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Chatham Etcarb. filje Cljatljam Record H. A. LONDON, Editor and Proprietot, We TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. strictly fin Advance If i GJUHHJIH 118 Items of Interest From Many Parts of the State MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS Happenings of More or Less Import ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot ton Markets. Extending To Asheville. Asheviile, Special. The Tennes see & North Carolina Railroad, which runs from Newport, Tenn., to Water ville ami Mount Sterling, N. C, .twen ty mile. v.-ill, it is reported, build an extension to Canton, N. C, and also from the other, end of Newport to Knoxville. Tenn. There are rumors that the Louisville & Nashville Rail road is back of this movement, al though it is said that the Southern Railway may be concerned. Recent ly parties interested in the Champion Fibre Company, which is building a Iarce pulp mill at Canton, arranged for the construction of the Pigeon Kivor Railroad frpin Canton to Sun burst, seventeen miles, but it is said that the extension of the Tennessee & North Carolina will cover the route of the proposed independent line and will render its construction unneces sary. The route will be along' the Big Pigeon River. In this connection it is said that the Louisville & Nash ville Railroad is probably interested in the movement, as it desires to enter Asheville, N. C. Both the Southern and the Louisville & Nashville are re ported to have been doing consider able engineering work recently around Canton and in adjoining counties. Monazite Plant Closed. Shelby, Special. The British Mon azite Company, a branch of a London firm, have closed down their plant, three miles east of Shelby. This prop erty was purchased a little more'than three years ago from L. W. Campbell for $40,000. An expensive concen trating plant was erected and put ii to operation. However, Mr. Stewart, the engineer in charge, for reasons of bis own, decided for the present it -would be better to close the plant, thereupon he cabled the company in London, and they sent out Mr. Leech, their consulting engineer, who with Mr. Stewart agreed to close down'. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Swan, his asr sistant will return to their home in England later. Will Move On Jamestown. High Point, Special. The High Point manufacturers expect to be well represented at the Jamestown Expo sition, ?,nd to this end are' already engaged in getting out samples to be placed on exhibition and literature giving desired information to those Tyho are looking this way. In addi tion to this the Enterprise of this city is getting out a large number of a six ty page booklet of High Point and her manufacturing interests, which will be distributed gratuitously. If will be a handsome souvenir, containing forty catchy views and some twenty pages of reading matter. Driveway Delayed. Salisbury, Special. "Work on the public drive-way to the Federal Ceme tery in Salisbury, for which an ap propriation of $15,000 was' recently made by Congress will not begin for several months on account of securing a title to the right of way from the Southern Railway Company. The ti tle to the property rests in the North Carolina Railroad Company and the stockholders of that company will have to grant the right of way at a meeting to be held in July. New Bank At Ramseur. Ramseur, Special. The new bank "ill open its doors for business April 10th. The new building next to the hotel, which is nicely designed, and of biiek, has just been completed. It presents a handsome appearance, and supplies the bank with attractive and commodious quarters. "W. H. '"Wat bins, Sr., is the president of the in stitution and R. I. Smith, of Greens boro, is cashier. Fired By Lighting. Wilson, Special. Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock, while a storm was raging as in mid-summer, lighting got in its work on the premises of Rich ard Shackleford, who resides near Saratoga, in this county. It is sup posed th.at a bolt of Uniting struck the stables first." The flames soon communicated with the barn. In the stables there were four horses and tour mules. One of the horses and tv.o of the mules were cremated. One horse was injured slightly, but will re cover. The two mules that were res cued were maimed for life. Store Burned. x Asheville, Special. The etore, building and stock of merchandise, belonging to Fletcher and Roberts, at Fletcher's ten miles from here, were destroyed by fire. Probably $300 worth of "goods were saved, the total - is,. several thosand dollars with $2,500 insurance. The post office ar Fletcher's -was located in the burned budding. Most of the post office property was saved. The origin of the fire is not known. VOL. XXIX. EHTSBORQ. CHATHAM MET A MOST HORRIBLE DEATH Body of Green Robertson Crushed Between Logs. Durham, Special. Green Rob ertson, a colored man, was killed on the farm of W. G. Crabtree, near University Station, Orange eounty, Saturday morning. "With Mr. Crab tree, for whom the negro had work ed for eighteen years, Robertson was sawing some logo hi the woods. The large log, on which the two men were at work, was being sawed into blocks for shingles. A large block had been sawed off and rolled to one side. When the second block Was sawed it was left on two blocks, that was placed to hold it up from the ground. Robertson went to one side to knocks these blocks from under vhe log. "When he did this the new block rolled and caught him between that block and the one first sawed off. The force with which he was pinioned was such that when the blocks crash ed together he never spoke again. Blood was forced from his mouth so that it was several feet in a stream. His chest was mashed, bones in -both the breast and back being broken. It is not thought that he lived loug enough to know or suffer any hurt. To Steamer's Rescue. Wilmington, Special. The United States 'Revenue Cutter Seminole left at G o 'clock Sunday morning for Fly ing Pan Shoals off .the Cape Fear bar, wnere the British steamer Axmxns ter, from Savannah, Ga., to Man chester, England, Avith cargo of cot ton, phosphate and rosin was report ed ashore last night, Laving run aground in a dense fog Sunday'moin ing. The chief officer of the ship and four men managed to get to Fort Caswell last night and reported the distress of thes hip to Mr. James Sprunt, 'British Vice Consul in this city- t Capt. Quinian, of the 'cutter, was immediately communicated with and as soon as the steamer could get coal in her bunker, she proceeded. The Axminster has perviously visit ed this port for cotton cargo for foreign export. She was passing up the coast to Norfolk for coal and kept too close in. During a dense fog, she mistook the range lights and went hard and fast on Frying Pan. The steamer was floated Sundav. Fired on Constable. x Wilmington, Special Constable Nicholson, of Council's, Bladen coun ty, about 40 miles from Wilmington on the Seaboard Air Line, arrived -in the city early Sunday morning, and left at once for Chadbourn on the 5:40 a. m. train to Florence in searfh of a negro, Ed. Wilson, from the Pal metto State, with whom he had a run-in Saturday night, as the result of which the negro fired upon him, the ball passing through two folds of the shirt which he wore. Consta ble Nicholson went to the negro's house to serve a warrant upon him for false pretense. The negro was apparently docile enough and the constable told him to come on for irial. He retaliated with a pistol shot, which passed through the of ficer's shirt. $10,000 Fire at. Statesville. Statesville, Special. At 9 o'clock Saturday night the citizens of States ville were startled by cries of 'fire startling because the disastrous eon flagation of a year ago, when the city suffered so sorely from the cruel, merciless flames is still fresh in the memory of our citizens. The loss will be covered by $10,000, with $5, 000 insurance. There is no doubt bat that for the excellent work of the fie depertment pay and volunteers the conflagation -ould have resulted more disasterously. In making his exit a Mr. Phifer was strk by a piece of burning timber and several parties had narrow escapes. Damages Inadequate. Asheboro, Special. The verdict of $600 damages for personal injury 111 the ease of M. W. Parrish against the railroad was, upon motion of the plaintiff's attorneys, set aside for inadequacy. It is the opinion of most people who heard the trial that the verdict should have been many times greater. - Double Track Bridge. Speniv. Special. One cf the larg est and mosf cosily bridges on the Southern . Railway system is now being constructed across the Yadkin river near Spencer. The structure is being placed by the American Bridge company and will be ready for use within two weeks, and when complet ed will permit the use of the double track of the main line between .Spen cer and Greensboro. The masiive steel spans rest upon huge concrete foundations placed in the bed of the river reaching above high water mark. House Lost by Fire. Concord, Special. The home of Mr. John A. Sims, two miles from the city, was destroyed by fire,Fri 'day at noon. The fire caught from the kitchen flue -and was discovered by a neighbor girl who notified the family. The ' neighbors were sum-; moned but very little was saved, only the piano and a few household goods 1 ' - " ' ta - ALL LEAD TO J Arrangements Complete For Great Jamestown Show PRESIDENT A BIG ATTRACTION Opening Exercises, Beginning at Sun rise April 26, Open With Salute of 300 Guns by the Norfolk Light Ar tillery Blues Commemorating the 300th Aniversary of the First Eng lish Settlement in America. Norfolk, Special. President Roose velt is to be the feature of the open ing., day of the Jamestown Ter-Cen-tennlal Exposition, the- official pro gramme of Avhich was announced. The opening exercises, which take place Friday, April 26, will begin at sunrise by a salute of 300 guns by the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues commemorating the 300th anniver sary ofthe first English settlement of America. The President will reach the expo sition grounds at 11 :30 o 'clock, after passing on the Mayflower through columns of saluting foreign and Am erican warships in Hampton . Roads. He will be escorted to the reviewing stand 011 Lees Paracfc, in the rear of the auditorium building. The speech making feature of the programme will begin at once, and in the open air should the weather permit. An invo cation by the Right Rev. Alfred Ma gil Randolph, bishop of the diocese of southern Virginia, and a brief in troductory address by Harry St. George Tucker, president of the Ex position Company, 'will precede the President's remarks. When Presi dent has concluded he will press a gold button, and immediately the ma chinery of the great show will be in motion, a thousand flags will be un furled on the Exposition buildings and a salute of the nation Avill be fired by the foreign and American ships in the roads and by the garrison at Fort Monroe. At the conclusion of the sa lute the Exposition banc; will play the "Star Spangled Banner,'' the troops will "present arms" and the concourse will stand with uncovered heads. The parade of soldiers and sailors of the United States under Major General Frederick Grant, will be the next feature. The President will re view the troops from a grand stand, where also will be gathered the hon ored guests of the occasion, including the diplomatic corps, the official com mittees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Governors of States, 20 of whom have accepted in vitations to be present. The day will close with a reception to President Roosevelt, between 5 and G o'clock. Pittsburg is in Danger. . Pittsburg, Pa., Special. J. W. Ar ras, of the United States engineers corps, who has charge of building the dams in the Ohio and Allegheny riv ers in this vicinity, has submitted a report to the government, in connec tion with the recent, flood here in which he says Pittsburg, like Johns town, is in danger of devastation some day by a flood causing the loss of thousand; of lives and millions of dollars worth of property. Mr. Arras reports that when the catastrophe oc curs it will come with "just as little warning as did the one-in the Cone maugh valley. Serious Accident. Charlotte, N. C, SpecialThe ex pected happened Saturday morning at 10 o'clock when street car No. 24 of the Highland Park line and Seaboard passenger train No. 133 collided ;'t the Brevard street crossing, one pas senger, Mr. Wiley Howard, having his skull fractured and left forearm broken, Mr. Lee Martin, conductor of the ear, having both legs fractured, besides sustaining other injuries from which he may die and three other pas sengers being more or less badly hurt. This is a particularly dangerous cross ing, and no one is surprised at the terrible occurrence. Theodore D. Buhl Dead. New York, Special. Theodore D. Buhl, president of the Buhl Malleable Iron Works, of Detroit, president of Detroit Bank, and also of the firm of Parke, Davis & Co., chamical and drug manufacturers, dropped dead on the street near the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where he had been a gue-jt. Death was due to appoplexy. Mr. Buhl was one of a group of steel mag nates, multi-milionaire and prominent in banking circles in the Middle West and the East. His body will be sent to Detroit for interment. Ex-Police Chief Assassinated. Havana, By Calk- Jose A. Yala, ex-chief of police of Guinez, Havana province, was asrvi"ated at Gnines Wednesday morning. The crime ap parently was political as the victim led the governmental forces in the vincinity of Guines during the August revolution, thereby incurring so much enmity that he went to Mexico, from which country he had just returned. The assassin, who was a memebr yfc' late rebel army, escaped. AMES II fiOTTNTY w. C THURSDAY. APRIL 11. 1907. TORY ABOUT $5,000,000 ANTI-ROOSEVELT FUND New York Tribune's Correspond ent Gives Whits House Views. DENIAL OF ANY CONSPIRACY Diners at Slibrehnm Carried Strange Tale Said Jioekefeller-Harri-inan Interests Would Attempt to Gain Control of Convention. New York City. In one- of the most remarkable declarations ever made in the White House President Roosevelt has given more details and added to the scope of the "gigantic conspiracy" which he says is on foot to discredit him and defeat his poli cies. '. - The Now fork Tribune, Republi can organ and a Roosevelt supporter, prints tho following dispatch from its Washington correspondent: "The President's declaration that there is a conspiracy, of which E. H. Harriman and the Standard Oil in terests are the principals and finan cial backers, and which has for its purpose the defeat of his policies in the next Congress and the control of the next Republican National Con vention, which information he im parted to a number of his friends among the Washington correspond ents yesterday, has led to -the -unearthing of highly sensational and interesting details, and it is now pos sible to give a story which purports to reveal not only the alleged plans of the conspirators, but the identity of the trusted agent who, through an error of judgment, betrayed the plans cf his principals,-as well as the sum it is asserted they have already subscribed and placed at the dispos al of this agent. "Mr. Harriman and his associates in the Standard Oil Company have. according to the story, ss their agent Boies Penrose, senior Senator from Pennslyvauia. They have Subscribed $5,000,000' to the silent campaign with which the purpose to defeat the Roosevelt policies and control the next Republican convention, and it is this combination which the President ha?, determined to expose. "At a dinner given a few nights ago at the Shoreham Hotel, in Wash ington, Senator Penrose related all the details of the 'plan to down Roosaveltism in which he is en gaged. Mr. Penrose assured his fel low diners that, backed by Mr. Harri man and the 'forces of the Standard Oil,' he had undertaken a quiet cam paign which had for its object the 'crushing of Rooseveltism.' He said that in the light of the rehabilitation of the organization in Pennsylvania he was prepared to deliver the solid delegation of his Scate, numbering sixty-eight delegates, to the candi date who was yet to be selected as the representative of the 'conserva tive' forces in the Republican party. "Senator Foraker, said Mr. Pen rose, was prepared to deliver the sol id delegation of Ohio. Mr. Harri man could probably deliver the solid delegation of New York, but other States would probably have to be handled with greater subtlety. Am ple funds were at his disposal, said Mr. Penrose, a fund of $5,000,000 having been already subscribed by the Harriman and Standard Oil forces. The policy to be pursued in the States where the Roosevelt senti ment was strong was to select dele gates who could be 'trusted' and se cure their election by having them declare their determination to sup port either the 'favorite son' of their State or President Roosevelt. "The State conventions were to be induced to instruct their delegations to cast the vote of the State fbr such favorite son or for President. Roose velt. President Roosevelt, said Mr. Penrose, could be depended upon to refuse the nomination; of that he and his- principals were absolutely confident. Of course, the votes for favorite sons would be merely com plimentary, while trustworty dele gates could be depended on to vote on the second ballot, for the nominee selected by the 'conservatives.' " " STANDARD OIL DENIAL. Senator Penrose Never Told of Fund, Says Director. New York City. E. H. Harriman declined absolutely to talk about the report from Washington that the Standard Oil and associated inter ests had raised a fund of $5,000,000 to prevent the nomination for Presi dent of a man of President Roose velt's choosing in 1908. One of the directors of the Stan dard Oil Company, when told about the specific charges coming from the White House, said: "That statement is absolutely false, absolutely false. I don't know when or where the din ner was held, but Senator Penrose never said thai. I am positive Pen rose never said it." Arrest For Selling Harriman Letter. New York City. Frank W. Hill, the clerk named by Edward -H. Har riman "as the former employe whom he suspected of having sold the Web ster letter to the World, was arrest ed, charged with a violation of Sec tion 642 of the Penal Code, which makes it a misdemeanor for any per son wilfully and without, authority to publish the whole or any part of a letter, telegram or private paper belonging to another person. MARQUIS rEriUZZI A SUICIDE. Shot Himself in Bed His Mother Was a Boston Woman. x Florance, Italy.- Marquis Bindo Peruzzi da Medici was found dead in bed by his valet, having committed suicide with a revolver. . . The Marquis . was twenty-nine years old, a cavalry lieutenant,, and a well known sportsman. His mother, who is a widow, was formerly Miss Edtth Story, of Boston. . -.-. i " " 1 r r MiiH Famous cartoon drawn by Davenport for the New York Evening Mail. WEALTH OF THIS NATION. Astonishing Increase Shown fey a Late Census Report. Washington, D. C. The total es timate of the valuation of the na tional wealth in 1904 was $107,104, 192,410, according to a special re port issued by the Census Bureau on wealth, debt and taxation which rep resents an increase in the four-year period from 1900 to 1904 of $18, 586,885,635. This advance in na tional wealth has no parallel in the history of the United States except the decade from 1850 to 1860. In 1850, when the first estimates of the national wealth were made the fig ures were only $7,135,780,228. The most potent cause for the in crease in the nation's wealth from 1900 to 1904, ir. is stated, was- the reaction from the low prices of -the period of depression from 1893 to IS 9 6. The annual increase of wealth per family from 1S90 to 1904 was $182. The various forms into which the nation's wealth is divided, 'with their valuations are as follows: Real property and improve ments taxed $55,510,228,057 Real property and improve ments exempt... 6,831,244.570 Live stock 4,073,791 ,730 Farm implements; and ma chinery 844,989,863 Manufacturing machinery, tools and implements 3,297,754,180 Gold and silver coin and bullion 1,993,603,303 Railroads and their equip ment 11,244,752.000 Street railways : 2,219,906,000 Telegraph systems ' 227,400,000 Telephone systems.. 585,840,000 Pullman and private cars.... 123,000,000 Shipping and canals S46.4S9.S04 Privately owned vater works 275,000,000 Privately owned central elec tric light and power sta tions w.' 562.851,105 Agricultural products 1,899,379.652 Manufactured products 7,409,291663 Imported mercaamdise 495,543.625 Mining products 408,066,787 Clothing and personal adorn ments ; 2,500,000,000 Furniture, carriages and kin dred property 5,750,000,000 The total public indebtedness of the continental United States in 1902. was $2,789,990,120, and the total per capita indebtedness was $35.50. The total Indebtedness of the Na tional Government for the same year was $925,011,637, and the per cap ita indebtedness was $-11.27. The indebtedness af the United States Government is its gross indebtedness less cash in the treasury. The total indebtedness of continental United States in 189a was $1,989,112,842; that of the National Government was $851,912,752 and the per capitas were $31.76 and $13.60 respective ly. In 1902 the "annual , interest charge on the public debt of conti nental United States is shown to be approximately $115,206,558, or an annual payment of $1.46 for each in dividual. In Great Britain the per capita in debtedness of all classes, national and local, was 3.93 times that of the United States; in France, 4.86, and in Italy, 2.25. The assessed valuation of prop erty subject -to ad valorum taxation has increased from 1850 to the pres ent time, but it has not kept pace with the increase in the actual na tional wealth.. The total assessed valuation of property in 1902 was $35,338,316,833, while in 1890 it was only $25,473,173,418. The es timated true value of all property in 1902 was $9 7,810,749,590, against $65,037,091,197 in 1890. The total levies of ad valorem taxes was in 1902 $724,736,539, and the tax rate per $100 of estimated true value $0.74. The net indebtedness of the coun try was slightly less at the close than at te beginning of the year. . In the case of the National Government, States and Territories, and counties, the receipts exceeded the payments, and at the close of the-year these governments had smaller net indebt edness than at the beginning. In the case of minor civil divisions, and especially thei large cities, the situa tion was reversed and the payments for expenditures exceeded the rev enue receipts, causing an increase in net indebtedness. REFERENDUM IX CLEVELAND. Council Will Snmbit the Traction Problem to the People. Cleveland, Ohio. With only . one dissenting vote, the City Council adopted the report of the special Street Railway Committee which has in charge Cleveland's traction prob lem.. This report frecommended that the matter of franchises, low. fare, -o.nd other issues involved be submitted to popular vote.- . ... - NO, 35, - POPULATION OF THIS NATION. ' The United States Increased Nearly 8,000,000 in Six Years. . Washington, D. C- There are now nearly 8,000,000 more people in the Continental United States than there were six years ago, according to an estimate based upon the figures com piled by the Census Bureau in a spe cial report .issued recently. - Accord ing to its estimates the population of the Continental United States in 1906 was 83,941,510, an increase over 1900 of 7,946,935. The population of the United States, inclusive of Alaska and the in sular" possessions, in 19-06 was 93, 182,240. The growth in population in the Continental United States from 1905 to 1906 was 1,367,315. Computed on the basis of the esti mate the density of population of the Continental United .States in 1906 was twenty-eight persons per square mile, as compared with twenty-six in 1900. The five leading cities and "their estimated population, in 1906 are as follows: ' New York 7. . 4,113, 043 Chicago -. 4.2,049,185 Philadelphia 1,441,735 St. Louis ........... 649,320 Boston 602.278 The report presents the population returns for 1905 of the fourteen States making an interdecennial enu meration, together with the esti mated population of these States for 1904 and 1906 and of the remaining States and Territories for 1904, 1905 and 1906. The States which took a census in 1905 are Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jer sey, New .York, North Dakota, Ore gon, Rhode Island, South - Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In Michi gan the census is taken in the years ending with a "4." The population returned for these States was 26, 263,877, an increase since 1900 of 1,901,572 or 7.8 per cent. For the remaining States and Territories the population for 1905, as determined by the method of estimating adopted by the bureau, was 56,283,059, an in crease over 1900 of 4,374,040, or 8.4 per cent. The population of the four teen States making an enumeration, if estimated in the same manner, would be 26,204,762, a difference of only 0.2- per cent, from the actual re turns. - The rapid growth of urban popula tion is noteworthy. The total esti mated population of incorporated places having 8000 or more inhabit ants, exclusive of San Francisco and Los Angeles, is 28,466,624 for 1906, an increase over 1900 of 3,912,188, or 15.9 per cent., while the estimated population of the United States ex clusive of these cities showed an in crease, of 4,480,008, or only 8.8 per cent. The eighty-eight cities with an es timated population of 5 0,0 00. or more in 1906 had a total estimated popu lation of 19,771,167, an Increase of 2,766,863, or 16.3 per cent, over that reported at the Twelfth Census. NEW TRUSTS IN GERMANY. Glue, Braid, X-Ray, Canned Goods and Other Combinations Formed. Washington, D. C. The American Consuls in Germany announce the formation of the following trusts: Glue trust, with a central bureau in Berlin for the sale of all glue made in Germany. Braid, trimmings and woolen goods trust, to regulate prices. X-ray manufacturers, organized for a ten per cent, increase. Canned goods combine, In order to compensate for the steadily rising cost of the raw materials which they use. Artificial silk manufacturers keep up with the procession. "Scarcely a day passes but the German newspapers report a new trust, syndicate or fusion of some line of manufacturing in Germany," reports' Consul-General Richard Guenther, of Frankfort, Germany. CARNEGIE LIBRARY REFUSED. Detroit Decides Against Acceptance Republicans Carry Michigan. Detroit, Mich. The count of votes' cast in this city shows that the propo sition to accept $750,000 from An drew Carnegie for a library was de feated by fewer than 100 votes. The majority of the , Republican State ticket is. large. The proposi tion to amend the Constitution so as to permit the teaching of mechanical trades to convicts in the State pris on3 carried by a small majority.. RATES OF ADVERTISING, : On tqutr, on iatertiem - $1.00 One square, two insertions 1.69 One square, one month 8.50 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. DECLARE HARRY THAW SHE Commission Say White's Slayer Is Competent to Stand Trial. Prisoner Made No Attempt to Dis guise That Ho Was Pleased ' With Decision. New York City. The 'insanity Commission, consisting 'of David Mc Clure, Peter B. Olney and Dr. Leo pold Putzel, appointed by Justice Fitzgerald to inquire into the pres ent mental condition . of Harry K. Thaw, who stands charged with the murder of Stanford White, reported to the court, finding the defendant sane for purposes of trial and capa ble of conferring with his counsel. When court opened in the morning the jurors were there vaady to go on with the case. All the members of the Thaw family who have. been at tending the trial were in their accus tomed seats. . Mrs. William Thaw, young Mrs. Thaw and the Countess of Yarmouth sat together. The men of the family, Edward and Josiah Thaw, sat, together. When Justice . Fitzgerald took his seat oh the bench he called Jerome and Hartridg the lawyer of record for Thaw, inside the rail. The mem bers of the Thaw family leaned for ward in their seats trying to hear what the justice was saying. It meant much to them almost as much as the other verdict which can not now be greatly delayed. Accord ingly, when from the lips of Justice Fitzgerald fell the announcement that a unanimous decision ha.d been reached by the commission, and he handed copies of the decision to Jer ome and Kartridge, Mrs. William Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw .gripped the chairs in which they were seated, their faces were drawn and painful to look upon, aud their eyes hungrily gazed on the two sheets of paper which fluttered in the nervous fingers of Haftridge. Every eye in the court room was ' centered upon the lawyer by this time, and it seemed to take him hours to find the little word that spelled the fate of the defendant. Then, with a deep sigh, his stern face relaxed, he released the paper into the hand3 of O'Reilly and turned quickly, with a smile and a nod of his head, to the party of ladie3." Little Mrs. "Thaw fell back into her chair limp with joy, compressing her lips at the same time in an effort to keep back an exclamation of satis faction. Mrs. William Thaw sighed and whispered into the ear of the Countess of Yarmouth. A clerk from Hartridge's office confirmed what they had read in the lawyer's smile and then sped back to the prisoner's pen, where Thaw was awaiting the tidings. On the strength of Hartridge's smile alone the silent court room was instantly buzing with a strange sound wave that always follows a tense moment. Newspaper messen gers hastened from the room, and be fore the clerk had reached Thaw's cell in. the pen this cry was ringing through the outer corridors: "Sane! Sane! Sane!" ' The messengers carried it to wait ing reporters, who carried it along as they hurried to the telephones, communicating it to spectators who had been crowded out of the trial chamber, and soon all through the Criminal Courts Building the word was being echoed by hundreds. Tel egraph wires flashed it out over the country, the cable carried it to Lon don. Within five minutes the whole world had been informed that Harry Thaw's judges had declared hfm sane that the young millionaire had es caped the madhouse and would now face only one of his twin perils death in the electric chair. Thaw made no attempt to dis guise that he was pleased with the commission's decision. FEDERAL AID AVERTS STRIKE. Western Railroads and Employes Brought to End Dispute. Chicago. In the settlement of the railroad strike dispute President Roosevelt's peace envoy's achieved a signal victory for the principle of conciliation in labor controversies of that magnitude. All danger of a tie up of the railroads of the West 13 now averted through an agreement effected between the railroad mana gers and their train service employes. The settlement was arranged by Chairman Knapp, of the Inter-State Commerce Commission and Com mis sioner Neill, of the Government's Department of Labor. By its terms the trainmen will get an advance of about ten per cent., or .two per cent, less than was demanded. The em ployes waived their nine - hour re quest. In round figures, the railroad employes will profit during the com ing year to the amount of $5,500,000. The number of men who will gain by the advanced wage scale is close to 50,000. TWO-CENT FARE BILL LAW. It Applies to All Steam Railroads Op erating in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa. Governor Stuart signed the bill making the maximum rate of fare on railroads within this State two cents a. mile. The new law goes Into effect on September 30 and applies to all steam railways. The railroads claim that the law is unconstitutional and will appeal to the courts. Great Railway Earnings. In 1906 the net earnings of the railways of the United States amounted to $920,221,859, and the dividends to nearly a quarter Of a billion. , " Peary's Fund Complete. Commander Robert, E. Peary now ha3 the $200,000 necessary for his corning expedition to the Far Nosth, .arid expects to eot out about the last of June," -r -,;.lr ' r - 1
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