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ABC Cbatfram TRicorb A. LONDON EDITCS AND PROPRIETOR. MS OF SUBSCRJPTION: s?1 SO Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE 1 7"T ."V "V VT nTmmriTkAT TT-r" m-m-r . - - . . y vvai. ni JLStfWKU. UJOLATMAxl UUUJNTY. IN. U., WlfiDNifiSDAY..MAY 26. 1909. NO. 41. Zbc Cbatbam TRecorb RATES OF ADVERTISING; One Square, ano Insertion...... $. One Square two Insertions.... US One Square, one moath. ....... MOUTH STATE NEWS NOTES t-S . a IT J f it . It:n-5 ciiiate zmeresi uamcrca from Merc and There and Told Briefly for Busy Readers. in, 11 . ' r- - -1 A. t Per a sate x orest. RaIoi:rIi. Special. Governor Kitch- rordance with the provisions ned proclamation making for thirty vers a " State Forest of North Car olin'a" of all land belonging to Georce W. Yanderbilt lying above foatour Hae 2,000 feet apd situated in the counties of Buncombe, Transyl vania. Jackson and Haywood, total ice 111;'-"1 acres, providing all the E(?fe.irv provisions of the law are carnal out. As a half cent an acre is" to to sebool fund an- Buallv. t ::s will grive $557.73 to the schools oi the counties named. The property to be made into a "State Forest of North Carolina ' is that sit?.a;ed above 2,000 feet ele vation and consists of the following number ot acres: Transylvania coun ty, 25.30? acres in Brevard township, 1?510 acrt-s in Gloucester township, Header? on county, 10,754 acres in Mills River township ; Haywood coun ts', 1,010 acres in East Fork township, Buncombe county, 8,SO0 acres in Avery Creek township, 4,300 acres in BiltmoTe township, 5,000 acres in Limestone township, 6,300 acres in Tpper Hominy township, and 3,500 acres in Lower Hominy township. The act under which the proclama tion is made is to render secure from damasres and notably secure from damage? by fires such woodlands in North Caroli-.ia as are situated above tie contour line of 2,000 feet. These land? s? situated are held to be too cold and too humid for successful aiTioii'iure. tbeir value being: in wood and timber. The lands thus set aside are to be advertised in three con secutive issues of papers in the coun ties in vdicb they are situated at the expense of the land owner and the owcr is to pay annually into the school fund of the county a half cent an aere. The Governor is empowered to appoint at his discretion and with the approval of the commissioners of the county in which the land is situ ated such wardens as may be desig nated by the owner or owners of the land, who are to pay the wardens who are to anest without a warrant for crimes committed against real es tate and to safeguard the lands against trespass and notably against fire bavin? the power of sheriffs, the jninimum tine to be $.50 if the crime is in the jurisdiction of the Superior coart, and $25 if in the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace. Hydrophobia May Develop. Bocky Mount, Special. There is further alarms upon the part of the members of the family of Mr. Burt Joyner. whose twelve-year-old son died Sunday morning from hvdro phobia as the result of being bit ten in the face by a do? about two iwraths ago. Not even the family physician thought the bov was sick iththe horrible malady with which te dt?d on Sunday, and the fact that tte do? had bitten the child had been almost for?otten until Thursday Mgnt when he began to complain and jn Saturday night he was uncontrol lao.e and it was necessary to tie him o the bed, while he died Sunday ffiomin? at 11 o'clock. The alarm aad coto to the family in this way, at the supper table on Wednesday e boy masticated several pieces of S -7hkh he ave tlre by to eat, J j ? feared tlris chi has con tracted the malady through the saliva trora tins food. With the rest of the lamiiy tnere had been no additional precaution with regard to the drink- g water from separate vessels, jnile practically the entire family as caressed the babv. The family i! eiT, alarmed over the mat- nS be 6 iS jUSt CaUS6 Why theT New Eailroad Completed. Fayetteville, Special. The Vir and Carolina Southern Rail road is now completed from Lumber n to Hope Mills, seven miles below iere- there connecting over the At Jifie Coast Line Railroad with Fay eii0 train over that road en red II., pe Mills Wednesday. At Elon Collets. Lies College, Special. The gradu aion vcises of the music depart- ot fhe present year occurred leg6 rt1f-;j;i-1' was inclement and had 513,"' :: -b'ing of a large and enthu sra,' 0 ''"1'c'nce' There ere three Ve'ii& U , tl,lis -vear: in voice, Mrs. and R'er Harper (soprano) (.. Mary Ethel Clements D iec-f e i :, , patton, Miss Wilson di- ! icsiding at the piano for the yL unions. Vo, Tive years for Stealing. iMoii-Kalem, Special. Gaither viof.i '' a young man, was con Wetr U Fors3-th Superior Court the" of stealing $2,200 from paMv y1 T'fink and Trust com-Defi-r". Krneisville in February. inry'1,' V."1 l,P insanity plea but thee mer'-i''11"1'-1 to aceept it. Boden- ia siat,0as lven a term of five vears all' V ,,,nson- The bank recover fJ,Jt 500 of the stolen money. Shows His Appreciation. Wilson, Special. The following letter of gratitude was received in this city a few da3s since from Judge Connor, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the resolutions passed in mass-meeting -in Wilson on the night of May 10th in regard to his appoint ment by President Taft to the judge ship of i Eastern North Carolina. In the letter he says: ' ' I can hardly find words to ex press to you my grateful apprecia tion of the continued kindness of my home people. It sometimes seems to me that I overtax them in that re spect, but they always so generously, respond that it is an inspiration to me. The actions of the citizens of Wilson on this occasion adds another to the many obligations under which I live to them. "If any honor has come to me during my life, the fact that it has in some degree given pleasure to the people of Wilson county, has en hanced its pleasure to me more than I can express. "Will you kindly express to the Chamber of Commerce at their next meeting my sense of gratitude for their great kindness?" Indian Dies From Wound. Asheville, Special. Allen Whip porwill, the Indian from the Chero kee reservation, who was shot in the old Hix Souther, "soft drink" plaee on North Lexington avenue a week ago, died Friday morning at five o'clock at the mission hospital from the effect of his injury. Wade Wil son, the young man charged with the responsibility for Whipporwill 's hurt and who was rel-eased on bond last week upon report that Whipporwill was doing well and would probably recover, was placed in the custody of officers Wednesday afternoon and that night and Thursday night remained locked up in the city jail. An in quest was held Friday afternoon when evidence relative to the fatal shooting was had. Witnesses testi fied in effect that the Indian was at tempting to tomahawk Wilson when the pistol fired, whether as a result of scuffle or by Wilson, was not just plain. The jury returned a verdict exonerating Wilson and he as prompt- lv released from custody. Durham Burglaries. Durham, Special. It is learned now that there have ben a large number of burglaries in Durham in the last few weeks and that the police have kept the reports under cover. Tuesday night the home of J. R. Simms, ex-sheriff of Person county, was broken into and the burglar was chased out Engineer Johnson, of the Seaboard road was called from his bed a few nights ago to run out a burglar who was in the house and trying to get into his wife's bedroom. Tho home of Policeman Rigsbee was also visited and he met the negro man face to face in the hall. The home of Mrs. Carroll was entered several nights ago and the facts, not made public. James Warren, color ed, a well-to-do negro who lives on Chapel Hill street, had an unusual experience; he was out rather late and the burglar beat him to the home and locked him out, while he was trying to get in the burglar escaped with several articles of value. For several weeks there has been a veri table carnival of crime on in the bur dar line. Greensboro Female College Closes. Greensboro, Special. Wednesday was graduation day at Greensboro Female College and the graduating exercises were held in the college au ditorium 'Thursday at 11 o'clock, there being a large and interested audience in attendance. The day dawned bright and clear, just an ideal May day and ideal commence ment weather. Wants $5,000 Damages. Lexington, Special. J. L. Ludlow, civil engineer, of Winston, has start ed suit for $5,000 damages against the town of Lexington, alleging breach of contract. It is asserted that Captain Ludlow, who had charge of the construction of the water wrorks, made a survey of the town with a view of handling pos sible future paving of the streets, charge of which it is said he was to have. The work was supervised by another engineer,, hence the suit. Walser & Walser are the local at torneys. Arrested For Eigamy. Kinston, Special. A sensational arrest was made in this city Tues day night when Sheriff Nunn arrest ed Mr. G. S. Longfellow, formerly of Wilmington, on a charge of" big amy. The arrest was made at Hotel Caswell just as Mr. Longfellow had paid his bill preparatory to leaving the city, on a bench warrant issued by Judge W. R. Allen, upon infor mation from Wilmington. TAFT VISITS CHARLOTTE President Says South Is on Eve of Political Tolerance. HIS POLICY TOWARD SOUTH Wants People of the Southland to Know That the Waehing-ton Government Is Not Alien to Them. Charlotte, N. C President Taft came to" Charlotte, the home cl the! Mecklenburg declaration of lnde-; pendence, signed In May of 1775, and without entering into the discus- j sion as to the wording of these reso- i lutions of liberty, placed himself squarely on the side of those who look - back upon this declaration as -one of the first significant steps which led ultimately to American independ-j ence. I In his address to the people of North Carolina, the president took ! occasion to explain more fully his policy toward the New South. His ' own recent appointment of a demo crat to the federal bench in this state gave him an opportunity to expand upon his views. Mr. Taft urged again the advisability of an intelligent, lex ical opposition party. 7 don't believe that we are on the point of political revolution hi the south." said the president. "I never have had such dreams. What I do de sire, and believe we are on the eve of, is a complete tolerance of opin ion and that there shall grow into re spect and power an intelligent fight ing opposition party in each state of the union. The president's political utterances were received with the same fervor of enthusiasm as his tribute to the signers of the Meeklenberg declara tion. The auditorium where he spoke was crowded to its capacity and he constantly was interrupted by the cheers that rose spontaneously from his southern hearers. As to his ap pointment of a democrat upon the bench, the president declared that throughout the south he intended to pursue the policy he already had indi cated of appointing to office only that man, who republican or democrat, can commend himself to the community in which he lives. Mr. Taft's plea for political toler ance in the south and his statement tha- he wanted the people of the southland to know that the Wash ington government was not a govern ment alien to them, had all the effect of extemporaneous utterances for the president spoke without notes or manuscript once he had drifted Into politics. A cloudburst breaking over the city just as the rpldid military, floral and civic parade was passing in re view of the president, promised seri ous consequences for a time. It set the densely packed throng in front of the reviewing stand into a panic and there was a wild rush for shelter. The president's box was a goal for many men and women and the chief executive had to be surrounded to save him from the sudden rush. The president received quite a drenching and for a time it seemed that the frail canvas covering the re viewing stand would tumble about the heads of those beneath. Among these was Mrs. "Stonewall'.' Jackson. When she had met Mr. Taft earlier in the day she had earnestly exclaimed: "I am indeed delighted to know the harmonizer of all our, hearts." The parade which was interrupted near the close by the sudden storm was one. of the most pretentious ever undertaken in the south. Beautiful floats, representing weeks of labor, were transformed in a minute to faded, bedraggled masses. On many of the floats rode women and little children in filmy summer frocks. They were drenched before they could flee to shelter. President Taft spoke twice during the day. He spoke first in the Char lotte auditorium and then was driven two miles out of the city and spoke to the colored students of Biddle uni versity. Mr. Taft declared that he would not count a visit to the south complete without an opportunity to express to the colored people his in terest in them and his sympathy for them in their problems. STOGKEXGHAKGE FIGHT, Consolidated Resents Action of New York Stock Exchange. New York City. The fight be tween the New York Stock exchange and the Consolidated Stock Exchange over the placing of heavy penalties by the former body against members who deal with members of the Con solidated, has been taken into the federal courts and it was said that before long a federal jury would take under consideration the operations of the firm of Rothenberger & Co. OOLD-UP ON THE SOUTHERN. Bandits Sandbag the Expressman and Lock Him in Chest. Augusta, Ga. Two robbers boarded Southern passenger train No, 17 at Warrenville, S. C, ten miles out, got the drop on Express Messenger Thos. L. Hutto, knocked him senseless with a piece of rubber hose, pinion ed his arms behind him, took his keys, threw him into an empty ex press chest, locked him therein and ransacked the car at will. The train makes up at Branchville and carries through express and mail from Charleston and Columbia to Au gusta. E. C. Burrell, agent of the Southern Express Company at Augus ta, states that the records show that the robbers secured about $200. This Is the first' time on record that tie express has been of such small amount. The average currency ex press thereon is $2,500 to $10,00Q. The robbers rode into Augusta and left the train on Broad street, in the center of the city. No one on the train knew of the Incident and the robbery was not discovered until the messenger was liberated at the union station, the negro porters who were engaged in unloading the express hav ing located the Imprisoned man by his vigorous kicking within the box. PBEDiCTS Hitia WHEAT PRICES. Wheat King Patton Says Wheat Lands Are Being Cropped to Death. Ghicago, 111. James A. Patten, the board of trade and member of the Bartlett, Patton & Co., whose opera tions have received national notice during the last few weeks, reviewed the wheat situation and gave his opinion on the market in an address before the Flour Men's Club of Chi cago. "I predict," said he, "that hiarh prices will prevail all over the world for a year to come in wheat and that red winter wheat (soft wheat) -ill sell as high in America a year from now as it is sellinar now. "I cannot dwell too strongly on the law of supply and demand and the theory that the production of wheat in the United States has not kept pace with the Increase in population, and I want to suggest that the trade each year will have to realize t.ls condition in Ita future dealings and study from this standpoint. "The wheat lands are being cropped to death. Changes must come or we will suffer the result." MISSING HAW FOUND. "Wild Man" of Mississippi Swamp Captured by Sheriff. Prentiss, Miss. Sheriff Laird cap tured in the swamps near here a man who has shunned all civilization for the past five years, and whose pres ence In isolated communities with his unkempt and weird appearance earn ed for him the title of the "wild man." " He was covered with only a scanty portion of ragged garments, his nails were five inches long and his hair and beard reached almost to his waist. He refusedHo eat cooked food when it was offered to him. He was iden tified as Marvin Whitehead, whose relatives have long searched for him. IMPRISONED SHIP ESCAPES. Steamer Mongolian Frees Herself From Ice Floes. St. Johns, N. F. The Allan line steamer Mongolian has freed herself from the ice pack off the entrance to St. Johns harbor, in which she has been imprisoned for two days. The Mongolian after releasing her self from the ioe ack did not make any attempt to enter St. Johns har bor, ice conditions making such a course apparently impracticable. The steamer was not badly damaged. TELEGRAPHERS ELECT OFFICERS. 1909 Convention In Atlanta Comes to a Conclusion. Atlanta, Ga. The 1909 convention of the Order of Railway Telegraphers came to a conclusion after one of the most pleasant, harmonious and suc cessful gatherings within the history of the organization, the final work of the convention being the election of officers for the next two years and the selection of a place of meeting in 1911. The officers elected were: Grand president, H. B. Perham of St. Louis; grand secretary and treasurer, L. W. Quick of St. Louis; first vice pres ident, J. A. Newman of Centralia, 111.; second vice president, T. M. Pierson of Indianapolis, Ind.; third vice pres ident. D. Campbell of Toronto, Ont.; fourth vice president, J. J. Dermody of Mounds, 111. Toronto, Ontario, was selected by an enthusiastic vote of the delegates as the next place of meeting. Horrible Method of Sulctde. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A victim of ill health for many years, Miss Mary Sadler, near Toledo, . chose a sensa tional method of suicide. Making an excuse that she was going to the home of- her brother, Miss Sadler left home and went to a small ra vine, where she raked together a pile of leaves, satuated them and herself with kerosene and applied a match. When found the woman's body was burned to a crisp. Newsy Paragraphs. The state bank of Cairo, Nebraska, was dynamited, the vault and build ing being completely, wrecked by three explosions. Every cent of cash was secured and the robbers made their escape on a hand car stolen from a section house. Seven Mexicans in a tent several miles south of Uvalde, Texas, were killed by a terrific hail storm. The storm, which swept a large part of southern Texas, was of unusual "fury. The hail stones were the largest ever seen in that section. One man was fatally injured and four others were more or less serious ly hurt in New Orleans when the new Bascule trunnion bridge at the inter section of Esplanade avenue and Bayou street snapped while being given a trial preparatory to being turned over to the city. The . structure, which cost $50,000, is a practical wreck. Recent dispatches from the Duke of Abruzzi are entirely at varience with published reports of his depress ed mental state, and of fears enter tained by the rest of the expedition that his despondency will lead to a general disaster. The duke, accord ing to the latest advices, is in the best of health and spirits, and his expedition has meved toward the in terior of India without accident of consequence. Charles William Eliot, at the age of 75 has laid aside the robe of of fice which he has worn with so much honor for forty years as president of the Harvard university, and with characteristic simplicity, stepped back into private life. Abbott Law rence Lowell assumes the office. The street cleaning commission of Baltimore has opened an "old horse farm," and now five mules are re cuperating from their hard experi ences. By this system of rest and re cuperation the commissioner -believes that the usefulness of the horses and the mules of his department will be greatly lengthened. As a substitute for the baby car riage, a French inventor has brought out a portable hammock by which an infant can be carried between two persons by straps from their - shoulders. STRIKE DELAYS TRAINS Situation on Georgia Railroad Assumes a Serious Aspect FIREMAN TAKE? FROM CAB Three Strike Breakers Badly Beater. Senator Bacon Refuses to Ask Government Aid. August a, Ga. De&pite official deni als the strike situaiion on the Geor gia railroad has assumed a serious as pect. Every departing train i-s watch ed by crowds, many of whom are in sympathy with the firemen and do not hesitate to state so loudly. Trains have been arriving late, and ugly report comes from up the line. Firemen who have taken the places of the strikers say they are roundly cursed all along the route and that pistols are rubbed in their faces. A negro fireman badly beaten was brought in and taken to the office of Superintendent Brand. C. R. Wall, a Georgia railroad de tective, was taken from a train at Thomson and when he resisted was disarmed and beaten. Another man named Ross, also sent out to protect a strike-breaker, came into this city with a gash on his head and all his side arms gone. Madison, Ga. Madison is suffering greatly on account of the Georgia railroad's firemen's strike. Merchants are complaining to the mayor for re lief. Perishable freight is tied up and the express company is being used by the merchants so they may obtain their goods. A meat famine threat ents the city, and Mayor Butler, to whom an appeal has been made, has promised to do what he can to. relieve the situation. Washington, D. C. Anent the strike of the white firemen of the Georgia railroad, Senator Bacon received a telegram from General Manager T. K. Scott, of the Georgia railroad, asking him to call on the chairman of the in terstate commerce commission and di rect his attention to the fact that there have been several cases of in terruption of the movement of through freight trains carrying interestate freight, and ascertain what relief could be expected from the commis sion or through the operation of the legal department so far as it may be directed by, the commission. In another telegram from General Manager Scott to Senator Bacon, he ptated there have been interruptions of the mail service and he requested the senator to call at he postoffice department and psk that th f"iloqt authority of the leeal department be exerted in the matter. Senator Bacon replied by wire to General Manager Scott that the pow er to protect persons and property and to preserve order in the state belongs to the state government. He further said that in his "judgment the United States government does not have this duty upon it, unless called on, either by the state legislature or by the governor, to protect the state against domestic violence, as pre scribed in the constitution of the United States. For this reason Sena tor Bacon did not deem it proper to ask the government and declined to make the request and so notified Gen eral Manager Scott. Atlanta. Ga. Representatives of the striking firemen of the Georgia road called upon F. Carter Tate, United States district attorney, and presented a written answer to the complaint made h-r the road. The complaint of the road was ver bal. It was that the strike of the firemen is interfering with the mails. The answer is that, there has been no interference in any way by the firemen with the trairs of the Geor gia road. ' The Georeia road, through General Manager Thomas K. Scott, appealed t Governor Smith for protection. It Is understood that Manr Prott ask ed that protection through state troops be given. In his reply Govern or Smith said that he will act as the road requests when he is shown spe cifically that the road is in danger and needs protection. - BDEL TO DEATH. Brothers Quarrelled Over Dividing Line of Land. Pensacola, Fla. A duel between Joseph and Monk Bray, prosperous farmers residing near here, occurred in which Monk Bray met death. The brothers had quai relied over the dividing line of some land. Jos eph Bray was armed with a shotgun and Monk Bray with two revolvers. The latter started the trouble by first cursing his brother and then firing at him. Joseph Bray then leveled his shot gun and with the statement, "I hate to do it," fired. The contents entered the breast of the brother, who fell dead. SENATOR GORE URGES PROBE. Wants the Wholesale and Retail Prices of Commodities Investigated. Washington, D, C. Senator Gore's resolution directing the committee on finance to conduct an Investigation into wholesale and retail prices at commoditiles was discussed before the sepate at some length. Seeking to have the resolution adopted, Mr. Gore said he wished to have state ments concerning the extortionate prices of retail dealers fully probed so that the country might know just where the responsibility for high (prices rests. That the cotton manufacturers sell their products with an agreement as the price at which they are to be sold at retail was the substance of a charge .made by Mr. Owen. Demand ing i proof of this assertion, Senator Gallinger said that what the country is demanding is prompt action on the tariff bill. He added that It had been asserted that the business interests of the country were losing $10,000,000 a day by the holding up of the tariff bilL Before that was done, in response to an appeal from Mr. Bailey the senate agreed to vote on Mr. Gore's resolution amendment as suggested "by Mr. Bailey and by a vote - of 50 to 29 It was referred to the com mittee on finance, Senators Bristow, Crawford and La Follette voting no with the democrats. GREAT FIRE LOSSES. Six Million Do! airs' Worth of Property Destroyed in April. Washington, D. C. Federal experts who are making a study of building materials that will , best withstand fire and who are, therefore taking a keen interest in the fire losses as they are reported for the entire country, declare that in spite of all efforts to ward better building conditions, the death and destruction due to fires and conflagrations in 1909, will eclipse all previous records, with the exception of the years in which the Baltimore and San Francisco fires oc curred. They point to the fact that in six teen days of April, five big fires in dif ferent parts of the United States re sulted In a loss of six million dollars, the death of twenty persons, the in jury of seventeen and the rendering homeless of more than 3.000. The greatest of these fires was at Fort Worth Texas, resulting In a property loss of between $3,000,000 and $4,000, 000, and the second in Importance was at Rochester, N. Y., with a loss of half a million dollars. ARMY FACES DEFICIT. Commissary Subsistence Department Needs $33,000, More. Washington, D. C The' commis sary subsistence department of - the army faces a deficit of $38,000. An urgent appeal has been sent to con gress by General Alexander Sharp, chief of the commissary department, for a deficiency appropriation. The deficiency has been caused by the steady increase in the cost of pro visions, and by the fact that the en listed fc-rce has increased by 13,630 since the estimates were made. For these twi reasons it is expect ed there will be deficits in the next two years, unless the estimates and appropriations are increased. . STUDYING BATTLEFIELDS. Students of War View Historic Place Around Richmond. Richmond, Va. The fields of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill, which were fought over in the seven days' battle in which General McClel- lan's army was driven back from this city, then the capital of the confeder ate states, were traversed by the thlr- tl-two student officers from the war college at Washington, who are en camped in Sherwood Park, just out side of Richmond, they will visit Cold Harbor, Mechanicsville, Frayser's Farm, Gaines"" Mill and other scenes of sanguinary engagements. SEYERE STGRMJN FLORIDA. Three Lives Lost and Valuable Prop erty Destroyed in Pensacola. Pensacola, Fla. It is known that three lives were lost in a storm, which struck here. The wind reach ed a velocity of sixty miles an hour, whipping the ay into a seething mass and carrying small boats down. A schooner was capsized eight miles up the bay, .and Captain Wil liams and a man named Jack Johnson lost their lives. George Jones, white, was drowned when the small boat he was on capsized. . England to Build 8 Dreadnoughts. London, England. The Pall Mall Gazette announces that the govern ment has yielded to the insistent de mands of the public and will build eight dreadnoughts during the pres ent fiscl year. The agitation over heavier armaments has stirred Eng land more deeply than any other na tional question in many years. HIsgcn Returns to Democratic Party. Springfield, Mass. Thomas L. His gen, who, as the candidate of the in dependent party for president last No vember, polled 83,183 votes, has giv en out a statement here announcing in effect that hereafter he will act with the democratic party. Five Dailies at Once. Euclaire, Wis. The wife of Fay Irish of Thorpe, Clark county, has given birth to five babies, three daughters and two sons. All are alive and well. There are now ten children in the family. For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. OIL KING ROGERS DEAD Multi-Millionaire and Financier Dies Very Unexpectedly. Mr. Rogers' Death Came Without Warn ing and Was a Great Shock to Kis Family and Wall Street. New York City. Henry H. Rogers, ' vice president of the Standard Oil Company, moving spirit in the organ ization ef the Amalgamated Copper Company, builder of railroads, and philanthropist, died at his home here from a stroke of apoplexy. Death came about an hour after Mr. Rog- ; ers had risen for the day, mentioning to his wife that he was feeling ill. Mr. Rogers was 69 years old. M?s. Rogers, three married daughters, a . son H. H. Rogers, Jr. and Dr. W. J. Pulley, a physician, who was has tily i summoned, Were at the bedside when the end came. News of the financier's death did nt become generally known until about two hours after it occurred. There was hardly an appreciable ef fect on the market when Wall street opened. After a decline at first In the stocks in which he was popularly supposed to be interested, conditions rapidly adjusted themselves, confirm ing in a way that Mr. Rogers had in the last few months anticipated death and withdrawn from the mar ket. Conspicuous among the early call ers at the Rogers home was Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), for many years one of the most intimate friends of the late financier. Mr. Clemens was too moved to full express his feelings. "It is terrible terrible!" he said briefly. "I am inexpressibly shocked," and, with tears in his eyes, he quickly moved away and hurried to the Broughton residence, where ho joined a number of .Mr. Rogers' as sociates who had gathered there. Henry H. Rogers was one of the most successful men of the so-called Standard Oil group. He tbegan life as a poor boy at Falrhaven, Mass., where he was born and retained his legal residence there until the day of his death. He is variously report ed as having commenced life as a newsboy and as a driver of a grocery cart. Mr. Rogers was a man of many friends an an enthusiastic yachts man. Until recently he held the reins of the Standard Oil Company following the retirement of John D. Rockefeller His fortune is variously estimated at from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000. which will make his son. H. H. Rog ers, Jr., one of the richest men in the country. Mr. Rogers first wife died fourteen years ago, and he is survived in ad dition to his second wife, by four chil dren, the son mention and the follow ing daughters: Mrs. W. E. Benjamin, Mrs. Urben H. Broughton and Mrs. William R. Coe. RUSSIAN GENERAL RELEASED. Stoessel, Commander of Port Arthur, Pardoned by Czar. St. Petersburg, Russia. Lieutenant General Anatole M. Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff have been released from confinement in the for tress of St. Peter and St. Paul by -order of Emperor Nicholas. The health of both men has been affected by their confinement. General Stoessel was found guil ty by court martial of surrendering the fortress of Port Arthur to the Japanese and was serving a sentence of ten years. Nebogatoff was sen tenced for the same length of time for surrendering to the enemy at the battle of the Sea of Japan. Stoessel began his sentence March 20, 1908, while Nebogatoff took up his quar ters in the fortress April 15, 1907. The officers had been sentenced to death for having surrendered their commands, but, in view of the exten uating circumstances their sentences were commuted to ten years Impris onment, which they began serving la 1907, . PROSPERITY RETURNING. 35,000 Iron Employees to Get 10 Per Cent Raise. Pittsburg, Pa. The announcement is made here that 35,000 employees of iron and steel companies, having; headquarters here and in this vicin ity, will receive an advance in wages averaging 10 per cent the first of June or the 1st of July. Some of the manufacturers have already posted notices of the Increase, and others, it is said, will do so in a few days. The United States Steel Corporation has made no announcement of an in crease in wages, but it is said the ; Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, the Republic Iron and Steel Company, and other independent companies will restore the wages paid prior to the 1st of last April, when a general cut was made. Kalsey Adjudged Insane. Hnntsville. Ala. William E. Hal- sey, slayer of J. R. Jones, a promi nent Insurance man, ana A. B. jic LoWell, his shipping clerk, some weeks since, was adjudged insane, and a guardian appointed to take charge of his estate. He believes his ene mies are trying to poison him, and is eating nothing. Simplified Spslling Dropped. Pensacola, Fla. An order was re ceived by the weather bureau here from Washington instructing that hereafter official business be conduct ed in the old way, before President Roosevelt inaugurated his simplified spelling. - - , ' BARGE WRECKED PIER. Storm-Driven Boat at Atlantic City Runs Wild. Atlantic City, N. J. The great iron pier here was partly remolished by a stone laden government baiye run ning wild along the coast after having been torn from its moorings by the hi.h wind and heavy seas. Thous ands of spectators on the beard walk saw it demolish the theater erected on the ocean extremity of the struc ture. The damage is estimated at about $25,000. Mconsbiner In TnsuDlGt Columbus, Ga. Ben. F. Dixon, a Harris county farmer, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Blue at a still he was alleged to be operating on an island in the river twenty miles north of Columbus. The revenue cfficeis prevented Dixon from getting word of. their movements by taking posses sion of all the boats for a mile above the island and coming down cn Dix on before he knew it. Ten gallons of fresh made one hun dred proof whiskey was captured. ... SOUTH NEEDS TARIFF. Senator Depew Indorses Statement That Tariff is a Local Issue. Washington, D. C. Republican though he is. Senator Depew of New York, in a speech in the senate, in dorsed General Hancock's declaration that the tariff was a local issue. Mr. Depew advocated a duty on petroleum, saying that the majorrty of the product in this country 13 pro duced by independent operators. He declared that if the protection on cotton were removed the manu facturers of the Carolinas and Geor gia would be wiped out, and that as regards iron, the same would ' be true of Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia. C0TTGN STATISTICS JUNE 4. Change in Date Made Because of Davis' Eirthday. Washington, D. C. Fr.'day, June 4, at noon has been fixed by the bureau of statistics as the date for the is suance of the report regarding the acreage and condition of cotton, in stead of June 3, aa heretofore an nounced. The change rs made be cause a majority of the cctton pro ducing states will observe June 3 as a legal holiday, the occasion .being.' Jefferson Davis' Memorial Day.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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May 26, 1909, edition 1
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