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ATYOUHGSVILLE
Me Thrills the Good People of
Franklin County.
TALKS PURE DEMOCRACY
Flays Eadical Boss, and With Telling
Effect Tears Away His Mask.
HIS FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH SINCE 1900
The La r gest Crowd That Ever Assembled in
Youngsville Pays Tribute to Our
Commonwealth's Gifted
/ Orator‘‘Governor.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Youngsville, N. C. ( Sept. 13.—Governor
Chas. B. Aycock spoke here today.
It was the first political speech the
Governor had made since the campaign
of 1000.
His coming had been heralded here
abouts and the largest crowd that ever
gathered in this busy thriving town as
sembled to hear him.
He spoke in the Cheatham Tobacco
Warehouse, the largest building here, and :
it was filled to overflowing with twelve |
hundred or more of the best people of
Franklin and adjoining counties.
In the beginning the crowd was com
posed of men of many shades of political
opinion, and when his great speech had
been finished—if we m*y judge from ex
pressions of universal approval—from en
thusiastic applause, from generous en
eominous of hearty praise, there •was
but one shade of opinion left.
The Governor was very nearly at his
best. The reception he received from
the good people of Youngsville and
Franklin county seemed to inspire him.
As was said by Mayor Allred in his
speech of welcome. It was the first
time the busy little buig had ever had
the pleasure of welcoming into the hearts
and homes of its people the Governor of
the State.
They met the train on which the Gov
ernor arrived. Many hundreds strong.
They brought with them the Franklin
Guards of Franklinron, under command
of Capt. Wyatt L. McGhee as a special
escort. They brought with them mount
ed police to head the procession from the
station to the hotel and from the hotel
to the meeting place and back again.
They brought brave men. fair women and
smiling happy children to welcome the '
people's Governor and the childrens great
champion, and when the speaking hour
came business was suspended, stores
closed. The doors of homes were closed
and the people, old and young, gathered
in a great mass of eager, anxious and
appreciative listeners.
Prof. Allred, the mayor of Youngsville,
in a most happy little speech, extended !
to his Excellency a most cordial welcome
and extended to him the heartiest greet-- i
ings of the brave men and noble women '
of Franklin county. He presented Dr.
I. G. Riddick, Franklin county's Demo
cratic nominee for the House of Repre
sentatives, who, in a ten minutes speech
that fairly bristled with beautiful diction
and genuine eloquence, introduced Gov-,
ernor Aycock to his audience. Dr. Rid
dick alluded feelingly to the Governor
as the State’s most forceful and effec
tive champion of intelligence and virtue,
whom every impulse of soul, every pul
sation of heart and every energy of
nerve and manhood had ever been in
listed in the best interest of the State
and its people.
When Governor Aycock arose there '
came a storm of apolause that almost
shook the building. When the applause
had subsided the Governor began by |
reminding the people that when he last I
spoke to a Franklin county audience he i
was a candidate for office, asking for
their support. He came now to render |
an account of his stewardship. He came !
before as a Democrat with no apology to
make. He came now as a Democrat !
with no apologies to make. He came be- I
fore pleading for peace and good govern- !
ment. He came now to proclaim the i (
fact that the peace and good government, ' '
for which he had pleaded, had been re- I
stored to the people. Four short years 1 •
ago there was bitterness and hatred and
strife and danger and death abroad among 1
us, hut'in 1898 the people themselves had }
proclaimed that peace should reign, and ‘
we have had it ever since.
"There is no more turmoil," said the 1
Governor, “and there can be none so ‘
long as the great white manhood of the '
State has charge of its affairs.” I '
The Governor alluded then to the ac- ! }
tion of the two State conventions, to :
the great Democratic State convention, J 1
which placed before the people a straight I 1
Democratic ticket, and to the Republican i
State caucus with one man in control, j (
who did not have a man in his party *
whom he thought good enough or great •
enough to name for a seat on the Su- j 1
preme court bench. “I knew,” said the 1
Governor, “that we had about destroyed *
them, but I did not know that the de- A
struction was so far reaching as not to r
leave them enough me nto make up a 1
ticket, but it seems to be the case, for
they had to practically endorse two of 1
our nominees and then take up another I
Democrat to head their ticket.” I
"I told you in '3B that if you would 1
place the grand old Democratic party in J <
power we would convert these radicals j
and make even them better men. and
we have done it.”
He then took up Pritchard's platform
declarations at Greensboro, and with
burning logic and stirring eloquence tore
Pritchard and his followers into a thous
and atoms. Pritchard and his party de
claring for four months of common
schools, the same crowd that collected
school taxes from the people and sold
railroad bonds, but never built a schotfl
house, and spent only the pitiful surn of
$38,000 and paid all the balance to them
selves In salaries. Then the Democrats
came into power. They raised and ex
pended the first year of their power for
common schools $-400,000. They increased
this sum year after year until 1896, when
they went out of power the school fund
amounted to eleven hundred thousand
dollars, and vet Pritchard condemns The
Democratic party for not doing more
for common schools during the time they
were in power—from 1875* to 1895. And
then when we returned to the control
of affairs in 1900, said the Governor,
“we increased the school attendance 7
per cent the first year and will increase
it over 10 per cent this year. ’
He spoke of the extra expenditures on
the part of the present administration
for schools, charitable institutions and
pensions for old Confederate soldier)!,
and then read the Pritchard platform
declarations favoring liberal aid to them
ail. Pritchard and his crowd had been
converted along this line sooner than
he had expected. He then showed up
the inconsistencies of Senator Pritch
ard in his declaration for pensions for
the old soldiers. He told how the Sena
tor, in the Legislature of 18S5, had voted
against a Dill appropriating the pitiful
(Continued on Fifth rage.)
KNOCK-OUT BLOWS
Simmons Hammers Pritch
ard in Perquimans.
A Great Speech Btfjre a Great Crowd. Pritch
ard Shown Up as Opposing Confederate
Pensions in 1885.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Hertford, N. C., Sept. 13.—An enor
mous crowd heard Senator F- M. Sim
mons in the court house here today. The
speech was a powerful and a convincing
one, and the crowd was an enthusiastic
one and met the speaker half way, so to
speak.
Mr. Simmons was in fine voice and Rood
trim all around. The people were de
lighted with his speech and did not fail
to let him know it, so they could be
heard for a very long way off.
The Senator’s arguments for a contin
uation of Democratic rule in the State
were absolutely unanswerable, and the
crowd thought so, judging from their
shouts of approval.
But the sensation of the day. when the
' people simply went wild, came when Mr.
Simmons referred to Senator Pritchard’s
speech and vote against the first Con
federate pension hill, passed by the Leg
islature of 1885.
What the speaker said on this subject
was as follows:
“In connection with the question of
whether the people want to be repre
sented in the Senate by Senator Pritch
ard. the old Confederate soldiers may
want to have something to say. Senator
Pritchard has been a great advocate of
pensions to Union soldiers since he has
been in the Senate, and he is the author
of the recent bill which passed Congress
pensioning deserters from the Confeder
ate army. The last pension bill appro
priates nearly $140,000,000. It is said
that under Senator Pritchard's desert
ers' pension bill several hundred thaus
and of this money will he paid out dn
North Carolina every year.
“While Senator Pritchard favors these
liberal pensions for Union .soldiers and
deserters, what has been his attitude
with reference to pensions for Confeder
ate soldiers? True his platform, recent
ly adopted at Greensboro, says they are
in favor of liberal pensions to these old
heroes, but the platform was adopted un
der the spur of Democratic denunciation
of *heir apathy and indifference towards
the men who Lee and Jackson.
Unfortunately for Senator Pritchard, he
has a record upon this subject. He once
voted and spoke upon this subject he |
fore he was a candidate for the United
States Senate. It was way back in the
Legislature of 1885, when the first Con
federate pension bill was under consid
eration. Senator Pritchard was a mem
ber of the House of Representatives that
year. The files of the Raleigh Observer,
when the Confederate pension bill was
under consideration, shows that lie made
a speech against its passage. It also
shows that he and his party tried to dodge
a vote, but the Democrats would not let
them, and they were forced to vote. They
did vote, and the Journals of that Leg
islature show that Senator Pritchard,
with twelve other Republicans, voted
against the bill on its second reading,
and that he together with thirteen other
Republicans, voted against it on its thiru
reading.
“It is not likely that the old soldiers
of North Carolina and thehir descend
ants will care to vote to send to the
Senate of tho United States re present
the ma man who. while voting large
pensions for deserters from the Confed
erate army when he was in the State
Legislature voted against the first hill
ever passed to pension Confederate sol
diers.”
The sledge hammer blows fell and the
people applauded as the thuds went
home-
Taken all in all, it has been a great
day for the Democratic party in Per
quimans county.
Score one against Pritchard.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1902.
MAY PROVE ADEATR
l
BLOW TO'CORNERS"
Decision Against the Chicago
Beard of Trade.
CHYTRAUS HITS IT HARD
Strikes at Very Life of Association as
Organ zed.
WILL HIGHER TRIBUNALS SUSTAIN HIM
If They Do There Will at Once be an End to AH
Corners In Commodities or»
the Chicago Ex
change.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago, Sept. 13.—A most important
decision against the Chicago Board of
Trade was rendered today by Judge
Chytraus, in the “July Oats Corner In
junction Case." Not only does the opin
ion of the court, if sustained by higher
tribunals, put an end to all corners in
commodities on this exchange, but it
strikes at the very life of the institution
as now organized. The directors for all
time have had their powers so curtailed
that they cannot longer adjudicate upon
property rights of the members of the
association. Judge Chytraus goes even
farther and says that under the charter
of the Board of Trade there is no pro
vision for succession of membership and
he asks the pertnient question. “What
would become of the corporation when
persons now composing the original
board would be dead?”
The case in question was one brought
by the commission firm of Waite. Thor
burn and Company, against the Chicago
Board of Trade, the Bank of Montreal
and several prominent members of the
Board of Trade in which a temporary
injunction was granted to prevent mar
gins that were put up by the complain
ants from being handed down to the con
tracting- defendants- The claim was made
that thd defendants had run a corner in
July “standard” oats. The complain
ants who had sold “short” to the defend
ants, while not denying their contracts,
and while declaring their purpose to
make good these same contracts made'
protest against having the ease adjudi
cated by the Board of Trade as provided
in the by-laws of the association.
The gist of the decision is that a special
committee, which, according to the Board
rules sholud be appointed by the presi
dent to adjudicate such differences, has
no authority to act in matters where
property rights are involved. The rights
of the directors of the board to preserve,
the integrity of its rules so far as dis
cipling members is concerned by fine,
suspension, or expulsion is upheld by the
court as their proper rights, but he rules
against the question that “against the
will of the complainants the power of
disposal over that money which in a
sense has been placed in trust or escrow,
exists in a select committee ot three dfs
niterested persons, members of the asso
ciation to he appointed by the president,
i. e., whether the money can be appro
priated by such a committee to the con
tracting defendants.”
Regardless of the fact that the com
plainants agreed to be bound by the
rules which provide for settlements of
disagreements, the court ruled that they
were not bound, that the arrogating of
such power to such a body was against
public policy, and that “it would he in
troducing sovereignties within a sover
eignty for the function of construing the
law.”
The general power to pass upon the
right of property in the margins in
question is held a judicial power, which
never can be considered to have been
delegated or confirmed by dubious im
plication.
‘ The ordinary court of justice,” said
the court, “constituting one of the
branches of our government ought not
to be and should not submit to being
excluded or ousted by jurisdiction by in
teedent.”
With some sarcasm the court adds:
“The masterly ingenuity of the plan
contrived to prevent appeal to the com
mon law courts of the State commands
our admiration- Think of the long time
of operation that has proved the scheme
a successful one. The loser who may
feel himself aggrieved and who may
know himself to .have been wronged by
the operation of a corner, or otherwise,
at law, can only sue to get his money
back.
“Even that remedy is by the resource
fullness of the scheme abridged. For it
is possible for him to do even that only
after he has an award or adjudication
against him by this Board of Trade com
mittee or tribunal.”
VANCK COUNTY CONVENTION!
W B Daniel dominated for the legislature
speech by F W Pou.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Henderson. N- C., Sept. 13.—The Dem
ocratic County Convention was held here
this afternoon. Hon. K. W. Pou. Con
gressman of this district, was present and :
made a magnificent and sterling address
upholding the standard of Democracy, j
After the close of his address noniina- j
tions were made as follows: j
For Clerk, Henry Perry by unanimous
vote. For Register of Deeds, Kenneth
Edwards, by acclamation. For Sheriff
E. H. Powell, also by acclamation.
For the office of Treasurer four name?
were presented: R. H. Sutherland, R. (’.
Bobbitt, J. H. Fleming, W. A. Cunning
ham. The result was the nomination of
3. C. Bobbitt.
For the Legislature the names of Thos.
Taylor, T. M. Pittman and W. B. Daniel
were placed in nomination. After three
ballots had been taken Mr. Pittman
withdrew and W. B. Daniel received tht,
nomination.
Other officers nominated were: Coro
ner, Sim Dean: Surveyor, W. H. Hood:
Township Constblea, D. C. Crabtree.
Every nomination was a re-nomination
of the oresent incumbent. The candi
dates were all good Democrats, and the
nomination of anv one of them would
have met with approval.
Mr. Charles Ross’ Serious Hurt.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Aberdeen. N. C., Sept. 13.—Mr. Charles
Ross’ injury is not considered danger
ous, but he is very painfully hurt, his
nose being broken, teeth knocked out,
and his face severely cut. He was moved
today by his father and attending physi
cian from Carthage to his father's homo
at Jackson Springs.
General Wheeler Coming Home.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Sent. 13.—General \\ heeler
and his two daughters were passengers
on the steamship Philadelphia, which
arrived early today from Southampton.
WAY OF ESCAPE OPEN
FOR WILCOX
He Re fuses to Avail Himself
Os It.
Negro Youth Breaks Jail Leaving the Way
Clear, Wilax Cculd Easily Have
Folltw d Him.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Elizabeth City. N. C., Sept. 13.—Last
night a negro youth escaped from the
county ia.il and left his means of exit
subject to the disposal of James Wilcox,
the famous alleged, murderer of Ella
Cropsey. This morning when the sheriff
and others visited the jail to discover
the negro's means of escape, Wilcox told
them that he could have escaped in the
same manner, and to prove his asser
tions he went, through the process of
making his escape in the presence of the
few who were present.
When the water works were installed
in the jail a bar was removed to make
room for a pipe. The negro removed
the pipe, thus leaving an exit for every
prisoner in the jail. Wilcox said:
“If 1 had wanted to get out the way
was clear."
WE GAIN MORE THAN A MILLION.
Valnna of Wake’s Beal and Personal Property
Is $13,478,230, as Against $11,704,806,
Wake county has gained $1,683,424 in
value of real and personal property.
The figuring up of the tax books for
Wake county was practically completed
yesterday ir. the Register of Deed’s offfez.
The Board of County Commissioners
met in special session and accepted the
books.
The complete tax returns, such as real
and personal property, classified, etc.,
cannot be given yet; but the following
figures show the final results: Total value
of real md personal property, $13,478,230.
State taxes $ 30,937.47
Poll taxes 17,211.08
County taxes 32,887.66
On bonds 4,673.52
Graded schools 15,577.69
Road tax 8,456.63
Total taxes $134,759.36
The total value of real and personal
property last year was $11,794,806. The
increase, accordingly, & $1,683,421.
Boosevelt Invited to the florae Show.
(By the Associated Press.)
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 13.—President
Roosevelt will be invited to Nashville
for the horse show, which \takes place
October 7-12. This date immediately
follows that of the Louisville horse show,
to which the President also is invited,
and it. is hoped that he will find it. pos
sible to accept.
Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, and
Governor Candler, of Georgia, have al
ready been invited and both will accept.
Should the President come he will be
with the Governors of three Southern
States.
JRoosevelt to Hunt on Our Coast.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Elizabeth City, N. C.. Sent. 13.—The
Chamber of Commerce last night ap
pointed a committee to invite President
Roosevelt to pay this ritv an official
visit. Mr. Roosevelt will shoot ducks on
the Currituck marshes this winter as the
guest of ex-Congressmun John E. Rey
burn.
Washington. Sept. 13. —Joseph Specht,
who cam • here from St. I -oil is ten years
ago and purchased old Gunston Hull.
Mount Vernon, the ancestral home of
George Mason, .he author of the Virginia
Bill of Rights, was found dead in bed
at his home yesterday. , H<- was well
known throughout Virginia and iu this
city.
16 PAGES— SECTION ONE—Pages 1 to 8.
TO AVERT POSSIBLE
FAMINE IN MONEY
Shaw Will Release $4,000,-
000 Treasury Holdings
SEESNOCAUSEFORALARM
But Thinks it Best to Provide Against
Emergency.
TO ANTICIPATE THE OCTOBER INTEREST
Ibis Amounts to About Four Miliionf, Two
Hundred Thousand. Ibe Srcetary’s
Plan to Release the Banks
From Western Pressure
(By .he Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 13. —Secretary Shaw
today issued the following statements:
Secretary Shaw has made arrangements
to release about $4,000,000 of the Treas
ury holdings. He has had a list pre
pared of those naJonal banks through
out the country which hold free or un
pledged bonds at the date of their iast
report and ha 3 made inquiry for others.
After making allowance for changed con
ditions since last report he expects this
Will release 84.000,000. He has sent no
tice to ail such that if they will send
these bonds to the Treasurer of the Uni
ted States in sums of fifty thousand dol
lars or more, they will be designated as
temporary depositaries and the face value
of the bonds will be deposited with them
to the credit of the Treasurer of the
United States. He has pursued this
course in prof 'rence to designating de
positaries in the ordinary way. which
compels them to buy bonds in the mar
ket at a large premium, thus paying out
more for the bonds than they get from
the government The customs receipts
are extremely heavy at this particular
season of the year and the cash balance
of the Treaeurjr has been gradually in
creasing.
He also has decided to anticipate the
October interest, amounting to about $4.-
200,000, and with this In view, orders
have been issued to the varmus Sub-
Treasuries to cash such coupons as may
be presented to them for payment, and
the Treasurer of the United States has
been instructed o mail chocks for inter
est on the registered «honds. All this
was decided upon some days ago and let
ters and telegrams prepared for today.
The secretary sees in present condi
tions no occasion for alarm. He calls
attention to the fact that there is no evi
dence of a currency famine present or
prospective elsewhere than in New York,
and even there the rate is not high for
commercial paper, and for commercial
paper he has the greater solicitude. He
is well satisfied with his efforts to in
crease circulation which he decided upon
in the early summer when present con
ditions were plainly visible and has the
presses busy preparing to meet an emer
gency which he does not expect but which
he thinks it is wise to provide against.
Thus far he has made requests only of
such banks as hold large deposits and
have very limited circulation and ho is
not asking them to increase to the maxi
mum nor to increase at all for the pros
< nt. He does not desire to force the
tanks into the market to buy bonds a*
a raty> higher than the government is
willing to pay. He docs desire to make
the best possible use of the free bonds
now held by the banks. Incidentally he
likes to encourage banks to hold free
bonds during the dull months, believing
it. is much better to hold bonds that will
yield I V2 per cent even than to make call
loans at 2 per cent. He Is therefore giv
ing the banks that hold these free bonds
an opportunity to use them to most ex
cellent advantage. This method, if pur
sued by tlie banks would give a slight
element of elasticity to our otherwise
inelastic currency system.
Later the following was given out at
the Treasury Department -
Th n New York banks are complaining
because the unprecedented demand in
Die West is reducing their available cash.
They therefore ask that they may he al
lowed to go into the. market, nay $l,lOO -
000 for a million bends and receive from
Ih° Treasury a million deposit with the
bonds as security. They seem willing to
<lo this and increase their reserve $250,-
000 against ttiis increased liability. Thus
the banks would decrease their available
cash $350,000 but they would be drawing
tlie interest on the bonds. Instead of this
wherever situation, upon its free bonds,
in this way the Western demand uno 5
the banks will he relieved and they wiil
only have to protect themselves.
Prominent Farmer Murdered.
(By the Associated Press.)
Nashville, Tenn.. Sept. 13.—Thomas H.
Womack, a prominent farmer of Gibson
county, was murdered at his home near.
Medina last night. Mrs. Womack found ,
her husband shot through the head and
saw two men escaping from the house, j
The motive was evidently robbery as *
several valuables were missing.
f
The Firemen Visit Chickamauga.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chattanooga, Trim., Sept. 13.— I The dele
gates to the convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, accom
panied by the members of the Ladies*
Society and escorted by the local exe- ,
PRICfc FIVK CENTS.
cutive committee, spent today at Chk'ka
mauga Park. No business session of
either organization was held. The dele
gates and visitors, about 700 in number,
visited all points of interest in the fa
mous battlefield, and at noon took
luncheon at the camp of the Seventh
cavalry, regulars. In the afternoon they
were entertained with a dress parade
1 and other exercises by the cavalry and
a concert by the regimental band.
Charles Rotnreon Killed.
\
(Bv the Associated Press.) \
Ashtabula, Ohio, Sept. 13.—A man who
claimed to he Charles J. Rotureou, of
Savannah, Ga., is dead at Ashtabula Har
bor from a gunshot wound inflicted by
a man giving his name as Adam S/nith,
of Baltimore. Smith is under arrest.
Bishop Coke Coming to Charlotte,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 13.—Bishop A.
Coke Smith today notified the Charlotte
committee that he has accepted their
terms and would move to Charlotte with
his family the first of October.
Fatal Cra«h Near Lookout Mountain.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 13.—Two
cars of the Chattanooga Electric Railway
and Rapid Transit Company collided near
the base of Lookout mountain today at
a crossing. A. G. Harris was killed and
two lady passengers were seriously hurt.
DRIVEN FROM HOMES
Striking Miners Turned Out
in a Cold Pain,
Many Families Can Find No Shelter and the
Rain is Falling on Their Little
All.
(By the Associated Press.)
Charleston, W. Ya., Sept. 13. —At Cres
cent mines, just above Montgomery, on
the Kanawha River, the constable ot
that district, by order of . the court
has turned the striking miners out of the
company houses. A cold rain is falling
■ and finds many families without shelter
j and with all household effects exposed
1 to the weather.
On the Diamond.
Southern League.
(By the Associated
Memphis, 5; Chattanooga, 10.
Second game: Memphis, 7; Chatta
nooga. 0.
Little Rock - . 8; Nashville, 2.
Shreveport, 5; Atlanta, 5. (Ten in
nings).
New Orleans 5, Birmingham 2.
Eastern League-
Toronto 6. Newark 3.
Second game: Toronto 5, Newark 2.
Buffalo 10, Worcester 3.
Second game: Buffalo 9, Worcester 2.
Rochester 4, Providence 7.
Second game: Providence 8, Rochester
8. Called on account of darkness.
Big Tobacco IBrealis.
(Special to News and OberverA
Henderson, N. ('.. Sent. 13. —There have
been heavv tobacco breaks every day this
week. On Thursday and Friday there was
more tobacco than could be sold in one
day. The crou of tobacco is the best,
and prices more satisfactory than they
have been for ten years. Your corre
spondent saw two row's across Cooper’s
warehouse that brought over S6OO, many
piles selling for thirty, forty and fifty
dollars.
I Captain J. B. Batchelor’s Will.
Thorn was probated yesterday before
Clerk of the Court W. M. Russ, the will
of the late Captain Joseph B. Batchelor,
who died in the Philippines. His diplomas
and commissions were bequeathed to his
brother, Major W. P. Batchelor, his <|ia
monds and oersonal effects to his brother.
Col. S. S. Batchelor. He left his sword
tV, his friend, Mr. G. C. Drumdol, of
Spokane, Washington. Excepting for lhos.>
special gifts his entire estate goes to his
wife, v, hose home is in New York.
Little Henry Davis.
Little two-year-old Henry Davis, of
Henderson, who came so near death about
two months ago on the railroad track
and who has been in Rex Hospital, was
yesterday taken to his home by hi:? fath
er, Mr. Henry Davis.
The little fellow Is now suffering from
fever brought on from his injuries, ns
well as from them. He was, on the track
of the Seaboard, and the engineer mis
took him for a fluttering piece of paper,
lie was struck bv the engine and thrown
a long llstaiee, suffering what is known
as a compound depressed fracture of the
skull.
British Team Take the Palma Trophy
(By the Associated Press.)
Ottawa. Sept. 13.—The British team
won the Palma trophy by twelve points.
A married man no sooner gets out of
his trouble by becoming a widower than
he wants to go and do it ail over again.