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'1 A S7 t it Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XII. COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1906. NO. 17. rill ; A: , X iii ii i i i i i iii i E HAVEN RAILROAD SELLS TROLLEY LINES 'sarins State Cpntro! Disposes of Its Holdings. k HUNDRED MILES GIVEN OVER Lvonty-"ve rer cent or the Street Hallways of Connecticut and Many in Massachusetts and llhode Island Included. Boston. : Trolley lines are no long r a part of the assets of the New ork, New' Haven and Hartford Rail- oad. It was announced that the ailroad company had disposed of Its ntire group iruuey lines xo a voi- ! 1 atary association. The new voluntary association inch now owns the trolley systems 1 to be known, according to report, s the New England Security and In- estm&at Company, and is composed f a number of individuals who are. Lithout much douht, not unfriendly o the railroad interests. It is un- erstood that the sale or transfer in olves all the road's trolley hotdings. his means about 600 miles of com- leted trolley lines in Connecticut, assachusetts, Rhode Island and k'ew York State. The lines in Connecticut form the argest group, for fully seventy-five A C J. 1 if J . 11 ler ceni. oi me enure street railway vstem in that State belongs virtually o the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, including the treet railways of Hartford, Willi- antic, New London. New Haven, Eiidgeport, Stamford and Norwich, to; to mention numerous other owns. In Massachusetts the hold ings included the systems in. Spring- Id and Worcester, the Berkshire i eet Railway and the Worcester bd South Bridge Street Railway and he Worcester and Black Stone Street Railway. These systems were held It the Consolidated Street Railways ompany, which was owned by the lew Haven. The transaction is evidently the mtcorae of the agitation over the so iled merger bill in the Legislature ast session. President Mellen told legislative committee at that. time hat if the people of this State did ot want the railroad to hold trolley iaes the railroad would bow to the: popular will. The merger bill was defeated and mmediately afterward Attorney- leneral Malone sent a draft of a bill j the Legislature which he said ould operate to cause the New Ha en to divest itself of its trolleys, overnor Guild also, sent a special essage to the Legislature congratul ating it on the defeat of the merger pill, and characterizing the present ailroad system in Massachusetts as lmjust and inequitable, and saying iat the control of Massachusetts asportation was slowly but surely passing from Massachusetts to aliens. The committee on street railways hereupon recommended that the le gality of the New Haven's holdings In .Massachusetts trolley systems be -sted in court. The Ne.w Haven management pro ?sted that the trolley acquisitions in Massachusetts of the Consolidated peet Railways Company had at all mes been in conformity with the Iassachusetts laws. New . Haven. Conn. This state- ent was made by President Mellen his summer home in Stockbridge, ass., over the telephone to his office ere: The transaction involved the sale over seventy-five per cent, of the treet railways of Connecticut, in- udins- systems in the cities of New ondon. Ne-w Haven. BrideeDort. pr'Aich, Stamford, Hartford, Willi pantic and other towns in Connecti- t. together with lines running into faw York State and Rhode Island ad numerous lines in Massachusetts, eluding systems in the cities of Springfield and Worcester." FREE LUNCH UNFIT. (lueaso Plant AVIiere It is Manufac tured From Spoiled Meat. Chicago. that the free lunch tvei. in hundreds of saloons in ca3o is Ir-gely composed of meat 11 a condition absolutely unfit for use as discovered by Food Inspector urray wven his force of assistants raided a barn at 124 Illinois street,, ned by William Davidson. e place contained thirty stoves, 0ver which six men were working a an endeavor to prepare .decayed P"l- and beef into a semblance of its -nal form, and thereafter "man- ufacture" it. into free lunch for the Sa'Oon trade. fhe men working i the awful iench of the nlace were arrested on aiia.nv.s Avnrn nut. hv Tnsnector Urray. and with Davidson are ac- sed of violating the health ordi- M-es of the city.. - raid of the Illinois street barn 'lowed thfi insnpptfnn nf a cold st.or- Se warehouse. The warehouse is a VUDUc one. and in it Tnanector Mur- ay found 25,000 pounds of meat fit for e , hS Pntl'vn mna nnfieptoH Qa will v . r.A a oro;ncf T . I OCU a..' CllUCUtD UqU-IUV Davidson and his assistants. Speaker Cannon Renominated. . speaker Canno-. was nominated at SUle ln- fOT Congress Sor the rSenta time and was indorsed for , fluent With crMt ontVinaiosm ftn , ne said no man could refuse, CHELSEA, liTASSBAHK SHUT The ; First National Wrecked by Favors to Officers. Big Loans to Officers Caused Failure, According to Report of Examiner Ewer -to the Comptroller. Washington, D. C T. P. Kane, acting Comptroller of the Currency, received advices by wire from Na tional Bank Examiner Ewer at Bos ton that the First National Bank, of Chelsea, Mass., had been closed by action of the directors. Examiner Ewer its been appointed receiver. The failure of this bank is due to large, excessive loans to officers and directors of the bank. Chelsea, Mass. The information given by Bank Examiner Ewer to the Comptroller of the Currency at Wash ington, in connection with the fail ure of the First National Bank, of Chelsea, was that the collapse was due to excessive loans made to officers and directors of the bank. It became known that the princi pal factor in the suspension of the bank was a large indebtedness on the part of its president, Sylvester B. Hinckley. This indebtedness is un officially estimated at from $ 3 00,000 to $500,000, but statements maue by directors of the bank indicate th. t President Hinckley has transferred to the institution his equity in large real estate holdings, which, it is ex pected, will provide for the payment in full of all depositors. President Hinckley is said to be dangerously ill at his home in New ton: On Saturday last he was unable to place his signature to the 'papers transferring his property to the bank, and it was necessary for him to re sort to making his marl: upon the document.. This -proceeding was le galized by the witnessing signatures of his wife and son. It is said that Mr. Hinckley has not been able to be a the bank for four weeks. ueveiopmenis indicated mat Mr. Tt a . . I mncKiey was involved m extensive he expected to realize great profits. The director most actfvft in hrinir- ing affairs to a crisis was Thomas Martin, a former president of the bank, who, in an Interview said that recently he discovered evidence of unbusinesslike methods, and started an investigation. This disclosed the fact that papers held by the bank were not What Mr. Martin considered strictly "commercial. He said that the signatures in some cases "needed explaining.' Mr. Martin also stated that suffi cient property had been transferred by Mr. Hinckley to the bank to In sure the payment of depositors in full. NEW G. A. R. COMMANDER. Encampment Elects R. B. Brown, Ed itor of Zanesville Courier. . Minneapolis, Minn. R. B. Brown, of Zanesville, Ohio, was elected Com mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the annual en campment. Other officers chosen were: Senior Vice-Commander, Will iam H.Armstrong, Indianapolis; Jun ior Vice-Commander, E. B. Fenton, Detroit; Chaplain in Chief, Arch bishop John Ireland. St. Paul; Surgeon-General, W. - H. Jackson, Lin coln, Neb. The new Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army, R. B. Brown, was born in 1845, and hag always lived in Ohio. He enlisted in the Fif teenth Ohio Infantry at the age of sixteen years, and served in the Fourteenth Army Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland until he was mus tered out in 1864. He then re-en listed as a veteran soldier, and served as such until the end of the war. He was a private throughout the three vears of his service and then be came a non-commissioned officer. Mr. Brown is now editor of the Zanesville Courier. The total membership of the Grand Army is declared in the report of Adjutant-General Tweedale to be 235,823, an increase of 3368 during the last six months. The losses by death for the year ended December 31, 1905, were 9205, or 3.90 per cent, of the total membership. . In the preceding year the loss by death reached exactly the same percentage. The Commander-in-Chief in his ad dress bitterly arraigned those who, posing as the "most eminentmen of the nation." had proved iaise to meir trust in various ways, but declared that among all such the name of no Civil War veteran could be found. MANY EMIGRANTS FOR CANADA. Salvation Army Charters Steamers to Bring Settlers from England. ; - Brigadie: General Howell -- and Colonel Lamb, of the Salvat4on;Army, will leave England for Canada, hav ing completed arangements for the settlement of. between 20,000 and 25,000 emigrants in the Dominion ithin a . year. A fleet of ten or twelve' stermers will be chartered for their transportation. The emigrants will be scattered through Canada in such a way as to place them within reach of tne work for which they ar? berrc suited. State Senator . a Briber. State Senator F. O. Butt has; oeeii. convicted 'n the Circuit Court, at Perry ville; Ark., on' a charge of of fering a bribe to another State Sena tor. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and fined $200. 7 TREMENDOUS LOSS REPORTED ... Property Loss is Even Placed a High as $250,000,000, or Motff Than Ev ery Stick and Stone of the Com enmity Can Possible Be Worth Known .Dead placed by Refugee at 100, But Figures Still Run as High as 2,000. There continues confusion of state ments as to the magnitude of the disaster to Valparaiso caused by the earthquake shocks which began, on Thursday, August 16, and continued at frequent intervals throughout that and the next two days. Dispatches from Valparaico to the Associated Press state that a moder ate estimate of the fatalities is 2,000 and that the property loss may be as high as $250,000,000, which latter is as great as the loss sustained by. San Francisco in consequence of the earth quake and fire devastated that city last April. A refugee who has arrived at Santi ago places the' known Valparaiso dead at 100, and other messages in dicate that first reports of damages and casualties were greatly exagger-- ated. Dispatches to the State De partment at Washington place the fatalities at about 500. These con flicting statements cannot at this time be adjusted. It is evident that even yt confusion and panic prevail at Valparaiso and until order is restored it will be impossible to ascertain with accuracy the loss to life qnd prop erty. The dwellings in the city have been practically abandoned by the in habitants, who are existing as best they can in the plazas and streets of the city and the hills adiaceHt to " ' .. - it, without shelter from stornr and sun and Avith famine confronting th em. Food is already scarce and high, water for drinking 'purposes is lacking, and disease is feared. The government is doing all it can to bring in relief. The crippling of the railroads leadinsr into Vnrnnrsn mn, C -wv.. t ip mdefanite period. Relief supplies can only, be obtained thlOUffh other menas of transportation, the seaboard ahTording the best of these. At Santiago many of the best pub lic and private buildings were wreck- td. The loss of life there was aug mented by the panic which seized the people, many of whom threw them selves fro mthe balconies of their homes. The destructive force of the earthquake was experienced over a large extent of the country, many towns sustaining serious damage. Facts About Valparaiso. The capital of the province of Val paraiso, Chile, and the chief seaport of the republic, is situated on a base of the Pacific, 6S miles (11G miles by lanj Avest -northwest of Santiago, with which it is connected by rail. me older and business portion of the city extends along the shore of the bay, while on the slope of the sur rounding hills are the finer residence subburbs. Vina del Mar. a fpw miW to the east, is a noted suburb and sea shore resort. Valparaiso eniovs' a mild and equable climate, the average temperature being 58 degrees F., the average for January 63 degrees and tor Ju v 53. The vm 'a fro o n n n o 1 rainfall is about 13.5 . inches - The - Mrvsa.ui.v (i I in nil I town has some well constructed streets, and a square with ma nv monu ments. The more important monu ments include statues of Columbus, v imam u neelnght, who built the first railroad in South America, Tho mas Cochrane (tenth Earle of Dun clonald), who organized the Chilean navy, and a. fine monument to the navy, surmounted by a statue of Ad miral Pratt. The fort is strongly for- cined, and the government maintains a large naval arsenal. The chief manufactures are cotton goods, ma chinery and iron works ; other inter ests are the manufacture of tobacco, bottling of mineral water, sugar re fining, brewing and distilling. The harbor is very accesseble and has a complete svstem of Ano wo,, and shipyards Valparaiso has been the port for Santiago since 1854. It was visited by a. terrible earthquake in 1855 and bombarded by a Spanish fleet in 1866. During the civil war of 1891 is was taken and partly sacked by the con gressional troops. . The population in 1900 was 135,674, of whom 12,000 were foreigners. $50,000-Lumber Mill Fire in Georgia. Macon, Ga., Special.A special to The Telegraph from Ocailla, Ga., says the plant of the Ocilla Lumber Com pany, one of the largest in the State, was totally destroyed by fire Sunday morning; loss, $50,000. Drv kiln. millions of feet of lumber, laths, shin - gles and other material destroyed. Citizens made a great eflort to exting uish flames without avail and then turned their attention to saving ad joining property, which was success ful. Very small insurance on proper ty. Mills - will at once . be - rebult. Origin of fire unknown. . III II UIG EVIL Governor of North Carolina Is Trying to Suppress Lynching SAYS LAW MUST BE RESPECTED Chief Executive of the State Calls Up on Good Citizens to Uphold the Strong Ann of the Law and Writes Specific Instructions to Sheriffs and National Guard Officers Expresses Confidence in Officers, Press and People. Raleigh, N. C, Special. Hon R. B. Glenn Governor of North Carolina, has taken a vigorous stand to put dowb the mob spirit in his State. To this end he has just issued the following: v ' To " the People of North Carolina, ' Greeting: Up until a few weeks ago and for four years, our State was blessed with law and order and peace and plenty reigned. Now, a few lawless men, in three instances, have taken the law into their own hands and by violence and with strong hands have overthrown the law, and wilfully and deliberately committed murder by lynching persons confined in jail. In none of these instances was there the slightest excuse for these acts, for in all cases special terms hae been or dered and in one case the court was actually sitting and trying the pris oners. Such acts breed contempt of law, bringing the courts into dire pute, and put a blot on the good name of . the State. To stop these disgrace ful - occurrences and to protect -all prisoners, no matter who they are, I have issued the following order to all the sheriffs of the State, and to those in command of the State troops : the Sheriff of county, North Caroliua In the future, whenever any crime is committed in your county, use ev ery means in your power to arrest the offenders and bring them to trial. A ter their arrest and confinement in your jail, if you hear of any threats or rumors of violence, you will at once notify me, giving- all facts, to the end that I may take such steps as to me seem expedient. I also hereby direct you to notify the captain of the nearest military company of said rumor and order him to be in readi nes to aid you in case of need. You also have the power to summon alhi arm all citizens as a posse comitatus. If, after this, violence is attempted, I hereby command you to order out the military company and the posse and have them armed and ready for duty. . You will then maka proclama tion and order all crowds about yaur jail or attempting to seize yourpris- oners to at once disperse '- tellinsr them if they refuse you will use force and their injury will be-n their owneads. Use every peaceful means in your power to disperse the crowds, without using force, but if they still refuse to leave," and continue their threats and unlawful acts, use force sufficient to disperse them, even if killing be necessary. You will like wise arrest and put in jail all such persons engaged in said mob to the end that they may be prosecuted and punished according to 4a w. I have confidence in the intergrity of the civil officers and count on their co operation with me in suppressing all crime. Herein fail not but obey this or der. R. B. GLENN, Governor. To Captain Company North Carolina .National Guard I oir: creamer in case at any time O- TT i . .. . iyou hear of an attmpt at violence by mob law, you are hereby com manded to report the facts to me, and also notify the sheriff of the county where the violence is threat ened, of your readiness to tender him 3Tour services. In the event you are ordered out by the sheriff, -you are hereby commanded to obey his law ful orders. Attempt no violence as long as there Is a chance: to enforce order peacefully. If- the sheriff, af ter ordering the rowd to disperse, and they refuse, orders you, to fire, do so. Arest al lthe mob vou can and deliver them to the sheriff, and. continue to guard and protect the jail nutil you are relieved. Do nothing: rash, but in every way possible aid 1 the civil authorities in ' suppressing moh law. I have confidence in the willingness "and ability of the military to carry out this order. This is a gen eral order, in force now and hereaf ter until countermanded, and of it 3fou will take notice and act accord ingly-v . . R. B. GLENN, Governor and Comander in Chief. The above orders show my desire to, preserve law and to protect the State, but even .these efforts will be futile unless all good citizens of the State will aid in them. Law-abiding people' should keep out of the" mob, render it no assistance or mpathy directly or indirectly,, use 'every ef fort in their power to get it to dis perse and should willingly, help the officers in the discharge of their duty. Remember every effort will always be made to arrest and try all persons who commit crime. t There is, there fore, no need of lynch law, and if the courts and juries fail to do their full duty and this is made known through' proper channels every re source will be adopted to punish- the guilty parties, for thus degrading jus- ice. Our judges are honest and true and speedy trials wil be ordered, and therefore there can be, no . shadow of excuse tor the people taking the law into their own hands, and when they do, they become themselves law breakers, put themselves without the pale of legal protection and must be dealt with as a mob and suppressed by use, of needed force, even though carried to the utmost extent. The newspapers with their .means of hearing and dissinating the news can greatly aid in warning of danger, hus repressing crime. I ask-pf the papers of the State, daily and week- y, to publish this address and to write strong editorials calling on their people to assist in maintaining the law. I have confidence in the people and the press, the officials, both civil and military, and . therefore call on thew to help me in my efforts to maintain peace and quiet and forever to prevent such disgraceful scenes as we have just pased through scenes which reflect on our people, giving us the name o falw-breakers, which the overwhelming majority of the people don ot deserve, and in juring our good State in every sense, materially, educationally and moral- Living in Raleigh, often far from the scene of trouble, I can only act through agents, and in person when I can arrive on the scene, so, again I call on all good citizens, civil and military, who love their tS.ate, who de sire to protect its fair name, to give me both their physical and moral.sup-. port, and if mortal man "can accom- pnsn sucn an ena, i snau ana wiu enforce the law and protect all citi zens. Respectfully. ' R. B. GLENN, l Governor. FEMININE NEWS NOTES. Hetty Green must give way to Mrs. Sage as the richest woman in Amer ica. - . It is estimated that 5,000,000 women are earning wages in the British Isles. Before a Norwegian girl can marry she must present a certificate that she can cook. Mme. Albanl has performed before royalty more frequently than any other actress or singer alive. Professor Bell's report on the blind and deaf of the country says there are more deaf males than females Mrs. Craigie, the novelist and dra matist, whose pen name was "John Oliver Hobbes," died suddenly in England. ' Dead at 112 years, Mrs. Ferdinand Reese, of Laporte, Ind., leaves testi mony as to the efficacy of two daily meals of corn bread. Chorus girls in New York have suddenly grown shy.. Most of them are busy dodging subpoenas from the District Attorney's office. Lady Betty Balfour has edited two volumes of "Letters Personal and Literary of Robert. Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith)," which will 'be published by the Longmans. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland Is an excellent linguist, for she speaks French, German and English as flu ently as her native Dutch, and she knows something besides of Italian and Russian. The will of Lady Curzon, who died July 18, was filed for probate in Lon don. It is dated December 19, 1893, and was made on board the steam-? ship Arabia. The value of the estate Is placed at $50,875. Mercedes Lopez, a Mexican wom an, is said to possess the longest hair of any person in the world. Her height is five feet, and when she stands erect her hair trails on the ground four feet eight inches. r WEAVING SILK RAGS. Tiny looms for the weaving of silk rnp-a intn st.rins -which are afterwards joined to make rugs, or couch covers, or even portieres, are among the in teresting invention brought about by the interest women are taking in all forms of handicraft. . On the loom can fcp 7oven strips of about nine inches v . ' the warp threads sufb-J.c-'X'.. -ifuui hi;t? big, full-edg&d :-&ZsLi--VLci. -o-- t heavier sort of work. "Hit-br-miss" patterns are as popu- lar in silk work as they are in old- fashioned rag" carpets, used now only for kitchen or nursery; but often strips compbsedlof two colors are made.: with- one used f dr bordering the ends. .. The Final Touch. ; ? It wj known that Anabelle Hpbbar txi made a good match, from a world ly point of view; Just, how good, how ever, nobody in Hillville fully, realized! until the return of Anabelle's moihtc from a visit to the new home. . "I . guess there's aothlng Anabelte can't have if she takes the notion. said Mrs. Hobbs, with a sigh of atis faction. "I tell her she'd ought to" how reason, for of course, Henry wlll get kind of wonted to her after while, and not be. quite -so ready? fcut now he takes up with all lr wkims-. What dx you suppose jAm last gift was?" The listener dared ; not venture at supposition. . 1 didn't Jmaglne you wouli,'' said Mrs. Hobbs, with satisfaction. "Ana belle's always been set oa oniona ever since she was a eiild, but iier pa and I 'never encouraged her in it, first because they smell so, and taen, too, they cost considerable unless yoi raise them yourself. ' i "Well, Henry found out how fond -she is of 'em, and he ordered a half bushel to be there when they got kick from the trip; and ! then when she told him my objections, and ha , knew I was coming he bought pint bottle of that new hyacinth per fujaery and put it in the guest-room lor me. "When I got that on, why, Anabello might have eaten the whole o that half-bushel of onlsng and I should nev er have known it. Here, you smell o' that handkerchief and you'll e I'm not speaking a word Beyond th truth," Nothing Unusual.' ' Two neighbors were confiding their troubles to each other over the back- !' yard feace that separated their prem ises. . , "You know," said Mrs. Higgims "that my husband is a -carpenter?" "Yes." "Well, I give you my word that alf our up-stairs rooms are unfinished and the roof loaks whenever it rains, and I can't get Henry to do a thinct to 'em!" " " -m "You're not any worse oft than . I am," said Mrs. Clingham. "You knom ' my husband used to be a fireman oft a locomotive?" well, just as true as I stand her I always have to get up in the mora lng and make the fire. The" Aitcheo 'Agairt. V t "Once in Banbury," says a writeif , In the Baltimore Sun, "I dined wltbj an English farmer. We had ham foo dinner a most delicious ham, baked The farmer's son oon finished his portion and passed his plate, again. . . " 'More 'am, father,' he said. r ' "The farmer frowned. 'Don't sajf 'am, son; say, 'am.' . " 'I did say 'am,' the lad protested , in an injured tone. , " 'You said 'am!' cried the father fiercely. "Am's what it should be 'Am, not 'am.' ' '.. , 4tIn the miist of the controversy ther farmer's wife turned to me with a lit tie deprecatory smile. " 'They both think they're- sayinc am!' she said." ' ' Seven men were hurj; by the ekplo Bion of a .bronze casting in Philadel phia and hree may die. v Home-made , crosses fit like home-1 made clotlies. So. 34-'06. SALLOW FACES. " Often Caused by Coffee Drinking. How many persons realize that coffee so disturbs digestion that It produces a muddy, yellow complex- . ion? ' ' ' - . A ten days' trial of Postum Food, Coffee has proven a means, In thou sands of cases, of clearing up bad ' complexions. A Washn. young lady tells her ex perience: "All of us father, mother, sister- and brother- had used tea and cof- . fee for many years until finally we all had stomach troubles more or less. ; , - . - " " . ' . "We were, all sallow and troubled ' with pimples, breath bad, disagree-" y-. able taste in the mouth, and all of us ; simply so many bundles of nerves. "We didn't realize that coffee wan the cause ot the trouble until one r, day we ran out of coffee and went to) -borrow some from a neighbor. -She gave us some Postum and told us to try that. . - j " ' . ' ' . "Although we started to make It ' " we all felt sure we would be sick iC. we missed our strong coffee, but we were forced to try Postum and were'f surprised! to find it delicious. . . "We read the- statements on the , .; pkg., got more and in a month and , , half you wouldn't have known' Usi' ' We were all able to digest our foo U f without any trouble, each one's skint , became clear, tongues . cleaned oS .. - and 5 nerves in fine condition. ) We T never use anything now but Postum.-: There is nothing like it;" Name giv t i en by Postum Co., Battle creek, - Michi Read the little book, "The . Road to WeUville." 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