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BURGLARS 111 WAGON
FIGHT DUEL WITH
T W OJOLICEMEH
Two Policemen on Foot Fight Hot
Duel with Burglars in Wagon.
One Policeman Shot Three
Times. May Die. Burglars
Escaped,
Policemen Found Burgiar in Cel
lar. He Fled to Wagon and
While Dashing Away Many
Shots were Fired. Policeman
Shot Twice Before he Fell.
Key York. Oct. 2o. —A duel with
revolvers between two policemen on
loot and a burglar wagon ended in
Brcoklvn today with the escape of
the burglar and the fatal wounding
i,{ Roundsman James McGarry.
In company with Roundsman Car
ney, McGarry found a grating re
moved from the window of the cellar
c: a drug store at Kingston avenue
;nd Degraw street, and went into the
cellar to investigate.
While they were searching a man
climbed cut of the cellar and jumped
on the seat of a wagon where an
associate awaited him.
As they whipped up their horse the
roundsmen reached the sidewalk and
opened fire on them.
With the roundsmen in hot pursuit
dewn the street a running battle
lock place. The police shots went
wild, but at first the reply of the
burglars McGarry was wounded in
the face. A second bullet pierced
his arm and a third brought him
('own with a wound in the head from
which he is not expected to re
cover.
His companion pursued the burg
lars further but they disappeared in
Prospect Park.
INTER-UNION STRIFE.
Leading Chicago Manufacturers Ask
President Gompers to Stop Strife
Arr.ony Unior.s.
Chicago, Oct. 23. —President Sam
uel Gonipers, of the American Federa
tion of Labor, was asked yesterday by
leading Chicago manufacurers to com
pel the local unions to cease fighting
among themselves.
If this fighting was not stopped, he
was told, "open shops" would be es
tablished in large woodworking fac
tories of the city.
He was informed that either unions
must abide by their written contracts
or else a great lock-out will follow.
After receiving the complaints of
the employers, Gompers admitted they
were right and declared that the inter
union strife must stop at once.
MIDSHIPMAN RESIGNS.
At Request of Japanese Embassy Mid
snicman Asahi Kitigaki Resigns.
Annapolis, Md., Oct. 23. —At the re
quest of the Japanese Embassy at
Washington, Midshipman Asahi Kiti
gaki, of the third class of the naval
academy submitted his resignation,
which will lie accepted.
Pending the department's action on
the case, an extended leave of absence
was granted.
KitigaKi is a son Gf Baron Kitigaki,
of the Imperial Privy Council. He en
tered the American Naval Academy
Sept 19th. No reson is assigned for
his resignation.
Washington, Oct. 23. —The inquiry
at the Navy Department brought out
'he statement that the sole reason
for the resignation of Midshipman
Kitigaki from the Naval Academy
was deficiency in studies. The fact
v>'as first reported by the superinten
dent of the academy, who communi
cated it to the Japanese Embassy
with the result that the young man
was requested to tender his resigna
tion.
CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
Members of Socialists Fighting Or
ganization Ccndemned—May End in
Strike Tomorrow.
Warsaw, Oct. 23. —Fourteen mem
bers of the Socialists f ghting organiza
tion, arrested Oc.obar 2d, have been
condemned to by drumhead
courtnmti?'.
It expected that th r s action will
result in ? gon.-al ctrike tomorrow.
V'° rutLci ties cortinup
then- ('omit iliary visit in the residen
tial district 3.
I hey ' 3cei c?y searched iae house of
ounr Ktasinrki, the irost prominent
of the Pt -;h crtson;licts.
S
STREET CAR ACCIDENT.
Many Perseus Irjured and Probably
One Killed in Street Car Accident.
ocnenectady, N. Y„ Oct. 23—A trol
ey car on the Schenectady railway
r°m ! roy, filled with passengers got
eyond contrrl of the motoriran this
|or:; :i - at the jurcticn of the Troy
" '. 01t y lines, slid some distance, hit
( 'ig pole and overturned.
wr !] ()ther car foll °wing ran into the
Vin 1 ne is reported
'ed and a score or more injured.
Cuba is about as big as Pennsyl
vania and has about the same diffi
culties in maintaining a republican
_ Journal.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
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THE MATTHEWS' CASE.
Up To-Day for Hearing Before Su
preme Court—Mr Dixon in Eastern
Part of the State.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 23.—Major B. F.
Dixon, state auditor, left this morning
I for the eastern part of the "State for
campaign work in Sampson, Pender,
Duplin, Columbus, Robeson, Scotland
and Union counties. He will close his
work with a speech on Monday be
fore the election.
The fi.-st case called on the 9th dis
trict calendar in the Supreme Court
to-day was State vs. J. B. Matthews,
from Greensboro, under sentence for
20 years in the penitentiary for pois
oning his wife who was Miss Zola
Briggs of Durham. The counsel for
Dr. Matthews are Guthrie and Guth
rie of Durham ami Stedham and. Cooke
of Greensboro. The principal ground
for the appeal is that there are no
degrees of murder in poisoning in
this State and that if Matthews is
guilty the court erred in not finding
first degree murder and sentencing
the prisoner to be hanged. The de
fense set up a denial of the whole
charge and claimed that if Dr. Mat
thews did commit the crime it was
when he was under the influence of
dope and insane from its effects. Since
his conviction and sentence>. he has
teen under a ?5.000 bond and has
spent practically all of his time in a
sanitarium near Baltimore where he
is being treated for his dope habit.
Dr. T. P. Jerman died at the home
of his son. Dr. T. P. Jerman. Jr.. in
this city yesterday evening and his
remain were carried today to the old
home in Ridgeway for interment. Dr.
Jerman was SO years old ani was a
typical old time gentleman who was a
very useful citizen. He married a Miss
Lucy Svdnor of Mecklenburg county.
He leaves two sons. T.~P. and B. S.
Jerman of this city and Mrs. Carrie
Dargan, his only daughter.
TROUBLE IN MOROCCO.
Bendaras Tribesmen Terrorizing
Town, Pillaging Shops and Beating
Jews.
Tangiers, Morocco, Oct .23. —Mo-
hammed El Torres, representative of
the Sultan, has not sent any troops
t'j Arzilla, which is still is posses
sion of Bendaros Tribesmen, who are
terrorizing the town, pillaging shops
and beating the Jews.
The Spanish legation here is pro
testing energetically against the out
rages, as many Spanish subjects
lwe been maltreated.
Thanksgiving Day Named.
Washington, Oct. 23. —The President l
issue>d a proclamation naming Thurs
day November 29 as the day of Thanks
giving.
10,090 MACHINISTS
MAI GOQN STRIKE
As Result of Discharge of Ten
Machinists at Algiers Shops of
Southern Pacific Railroad 10,-
000 Machinists May Strike in
Day or So.
New Orleans, La., Oct. 23. —It is
t,aid that as the result of the dis
charge of ten machinists at the Al
giers shops of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and because of the alleged
discrimination of long standing
t.gainst their organization, 10,000
members of the International Associa
tion of Machinists may be called out
on strike on that system within a
c.ay or two.
Thomas L. Wilson, a vice-president
or the International Uunion, says the
national officers will first endeavor to
secure the co-opera don of Mr. Harri
rjan himself to have the discharged
men re-instated and also will try to
negotiate an agreement whereby the
arbitrary powers of the master me
chanics in discharging the employees
without a cause will be abrogated.
FIERCE SNOW STORM.
Storm in for West Grows Worse—
Much Snow Falling.
Denver Colo., Oct. 23.— Cheyenne,
Wyo., this reported that the
storm which bos coni nued there for
three days without icte-./rption is rag
ing with ire e Ling irrv accompanied
by a bci\/ of snow.
The Ur'on : s trying to keep
its line cpen w'th snow plows and
the passer ger tra'ns trriving several
hours late.
Freight traffic hr.s been abandoned.
Telegrrpb wires a. a down east of
North Platte Neb., and west to Raw
lins, Wyo.
The Wkje M .chart.
Sam Small gets the credit for get
ting off the following:
Will a merchant who is wise ever
cease to advertise? Yes —when the
trees grow upside down; when the
beggar wears a crown; when ice is
on the sun; when the sparrow weighs
a ton;when gold dollars get too cheap;
when women, secrets keep; when fish
forget to swim; when Satan sings a
hymn; when girls go back on gum;
when a small boy hates a drum;
when no politician schemes; when
( mince pie makes pleasant dreams;
[' when it is fun to break a tooth; when
| all lawyers tell the truth; when cold
water makes you drunk; when ypU love
to smell a skunk; when the /.rummer
has no brass;—when these things all
come to pass; then that it "an that's
wise will neglect to advertise.
The Progressive Farmer is Enjoying His Prosperity by the Use all Modern
SOUTH CAROLINA FAIR.
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Now in Progress—First Features To
day—Football Thursday Excellent
Exhibits.
Columbia, Oct. 23. —The South Caro
lina State fair opened yesterday. Mon
day is always a "slack day" at the fair ,
as the exhibits are hardly ever ready
and the people not yet come, but the
attendance and preparedness of things
yesterday were far in advance of the
usual. It was a "big Monday."
The first features of the fair took
place today. The automobile racing
I from noon to 2 p. m. weie something
new to most of the \ isitors and drew j
large crowds, the contests being open|
' to all corners, v.ith no restrictions on|-
1 power or price of the machines. A.t 2 ■
(o'clock the horse racing with;
' plenty of entries. There are to be : ,
ifour days of hoise racing this year in-;
stead of three, as usual, the borses be
ing enteied from trany sections as,
we'l as South Carolina used. ji
. Butlers brigade holds its reunion |
this afternoon, and Gen. M. C. Butler
is here foi the purpose of greeting and
meeting with bis old soldiers. There (
will be a number of meetings in the'
"| city tomorrow, the annual meting of t
the Law and C'der League, the meet-|
ing of the Farmers' Union, the South
Carolina Postmaster' Association, Fur-j i
niture Dealers' executive committee.!]
(and others cf a minor character. The .
annual meeting of the State Fair So-;,
ciety is to be hrid Thursday night. j'
The number of sideshows on the 1
' streets and in the fair grounds is un- (
usually large and the shews are of a ,
high class, the Barkoot Carnival Com
pany having the exclusive street priv
ileges.
Down at the fair grounds there are
1 excellent exhibits of cattle, swine,
, stock,-Held crops and farm machinery,
' while the display of horses and mules
in the arena every day will show the
visitors something of the progress that
South Carolina is making in these di
' rections. I
On Thursday at the fair grounds,,
the only football game of the week
will take place, that between Clemsonj
5 and the Agricultural and Mechanical
- College of North Carolina. This will
. be one of the best drawing attractions;
, of the week, as the crowds at the fair,
" always enjoy a football game. The
1 University of South Carolina usually j
; plays a game here fair week, but last
} week the trustees passed a resolution
forbidding the playing of the intercol
legiate games and this put an end to
t football at the South Carolina Univer-;
i sity.
WOMEN MAY ASK TO VOTE.
t
j New York League Investigating Con
) ditions in Colorado.
Denver, Col., Oct. 23.—Miss Helen
1 Sumner has been sent here by the
Collegiate League of Equal Suffrage;
of New York to investigate woman suf
frage as it is practiced in Colorado.
"It is very amusing to me to see
3 the women as they act at conventions," |
she said, in speaking of her observa-,
tions. "They jabber away among
themselves just as they do at a club
meeting until a subject comes up to
~ be voted cn in which they are directly
interested. they stop talking,
> prick up their ears and begin election
-2 eering. They do not act a bit worse
r than the men do, though, except that
'" the men are not quite so noisy.
1 "I really can't say yet whether lam
a believer in woman suffrage. One
E> thing I h?\e 'earned, that women do
1 takt advantage of tneir \oting privi-|
1 lege. The registration books of the
last election show that 44 per cent, of
'• the votes cast were cast by women."
f If Miss Sumner's repot tis favorable
r " the league may start a campaign for
woman suffrage in New York.
NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION.
Applications for Increase in Bank Cir-j
culation To Be Acted Upon.
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B Washington, Oct. 23.—Acting Sec
s retary Keep of the Treasury Depart
s rnent announced that the applications
: for 'increases in the National Bank;
a circulation under Secretary Shaw's of
a fer of yesterdpy will bs favorably act-;
od upon in the order in which they
; are received at the treasury.
r If, however, the national bank
; should apply for an increase of two or
a three mililons or even less, it probably
I would be necessary, in the interest of
e smaller banks, to grant the application
r as to only a part of the sum asked j
I for, and so extend the privileges con
s ferred by the secretary offer to as]
large a number of banks as possible.!
HICKORY, N, 0.. THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, J906
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PIE SIIDI OPERS
IISTAIESVILLE
The Ninety Third Annual Session
of Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina Opens' at Statesville
To-day. Officers were Elected.
To-day's Program,
Statesville, N. C., Oct. 23—The 93rd
Annual Session of the Presbyterian
Synod of North Carolina met at the
First Presbyterian church of this city
this morning at 11 o'clock.
President E. R. Reyburn of Durham
preached the opening sermon. He
chose as his text. "For we are His
workmanship," Eph. 2:10. The ser
mon was strong and a large crowd
heard it
Mr. George W. Watt of Durham, re
tiring moderatior called the Synod to
order. One hundred and five dele
gates answered to the roll call. Rev.
R. Y. Duncan of Lincolnton and Rev.
Z. G. Bardell of Red Springs nomi
nated Rev. W. R. Copperedge of Rock
ingham for Moderator. Rev. Dr. How
erton of Charlotte placed in nomina
tion Rev. Dr. E. C. Murry of Graham.
Rev. Mr. Copperedge was elected by
a vote cf 72 to 29.
Rev. F. R. Bland cf M'cklenburg
and Rev. C. G. Smith cf Ta>»orsville
were appointed temnoiary clerks.
Prof. J. H. Hill cf Siaiesvil e deliver
ed the address ci v.elcome, after
which an adjorn;nent was taken until
three o'clock th's afternoon. From all
prospects the Syncd bids fair to be
'well attended and successful in every
' respects.
STATESVILLE NESWS.
West End Citizen Tries to Smash
Things—Death of Ex-S' eriff Wy
! coff.
Statesville, Oct. 23—A warrant is
the hands of the officers for" Walter
Hines, who has been living in West
Statesville, but who has now left for
parts unknown. It is alleged in the
warrant that last Saturday night while
drunk Hines went to the home of a
Mrs. Moore, who lives near the States
ville cotton mill, and was very disor
orderly. On being ordered away he
j fired a pistol a number of times and
I rcoked the house, smashing several
! windows.
; Jack Morford, white, was before
. Mayor Steele Saturday afternoon for
• being drunk and disorderly on the
streets. He was fined $5 and the costs,
which totaled SB.IO.
Aleck Gibbs, colored, was taxed $2.50
I Saturday by Mayor Steele for keeping
hogs inside the corporate limits.
Mr. Jno. H. Wycoff, ex-sheriff cf
liedell county, died Saturday night a.t
11 o'clock at his home on West
Sharpe street. The end came after a
protracted illness. Mr. Wyckoff, who
| was never robust, had been in poor
health in recent years. For several
j months the past summer he was con
! fined to his home. About two months
ago he improved sufficiently to go
about and there was some hope of
his recovery. About two weeks ago he
suffered a relapse and gradually grew
worse until the end. For several days
prior to his death his condition was
critical and the end was expected at
1 any time.
WOULD RETA N SUPT. JOYNER.
West Central District Association of
j County Superintendents of Public
Instruction to Make Effort to Retain
i Mr. Joyner.
Raleigh, Oct. 23. —State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction Joyner
received frcm the West Central Dis
trict of C:raty Superin
tendents cf public £cbc-,ls,
tions just a£oi ied, uiging tt't Mr.
Joyner not consider my proposition to
give up bis duties as State Superin
tendent of Public InEtruction, until the
work he has so tdmirably set on foot
is mere nearly carried ouc.
This i& in view of the general im
pression that Mr. Joyner is to be of
fered the presidency of the
State Normal and Industrial Colleges,
|of Greensboro to succed the late Dr.
.Chas. D. Mclver.
ROCK HILL NEWS.
The Problem of Late Trains—Busi
ness Houses Closed During Funeral
of Mrs. Davis.
Rock Hill, Oct. 23.—The problem of
late trains is getting to be quite a
serious and and it seems to
be getting worse. The machinists are
still on a strike and no one knows
when that will be settled. A lady
from this -city left last week for Mem
phis, and got into that city twenty
four hours late. It seems that the
business of the South has outgrown
the facilities for handling it: A con
ductor on the Asheville and Knoxville
division, on being asked if he would
rot be discharged if he would bring a
train in on time, replied he expected
he would.
A series of special meetings will
be held at the Baptist church begin
ning Sunday Nov. 4th, Rev. L. R.
Pruitt, one of the leading ministers of
Charlotte, will conduct the meetings.
Mr. Pruitt is recognized as a very suc
cessful pastor and evangelist and the
Baptist congregation of Rock Hill are
confident that they will have a great
meeting under his leadership.
Commissioner Watson cables that
he will bring on the Wittekind, which
sailed Thursday 482 immigrants of
whom 168 are Belgians and the remain
der Germans, Austrians and others.
Rev. and Mrs. Cost arrived in Rock
Hill on Saturday night and are now
at home in the Manse on East White
street. Upon their arrival they were
: met and welcomed by Rev. and Mrs.
I Lingle.
E. D. Smith, of Magnolia, president
of the South Carolina Cotton Growers'
Association and a member of the ex
ecutive committee of the South Car
olina Association, and Miss Annie
Brunson Farley, formerly of Charles
j ton, but now of Florence will be mar
j ried October 31 at the Presbyterian
1 church in Florence,
j Miss Mamie Reid left last Saturday,
morning for Beach Island, near Augus
ta, to be present at the marriage of
Miss Milledge Wilson which takes
place Wednesday. Miss Wilson is well
known here, being a graduate of Win
throp College.
Mr. W. L. Law who is surveying
the new trolley road from Charlotte
to the Catawba river spent Sunday
in town with his family.
The state convention of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy will be held
at Greenville on December 6th next.
The general convention of the Daugh
ters will be held at Gulfport, Miss.,
during the same month.
Miss Myrtle Blankenship is visiting
her sister Miss Ursula in Dilworth,
Charlotte.
The local editor of the Rock Hill
Record while in Atlanta last Friday
visited the capitol where the remains
of the Rev. Sam P. Jones lay in state
; that day. An old lady, Mrs. Osborne,
! of Atlanta, while viewing the corpse
fainted and died before could be
moved into one of the offices.
St. John's church bell was tolled and
all the business places in v ßock Hill
were closed during the period of the
funeral services of Mrs. Jefferson Da
vis at Richmond on Friday.
Our new broom factory is about rea
dy for operation. The president says
he will soon have a man on the road
soliciting orders.
Carriage Makers' Convention.
Atlanta, Georgia, October 23. —More
than two thousand members of the
Carriage Builders' National association
were present this morning when the
association's 34th annual convention
was called to order by President A.
|G. Brunsman of Cincinnati. Governor
Terrell welcomed the visitors to Geor
gia and Mayor Woodward extended the
; greetings of the City of Atlanta. Re
sponse for the association was made
|by Perrin P. Hunter of Cincinnati. j
| Other speakers heard at the opening
session were Lucius Gregory of Chase
City, Va., president of the Southern
i Vehicle Dealers' Association, and Max
Robinson of Martinsburg, W. Va., pres
ident of the S. E. D. National Wagon
Makers' association.
America Not Represented
Paris, France, Oct. 23. —The 3rd
international congress of suppression
of traffic in women began its business
I sessions to-day, with former Premier
Bourgeois presiding. Considerable re-!
gret is expressed that the United I
States is not officially represented at!
the congress, as it is recognized that j
the co-operation of all the civilized
world is necessary if the measures for j
the suppression of the "white slave"!
trafflr. ar. be made
DURHAM NEWS NOTES.
Bad Wreck on D. & C. Branch of the |
Southern Railway—Trains Delayed ;
—Other News.
Durham, N. C. t Oct. 22. —There was
quite a had wreck on the D. & C.
branch of the Southern Railway, the
direct lire from Durham to Richmond,
that caused the regular passenger
trains to be 24 hours late, and slightly
injured the fireman. The wrecked
train was a freight, and in some way
five cars were ditched.
It was impossible to clear up the
main line, in crder that the passenger
train might pass and this necessitated
a stop over of one day. Passengers
were handed from Durham on an ex
tra train. The fireman's condition is
nothing serious.
The annual meeting Of the North
Carolina Ostecpathic Association
which was in ssssioh in Durham Sat
urday, chose. Raleigh for their next
annual meeting qlace, and elected Dr.
Glascock of: that city president.
John H. Hodges, the wife-murderer,
who was tried in the Durham county
Superior Court last May and sentenced
to be hanged on June 29, this being ap
pealed to the Supreme Court and plac
ed on the calendar for trial October
23rd, has been continued until Novem
ber 29th. The continuing of this case
came as a disappointment to the
many people of Durahm who are ex
ceedingly anxious, for the trial to be
ended.
To Dedicate Great Cathedral.
Pittsburg, Pa., October 23. —High
prelates of the Roman Catholic church
are gathering in Pittsburg to take part
in the ceremonies to-morrow accom
panying the dedication of the new St.
Paul's Cathedral. The cathedral is
one of the most magnificent church
edifices in America. The dedication
will be acompanied by all the pomp
and ceremony customary to the occas
ion. His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons,
five archbishops and many bishops of
the church will take part.
Fairbanks In Indian Territory
i Vinita, Indian Territory, Oct. 23. —
Following his whiilwind tour in Okla
homa yesterday Vice-President Fair
banks is booked for a strenuous day
in Indian Territory to-day. The day
begins with a speech at Coalgate this
morning and ends in Vinita to-night,
with South McAlester, Muscogee, Tul
sa and other cities and towns sand
wiched in between.
"Why do you call Mrs. Miggles
worth Diana?" "She's such a fine
huntress. Migglesworth is her fourth
husband, you know." —Chicago Rec
c rd-Herald.
ONLY SURVIVOR OF
BARGE ARRIVED
Solitary Survivor of 33 Men who
Perished on Houseboat Brought
into Port ard Tells Story of
Terrific Gale. Saw Eight
Drown.
New York", Oct. 23. —The solitary
survivor of 33 men who went adrift on
the barge, or the houseboat, Halfy,
from lower Matacombi Key, on the
coast of Florida, during the terrific
gale of October 13, was brought into
this porff today by steamer El Pare.
He is John Russell, of Salem, Tay
lor county, Florida, and declared he
saw eight of the 32 others drowned
and declaied that all of them went
down when the barge founded.
"BROKE" ON HIS HONEYMOON.
Bridegroom Has to Sell Auto to Raise
Carfare Home.
Denver, Cel.. Oct 23. —William R.
Armstrong anu his biide, who are on
their hon jjroon tour from Coshoc
ton, Ohio, came overland in their auto
mobile as far ?s Der ver. Here the
bridegroom's firsnces became so low
he had to sell his mac hire to get mon
ey for carfare heme. There is said
to be a provision that it can be re
deemed.
When he became of age a few
months ago the parents of Armstrong
gave him the car. "It wab the only
one of the kind in Coshocton," he
said today. Because of this the young
women ot the town vied with one an-(
other for the distinction of riding
in it.
Miss Sarah Marshall got more rides
than any one else. One day Arm
strong counted his cash and told her
it was enough for a wedding trip, and
they were married.
For Champlain Tercentenary.
Montpelier, Vermont, Oct. 23. —The
partiotic and historical societies of
Vermont are foremost in a movement
which may result in provision by the
legislature, now in session here, for
the election of the three hundredth
i anniversary of the discovery by Sam
uel de Champlain of the lake .which
bears his name. This anniversary falls
on July 4th, 1909. It is suggested that
the anniversary be commemoiated
neither by a monument nor an expo
sition, but by a programme of exer
cises in which Canada and France, as
well as the United States, might offi
cially take part.
/
Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 23. —Libra- 1
ries and library trustees of Ohio, West
Virginia and Kentucky are in atten
! dance on the 12th annual meeting of
the Ohio Library Association, which
I began here to-day. The value of the
I free library, and what it should afford
| to the people of the city, the- small
jtown and the rural districts, is the
main topic of the gathering, which .will
remain in aefudfm until Saturday
THE BEST JOB PRINTING OF t
ALU KINDS AT THIS OFFICE.
BIG BAND OF WOMAN
SUFFRAGISTS MAKE
GREAT_SENSATION
Great Excitement Caused at Re
opening of Parliament by Pre
sence of About 200 Women
Suffragists who Sought to
Plead their Cause.
Many Passed Police and Created
Disturbance in Lobby of
Houses by their Hysterical
ShoutingandScreaming. Police
Finally Ejected Them.
London, Oct. 23. —The unusual ex
citement in connection with the re
opening of Parliament today caused
by the presence of about 200 women
suffragists, many of whom despite the
protest of the police, managed to find
their way into the lobby of the House
of Commons, with the intention of
buttonholing the members in the sup
port of their movement.
A number of suffragists mounted
the vacant chairs in the lobby and
began to harangue the few members
of Parliament present in that part of
the house.
The police after being reinforced
made a stragetic advance against the
invaders, taking the women singly,
and gradually ejecting them, one by
one from the house.
The most militant of the women
struggled so desperately that two offi
cers were required to remove them. .
Their hysterical shouting and scream
ing brought crowds of members from
the house and the unwonted scene cre
ated temporary excitement such as has
seldom been witnessed in or about the
house.
During the height of the tumult a
small band of the strongest suffragists -
determined to attempt to break into
the house itself, and as though by con
certed action, this band suddenly
charged towards the entrace of the
inner lobby.
Some of the women tried to climb
over the barrier and others attempt
ed to crawl under it.
For several minutes the utmost dis
order prevailed and the police had all
they could to eject the stern, deter
mined women, without utilizing the
more vigourous means which would
have been employed in the case of men.
The women resolutely refused to
leave the house without bing ejected
by force.
Suffragists Arrested.
The police forced to carry out
several wemen bedfly and the strug
gling and shouting scSrag'sts all were
ultimately deposited in the palace yard
where, for sorre t'me they continued
their vehemert protests. *
A procession cf the house of com
mons attendants followed, bearing
the hats, cloaks and fragments of mil
linery and finery dropped in the scuf
fle.
The police arrested several of the
suffragists.
UNDERWRITER'S ASSOCIATION.
Seventeenth Annual Convention Met
Today ir. St. Louis—Many Matters
of Importance.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 23. —More than
400 delegates and alternates, repre
senting nearly all the states, met in
the Olympic theatre today at the open
ing of the 17th annual convention of
the National Association of Life Un
derwriters. Very little business was
transacted on this, the opening day,
the time being consumed with address
es of welcome and routine business.
Owing to the exceptional conditions
existing in the life insurance business
at the present time there are weighty
question to be discussed by the under
writers, and before the convention
closes Thursday much that is now be
ing thought will be expressed and de
termined.
Among life insurance men it has
been a foregone conclusion for months
that the present convention would
be the most important in the associa
tion's history. This is due. to the al
most revolutionary changes which
have overtaken life insurance during
the present year as a result of the
eastern investigations and the passage
of the Armstead law in New York
pssociation is virtually facing a crises
in its history. It is believed that the
membership is almost unanimously
against some of the main features of
the recent New York legislation, but
just which form the opposition will
take is problematical. Section 97 of
the New York law will likely receive
much consideration. This limits the
commissions to be paid agents and its
enforcement means a reduction on the
first year's commission of 90 per cent,
of all agents in the country. Another
forecasted is an effort to amend
the constitution, making it impossible ,
for any one connected with a company
in an official capacity to hold office in
the association. Supporters of this
step argue that as the association is
composed of active field men it is
neither fair to them nor to the com
panies to have any but active agents
in capacities.
Mr. Harrison Injjured.
Montreal, Oct. 23 Mr. Carter Har
rison, former mayor of Chicago, was
injured recently while moose hunt
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