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ZEbe Cbatbam TRecorov RHJES OF ADVtRTISIHG; One Square, one Insertion... . ..$1.00 One Square, two Insertions.. 1.50 One Square, one month........ s.09 hiA. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 81 50 Per Year For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. . - " " - . VOL, XXX. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. 0 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1907 NO. 13. cjpiCTLY IN ADVANCE 1 If I I III 1 1 1 1 I I II W I j II II A ! II 11 fl A t 1 1 1 II I 2 (I TAR HEEL A Items Gathered from AH Crazy Man Suicides. Oreen-l'oro, Special. Tuesday af ternoon about 2:30 o'clock one of the prisoners in the county jail eve avss horrified upon passing the ceII of a felloAv prisoner to see him swinging by the neck from the top of his cell. The horror-stricken man cave a lusty yell which soon brought the jailor to the scene. He round upon investigation that the man who was swinging from the cell was John Jii'nett, a demented white man, who had been placed in the' jail a few dnv? ago for safe-keeping until -he conl'l he, taken to the asylum. He was hurriedly taken down and efforts made to resuscitate him, but it was useless. The physician who - was summoned stated that he had been dead at least an hour when discovered. The means used by Monett in taking him st'if from this world were provided !.v the use of his suspenders, which he fastened to the bunk near the top jpf the cell. He did not have room to swing dear and so determined was he to depart from this world that he ac tually drew his feet up under him in order that he might strangle. Monett was brought here from his home near Julian on last Friday night. It is sail that he was at times wild and disposed to be violent, but he did not give the officers who went after him any trouble. Since being put in jail he had been heard to mutter that they were not going to hang Old Johnnie yet. He was about 60 years of s'ze. and is survived by a wife and two daughters. The body was taken to the undertaking establishment of E. Poole and prepared for burial. It will be taken to Julian for inter- in Avrful Crime in Thomasville. Eigh Point, Special. One of the most diabolical crimes in the history of the State was perpetrated at Thomasville, the particulars of which have just been learned here by the bringing of the little girl here on the afternoon train. The facts in the casfi are about as follows: The year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Fields, of this place, was visiting the family of Mr. and Mrs. H. . Shoaf, 1 datives of the Fields, at Thomas ville, and while under the influence of morphine and whiskey, they un mercifully beat the little girl and when found she was almost dead. She was, found wrapped up in a tow-sack with the left arm broken, the skull crushed in and bleeding at the nose and mouth. Her right leg and left foot were badly bruised also, besides other, bruises on the body. When the dastarily crime was learned in Th masviil, a correspondent learns that there were serious threats of a lynching, but it was adverted. Both parties were arrested and plac ed under bonds in the sum of $500 each. The little girl was brought to her home here, and great crowds gathered around to look- and listen to the -awful story, and there are many muttering of what should have heen done to such people as the fiends who v.ould eo unmercifully treat a child, Erakeman Leonard Released on SaiL Greensboro, Special. Wednesday morning the mother of H. C. Leonard. tie brakeman who was arrested for havino- caused the wreck at Rudd by negligence and placed upder a $1,000 bond for his appearance, arrived is. I. ? city and signed the bond for her "n"s appearance at the next term of Superior Court. Then they returned to their home at Lexington. Convention of Anglers.' New York, Special. With the ob ject of uniting more effectively for the preservation of the game fishes of America, a call has been issued for a convention of the anglers of the United States and Canada, to be held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, beginning No vember 11. Drunken Man Shot. Wadesboro, Speeial'. Friday night about 10 o'clock John Tucker, a white man living near here, was shot r- t' p heart and the wound may prove fatal. Tucker was drunk when he came up town and made the an-; n.viu.i:c-nieiit. . His -first story was that ; received the ball at the street fair ;i ng business here now, but later. I 0 declared that he was near the de-: 1 when shot. He does not know or has not told who shot him. He - :.i immediately to Dr. Bennett's - ;:ice, and after examination the doc-, tor advised him to go to a hospital; 5i!road Bonds Carry in Transylva nia County. Brevard, SpeeiahReturns from , ransylv'ania county show' that out of . total registration of approximate-' l.utsu at ieast675 ijave votea xoi yvAs for the trans-continental rail ed, giving a majority of 300 for and as returns from some of precincts are incomplete, it -"is bab!e that this majority will be creased. TOPICS Sections of the State Two Postoffice Clerks Removed. Charlotte, Special. Messrs. W. E. Junker and N. M. Jones, night clerks at the postoffice, were summarily sus pended Tuesday afternoon by Post office Inspector Barclay. This follow ed the preliminary hearing of Mr. John B. Benton, who was bound over by United States Commissioner Cobb on the "charge of trifling with the United States mail. The case of Jun ker and Jones is in the bauds of United States District Attorney Holt on, of Winston-Salem. No warrants have as yet been issued for them and it is not known. what other steps will be taken. It was stated that the articles he is was' stated that the articles he is charged with having taken will not exceed $2.50. They consist of a can of coffee, a dollar watch, a razor and a few other insignificant things. His bond was fixed at $250 and his trir4 will probably be held at the December term of Federal Court. The penalty for such an offense is said to be a fine and imprisonment for not less than three months. Jones and Junker were suspended upon statements made previously by Benton. Their homes were searched and a number of small articles found, all of which were alleged to have been taken from the mails. The list consisted prin cipally of magazines. The defend ants are all young men and none of them have been employes of the local postoffice for" any great length of time. Benton was chief night clerk. Wednesday afternoon it was learn ed that District Attorney Holton, of Winston-Salem, had telegraphed to Charlotte, instructing the deputy mar shall here to proceed with the serv ing of the warrants in the case of Jones and Junker. The South is Strong. - Wilmington, Special. Fifty lead ing merchants, manufacturers, and business men of tlris city telegraphed Gov. Glenn of North : Carolina, now in Atlanta, Ga., for the purpose of considering with the governors- of two other States railroad litigation in the South, the following message which he has been requested to read at the meeting: "Southern crops are plentiful and Southern . commer cial and industrial conditions never intrinsically sounder. Agitation has ruthlessly depressed values, causing congestion and - inability to move crops with expedition. Restoration of confidence essential for the South to relize full values for its great products. We believe it is in the power of the conference to restore confidence in a great measure, by a', equitable adjustment of the rate troversy. The South can save the situation by wise action at this junc ture. " You are appealed to as pa triots and statesmen who have deeply at heart the well being of the whole people." Mistrial in Damage Suit. " Statesville, Special. The damage suit case of Mrs. Lula Canup vs. the Southern Railway Company, in the Federal Court, resulted in a mistrial. The ease was given to the jury at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning with three issues as follows: First, was the railroad guilty of negligence; second, was the man guilty of negligence; third, what damage, if any ? The jury disagreed on the first issue, and after being out nearly seven hours they reported their disagreement and a mistrial was ordered. Mr. Canup was killed by a train about a year ago at a crossing west of Salisbury. Municipal League Convention. Philadelphia, Pa., Special A high ly attrctive programme has been out- unen by becretary Clinton Rogers Woodruff, of this city, for the com , ing joint' convention of the National Municipal League and American Civ I ic Association, which will be held in j Providence, beginning November 19. president of the convention Work on S. & W. Suspended. Charlotte, Special. It will be a matter of some interest to people in this section to know .that the presi dent of the South and Western Rail road, Mr. George L. Crater, has is sued an order that all heavy work oa this road be suspended until furthei notice. The road which js being built from the coal fields of West Virginia, to the Carolina Seaboard, has attract ed wide attention in the South. The tightness in the money market is as signed as the reason for this order emanating from the president of the road. Child Killed byrFaU Into Well. - Winston-Salem, Speeial. -The two-year-old son of Jesse Templeton, who resides near Wilkesboro, fell into a well a few days ago and was killed instantly. ; An oilcloth had been spread over the well to keep out leaves and trash. The little boy lef i the house unnoticed and attempted to run across the oil cloth. ' He screamed as he started down and workmen saw him disappear. MET AN AWfUL DEATH Employe of Southern Pawer Com pany Meets Tragic End at Besse mer City Tuesday Being In stantly Killed by Electric Current. Charlotte, Speeial. News of a fa tal as well as a most distressing ac cident near Bessemer City, reached the city Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Gastonia. Mr. Will Templeton, "trouble man" for the Southern Power Com pany, while at work one-half mile this side of Bessemer City, about 10:30 o'clock, was instantly killed by an electrie current, while he stood on the ground, and a hole about four inches in diameter was burned through his body, about midway ' of the trunk and from side to side. When the first physician reached the dead man, Dr. D. A. Garrison, of Bessemer City, arrived, he found him still clinging to two telephone wires, while the current, it is supposed, was still passing through his body, burn ing a great hole from side to side. Mr. Templeton was testing the pri vate telephone line of the Southern Power Company, the wires being strung along below the large trans mission wires when the deadly cur rent struck him. It is supposed thai one of the tlephone wires came in contact with one or more of the transmission wires, carrying their high voltage current and that this current was transmitted over the telephone wires in the dead man's hands, resulting in instant death, al though there was no one with him when he fell to the ground, with the deadly current going through his body. Mr. Templeton had been in the em ploy of the Southern Power Company during his itme of residence in Gas tonia, and was a man respected by his fellow employes and holding the highest regards of his employers. He was about 30 yearg of age and Avas known to quite a number in this ciy. A Tragedy in Wilkes. Wilkesboro, Special. News has reached here of a perhaps fatal cut ting at Atkin's shop, about IS miles northwest of here. It semes that last Saturday about 25 men met at At kin's shop, where a beef cow was shot for in the old-time way, by skilled riflemen. During the evening some of the men1 drank too much liquor and about dark a dispute arose between Herman Bradley and George Hendrix, Hendrix slashing Bradley with a knife and ; Bradley using a small hand axe, inflicting several se rious wounds, ancl spliting Hendrix 's skull and causing his brains to run out. Dr. Kller was called to treat the men. Bothsvere seriously wound ed and Hendrix is not expected to live. Wilson Lady's Shocking Death Wilson, Specials Tuesday morning about 12, Mrs. Thurmau Fulgham was fatally burned by falling into the fire place. Mrs. Fulgham was hap pily married only last spring and her untimely and shocking death has cast a gloom over our ;ity. Her body was burned beyond precognition. Mrs. Fulgham, who was formerly Miss Pansy Sugg, was very popular and highly esteemed, h , Young E07 Killed. High Point, Special. The twelve-year-old son of John Peace was in stantly killed by a train here Tuesday afternoon on the j yards, in front of the Rankin Coffin and Casket Com pany. Young Peace had just stepped from the northbound to the south bound track when No. 35 struck him, Tobacco Prices .Decline. Winston-Salemn', Special. Men in a position to know are perdicting great declines in the price of tobac co. The prices held up . toler-ably well, but there Avas a decline. Acc- cording to information received, this market paid mere for the Aveed than any other market, beinjr from one to two cents a pound ahead of the Dan ville market. Five buyers on the local market bought but little tobacco The shaky condition of the -market i-' given as the reason for the expected slump in the price of tobacco. Some New Charters. v Raleigh, Special. Among the new charters are the following: Virginia-Qaroiina Peanut Company Wiliamston; capital, $100,000; J. G. Goddard, J. G. Staten, E. Gurganus and others incorporators. Orange Telephone Company, Cedar Grove, capital, $10,000; W. R. Rob erts, M. W. Arrowood and others, in corporators. I Railroad Bonds Carry in Polk. 'Tryon, N. C, Special. The Ap palachian Railroad bond issue elec tion was carried in Polk county ' by a majornty of from 250 to 300. Ev ery precinct heajd from gave a good majority except jSaluda, .where the vote was 27 for and 140 against Some of the precincts that have no 'phone connection have not reported, but their vote Will not materially change the result. A SOLUTION Off fit A Plan For a System of Credit Currency Outlined A SCHEME TO OBVJATE PANICS Permanent Relief From the Monetary Stringency, Declares the Chairman .of the Banking and Currency Com mittee of the House, Can Be Ob tained Only by That Enactment He Points Out the . Cause of the Present Stringency and Outlines the Real Situation. . New York, Special. rThat perma nent relief from the present, mone tary stringency can only be had through a system of credit currency adequate to meet the requirements of trade and redeemable in gold coin was the opinion expressed by Repre sentative Charles N. Fowler, of New Jersey, chairman of the banking and currency committee of the House, which will, at the coming session of Congress, endeavor to haTe a law passed providing for credit currency issued by the national banks. Until such permanent relief is made pos sible by legislative enactment, Mr. Fowler asserted, the situation must be met by the issuance of clearing house certificates, cashiers' checks and due bills of business houses and manufacturers. "The underlying business condi tions," he 6aid to the Associated Press, "are essentially sound as evi denced by the increased earnings of the railroads and the Nf act that the value of our agricultural products this year are $500,000,000 more than last 3ear (which was the highest year in our history), and are bringing to our people about $7,000,000,000. But public confidence has been greatly shaken and credit seriously affected; therefore, every patriotic citizen from the President down, should do all in his power to restore that confidence which is essential to national pros perity. . Cause of Stringency. "The cause of the currency strin gency is that there is scattered broad cast throughout the country, at the mines, in the Avheat, corn and cotton fields, in the pockets of the people or locked up about $1,300,000,000 of the reserve money of the United States most of which under a proper condi tion would be in the banks, serving as reserve. Temporary relief will be through the forced use of current credit in the form of clearing house certificates, cashiers' checks and due bills of business and manufacturers during the next 90 days. The perma nent cure must come through a sys tem of credit currency expanding and contracting with the ordinary de mands of the smaller trade, precisely as checks and draftsdo in the broad er field of commerce. "We have now proceeded far en ough into the present financial crisis to get a pretty clear perspective of the real situation. The Real Situation. "First the condition is now gen eral, reaching every nook and corner of the country. "Second If the gold certificates, the United States notes and silver certificates, or the reserve money which the banks of the country have sent into the wheat fields of the West and Northwest, into the cornfields of the West and Southwest, into the cot ton fields of the South and into the country districts of all ' sections to settle up the year's business, I say if these reserves now scattered broad east overland were in the banks where they properly belong there would have been no money panic this fall. ' "The proof of this assertion is con clusive. During the past four months there has been sent from the banks into the country districts approxi mately $300,000,000 of currency. Of this amount $250,000,000 approxi mately now in the banks, would serve as a basis of more than $1,250, 000,000 credits or loans, and the pres ent crisis would haye been averted. This result could have been accom plished without increasing the liabili ties of the banks of the country to the extent of one single cent. Lays Down Challenge. "I challenge any man to contro vert this statement and submit the following' as absolutely conclusive proof of the assertion. If the banks of the country in wmcn ou,uuo,wu had been authoratized as they should have been, to create bank note credits as" well as bank book credits, and they had proceeded to convert this $250,000,000 of bank book credits in to bank note credits the banks would not have been affected in any degree or in any way whatever, and the whole country would haye been amp ly supplied with currency with which to transact all the fall biness." "How cotdd this have bee done? Simply by authoizing each-bank to issue cashiers' checks to bearer, which is a . curren credit, that 'is, a" credit that passes Dy mere aeuveij, ciuiM.m& I endorsement By this process credits I would have been converted into bank note' credits and as the reserves re quired for both "forms' . of cerdits, should be thev same, there, could have been no change whatever in the situa tioii. The bank debt is the same, the amount of the reserve is the same. It has been only a matter of book-keeping." An issue of current credit ade quate to meet the requirements of trade and currently -redeemed in gold eoin is a principle followed by every eiilized country in the world except our own. . World's Banking Power. "Mark this: The banking power of tiie United States in 1890 was about $5,000,000,000 and goav ex eeds $16,000,000,000 or equal to the entire banking power of the world in 1890, which Mulhall placed at $15,985,000,000. Today the bank ing power of the entire world, out ride of the United States is only $21, nnn r.nn nri tVi; . omnnnt on ?er cent, or more than $4,000,000,000 in- cashiers', checks or current edits. That is, credit currency nd yet Avhile the United States has vee-sevenths of the banking powet of the entire world, it has not one single dollar of current bank credit, although the other four-sevenths of the world's banking power has the advantage of $4,000,000,000 curren! credits or credit currency. "On the same basis we are en titled to have $3,000,000,000 of current-credit or credit currency. "If this x principle were broadlv adopted in this country as it should be, our bank resei-res might be in cieased by an average of 9.92 pet cent, to about 20 per cent, and our banking liabilities remain - practical ly the same. The Cashier's Check. "Can any one give a single reason why we should use a check book for credits to order and not use a cur rent credit of the same bank upon which to draw our checks - Is not the cashier's cheek just as good as our check upon the same bank, in deed far better when protected as it should be bv a guarantee fund de posited with the United States gov ernment, many more times ample to insure its redemption in gold coin. "If the banking institutions of the country could exchange $1,000,000, 000 of cashiers' checks for $1,000, 100,000 of reserve money now float ing around in the mines, wheat, corn rTd cotton fields and this $1,000,000, 00 were added to the $1,000,000,000 ?n the banks on July 1st, 1907, oui inks liabilities would be. increased ly about 8 per cent. Avhile our re erve AA-ould be increased 100 pei enC; it would be 20 per cent, and this end alone is sufficient to justify, the adoption of the principle of cur--.ent credits in this country." To Back Stamp Letters. New York, Special The plan of back stamping the date of receipt of all letters and first class mail, dis continued for a time in the New York postoffice, will be resumed. It was thought that "elimination of the back stamp would result in decreasing the time necessary in handling and de livering mail, but many complaints Avere made by patrons and the post office department decided to resuni the practice- THB WAYS OF BIRDS. . Among the many bird pets I have owned at different times owls have always been my favorites. At present I have three tawny owls, which I have reared from the nest. Two I took from an old hawk's nest and one from a hole in the wall of a tumble down cottage. They have been brought up in com pany with several other bird pets, magpies, jackdaws and hawks, and when quite young it was an exceed ingly pretty sight to see them all to gether on a perch, the owls watch ing the proceedings of the "jacks" and magpies with an air of absorbing in terests Sometimes a "jack" would fly up to the perch and give one of the tawnies a friendly dig with his beak as though he wanted to say; "Wake up," old fellow!" Whereupon the owl would proceed I with great gravity to comb the dis turber's plumage witn beaK ana ciaw, occasionally pausing during the oper ation to survey his work out of a halt open eye, "jack," the while, winking afT his mates below with the air of: "It's all right; it pleases the old duf fer." Barn owls, also, I have domesticat ed, and have found them very amus ing pets. I had one which would fly down in broad daylight from his cage and catch a, live mouse, and back again to make a meal of it, swallow ing it whole by a succession of fear ful gulps. I have seen him swallow three in succession and have no doubt-that had he been offered a fourth he would have been equal to the occasion. In credible as it may seem to those who have never witnessed the feat, he ?-)uld think nothing of devouring a sparrow, feathers and all. Rosary Magazine. The effort In Georgia, not only to pass, but to enforce, a law prohibit ing the sale or liquors, says the Christian Register, is a self-denying ordinance, which shows that white men have at henrt the fare of the black race, and are willing-to make something of a sacrifice to remore from them temptation to crime. GOVERNORS CONFER North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama Executives Meet RAILROADS ASSURED JUSTICE After Sesssion Lasting All Day Gov ernors Reach Agreement As to Railroad Rate Law Methods of Procedure in Enforcing . Lav Agreed Upon. ' Atlanta, Ga., Special. Through Co-operation in methods to be pursued in tiie enforcement of laws regulat ing railroad passenger fares in.tho States of Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina was agreed upon Fri day at a conference held in this dty between the Governors of those States. After a discussion which be gan at 9 :30 Friday morning, and which lasted until late in the after noon, with but a brief interval for luncheon the three Chief Executives reached an agreement and the meet ing was adjourned.. In statement given to the Asso ciated Press signed by the three gov ernors, it is said that not only had they arranged to "co-ooperate in the investigation of facts and law con nected with the duty of our States to the public as to transportation companies but that they would al so co-operate with other States which have the same problems. "We regard the complete recongni tion of the right of the States to reg ulate the intra-State business of trasportation companies as absolute ly necessary' the statement con tinues. Friday's conference, which was held at the suggestion of GoTernor Comer, of Alabama, was participated in by Governors R. B. Glenn, of North Carolina; B. B. Comer, of Alabama, and Hoke Smith, of Geor gia; W. D. Nesbit, member of the railroad commission of . Alabama; Judge L. D. Wearkley and Col. H. G. Selheimer, special counsel fov- Ala bama in the pending: rate litigation m that State; Attorney lieneral John C. Hart, and Special Counsel J. K. Hines and Hooper Alexander, of Georgia. The declared object of the meeting was to reach an agreement if pos sible in methods to be pursued in en forcing the rate laws of the States in terested and also decide on some rate that would apply to the railroads of those States, the rates at present be ing widely divergent. Just what concrete plan was decid ed upon the Governors refused to state, nor would they give out any of the details of the conference, be yond the statement that it was most satisfactory. The signed statement of the chief executives is as follows: "Our conference has been most sat isfactory. We discussed conditions in our respective States and we ar ranged to co-operate in the investi gation of facts and law connected with duty of our States to the Com panies. We will also co-operate with other States which have the same problems. We regard the complete recognition of the right of the States to regulate the intrra'-state business of transportation companies as abso lutely necessary. "No injury has been do:te to any corporation in either of our States by the exercise of the power of reg ulation. Increased business as a con sequence of- reduced rates required by our State authorities has in ev ery case Avhere fairly tried compen sated the corporations. "We deplore the fact that the rail road corporations have in some in stances been damaged by the effects of their officers to disregard the ac tion of our States. TM3 has hap pened in every case where they have made allegations in the c . rts of sen sational claims of iniu rary to the facts. "When the railroad companies cease their false cry of confiscation and submit to the duly constituted inthorities, upon which alone rests the right to determine questions of public policy, the railroad companies may expect a rapid return of public confuenc and a restoration of nor mal credits. The authorities of our States are at all times ready. to hear from the railroad companies fully and to accord to them treatment not alon just, but liberal. ' The details- of our conference we do not consider it desirable to make pubiic at this time." R. B. COMER, -Governor of Alabama. R. B. GLENN, Governor of North Carolina. HOKE SMITH, ' Governor of Georgia. Attempt at Double Suicide. Sprinfield, Mass., SpeciaU-Lying in a. pre'earious" condition frdni Unite wounds near' their hearts are a couple who registered as R. W. Ksr wan and Avife at the Highland Hotel. They Avere victims of a double shoot ing affray. It is learned that the woman fired a shot at herself in an attempt at suicide. The man then seized the revolver and shot himself. Late Jfetvs In 'Brief A MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST Mary Donnelly, 9 years old, was as saulted andvmurdered at Renova, Pa. Henry Kreiss, of NeAv York, wor ried so about his Avealth he commit ted suicide. - Advising fist fighting rather than , hazing, the president of the North Carolina Agricultural College start ed a series of pitched battles undei official regulation. Lieut. George C. Rockwell's exact answers to examination questious tied up promotions of second lieutenants for months while his case was being investigated. - Representative " Gillespie declares that Cortelyou has discriminated against the farmers in favor of "stock gamblers." Mr. Bonaparte in a Supreme Court argument upheld the Erdman laAV, which prohibits the discharge of em ployes for belonging to labor unions. One of the scientists at- the aero nautical congress stated that a tem- perature of 111 degres below zero had been recorded at a height of 46,080 feet. The Union Pacific Railroad drop ped several thousand ffien from its construction forces, but the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company demeu a re port of wholesale discharges. Rev. Dr. George C Houghton will hereafter refuse to marry runaway couples in the Little Church Around the Corner. Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje filed her answer to bet husband's brief asking to have the divorce case reopened, and makes sensational charges. A student in an Illinois school ob tained a verdict of $14,000 damages against five others for hazing him. "Uncle Joe" Cannon's Presiden tial boom was launched in Chicago. Chicago diverce suits last week amounted to 15 per cent, of the mar riage licenses. Judge Crosscup Avas indicted on a charge of being responsible for a trol ley wreck, in Avhich IS people were killed. . Will sreet caught its breath again, the recovery from the scare being more marked than oh any previous day. Judge Grosscup, of Chicago with officers of a trolley company, was ar rested on a charge of manslaughter following a serious wreck. Five hundred Kentucky tobacco growers started a march to force oth ers into an-agreement not to raise a crop in 1908. Town officials were blamed for not enforcing the speed law by a coron er's jury which investigated the deaths of four automobile passengers in Pottstown, Pa. Wall street began to feel the effect of the battle against the contraction of credit, and the movement of Avheat, tobacco and cotton is relied on .to bring large quantities of European gold. Efforts are being made to get Em peror William to testify in the Har- din libel suit in Berlin. Earthquakes in Italy made thous ands homeless and are estimated to have killed from 20 to 120 persons. The Lusitania broke her eastbound record by moking the voyage in 4 days 22 hours and 46 minutes. Seattle has declared -war on rats, as the result of the discovery of a case of bubonic plague. Contractors paid $100,000 to the postaoffice department for failure to maintain the standard of paper re. quired in stamped envelopes and wrappers. Enrique C. Creel is to retire soon as Mexican Ambassador , to the United States. After traveling through 11 states and hunting in the canebrakes for two weeks ..President Roosevelt re turned to Washington. Samuel Gonrpers and Judge Gross cup, of Chicago, were- among the speakers at the National Civic Feder ation's trust conference. The. -German balloon Pom'mern, which descended at Asbury Park, M. J., is believed to have won the great race . Two balloons landed in Mary land. Confidence was largely restored in Wall street as the result of action taken by J. Pieipont Morgan, Sec retary Cortelyou aud others. Work on a big copper smelter at Coram, Cai:, has been stopped until the price of copper goes up. The Evangelical General Confer ence resolved to appoint a committee to arrange details for union, with the United Evangelical church. Policeman Eugene F. Shcehan of the Lower Bowery, New York, was shot and killed by William Morley, member of o. notorious, gang, who fired at two other officers. Maya Indians suprised a detach ment of Mexican soldiers, killing seven and a lieutenant and lootinj their camp. 1,.,