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VOL. XIV., NO. 75. WILMINGTON, , N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1901. PRICE 5 CENTS '" i 14V- THE SAFE CRACKERS Well Known Postofflce Inspector Who Believe the Raleigh BurKlars are Professionals He Thinks They are "lewien." . Mr. Jere Connolley, post office Inspec tor, returned to the city yesterday, and in conversation $vltJB Qj Messenger :. resentative he eald: t "I see from the papers that the - cracksmen who blew open the safe of ithe express office et Raleigh on last - Monday night are apposed to have been local burglars, from (the fact that they 'broke into a blacksmltn shop to get their tool and after doing the Job left the tools In the express office, and also because ithey used too much -dynamite." Mr. Connolley then went on to say that all the circumstances convince him that the cracksmen were "yeg men," which the defined to be hobo or tramp burglars. These iyegmen, he states, tramped through . the country and in order to. get flush they make a custom of i breaking into postoffices, express offices and the like usually postoffices In remote sections of the country. Mr. Connolley says the methods of the burglars at Raleigh are those of the yegmen, who carry no other tool than a drill, dynamite in capsules and fuses. Such an equipment is easy ito conceal. They carry no rfrip, and thus go in light marching order. Their methods are that when tthey go to da a job they, usually break into a local blacksmith shop or carpenter shop where they can get a chisel to take out glass, augurs with which to bore, or an Iron bar and a sledge hammer as the case may require. When they get the job laid out they cast about for a place (to get the necessary tools and .when they complete the 1ob they gen erally leave the tools on the floor, as all that is necessary lor them to take along is (their drill and the explosive necessary to blow open safes after they have drilled a hole. "Evidently the men who cracked the safe in Raleigh," said Mr. Connolley, "are the same who blew open and robbed the safe of the p&stoffice at Red Springs on the night of the 19th in etant. On the morning of the 19th (three whiite tramps were at Shannon, three miles north of Red Springs. One walked on the railroad track towards Red Springs and two went by the pike to JLntioch, and joined their companion ?-at Red Springs after he went ahead to spy out the land. Atr Red Springs they broke into a blacksmith shop to get the addidtional (tools they needed. , He also believes the cracksmen be longed to the 'gang of yegmen who : have been operating several years in 'Maryland, "Virginia-and North Caro lina, and who are well known to gov- i ernment detectives and postoffice in spectors. They are skillled operators. About itw months ago (two of the gang, evidently the head men. were killed by the accidental explosion of dynamite which they carrired on their persons. This occurred at Rosslyn, Va., near Washington. There were three or more men in (the gang there, for when the men got hurt, one tramp informed a man in a. railroad signal tower that they were hurt and through him they were sent to a hospital where they died. The other yegman after telling the signal man about the explosion went on his way. It is probable that he got other apprentices and is Keep ing up the safe cracking business. The two dead tramps were identified by the detectives and postoffice inspec tors as experienced. exDert yegmen and notorious crooks who had done several terms in penitentiaries and whose pho tographs were in the rogues' galleries of several large cities. When the postoffice afe was crack ed at Red Springs the yegmen left a chisel on the floor, but carried off with them a brace and bit which they took from the blacksmith shOD. Mr. Connol ley thinks that in all .probability the brace left on the floor in the express office at Raleigh is the one the yegmen . can-rled aay from Red Springs. They .probably got enough money from .the postoffice robbery at Red Springs to take a railroad ride to Raleigh so as to be there to blow the safe in the express office on tthe night of the 23th. An other circumstance which convinces Postoffice Inspector Connolley that tlhe men wer the same who operated at Red Springs is that a day or so before tthe expresss office safe was blown three unknown men wereboarding at a res taurant at Raleigh but disapperaed from Raleigh after the blowing of the express office safe. Mr. Connolley says the average citi zen does not suspect the average tramp but h says alll towns should tte as vigilant as Laurinburg. which sets a good example. The officers there and the citizens as well keep their eyes on the movements of certain, individuals. The same villains, or at least two of them, attempted to perpetrate the gold brick swindle at Greensboro and were caught by a trap laid for them, were at Laurinburg four or Ave weeks ago. Their method is to inauire about banks and people who have money, then go away, correspond with somebody and get thenvinto their scheme. The peo ple of Laurinburg. by means of the tel ephone, kept track of the two suspects until they passed Wadesboro, They left Laurinburg because it was made fv -warm for them, and theyt tally to description of the gold brick crooks who were gobbled up at Greensboro. Mr. Connolley commends (the detec tive force at Norfolk " and says the methods of the detectives of that city are worth following. He says people usually when they hear explosions, are afraid to Investigate, fearing that $he burglars are well armed and might kill them, but he says the yegmen raruy ever go armed. Ke says when an ex plosion Is heard It would be a good idea to run to the spot or at any rate to look out, as the burglars might be seen Bufficlenitly to give a description of them. Near Norfolk a ipostoffice safe was blown and when a lady heard it she got up and looked towards the ;Tostdffice and saw two men who did the job. She was able to give a de scription of the men and they were -captured by the Norfolk detectives just fifteen minutes before they could take a boat. If it had not. been tfor .the lady's description the -cracksmen would certainly have made their escape. So much for peeping out. Mr. Connolley says every community should spot all tramps and keep them in Sight, for they might turn ouf to be yegmen. Immediately (after yegmen rob at postoffice they ; express or . mail stamps to "fences" ;or pals in large cities, usually Baltimore. Philadelphia or New York, so ithev can be disposed of. He thinks it is. therefore, a good Idea to keep a weather &fp on tramps who (have a package of any kind, and especially when they express or mail such packages. When a safe-blowing occurs the . people for two hundred miles around should be on the alert, as the cracksmen can easily do a Job, take a train and be that distance In a few hours. - . - - i Look out for tramps! How'sThisf e offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can--not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, ip. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Tole do, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known p J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan cially able to cary out any obligations made by their firm. -.. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. . , Walding. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internal ly, acting diredtly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. ! Hall's Family PUls axe tbe best. MANCHURIA CONCESSION UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER IT HAS BEEN SIGNED OR NOT TO BE EXECUTED BT MARCH 26. The JapaneseOSinkassy, at London, Reports Order of Chinese Courts for Its. Execution The British. Govern ment Makes Protest Against Any Concessions by China Our Govern meat Contemplating Direct Protest to Russia on the Matter. Pekin, March 27. The Chinese had not. signed the Manchurian agreement last night when the time expired. London, March 27. The officials of the1 Japanese embassy 'confirm the re port1 that an imperial decree has been issued by the court at Sian Fu, through Liu Kun Yi, the viceroy of Nankin, ordering that the Manchurian conven tion should be signed March 26th, the date fixed by Russia. An intimation of this decree has been telegraphed to the: various governments concerned. : 'Washington, March 27. The British government has protested against Chi na's making a convention with any power touching territorial or financial affairs until the present troubles in that country are concluded. The fact of the British protest was made known here for the first time today by a dis patch from one or the foreign 'offices of Europe. It states that the protest was made through Sir Ernest Satow, I the British minister at Pekin. It does hot state when the representations were made, but from the fact that the dispatch wad received in Washington today it is taken that the protest has 'been within the last day or, two. Al though the Russian, agreement is not sneciallv referred to. it is said to be clear that the British action is direct ed against the Russian agreement. The language appears to be similar to that used by Secretary Hay In the Ameri can protest. The effect of the British action is to place the United States, Japan and Great Britain in formal opposition to the: arranging of a convention with any power pending the settlement of the Chinese troubles. The concurrence of these protests probably explains why the Manchurian agreement has not been signed. There was no' definite information received here today, at the state department or at any of the foreign embassies, as to whether the agreement had- been signed or rejected. There was something of a stir in dip lomatic quarters over the report com ing from , official sources, that the United States was considering the ad visability of addressing Russia directly onithe subject. Heretofore the Ameri can objections to. the Manchurian agreement have been addressed to Chi na; . Copies were . furnished the Rus sian authorities, though the protest in form has been to China and not to Russia. Several of the foreign repre sentatives advised their governments that "this step was contemplated by the United States, but there Is no of ficial information available as to how far! the consideration of the move has proceeded.! j St. Petersburg, March 27. The corre spondent of the Associated Press is in formed on competent authority that the Russo-Chinese agreement will prob ably be signed shortly. However, the negotiations continue and the result is not yet certain.- While it is possible the details will be slightly modified, the arrangements will be substantially .s .demanded. According to . the Rus sian point of view, an abatement of what are there regarded as moderate demands would be inconsistent with Russian interests and would not suffi ciently safeguard the frontier and rail road. The draft of the agreement now being discussed does not mention and does riot affect Mongolia or Turkestan. It concerns Manchuria exclusively. ... j - i i 3 DANISH WEST IN DI ES Denmark Specifies Terms on Which She Will Sell to the United States London, March 28. The Daily News publishes the following dispatch from its Copenhagen correspondent: !'I am enabled to state, on the very best authority that Denmark has corn lowing conditions, for the sale of the lowjng conditions for the sale of the Danish West Indies: ' , '.l. ;Four million dollars .to ibe paid to Denmark.! "2. The population to decide by vote whether to remain Danish or to be transferred to America. "3. If the vote is favorable to the United States then the Inhabitants to become immediately, not only Ameri can subjects, but American citizens. "4.Products of (the islands to be ad mitted to the United States free of duty." j "It Is supposed here thart. Washington will not readily accept the third and fourth conditions." j To Protect Emperor William '. Berlin. March 27. Among the safe guards to be utilized hereafter for the safety of Emperor William when he ap pears in public will be four bodyguards on bicycles accompanying the carriage. The coachman and footman will be armed with revolvers. Fori the Development la Our Coast J j wise Trade. The Clyde Steamship Company is about to add to its already large fleet of -freight and passenger steamers two of the most efficient and desirable ves sels; ever built for the coastwise trade. These steamers are being construct ed j by the Cramps at their great -ship yard on the Delaware, and the first of them , to be called the "Apache," will be .launched on Saturday. March 30th, at 10:45 a. m. She will be 310 feet long. 46Jfeet wide and 31 feet deep, with a speed of 15 knots, and capacity for 3.000 ypns of cargo. Her admirably arranged and handsomely decorated accommo dations for over 200- passengers will be entirely above the upper deck, thus in suring the best of light and ventilation at f all times. She will be lighted throughout wtih electricity, and all her fltjings and; equipment will be up to the highest standard. The second ship, to be called the "Arapahoe," will be a duplicate of the "Apache" in all respects, and will be launched a month later. Both these vessels, which combine ca pacity" for freight and passengers with speed and lightness of draft to a de gree never before attained In ships of their size, will as soon a finished. Join their -widely and favorably known sis tet. the "Comanche" and "Iroquois," and "Algonquin" Jn the service between New York and Charleston, S. C, aha Jacksonville. Fla. " i . With the addition of the "Apache" and "Arapahoe" the Clyde Steamship Company will have seventeen ocean go ing steamers, besides a numerous fleet of river and inland craft. - This company already serves with regular lines the ports of Boston, Prov idence. New York. Philadelphia, Nor folk. Richmond, Wilmington, N. C. Georgetown, S. C. Charleston. S. C. Brunswick, Ga.. and Jacksonville. Fla.. operating also a regular line of mall steamers between New - York, Turks Island and Santo Domingo, and it, Js rumored that further extensions are contemplated In the near future.. -. THE CITY. ELECTION It Will Take Place Today for the Elee- tlon of Aldermen The New Board to be Elected Will Meet at 18 M Tomor row to Choose a Mayor and Other Officers. The ptiy election for the election of aldermen will take place today. The polls will open at sunrise and close at sunset. The saloons closed last even ing at ,6 o'clock and will remain shut till tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock. .There will be np opposition to the nominees of the democratic party. They are as follows: 5 First Ward C. L. Spencer, J. F. Maunder. Second Ward H. P. West, W. C. VonGlahn. Third Ward George Harriss, E.. F. Johnson. FourthWard E. P. Bailey, Louis H. Skinner. ' Fifth Ward C. C. Parker, W. E. Mann. The new board of aldermen to e elected today will meet tomorrow at noon to be sworn in and for the pur pose of organizing and electing city of ficials. ' Mayor M. A. Waddell, who was nom inated for mayor at the recent demo cratic primary, will be re-elected. The other officials to be elected are the city clerk and treasurer, assistant clerk and treasurer, chief of police, captain of police, lieutenant of police, three sergeants of police, a police force, su perintendent of streets and other em ployes will be elected. TUB LAURINBURG SWINDLETt H. X. Allen, Alias Dr. Allen, .Alias M. Allen, Bound Over for Trial at Wil mington One Witness who Had Made $1,100 Out of Green Goods Men Mr. Jere Connolley, postoffice inspec tor returned to the city yesterday from Laurinburg where he attended the fur ther hearing in the matter of H. T. Allen, alias Dr. Allen, alias M. Allen, the Laurinburg printer who was ar rested a few weeks ago for using the mails to defraud and for conducting a green goods scheme. - The investigation took place on place on Tuesday before United States Commissioner W. H. Cox, of Laurin burg. Allen was represented by Hon. Walter H. Neal, of Laurinburg, and John H. Cook. Esq.. of Maxton. United States District Attorney C. M. Bernard represented the government. The hearing began at 11 a. m. and lasted till 4:30 p. m., the result being that Allen was bound over for trial at the term of the United States district court which convenes in Wilmington. Mon day,! April 30th. A bond of $500 for his appearance was required and in all probability Allen will be able to give bond- The witnesses examined were Post office. Inspector Connolley, J. T. Ham, of Kinsey, Ala., Ira S. Clary, of Colum bus,' Ga., and W. H. Cooper, postmaster at Laurinburg. Mr. Ham's testimony showed that he has made $1,100 out of green goods men and was trying to do Allen but lost a small amount of money in trying to do so. He testified that he got into cor respondence with green goods men in New York and went on there to carry out a plan to get away . with them. From one he got $1,000 in good money for $100. From- another he got $100 in good money for $10. He did not state how he got the $1,000 but on crossex amination he stated how he got the $100.! When he went into the den of two green goods men they made a show down of $100. Mr. Ham took it in hand, looked at it and tossed the men $10 in gold. Suavely they told him that he must not carry the money off in his possession, as he might be caught vrtth it and it would get him and them into trouble; that they would express the money to him and also ship him more when he wanted it; He backed out of the den, telling the, men that he was safer than an express company. He is an "innocent" looking fellow and the green goods men thought they had a soft I subject but he worked the racket on them instead of being caught with the proverbial box of sawdust. THE STREET RAILWAY 8peclal Master Thomas W. Davis' Re port as to the Amount Due Upon $150,000 of Bonds -The Decree of Sale of the Hallway Soon Expected From the Court. In the matter of the Morton Trust Company, of New York, against the Wilmington Street Railway Company, Thomas W. Davis, Esq. .who was ap pointed special master by Judge Pur nell of the United States district court, to ascertain and report the amount due upon the bonds of the Street Railway Company, has filed his'report with Mir, W. H. Shaw, deputy clerk of the United States district court. I As heretofore published in The Mes senger the Morton Trust Company is the trustee for the bondholders, and as the .Street Railway Company defaulted infthe payment of the interest for two years, the plaintiffs brought action ito foreclose the mortgage given to secure the bonds. The mortgage bears date of January 15,-1895, and was given to secure $150, 000 worth of gold sex per cent, interest bearing bonds. J"he bonds were due in 1920. and the interest was payable semi annually on the 1st of Anril and the 1st of October each year. The last inter est was paid In 1899. since which time the Interest has been in default. i The amount of the bonds, principal and Interest, now outstanding, the spe cial master finds to be $197,300.96, due as follows: i On 43 bonds sold in open market, in eluding Interest due, $46,857.03. : On coupons clipped and unpaid. $437. 97. i : :'-;-:t: M.JUIEl On 62 bonds (held as collateral by Thomas A. Mclntyre. of New York $87,769.16. On 45 bonds held as collateral by Chafrles M. Warner, of New York, $62,- 236.80. It will b remembered that Mr. Mc Intyre got judgment at the last term, of the United States court, so the "next step in the case will be a decree by Judge Purn.ell for the sale of the Street Railway under the deed of trust. - Court-Martial Sentence Approved Manila. March 27. General MacAr thur has approved the sentence of the military commission which tried thc- leaders of the Philippine secret servl society known as the Mando-Ducata who murdered Quisimbimg. Five of the ring leaders of the Mando-Ducat3 were sentenced to be hanged at Calam ba, April 5th. one to imprisonment for life and foUr others to imprisonment for twenty years. Does It Pay to Buy Cheap f A cheap remedy for coughs and colds Is all right, hut you want some thing that will relieve and cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and Jung roubles. What shall you. do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible: if not possible for you, then , In either case take the only remedy that has been introduced in all civilized coun tries with success in severe throat and lung troubles, "Boschee's German Syrup." It not only heals and stimu lates the tissues ito destroy the germ disease, but allays Inflammation, oaus es easy expectoration, gives a good night's rest, and; cures the patient Try one bottle. Recommended many years "by all druggists In . the world For sale "by R. B. Bellamy. THE CLOSING ARGUMENT IN THE INPEACHMENT TRIAL BEGUN BY MR. WATSON NOT CONCLUDED YESTERDAY Mr. Osborne for the Defence Speaks Until 4, o'clock -Mr. Watson Then Argues the Case tor Two Hours He to Close the Discussion . Today Mr. Osborne's Criticism of the Demo i c ratio Legislators Mr. Watson's Re ply to This Part of His Speech (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, March 27. Contrary to ex- pectation. the argument in the impeach ment trial was not concluded today. Mr. Osborne spoke until 4 o'clock, when Mr. Watson began and had not concluded when court adjourned until Thursday morning. Mr. Osborne insisted that this was a political prosecution. The reading alone, he jiaid. of the five articles of im peachment would show that. He said if a judge could be impeached for er ror of judgment Judge Robinson could be impeached for taking Manager Al len's advice in Garner against Worth. He insisted that White's salary was not a claim against the state and cited many cases to prove it. In answer to the charge that the judges" were partisan he said he was at torney general of the state in 1895 and knew better than any one else how grandly and bravely Judge Furches sat on the bench and saved the state from the disgrace of political control of the asylums and other non-political of fices; that ingratitude to Ransom and men like him had caused the demo cratic party to be buried under 20,000 majority. He appealed to senators to not by cruel treatment and ingratitude to these men invite a like rebuke from the. great people who believed in 'fair play. He said he was a member of the leg islature of 1899 and drew some of the acts the court construed away, and he did not claim infalibility of judgment or purpose for that body. Hon. C. B. Watson began to speak for the prosecution at 3:40 o'clock. He alluded to Mr. Osborne as having turn ed state's evidence against the demo cratic legislature of 1899 and said that out of all the lawyers on the side of the defense the only republican lawyer. Judge Bynum. was the only one who had not held uo to scorn the demo cratic legislatures of 1899 and 1901. He said the claim the people were afraid of impeachment was an old trick, and he read similar arguments from rhe Holden impeachment trial of 1871. He read from the impeachment trial of Judge Ber nard to show that a judge could be impeached for partiality to friends while giving decisions. A mistake of an executive or legislative officer could be condoned ard overlooked. . but the willfull error of a supreme court "lived as a precedent forever until overruled; that contracts made under this decis ion could never be set aside. . SITUA1IOS IX ST. PETERSBURG Proposition for Martial I,aw Rejected. Concessions by the Government St. Petersburg, Tuesday. March 2C It is reliably reported that at a minis terial committee meeting held in the presence of the grand Duke Vladimir, commander of 'the St. Petersburg gar rison, the proposal to place the capi tal under :nartial law, should the Indt cations cause further difficulties, was heatedly debated. M. de Witte, the finance minister, was energetically op posed to the establishment of martial law, owing to financial reasons, not to mention the disastrous effect which it would have upon industry, commerce and the committee's standing with for eign capitalists.! The committee, accord ingly, sanctioned the Issuing of a cir cular which has been issued by the ministry of the; interior. A ministerial council has been called for Friday at Tsarkee Selo. The examination of the 1,150 political prisoners is now being conducted in secret by the police. Thirty-six prisoners who were arrest ed as leaders of the student movement before the last riots will probably be released from custody tomorrow and will be excluded from the university for different periods. It is reported from trustworthy sources That the government has de cided to make unofficial concessions to the students and. accordingly, the mil itary regulations against student agita tors are set aside for the present, though there will be no public an nouncement to this effect. for some thne. The prisoners will not be drafted into the army. This Is one of the results of the ministerial meeting. FIRST DYNASTY RECORD TTnearthod by Professor l'etrle at Abydos In Egypt Boston, Mass.. March 27. Rev. W. C, Winslow, vice president of the Egypt exploration fund, has just received off i cial word ithat Professor Petrie has un earthed at Abydos the records of kings before Mena, the founder of the First dynasty, nearly i,809 B. C . "We have found," writes Professor Petrie, "the names of Narma Ka, and a king named j by a fish sign, perhaps also of two kings. Deb and Sam of Mena and those earliest kings. There are about thirty inscriptions ana a heavy strip of gold with the name Aha (Mena). In he tomb of Khasekhemi were found stone vases,, each with a gold cap tied on with gold wire; also two broad bangles of gold, and a din ner service of a dozen pans and dishes, with 160 models of. tools in sheet cop per. The frequent use of ivory at that date, is witnessed by the discovery, of forty (inscribed; ivories and stones and two lions ut in ivory. Our Philippine Army Washington. March 27. The present plans of the war department con template the maintenance of an army of 50,000 men in the Philippines until order has been completely established under the proposed new civil govern-, ment and the garrisons can eaf ely be reduced to a peace footing. There are now 65,000 troops in the Philippines and China, and the original plan was to maintain an army of 60.000 in the Phil ippines until a! stable government had been established. The plan was to replace the volun teers, numbering about .25,000. with reg ulars to an extent sufficient to keep up all existing garrisons throughout thfJ archipelago, but it has been, found to be impracticable to do so under ex Isting conditions within the short time Intervening before the 1st of July next when the entire volunteer army must be disbanded.- L The failure -of the plan is due to the lack of available officers in this coun try. to organize the new regiments au thorized bv congress and not so much to the difficulty of recruiting the regi ments. .- I , MURDER WILL OUT Accidental Discovery ol an Inhuman WIte-Murder of Seventy Years Ago Poultney, Vt., Mach 27. Workmen removing a cellar wall : under a dilapi dated building, Just north of : the bridge that crosses Fair Haven river, a quar ter of a mile above Carver's Falls, have apparently unearthed evidence whieh solves" the mystery of a murder which occurred seventy yearSago. The discovery was made by accident, the laborers having fallen into a pit while trying to lift some heavy stones. The pit was about eight feet deep, with a solid stone wall about twenty inches thick surrounding it.. In the center of the pit was set a solid iron post attached to which was a heavy iron chain and an old fash ioned pair of handcuffs. Nearby was a heap of human bones. Inquiry disclosed the fact that in 1831 Perry Borden. , a , young French man, brought his young wife to PouU ney to live in the house which the workmen are tearing down, t She was witty and vivacious and at tracted considerable attention. In a short time Borden became jealous of her and forbade her visiting a certain tavern nearby. The wife would not submit W be dictated to. One night in November. 1831, she was at the place when at about 10 o'clock Borden called for her. She left the place with him. She was never seen by her friends after that. 1 Mr. Bor den said his wife had deserted him and fled to Canada. After a year Borden went away, and was not heard of again until 1882, when he suddenly reappeared In town. He said he had been at sea for the fif tv years he had been away. His mind seemed shattered. He went to the lit tle house and remained two years, neighbors supplying hlnx with provis ions. He finally became sick and the town took charge of him. He dieed in 1897 and was buried In the potters' field. The discoveries made by the. work men have led every one in this vicinity to believe that Borden chained his wife in the underground cellar and left her to die a horrible death. ' AUGUINADDO CAPTURED General Funston's Plan Sncceeds-Ar- rlval at Manila With His Prisoner Manila, March 28. General Frederick Funston's daring project for the cap ture of Aguinaldo in his hiding place in the province of Isabella Island of Luzon, has proved completely success ful. ' ' " : i Aginaldo was captured there MarTi 23rd. The United States . gunboat Vicks- burg. Commander E. B. Barry, with General Funston and Aginaldo on board, arrived here this morning. The Vote Will be Close (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C. March 27.--The gen eral sentiment tonight Is ; thai the judges will not be convicted, but the vote will be close. The text book commission, spent to day In examination of books and com pleting arrangements. Each member ill be required to read and inspect each book. t President Winston to Deliver au Ad dress In Philadelphia (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, March 27. President Win ston, of the Agricultural and Mechani cal college, will deliver an address '.n Philadelphia. April 13th. before the American "Academy of Political and So cial Science on "Relations' Between Whites and Blacks in the' South." Ex- Secretary of the Navy Herbert will pre side over the meeting. CHARGE OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT Made by a Wayne County Negro Woman Against a Negro Man (Special to The. Messenger.) Goldsboro, N. C, March 27. Charlie Bennett was arrested here this evening on the charge of criminal assault. His victim is one Lula Herring, aged about 25 years. The parties are negroes. On Saturday night 'the woman, who lives on the Deans farm, about two miles from the city, sought a hackman xo taKe her home. Bennett told her a hackman would take her money and fool her, besides Aycock had passed a law that no colored people should ride in a hack after 9:30 o'clock Then he urged the necessity of her hastening home, . staiting-the police would arrest her if he remained -longer on the streets. i She left the city and en route Bennett accomplished his purposes. This afternoon she swore but a war rant before Justice Humphrey, who placed the paper in the hands of the sheriff. Bennett was soon located, captred and jailed. He will be given a nearing tomorrow. ROUT OF BOER FORCES Put to Flight After Several Stands. Dally Skirmishes London. March 27. A dispatch from Lord. Kitchener to the war office, dated Pretoria. March 27th, says : "Our casualties in general Babin ton's action were two killed and seven wounded. The Boers left twenty-two dead and thirty wounded, jj; As their pursuit was rapid many more Boer cas ualties; are likely. "The operations of March; 23rd Jrove the enemy north from their positions at Kafflrskraal. On March 27th the pursuit was continued by mounted men only. The enemy's rear guard was driven inby a combined movement on both flanks. Their convoy was then sighted at Leeuwfontein. The Greys, New Zealanders and Bushmen pushed on. The enemy attempted to take up a position, but the Greys; and other troops rode down all opposition and gave him no chance. The convoy was ridden into and enemy's retirement-be came a rout. The pursuit was con tinued until the horseis were exhaust ed.", ' V.-: Cape Town, March 27.-Indeclsive en counters at widely separated points are reported daily. Fighting took place yesterday at Tarkastad and Henning fontein, both in Cape Colony. The casualties were few. . I A commando numbering: 200, under Commandant Fourie, ; was dispersed at Thaba NChu. f According to reports received here, the hills above deWetsdorp just re-occupied by General Bruce i Hamilton, were also the ecene of a fight lasting several hours yesterday. j ' Shot by a Woman Houston,, Texas. March 27. John Walsh, lleutenant-iln the fire depart ment was killed today by Mattie Gra ham, daughter of a police officer. Mif Graham had recently prosecuted Walsh alleging that he had wronged her and he was at the time of the killing under bond to answer to the grand Jury. The girl walked behind him as Walsh Jeflt the car to go to the central fire station, placed a revolver to his gack and fired. The woman was placed un der arrest. . , SUBJECTS OF TAXATION REPORT OF EXPERT AGENT OF INDUS TRIAL COMMISSION TAXATION OF CORPORATIONS A Summary of the Tax Systems of Principal States ot the Union The General Property Tax System Gen erally Prevailing The Injustice of This System to Certain Classes of Property Pointed Out Income Tax Advocated as Just and Equitable. Washington. March 27. The Indus trial commission teas made public a re port upon the taxation of corporations prepared by its expert agent, George Clappenton. The report makes a vol ume of 178 pages. The greater part of it is devoted to a summary of ithe tax systems of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana. Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin. Iowa and Texas. Mr. Clapperton says that he found the general property lax. system pre vailing in all the states, but that there are distinctive features in the various states, which are especially marked in ithe taxation of corporate property. He does not endorse the system of levying a fixed rate upon net earnings, whioh is in vogue in Delaware and "Virginia, finding that while that system is theo retically satisfactory, it "does not meet the varied business developments of corporations." He also finds the general property tax unsatisfactory. On this point he says: 'It is clear that under thev system ther are numerous forms of wealth that do not and cannot be made to .bear a just share of the public burdens, and which in large part evade or escape taxation, and some forms which, when reached at all under the prevailing general property tax, are not equally and uniformly, but unjustly and dis-' proportionately taxed, as compared, with other property. The Inevitable: result is that real estate and some? forms of personality are unduly bur dened with taxation." Upon the whole, Mr. Clapperton con ludes that an income tax is the most equitable, saying: "There is a growing class of citizens, who receive large incomes, or salaries, and enjoy all the advantages jof society and good government who. though pos sessed of abundant ability to pay taxes, are, under existing systems, practical ly exempt from taxation or inade quately taxed. This closs is receiving and must continue to receive especial attention in the revision or reformation of taxing systems In the several states. 'While a tax upon Individual incomes is generally conceded to be just and equitable in principle, it has been re ceived with disfavor and regarded as impractical in its operation. It is ap parent, however, to the careful stu dent of commonwealth taxation, that hdfaiiso Itcs lustloe anA the infffta-. ing efficiency of state administratlvei methods that are being evolved, the idea of a limited supplementary state income tax is growing in favor and coming to be more generally regarded as a practical measure under state su pervision. HOXORSTO AMERICAN DEAD RussIhu Officers and Soldiers A Pathetic War Scene Pekin. March 27. The bodies -of six American marines who were killed dur ing the siege of the legations 'and buried in the Russian legation were re moved today for shipment to the United States. In addition to ' the American troops in Pekin. the Monocacy, Com mander F. m. Wise sent a detachment of marines to be present at the disin terment. ' The courtesy of the Russians deeply moved all the Americans. Two Rus sian companies participated in all the ceremonies'. The Russians guarded the disinterred bodies all night and. render ed all the Russian military honors to the dead. Qheral Chaffee wrote to M. deGiers an expression of his feelings and of the reelings of the officers and men of the entire command. M. deGiers. referriner to the Incident. saM: "It was only natural. The Rus sians and Americans fought side by side during the siege and were virtual ly brothers." Jt is recalled that in the case of an American marine who had done duty beside a Russian soldier and was buried wtihout a coffin, the Russian, with the tears streaming down his face, leaped into the grave and arranged the earth as a rest for the head. Those present say it was a most affecting scene. A Steamer Stranded New York. March 27. The little Nor wegian fruit steamer Gwent, from Banes. Cuba, with a cargo of bananas, went ashore at Long Beach, D, I., last night, and she: was high ashore this afternoon with the surf beating over her. It is believed that the vessel will be a total loss. There were six passen gers aboard the fruiter at. the time sho ran a.?round. All of them were res cued. I FOR THE GRIP You Have Heard of Many .Remedies. Did You Ever Try This One! , Everybody you meet on the streets nowadays .either has just had the grip, is coming down with it or has a sure cure for it. The disease has been a puzzle to phy sicians ever since its appearance sev eral years ago and it is as much of a puzzle today as it was then. It exhibits such a variety or symptoms in differ ent individuals and leaves such dlsasr trous results after apparent recovery, that as yet its prevention and cure has baffled medical science. . However there is no doubt but that the grip is catarrhal in. character and the leading' symptom in nearly every case is increased secretion in the head and throat. In fact the first indications of lagrippe are those of a cold in the head which extends to the throat and lungs. m Dr. Johnson Ames advises as the safest course to pursue on the first ap pearance of grip symptom' to keep to the house for a day or two and take. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets every hour the first day and every two hours the fol lowing day and states that this will break up the trouble before it becomes deep seated. These catarrh tablets are antiseptic and harmless and prevent fever and the further development" of grip germs, and ward off the ever present danger of pneumonia. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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