VOL. XIV., NO. 80.
WILMINGTON, N: C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 190JL.
PRICE 5 CENTS
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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
The Thornton suffers a slight accident
during her trial trip. " ij
The new penitentiary directors meet
and are sworn in. j:
The democratic candidate is elected
wayor of St. Louis.
The Russian cruiser Variag begins
coaling at Norfolk.
The treasury department buys $2,r
000,000 government bonds. : j
Opinions were handed down in the
supreme court yesterday. i
Governor Aycock will appoint an
other superior court judge this week.
'Aguinaldo takes the oath of allegir
ance to the United States frovernment,
'At Memphis, Tenn.. W. F. Henenger;
is arrested on charge of murder of his
wife. . . .:';!
An unsuccessful attempt is made to
assassinate the Russian minister of the
Interior. P
lAt LaGrange. a small negro child
is left alone in a house and is burned
to death. f
The state superintendent of education
issues important circulars to the new
county boards. p
Governor Allen, of Forto Rico, now
on his way to the United States, will
probably resign.
The sales of fertilizers in this state
to date are 30 per cent, larger than for
same time last year. .',
In the Arkansas municipal election
the democrats are successful where
party lines are drawn. j;
An engineer and fireman of a Norfolk
and Western train, are killed by , tlifs
train running into a land-slide. j
Raleigh's first legalized primary was
held yesterday. Mayor Powell and the
other city officers were renominated.
Bix senators and seven representa
tives have arrived in Raleigh to attend
the formal session of the legislature X.Q-
flay. .'; i
The Nebraska municipal elections
most of the towns in which the liquor
' qeustion was an issue went for li
cense. The directors of the cotton illl at
Danville, Va., refuse to RTant a ten
hour day and the mill will remain shut
down. M
With eight precincts in Chicago to
hear from. Carter Harrison's plural
ity is 28.073.. Honore Palmer is elected
alderman by about 1.200 majority. j:
At Frankfort, Ky. the cases against
ex-governor Taylor and several others,
charged with conspiracy in the Goebel
murder are called and continued. ;j .
Governor Candler, of Georgia, re-i
ceives many communications from the
north making inquiry as to the condir
tion of the negroes in the southern
states. .
Jones, the valet, of Mr. Rice, testifies
as to the forgery by Patrick of the
nice will, and his attempts to kill Rica
by slow poison and then of the murdetf
by use of chloroform. j
A suit is brought in the federal court
at New Orleans to restrain the sah-. !
of British steamer loaded with horses
and mules, for army services in South
.Africa. The case will be heard Sat4
urday. : '-! - i
You cannot enjoy perfect health,
rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes if you
liver is sluggish and your bowels cloggy
ed. DeWitt's Little Risers cleanse the
whole system. They, never gripe. R.
R. Bellamy.
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TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS !
Tom Shakey has been matched to
fight Fred Russel at the Colorado Ath-j
letic Club. April 26th.
The bill to authorize the calling of a
constitutional convention is killed in
the Tennessee house of representatives!
The president on his coming trip
south will make the journey by way
of Memphis, Tenn., and will not stop
at Atlanta.
The plant of the Mountain Stove
Company at Chattanooga is destroyed
by fire. The . loss is 50,000, insurant
540.000. ;
- Colonel Gonzales, the insurgent govf
ernor of Manila, with ten officers an4
fortyrfive men. has surrendered to Colt
onel Beasom at Malabon. I
By a night surprise the British cap
tured a laager of sixty Boers near
Boschberg. between Brandfort and Salt
Pan. Orange river colony. j
In a rather slow contest at the Phoef
nix Athletic Club at Memphis, Harry
Forbes, of Chicago, gains a, decisiqij
over Caspar Leon, of New York, in the
fifteenth round. J
t Announcement is made of the resigt
nation of First Vice President Vandeni
bergj pt the Louisville and Nashville
railroad. It is believed he will go on
an eastern road.
Professor Stimson J. Brown, who was
relieved from duty at the naval ob-j
servatory as a result of a controversy
with Captain Davis, U. S. N., has beeri
assigned to duty at the naval academy
at Annapolis in the capacity of profess
sor of mathematics. ji
"I had piles so bad I could get no rest
nor find, a cure until I tried DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. After using it one.
I forgot I had anything like piles." Ei
C. Boice. Somers Point, N. Y. Lookout
for imitations. Be sure you ask fqt
DeWitt's. R. R. Bellamy. '
Supreme Court Decisions
Raleigh, April 2. Supreme Court
opinions were filed today as follows
Ray vs Long, from Alamance; nev
trial; Dosh vs. Lumber Company, from
Pender, no error; Carson vs. Railroad',
from Edgecombe, affirmed: Hunter vgi
Randolph, from Lenoir, new fial; Bar
rett vs. McCrummen. from Moore, errof
Fleming vs. Railroad, from Iredell (de
fendant's appeal) affirmed: Wright vs1
Railroad, from Rowan, no error.
A Child Earned to Death
(Special to The Messenger.)
Goldsboro,April 2 The 5-year-old child
of Solomon Wooten, colored, was burn
ed to death at LaGrange this after
noon. The child was left alone in thfl
house for a few moments, and ils
"clothes caught fire, with results as
stated.
THE LAKE CITY LYNCHING
The Eleven White Men not to Again be
put on Trial
Charleston. S. C, , April 2. In th
United States circuit court today Dis'4
trict Attorney Lathrop asked for an
order removing the Lake City lynching
case to the contingent docket. Thi
means that the eleven white men
-charged with the murder of Baker,
the negro postmaster at Lake City, will
not be forced to undergo a second trial.
Two years ago after a trial lasting for
two weeks the jury failed to aeree and
was dismissed. The case was stiU oft
the docket, but the understanding was
.that it would be dropped after Lillian
Clayton Jewett took the crippled Bak4
ers to New England. jj
The defendants in the case were all
proiment citizens from the Lake City
section. On the night of February 21.
1898, a mob went to Baker's home, used
also as the postofflce, started a fire with
dry shavings and oil, and fired on the
negro Inmates as tney aea. j
- Charged with Wif-Murdr
Memphis, Tenn.. April 2. Mrs. Geor
gia. Heneger. wife of W. F. Heneger,
was found dead this morning with a
', bullet hole In her head. The husband
Is under arrest charged with murder.
He denies the charge. ,
FORGERY AND MURDER.
TESTIMONY IN THE RICE WILL-FORGERY
AND MURDER CASE.
JONES TURNS STATE'S EVIDENCE
Declares Will a Forgery Tells How
Patrick had It Written and Witness
edAssignments Also Forgeries The
Checks Drawn After Rice's Death.
Different Poisons Administered to
Rice Laudanum Secured In Texas.
Death at Last Produced by -Chloroform
Administered by Jones.
New YOrk, April 2. Without the
slightest quaver in his well modulated
voice and displaying no outward sign
of regret or remorse, Charles F. Jones,
secretary ahd valet to the late William
Marsh Rice today, confessed, - under
oath that he , had ended the life of his
employer and benfac'tor- with chloro
form. (- '
The confession was the climax qf a
remarkable recitation in which was laid
bare the details of an alleged subtle
conspiracy which had for its object the
seizure of $3,000,000 in cash and nego
tiable securities and the conversion
of $3,000,000 in reality to the use of the
alleged chief conspirator.
There was a dramatic force in the
directness and. minute attention to de
tail with which Jones approached the
tragedy the moment when he covered
the face of the sleeping man with the
saturated napkin and then waited for
him to die.
The self-confessed murderer told the
story of the alleged plot from its in
ception. The capital crime he committ
ed and all the minor offenses that pre
ceded it were, he declared, at the in
stigation and direction of Albert T.
Patrick. It was Patrick, he said who
conceived the idea of forging a will and
forging transfers and conveyances. It
was Patrick who induced two persons
to witness the forged signature. It was
Patrick who determined that Rice
should die and it was Patrick who
sought to have him killed slowly and
then, becoming impatient, determined
upon quick action; and, according to
Jones, remarkable as it may seem,
Rice never knew Patrick . during his
life time and never saw him but once.
According to this remarkable confes
sion, Patrick told Jones that the old
man was lasting too long, that he must
be put out of the way at once, that
Jones should do the work and that
there would really be no harm in it be
cause Rice had poisoned his own wife
years ago and deserved punishment.
Jones described his return to Mr.
Rice's apartments and the discovery
of the millionaire sleeping peacefully
in bed; he told of his stealthy search
for a napkin and the fashioning of it
into a cone shape, as directed, he said,
by Patrick. He detailed the story of
the pinning of a small sponge at the
point of the cone. Then he told of sat
urating the napkin and sponge with
'chloroform and holding it over his own
nostrils to test its effect.
Jones looked straight into the eyes
of Assistant District Attorney Osborne
and continued his story without a
break, without a tremor in his voice.
Charles F. Jones, Rice's valet, when
put on the stand said he had worked
as storekeeper at the Capitol hotel,
Houston, Texas, owned by Rice. He
met Rice in 1896 and had been Rice's
secretary, valet and general utility
man. Rice, he said, moved to New
York in September, 1897.
Witness first met Patrick in Novem
ber. 1899. Patrick represented himself i
as a commercial man from Texas and
wanted to see Rice. Rice was in bed
at the time and Patrick introduced
himself as Mr. Smith. Mr. Patrick at
that time, Jones said, had a long talk
with witness. He asked whether Rice
had a legal representative in this city
and showed himself inquisitive about
the affairs of the old millionaire.
In December, 1899. witness swore,!
Patrick first approached him about the
drawing of a will. Jones was to draw
the document on his typewriter and get
Rice to sign it when his mind was not
quite clear. Jones told Patrick the
signing of the will might be arranged,
but that it would be more difficult to
obtain witnesses.
Patrick proposed they should try to
get the witnesses of the will of 1896.
Jones afterwards approached Weath
erbee. the clerk In Swenson & Sons' of
fice to get him to act as a" witness.
Weatherbee refused and threatened to
take Jones head off if he dared to sug
gest any fraudulent schemes against
Rice.
Jones said: "Patrick wanted me to
be a witness to the will, but I refused.
I was very anxious to become benefici
ary under the will, though. Patrick
said this would never do as there would
be a suspicion of undue influence at
tached to the will which, .therefore,
would not be admitted to probate.
Patrick then said he would arrange for
witnesses and mentioned Meyer and
Short."
At the afternoon session Jones said
Rice had some papers to execute and
Jones took them , to Patrick's office,
where he met Short who, at Patrick's
request, had become a commissioner of
deeds for the state of Texas. Short
went to Rice's house and executed the
papers.
"Was the will you saw in Patrick's
office dated before it was shown to
Meyer?" 'asked Mr. Osborne.
"No. it was made in March, but was
not dated until June 30th. Mr. Patrick
told me he destroyed it on the Monday
night following the death of Mr. Rice.
When the signatures - of Meyer and
Short were to be taken as witnesses,
Patrick told me it would be well to
have them use the same ink as was
used by Mr. Rice and i took a bottle
of Mr. Rice's ink to Patrick's office. I
have not seen that ink bottle since."
Continuing, Jones said Meyer and
Short were at Rice's flat on June 30th
to witness certain papers for Rice.
".'Did' Mr. Patrick ever do any legal
work for Mr. Rice?" asked Mr. Os
borne. "He did not."
"Did Mr. Rice sign any will on June
30th during the time Meyer and Short
were in the apartment?"
"He did not. I was there all the time
and I did not see him sign any will.
Had he signed one I would have known
of it."
Jones then testified that, somewhat
later, at the request of Patrick, he
wrote on his typewriter the assign
ments transferring Rice's property to
Patrick.
"Patrick, asked me," witness con
tinued, "whether I did not think oPl
Rice was living a little too long for our
purpose. I said I thought so. Patrick
suggested we put him out of the way.
I suggested Dr. Curry, but Patrick
said Dr. Curry would not do anything
of the kind."
Patrick, the witness went on, suggest
ed that Jones get laudanum from a
drug store at Coney island for the pur
pose of poisoning Rice.
The witness then went on to say that
he procured the poison from his broth
er in Texas.
"What did you get?"
"Chloroform and laudanum."
"How was the poison sent?"
"It was sent by express. A small
package containing the poison came. I
thing by the American Express."
."Did you sign a receipt?"
"I did.,"
' Jones testified that he delivered the
poison to Patrick about three weeks
before the death of Mr. Rice, w
Jones then went on to testify that
Patrick had never been introduced to
Rice up- to the time of the hitter's
death.
"As far as I know," Jones said, "Rice
never saw Patrick but once. This was
an evening when Patrick called on me.
Rice, against his custom, was up late.
He looked in the parlor and saw
Patrick who was seated there. Next
morning he asked who the bald headed
man with the red beard was'.- I told
Mr. Rice it was a friend of mine."
Mr. Osborne then referred to the as
signments transferring the property of
Mr. Rice to Patrick which were exe
cuted on . September 7th. Jones was
handed a deed for identification. lie
said it was witnessed by Meyer on Sep
tember 7th.
"Did Mr. Rice sign any general as
signment on that day?"
"He did not."
The -witness said Mr. Rice prepared
all his meals himself.
The witness was then shown the gen
eral" assignments, transferring all the
property of Mr. Rice to Patrick. Jones
testified that Rice did not sign the as
signments. "Jones, will you state all the con
versation that took place between you
and Patrick in regard to getting Rice
out of theway?" said Mr. Osborne.
"About the end of August," witness
replied; Patrick asked me whether I
had gotten the laudanum from theTTrttg
store at Coney Island. I said I had not,
but that I had made other arrange
ments to get the poison.
"Patrick then told me to give Rice
sapolio as that would break him down.
I told Patrick I could not do that, but
I told him I had some mercurial pills
which Dr. Curry gave me. Patrick said
I ought to give them to Rice. I told
Patrick I could not do so without tak
ing them myself in his presence. . 'Then
do so,' Patrick said, it won't do you any
harm.
"I took some of the pills in Rice's
presence and then left the bottle of
pills on the dresser. Rice took some.
This brought on a severe diarrhoea,
which weakened him. but after he got
over this attack the mercury seemed to
do him good."
The witness also said that by the
same method he got Rice to take some
mercurial tablets which Patrick had
given him.
"Would Rice take anything you
took?"
"Yes, and he would never take med
icine unless I first took some in his
presence All the medicine that was
sent hirrTl had to taste where he saw
it."
Jones then related what took place
on the day of the death of Mr. Rice.
"I saw Patrick at his home" said
he. "He told to let him know if Rice
grew better. He would then gets from
his office a bottle of oxalic acid, he
said to quicken Rice's nerves.
Rice got better and about noon he
wanted to get up. He talked cheerful
ly about going down town and seemed
much improved. Jones said he could
not get Rice to take oxalic acid,
then telephoned to Patrick to meet him
at luncheon, at a restaurant on Sixth
avenue, near Fiftieth street.
"I met him there." Jones continued.
"Patrick gave me the bottle of chlo
roform. He told me to saturate towl
in chloroform and leave it over his face
for about thirty minutes. He said Rice
would probably laugh, but that I should
not be scared as that would only show
that the poison was beginning to work
and that it would soon be over.
"I did as Patrick told me. I return
ed home, took a napkin and saturated
it with chloroform. I put it on my
own face first and then put it over the
face of Mr; Rice and left the room. I
walked up and down in the hall several
times. The bell rang several times. I
did not open the door. Finally after
half an hour I went into Mr. Rice's
room. I raised the window, took, the
napkin and towel away from his face
placed them both in the range where I
burnt them.
"I sent a hall boy for Dr. Curry, tell
ing him that Mr. Rice was very bad
off. I went to the telephone to tell
Patrick that Rice was pretty near gone.
Then Dr, Curry came, Patrick was with
him. I told them that Rice was dead.
'Dead! Oh, my God, doctor, that is the
worst thing that could have happened
to me,' said Patrick."
Jones said Patrick on the day fol
lowing, took charge of the apartments.
On that day, Jones testified, at the re
quest of Patrick, lie made out the chec'.-:
for $25,000 and 5135,000, respectively, on
Swenson & Sons and the Fifth Avenue
Trust Company. Jones said Patrick
also took charge of about $450 in bills,
and eight or nine dollars in silver from
a drawer in the millionaire's writing
desk. Jones said Patrick also took
away two gold watches and all the
private papers of Mr. Rice.
Here Jones was excused and an ad
journment was taken until tomorrow.
Before adjournment, the medicine chest
was produced in the court. It proved
to be a common wooden box, which
contained sixty-six bottles, some of
them, empty. Justice Jerome ordered
it taken to the district attorney's of
fice." "Last winter I was confined to my
bed with a very bad cold on the lungs.
Nothing gave me relief. Finally my
wife bought a bottle of One Minute
Cough Cure that effected a speedy cure.
I cannot speak too highly of that ex
cellent remedy." Mr. T. K. Houseman,
Manatawney, Pa. R. R. Bellamy.
FIRST LEGALIZED PRIMARY
Raleieh' Present City Officers Re
nominated Legislators Arriving
(Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh. April 2. The first legalized
primary election here was very quiet.
Mayor Powell and the other city offi
cers were re-elected and fifteen of Ihe
sixteen aldermen who were on what
was known as the "administration
ticket" were elected. Very little inter
est was shown; in the primary. A lot
of people refused to take the oath. The
legalized primary was not popular.
It was expected that two or more
senators and representatives would be
here tomorrow at the session of the leg
islature, which, of course, is merely for
form's sake, but more have come than
were looked for. Senators Travis,
Brown. Woodard.' London, Broughton
and Arrington. Representatives Watts,
Beddingfield, Simms. Wilson, Winston
Holt. Richardson, Chief Clerks Maxwell
and Nixon, and Assistant Clerk Alex
ander are here. Speaker Moore will
certainly not be here, and Lieutenant
Governor Turner is not expected.
RUSSIA TO JAPAN
Her Reply to Japan's Protest as to
Manchuria Negotiations
Yokohama, April 3. Leading Japa
nese newspapers assert that the Rus
sian government lias replied to Japan's
protest against the Manchurian con
vention to the effect that Russia does
not wish to enter upon a discussion
with a third power relative to her nego
tiations with China; that the proposed
agreement is purely temporary and not
intended to impair the sovereignty of
China or to injure the interests of oth
er powers, that the contents of the
agreement, Immediately upqn its con
clusion, will be communicated to the
other powers who will undoubtedly
find them acceptable; and, finally, that,
if any of the provisions are not accept
able to japan, Russia is prepared to
discuss the matter in a friendly spirit.
An Accident to the Thornton
Washington, April 2. Captain Hemp
hill, of the naval trial board, telegraphs
ed the navy department from Annapo
lis today that the attempt to run the
torpedo boat Thornton for two hours
over her trial course today was a fail
ure owing to a slight accident to her
machinery. - -
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
HARRISON AND OTHER DEMOCRATS
WIN IN CHICAGO.
DEMOCRATS CARRY ST. i LOUIS.
Their Candidate for Mayor Elected by
Large Majority The Voto In Chicago
Badly Mixed up -Sweeping Republi
can Victory In Denver Most of the
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Small Towns of Nebraska Vote for
License A Texas Mayor Elected for
the Seventh Term Elections in
Other States.
Chicago, April 2.-HCarter H. Harrison
has been re-elected may6r of Chicago
for the second timet 'ant will next week
commence his" third term-as the chief
executive of the city.. His total plural
ity over Judge Elbridge Hanecy, the
republican-r nominee, will be in the
neighborhood of 28,500 votes. The to
tal vote of the city, with eight pre
cincts to hear from is Harrison 155,275;
Hanecy 127,202; Harrison's plurality
28,073. In the last mayoralty election
the vote was: Harrison, democrat
148,496; Carter, republican 107,357.
In the presidential campaign last fall
the city vote for president was: Mc
Kinley 184,786, Bryan 177,165.
Out of the thirty-five wards of the
city, Harrison today carried twenty
six, and Hanecy nine. The vote was
badly split, some of the strongest re
publican parts of the city giving only
a small plurality for the party nominee,
and some of them going for Harrison,
who, however, suffered in some of the
democratic strongholds. The city
wards were re-districted after the pres
idential election and the regular ma
jorities in some of the wards were turn
ed squarely around from what they
have always been.
It Is impossible at this time to pre
dict the exact formation of the new
council, but the indications are at pres
ent that the republican will have a
working majority. The present body
consists of 39 republicans, 27 democrats
and 4 independents. Of the hold-overs
16 were republicans 15 democrats and
3 independents.
The chief issue in the campaign has
been the granting of franchises to the
street car companies of the city. These
all expire soon by limitation, and the
terms of extension are to be settled
during the next two years. Harrison
has in former years made a record
against the granting of long franchises,
and he and all of his followers claim
ed throughout the campaign that the
republican nominee was inclined to
grant long time privileges. This the
republicans denied with great energy,
making1 their campaign on the flaws
they picked in the record of Mayor
Harrison and saying that Hanecy was
no more disposed to favor the street
car companies than is Harrison. .
One of the features of the campaign
was the aldermanic contest in the
Twenty-first ward, Mayor Harrison's
home ward, where Honore Palmer, son
of Mrs. Potter Palmer, was a cadidate
for election on the democratic ticket,
it being his first essay in politics. His
opponent was S. H. Helm, republican,
who has been alderman from, the ward
for two years. Palmer was elected by
a majority of 1,200. 1
The democrats carried all the city
offices on the ticket as well as that of
mayor. William Loeffler was elected
city clerk, J. A. Ryan city attorney and
C. F. Cunther, city treasurer. From
the figures available at midnight it ap
pears that their pluralities will be with
in a few thousand of mayor Harrison's.
THE ARKANSAS ELECTIONS.
Little Rock, April 2. Municipal elec
tions were held throughout the state
today and in nearly every case where
party lines were drawn the democratio
nominees were elected. In little Rock
Mayor W. R. Duley, democrat, was re
elected by a large majority.
ST. LOUIS ELECTION.
St. Louis, April 2. Up to 9 o'clock to
night not a single polling place had
turned in figures on today's election.
Owing to the fact that the polls did not
close until 7 o'clock; that six tickets
are in the field and that there has been
an immense amount of scratching,
definite figures as to which candidate
has been victorious will be late.
St. Louis, April 2. The Post Dispatch
says that George W. Parker, the repub
lican mayoralty candidate, practically
admits defeat, in an interview in which
he states that the conspiracy against
his candidacy is working out against
him.
St. Louis. April 2. United States Dis
trict Attorney Rosier while at Precinct
No. 4. of the Twenty-fifth ward, this
afternoon, was wounded in the left arm
by a stray shot fired by one of a gang
of negroes. Mr. Rosier had challenged
the vote of one of a crowd of twenty
or more negroes. An officer started,
with the prisoner to a patrol wagon.
The prisoner's friends closed around
the officer, fired forty or fifty shots for
the purpose of intimidation, and re
leased the prisoner,
After the negroes had escaped, it was
found that Mr. Rosier had been wound
ed, not seriously, however.
At the second precinct of the Fourth
ward. Fred W. Priesmeyer, a republi
can candidate for the nouse of dele
gates, shot and seriously wounded Wil
liam Dwyer. one of a crowd of men,
who, it is1 alleged, attempted to assault
him because he challenged their votes.
Priesmeyer was arrested.
St. Louis. April 2. Sixty-five pre
cincts give Wells, democrat, 11,807, a
plurality of 7,119 over Parker, republi
can, and 8.667 over Meriwether, public
ownership.
LATER Rolla Wells, democrat, has
been elected mayor by atout 10,000 plu
rality. Denver. Colo., April 2. At 1 o'clock
partial returns from all the wards of
the city indicate a sweeping victory for
the republican ticket. Leading demp
carts concede the election of the body
of the republican ticket by 4,000 to 5,000
plurality, while claiming the mayoralty
in doubt.
Omaha, Neb., April 2. The issue in
nearly every small town In the state
was license of no license and reports
received tonight from fifty villages in
dicate that the majority of them have
gone for license, in a few of the larger
towns politics entered into the cam
paign. The vote generally was light.
Houston, : Texas, April 2. Municipal
elections were held throughout Texas
today. There were no contests of more
than local interest and the vote was
generally light. J. A. Wilkins was
elected mayor of Brenham for the sev
enth consecutive term of two years
without opposition. R. E. White, demo
crat, was elected mayor of Austin,
where the hottest fight in the state was
made. .
Lincoln. Neb.. April 2. Mayor Hud
son J. Winett, republican, was re-elected
today by a majority slightly exceed
ing the normal. Every other republican
city candidate is elected. Republicans
make a gain of one excise man and
have probably gained one councilman.
Announcement.
To accommodate those who are par
tial to the use of atomizers in applying
liquids Into the nasal passages for ca
tarrhal troubles, the proprietors pre
pare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price,
including the spraying tube is 75 cents.
Druggists or by mall. The liquid em
bodies the medicinal properties of the
solid praparatioQ. Cream Balm is
quickly absorbed by the membrane and
does not dry up the secretions but
changes them to a natural and healthy
character. Ely Brothers,, 66 warren
Bt., N. Y. -
THE BRAKE ANDCOUPIER FRAUD
How the Conspirators Worked this
. Fraudulent Stock.
New York, April 2. Colonel Robert
A. AmmoD, attorney for what was
known as the Goslin' syndicate, was
arrested today on charges of conspira
cy to defraud, niade by;Finlay Burrell
8$ Co. bankers and brokers in Chicago.
Later he gave bail in the supreme court
in jhe sum of $11,000. Colonel Ammon
is co-defendant in a suit with Affred
R. Goslin, Frank B. Morgan, .Thornas
J. I Gibbons, Gerald Ebermann and
Richard F. Grey. Goslin and Grey
were arrested on February 18th and kre
now out on ball. Grey, with otabro.
makes affidavit implicating Ammonj in
the transactions, of the syndicate.
The sworn affidavits state that the
defendants formed the Brake and
Coupler Company, a New Jersey cor
poraton, that the stock Of the company
was sold through Richard F. Grey &
Cot, a firm ostensibly headed by the
man Grey, but of which, according to
his own admission he was only the fig
urehead, dominated by Goslin and
Ammon. . He says he signed certificates
of stock and deposit without knowing
to-what use they were to be put and
thkt for submitting witheut questions
to all the demands of his"" companions
he received the sum of $12 per week.
Goslin and others also operated, it is
said, through "Hall & Co.," for whom
Harry J. Alexander, one of the affiants
in the present suit, was stenogrp-1 - .
At the dictation of Goslin, Morgan aiu
Ammon, it is said, Circulars were issued
advising investors to buy Brake 'and
Coupler stock, saying it was certain
to eqUal New York' Air Brake and sell
for over $200. .
The plan of the alleged conspirators,
according to Alexander,: was to create
a fictitious price for the shares by bid
ding for them themselves in the "curb"
market and then having their agents
in the west persuade reputable brokers
to purchase for cash. j
The affidavits say John L. Parker
and Thomas J. Gibbons were two of
those who operated. Gibbons, accord
ing to the affidavits1, acting under the
name of J. C. Cummings, is said to have
called upon Finlay, Burrell & Co., and
asked them to buy for him 100 shares
of Brake and Coupler stock at 65. The
firm, after the customer had given
them $2,000 for margins, made the pur
chase through Seymour, Johnson & Co.,
a New York firm, which has since gone
Into bankruptcy. The j Chicago firm
paid the full supposed (value of the
stock $6,500. Two days later ."Cum
mings" called again and, saying Brake
and Coupler had risen "to .68, asked the
firm to buy another 1001 shares for his
account, without additional margin be
ing deposited. The case seemed bona
fide and the firm complied with Cum
mings' wishes, this time paying Sey
mour, Johnson & Co., $6,800. A few
days afterwards they, heard that Brake
and Coupler was rapidly declining.
They sent to the address given by Cum
mings to demand more margin. This
place turned out to be a threatrical
agency.
IMPORTANT CIRCULARS
From the State Superintendent ot Edu-
ucatlon New Board Meetings
(Special to The Messenger.)
- Raleigh, April 2. The governor says
he will make one of three remaining,
appointments of judges at the end of
this week.
f An important circular bv the state su
perintendent of education directs
the new county boards of education to
meet Monday, organize and adjourn to
first Monday in July, as the old boards
will, hold over until the expiration of
their term.
Another circular directs public exam
inations of teachers to be held the sec
ond Thursday in July and October, and
that no public examinations are to be
held this month.
The annual meeting of the insane
asylum directors will be held here to
morrow. Officers are to be elected,
save the superintendent. There will be
no changes. i
The new directors of the penitentiary
were sworn in this afternoon. They
say it will require a month to take the
desired inventory of the property and
familiarize themselves vith it.
The commissioner of agriculture says
the sales of fertilizer to date this sea
son are 30 per cent. . greater than f or
the corresponding period last year.
Failures for First Quarter of the Year
New York. April 2.Dun's review of
April 6th will say:
Reports show commercial failures
3.335 in the first quarter of 1901, against
2,894 last year, in amount of liabili
ties there appears a decrease; the fig
ures this year are $31,703,486, compare!
with $33,022,573 in 1900. Manufacturing
disasters were 710 in number and $12,
504.222 in amount, against 578 last year
for $13,402,553. In trading concerns de
faults numbered 2,468. with an indebt
edness of $14,552,906. compared with 2,
196 last year owing $16,318,647. In the
other commercial class, including r.1
estate, brokerage and transporting fail
ures. there appears the only increase
in amount, 157 firms defaulting for $4,
646,358. against 12 for $3,301,373 in 1900.
The most marked improvement over
last year is in the banking class, where
21 failures for $3,441,389 are contrasted
with 17 for $23,654,482 a year ago.
BRAIN FOOD
Is of Little Benefit Un ess It Is Di
gested. Nearly everyone will admit that as a
nation we eat too much meat and too
little of vegetables and the grains.
For business men, office men, and
clerks, and in fact everyone engaged
in sedentary or Indoor occupations,
grains, milk and vegetables are much
more healthful. i
Only men engaged in a severe out
door manual labor can live on a heavy
meat diet and continue in health.
As a general rule, meat once a day
is sufficient for all classes of men, wo
men and children, and grains, fruit and
vegetables should constitute the bulk
of food eaten. j j
But many of the most nutrlciou9
foods are difficult of digestion and it
is of no use to advise brain workers to
eat largely of graiis and vegetables
where the digestion is too weak to as
similate them properly. 1 j
It is always"best to get; the best re
sults from our food that some simple
and harmless digestive should be taken
after meals to assist the relaxed diges
tive organs, and several years experi
ence have proven .Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets to be a very safe, pleasant and
effective digestive and a remedy which
may be taksn daily witti the best re
sults. ;
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can hard
ly be called a patent medicine, as they
do not act on the bowels nor any par
ticular organ but, only on the food
eaten. They supply what weak stom
achs lack, pepsin diastase and by stim
ulating the gastric glands increase the
natural secretion of hydrochloric acid.
People who make a daily practice of
taking one or two of Stuart's Dyspep
sin Tablets after each meal are sure
to have perfect digestion which means
perfect health. V
There Is no danger of forming an
injurious habit as the tablets contain
absolutely nothing but natural diges
tives; cocaine, morphine and. similar
drugs have no place in a stomach med
icine and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
are certainly the best known and most
popular of all stomach remedies.
Ask your druggist for a fifty cent
package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
and after a week's use note the im
provement in health, appetite and ner
vous energy. . . - ; ' ; - I
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AGUINALDO SUBMITS.
TAKES OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
UNITED STATES.
HE IS STILL HELD IN PRISON
The Oath Taken After Investigation of
the Situation Through Information
Furnished Him by FIHpinos-To be
Still Held Pending Inaulry into His
Conduct and Determination 1 as to HI
Future Good Results Expected from
His Taking the Oath.
Washington, April 2. The ; war de
partment today received information
from General MacArthur that Agulnal
do has taken Ihe oath of allegiance to
the United States under the terms of
amnesty offered by General MacArthur
by direction of the president. The news
came 6 the department in the follow
ing cablegram: .
"Manila,
"Adjutant General, Washington.
"Since arrival at Manila Aguinaldo
has been at Malacanan investigating
conditions in the archipelago. He has
relied almost entirely upon the instruc
tive advise of Chief Justice Arellano.
As a result today he subscribed and
swore to, the declaration on Page 11 of
my annual report;
"MACARTHUR."
The oath referred to is as follows:
"I hereby renounce all allegiance to
any and all so-called revolutionary gov
ernments in the Philippine islands and
recognize and accept the supreme au
thority of the United States of Amer
ica therein; I do solemnly swear that I
will bear true faith and allegiance to
that government; that I will at all
times conduct myself as a faithful and
law-abiding citizen of the said islands,
and will not, either directly or indirect
ly, hold correspondence with or give
intelligence to an enemy of the United
States, nor will I abet, harbor or pro
tect such enemy; that I impose upon
myself these voluntary obligations
without any mental reservations or
purpose of evasion, so help me God."
General MacArthu's dispatch contain
ed much more than was given to the
public. The portion withheld related
to the future disposition of Aguinaldo
and suggestions as to what the late
chief of the insurrection might ac
complish. No official statement could
be obtained as to what finally would
be done with the prisoner, but it was
emphatically stated that he would be
held for the present, but would be
granted all possible immunity consist
ent with existing conditions. General
MacArthur has hopes that a great deal
may be accomplished through Aguinal
do. During the time he has been pris
oner, he has niade quite a favorable im
pression upon General MacArthur.
It has been suggested that under the
terms of the notice of amnesty the pris
oner should be set at liberty at once,
but there is a provision in the amnesty
proclamation which says that those
who have violated the laws of war are
excepted from its terms. Whether or
not General MacArthur has satisfied
himself that Aguinaldo has not violat
ed the laws of war cannot be stated,
as the prisoner would be permitted to
take the oath pending an investigation
of his past conduct.
Aguinaldo, having been the head of
the insurrection, undoubtedly can be
held until further investigation is made,
or until the circumstances which sur
round the situation in the Philippines
make it advisable to release him out
right or otherwise dispose of him.
These conditions and the general sit
uation and Aguinaldo's relation to them
were the subject of general MacAr
thur's dispatch and are being consid
ered by the authorities who will have
the final disposition of the matter.
The news of Aguinaldo's action was
received with evident satisfaction by
the war department and the opinion
was expressed that good results would
follow among those who have been still
holding out against the United States.
"Aguinaldo's taking the oath of al
legiance" said one member of the cabi
net today, "emphasizes the importance
of his capture. It makes more clear
that the insurrection has about reach
ed its end, and foreshadows the early
complete general acceptance of United
States sovereignty. Only a compara
tively small number of Filipinos are
still in arms, and the effect of Aguinal
do's action on them is obvious. From
now on we will press forward organiz
ing the best government we can suited
to the needs of the Philippines. Agui
naldo's submission will have a consid
erable bearing in his favor, in the de
termination of the matter of what to
do with him. That will not be decided
for sometime, and General MacArthur
and the Philippine commission, mean
time, will deliberate carefully over the
question before reaching any conclu
sions." Should the capture and submission of
the Filipino chieftain mark the begin
ning of the end in the Philippines, as
is expected, the effect upon the Ameri
can naval representation in Asiatic wa
ters will be a very considerable red'
tion of our naval force in the east.
There are at present about fifty-seven
of our naval vessels on the Asiatic sta
tion. A good many of them now will
be sent home to form nuclei for new
squadrons. It is possible that the Eu
ropean station, with headquarters in
the Mediterranean, will be revived, and
also that the re-creation of the old
South Pacific, station will follow.
RICE PLANTING STATISTICS
The .Federal Agricultural Depart
ment's Efforts to Secure Them
Washington, Apnil 2. The division of
agriculture of the census bureau, is
making a special effort to secure im
portant data relating to rice and its
irrigation on the delta lands and in
land marshes of South 'Carolina and
Georgia, the alluvial lands of Louisiana
Mississippi and other states and the
prairies : in southeastern Texas and
southeastern Louisiana. It is pointed
out by the bureau that rice is the prin
cipal cereal product of the south At
lantic and gulf states and that Louis
iana and Texas furnish nearly three
fourths of all the product In the coun
try. Schedules are being mailed to rice
planters, the questions asked embrac
ing method, cost, etc.. and it is ex
pected that the results will show com
prehensively the extent and value of
the irrigation plants, acreage cultivat
ed under them and other important
facts. Plantation owners and secreta
ries of companies not receiving the in
quiries are requested to notify I. G.
Powers, chief statistician in. charge of
agriculture. .
Splendid Showing of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company
New York. April 2. The Boston
Standard's compilation of figures for
1900 of the forty leading level premium
life- insurance companies of the United
States shows that every company has
been so well managed that it Is able
to return to policy holders more than
the entire amount of premiums received
since organization. This excess ranges
from $4,262 to more than $87,098,543. the
latter being the sum credited to the
Mutual Life insurance Company, of
New York. It is nearly six times as
great as that of either the Equitable
or the New York Life. There could be
no stronger evidence of the business
skill and perfect mutuality -with which
the affairs of the Mutual Life are con
ducted. ' r .
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