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1 - iy Mm 1 1 i i 1 1 i j ii i ii i i i TOL. XIX NGJ74, WILMINGTON. X. C, TUESDAY JULY 81, 1906. FIVE CENTS TT 1 L NJ LIU ' 0 r GRANTED DIVORCE Result of Suit Brought by ;. W. E. Corey. GETS CUSTODY OF CHILD Attorney for Respondent Sub mitted Without Any Contest. Ca-c Submitted Without Argument and .Jury Brings in Verdict After Few Minutes Mrs. Corey Visibly Affect ed While Telling Her Story on the Stand Ineffectual -Efforts Were Hl'adc to Get Mr. Corey to Resume His Place in the Home Financial Settlement Made, but its Terms Not Made Public. Reno, Nev., July 30. Mrs. William Ellis Corey, wife of the president of the United States Steel Corporation, was awarded a divorce in the second district court of Nevada, sitting at Reno, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The case was submitted without argument 'and the jury took but one ballot. The jury was out but a few minutes. Mr. Corey was not present. Mrs. Corey was in tears when told that she had j been given a decree, and the custody j Mrs of her 1G year old son, Allen Corey, i The field hospital equipment has not She drove at ence to her home on j et arrived, although it started twelve -t- ' ' --j , . ... days ago from Washington. There are Riverside avenue where she wnl con- . surgeori3 -hospital nurses and non. tinue to reside. No evidence was sub- J commissioned officers of the depart mitted by the defense, and there was ment in sufficient force, but they are question of ali- 1 no argument. The monv was not introduced Mrs m-ev I monj was not introduced. Mr. Lo.ej , made an interesting .admission, how- j ever, stating that in M"ay 1906, several ; weeks before her petition for divorce ; was filed, she negotiated through her j attorneys a financial settlement with 1 her husband. She was not asked what the nature of this settlement. was. "I am a resident of Rend, Nevada," said Mrs. Corey when placed on the stand "and the wife of William Ellis Corey, the defendant in this actios We were married on December 1, 1885, at Pittsburg, Pa., and lived together until May 1, 1905. At that time my husband deserted me and went to New York. I followed him and had a con versation with him in the Hotel Lor raine. He told me he had decided to live apart. He said that it was impos sible for us to live happilytogether, and that I would never see him again. He stated that he inteded going to Europe for several months. There T j. j t.- was no scene. I talked with him aoout the matter and urged him to again-resume his place in our home, but he re fused. I have never seen him sinqe." 'Mrs. Corey stated that she was best suited for the custody of her son and asked the court to place him in her care. Mrs. Corey was visibly affected while telling her tory. 'Tt is true that ' newspaper notoriety was the principal factor in your sepa ration from Mr. Corey andJs responsi ble for this divorce proceedings?" asked Benjamin Curler, another of her j attorneys. ! "Such is not the case. The stories that have appeared in the press had nothing to do, with it," aid Mrs. Corey. Miss Addie Corey, sister of the re spondent, corroborated Mrs." Corey's statement that Corey had desef ted his wife and told how she and her aged mother had made several ineffectual attempts to effect a reconciliation. Iter brother, she said, ''had lost sight of his home, being absorbed! in busi ness and infatuated with the fast life of New York. "Do you consider Mr. Corey a proper custodian for his son?" she was asked. "I do not," she replied. "He , is not a proper person for his sonto associate with. He has no home, and his asso ciates are not fit company for a young man of Allan's age. I do not think any New York man !s St to have charge of a boy of his age." "Do you mean all New York men, Miss Corey?" continued the attorney. "1 mean wealthy New York men." Allan Corey stat-d that at the time of the parting his father called him to his office and told him that he had de cided to part from his mother. "He said I was too young to understand the reasons. He then said that my mother was a good woman and that my place was at her side." Attorney Summerfield, of Reno, stated that this client, William E. Corey, was as anxious for the decree cf divorce as his wife. "If the decree is granted," he said.. "Mr. Corey will be entirely satisfied. He has consented to the divorce." DOWIE WILL, TAKE APPEAL Will Try to Force His Claim of Indi vidual Proprietorship of Zion City. Chicago, July 30. John Alexander tovie will appeal from the decision of Judge.-Landis of the Federal court declaring Zion City a trust estate, and holding that Dowie has no individual proporietorship in the estate. Dowie himself made the announce ment tha action toward an appeal had been taken at a meeting yesterday at Siolh House, Zion City, attended by nearly 100 of his supporters1. In his address Dowie appeared to be more concerned over Judge Landis' denunciation of the "restoration host oath" as treasonable than any other point in the opinion. He declared that' the Judge himself in his oath of officft was compelled to put God above man and family ties. With regard to the trust estate find ing he declared that he had never re ceived money as a trustee, but that it was always ismply a matter of con tract, evidenced in writing, showing all payments to be debts, payable in one year on call. Landis be carried out, he said, the peoT pie of Zion will be violating the theo- ricatic idea, the very foundation stone of the church. He emphasized that the people had not called nor placed him as head of the church, but that he. as God's? chosen man. had admitted each individual member into the fhureh. IX CAMP AT CHICKAMAUGA Regulars and State Troops to Spend a Week of Instruction Together. Chattanooga, Tenn., uly 30. The encampment of regulars and national at Chicamauga national park, opened formally today. The troops now there are the twelfth cavalry, seventeenth in fantry, third and fourth field batteries of 'the regular army and the seventy- first Virginia infantry, second Alabama infantry, and third South Carolina in fantry cf the national guard. The first period of instruction ends on Fri day next and on Saturday the militia regiments wil leave for home, their nlneps to b bVpn hv ennnnanHa frnri other states. without tentage and- appliances. The x ops are m camP' lIle reSars ia Qne bQdv and the militia in another a short distance apart near the hill on which General Lyttle was killed in the battle of Chickamauga. FIGHTING AT ASKERAN PASS Larse Forces of Tartars and Armen- inns in Bloody Conflict. St. Petersburg, July 31. Advices re ceived here from Tiflis, dated yester day, show that a regular campaign is progressing between Armenians and Tartars in that section. Yesterday large forces of Tartars attacked As kran Pass, which was occupied by Armenians, but Were unable to break the Armenian cordon. Fighting is now going on' in the villages of Para murt, Haladad and Karantunkh. The Tartars are concentrating against Askeran Pass. On July 27 Kurds attacked the vil lages of Kalbalikened and Kiermiz han and were endeavoring tOforce an entrance into Shusha. At the latter place they were repulsed by Russian troops under General Zoloschakov. News received here from yelisavet pol says that communication between Afram and Shusha has been interrupt ed for five days. Firing between Ar menians and Tartars continued from July 25 to July 28. The fighting near Shusha increased in severity on July ?0 and resulted in the burning of the town. The government has despatched reinforcements to the scene. PUISONERS BREAK JAIL Brother of One of Men Charged With Aiding in the Escape. (Special to The Messenger.) Fayet.teville, N. C, July 30. Nothing whatever has been heard of Robert Thompson and Hudson, the white men who broke jail here yesterday shortly after noon. There was a sensational sequel to the escape from jail yesterday of Thompson and Hudson this morning when Sheriff Marsh obtained a warrant for and arrested Goring Thompson, a brother of Root Thompson, one of the escapes, charging him with aiding in tbre escape. Young Thompson, who is a very preposessing looking youth, was put on trial before Squire Overby at the court house at noon. The trial pvo ceeded for severaf hours, and -was then adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Sanitation Work Hampered by Rains. Colon, July 30. The month of July has witnessed a series of heavy raims on the Isthmus which, have hampered the work of sanitation in Colon. The conditions today are worse than over before. Preparations are being made to pave the principal streets of Colon with brick. Two more cases of smallpox were discovered here yesterdaz. Russell Sage Gave $10,000,000 to His Wife. New York, July 30. In connection with the reports of contests of the will of Russell Sage a story was cir culated today to the effect that "Mr. Sage gave $10,000,000 to his wife short ly before his death. i MRS.THAW LED FROM TKETQMBS Pittsburg Detective Forces Her to Leave the Prison. EXCITING SCENE IN THE CELL Brought About it is Believed by a Let ter Received by 3Irs. Harry K. Thaw, Which She Took to the Prison Mrs. William Thaw Passes Her Son's Wife Without Any Signs of Recognition. New York, July 30. There was an excited conversation between Roger O'Mara, the Pittsburg detective, and Mrs. Harry K. Thaw in the Tombs prison" today. O'Mara and Mr. Hart ridge, Thaw's attorney, started to leave the prison together, but O'Mara re turned to Mrs. Thaw who was waiting to see her husband, and asked her to go to her hotel. "O, I'm going to stay right here," she said, "until visitor's hour conies this afternoon. I don't want to leave with things in the shape they are." "You must go," O'Mara said, He took her arm, while she was still protesting and led her to her hansom. As he helped her in O'Mara said to tie driver: "You take her tQ the Lorraiae and don't bring her back here again today." : Earlier in the day there had been, a scene of excitement in Thaw's cell. While Mrs. William Thaw was still in conference with her son, Mrs. Harry Thaw came hurrying to the warden's office from Thaw's cell. She was evi dently greatly disturbed and asked the warden to make an exception to the prison rules and allow her to use the prison telephone to call up Clifford W. Hartridge, Thaw's counsel, and his de tective, Roger O'JVIara. 'She declared the matter was very urgent, and the warden consented. Both men respond ed promptly and had interviews with Harry K. Thaw at his cell before Mrs. William Thaw left the prison. When the elder Mrs. Thaw came down to the warden's office there were traces of tears on her face and she seemed agi tated. She did not speak to Mrs. Harry K. Thaw as she passed her in the office. It is believed that the excitement at Thaw's cell was brought about by a letter received by Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, which she took to the cell with her. Mr. Hartridge said today that there are no detectives working in Pittsburg on behalf of Thaw or in his interest, except such as may be employed or connected with ex-Chief O'Mara. John Jacob Astor Saves a Man From Browning. Windsor, England, July 30. Second Lieutenant John Jacob Astor, son of William Waldorf Astor, today gallantly rescued a trooper of his regiment, the first life guard, from drowning in the river Thames. Lieutenant Astor' s troop were engaged in swimming prac tice when a trooper's horse got into difficulties in mid-stream, and kicked the rider. The latter sank in deep water and young Astor dived in and brought up the soldier in time to enable the latter to be restored to lire. The President Witnesses a Baseball Game. Oyster, Bay, N. Y., July 20. Presi dent Roosevelt' and his sons, Archie and Quentin . were the spectators of honor at base ball game on Orchard Lot, Sagamore Hill today between teams representing the deck and en gineer forges of the president's yacht Sylph. The game only got as far as the thiri.inning when a terrific down pour of rain sent the blue jackets and the distinguished audience hurrying for shelter. The. score was a tie 3 to 3 There is great rivalry between the two. Grand Circuit Races Draw Big Crowds. Cleveland, Ohio, July 30. The open ing day of the local grand circuit races attracted a crowd of over 8,000. The M. and M. stakes of $10,000, transferred from Detroit, proved the principal 3t tractionrr There were twelve starters Ann Direct being the favorite. Bril liant Girl won the first heat in 2:11 1-4, the fastest heat of the race, but finish ed lame and Ann Direct won the next two heats and the race in 2:13 and 2: 12 1-2. Second money going to Brilliant Girl and third to Kannah. Mac. Oku Appointed Chief of the General Staff. .Tokio, July 30. General Oku has been appointed chief of the general staff of the Japanese army in succes- V J,Ia .u' w ! . i i rr j -h diea JUiy wuu. vxeutrrai w.u wmmauu- ed the left army during the Russo- Tnn.niwa Tirol QnH arVi "oTrrwl n caria? "if Japanese war fuu a J : brilliant victories. The army under hi3 command isolated Port Arthur at a critical stage of the siege. Investigation of Charges Postponed. Atlanta, Ga., July 30. The investi gation by the Southern Cotton Associa- tion of the charges that certain of its ! officers hold an interest in well known i brokerage concerns and that they have been, engaged in cotton speculation, was postponed until Wednesday morning. owing to the unavoidable tbsence of M L. Johnson, one of the investigating KKJ mat, UCl UUll OJ. lli committee named by President Harvie 1 Jordan. THE HUE DIVORCE TRIAL i Beginning of the SiYth anri Prnh- i " ; ) - ably the Final Week. - '. HOW LETTERS WERE OBTAINED j Tnmk of Madine, the Co-respondent in Case, Was Broken Open by Private Detectives, Who Appear as Witnesses in the Case Other Developments During the Day. Pittsburg, Pa., July 30. Beginning with the sixth week, and what is ex pected to be the final -week of the Hartje divorce trial, today was taken up in the Jong expected evidence as to the manner in which Augustus Hartje procured the love letters alleged to have been written by Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje to "Tom" Madine, the coach man co-respondent in the "case. John B. Staubb, a private detective, swore that he opened Madine's trunk in the house in which Madine roomed, on two occasions. The first time was May SI, and-the second time June 18. On the second occasion he said John A. Ander son, another, detective was with him. Staubb was subjected to a vigorous cross-tetsami nation and the relations of the methods which he and his broth er detective used caused much amuse-r ment, Staubb was unable to tell what other articles were in the trunk and several times he became tangled under the file of cross examination. Ancerson corroborated Staubb in re gard to the second looting of the trunk The superintendent of the detective agencf also ( testified as to the direc tions riven his men, and receiving the letters from them. Objection was made by Mrs. Hartje s attofiey to the introduction of the testftiDny, but the judge admitted it, decliing, however, that the other side would be allowed the fullest latitude in seekiig to rebut the evidence, Ancrew Fisher, brother in law of Augutus Hartje, was the last witness of th day. He assumed responsibility for sOrecting the detectives, and said the atorneys for his brother did not knowwhere the letters came from until he toi them. Inedental to the story of the robbery of Mdine's trunk it developed that a letteland a telegram signed by John F. Scot father of Mrs. Hartje, waa found in tie trunk along with 40 honeyed missves, which the wife of the-million-aire is charged with writing. It s alleged that a paragraph in this letter read: j "On the advice of Mr. Freenan Ij am sending you $60." Neitier the 'telegram nor letter were readin court. GlEATLY DAMAGED BY FIRE Loss to Lee and Brougliton, Clothiers in Raleigh. (Special to The Messenger.) Raeigh, N. C., July 30.-Fire tonight greaiy damaged the stock of men's clotling and furnishings in the store of lee & Broughton, on Fayettevillo street. Tie stock was valued at about $13,-. 000. The insurance approximated $9, 000. The damage is estimated at over fiftyper cent by fire and water. The fire jriginated in the rear of the store undo- the clothing counter. Mns Get Their Appointments Tlirougli Civil Service. Washington, July SO. The an nouicement of President Roosevelt of a rnmth ago that he would try the ex perinent of appointing deputy collec tors of internal revenue through the meduin of the civil service commis sion on competitive examination, took forn today when the commission is sued a statement that the examination will be held at States ville, Salisbury, Cha-loUe and Winston, N. C, August 29th for clerk and office deputies, store keepers gaugers, and division deputy collectors. It is the first time in the hisbry of the civil service commission that raiding deputies must secure ther appointment under sivil service dubs. Conmercial Law League of America. Asheville, N. C, July 30. The Com meicial Law 'League of America, met In his city today, with 300 delegates in Jttendance. The executive comuiu- teemet in the oan room " -1, ; rtVloclv. after which an adjournment wa tam ; i 9 1 X morrow "ro7iar.. wetome will be made bj -viayor car naid of Asheville, The response I - ? P1 bex:m;Pr ; president " o LUe Law League, aiici . ,gue, alter wmca n Wentworth Carr will I . - a. AM4v r'off wu ideht George Wentworth Carr ' . Ln m 4- Vonontinn JlIld C I - , - nnri nCJnPP j sneat. Tonight ar yu- ----- am piron 1 at 5axier which was attended by the delegates, their wives and friends. . coto Child Labor Bill Passes Georgia ienaxe Atlanta, Ga., July 30. The G03- sena:e today passed the child laoor m tv. wii nrohibits employing in ! " r . . . . . a. f ! any manufacturing the ttate any child under traTO.yeara of age; the employment oi any : under 14 at; night work; the empioy- ment of any person under 18 years of : age, unless such person shall have at- ! tended chool at least inrew j during the preceeding year. 1 XT' RPUBIilCANS 3IAY SPLIT TTnncnal rnnlltln rcn 2 X T 1 Brought on by the right Between 1 the Cummins and Perkins Forces. Des Moines, la., July 30. The repub- J Iican state central committee of Iowa, : today decided by a vote of 6 to 3 to cas- tain the action of Chairman Spence, j of the committee, informing Governor i Cummins that the seats of a number cf I delegates to the republican state con vention, which will begin next Wednes day at Des Moines, were , contested. By the same vote the action of Chair man Spenoe in calling the present meeting of the state central committee was ratified. In both cases the chair-v man acted on his own responsibility He received a petition from adherents of George D. Perkins, a candidate for governor, giving notice that the seats of a large number of Cummins' dele gates would be contested. Chairman Spence" thereupon sent notice of this fact to Governor Cum mins who seeks nomination for re election. The governor replied in a letter denying.the authority; of the state central committee to take up contests, asserting that it had no jurisdiction. The vote of the committee was re garded as an indication that the com mittee intended to assume jurisdiction of the contest. There are 1,640 delegates entitled to sit in the convention from the 99 coun ties of Iowa, An entire state ticket will be named including 13 candidates. There are 26 aspirants for nomination, including four for governor. The main contest is between Cummins and Per kins. Althoug Governor Cummins had giv en notice that he would not be rep resented before the committee,the chair man of the Cummins delegations whose seats are questioned, appeared and de nied the jurisdiction of the state com mittee which they contended had no authority to go behind the returns. Such a situation as tbat is new to the republicans of Iowa. The party is apparently divided into two factions, one known as "Progressives", repre sented by the friends of Governor Cnmmins, and ) the other called the "stand patters," who are adherents of George D. Perkins. The feeling on both sides is. bitter and it is not unlike ly that there may be two republican tickets in the field in Iowa. Although the state central committee has as yet taken no action looking to the making up of a temporary roll, Cummins followers say that if the con testing Perkins delegates are authoriz ed to participate in the temporary or ganization of the convention, the aCtin of the state central committee will be ignored. ASKS FOR INVESTIGATION Xew York , Merchants Association Wants Condition of Certain Fire In surance Companies Looked Into. Xew York, July 30. The Merchants Association of Xew Work, tonight made public a letter which recently yas sent" by the organization to the StatQ Superintendent of Insurance, Otto Kelsey, at Albany, asking that he make an investigation into the solvency of certain fire insurance companies operating in New York state. Mr. Kelsey's reply, in which he states that the insurance department will endeav or to discharge itsfull duty under the statutes and as required by its obliga tion to the people, was also given out. The letter of the Merchants Associa tion to Mr. Kelsey called attention to currept talk in insurance circles affect ing a number of whose assets are said to be badly impaired, if indeed the corporations are not bankrupt, mainly because of the San Francisco fire. The letter declared that from infor mation received by the Merchants As sociation, it was believed some alleged Insolvent western companies continue to do business in the east, and make prompt settlement of small losses, while their adjustors on the Pacific coast arfc doing everything in their power to scale down claims anddefer settlements on the plea of inability to pay in full. Track Workers in San Francisco on Strike. San Francisco, July 30. In order to enforce their demand for a shorter work day and an incresed wage scal 600 track workers employed by the United Railroads went on strike today. This action followed a mass meeting held at the headquarters of the labor council. Union leaders sa? that full 1,000 more men will quit work by tomorrow. The men are employed on the repair and construction work f the lines that were thrown out of use by the earthquake and fire of April. They have been working ten hours for a daily wage of $1 and de mand an increase of 50 cents for an eight hour day & Attempts to Murder a Family. Macon, Ga., July 30.-Joe Morris, a ' , at. IT nZTZ niworth. - OTlH flT1 infant child at their his wife and an infant child at their . nr Whflo thn familv iiiiLUH ileal , iu.avu. - home near Macon. were at the supper table, Morris stole thrusting the bar- rel of a shot gun tnrougn an opening pulled the trigger. Over sixty , shots struck George Blood worth, and nearly as many struck his wife, who was &t hig side wounding them se- rfously. Mrs. Bloodworth had her In- fant aghter in her anns but none of etmiv th hahn. After fir- 1. 11C ouuw . ing, Morris dropped his gun and fled, Nei?hbors organized a posse and are m pursuit of the negro. Jt often happens that men - who stana pat" wake up when the prc- cession is too iar aneaa w bc taken. New York Herald. FOR HIGH TREASON Proceedings Brought Against Signers of Manifesto. PENALTY LABOR IN MINES Arrested Members Will be Admit ted to Bail, Pending Trial. Public Prosecutor Has Started Pro ceedings Xo Arrests Have - Yet Been Reported Reason of Government for Taking Some Action Believed to be tlie Xecessity of Doing Something; to Counteract the Effect of the Viborg Address, Which Has Gained an Enormous Circulation. St. Petersburg, July 30. The public prosecutor has started proceedings against members of the lower house of parliament who signed the Viborg manifesto. The charge under which the signers .of the manifesto will be brought to trial is violation of article 129 of the criminal code. This is virtually high treason, the maximum penalty for which is hard labor in the mines. Xo arrests yet have been reported, and the cinstitutional democrats do not indicate any fear of approaching pun ishment of their representatives. It is' understood that arrested members will be admitted to bail pending trial. The constitutional democrats are chiefly apprehensive that th possibility of prosecution held over the heads of their leaders will render them ineligi ble for re-election in the same manner that; Professor Milukoff and M. Hes sen and others were excluded from the" last 'lower house. Socialist and radical members' of the lafe house have no desire to cool their heels in cells for a long time, and thus be prevented from continuing the full fledged revolutionary agitation upon; which they are how embarked. Many of these ex-members' are now living under cover in the houses of friends in St. Petersburg, or have gone into hiding in the provinces. The modes of the government for abandoning its attitude not to! prose cute the signers of the Viborg mani festo, as set forth recently by Premier Stolypin in an Interview is not stated, but evidently it was influenced by the need of doing something to counteract the effect of the Viborg address. This has attained an enormous circulation in the provinces, in spite of the great est efforts on the part of the adminis tration to prevent its publication. This manifesto further accuses the government of betraying the father land by invoking the aid of Germany. The people are therefore urged to re move the local authority everywhere, to replace it with men elected by themselves, and "to confiscate all state funds. The manifesto calls for elections on the basis of, universal suffrage and concludes with the words: "Down with the government and the emperor. Long live the dear and free Russian people." Remarkable Sensation in Cathedral. -Odessa, July 30. A common soldier caused a remarkable sensation in the Cathedral here today by arising in the bodyjif the church during service and contradicting certain political state ments of the Archbishop uttered from the pulpit. A thanksgiving service for the dissolution of the lower house of parliament was being held In the Ca thedral. It was attended by all the local authorities. The Archbishop arose and declared among other things that the members of the opposition were anarchists and enemies of the state. When he had finished a soldier got up and began to make a speech. He said it was not the opposition, but men like the Archbishop, who were the real enemies of the state. A scene of great confusion ensued amid which the soilder was arrested and taken to prison. ". " Knight's" Blgr Incursion to Columbia. Thomas H. Knight will run the first, last and only excursion from Wilming ton to Columbia Wednesday, August 1st. via the fast and elegant Atlantic, Coast Line, when a rare chance is of fered to visit one of the most beautiful cities in the south, at a rate, that is so remarkably low that everybody can afford to go, being only $2.50 for the round trip. Knight's excursions are always popular, well conducted and are patronized by the best, people. Go to Columbia. See the largest cotton mill in the world and the modern twelve story building. Columbia has the most beautiful Capitol building in the South. There is something to inter est you on every block. The service will be first class in every respect. The train leaves the depot at 7:00 a." m. and will leave Columbia Thursday, August 2nd at 9:00 p. m. till aus 1.
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