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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
Central Reserve Fund Suggested
as Ian Alternative
Report of the Currency Commission
Adopted and Commission Contin-
ued With Enlarged Powers-Dis-
cussion of the Primary Cause of
Money Shortage in the United
States.

Atlantic City, \. j., Sept. 90
The report Of the currency commits
sion appointed by the American
Bankers Association at ST. Louis
last year was made today to the Anne
rican Bankers Association, now in
session in this city.
The report recommends a meas
ure introduced in the last session
of congress known as the credit cur
rency bill.
The provisions of the proposed
act were made known to the cOnVen-
ton by A. B. Hepburn, Of New York,
chairman of the commission. The
report was adopted, and the commits
sion was continued and its powers
enlarged.
An attack upon the plan Of the
commission was made by a number
of western delegates, especially A.
J.. Frame, of Michigan, who con-
tended that the primary cause OF
money shortage in the United States
was due to over speculation n
that the credit currency plan pointed
backward to eighteenth century flat
ism. AS an alternative he adVOcat-
ed a central reserve fund. He was
supported in his views by a mum
Der of other members to all OF whom
CONGRESSMAN Charles n. Fowler, OF
New Jersey, chairman OF the house
committee on banking and curren-
cy, replied in a stirring speech He
declared hat this country is the on
ly one without some form OF credit
currency.
Chairman Hepburn of the com
mission which prepared the credit
report presented it's find
ings to the convention.
When Mr.. Hepburn finished a mo-
ton was made to continue the cur
rency commission and Immediately
there was a protest from Delegate
Yates, of Omaha. He said there was
no public sentiment for the Hepburn
bill.
The convention by a viva Voce
vote approved the Hepburn Dill,
which favors credit currency.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
Suicide Of a Wife-Murderer.

Elgin, Ills, Sept. 26-Cyrus BaldWln
IS years of age, of the wealthlest
residents Of Kane county, Illinois,
killed himself today by eating Paris
green after he had confessed that he
had murdered his aged wife by smash
ing her skull with a hammer. Mrs.
Baldwin was found dead yesterday
and it was believed that she had been
murdered by her husband, although
there was no direct proof Of the fact.
Today Baldwin confessed hat he
had killed his wife after a quarrel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
THE PEANUT INDUSTRY
The Growers of This Crop Hold Their
Convention at the Exposition.

Norfolk, Va, September 26-The
American Peanut Growers Congress
convened at the jamestown exposition
today for a session of two days, with
delegates present from all the peanut
producing states. President G. W.
Mitchell is presiding. The days pro-
gram included addresses on the Pea
nut as an agricultural CROP by Prof.
l.. C. BOrbett, of Washington; Farm
Rotation for Improvement Of Peanut
Crop" by Prof. w. F. Massey, of Phil
adelphia, and The Use of the Peanut"
by L. r. Edwards, Franklin, Va.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
"LIFE is A
Message Delivered by Rt. Rev. A F.
w. Ingram, Bishop of London, in
Trinity Church, New Work.

New York, Sept. 26-From the pull
pit of historic Trinity church in the
heart Of the country's great financial
district, Right Rev. Arthur Foley
Wilmington Ingram, bishop of Lon
don, at nOon today delivered the
message: Life is a stewardship,
not an ownership" A greater throng
perhaps, lever sought admission to
the edifice and when all who could
be accommodated were within, nun
dreds fingered outside to catch a
glimpse of the noted divine.
The bishop is evidently not a mar
who looks over his audience first and
picks out his words accordingly. To-
day he said: 81 know not to whom I
am preaching. l shall be as frank
here as | am in London. No mar
who is really a Christian would soil
the possession of which he could not
Justify in the sight of Heaven"
The bishop presented the figure OF
an athletic man, tall and angular,
with a deep resonant voice. His text
was from the second verse Of the 10th
chapter of st. Luke: Render the &C
count of thy stewardship: for thou
canst be no longer steward"
"The one thing" he said, "the one
sentence, which above all others ]
would say to you, a sentence as yet
unlearned in London and New York
and which, if adopted, would cleanse
the life on both sides of the Atlantic
is-life is a stewardship and not an
ownership.
All the evils in the world are due
to the neglect of the Christian prin-
c1ple that we are here only as custo-
dams of what we have, be it wealth
or anything else, founded on the fact
that Christ died to redeem man and
place him in fair standing. If city
officials and government servants
would live up to these thoughts there
would be no %boodling, no miscarriage
or justice and no broken hearts"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
RAILWAY MEN INDICTED
Charged With Aanaaughter for the
f. Auburn Accident In Which ThIee
Persons Were Killed
Especial to The Meesenger.)

Raleigh N. c., Sept. 26.-The grand
jury in the superior court here this
afternoon returned a true bill against
Engineer W. w. Rippey, Conductor c.
NJ Oakley, Chief Train Dispatcher B.
P. Ketchum and his assistant, Victor
Parvin, all of the Southern railway,
for manslaughter for killing Engineer
w. c. Parker and Fireman Robert
Young n w. J. Bethel in the rail-
way cillision near Auburn, this county
State Treasurer B, R Lacy, J. D. Rob
ertson, J. NJ. Barrel, E. Y. Terrell were
the witnesses examined.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
OKLAHOMA'S CONSTITUTION
President Roosevelt Announces That
He VIII Civ it His Approval.

Washinton, September 26.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt announced today that
he would approve tn Oklahoma con
.stitution. He said he had examined
the rocument with the attorney gen:
eral and that he felt that the Ques-
ton Of his approval ought not to be
based on his opinion, but upon wheth-
er it came within the terms Of the
enabling act. His personal opinion
of the document, the president laugh
ingly said, was not fit for publica-
ton" The PRONUNCIATION OF his APP
prOval will be made later.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
American Fruit Growers in Session.

NOrfOIk, Va, September 26.-The
concluding sessions of the American
Pathological society and the Society Of
Horticultural Science were held at the
jamestown exposition today following
which the delegates were given a
trolley ride to Cape Henry on the At
lantic ocean front, passing the famous
desert section of Princess Ann coun-
ty, Va, the home of the Scuppernong
grape, which is now largely used in
the making of southern wine. L. A.
Goodman, Of Kansas City, Mo-, and
John Craig, of Ithaca, n. Y, were re-
elected president and secretary res
p~ectively of the American Pathological
Society.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01

BY a Fayetteville Insurance Company
-F1agman on Railway Killed.

Fayetteville. n. c., Sept 26-The
Fayetteville Scottish Fire Insurance
Company today increased it's capital
stock from fifty thousand to one hun
dred thousand dollars, with surplus OF
twenty-five thousand dollars and will
be operated under the auspices of the
North Carolina Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION.
Last night JEFF Williams, a negro
brakeman on the Eeaboard Air Line
railway, was killed INST after tagging
a train at Floral College.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
Murder i'm Second Degree

New London, Conn, Sept 90
James I. Beckham, of Norfolk, Va,
who came here on the evening of
September l., and killed his broth
er-in-law, William NJ. Petty, by shoot
ing, in a local hotel was found gull
ty Of murder in the second degree
today and Immediately given a life
sentence by Judge Roraback. Beck
ham claimed that Petty had induced
his wife and daughter to come here
to live In an immoral way and this
the defense set up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
To Establish Negro Colony in Cali.
fOrnia

Los. Angeles, Ca, Sept. ga
project to establish a large negro
colony in Southern California is he
ing promoted by an association
which is abou ito seek state incor-
pOration.
One Of the promoters is Lieuten-
ant Colonel Allensworth of this CITY.
formerly a chaplain in the United
States navy Several million dollars
Is said to represent the wealth of
the negroes back of the movement
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01

b Those Southern Railroad
Vouchers to be Made in Proper
Time.
(SDecial TO The Messenger.)

Raleigh, September 26.-The Even
ing Times this afternoon says: "a
the proper time Senator J. c. Drewry,
president Of the Press-Visitor Pub
fishing Company, which publishes the
Raleigh Evening Times, will make to
the public a full and frank statement
of his entire connection with matters
pertaining to the Southern railway
vouchers, about which much has been
printed lately"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
Roosevelt RuttS Tn.

Washington, Sept. 26.-President
Roosevelt said today that he had
consented to receive some documen-
tary statements from the striking
telegraph operators and that when
these are in his hands he would I'm
d~oubtedly cal Into consultation
Commissioner of Labor Neill.
Further than this he said that
no arrangement had been made for
any conference regarding the strike.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
Railroad Strike Declares or

havana, September pa general
strike OF the employees Of the United
HaIroads and the Havana Central
railroad was declared today. Trains
are running with the help of the
engineers only. without hremen Oh
conductors. A tie uD Of all the rail-
roads On the island is feared.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01

london. Sept. 26-Sir Thomas LIP
ton was interviewed tonight after ne
had learned the reasons why ms chal-
Ienpe to race for the America s cup
had been declined by the New VOTE
Yacht Club. and spoke as follows:
81 still have plenty of time to issue
another challenge, but all depends
upon what am advised to do. Mr..
Fife is coming especially 10 consult
with me on the situation.
81 know the New York Yacht Clup
feels it's responsibility and | am quite
willing % abide by its decision as the
club certainly understands its busl-
ness better than any n else. /
cannot help hoping that the existing
difficulty may be overcome and that
a race will occur in 1908. | will 90
everything in my power that is rea-
sonable to meet the wish of u Amer
lean friends. I am willing to consider
most favOrably the idea of challenging
with a 80 foot boat, if that will be
received under the conditions existing
in the New York Yacht Club. and if
Mr.. Fife can design a boat which will
give me a reasonable prospect OF s"c-
cess and although such a boat might
have to be constructed as a freak
boat. even then I would be only too
pleased to do it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
CUBAN SITUATION
Probability Of Uprising is Dis
credited
STATEMENT BY MAG0ON
Agitation is Rampan Among the
Nero Population

Governor Magoon Prepared to Nip
in the Bud Anything Like an In
surrection-WhoIe Matter at the
Present Time is Not Regarded as.
Serious-Leaders of the Last Rev
olution are Opposing the Present
Agitation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01

Havana, Sept. 26.-The secret police
today arrested General Masso PARA,
and a little later took into custody
General Juan Dusassi and General
lara Miret, charged with conspiring
against public order.
The following statement was given
out by Governor Magoon this even
ing:
1.-THE governor issued a statement
this afternoon in which he said, re-
garding the arrest Of Masso PARA,
Juan Ducassi and Lara Miret, that he
had been advised of their actions
for some time past and has waited
for them to carry out their work to
some definite end. He was we'll aware
of their conspiracy and deemed it
advisable to put an end to the dis
turbance they were creating.
ITO this the governor would add
that Cuba has many important ques-
lions to occupy its attention for the
next six Oh eight months, and it Is
desired that the minds of the people
be not disturbed from the important
AldLISIS pS dSIIdUoIS dnu oASSu UCAS
of the peace and tranquility of the
island. The men arrested appear to
be the leaders and directors of this
movement and although others are
know to have participated in the
meetings and to have promised men
and arms for the movement it wa
not thought necessary to arrest these
.Velopments. Their detention can be
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01
NAY HAVE RACE FOR CUP
Chances for International Contest
Greatly Improved By Lipton's At
titude.

New York, September 26.-Pros-
poets for a race for the Americas cup
next year were improved greatly to-
day by the announcement from Sir
Thomas Upton that he will submit
another challenge specifying a 90
foot boat as the representative of the
Royal Irish Yacht Club. Members 0f
the New York Yacht Club were retic-
ent as to the action that would be
)taken by that organization in re-
sponse to an amended challenge. but
1t is pointed out that the deed OF
gift. by which the Americas cup was
placed in the custody OF the New
York Yacht Club in 1887 apparently
makes it obligatory upon the New
York Yacht Club to accept the chal-
lenge. provided certain conditions are
complied with. The deed OF the gift
specifies that any foreign yacht CLUB
shall always be entitled 70 the right
of sailing a match for the (America(
Cum It is further set forth that
the competing yachts, II OF n mast
shall not be less than ~sixty-hve fee'
nor more than ninety feet on the
load water line" 1t is further SCI
forth that the challenging clup ShalI
give ten months notice: that this no
tice must be accompanied by a GER
tifcate of the name and eVerythlhc
Of the challenging vessel and the
vessels length on load water ln7'
beam at load water line. extreme
beam and draught of water.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-01

Washington, Sept. 26.-Oficial word
of the arrest Of cOnspiratOrs IN ha-
yana reached the wal department to-
day il the following cablegram ad-
dressed by Governor MagoOn to Act-
Ing Secretary Oliver: Information
more specific and certain than mere
tOfOre received was secured late last
night. that Maso PARA, angered by
failure TO bring about an uprising,
threatened to dynamite some buildings
in Havana and then escape. The local
police arrested him and two OF MS
gang named Lara Miret and Ducasse
and they are now in jail.
War department officials while ad-
hitting that agitation is rampant
among the negro population in Cuba
because of their failure to receive
their proper share of the Offices, dis
credit the probability of any uprising
against the provisional government
on that island. The negro population
composing 90 per cent. of the people,
who opposed the government, claim
that they nave not been fairly treated
A continuation of this agitation, it IS
admitted, might have a serious effect
in driving some of the m~al-cOntents
to attempted uprisings in isolated
places. but Governor MagOOn is said
to be prepared to nip in the bud any
thing like an instruction. Acting
Secretary of War Oliver was at the
WHITE LD,,,, HoI1, hut he 1iI mot
regard the stories Of the Cuban revolt
sufficiently important to bring it to
the presidents attention.
Governor MagOOn is keeping the
department advised Of the situation
and is consulting freely with General
Barry and other military officers in
command Of the army of Cuban paci-
f1catiOn. His dispatches for pru-
Dental reasons are not made public.
The agitation has been alike in Ha-
vana and Pinar del Rio prOvinces-in
the latter province being among the
lawless class, mainly negroes. In a
large measure the governor is dispos-
ed to treat the whole matter as not Of
any serious consequence. as the lead
ers of the last revolution are opposing
the present movement. Governor Ma
goOn has reported that private and
official advices from Santiago, Puerto
Principe, Santa Clara and MatanZas
provinces indicate absolute tranquil
lily there.
General Barry today t~elegraphed
from Havana:
referring newspaper accounts agi-
tatiOn in Cuba, have been alive to sit
uatiOn for some days. though nothing
has developed worthy of reporting. All
intelligence officers and station COM
manders have been alert and have re-
ported everything concerning it. Daily
reports from them show tranquility
in all provinces except Pinar del Rio
where there is some slight agitation
among lawless class mainly negroes.
Am satisfied any situation which may
arise will be promptly and success
fully handled.'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
The Wife'S Influence.

Every married woman, says Harper's
Bazaar, no matter how limited her life
may seem, no matter how shut up she
may be in the nursery or the kitchen,
has a means of contact with the great
world in the man who goes out into it
has means of influence on it
through him. Seen or unseen, it is
there The man who is happy in his
home carries the atmosphere of it with
h.m-he is himself more in touch with
Others because of it. In this day and
age, when so many woman are seeking
scope for their powers in arts and pro
fessions and business careers, there are
some who realize that in their mar
riage there is the very widest scope
women who put the enthusiasm, the
brain power, the artistic perception,
the clear-sighted effort, into their pro-
fession as wives and mothers, mistress
es of households. These are the WON
en- who use their brains and their souls
to love with, as we'll as their hearts,
and who WELD an extraordinary, far
reaching power, all the greater because
that power is the last thing they are
thinking of or seek to attain. That
intangible thing that we call the spirit
of the home walks abroa>- with every
member of it, The nice" children in
school gravitate instantly toward the
children of that household. gravitate
toward the house itself, because there
is something there that they need.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

Lolita, the once famous actress, Is
said to be one of the biggest taxpayers
among the women of Boston.
Mrs. Anthony Drexel wife Of the
well known millionaire, is a great ia
vorite in London, and prides herself on
being typically American.
The first deaf mute in the country
to become a nun is Miss Eta Mae Hol-
man, who was recently received into
the Dominican order at Hunts Point
N Y.
Princess Margaret, of Connaught
who speaks German, French and Ital-
ian, is studying Swedish. This fall she
is to be married to the crown prince of
Sweden.
Sibylle Gabrielle Marie Antoinette de
Riduetet de Mirabeau, countess de Mar
tell de Janville, writes under the pseu-
donym of "Gyp" and illustrates under
that of Bob"
Under a new law IN Norway, every
would-be bride must exhibit a certifi-
cate that she knows how to cook. In
Norway a dyspeptic is regarded as a
natural curiosity.
Ellen Kay, one of the foreign leaders
of the movement for equal rights for
women. expressed her regrets in a re-
cent lecture in Vienna at the "Ameri-
canization" of that movement.
Mrs. Amanda Diaz de la Tore. the
eldest daughter of President Dlaz OF
Mexico, is one of the most graceful fig
ures in high society of the capital She
is the wife of Congressman Ignacio de
la Tore. wealthy haciendado.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

The origin of the pawnbrokers' sign.
the three golden balls, is accounted for
by humor, legend and fact. Some early
English wit said the chances were two
TO one that the articles pledged would
never be redeemed On the other hand.
they are ascribed to the good st. Mich
olas
A nobleman. so the story goes, sud-
denly becoming poor, found himself
unable to provide for the marriage of
his three daughters. The news of his
sad plight came 10 the ears of the
sanity bishop. who Immediately came
10 the rescue by placing three bags of
gold In the nobleman's window at night.
each bag containing sufficient dowry
for one maiden. The three purses ac-
cordingly became the emblem of ST.
Nicholas. and when the bankers OF
northern Italy took up the business of
lending money they appropriated ii,
considering themselves coed followers
of the generous saint.
The fact. however. seems to be that
the three balls were taken from the
lower part Of the coat of arms OF the
dukes OF Medici, from whose dominions
the first money lenders emigrated TO
England. This explains why some of
the ancient pawnbrokers used five blue
balls. for the coat Of arms in heraIdic
language is described as Eve bezants
asure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

We don't take the good of our pos
sessions-we expect to use them-but
don't. There is always an occasion
little ahead that we have in view as
we peep at our treasures in their MD
ing places. And when that occasion
comes it is too much trouble to unearth
our precious possessions-we decide
that we won't risk using them for fear
of some mischance And so it goes on
until time intervenes and we are re-
auired to part with our property-some-
times suddenly and without even the
pleasure of debating who is to receive
it.
1t doesn't seem worth it, does it?
Surely it is better to use our treasures,
enjoy them, lose them, or break them
and spoil them if we wish-they are
our own-or give them away with
whole-hearted pleasure to some one
who can enjoy them more than We So
let us each peep into our property box
and Sc if we cannot replace some long
hidden treasure with little enjoyment
or warm-hearted love-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
nufx of Parents.

Love, faith and confidence should be
developed and made permanent in ev-
cry home. 1t is a sad day when a
child loses faith and confidence in ia
Their or mother, and when he can point
to the time when he was disappointed
and deceived by those in whom, above
all others, he trusted.
Children naturally believe that what
father and mother say and do are right
and true. and no parent can afford to
forfeit such implicit trust. Parents
should zealously guard their words and
actions in this respect, and by so do
ing they will be able to exert a healthy
moral influence which will be to their
children in after years safeguard
against impending disaster, says an ex-
change
As early as child can understand
ANYTHING. his first impressions of his
narents should be a trustful confidence.
This is the secret of his future self
control and the power by which par
ents can exert an influence which shall
determine very largely the physical.
mental, moral and spiritual character
of their child.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Girl who Isn't Engaged.

Don't be aggressive about it and in
sist that you never yet met man you
would dream of marrying Even if this
is true, your vigorous assertions will
leave the opposite impression on the
minds Of your hearers.
Don't, on the other hand. magnify
some childish sweethearting into an
early affair" which holds you true to
its memory. And don't, above all
things, invent suspiciously-ideal lover
who has gone abroad.
Don't belittle your present male ac-
quaintances by building day dreams
with a personifcation of all the virtues
as hero.
Don't drop vague hints about Sc
cret engagement which time alone will
divulge.
Don't pretend that you think mar
ried life a bore; no one will believe
you.
Don't pretend you don't believe in
love: no one will believe this, either
Don't remark that since many mar
riages are unhappy, you don't care to
risk such a step. such reasons are
worse than none.