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MB SWINDLES GAUGHT
Accasei cf Tremendous Fraud
iIer.t Deals,
(arlre Whitney Norton Arrestee! by
ho rM!ago Police Been Search
ing. For Him For Months.
Chicago, Til. Charles Wb'tney
Tortou, ssi i by the police and oostal
.irtthoriiies to be responsible for ej
';r.."ive swindling operations, is un
arrcs. Lore. He will be turned
,y, zt to ihc Federal officers. It Is
:;nprte( that Norton has defrauded
;-iCOp!o in Mil parts of the United
vates out of hon and securities
.:v:-:OU.ntiis to $3.000,000.;'
fn hi;? room were found bonds.
sm-Vrs. -abstracts7 -of land titles, first
ruortu-s-s. and other negotiable
rip?:--. tho greater vart of which is
f. bought to be cr?"iuine. and worth al
most 52.000,000. Othere oaners
re lo 'ii'l volnd on their face at
:ojt SI. DuO. 000 more, but their
ni.ie is uo'ibtfnl. It is held that
x'orton by belling and trading these
.-rnritis has n-ade many thousands
ol dollars. The postal authorities
-; they have been searching for
?Tortcn f;inec January, 1903, when
-o disappeared from Detroit, ostensi
bly to go to LondGUi
'About two years ago Norton was
hr Eltuiru, N. Y., operating the
mcric3n WhoIsale Brokerage Com--;;ny.
It is also asserted that he
va" "arroil once in Troy, N. Y., and
-i30 in Rutland, Vt., where hs srved
a ?n1cr.f-o of one year in ?ail for
he fraudulent so of the mails. He
5 a!o said to have done business in
.Toledo, Ohio.
Titles ami deeds to lands in Ne
braska. KenUickv, Tennessee, Vir
riaLi and other States, running into
f.housnud:- of acres, were found in
Norton's possession. One deed de
scribing f 0,000 -acres of pine lands
;i Virginia and another describing
20,000 a;.Te3 in Nebraska appeared
0 be genuine.
SIPKEMK COURT BARS "THRU."
irplifkd Spelling Not Followed in
Nation's Highest Tribunal.
"Washington, D.- C. The question
?f the propriety of using the modified
spelling i'. 5 accordance with the order
01 the President was incidentally
raised in the Supremo Court of the
United States. Solicitor General
Hoyt was engaged In presenting the
Iovernn-cat's side in a case and bad
occasion to refer to a long quotation
in his brief from a decision of the
Court rendered some years ago by
Justice Bradley, in which the word
'through" was spelled "thru."
Chief Justice Fuller held a copy of
he brief in his hand, and when the
-.vord war, reached interrupted Mr.
Hoyt with a question as to whether
r.a-a extract was intended to be a
quotation from Justice Bradley's offi
cial opinion. "In all except the spell
ing," replied Mr. Hoyt. '"Ah!" sig
nificantly responded the Chief Jus
tice, with an interrogative inflection
that caused a general smile through
The court room. The court has not
adopted the simplified spelling sys
'etn. LABOR SCARCE WORLD OVER.
Jlopes to Recruit Workmen For Pan
ama Canal From f-'pain.
Washington, D. C. Through their
c-Korts to obtain labor for work on
'he Isthmian Canal members of the
Canal Commission have found that
there is a dearth cf labor in prac
tically all parts of the world. So
?reat.i3 the demand for labor in con
nection with railroad building and
other improvements on a large scale
that countries which formerly have
cent thousands of laborers to this
country monthly are now using thier
iabor at home.
Leroy Park, an agent for the com
mission, has been in Spain for some
months recruiting laborers, -and has
found mahv difficulties in obtaining
the Spanish workmen who have
shown themselves so well adapted to
the conditions in Panama. Hundreds
of men whom ho has sent to tho
canal zone are writing favorable re
ports to their friends in Spain, and in
a short time Mr. Park expects to send
a large number of workmen.
UTES SKIRMISH WITH TROOPS.
Recover Fifty Ponies Seized by Army
in a Stampede.
Sheridan, Wyo. A skirmish oc
curred between a . band of the rene
gade Ute Indians and a troop of the
Tenth Cavalry on Bitter Creek. The
troops had captured fifty Ute ponies,
severely frightening five Indian herd
ors. As -the troopers were driving away
the ponies 100 Utes, fully armed,
surrounded the cavalrymen and the
ponies, stampeding the ponies with
revolver shots and war whoops. The
Indians recovered all the ponies but
five that were killed by the troopers
in an effort to'stop the stampede.
The Indians did not fire at the soldiers.-
The soldiers desisted from at
tacking the Utes as the reds greatly
outnumbered the troopers. Troopers
say that, as far as. they.can ascertain
i'rom rumor' and observation, the In
dians will fignt with little provoca
tion. Insurance Agents Restored.
Insurance Commissioner Prewitt,
of Kentucky, ordered the Mutual Life
to restore to their positions five dis
charged managing agents. -
Vermont Commissioners Indicted.
Two former members of the btate
Cattle Jommission of Vermont" -jere
indinte'. at Burlington on a. charge ol
welling to a rendering company cattle
which they had condemned. " "
Union's Funds Not Exempt.
An attempt by the Opposition in
the British House of Commons to
havs removed from the Trades Dis
putes bill the clause placing union
funds " beyond attack was defeated,
" 7 " t
VOL. XXIX. PITTSBORQ, CHATHAM
ffiA GOULD BEATEfl
BY COUNT CiSTELLiE
Asks Custody of Children Core
spondents Are Not Named.
PITIFUL STORY TOLD IN COURT
Wreck of American Girl's Married
Life Revealed by Counsel in
Long Address Divorce Decree
Prayed For.
Paris, France. The Castellano di
vorce case was heard before M.
Henry Ditte, president of the Tri
bunal of First Instance of the Seine.
Neither the 'count nor countess, for
merly Anna Gould, daughter of Jay
Gould, of" New York City, '"was pres
ent, f .'
Maitre Cruppi, for tho countess,
pleaded for a divorce upon the docu
mentary evidence submitted; and told
a complete and pitiful story of the
wreck of her mai'ried life.
In an extended review counsel de
clared that the countess at the be
ginning of the suit was not acting
under influence, but solely for the
purpose of ending forever the peril
of the moral desolation of her house
hold. He explained the marriage
contract, by which the regime of
seoaration of property was estab
lished, from the very beginning, and
stated that domestic difficulties arose
over the question of money.
Ill treatment soon followed, the
eo-nt even striking the plaintiff be
fore the servants.
When he reached the question of
the infidelity charged against the
count, Maitre Cruppi did not mention
names or even initials, designating
the corespondents as 'lime.' A,"
Mrae. B," and so on.
Maitre Cruppi asked that the
countess be given the custody of her
three children.
The couptropm - was crowded,
among these .present being many
members of the American colony.
The early troubles of the countess
married life were due primarily to
the count's inordinate extravagance,
the lawyer declared. Even in spite
of their domestic infelicity the count
ess was too good and scrupulous to
begin an action for divorce until she
possessed full proof.
Anna Gould, was only twenty years
ohl when she was married in 1S95 in
New York City to Count Boni de Cas
tellane, and, Maitre Cruppi asserted,
the happiness of the honeymoon was
disturbed on their arrival in Paris
by the count's demands for money.
The countess' income was then $700,
000 and the count allowed her $S0
pin money.
In the face of the overwhelming
evidence submitted, Maitre Cruppi
declared, his opopnent could not ex
pect the tribunal to ask for the sum
moning of witnesses, and added:
"Does he imagine by dragging out
the case to obtain forgiveness? No!
No! Count Boni's plan to reconquer
Ms wife's affections is too transpar
ent!" The final rupture came the day
after the famous entertainment of
King Charles of Portugal, December
12, 1905.-
The count insisted that they, the
count and countess, go to a shoot
ing party given by a noblewoman of
whom the countess had cause to com
plain. When the count became en
raged at the countess' refusal she
abruptly announced ber intention to
s?narat from him and began legal
proceedings.
Counsel placed at $S, 000, 000 the
total of the count's expenditures pre
ceding the appointment of a trustee.
Maitre Cruppi asked that the cus
tody of her three children be given
.to the countess.
TAFT TO VISIT MANILA AGAIN.
He Will Sec the New Philippine's As
sembly Installed Next Year.-
Washington, D. C.' The President
is preparing to redeem his promise,
maue to the Filipinos through Secre
tary Taft, that they shall have a Par
liameut of their own, conditioned
upon their good behavior for a term
of two years, and it is understood
that Secretary Taft himself will pro
ceed to the Philippines neit soring to
witness the installation of the new
form of representative government.
On March 27, 1905, the Philippine
census was published, and conse
quently two years from that date,
March 27, 1907, under the terms of
the act of .Congress, the President
will direct the Philippine Conimis
s'on to call, a general 'election, for the
choice of delegates to what will be
known as the Philippine Assembly.
This body is to take over all legis
lative powers heretofore exercised by
.the Philippine Commission in all that
part of the archipelago not inhabited
by Moros or non-Christian tribes.
LIFE SENTENCE FOR RIOTER3.
Negro Charged With Mnrdering Po
liceman, Convicted.
Atlanta, Ga. Life imprisonment
was the sentence imposed upon Alex
ander Walker, a Brownsville negro,
for the murder of County Policeman
,J.. L. Heard, of which .he ;was. found
guilty, with a recommendation", of
mercy. A motion for a hew trial was
immediately filed by his' attorneys.
Walker was indicted with fifty
eight other negroes for the murder
of Piliceman Heard during the Sep
tember riots here, his being the first
case tried.
Newfoundland Resists Treaty.
Newfoundland issued an order in
cefiance of the Anglo-American
agreement, and has decided to test
the validity of the modus vivehdi an.,
intends to prosecute fishermen whi
have been shipped by Americans out
side the three-mile limit. .
President Takes Rest.
The President, accompanied by
?rrs. Roosevelt, went to her cottage
Pine Knot in Virginia, to work on
his message to Congress.
GROWTH OF GOLD RESERVE
Report of Charles H. Treat, United
States Treasurer.
Total, $877,296,238 Treasury Sur
plus For 1906, 825,669,332
Available Cash Balance Big.
Washington, . D. C. Charles H.
Treat, Treasurerof the United States,
submitted his annual report to the
Secretary of the Treasury, and in
reference to the more noticeable
transactions said in part: ;
The net result of the ordinary rev
enues and expenditures' for the fiscal
year 1906 was a surplus of $25,669,
322, as compared with a deficrt of
$23,004,228 for the preceding year.
A continuation of these favorable
conditions is reflected" in the trans
actions for the first quarter of the
current fiscal year, in which the rev
enues were $5,871,314 in excess of
the expenditures.
The available cash balance on June
20, 1906, was $180,689,354, an in
crease of $35,211,862 as compared
with that of twelve months earlier.
The monetary stock of the country
took on a growth during the year of
$186,866,727, of which $118,050,777
was in gold, $5,450,396 in silver and
$65,392,554 in national bank notes,
while the Treasury notes decreased
$2,027,000. The aggregate stock of
money at the close of the year was
$3,069,976,591, of which $2,736,646,-
628 was in circulation.
. The national bank depositaries
have been utilized during the year as
a medium through which the exces
sive accumulation of money in the
Treasury was restored to the chan
nels of trade. About April 1 an unu
sual stringency in the money market
was relieved by the temporary in
crease of public deposits with depos
itary banks, to enable them to im
port gold. Through this aid more
than $49,000,000 in gold was im
ported. The balance in banks to the
credit of the general fund on May 5
was $102,708,123, the highest point
reached during the fiscal year.
The national bank notes presented
for redemption during the year
amounted to $296,292, S85, as against
$308,298,760 in 1905; the 'national
banks have not issued $5 notes to the
limit allowed by law, and thereby
have forced upon the Treasury the
burden of supplying the smaller de
nominations required by the business
interests of the country. However,
in response to the appeal of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, the banks
have increased the volume of their
$5 notes.
The Treasury holding of gold con
tinues to attract the attention of
financiers both at home and abroad.
It is apparent from the continued
accumulation that a large share
of the product of the gold mines of
the world is brought to tho United
States. The gold coin and bullion in
the Treasury on June 30, 1905,
amounted to $706,592,399. At the
close of the fiscal year 1906 it had
advanced to $807,051,690. By Octo
ber 26 it attained a maximum of
$877, 296.23S.
The United States paper currency
issued amounted to $629,896,000, and
redemptions wero $577,445,100, a
net increase in the volume outstand
ing of $52,450,900.
The pressure from bankers and
others for larger and more .regular
supply of small denominations of
currency continues unabated, while
the Treasury is without resources for
the issue of small bills to comply
with their urgent requests. It is to
be expected that Consress will ulti
mately enact legislation that it has
under consideration, which will bring
full relief from the existing condi
tions. FIGHTING ENGLISH SOAP TRUST.
Newspaper Publicity Aiding Firms
Which Oppose Combine.
London. Great public interest has
been aroused here by the efforts of
the English press to wreck the newl-y
formed English soap combine. The
trust began operations by issuing
soap in packets of fifteen ounces to
the pound and by adopting the cus
tomary methods to coerce tho smaller
manufacturers into joining.
But a goodly number of prominent
firms have stood out and are being
rewarded by free advertisements in
the daily papers, which publish lists
of the firms outside the combination
and urge the public to confine their
soap purchases to them. The con
sumption of trust soaps has been se
riously affected by this boycotting
campaign, and already the short-
weight packages . havev been with-
drawn from sale.
NO DEATH PENALTY IN FRANCE.
Cabinet Approves Measure and Par
liament Will Make It a Lav.
Paris, France. The Cabinet held
a meeting and approved a measure
providing for the abolition of the
death penalty. This means that Par
liament at its coming session will en
act a law to that effect.
Such action has been expected
since the office of "Monsieur de
Paris," or public executioner, was
suppressed a few months' ago by the
xcision of his salary v from; the
budget. At that time neither the
Sarrien Ministry ,nor the Chamber of
Deputies; took-formal action declar
ing that capital punishment would no
longer be inflicted in France, but M.
Clemenceau, the new Prime Minister,
has decided on taking a definite step
to that end.
National W C. T. U. Elects Officers.
At Hartford, Conn., the national
convention of the W. C. T. U. elected
these officers: President; Mrs. Lillian
M. N. Stevens, of Maine; vice-president,
Miss .Anna .Gordon, of Illinois;.,
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Su
sanna M. D. Fry, of Illinois; recorc
tig secretary, Mrs. E. P. Anderson, ol
iorth Dakota; treasurer, Mrs. Har
r'fit W. Brand, of Illinois; f secretary
of the Y. W. C. T. U., Mrs. Cora Ss
bsriT, of New York. "
COUNTY, N. C, TH PRSD AY. NOVKMBER
AMERICAN POLICY
CALLED OBSOLETE
Columbia Prof essor Tells Germans
Monroe Doctrine Not Needed.
EMPEROR WILLIAM IS PRESENT
Text of Speech of Professor Burgess
at the University of Berlin
Great Comment Caused in Eu
rope on the, Statements Made.
Berlin. The ' text of the speech
delivered by Professor Burgess, dean
of Columbia University, the first in
cumbent of the Theodore Roosevelt
professorship' i of American history
and Instructions at the University j-Of ,
Berlin, has been printed by the uni
versity press and widely distributed
in official and scholastic ? circles.
There was some curiosity to see pre
cisely what Professor Burgess said
regarding the Monroe Doctrine being
out of date, upon the obsoleteness of
the high protective tariff and on the
United States interests being " pro
moted by the extensive German emi
gration to South America.
As the address was made in the
presence of the Emperor and f re
quent references were made in it to
President Roosevelt the impression
appears to have been made that the
President desired to send a message
to Germany on those subjects. Some
of the papers give prominence to Pro
fessor Burgess' remarks .concerning
the Monroe Doctrine, seemingly at
tributing significance to it. A trans
lation of the passage in question fol
lows: "In my first meeting with the
President . after my appointment to
this professorship it pleased him to
address me as an ambassador of
peace, friendship and civilization. He
gave proof through this that he rec
ognized and appreciated the great
Idea which. His Majesty, the highly
gifted- and '. magnanimous German
Emperor, gave to the world January
1, 1905. It is the opinion of the
President, it is the opinion of my
countrymen in general, that this idea
is the most pregnant that has come
forth in our time, and that it gives
evidence of the great sense of culture
and extraordinary political wisdom
of its mighty author. The execution
of this idea makes it possible to sub
ject questions of the highest impor
tance which can scarcely be touched
upon in a diplomatic way to the most
fundamental examination and tho
most friendly consideration.
"There are, for example, two doc
trines in the policy of the United
States which are regarded almost
as holy doctrines, the discussion of
which may not even be proposed by
a foreign power without risk of
awaking hostility in tho United
States. These are the high protect
ive tariff theory and the Monroe Doc
trine. Our politicians do not appear
to have the least notion that both of
these doctrines are most obsolete and
that the reconstruction of European
States and their constitutions and
the acceptance by the United States
itself of its position as a world power
have made them both nearly.. sense
less." Professor Burgess said he regard
ed the discussion of the" protective'
tariff diplomatically between the Uni
ted States and any foreign Govern
ment as futile, but the new ambassa
dors of peace and culture would be
wholly free from limitations such as
bound tho diplomatists. They would
De aoie to speax irom tneir own con
victions without fear of being pun
ished or recalled, or, what was still
more important, without fear of dis
turbing or undermining friendshiDS.
"The best interests of the United
States and the world," Professor
Burgess added, "would be advanced
by a strong Teutonic tide of. emigra
tion to South America, by which the
settlement of that gigantic part of
the continent by men capable of cul
tivating it would be secured."
CUBAN DEFICIT $4,000,000. J
Island's Treasury Far Front Able to
Meet Expected Demands.
Havana, Cuba. The Treasury of the
Republic of Cuba, even if the officials
succeed in collecting the estimated
revenue,' will be 'unable -to meet the
demands upon ;it- by about $4,000,
000, according to Major Ladd, Su
pervisor of the Treasury. . In a report
to " Governor Magoon he has submitted-the
following figures:
" Balance required to meet the reg
ular budget,1 $17;5 00,000; estimate
of balance required to meet war ex
penses, $2,000,00; estimated, neces
sary to meet the increase iii f Rural
Guard, military occupation damages
and claims incident to, war, $2,500.
)00; balance required to meet spe
cial appropriations, $9,000,000; to
al liabilities, $31,000,000. n :
Available balance October fl, 1906,
11,000,000; estimated revenue for
the remaining nine months of the
fiscal year, $16,000,000; total as
sets, $27,000,000.
Planters' Killed ; in Duel.
Bceyeot Ryan and L. A. Wright,
veil-known ; planters . at .L'Argent,
diss., became involved! in aL duel with
-jlstols, following a game' of cards,
xnd both were killed. J. W. Breland,
n whose store the shooting occurred,
vas killed attempting to separate
the men.
Newfoundland Fisheries Agitation.
Winston Spencer Churchill further
xplained in the House of Commons
he attitude of the British Govern
ment on the Newfoundland fisheries
uestion; newspapers at St. John's
mtinue to attack the modus vi-
nidi with the United States.
Cuban Officials Dismissed.
Governor Magoon dismissed nine
four Cuban officials in the effort to
3ep down the expenses of the island
government.
.... 11 '
FEATHERS GLUED ON WOMAN
Four Matrons cf East Sandy, Pa.
Humiliate Her
Pour Molasses on Her, Lead He
Through Mining . Camp and Tic
Her in the Woods.
Franklin, Pa. Four married wo
men of the village of East Sandy,
four miles from here, treated a
neighbor to a coat of stove polish,
molasses and feathers.
They were arrested, pleaded guilty
and paid fines of $10 each.
The four, women are respected
members of ' the community. They'
are Mrs. Verda Lowry, Mrs. Bertha
Brinkman, Mrs. Nellie Glaze and Mrs.
Hilda Pherson.
,' Their victim was Mrs. Hattie Low
ry, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Verda
Lowry, their husbands being broth
ers. ,
The four women called at the
home of Mrs. Lowry and told her
they Intended to humiliate her be
fore the community. Two of the
women seized her while the other
two daubed stove polish on her face.,
Then molasses was poured over her
head and feathers were applied.
Thus adorned, the woman was
marched from her home to a rail
road camp, where 200 men are em
ployed. There was a suspension of
work until the self-appointed vigi
lance committee took their victim to
the outskirts of the town, where they
tied her to a tree and left her. A
man came along half ah hour later
and released the captive.
Mrs. Lowry came to Franklin and
had warrants issued for the women.
Sheriff McElhinney went to East
Sandy and arrested all but Mrs. Pher
son, who was net at home.
When the three were arraigned
before Alderman Henderson they
pleaded guilty.
Mrs. Glaze sail they had no regrets
for what they had done. She said
the woman's actions were intoler
able. Mrs. Lowry, the victim, said there
was no justification for such treat
ment and that she will continue to
live at East Sandy.
The discipline was . not Inflicted
without warning,' the four women
said. It was asserted by one of them
that they had told Mrs. Lowry if she
did not mend her ways they would re--venge
themselves upon her for the
disgrace they said she had brought
on the community. Men who criti
cised their conduct were the more se
vere because one of the four women
was the victim's sister-in-law, Mrs.
Verda Lowry.
. They said the sister at least should
not have mixed in such an affair,
whatever the other women might
have felt called on to do. Most of
the persons questioned about Mrs.
Hattie Lowry said they had only re
spect for her and were sorry she had
had such an experience.
$25,406,258 ASKED FOR CANAL.
Estimates For Fiscal Year Ending
June 30, 1908, Arc Made Public.
Washington, D. C. The Isthmian
Canal Comisaloa desires an appro
priation of $25,406,258.73 to con
tinue its work on the Panama Canal
during the fiscal year ending June
-30, 1908. The estimates calling for
this amount of money were made
public by the commission. The
amount appropriated for the canal
work for the fiscal year which will
end June 30, 1907, was $25,456,
415.08. '
The estimates for the next fiscal
year are surprisingly close to the
appropriations for the current year,
a fact explained by the statement at
the commission headquarters that in
the absence oi exact knowledge of
what will be required it was thought
best to be guided by the experience
gathered before, f
FOUND MISER'S $50,000 HOARD.
Notes, Mortgages and Certificates of
Deposit Buried on Farm.
Winona, Minn. Notes, mortgages,
certificates of deposit and other per
sonal property, worth thousands of
dollars, have been dug up on the
farm of. Lemuel Hill, an aged hermit
of Pleasant Hill. It was supposed
the miser had left valuables, but the
searching party was amazed by the
value of the documents unearthed.
On his deathbed Hill told a friend
of a man whoi knew where his valu
ables were secreted. It developed,
however, that this man had only a
vague knowledge of the hiding place.
A party was organized and much time
was spent in digging before the hoard
was uncovered!.
No will was left, and the property,
which will be worth at least $50,000,
will - be divided among Hill's two
brothers and a sister.
WEST VIRGINIA'S BIG REVIVAL.
More Than 2000 Accessions to
Church Membership Already.
Wheeling, W. Va. A simultaneous
revival occurred in all the West Vir
ginia churches of the Christian de
nomination, and an unusual increase
in accessions to church membership
is being scored, the accessions reach
ing more than 2000.
; The revival reached its' climax at
Wheeling with a great mass, meeting
in the Court Theatre. . Two thousand
people were in , attendance. More
than forty churches, located in Par
kersburg. Wheeling, Huntington, Sis
tersville and Clarksburg, held the re
vivals. Colorado Teacher Victim of - Cold.
- Miss Laura Scott, a school teacher.
19 years old, was found dead nea
Parker, Col., of exposure. She hac
inat her wav while returning fron
' making a call, and had frozen tc
death. - '
Nine Persons Executed.
Nine nersons ' charged with at
tempting to blow up the Cronstat:
court martial, and eight of the me
arrested for the recent robbery in Si.
j Petersburg, Russia, were executed. .
8,'190 NO. 13.
LIBERALS ARE ROUTED
1U LONDON ELECTION
Borough Councils Will Be Con
trolled by Reformers.
UNIONISTS WIN IN COUNTRY
Campaigns There Conducted on Po
litical Party Lines A Rebuke
For Extravagance in London
Result Attributed to Discontent.
London. The triennial elections
of the London Borough Councils have
resulted in an overwhelming victory
for the Municipal Reformers, who in
some of the boroughs absolutely
wiped out the Progressives.
The victors were formerly known
as Moderates, and "represent the
Unionist party,, the Progressives rep
resenting the Liberal .and Labor par
ties. After several years of a Pro
gressive regime, during which, it is
contended, the taxes were Increased
to abnormal figures in consequence
of huge expenditures, including
palatial workhouses, Turkish baths
for workmen, who did not use them;
and clubhouses and other similar
municipal ' luxuries, the.. Borough
Councils are once again great strong
holds of Toryism. :
Complete returns show that the
Reformers won 1011 seats, the re
maining 351 being divided between
the Progressives, Laborites and In
dependents. The provincial municipal elections
have also resulted in a rout for the
Liberals. The campaigns in the prov
inces were mostly conducted on polit
ical party lines. Incomplete results
show that the Liberals have sustained
a net loss of thirty-three representa
tives and that the Conservatives have
a net gain of fifty-nine. The Labor
party has a net gain of nine.
In London the Labor party candi
dates fared Teven worse than the Progressives,-
but they made small gains
in the provinces.
Ex-Premier Balfour,- speaking at
a dinner given in his honor, said the
result of the elections throughout the
country had surprised both parties.
He attributed the result to discon
tent with the present Liberal Admin
istration. " :
NEGRO SOLDIERS RIOTING.
One Man Killed and Two Seriously
Wounded in Texas.
El Paso, Texas. Negro soldiers
from Fort Bliss, five miles from here,
started a fight in a saloon outside the
reservation. One man was killed and
two seriously wounded.
The negroes belong to the Twenty
fifth Infantry, members of which,
whiie stationed at Fort Brown, made
a raid on - Brownsville, shot into
homes and business houses and killed
one white man and wounded another.
The affair aroused so much indigna
tion that the War Department trans
ferred the negro trOops to Fort Bliss.
The man killed is Private Mat
thews. Private Lewis and Alexander
Johnson, a saloonkeeper, were
wounded.- A card game is said to
have caused the fight.
TOM JOHNSON RUNS CAR.
Cleveland's Mayor Acts as Motorman
of Low Fare Line.
Cleveland, Ohio. Mayor Tom
Johnson was motorman and A. B.
Dupont conductor of the first three
cent fare street car ever operated in
Cleveland.
The Forest City Railway Company,
amid the cheers of crowds of people,
formally opened its line on the west
side. Hundreds crowded about the
car eager to be passengers on its
first trip.
"This is one of the happiest days
in my life," said Mayor Johnson,
after he had completed one trip as
motorman. "The actual operation
of the road makes the fierce struggle
with our "opponents in the past only
a pleasant memory."
MOODY TO AID JAPANESE.
Joins in Their Fight For Admission
to San Francisco Schools.
San Francisco, Cal. The Govern
ment at Washington has taken steps
to aid the Japanese of San Francisco
in their fight to procure admission to
the public schools. Attorney-General
Moody has instructed United States
District Attorney Robert T. Devlin
to lend his aid to attorneys R. M.
Fickert and Masuii Miyakawa, repre-
sentinEf the Japanese, in the injunc
tion proceedings brought in the Cir
cuit Court to compel the Board of
Education to allow Japanese children
to enter any of the schools of San
Francisco to which white children
are admitted.
Congressman Hoar Dead.
Congressman Rockwood Hoar died
at Worcester, Mass. Rockwood Hoar
was born in Worcester, Mass., Au
gust 24, 1855. He was the son of
the late Senator George F. Hoar. He
vas graduated from Harvard in 1873
and commenced the practico of law
in Worcester. He was president of
Ae Common Council of Worcester
when he was elected to Congress
troin the Third Massachusetts Dis
trict. Archduke Otto Dead.
Archduke Otto of Austria died at
the age of forty-one.
, Word From Peary.
Word was received In New York
City that Commander Robert E.
eary had reached, the "farthest
North." In a message to Herbert L.
;ridginan, secretary Of the Pear.'
u-ctic Club, he said he reache.
eighty-seven degrees six minutes, d
about 203 miles from the Pole.
Strirkea on the Bench.
Judge Thayer Melvin, while pre
iding at court at Wheeling, W, Va.
v.i'.s xa tally strlsfceu with paralj zls..
tt)t Chatham Rtcorb.
RATES OF ADVERTISING, .
Ob aqnr, on inMrtloa $1.00
One sqnare, two taserttona LOO
On square, one month 151
For Larger Advertise
merits Liberal Con
tracts will be made.
BITSiMEIS
WASHINGTON.
The Postoffico Department Issued
a fraud order against the Society of
Associated Physicians of New" York
City.
The Director of tho Mint purchased
100,000 ounces of silver at 70.71
cents for delivery at" Denver.
The amount asked for the mainte
nance of the postal service is $206,
662,190, a net increase over the pres
ent appropriation of $15,000,000.
Secretary Bonaparte returned after
three speeches ' in Maryland, the
places selected being Winchester,
Elkton and Denton.
The McClellan Statue Commission
has decided to have the unveiling
some time in May.
Thomas C. Dawson, American Min
ister to Santo Domingo, had a con
ference at the State Department with
referencetp affairs in tho island.
The text of the modus Vivendi be
tween this country and Great Britain'
regarding the Newfoundland fisheries
was made public.
The State Department ha3 received
a copy of the agreement between
Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras
for compulsory .arbitration of all
future troubles. ,
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
The total imports from the United
States to Porto Rico increased from
$13,974,070 in the preceding fiscal
year to $19,224,881 in 1906. The
exports from the Island to this coun
try show a notable increase, mainly
in sugar.
Governor Magoon, alarmed by size
of deficit in Cuba's Treasury, deter
mined on policy of rigid economy.
The Pulajanes in Samar, P. I.,
attacked boats carrying supplies on
the Surigao River, killed three scouts
and wounded "one. Five Pulajanes
were tilled.- The supplies were
saved.
' General Wood's statement that the
emergency ration has proved a fail
ure in. the Philippines, is expected to
call forth an official explanation In
Washington, pointing out that the
criticism was based upon a condition
of affairs that doc3 not exist to-day.
DOMESTIC.
While W. C. Atkins was ill-treating
his" wife, she appealed to Chief of
Police Nelson, of Williamstoii, S. C,
for protection, and he killed tho hus
band.
The sealing schooler Dora Stewart v
reached Clayoquot, B. C, with 271
sealskins, and reported five other
vessels bringing in 2S70 skins.
Locking himself in the bathroom.
Dr. M..G. Pingree, of Chicago, turned
on the gas and killed himself.
Pleading guilty to the embezzle
ment Of $86,000 of Newburyport,
Mass., former City Treasurer J. W. '
Felker had sentence deferred until
January. , , - - '
Claiming that ho was driven to it
by shame, Bert Kemp is under arrest
at Port Huron, Mich., for murdering
his baby, born a week after ho wa3
married.
Recently discharged from an
asylum for the insane, Mrs. Nellie
Cahill jumped from a third-story win
dow in Saltimore and killed herself.
The death of Mrs. Robert Arrol, at
Anderson, Ind., from eating toad
stoolr in mistake for mushrooms,
makes the third in that family from
the same cause.
During a disturbance at a political
meeting at Coeburn, Va., Policeman
George Hughes was shot and killed
by Clark Edwards.
The Supreme Court bas issued a
ten-day restraining order against the
city of Cleveland to keep it from in
terfering with the Cleveland Electric
Railway Company.
A $75,000,000 electric trolley sys
tem, with double tracks between .lew
York and Pittsburg, Is a project of
Joseph Ramsay, Jr., and associates.
Their ultimate aim is to extend to
Chicago.
When they refused to pay $27
damages done property during a class
rush, 115 sophomores and freshmen
of Lawrence University, Appleton,
Wis., were suspended. . t
A dispatch from Los Angeles. Cal.,
announces to General D. McM. Gregg,
of Reading, former Auditor-General
of Pennsylvania, that the will of
George Gregg bequeathes $100,000 to
Eastern friends, among whom will be
the General.
FOREIGN.
Ten Terrorists condemned to doath
by drumhead court-martial at Czen
stochowa, Poland, wera hang 2d. ,
Miss Adele Dillon, of Los Angeles,
Cal., made a successful debut as a
soprano in 'Linda di Chaniouni," at
the Filo-Drammatici Theatre.
The sealing schooner City of Saa
Diego, just in at Victoria, B. C., re
ports more raids by Japanese boats
on the Bering Island seais.
The British garrison at St. Helena
has been withdrawn and the forts
have been dismantled; tho inhab
itants are left without a market for
their produce.
Terrorists hear St. Petersburg, by
disguising themselves as soldiers, had
obtained high explosives from the
Government stores. .
Severe punishment was inflicted
upon Englishmen in Cairo as an il
lustration of Lord Cromer's new pol
icy of equal treatment of British sub
jects and Egyptians.
The French Cabinet has decided to
recommend the purchase of the West
ern Railway; M. Barthou hasa plan
for the control of . all mines by the
State.
VGathorne Gathorne-Hardy, first
Earl of Cranbrooke, who was twice
Secretary for War and Lord Presi
dent of the Council, died at Hemstod
Park, London. He was born in 1814.
A man nained Sprogge, o:sco a
prominent revolutionary leader in tho
Baltic provinces, was killed at Alitau,
Courland, white on his way v Amer
ica, because he had betrayed Uia
party. . . ' .