THE ENTERPRISE
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WILLI AMSTON, N. Q.
' Dictagraphs rarely bear any *ood of
themselves. - \ ,
• mill. It does not take long to get
(rated after a vacation.
! August la a beautiful month for IT*
ery one but the hay fever victim.
One good way for a pedestrian to
•void automobiles la to buy a motor
boat.
*The Weather Bureau la doing lta
beat to bring rain. It atlcka to its fair
prediction.
Sometimes a fish story la absolutely
tree, but what's the use? Nobody be
lieves It anyhow.
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Man In Connecticut perspires on one
wide of his body only. In a hot wave
1m doesn't feel half bad.
A Chicago man haa been fined for j
rmnlng his automobile too slowly.
Doesn't this break a record T
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"Soap," says a Boston physician, "la
• carrier of disease germs." Posslblly
that's why hoboes are so healthy.
Haytl announces that lta navy Is for
■ale. Thla la a good opening for any
■>«» who wanta to buy a canal boat.
Philadelphia's new theater for artla- i
He playa will seat but S2O. Is this a
snoesufr of Philadelphia's artistic
taste?
Hams, 100 years old, hare been dis
covered In a Rhode laland cellar.
We've discovered pieces of 'em in a
sandwich.
The preaent fad for dropping middle
Bsnes has not yet been applied to
Miss Thelma Kahllaonapaopillanl
Parker, a Honolulu bride.
Washington haa adopted the prac
tice of shaving Its cata during hot
weather, but a shaved cat la as Incon
gruous as a bald-headed orchestra
leader.
Washington has a new fashion so
far as Its eats are concerned. They
are shsved in hot westber. and then
they sre homelier than even the
singed onet.
A Spanish svlator claims that his
machine was wrecked by a flock of
locusts. In our own country we have
seen political machines wrecked by
presidential bees.
Our Idea of the acme of Buffering is
to listen to a phonograph playing:
"In the Good Old Summer Time,"
when the mercury Is trying to break
the altitude record.
The Londoners complain of heat
with the thermometer at 76 degrees.
It would be Interesting to see what
they would do with our thermometers
dallying with the nineties.
The Chinese now are cutting off
their queues and letting their women's
feet grow. The new Chinese civiliza
tion evidently wants to be thorough,
tor It Is extending from head to foot.
Alfonso of Spain saved a soldier's
life by stopping a runaway horse. If
It were not for the fact that the king
business demands his constant atten
tion he could make a good living In
vaudeville.
As far as excessive hot spells are
concerned, one must make up one'a
mind to be either a martyr or a phil
osopher. It Is harder to be the latter
than the former, but it wears better
In the long run.
A western trapper offers to furnish
a Bt. Ixuils roo with prnlrle dogs at
*3 ,50 per dosen. There was a time In
the west when one could have a buffa
lo robf thrown In au "boot" with each
dozen.
The report that the gold coin in
circulation is worn and subject to a
discount will not stampede the ordi
nary man of this section. He takes
his gold In the form of certificates
and then If he Is wise proceedi
promptly to put it In the savings bank
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A prisoner In the Jail of r New York
town was examined for his sanity be
cause he Insisted on a ahower bath
•very twenty minutes. Considering:
the recent state of the temperature,
ttla demand will strike many as emi
nently aane, safe and sensible.
The famous "Spanish prisoner" Is
■till reaping a large harvest of profit
from the credulity of the American
contingent of the claas of whom it if
well known a member la born every
other minute. The swindle Is so old
that to every generation It becomes
enticingly new.
A New Jersey man pnta In a claim
tor an invention by which peas can
be made to grow by electricity. That
may be all right, but If the New Jer
sey man desires fame as a real beie
factor of hi* race ho will perfect the
Invention so that H will prohibit
treads from growing by electricity.
When we reflect on the fact that
Queen Isabella was forced to pawn
bar Jewels to raise the $7,200 neces
sary to discover America, we are led
kseeepect that the queen business was
US HER
MANY SERVIANS
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GREAT EXCITEMENT 18 CAUSED
BY THE NEWS OF THE
. ATROCITY.
HORRIBLE TALES OF CRUELTY
The Servian Oovernmeht Is Urged to
Declare War Against
Turkey.
' gblferade, Servla.—The massacred
by**Tuityi have extended to the Ser
bian frontier. Telegrams received
here from Slentlza on the southern
boundary aay Turks attacked the town
and butchered many of the Inhabit
ant*.
News of the massacre caused great
excitement In the capital and the
newspapers Issued special editions
containing demands that the Servi
!an government protest vigorously to
the pbrte.
At a mass meeting to protest
against the butchery, speakers vio
lently denounced the Turkish govern
ment. Subsequently 6,000 persons
marched to the palace, where they
shouted their demand that wai be de
clared against Turkey.
The Servian cabinet discussed the
situation, and a report was drawn up
for presentation to King Peter, who
i returned to Belgrade from his summer
holiday.
Later advices received from 81enlt
ta say that the Mussulman Inhabit
ants of the town opened the arms
stores, and, arter seizing weapons, at
tacked the Christian population. M.
Popovltch, the Servian prefect of Be
rane, was assassinated In front of
the courts of Justice. The Servian
J populace fled Into Montenfegro and'
I flervla. The refugee* tell horrible
tales of Turkish cruelty.
Constantinople.—The Ottoman gov
ernment has received the preliminary
report formulated by the commission
which Investigated the massacre of
1 more than 140 Bulgarians, August 2.
'at Ketschana, near Usktip, showing
j that the civil and military officials
of the town failed In the duties, and
that Turkish troops participated in
the attacks on Bulgarians.
As a result of the report the gov
ernment haa ordered that a state of
| siege be proclaimed at Kotschana. and
' that guilty persons be court-martialed
without distinction.
STURM SCATTERS DEATH
Woman and Boy Killed and Eight Oth
-1 ers Injured at St. Louis. ,
St. Louis, Mo. —A woman and a
boy were killed and eight other per
; sons were Injured, one probably fa
j tally, by lightning which accompanied
a severe electrical storm that visited
• j this city and vicinity.
i Mrs. Elizabeth Hausdorf of £•
Louis was struck by lightning while
1 on her way to a picnic at Dupo, 111.
Five persons were riding in a covered
vehicle. The bolt struck the woman
' | while she was occupying the rear seat
' ! alone. The other members of the
' j party wtere thrown from the vehicle,
' j but were not seriously hurt.
Orlle Meadows, 5 years old, of St.
I Iyouls, was struck dead by lightning
1 while she was sitting on a bench in a
f park. Beside him was Edward M.
c Mies, a man frleud, who was severe
| ly shocked and burned.
1 , On both sides of the river many
buildings were damaged by llghtn ng.
i In St. Louis several church Bteeples
* were demolished and small buildings
1 i destroyed. No deaths have been re-
I ported here.
r Desota, Mo. —Four members of the
r | family of Jefferson Ruhlo. a road
] worker, were killed by lightning,
i which struck the tent they were liv
j ; lng In near here. Ruhlo, his wife, a
I 16 year old daughter and a baby girl
1 | were Instantly killed.
1 600,000 People View General Booth,
Ixmdon.- Half a million people
n struggled to enter Congress hall to
a gave on the dead features of (Jen. Wll
I Ham Booth. There was no disorder
It wasuot necessary to call for pollc«
g I reservers. Soldiers of the Salvatiot
a j Army, women as well as men, patroll
t j ed the outside and interior of the bit
building.
Rebuked Csrousers and Was Shot.
Greensboro, N. C. —John G. Kerner
of KPniersvllle, N. C., and one of the
most prominent men in this section of
the stale, was shot and probably fatal
ly Injured by a young man named
Claude Dickens. Mr. Kerner had gone
"to His mill plant for some purpose
and found several young men drinking
i and carousing. He Intervened when,
it Is alleged, Dickens became insult
ed, ran into his house, and, picking
up a shotgun, emptied the entire load
into Mr. Kerner s arm and side at a
range of 20 to 30 feet.
Home Baved by Act of Congress.
Washington.—The foreclosure ol
the mortgage on a Montana home wai
' prevented and the savings of a life
time were restored to Mrs. Katherln
' McDonald of Butte, when congresi
1 passed the Shoshone irrigation claim
bill. Mrs. McDonald will receive sll,
000 of the $42,000 carried in the bll
for the relief of about 400 claimant!
' who lost heavily by the failure of i
[ contracting firm which 'was erectini
the Wyoming irrigation project Pres
! ident Tuft approved the measure li
GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH j
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Head of the Salvation Army, Who
Olad at Hla Homo In London.
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GENERAL BOOTH IS DEAD
AGED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ,
SALVATION ARMY PASSES AT
HIS LONDON HOME.
Believed Hla Son, Bramwall Sooth,
Will Succeed to the Command
of the Salvation Army.
London-—The Rev. William Booth,
general and commander-la chief of
the Salvation Army, la dead. Ho was
born at Nottingham In 1829.
The veteran Salvation Army leader
wag unconscious for forty-eight houra
previous to hla death. The medical
bulletinß had not revealed the serlous
ness of the general's condition which,
It 1B now admitted, was hopeless.
Aimoat the last words of General
Booth were uttered juat before he loat
consciousness. He was referring to
God's promlaea and, speaking with
great difficulty, said:
"They are aure—they are aure—if
you will only believe."
Starting hla career alone aa a soap
box preacher, in the alums of Notting
ham, England, at the age of IB yoara,
William Booth ended It at 84 as head
of an army of millions of Salvation,
lata scattered through fifty-four coun
tries.
The present Balvatlon Army waa
never foreseen, nor waa the nana
ever deliberately choaen by any one.
Mr. Booth was dictating to a sten
ographer when he used the words,
"The Christian Mssion la -a volun
teer army." When he looked over the
paper later he aubstituted ''salvation"
for "volunteer" as the Btronger word;
and the phrase struck fire among his
mission workers, who seized the mili
tant spirit from it.
So great was General Booth's fac
ulty of handling and inspiring men.
that Marshal Wolsely once declared
that the British army had taken les
i sons In methods of organization, dis
tribution and control from the Salva-
I tlonists.
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; FORTY-FIVE PERSONS HURT i
Crowded Grandstand Collapse* Dur
ing the Address of Judge Parker. J
' Indianapolis, Ind.—Five persons
k were seriously Injured and forty were
■ bruised and cut In the collapse of u
" grandstand seating 300 In University
place during the formal notification of
' Uov. Thomas R. Marshall of his noml
* nation as Democratic candidate for
* vice president. The Injured were
8 quickly carried into the Indiana Dem
ociatic club nearby or taken to hos
pitals, and the notification ceremony
0 proceeded.
1 The grandstand had been set up on
» the asphalt pavement directly uack
r * of the speaker's platform. Alton U.
a Parker of New York, representing the
1 notification committee, was in the
midst of his addiess, when the stand
swayed and sank slowly to the street,
'• and men and women in the seats
e were plied together among the tlm
-0 bets of the structure.
1- Several thousand people, massed In
r - front of the speaker's platfbrm, crowd
* ed about the fallen stand and many
n men helped the unhurt to scramble to
their feet and bore the Injured to the
8 club house, where they were cared
for.
Seven Indicted In Murder Cass.
New York. —On evidence unexpect
edly strengthened by the testimony of
Sam Schepps and "Jack" Zelig, the
east side gang leader, the grand Jury
reindicted Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker for the murder of Herman Ro
senthal, and handed down also the
expected indictments against six of
his alleged tools, the four gunfnen ac
cused of actually doing the shooting.
They aro "Gyp the Blood" and "Lefty
Louie," Clroflcl and "Whltey" Lewis,
Jack Sullivan and William Shapiro,
driver of the "murder car."
Mexican Federals Occupy Juarez.
Juarez, Mexico.—Mexican Federals,
numbering 5.300 , under command of
Oen. Jsquin Telle*, arrived In Juares.
which waa recently evacuated by the
rebels. The townspeople assembled
in a drizzling rain cry "Viva Madero"
and "Death to Orosco." The Federal
troops arrived on three trains, bear
ng cavalry, infantry *nd artillery.
The forces under General Rabago did
«$ arrive, having pursued an over
land course from Casa Grpndes. Small
bands o' rebels hovering around Ju*
STANDARD OIL IAI
TESTIFfESIM SENATE
ARCHBOLD BRANDS ROOSEVELT
AS BEINQ INSPIRED BY SPIRIT
OF PERBONAL REVENGE.
ROOSEVELT MAKES ANSWER
Ex-President Points Out That Aceuaa
tiona Against Him Are on Hear
aay Evidence.
Washington.—John D. Archbold, di
recting head of the Standard Oil com
pany, testifying under oath before a
senate committee, said that the re
fusal of the company to contribute
$150,000 to the Republican national
campaign committee in 1904, after
they had given »125,000, brought down
upon their beads the wrath of Theo
dore Roosevelt and their subsequent
misfortunes.
When Cornelius N. Blloa called at
26 Hroadway later In the 1904 cam
paign to urge a aecond contribution,
he waa told the dlrectora atood pat
on their contribution of $125,000. He
aaid then It was an unwlae thing to
do. Within a year he was In position
to say. "I told yon so," had be been
inclined. Instead, however, he regret
fully admitted to Mr. Archbold that
he bad no Influence whatever with
Mr. Rooaevelt and agreed that the
prosecutlona were unjust. From that
day Standard Oil had been put in the
column of bad truata and aeparated
from the steel corporation and other
good trusts.
He gave Senator Penrose a clean
bill of -health and corroborated In
every particular atatements made by
the senator In hla apeech.
Oyßter Bay, N. Y. —Colonel Roose
velt eat on the porch at Bagamore
Hill for an hour and a half and dic
tated a atatement In reply to the tes
timony of John D. Archbold before
the senate Investigating committee.
lie reiterated his declaration that
he knew nothing of a contribution by
Mr. Archbold or the Standard Oil
company to the Republican campaign
of 1904; declared that ha did not "for
one moment believe that Mr. Arch
bolda testimony is truthful;" charg
ed Mr. Archbold with a "wicked as
sault on a dead man;" added that dur
ing many calls which Mr. Archbold
made upon him while he was presi
dent to urge him not to proaecute the
Standard Oil company, Mr. Archbold
never referred to any contribution to
his campaign fund; and concluded
with the suggestion that the senate
comlmlttee should make both Mr.
Archbold and Senator Penrose testify
at once concerning their relations
while Mr. Penrose was a member of
the industrial commission.
In his last word Colonel Roosevelt
thanked both Mesara. Archbold and
Penrose for "making It clear beyond
poaalblllty of doubt that I am the man
the Penroßes and Archbolds of the
country most dread In public life."
MORE N.Y. GRAFTERS iM NET
Detective Flynn'a Home Broken Into
In Effort to. Steal Evidence.
New York.—When the grand Jury
which is probing into graft In the po
lice department revealed by the as
sassination of Gambler Herman Ro
senthal, reassembles, sensational evi
dence Is expected to be presented con
cerning the recent financial opera
tions of a police inspector and a high
civilian employee of the department.
This announcement was made at
District Attorney Whitman's office,
where preparations are under way for
resumption of the inquiry.
Attaches of the district attorney's
office are investigating what Is be
lleved to have been an attempt to
steal evidence of grafting In the po
lice department by breaking into the
home of William Flynn. chief of the
eastern division of the United States
secret service.
Flynn, who has been allowed to re
sign temporarily in order to investi
gate graft in the police force, was
out of the city when the attempt was
made. His home, at One Hundred
and Eighth street, and W'adsworth av
enue, was entered and desks and clos
ets ransacked. It Is known that De
tective Flyna has important evidence
against police officials.
One-Sixth of Canal to Dig.
Washington.—The figures showing
the amount of excavation to be done
on the Panama canal indicate that
the great work was five-sixths finished
on August 1, but there actually re
main 16.903,000 cubic yards more
earth to be removed than had been
estimated for, a year before. The ap
parent backward movement la ex
plained in the official record by a
large amount of slltage in the canal
bad which must be removed from the
finished tunnels and also by the ne
cessity for extensive excavation.
Burglars Make Hotel of Heme.
Macon, Ga.—When L. I. Waxel
' baum returned borne after an ab
sence of four o? five days, he, found
i tbat hie home had been converted Into
I a hotel for burglars; The unbidden
■ guests had evidently been making th
I mast of their sojourn and had takes
. their time in ransacking the hous«
. fcr valuables. They had taken a mat
I tieas from one of the beds and placlnf
t it on the floor had apparently rested
1 from their labors long enough to plaj
r a taw games at cards and consume i
JUDGE R. W. ARCHBALD
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Judge Robert W. Arohbald of the
commerce oourt.
2,000 MARINES DISPATCHED;
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UNITED STATES WILL LAND A
LARGE FORCE TO PROTECT
AMERICANS.
United States Marlnea Now In Nica
ragua Bald to So in Danger of
Annihilation.
Waahlngton.—Undeterred by talk in
the senate of projected resolutions re
garding the constitutionality of the .
landing of American sailora and ma
rjnes In Nicaragua, the navy depart
ment dispatched peremptory orders to
navy yards on two aldea of the conti
nent to rush relnforcementa to the na
val forces now located far in the in
terior of the insurrection torn coun
try. Fear that the forces there are
now in danger'of annhllation at the
handa of the Insurgents prompted the
order.' Two thousand bluelacketa
and marines will be rushed to Nicara
gua.
Government officials are satisfied (
that they are acting completely with
in their rights In landing the sallora
and marines, and that thla does not
constitute an act of war, such aa can
only be authorized by Congreaa. The
official Basis for this contention restß j
upon several grounds. In the first j
place the titular government of Nica
ragua and the only one recognized by
the United States, has formally re
quested the American minister, Mr.
Weitxel, and Captain Terhune, com
manding the gunboat Annapolis, and
Captain Durell, of the gunboat Taco
ma, to employ their forces to protect
foreign life and property, which the
Nlcaraguan government frankly od
-1 mlbted It could not Itself do.
Secretary Meyer Issued rush orders
for the big armored cruiser Callfor
■ nla at Ban Diego, Cal., to proceed to
Panama. Meanwhile the transport
Prairie has been ordered from the
' Portsmouth. N. H.. navy yard to Phil
adelphia to take aboard 750 marines
and sail on to Colon.
MILLIONS LOST BY FRAUDS
Secretsry MacVeagh Appoints Com
sion to investigate Methods.
Washington—Secretary MacVeagh,
In comprehensive Instructions, issued
to the commission he has appointed
to Investigate appraising methods,
condemned the appraising system of
the United States and declared its re>
habituation should unearth frauds
an(l produce Improvements to increase
the Federal revenues by millions.
The gross undervaluations in vari
ous lines of Importations which have
boen exposed by a general reform of
the customs service, the secretary
said, have shown conclusively that
the grave defects of the appraising
branch go beyond any accurate knowl
edge the trade has acquired.
"We do not know how much money
is involved in this investigation, but
in collections amounting to more than
>811,000,000 a year, It Ukes but a
small percentage of improvement to
make an impression that must b«
counted In millions. 1
England to Show at Panama.
London.—Great Britain served no
tlce upon the United States govern
ment that it will participate in the
Panama exposition in San Francisco
In 1915, despite the action of the
United States senate In passing the
Panama canal administration bill
England had entered formal com
plaint against the bill, which was al
leged to be a violation of the Hay
Paunceforte treaty and her hesitancj
in accepting the Invitation to tak
part in the world's fair had led to
reports ahe would not exhibit.
Mute Chains Father to Chair.
St Louie, Mo.—LaViolette Pollock
a deaf mute, nineteen years old, li
in the city hospital observation wan
pending examination by physlclani
and city officials. Patrolman Join
King said he was attracted to thi
Pollock home by faint cries for hel|
made by the g»rL He found her hold
ing her father in a chair at a fron
; window. A long chain was wrnppe
I around both of them. The father sal
he was trying to restrain the gli
4 from going out, and thr.t she ha
overpowered him.
SUERIOR WHJSOK
COURTS PUBLICITY
WANTB PEOPLE TO KNOW EVERY
THING CONNECTED WITH
CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
BOOKS OPEN FOR INSPECTION
The Nomina* B*yi That McCombs,
His Manager, Refused Contributions
From Thomas P. Rysn.—Most of
Money Raised Prom Prtncfcton.
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Sea Glrt.-*"I am absolutely In favor
»f publicity and welcome a thorough.
Investigation of my campaign ex
penses. I have always held that posi
tion. I have always approved of it
and will welcome It as a matter of
oourse."
In this way Governor Woodrow
Wilson outlined his attitude toward
the resolution inroduced in the Sen
ate by Senator Penroae calling among
other things for sn Inquiry into the
pre-eoarention campaigns of the var
ious candidates. The Governor asked
who his ifHneipal backers were in the
primary campaign.
"To tell the troth, I don't know
myself except in i general way who
hsd charge of my campaign In the
various states," rsplied the Governor.
"I merely kept a general oversight
over my campaign fund. Three times
we had no fund at all."
The Governor said he could not
even estimate his pre-conventlon ex
penses. He Said most of the money
however, was raised from Princeton
graduates. Practically all the money
was spent for publicity," said the Gov
ernor, "for distributing news through
the press. We did not ask papers to
use it. We did not volunteer it. We
sent it out wherever it was asked for."
The Governor said that so far as
|he knew no campaign contributions
were declined. With reference to the
Thomas F. Ryan Incident which de
veloped In connection with the Wat
teraon-Harvey-WUson episode, the
Governor was asked If ho had not de-
I dined a contribution from Mr. Ryan.
"I personally did not." answared ihe
Governor, "but Mr. McCombs did. But
i I ought not to say that bocause It
' leaves the impression that Mr. Ryan
offered money. He did not, I declln
! Ed to see Mr. Ryan and Mr. McComba
declined to let anybody aak Mr. Ryan
for a contribution."
Crop Production in Ruaala.
Washington.—A cablegram dated
August 24. from the International In-
I stltute of Agriculture, Rome, Italy,
has been received by the United States
! department of agriculture giving the
following information: "In Russia
' estimates of production in 73 govern
ments are as follows, expressed In
bushels: Wheat, 748,947,000; rye.
984,728,000, barley, 468,183,000; oats.
1,032,606,000; corn. 61,908,000."
Looking For Another Pled Piper.
Evanston, 111.—Anyone who can
charm rats as did the Pled Piper ot
Hamelin, would be a welcome visitor
to this town Just now. The rodents
have so overrun the place that the
authorities have given up trying to
polaon them and are seeking In Chlcar
go to find a professional ru.. extermi
nator.
Becker Case Delayed to September 3.
New York. —John P. Mclntlre, coun
sel for Police Lieut. Charles Beckei
| Indicted for the uiurder of Herman
' Rosenthal obtained a delay In the case
| until September 3, by serving a writ
staying the proceedings. The writ wai
, served on Assistant District Attorney
f i Rubin and Judge MuWjuee of the court
,j of general sessions.
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Wreck of Titanic Taught Him Lesson.
. j Philadelphia, Pa.—lt is stated in ad
i vices received by shipping men here,
.' that Lord Pierrie, head of the English
t, firm which built the Titanic, has been
j so impressed by the disaster to the
II vessel that he has decided to recon
-0 struct his own yacht. Valiant, on lines
1 suggested by the foundering of the
White Star vessel.
Must Grant Nichols New Trtal.
> Washington.—The state department
i is preparing to make representations
e to the Mexican government to bring,
o about a new trial for W. C. Nichols, an
e American convicted of murder. Nlch
e ols was sentenced to 8 years' lmprls
1. onment for killing a man. responslbil
i- lty for whose death is said to have
1- been confessed by a Mexican. The
f department has taken up the matter
y at the Instance of American Consul
:e Miller at Tamplco who reported that
'■a the trtal was in violation of all the
rales of Mexican law.
Mike Duncsa Arrested.
Huntington. W. Va. —On the trial of
ll Wesley Edwards and Sidna Allen,
'd wanted in connection with the Hills
" vllle, Va., court tragedy and with
m capias tor their arrest in his pocket
" Mike Duncan, a detective and formei
lc resident of Nolan, was in Jail here.
d Seven yean ago Everett Thompson
was shot and killeUU Nolan. Recently
j: as Duncan passed along the street here
, he was recognised by Floyd Thomp
' son. an uaole of the dead man and his
arrest followed. Duncan says he ftred