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Zbe Cbatbam Recor&. JA. LONDON RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, one Insertion...... One Square, two insertions.... i.5 One Square, one month........ a.09 til vv rS of SUBSCRIPTION: For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts Will be made. t .50 Per Year T0.fT.Y IN ADVANCE VOL. XXX. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N.10o WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1908. NO. 27. jrghatbam,Kecor&. $' TAR HEEL TOPICS Her Purse Snatched, rharlotte. Special. The purse r 1.1.1.- . L.I mother bold attempt was reported by tbe police, this making perhaps the twelftli or fifteenth to take place recently- le victim was Miss Jose phine Worrel. stenographer in a local Insurance office. She was seized and thrown to the ground and her purse torn loo?e from her hand, to which.it ffas fastened, by a ribbon. The con tinuous repetition of these offenses all of which sre the work of black men fcas stirred the city to a considerable ree. The police are exhausting every means to capture the supposed gang of pnrse-snatchers. Miss Wor rell came to the city last Sunday bm Atlanta. Ga., and had just tak tn up her residence at No. 704 East Fourth street. She has a. position in the office of the New York Life Insur ance Company. She carried in her nurse about $30. The police officers housrht that two of the leading purse batchers vvbo have been operating in his city, had been captured in the person of Roper "Wallace and J. A. ?wopsey, colored, one of whom was ;rresied Tuesday and the other Wed nesday. Tre occurrence, however, in dicates that these two are not entitled :o blame for all of this fiendish work that has been going on. There are evidences of the fact that thesnatch :s are organized and juuging from he success of their effoics lately, hev must be well organised. They 're about as shrewd a set of law breakers as the local officers ever met rith. A reward of $100 has been of fered by the mayor for the capture f the party or parties guilty, and jublic feeling is very high. Young Lady Attempts Suicide. Gastonia, Special Miss Bell Nich 5, a well known young lady of drover, attempted to commit suicide Tuesday. The effort at self-destruction was due to a fit of mental de rangement to which she has been sub feet for several months. Miss Nielv bis had been under the treatment of physicians for the past three or four bonths. but recently returned to her fathers home near G rover, apparently ery much improved. Tuesday morn- 12 she borrowed her father's pocket pile on the plea that she wanted to trim her finger nails. A short time afterward she mysteriously disap- eared from tne premises. The alarm as sent out and a searching party consisting of about thirty-five people as organized and a search begun. After several hours the young woman sras found late Tuesday afternoon wandering around in a patch of woods iear the town. She had cut her Jreast open, stabbed herself near the eart and slashed herself a number of times on the neck. She had re moved her shoes and had wandered around, apparently crazed, but thinly ciad. She was taken at once to her ome and phvsicians dressed her rounds. These are not considered of efficient seriousness to cause death, rat the doctor fears that she has con tracted pneumonia from spending the -ay in the woods, thinly clad and wth portions of her body exposed to M cold. Six Deaths. Tarboro. Sneeial Countv Health peer, Dr. W. J. Thigpen, reports deaths in Tarboro during the oonth of January. Three of these under two years of age. Killed His Wife, Ashevill Plarshall aitted in Madison county Thursday night when Mrs. John W. Rondon done to death. The husband is recused of tL crime which was com ttea near Barnard and the message ;taed that officers had gone from Marshall to place Rondon under ar rest. School Term Shortened, gh Point. Sneeial. At a meet- fn? of the school board this week it as decided to have only eight months of school this year instead of ane as has been the case the past ran- 1 erai years. This was made neces- F7 3r sometime an eight month school as held but the board thought to give the pupils as many Tjs m the year as possible and 7d nc sow be changed if the r aey sufficient was available. Now a Certanty. ,nton, Special. The Caswell "0n Mills is a PYPninHr ' Plane aro . - vuMAUl.T A -iuy ueveiopong lor tne con- 'loa of the rAant. A sit. a 'n'f 15 t-es &as tecn riT!wv1ie.j t,:- Vvaifr fbe ci ? exxSQ river, just east of tt electric tO r n t-.-i t'-:in. arr,i ,u, , ... . 0 ' 01 unarlotte, bas been .sea to draw plans for the new Items uainerea rrom aii sections of the State W Has Two Husbands. Winston-Salem, Special During the recent session 'of the legislature a bill passed validating the marriage of Joseph Ridenhour to Mrs. John Davis, both of Davidson county. Mrs. Davis, who was a Miss Reid, married John Davis. Davis left the country and was gone a number of years. Hearing that he was dead, his wife, many years after his disappearance, was married to Joseph Ridenhour. Some tome ago Davis came ack -Davidson county and found his wlfc married again. Her position was em barassiug, because she thus had two husbands living although all parties were innocent of any wrong in con nection with the marriage. Accord ingly the legislature was asked to validate the 'second marriage. Sena tor Redwine opposed the bill- con tending that if it passed the woman would thus have two husbands living. Senator Blair favored the bill and spoke highly of the woman. The bill passed its reading in the Senate by practically a unanimous vote. Statesville 's New Bank. Statesville, Special. The Mer chants & Farmers Bank, the new banking institution, has secured tem porary quarters with the Statesville Realty & Investment Company on Center street, and Messrs. F. B. Bunch and J. A. Knox, officials of the bank, are busy completing arrange ments to open for business. All o the capital stock has, been paid in and the company has filed its report with the corporation commission. The cer tificate from commission is expected Thursday or Friday and the bank ex pects to open for business next Wed nesday, the 12th. The business wilr be conducted from the offices of the Realty & Investment Company until the bank's permanent quarters in the Patterson & Anderson block are ready for occupancy. Look Out For Fake Dollars. Salisbury, Special Spurious silver dollars of the date of 1899 are being freely circulated in Salisbury and of-" fleers are at work on the case, with a fair clue to the original dispenser of the curios. The coin is a splen did imitation and one was recovered by Grocer H. E. Rufty last Saturday evening without question. Another was present aed him by a lad whom Mr. Rufty detained and questioned. The boy said his father had given him the money to make some pur chases and inquiry of the father prov ed the truth of the lad's statement. The man said he had been given the money by a Spencer merchant and it is this clue upon which the officers are working. Another $10,000 Suit. Hickory, Special. Reports has it that this city is to have another suit for $10,000 for false arrest and im prisonment. Some time ago, in the night time, a gang of masqued men tore up the C. & N. W. railroad track on the north side of the Hickory freight depot. Next morning the sec tion boss, with his crew of men, start ed to put the track back'. Mayor Cilley forbid it. But the section boss would not listen to the city officers, and proceeded to put the track back. The policemen arrested him and plac ed him in the lockup. He was not locked up but a little while. Now it is stated Jhat he has sued Mayor Cil ley (who since then has resigned as mayor) and the city for $10,000 dam ages for false imprisonment." Buys Interst in Winston-Salem Co Winston-Salem, Special. W. J Brothers, of Eastern North Carolina has acquired by purchase a consider able interst in the A. F. Messick Grocery Company and will make thi: city his home alter Marcn 1st. in will have an official position with tin above well known wholesale grocers with whom it is understood he has made a considerable investment. Farmers Holding Cotton. Charlotte, Special. There is nc doubt of the fact that farmers in Mecklenburg are holding to their col ton this month with more than usual al tenacity. The recent meeting of the State Division of the Southern Cotton Association, and the near ap proach of the annual meeting of tbe Southern Cotton Association in Dai las, Texas, have undoubtedly server to stimulate the farmers to more stringent efforts in holding their cot ton. Two National Banks. Kinston, Special. The biggest and most interesting news in business err-cles- about the busy town of Winston is the awouncement that she xs to have two national banks. The Co zens bank will increase s Matal and enter the field as actional bank an the Bank of Kinston will become national bank. The charter has al ready been applied for and ,th change will soon be made. CONGRESS GETS BUSY Doings of Our National Law-Makers Day by Day. Tariff in the Senate. Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, ad dressed the Senate in advocacy of his bill to create a permanent tariff commission. The Senator was accord ed a careful hearing by both the Re publican and Democratic sides of the chamber, and also by the crowded gal leries. Senator Beveridge spoke for an hour and a half, and - when he con cluded his remarks, Senator Culber son, of - .Texas, remarked that the Senator rom Indiana was to be con gratulated because in some degree at Hiast, he had joined the army of tar iff revisionists. He said that it had been announced in the newspapers that a decree had been issued on the Republican side that the tariff could not even be inquired into . at this time. " , Senator Newlands then discussed the general subject of the tariff, de claring that the law should provide for a gradual reduction of the tariff so that no duty should be over 45 per cent. Mr. McLaurin declared that the tariff would always be & political question. "The fact," he said, "that we are "told the tariff must not be revised before an election isx an ad mission that it is political." Senator Scott pronounced himself to be a "stand-patter." He believed the present Dingley tariff had done more for this country in the past ten years than any law ever enacted. - Mr. Stone, of Missouri, declared that when William Jennings Bryan is elected President and when Con gress is in control of the Democratic party, then and then only, .would a conservative and genuine revision of the tariff be begun. Appropriation Bill Up. The sections of the urgent deficien cy appropriation bill relating to exe cutive departments were reached in ihe Senate Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, in quired concerning the operation of tho law prohibition executive depart ments from incurring liabilities foi which appropriation is not made. Mr. Hale explained that the law of 1906 had inade such a prohibition but he added, there is an exception in fa vor of the War Department and Navy Depaitment This exception he hop ed would be done away with. Senator Clay, of Georgia, condem ned the appropriation of between $4, 000,000 and $5,000,000 for the Navy Department in this bill for purposes not provided for by law. Mr. Hale declared that there always had been deficiencies and that there always will be. He regarded them as inevitable. Mr. Clay persisted in his opposition and said that he would not be sur prised to see the appropriations for the navy reach $175,000,000 annual ly, according to the rate of increase, going on now. He also predicted that within 10 years the expenses of the Postoffice. Department would bo increased to $225,000,000 a year. All of the deficiency appi'opriations com plained df in connection with unau thorized expenditures were retained in tho bill. Pension Bill Reported. The House committee on - approp riations reported favorably the pen sion bill for the fiscal vear ending June 30th, 1909. The bill as report ed abolishes the pension agencies ai Augusta, Me., Boston, Buffalo, Chica go, Columbus, 6.; Concord, N. H.; Des Moines, Detroit, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Terni; Louisville, Ky. ; Milwaukee, New York City, Philadel phia, Pittsburg, TSan Francisco and Topeka and consolidates them in one central distributing agency at Wash ington. ' - J The bill as reported carries a to tal pension appropriation of $150, 860,000, which is $174,000 less than the aggregate estimate the exact sum saved by the consolidation of tho agencies. There was paid to 967,371 pension ers in the last fiscal year- the total mm of $138,030,S94; and the total of pensions that has been paid for all wars dad for the regular establish ment since the foundation of the re public is $3,598,015,732. "There is now living," says the re port, "no soldier or soldier's widow of the revolutionary war and there is no pension soldier living of the war of 1812 but at the end of the last fiscal year there were on the roll 553 widows. of soldiers of that war. Deficiency Bill Passes. The senate passed the urgent diffi ciency bill, carrying an appropriation of over, $24,000,000. The large defi ciency appropriation for the navy brought out considerable discussion of the subject of executive depart ments making expenditures not pro vided for in appropriating. ' The deficiency appropriations for the Panama, canal , gave rise to Dem ocratic - criticism of the publication of a "paper by the canal commission at Panama and incidentally Senator Teller declared that he believed the Iqc ' canal vat Panama wouia some day be declared a failure and thai a sea level canal would take its place. The senate devoted , two hours to consideration of the criminal code bill and at 4:20 p. m. adjourned. , ENDING Of FEUDIST Judge Hargis, of Kentucky, is Slain By His Own Son ; CAREER OF BLOOD AND MURDER The Most Infamous Figure in the Feuds Which Have Disrupted Breathitt ' County, "Kentucky, For Many Tears, is Shot and Killed by His Own Son, Following a Quarrel. Jackson, Ky., Special.-HFormer County Judge James Hargis,. for many years member - of s the State Democratic executive committee, ac cused of " complicity in many killings and a prominent figure in the feuds which have disrupted Breathitt eounty for" several years was shot and instantly killed in his general store here aboue 330 p. m. Thursday by his son, Beach Hargis. The son fired five shots in rapid succession at his father, who fell dead while his clerks were waiting on custo mers. The exact cause of the mur der has not been learned, but -it is supposed to have been the result of differences which have existed be tween father and son for some tima The two men are reported to have had a severe quarrel several nights ago, when the father, it is alleged, tvas compelled to resort to violence o restrain his son. Young Hargis, it is said, had been drinking heavily of late. He came into the store in the afternoon and was apparently under the inuence of liquor. Judge Hargis, it is said, spoke to his son about drinking and a quarrel resulted. Father and son stepped behind a counter, when the son, after a few minutes' conversation, drew a revol ver and fired five shots. Four took effect, Judge Hargis falling dead. The young lady stenographer and the customers in the store fled in fright. Young Hargis was arrested and placed in jail. He was raving like a maniac and the officers were compell ed to drag him to jail. Judge Hargis has been for years a prominent figure in Kentucky in po litical fcnd criminal circles. He has figured hi the courts in the mountains for years on aecount of the murders of Dr. Cox, Attorney Marcum and "Jim" Cockrill. Judge Hargis was tbe political leader- of the Democrats of the tenth district and was regarded as the "boss" of Breathitt county. For years his sway was not opposed but young Hargis and Marcum had the temerity to oppose Hargis m a law case. From that date he was a marked man. Judge Hargis had been on trial at various time for complicity in the ir order of Marcum, "Jim" Cockrill and Dr. Cox, but had been acquitted on all the charges. He was recent ly foiced to pay a judgment of. $S,000 to Mrs. Marcum in connection with the death of her husband. Judge Hargis disposed of this, the last of the cases in which he had been invoivtd, when he paid the judgment cf the couit. Mrs. Marcum had sued Judge- Hergis and others for $100,000 alleging that they caused the death of her husband. The Hargis-Cockrill feud had its inception in a political contest. The Hargis' had long been dominant in Breathitt county, where they con ducted a general store and a lumber business and were generally active. The 'brothers,- James, Alexander and Albert were good business .men and accumulated a fortune. Second Primary in Louisiana. Baton Rouge, La., Special The of ficial count of Louisiana's "recent Democratic -primary elections issued Democratic primary elections issued Friday night, shows that, a second election will be necessary for four of fices. These are Lieutenant Gover nor, State Auditor, Attorney General and Registrar of Land Offices. Paul Lambremon and J. J. Bailey will be the contestants for Lieutenant Gov ernor. J. Y. Sanders wos the con tests for Governor by a plurality of 13,447. . ' Leaves Fortune to Hampton Normal. Pittsfield, Mass., Special. By the will of Miss Alice Byington of Stock bridge, which was filed for probate here Saturday, the Hampton Normal and Agricultuarl Institute, of Hamp ton, Va., is given $210,000." The Normal and Industrial Institute, oi Tuskegee, Ala., - is given $50,000j and the Mount Herman school fox boys at East Northfield, Mass., $25, 000. Ten Killed in Mine. Port Hood, N. S., Special-r-Six coal miners andf our loaders were crushed to death4' as the;iesult of an explo sion kfthe Port Hood mine of the Port HoodrEichmond Railway Coal Company. Whether ' the explosion was due to gas, fire damp' or gunpow der remains to be determined by a coroner !s jury. ' - REPLIES TO CRITICS President Roosevelt Answers Charge of Playing Politics GIVES REASONS FOR HIS ACTS Chief Executive Characterizes the Charges as "False and Malicious," and in an Exceedingly Lengthy Epistle to William Dudley . Foulkoi . of Richmond, Indiana, He Enters Into a Detailed Defense. V . . Washington, Special. President Roosevelt has made answer to the recent statements that he has made use of Federal patronage to further the presidential interests of Secre tary Taft. The answer is in the form of a letter addressed to William Dud ley Foulke, of Richmond, Indinan, and includes a letter from Mr. Foulke to the President suggesting the need of such a statement. The President begins by character izing the charges as "false and ma licious." He follows this with an analysis of all appointments sent by him to the senate for its action to show that in no case has the proxim ity of a presidential contest influenc ed his action. The President 's let ter to Mr. Foulke in part follows: Tho President's Letter. The statement that I have used the offices in the effort to nominate any presidential candidate is both false and malicious. It is the usual imagi native invention which flows from a desire to say. something injurious. Remember that those now making this accusation were busily engaged two months ago in asserting that I was using the offices to secure my OAvn renomination. It is the kind "of ac cusation which for the" next few months wili be life. This particular slander will be used until exploded, and when exploded those who have used it will, promptly invent another. Such being the case, I almost question whether it is worth while answering; but as it is you-who ask why, the answer you shall have. Since the present Congress as sembled two months ago I have sent to the Senate the names of all the officials I have appointed for the en tire period since Congress adjourned on the 4th of March last, that is for 11 months. Excluding army and navy officers, scientific experts, health of ficers, and those of the revenue cut ter service. I have made during this period about 1.352 appointments sub ject to the confirmation by the Sen ate, 1,164 being postmasters. Of these, appointments in the diplomat is and consular services and in " the Indian service have been made with out regard to politics; in the diplo matic and consular services more Democrats than Republicans having been appointed, as we are trying to even up the quotas of the Southern States. In nomiating judges I have treated politics as a Avholly secondary considerationand instead of relying solely upon the recommendations of either Senators of Congressmen, have always conducted independent inquir ies myself personally through mem bers of the bench or the bar. whom I happen to know, or through Attorney General Bonaparte, Secretary Taft, whTwas himself a judge, Secretary Root, because of his great experieneo at the bar, or Senator Knox, who was formerly my Attorney General. In a number of the other" offices, chiefly assistant secretaries or heads of bureaus here at Washington, but also Governors of Territories or men holding peculiar position such for instance, as that of commissioner of education in Porto Rico and also in a Jfew other cases, notably those of marshals in certain of the Western States, but including various officers also here and there throughout the Union, I have either felt that the po sition was of such a ftharacter that the initiative in the choice could only with propriety come from me or from one of the Cabinet, officers, or else I have happened to know of a man of such peculiar qualifications that. I de sired to appoint him on my own ini tiative. The President goes at length into all his appointments, and shows that he has in no instance shown a purpohe to further the interests of anyV can didate, but has had only the good of the public service in view. Pacific Decrees Are Promulgated. London, By Cable. Decrees restor ing constitutional government, , re extending immunity from prosecution to members of the Cortes, releasing deputies arrested by former pictatai Franco and restoring . thereedcn' of the press were gazetted in Lisbon, according to dispatches. Correspond ents all agree ;that Lisbon is v quiet and how believe that danger of fur ther disorders js over. MRS. YARMOUTH IS FREE After a Hearing in Chambers Last ing Only Thirty Minutes London Divorce Court Grants the" Decree Asked for by the Countess of Yar mouth, Who Was Formerly Miss , Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, Sister of Harry Thaw. -London, By 'Cable. Sir Birrel Barnes, president of ' the Divorce Court, granted the Countess of Yar mouth, who was 31iss Alice -Thaw, of Pittsburg, a decree nullifying her marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth. The case was heard in private. At the time fixed for the commencement of the proceedings every one not ac tually engaged on the case was ex cluded from the courtroom. " The case was practically undefended and the hearing lasted for only half an hour. The Countess, attired in a fashionable black gown, was present but rdie Earl of YarmoutlTwas not in court. - - - Only four witnesses were examin ed. Thay were the Countess of Yar mouth, her maid, a doctor appointed by the court, and an American law yer who proved the marriage. The Countess gave evidence in support of her allegation that the marriage had never been . consummated and : the maid testified that the Earl and the Countess had been living as man and wife. According to the- evidence "of the doctor the Earl of Yarmouth was capable of consummating the marriage but that this did not affect the alle gation that the marriage had. not been consummated and he pointed out to the judge that it was within the dis cretion of the court to annul the mar riage if it was proved that it had not been consummated. . The Earl's lawyer satisfied himself with pointing out that the evidence of the doctor removed the stigma plaeed upon the Earl by the evidence of the plaintiff. and that there were no grounds upon which the Countess could have sued for divoree. The judge pronounced his decree annulling the marriage without com ment. In the ordinary course o events it will be made absolute in six months. . , PUBLIC PRINTER SUSPENDED. Sellings Deposed Temporarily While Congress Is Investigating the Gov ernment Printing Office. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt temporarily suspended as public printer Charles A. Stillings and appointed William S. Rossiter temporarily to fill the duties of that office. The action as explained of ficially, is to facilitate the investiga tion now being made of the govern ment printing office by Congress. Mr.. Rossiter is now chief clerk of the census office. Just as the Presi dent's action in suspending Mr. Still ings was being announced, a com mittee of labor leaders of this city called at the White House and pre sented to the President resolutions adopted by the Central Union here on January 20th, last, charging Mr. Still ings with violations of the 8-hour law in the government printing office. Resolutions by numerous labor or ganizations in various cities charging violation of the 8-hour, law, discrimi nation against veteran soldiers and the widows of soldiers, and violations of the civil service law had been sub mitted to Congress and the President. Mr. Sfillings is from Boston, Mass., and was appointed public printer in 1905. He had been general manager of his father's printing firm in New York and at various times manager of the printers board of trade of this city and of New York. Mr. Rossiter and had connections in New York and Washington before assuming office in the Census Bureau in 1S90. - ' Judson Harmon a Candidate. Cincinnati, O., Special.Judson Har mon declared that he was as, much in the race for the Democratic nom ination for President as he ever was. He arrived home-from a trip through th South with William J. Bryan. Mr. Harmon said the chances for the election of a Democratic President weie good. Fourth Pan-American Conference. Washington, Special. At a meet ing of the governing board of the Bureau of American Republics pre sided over by Secretary Root and at tended by nearly all of the members in this city, it was decided that the fourth Pan-American - Conference should be held in the City of Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, May 25th,' 1910. The date was selected to com memorate the achievement of inde pendence by the South American re publics. Fifteen Years For Manslaughter. Rome, Ga., Special. The jury in the ease of Jack Strange, charged with the killing of Blake Patterson, last November, returned a verdiofc of guilty of irXvolantary' njaaghier. Strange was sentenced to 15 years im prisonment. The" men w-ere .both switchmen and quarreled . over a young woman to whom both were paying attention. - . - EVILS OF GAMBLING Colonel Bryan Condemns Our Speculative Tendencies WORSE THAN LOTTERY, HE SAYS The Nebraskan Speaks in New York and Declares That Gambling on Stocks and Farm Products Noth ing More Than Larceny Millions of People Affected by This. - New York, Special. Unjust taxa tion, the manner in which some pri vate -monopolies : are conducted . and gambling in stocks and farm pro-. ducts were declared to be nothing more thna a form of larceny by Wil liam J. Bryan in an address before the Civic Forum Tuesday night. The stock and produce markets came in for most bitter denunciation. Ho said the New York stock exchange has graduated more embezzlers than Fagin'si school did thieves, that meas ured by the number of suicides Monte Carlo is an innocent pleasure resort as compared with the New York institution and that the men who once had charge of the Louisiana lottery never did a tithe of the harm that the grain gamblers and the stock gamblers of New York do every day. "When a group -of men gamble at a wheel of forune or at a game of cards, '' said Mr. Bryan, "the injury done is confined to them and to those immediately dependent upon them, bus those who gamble in the grain pit or on the floor of the stock exchange deal in commodities or securities in which eighty millions of people are directly or indirectly interested. Farm products are juggled up or jug gled down, stocks are boosted by the bulls or despressed by the bears, and the whole country feels the effect. The natural laws of supply and de mand ought to regulate prices, but these laws -are entirely . suspended when a few men can by their bets add millions of dollars to the market value of ne product or take millions of dclins from the value of another product. After a crusade which con vulsed a State and at least impressed the thought of the nation, we got rid of the Louisiana lottery and then we congratulated ourselves upon our vir tue. The men in charge of the lot tery never did a .tithe of the harm that the grain gamblers and the stock gamblers of New York do eyery day, nor did they ;ver exercise anything like the corrupting influences over politics. It has been asserted with out denial that 99 per cent, of the New York purchases and sales of stock and of produce are merely bet9 upon the market value, with no in tention on the part of the vender to deliver, or on the part of the pur chaser to receive. "This is not business; it is not commerce; it is not speculation; it is common, vulgar gambling, and when to the ordinary chances that the gambler takes are added the extraor dinary chances due to the secret ma nipulation of the market by those who are on the inside, the stock mar ket becomes worse than an honestly conducted gambling resort. If a man takes a chance upon a wheel of fortune, he knows just what his chance is, and he knows that the owner of the wheel has a percentage of chances in his favor, but when a stranger gambles upon the stock or grain market he is at the mercy of those who, by obtaining control of the visible supply, can destroy every natural law or business- rule which the outsider knows. While the laws of each State and the laws of the na tion should prevent, as far as laws can, the use of these commercial ac tivities "for gambling purposes, there must be back of the law an educated public opinion and I beg the spiritual advisers of our great cities to consid er whether they cannot advance re ligion as well as morality by pointing out that the commandment "Tljou shalt not steal" is openly and notori ously violated -in tho stock maricet and in the grain pit by those who profess to believe in the Bible and. to have 'respect for its teachings." Steamer Burned at Sea. South Well Fleet, Mass., Special. A wireless dispatch to The Associat ed Press, from Captain Finch, of-th White Star line steamer Cymric, told a lh.'.;llh'g story of the burning of the Phoenix line steamer St. Cuthberl with the loss of 15 souls and tbe res cue of the survivors by a life.boal" from the Cymric. According to Cap tain Finch's dispatch 11 men wer drowned by the capsizing of a boa! in which they had put off from lh burning steamer, three others in an other boat were drowned. . Attorney Told to Leave, r Clarksville, Tenn., Special. J. B Tyler, a- prominent attorney receiv ed a letter warning him to leave tb county. The letter staled that if ht aiid his, family did not leave wifcir two weeks his - property would bi burned and he would be murdered The letter was signed "Night Rid ers.