition of mental unsouGdness.
| turneW, estateTb. shrdlu cmfwypat
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A Failure on Boston EXCHANGE

Boston, April b-IHe IdIIuIt UA NeO-
ster F. Putnam & Co, bankers and
brokers Of this city, was Announced
today on the Boston STOCK exchange.
The firm has ben member OF the
Boston stock exchange since 1880. but
has not ranked as one Of the large
brokerage houses OF the city. The su-
spensDn was caused By the recen1
stock market collapse.
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Ont, and His wife are Safe.

st. Augustine, Fla, April Cap
tain Robert Otto and his wife are safe
here having walked up the beach
from the stranded launch Charlotte
Il. Casse from Wilmington, n. c..
which is achors south Of Fable Beach
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g, a.50 night gowns CSC. $l.5o Wmte
muslin skirt CSC this week az nSA-
ds1s.