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Zbe Cbatbam IRecorfc. H. A. LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: S I .50 Per Year RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, one Insertion...... $1.0 One Square, two Insertions.... 1.5 One Square, one month...;.... .op mi For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 0.-1906. NO. 5. Ziic Cbatbam TRecorfc- i NOHTH STATE r Occurrences of Interest Gleaned From AH Sectz&us cf the Busy T&r Heel State r AH" APPEAL TO PASTORS. leader of Ministerial Band at Uni versity of North Carolina Writes Open Letter to Ministers of State. "Ye are requested to publish the following: self-explanatory letter: To the Ministry- of the State of North Carolina : Dear Pastor: The calling and training of young men to fill the rap idly growing number of vacant pul pits in the State is a matter of lively and continuous interest. Our ministerial band is trying in an humble way to show the students of the University the importance of the ministry as a life work. It brings together all who have chosen this as their profession and makes of them ia working and recruiting agency. This .letter is an appeal to pastors of North Carolina to stir up the minds of prospective students of this and other colleges to the present pressing need for ministers in all de nominations. If there is a young man from your congregation expect ing to enter the University who has already decided or who you think might be influenced to enter the sa cred ministry, will you not write a frank letter to the leader of the band acquainting him with the fact and offering any suggestions as to how the band may be of help? Yours truly, A. RUFUS MORGAN, Leader. Chapel Hill, N. C. North Carolina Won't Take Leper. Raleigh. Special. This State re fuses to receive from the Federal au thorities the leper,. J. R. Early, of Lynn. X. C. This action being through the State Board of Health, is based on the ruling of Assistant Attorney General Havdent Clement, to the ef- feet that a State is not required by the State or i ederal constitution or statutes to receive citizens -from be 3'ond her borders having contagious or pestilentious dieases, and even if the State were inclined to do this in the present instance it would be im possible, because .the railroads would refuse to carry the patient, and since Early evidently contracted the disease in the army service, he was a leper when discharged, whether the leprosy had shown itself or not. Therefore, the United States government is mor ally bound to retain and care for the patient. "With reference to the wife and child of the leper, who have gone to "Washington in the interest of hus band and father, Mr. Clement ad vises the State board that the board should write her in Washington and acquaint her with the fact that if she returns to North Carolina she will be quarantined in Polk county by the county authorities. This, he says, should be done not to prevent her return, but in fairness to her in order that she may know what to expect should she decide to return. A despatch from Washington says: There appears to be a hitch about the pension. The Distritc Court de cided that it could not appoint a guardian for Early, to whom the pen sion money of $72 a month could be paid, as asked for by his wife. Hav ing been refused this appointment herself Airs. Early prayed the court to designate the American Surety and Trust Company, but this was re fused. Judge Stafford expressed the opinion that according to the laws of the District such a guardian should be appointed only in case the man is insane or habitually drunk. The bureau of pensions has no intelligence in it capable of discerning any way to pay over the money which its of ficials declare Early is entitled to, because they say, he is segregated LJbursing nionev. However, the prob lem is likely to be solved in Early's favor. Escaped Insane Father. Durham, Special. After escaping rom his insane father, who, it is al e?ed, burnt the house to destroy his Y motherless .children, Lambert iiley, who lives 15 miles from . Dur iam, was held by the authorities nd the vouns' children were sent to he Oxford- Orphanage this morning. ne nouse was burned, but the child- en escaped. Killed by "Unloaded" PistoL Asheville, Special. The "unload- -" pistol nnnt.Tip-p virtiTn I tonight, when Wm. Palmer, aged 16, B m 1 1 leu ciead with a revolver bullet in lis brain, fired by his companion, Kathan Artlmi. j -iq ti a i ""ui, itfuu. j.o. jt uijLLiti aim f rthur, with four other boys, were t y F m a tent erected on a vacant it, when Arthur nninted the weanon Ihich he believed to be unloaded, in farmer s lace and pulled the trigger. Without uttering a word, Palmer fell lead at his friends feet. At the coroner's inquest a verdict of "acci dental shooting" was returned. Rivers Normal at New Bern. New Bern, SDeeial. The flood here fas subsided ; both rivers are normal So great damage has been- done . by jverfiowing in this immediate " vicin y during this last storm. Waters it at Kingston are receding very slowly. The river is said to be only stx inches lower than yesterday and will probably be next week before raail will be delivered here regularly. laleigh papers do not reach New jcrn till evening. v 1 HAPPENINGS WAS HORRIBLE SCENE. The Colored Children Cremated in Homo at Cameron. Cameron, Special. Sunday night about 8:30 o'clock, while the family was at church, the house of Hector Cameron, a worthy negro of this place, was burned, together with three small children, one of his own and two of his son-in-law's, Alex. Worthy. The fire is supposed to have originated from the overturn ing or explosion of a lamp which was left burning low. When it was first discovered the children could have been rescued had it been known they were in the house, but they were asleep and gave no alarm and when the family reached there, the house was enveloped in flames and it was then too late to save them. The grief of the terror stricken parents was touching to see and their cries with the flames leaping in air made the scene one of terror. Conscience Hurt Him. Winston-Salem, Special. A con science striken man in New Mexico has sent a letter to Mr. W. T. Bayues, a merchant here, writing as follows: "Dear Sir: Please find enclose 40 cents for some tobacco and water melons I sole from j'ou several years ago, and I ask your forgiveness for stealing them. You may ask why I am sending this money for that pur pose, but the Bible commands me to straighten up our back life, just as much as it does not to sin. So I send this 40 cents, hoping you will understand it." The forty cents was enclosed and a man's name was singned. Mr. Baynes thinks he remembers the oc casion of the petty theft. He will send the man a receipt. Five Hundred Indictments. Durham Speeial. The grand jury made a presentment against nearly i five hundred delinquents failing to ! list their taxes the past June. There is no special excitement over the mat ter, though Sheriff Harward says it is the first time such a thing has hap pened on such a colossal scale. When 1 the books closed the last day of June i the listers prolonged the privilege of listing by charging 25 cents until Au gust 1st and half a thousand derelicts took advantage of this. It is said that many of the number failing to list are prominent and constantly failing to put up their property. The officers however, deny that they have been beaten heretofore. This court will take no action in the matter, other work being so enormous that it can not be attempted. North State News Notes. At Winston-Salem Mrs. J. J. Cofer fire a revolver at a negro who at tempted to break into the residence the other night, while her husband who is a special officer at the Sou thern Railway station, was absent. The intruders screamed, "Oh God, I'm hit!" and ran away. In 1900 the Republican vote in North Carolina was 133,SS1, while in 1904 it was but 82,543. Brvan's vote in 1900 was 150,792 and Parker's in 1904, 124,121. In the county primaries held at Asheville to nominate a successor to the late Judge Fred Moore, of the 15th judicial district, Judge J. D. Murphy, of Asheville, defeated the Hon. J. S. Adams by a conventional vote of 13. Mr. Adams' manager says they will contest some of the precinct returns. Adams carried the city of Asheville, but Judge Murphy led in the county. Damage by Flood on State Farms. Winston-Salem, Special. Chairman Hackett, of the State prison board, stated that, according to reports re ceived, five thousand bushels of corn and a large maount of cotton on the State farms were destroyed, by the freshet of last week. New Station Opened. Salisbury, Special. The large new passenger station of the Southern Railway just completed here was formally opened to the public Tues day and the same will be used regu larly hereafter. "The building which was erected at a cost of $125,000 is easily one of the handsomest and most commodious on the Southern system. Capt. George Wiatt of Nor forlk, has been appointed station master and is in charge of the station. The depot is thoroughly furnished in the most modern manner aud takes the place of one erected before the Civil War: Report on "Tobacco Year" in Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem, Special. -The -"tobacco year'.', closed Monday of iast week, officially, and the report shows that 17,158,959 pounds were sold for the sum of $1,845,697.94, an average of $10.75, the highest in several years. The volume of sales exceeds the pre vious year's by nearly two million pounds and represents about half a million dollars increase in the cash paid for the weed. LEPER'S PENSION SIGNED Means Devised Whereby Early Signs Documents Without Transmitting Disease to Officials. Washington, Special. John R. Early, the leper, Saturday afternoon signed the first of the papers that Avill entitle him to receive a pension as a soldier incapaciated while in the per formance of duty." Hesignedthe re maining documents Monday and will receive back pay to the amount of $165 and a regular pension of $72 a month. His pension will be recorded as begining July, 1907. How Early was to sign the papers without passing on the germs of his disease to the officials who would re ceive the documents was decided only after a long consultation. Fin ally Dr. Thompson, of the pension agensy, took the papers out to Early covered each in turn with a sheet of paper in which slits had been cut to allow Early 'to sign the official do cuments, touching them only with the point of the pen. Early's wife has rented a cottage opposite the entrance of the work house so that she can be near her husband. Last Saturday night Early was en rolled by proxy as a member of the Army and Navy Union. William A. Hickory, who setrved with Early in the Philippines, acted as proxy. When Commander Lee announced solemnly that Early was mustered in, his new comrades repeated in unison the pray er that "God in His mercy and good ness may protect our eomrade and his helpless family." A committee of four called on Early Monday and gave him the bronze insigina and but ton of the union. Orville Wright Makes a Flight. Washington, D. C, Special. Or-v ville Wright made another flight over the' drill grounds at Fort Myer, Va., Friday in wihch he encircled the field five times in addition to going its full length before landing direct ly in front of the tent which shelters the machine. The total time consum ed in flight was four minutes and fifteen seconds, the aeroplane being under the control of Mr. Wright throughout the flight. The wind was blowing at a rate of three and three fifths miles per hour. Thirty feet from the ground was the greatest height attained. It was- evident that the aviator had the machine under better control than yesterday. "With each succeeding flight," said Mr. Wright, after Irj landed, "I will secure a better control of the aeroplane. The difficulty I now ex perience is that I pull levers too far. This is not surprising in view of length of time since mv last flight, but with a few more trials I am con fident that I will have perfect con trol of the planes." An enthusiastic crowd witnesrvd the flight. . The parade grounds was kept clear by cavalrymen and artil lerymen stationed at Fort Myer. Mr. Wright was greatly pleased with the test. Provisions for the Sufferers. , Wilmington. N. C, Special. Three boats well laden with nearly om thousand dollars worth of provisions and supplies were sent on Friday by the Wilmington relief committee to the flood sufferers in the -Canetucl Kelly's Cove and Holly Shelter sec toins of Pender county. All wTill ar rive at their destinations tomorrow in charge of persons acquainted with local conditions there so that the dis tribu 3n will be equitable and where if is needed. The committee will not relinquish its efforts any further re lief boats wall be sent out from time to time as the need may appear. There was no change in the flood sit uation here today. Reports come from nearly all sections- of rapidly falling waters. Tax on Circuses Not to be Raised. Winston-Salem, N. C, Special. Following a little agitation of the project of raising the tax on circuses in this city from $100 to $500, the board of aldermen has decided not to make the change. There are three circuses scheduled for this city with in the next few weeks. Ringling's, Coles and Gentry's Dog and Pony Show. Collections on Spirits Decrease. Statesville, N. C, Special. Cashier R. B. Roberts, of Internal Revenue Collector Brown's office, reports the following collections for August : List?, $461.50; spirits, $25,519.89; cigars. $49.50; tobaccos, $206,263.77; special tax, $727.20, making a grand total of $233,921.86. The report shows a decrease of $21,404.46 in "the collections on spirits last month com pared with the collections on spirits during August, 1 907, but there was an increase of $27,260.43 last month in the collections on tobaccos over August, 1907. The total collections for August, 1907, were $229,392.02. Lid Put on in Advance. Rocky Mount, N. C, Special. At a regular meeting of- the board of aldermen Friday night the members unanimously -placed . themselves on record as being opposed to granting drug stores license., to sell liquor on prescription when th-3 state prohi bition law goes into effects No appli cation was made for such license, but the action was taken to forewarn ny who might contemplate applying for such license after January 1st. SAILORS DROWNDED fifty Drown Within Sight of Their Families. WERE POWERLESS TO LEND AID Were Powerless to Help Stranded a Hundred Yards From Shore Crew of Portugese Steamer Louiza- One by One Drop Into the Sea and Drown. Badajoz, Portugal, Special. With in sight of their frantic, families, one hundred yards away, the crew of fifty of the Portuguese steamer Luize, were drowned Friday morning from the stranded vessel off Figuera DaFoz. The vessel was from Brazil. The sea was rougand the lifeboats useless. The crew dropped into the sea and their bodies were washed on to the sand some hours later. Rela tives of the men recognized the men as they fell into the water. The scene was heartrendering and tragic in th extreme. PANIC TIDE HAS TURNED. So Says President Van Cleave of th National Association of Manufac turers An Interesting Letter. President Van Cleave of the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, has issued a circular letter to th three thousand members of that as sociation stating that the adverse tide has turned and that business condi-, tions are now improving all along th lines. The letter follows: "Dear Sir: The business outlook is a matter of vital importance; the future looks bright,, and we invite your attention to a!few lines from President Van Cleave 's article in American Industries, of August 15th: '"'The general aggregate of the crops promises to be greater than ever before. Money is plentiful and low. A country so well endowed a the United States, with the things which the world must buy from us, cannot be held down long by any sort of adversity. " 'On all sides we see evidences that the tide has turned. A steady improvement from this time onward may be looked for with confidence. In New York, Chicago, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Boston, and other industrial centers, mills are re-opening their doors. The stocks of goods in the hands of manufacturers and whole salers have been reduced to. low fig ures, and the resumption of pur chases, which is under way in all the great lines of trade, is beginning to send in orders to the factories with a little of their old-time volume." Mr. Watkins Notified. Ada, O., Special. Before a large audience in Brown Auditorium of the Ohio Northern University to night Prof. Aaron S. Watkins was officially notified of his nomination as the candidate for Vice President by the national Prohibition party. Felix T. McWhirter, of Indiana polis, treasurer of the national Pro hibition organization was the chair man of the evening. He spoke at con siderable length and then introduced National Chairman Charles R. Jones, of Chicago. Mr. Jones made only brief remarks, and then Hon. Robert Patton, of Springfield, delivered the formal notification address. When Professor Watkins arose to respond the vast audience was on its feet cheering and waving hats and handkerchiefs, while little girls pre sented the candidate with huge bou guets of flowers. The ovation, lasted several minutes. Two Aged Women Burned to Death. Gadsden, Ala., Special. Mrs. Eliza beth McNeal, aged 75 years, and her invalid daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joe Mc Neal, aged 55 years, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home on Lookout Mountains, eight miles 'north of this city. It is thought the fire originated from a defective flue. The two women were alone in the house at the time. Presence of Thaw Demoralizes Prisoners. Abany, N. Y., Special. A protest is made in a report submitted to the State Commission of Prisons by Sec retary George McLaughlin against the further confinement in the Dutch ess County jail at Poughkeepsie of Harry K. Thaw, acquitted on the charge of murder on the ground of insanity. Mr. McLaughlin's report is on an inspection he made on Aug. 24 last. The report says, among other things, that Thaw's presence in the jail "demoralizes the discipline of the institntion." Over $4,000,000 for Charity, r. -. , Oswego, N. Y., Speeial. More than $4,000,000 is left to charitable in stitutions, the Metropolitan Museirm of Art and Yale University by the will of Frederick Cooper Hewitt, who died at his home here- last Sunday. To relatives and friends . less than half a million is left. The largest bequest mentioned in the will is the gift of $2,000,000 to the New York Post' Graduate Medical School and Hospital. III PERSONS INDICTED Participants in the Springfield. Riot Have to Answer to the Law. Springfield, III, Special. the spec ial grand jury called to probe the re cent race riots,' adjourned Thursday after returning twenty more indict ments. This makes a total of 117 during the session. Among the in dictments returned were four against Sprinfield policemen, Oscar Dahl kamp, Jose Ferendez, Joseph H. Ohl man, and George W. Dawson. They are indicted for alleged failure to suppress the riot when detailed for that duty. Sheriff Werner, Chief of Police Wilbur Morris, Captain Char les Walsh, of troop D. Springfield and other officers are commended by the grand jury. The report condemns alleged "cow ards" among the officials and says: "We condemn in unmeasured terms the cowardly, contemptible ac tion of those members of the force, who, having taken the oath of office, failed to do their duty; men who were paid from money from the pock ets of the people of this city to pro tect life and property; men who were ordered by the heads of departments of the police to go out and disperse the mob, and not only failed to use a club, handle a pistol or raise a voice against the mob, and on the side of law and order, but some of whom are shown to have assisted by acfand word in doing the work that has brought destruction to thousands of dollars of property and has brought the blush of shame to every lawabiding citizen of this city. "We recommend that the civil ser vice commission of the city of Spring field, without fear or favor, and while evidence can easily be obtained, de termine by fair trial who failed to prove himself a worthy member of the force, and deal with him accord ingly." Cannot Stop Beer Shipment. Montgomery, Ala., Special. In re straining the Birmingham city au thorities from interefering with the shipments of beer into that city Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the Unit ed States Court held that the ship ment was an interstate shipment un til it reached the purchaser. The Lemp Brewing Company, of St. Louis made a shipment which was held up at the express office. The city judge held that the interstate haul ended at the depot and that it was unlaw ful to deliver the consignment by transfer wagon to the place of the consignee. Judge Jones holds that such is not the case and that the transfer company as well as the ex press company are within national statutes on interstate orders. Her Body Found Without a Head. Boston, Mass., Special. Chester Jordan, aged 29 years, of 509 Med ford street, Somerville, was arrested by Boston officers late Thursday afternoon on the charge of having murderd his wife, Hanorah Jordan, w7hose body minus the head was dis covered dismembered in a trunk at 7 Hancock street, Boston. The head is believed by the police to be in a furnace of the family home in Som erville. The police state the murder was committed two days ago. Jordan is an actor and his wife was also connected with the stage. Her age was 23. 86,500 Cold Baths and Still Lives 103 Years Old. New York, Special. Mrs. Eliza beth Hunt celebrated her hundred and eighth birthday in Brooklyn. Every morning in the last 100 years, she says, she has taken a cold plunge. She says that she is the only living woman who was kissed by General LaFayette. The incident occured on the steps of the City Hall 84 years ago, and Mrs. Hunt tells how the General had remarked about the brightness of her eyes and said he wished France could boast of women fair. Mrs. Hunt is a native of Lancaster, Pa. Made Millions - and Kept Them. St. Louis, Special. Judson M. Thompson, 77 years of age, one oi the most frugal millionaires in the city, and for many years a conspic ious figure in St. Louis financial af gairs, died at the home of his son. It was his custom to buy clothing at a little outlay of expense and weai the apparel as long as it would last. General Stewart's Funeral. St. Louis, Special. Gen Alexandei P. Stewart, with one exception the last of the lieutenant-generals in the Army of the Confederate States, who died at Biloxi, Miss., last Sunday at the age 86, was buried ' in Belief on- taine Cemetery, this city, late Wed nesday afternoon. In accordance with the custom of the United Con federate Veterans, the interment was not marked by the call of the bugle or by the beat of the drum, the absence of these martial tributes signifying for the veterans that their warfare is over. Costly Railroad Station. New York, Special. Architects oi the new Grand Central Station have completed plans and estimates for that structure. The total cost cf building of the terminols. on Forty second street will reach $20,000,000 Frost in Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind., Special. Frosf Thursday mght reported from many points in Indiana, but no partictila damage has been done. COTTON CROP CONDITION Decline of 41-2 PohrW Noted for Last Month. Results of the Flood in the Carolinas and Georgia not Reflected in the Report Just Is sued by the Journal of Commerce, New York, Special. The Journal of Commerce published its monthly cotton crop report on ' September 1. As estimated from replies from 1', 500 correspondents, it makes the con dition 78.1, against 83.6 for the pre-, vious month, and 73.9 a year ago. This marks a loss of 4.5 points for the month, but is 4.2 better than last year. It is a fairly normal de cline,, comparing with 6.7 points fo; the ten-year average. These reports, it may be noted, precede the date of the recent storms; and any damage resulting therefrom is not reflected in the returns. Drought caused shedding, which has been the chief factor in deterioration. Texas and Louisana, in addition, suffered from boll weevils and boll worms, but in Texas their ravages were not severe. The spread of the weevil in Louisana has been rapid, and the heavy deterioration of 13.8 points can be largely attributed to their presence. Nearly all the dry sactions have been relieved by good rains, and figures show the crop to be entering September in a high average condition. Picking is well under way in nearly all States except Tennessee and Oklahoma, and the season . is considerably earlier than last year. North Carolina shows a decline of 4 points to 86.2; South Carolina of 4.7 to 76.6; Georgia of 7.9 to 76.1; Florida of 1.8 to 78.6; Alabama of 7.5 to 78.1; Mississippi of 3.8 to 80; Louisana of 13.8 to 71: Texas of 6.9 to 76.3, and Arkansas of 0.9 to 85.1. Oklahoma, on the other hand, in dicated a gain for the month of 7.1 to 79.2, and Tennessee and Missouri also showed improvement the former of 0.8. to 87.5 and the latter of 1.8 to 88.8. Birthday of Holland's Queen Cele brated With Great Rejeicing. The Hague, Special. The twenty eighth birthday of Queen Wilhelmina, and the tenth anniversary of her coronation as ruler of The Nether lands, was celebrated with great re joicing by the people of Holland Sunday. In this city business was practically suspended and the day given over to meary-making. The joy of loyal Dutchmen is increased by the report that the queen will soon be visited by the stork. Two or three times previously such a re port has gone forth, only to end in diseappointment. Unless an heir is born to the queen, the throne will pass to the German branch of the royal family, and Dutchmen fear that this will result in finally making their country a German dependency. The queen was married in 1901, to Duke Henry of - Mecklenburg-Sch-werin. Her married life has been marred by many quarrels, and ' this has served -o excite the wrath of the subjects of the queen, with the re sult that her consort is perhaps the most unpopular man in Holland. Deed of a Highwayman Says Mrs. Williams. Baltimore, MdL, Special. Seated in the drawing room of her home at Long Green, Baltimore county, Mrs. W. S. G. Williams, in the presence of her sister, Mrs. Sherlock Swann, wife of the president of the police board, described in detail the shoot ing of Charles B. Roberts, Jr., who was wounded on Wednesday night on the boal walk at Atlantic Citv, while in her company. Mrs. Wil liams discussed the affair with the utmost candor. "It ras an attempt at robbery, pure and simple," she declared, "and Mr. Roberts was shot because he refused to comply with the demands of the man in the mask who had ordered him to give up his money. Words have been put in my mouth about this sad affair that 1 never spoke. -Sentiments have been ascribed to ne that I never had. The whole thin: has been distorted and greatly exaggerated. Oregon's Apple Crop. Portland, Ore.. Special. Oregon will have over 1,000 cars of fine ap ples to ship this year,, as compared with about 600 cars last year, s Crop prospects on the whole are favor able. . Aeronaut Dashed to Death. TCaterville, Maine, Special In full view of 25,000 horrified spectators, assembled on the Central Maine fair grounds here Wednesday afternoon, Charles Oliver Jones', of Hammonds port, N. Y., aeronaut, fell a distance of 500 feet to his . death, from his dirigible baloon "Boomerang". Among the witnesses of the frightful plunge were Mrs. Jones and child, and thev were almost the first to reach the side of the dying man. Jones died ( an hour and a half after the accident. Miscellaneous Happenings. At Indianapolis, Ind., following a quarrel at their home, Henry Stuck m an, a produce dealer, shot and in stantly killed his wife in a jealous rage and then killed himself. John G. Clifford, president of the United Oxygen and Chemical Cbm of the company at Niagara Falls in o fthe company at Niagara Falls in the presence of his 'lS-year-old son, Roger, when a tank of oxygen explod ed. The boy was uninjured. GREAT TORESr FIRES , " m Chishofm Minnesota, Entirely Wiped Out FIRES CHECKED; GREAT LOSS 1 The Town of Chishclm Wiped Out and Thousands of Acres of Minne sota Land Burned Over Many Persons Left Homeless and Desti tute Property Loss Runs up in Millions. Duluth, Minn.,, Special. After de stroying the town of Chisholm on the Mesaba range, and burning oTer thousands of acres in St. Louis Carleton and Itasca counties in Min nesota, and in Douglas county, Wis consin, the many forest fires which have been raging in these regions were checked on Sunday. Chisholm, Minn., a town of 4,000 inhabitants on the Mesaba Iron range 90 miles north of Duluth, was com pletely wiped out. The damage to real property is now estimated at $1,000,000 and that of personal property at $750,000. The insurance carried by Chisholm mer chants was about $500000. Governor Johnson Issues Appeal For Aid. St. Paul, Minn., Special. Gover nor Johnson Sunday issued the fol lowing proclamation: "A great disaster has come to northeastern Minnesota. Chisholm, one of the splendid cities of the Mes aba range, has been totally destroyed by a destructive forest fire which swept over a large portion of St. Louis county. Every home and bus iness house of that community is burned, and 6,000 people are sudden ly rendered homeless, the property loss amounting to millions of dollars. Early reports indicate also the total destruction of the mining locations of Shenando, Hartley and Pillsbury. The total number of people rendered homeless will reach 12,000 and vast tracts of agricultural lands have also been devastated. " This ( disaster is without parellel in the history of Minnesota and ia view of the appalling calamity,T ap peal to "Hie generosity of the people of Minnesota for liberal aid, and ow ing to the great necessity, ask that this assistance be as prompt as pos sible." . The loss on the buildings at Chisholm is estimated at $2,000,000. Chisholm is in the center of the great est iron producing area in the world. Refuges poured into Hibbing until the population of 10,000 was almost doubled. Chisholm presents a scene of ruin and desolation. Blackened and smoking piles of charred wood, little heaps of gray ashes, scorching gaunt skeletons of brick and mortar, all canopied with a dense pall of smoke, comprise what was one of the most flourishing towns on the great Ma saba iron range. The only remaining buildings are the new high school a graded school, a Catholic church, the Italian church and a dozen dwel lings in the southernmost part of town. FIRE SWEEPS RAWHIDE. Three Thousand People Rendered . , Homeless. ' Rawhide, New., Special. As a re sult of a disastrious fire which ravag ed this city on Friday three thousand people are homeless and property is destroved to the amount of $1,000, 000. The fire started in tVs Rawhide Drug Company's building and fanned by a gale the flames swept eastward over the town until they reached the People's Hospital. As a last resort tons of , mining dynamite were wheeled into the town square Mn truks, placed under the block of buildings and touched off by short fuses. The hospital was saved. Miners from surrounding mines aided the fire fighters. So far as known no one was seri ously injured. President King, of the Rawhide Coal and Iron Company, ordered a special train to bring; lon ber sufficient to erect five large tem porary buildings at Rawhide. The ruins were searched to recover valu ables lost in the flames. Reconstruc tion work will occupy five hundred carpenters, commencing next week. Laborers are being imported. The Visible Supply. New Orleans, Special. Secretary Hester's statement of 1 the world's visible supply of cotton issued last week shows the total visible to be 1,691,549 against 1,710,592 la.?t week and 2,211,304 last year. Of this th total of American cotton is 969.502 against 966,546 last week and 1.283, 389 last year. And of all other kinds including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 722,046 against 744,046 last week and 922,975 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cotton there is now afloat an4 held in Great Britian and continental Europe 959,0.00 against 1,310,000 last year. Negro Chairman Arrested. Atlantic City, Special. Jesse Jack son, the negro chairman in charge of the chair containing Charles Rob erts and Mrs. Williams, principals in the boardwalk shooting mystery was placed under arrest Saturday under $500 bail. WThether he is wanted as a witness or', on the theory that he was a confederate is a mystery. Jackson repudiates the published statement in which he scoffed at the highwayman theory. s - ''.'
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