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VOLUAIE i FOURTEEN
WILMINGTON,- N. ;C.,i,TUESDAYt DECEMiBER 15T 1908.
price five ci::.
warn
Fancy Groceries
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i CHILD FlilLYBKD fZi373ZCr '
Sends Rod
Hot
to Congress Today
Th .Panama Canal Deaf His Subject
and He'Lets 'Er Rip"Goes' For 'Edi
tor, of New York. World and Wants
Him Indicted For .LIbelA"ttoiney"
General Now Considering This. : .
vWashington,- Dec;. 15. TbePresI
dent sent a special ''message to Con
gress today on the . Panama Canal
. deal; He says 'the stories of crooked
dealing are scurrilous and; libelous in
character." He ; arraigns Mh Pulitzer,
editor of- The World. He says he.
should be ''sued for; libel by the Goy
emmeiTtj 'that his attack is not alone
upon individuals but upon the' Ameri
can people, and it is a highnatlonal
duty to bring him to justice; : that the
Attorney General has under, considera
tion,' the form iinder which an" indict
ment against Mr. ' Pulitzer shall be
brought. With . the .message he sub
mits the papers in the canal matter. .
MRS. W. E.JNNIS
Saw Her Husband's Murderer Today
For; the First Tim .Since the Trag
' edy.": ": - ' ..;
New - York; Dec, 15. Mrs.rWilliam
E. Annis saw T. Jenkins Hains today
for the first time since the murder, of
her husband. She saw him as' he was
taken into the cotirt room but made no
comment. She will undoubtedly be
called as a .witness. The work of "se
lecting the jury goer oa, the seventh
having been secured up to , twelve
o'clock: .'
ARRESTEprf OR FORGERY
Used Names; of ; Employers on Checks
i- Chi6agQi',.pec.". 15.r-rEdward . E., Per1-
'gating ten thousand dollars, : The ae1
ployers. , -
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FbRM COMPACT. TO DIE
60 Three "Turned On the Gas" this
Morning. ;
Chicago, Dec. 1 5. Three people
formed a death compact here lasjLnight
and early toda turned on the gas.
One is dead and two are dying. , The
people were out of wprk and despond
ent. The policeman who entered the
house is suffering from temporary asphyxiation.
DUTCH CRUISERS
Captured a Vessel Off Venezuelan
Coast Today.
The Hague, Dec. 15. Dutch men of
-war are patrolling the Venezuelan
coast and have captured another slfip
known as "23 Mayo." It was a coast
ing, police boat 'and was conveyed to
Curocoa harbor today. As Jn case
the Alexis the Captain protested his
ship was a merchantman. ' '
Committee v Appointed by. the Minis-J
terlal Association After Making Can
Investigation, ' Report That They
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Cannot Countenance the Institution
-as V t is -Now Conducted- Reasons
. Advanced for the Positions of the
, Ministers Committee. ' ' -
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The following communication "from a
committee of ministers appointed by
the Ministerial Assocition . of this
city: several months ago. will be read
with, interest by the public .on ac-J
count of the fact that frequent appeals
have been made to the citizens' 'of tW jit
mington jor financial and other forms
of aid in support of the project:
"Sometime ago an apparently inde
pendent and imauthorized rescue work
was'-begun InrWilmington; atid-the 'cit
izens were' called' upon: for support.
'"This, enterprise, with varying vf or, 1
iuug, uw tuuuuueu iu luo y resent;
and -appeals are, constantly Vm.ad. to
ri:I(nol Colild
rarmer m iriaii
Charged With Violation of the; Internal
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"Revenue Laws "nd Case"". Hard
Fb u g h t-J SVy ' Ad je ujws d q1p.6 inner
. ; and Will .Get Further, Instructions
One" Of the Fayetteviller "Blind Ti
gers" Cases TrfedV " " v V-'
' Two. highly interesting cases were
tried in the United States'' JDistfict
Court today xand both came f from Cum-
the people'- of the city for its uiain-) berland county. ' One was the. outcome
lenance.
r-i.NiTv. Ji.i.i1 . ii .I'l-.i.ti': -i.
i7,Muo-uuuisiei' ui me city leu mucu
interest , Irt this undertaking, because
any-v rescue work appeals , to them
strongly ; r and - they . are I very desirous
ot furthering any worthy efforts to this
great' end. " - "w -
t f'But i in - view of . reports circulated
from time i to time and' from a sen&e
Of -great difficulty and delicacy of such
a workj a committee was appointed (by
thor Pastors' Association to look intd
the Rescue Home and make reports.
' . "The committee, after ' conference
with.the maypr And chief . of police,
visited the' Home" and made such in
vestigation as was possible under the
circumstances ; and reported . back to
the i association the results of v the ' in
vestigation. ;' ; : ;' '
, vThe "committee was convinced that
the ork was :not wisely managed,
however; honest the intention; . In
addition' to the. inmates, some of whom
were veryevidently using the Homfe
as j a : temporary convenience, we
found :that. children were being placed
in.the same Home, surrounded by
what . could only be considered most
unwholesome environment, that must
prov hurtful to youthful minds
f a ""blind 'tjger" hunt, and the other
was that of a well known white farm
er? and marriedTiian; John i?. ;Smith
The -jury took-the Vase about 12 s 20
o'clock, but at 2:45 o'clock sent back
a' request for further instructions. The
Jurors were ' then: allowed to go to- dinr
ner;v;jwlth directions . to report back
.for1 the instructions desired rat 3:30
o'clock Ttienf they will further con
sider the case, ' ' ' :"; V
Just before court ad journedj . for the
day yesterday afternoon a case of re
tailing without a license waj 'taken
up against Dave White, a middle aged
darky from Cumberland county. - This
morning, trial of the case was resum
ed. It was of decidedly more than.t)rdi
nary interest as the three South'CarO'
lina detectives,; Stanley, Morris ' and
Huggins, who trapped .and made ;sq
many arrests of alleged "blind .tigers"
in Cumberland county a short;: while
ago, and . which raised quite a.;i sensa
tional stir in Fayetteville, Jtasf th
three witnesses against th negro.
They swore that it had been usually
the practice to getvome onJtobuy
whiskey; from the - "blind tigerand
then indict"yihetn This :manner; of
making v a person violate the law'4jiid
We haveUearned more recently, on Kthiif aTrestmtd!&
efficient 'authofibv;
tho-Jfome is making a canvass of the inadeibiit-'at-.tlindTpf'i testimony
; -5 - t- ed witti jorng-wentyjCflrecKs,' a&gre-f fiofiitot come? tolthe Home many of t not guilty returned ana tne negro
was.
whom are "manifestly making oft it a 1 discharged, the court advising ;him to
convenience, as. they pay board whUe;o ,,haX to FayettevHle andl go iO
there and usually a fee of eight dollars j worjr. ., .( .,; , ( ,u'j
for o'care: This y seems to be a very
questionable feature of the work and
we -strongly condemn it.
trVVe are unable tolliscover that any
reputable or responsible organization
is behind the work; and the official
heads of the institution are affiliated
with the leaders of a seemingly fanati
cal set, while claiming membership, in
the Methodist Church, which in no. way
endorses them.
"In the judgment of the committee,
which, has the endorsement of the Pas
tors' Association, the work as at pres
ent conducted is hot only unwise but
dangerous; and until properly organ
ized and administered in responsible
Master, Robert Craig, the Three Year
. Old e Son of Mr "and" Mrs, Wm'.VG.
Craig;, Was the Victim of la 'Horrible
' ccldent 1 This MorningLiltie : Fel
Jows.n' ight Gown Xaught Fire From
f a, Stove H is Recovery Deemed an
r Impossibility. ' ' ;
-As 4be result of a most' distressing
occurrence": this morning, Master Rob
ert Craig; the four-year-old 'son - of Mr.
and Mrs, WilliamrF. Craig, was prob
ably fatally burned at the residence of
his parents, 924 orthFourth street.
The child received burns of . such a
nature on the "entire surface of his
body thattrecovery for the little fellow
is deemed an Impossibility.
tThe circumstances surrounding, the
sad affair "are of a most; distressing
nature. - A- few minutes after 7 oclock
this rooming Mr. Craig left his home
for his work and before doing so,, he
kindled a fire in a stove in one of the
rooms ot his ; residence; : . The boy ac
companied his, father down stairs andj
after Mr. : Craig departed the child
looked 'to see how the .fire was pro
gressing. The little fellow wa clad
In his night gown only and whjen fie
opened the stove door Titl in
piece5 of .wood .th iaatole v my
terial of which - his ; gown . was cotoa-!
posed immediately SpJlg
. The clifld ' ran scre'aTfefng- up the
stairs and when his mother got to him
flames enveloped. -his entire body. Mrs.
Craig immediately suppressed the
flames and neighbors were hastily
called in. v '
A physician was summoned . to at
tend the injuries of the chHd who suf
fered most excruciating pain. . Dr. J.
T Schonwald was the .first physician
-to reach the residence, and he applied
temporary remedies to relieve the ex
treme agony which the ctyld was un
dergoing from his burns."-Dr. Schbn-
wald then made : an 'examination and i
f he stated he did not think there' was
the slightest chance for the child 'to
survive the effects of the injuries re
ceived in sueh terrible and unexpected-
manneri.; eft? $
Vj Mh nd TMrs Craig will have the sia
cr5 sympathy of their friends in the
pity4.because r,of ? this sad accident Vo
tneir child and everyone will hope that
the litUe4 fellow, may be ; able, to ur
Vijiiiihou ;the chancfelofhls
at the
Arichovy Pate, Baj?-le-duc, Swiss Cheese,
Sap-Sagdt Crystalized Fruits.; h ( ?
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Ask the Gas, Company
j Statemeht'jof the . Condition of the
(the youngest and rmost progressive ' In
Of Wilmington, i N. C, at the close : of Business November 27th189ci
the' city.;::
CLEAR STATEMENT
Issued Today by Maiiager C J. Cooper,
of Southern Life Insurance Co.
Special to The Dispatch. v '
Fayetteville; 'N. C.. Dec. 15. A
statement was issued today by' Gen
eral Manager C. J. Cooper, of the
Southern Life Insurance Company in
regard to the sale of $il5,000 Treasury
stock, and $35,000 of individual stock
to the Seminole Securities Co. This
statement contains about 2,000 words
phqdfendaritfwas; re"pesentediby
j;i;W,oltpn Esq : I
:; Theccase ..:ftgainsv jJohniH L.f Snatth
wa3 a ; hard ? bought que and was ofct
much interest. The- bill of in-
dictment contained a number of
counts, being retailing without a li
cense, concealing spirits and rectify
ing. The defendant, a large, healthy
looking person, of probably forty-three
years, was in. court with his counsel,
Hon. John D. Bellamy, of this city.
Revenue Officers Downing, Poole
and Holland testified to having search
ed Smith's house, near Hope Mills,
Cumberland county, and of having
I found thirty odd gallons of corn whis-
manner, does not merit the support of key, which was in jugs,, save for four
gallons .and) a half in a barrel. They
(testified. , finding over a score of
enipfcyy jugs,: ;,;empty,.:. barrels, ; funnels,
poloring-niatitertetcrbut no still; that
While-; they t were thjefe a negro- man
r.qyup Jnva buggy, having an empty
,i?ju&.fwithr him, and .his intention : was
evidently' to purchase, whiskey. Smith,
4bey further testified, -had told them
that the whiskey, did not belong .to
him, but did nojt . , tell who owned it;
and , that part of the whiskey was in
Wf;- -;i 'AtifHe closed Jlsstft8
recovery may.
the people here. And we further sug
gest that he mayor- take the matter!
under consideration, as fV being flpps-,
sible .menaee to our community byt the,
introduction of an undesoribablet&Lass
of I of .wtfmeiiMiitto our compjiy., tethf
er with, their sinful ioffsprh?gs,'j wit
lM jf i U Committee ; pft)i Mierfi , i:
i ivft'l At the Bijou.
The feature filh! at the popular
Bijou ! 1 theife' today ; is called "How
Mabel Found alHusband," and "Caught
With the G6ods Both pictures are
vdrV attractive and will please every
one. : -!": ' '
$50 REWARD " aoO.ii
iffered for the Conviction of Personal
rnrowmg wans ana uiass on- we
- City and County Roads.
The' attention of the public is called
to the advertisement of Mr. Frank
Herbst, agent for the Maxwell auto
mobiles, in which he offers a reward
of $50 for information sufficient to con
vict any one of placing glass, nails,
etc., on the public :z highways of the
city and county, contrary to the ordi-
PUBLIC ABATTOIR
Was Considered at a TVteeting of the
County Health Board Yesterday Af
- ternoon.
A special called - meeting jof the
County Board of Health was held yes
terday afternoon at the county court
house, at which the question of a pub
lic slaughter house, or abattoir was
given clareful consideration, following
complaints which have recently been
made with regard to the slaughter and
cafe- of 'battle!' jTir&,3liitef est manifest
ed ' in thitiesUbtilswM!cleaVly snti'wii
in - the attehdatie' Up6ri ttte 'metthg
and the7 careful 'and I paistakitfgfia?&
cussion which' ' attend IhW bohsld'fiP
tioii: of the" . matted t'ttt was finaify'!
cided to adoptt'rniesj and'J'rtegttlktlohs
providing ; f Or' r ' immediate temporary
benefit, and such -regulations were (3icA
ommende4 to the5 'Sanitary Board of
the county, in conhecteonwith the an
the bath-room of .the house and part inlpointmeflt of a committee, to discuss
the smokehouse, the latter being in
the barrel and covered 'over with a
dry-goods box. " . ,
The accused testified in his own be
half and admitted having the whiskey,
but said that' it was for his own, pri
vate use ; that he had purchased most
of it during November and December
of last year , at :Wadesboro, gettingi.it
and eives
hetween the' two companies and their-
Tepresentatives. It is very gratifying
to Payettevillians tcn seo, ..that .the
Southern Life is no way implicated
with the fraud if - any. has been done.
The j3xhibitsv show ' everything com
plete,! and an accurate statement of all
transactions. : It is well gotten up. and
shows .the ability of general Manager
Cooper in the discharge of his duty In
, this big deak "
Resources: " - r Liabilities:
Loans and Discounts . . . , $208,543.38 Capital Stock .... ...
Overdrafts.! .. .. V 45.53 Proflts-net. . .. ,v .
U. b. Bonds and .premiums. 46.C84.38 Circulation. .
Redemption Fund.. .. ... 2,850.00 Deposits.. ..
Furniture and Fixtures. .. - 4,580.49
Cash.. 1D7.0-7S.4l'
.r.f f.'-.V 1. '-.
.;$i)o3oo.c
.. , 2,649.1
45,0O0.C
222,132.:
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$309,782.1
. . " $369,782.19 . .
W. B. COOPER President.' ' GEO. 6. GAYLORD, Vice President.
vTHOS. E, COdPEK; Cashier.
TATmkk OF. l'V:ajt
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tH .(CondensedrromiReport to NorthCaroKna-Corporation : CommissIoii.V
Liabilities.
. Resources.. ? .
Lbans and discounts.'. . . . $1,363,390.68 Capital . .
First mortgage bonds .... 1,500.00 Undivided
Real Estate . 45,000.00 Deposits
Furniture and fixtures 1.00
Cash and due from banks. 137,141.69
... ....$ 100,0Q0.C
Profits V. .138,162.:
l,308,S:i.l
$1,547,033.37
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$1,547,033.
J. V, Norwood President.
H. Waiters, vice President.
C. E; Taylor, Jr., Cashier.
J. L. Williams, Assistant Cashier.
the matter with that organization.
JUDGEIONES
Is Determined to Have a Square Jury
in Rankin Murder Trial.. .
TTninn Citv. Dec. 15. Judge k Jones
this morning handed the names of 300
; BRILLIANT. EVENT TONIGHT
Eminent Actori James K. Hackett, Will
71 Appear at the Academy. ; ;
Tonight the Academy offers its star
attraction in Mr. James K. Hackett in
"The Prisoner of Zenda." Travelling
on their own private cars, with a bia
law - It is proposed to prosecute to1 Prohibition and because, he wanted to sixty-foot . scenic car also, the New
this afternoon. Since then big scenic
wagons have been hauling huge stage
mountings, to the Academy. An extra
force of stage hands had to be-employed
and has been busily at . work
since. The appearance of the distin
guished actor marks a notable event
and a packed house should greet him.
In case the balcony, which-is small,
automobiles have encountered much and barrels, coloring matter, etc
trouble recently through malicious per
sons throwing glass'and nails on the
roads, those convicted of such practi
ces will ' be made j to suffer for- their
work. , ' -
A SWELL biLL
AnotherGood Offering at the Crystal
Palace-and' the .Turkey ; Feature.
The present week's ; offering at the
Crystal Palace is indeed a delightful
anA Mrow flflnflrttv houses vester-
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All the acts are good, while,, the
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Malaga Grapes, I Big Pineapples;
Large Cocoanuts, Fine Bananas,
Ixose Buckwheat, i; , . Codfish Waffleot :
Seecled kaisiiis, ; - ' ; Cleaned Currants,
. " .: Nice. Prunes. r '
MIMMIMIIH
cltlns tp a score' of deputy snen .aay. ---r, "r ed and testified, that Smith's charac
auiuuan iuuw,yl wrfofHnir.wMflfcPv Mr
1 on h anrl ias . h , conducted a . vinevard.
making about 2,000 gallons of wine a
year; that he owned several planta
tions in Cumberland. "
t The defense then introduced an ex
saloon keeper of Wadesboro who testi
fied that he had made. a numberLof wiiinot accommodate, those who go.
sales of four and five gallons, of whis
key to the defendant! Capt. James D.
McNeill and Capt. Robinson, hi Cum
berland county, were introduced " and
testified to the excellent character' of
the accused. , lt-
Revenue Officer DownIngvwas recall-
veniremen tc appear in Wt at once,,are delightful. Much interest is be ng
IthirSeJu?? might be selected to!shqwn-in .the turkey, feature 'which
try the men accused of murder of Cap- means that three turkeys will be given
tain Itafcta Within a 'few minutes, away Friday' night, and persons,, who
aD any of the performances this
nit; uejjuij' Bucnuo -
ter i was bad for retailing - whiskey. Mr.
Bellamy -then brought out- the fact
that the 'officer, had once killed a man,
on "rush seats," why the gallery, which
has been thoroughly cleaned, 'Wili be
opened for them.'1 'i he number of "rush
seats" in the balcony is limited;
Dick Hand Indicted, , -. .
V Dick - Hand was Indicted today by
A. HiPait, Esa.,j charged, with the
concealment of $28.50, alleged to be
the property of E. Mallen. The war;
rant was sworn out before Justice G
I - STATEMENT CONDITION ,
THE mVRCHiSON NATIONAL BAMT :
OF .WILMINGTON, N. C. ;
At the close of Bsiness November 27, 1898 "'(
Resources: , . v Liabilities: ' ' " r
Loans and Discounts ; $2,571,534.92 Capital w. .
N. - C. State and other . . ;, L r Surplus and Net Profits '
Bonds .. .. .. .. 188,044.25 Circulation .. . . .
TJ." S. Bonds (at - par) . . 550,000.00 U AS-v Bond Account. .
'Bank Buildings.
.Cash .. .. .. .
55,000.00 Deposits. .
1,228,698.18 -
550,000.03
298.134.C3
550,000.03
100.000.C3
3,098,1013
- $4,596,237.35 ' $496,237.23
H. C. McQU EE N President. 1 J. V. GRAI NGE Rf-VIc President
J. W. YATES, Vice President: - C. 8. GRAINGER, Cashier.
oarts of the cotjnty to serve, the sum
mons; Judge' Jones' decision to -pre--nnro
h own ivenlre Is a victory for
ho'tfit thP Vle.fense having objected
week and ; may not: be present Friday
night will haVe" a chance, -
r"r The bride of every lady is her toilet.
ine brate uie aKl , oiedings ' Victor-E Zoeller & Co. have just re
to anything but ordinary jP'WiV a ne ..lot of Manicure and
.which gives the, snerinpuvyei
.i . -t- wni Tinhablv take I
O, :yCUIlC,;;v.'.n".,J"-"-W . ... .... L. - jt.H.
j riTot. to se-1 ceived a -new
JOtULI, IJ1 UOU BUU ; u-4 . y-
..all the week to select a jury.
but the ofiicer . testified that it was in , -w. Bbrnemann. Hand ; gave , bond ih
the discharge of his-duty ana in sell-1 the sum ofv$100, with 'his attorney,
defense. . He was acquitted by ; jury. l, V. Grady, Esq.', as ; surety for hls
r . Counsel ; for the- defense asked that I appearance.
the case not.be allowed to go to the
jury, Tmt His": Honor deemed the : evi
dence sufficient for that. - Mr. Bellamy
then argued for. the defense and Dis
trict Attorney. Skinner for the ? Gov-
- Continued on ;Third Page.)
Victor E. Zoeller & Co. have just
opened up-a handsome line of Silver
and Gold Mounted Umbrellas, Sterling
Bags and v.. Purses and .other suitable
hovelties for Christmas favors. -. ; It
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