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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER FxilDAY JANUARY 4, 1907
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LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP
London, Dec 19 "Who is Miss
Smith," s a Parisan mystery with a
London setting indeed, a continental
environment which has drawn the
interest of a half dozen of the great
capital's to its dramatic unl'oldings. So
far, the developments have led only to
ward more impenetrable depths of plot
and action, and. the authorities are
more and more "in the air" at each suc
ceeding turn. But as detective patience
and j-agacity are only whetted by the
fact, that the task takes in a more dif
ficult aspect from day to day, in tne
end the amazing person now known as
plain Miss smith will doubtless find
herself unmasked:
It is the story of a matrimonial
agency of a Mme. Guerin and her
train of heiresses and dupes. One of
the latter was Dr Paul Hebert, a Lon
don physician. Becoming engaged,
through the good offices of Mme.
Guerin, to the mysterious Miss Smith
Dr. Hebert was lured to a villa in the
vicinity of Paris and treacherously shot
by M. Cesbron, who was Mme Guerin's
supposed husbarfd. Dr. Hebert was not
dead, as the assassin thought, and he
made his way back to Paris and the
!olice. M. Cesbon disappeared, but
Mme Guerin was arrested. She relat
ed that both Hebert, and Cesbron were
l.i love with Miss Smith, and that the
tyVhooting at the villa was due to jeal
" ousy. Dr. Hebert received many let
ters from .Miss Smith, all of them
couched in the mostNaffectionate lan
v guage. M. Sudro, who was taken lv
ImtJon and introduced to Mi.ss Smith,
was cold she was the unacknowledged
'laughter of a duke with a half million
pounds in the Bank of England. He,
too, lias letters from her breathing pas
sionate devotion Other young fools
who advertised to many heiresses
have .turned over similar love epistles
to the police. These letters now turn
out. fo be in the handwriting of Mme.
Guerin, slightly disguised. None of
these match makings with Miss Smith
as a. principal ever reached the matri
monial stage, but. Mme. Guerin herself
has had nine definitely known hus
bands with whom she went through
a form of marriage of some kind, and
each of whom she plucked handsome
ly. One of them, a wealthy Paris corn
merchant:, strangely disappeared one
day, and he is being sought almost, us
eagerly as Miss Smith A remarkable
story is told of Mme. Guerin's relations
vvith the missing mam
A theory that Mme. Guerin and Miss
Smith were identical was promptly ex
ploded by the testimony of the dupes
jf both Mme. Guerin is unmistakably
short and rotund, besides being middle-aged
Miss Smith, on the other
hand, is described as a "ravishing
beauty," though the several lovelorn
men who have seen her in the fiesli
were apparently blinded by her
charms. At all events, they give the
police' a fanciful rather than a natural
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BY CORNELIA C BEDFORD.
The favorite roast for Thanksgiving
and Christmas 'is without doubt a tur-J-y
hut for New Year more geese are
fsold than for any other one American
holiday. With this as a central dish
the following menu will be found sui
ficiently varied for a smaLl dinner com
pany. Consomme with Puff Balls
Celery Pin Olas Salted Nuts
Timbales of Fish sauce Allemande
Potato Balls
Roast Goose, Onion, Potato Stuffing
Apple Sauce Peas
Sweetbread Salad in .Icily Ring
.Saltines Kdam Cbees-e
Frozen Orange Sponge
Fancy Cakes Don Hons
Coffee
The consomme requires one pound
and a half of lean beef ami veal and
two ounces of ham. cut separately and
quite fine. Slowly fry the ham and one
third of the beef in one tablespoonful
of butter or sweet dripping; until well
colored. Add three quarts of cold wa
ier and the remainder of the meat, let
soak off the fire for an hour :theu put
over and heat slowly Simmer and
Vim until no more scum rises then
?Jiaw aside where it will barely sim
mer and keep at an even heat for four
hours. Add a half cupful each of chop
. ped carrot and onion which has been
fried pale brown in a spoonful of but
ter, one stalk of celery minced, one
small bay!' eaf, three cloves, six pepper
corns, a tiny biti of mace, a spiig of
parsley, one of thyme and a half table
spoonful of salt. Simmer one hour and
a half longer, strain and tset away.
Next day add salt and remove all fat.
add salt and pepper to taste, the whites
of two eggs beaten to a soft froth and
the crushed shells. Stir until boiling
then simmer undisturbed for ten min
utes Strain carefully through two
thicknesses of wetted cheesecloth and
it is ready to reheat and serve.
Beat the yolk of one egg with a scant
teaspoonful of cold water, add a pinch
of salt and flour to make a very firm
dough. Roll out as thin as paper. Let
stand on the board fifteen minutes,
double it over ami stamp out the two
thicknesses together in tiny rounds
with a -Mumble. Just befoie the meal
hour have ready a small sauce pan con
taining smoking hot fat an inch ur
more in depth Drop in a half dozen
of the circles' at a time. They will
quickly rise, swell and color a pale
brown, skim out on soft paper. Drop
three in each plate of consomme.
For eight persons wash a pound and
a half of cod or halibut, place it in a
saucepan with one teaspoonful of salt,
a dozen neouercorns. half of a bay leaf,
iLa sliee of onion and boiling "water to
cover and simmer gently until the
flesft draws away from, the bones whipped whites o four eggs and con
Drain, remove skin and bones and ftinue to beat until etiff and spongy,
pass through the food chopper twice Turn into a mold with tigfctly fitting
then pound to a pulp. Add salt and cover aad bury in a mixture of ice and
cayenne to taste, a half teasoonful of salt for four hours before serving.
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description of the lady. "Bewitching
smiles," "rosy lips," "black eyes that
scintillate like diamonds," "raven black
hair" these are all very well in the
pages of a modern "yellow back," but
they do not assist the puzzled police m
the investigation any more than the
impenetrativeness of the lady's name
plain Miss Smith. The only real clew
is a photograph of a handsome giri
found in Mme. Guerin's apartment,
which she admitted was that ot M.
Kudro's pride The photograph was
taken in London. From this the police
are led to believe that the lady is an
actress specially engaged to play the
leading role in the matrimonial comedy.
There is some ground also for the be
lief that the lady may be the Paris
music halT'star" who recently married
the nephew of the president of the
Belgian senate under the name of the
daughter of the president of a South
American republic. Theories and clews
aside, all must admit that Mme. Guerin
and Miss Smth, present a rare combina
tion of brains and beauty.
Sir William Thelvar, the new lord
mayor, who had already ingratiated
himself with youthful London when,
as "the children's alderman,' he did
wonders in making the dingy city
more habitable for them in many little
ways, has now quickly won the good
opinion of the grown-ups by declaring
for ten-minutes speeches at banquets
and more public functions It was at
the Savage Club dinner, with Dr. Nan
sen as loastmaster, that Sir William
declared his secession from the thral
dom of endless and prosaic ora-ory. In
a brief and breezy speech, the lord
mayor gave a hint of his policy in the
matter of official addresses. ' I shall
give you a sentence," he said, "which'
I propose to inscribe in letters of gold
over the entrance to the Guildhall and
in the Egyptian hall at the Mansion
house. It is this: 'Nobody likes long
speeches except those who make them.'
That tablet may he taken down some
day, no doubts hut not while I am
there. Already" I have, begun to hate
the man who proposes the inevitable,
toast to the corporation of London, and
I am glad that the Savage Club has
existed for 700 years and yet has no
rights, prvileges, and traditions to
talk about."
Sir William Trelvar consumed the re
maining time of his ten minutes in
telling a delightful story ahout himself.
"I had been dining at the Fishmongers'
Hall," he said, "and I had to catch a
train at London Bridge afterwards. Un
fortunately. I missed the train, and 1
complained to the cabman that he had
not driven fast enough. "It ain't my
fault, sir," said cabby; "it's that silly
old fool of a lord mayor that has stop
ped fast driving."
Open the bowels DeWitt's Litt'e
Early Risers ar recommended and sold
by R. R. Bellamy.
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lemon juice, two tables poonfuls of
thick sweet cream and the whites of
four eggs whipped to a stiff froth. Mix
lightly but thoroughly. Decorate the
bottoms of small buttered molds with
bits of canned or fresh red peppers, fill
wish the mixture. Stand in a pan part
ly filled with boiling water, place in a
moderate oven, cover and cook slowly
until the center feel firm when lightly
pressed; this will take about twenty
minutes Serve wit.ii a sauce made with
two tabespoonfuls each of butter and
Hour, one cupful of veal stock, one
cupful and a half of thin cream, salt
and white pepper to taste. When taken
from the fire add the yolks of two eggs
beaten with two tablespoonfuls of
cream and one tablespoonful of chop
ped parsley.
The potato balls for this course are
shaped raw, boiled until barely tender,
drained, placed in a saucepan at the
side of the fire and melted butter, a
L little at a time, poured over them until
they have absorbed about three table-
sixxrafuls. They must be shaken gently
every few minutes.
The first step in the preparation of a
goose is to scrub the skin thorougniy
with hot water and ivory soap, then
rinse well with cold water; this re
moves much of the rank oily taste It
is then to be cleaned in the same "way
as a turkey (which has been described
several times recently) Chop fin two
large onions and saute slowly in a
large spoonful of butter until soft but
not colored. Mix this with three cup
fus of hot, seasoned mashed potato
and fill the goose with the mixture.
putting it in very lightly, truss and
roast in the same manner as a turkey,
basting ever fifteen minutes. With it
serve a well flavored apple sauce.
Make a tomato jelly with one pint of
the liquid drained from canned toma
toes, one third of a package of granu
lated gelatine soaked in a quarter cup-
ful of cold water, a ceaspoonful cf
! onion juice, two cloves, a bay leaf, salt
and pepper to taste and two table
spoonfuls of lemon juice. Boil the
liquor and seasonings ten minutes, add
the soaked gelatine, strain, add the
lemon juice and pour in a wetted ring
niold. When irm turn out, fill with a
salad made with diced sweet breaT
mixed with an equal quantity of cut
celery and a good mayonnaise and dec
orate with celery tips.
Early in the day soak one quarter of
a package of gTanuiated gelatine in four
tablespoonfuls of cold water. Dissolve
one cupful of sugar in one quarter of a
cupful of hot water; wnen boiling add
. the gelatine, stir until dissolved, strain
and stand in a pan of ice Water. .When
j beginning to thicken add the juice of
one lemon, one cupful of orange juice
and beat until frothy. Ada the stmiy
i HOLD UP OH S. A. L TRAIfl
Robbers Reported to Have Secur
ed a Large Sum.
llody of Engineer Maxwell Brought to
Kalcigh Counties Tliat Hormuctl
Money From Stale to Bnikl School -hour's
Notified Tlwt Payment Will
Soon hf ine Cliarttr Granted
GrceniKio Coiuatty The Corpor
ation Commission imotiguthig the
Christmas Driy Wreck oh S. A. L.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. C, December
By a head-on collision at Peachland.
Engineer David Maxwell was kilhd
yesterday and his body brought here
this morning and at the undertakers
was seen by many of his comrades.
So natural was the. expression th-u it
is really difficult to believe the hand
some fellow, a magnificent specimen of
a man is dead. His home was Wal
halla, S. C, and his age was 37. Tho
man who had for 10 years called him
at the office here said he had never
known him to say a cross word or
use an oath and everydody was fond
of him Two years ago he married
Miss Meacham, of Raleigh. Her f-jther
early this year was killed by a train
in the yards of the Johnson street sta
tion of the Seaboard Air Line here.
Mr. Maxwell was an Elk and mem
bers of that order met the "body at the
railway station and had charge of the
funeral. Engineer Maxwell's fireman
was Joe Phifer. whose home is Char-
lotte. but whose wife was here. It
was stated that Phifer's collar bone
and arm were broken and his head in
jured and that he had been taken to
the hospital at Charlotte. The acci
dent occurred at a point where there
was a heavy grade. The freight irain
could not make the grade and so was
split and the first part was taken to
the siding at Peachland, the engineer
intending to go back after the second
part of the train, but the flagging, it is
claimed, was not properly done in front
and behind, and so the fast mail crash
ed into the freight.
Most of the talk here today was
about a bold-up on the Seaboard Air
Line at L-a Crosse, just over in Vir
ginia, between Norlina and Petersburg.
Mike T.ghe was the engineer of .he
train which was coming this way. It
is stated that at some point at Peters
burg or this side three men got
aboard the train, two secreted them
selves, the third entering the Pullman
and finding the porter asked for the
-onduetor. When the latter came the
man drew a revolver and held up the
conductor, who was not prompt enough
in obeying orders and who was shot
in the arm. The man made the porter
lock; the doors and then went throug
the Pullman being aided hy his two
companions and doing the work very
rapidly. From one man a diamond
ring for which he said he would not
hare taken a thousand dollars was tak
en. All sorts of stories were current
as to the amount secured by' the men.
$18,000 having been named by several
as the figure. The men did not so in
any other cars except the Pullman
and when they had finished their work
pulled the bell cord and got off as the
train stopped. It is said that a car
riage or some other kind of vehicle
was ready for them and that they
drove rapidly away. It was not until
some minutes after they had departed
that the people knew of what uai
happened.
State Superintendent of Publi" In
struction Joyner sent notice to the
county superintendents of public
schools in those counties which have
borrowed money from the loan fund
for building school houses that on
February 10th a payment will be
due. The total sum thus due is $30,57S.
Payments are to 'be made by check
payable to the state treasurer, but
sent through the office of the state su
perintendent. Every cent of the pre
vious installments on these loans has
been paid promptly by every county,
and the state superintendent greatly
desires that this splendid record shall
be maintained.
It is learned that the New York Life
Insuiance Company, which under the
New York law, is only allowed to write
one hundred and fifty millions of new
business in a year has this year dono
new business amounting to one hun
dred and sixty-five million.
Governor Glenn returned this morn
ing from Asheville where he delivered
an address Sunday.
A charter is granted the Southern
Freight Claim and Collection Bureau,
inc., of Greensboro, George E. Phoenix
and others stockholders, capital stock
$10,000. to collect accounts, trace
freight, give information as to freight
rates, etc.
State Treasurer Lacy and State Au
ditor Dixon have returned from their
hunting trip to Cartaret Lodge, neat
Newport Dr. Dixon says they had a
great time, but had fisherman's luck.
Friday six deer were jumped hy th?
dogs in front of them and Saturday
the same number, but there were not
men enough to occupy all the ''stands'
and so the leer passed by without
being seen except in one case. F. B
Arendell. who was of the party, was
put in a boat, as he does not care very
much for walking, and while he was
in the boat with his man, a deer took
to the water and swam very close. Dr.
Dixon says that Mr. Arendell fired
shot after shot at the deer but never
touched "it. Capt. F. Diliing of the
party says that Mr. Arendell was with
in 20 feet of the deer when he shoi.
However the party contrived to bring
back a deer, and had no eat) of fun.
State Entomologist Sherman is in
New York attending the annual meet
ing" of the American Association of
Entomologists.
The corporation commission today
took up the matter of investigating
fully the wreck on the Seaboard Air
Line which occurred two miles north
of Raleigh on Christmas morning and
-which caused such a lot of damage
and the loss of one life.
CIKKAT-IMIIAVAY STI11KE.
Possibility or a strike of Kail road
Engineer and Trainmen Which
Would Involve the Country.
A Chicago dispatch of yesterday
pointed to "the possibility of htSoui
trouble between 41 western railroads
and their employes nho haw demand
ed a 15 per cent, increase in wages.
Information which it is believed. H
from ar. authentic sourc. co:nts to
The Observer that the tn. i much
worse than this. This information
that the Brotherhood of I,ocomoUvjf
engineers of the United StaUs is unjrfd
In a purpose to make a concerted mow
the first of January or early in the
month, upon the management of every
railroad t-y.-r m in the country for an
advance in wages. The country has
been divided by thm into lour parts
and this is what is called the southern
division, embracing- every system south
of the Ohio river. There can be no
contract ith any single line operat
ing in North Carolina, for instance
this i?s hy way of illustration only, the
same principle applying e ry where
with the Seaboard Air Lin,- r the At
lantic Oat Line, but th contracts
must embrace all.
It is the purpose of the eineers, if
their demands are not anted, to
strike and tie un traffic.
It i said that the order of railway
conductors and of railway fiiemen will
follow the lead of the enfiineers and
that 1I men engaged in the opera
tion of trains will be involved.
The argument of the engineers is
that while the- cost of living has in
creased ir thei ast ten years 33 to 50
per cent, their pay has not increased
at all.
If the -trike. the possibility of which
is ;-boe s-u jested, should occur, it
would be the greatest and farthercst
rfachiri'c that the country has ever
known.
The information above is ns The
Observer ha ben able to gather it.
Charlotte Observer.
WOKRS TO SAVK HOIISF
31 r. Waller Turbifill Oik':i Temporary
Hospital for Kquinc (Quadruped.
On of the most interesting of the
minor incidents at the scene of the
wreck here is Mr Walter Turbifill's
improvised horse hospital in the pine
grove. The authorities told Mr. Turbi
fill that if he would look after one of
the injured horses lying on the ground
and keep him from freezing to death,
if the horse recovered it was his horse.
This proposition he and his brother ac
cepted. The horse is a young 4 1-2
year-old animal that the shipper, Mr.
Heavner, valued highly He was the
last animal taken out of the pit of
death, drawn out by ropes and beams,
in a half-dead condition, so much so
that he was one of the four that wu-
reported as dead. But under care and
feeding and rubbing and general vet
erinary service the horse continues to
live, has been on his feet much of the
time since, though he still prefers to
"keep his bed" by lying out at length
on his mattress of straw and with
blankets over him. He drinks water
and eats in this reclining position and,
apparently, is taking kindly to his
period of invalidism. Davidson Spe
cial to Charlotte Observer.
ANOTHER WRECK OX 'I S. A. L.
Fast Train No. 8-1 Second Section Runs
Into a Freight at Peachland Two
Men Killed.
Seaboard northbound passenger
train, running as second section of
No. 84, was wrecked last night in a
head-on collision with a freight train
at Peachland.
It was reported here that Engineer
Dave Maxwill and hi9 fireman, of
the passenger train were killed, but
the railroad authorities here said they
were not certain as to the accuracy
of this report. They said, however,
that the two men were certainly se
riously hurt. It ss believed here they
were killed.
Engineer D. W. Steel of the freight
was seriously hurt No passengers
were seriously injuured.
The freight wras douhling into the
side track when the passenger train
ran into the rear. The red light put
out by the freight's flagman was given
out and failed to warn the engineer
of the oncoming passenger train.
The track was blocked and traffi2
was not resumed until this morning.
The wreck occurred an hour or two
before midnight. News and Obseiver,
Dec. 30th.
When Men Siellel Greatly.
Submerged as it was in th chorus
of ridicule which the effort of one
man to dictate the orthography of a
country justly met, the promulgation
of the "simplified spelling' held out
to a large portion of the population
a secretly happy hope. Among the
things which have been left behind in
The rush of new interests and more
ambitious endeavors, that thorough
ness in spelling which distinguished
the fathers who could spell at al!
has been conspicuous. Education, he
coming more general becoming, if
you will, more scientific and compre
hensive became at the same time les
efficient in what was formerly and
what would still be, were it noi for
the widespread inefficiency of the ed
ucated, the most important branch of
learning. The old school house re
garded spelling as the foundation; the
new academy is too apt to slur it over
as a non-essential. As a consequence,
it is next to impossible to get the
average person to commit himself viva
voce on the spelling of a word; and
a request as to whether the past tease
carries double or single "I" is in
variably met with jocular rebuff or
pitiful trepidation- Where it was for
merly an indication of a lack of cul
ture to mis-spell a word, it is now an
evidence of primness to make a point
of writing it correctly. News and Ob
server. CASTOR IA
Por Infant and Children.
lbs Kind Yea Hate Atrajs Br.gfil
Bears the
Signature of
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SOCIETY AT THE
NATION'S CAPITAL
j iiY CATHERINE LLMA.V
' Washington, December 2 . --Va.-li
ington laid mul? alairs of mi ,md
formal social duties to .nt ?r uonunely
iuto the Christmas. is:n:;ii . - There
was no Cliri-i-iua ire; at the Whit
Hou;re. but all the r.iulH-r ot Air
Roosevelt's family were present and
gifts and greetings were exchanged o
the president's private office, wheie tht
faniii assembled after an early break
fast. In the afternoon they went around
to the home of Rear Admiral and Mrs.
William S. Cowles. where tne roildren
found a Christmas tree awaiting them
Dinner was served in the state dining
room for 19 persons, including Repre
sentative and Mrs. Nicholas Lons
worth. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cow
les, and Senator and Mrs. Henry Cabot
Lodge, of Massachusetts. The Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt left early
Thursday morning for their little
country place ' Vine Knot," Virginia,
whare they will spend a few days of
quiet and leisure, returning here in
time for the New Year's reception.
The vice president and members f
the cabinet spent Christmas day quiet
ly with their families, and the British.
Austrian, German, Brazilian. Freiuh.
Mexican and Italian embassies all bad
Christmas trees Mme. Quesada. wife
of the Cuban minister, had a Christmas
tree party for her children and their
little- friends of the diplotoatc corps.
The wedding of Miss Hallie Krmiuie
Rives, of Virginia, and Post Wheeler,
the second secretary of the American
embassy to Japan, will take place to
day at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Miss
Rives is well known in Washington,
where she spent two winters. She w.-is
entertained at the White House at a
dinner and luncheon, and wp.s a guest
of Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of the
speaker of the house, to whom she is
related. The embassy at Tokio will
be gorgeously decked after true Japa
nese fashion and the bridal couple will
i:i:coi:i unkakek.
Deeemlrer u Favorite Month lor iet
ting Married.
December is not gone yet. but so far
it. has been a record-breaker in the is
suance of marriage license. i;p to last
night the number for the month was
97, while fifteen were issued yester
day. The register of deeds is sure that
he will go beyond the hundred mark
by upwards of a good deal before he
has to write 1907. TJy the way the regis
ter has been very accommodating. Ex
pecting business of this nature he re
mained at his office or close by all day
Christmas day and issued a few papers
that enabled two persons to be made
one. Greensboro Record
Another Big Criminal Docket ror Dur
ham. Xext Monday criminal court will con
vene here for one week. Judge Justice
will visit Durham for his first time in
his official capacitj'.
The judge and solicitor will find that
Durham will have in waitng a large
crimnal court. There are now between
40 and 50 new eases on docket and it
is expected that there will be a large
number of other cases before the time
comes for the convening of this court
It is more than probable that there win
be from CO to 70 new cases on docket.
Iji additon to the new cases there
will be a large number of old cases
that were sent over by the last term
of court. These will swell the docket
and the court will prove to be a large
one. It is hardly probable that the
doclcet can be disposed of in one week
and as a result many of the cases will
have to be continued. It will be im
possible to try all that will be on the
docket. Durham HeTald
A LAWVF.R IX TIIK DOCK.
A Durham .Wirro lawyer Iloiunl to
Court on C hurgv of li-po.iiiK of
Morljjau"! "Property.
In Justice Owens court yesterday
there was the unusual spectavle of a
lawyer appearing in the court as a de
fendant. There are but few cases in
which the fat of the lawyer Is not
seen, but most of these cases he ap
pears to intercede for some other per
son and not himself Yesterday this
lawyer appeared as the defendant and
the charge was a criminal one.
W. P Canada, colored, was the de
fendant in this case and he was
charged with disposing of mortgaged
property. The evidence against him
was such that the court thought there
was probable cause of guilt and he was
sent to the next grand jury and the
superior court under bond of $25. This
was readily given and the defendant
is now at liberty Durham Herald.
MIM.S SHUT DOWX
Cannon Mill V-;. 2 and 2 at Concord
l-'orc-ctl to CVas Operating: by Scar
city of Coal.
On account of the scarcity of coal
and the inability of the railroads to de
liver the coal, the Cannon mill3 Nos.
2 and 3 and the Franklin mill were
compelled to close down this afternoon
at 3 o'clock. This, of course, means an
indefinite period, and will necessarily
throw many employes out of work for
the time being. Concord Special to
Charlotte Observer
! Captain Bunch McBee had his
1 troubles to be sure, but that decision
by the supreme court was doubtless re
ceived by him as his vindication Ra
leigh Times.
stand upon a dlas in tho hlg jrXfi
dow of the front drawing roora nnder a
canopy of American and Japanese flags
festooned with colonial ivy. Mrs.
Wright, wife of the Aiueritan ambas
sador, will act as matron of honor, and
the best man win 1h? an old Japanese
college mate of Mr. Whee'f i h who was
a student in this country and who now
oecup!e a seat in the Japanese hnas
f peers.
The bridal costume is th same pown
whih Min.s RiTes wore on the occa
sion of her presentation at the Court
of St. James, and is built almost en
tirely of rose point lace, with a long
court train garlandd with empire
wreaths. Rota bride and raatrui will
carry white orchids. Mr WheeJer and
his bride expect to remain In Japan and
it is said that Miss Rives intend to
write a novel with prenes laid in tho
land of the Flowery' Kingdom.
The return of Mrs. .fartha Hlcbborn
Blaine, the "heliotrope belle" to Wash
ington, after a six months sojouru In
South Dakota for the purpo f cur
ing a divorce from Jimmi" Maine,
has caused a ripple of excitcmeut hero
wh re Miss H Unborn wa ;m acknowl
edged leader of her set and a teiguiu?
beauty in society.
Tho announcement of h ninrriag
to Lieutenant Raul S IN ai sail. R .ugh
Rider and a wealth) Wv York r. will
occasion no surprise : he herself ha
made no secret of !t nd tin affair has
been watched by those who kuw her
to Mr Blaine which took place n 1)1.
and regretted her unfortunate mairiarr
Rumor saith that Senator Depew was a
devoted and a patient admirer of Mia
Ilichborn in theme Lays. but ker in
fatuation for young Blaine bllnijwl lier
1o all other suitors, and in spite of thj
protests of friends and relative, she
married him with the noble Intention
of working a reformation. The outonm
of this matrimonial adventure was the.
trip to South Dakota some six mntha
ago.
Miss Hichlwtrn started the fud of
having all her gowns made In some
shade of purple, heliotrope or lavender
with wheh she always wore Tiolets,
i:i: Fivi:i:s ocsti-:i.
Old MnmiKCiueiil of li Mobile, .luck
on and Iviiusas City Rnllroad A.H
Miuie Control.
Mobile. Ala., DccTnuer :;i. 1 f:.
Dewey and J. L. Dahtzler. who wi pi
recently apiwdmcd iCCVlvCrB of lint
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City rail
road, wero today ousted, from ikuk
sion of tho property oil an order Iasuc!
from the chancery court.
The action superseding: Iho acium
of December 2G, was till" to the fact
that an application for Oil appeal wa;?
made to tho EUpremo court. Tho bond
in the caso wag fixed at $10Q,GQO. Tin
old management XThlch W03 ousted on
Wednesday nltj9r . lias again as
sumed chargo(jjuL". JWpcrtJV
Those mado jparrtK to tho bond .1W
tho labile, JaX5i30B on0 Kansas Clf"
Rallraatf Company, W. X). Btrattv,
Bird M. Robinson. Aldaiite McDon
ald, It. w Jones, Jr., Chariea L vy. TL
E. Jackson. Julian W. Whiting. Wil
liam H. Mclntoab. Charlf D. Wil
loughby, Thomas y. "Whittel&ey, Kd
mund K. Stalle. and the Alabama Se
curities Company, a principals and
the American Bonding Comiciny, of
Baltimore, as surety.
The order ousting tho receivers is
signed by the majority of tho bood
holders of the road and approved hy
Carl Holzborn. register in chancery.
AHCIIITKCTS TO MICITT.
North State lire Insurance Company
(o InereuM lt Capital Stock.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. C. December 31. To
morrow morning the annual meeting of
the North Carolina Association of
Architects begins here and contluiii
two days Charles C. Hook, of Cbar
lotte, is president and Franklin Bor
den jT that place secretary. Thirty
members will be present. Many
drawings by noted architects will oe
on view, among them a number by
Stanford White, who was murdered in.
New York, by Harry Thaw
The insurance department authorizes
-ncrease of capital stock of the North
State Fire Insurance Co., "of Green-
I . . . fWillJut OOO f 14 lO 4 i.aI. ...
r r . m . . . .w.,' W t - - . - - -
be sold in such a way as to give a
surplus of $122,000 and to make total
assets of the company over $400,000.
Ashley Home, of Clayton, is president.
niAcKiiLKvs amj:atioxk
tiovrrnor Cileun "Pronoun- Kvtj Odd
of the Charge I'a"S- Date Set for
Tvto Ilievtitlon.
(Special to The Messen-r.
Raleigh, N. C, Dece-..r ?. Gover
nor Glenn names Feb ary Sth as the
day of execution of I t;k Bohanaan,
at Greensboro for the ii. irder of a sec
tion master on the southern railway
and of John Hodge at Durham, for
the murder of his "Wife. He offers a
reward for Parm Joffts of STancy com
ty, wanted for shooting two men there,
one hi3 brother.
Governor Glenn'g attention being
called to the charges made by Con
gressman Spencer Blackburn in bis
notice of the sea r.-i by Richard
Hackett, the gc -. .r says "every onp
of the charge.-, 'zr as I am corf
cerned. are - baoiutely and utterly
false, and with out even a scintilla of
foundation. Blackburn cannot produce
even a suborned witness "who yrtll
testify to a single fact there al
leged. If the other allegations ia tts
complaint here are equally aa false,
there was absolutely nothing In hi?,
contest."