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NORTH STATE NEWS
Items of Interest Gleaned From
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
Elinor Occurrences of the Week of
Interest to Tar Heela Told in Para
graphs. Trinity Commencement.
Invitations have been sent out to
the commencement of Trinity College.
Following is the program :
Sunday, June 2, 8:30 p. m., Bacca
laureate Address, President John C.
Kilgo.
Tuesday, June 4, 11 a. m., Bacca
laureate sermon, Rev. Donald Sage
Markay., D. D., New York. City.
Tuesday-, June 4, 1 p. m., Alumni
Address, Jerome Dowd, Charlotte,
N. C.
Tuesday, June 4, 8 :30 p. m., Gradu
ating Orations.
Wednesday, June 5, 10:39 a. m.,
Commencement Address, Associate
Justice David J. Brewer. Washington.
D. C. 4
Crushed by a Tree.
Waynesville, Special. At Qum
lantown, seven miles south of Way
nesville, Field Matthews, a twelve-year-old
lad, was sent by hie mother
to a neighbor to borrow a smoothing
iron. He had to go by where some
men were cutting timber. As he gci
near to them they called to hisa to c
back, as a tree was falling. This
seemed to frighteen the lad, and he
ran directly in the path of the tree,
which fell on him, crushing bis life
out instantly.
A Serious Cutting Affray at Concord.
Concord, Special. A serious cut
ting affray took place at a late houi
Friday afternoon in the McDonald
pasture just beyond the Odell Mills.
One John Troutman and one Will
Hudson, two white men, became en
gaged in a quarrel, and when the tv.t.
men came together Hudson whipped
out a knife and used it pretty 're.
on Troutman 's anatomy. The m
was stabbed in the side and his J.nc
was lacerated in several places, dis
figuring the young man for Ufa.
Hudson is held at the police station
under a bond of $200.
Battle Flag for Museum.
Winston Salem, Special. Mrs. Al
fred H. Belo, Dallas, Tex., who is vis
iting here, has the old Confederate
flag that was presented . the Forsyth
Riflemen, of which her husband the
late Col. A. H. Belo, was captain.
The flag was presented to the com
pany by Miss Bettie Lemly, of Salem,
and was borne throughout the four
years' struggle. While Mrs Belo ha?
ever prized the flag very highly, she
lias decided to present it to the mu
seum at Richmond, Va., to which
place it will be forwarded in a few
davs,
Board of Agricultural.
The State Board of Agriculturrc
will meet in its regular semi-annual
session on Monday, June 4th, This
will be the three new members-of the
board Senator C. W. Mitchell of
Bertie, Representative J. J. Laughing
house, of Pitt, and Hon. Ashley Home
(I Johnson. At this meeting the
board has tbe work of auditing and
accepting the reports of the heads of
all the divisions of the agricultural
department and of making the appro
priations for the next six months, etc.
Twenty Years' Sentence.
Salisbury, Special. George Fox,
colored, was arrainged in Rowan Su
perior Court here for killing Fred
Muse at Spencer ten days ago, and
through his attorneys submitted to a
verdict of murder in the second de
cree. This was accepted by the State
Judge Fred Moore promptly sentenc
ed Fox to twenty years in the penti
ary at hard labor.
State News Items.
Superintendent J. Y. Joyner has re
ceived a letter from Superintendent
J. R. Poole, of Roberson county stat
ing that an election for local taxation
at Fairmont (Ashepole) on May 11th.
was carried by a vote of 63 to 7. To
those acquainted with the old Ashpole
temmunity this is not surprising. Mr.
Pocle is one of the most progressive
superintendents and gives his entire
time to this work. . ;:
A charter has" been granted the
Hardwood Novelty Company, Dur-b'-m,
capital stock $100,000, William
A. Etwin and other stockholders. .
Gov. Glenn has announced the -reappointment
of Mr. W. M. Webb, of
forehead City as the State Oyster
Commissioner; the appointment being
or two years, this being the length
cf the term of that office.
Comrade Phillips, of Beaufort, is
dying at the Soldiers Home.
The insurance" commissioner ap
proves the charter of the Registry
1-ife Insurance Company, of Greens
boro, this being a mutual assessment
company.
VOL. XXIX. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM
DEAL! Or CZAR
Confesses to Having Accepted Large
Money Bribe to Assist in Murder 01
Eussion Emperor Suspicion Di
rected to Soldier by Fact That He
Was Seen With Large Sums of
Money,
St; Petei-sWgj B Cable". A Terrorist-conspiracy
directed against the
hfe of Emperor Nicholas, the exist
ence of which has been suspected for
some time past, has been revealed
by the arrest at Tsarskee-Selo of a
soldier of the Guard Regimen t, who
confessed to the acceptance of - a
large money bribe to assist in the
murder of His Majesty. "
, Acording to the details of this plot,
the existence of which has been con
firmed by one of the highest officials
of the jjourt, suspicion was directed
to the soldier by the fact that he
was seen to have in his possession
considerable sums of money. Til
man was placed under observation
When he noticed that he was being
shadowed he became panic-striekoil
and voluntarily made his confession,
after which he begged for protection.
AH the threads of this conspiracy
which is radically different from for
mer attempts of this nature, are not
yet in the hands of the secret service
men. A few underlings have not ye;
been apprehended, but the real insti
gators of the crime and the. men who
furnished the blood money have not
yet been identified.
The police officials refuse either to
affirm or deny the story, and limit
themselves to stating that there is ;o
indication that tbe men arrested last
week in this city were connected with
this conspiracy.
In revolutionary circles it is de
clared that the men apprehended lat
week were occupied with the reorgani
zation of the righting bands of the
revolutionists which the police last
year succeeded in breaking up, and
that the authors of the present con
spiracy must be sought outside St.
Petersburg.
Georgia Farmers' Union Opposes
Present Immigration Movement.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. The Farm
ers' Union, of Georgia, went on re
cord here as opposing the present
immigration movement. The resolu
tion opposed the movement on the
ground that it would bring into the
State undesirable 'citizens; that it
would crowd native Georgians from
the factories by establishing Lowe-.
Avage rates, and that it would increase
the production of cotton and thereby
lowtr the price of the staple. The
resolution further urged upon the
General Assembly at its coming ses
sion that no turther appropriation &
in furtherance of the movement sVU
bo made. . -
No Special Delivery Stamps Will be
Required After July 1st.
Washington, Special. No speci.il
delivery postage stamps wiS be need
ed after the first of next July to in
sure immediate deliverv of a letter.
Pursuant to an act of the last session
of Congress, Postmaster General
Meyer issued an order that, on and
after July 1st next, if there is at
tached to any letter or package of
mail matter 10 cents' worth cf
stamps, of any denomination, with
the words "Special delivery" writ
ten or printed on the envelope or
covering, in addition to the postage
required for ordinary delivery, the ar
ticle will be handled as if it bore a
regulation ipeeial delivery stamp.
Nurses Meet at Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Special. -The first
business session of the 10th annusl
convention of the Nurses' Association
Alumnae of the United States, was
called to order by president, Miss
Annie Darner, of New York. Tbe im
port of the board of directors, the
treasurer, Miss Annie Davis, cf
Brooklyn, and the inter-State secre
tary were read. ji
To Fight 2-Cent Passenger Rate.
Richmond, Va:,- Special. The At
lantic Coast Line, Norfolk & Western
and Chesapeake & Ohio Railroads
filed papers with Judge Pritchard of
the United States Circuit Court, in
dicating their purpose to appeal from
the decision of . the corporation com
mission in the 2-cent passenger rate
matter. They follow the same pro
cedure as the Southern.
AsheviUe Gets Next General Confer
ence of M. E. Church South.
Nashville, Tenn., Special. The
next General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
wilL be held at Asheville, N. C, in
1910, according to the decision reach
ed here by the special committee to
decide the matter appointed at the
last Geueral Conference. Delegations
from Richmond, Va., Kansas City,
Mo., Atlanta, G a., and New Orleans,
La., urged claims of their respective
Hies.
To Prosecute Tobacco Trust.
Washington, Special. The Depart
ment of Justice is preparing to begin
a drastic movement against a large
number of tobacco companies for vio
hitioH cf the anti-trust laws. John
Wesley Gaines, Representative from
Tennessee, states that he has informa
tion to this effect. If the prosecu
tions are carried out according to the
programme the tobacco companies
operated in North Carolina will be
affected. .
THE PRESBYTERIANS
9. :
Southern Representatives of
Great Denomination
IN SESSION AT BIRMINGHAM
8 .
Generai Assembly 6f Presbyterian
Church in United States Opens at
Birmingham for 10-Days Session.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. With
the election of John R. Howerton, of
Montreat, N. C, as moderator tht
fifty-seventh annual session of the
General Assembly of Southern Pres
byterian Church got down to work in
earnest. At the afternoon session re
ports were made by all standing com
mutes. The night's session was de
voted to welcoming addresses by vari
ous prominent local laymen and cler
gymen and reportsDuasCritees.i-athE
gymen and responses by the visitors.
The Assembly Opened.
Amid strains of the time honored
doxology "Praise God From Whom
All Blessings Flow." Every seat in
the church was occupied by commis
sioners and visitors. After Dr. Allen
G. Hall, of Nashville, the moderator
had called the Assembly to order,
prayer Avas offered by Dr. James P.
Smith, of Richmond, Va., Dr. J. R.
Howerton, of Montreat, N. C, read
a lesson from the fourth chapter of
Matthew, it being the story of Christ
being tempted in the wildness after
40 days of fasting. Another prayer
was offered by Dr. W. C. Alexander,
of Memphis, and after a song. Dr.
Howerton delivered the oepning ser
mon. His text was from the fourth
chapter of Matthew, the eighth, nhvJi
and 10th verses, relating to the temp
tation of Christ.
The report which the executive
commission of the alliance of the re
formed churches throughout the world
holding the Presbyterian system, will
make to the Asembly has been made
public. The report says that each
year it becomes more apparent that
the Christian Church at home cannot
furnish su..cient missionaries for the
evangelization of heathern peoples nor
can su.. cie.it physicians be sent from
the home lands to supply the needs
of foreign mission fields.
Three hundred thousand physicians
are needed alone in China, says the
report. The United Presbyterian
Church has recently been appealed to
send over 400 missionaries for their
field in Egypt and India. Equally
great need is felt in all mission fields.
The report says the only possible way
of meeting the need is the establish
ment of weel equipped schools, semin
aries, colleges and hospitals for the
upraising of a native physicians. As
to home misisons, tbe report says that
all the curches are awakening to a
deeper sense of responsibility for the
United States. The report gives de
tails of what the churches are doing
in continental Europe, saying that
theBohemian work needs systematic
aid. The report gives a resolution
adopted which depreciates "the effort
in many places in our country by the
Roman Catholic Church to produce
sympathy for the Catholics of France
by charging persuction of the Church
against the French government. We
believe that this charge is based upon
false assumptions and that these ef
forts are revealing and developing a
spirit contary to free institutions and
the true liberty of our land."
Fire at Pacolet, S. 0.
Spartanburg, Special. The store
building and stock of goods of G. E.
Kirby at Pacolet were destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated to be be
tween $4,000 and $4,500 and is cover
ed by insurance.
Gov. Little in Bad Health.'
Little Rock, Ark., Special. Paul
Little, secretary to and son of Gov.
John S. Little, issued the statement
saying the condition of his father's
health is not satisfactory. Governor
Little went to Corpus Christi, Texas,
several months agoand the president
pro tempore of the Senate has acted
as Governor of Arkansas. Paul Lit
tle says his father will be taken to
Colorado or brought to his home at
Greenwook, Ark., and he will not at
tempt to assume his official duties
until he ' has fully recovered his
health.
Sentenced to Hang June 21.
Waycross, Ga., Special. The jury
in the case of H. E. Lylc, charged
with tbe murder of his wife and baby,
returned -va verdict of guilty without
recommendation. This was Lyle's
second trial, tho first a few weeks
ago, resulting in a m'f trial, Lyle
claimed that the shooting was an ac
cident. Judge Parker passed tbe sen
tence of death, fixing the hanging for
June 21st.
" News in Brief.
Foraker men in Ohio accuse Sena
tor Dick of betraying the senior Sena
tor and climbing on the Taft band
wagon.
More progress was made with the
task of selecting the Hey wood jury.
A Chicago suicide gave six reasons
why he desired to end his life.
Snow is reported from various
points in Nebraska and South Dakota
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COUNTY. N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 23. 1907
A PREMATURE BLAST
-
Results in, Considerable Loss
of life
SEVERAL DANGEROUSLY HURT
Premature Explosion of Blast at Foot
f Lookout Mountain Causes In
stant Death of Three Men and In
jury of Five Others, Two of Whom
Will Die.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special Three
men were killed outright, two so se
verely injured that they will die and
three others badly injured in addition
to the crashing of a freight engine
and 11 cars through a bridge into
Chattanooga creek; the destruction of
three residences and a pile driver
nearby, as the result of a premature
explosion of a blast at the foot of
Lookout mountain on the Stevenson
extension.
The dead are:
Will Hyder, fireman of pile driver
for Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis railroad.
Clint Shaefer, engineer of pile
J. Fitzgerald, negro 'fireman, South
ern Railway. .
The injured are: Samuel Mahon,
engineer Southern Railway, bruised
about the 1ad; Chris George, Greek
laborer skull fractured, other injur
ies: Chris Costa, Greek laborer, skill
badh' fractured; Peter John, injured
about; he.ul and body; Styles John,
Greek laborer, injured about head.
The bridge was crushed in by sev
eral JxmiS of rock hurled by the blast
jusl as the freight train was going
on the bridge. Other pieces of rock
hurled for 400 yards crashed through
the pilot of the pile driver of the
Nashville. CV.ttanooga & St. Louis
R&ilroad. Avhich was at work driving
piles in Chattanooga creek for a new
viaduct, killing Engineer Shafer and
Fireman Hyder instantlj Other
pieces of rock hurled 500 and 600
yards struck, residences on the side
of Lookout mountain crashing
ill rough the roof's and floors of the
buildings.
TJnee Greeks who were working
on the new line some distance from
the blast were struck by the flying
pieces of reek. Two of them are at
the iio.-piial in a serious condition.
The blast was set off, it is said, by
J. Fcrd, a powder man, employed by
the contractors. He had only, been
employed for a short time by the com
pany.
At a late hour he could not be lo
cated. "God Save the Czar."
St. Petersburg, By Cable. A tele
gram of congratulation on' the frus
tration of the recent regicide plot has
been sent to the Emperor by the Oc
ioberists, whose second national con
vention opened here Sunday. The an
nouncement that the telegram had
been sent caused a scene of intense
enthusiasm, the delegates rising and
singing "God Save the Czar," which
of late has rarely been heard. The
convention devoted the remainder of
the day to spirited debates concern
ing Terrorists, and adopted a resolu
tion expressing tbe utmost horror of
the delegates at the unceasing reign
of terror and their sincere disappoint
ment at the failure of the Douma to
firmly condemn it, although ibe
Douma was the supreme council in
which the nation's hopes for consti
tutional liberty and order were cen
tered. The truth of the report con
cerning the plot is now officially ad
mitted, and a communication- concern
ing it has already been prepared and
only awaits the Emperor's approval
before being published.
Bonilla Expects to Go Into Business
New Orleans, Special. Former
President Manuel Bonilla, 'of Hondu
ras, said in an - interview here that
be intends to go into business in Be
lize, British Honduras. He expects
to become a generai broker for trop
ical forest products and also will "run
a. plantation of his own. Mr. Bonilla
was slightly indisposed upon his ar
rival here today. . . . . .
Killed at Negro Ball Game.
New Orleans, La., Special. G. G.
Richardson, a plantation overseer,
was shot and killed Avhile watching, a
negro baseball game ' in Jefferson
r.arish. A nearo named Lewis was
killed while trvinar to support the
dying overseer. Jesse Clark, the ne
gro who did the shooting, made his
escape to this city, where hi lias not
vet been captured, Richardson and
a few Avhite men, it is said, forcibly
upbraided a negro woman for her aet
ions at tb3 game, when Clark began
shootmg.
Big Day For Salvatiorists.
Columbia, S. C. Special. A' special
to The State from Greenville says:
The Salvation Army citadel, the first
in the South, was dedicated here
Colonel Holz, head of the department
conducted services, assisted by Major
Berryman of Atlanta, with other of
ficers from Augusta, Spartanburg and
elsewhere, Two thousand people were
present. The citadel is complete and
cost $8,500. Many pulpits in the
city were occupied by Army officers.
MM
Late JVe&r
In "Brief A
MINOR MATTERS Of INTEREST
Caruso, tl tenor, says he will get
$800,000 from Herr Conried for the
next four years, work. '
Drouth is said to cause many sui
cides in Mexico.
The French Governor-General pro
poses the disarmament of all the col
onies. Irismen want the home-rule ques
tion settled by Th. Hague Pece Con
gress. ...'
Criticism of recent purchases made
by the Deleware and Hudson Rail
road brought out a strong defense
from Chairman L. F. Loree.
William Ellis Corey, the steel mag
nate became enraged on seeing photo
graphers about to snapshot him on
the way to board! the steamer with
his bride, and threatened to smash
cameras, but was calmed by her. .
Forty-two firemen were overcome
by smoke or injured at a blaze in
New York that caused small damage.
Postmaster Hughes of Columbia,
Tenn., says he was deposed because
he failed to favor a third term for
President Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt's recent actions have
injured the chances of both Taft and
Hughes for the nomination for Prfc'i
dent. Mr. Jerome H. Joyce, of Baltimore,
Avas unanimously elected president of
the national organization of hotel men
The Baptist Home Mission and
Publication Societies and Missionary
Union are in session in Washington.
The Imperial Conference just con
cluded in London is generally regard
ed as a failure-
Guatemala has offered to compro
mise Avith Mexico on tne aemana tor
the extradition of Geenral Luna, but
Mexico has returned a cold reply.
Nine men were killed and four se
riously if not fatally injured by the
premature discharge 01 a dynamite
last in the South and Western rail-
Avay near Alta Pass, N. C.
Mrs. HoAvard Gould is expected to
sue this Aveek for a limited divorce,
asking also large alimony.
The $1,250,000 sidewheeler City of
Cleveland, built for the lake service,
which Avas neanng completion was
burned at Detroit.
Senator Dick issued a statement
calling off the Ohio Republican har
mony conference proposed for the
next Wednesdav.
An automobile started by a shock
on a JNeAv lork terry ooat oacKea a
man into the Avater and two other per
sons are said to have been drowned.
Fruits and other crops are reported
to be much damaged by frost in Del
aAvare. The Duchess of Marlborough is to
conduct work among the poor women
of the East Side in New York.
Constant Pennett, an Alexandria
florist Avas injured in a runaway ac
cident on St. Asaph street, Alexan
dria, Monday. Pennett was thrown
from his wagon and the horse stepped
on his head.
BroAvnsville policemen testify that
the men who shot at them in the af
fray were certainly negro soldiers.
Baptists are urged by the Ameri
can Missionary Union to give one
tenth of their income to the church.
Governors of 16 States invite Pres
ident Roosevelt to make a. trip by
steamer down the Mississippi river.
Ellen Terry arrived in London ano
accepted congratulations on her mar
riage.
The Virginia Diocesan Council of
the Protestant Episcopal church is in
session in Warren ton.
Several more , vessels 1 of the big
fleet in Hampton Roads have sailed.
Confederate Memorial Day Avas ob
served in Norfolk.
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian church met at Columbus
Ohio, and elected Rev. Dr. V1I1iam
Henrv Roberts, of Philadelphia, as
'
moderator.
William Newcwmb was whipped by
white caps on a loneiv road near
Winchester. .
The submarine boats Octopus and
Lake stood the test cf being sub
merged 24 hours Avell and the crews
suffered no inconvenience.
The trial of Mayor Eugene Schmitz,
of San Francisco, on the charge of
grafting is to be taken up next Mon
day. The Southern Presbyterian General
Assembly, meeting in Birmingham,
Ala., elected a moderator whp favors
closer relations with the other Prcsby
teran b.riiuclies.
The jury panel in the Haywood
case show 12 names.
More fighting is reported from
Honduras over the Presidency.
, Mrs. Ethel Irene Stewart Elliott,
a former actress, has obtained a di
vorce and $1,000,000 form John Love
Elliott. -
The "American Cotton Manufac
turers' Association concluded its con
vention in Philadelphia with a ban
quet. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railroad pleaded guilty of re
bating in New York and was fined
$40,000.
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' The American Tobacco Company
has bought out the Butler-Butler
Company, of Lyfiehbure, one of the
largest competitors.
A number of steam-shovel men ot
Panama struck for an increase from
$210 to $300 a month. -;
"Emma Blackburn a white - woman
about 35 years old was found dead
in a chair in her room at 130S Ross
street, Richmond, Monday morning.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., are to float iri
the United States a $40,000,000 loan
the Southern Manchtirian Railway.
Textile Council Votes for 10 Per Cent
Increase.
LoAvell, Mass., Special. The LoavcI!
Textile council' voted" at a special
meeting Sunday-' to request an in-,
crease in wages of 10 per cent, in 'all
of the seven great cotton mills cf the
city, including the JLaAvrenee, ' Tre
nton t and Suffolk, Merrimac, .Boots,
Appleton, Massachusetts and Ilamil-.
ton mills. It is understood that tht
action Avas unanimous. Nearly 20,
000 operatives are concerned in t!
demand.
Consideration of Brownsville Affair.
Washington, Special. The. Senate
committee on military affairs resum
ed its consideration of the BroAvns
ville affair but after half an hour's
discussion of procedure an adjourn
ment was taken. This Avas for the
purpose of giving Senator Warner an
opportunity to consult Avith the gov
ernment's witnesses Avhich are to be
examined next. EleA-en of the 13
members of the committee were pres
ent indicating that great importance
is being attached to the hearing.
Trajetfy at Jonesvilie S. C.
Spartanburg, S. C, Special. Sirai
Gillmore, a farmer, was shot and
probably fatally Avounded and his
neighbor, James W. Gallman had his
skull fractured by Gillmore, who
struck him with a hainmar, following
a quarrel betAveen them in a store -at
Jonesville, S. C., eighteen miles frort.
here. Gallman has only a slight
chance of recovery. The tragedy
greAv out of the burning cf tAvo barns
on Gillmore 's farm, of Avhich crime
Gillmore suspected Gallman.
Cannot Accept Third Term.
Montgomery, . Ala., Special. It is
announced that Dr. Thomas M. Oavcu,
who is serving his second term as
commander in chief of "the United
Sons of Confederate Veterans - will
not permit bis name to be presented
for another election at the coming re
union in Richmond. While thorough
ly in love with the work,- Dr. Owen
finds himself overwhelmed with offi
cial and personal obligations and can
no longer give the time necessary to
She office.
NEWSY GLEAXINGS.
The Easiisli fear aaotker Indian
mutiny.
King Edward's return has made
London sooioty very gay.
Jastica Davis ruled that Intoxica
tion was-no .ground for Issal separa
tion. King Leopold's attempt to Induce
France to support him in the Congo
failed. v
Inquiry into the Fertilizer Trust
was begun at Montgomery by an Ala
bama legislative committee.
Central America's coming revolu
tion aires at a confederation of States
under Zelaya, nor President of Nica
ragua. The City of Cleveland, a steamboat
nearly reaiy for delivery, was de
stroyed by a mysterious fire at De
troit, MIcI?.
- The American Bison Society has
asked the New York Legislature for
$20,000 to establish a herd of buffalo
in the Ad iron Jacks, v
' The 300th anniversary of the land
ing of the ftrsfc English settlers at
Jamestown was cslsorated - at the
"Jamestown Exposition. :
Senator Foraker kicked the har
mony fat into the fire by issuing a
statement refusing tobe bound by
the action of the Ohio conference.
Charles S. Fai.-child, ex-Sscretary
of the Treasury, was arraigned on the
nil.
ty" and was :e
ised on. $10, 000 bail.
The wno:o
c S-Jiitlierii Morocco,
acco.'dini; io news received at 1 an
gler. i3 in revolt, and tiie brother of
the Sultan has bsn proclaimed ruler.
George Quimby, of Eelfast, Me.,
has promised, if legally subponaed,
to testify in the Eddy equity suit and
disclose tho w-nole story 01 Mrs. la
dy's instruction in menval healing by
his father, Dr. Phineas Quimby.
M'he indifference of prosperous
America to the lure of foreign trade
is revealed, notes the New York
American, in the latest totals of the
commerce of the southern half Of this
hemisphere. The republics south of
the Isthmus of panaina.have piled o,p
a foreign trade valued at no less
than $1,278,833,000. Cf that the
United States has hut $209,674,000.
And mors than GO per cent of our
trade with South America is made up
of the commodities we buy from that
continent The f orsign trade of Ar
gentina conspicuously reveals the op
portunity America is missing. 'The
imports into that republic in 1906
amounted in value to orer $269,000,
000 which was about four times the
value" of the export3 from the United
States , to s.ll the-republics ofSouth
America. , ',
"LIMB" MORE APPROPRIATE.
A Carbon County paper said on
Tuesday that Charley Tree, a ranch
man 'had broken a leg. Wouldn't it
have been better to say a limb?
Detroit Post. ...
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SMOKE SMOTHERED
Trying Experience of Firemen
in Sub Basement
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HEROISM SAVES MANY LIVES
One of the Hardest Fights Even Put
by the New York Fire Department
Occasioned by Stubborn Flames in
Basement of the Remington Type-,
writer Company's Building. , : . .r
! New York, Special. Sixty firemen
practically every man in seven fire
companies .was overcome by smoke in 4
fighting a fire, in the Remington Typewriter-
building;, at 325 Broadway.
More than a -score of the men were
taken , to hospitals, where 1C 'of them'
remained all night. , . , , , .
It was one of the hardest .fights;
the New York firemen have had, avd
never was there more bravery shoAvu.
The fire was in the sub-basement ' of
the building and for more than two
Ihours the men fought desperately.
But for the heroism shown many
would' have' lost their lives. i ' ;
The fire originated in an unexplain- i
ied ; way in the sub-basement .which .
was filled Avith desks packed in excels
sior, oil and carbon paper. These1
three materials caused masses .oft
choking smoke, which made it ini-
possible for the men to reach 4.be,
seat of the fire. By companies thC'
men attempted to deseena into the
basement, only to be overcome, by the
smoke, and the nest detachment was
compelled to carrv' the unconscious'
i
men up to the sideAvalks. . . .
Men, half conscious themselves,
groped in the smoke-choked cellar by
the light of lanterns, found their-com,"
rades"and struggled with them up the
ladders to the -sidewalks, ily to fall
swooning, but ready to return to the
fight after they had got a breath of
fresh air. .
Women Render Service.
; Splendid sen-ice Avas rendered byt
the scores of women employed in the
building where the fire Avas, and hi
nearby offices. . These girls, directed -,
by the ambulance surgeons knelt 011 s
the sidewalks and assisted in bring
ing the unconscious? firemen back 10'
life. Janators wives in nearby build- ;
ings. dragged the bedding and mat- .
tresses from their beds doAvn to the
street to make resting places for the
sufferers. Prists from nearby
churches and fire department chap
lains aided in the work of rescue.
Scores of 1 firemen were overcome
time and again, each one rushing back -
into the building as soon as he recov
ered consciousness.
Six Reasons For Suicide. ' i -
Chicago, 111., Special. Six reasons1
why he killed himself were, given by;.
Beauf ord L. Leeds, a guest of the
Warner IJctel, Avho was found dead
in his room, having committed suicide
by taking x strychnine. The reasons ,
were as follows:... .
"1 I have , been dissatisfied since"
I was a child.
"2 I have been handicapped ;
throughout life with deformed feet. .
' 3 One side of my body has been
partly paralyzed for the past ten
years. '
"4 My right hand has been mm- ,
ed by an accident, .
"5 I have been a sufferer from
neuralgia.
"6 I have been up against a score -of
financial misfortunes."
Negro kills His Wife. .
Chesterfleld,Special Monday even
ing at Gullege 's mill about four miles
from this place, Luther Jones colored
shot and killed his wife in a drunken
row, using a shotgun loaded with
buckshot. He has not betn captured.'
Struck on the Head With a Pickaxe. -Newbern,
Special. Rig Harris and
Mattehw Johnson, tAvo colored fire
men for the Roper Lumber Company,
hi.d a fight Tuesday, in Avhich John
son attacked Harris and beat him '
badly. Harris, acting in self-defense,
struck Johnson on the head Avith a
pickaxe, inflicting iniuries from
which it is said lie aviu not recover.
Only Eight Steam Shovels at Work. .
Panama, By Cable. The strike of
tbe steam shovel Avorkcrs which be
gan Tuesday, the men demanding
$300 per month, instead of their pres
ent salary of $210, continues. Wed
nesday morning only eight steam
shovels Avere at Avork. Col. Goethal-,.
the chief engineer, is endeavoring to
replace the strikers Avith mechanics
now employed in the shops, and it is
reported that he has sent a cablegram
to Jackson Smith, tbe member of the
eaual commission in charge of labor,
to contract for engineers in the Unit
ed Stales.
Railway Conductors at Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn., Special. The 31t't
conventipn of the : .Grand - Divisions
Order of Railway Conductors, was
formally opened here. Several thous
and visitors representing every sec
tion of the "United States were ten
dered a public reception. "Among the
speakers were A. B. Garretson, grand
chief conductor, Governor James K.
Vardaman, of Mississippi, and Sena- ,
tor. Jeff Davis, of Arkansas,