sboro
;'. Dk Largest
Guaranteed Local
Circulation
WEATHtR
Thursday and
Friday (air
continued cold.
VOL. I.
SO. 136.
HJIEENSJIOUO, N. C THURSDAY. OECEMBEU 23. ()'.
PLUCK: FIVE CENTS
ALASKAN AFFAIRS
4 Report of Governor Wllford
v H Koggatt Made Public
COAL FIELDS DEVELOPMENT
Territory Passed i Quiet Tear Id De
TfclopmtQioi 8escurtesli:t:ouiAny
Narked Incidents Dean-log.
(By The Aaaoclated Prf-
Waahington, C. J?- it-Early
- development of the ieaMoel field of
" Alaaka in order that alaUa on tha Pa
. aitic alope may be furnished with a kik
. grade eoal at leas ooat than the piv
duct now brought half way around tha
woild and tfcat tte i.r.lnj.s of the Liii
ted State navy in the 1'acihe may be
provided with a flrat taaa fuel of Amer
ran proluciien, i adocated by Gov
rpor Wilford B. llougatt, of Alaaka,
. In bia annual report tor thi year be
for hainy suooeeded by Governor Wal--'.
' ter E. Clark.
Alaaka, according to Governor Hog
', gait, paaaed a year of quiet develop
nient of ita reaourcea and without any
narked incident to excite unuaual in
tereat. Tka population remained prac
tically tha aame, there having ben a
redistribution but no gain. Commerce
between Alaaka and tha 1'nited .States
increased, aatiafactory experiment, in
taia.ng grain and cattle were made and
the mining induatrirs were suecea.f.i1
0 , and without recurrence of the labor
trouble, which materially interfered
with operationa laat year.
, s Recommendation of importance made
i fcy Governor Hogzitt include the plac
Aing of the governor under the auitiunty
t the drpartment of juatice, inatead of
tbt department of the interior at
C recent, a fair method of disponing of
ae eoal landa of Alaska, the inapee
tlon of tha mine by the United Statea
, - feoToglcal aurvey in order to protect
workmen, the exteneion to natlvea of
Alaaka of the right to acquire public
land and to hold and transmit proper
tjr, appropriation for aid to naviga
i'oa, and the aatabliehment of a light
, iou diatrtct f subdistrlet with tan
. ?. - '- .
"tare urarr meat -eaouia De given v
rhoaa engaged in mining eoal in Alaa
ka," aay Governor lloggatt. "Ulflea
a way la found to open the eoal nelde
of Alaaka, the population will deerea.ee
and the unknown reaourrea of the coun
try b undiacovered for an indefinite
period. Coal mining can be made a
permanent and profitable industry In
Alaaka. ai'd the establishment of camps
will aid materially in the dedvelopnient
of it resource.' Mining of coal on
Beward Peninaular would mean much
to the people living in tliat section, as
the coat of fuel under preaent condi
tlon i very high and the consumption
per capita ia very great, i ne mineral.
Is widely distributed throughout Alas
ka, and is found to be of very hi'h ,
grade In the Alatamiska and Bering I
river valleys. Workable deposits are '
also to be found on Seward Peninsular i
No titles having ben secured to any j
coal lands in A'.aaka. development of
the deK)sita ha- nn hei n maJe. Onre i
title to the lands is given to the loco
tors, development will follow rapidly.
as transportation seems to 1 assured.
Charges of fraud in the location of coal ,
landa should be sifted and determined
with exp dition and patents issued tn j
tire entitled, and rejection of patents j
promptly made to those who have in
aay way violated the ionl land las i
re'ating to Alaaka and the I'nited '
States. 1
"The future development of Alaski)
will d( pend very luri'rlv upon all the-sear-arouml
easy cuiiimllnira rnn lie
twees the coast and the interior. This'
naturally (l-'en,ls upon transportation
facilities. There spin-- to lie ample bus
Ines. reasons to warrani the construc
tion of railroads from the coast to t he .
Bering rivr and Vntaimska coal fields, '
and to the eoppi r rniins in the Alaskan
ranee of mountain Iteyond these;
pointa there is no presrnt business to
Warrant cap tal. tunudid. to construe,
railroads. Sutliroiit kinnvlrdge of teas- ,
fble routes fpiir. tin- i-ust to the in
terior I beliew i- now to be nad and
apuld be nbtaini'-l ly the government
through a hoard c,l army and ral road
enjrini'er. who should .ietirniine npin
the Ill'i-l f,'aslht" ro:ili to the int.ri-T
and upiot such liiws us slumld U huill
for the deve!. ipnie lit o Alaska. When
the ork of thi I oard is con p'-td th"
goernnient should s--m the construc
tion of thr ra Iro.rls in a similar manni r
to that adapted f-r ' he cons-ru t ion of
railva-s in tlie ' n- Is ai-is !'
a railroad is ' o hp ti i.'l fmn ti,,-' rnast
of Abska t.l 'h-- i.m Valley, j x, 1
be n't-'Sarv .t; ;l i i-i i rtintll lie;ir
a p rt ot ' ' f- hi; .'I - ;i-. n, i.fi.-i-
ation fir Id oi In ipar- .titer its con
atructlon. vhch p-rlol will b-1 required
for the development of the interior of
Alaska to sii-h an extent as to make
the rai'road self -sustaining. The monev
now paid for a very extensive mail ser
Tice, if paid to a railroad when built,
would go a loiiff way toward its main
tenance. I have, th'-vifi re. to urjre thai
a hoard of arivy and railroad engineers
be appointed for t'n pnrposi outlined
above. If the eo enmient does not i-e-ume
a part of the b 'rden of interior
transportation. e will have to wait
for a permanent devrloprnr nt of the
interior of AJaska miiil suih time as
diecoreries of plienorrera mineral de
poaits will justify pr vate capital in
the eons-rii'-t inn of riil roads.
"If a railroad is bi ilt to the Mate
ntlska coal fields, it Mill f?tablih a per
ananent comuDity i.nrtb of the ivast
av ' - .uuu whan men will kano
an opportunity to eara livelihood
il.roujuoat U roar, and raubliah
from ahica they ran proapaet
radius of 100 or I0 anilea, withw
ia all probability aom thing will ba found I
wait, win iiatifT tha iiuhwi of too
railroad at ill fartaar toward th. iaiorior.
.SS
kseM of rcernt discoveries of rein carry
ing high gnad an a re twi verj en
oouraginc, and tbcr teems to ba a re
, viral of interval in gold-quart min
ling throughout aoutheaatera Alaaka.
Lkseorenes of quart carrying kign
value have been mad ia the Kairbank
iniaing ditrlet, and a llmltad amount
ab? aaWaabaalasiasksaBa abw wawL Baa aa - jlashashaa SBH 1 1 a
enrottragiiig raaulta. High grada gold
pnioZ:. tr." io'nd
low creek, and tke beat of those proa pee t ,
are being developed. Placer mining con
tiuuea in a email way ia aoutheaatern I
Alaaka and the beach at Cape Yaktag ;
and in Cook inlet. Thi character of j
fliAfting continue throughout the Yukon j
vafley, and activities in the Fairbanks !
diatiirt continue uuabatad.- lloreaaed
intereat ia ahown in the aaroaBeeriiU' in
the Suaitna and Knskokwim valleva, aad
encouraging report are aaade of the
dietrlcta. A large number of proapoetor
and miner are ia these diatrtcta, and it
ia hoped that development a in the new
territory will be efficiently rapid to
maintain the production of gold for aev-
eral veara On the Reward Peninsula
drift mining ia giving way to dredging
ndi hydraulic mining."
Governor Hoggatt recommends a law
to diminish the eontrvveraiea over th.
n.r.l,l. n( .l.t.. i. Jlmi.l.h
ownrrahlp of placer claim or to diminiah
.(T ft iV lif!!Il rl
?.i.!.0 .l , ".i-l'k
k. ,ii. -ki.v i. ... u.. ti..
l.. el.M.l. uv iims ..-.t.. , ... ieire, weie among ine more man lou
nower Z .ttorv iZ orrdiThat Mrt"1- mo,h" of M?' Sn'ad ; r- gueeta who attended the 104th annual
.ti lPjl 'rI.J fVwardl. Snead, aunt of the victim and(3lnn of th, Nw EnK,.nd ,,.!.,. of
to4i iU... tha .nM.hi --I, - .
. . "-I.. li7 .
fT"" " "J" ? " !LTi,...iJ lil
tinue ownership for on. year should Oe
t j i
"WUl1 " our'
iinr in. rear.
' - .
Regarding the recommendation he
make to change the governor of Alaaka
irom vn conrroi oi ine Department oi
('ovlSeli.ft i'i.VrX'Sila-
governor Hoggatt y: J h provuioa
ot the act for a civil government tor
laska provide that the governor shall
have authority to aee that the lwa of
th district re enforced and to require
the faithful dihrge of their dutiea by
th official apKiintrd to admlniiter the
.A m, 1 k. Affiei.l. .k. rnmd wltk tk. mA.
i . "-";-'""'--"
mtni.ln.1lnn hi th. 1. .. .m miw... mm.
ministration bf the law art under con
.ro,o. ine aepart meat oi )wie, and it
. ' rr . .1 t! ' " e-"' " la atatement declaring no Insurance ever
t ei!l? the wvemor t to ihat,Bl4 id & u(e xl). ,uu.
tha offlnal perform their dotlea, he. . 1Ul.,
.hould .lap be .melnl Kth, dapgrt. "na M.Ument that a. In.ur.ne.
.J .VTT l.,.;'-'n".'-!?
veeonunend that leflilatioa tajjthla. nd
in . l!?!S.i . "j. J .
will prevent aowfllet of atiihorlty, trad
tbt "If'"""1 J' H'T
L.V. ,orf,mn, ' ."d- ,l
i better administration of the affair of
the territory."
A general law, providing for tha .ale
of town ait, under .npervUion of thejto my orchard and accordingly I let
secretary of the Interior, with proper
reservation of bnrbor area and land, for
nubile Turpoe. Governor Hoggatt aay.
ahould be paaaed. "AVIthout such a law,"
he pouita out, xongrea. and the interior
department will be called upon to sun
port private bills for the purchase of
townsite, evrvone of which will have a
loltby in V'ashington attempting to
secure ita paeaage."
MEE T HORRIBLE DEA THS
AT HANDS OF ASSASSINS
Three High Government Officials Meet Their End
Widely S par ate d Paris of ihe Word Premur
Yi, of Korea, Among the V.ctims.
Three fciph gTernment otTteialu, the
moat notable being Premier Yi. of the t
Korean mbinet, met horrible deaths at I
the hand today of political aaaaaaina. '
The crinia committed wer in widely
epa rated portion of the world, and ,
nciuoe, in auauion to i reraier 1 1, ioi- ;
onel KarpolT, chief nf the secret poliw
in Hi. reier.rmrg, Kiiasia, ana Artnur
M. T. .lackaon, in B-imbaj, India, the J
th ef majriatrate of Naik. 1
In Seoul. Korea, the prime mniater
of the Korean cabinet waa atmb)ed to
.l.oft, ... n ..r,( lt a.f lh. in.
, , ,
tenr feeling in Korea aainat Japa-
nesa influence.
Colonel Karpoff was blown to pieoea
, ' . , . . .
bv the explosion of a bomb thrown bv
r ' ,
.uPpoHliy an anarchies. ,
Ar'bur M. T. Jacktvm was r.aaiaainated
bv a nti e for revrnff.- preaimabl b
pari of the soditi 'Ti- rrmveuejit against
lintjsh otli-Ml anihontF
In ea-'h of the cn.intti,- the ffvernmg
,. nt honM mcr.arf d b a dneroi.
elt n t.t , i; n c r d nain! t lie ei.tiri,
I cpiTr.e.
Premier Yi'i Death.
Seoul. Korea, Dec. 22. Premier Yi,
the head of the Korean cabinet, waa
atahbed to death earlv today hr Yie
Cl.aim Younjf. a Korean
The aHack occurred at 10 o'clock in
the morning. The assailant was a
young C'hr at ian who wa for many
year a residtnt of the L'nited Statea.
The premier was riding in his jin
riksha h?n the aaain came up with
a long knife in ti hand. He drove
this twice inta the abdomen of tha pre-
mier and once into the latter1 a lunj.
The assin then turned on the pre
mier'a jinrikaha man, who be stabbed
and inatanMv killed.
The asaaptrin wa iniinediatelT ajrreet- accompanied bim. waa M-re,v inured, cr- and hr- 1 h" r.rr-n-ir.it f -ed.
He i a yo;th of abont 20 TMra, Karpnff waa aprointeI frm Baku. I"winz the kiln p o' t p ,.unp h '
and is believed to be a member of a po-. where be ht been cbiet oi the iecrr-t mar. Ii. 'nr a nig'it !' ttj'
11r,kaI aaawra4 Ka-arlalV
MUST FACE TRIAL
Fonnd Against1
Each of Wardlaw Sisters.
nmi-rinii irn irrrccnDV
IllLluirAL AilU AuvLllOUIl I
,
. bmSi
Tia oi I omiD Are Held In New fork,
TUe Third lo Hew Jersej State
ment of BrothcMD Law.
i n .. Ti.. . .1.1 ,ul !... i
. 7 VL , ,, ...
Newark. N. J.. Dec 82. I he three
u ...ilu- .i.i.r. n.n.t f-
trlal in Eaaex county, New Jeraey, all
, charged with the murder of Ocey W. M.
, Knead, tha Eaat Orange bathtub vl.-.im.
' Much aa a matter of courae the twi
county grand jury filed into court at
Newark tki fternoon and reported that
two indictment had been found agaioat
.ifiKr..
, (hi iiidietment ehnrgea each of the
i.ter with being the principal in caua -
ing Mrs. tsneao a oeam oy arownng oa
arge. each .later alao with bdiig an
acceaaory. ineoiner inuinuieut ruse,
,. ii.,viv ,i.h e,...
" ;- :-j
Wr' Sd "l0 fvmn'il tr'f murder "dent' Harry A Carflcld, of' William Col
Tbe three (latere are Mr. Carolina B.i,.Wi wvre ,mon ti1( iore than 3W)
' "lui.w uinrut uv v. . .. "
aUo her inother in law, and Virglhia
Wardlaw, an aunt
n,. i,,, i, ,n ,h. Essex countv i.il
.-- ...o """ j -
Ikere, and the two former are in custody
in new ior.
The Broceedinn before the grand iury
wert brief. Chief of Police Bell, of East
Orange, told of Dnding the body; WU
Jt7'- t
joij 0( the 'suicide note." he hsd ex
, mined, but just what he awore to waa
nt m,j, uhlie while uhvaiciana teati
j,d to tn, condition of the body,
Statetnint by Brother-in-'.aw.
p-.oj,. Co0.. rw 22-In order
ing him with tta Bnead mytery
'e .. ....... . .
r Eaat Orange, N. J., A. C. Snrad, a broth
,,ri.i.w of (V,y Snead, today mad.
; P'W ha. bee. paid on my lif. i. an
ilisig f.Uehood In March 1K04
'I t"k ftiit two Insuranos police on my
m. j. ... non i . v.. vt
I company In favor of my mother. Mr..
Mary Snead. After coming to Palisade
that it would he better to put leas
moner into life insurance and more In
one of th polieies lapse. 1 still carry
ne nolicT for 11,000 In l.vor of my
mother
' "1 hare never had ny Insurance on
my life other than the two policies
jabove mentioned, nor have 1 ever ai
plied to any insurance company or fra ;
temal order for snv other intisrsnce
The insurance entnspny haa always
1 known where to reach me "
The premier waa removed to the ho
pital.
Yi waa alwavi credited with fonter
ing ant i .Ia pane -.n Inietit in K'Tfa.
He bitterly opposed I !ie fjc; ion a rnonc
the
Kur.-aiis w hich f..v..red anneai...a
lo Japan, ami reiua.-a lo pienein a pei l
tion lor anm-xation to the IWean em
i't
N'ot withal andinir Yi'a kniwn
aenti-
anenta in r-pard to the r !. .on
tween .lanan and Kon h. Maniuis
b"
ii"
("
to
he
regarded a an honi-at ami en
tioua patrmt. an.i r-fn d to hw;f;
pre:P. I - nieat-d rc-Hief,-. t ,"
ho all'-wH tn r-'Mcn h.- otTir It v
bp,I(,Trd lU, tU, -(lrlll..inaiIOI1 it th.
r-ult of pohtna' ntripne
. , ; .
Chief Magistrate of Indian Town,
Bombay, Hrmah India. Iec. 22 r
tbnr SUwn iWo,,. Hip
magiatrate of N'aaik. m fie pre-ide h
f Inimba v. w a i - - i: i ' h im
i-
I fi"
ti'-e
tile
h t riCH ,
fonrance Irb mht
The mo1 ve foi ,
t -rd-r i rj
ft - . f'r
poe.l
In e ! en
u;nti me mafia! rate win, r,i r-
wnteneed a criminal to lite i m . : . t
ment.
aik ia a hotbed of addition .Iarkon
had been in the Bri;ih In-iian wrvir-p
ainoe 1WK,
PoHc of St. ePtersbnrg
St. Peteniburg. Ic 22 - ' oh.ne' Kar
pcdT. cliief of the ; p-! e- ,f ,
Peteraburz. wa a,iMi a t1 d --a r! . to
day. He had been niti-eH to a !ti--(
apart-wwnt in a rr"noti .trei of the
l-orf di"trict. and there a- Kh un to
p eer by a bomb exploded n: -',
ny hU hot, one Miclae! Vo,ti ir-.. n
ky.
TTte murderer ru-hed into h.- sire. i
followin7 the explosion and aa cap-
tured. An aisant of Karp IT w hr had
illira 1
....
XZSALLS ON PEARY
Peary May Try fat South Pola,
(By Tha Aaaoeiated Preaa.)
Kew York, Dae. Commander
Peary very strongly intimated tonight
in a speech at tts banquet of the New
England aoeiety that the expedition
a nick k led aucoeaafully to the North
Pole might also try for the South Pole
' However, ba did not commit himself
defiaitaly aa to hi own har ia uch
I
a expedition.
I "The Stare and Stripea have been
nlnted it th Pola" maid Parr. '"It
r ,,
wouia eem a ntting sequel lo mat
work if the organization, the periminct,
the materml, the equipuieDt, the met I.
(xls, to perfected, night directed to
wttrd the South Pole with tha poaaibil-
'"'y lh' tB Stripe mlghl j
' r. ,
wave at doib ei.ua oi tue eann an.
Commander Peary' reference to "the
personnel," was taken bv many of the
din., to mM thi, he' hlmaelf might
jj ,uca , expedition into the ant
arctic p,opwd and wild ap
pi,u, greeted it But those familiar
witn pPar , , rtpeted and positive d-
Ii i ;... if. j L.i. ..,..
I (rigld ,por,tiona forever believed that
1 n, meant to exclude biamaelf.
j prpont Morgan, Commander Rob
ert E pMly charlea Nagel, aeereiary
; ot oommerce and abor; Frank Hitch-
. . , .. . n .
p.i
((liiiner or ine .-ew cngmnu aot'iaiT oi
i eW York at the Waldnrf Aatoria to-
Uight. Seth Low was toaatmaater.
1 a.i,i .,M..,.i n. .(.. .h. .
, Ainrti iinvuiiivoraii v ur int md-
Uet if fc Intended to lead such aa ...Emitted Ui the warn, teat that wa applied
peitition, feary aald:
- .m Drenan-d to assist in tha or -
g,irtion of such an expedition to aet
, frnm the I'nited Rtatea In an en-
deavor to reach the South Pole."
This reDly, evidently carefully word
rA ,tili . OD,n ., nmin OUMl(,on
HORRIFYING ACT OF MAN WHO
SUDDENLY BECAME INSANE,
(By Tha Aaaoc'ated Pre.)
rre.no, CaL, Dec. 82. Suddenly .be
coming violently Insane, G. C. Cheuv -
rant, a rancher, today killed hi wit
i nd one child and wounded thra other
children and ended hi own lit under
the wheels of a railroad train.
Mra. ( heuvront wa. preparing break-
ft when ler husband entered the
I word he aplit ber akull with one blow
He then entered the bedroom where hia
I children lav asleep In rap d aucce
wn he struck uti the hatchet tieorge,
I l years old; . luude. 12; Cladya, 10.
and Nellie, an infant. Claude ia dead
and (lladys is dying. The otlera will
recover. Aa theuvront left the house
C M. McClung. a steiieon IB veara old,
met him on the porrh The maniac
struck at his stepson s head hvadintr
the blow, the young man slruek his
stepfather heavily on tie jaw
The blow seemed t l.n-.k 'he mad
'spell, anil the hand ttal held the
J hatehel fell to his side.
. "itltout spcskm?. the raneher ran
I to the raiirmd truck where he threw
h inse'f underneath a passu. g train and
! waa ground to piece,
'".DEATH FOLLOWED DRINK
: White Man Dead and Negro tn Serious
I Condition. I
(By The Afwrw-iH 1 rd Prea )
Starke. K!a.. I)r, j Sniur Hjran
in tlfnl. it iid m nfvro ii m wth up eoiii!.
lion hire from dunk ng whi'k that '
"'"fi "Vf- rw" n P'"neo
have h' n
1 he
k n- iv n r .i) ent itvtl in t lie nacJta ire wai
tir. f,,lrm hi? note:
rmm a irirna winning a nappy
(Tinatmaa "
A', Itrnnelt aent the n CTO tn the ct
pre-i, on.'e lo: the jt kaiff. g'nii. Iiim
a dnr.k upon hi return He th'tt p:i -.)
t l. ,otrt to llotj-in who drank Th-
In. tile wa- nint r!.id to Mr IWniw-lfa
-.tn who tl r ;i n k I''.
' i.Mt ri 1 v ii'upn ill. a
t . I . JI-. -d r-.ll ; . 1 T rtl
' nl'v all I ir'p were
nd Hopan d"H
l-d ht-n The
it in a 'rt -to-m
. ' M. r. 'Pit '
n-lif i n 1 )
fOTI '.I'-krO'
'1'
' he a ut Inn: i 1 p
rt, fce
FATHER OF WOUI.PBE SUTCIPF.
ARRIVED AT NORFOLK
, 't. raj 1 r'-f
i 4 - ' A. k Hut fl
a ' e ti p ed ft'i 'idp.
' ! fjt n
f.rTn "hicao
t hv takine
da num. a d t hpn bv
rootinp. armed here
ork and Ya dire, td
'i"" trn New "
that nothing l
"ft tin-'onf a
iteration will be
'it 1 1' g in' o h'T
rh rn e i at ' v
-oit With tV view
hrh '...I-';
i ipoe. and ..
o ren. i lpp
tr.
't
t tircatena fn n lit f.
Quiet at Mairnolia.
Pr The vHlito! Prea
Majr-.o: a a I).-. 22 Ftu
' M ti I i t 1 - rt c !i : q u ;ei a nd
h-r vione i - .i ' ' ' i ' d '-i a
hr hit"" r ' i ir k t Jrc-n h r-'
j iltn' i'Ointry netfTne.
It 141 'Tim TV
Rear Admiral Schley Wculd
HaiD Prnnfc yoAuhniittaH
UUIO I1UUIU IIU UUUUUUUU
m
IN INTEREST OF JUSTICE
iellred Naral OfSlcer Sudobsts Some
"
SclentLic Body Other ltiaa N
tiuoiil liuuyraj.tlc Soclely.
1 13 The AaaocuUeu Prn.)
Wathinioo, Dec. 22. Kt-artiinung bia
oomplete conttdence m Dt. Look, Koar- ,
Admiral W. S. Scbley, retired, today j
oalltd publicly upon Commander Peary!
10 ubiuit hi proofa that lie reached the I
"North Pole to aome acitntitic body other I
I tban the National lieographic aocietv. I
1 hia, the adu.iral decUna, ahould be doiie i
..t n. , ,,.,..., i ,.i.
to eatabli.h beyond iuetion the caaima
Peary
Vbe admiral believe that tb ame
I body which threw out and repudiated
oala enould Oe peruiltled to paaa
.i i ..a i... l. , ...
JuDon tha dau. aiibmitiMi bv Ivrv m
'the (ieogiapluc aottety.
i "The llama are the beat po.ted body
iwini
. of men in the
I he aaid The
i ir wiiiisumt ui ine cinvrr
1 uy of Coprnliaijen ahoutd be given the,
opportunity to examine the Peary proof.,
! for in that u.v tl,.v ,,u h.
' i-t "t n) uvuiu ur
i.. .l ..... ..
iooe oi lihik.
1 Moreover. Admiiul Schlev believe that
ubni!esion of ihe pi Jots to Copen
hagen ahould inaiatid upon by Peary,
d. a,..te hatev. r the NationaJ (ieogr.phte
euciet y s attitude mav be.
' Admiral !-chle de clined to aay on
hat ground he took exception lo t
finding ot the tcientials uj Ihe I nivei
I it v uf i opt iiliai-ii that t ook h.td not
I ben at the Noith Pole. He merrly r-
E S
The importance of the admiral de
niand 1 increased by the fact that he
lias wide experience in tb far north.
In Ida he waa la nommand of tha Th..
1 ti aapcditton which resulted la the
reu-u of Lieutenant GrMly and aix
mn who had baea eaat wav at Can,
Sabine, and whom tha eivlliied world
ii,.. iM it. ... ,,n i. !.. t,
thia reacua Schley, thro a capaln in
, he aervice, waa awarded a gold waUh
1 gnlaturr and a mcial of honor by the
Masaachuretts Humane aocictv.
1 Members of the National tleographio
society decl.nrd to diacuaa the auiniea
t ion of the retired navl officer 'I he
,,eicty Is still smarting under the
somewhat curt reply made by the Cni
veraitv of Couenlaffen to ita rcauest
that a committee cnresentina the ..si
ety he fxrmitted to lie present when
llr. Cook a data was examined.
ltfl I flllPrnillTI nTPTIl'P
1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 T K I V I f K T M 1 1 1 1
"-
txpioiTr Nansen says Look Cugiit To
ValllSll FrOIIl Consideration.
I
ffv The AftfMriatrd Prena.)
(."hhatuinia, live. TI Kridt mf na.-n.
the orvtt(iaii Arctic evponr. iol.iv
l.toke his h. nil Bilenre and Lalkt-,! ot the
Ttary t'tH.k oitittoe my.
It ia my opinion, he Bald, "that
Cook in no limber j n trr t in. Hi- i
pi art irj II a drfl nun, a t l nujrl.t o
anih tr.im t h ennsuifra i ion f ilir
wnrUL 1 npvr truito'i linn, f f r t ) e
nrwt re,..r'. Inch he nmile wj not n.
ipire in n ii.Ii iv e. ep, rial i v hit ft ale
liMIltr cm in ' r tii it : t :n 1 , a net? nf 14
i-rt,rid(t from th. im 1"Iik i.ruvJ t l t
Cook wit iinarmii nt li.r hin.ui-bi
nt ,i n). - ,.f u. i,... i i .. . .n
v6n nl)l UlPT r, ;,rU untamed m-tli
,n; G value i n tti n-it
! hed wit Ii
in , pr ub.i In hi i a and con. ra
firt I m unable n p
ik It' ereforr pi t tf n-.I n
V' toi ' a' v , I ne wr
erar , all houh I j i,; n. t
I. .a ha irr after h - r-
- f . I ;. a " to u nd . i - h n.j
diet ion.
"Fr m t'i
p,irt I t :
ket-ri alien"
4t,uihi( M
appro
turn,
hi- it
11'
At
c;i -1 he i
n. n U t w
lllalll,
h mi
rd th
and Cook '
Hcnors Will Stand.
nps-nhacei.
It
t
- a ' i' : -p ; - i; "
hut tut re n, r it .on
n-ik n Arc ir ..l rjtio. Iht
.eoraphical nfM tv take tin
WIRELESS TLLE6RAPHY MAY
BE WIDELY EXTEDED
. B The A- 'at.-d Pr...
U a all in on. ! ' A ; s p
f f- X ; t I i in of t ' 1 ' r . ; .
i ; for th not W: ;( -. . 1
..tf.T a 1 v lo - .'. r,. 1 i nv -
t the b ir a 'i nf f-q i' p 'i i r ' ' -
r pH n, t :i . ii hi- a t 1 ' '';- 1 -. i -
-o T.jpf,J ... i,. a?; ; ... r,..
of tfi- n.l - Hicj i ; i 5 , Ic. -n . --v ,
a' a 'i : I if - . ' - tft-t. .f
al Uf- profd verr laluable tn eUvb
lung wiirless ch-tina acroaa long
reiciiee of ocean without the necea-
ity of disi upt tug the fighting fleet.
nt II ft may -becutne ixiasihle to intruat
all eoeet wise aervtee the lommercial oom-
; puniea, the bureau is ohllvd to keep the
const chain of stations in the moat etli-
-"rvi", zi't Jz
"Another KtHT m t ia it. I. nmil annlai t t
Hrur. Aink. t.. r.rrv wir
U. to Brnng -unhertu wiih t.
Hp Nomi ttioT p. r till' ! ilkjf vmvIi
from Vomr to lower (hfuinia tn ktp
in touch with th wor:d
"After thr rohte mpUtiM hi(fh rxwprM
n tion in .irim.1"n hat hen nun
nlfleJ, it t U-lirvt'd a .irmlar tation
jwill found nrreMarr in Iht ftllowing
, loo lit it:
'Th? Vet rot of th I'nited Statet: I
Panama cni ,one; nai, ,u.. n.e
it i'.i.:.ir,.
lal tripfi pUff ! v
1 v u h i n
j yi 1 1 tn IV LMiuty i r ti "j i . 1,-1.
j in pr;u- -u!i. n wnifr i. i iin.l
. (tptTHt lonn nf ui!ir'.'i tn tin 1 nt..
nnwiit hv t;t'. ,! K-i h Mniio,,,
'it ia et in.nl ill r,i.t Jlt'OOnt
TRIPLE MURDER AND
SUICIDE IN PITTSBURG, KY.
(By The Aasnciated Press.)
London, Ky., lec 21. - A tripple mur
d" ,nd u,cld "rre.
KT mining village, t.
der and auicide occurred at 1'iUaburg,
iday when Wil-
liara Murrav
miner, ahot and killed
nl, wjf, ntr 1Ilother, and Klla-rt
... . ......
'e and hlmaelf.
v ,"u ' uoje.-. ...na
I lo the alleged attentiona of Cole to
' Mra. Murray ar given aa the cause of
the crime,
Cole, who was a on of Mine lnspeo-
ot Perry Cole, waa 22 years old 11
, ... ...n... f . .i i.
h. ... .,..
.... m -...
Murray entered the tore and with
out word, .hot Cole. Then he went
to hia rome nearby and ahot hi moth-
,r lnl,w ,h, w ,B,ving houM.
... , , ., ,
'rn n" vur' " " r"urn'
ing irom a visit to a neiginair. lie
dra.fted hi wife within the ward, laid
tier dying Uide Ihe body ol her mother
and fired a bullet through Mrs. Mur-
ray's hoart. Me then slot himself and
fell lietweip th women Inidies
Granted Ntw Trial
(By The Associated Press I
I Atlanta, 0a., Dec. 22. Th .tat Su-
preme court today vranted a new trial
10 Former Sheriff W B. I.yen. of
"vne county, and hi on, Arohle
Lvena, convicted of the murder of
f'1'
leminr Smith, a dri'BBist. at .leoauu.
Ca.. one year aco. Tie new trial waa
granted chiefly upon the ground that
" ."' ,lie ,rml jon rs waa a second
j Strickland, who financially assisied the
pmaeeiitlon.
1 yens and his son were under sen-
l'm"" ""' 'mi"s,i ,mr ni .
I . t r r
. lrr"v "rw"1
1 Aaaeiated Presa 1
M'nslunieion Iv-c 22 Atsrmed by a
dron from $ I mm (Urn t,, ja nut n nun
eral oil en-,rt. to ri.in.e n a month.
merlean ml isirtei. hnv.- tejriin 11
movement 1t 11 f . j 'nntiss to renew
'"n 1 r n'n h -r'""e"l r -
rocitv trentv. l,h . 1101. .1 .,11 n.to'..T
1 1 j.,., !-,,,,!
sl-
li.
fur the
S" sis
newsl of 'lie t"n
Urce inwute' if
I. whHh
i epie on m- i.i n i"'n
- - - -
I Ho"r" Su lor.tid in f-re.
Its The AsvwiuNd Press I
I iHrktvotivill.-. Kin . I Iht 2?
j '.s'v ronnifrnir in .Wrt
rr,' fro'n "..rth t. t
I-1" e Ine
leia. en
uir it 'n
h ftl arted
irila here
i!r"" t ' H lotntf '1 inn Ii
Ihe cur in Mi- rinlrn-nl
rhe aninmlA v.-r- mlii'il n f'JH
Notid Ballplnyi-r D(ad.
i Hv The -s . .at.-.! I'n
U'lllianinport , l"a I 21 U
ehriiiK', tl ' I! kiiown pn
KrtiutMi 1 pvr' 1 1 1 nt th'-
tn re thi. a f -"ft Srhrit)(( t,a
il onlv a ahnrt t ittie
1
I
ESTRADA WON COMPLETE
VIC TOR Y O VER G ONZA LES
i Bv P1 .. in ' i l'i . i Amoimn warh ip Ci pt m . pie V
M'nef.el.l. I ' 2 ' ...r.,.,. Ilrnd-. hV rUH l.'a in killed mde 1
m 'id 'Mp'n'f ! thr e n1 a r, r-1 -or '
" " " 1 ' - " "- ,1...., ; m."
ment ,r.-,.. .t la-a X -' f u, ,,,rl,T , ,,, ,.,,
n-rn nf !..' " p d o-- i pi, , .:,i t rt the j r , a 1 .'
,1 l-ded . . :r ! - f a "'ii ' i f'a i' N . rt e. lui
nun hate -,r- . I ' . 1 '-n i. r d a m t or , t Hjt. ,v,, ,iv
. -ft f..r, , t
r ,''' e. - . a - 1 '
' ' - ,
a, ' ' w ! t 4 . .
Wa-' P ' 22 i -n:;r Tfe rau- h - "
mat.r.r !:M.Hthe. s 1 ' h- ' ' " '''l-erto
(ap'ai " - J ; 1 ''it
f:m N - ' ' - ' " . ...
tha i.a ' " ' V for . j, 't , , . ... - - . i ",.
(von. , r v ' I I , I t '.!
Jnir- " ' - '- ' ' ' 1 1 1 ' ' r '
, . . r : I -i , i ',.. ' he f 'r ..-- i . hj . .
.i 't ; . " . .' 'hin - - ' a
1 . . , ;t l - t ':(.',
fa . 1 ' i - - a l, ' a ". ,
. , j ' a p ' i " j r, o ... 1 t ' 1 ,' - e '
-. li'. 1' '' 'i PSI 'rn In I I ' - h.1,,-1- . r.'
i r - - ' ' T h' i r,p rv. t 4 , j,, n ' g-i Kt . ' t- ' ,t u ' I . - , ' )
- jii fie ha 'i)'k' 4 no- J J i h .'. r'
t s -.l'i" e ph ii ( j ., . ,,r . H . j; . . t v i . - . , w f r
-'faf,. a T'd ho-pi'a -uppi -r- irom ttu- ar A i-l 'z .
I it-. M'-in- an! tiie TaMim, iaed f tS faad h '..i' lo fooj
No fore haa been lacuifc4 trra the ( for IJ d-ijra-
DIED SUDDENLY
Senator McLaurln of Missis
sippi Summoned.
FELL FROM ROCKING CHAIR
Was Dead Vbeo Members of Family
Htjcticrt Him -ijccessjr May Be
Appolnlcd Cy (iuvernur Nucl.
(Py The Associated Pres.)
Jackaun, Misa., bee. L'nlted
Btalea Senator A. J. McLauin died
suddenly tonight at hia home in Braa
don. Death was due lo an attack of
heart failure, and came without tha
slightest warning, at 0 3o o'clock.
When the utal stroke cam upon
hnu, Senator Mcl.auriii ssi seated in a
rocking chair in front ol the fireplace
ln ni, hbrarv
lie auddenly lell for-
ward, without speaking a word, and
me extinct when members of h..
f,n"lj r'lh!U '' "' 1 "I ""
Iiioiii lif iImuI Ii fi.lln.v A u it Kin f a
moments a remark by .senator McLau-
rm that he was then teelii g better than
h ha 'elt at any time sine, his reoent
aevere Illness, n-sult nti from n attack
of ptomain iKiiaoniug.
',, .nBAn,-, .. , ,i,. r..Mt
rrujementa had been nade at a UU
lourtoniaht.
it la t in I n I au4 aitil I nal an at nnni a I .
, nii ( in,,,,,,!,.,,!, mtli.
(iovernor Noel or .elected by the .lata
legialatura, which will convene early
in January
1 """'i lonernor .lames K. arda-
man and Senator elect Joiuih Sharp Wil
,n, ,r, ,,!,,,) ,n roiinection with
Die aelc.llwi a auewaaor to cuuipleto
the unexpired term of the late Senator
Meljiunn Several month, ago Mr. Var-
daman announced hia candidacy for th
aiiUispimt term t'.oernor l stated
tonight that l.e would not announce for
aome day. aa to whether ha would ap-
point a suecessor to Senator Mrlaunn
or refer the aeleotion to the legislature,
which will conene ln regular aeaaiou
early neat munth. Should lie make tha
(election, noxever, ne stater! that th
name of Congrea.men Byrd. Boweta
and CVndlcr and seieral other would
be considered iu connection with th
appointment.
n-.,i,lntff-n ?" ,- ...
Ijiutin, who was 01 yara old. bejn hit
fl rait t.mi in the I'nited State Sena'a
I in IKtU, but wan elfctnl fjuvrrnor of Mia-l-itippi
in 1H. and aend in (hat ofTto
I four VMM. waa elected ngnm to th
Senate in IftOll, and terved one terni.
He then returned for the trni. hwh
j bepin on March 4, l(V7. ia present
j term of office would bav enpirni on
' March 3, lUl.t.
Nr na tr Mcljiurin waa a lawyer by
pi ,,fi.in arid be-frr. n t he wt ndy nf law
in 1-MaS. aftrr lie had red tlirouih the
('nil war a a private in t he ( Vm ti ri e
a r ii v He w n boi n on March ifi. M4.
Ml l.iHPdn. Mite. hdJ mbi raiairl oit u
firm tir rntcr-d tin- ('- n ltd l n to irmv
when hr waa In erua old. Sev. n chil
Irt-n ant 1 1 hi in
hen tic pteaent trMum of i nnrrr-a
op n d S mi t "r M I m un 1 f n.il otiif
to 'Bhin(ftoTt hec ii o' iilnei- In l In-
Senate r'tatttitr h- wim knoun it t-nc
,,f , lf- -tionr-.t d'frndra of I h- .oi-t-i.
h'Hi. h not ni r.l n I nt, .nif
I . - , Mi the a -tit h h'-i rontr n n-l
V)rr fninre and he nrver f.iihd to n t-
her flffm. whi n wa atil'l
Me .Juj foTi)v activr stork oil 1 h- Vii!
roliri 1 "pi on the VI mm - i pp. rier and
tnitii, T.-i h nd i a n' mi ei of oth--r
iinp I'Lin' committee-,, m 't i rin t' 1 h.-m tho.
on I v 1 1 iffv ti r,rn m r mi mi.'T iti"ii
r ' ' rn' h 'i1 c.i-:i ii T o p ili'.r ;m T--I it , i
in! I tic mini c .nin ' ' un in ,mr j