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fl)C Chatham Eccorb, H. A. LONDON, Editor wad Proprietor TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. Strict m Advance ft Negro Rapist Caught. Leuisburg, Special. A negro named Richard Freeman alias Dick Harris av anted for an assault upon Mrs. Lott Scott of Black Creek town ship, Wilson county, was captured tore while working at Ford and Houck's brick-yard. Some time since he was working on the farm of Mar seille Smith, about 15 miles east of here and upon hearing some one read ing about a reward offered for Mrs. Scott 's assailant, suddenly disappear ed not even waiting to collect his wages. He was identified as the same man and Messrs. E. S. Ford and D. G. IVarce effected his arrest. He tallies with the description given and the eflieers believe they have the right man. Receivers for Two Companies Salisbury, Special. Leo C. Wal lace a member of the firm of "Wallace & Sons, was appointed receiver for the New London Mercantile Company that has Avitkin the past few days (rone into bankruptcy. This com pany Avas forced to this step on ac count of the great credit business done by it. At one time it enjoyed most liberal patronage. R. B. Thom pson Avas named receiver for the Hob-son-Koontz Lumber Company of Je rusalem, Davie county, and has taken charge of things. This receh-erskip is not the result of business adver sity but a step to the dissolution of a partnership. Injuries Prove Fatal. Salisbury, Special. G. G. Britton of Anniston, Ala., took the remains of his brother, N. B. Britton who died at the AYhitehead-Ste-kes San atorium following a runaway accident the day before, back to the home of the unfortunate man. He nerer re gained consciousness after the acci dent. The brother arrived too late to see him alive. The dead man was traveling superintendent for the Inter State Roofing Company. G. G. Brit ton is president of the same company They had contracts for roofing the new plants at Kannapolis, the junior brother haA'ing charge of the work. He was 35 years old and unmarried. Southern Pine Fruits. Southern Pines, Special. The shipment of peaches from the or chards around Southern Pines have been late this season, but the quanti ty has been greater than usual and the prices have been uniformly good. The big Van Lindley orchard has b?e.i getting aAvay five or six hundred crates a day. While the orchards usually haA'e a lot of culls and infer ior fruit that is not suitable for ship ment at a profitable figure, this year the market has been glad to get any thing and the culls haA-e been an un known quantity. Dead Body of Boy Found in Neuse. XeAvbern, Special. The dead body of Alonzo . Peterson was found in Neuse riA-er at the coca-cola com pany's plant. The water AAas less thru 4 feet deep and it is thought strange that a boy should have droAvned under such circumstances. Coroner Jones examined the body and decided that it was plain the boy came to his death by droAvning and that an inquest was unnecessary. The boy was last seen alh'e about noon Tuesday. Fayetteville Has Big Fire. FayetteTille, Special. Fire Thurs day afternoon at the big Holt-Williamson Mills, in east Fayette'ille, came near sAveeping, away the who's property, the main building catch ing tAvo or three times. The dry house was destroyed. Attacked and Badly Hurt by a Cat. Salisbury, Special. Calvin A. Jacobs, a Franklin township farmer, Avas severely wounded by a cat thai made a sa'age attack upon him at his home. The flesh on "one of his hands was torn to the bone but he does not believe the animal was mad Mr. Jacobs did not succeed in killing the vicious feline. Buggy Rolled Over Her Neck. Lumberton, Special. Miss Mat tie McWhite, of this county, came near receiving fatal injures while driving into toAvn. Meeting her was a pair of runaAvay mules hitched to a Avagon. They ran. into the buggy thveAv Miss McWhite out, and the wagon Avheel ran over her neck. The mules halted just as the wheel rolled pn her neck and it had to be lifted off. She did not lose consciousness, and when taken to the hospital for examination seemed tQ b&Y9 escaped. Unhurt, Mm Next It Alhevillfl- Baltimore, Special. The annual convention of the Southern Grocer' Association adjourned to meet at Asheville, next July. President .". A. VanHoose, of Birmingham, Ala., Avas re-elected, as were also all the present officers and members of the adAdsory board, except First Vice President G. M. Thompson, of New Orleans, who was replaced by Hen ry Foreheimeri of Mobile. Ala. f JVort State Aj?bir Items Gathered from All Sections of the StateJ VOL, XXIX. PITTST$OJri CTTATTT Af rrn ''mmmmmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmwa 4.V V I V, tfy Site For Telephone Exchange Pur chased. Winston-Salem, Special. The Southern Bell Telephone and Tele graph Company has purchased a lot 55x98 feet, on Liberty street, between Second and Third streets, upon which they will erect a large brick building. The lot was purchased from Messrs. J. A. Gray, F. H. Fries, H. E. Fries, W. A. Lemly and J. E. Gilmer. The plans for the new structure have not yet been drawn. Washington Wants the Shops. Washington, N. C, Special Wash ington wants the shops of the Nor folk & Southern Railroad located in this city. The chamber of com merce and a large number of citizens are working assiduously toAvard that end, and everything will be done to induce the railroad company to estab lish these shops here. Several at-trnctiA-e sites haA-e been offered and other attractiA'e "propositions haAe been made to the Norfolk & South ern people and it is sincerely hoped that Ave may secure .this plant. Blood Hounds Capture a Man. - Fayetteville, Special. A hurry ; telephone eall came from Beards Sta j tion to Sheriff Watson to come Avith , his bloodhounds immediately and he Avent at once. The dogs were put on the trial of a man suspected of break ing into the house of W. A. Beard, about which he Avas seen loafing and he was captured after a short chase. Tar Heel Topics. Nine applications for pardon are refused by the Governor. Geo. Grif fin, serving 12 years for manslaughter from Nash county; Will Hunt, see ing four years from Forsyth county for larceny; James Grant, serving 15 years from Iredell county for murder in the second degree; Sam Carter, seizing five months in Stan ly county for retailing; Joe Duffy, serAing two years from Rowan coun ty for retailing liquor; Jas. Marine, serving tAvo years on the roads in Ncav Hanover for secret assault ; Clyde Strayhorn, serving two years in Durham county for larceny ; George Graham, serviner tw7o years in Henderson county for larceny; Sam White, serving three years in Cabar rus county for larceny. The temperance forces of Raleigh have decided to call an election in Raleigh on prohibition or dispensary about September 15. A citizens' committee, consisting of N. 1-. Broushton, W. N. Jones, Z. P. Smith, R. J. Betts, W. J. Young, Dr. I. N. Pittinger and J. T. Miller, has beea named to make the preliminary ar rangements for the election and direct the campaign for prohibition as against the present dispensary sys tem. I Charters are issued for the Sjrlvia t Furniture Manufacturing Company of Sylvia, Jackson county, the capital ; .$20,000 by J. W. McKee and others ; '. for the Powell-Murray Land & Tim ber Company, of Asheville, capital $50,000, by George S. Powell, G. A. Murray and others. ! Thomas Marshall is pardoned by ' Governor Glenn at the request of ! many citizens of Surry county. He was serATing 20 years from 1902 for murder in the second degree. The GoATernor says on the evidence the jury could easily have acquitted the i prisoner. ! The Charlotte board of aldermen ! have determined to repeal the local ' ordinance AA'hich prohibits the Sunday 1 selling of ice cream, soft drinks and cigars. Governor Glenn has commuted the sentence of death to life impris onment in the case of RufFin Fuller, of Granville county, for criminal as sault, the reason given being that I the. Governor is not willing to hnve life taken in punishment on tne testi mony of such a woman as the prose cutrix seems to be. The Catawba PoAver Co. is now furnishing power to run the mills at Cherryville, 70 miles from the plant. A pardon is granted Jno. E. Cox, of Wayne county, serving eight months on the public roads for too severe whipping a negro boy, whom ! the Governor says appears to be a i A-ery bad fellow. H. G. Putnam, chief electrician of the Selwyn Hotel, in Charlotte, re- j ceived 2,700 volts of electricity i through his body last week while at ' tempting to cut a " live ' wire. It j Avas thought at first that he would die i as a result but later he is recovering. Mrs. Carrie Nation lectured in Greensboro last week to a large audi-? ence, In the case of the State against city ticket agent Green, of the South era railway at Baleigh for violation of the new law, all objections of counsel were overruled by Judge Long and the ease was ordered to trial. Another new cotton mill, costing $125,000, was started up in Charlotte last week. High Point reports unusual activi ty in the furniture trade. if Afi T7i rtviK -rv I V m V- Am. 1 r I J I 1 - I a III! rv i I .1111 . V .1 4 I I J 1 I I I I SOUTHERN FINED $30,000 The Case Against the Southern Rail way at Raleigh Has a Sensational Termination, a Fine of $30000 Being Placed on the Road and a Nominal One on Green, Who Pledges Himself to Sell No More Tickets at the Old Rate. Raleigh, N. C, Special. The sen sational trial of fthe Southern Rail way Company and City Titcket Agent Green for violating the new State 2 1-4 cent passenger rate laAv Avhich threatened an interference of Federal court process to arrest the trial in the State court, terminat ed Friday evening in the State court with a verdict of guilty both ' as to the Southern and Agent Green and the imposing of a $30,000 fine on the Southern and a nominal fine on Agent Green who pledged himself not to further iolate the laAv Green Avas given the choice of abandoning the sale of tickets and paying a nominal fine or standing out against the State court and receiving a sentence to prison and possibly to the chaingang In choosing to pay a fine he stated he felt he AA-as guilty of no Avrong; but he had an aged and ill mother who could not understand the situat ion and, lest further resistance might embitter her life, he Avould not re sist further The understanding is that Green Avill be gh'en some othsr position Avith the Southern HoAvever, issues may end for the Southern at Asheville the case Avill probably be carried right up to the United States Supreme Court and there will be affidaA-its setting out that the prosecution of the South ern's agent is as in Raielgh forcing their agents to leaAe their servic, thereby wrecking the business of the company. Southern counsel claim they score an advantage by Green's haA-ing been forced from their sen-ice As to the fine of $30,000 the Southern has ten days in which to file notice of appeal. Fearful Storm Damage. Baltimore, Special. A special to The Newe from Grafton, W. Ya , says that from three to five liA-es lost and a half a million dollars damage is the result of a cloudburst and heaA-y rain storm bctAveen Grafton and Tunnelton. Among the dead are Cludus Wolfe, of Evansville, and Frank Gibbons, of NeAvberg. More than half a million dollars damages resulted from cloudbursts, storms and floods at Newburg and along the Cheat river valley in Pres ton county. Houses Avere Avashcd away, the main line of the Baltimo.e & Ohio Railroad is out of commis sion and telegraph and telephone Avires are all doAvn. At Fairmont the Monongehala river is at a high stage and freight and other proper ty has been remoAed. At Kingwood, three miles of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad track was Avashed baa-uv. The United Brethren Church, Evansville was overturned and sAvept down stream. Coleman Morris, agjl 30 years, a farmer of Bi? Isaac,, this county, Avas struck by lightning and instantly killed. IleaA- rain at Wes ton caused the highest waters along Polk Creek and the West Ford rivav into which it empties, near the toAvn, since the flood of 1888. All the bridges across Polk creek and other property along the crek and riA-cr AA'ere carried off in the flood. A number of residents had to use row boats to get to and from their homes. A sudden rise in the Monongahela river during the night wrecked the neAv bridge between Moness'en and Charlerlo. All the false work Avas sAvept away. The loss' is estimated at $100,000. Four Italians Convicted. Hahnville, La. Special. Tavo com panies of militia Avere ordered here to protect from threatened lynch ing the four Italians competed "Avith out capital punishment" of the com plicity in the murder of little Walter Lamana, of New Orleans, Avho Avas kidnapped and strangled about a month as'o. The A-erdict was return ed just before day after the jury had been out 45 minutes, finds Cam psiciano, Mrs. Campsieiano, Tony Costa and Frank Gendusa guilty without capital punishment. Abso lute silence greetd the foremans announcement. An hour after court adjourned it was reported that pre parations for a lynching is under Avay. A physician of local promin ence gave out a statement declaring that "the good people of St. Charles repudiated the A-erdict," and calling it a "prostitution of justice." The lvnching report spread as far as New Orleans , and the local officials were apprehensive that a party might be made up in that city to aid in such an attempt. Abduetien of Korean Emperor. Seoul, Korea, By Cable Emperor Yi Hyeung formerally abdicated the Korean throne at 1L o'clock Friday. In his parting address he expressed regret that national calamities had marked his forty-four-year reign. It is uncertain which of thre princes will succeed Yi Hyeung. Im brile, the Crown Prince, has the strongest becking, while the other two princes are supported by many. 31 PEOPLE KILLED Crowded Excursion Train and Freight Collide Head-On HORRIBLE SCENE OF SUFFERING Excursion Train From Iona to D. troit, Mich., Crashes Into Freight Between Selma and Plymouth. Selma, Mich., Special. Thirty-out people dead and more than seventj injured, many of them seriously, as the result of a head-on collision Sat urday between this A-illage and Ply mouth, Avhen a Perc Marquette excur sion train bound from lona to Detroit crashed into a Avest-bound freight ir a cut located at a sharp curve aboul a mile east of Salem. FoJIoAving is the list of dead, all oJ whom Avith a single exception lived ir Iona : Homer Smith, a boy. Albert Trautwine. John Taifel. Charles Hesy. Herman Hess. Paul Hess. William Cornell. Don Rogers, Lowell, Mich. Dick Jones. Mrs. Abraham Eddy. Edward Gallagher. Frank Douse. L. K. Merrell. Henry Reynolds, a Pere Marquette engineer. Charles McCaulev, Sr. Alf Herbert. Edward Durliug. Charles Broad, aged 18. James Vizard. William Stager. William Grams. William Gott. Mrs. August Richter. Fred Fitzgerald. Brakeman Ed. CorAvin, Fireman Knowles. William Evans. Frank Latham. Benjamin Dulling. Charles Fenton. fireman of freight engine; Harry Williams; E. J. Pix ley, conductor passenger train. Charles Hermann and Paul Hess Avere brothers. James Vizard Avas a well-knoAvn minor league ball player who had played in the Central League and also at Omaha. William Stager had come to Iona recently from Kan sas City, Avhere his mother now lives. Edivard Gallagher is the son of an.ei-ma-or of Iona. Henry Reynolds was a Pere Marquette engineer bound for Detroit on the excursion trian to take out his regular run. The passenger train of eleven cars, carrying the Pere Marquette shop "employes of Iona and their famalies to the Michigan metro pi is for their annual excursion, Avas run ning at high speed, probably 50 miles an hour, doAvn a steep grade. It struck the lighter locomotive oi the freight train Avith such terrific force as to turn the freight engine completely around. The Avrecked locomotive lay side by side, both headed eastward. Only a feAv of the freight cars A-ere smash ed and it Avas only a few hours' Avork to remove all traces of them from the scene. But behind the tAvo Avrecked locomotives six cars of the passenger train lay piled in a hope less wreck. Four of the passengei coaches remained on the track un damaged and were used to com-ey the dead and injured to Iona; one coach was entirely undamaged,' Avith onlv its fonvard trucks off the rails. These Avere the rear five cars. The two coaches next, ahead of these were telescoped. The next car fonvard stood almost on end after the wreck, its fonvard end resting on the road bed and the rear end high in the air upon the tAAx telescoped coaches that had been folloAving it. Misunderstanding of orders was the cause of the wreck. To Prevent Western Land Frauds. Washington, Special. In a state ment issued Acting Secretary of the Interior Woodruff says prompt action will be taken Avherever cases of ille gal fencing of public lands are dis covered, but that inspectors and special land agents are especially oc cupied this summer Avith preventing fraudulent acquirement of public land. Denial From President Clowry. NeAv York, Special. When be learned that the striking "telegraphers in a meeting at Oakland, Cal., had voted to refuse concessions offered by the Western Union Company, in cluding, it Avas stated, "a 25 per cent, increase in pay after the telegraphers were at work," President Robert C. CloAvry, of the Western Union, said that he wished to unqalifiedlydeny that any advance in salaries had been promised to the telegraphers. w&nn&iaake?' Fine Stables Bura, Philadelphia, Pa., Special Thi magnificently equipped " stables on John Wannamaker's country"" estate.. Lyndenhurst, near Jenkintown, a sub urb, were destroyed by fire Sunday, entailing a loss estimated at $100,000. including valuable articles ' stored in the barn. Lyndenhurst Avas destroy ed bv fire February last, causing a loss of nearly $2,000,000, REVISION OPPOSED Present Administration Will Not Change Tariff Laws THE POLICY WOULD BE SUICIDAL Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, After Discussing Subject With President and Representative Miles, of Wis consin Tariff Association, Say3 After the Presidential Election He Believes It "Will Be Duty of Repub licans to Revise' Tariff and That A Will Ee Done. Oyster Bay, Special. President Roosevelt, Senator Hopkins, of Illi nois, and II. E. Miles, representing the Wisconsin Tariff Revision League discussed the subject of tariff revis ion at luncheon at Sagamore Hill Senator Hopkins on leaving Oyster Bay said that the conclusion was reached that no tariff revision should be undertaken until after the next presidential election. "It Avould be suicidal to the Republican-party," the f Senator added, "to undertake a reAision of the tariff during the next Congress. After tlu? presidential election, I believe it Avil' be the duty of the Republican party to revise the tariff and that it Avill ho done." Mr. Hopkins remarked that he be lieved such an argument would ap peal to and bo accepted by the Re publican revisionists in all parts of the country. Mr. Hopkins had a very enthusias tic word to cay regarding the presi dential boom of Mr. Canon. He said : "Of course if President Roosevelt Avas a candidate there would be not the slightest opposition in Ihe con vention to Lis nomination. But I am thoroughly convinced that Mr. Roose velt Avill not consider the nomination, that he is entirely sincere in declar ing himself not to be a candidate un der any circumstances. "Speaker Cannon will haA-e the en tire Illinois delegation solidly behind him and I thoroughly belicA'e that if nominated he AA-ould make the best race of any man the Republican party could put forward." General Morteza, the Persian min ister to the United" States, perform ed the duties for Avhich he has been made a special ambassador by per sonally notifying President Roosevelt of fi:e accession to the Persian throne of Mohammed Ali, Shah. General Morteza Avas tuken to Saga more Hill in the government automo bile. Defends Appeal to Courts. Nashville, Tenn., Special. Presi dent W. W. Finley, of the Southern Raihvay Company, Avho was one of the principal speakers at the Nash ville board of trade outing delivered an address Avhich was largely in the nature of a reply to those Avho have criticised the raihvay companies foT appealing to the courts for protection from legislation, which they belieA-c to be confiscatory in its character, and which would tend to retard the provision of additional and improved railway facilities. After referring to the rapid growth and the present prosperity of Nashville, Mr. Finley spoke of the importance of adequate facilities for transportation, pointing out that it is a self-e-ident truth that the profitablenes of production de pends upon the ability to sell the commodities produced, and the equ ally self-eA-idcnt truth that no com munity can produce, profitably, more than it can send to market, and that the -limit of the capacity of its car riers," therefore, limits its capacity for profitable production. Jury Finds 20 indictments. Roanoke, Va., Special. The spec ial grand jury ordered by Judge John W. Woods, of the corporation Court, to investigate the rioting of last Sat urday, when a mob smashed all the Greek restaurants in town, adjourn ed Wednesday cA-eniug after finding. 20 indictments. The jury Avill m-jet again on Wednesday of next Aveek. Several score of Avitnesses Avere heard. Lightning Fires Huge Oil Tank. Lima, O., Special. In a terrific electrical storm which swept this county at noon Wednesday, lightning fired one of the huge tanks of the Standard Oil Company. A quarter of a million barrels of petroleum Avere ignited and the city Avas at once en veloped in clouds of darkness, almost stifling. Cannons were brought into use to prevent a spread of the flames to other tanks nearby, there being millions of barrels of crude oil in the immediate vicinity, News Notes, The Korean cabinet has been dis solved. The trial of the Anson county, N. C, lynchers at Monroe, is progress ing slowly. - Twenty indictments baAre been found by the Roanoke, Va., grand jury on account of the attacks on the Greek restaurants Saturday night. ORDERED TO ROADS Violations of North Carolina's Rate Law Meet Punishment ASHEVILLE JUDGE IMPLACABLE Police Justice Reynolds Springs a Sensation at Asheville, N. C, by CoAimitting the Two Southern Rail way Agents to the County Roads for a Month "Don't Give the Federal Court an- Opportunity to Interfere With the State Courts," the Judge's Instructions to the Sheriff. Asheville, N. C, Special. Before Judge Spears Reynolds in the city police court District Pasenger Agent James II. Wood, of the Southern Raihvay, also a member of the board of aldermen of Asheville, and O. C. Wilson, ticket seller for the South ern at the local passenger station, Avere tried on a charge of violating the neAv State rate law of 2 1-4 cents a' mile for transportation, convicted and sentenced to the county chain gang for 30 days each. Harmon was the only witness. At the conslusion of his testimony Judge Rej'nolds. announced that the State Avould rest. Judge Charles A. Moore, of counsel for the Southern Railway, and representing the indicted agents, stated that he desired to introduce no Avitnesses. "Can you or will you pay a fine?" The police justice directed the question to Mr. Wood, standing just in front of the bar, and apparently cool and indifferent to the result. Judge Moore quickly requested the police justice to address any questions to counsel. Again the question Avas put, this time to Judge Moore, "Can you or will you pay a fine?" Judge Moore made reply that fee would haA'e to consider the matter. The police justice, saying that he re gretted to do what he was about to, directed the clerk to make an entry that the defendants be sent to the roads for 30 days each. Judge Moore thereupon stated in open court that he intended to apply for a writ of habeas corpus and requested that the prisoners be alloAved the cus tody of an officer. ' While Judge Moore Avas speaking the police justice Avas writing. Pres ently he handed tAAro slips of paper to Sheriff Hunter. The papers Avere commitments for Mr. Wood and Mr. Wilson. "I trust," said the police justice, and handing the commitments to Sheriff Hunter, "that you will not gh-e the Federal Court an oppor tunity to interfere with the State courts, which it has no right to do." The. prisoners were then turned over to Sheriff Hunter. The sheriff, at the request of Judge Moore, ac companied the prisoners to the office of Moore and Rollins. There was much interested speculation as to just AAdiat course Sheriff Hunter Avould pursue, whether he would send the convicted agents direct to the county chaingang, some, ten miles fi-om the city, or hold the prisoner in custody awaiting action on a. writ of habeas corpus. Released on Habeas Corpus. Asheville, N. C, Special. District Passenger Agent Wood and Ticket Seller Wilson, under sentence of 30 clays on the county chaingang by Q city police court for -iolating the passenger rate laAv, were taken bo fore Judge Pritchard on a writ of habeas corpus at 11 o'clock Friday morning. J. G. Merriman asked for a continuance of the hearing until his father, James II. Merriman, spec ially employed by the State, could he present. Judge Pritchard grant ed the request and set the hearing for 2.30 in the afternoon, and re manded Wood and Wilson to the cus tody of the deputy marshal. Bonds in the. sum of $200 were allowed and Ihe indicted agents were once more in the enjoyment of their liberty. Tennessee Bank Short $33,090. Gallatin, Tenn., Special The doors of the People's National Bank are closed pending an investigation of the condition of the bank. Some ir regularities Avere discovered several days ago and President Payne tele graphed to Washington for an ex aminer Avbo is noAv auditing: the books. A discrepancy of $30,000 ha? been found in the accounts. Two Fatally Shot, One Seriously Wounded in Pistol Duel. . Lexington,, Ky., Special. In a pistol fight that took place in a sa loon at Pound Gap, on the Kentucky Virginia line, tAvo men were fatally shot and another seriously wounded. William Robinson and John Centers. betAvcen whom an old grudge existed, met, and Centers opened fire. Sever al shots Ave re exchanged and Centers fell mortally wounded. Half iu hour later "Babe" SteAvart and Isaac Bentley met and began shooting Bentley Avas fatally and Steward eeriously wounded. Bis riro in Tezis Town. Chillicothe, Tex., Special. Frio do ctroyed a business block with total los3 of $150,000 and light insurance. The heaviest losers are G. R. Jones &Company, hardware; J. N. Fain, drug store; Ben F. Griffin, drug store; J. L. Watson, hotel; A. L. Howard & Company, grocers: J. I'. Bryan, hotel, and Chillicothe Lumber Company. Stye C(iati)am Uttoxb RATES OF ADVERTISING, One cqnr, 90 inroa . 1.00 Out square, two insertions LC8 On quaxe, one month 9. SO For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con- tracts will be made. Late .VeteM In Urief MINOR MATTERS Of INTEREST Mr. Joseph Choate made a ringing speech at The Hague in support of the American position on arbitration. The Korean Cabinet has resigned and Tokio expects the Emperor at Seoul to abdicate. Dr. Karl Ilau, the former Washing ton man accused of murder in Baden Baden, Germany, made admissions to help expedite his trial. It is rumored that Anna Gould, former Countess Castellane, is en- gaged to Prince Elic de Sagin. The suit of Alexander Gregor, Avho sued for damages because he had been accused of theft, was decided against him. Kaid McLean, commander - of the forces of the Sultan of Morrocco, escaped from Raisuli. The Emperor of Korea was asked to abdicate, and the end of this Em pire is thought to be near. The trial of Dr. Karl Han, former ly of Washington, for murder of his mother-in-laAv was begun at Karls rule. The board of inquiry is expected to report that the explosion on the Georgia Avas caused by a "flare back'! from the eight-inch gun. Burning poAvder fell into the ammu nition handling room, threatening the ship with destruction. Independent coal miners, in a pe tition to the " Interstate Commerce Commission seek to end the anthri cite coal combine. A tremendous crowd from Rich mond made Richmond Day at James town Exposition a decided success. Alice Scruggs, a negro woman of Richmond, Avas discovered to have conducted a school for thieves. Mr. John W. Britt, of Marinsbrg, W. Va., Avas killed in a runaway ac cident. The Summers Coal Company, bet ter knoAvn as the Robby Coal Com pany, with large holdings on the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad and the AV abash, has just closed a deal for the. Carrollton Coal Company's mine and holdings at Jug Ruu, near St. Clairsville, AV. Va., on the Wa bash extension. A gigantic combination of inde pendent bakeries, including those of Baltimore, is being formed in NeAV York with $30,000,000 to $10,000, 000 capital to fight the National Bis cuit company. The South Penn Oil Company is leasing a number of .farms in the vi cinity of Independence, Preston county, AV. V., for the purpose of de veloping the field for oil and gas. It cost Robert M. AVard, of AA'in chester, $SS9.ol. for the honor of representing the Tenth district in the Virginia Senate, and his defeated opponent. Judge F. S. Tavcnner, of Woodstock, $571.25, according to figure just filed. Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York made an address in support of ihe Conctiiution before the North Carolina Bar Association. The feeling in France is one of disappointment with the tariff agree ment Avith the United States brought OA-er by Ambassador Jusserand. ' Mr. Bonaparte states that the re ceivership for the Tobacco Trust is only to compel it to comply Avith tb3 laAv. President James McCrea, , ,of the Pennsylvania Railroad, declared a 2 cent law Avas unfair to the public M well as the railroads. The Anson Couty lynchers are' on trial at Monroe, N. C: The State has made out a strong case aaginst them so far. Nine men Avere killed und a like number seriously burned by iip(i" der explosion on the battleship Geor gia. Interstate railroad fares have been reduced to tAvo cents per mile by rao;t of the Northern and AVcstern rail roads. Col. Charles G. Ayres has been or dered before, a board to examine his fitness for retirement from the Unit ed States Army. Senator MeEsiory, of. Louisana'L' quoted as ofioiiriiz to resign in faA'oi of John Sharp AVilliaams if the lat ter fails of election to the United States Senate. Mrs. Preston Gibson daughter oi Mrs. Thomas Nelson Pago and the late Henry Field of Chicago is to sue for divorce. The Arircinia Corporation Commis sion of A'irginia Avas notified that the injunction against the 2-cent rate or der Avas in effect. ' Max Lansburgh of Baltimore filed a suit at Char!:-ron, AV. Ara., to re; cover coal land? in McDowell county valued at $5,000,000. William D. Haywood on trial 01 the dinrgo of muriU'rinij former Obv ernor Bterncnberg went on the tstand in his own (lofenc. The King and Queen of Englanc were enthusiastically received in Ire land. The National Educational Associa tion declared ii?elfin favor of re formed spilling. Senator Latimer . and Congressman Burnett are in Berlin studying th emigration problem- . ii .-v - i li II v
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