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MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS
Happenings of More or Less Import
ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot
ton Markets.
Cotton Growers Meeting.
Raleigh, Special. At the meeting1
if the North Carolina division of the
Southern Cotton Growers' Associa
lion 17 counties were represented,
these being Anson, Cabarrus, Cum
berland. Edgecombe, Franklin, Green,
Halifax, Iredell, Johnston, Mecklen
burg. Richmond, Robeson, Scotland,
Virion, Wake, Warren and Wayne.
President Charles C. Moore said that
ir must not be thought that this was
rot a good showing-. He compliment
ed the personnel of the meeting.
Secretary T. B. Parker read the pro
ceedings of the last convention. The
financial report showed receipts ag
gregating $4,240. Mecklenburg led
with $(52. with Union second $4S9.
Of it 00 was raised from 100
known men.
Charters Granted.
A charter has been granted the
Pilot Cotton Mill, at Raleigh, capital
stock -$500,000, to make yarn cloth,
half the stock to be perferred if de
ired. all the stockholders being of
the Williamson family. Headed by
James X. Williamson and William
11. Williamson, the mill has been in
operation some years.
Chattel's were granted the Alexan
der Chair Companv. Tavlorsville,
capital stock $25,000, E. j! Herrick
and others stockholders; the Daner
on Supply Company, Hendersonville,
general merchandise, capital $10,000;
Kramer Brothers, Elizabeth City,
.apital $1,000,000, John A. Rankin
and other stockholders. The Stan
dard Chair Company, Thomasville, is
authorized to increase capital stock
1'rom $25,000 to $125,000.
Killed in Oil Mill.
Clayton, Special. Vernon Ellis,
ajied IS, son of the chief of police of
the place1, and employed at the Clay
ton Oil Zdiil. was killed and horribly
mangled by the shafting in the mill
Monday night about G o'clock. The
last known of Ellis is that he had
gone to (he upper story of the build
ing to woik on some bearings, when,
it is supposed, he was caught in the
machinery and ground to death be
fore any one knew of his where
ts. When he was discovered both
legs were chopped into bits. He liv
ed about two hours but never regain
ed consciousness.
Cuiiowhee Copper Mines Shut Down.
Asheville, Special. : Information
has been received here that the Cuiio
whee copper mines of Jackson county
have been shut down and 50 men
have been thrown out of employ
went. Fifteen families will be af
fected by the shutting down. No
yea -on is given for the suspension
of operations. It is stated that the
mines are very rich and that a suf
ficient amount of ore is stored on the
promises to reimburse the company
for ail its outlav.
Dog Attacked Children.
Spencer, Special. A rabid dog at
tacked the children in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E; Fesperman in
Spencer and it was by the most he
roic efforts of Mrs. Fesperman that
the dog was beten off and locked in a
room. Later it broke out -at a win
dow and was killed by Mr. Fesper
man, who was attracted to his home
by the cries of his wife. The en
counter with the dog was a desper
ate one.
Negro Kills Another.
Spencer, Special. Shelly Leazer,
colored, was instantly killed near
Hpeneer by John Buller, also colored,
and a brother-in-law. The latter
claims the shooting was accidental,
but he was sent to jail to .await an
investigation of the killing. -Leaser's
head wa3 shot off with a shot-gun
while at the supper table. The cor
oner made an investigation.
Growers Allege Fraud.
Washington, Special Charges of
fraud were filed with Postmaster
General Cortelyou against the offi
cials and members of the New York
Cotton Exchange by Representative
Livingston, of Georgia, and Harvio
Jordan, president of; the Southern
Cotton Association, of Atlanta. On
iho charges they filed they base a re
quest that the Pcstoffice Department
ilsue a fraud order against the offi
cials and members of the New York
Cotton Exchange in order to bar them
from the use of the United States
mails in conducting what the charges
inm fraudulent practice.
Fire at Jackson.
Jackson, Special. The residence of
L. E. Talbot, on Talbot avenue, was
burned. The house was in a light
flame when the family weie awaken
ed, and had barely time to escape.
Mrs. Talbot, Avho was ill, was pros
, li attd by the excitement and narrow
escape, and was in a critical condi
tion for several hours. The residence
auvi household goods were partly cov
ered by insurance,
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VOL. XXIX. PITTSBQRQ. CHATHAM
THREE RAILROADS SUED
Corporation Commission Takes Ac
tion Against Southern, Seaboard
and Coast Line for Inaccurate
Train Bulleting.
Raleigh, Special. -The Corporation
Commission is suing the Southern
Railway in this county for violating
the order which went into effect No
vember 1st, requiring train bulletins
to be posted promptly and accurately,
these violations having occurred at
Raleigh,-( Gastonia, . Whittier and
Greensboro. The Atlantic Coast Line
is being sued for violations at Fay
etteville, and the Seaboard Air Line
for several violations. The penalty
in each case is $500.
Horrible Death of Engineer S. E.
Maxwell in Seaboard Wreck.
Charlotte, N. C. Special. The Sea
board Air Line's fast mail No. 32,
northbound from Atlanta to Rich
mond, crashed into a string of load
ed freight cars at Teachland, a flag
station 19 miles east of Monroe, late
Saturday night, partially- wrecking
the passenger train and killing En
gineer S.'E. Maxwell of Raleigh.'
Running 50 miles an hour Engineer
Maxwell sighted the freight train as
he rounded the curve near Peaehland
and with concern only for the pas
sengers, whose lives were in his care,
he applied the emergency brakes in
an effort to moderate the impending
crash. The speed was reduced to 10
miles an hour when the train struck
and the fireman jumped without be
ing hurt. Maxwell stuck to his post
of duty, was caught between the en
gine and tender and slowly roasted to
death in view of the rescurers, who
strained every nerve to reach him.
Helplessly pinned in an upright po
sition with both feet in the firebox,
the brave man lived four hours, ful
ly conscious, talking cheerfully to
the rescurers. his last words being a
message to his wife and child at Ra
leigh. No one else was hurt.
Negro Killed in Wreck. ,
Louisburg, Special. Saturday
morning as t lie 10:30 train was com
ing in from Franklinton the engineer
lost conti-ol of his train and the en
gine, tender and one box car, loaded
with hay, ran off the little bluff at
the wailing rooms overlooking Main
street, and are now a complete wreck,
almost blockading the street. None of
the train crew or passengers were in
jured, the box in front preventing
the passeger coaches from running
off. One negro, Tom Macon, was
caught under the tender and killed
instantly. It is miraculous that the
hacks and waiting carriages in the
street escaped injury, but none was
hurt. The air brakes were not work
ing nor had they been for more than
a week and the sand box 011 the en
gine was devoid of sand. There is
a steep grade for about one mile com
ing down to the station and it was
upon this grade that the train attain
ed a terrific rate of speed, which a
reverse of the engine and the hand
brakes on the box car, whose wheels
were sliding along the rails, failed
to check in time,
New Durham Street Railway.
Durham, Special. A number of
capitalists arc arranging to back a
company that will put in here anoth
er street railway system, or rather
an auxiliary system to the one that
is now in operation. This new com
pany proposes, so it is stated, to ask
the city officials for a franchise that
tvill put in a boult system for the
city, this skirting the edges of the
city, touching East' and West Durham
and connecting with thep resent sys
tem at a number of points. The ru
and connecting with the present sys
gaincd currency here a few days ago.
Saturday afternoon it was learned as
an absolute fact that men of great
wealth, who are able to float the deal,
are planning and arranging for this
new company.
Give Wage Incrase.
Wilmington, Special. The Con
solidated Railway, Light and Power
Company at a special meeting of the
board of directors, called by Presi
dent Hugh McRae Saturday, granted
a voluntary increase of ten per cent
in the wage scale of all conductor
and motormen of its city and subur
ban lines.
State Farmers to Meet.
The annual meeting of the North
Carolina division of the Southern
Cotton Asociation is to be held in
the capitol building in Raleigh, Wed
nesday and Thursday. The address
of welcome will be delivered by Gov
ernor R.- B. Glenn Wednesday even
ing at 7:30 o'clock. A preliminary
meeting of all the presidents of the
county organizations will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
Thursday "morning at 10 o'elock the
report of the president will be read.
The election of officers for the ensu
ing year will follow.
Curtis Jett Gets Life Sentence.
Louisville, Ky., Special.- Curtis
Jett was found guilty of the assas
slnfttinn of James Cockerell, at Jack
son, Ky., four years ago. He wasj
sentenced to- nie imprisonment. uei:
confessed Friday that during the
progress of his trial at Cynthiana
that he alone had killed Cockerell.
Jett is now serving a life sentence for
Complicity in the murder of Attor
ney Mareum, ieveral year ago,
ASfyf-- J If
PHLIPPINES
II
All Colored Troops Ordered to
Foreign Service
NO ECHO OF BROWNSVILLE CASE
Department Issues Orders for Prepar
tion for Service and Soldiers Will
Sail Between March 5 and June .5
of Present Year Troops Being
Sent Because It is Their Turn , to
Go and Not Because of Any Desire
to Get Them Out of United States
at This Time None Were Sent Be
tween 1902 and 1905.
Washington, Special. The Ninth
and Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty
fifth Infantry, including all the negro
soldiers in the regular army., in this
country, have been ordered to prepare
for service in the Philippines and
will sail at different times between
March 5th and June 5th of this jtur.
The only other regiment composed of
negroes, the Twenty-fourth Infantry,
is now doing service in the Philip-
Lpmes.
Other troops ordered to the Phil
ippines are the Sixth Cavalry, the
Eighteenth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty
ninth and Thirtieth Infantry. The
troops which will be relieved by the
sending of these new regiments will
be the Fourth, Seventh and Eighth
Cavalry and the Ninth, Tirteenth.
Fifteenth, Sixeteenth and Nineteenth
Infant ry.
It was stated by Major General
Bell, chief of staff, that the negro reg
iments are being sent to the Philip
pines because it is their turn to go,
and not because of any desire to get
them out of the United States at this
time.
The negro troops are to sail for the
I Philippines before most of the white
organizations, the last of which will
not leave this country until early in
January.
Statement by pepartment.
The followng statement was issued
from the War department in explana
tion of the orders:
"There was a time, between 1902
and 1905, when the colored regiments
were not sent to the Philippines at
all. In 1905, however, this policy was
tentatively changed, and the Twenty
fourth Infantry, colored regiment,
was sent to the Philippines and is now
there. The services of the Twenty
fourth Infantry in the Philippines
has been etirely satisfactory, and it is
thought that the services of the oth
er regiments will be.
"In reporting upon this subject
General Wood states: 'I recently vis
ited and made an inspection of the
Departments of the Visayas and Min
dano, and found the Twenty-fourth
Infantry very well liked by the civil
authorities in the neighborhood of its
various stations. In fact as Taeloban
the Governor expressed particular ap
preciation of the fine conduct of this
regiment. '
"Because of this report and expe
rience, the general staff recommend
ed and the Department decided it to
be wise to return to the former policy
of equal foreign service of all the reg
iments of the mobile army.
"The present assignment of the
other colored regiments to the Phil
ippines is merely for an equal distri
bution of foreign service. They have
not been there for four years. It now
becomes fair to them and to other
regiments that they beassigned to the
Philippines in due order.
"Foreign service, it should be stat
ed, increses the pay of the men 20
per cent and counts double time for
retirement. It was pointed out at the
Department therefore that the idea
that these orders were prejudicial to
the colored troops or were made on
account of the Brownsville affair, was
utterly absurd."
The Georgia May be Presented With
Silver Service.
Washington, Special. A number of
representative men of Savannah Sat
urday called on Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Newberry, and conferred
with him regarding the presentation
of a silver service to the battleship
Georgia. ; Although nothing definite
was arranged, it is probable that the
vessel will be sent South in the spring.
Savannah Puts In Her Bid.
. Washington, Special. A delegation
from Savannah, headed by former
Senator Norwood, arrived here in the
interest of the establishment of a sub
Treasury in that city. Col. J. II. Es
till, of the Savannah Morning News,
and Pleasant. A. Stovall, of the Sa
vannah Press, were among the party.
The delegation held a conference with
Senators Bacon and Clay and mem
bers of the Georgia delegation in the
House of Representatives and next
week will go before the ways and
means committee to urge Savannah's
claims - . .
Four Killed and Two Fatally Injured
In Explosion.
Kenosho, Wis., Spexrial. In an ex
plosion w the grinding mill at the
La f tin fRand Power Kill Company,
in Plesant Prairie, Kenosho county,
four persons were killed outright and
two were fatally injured. Two others
were badly hurt. One of the dead is
Ralph Alderson, the other three arc
R;ussifcas;- names are unknown. The
financial loss is about $19,000,
COUNTY, N. C.t THURSDAY. JANUARY 10,
RE-OPENING OF CONGRESS.
Both Houses of Congress Resume
Work After Holiday Recess.
Soon after the Senate met Senator
Foraker's resolution providing for
an inquiry by the Senate into the
discharge of the negro troops of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry on account of
the Brownsville, Texas, episode, was
laid before the Senate and Senator
Culberson made- an address on the
subject. He said that he would have
kept quiet but for the fact that great
injustice had been done the people of
Brownsville..
Mr. Culberson said that the con
duet of the negro soldiers had been
very iritating to the Brownsville
people and especially so to. the wom
en. He related that on August 4,
last, the day before the "shooting
up" of the town, a criminal assault
had been committed by one of the
soldiers on the wife of a reputable
citizen and said that no arrests had
been made for the crime. Mr. Cul
berson defended Captain McDonald,
of the Texas Rengers, to whom Mr.
Fo raker had referred because of
Major Bloeksom's reference to him
as a man who was "so brave that
he would not hesitate to charge hell
with-a bucket of water." Mr. Cul
berson also said that he knew Major
Blocksom to be a gentleman.
Defends the President.
In defending: President Roosevelt
for his dismissal of the troops, Mr.
Culberson said the fact that the
troops were negroes had- nothing
to do with their discharge. Confu
sion as to the legal question involved
was, he said, resposible for the state
ment that the President had no au
thority to make the discharge. The
President's constitutional authority
and the authority given him by the
articles of 'war clearly covered the
?ase and made his action legal, he
declared, He contended that dis
?harges for criminal offenses are cov
sred in the articles of war as are also
discharges made to effect punishment.
Mr. Culberson said that there was
distinction between a "discharge
without honor." In the former case
the President could exercise his dis
cretion as he had done in the instance
july he made &s the result of a court
martial. He instanced several cases
to sustain his position.
Negro Soldiers Motive.
To establish the motive actuating
the negro soldiers in creating the al
leged disturbance, Mr. Culberson
read resolutions recently adopted by
negro citizens of Boston, which ad
mitted that the soldiers "shot up"
the town and said they "were de
termined to do for themselves what
the uniform of their country would
not do protect them from insults
and punish at the same time the
authors of their misery."
Disclaiming any partisanship for
the President, Mr. Culberson created
a wave of merriment by saying:
"I have n tolling to do with the
President in the matter. I care noth
ing about him. My personal rela
tions with him are about as cordial
is those of the Senator from Ohio."
(Mr. Foraker.)
In all fairness, Mr. Culberson said,
he country ought to know that the
eport made to the President was re
iable. In the House.
Within 15 minutes from the time
the gavel of Speaker Cannon fell
ailing together the House of Repres
entatives, after the holiday recess,
he lower branch of Congress ad
journed, the absence" of a quorum
bringing about the early adjournment
The House was a trifle late in
neeting due to the absence from the
Speaker's table of the badge of au
thority, the gavel, and in conse
quence the small membership of the
House present were kept standing u
minute or two longer than usual un
til the Speaker obtained the "ham-
mer. rut wnen me gavei aa ic-
ceived a responding whack- brought
the House face to face with what
bids fair to be a busy session.
W. F. Englebright, of the first
California district, and Charles G.
Washburn, of the third Massachu
setts district, were sworn in as mem
bers of the 59th Congress to take
the places of James N. Norris Gil
lett, of California, resigned, and
Roekwood Hoar, of Massachusetts,
deceased.
"The Omnibus Claims BUI."
"The omnibus claims bill," so
called, carrying apropriations foi
claims under the Bowman and Tucker
acts, and miscellaneous claims on
which favorable reports have been
been made by the war claims commit
tee, Avas before the House and foi
nearly five hours the merits of th:
measure were exploited. The bill,
however, hardly got beyond the start
ing post stage when the House ad
journed. Immediately after approval of the
journal Speaker Cannon announced
the . appointement of Representative
Englebright, o. California;-to. a plaet
m the committee of mines and min
ing, vice Mr. Williamston, oL Oregon,
removed. The Speaker based- this ae
ion on the ground that Mr. William
ion had failed thus far to attend a
-inede session of the Fifty-ninth Con
ress. He has been ecnyic-ted of par
iknpatfon in land fraudria Oregon,
BLEW UP BANK WITH BIB
;
Cashier and Others Killed By
" "
Explosion
CRANK WANTED A BIG LOAN
Dropped by Unidentified Foreigner
After He Had Demanded of Pres
ident a Loan of $5,000 Cashier In
stantly Killed and Bomb-Thrower
Blown to Pieces The Injured are
Clerks and the Negro Messenger,
Who Was Fearfully Hurt, Both
Eyes Being Blown Out, Scalp Torn
Off and Face So Mangled That He
Is Unrecognizable.
Philadelphia, Special. Demanding
a loan of $5,000 and failing to get it,
a man who has not yet been indenti
fied dropped a bomb in the Fourth
Street National Bank Saturday, blow
ing himself to pieces, instantly killing
Cashier W. Z. McLear, and injuring
six others, one or two of whom may
die. The only clue to the identity of
the bomb-thrower was a bunch of keys
L'ound in a portion of the clothing at
tached to which was a plate inscrib
ed "R. Steele, Garner, Iowa."
The Fourth Street Uational Bank is
the largest financial institution in the
city and occupies the greater portion
of the first floor of the Butlitt build
ing: on Fourth street between Chesnut
and Walnut streets in the heart of the
financial district. The explosion was
terrific and it caused tremendous ex
citement in the crowded building and
the street.
The explosion occurred a few min
utes before 12 o'clock, at a time when
the bank is usually well filled with
persons in a hurry to transact bus
iness before the bank closes. No one
saw the unknown man enter the bank
except E. F. Shanbacker, the vice
president, who 'was passing out of the
building' on his wav to luncheon. He
noticed the man was poorly dressed,
looked like a Russian and carried a
mall parcel The. man walked straight
back to the rear of the bank and ask
ed a clerk to direct him to" the office
of the president, Richard H. Rush-
ton. What took place m his office is
best told by the president himself.
Asked a Loan of $5,000.
"I was very-busy when the man en
tered my otfice, and I asked him to bo
seated for a moment. He Avas -ery
noorh' dressed, had patches on his
shoes and his entire appearance made
ne a bit curious. While he Avas Avait-
ing for me to finish the business I had
in hand at the moment I happened to
notice that he looked at me Very curi
ously. I asked him his business and
he gave me his name as G. E. Wil
liams and said he wanted a loan of
?5,000. He did not look like a man
who could make a loan of that amount
md I asked him for collateral. He
said something about an insurance
policy and that it would mature in
from one to five years. I was then
convinced the man was a crank and
decided to dismiss him at once, not
tor a moment thinking there was any
"iarm in him. I told him he would
have to see the cashier and directed
him out into the banking department.
At the same moment I called the col
ored messenger, William Crump, to
see that the man Avas quickly taken
out of the building. As I turned to
continue my work at the desk there
was a terrific explosion and I. thought
the building was coming down. The
man had not time to reach the cash
'er, the explosion came so soon."
Details as to Avhat actually happen
ed when the man left the office of
'resident Rushton differ, as no one
?an he found Avho saw the man drop
the bomb. The door to the office of
Cashier McLear is only a few feet
prom that of President Rushton and
he man must haAre dropped the dead
'y missle between the U-o rooms.
Cashier McLear was sitting at his
lesk at the time and his body was
badly mangled. The boom-thrower's
body was torn to pieces.
President Escalon is Anxious to Sup
press Revolution.
San Salvador, Republic of Salva
dor, By, Cable. Hondurans residing
in Nicaragua and Salvador started th?
recent revolution in the government
of Honduras, A-hieh Avas suppressed
by Nicaragua and Salvador. The
Central American republics are anx
ious to maintain peace by all means.
President Escalon, of Salvador, made
an important declaration to this ef
fect. Ex-President Poticarpo Hou
illa, of Honduras, who was compro
mised in the revolution, has been im
prisoned. Train Hobber Arrested.
Huntington, W." Va., Special Per
cy Martin, of Atlanta, Ga., was ar:
rested here charged with being one oX
the bandits who held up a Seaboarc
Air Line train S miles south of Rich
mond on New Year's eve. He admit
ted his guilt and delivered to the of
ficers a $500 diamond ring which had
been taken from one of the passen
gers. He told where most of the mon
ey can be found,
1907. NO. 22.
RUSSIAN POLICE CHIEF SUM
Gen. Launitz, Prefect of St. Pet
ersburg, Assassinated.
Murderer Killed With a Sword by
Victim's Aide Dead Official an
Oppressor of Revolutionaires.
St. Petersburg, Russia. General
von der Launitz, prefect of police of
Str Petersburg, was assassinated at
noon. He was present in his official
capacity at the inauguration of the
new hospital for skin diseases' on
Lopuchinskaia street, which was
opened by the Grand Duke and
Grand , Duchess Oldenburg.
After the service in the chapel of
the hospital General Launitz was es
corting the Duke- and Duchess to
ward the door when a well dressed
young man fired two revolver shots,
both piercing the prefect's brain. He
died on the spot.
An officer seized the assassin's re
volver andthe Grand Duke's aide
drew his sword and ran 'the murderer
through the body, killing him. Twc
bj'standej-s were arrested.
General Launitz was t formerly
Governor of Tamboff, where he dealt
severely with the revolutionaires. It
is believed the assassin came from
Tamboff.
Von der Launitz as piefect of po
lice of St. Petersburg was practically
the absolute ruler of the Russian
capital. The dissolution of the na
tional Duma left him with this high
authority, of which he made full use.
In the last days of last year a de
tached squad of secret police arrested
nearly 600. persons charged with un
due activity in revolutionary matters
and political agitation. Thirty-three
of the prisoners were women, whose
language on certain occasions had
brought them to the notice of the po
lice. The murder of vou der Launitz,
prefect of police in St. Petersburg,
by a Terrorist shows how unreal is
the apparent quiet in Russia. The
Government has taken the severest
measures to suppress rebellion. A
state of siege prevails throughout
most of the provinces, drum-head
trials still rule, the administrative
processes of imprisonment and exile
have suffered little interruption, but
the spirit of the Terrorist organiza
tion never dies. Government absolu
tism only fans it into fresh outbursts
of crime.
The assassination of von der Lau
nitz has caused a powerful impres
sion, both in the press and among
the public.
JAP CORNERS POTATO CROP.
California Pa3"ing Tribute to One of
the Little Yellow Brothers.
Los Angeles, Cal. The people of
all California are paying tribute to a
shrewd little Japanese, Kinya Shima,
of Stockton.
He cornered the potato market and
holds the situation in hand. He will
be virtual dictator of prices until
next season. '
He and the Japanese companies he
control stands to sell their crop for
$1,000,000. and Shima will himself
clean up $250,000.
This is the explanation of the high
figures paid for potatoes for three
months and why they continue going
higher. Shima, who is a potato
grower, tried last year to corner the
market, but failed, This year he
controls eighty per cent, of the crop.
XEW HAMPSHIRE'S GOVERNOR.
Republican Legislature Elects Charles
M. Floyd to Office.
Concord, N. H. Charles M. Floyd,
of Manchester, was elected Governor
of New Hampshire.
The Legislature made the choice
because of the failure of any candi
date at the recent election to secure
a majority of the votes cast.
. By the provisions of the State Con
stitution but two candidates were eli
gible to be balloted for at the legis
lative session, although there were
several candidates at the State elec
tion. The result of the ballot was:
Charles M.-Floyd (Rep.), 2 63; Na
than C. Jameson (Dem.), 144.
DIES WHILE SPEAKING.
Former Mayor Stricken at Dinner to
a Successor.
Boston. While attending a ban
quet to one of his successors at the
Quincy House, former Mayor Jj a
B. Henderson, of Everett, was strick
en with apoplexy and died within a
few minutes,
At the dinner to Mayor Thomas J.
Boynton, who will begin a second
term, Mr, Henderson was the first
to respond to a toast. As he wa3 re
citing an original poem he Avas seen
to drop back in his chair. He Avas
carried to an anteroom, where he ex
pired. TWO MERCHANTS CONVICTED.
Are Brand Brothers, Who Had Tren
ton's Biggest DepartmcntShop.
Trenton, N. J. David H. Brand
and John Brand, two brothers, Avere
found guilty in the Criminal Court
of trying to burn the stock in their
department store, the largest in the
city, at State and Montgomery
streets.
Ably defended, the trial of the
Brands lasted six weeks; the jury
was out fi'e hours and a half. The
suspense was too much for John
Jrand; he collapsed.
Divorced, Mr. Heyl Gets ?300,000.
Judge Halsey, in the Circuit Court,
Milwaukee, Wis., granted a divrrce
to Mrs. Clara S. Heyl from Jacob
Heyl. There was no contest, Mr.
"den having withdrawn his answer
:o 'his wife's complaint. He gets
$300,000 of his wife's estate, which
is valued fit j5, 000, 000,
Belle Biltou Dead,
Lady Clancarty, who, was formerly
Belle Biiton, a favorite at London
music balls, died at Carbally ?r.vk,
Cpynty Galway, Ireland, 'J .
Stye 1 ' Chatham ttccorb.
RATES OF ADVERTISING,
On iqar, one Inrtto " $1.00
One square, two insertion 1.50
One square, one month 8.60
For Larger Advertise
jnents Liberal Con
tracts will be made.
FATAL TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
Wm AT SGPsANTON
Nearly a Thousand Cases Re-'
ported in 0ns Month.
TRACE INFECTION TO RESERVOIR
Bacilli in Water Supply State Takes
Hold of Sources Other Cities
Are Drawn Upon For Nurses
Strain Tells on Physiciar.s.
Scranton, Pa. Typhoid fever,
which was discovered In Scranton on
December 7, has already a death list
of seventy-three, out of 970 cases, in '
a population of 120,00 0.
Knowledge that the-Avater supply
was -responsible for the epidemic
came as a shock to the city. Scran
ton had long prided itself on the pur
ity of its water, but the prevalence
of typhoid in sections supplied from
the Elmhurst dam soon attracted
suspicion, and this suspicion became
a certainty, when Dr. Dixon, Penn
sylvania's Health Commissiontir, an
nounced that an analysis of water
taken from Roaring Brook gave evi
dence of typhoid bacilli.
Roaring Brook empties into the
Elmhurst dam. Water supplied from
other reservoirs OAvned by the Scran
ton Gas and Water Company is free
from germs.
For a time the daily number of
new cases reported has averaged fifty.
It is hoped the energetic and untiring
efforts of Mayor Djmmlct and the
local and State health authorities are
beginning to shoAV their effects
against the epidemic.
Owing to he rapidly increasing
number of cases in the last Aveek, it
was decided to fit up the armory of
the Thirteenth Regiment as an emer
gency hospital. Thus far the regular
hospitals have been able to accommo
date the patients, but the Emergency
Hospital in the armory will be ready
for use at an hour's notice.
Orders for boiling drinking water
and milk are strictly enforced, and
there is a regular distribution of dis
infectants through the settlements of
foreign speaking residents. Nurses
under Miss Ohollera, of Philadelphia,
are doing dtaty among tho poor, and
Mrs. Jamas P. Dickson, daughter-in-law
of the late Thomas Dickson,
president of tli9 Delaware and Hud
son Railroad, has placed herself at
the head of a committee of women
who have volunteered for the relief
of the poor and Uie afflicted.
Four large public, hospitals are
filled to their capacity, and at least
tt dozen private sanitariums are
crowded Avith patients suffering from
the disease. Physicians and nurses
are working until they are utterly
exhausted, and several of them have
succumbed to the fever.
It has remained for Wilkesbarre
to take 'he first strenuous measures
for self-protection. A proclamation
was issued signed by the mayor and
chief of police warning the people
against entering Scranton, and offi
cers were placed at the railroad sta
tions to prevent any passengers from
this place alighting there. All per
sons who leave thz trains are closely
questioned, and if they have come
from Scranton they are detained in
the stations aud politely requested
to leave on the next train.
COTTON EXCHANGE UNDER FIRE
Fraud Accusation Made by Represen
tntive Livingstone.
Washington, D. C. Appeal was
made to th9 Pcstofflcs Department
for a fraud order against the New
York Cotton Exchange-. The applica
tion was made, by Representative L.'
F. Livingstone, of Atlanta, and liar
vie Jordan, president of the Southjr i
Cotton Growers' Association. They
allege that the rules of the New York
Cotton Exchange permit the filling of
contracts with unspinnnable and
worthless cotton, and that on this ac
count the price in New York is l:ept
down and creates a bearish effect on
the price of cotton in legitimate cotton
trade in the South, and thereby de
prives the country of vast sums of
money it Avould otherwise gain from
the sale of the commodity in foreign
markets.
Mr. Jordan was told that a Post
office inspector would be sent to New
York to investigate the matter com
plained of. The department will pro
ceed slowly, with due regard to the
law.
REPRIEVE 3 MINUTES LATE.
Negro Hanged Before News of Ac
tion Reached Sheriff.
Vlcksburg, Miss. Will Harvey, a
negro, was hanged at Mayorsville,
Miss., three minutes before notice
that his sentence had been commuted
reached the sheriff of Issequena
County.
Harvey's attorney was notified by
Governor Vardaman that the negro's
sentence had been commuted to im
prisonment for life. He hurriedly
called up the Issequena County sher
iff, but the latter did not reach the
telephone until three minutes after
the drop fell.
Harvey was sentenced to be -anged
for the murder of a negro named
Pete Bromo, in M: rch last.
Persia Has a Constitution.
The Persian National Assembly ac
cepted the revised constitution.
May Import Ncav Zealand Butter.
The high ' prices of butter have
given rise to talk of importing the
New Zealand product, but it will not
probably go beyond the talk stage at
present, owing to the uncertainty as
to how long the high-price period will
last. '
Honduranian Revel t Suppressed.
' A dispatch from Salvador said that
a revolt in Honduras last week was
promptly suppressed by Government
troops.