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THE CANVASSING BOARD AT
WOES.
Will Esquire Several Days to Com-j-lete
the Canvass Canvassed Vote
by Counties.
Raleigh, Special. The State can
vassing board began last week tho
canvass of the election returns. The
members, all of .whom were present,
are W. G. Lamb, R. T. Clay well, R.
L. Smith and E. B. Freeman, and
ihey are being assisted by Alex. J.
Field. The returns did not come in
in very good shape to the board.
Those for Congress were regular, ex
cept for Cherokee county which did
rot show the precinct vote. Then,
too, the returns from the tenth dis
trict were not added. There is also
a grave error in the returns of the
( tectorial vote for Washington coun
ty, there being a discrepancy of some
thing like 1.000 votes as between Taft
ami Cox. The corrected returns were
Uieeraphed for.
Tha canvassed congressional vote
follows :
First District.
Counties. Small. Meekins.
Beaufort 19G8 1167
Camden 403 143
Chowan C59 ' 203
Currituck 730 43
Pare 397 4U
Hates 09G 2S2
Hertford 885 236
Hvde 743 166
Martin 1432 310
Pasquotank.. ..... .. 1042 311
Perquimans C43 430
Pitt 2563 779
T vi nil 390 313
Washington.. ...... 5G3 487
Tefal.. .. 13119 5342
Small's majority 7777.
Second District.
Counties. Kitchin. Ferguson.
Bertie 1153 263
Edgecombe 1S41 363
Greene 916 433
Halifax 2133 243
Lenoir 1495 834
Ncrtbamplcn 1677 113
Wan-en 1152 207
Wil?ca' 1901 795
Total.. .. .. 12275 3361
Kitchin s maioritv 8914.
Third District.
Counties. Thomas Hill.
Carteret 1186 096
Craven 1521 350
Duplin 1639 1105
Jones 622 2S0
Crslow.. .: 995 564
Pamlico 659 434
Pender '.. .. 1133 232
Pnrnp.-cn 1410 2407
Wayne 2329 142S
Total ..11544 7S96
Thomas' majority 3643.
Fourth District.
Counties. Pou. Briggs.
Chatham 1595 1427
Franklin 2060 430
Johnston.. ..' 2797 2632
Nash 1302 1144
Vance 1133 572
Wake 4021 2711
Total 13463 8966
Feu's majority- 4497.
Fifth District.
Counties. Brooks. Morehead.
Ahmar.ee. 2141 2178
Cf, swell 853 344
Durham 1814 1794
Forsyth 2534 2361
Granville 1663 651
Guilford 3516 2901
Orange 995 1059
Person 778 961
Rockingham 1819 2032
Ptnkes.' 1027 1703
Surry.. ., ,, 1793 2799
Total 18933 19238
Morehead 's majority 350,
Will Employ Missionary,
Raleigh, Special. The Home Mis
sionary Society of the First Presby
terian church, this city, has just
decided under the leadership of the
new pastor, Rev. W. McC. White, who
came here from Virginia, to emplov
a missionary for all his time to work
at promising points in Wake county.
The church here is the only Presby
terian church in the county.
Colored Woman Shot.
Charlotte, Special. The house of a
negro man by the name of Gus Por
ter, in lower Providence township,
was the scene of murder Thursday
night about S , r '.lock, when Daisy
Thompson, a colored woman about
20 years old, was shot with a 38
ealibre pistol. One discharge of the
weapon is said to have accomplished
the deadly work. Two negro men,
Jack Johnson and Sam Broome,
working for Messrs W. T. and L. H.
Robinson, were arrested and are be
ing held on che charge.
Killed on Thanksgiving.
Lexington, Special. Coy Crotts,
eged about 17 years, con of James
Crotts, a well-known contractor, was
killed late Thursday afternoon, about
two miles from Lexington by the
Accidental discharge of a gnu. Jfoung
Crotts started to push the gun into
the rear end of a wagon, butt fore
most, and in some manner it was dis
charged and the entire load entered
his stomach. He lived only about
three minutes.
y VOL, XXXI.
HAPPENINGS
- Sixth District.
Counties. Godwin. Slocumb.
Bladen 1183 625
Brunswick.. .... .. 660 766
Columbus ... 2062 1189
Cumberland 1937 1356
Harnett 1561 1029
New Hanover 2165 247
Robeson 2974 1173
Total.. .. 12542
Godwin's majority 6157.
Seventh District.
Counties. Page.
Anson 1537
Davidson.. 2220
6335
Walser.
255
2434
1153
508
1047
959
2629
361
33
670
1623
! Davie.. .. .. .. .... 815
I Lee 904
1 Montgomery. . . . . . N 1070
! Moore. . 1244
Randolph 2582
Richmond 1133
Scotland , 761
Union 20S1
Yadkin 710
Total .. ..15057
Page's majority 3325.
Eighth District.
Counties. - Hackett.
Alexander. . 776
11732
Cowles.
1079
563
1633
1847
1717
1793
19S8
1620
1261
3302
Alleghany 632
Ashe 1729
I Cabarrus 1635
j Caldwell 1463
Iredell 2514
i Rowan 2446
.Stanly 1564
I Watauga 1040
Wilkes 1639
Total
Cowles' majority
Ninth
Counties.
Burke
Catawba
Cleveland.. ..
. . .15433
1325.
District.
Webb.
.... 1364
1939
, . .. 2341
16S13
Smith.
1313
1909
1445
1705
1157
3933
1279
1766
912
Gaston. .
.. 2657
.. 1300
.. 977
.. 4350
.. 532
. . 1020
Lincoln.'. ..
Madison.. .
Mecklenburg
Mitchell.. .
Yancey. . . .
Total 16530
Webb's majority 3026.
Tenth District.
Counties. Craford.
Buncombe 3548
Cherokee 837
Clay 351
Graham 432
Haywood 1934
Henderson 933
Jackson 1030
McDowell 991
13514
Grant.
3572
1250
320
464
1263
1442
1065
982
1030
595
1767
914
631
: Macon 939
Polk.. 552
Rutherford 2014
Swain 619
Transylvania , , , , , . 604
Total 14334 15245
Grant's majority 361.
Charters Issued.
The Salisbury Business Men's As
sociation is chartered with $2,000
capital to maintain a social club for
the business men of this growing
young city. John Moyle and J. A.
Hanson are among the incorporators.
State Commissioner of Insurance J.
R. Young cancels the license of the
Ohio German ' Fire Insurance Com
pany, Toledo, O., to do business in
this State, for the reason that the
Ohio Commissioner of Insurance has
asked for a receiver for the corpora
tion. The Greensboro Manufacturing and
Coal Company gives notice to the
Secretary of State of change of name
of the corporation to The Indepen
dent Ice and Coal Company. W. E.
Hockett is president. The $50,000
capital is readjusted so that $30,000
is common stock.
Instantly Killed.
Raleigh, Special. At Zebulon, this
county, la6t week Tilden Adams was
fatally shot in the head by Lula
Todd. Coroner Seaparks was called
from Raleigh to investigate and
found it a clear case of accidental
killing, the two having been working
with the gun in a careless way. Both
were colored.
Wounds Betray Him.
Salisbury, Special. Warren Whit
mire, colored, an employe of the Sou
thern Raihvay Company here, was
arrested in Salisbury when he appeal
ed to a physician for treatment of a
gunshot wound in the stomach. He
is believed to be the -burglar who was
shot by Mrs. Maud Feamster in her
home in this city last week, when
she fired upon some one in the dark
ness at her bedside. Whitmire's
wounds are not considered dangerous,
and it is thought he will stand trial
for the crime.
Project is Approved.
Raleigh, Special. Very general ap
proval is heard here of the movement
announced by the North Carolina
Division, Daughters of the Confeder
acy, for providing a home for wives
and widows of Confederate veterans,
to be maintained as an annex to the
present Soldiers' Home. It is ex
pected that the whole matter will be
settled before the 1909 legislature
completes its sixty days session.
PITTSBORQ. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C WEDNESDAY .DECEMBER 2
THE VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Canvass by Eloction Board Shows
That Kitchin's Vote Fcr Governor
Was 145,102 and Cox's 107,760.
Raleigh, Special. The state board
of elections finds the official canvass
of the vote for Governor gives Kit
chin, Democrat, a majority of 37,342
over Cox, Republican, the vote being
145,102 for Kitchin and 107,760 for
Cox. The majority of Governor
Glenn, Democrat, four years ago was
49,256. Then the Democratic vote
was 123,761, against 79,505 for Har
ris, Glenn -s Republican opponent.
The vote in the recent election for
other State officers thus far canvass
ed shows: Lieutenant Governor
Newland, Democrat, 145,147; Toms.
Republican, 107.851. Secretary of
State Grimes, Democrat, 145,268 ;
Thompson, Republican, 107,843. State
Auditor Dixon, Democrat, 145.000;
Wood, Republican, a07,843.
The vote by counties follows:
Counties. Kitchin Cox
Alamance 2220 2150
Alexander 793 1076
Alleghany 643 541
Anson 1533 203
Ashe 1700 1701
Beaufort.. .; 1914 1209
Bertie 1323 274
F.laden.. .... .. ..'1213 597
Brunswick 671 774
Buncombe 3329 3434
Burke.. .. 13:53 1315
Cabarrus 1616 1511
Caldwell 1467 16S5
Camden.. . . 405 141
Carteret 1173 998
Caswell 878 323
Catawba.. 1961 2012
Chatham 1594 1428
Cherokee S23 1273
Chowan 053 , 17f
Clay 343 318
Cleveland 2304 145
Columbus 2050 1192
Craven.. . 1520 3V
Cmnbei land . . .... . .'. 201 4 125'
Currituck 731 4f
Dare.. .. 443 3 V
Davidson 2231 248'
Davie 802 11C?
Duplin 1642 1139
Durham 1962 1C93
Edgecombe 1837 392
Forsyth 2053 2782
Franklin 2093 432
Gaston 2560 182n
Cates 750 273
Graham.. 422 4T!
Granville 1746 592
Greene 915 504
Guilford 3943 2901
Halifax 2285 276
Harnett 155 1012
Haywood 1433 1253
Henderson 973 14S7
Hertford 830 290
Hyde 706 677
Iredell 2533 1 74f
Jackson 1928 1073
Johnston 2816 259f
Jones 631 272
Lee 912 50
Lcncir 1490 HOC
Lincoln 1236 11 SO
Macon 940 1017
Madison 873 2001
Martin 1385 360
McDowell 973 9?4
Mecklenburg 4233 1335
Mitchell. 575 1797
Montgomery 1047 1047
Mccre 1219 976
Nash 1343 1222
New Hanover 2110 233
Northampton 1691 121
Onslow 933 559
Orange 1077 1014
Pamlico 671 478
Pasquotank 1043 -,265
Pender 1019 244
Perquimans 593 427
Person 890 847
Pitt 2500 811
Polk 530 594
Randolph 2546 2647
Richmond 1106 - 366
Robeson 3005 1115
Rockingham .. .. 2059 1333
Rowan 2039 1723
Rutherford 2719 3739
Sampson 2011 2423
Scotland. 752 47
Stanly 1537 1630
Stokes., i. .. , 1123 1671
Surry 1320 2781
Swain 614 902
Transylvania ...... 600 079
Tyrrell 357 345
Union .... 2090 701
Vance 1197 679
Wake 4149 2555
Warren 1171 191
Washington 534 526
Watauga...; 999 1279
Wayne 2274 1450
Wilkes.. .. 1599 3331
Wilson 1905 ' 1831
Yadkin.. 713 1649
Yancey 1002 912
Total -..145102 107760
Farmers Year Book.
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company has issued a handsome
Farmers Year Book that does im
mense credit to the enterprise of that
progressive corporation. The Year
Book contains a vast fund of valu
able information that will interest
i and instruct every farmer. It is not
a mass of advertisements of the pro
ducts of the company nor yet a lot
of testimonials but it contains really
indispensable information. The out
put cf the Virginia Carolina Com
pany, with headquarters at Richmond.
Virginia, is-too well and favorably
known throughout the country to
need much hi the way of advertising,
",o the annual is more in the nature
of a handbook of useful information,
and can be had free of charge by
addressing the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company, Richmond, Va.
Every live farmer should, get a copy.
1EST PARCELS POST
Postmaster General Makes a
Series of Recommendations
ALSO POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
Postmaster General Meyer, in His
Annual Report, Recommends to
Congress the Trial of Both These
Features For Many Reasons.
; Washington, Special. In his an
nual report for the fiscal year ended
June 30th, 1908, Postmaster General
Meyer gives the total receipts for the
year as $191,478,663 and expendi
tures as $203,351,886, thereby show
ing a deficit of $16,873,222, the larg
est in the history of the department,
with an additional loss, from fire,
burglary, etc., of $37,056. The de
ficit of 1909, it is estimated, again
will exceed $16,00'0,000.
Attention is particularly called to
a number of improvements in busi
ness methods of the department as
tending to its advantage and the sav
ing of considerable amounts. Recom
mendation is again made for the crea
tion of the position of director of
pests, at a high salary, and who shall
hold office during good behavior, the
object being to have a" continuity of
policies for the benefit o fthe postal
service and the people of the United
States.
Necessity cf Good Roads.
The necessity for Rood roads is
pointed out in connection with the
development" of the- rural free deliv
ery service. It is suggested that
should Congress grant the depart
ment authority to utilize rural routes
still further by the establishment of
a limited parcel post confined entire
ly tc rural delivery routes, it would
then be possible to earn additional
revenue amounting to millions of dol
lars and at the same time benefit the
farmer "by enabling" him to have mov
chandisc delivered when ordered by
telephone or postal card, which oiher
wisewould net be purchased. "The
special parcel post," says the Post
master general "will enable the far
mers to have small parcels delivered
at their gates, to live better and io
obtain easily the. necessaries of life."
Peri!'is;on is requested to establish
experimentally a limited parcel pose
in not to exceed four counties in or
der to demonstrate the practicability
of tf;e plan.
The Postmaster General again
urges legislation permitting the es
tablishment of postal savings banks
or depositaries in connection with
postoffices.
Stamp-Vending Machines,
Experiments with stamp-vending
machines, says the Postmaster Gen
eral, are still being" conducted, with
every prospect that the defects which
developed in the preliminary tests
will add immeasurably to the public
convenience. -
The campaign of education in the
school houses in matters pertaining
to the ordinary operation of the pos
tal service, so as to emphasize the
importance of careful addressing, the
placing of the name and address of
the sender on envelopes, etc., is rec
ommended to be continued, so as to
save hundreds of thousands of let
ters and packages from' going to the
dead letter office, each year, as is
now the case. .
A marked improvement in the ef
ficiency of the service is noted by
the Postmaster General which, he
8rys, is due to the policy of retain
ing postmasters of all grades whose
records have been satisfactory. He
believes, however, that the appoint
ments of second and third class post
masters should lie with the Postmas
ter General, as is now the practice
with fourth-class offices. This, he says,
would reserve to the President the
appointment of postmasters at the
more important , offices cud relieve
him of a vast amount of routine work
that is a tax upon his time.
Remote Stations Advocated.
The Postmaster General puts him
self on record as being decidedly op
posed to tho law which prohibits the
establishment of postal stations more
than five miles beyond the corporate
limits of a city, although he says, no
such restrictions exists with reference
to the extension of the free delivery
service. The department, he declares,
should not be placed in the position
of being able to deliver mail from
door, to door and at the same time of
being forbidden to supply the district
so served with the other usual postal
conveniences. The repeal of the law
complained of is urged.
Times-Democrat's Estimate cf Crop
is 12,800,000 Bales.
New Orleans, Special. The Times
Democrat's .estimate on the cotton
crop of 1903 is 12,800,000 bales.
Twenty-Five Bodies Out.
Pittsburg, Special. Twenty-five
bodies, all but two of them horribly
mutilated, were -taken Sunday from
the mine of the Pittsburg-Buffalo
Coal company at Marianna, .forty
miles south of here, where an ex
plosion occurred Saturday, killing
many men and casting into gloom
what was until then considered the
model mining town of tfe world.
DEATHS IN A MINE
frightful Explosion Leaves a
Mess of Mangled Bodies
THE WORK OF RESCUE DIFFICULT
Mino Inspected by State Official
Shortly , Before Catastrophe and
Pronounced Safe Modern Devices
Uecd for Protection.
Pittsburg, Special. The last ray
of hope for the rescue of any one of
the 125 or more miners who were en
tombed by an explosion at the Mar
ianna mines of the Pittsburg-Buffalo
Coal company shortly before noon
Saturday .was dispelled when the first
rescuing party reached the workings
and found the dead bodies scattered
about the floor of the mine.
Few if any of the bodies are muti
lated and the men were undoubtedly
smothered by the deadly vapors which
I'ollowed the explosion. The bodies
'iave not yet been- counted, but it is
'mown that there are at least 125
uid the number may be larger. AH
but two of the bodies in the mine,
t is said, are those of foreigners.
No effort has yet been made to re
move the bodies from the mine. In
stead the rescurers and the mining
xperts are making a complete explo
ration of all of the workings'to see, if
they are now safe. This work is ex
pected to occupy several hours.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. On the
eve of the convention of the Ameri
can congress, which assembles here
;iext week to consider mining prob
lems in the various States in general
and particularly to discuss mine dis
asters and provide means for their
prevent icn, there occurred shortly be
'ore nccn Saturday an explosion in
"he Marianna mine of the Pittsburg
Buffalo Cccl company which entomb
ed and almost beycud doubt killed all
of the men employed in the mine at
the time, the number being Variously
estimated at from 125 to 300. The
uncertinty as to the exact number
that prevailed throughout, the after
noon coninued when darkness envel
oped the new mining town from
which the owners had expected so
much in the way of safety and com
fort of the men through the extra
ordinary study and expense that bad
been devoted to this feature pf the
development of the new. coal field.
President John H. Jones of the 'com
pany said that the number of en
tombed men would not exceed , 125,
but neither he nor any other officer
of the company has been able up to
this time to locate the books which
contain the names or numbers of em
ployes and show those in the work
ings at the time of the explosion.
The workings in which Saturday's
catastrophe happened are known as
the Rachel and Agnes mines, irreal
ity a double mine with underground
connections. Construction work was
praetieally finished, and Deputy State
Mine Inspector Henry Louttit a. few
minutes before the explosion had
completed a two days' inspection
which had revealed no cause for ap
prehension. He and General Man
ager Kerr of the company came to
the surface in the cage operated in
one of the shafts a few minutes be
fore 11 o'clock. Mine Foreman Hen
ry Thompson and two miners entered
the cage, and it was started towards
the bottom of the 500-foot shaft.
There was an ominous rumbling,
then a trembling of the ground round
about the mouth of the shaft as from
an earthquake and an instant later
there was a terrible report and the
cage was hurled up the shaft and
through the rcof of the shaft house
the mine formean and the two" men
still in it. The bodies of the men
were hurled through the top of the
building and far beyond it. Thomp
spn was dead when picked up,; whilo
the others, although mortally injured,
were hurriod to a hospital. ..,
Shattered portions of the woodwork
about the mouth of the shaft were
blown into Ten Mile Creek, 2,000 feet
from the shaft. Portions of at least
two other bodies were blown; from
the shaft and were found in the field
nearby. The ventilating fans . were
put out cf commission by the "explo
sion, and fcr several hours no air
could be forced into the mine, Im
mediately following the explosion a
dense volume of smoke issued from
the shafts but ceased a short time af
terwards. ""
Rescue work was immediately start
ed but it was impossible to gain en
trance to the mine for a long time.
The opening up of the shaft was the
only solution and for this task there
were volunteers in numbers.
Relief parties on special trains
from the city including the chief of
ficers of the company and minig -experts
from the United States labora
tory and testing station, recently es
tablished here, who took with them
all of the latest appliances and de
vices for rescue work.
Several experienced miners de
scended the steps inside the shaft and
succeeded in reaching the bottom.
Here they found further progress
barred because the lateral heading
from the bottcm of the shaft into
the mine proper was choked with
muck and -debris. The largest pos
sible force was at once put to work
to open this passage. r:
There was practically no hope from
the first of any of the entombed men
being taken out alive but this did not
deter tho most strenuous efforts to
hurry the opening of the mine
1908 NO. 1G.
BAD WRECK IN FOG
9
Four Peopfe Go Down Into a
Watery Grave
SPLENDID WORK OF RESCUERS
The George, of the White Star Line,
and the Steamship Finance, Out
ward Bound, Csro Together in a
Fog off Sandy Tfook -Three Pas
sengers and One cf the Crew of the
Finance Find Watery Graves.
New York, Special. In the thick
of a fog off Sandy Hood tbe stout,
steel freighter Georgie, cf the White
Star Line, rammed and sank the
lightly laden Panama" steamer Fi
nance, outward bound with 85 pas
sengers, the Finance going down
within ten minutes, earning to their
death three of her passengers and
one of the crew. The rest of the
passengers Avho included 19 women
and 14 children, as well as others of
the crew, were rescued by the boats
of the Gcorgic. The freighter was
not damaged.
Miss Irene Campbell, of Panama,
a passenger who was lost clung frant
ically to the rail of the sinking vessel
and could not be persuaded to release
her hold nor were the men who man
ned the small boats able to forcibly
remove her. She was seen clinging
determinedly as the vessel was en
gulfed. William H. Todd third as
sistant engineer, jumped overboard
and was lost. When a roll call of
the passengers of the Finance was
called, it was found that Charles H.
Schweinler, a policeman of Panama,
and Henry Muller, a railroad contrac
tor of Panama, had disappeared, and
there is littls doubt that they were
drowned.
The disaster occurred in the main
ship channel off Sandy Hook at 8
o'clock-in the morning, and as both
vessels were groping their ways
through a fog.
The Finance had weighed anchor
and was picinkg her way down the
Swash channel, when Captain Mow
bray, who was on the bridge, heard
the whistle of an approaching liner
The Finance was immediately put
astern and was slowly backing when
the Georgie, in-bound from Liverpool,
loomed out of the fog and a moment
later crashed into the port side and
just abaft of the Finance. The prow
of the freighter penetrated the side
of the Finance nearly ten feet, tear
ing away an unoccupied state room
and leaving a ragged hole through
which the water rushed in. The Pan
ama steamer heeled far over to the
starboard f while men and women,
many of whom had been awakened
from a sound sleep, were thrown from
their berths. Hastily, covering them
selves with bed clothing they rushed
in a panic to the main deck, which
was fast sinking to the surface of
the water. Many passengers jumped
overboard, not stopping even to pro
vide themselves with life preservers.
That more were not lost was due to
the discipline of the crew of the Fi
nance. and the prompt and intelligent
work of the sailors from the Georgie.
Immediately after the accident the
freighter backed off and anchored,
her commander, Captain Clark, in :
the meantime having ordered the life- ,
boats lowered. The boats of the Fi
nance were also cut away as quickly
as possible, though with difficulty,
because of the heavy list of the sink
ing steamer. '
A score or more of those who jump
ed overboard were picked up by the
small boats. Meantime the Finance
was settling steadily. To add to the
confusion, a moment after the im
pact there was an explosion of an
ammonia tank in the forward hold
of the Finance end" the fumes 'drove
the engineers and firemen to the
decks. Willicm Todd, the third as
sistant engineer, was partially over
come bv the fumes, and staegering to
the rail, threw himself overboard. He
was not seen again. Probably half
cf the passengers with the crew,
stood by the ship, awaiting rescue,
and these were gotten off with re
markable expedition.
War Seems Neat.
London, By Cable. It is generally
agreed in well informed diplomatic
circles that war in the Balkans is
very near and can hardly be avert
ed. The belief is joined in by all the
newspapers of London. According to
The Daily Telegraph, negotiations be
tween Russia and Austria have, pro
gressed to such a point that their
failure is a certaintj'. It is generally
believed that Turkey, Servia and
Montenegro have secretly closed an
offensive and defensive compact.
Florida Exposition.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special. Janu
ary 20 to March 20 are the dates set
for the 1 900 Florida exposition Fail
and arrangements fur U:e big whites
show are aliady beinjr nr.cde. Judica
tions point to wj unprecedented rus!
of Northern tcurisls to Florida this
winter and nearly all of them wil
probably take advantage of the op
portunity to iospeet the fair.
ALLIANCE WITH JAPS
Alleged Agreement Over the
Control of the Pacific
MAYBE WAR TALK WILL END
United BUtes and Japan fUye Ar
rived at Definite llntuaj Proram
as Regards the Attitude cr Policy
Toward Problems That May rii?
In Pacific
Washington, Special. Despite offl
jial reticence, information from re
iabie sources has been obtained o
in agreement of far reaching im
jortance between the United States
md Japan covering the policy of the
:wo countries in the Pacific.
The agreement is based upon the
idea of encouraging and defending
free-, and peaceful commercial de
velopment in the Pacific. It contains
lot only a mutual guarantee to re
spect each other's territorial pos
lessions there, but defines the attitude
f the two counties towards China,
inding each to defend by every
peaceful means China's independence
md integrity, and to give equal com
nercial opportunity in the Chinese
impire to all nations. But more im
pertant still the agreement in the
jvent of complications threatening
the status quo, binds the United
States and Japan to consult each
ther with a view to acting together.
Articles of Agreement.
The agreement has been drawn up
n the form of a declaration and con
sists of five article, of which the
following is an accurate and faithful
iescriptiou: The first article gives
?xpression to the wish of the two
governments to encourage the free
ind peaceful development of theif
pommerce in the Pacific. The second
s-a mutual disclaimer of an aggres
rive design, aud contains also a
iefinition of the policy of each gov
srnment, both as directed to the
maintenance of the existing status
iuo in the Pacific and the defense of
the principle of equal opportunity
for commerce and industry in China.
The third article contains a state
rent of the consequent "firm" re
jiprocal resolution of each govern
ment, each to represent the territorial
possession in the Pacific of the other.
In the fourth article the -United
States and Japan exp ss their de
rmination "in the common interest
pf all powers" in China to support
!by all peaceful means at their dis
posal" the independence and in
tegrity of China and the principle of
equal commercial and industrial
opportunity for all nations in the em
pire. The fifth article mutually
pledges the two governments, in the
case of "the occurrence of any event
threatening the status quo, as abovs
described, or the principle of equal
opportunity, as - above defined" to
communicate with each other for the
purpose of arriving at a mutual
understanding with regard to the
measures they may consider it useful
to take.
Hitchcock for Cabinet.
Hot Springs, Va.. Special. Frank
H. Hitchcock has been offered and
has accepted the position of Post
master Gdneral in the Taft Cabinet
that is to be. -The official announce,
ment of this conclusion regarding the
first Cabinet selection of President,
elect Taft, will doubtless not be made
until Mr. Taft has completed his Cab
inet, at which time it will be an
nounced en bloe. Because of thil
view of the situation no expression
regarding the selection of Mr. Hitch
cock was obtained for publication
from either Mr. Taft or the Repub.
lican national chairman. There were
many reasons, it was pointed out, whv
it was expedient that Mr. Hitchcock's
tatus should be fixed, at least go fa?
as the principals are concerned, and
i complete understanding is known
to exist between them. As chairman
of the Republican national committee
Mr. Hitchcock became more familial
than any other persons with the poll
tioal phase of questions likely to
arise at the beginning of the Tafi
administration, and the knowledgf
he gained regarding the personnel ot
the party will be of great service te
Mr. Taft throughout his administra
ton. Plunges Off Memphis Bridge.
Memphis, Tenn., Special. W. E.
Kimball, of this city, unable, it is
said, to thocsc between his wife and
Miss Nora Acton, a young woman ol
Elvondale, Ala., with whom it is al
ledged he had become enamored,
jumped from the Memphis bridg
and ended his life, Lis body being
discovered under the bridge on the
Arkansas sie of the Mississippi riv.
er. Kimball and his wife had just
become reunited. It was during thsii
separation thaf he met Miss Acton.
Investigating the Wreck.
New York, Special. The govern,
ment began an investigation into the
cause cf the wreck cf the steamer
Finance. The Finance had three
watertight compartments and only
one wnsjninetured ; yet the ship sank.
Shipping men say that under normal
conditions the ship should have re
mained afloat. Her condition on
leaving port Tvill be closely inquired,
into, - V