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YOL. XXXVII No
8 LIVES LOST
V
Wreck Off Long Island of
Big Four Masted
Schooner
ONLY TWO SAVED
The Augustus Hunt Was Bound for
Boston Trora Norfolk A Dense Fog
Caused die Wreck, the Vessel Be
coming Stranded Qnoque Island
Life Savers Made nerolc But
Futile Attempts to Rescue the
Crew Lat of a Fleet or Ten Four
Masters That Were Host at Sea.
New York, January 23. Eight lives
-were lost in the wreck today off Quo
gue. Ixmg Island, of the four master
-schooner Augustus Hunt, coal lalen,
for Boston from Norfolk, Va. Of the
-crew of ten. only two men were savcl,
Second Mate George Ebert. of Cleve
land. Ohio, and a Swede, who was un
conscious when washed on the beach
and whose name could not be ascer
tained. The vessel was in command of T1rs
Mate, Canary, who took charge of her
in place of Captain Robert Blair when
she last left Boston. Soon after mid
night during a dense fog the schoonrrr
stranded a few hundred feet from the
beach and about a mi'e west of ihe
Quogue Life Saving Station. A life
saving patrolman heard the cries for
hejp of those on board and summoned
the station crew. For hours the life
savers were able to hear the cries of
the men on the vessel which was near
at hand, but buried in th fog. They
were absolutely unable to help the
men. Time and again they launched
theiif boat, only to have It hur"-i
back to the shore by the heavy surf.
The life savers also had recourss to
life lines, but the shorts carrying the
lines either fell, wide or snort of the
invisible mark. Soon after day light,
masses of wreckage began to come
ashore. Indicating that the vessel was
rapidly breaking up. About noon a
spar with a man clinging to it was
seen tossing in the outer line of
breakers. After a line had been sho
across it and ana.de fast by the man
he was pulled ashore and proved t: bo
Second Mate Ebert. A few minutes
later a sailor was seen on a mass of
wreckage) and a half a dozen life
savers forming a human chaint dash
ed into the surf and drew him ashore.
He was unconscious and continued in
that condition at a late hour tonight
The cries of those remaining on the
wreck continued to grow fainter and
fainter during the afternoon and final
ly ceased altogether. One body drifted
ashore, but it was so disfigured as to
be unrecognizable. It is believed that
only the bow of the vessel remains on
the bar and from this the exhausted
seamen dropped one by one until they
.all were swept away.
Mate Ebert after being taken to the
life saving station, said the vessl
stranded in the fog, having mistaken
the Shinnecock light for the headlight
of a steamer. - The officers believed
they were at least twenty-five miiea
off shore and In no danger when the
vessel suddenly struck and began to
pound to pieces in the heavy sea that
was running on the bar.
Great waves swept the vessel's
decks, the masts snapped off like pipe
'Stems and with the rigging were car
ried away by the tremendous eeas.
As the hull began to go to piecer,
the members of the crew were driven
toward shore where they hung as best
they could. Eberti was clinging' to
some wreckage on the deck when the
whole mass went overboard carrying
him with it. Ebert was unable to give
the names of any of the! crew, most
of whom were shipped at Norfolk.
The body of the man; washed ashore
was tonight Identified as that of
Charles-Hudson, of Maiden. Mass. The
rescued sailor revived sufficiently to
be able to say that he was John
Somer. a native of Finland who was
one of the survivors of the wreck of
the cSchooner Joseph Fhar near Cape
Charles on January 2nd and vho
shipped on the Hunt at Norfolk. An
other unidentified body came ashore
tonight.
The Augustus Hunt was 208 feet over
all. feet deep and 40.7 feet beam.
She was of 1,140 net tonnage and was
built in Bath, Me., in 1SS2. She car
ried a cargo of 1,718 tons of bitumen
ous coal, which was valued at $5,000
and was insured. It was consign el to
A.r Gove and Son of Bast Boston. The
vessel was valued at $30,000 and is said
to have been partly insured.
The Augustus Hunt was one of the
fleet of ten four masted schooners built
at the Morse yards at Bath. Me. All
of these vessels with the exception of
"the Mary E. Morse were lost at sea.
the previous one being wrecked in the
volcanic eruption at Martlnque.
Itichv Radium-B.irl:ur
caeicl.
Lurth Dis-
Austin, Texas. January 23. What U
claimed to be the richest radium
bearing earth in the world has been
-discovered m the Llaho gold and coal
fields. 115 miles nortn of this city.
Rumors of the discovery ox eattn
bearing a large per, cent, of radium
in the Liaon have been persistene for
some time and today these rumors
were verified by the return of a parr
of scientists who had visited the mine
to Investigate the reports. These gen
tlemen state that the Uona earths will
produce a larger percenter cf ra&nm
-that than of any other luirix' nNWt
8.
DANGER OVER
The Rivers at Pittsburg
Have Begun to
' . Fall
NO LOSS OF LIFE
From the Head Waters of the Alle
gheny and "Monongulicla 'Reports
Show That the Rivers Are Either
Stationery or Falling Tin? Actual
Damage at Pittsburg Will Amount
to About One-Half Million Dollars.
Suffering In Some of the Flooded
Regions Has Been Great.
Pittsburg, Pa.. January 23. The
flood danger at this point has passed.
All day " long both rivers continued
to rise until 5 o'clock this evening,
when thirty feet and one-tenth was
reached at the Monongahela wharf.
From that hour on, the waters slow
ly fell, until 10 o'clock the gauge
registered 28 feet and stationery. The
temperature has gone down consider
ably and a light snow Is falling. The
Allegheny is still full of running ice,
but it is much thinner than early in
the day.
From the head waters on both
the Allegheny and Monongahela riv
ers the reports tonight show them to
be either stationery or falling.
At Oil City, the Allegheny Is 13
feet and falling six inches an hour,
and at Warren the river is stationery.
At Greensboro on the Monongahela
the mark is 15 feet, six inches and
falling. Colder weather with snow
prevail.
A round up of the damage done
in the Pittsburg district demonstrates
that owing to the imely warning
given of the approaching high wa
ter, the actual damage done will not
reach , the high flgurejat first given
out arid will probably not exceed half
a million dolars. To this amount,
however, must be added the loss to
the manufactories and mills through
forced shut downs and to workmen
through suspended wages, which will
run the total close to the million
mark.
As yet no loss of life has been re
ported, but the suffering in the flood
ed portions of Pittsburg and Alle
gheny has been great.
A passenger train on the West
Pennsylvania road this morning for
Allegheny was caught by the rising
water of the Allegheny river at Glass
mere and the passengers had to be
taken from the train by means of
skiffs. More than a dozen skiffs were
used to carry the passengers to. the
dry ground and trip after trip was
made for nearly an hour to get all
to the shore.
FIRE CAUSES PANIC.
Masonic Temple In Chicago Damaged
to Extent of $20,000.
Chicago, Jaiunrv 2 F're in the
Masonic Temj.-e today caused a panic
among the 4.0C) ct raits of the
l-uildlng and di.- ;igel the stock and
fixtures of terir.ts io :he extent of
$20,000. All occM-n- of the build
ing escaped ith u sr-rious injury
through the ravi-rv the elevator
men, who rem n-l .t the r posts
operating therr -ir wL'fle dense
clouds of smoke iiilco thA building.
The fire 8ta-td in t:i suite of five
rooms on the oftli f.or occupied by
i-obert Fled' and ai.3 Company.
manufacturer .f iX a- apparatus.
A lighted match iki .-essVv thrown
by an employ. :.nto p.'-c of excel-
or lying in a corner f lh packing
room Is believed tm hav started the
fire. There w.ir a Uva number of
X-ray tubes stored in the company's
rooms and th ex: i-dtd the mo
ment the heat r .! ht-.j them. Robert
Friedlander, senior member of the
firm, realized t!i-s ilmer fiom these
jbes. and w rkel overcome hv
The fire which spread rapidly. In a
few minutes the entire suite and the
lift shaft of the building was filled
wits flames.
The thousands f ciart of the
building were -ilatrntl wnen clouds
cf smoke fille.t evrv fUr and they
rushed to the elvtiis. Many wo
men fainted In the scramble to get
Into the elevators, but nore were se
riously injured. That damage to
rroperty and inj iry to .ind-vidals
was not greater waa prcbobly due to
the efficiency" of tK dri-i cf the em
ployes organized since the Iroquois
fire. When the gre:.t I -ell at the top
ot the rotunda sonneted t-e alarm of
lire, every janitor xr.d fireman in thet
tuilding responded and long before'
the fire department hxd reached the
scene, the Temple fire t.--!gade had
attached hose to th standpipes
which extended from il basement
to the. roof of the structure and eight
streams of water wer turned upon
the conflagration by the volunteer
firemen
Movement Inaugurated for Gordon
Monument.
Aifanta. Ga.. January 2L-A rrftr.;
ment for -the erection of a rnonumttt.
to the ate- General Jobn B Goid-ti
was 4egun here today when a commit-
i tee to he known as the centra! ex ecu-
I tlve cocncniUee was appof nUd tor te
' receiving of jsnbscrirtlon toward - roon-
uxaent. StfovtsrJLt:c3 are tote ap-
pointed In every Southern vfty. .
WILMINGTON N. C
REPLY YET
Believed that War or
Peace Will be Decided
Very Soon
KOREA NEUTRAL
A Formal Declaration Made by the
Government War Like Prepara
tions Are Going on and the Pros
pect for Peace is Not as Bright-
Newspaper in a War Like Editorial
Says Hopes of Securing Demands
Diplomatically Have Failed and
Other Steps Must be Made.
Toklo, January 23. 3 p. m. No
reply has yet been received from St.
Petersburg.
Seoul, January 23. The Korean
government has made a formal dec
laration of neutrality In the event
of war between Japan and Russia,
Port Arthur, . January 23. High
o'fficials here say they believe war or
peace will be decided upon today or
tomorrow.
After the conference of the heads
of all the departments of the Man
churian administration, orders were
issued that a list of every: available
army and navy reserve man in Man
churia be drawn up, as well as a
list of those indispensable for the
civil administration which it is im
possible to send to the front. It is
claimed that the reserves total XO,
000 men.
The bulk of the Port Arthur fleet
is stationed just outside the mouth
of the .harbor
Naval and military stores in un
usual quantities are being bought on
the condition of imediate delivery.
The admiralty authorities, answer
lng inquiries on the part of ship own
ers, decline to define the right of
neutral ships bound for Japan. Ship
ping rates have advanced a hundred
per cent during the last fortnight,
otherwise the traffic of foreign ships,
especially in Japanese coal, which is
obtained by Indirect purchase, con
tinues normal. The shipping com
panies, however, are preparing to
withdraw from here. The authorities
are considering the question of re
moving the non-combatants for those
whose transportation ships are in
readiness.
Owing to the disorder in the native
city here among the collies, because
the government work has been stop
ped, large guards occupy the streets
nightly.
London. January 23. A dispatch
to the Central News from Toklo
says:
"An extraordinary issue of the
Gazette has been published contain
ing an imperial ordinance approving
the various coast defense regulationa
and forbidding-, under stated penal
ties, the navigation of private vessels
fishing within specified areas or the
carrying out of marine work which
might be inimical to Japanese naval
Interests. The decree is regarded as
being highly significant.
"The Kokumin Shumbun, In a war
like editorial, declares that the ar
rival or non-arrival of Russia's re
ply does not affect the situation and
says:
"Every hope of securing the legiti
mate demands of Japan diplomatical
ly have been abandoned, and the gov
ernment, therefore, .is compelled to
take such steps and . to reserve to
Itself such as will Insure perpetual
peace."
NO SOLUTION OF MYSTERY.
Search for the Murderer of Miss
Schaefer is Not Successful.
Be-axord. Ind., January 23. A court
of inquiry in progress here ince the
Identification oif MiS3 Sarah Sehaefir
as the victim of an atrocious murder
here Thursday night closed its session
tonight without form I nig a solution e
to the identity of the murderer or a
motive for the crime.
Two men have been held as ru jp?cts
and in one case, that of Theodore B-ran-
ham, held at Crothersvllle an a&bi has
teen proven. The only evidence agalnsi
the man detained at the B'comingtori
is his desxsriptlon and the fact chat h?
was in hiding- and resisted arrest.
A search is now being prosecuted for
the writer of a mysterious letter, up
posed to the a girl, where in. ere ex
pressed statements that point toward
a mutual acquaintance cf Ms Schae
fer tand the unknown man with whom
it la alleged she was 6een Thursday
mght. It is betteved that the discovery
of the .writer .will enable the authorities
to apprehend the murderer.
Blame for the Iroquois Fire.
Chicago, January 23. Upon the
management and builders of the Iro-
; quols Theatre has been placed .re-
snonsibllity for the Are horror in a
report rendered to Mayor Harrison
by fire chief. No criticism is made
of the building department, although
several violations of the building or -
dinance are noted. The grounds
cited by the report for placing the
responsibility upon the builders and
managers, are similar to the state-
ments which have been published.
MO
- JANUARY 26 1904.
TAKE RECESS
Exercises of the Normal
9
Suspended for Three
Weeks
RESULT OF FIRE
The Board of Directors Adopt Reso
lutions of Thanks to all Who Have
Been so Kind A Statement Is
Made to the Public by President
Mclver Work to Begin at Once
on New BuUdlngs----Tempcrary Ac
commodations Will be Provided
for Remainder of This Year.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Greensboro. N. C.. January 23. Tha
Board of Trustees of the State Nor
mal college in session at the college this
morning ecided to suspend the ex-
i
ercises of the school for three weeks.
The five hundred studentu will go home
Monday morning. It was thought bet
jo postpone their going until then, in
order to have time to make arrange
ments with the railroads for special
rates Tor return tickets. Temporary
awx)mmodations will be made for all
the students within the three weeks,
to that every one can be kept at the
college, on their return.
1 Steps in regard to the erection of per
manent buildings have been postponed
until after these temporary arrange
ments have been made, and another
meeting of the board will be held for
this purpose at a later date.
It is estimated that it will take at
least a hundred thousand dollars, and
Que years time, to finish the permanent
buildings, so the board decided it to
be best to take more time in the con
sideration of the matter. The insur
ance on the iburned buildings will real-
z& the state about thirty thousand
dollar, leaving an expenditure of $70,003
& iwAld the proper structures.
. President Mclvci-s Statement.
The following announcement has
been made:
Greensboro, N. C,
January 23, 1904.
Statement to the public:
After very mature deliberation on
the' part of the board of directors and
ether officers of the institution, the
faculty, and the students it has be
come evident that it is wisest xor
the State Normal and Industrial Col-
ege to take a recess of three weeks,
n order to give time for converting
he students' bu'ldina,-. new nearing
completion. Into a dormitery building
to be used as such for . tho remain
der of the college year. Even after
the students building hall have
teen converted into a . dormitory, it
will not be practicable to care for
all the students who occupied the
main dormitory of the college this
year. In a few days we will know
definitely how many can te proviaea
for in the new dormitory, and ap
pointments will be .made. All stu
dents who lost their places by the
burning of the main dormitory and
who wish to secure boarding places
for the next four months will please
write me letters to that effect at the
earliest possible moment. The board
of directors has been for two aays
n consultation, and their conferences
have been attended by the Governor,
the Treasurer, and the Auditor of tae
elate, who have made valuable sug
gestions. In order that a dormitory
building may be ready tor occupancy
next September, it is necessary tnai
work should begin within the next
few weeks. The board therefore has
authorized the execut-ve committer
to confer with architects, and secure
plans and estimates of cost for the
erection of one or more dormitory
imildlnes. w'th a total capacity for
accommodating four hundred board
ers. This statement is made now so
that there may be no doubt in the
mind of present and prospective stu
dents in regard to t,his important
matter. The college will begin its
work in the fall with at least as
good equipment for taking care of
boarders as if has ever had. SpeaK
ing for all connected with this col
lege, 1 desire to express ine pro
foundest appreciation of the num
erous evidences of sympathy. The
action of the citizens of Greensboro
has been prompt, practical ' and sub
stantial, and in addition to the many
messages from 'sister institutions and
friends throughout the country full
of sympathy and cheer, there have
been numerous voluntary contribu
tions" to lighten the burden which
has fallen upon a hundred or more
students who lost their trunks and
clothing.
Very respectfully,
CHARLES iy. McIVER.
President.
Congress Will Not Enact Any Finan
cial Legislation.
Washington. January 23. It has
been determined practically deflnlte
lv that no financial legislation will
be enacted at the present session of
Congress. Speaker Cannon deems it
inadvisable at this time to enter up
on the revision or even the amend
ment of the present financial laws
and it is quite certain that his in
fluence will be thrown against any
! such proposition. His idea, as he has
j :nf ormed the President, is that no
'radical legislation of a financial or
any other comprehensive character
should be , entered upon, daring the
present sessioa. - -
I
HARMONY
Democratic Senators
Caucus Over Pan-
. ama Affairs
WANT ALL FACTS
The Caucus Agreed on Two Resoia
Uons That Will be Presented to
the Senate Morula j" They Call for
Full Information Concerning This
Government's Connection With the
Isthmian Matters Gcictal Sena
tors Expressed Tnemselves as Anx
ious for the Canal.
Washington, January 23. The
Democratic Senators were in confer
ence for almoet three hours today
on the Panama question and when
they adjourned it was announced by
Senator Gorman, chairman of the
caucus, that the conference had
agreed upon a resolution to be pre
sented to the Senate asking for all
the correspondence between the
United States and Colombia since the
negotiation of the Hay-IIerran treaty
The fact was brought out in the
course of the meeting that there are
documents missing from the corre
spondence as published and the con-
culsion was reached that a resolu
tion calling for all the missing pa
pers would, if passed and complied
with by the executive, meet all the
requirements. The correspondence to
be called for also will cover the pe
riod of the recent Panama revolt and
all the official writing on that epi
sode. The resolution will be present
ed Monday.
The conference also decided upon
a resolution directing the Senate
committee on foreign relations to
make an inquiry into the events con
nected with the Panama revolution.
Both propositions were agreed to
by all the Senators present"
The resolution of Inquiry is so
worded as to call for a statement
from the President as to whether all
the papers bearing on the situation
have been sent n and if they have
not been communicated and the rea
son for failure to communicate Is the
fact that the President believes that
to make them public would be in
compatible with the public welfare.
tnen tne . president Is reauested to
send them to the Senate in confi
dence to be useA in executive session
only.
The resolution asklncr for an In
quiry by the foreign relations com
mittee as directed toward securing
an investigate l into the Panam af
fair and Its purpose Is to chow wheth
er or not tne administration i&A
foreknowledge of that affair and In
any way encouraged it.
There were a number of speeches
but they related in the main to the
phraseology of the r-outions. There
was, however, more or less reference
to the merits of the canal treaty, and
in that conn-iition several Senators
expressed" themselves as very anx
ious to secure the canal. Borne went
so far as to sa.r they would vote for
the treaty, but all condemned the
methods of the administration In
connection with the Panama upris
ing. Senator oney was among
those who announced themselves for
the treaty. Senator Clav and oth
ers expressed themselves as very de
sirous tnat an amicable arrangement
De secured with Colombia, and In this
connection hope was expressed that
tne government of the United States
would see Its way clear to accept the
proposition saia to have been made
Dy uenenu Kcves that the United
States should pay Colombia $10,000,-
uuo.
There was effort to seenre a
rule for united action on the treaty
and. the general oDlnlen monr
speaicers is tnat Inert will be no such
effort unless positive information
fhould be eectrd'8f:owi the com
plicity of this government In the
Panama rebellion.
KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR,
J. A. Rogers Came Near Meeting
With Serious Accident Yesterday.
J. A. Rogers, an electrician, cari3
near meeting with a serious accident
in front of 'the post office late yester
day afternoon. He had started across
the street from the Postal Telegraph
office towards the postofflce. A street
car was only a short distance from
him when he started across the street
but he did not see It and stepped oo
the track when ' the car was only a
few feet distant. A gentleman who
was standing on the side walk saw the
danger Rogers was In and called, to
him to get off the track. He attempt
ed to spring from the track but wai
struck by the fender of the car before
he could do so. He was knocked to
the pavement but fortuntely he did not
fall on the track. The motorman is
said to have done all in his power to
stop the car. but it was so near Rogers
before he stepped in front of it that
it could not be stopped in time to
prevent the accident.
Those who witnessed the accident
said that the car having a fender was
all that saved Rogers from meeting
with serious injury. With the excep
tion of receiving a few bruises, Rogers
- .aw. m m sj
01.00 PER TEAR
T GUILTY
Finding of the Jury in
the Case Against
Mrs. Bechtel
OUT ONE HOUR
The Trial Lasted Nine Days aad the
Effort to Prove Mrs. Bechtel Being
an Accessory After the Fact tm Ear
Daughter's Harder Wm Not Gae
cessf ul Trial of Jolin mad fTisj " m
Bechtel on the Same Charges Post
poned Till the April Term ef OomxU
Jury's Verdict Applauded.
Allentown. Pa.. J&auiry 2 S.
Catherine BecMCi. tne aged tnatWr
of Mabel Bechtel who was fotcad
murdered la it October was to&ay
acquitted of the chatge of being aa
cccessory to the murder after Cae
fact. Iler triil occ. led nine days
and the jury deliberated one hour
refore renderttc the verdict of rxt
guilty. The gray haired defendant
ieceivea tne i.ev a' her acquittal
with tears and expressions of Joy.
She was immediately released from
custody and rmt to her l ome, ac
companied by her sons. John and
Charles, who are under indictment on
a similar charge, but their trfaia
have been postponed until the April
ierm or court. Foimer Mayor
SchaadL counsel for Un. IWhti- .
says he has inttuted an investiga
tion by which he hopes to clear up
the mystery jjrrounding the murder
of the young vcman.
Alois Eckstc'n and David tvn.
berg, who wer - vala for the affec
tion of Mab-l Bechtel, were both
tried for her murder, and bath r
acquitted.
Attorney Sh.a! .r:dn a.- Twiin
plea for the acoultta
woman and duting his address di
rectly charged Eckstein with having
a guilty knowie-ige of the' crime.
uismct Attorney Lachtenwalner In -his
address exclained that th tm
of the commoiivalth was that Tom
uecaiei naa K'ncq his sister during
a quarrel and arrted that the evl
de'nce adduce! nrnvod
Judge Trexler charge consumed a
nan nour. Tfts spectators attempted
to applaud the vnHor k.,
checked by Juclg Trexler.
U. S. SENATOR INDICTED.
Serious Ctiargee Against Senator Bar-
ion oy the Grand Jozy.
St. Louis. January 23. The Federal
erand Jury today returned an indict
ment against Joseph Ratpfi Burton,
United States Senntor from Kaiwsom
charging- him, on nine counts, with ac
cepting five checks of 3000 eatih from
the Rialto Grain and Securities Com
pany, between November 22nd, UC2 and
March 26th, 1903, tear his alleged services
in interceding with the postmaster gen
eral, chief postofflce Irmacabcw ml rrh
er high poetoffice officials, to indoos
wm to render a ravorabie decsson tn
matters affecting the penmssioa of the
iuaiio cjampany to use the maihT
Major Hugh C. Dennis president cf the
company ana w. IS. Jiehaney. r rmrrn -ted
wich him. are name! in the indScU
ment as the men who made the c2aeclc
to Burton.
For several d&vs mt. vr4m t
Cochran, chief postofflce Inspector from
Washington. D. a. Major Hush C
Dennis and W. IB. Mehaney. hare been
oexore cae grand jury and it is believed
tne uxocKznenc was found on dclr tes
timony. The TKimose of Senator Ttrotnm el.
leged intercession was. it Im ataUrf tm "
prevent the Issuance of a fraud order
against cue Juaito uratn ano Beoarlaes)
Company.
As a result of his connection with
the company.. Dennis was fekHistMl featti
in the federal court and state court,
but the United States court acquitted
him. Four indictments found in stat
curts against Dennis are s&ll p.fkdfng
The penalty provided noon cnw:f ton
for the offense with which Senator Bar.
ton is charged is a penitentiary sen
tence of not more than two years and a
fine . of not more than Si 0.03) aTlm
one so convicted shall b rendered In- -
capable of holding office of trust, honor
or emolument under the government,
United States Senators are immune
from arrest except for cert j la specified' .
crimes, wmie tne senate is in session.
It Is expected that the preeent Cenats
session will, last until the summer, bat
United States District Attorney Dyer
expects tnai senator Damon wilt at
ptvee make arrangements for a srpeedy
trial. -
Washington, January 23. -Senator
Burton made this statement today:
"My connection with De n wast eim
pty that of a lawyer profeasionaUy em
ployed to defend a suit or pnjsrtlon,
Dennis was having some troubie with
his company beside the indictment
which was brought against him, and be
came here to consult me regard; ng the
case. It was while here that we visit
ed the postofflce department and made
the inquiries regarding charges agains:
Dennis.
Senator Burton cays that is the m!
connection he has had with the port
ed ce department relating to toll etse.
He says he will go at once to sr. Uou n
to defend the cace.
The State Fair. I ,
(Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh. N. G. 'January tX The
forty-fourth North Carolina state fair
will be held here from October 17th
to 22nd,
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