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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-05
PRISONERS HELD TO ANSWER

Fred i. Cleaves was held for trial
before the superior court by Police
Judge Shortall yesterday on q charge
Of felony embezzlement It is alleged
that while acting as book keeper for
the estate of E. ]. Boben he embezzled
about $4,000.
James Bryan, an ex-convict. was
held by Judge Cabaniss on a charge
Of burglary He broke into the fumf-
eating room at the old Hall of Justice
and stole several prison blankets.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-05

Miss Lotta Upton and Charles ].
Dickman. the artist, win be married
today at the home of Miss Upton's
mother. Mrs. Upton Judge, at Santa
Clara None but relatives and a few
friends win be present. James Graham
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-05
WILL SOON BEGIN WORK
ON BIG OIL REFINERY
Los Angeles and San Francisco Men
Join for Erection of Plant Be
tween Benicia and Vallejo

BENICIA, June 4.-Work on the big
oil refinery which Los Angeles and San
Francisco capitalists are to build on
the bay shore between Vallejo and
Benicia will be begun this week.
Eighteen boiler makers viii arrive from
the east to commence the erection Of
the big tanks which will be the pre-
liminary work at the Glen cove site.
Already David Fleischer Of San Fran
cisco. who is acting as agent Tor the
oilmen, has procured Z wharf franchise
1T that point. and he win Immediately
start the erection OF big wharf
structure. 1t II also announcod that Z
large hotel will be built
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-05
Another Strike

Another strikel But ten strike
tb;s tirne-made by the june Sunset
The sGreater San Francisco" number
IS the title Of this issue. and the pub
fishers are to be congratulated. as IT is
1-nonesfionabIy . superb magazine. The
two page panoramic photographs
sfowfnsE the progress IN San Francis
ee's reconstruction are unsur3aSssa-
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-05

HORSE ATTACKS PEDEsTRIAN-PointR Rich.
mond June 4-Patrick Donovan, an employe
Of the California winery association. was kicked
In the face and chest and seriously injured
BY a horse tonight. Donovan was on his way
to take train for Fresno when the animal
attacked him. Donovan's condition Is critical.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-05

TO HAVE SALT WATER PLANT-oakland.
June 4.-Emeryville is to have salt water
plant for street sprinkling and fire lighting pur-
poses. The system is to be in operation within
a year and will cost $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-05
DROPS DEAD IN SALOON

Charles G. MCGOWAN, a plumber, who
lived at 13z Eighth street. dropped
dead yesterday In saloon In Golden
Gate avenue. Death was due to heart
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
WILMINGTON. NJ. {.
TUESDAY. AUG. 6, 1907.
NEGROES TO ENDORSE HUGHES

Prominent negroes of the state of
Ohio and Indiana make the an
nouncement that the negro voters
of their states favor Governor
Hughes for president. The negroes
of the north are opposed to Roose-
welt and Taft because of the position
the president and his secretary of
war took in the Brownsville affair,
and their are indications hat they
intend to get their revenge by solid
ly opposing Mr.. RoOsevelt's candi-
dacy for the nomination.
The negro element in lie republic
can party in he north will play a
more important part than ever be-
fore in the national convention. If
the southern negroes will unite with
their colored brothers in those
hold the balance of power they
will be able to dictate to the o n
vention and to force it to nominate
the man of their choice.
were LHt COuNcuIlOu uSlu DIT IllIo
time the negroes would be pretty apt
to down the candidate known as
Mr.. Roosevelt's s, but there is no tell
ing what turn affairs may take be-
fore this time next year. Mr.. Roose-
welt realizes the attitude of the ne
groes toward himself and he has at
tempted to placate them and will
continue to do SO, but win what sue
cess no one can foretell. So far he
has not made any Roadway; in fact,
his most noted action in that line
the appointment of a negro assist
ant auditor in the ANY department
strengthened the opposition of the
negroes by showing them their pow
err and the fear of hat power by the
president.
The Indiana negroes do not take
to Fairbanks because Of his failure
to back up Foraker in his fight over
the Brownsville affair. They Ink
Hughes a real friend OF their race
and remember with prlue and graft
tude the speeches he made to them
in their churches during the last
campaign.
This state of affairs is announced
from Washington by The News and
Observers correspondent. We do
not understand why the negroes
should pass Foraker by and take up
the New Yorker as their champion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY.

The president and Secretary Taft
will have their hanus full when the
Philippine assembly convene next
fall. 1t will probably be me OF the
most remarkable legislative assem-
blies ever held. The recent Russian
douma will be left far Dehin4 IN the
matter of revolutionary spirit and
grotesuueness. Hatred OF he United
States will be the only subject
on which there will be abb
soIute unanimlty. After h a legls-
lature adjourns We do not suppose
there will be such a clamor or 10
mediate independence of the Ailip-
pines. We look for the Filipinos to
demonstrate their ut + unhtness for
self-government. OF lie elect.ons,
which were held last Tuesday, the
Washington Post says:
The elections resulted in a victory
for the rabid nacionalistas, who de-
mand Immediate Independence. The
incomplete returns indicate that
the nacionalistas will outnumber, by
three to one. all other members of the
forthcoming assembly. The progress
ista party, which was supposed to be
the strongest and best organized, and
which was willing to wait for the in
dependence of the islands. was badly
beaten. Among the leaders" of the
party. who
emerge victorious is DIR. Dominador
Gomez, a notorious character, who
has been charged with aiding a d
dones and making seditiOus speeches,
and who is an eX-convict. Other per-
sons almost as undesirable as law
makers nave been elected to the as
sembly, charged by their party with
demanding the immediate i%ndepen-
dence of the Philippines They have
been chosen by a mere handful of
the people, the reports showing that
less than 2 per cent of the civilized
FiIipinOs registered.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
NEW PARTY MANAGERS.

The Washington Times is respon-
sible for the statement that the
financial and corporate interests of
the country r going to take a hand
in the presidential campaign next
year and will see to it that a can
didate is nominated by the republi-
cans of a very different type from ne
one Roosevelt would recommend to
the party. 1t is declared that ROose-
welt will not play the prominent parC
in the campaign that it was hereto
fore supposed he would take. If this
proves to be the actual program,
says The Times, and if the inuica-
tions of it's being carried out are
reasonably bright it is believed that
the stock market will reflect it in a
very appreciate way. These new
party managers want to nominate
a man whom they believe will re-
ceive the support of the people gen.
orally as we'll as of the interests
they represent.
Such a man will be hard to find,
though we suppose the thing is pos
Sible.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
BRYAN AND THE SOUTH.

Your Uncle Adlai Stevenson car
ries a level head and is always con-
sentative. He says he is personally in
favor Of Bryan and predicts his nom
nation. AS usual. North Carolina is
in accord with Adlai. No power ex-
cept Bryan refusal TO accept the
nomination can prevent his nominal
ton, and he will get more votes by
a million than any other democrat
in America.
We agree with The News and OBJ
server in it's declaration that your
Uncle Adlai E. Stevenson carries a
level head and is always conservative.
We are afraid that it's second PROPOSE
ton is true; that mo power except
Bryan's refusal to accept the nomina-
ton a prevent his nomination.; but
We cannot believe in the fulfllment
Of the prediction that if nominated
he will get more votes by a million
than any other democrat in America"
In truth and in fact, We believe that,
should Bryan be nominated by the
| democrats and the republicans should
nominate Roosevelt, Taft or some
OCHCI ouCL lSpuUIICdu, WI. bryan
would receive a smaller popular vote
and fewer votes in the electoral COL
lege than he did at either time he was
the democratic candidate. We do not
think the south will stand for the
later political principles Bryan has an
nOunced. The fact that he has modi-
fed his Madison Square Garden declar-
alton in favor of government owner
ship of railroads by saying that it is
not to be made an immediate issue
shows that he has found public senti-
mnet in his party against him at pres
ent on that proposition. The people
however, know his views on that ques-
ton and they will not be fooled into
supporting him On this recent modii-
cation thereof by his declaration in
favor of poisoning the time for put
ting the principle into effect. We do
not believe a majority Of the demo-
Gratis of the south want Bryan for pres
ident and We are sure that if nominal
ed he will lose some of the states which
Parker carried.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
AMERICA AND JAPAN.

It looks like we have heard the
last, for the present at least, of the
unfriendly relations between the
United States and Japan. At one
time there were indications that
there might be serious trouble be-
tween the two countries, whether or
not there really was any danger of
it. There is much in Admiral Stock
tons remark hat the governments
at Washington and Toxic under
stand each other, and there is great
assurance of peace in the declara-
ton OF the Japanese vice admiral to
the representative of a Paris news
paper that the United States had nev-
er ceased to be a friend of japan
and that Japan would always remain
attached by the ties of gratitude and
friendship to the United States.
Nevertheless the new policy Of this
government and the growing ambi-
ton n the desire for greater ter
ritory on the part of Japan is like
~ to raise serious issues between
these w nations many times in the
future and it would not be a mat
ter of surprise if these matters of
dispute were to lead tt actual war.
The United States certainly wants
no war with Japan, and the latter
is not in condition now, and will
not be for several years yet, to go
to war with such a power as the
United States Notwithstanding her
boosted progress along all lines and
her military
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
THE ONLY ISSUE.

The position of Governor lem of
North Carolina was thus stated by
him on Friday afternoon before the
attempted arrest of President Fin
ley:
Every legal order of the circuit
court will be obeyed, but | will do
the utmost and in every possible way
resist the present encroachments of
the federal court made at the in
stance Of the railroads, on the juris-
dictlon of the state courts. This is
all the contention"
Who is to decide whether any or
der of the circuit court of the Unit
ed States is legal or illegal?
Is the supreme court of The Unit
ed States TO decide or Governor
Glenn with the North Carolina mill
tia?
When there is conflict between s.;
and United States jurisdiction the
national jurisdiction must have SUI
premacy until the question in con-
fict is finally determined.
Such is the case whether the &C
ton of the circuit court shall be
sustained or reversed. The order of
the circuit court must be legal"
until it is set aside by superior fed
eral authority.
A Governor capable of resistinf { o
1.-The utmost and in every way posi-
BILE" an order of the circuit court of
the United States because it seems
to him to be illegal" might also be
capable of resisting to the utmost
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

tee by taking away all means of en-
forcing 1t. II in the end now the
the state law should be declared in
valid there will be no redress for
the injustice lone in taking property
due process OF law. The gov
ernor of North Carolina has not cen
~contending for state rights but
against the authority Of the United
States to protect personal rights under
a district guarantee OF the constitu-
ton. Persistence in that kind Of con-
test will not do. and the sooner it
ceases the better. They must let
their railroad rate laws as they affect
the rights of persons undergo the
test OF the federal judiciary with
out insisting pom doing what may
prove to be rank injustice. especially
in the infection of penalties, during
the process. h federal government
cannot afford to give @ay 10 obstIuc-
ton OF this kind. and the further 1t
goes the more serious the matter will
become. Other southern governors
Will gain favor and credit by avoiding
this periious precedent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
NEED OF THE WHIPPING POST.

A few days ago a Guilford coua-
ty man was sent TO the chain-gang
for whipping his wife. How much
better would it have been could he
have been sentenced to receive forty
less one" lashes on the bare back
Every time we hear of a wife-beater
being sentenced 10 pay a fine or tn
Imprisonment in Jail or to the chain
gang We wish that the whipping post
was again a mode of punishment in
this state. There are other crimes
besides wife beating that should be
punished in this way. The ppon-
ents of that mode of punishment
say it is a relic of barbarism. If that
be go they are worse than barba-
rians who would receive the punish
ment for beating their wives. What
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
MORE RAILROAD QUESTIONS

Should the management of the
aberdeen and Asheboro railroad
discontinue it's passenger trains, as
the press dispatches announce is be-
ing seriously considered, because OF
the great cost of operation over
income from the service what will
the state authorities do? Can a
railroad which has been chartered by
the state deprive the people of pas
senger service on it's line? Can the
state force a company to operate pas
senger trains when the entire pas
senger service costs much more nan
the income therefrom? These are
questions the courts will have to an
swer should that railroad discon-
tinue it's passenger trains and the
corporation commission orders them
to be re-instate0.
Manager Page says it costs five
cents a mile to carry passengers on
his road and that with the fare at
two and a quarter cents a mile the
loss is ST0dI0I LudA LLC SoLApdhS SdA
stand. If it can be shown to be a
fact that it costs five cents a mile
to carry passengers and the state
forces the company to conduct the
business at a loss of two and three
quarters of a CEN a mile for every
passenger hauled that would, 1t
seems to us, be a clear case Of on
fiscation of the property of the COM
pany.
This is the railroad about which
there was such a row during the
last session of the legislature over
a charge made in a Raleigh paper
that the editor of another Raleigh
paper, because of his dislike for the
owners of that road, by his person
al influence induced a house commit
tee to SO amend the railway rate act
that that road would not come in
the class of roads excepted, the
amendment being to reduce from
-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
THE FREIGHT RATE FIGHT.

AS announced in yesterdays dis
patches Governor Glenn is now go
ing to turn his attention to securing
relief to the people against existing
discrimination in railway freight
rates. If he can do so in a lawful
the people. It cannot be denied
that the business interests, and, con-
~sequently, the welfare of people of
all classes in many sections of our
state suffer because of the discrimi-
nation in freight rates made in fav-
or Of other towns and localities. The
correction of this evil is of much
more Importance to the people than
the reduction of passenger fares.
This matter of adjusting freight
rates is one of the most intricate
connected with railroading. None
but the most expert railroad men
understand it thoroughly, and,
therefore, the governor has an ar
duous task ahead of him. We wish
him success in the undertaking and
that he can bring relief to the peo-
pie. That they need it is plain {,
all; but how he is going to give it
to them we do not know-we hope
he does. We hope, however,
that he can bring about the
desired end by different means
h " +hor0 r0cor&n1 f IN +L~
passenger fare case. If the present
system of freight charges is in vio-
lation of the law We want to see
the governor have the law enforced,
but We do not want to see vested
rights trampled on and property de-
stroyed just for the purpose Of car
rying a point of doubtful legality.
In this freight rate matter what
ever the governor does which we
believe to be in accordance with the
duties of his office and with the
laws of the land We will give him
u hearty support, Valueless though
it may be-; but we will not blindly
follow him or any other official and
endorse his acts just because he is
in office by the votes of our party.
The Governor knows that The Mes
senger has time and again given his
acts its hearty endorsement and that
it has received more than one letter
from him thanking it for what it
has had to say in support and praise
of his official conduct.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

The Richmond Times-Dispatch
closes an editorial on the railway
ate case with the following para
graph:
Does Governor Glenn or any other
North CaroliniaE. think that this was
a noble victory for states rights, or
popular rights. or for common JUS
tice in the Old North State? Whether
they do or not. we hope there will be
no such browbeating or intimidation
in the Old Dominion.
We hope The Times-Dispatch's
wish will be gratified and that its
states governor will refrain from
forcing such a ~deplorable state OF
affairs in that commonwealth, but
we suppose there is no danger of
it's being done as lie sam epolitical
conditions do not exist there as in
this state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

We see from The virginian Pilot
that there Is a rumor that the con-
ductors and motormen OF the street
car lines in Portsmouth and Nor
folk are threatening TO strike unless
alleged grievances are satisfactor-
lily settled. II would be a heavy
blow 10 the exposition II there
should be a tie-up OF the trolley
lines in those cities. We do not
know what grievances the employees
allege nor whether there is any mer-
il in their demands. They may have
just cause of complaint or 1t may
be hat they think this a good time
TO make demands which they know
would not be granted IL the expo
sition was not going on. Whatever
the causes of complaint is ii is TO
be hoped that there will be no
strike during the exposition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
A Estate RIGHTS MIS-AKE.

Most all the leading newspapers
of the north have devoted much
space to editorial comment and dis
cussion of the railway rate war in
this state, some taking sides with
the railroads and sOme with the
governor. Among the most promi-
nent ones Of the former class is the
New York Journal of Commerce,
one of the best edited papers in the
United States. We have already
copied from it's editorials on this
subject several times. We again
give an editorial from that paper.
The extract below is from its is
sue of Wednesday, written after the
so-called compromise was made and
the governors address to the peO-
pie of the state had been publish
| ed. In that editorial The Journal Of
Commerce says, heading it's article
"A State Rights Mistaken"
1t will yet appear that the COVER
nor of North Carolina made a serious
mistake in the attitude he assumed
toward the enforcement of the rail-
road rate law in that state, and
governors of southern states will only
a~ggravate it by expressions of SYM
pathy and support and repeat and
| intensity it if they follow the
example. To us it seems that ii
would have been wise for the admin
istration at Washington to make its
| position distinctly and enthusiastically
known as supporting the federal judi
| ciary in that circuit in the exercise OF
its undoubted authority. There car
| hardly be a question hat it would
J have had the support of the sentl-
ment of the country. This would have
been practically unanimous in the
north and we cannot doubt it would
have been general in the south as
soon as the issue was distinctly un-
derStood.
AS it is, railroad companies engag-
ed in interstate comn erce have been
permitted to be covted and cOerceC
by an aggressive and belligerent atti-
tude Of state authorities and threats
of injury to their business and thel1
future interests, and the circuit judge
has had to modify his Injunction or
ders. not because thew were wrong OF
mistaken, but because the plaintiffs
on whose application they were
granted applied for it to escape from
the intolerable pursuit of the state
1t is no victory for state rights. for
as Judge Pritchard in withdrawing
the protection OF his interfocutory
decree said, there was no question 81
state rights involved and no question
of interference Of the federal cour1
with the state courts. There was
simply an exercise of judicial auth.
ority within ~undoubted jurisdiction OF
that court to give effect TO one of the
most important guarantees of the
fourteenth amendment.
Judge Pritchard characterized the
obstruction OF the state officials to the
orderly procedure in this case very
Justly as calculated to make a .sdead
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

length of roads which were not TO
be compelled to comply with the
terms of the act, the Page road be-
ing a title over sixty miles in
length.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

There is many a "meanest" man
in the world, but We thing the Kin
stOn rec Press has found the very
meanest in Lenoir county. He is
the man who robbed the county
p%oorhouse a few nights G of six
ty spring chickens ana then strip
ped the watermelon patch. The
Free Press thinks there was a party
of several in the dastardly iced.
AS yet there is no clue to the guilty
mes. We hope they will be run
down and when convicted will be
given the full limit of the law.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

The best remedy for backacAe. kid
neys, inflammation Of the bladder Is De-
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills. Their
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Bellamy
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

If the members of the Georgia
Legislature correctly represent their
constituents on the question of pro-
hibition the majority in that state
for prohibition is so great that the
authorities ought to be able to en-
force the law. We look to see prohibi-
ton adopted in several other south
ern states in the near future, either
by a vote of the people or by direct
legislative enactment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

N. T. Lynch. Editor OF the Phillips
burg. y. j., Daily Post, whites: L
have used many kinds of medicines for
coughs and colds in my family but
never anything good as Foley's Honey
and Tar. ! annot say too much in
praise of it. JOS c. Shepard and J.
Hicks Bunting Drug Co.