North Carolina Newspapers

An Xlbe Cbatbam "Record H. A. LONDON EDIT0S AND PROPEIETOE. M5 OF SUBSCRIPTION: 01 50 Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, one Insertion $u One Square, two Insertions.... 1.50 One Square, one month........ For Larger Advertise ments Libera! Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY , APRIL 14. 1909. NO. 35. pe dbatbam TRicorfr. 0 M Q TH STATE Occurrences of Interest Gleaned From All Sectious of the Bvsy T&r Heel State r Not Thought a Loan. KaU'idi. Special Considerable in terest is being manifested in official circle Lore in the bill recently in tanee J in Congress to require the States that participated in 1336 in the tii?! ribution of the surplus in the I'nitetl States Treasury during Jack son's administration to repay these joan6 to the government. It seems that "crth Carolina received about 1.5C0.i;00. and that it was variously hive; t-d iu banks, railroads and other stock?, and the whole thing swept away a result of the Civil War and subsequent . corrupt Recon struct io'i administrations. A small part tne money was spent in tug "Club Foot" Canal, eon Last Carolina sounds. The ,s absolutely nothing to show loan, which it has nevr coji in the light of being a fund rl i have to be repaid to the Treasury.,- The old Cape 1 ging u neetii:g State h: for ti'c sid ere I that wo Vatiora Fear Bank and the Wilmington and "WelJon Railroads were among the enterprises that received some of this fund ::i ii:e way of stocks purchased by tbt1 State. The bank collapsed and the railroad stocks were exchang ed bv the State for State bonds in reducing the State indebtedness. Killed by Falling Timber. Wiltungton, Special. E. M. Gregg, a veil known merchandise broker, while talking to a friend on the street here Monday morning was caught un der a collapsing pile of brick and building material on the site of the new Yfoolvin building, near Third and Princess streets, and instantly killed. Thf? accident occurred as Mr. Giegg vas on his way down to bus iness and stopped for a talk with Mr. John Hand at the Woolvin build ing. Mr. Gregg was standing with his back to the pile of debris when, for some unknown reason it gave way and came crashing down. Mr. Hand jerked his associate to one side but was too late. A heavy window frame on top of the brick struck Mr. Gregg on the back of the head, kill ing him instantly. Mr. Gregg was about 53 years old and belongs to a leading South Carolina family. He leaves a wife and one little daughter. Charlotte Invites Governors. Charlotte.. Special. The central committee which is directing the pro gramme cf exercises to be held here cn the twentieth of May in celebra tion of the 134th anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declara tion of Independence, has invited the Governors of the Thirteen Original States to come to Charlotte for the three days' festivities. Governor Eben S. Draper has accepted. The people of Charlotte are preparing to give Mr. Taft the greatest reception ever accorded a President of the United States in a Southern city. Local officials of both the Southern and Seaboard railroads have given the assurance that ample train ac commodations will be provided and that reduced rates will be enforced. Eig Month's Work at Spencer. Spencer, Special. The Spencer hops of the Southern Railway turn ed out during the month of' March 83 locomotives for service on the five divisions running into Spencer, which is said to be the largest month's work in the history of the shop. Of the 63 engines leaving the shops 6 were m for heavy repairs, costing in some instances $2,000 each. The force of employes at bpencer has been great ly increased and it is said every man worthy of work is beins? emnloved. In the bcu'Ier der.arr the hiveet in the history of the Spen- wwpa. The monthly pay roll at ;.raicf-i' 13 said to be $150,000, Work cn New Electric Line. BwKngteu, Special. The work of p&dteg the ling for the Burrraham wwnir;an Company, which irili . eoa- m iJiulington, Graham and Haw fwver, and convert them, virtually, Wo a triple city of from 15.000 to W.000 inhabitants, is progressing Farmer Kills Self. Fairmont, Special. C. A. Amnions, who lived near Fairmont, near Frank Faulk's, committed suicide Friday mght at a barn near his home by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. His body was found Sat urday morning. It was evident , that deceased had placed the' muzzle of the gun against his chin and pull- ite trigger with his toes. The. load entered under his chin and came out on the left Side of his head, tear lcS his left ear off. Fugitives Recaptured. Raleigh, Special. Deputy Sheriff f ha Wilkina brought from Cleve lanc. county Monday two escaped convicts to be recommitted to the Penitentiary. They are Will Limrick, w.ate man, who was serving one ear lor larceny, and was recaptured 00 stolen horse and will, therefore, vc to serve fifteen months' addi "pal time, and Charles Williams, iorod, who will resume a ten years' Kwtence for burglary. - HAPPENINGS Thrown Under Moving Train. Greenville, Special. George ! Cherry, the 12-year-old son of Mr. G. E. Cherry, came near being killed by an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train here Tuesday afternoon. The 1 , ... . .. 1 uoy went 10 tne station to mail a Fleisehmann Company in the United letter, and being late the train had ' States Circuit Court for the district begun moving before he reached ! f South Carolina to collect debts there. He ran up to put the letter contracted by the State in the pur in the mail car and taking hold of the 1 chase of liquor in the State from car was jerked down and thrown un- 1392 to 1907 while the dispensary der it. He was thrown far enough under the car to miss the track and thus the wheels did not run over him. As soon as he fell the boy grabbed an iron rod underneath the oar and was dragged on the cross ties until the train could be stopped, which was done as quickly as pos sible. One leg was broken and the boy was also badly cut and bruised about the head and body. Catching the iron rod is all that saved bis life. McKay Must Hang. Raleigh, Special. Friday, May 21, has been fixed by Governor Kitchin for the execution of Junius McKay, at Lumberton, Robeson county, foi the murder of Alex McKay. The conviction was at the November term of Robeson court, 1908, and the mur der was during the previous Febru ary. The body of Alex McKay was found in a side street of Rowland, thrown into a hole, and Junius Mc Kay had during that same evening repeatedly threatened to kill him as a "liquor spy." Justice Brown in writing the opinion of the Supreme Court affirming the conviction in con sequence of which the hanirinsr day is set, declared that there was the strongest sort of evidence of mur der in the first degree, and that the finding of the jury and the courses pursued by the trial judge were reg ular and correct in every way. Locomotive on Fire. Fayetteville, Special. The citizens of Raeford were startled Tuesday by seeing an engine cn the Aberdeen and Rockfish railway rush through that erowmer town at. ,1 rafft nf fifrv mil? hZ o t nt flDtbenators during issuing from its tender. The wood in the tender caught fire ancLthe en gineer and fireman were unable to extingush it. They cut the engine from the rest of the train, and ran it some little disance up the road. Before the engine could be brought to a standstill the fire became so hot that both engineer and fireman had to jump to keep from being roasted alive. The engine, left to itself, rushed madly onward, and did not stop until it had cleared Raeford some little distance. Rocky Mount PostofSce. Rocky Mount, Special. For the fiscal year closing March 31, the posteffice in this city has showed a net gain in receipts over the same time last year of $S96, according to a report just sent m to the depart ment at Washington. For the year just brought to a close the receipts were $18,396.86, but including the money orders receipts wmch nas about doubled over the same time of '07 and '08. Whiskey orders have played their part in the large in crease in the receipts in the money order department. Wadesboro Station Next. Wedesboro, Special. Mayor Brock has received a letter from President Garrett of the Seaboard Railway stating that work will begin on Wadesboro 's new passenger depot in about three weeks' time. Wadesborq has waited patiently since July, 190f for this actipn. Receipt! From Insurance Department. Raleigh, Special State Commis sioner of Insurance Young paid into the State Treasury Tuesday $14,163, 10 receipts of tha department for March. Tha fiscal year runs from April and the total collections "were $234,43X63, a gain of $10,0000 over previous years. New Staff For Penitentiary. Raleigh, Special. The new board cf directors of the State prison Wednesday in compliance with a sug gestion from Governor Kitchin, elect ed J. J. Lauhllnabouse. of Pitt county, superintendent, to succeed J. S. Mann; T. W. Fcnner, of Halifax, clerk, to succeed T. M. Arlington; T. P. Sales, of Raleigh, warden to succeed Capt. J. M. Fleming; Dr. I. G. Riddick, of Youngsville, physician to succeed Dr. J. R. Rogers. Both of the new and old boards were in session Wednesday for a formal transfer of the affairs of this prison. New Court Opens. "Salisbury, Special. With Justice B. B. Miller on the bench, and Kerr Craig representing the State, Rowan county's new court, established by the last Legislature, opened here Monday. The opening of the court attracted a large crowd, including the members of the Salisbury bar, Five cases were disposed with by Judge Miller in the first session of the court. ' 1 washingt1qtes1 South Carolina Wins Suit. The famous South Carolina dis pensary case, . involving the disposi tion of about $900,000 of dispensary funds held by the State dispensary commission, was decided in the. Unit ed States Supreme Court Monday in favor of the commission. The case was instituted by - the j Wilson Distilling Company and the system was in vogue. The commission, consisting of W. J. Murray, John McSween and Avery Patton, was appointed in 1907, when the State resolved to go out of the liquor business. This commission was empowered by the Legislature to collect all moneys due the State and to pay all of its debts. That the tariff bill in its final form will provide for a permanent tariff board was confidently predicted Tues day by H. E. Miles, chairman of the exwutive committee of the committee of 100 appointed at the recent Indian apolic tariff ' convention to foster such a scheme. Mr. Miles announced that Senator Aldrich, chairman of the committee, has informed him that he favors some such arrangement, and added that "Senator Aldrich may be expected to distinguish himself by working out the problem." Senator Root, ac cording to Mr. Miles, has also declar ed himself in favor of the tariff board. "The mistakes in the present bill," said Mr. Miles, "some of great con sequence, some smai, ana one wnoie schedule known to be redieally wrong, with no chance of making it right in either house at this session this and the general need of world markets are making the need of this tariff board clear to every one." The fixing of rates for the new tar iff bill was begun Tuesday by the Senate eommittee on finance. Night sessions will be held. It was agreed that no person shall be heard by the eommittee from now on, except that limited time may be given to some " "' tne lorenoon ses sions. Wednesday was a bad day for the Republican organization of the House of Representatives. By coalition between some Republican "insurgents" and the Democrats, the ways and means committee was bowled over and the advocates of free crude oil and its product for the Payne bill won a signal victory when an amendment by Mr. Norris, of Ne braska, placing the insignificant duty of one per centum ad valorem on those articles, was adopted by a sub stantial majority. The barley schedule of the Payne tariff bill again was threshed out. The pending amendments were one by Mr. Miller, of Kansas, increasing the Payne rate from 15 to 25 cents a bushel, and the old one by Mr. Alex ander, of New lork, fixing the rate at 10 per cent ad valorem. The ways and means committee agreed to several important amend ments to the bill. Postmaster General Hitchcock has approved of a number of designs sub mitted for a special issue of stamps commemorative of the Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc Exposition. Senator Gallmger has re-introduc ed the bill providing for a separate building for the Supreme Court of the United States. The structure would be situated just outside of the Capitol grounds and immediately north of the Congressional Library Building, to which, it is proposed the exterior architecture pf the Supreme Court Building would correspond. The total cost pf the building is fixed at $3,000,000. t Petition Tot Mrs. Canaack, Wa&hingtcri, Special. Represent tivfl Brownlow and Representative Austin, of the first and second con gTes&ionai districts of Tennessee, re spectively, have undertaken to make the widow of the late Senator Car mack postmaster at Columbia, in that State. They are . the only two Republican members of the Tennessee delegation, and in addition to exercis ing their influence as individuals they have now set to work to get the as sistance of the State's entire repres entation at Washington. President Taft heard protests Fri day against the increased duty on gloves, hosiery, pineapples and lemons, provided in the Payne tariff bill. State Senator Travis and John Mc Cormick, of Brooklyn, N. Y., repre senting importers of fruit, told the President that the increases on pine apples and lemons would have to bq borne by the common people. The increase on lemons, which it was de clared amounted to 20 cents a box would practically be prohibitive and leaves American growers in absolute control of the market. Kenneth Barnhardt, representing one of. the largest department stores in Chicago, accompanied by- Francis Simmons and Edward D. Winslow, also of Chicago, protested against the increase of duty on eloves and hosiery. They were presented to the " President by Secretary of. the Treas- ary MacVb. II NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Live Items Covering Events of More or Less Interest at Home and Abroad. Midland, Te had a $300,000 fire Thursday. Representative Hillburn introduced a bill in tne Florida Legislature Thursday in favor of a constitutional restriction of the manufacture and sale of liquor except . for medicinal, scientific and mechanical purposes. Madame "Modjeska, the famous Polish actress, died in Los Angles, Cal., Thursday, at the age of 65 years. of Bright 's disease. The body will at a later period be -taken to Cra cow, Polandi for interment. Fred Bell, only six years old, kill ed Ethel Thomas, three years old, at Union, S. C, Thursday and tried to hide away the body. Fred is in prison charged with murder. Kate O'Dwyer, a "bad angel," broke the iron shackles from her and sawed herself out of chain gang pris on at Athens, Ga., last Sunday night. Charles N. Haskell, governor of Oklahoma is standing trial charged with fraudulent connection with the Muscogee town lot affair. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal was opened for navigation Friday. Crazy Snake is not captured yet. and the pursuit is to be continued. The Attorney General of Kansas has handed down the opinion that in that State a married woman may or may not take the name of her hus band and that he may even take her namo. The Arkansas State Senate Tues day passed a bill placing a heavy penalty on persons drinking intoxi cants on trains in the State or on station platforms. This will probab ly affect buffet cars, although in tended only to step rowdyism. Indalecio Alarcon, of Chicago, on last Sunday stabbed himself 12 times about his heart, cut his throat, took carbolic acid and threw himself out of a third story window, but lives to say that he does not know how to account for his condition. Daniel W. Johnson, 18 years old, attempted to blackmail his Sunday school teacher, Asa G. Chandler, in Atlanta, Ga., recently, but was quickly caught. Trashy novel read ing, he says, caused him to do it. A cruiser of the Pacific Squadron picked up 40 passengers of the wrecked steamer Indiana in the Pa cific Monday. Pope S. Hill, a lawyer of Macon, Ga., Monday was found murdered in a lumber office as the third victim slain in litigation over the Dodge timber lands in Georgia. Washisgton Notes. Diplomatic relations have been strained between the United States and Nicaragua and a cricis is expect, ed. Representative Murdock of Kansas has introduced a bill in Congress to require amounts of money distributed or loaned to the 26 states under the AndreAv Jackson administration to be refunded to the national treasury. It it opening many eyes. Judge Richard E. Sloan has been selected for Governor cf Arizona and all the leading teritorial officials will be changed. The motion to put lumber on the free list was vcted down Tuesday by 170 to 176, more than SO Democrats voting fpr protection. An entirely now series of notes, stiver and geld certificates and ffreen backs is to be issued. Mr. Payne declares that the da? partment stores are inspiring women tp protest against higher duties an stockings aad gloves. Senator Aldrich 's ccamittee is putting the finishing touches to thfl substitute tariff bill and will bs ready to report it to the Senate as soon as the Payne bill passes the House. Senators Raynor, Baconiand Dan iel attacked the Republican policy and forced Senator Aldrich to allow Democrats at the hearings of the Senate Finance Committee cn the Tariff bill on Tuesday. The Senate adopted a .resolution limiting the legislation at the extra session to the Tariff -bill and the Census bill. A combination of Democrats and Republican insurgents in the House defeated Speaker Cannon and Chair man Payne on the 25 per cent duty on crude petroleum and fixed the duty at 1 per cent. The House took off all tariff taxes on tea and coffee Wednesday. V Foreign Affairs. Ex-President Roosevelt arrived at Naples, Italy, on Wednesday and spent several hours. He there left the Hamburg and went aboard the Admiral, which will carry him to Mombasia. The Krupps Works, Germany, are making a gun especially to fight air- I - . . . 1 111 j ships, as tne airsnip wnen completed as tne airsmp wnen compieieu seems to be the worst of all battle fighters. STORM DOES DAMAGE Detroit and Michigan in Path of Hurrican, Which Swept Over North and West. Detroit, Mich., Special. At least eight perspns lost their lives in the storm that visited Detroit and Michi gan Tuesday night and Wednesday. Three men were drowned in a foolish- venture to cross the Detroit river in a row boat. At Jennings, in Missaukee cgjpity, three young men Bernard Carison, Charles Jaeobson and Jobn Torrey were killed by being caught under a wall that was blown down by the wind at the Mitchell Bros. MHl. Eight-year-old Benjamin Hellmei was killed by lightning pear Cona Tuesday night, and Ray 'Miller was killed at Brightwood when he was struck by a j'oof that had been blown ofi. The damage to roofs, chimneys, plate glass, etc. will probably reach $50,000 in Detroit and Michigan. The wind velocity reached seventy miles an hour. ' - Chicago, Special Reports of Tues day night's storm damage received here are that ten persons are known to have been killed in Mississippi and at least fifteen were injured. At the Terrell plantation, east of West Point, Miss., a number of ne groes were killed. At Wabash, Ind., Mrs. James - A. Hayes and four children were pinned down beneath the wreckage of then home, which caueht fire. The mothex was badly burned, being rescued, and will die. The children were seriously hurt. The high wind was followed by a cloudburst. Many bridges were washed away. A dozen houses were demolished in Wabash. The damage will reach several thousand ; dollars. At Peru, Ind., four factories and several school buildings, many small structures, were wrecked by the wind. Pittsburg, Pa., Special. Weather Bureau officials report the highest wind velocity in the United States at 1 Pittsburg Wednesday when the max. lmum recorded was sixty-eight miles an hoar. Wires were blown down in every direction and for a time there was not a wire oat of the city. An airship owned by the Eagle Aero plane Company was about ready for flight. When the wind struck the tent it was kept in and blew both the tent and he airship away, demolish mg both. In New York City wires were blown down and snapped off, one uoming in contact with a barrel of oil causing a $125,000 fire. ROOSEVELT WRITES LETTER. Says Splendid Work Is Being Done Messina and Rejgio With the Lum ber Sent From the United States Pays Tribute to Those in Charse. Rome, By Cable. Just before his departure Wednesday' evening on the steamer Admiral for Mombassa, ex President Eoosevlt wrote the follow ing message to the American people: "Before Jeaving Messina I desire to say that I am sure the American People do not realize the splendid work that is being done at Messina and Reggio with the lumber sent frcm the United States. I have visit- ed the American camp and seen 250 houses already completed, and ar rangements have been perfected foi the rapid construction of 1,"250 jnore. The whole work, which is under the general direction of Ambassador Griscom, has been organized and per fected by Lieutenant Commander Belknap, with the assistance of Lieu tenant Buchanan, Ensign Wilcox and Spofford, Dr. Donelson, Paymaster Rogers, 40 enlisted men of our navy and a number of stalwart American carpenters. In addition there, lis a fine group of Americans, such as J. Elliott, Winthrop Chandler, J. Bush and B. Hal?, who are giving their time and energies to help the philan thropic work. I wish to say I consider that the American people are deeply indebted tp each and every one of these men, Z cannot ixaggerate the pleasure it tave tne to see the cffleers aad en listed men of our navy adapting themselves to strange and unexpect ed circumstances and successfully performing with ability and thor ough good will this most difficult task. Our nation can well be proud of them." . Butlers Are Convicted. Greensboro, N. C, Special. The Superior Court Tuesday afternoon re turned a verdict of guilty in the case charging Marion Butler and his brother, Lester F. Butler, with crim inal libel in publishing in The Ral eigh Caucasian articles reflecting on the personal and official integrity of ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams during his term of office as Chief justice of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizen ship Court, in the Indian Territory, Judge Long fined Marion Butler $500 and half the costs and Lester Butler $250 and half the costs. 10,000 Witness the Dedication. Birmingham, Ala., Special. There were at least 10,000 visitors in the City Tuesday to witness the dedica tion of the new city terminal station which cost approximately $2,000,000. The station occupies two entire city blocks and has a subway permitting street cars to go through. . President J. H. Harahan, of the Illinois Cen tral, end President J. F. Hanson, . p . - . WArp f, eake a PAYNE Four Democrats Vote for Bill and One Republican Against It Dsep. Interest Taken in Final Vote and Republicans Make Joyous Demonstration Over Result After three weeks of consideration the Payne tariff bill was passed by the House of Representatives Friday night by a vote of 217 to 161. One Republican, Austin, of Tennessee, voted against the measure, and four Democrats, all from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard, Estopinal, . Pujd and Wickliffe voted for it. -An attempt made by Champ Clark, the minority leader, to recommit the bill with instructions was signally defeated. . The day was filled with excitement from the moment the session began atnoon until the last minute. The members were keyed up to the high est pitch and a practically full mem bership remained on duty through out. The final vote demonstrated the capacity of the Republican organiza tion to get together. The general public was greatly in terested in the proceedings and the galleries were packed. Both the diplomatic and executive reservations likewise were fully occupied, one of the conspicuous observers being Mrs. Taft, wife of the President. .When the bill actually was passed the Republican cheered lustily, some dancing up and down the aisles OUTRAGEOUS SEIZURE , Atlantaa, Ga., Special. A special meeting cf the Atlanta Bar Associa tion has been called to make what reparation it can for the invasion and dismantling of the-home of United States Circuit Judge W. B. Shep pard under a writ of attachment. Lawyers as well as citizens declare the affair was an outrage. A month or more ago the jurist's secretaiy was driving Judge Shcp pard home, when the car hit a ne gro. The judge claims he was not negligent but agreed to pay the in jured man's bill and. give him $50. The attorneys for the negro refused to accept this: sum and said they would sue. Instead of filing an ordinary suit, they waited until late Thursday even ing and swore out a writ of attach ment. One of the atorneys, accom panied by a constable and a force of negroes, went to the judge s home GOVERNMENT INJURING BUSINESS AFFAIRS The following from Charles W. Brown, publisher of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., Democrat, is in line with the sentiment expressed a few weeks ago by The Enterprise and shows that those publishers who also run job plants are beginning-fo sit up and take notice: Is the fact that the government of the United States is spending the money of the people . (among them printers and publishers) for the pur pose of diverting business from the printers of the country a demonstra- tion of the land of "squar deal' the country is going to get under the Taft administration? I am loath to believe it. But recent events have inspired a leep distrust that only a complete ob literation of the policy and methods of, the posteffice department will re place with reassurance. If the United. States government can with consistency take away from the printer -the printing of envelopes n the plea that it can do the work cheaper because the printing is done simultaneously with the stamping, why isn't it just as consistent to print advertisements on posta cards fpr the same reason? Carry thia JURY COULD NOT fiOKtl rianquemine, La., Special. At 7 o'clock Friday night the jury in the esse of the State against Fabrian F. Bouvy, charged with the murder -of Prpf, Fred Van Ingen, reported that it ta hopelessly disagreed &nd was therefore discharged by tfudffa Schwing. The killing of Van Ingea oecurred o& October 3 of last year, while he STANDARD OIL LITIGATION IS GONGLUDED St. Louis, Special. The Standard Oil lawyers more than made good their promise to the court to complete their arguments Friday in defense of the government's suit to have the corcpraticn dissolved as a Sehrman law violator. Jobn G. Johnson, of Philadelphia, completed his address, following Mr. Rosenthal, 30 minutes before the usual time for adjourn ment. The court asked Mr. Kellogg, the government's attorney, if he wished to take advantage of the half hour in which to commence his replying argument, but the Federal lawyers VIOLENT MANIAC SHOOTS Aurora, 111., Special. -John Ander son, a plumber, becoming violently insane, Thursday armed himself with two pistols, a shotgun and three bombs and killed Mrs. John McVick er, narrowly missed slaying her hus band, wounded Mrs. John Belford, and then committed suicide, blowing of . his head off with a shotgun. He start- out to 1 the inhabitants of an entire square in which he said malic- BILL PISSES HOUSE and patting their fellow members on the back. After adopting a resolu tion that until further ordered, ses sions shall be held only on Mondays and Thursdays the House at 8:20 p. m adjourned. At the suggestion of Chairman Payne, the action of the House in fix ing a rate of one per .cent ad valorem on crude petroleum and its products was by unanimous consent reconsid ered and the articles placed on th free list. The committee amendments in creasing the Payne rate on barlej from 15 to 24 cents a bushel as well a the duty on barley malt from 25 to 40 cents a bushel were adopted. One minute before 3 o'clock an amendment was adopted giving far mers the right to sell their tobacco in the manufactured- state without paying the tax. All efforts to change the tariff on lumber from the existing schedule ol the Dingley bill failed. Hides are on the free list also, hav ing run the gauntlet of opposition. The bill now goes to . the Senate whose committee has its amended form ready to report and the senioi body will immediately proceed to its consideration. OF JUDGE'S EFFECTS and found Mrs. Sheppard alone with her children, one of them a baby cl only six months. At once they began to seize everything in sight and load ed it on drays. They took all the furniture except the beds, the cloth ing of all the members of the fam ily, the trunks and even the toys ot the little ones. All he time, Mrs. Sheppard was pleading with the men to wait unril her husband returned, but they re fused to listen and she says they were both rough and insolent. Next Mrs. Sheppard telephoned to the lawyer of the negro, but as scon as she ex plained who she was, she says he ab ruptly hun up the receiver, saying he talked business with men onlv. Judge Sheppard was in court Fri day afternoon and openly and bitter ly denounced the treatment he had received as not only outrageous, but as an attack upon the dignity of the United States Court. principle cut to a legitimate conclu sion and you will find that every bus iness in the country would eventually be attacked. But the government is. not printing envelopes or anything else at a profit. The Dayton envelope plant is not only taking from the printer busi ness that belongs to him, but is tax ing him to help pay for the losses in curred in running this postal iniquity. A little figuring will prove this statement to be absolutely true. The j government gets 50 cents a thousand for doing this nasty little trick, and j it costs it about 70 cents pep thou- per sand to solicit orders for, print and deliver these envelopes. But whether the government makes a profit or not is not the question." Shall the government be allowed to enter into competition with tho business of the country from which it derives the revenues which enable it to live? Shall we be compelled to contribute to a fund that is to be squandered in an endeavor to cripple us in busi ness ? It's time our congressmen heard from us. Spntb, Hijl, Ya., Enter prise W TE BOUVY MURDER CASS was seated by his bride pf a hours in the cbeir cpaoh pf a Texas & Paeiflff train, en rente tp Ne'ty Orleans. Eouvy's attorneys attempt; ed to show that he was dsaidedly f-ti rached to Miss Kborer and that h$ smarted under the knowledge of a Brest wrenff which they attempted to prove Van Ingcn had done Miss Rhorer before his m&rriacs to her. said he would rather begin hia ad dress in the morning, promising to finish by the usual closing time. That w?ll end the hearing. The court will take the case under advisement but it is not expected that decision will be announced before next fall. Nintey-five per cent of the govern ment's evidence was incompetent and if judged by the A B C's of the rule9 of evidence would be thrown out, Mr, Rosenthal declared. John G. Johnson, of Philadelphia, followed with the concluding argu ment for the defense, discussing both the law and. the facts. UP SQUARE, THEN SUICIDES icus gossip concerning him had been circulated. Anderson's mind" "had been affected for some time and when he appeared with his armament of bombs and revolvers, he terriorized the entire square to which he had an nounced his intention of laying waste. The bombs, he had strapped to his bedy. That his already weakened mind had completely given way was obvious.