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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
VESSEL A TOTAL LOSS.
Grew Of German Steamer Baia,A ar
riveS i'm New York

New York, Feb. 15.-Among the
passengers who arrived tonight from
havana on the Ward line steamer
Monterey were the chief engineer and
thirty-three Of the crew. of The Ger
man fruit steamer Baker which was
wrecked on Colorado reef. 40 miles
west of Havana, on January 3Ist
The chief engineer says that the
Baker went ashore on an Incharred
reef and cuuld have been 7ayed with
carly assistance. Nearly all Of her
cargo was saved but the ship Is q
total loss. The Baker was bound from
Philadelphia to Port Barrios wiLn q
cargo of coal The crew got ashore
IN their own boats.
The Baker was built in Copenhsyen
in 1894. but was under tn. German
flag She was OF 900 tons. her oxners
were NJ. J. Elsen and company and
hcl agents liz this country the United
Fruit company.
Captai2 Oertei d stfu IN HxzunA
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
Shot Wife md Phnsicim.


Dies Moines. Feb 15.-H. Il. Davis.
a druggist today attempte1 TO shoot
his wife in the leg and later probably
fatally shot City Physician James K.
Miller, who went with the pol ce 10
the Davis home 90 attend the Injured
woman. Mrs Davis wound In NOT
serious. DR.. Miller was shot VITA =
rife through the lungs.
Davis. who had been drinking at
tackled bis wife with a rife A neigh
Dor womaR who vase present knocked
the weapon downward SO that the ball
struck Mrs. Davis in the Iegg. Davis
then retired TO an upper room and bar
caded himself while the neighbors
called the pohce.
AS DR.. Miller and several polIcemea
stepped into the yard of the Davis
home a single shot was fired by Davis
from al up stairs window. the tu'iet
hitting DR.. Miller In the breast and
plowing its way through his lung.
For a time Davis defended himself .z
hi1 FABRICATED room. but he finally sar-
rendered
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18

state commerce commission OF t..e
ruling whereby tn, theatrical party
was abolished and he suggested The
formation Of protective association
TO the prominent southern manage
This is a life and death mat er VITA
us ALL" said the owner of the Glars
man today While | am sending my
Clansman company abroad for thrse
years I would naturally expect my OH
er shows to tour the south, but this
will be impossible unles stha two cent
mile party rate is restored; n fact
unless conditions are charged ii.
south will soon be void Of attractions.
The local managers will have to seek
other means Of investment end The Ero-
ducing managers otha- feds for i
attractions. This party rate is a week
ly saving OF from five hundred 10 a
thousand dollars to all large ccm2an-
'tes which is the margin between SUI
Ice1js and failure"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
WEIGHT OF COTTON BALES.
Secretary Hester Issues Statement
Giving the Averages.

New Orleans, La, February 15.-
Secretary Hester today issued state
ment of the average weight of 6,624.-
500 bales of cotton handled at out
ports and across the Mississippi, Ohio
and Potomac rivers overland to Anne
rican manufacturers outside the cot
ton belt from September to January
inclusive, showing an average per
bale of 512.1S pounds against 52I.95
last year. The detailed averages are:
Texas ports 526.35 against 534.24;
Louisiana ports 519.76 against $685.
40; Alabama ports 521.13 against
$500; Georgia ports 501.69 against
505.2S; South Carolina ports 492.00
against 498.00; North Carolina ports
488.00 against 49400; Virginia
ports 4S5.GO against $1,000; Tennes-
see, and others 509.90 against 5.70.-
90
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
WARRANTS WAITING FOR HIN.
Charles w. Morse VIII be Arrested
Upon Arrival.

New York. Feb. l5.-Detectives at
tached TO the district attorneys once
were given n warrant tonight and In
structed TO arrest Charles w. Morss
when the steamer Etruria. upon which
the banker IL n passenger from Liver
pool reaches quarantine.
The Etruria Is expected Tomorrow
morning. Morse has been indicted by
the New York county grand jury
which has investigated some recent
banking transactions.
The officers will go down the har-
Dor on the United States revenue cut
ter and met the steamship at quaran-
tine. Arrangements have been made to
take Morse from the Etruria's pier
directly 10 the home OF Justice Dow
ling who will fix bail q is unCers ODD
that counsel igor More will have n
bondsman on hand when he Is ar
raigned.
From the disclosures made as a re-
suit OF the writ or attachment on Char
les w. Morse's property. which was
served on every bank and trust COM
pany in New York. as well as upon
many brokers and other individuals. q
schedule was prepared today.
Loans to a total amount OF $:,53:,-
500 are shown In the schedule and
against them are placed not only the
securities pledged with banks and in
divi suals but all the real estate stand
ing in Morse's name or In which he
Is believed TO have the color OF own
ership. Included In the list but not
itemized are loans obtained
from a large number OF banks. trust
and individuals outside OF
New York city. aggregating tl.l3s.-
Ca0
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
WAS NOT so BAD.
Damage Done BY Cyclone Turns Out
20 Eave Been Greatly Exagger-
0tCG.

Hat. ieS5-Ig, Miss. Feb 15.-That
yesterdays cyclone was not OF a fata'
nature and did not cover so gTea.
a territory as was at first supposed
was shown today by complete tcu
made Of the affected area. Only ttr e
deaths resulted from the storm sll o,
tie injured are doing we'll. except Ed
ward Campbell, at Mossville. whose
condition is still serious
Contrary to previous reports the VT
lage OF Service was rot much damag-
I'd. Soso, a town adjoining Service,
which it was feared had been dcva t
ed, was left untouched. The cyclone
passed half mile outside the place.
Property damage will reach about q
quarter of a million, most Of which
:Oss was sustained at ana near Mos =
vile.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
Ought To Call Upon Military To
Run Down Criminals
Outbreak on Part of Tennessee Rep
resentative Caused by Robbery of
Women-At Present Pate OF Crime
Declared il Would be Necessary
to HIVE Policemen on Every Cor
ner.

Washington, d. c., February Is
Discussion in the house of representa-
tives today dwelt mainly on amend
ments providing for increases in the
salaries of the surveyor-generals Of
the several states.
In each case the amendment was
rejected. But little progress with
the bill had been made when the
house adjourned at 1922 until Mon
day.
The charge that a reign of terror
exists in the City of Washington was
made by Mr.. Sims of Tennessee. He
referred to the robbry of woman
last evening in front of the British
embassy and said 1t was the twenty
first of such crimes committed in this
city since September last. He de-
nounced the police force of the city
and referred to the fact that although
there was within quick call by tele-
phone a regiment of cavalry and a
regiment of marines their services
had not been enlisted to run down
the criminals who, he said, as a rule
were negroes.
Mr.. Sims charged, in reply to a
question by Mr.. Tawney, Minnesota,
that the increase in crime in the Dis
trict Of Columbia was due to an in
efficient police administration. He
declared that at the present rate of
crime it would be necessary to have
a policeman on every corner.
These crimes, Mr.. Sims said, grew
out of the sale of cheap liquor to an
idle class of criminals who had mi
grated to Washington.
''Close your eight hundred licensed
saloons here" he exclaimed, "and
there won't be another Of these oc-
currences."
In consonance with his attitude ex-
pressed yesterday Mr.. Macon, of Ar
kansas, caused to be stricken from
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill in the house of rep
resentatives today the provision for
increases in the salaries of assistant
secretaries of the interior, proposed
increases for other such officials suf-
fered a similar fate yesterday.
The reading of the bill proceedd
slowly on account of the points of
order against various items pertain
ing to administrative features of the
several departments.
All efforts to amend the bill by
providing for increases in salaries
for the surveyors-general of the sew
eral states failed and the house ad-
journed until Monday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
TRIAL OF FRANK CAUTHORN
Mother of the Defendant Was Chief
Witness Yesterday

Roanoke, Va, February 15-Mrs.
Sallie Cauthorn, mother of the de-
fendant, was the chief witness today
in the trial of Frank Cauthorn for
the murder of his former sweetheart,
Mr.. Ada Jones, of Christianburg. Mrs.
Cauthorn testified that Frank has
scrofula while an infant and that
he never walked nor talked until he
was five years old After five years
he would scream and cry out in his
sleep at intervals, but finally out
grew these attacks. The witness had
a first cousin who died from insan-
ity in the Marion, Va, asylum two
years ago. Her grandmother lost
her mind at an advanced age. The
father of the boy, she testified, was
much addicted to the use OF drink.
A night session of the court was
held.
At the evening session the prisoner
took the stand and recited how he
killed his victim. When asked IL he
was sorry he slew her he said: Il
can't hardly say whether / am or
not. / am sorry ] had TO shoot her
so many times. There Is no need to
be sorry now. It would not help
me-" He said he had put IL OF a
good long while" He said he did
not try to get away because he want
ed to give himself up. When asked
which he would rather the jury do
hang him or send him To the peni
tentinry, his reply to the prosecuting
attorney was: II don't care which
| they do; IL will be death either way.
He said IL he was hanged he want
ed his body sold TO doctors and the
money used to buy q monument Il
be erected oye- Mrs.' Jones grav,
with the inscription: Died for Love
on II. At the close Of Cauthorn's re
cital of his crime the defense close.
| and the prosecution put on vitnesse
In rebuttal to show by Cauthorn'
past actions that he was not insane
J. Court then adjourned lntti Mon
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
Want New Type of Motor Boat.

washington. D. c., February 10
The navy department has authoriZ-
ed the chief constructor of the navy
to develop a new type of motor boat
for use in the naval service. This
work will be done at the Norfolk
navy yard and will be confined to
the design and the development of
a 20-foot boat capable of ten knots
speed. The construction will be on
lines suggested by the special board
which some months ago devoted it
self to this subject. The depart
ment also made arrangements with
a private firm at Morris Heights, N.
Y, for estimates and designs for the
same sort of boat which will be de-
veloped by the bureau Of construc-
ton and repair.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
THE GLOBE CIRCLERS
Cars Passed Seneca, ~. ". Two Days
and Seven Hours Behind Schedule.

Seneca Falls, n. Y. February Is
The Italian car in the New York To
Paris race parsed through here at
SO o'clock thds afternoon. followed
at two minutes intervals by the Amer
lean and one French car. rhe cars
were stuck lin the mud north OF
here for several hours. being four
hours and forty-five minutes coming
from Auburn. a distance Of sixteen
miles. The cars were very muddy but
appeared TO be running well except the
Italian" which was lacking one cyl
inder. The cars passed here two days
and seven hours behind the schedule
Waterloo, ~. Y. February l5.-The
three leading automobiles I'm the New
York TO Paris race. passed this
village at sos o'clock this afternoon
and were less than one minute apart
with a French car leading. followed
by the American car and the italian
car in the order named.
Geneva. New York. February 15~-
The Italian car closely followed by q
French and the American cans reach
ed here at o'clock tonight. A stop
for the night was made here. sixteen
miles of state roads are ahead Of tho
racers but beyond those the roads
are bad.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
Statement of Clearing House Banks.

New York, N. Y, February Is
The statement of clearing house
banks for the week shows that the
banks hold S3O,85O,225 more than
the requirements of the % per cent.
reserve rule. This is an increase
of $1,018,050 in the proporionate
cash reserve as compared with last
week. The per centage Of actual re-
serve of the clearing house banks at
the close of the business yesterday
was .27.73.
The statement of banks and trust
companies of Greater New York not
members of the clearing house shows
that these institutions have aggregate
deposits of 31,596,50O. Total cash
on hand s51,O76,3OO, and loans
amounting to S773, ,S52,300.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
OUGHT TO ELECT HIM.
YOakum Says He Could Bring 5,OOO,-
600 People to Texas in Four Years

Fort Worth, Texas, February 10
B. F. Yoakum, head of the Rock Is
land railroad lines, addressed the as
sociation of commercial secretaries
here today. His speech discussed
problems of development which the
country faces. He declared there is
but one position for which he would
give up his present work and that is
to be governor of Texas, so that he
could develop the state. He said he
could bring five million people to
Texas in four years if he were gov
ernOr of the state
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
OUARRELLED OVER MONEY
j. F. Wider Shoots and Kills w. L.
Booth.

Hattiesburg, Miss, February Is
AS the result of a quarrel over the
payment of $4,000, J. F. Wider, a
wealthy saw mill operator, president
of the Mississippi Pine Association,
and one of the leading lumbermen
of the south, shot and killed w. L.
Booth today at Epps station, on the
Gulf anC Ship Island railroad. Booth
was a real estate dealer of Dallas. A
special train with the sheriff and Wi
der's lawyers left for Epps this af-
ternooa. ,fE
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18

The . AZ Associated Pr ss dis
patch I-leVed last night uo-cerLih ;
the disaster that has come TO 'ns
schooner II ward =. Peck, VIII h re-
eeatly cleared f.on this POI vii C
read with inte est in III d-y.
Friends Of Cap ain Todd AMI the
crew will be rejoit ed to lean taat
they were rescued, but the Wl be
sincerely s.mrathiZed 6. wi b IN the
terrible exp9r:en tLey have Under
gone.
Tie Peck was cleared from VII
miroton on Jan arT oath by Capt
C. D. Maf1tt for New B1drord. NJ D,
WITH cargo OF $4,000 C Of lum-
Der. SHIPPED by the Cape ear Lu :
Der Company.
The ztory >,~-e..,.ng th> ss o
the Is hooner was d5 f0l'"W@:
New x. February -. TIL -
ber~iaC:na. g. hccner Howard 2. Pee
bound fror9 Wilmington, y. I. r.
New Bedford. Mass, went ashcr2
one mile west Of ForEed river lie
s,,y.,lg station On the south Shore o;
LCng ISi-ni early today. Her 'a1-
tain anG c.aW Of six mon Eu2Cee'e
il raach;Hs shore in safety The
sch.oIe~ IS Iy ing inside Of the QUE
bar pounding heavily and hsr cargo
of lumber is being washed asho~e
The PECK r0t out OF her CO, sc duc-
Ing 4 fog while coming Up he coast
last night and was caught close L
the shelvio~ beach off FOlKe ryer
when the vim suddenly stifled t.
the south and increased to haIf
a gale Rockets and torches were
burned while the vessel was DIR fling
towards the beach and gave the
warning to the LIE saving ratrol on
the beach.
Before daylight, The vessel gr~un z.
ed on tie outer bar, $50 yards from
the shore, and began to pound heav1-
ly, while her deck lead washed alb Ut
the decks smashing the houses and
threatening the lives Of the crew.
Heavy seas raked the vessel broad
side and drove the shivering crew in
to the rigging wheIe they clung Tor
hours until daylight came and reveal
ed the location of the vessel to life
savers Of the Forked river Bellport
stations, who were waiting on the
beach
Between the shipwrecked crew and
the life savers the surf was rolling
SO high that no life boat could be
launched.
The Lyle gun was brought into use
a line was sent flying over the wreck
and the breaches buoy apparatus SCI
up. one by one the members of the
crew and captain Todd we~e pulled
ashore in the buoy and taken to the
life saving station for shelter.
Meantime the vess,A was driven
in over the bar and lay broadsida
on the beach waterlogged and break
ing UP. It is believed that the Peck
will be a total loss.
New Haven, Conn, Feb. 15.-The
Benedict-Mason Company, owners o.
the schooner. state that the value o.
the Howard B. Peck is between $780,
900 and $25 600 1t was insured. The
Peck was built in 1890 and was OF
449 tons burden.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
RAILROAD RATES TOO HIGH
Proprietor of 1.-THE Clansman" Char
ters Clyde Line Steamer.
(Specia' to The Messenger.

(Specia' to The Messepger)
Albany, Ca, Feb. 15.-Manager H.
Brennan, proprietor of The CLANS
man" was in town today for the
farewell performance OF the pay in
Western Georgia. He was at the
meeting of the Southern Association
of theatrical managers who discussed
the ways and means Of fighting ex-
eessive railroad rates. Mr.. Brennan,
rather than submit to what he re-
garded as an extortion. chartered a
Clyde Line steamer to convey tHe
company to Atlantic points. he
made the first complaint to tho inter
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
Mics Shouts Married.

New York. February 1s.-Miss Theo
dora -Shonts. daughter OF Theodore r.
Shonts former chairman OF the 18TH
mian Canal Commission was married
at noon today TO Emanuel Theodoris
Bernard d'Aibert de Luynes. Duo do
Chaulnes Of Paris The wedding took
pace At the home OF tho brides father
nc Ia East 3sth street. the ceremony
being performed by Mgr. n y. Lasia
rector % - YakxSeks cathedral.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
Hard Winter on Lambs.

Roanoke. Va, February 15.-It Is
reported from southwest Virginia
that the winter has been an abnor-
mally hard one on lambs, the far
mers of that section losing thirty per
cent. of their lambs and in many in
stances so per cent. on account OF
the severe weather. The old sheep
are also dying because they have
been unable to get green food, the
ground being continually covered
with snow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
WILMINGTON, N. c., FEBRUARY IS 1908 s.

the lawer Ohio, lower Tennessee,
Wabash, James (Virginia); Pee Dee,
80 feet at Cheraw. fSouth Carolina) +.
Coosaw, Alabama, Black Warrior.
Tonbigbee and Upper Potomac and
Upper SusQuehanna rivers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18
The HOWARD 8.PECk
Lumber L1dGn Schooner Goes
Ashore
MtABti; OF CREW SAFE


Carried 457 900 Feet, Shipped by the
Cape fea- Lunlber company
schooner Lying Inslde Outer Bar
and Will Probably Be Broken to
Pieces-Captain Dodd and Mem
bers Of Crew Had Hard Time 70
Save Their Lives.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-02-18

Mr.. German is the man that plays
the eelto with his feet, all next week
at the Najeetie. 10c. admissioA
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-11
Wedded.

Last Tuesday at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Blair, living northwest
of Chanute In the edge of Wilson
county, Miss Nellie, their Oldest
daughter, was married at high twelve
TO Mr.. Charles Bowman.
Miss Blair is a charming girl of
excellent family and Mr.. Bowman is a
successful young school teacher OF
Wilson county. He will begin term
OF school at CJyville next Monday.
The Times joins With the many
friends In wishing this worthy young
couple happy aud prosperous future
The wedding was quiet one, being
witnessed only by a few OF the i'm
mediate relatives, Rev. Bailey of
buffalo officiating.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-11
THE NEW SCHEME.

Quite little breeze has been
created by the report that has gone
out over the country that the vari-
Gus railroads are organizing their
men into some kind of society
with the ultimate view of voting
them at the coming election. The
plan being to throw the whole vote
for senators and representatives who
will oppose Mr.. Bristow the Re
publican nominee for the U. S.
senate.
Now that plan looks we'll on paper
and sounds well to the Democratic
ear. But the railroad boys them
selves will have something to say in
the matter.
When the brass collars undertake c
to vote the men they will find, as
they have found heretofore, thai
they have straddled pre;ty big
proposition.
Railroad men are rather an in
telligent class of men and they reao
and reason for themselves and are
not going TO be voted like flock Of
sheep. They are Democrats and
Republicans and will usually bt
found voting their ticket unless il
be a special vote for some persona
friend. Then again, let it but be-
come understood that the railroad:
are combining with the Democratic
party of this state In order to con
troll legislation and the country vote
will be almost solid for the Republl
can nominees. No, the plan wa
we'll conceived and could it have
been worked on the quiet withou
the outside voter knowing anything
about it and the railroad boys beer
induced to vote as the bosses die
tated, 1t might have cut some figure
but with conditions as they are, tn
move is bound to rasult in disap-
pointment to the promoters.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-11
Interested Parties Please Take
NOfite,

This is to notify you that all ac-
counts owing to the Chanute Grain
Com panv, of which q. E Benedict
was formerly manager, or to q Il
Benedict. are now owned and held by
the First National Bank of Chanute,
Kaus.. and all payments thereon or
settlements thereof must be made
with us. No payments made on such
accounts or credits thereon to or with
auy person, persons or firm other than
This hank will be allowed. This In
cludes also all advances made by the
Chanute Grain Company on grain OF
other property, including FAX notes
and all other notes given. Same mu,t
now be repaid to us.
Those knowing themselves 10 De
indebted to this firm please call at
their earliest convenience at the bank
and make arrangements to take care
OF the same.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHANUTE.