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tlbe Cbatbam "Recocb. ft. A. LONDON RATES OF ADVERTISIK6; One Square, one Insertion $u One Square, two Insertions.... 1.5 One Square, one month.. ...... .op For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will b&made. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR fcRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: SI. SO Per Year RICTLY IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12. 1808 NO. 1. gpe gbatbam TRecorb- K X lf (IT IORTH STATE jeeurrencea of Interest Glpautcd Tjjlt Heel Mystery Shrouds Boy's Death. IKinston, Special. Grover Cleve- id Cannon, a young colored boy' out 16 years old, was reported on streets as having been drowned lile in swimming with some com mons in the swimming hole out at fe Kinston Brick Company's plant. metmng 01 a mystery seems to kround the drowning and a coro !r's inquest was held Monday even- it 'is said that prior to the Lwning two or three colored men re seen to be standing about there. ley disappeared when the news is reported. Several parties went I to investigate and found the dead l- dressed and lying beside the edge the pool. . There is considerable iibt expressed as to the nature and se of the boy's death, and a com- lv, mttuugaiiuu vv XXX UC mailt;. VUI1- 1 has been for some time a boot ck at the John Cox Company's Sre and bears an excellent reputa ti. both for honesty and politeness, was evidently trustworthy and er been in trouble of nnv fcinr? e he had been here. A Bold Burglar. Durham, Special A burglary was limited at the home of Mr. J. S. ky, McMannen street Sunday night rather early Monday morning, that as bold as it was bad. The bur- r or burglars entered the residence t to the second floor and from a m in which three men were sleep- stole the pants of all three and sacked the pockets in the hall al- st in front of the bedroom. The glar secured $43.50 from the three kets and the deed was done so etly that it was not. known until nday morning. The three men bed are: Messrs. John S. Carr, nager of the Carolina Roller Mills; . D. Morris and W. E. Baker. A jr borders are taken at the Perry I ne and these were three of those I 0 made their home there. They I lally occupied two rooms. The.y Y not hear a single sound during i night and the first they knew of I robbery was Monday morning 2 en they went to get their clothes p missed the pants. These were i n seen pitched in the hallway and burglary was out. Water Still Rising. Wilmington, Special. "Within a dius of five miles at the confluence the Northeast, Shelter rivers and oaken creek, six miles east of Bur- ftw, m a hne farming settlement jiown as Holly Shelter, between thir- and forty families have been driv from their homes and thousands dollars' damage to crops and live oek is reported to have been wrought high water, consequent upon eshets in those streams. The wa r is still rising and suffering is kid to be in sight unless present con- tions abate. Estimates of the hmage are as high as $100,000. All revious records of freshets have been oken. Attacked by Savage Dog. Concord, Special.-Master Charles anon Stone, the 4-vear-old son of and Mrs. C. S. Stone, of Char ge, sustained a serious scalp und when attacked-by a collie dog. e canine was enjoying his evening al when the child came upon him. I dog made a vicious lunge and nged his teeth in 'the -front part he child 's forehead, probably pen ding the skull. .- .Mrs. Stone and two children are -.guests at home per parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. M. ander. The wound is not thought te a fatal one, though it is of a lous and dmirrcrous nature. Stranded Off Cape Lookeout. ilmington, Special. An unknown -masted schooner flying signals of ess is reported stranded with and spars gone off Cape Looke The "Wilmington tug Sea King gone to her assistance. No fur- details are obtainable bre at time. North State Items. ews has reached Southport of the "-ning of Capt. A. M. Guthrie, a Known Cape Fear Dilot. who was herl overboard from the small jsting schooner Frank "Williams off iteras Sunday night during the jvy weather following the storm. clocky Mount 's tobacco market op- d lor the season with sales at )00 pounds, which brouffht satis- ijtory prices. The orosDects are ght for a large crop in this terri- f an tobacconists are anticipating Record-breaking season. The qual- pf the offering was poor. t ostmaster Ramsay has received M jce that beginning August l(?th -S. ?ffay postal service will be estab pd cn trains No. 21 and No. 22 be- fi. pn Salisbury and Norwood. This I j give the Yadkin road a -double y mai! service, excepting Sunday. j 21 and No. 22 are now carrying ) express pouch mail. reparations have been going on at ofd for several weeks for the I nun dred and ninth annual session ie North Carolina Yearlv Mcet- ff Frier. 5s. HAPPENINGS From All Secticus of the Busy "State Policeman- on Trial for Murder. "Winston-Salem, Special. Police man is. Li. bwaim. indicted for mur der, was put on trial in Forsyth Su perior court last week for shooting and killing Charles Phelps a young negro man, Sunday morning . Jane 14th.- The officer and a man depu tized to assist 'him in arresting Phelps for gambling claim that the negro fired upon Swaim twice .before the officer shot Phelps. Phelps' mother and two other negroes gave evidence that the officers did all of the shooting while Phelps was run ning away from them and the de ceased did not even have a pistol The trial resulted in the acquittal of the policeman. To Meet in Charlotte. Raleigh, Special. The second an nual meeting of the Association of North Carolina Postmasters will be held in Charlotte, September the 22, and 33, 1908. The first annual meet ing was held in 'Raleigh last fair week, when the association was form ed. At this meeting the association was addressed by Hon. P. V. DeGraw, Assistant Postmaster General, and other prominent officials from "Wash ington were present. The plaee of meeting was decided by the executive committe to whom the matter had been left. The residential and 4th class postmasters will attend the meeting at Charlotte, and it is ex pected that prominent officials from Washington will be in attendance. State News in Brief. The Secretary of State charters the Barium Springs Picnic Committee having for its purpose the benefiting of the North Carolina Presbyterian orphanage at Barium Springs. It is without capital stock, the incorpora tors being H. N. Howard, P. S. Boyd, W. D. Pharr, B TV. Pressly, H. D. Hills and Z. V. Turlington. Other charters just issued are the Quinn McGowan Furniture Company, "Wil son, capital $20,000 by O. W. Quinn, A. D. McGowan and others, the Con tinental Credit Company, Asheboro, capital $1,000 by C. L. Loftin and others for commercial business and the Belhaven Lumber and Manufac turing Company, $100,000 capital by J. A. "Wilkinson and others. During the month of July there was a total of 142 arrestsin Durharu for various offenses. Assault cases took the lead with 21 arrests: Fifteen were arrested for cursing, and 14 each for larceny and . assault with deadly weapons. There, were 13 ar rests for drunkenness and b for sell ing whiskey. Most of the other cases were small violations of the law. The coroner's jury after investigat ing the cause of the death of Grover Cannon, the colored boy who was drowned near Kinston vMonday, found no evidence of foul play and decided that he came to his death by acci dental drowning. hTe Blue Ridge Construction Com pany, of Asheville, has been given the contract for the erection of the pub lic building at Tusealoosa, Ala., at a cost of $138,447.45, The building is to be finished by December, 1909, and and is to be of marble -to the second story ; the balance of brick, with mar ble cornices. Treasurer is Under Arrest. Greensboro, Special. M. L. Bloom berg, secretary-treasurer of the Greensboro Table Company, was ar rested under arrest and bail .pro ceedings, charged with misappropri ating funds of the company. He was held under a $4,000 bond for appear ance at the August term of the Su- I perior Court. r Death of Venerable Horse. Lexington, Special. " Ann ' ' Thom as, a colored - farmer 8 miles from town lost his 34-year-old horse this week. The animal had about "made" a 15-acre-crop of corn and cotton, and then turned up its feet. It had a record, having belonged to Chas. M. Griffith, when he was sheriff years ago. There is no boubt of its age. Fortune Awaits These People. "Raleigh, Speical. Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes has received (a letter from a party in Canada ask ing for information of Donnell, John and Christopher McCrae, who came to this country from the Highlands of Scotland, and settled in this State. If any one knows of the descendents of these people thev will please write to the Secretary of State as to the identity of the same. The descen dants of these people; it is said, are entitled to a portion of a fortune of $1,000,000. . , Whitaker is Given the Limit. Asheville, Special. Rev. William G. Whitaker, convicted of using the mails for fraudulent purposes, was sentenced by Judge Newman in the United States Court to eighteen months in the Federal prison at At lanta and to pay a fine of $500, the maximum sentence. The court said in passing sentence that it would be a miscarriage of justice not to give Whitaker the limit. PENITENTIARY PROSPERS The Directors Adopt Resolutions of Regret at tie Death of W. E. Cross land and Elect Capt. "W. I. Everett in His Stead. Raleigh, Special. Tbe penitentiary directors adopted resolutions expres sive of their deep regret at the death of one of their number, "W. E. Crossland, Capt. W. I. Everett, of Richmond county, who becomes direc tor in his stead was sworn in. The directors stated that the penitentiary was in very fine shape financially, having a balance in its treasury of about $45,000, and having no debts. Everything at the penitentiary farm on the Roanoke river is as fine as can be. At this farm there are about 1,400 acres in corn; 2,000 in cotton and 800 in peanuts. The crops there were never better. No brick-making is now going on at the penitentiary, because no sales can be made. There are almost a million brick on hand. Of the State convicts 75 are at work on the Elkin Railway; 75 on the Washington & Vandemere and 75 on the railway in Hyde county; another 75 being employed on another road, making a total of 300 under contract for this year. Very rapid work is being done on the road in Hyde county and over half of its 70 miles has been graded. The length of this road depends upon whether its terminus is Washington or Belhaven. About 45 miles of it have been grad ed and it will be finished next year. The work on the road in the moun tains is, of course, heavy and is much slower. Progress of Inland Waterways. Raleigh, Special. That progress is being made in the preliminary work for the inland water way along the North Carolina coast is evidenced by orders just made by Judge Thomas R. Purneil, in the Federal Court here for the assessment of damages on property along the North Carolina sounds for the right of way, Nor folk & Beaufort. The "orders were on motion of Col. Harry Skinner, United States district attorney, on whom the duty of looking after these legal interests for the government devolves. There were also orders naming guardians for a number of minors interested in these swamp and sound lands thus condemned by the government under the right of eminent domain. United States Dis trict Attorney Harry Skinner said in speaking of the progress of the work preliminary to the construction of the waterway, that seven orders for condemnation of lands and assess ment of damaees complete the right ot way from Pamlico Sound to Beau fort harbor, a distance of sixteen miles and that work will begin on this section within a few weeks. In fact that the contracts for the con stuction of this section of the water way has already been awarded and the contractors are all ready to stTt up the work. State News Items. The "Winston-Salem Athletic Asso ciation is chartered to take in hand the Carolina League ball team of the Twin City, the capital stock being $25,000 authorized and $950 paid in bv W. L. O'Brien. T. W. "Watson, H. V. Shelton and others. The "Push Rockingham Forward Club" is chartered without capitol stoek for promoting the social inter est of members and the advancement of the industrial interests of Rocking ham, Richmond countv. A. S. Dock ery, W. H. Everett, "W. B. Cole, are among the incorporators. There is also a charter for the Quinn Furniture Company, of Eliz abeth City, capital $10,000, by C. "W. Quinn and others. CasMer R. B. Roberts of Internal Revenue Collector Brown's office, at Statesville, reports that the total col lections for July, 190S, amounted to $188,340.48, an increase over the col lections for July, 1907, of $6,009.29. The post office receipts for the "Wil son office for the menth of July amounted to $1,215.81. The receipts for July last year amounted to $1, 147.99. The site for the public building for -which an appropriation was made at the last session of Con gress, has not yet been decided upon. Several sites have been offered the government, and there is a great dif ference of opinion among the people here as to the proper one. Fayetteville Negro Shoots His GirL Fayetteville, Special. Frank Cbun cil, a yotmg negro of bad reputation, last week shot his sweetheart, Hat tie Newell, though not seriously, be cause she chose the escort of another man in preference to himself. After a negro performance, Council offered to take v his girl home, when she refused end walked off with an other man. Council followed nntil they reached rhe vicinity of the Con federate monument on St. James Square, when he fired two shots at the woman, one taking effect in the right knee and one in the left thigh. Farmers' Union in Rowan County. Salisbury, Special. The Fanners' Union is establishing' a firm foothold in Rowan. At a meeting at Harris' school house a county organization was effected and George F. Houch, one. of the largost planters in the courtfy was chosen president. Theo dore D. Brown, a prominent young farmer and fraternity man and strong speaker, was elected lecturer. He will make .a vigorous campaign for the organization. FIRED INTOJJRAIN Striking Miners in Alabama At tack Load of Strike Breakers THREE KILLED; ELEVEN KURT , m Ambushing & Special Carrying Non Union Men to Alabama Mines, Strikers Pour a Murderous fire . Into the Car Windows. ' ' Birmingham, Ala., Special. Three men were instantly killed and eleven injured, two of wkom .will probably die, when- striking miners fired into a passenger train on the Birmingham Mineral Railroad at Blocton Sunday morning about 2 o'clock. The dead are: Conductor Joe T. Collins. , Willard Howell, non-union miner. The injured: Major F. H. Dodge, superintendent of safety, Tennessee Coal Company, wounded in hand and leg. E. E. Cox, superintendent of mines, Tennessee Coal Company, slightly wounded in knee. A. E. Cross, chief clerk, superin tendent's office, wounded in arm and knee. J. C. Johnson, deputy sheriff, slightly wounded in side. A. C. Bryant, deputy sheriff, slight ly wounded in side. J. B. Cornett deputy sheriff wound ed in back. W. H. MeAuly, soldier, slight in juries. M. A. Pearson, soldier, wounded in left shoulder. J. C. Martin, wounded in head, back and arm. A. J. Myer, laborer, wounded in leg. Robert Sigmon, wounded in farm and breast. The train was a special bearing non-union men to the Blocton mines under guard of soldiers and deputies. On the outskirts of the town the engineer suddenly saw a log across the track and at once a fusilade was fired into the train. The engineer did not stop, but let the coal catcher throw the log from the track and put on full spead. The place where the attack was made was in a cut, the ground being on a level with the lower part of the windows. The as sailant's behind the rocks above pour ed down a murderous fire directly into the windows and at the engi neer. Practically every window in the train was broken and shots struck all parts of the engine and cab. The train proceeded to Blocton and the dead and injured were re turned to Birmingham. Dogs were hurried to the scene and took trails through the woods directly to the union quarters. Eight negroes were arrested this "afternoon and other ar rests are expected. The Results in Illinois. Chicago, Special. Illinois Demo cratic ticket: Endorsed for United States Sena tor, Lawrence B. Stringer. Nominated for Governor, Adlai E, Stevenson. Lieutenant Governor; E. A. Perry. Secretary of State, X. F. Beidler. Auditor, Ralph, Jeff ris. Treasurer, J. B. Mount. Attorney General, R. C. Hall. Republican State ticket. Endorsed for United States Sena tor, Albert J. Hopkins, or George E Foss. . Governor, Charles S. Deneen (re turns incomplete.) Lieutenant Governor, J. G. Oglesby or F. L. Smith. Secretary of State, James A. Rose, Auditor, J. S. McCullough. Treasurer, Andrew Russell. Attorney General, . William H Stead. The result of Saturday's primary election as far as it. is accuratelv known in regard to the State officers is given in the foregoing list. A New York Sunday Tragedy. New York, Special. Mrs. Bertha Hood. 32 years old, was shot and in stantly killed at her home in Brook lyn Sunday night by Ernest Seitz, 24 years old, of Manhattan. Seitz also shot and seriously wounded the year-and-a-half-old daughter of Mrs. Hood, and then turned the revolver on him self, inflicting a probably fatal wound. Aeroplane Makes Good. Lemans, France. By Cable. Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, O., made a flight variously computed at from 2 1-2 to 3 1-2 kilometres with his aeroplane here, in one minute and 46 seconds. Throughout the flight Mr. Wright had perfect control of the machine. No attempt was made for a record, the object of the flight being to try out - the aeroplane. While flying through the air Wright demonstrated or so it appeared to the spectators, I that he was absolute master of the airship, first soaring, then shooting gracefully downward and then mount ing again at will, until finally, after completing two circles, he came down To Settle Rate Question. Washington, Special.- During . the next month or six wesk it is prob able that the inter-State comcrce commission will decide upon the question of the reasonableness of the proposed increase of freight rates in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Flor ida and portions of South and North Carolina in the Southeastern terri - tory, and in Texas, in the Southwest ern territorj'. HE ATE ROTTEN OYSTERS Young Man Dies at East Durham of Ptomaine Poisoning. , Durham, Special. W. H. Jackson, a young man 22 years of age, is dead in East Durham as the result of ptomaine poisoning. He had been ill sir3e Monday evening. On Mon day the young man ate a can of oysters and soon afterwards was taken violently ill, lapsing into un consciousness. Physicians were sum moned but he remained unconscious most of the time up to his death ar d seemed to suffer great pain. The oysters were evidently spoiled, and this set up the poison that resulted in his death. Making Much Brandy. Raleigh, Special. Internal ' revenue officers here say that there has not been for twenty years so much apple brandy distilling in North Carolina as at the present time. Throughout the apple-growing sections of the State, distilleries are in operation and others are being bonded. In Wilkes county alone there are 115 apple bonded distilleries. There are forty in Surry and large numbers of them in other apple counties. The officers say there seems to be a gen eral desire among all who have ever in the past operated brandy stills, to have one more pass at the under taking before State prohibition goes into effect next January. There can be no more bonded brandy distilleries in the State after this season as long as the prohibition law is in force. The Golden Weed at Wilson. Wilson, Special. The Wilson to bacco ' market re-opened for the sea son of 1908-1909 this week and the golden weed is selling well for the quality offered. Only the lowest grades are now being marketed, and the prices are over a dollar a hund red higher than last year's. The Wilson tobacco board of trade held its annual meeting for the election of officers and the following were elected: Mr. W. J. Boykin, president; Capt. J. G. Roney, vice president, and Mr. R. M. McFarland, supervisor of sales. This market has a strong and large corps of buyers and the crops of this section are good. Acquires Real Estate at Franklin. Franklin, Special The United Land Company, a corporation of Georgia, has recently acquired a large and valuable tract of land here, and is spending a large amount of money in the work of development. It is proposed to make this one of the most desirable residence sections of the town. A force of more than fifty hands has been at work for some time, and a public sale of lots will be bad on the 27th of this month. The company offered a re ward of $10 to the person suggest ing the best name for the property, which was won by Miss Mary Siler, "Bonny Crest" being the name sug gested and selected. Tar Heel Notes. Reports coming to Washington from farmers in the county state that the damage done the crops by the re cent storm that swept this section is not as bad as first thought and if weather conditions are favorable a good crop will-be realized yet. The outlook for forming a stock company of $100,000 for a cotton mill at High Point is good. The Messrs. Millis who have the matter in charge have $65,000 of the amount in hand. It is felt that such a diversion in the industries is needed there. Crops in Surry county have never been better than the present and the yield of eorn from present indications will be the largest that has been rais ed in this country for many years. Whole Family Killed by Lightning. Sparta, N. C, Special. Frank Mur phy, a respected farmer living at Edmonds, Sparta, Mrs. Murphy and their litle child were struck by light ning and instantly killed Wednesday The three were in the field stacking rye when a violent storm came up and were stricken down while they were seeking shelter. Charged With Abduction. Durham, Special. Charged with abducting little Bennie Ashby, of Greensboro, four white people, Ken Surratt, Walter Ashby, Beck Rober- son and Jennie Taylor are under ar rest here. An officer will take them tn Greensboro. The mfen and woman claim to be married and deny the kidnapping, saying that the boy. 1 brother of Ashbv under, arrest, fol them from Green?boro. The nartv tramped all the way here.. The I boy is being held and says he came of his own accord. A Charge of Horse Stealing. Wadesboro, Special. A young white man, Lee S. Smith, was taken from jail here to Yorkville, S. C, by Deputy Sheriff Fred Quinn. Smith is charged with stealing a horse in Yovkvlle on the 3d day of June, 190S, and nothing had been heard from him until Monday, when he was lo ntcA ot Blftwitt Falls, sixteen miles j from here. He was promptly arrest vutvu V - ed and put Li jail to await the arrival ct officers irem ii.vuic. PRESIDENT TAKES BLAME Announces That He is Responsible For the' Discharge of the Negro Troops at Brownsville Taft Had Nothing to do With the Matter. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sepcial. Presi dent Roosevelt in a statement issued late Friday made it clear that the entire responsibility was his for the issuance of the original order dis-sha-rging the battalion of negro sol diers for alleged participation in the Brownsville, Tex., rioting and the re fusal to permit a suspension of that order. The President was shown an inter view which was had in .Washington with General Corbin, U. S. A., re tired, in which General Corbin stated that no credit or blame in . the mat ter rested with Mr. Taft. After read ing the : . interview the President through - his assistant private secre tary, " Rudolph Foster, gave out the following: "General Corbin 's statement is ab solutely correct, and it was entirely proper that he should make it. The substanee of the message from the President which he quoted was made public long ago. In the Brownsville matter the entire responsibility for issuing the original order and for de clining to allow its suspension was the President's." In his interview General Corbin stated in substance that Mr. Taft was in no way responsible for the order discharging t-he batalion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, and that in ioing so the then Secretary of War had obeyed the direct order of the PF?Bident. General Corbin then re eonnted tbe circumstances as . they occurred and were published follow ing tbe Brownsville affair. PRESS COMMITTEE. Chairman Henry Watterson An nounces Members of the Demo cratic Press Committee. New York, Special. Henry Wat terson, editor of The Louisville Courier-Journal, who is chairman of the newspaper committee of the Demo cratic national campaign committee, made public the names of the Dem ocratic press committee of advise ment, among them being the follow ing Southern men : . Alabama Birminghan Age Herald, E. W. Barrett; Montgomery, Adver tiser, W. W. Screws, F. P. Glass. . Arakansas Little Rock Democrat, Clio Harper. Georgia Atlanta Constitution, Clark Howell. Kentucky Lexington Herald, Desha Breckenridge. Louisiana New Orleans Pica yune, Thomas E. Davis; New Orleans Mississippi Jackson ClarioniLed ger, H. R. Henry. North Carolina Charlotte Obser ver. J. P. Caldwell. South Carolina Columbia State W. E. Gonzales ; Charleston News and Courier, J. C. Hemphill. Tennessee Chattanooga News, J. C. Rice: Knoxville Sentinel, G. F, Milton; Nashville American, Charles H. Slack. Texas Galveston, John R. Hedges, Virginia Richmond Times Dis patch, Joseph Bryan. Governor Smith Urges Action on Kn portant Bills. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Governor Hoke Smith sent a special message to the Legislature uiging action on sev eral measures which he considers of vital importance and stating his readiness to call an extra session of the legislature if necessary, at which the conviet question can be disposed of. The measures - which Governor Smith mentions as being of primary importance, are the anti-lobbying bill, i - . . n IT a law fixing the time lor noiams Staj nrimaries not earlier than 60 davs before the date of election, new registration law and provision of a fund for the maintenance of the State agricultural schools. Work Train Wrecked. Roanoke, Va., Special. The work train on a narrow gauge road run ning from Roanoke, left the rails and rolled down a high embankment on vae mountainside. A number of men riding on the train were caught under the engine and cars. Three were killed and several more serious ly injured.'. Contracts For Army Clothing. Chitago, Special. Manufacturers 'M the West are severely eritkising the methods employed in tbe War Department in awarding contracts for r-rmy clothing. In constituting a special board to pass on all bids it was ordered that special sample of twenty yards of cloth be used for uniforms be furnishedi Manufactur ers in an informal protest declare that this virtu-Uy creates a monopoly as the ecyst to manufacture a special J s mrvlft is orohibitive for small dealers. 1 t Wosan Dies From Cat's Bite. New York, Speial. Mrs Jane Trumbell died last week from hy dicpl'obia. She was bitten a monQ ao by a pet cat. No treatment war t?ken Jind the diecss developed twi weeks a;o. Her sufferings have beer frightful, but her composure was re markable. She faced death rlrro' er-mW as did Mr. Marsh, who. diac from tbe biio of a pet a few weeks ago. COMMITTEES NAMED Chairman Mack Getting Forces Organized For Campaign MEN ON FINANCE AND SPEAKERS Before Leaving Buffalo For Chicago. Chairman Mack Announces the Appointment of Finance and Speak ers' Committees. Buffalo, N. Y., Special. Chairman Norman E. Mack, of the Democratic national committee, announced be fore his departure for Chieago the ap pointment of a finance committed for tbe Democratic campaign with Moses C. Wetmore, of St. Louis, as chairman, and John E. Osborne, of Wyoming, as vice chairman, ' and av speakers' committee, with John H. Atwood, of Kansas, as chairman and Champ Clark, of Missouri, as vice chairman. The finance committee is made up of twenty-nine members, and the speakers' committee is com posed of twenty-seven members. Announcement was also made by Chairman Mack that Senator Charles A. Culberson, f Texas, had been ap pointed to succeed David R. Francis of Missouri, as chairman of the ad viiory committee. In making known the change Mr. Mack said: "Former Governor Francis' accept ance of a place on the committee was assured. I did not anticipate that he contemplated a stay of any length abroad, but wired him. Ha answers that he- will be absent so much of the campaign that he ought not to be chairman, but would bet pleased to be a member of the com mittee. Senator Culberson was ask ed to accept the chairmanship and has accepted. Finance Committee. The finance committee appointed by Chairman Mack is as follows: Finance' Committee Moses C. Wet- more, chairman, Missouri; John E. Osborne, vice chairman, Wyoming; C. N. Haskell, treasurer, Oklahoma; W. A. Clark, Montana; Thomas L. Johnson, Ohio; Lewis Nixon, New , York; Alva Adams, Colorado; D. J. Campau, Michigan; Francis G. New lands, Nevada; Williard Saulsbury, Delaware; Alexander Troup, Connec ticut; Richard F. Pettigrew ,South Dakota; George Turner, Washington; Martin H. Glynn, New York; Ellison Tucker, Arkansas; M. A. Miller, Ore gon; Melbert B." Carey, Connecticut; George Fred Williams,, Massachu setts; Johiah Marvel, Delaware; W. S. Jennings, Florida; W. R. O'Brien, Indiana ; , M. F. Dunlap, Illinois ; E. C. Wall, Wisconsin ; Isaac Reese, Ten nessee; J. Taylor Eltyson, Virginia; Thomas R. Brown, Vermont; W. E. Chilton, West Virginia; Blair Lee, Maryland and Eugene E. Reed, New Hampshire. Speaker's Committee. The speakers' committee is as fol lows: John H. Atwood, chairman, Kansas ; Champ Clark, vice chairman, Missouri; C. A. Towne, of New York; R. B. Glenn, North Carolina; B. R. Tillman, South Carolina; R. E. Lee, Mountcastle, Tennessee; John H. Lentz, Ohio; Augustus Thomas, New York; T. H. Alexander, Colorado; Jeremiah Black, Pennsylvania; Henry Warren, Indiana; T. P. Hudson, Min nesota ; W. H. Dunphy , Washington ; W. B. Haldeman, Kentucky; Thomas H. Dowd, New York; Guy B. Tucker, Arkansas; T. A. Jennings, Florida; S. P. Donnelly, Idaho; E. L. Jones, . Maryland; John Sunderland, Nevada; William Collins, North Dakota; W. T. . Brady. Oklahoma; M. A. Miller, Ore gon: Frank K. Nebeker, Vtah, and J. E. Burke, Vermont. The chairman of the J two com mittees will probably niake their headauarters in Chicago. . : Chairman Mack left here ior uni- eago c-t 8:20 o'clock. Cleveland Memorial Committee. New York, Speeial. Mayor George B. McClellan announced the names of the men he has asked to serve on the Grover Cleveland memorial com mittee. The committee is headed by Francis Lynde Stetson and its office will be arranged for a memorial meeting or other public tribute to the late -Statesman and former president. Big Comer in Cotton. New York, Special. The entire cot ton supply available for delivery on contract, is said to have been cor nered by J. L. Livennore, a young broker. In the last two weeks cot ton ha advanced on this market $3.50 per bale and shorts are border ing on a panic Believing that there would be a big crop, contracts sold short, and prices Avere depressed. Consequently the stock was bought and shipped away, making the avail able supply the lwcst in years. Livennore is said to have acquired every bale not under contract ts spinners. rather K'31s Sen. Salmanca, N. Y., Special. nenry Van Amum,who was just released from a reformatory, where he served term for robbery, was shot and kill- bv his father when he went hW. TT had bpn wih his father onlv n W irinutes. wl--n they quarreled 'T shuck nt his father with a nr "d Hi" fat.lirr shot thrice, iHmv V.s s-mi insl.nv.11v witbhe last bullet. Ue claim self-defense. f
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