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Exhibits Wireless Phone.v
(':arlotte, Special Mr. I. W.
Lhvcory, representing the Collins
Wireless Telephone System, has es
i :; iislied offices in the Reality build-in:;-
ami will make Charlotte his
haiiliiuarters for the district of
Vorth and South Carolina. Mr. Greg
ory has been giving interested spec
tators demonstrations in this new
.' - ice Avhich has just recently reach
:A such a state of perfection that it
ir rapidly growing into popular favor
and usage. Mr. Gregory will also
take stock for the concern in addi
tion to acting as sales agent for the
Cure-Unas. Without any wire con
nection and with doors completely
closed, Mr. Gregory has been demon
strating the effectiveness of his sys
t i in by talkingfrom one room to a
person across the hall in another
room. Ever' word that he uttered
io;:!;I be heard perfectly and all the
advantages of the ordinary telephone
:;tem can be commanded with the
new device.
Mr. Gregory will be glad to give
demonstrations to any who are in any
way interested in such a system.
Rejoicing at Albemarle.
Albemarle, Special. The street
teemed with people here Tuesday
night until near midnight celebrating
the success in the bond, election.
Albemarle V two excellent : cornet
bands played their be'st. . The citi
zens, both young and old, seemed to
be elated over the victory. And the
triumphant feeling was not confined
to the citizens who voted for bonds
only, but the leaders of the defeated
uuiitio ncic uui wxi.il trie
seemingly enjoying the occasion. Mr.
E. M. Asbury, who owns one-half
interest m the present water-works,
speaking to the writer, said that he
was now ready to push the town's in
terest with all his might and use
every effort to make the bond issue
success, just as though he had
voted for the bonds. With "the op
posers of the bond issue taking, this
stand and pulling with the same en
ergy as those who were forf'bonds,
unruffled by defeat, in the language
of Rev. George II. Atkinson, at the
recent mass meeting, "Watch Albe
marle Advance.
Charged With Awful Crime.
Elizabeth .City, Special.- Sciplo
Jennings, a prosperous farmer of this
county, was Wednesday afternoon in
a preliminary hearing before Jus
tice N. R. Parker placed under a
I on,I cf $1,750 for his appearance at
the next term of Superior Court upon
the charge of having carnal know
ledge of a girl under fourteen years
of age. The girl is Ruth Marshall,
an orphan of the Streeter Home of
Greensboro. She has been an inmate
of Jennings' mother's home for the
past four years Jennings is about
'.'') years eld and is unmarried. The
case is exciting the liveliest interest
and much "comment. The point of
contention is the age of the girl. It
is claimed by the prosecution that
the is under fourteen. The asylum
authorities have announced that they
will help to prosecute the case. So
lioitcr Ward is taking considerable
interest in the case. He was repre
sented at the hearing by Attorney
(Irises, his law partner. The Mar
shall girl is now an inmate of the
County Home, whcie it is said she
took refuge on account of bad treat
ment at Jennings' home, after her
unfortunate condition was learned.
Team Struck by Train.
Charlotte. Special. Two sons of
Mr. J. A. Berryhil! and a young ne
gro driver narrowly escaping "a
fctant death when a team which they
were driving was struck by the Sou
thern's fast northbound train No. 3G,
at the Dowd crossing west cf the
city. The little negro was doing the
driving and when he pulled up on
the track and observed that the train
was bearing down upon him, an effort
was made to pull the team from the
track. One muie could not be taken
from the path of the train and it was
knocked about 30 feet, being almost
instantly killed. The other mule
was practically unhurt. The sons of
Mr. Berryhill leaped from the rear of
the wagon and the negro driver sue
ceeded in escaping without injury.
The railroad track passes through
a deep cut just as if approaches this
crossing and neither the engineer nor
t ha driver of th-3 wagon could discern
the extremely hazardous predica
ment. - -
Boys Fire Into Train.
High Point, Special. Miss Alice
Shaw, a High Point lady, had a nar
row escape when a bullet from a
pistol handled by several careless
bo-s whizzed through the car window
only a few inches from her head. Miss
Shaw was on her way to Aberdeen
and just as the train reached the
water tank,-about a mile from the
station, the shooting took place. Sev
eral boys between the ages of 10 and
15 years were loafing about the tank
and one of this number fired the re
volver. As the train passed a single
report was heard, accompanied by a
crash of glass and several screams.
The bullet struck the window just
wkere Miss Shaw's head would have
been had she been leaning forward a
little. As it was she was reclining a
little in the seat and the ball passed
only a few inches from her forehead.
The police were notified at once and
a rush squad was sent, which arrest
ed five boys and marched them back
to town.
The General Government of Spain in
Great Straits Reports Sent Out
Are Assuring While News From
The Interior Indicate the Opposite.
Madrid, By Cable. The govern
ment annunces that despite the atti
tude of the populace of Catalonia and
the desertions from the army in
Northern Spain, the response of the
recruits and reservists to the call to
the colons in other i provinces, like
Andalusia and Aragon, was unani
mous. ' (
The Minister of War has prohibit
ed the departure from Spain of all
persons subject to military duty un
der the penalty of being considered
deserters. The government has also
placed a bah against the sale of for
eign papers containing accounts ' of
recent events in Catalonia and Mo
rocco. Despite the official announcement
that order has been restored in Cata
lonia, renewed measures have been
taken to prevent the Bilbao region,
where the Socialists and Republicans
are organizing. The garrison at Bur
gos, Victoria and San Sabastian are
being held in readiness to act quick
ly and energetically.
lhe latest news received Saturdav
from Barcelona is to the effect that
fighting between the troops and the
revolutionaries continues fiercely. It
is reported that 40 revolutionaries
have been shot without trial at the
Montjuich fortress, among them be
ing Emilianolglesias, editor of The
Progresso, the -organ of Deputy Le
roux,chief of the Republicans in Bar
celona. The situation in Palamas,
the centre of the cork industry, is re
ported to be alarming and fears are
expressed for the safety of foreigners
there.
Tt.'o Fires in Lincoln County.
Lincolnton, Special. Thi3 section
was visited by two disastrous fires
Saturday night. At Ore Bank, about
0 miles cast of Lincolnton, Mr.
George Mullen's barn was burned,
Together with three horses and a lot
of machinery and a quantity of grain.
Another fire the same night de
stroyed the dwelling house of Mr.
Hull, near Ramseur's Mill.
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Lineman Electrocuted.
Durham, Special. Emmet R. Rigs
hee, a lineman of the Durham Trac
tion Company, was instantly killed
here Monday afternoon while at
work on a pole on the corner of Pea-l.-ody
and Queen streets in the south
eastern part of the city.
Rigsbee was 23 years old and had
heon married about four years.
T'i- Traction Company workers
an assign no reason for the seeming
thoughtlessness that led Rigsbee to
bring himself in contract with the
wiro when it was so far above his
head,
Mayesville Votes Bond Issue.
Sumter, Special. The town of
le voted school . bonds on
Wednesday to the amount of $7,000.
The proceeds of this bond issue will
bj used for the erection of a new
school building. This is the second
flection held on this question, the
first election being declared illegal,
ovh) to some irregularities in the
petition. Both elections went in fav-
of bonds by a large majority.
Gold Mining.
New York, Special. Maj. John F.
Jones, of Blacksburg, S. C, Wednes
day signed contracts with the Payne
Electric Dredge Company whereby
he acquires license rights for the use
of their system of dredges on some
2,000 acres of gold and monazite
bearing lands in Golden Valley,
Rutherford County, North Carolina.
The plant will be established imme
diately. Major Jones has tested the
new system and finds the yield $30 in
gold to the cubic foot. The mona
zite, garnets, and sircon yielded
amounts up to several dollars 'to
eah j'ard. Engineers estimate there
are 20,000,000 cubic yards to be
dredged, all of which will yield a
like amount. The " plant to be in
stated will handle 2,000 yards daily.
I M
Will Build Cotton Seed Oil Mill at
Mount Olive.
Mount Olive, Special Arrange
ments have been completed for the
erection of a cotton seed oil mill in
Mount Olive which is expected to be
in operation for this season's crush.
Tt will be a modern two-press mill
$40,000 and will be
built by the Southern States Cotton
Oil and Refining Company, Wilming
ton. This is one of the chain of
mills which this company expects to
erect to furnish crude oil to its re
finery at Wilmington and we predict
success for this mill irom me sxart
New industry FoxTMount Oli; v.
Mount Olive, Special. The Mount
m; MaYiTifflfitnrinsr Conroanv has
in of hPAn nre-anized here with a capi
9n nnrt fnr the miroose of
maim fW.tnrine. fruit an dtruck pack
ages on an extensive scale. The stock
ki,w flrfi J. R. Bell and L. A.vBird,
"Rii T,nmW Comrjariv: H. C.
VI. li-C 1 ' '
Hatcher and Capt. J. H. Pierce. They
hevin operations about
August 15.
Girls-Drowned in Wilson's Creek.
Lenoir, Special. One of the sad
dest accidents that has occurred in
this count v was the drowning ot lit
tie Misses Mabel Getz d Nannie
Bailey, which occurred late Thursday
off orn nnn at, Mortimer.
a v,niv r.f cirls were in the
Gtm Iftthinz while several elderlj
1 or! me wprfl on the banks. The un
fortunate girls got strangled m water
about waist deep and were ned
v,,r ih swift current into water over
Efforts to rescue them
came near adding to the fatality. Till
men arrived and secured iu uu
it was too late, life was extinct,
Safe Robbery at Kinston.
Kinston, Special. Saturday night
the store of J. F. Jenkins on Chest
nut street in East Kinston was enter
ed and the safe robbed of over two
hundred dollars in money and goods
to an unknown amount were also
taken from the store. Mr Jenkins is
sure he locked the safe before closing
at about midnight and he is sure that
the robbery was perpetrated by some
one familiar with the store.
OSAKA'S GREAT FIRE.
Lasts 25 Hours.Burning 20,000 Homes
and Public Houses Much Distress
Prevails.
Osaka;Japan, By Cable Confusion
prevails here as a result of Satur
day's disastrous fire. Thousands of
persons are homeless and hunger is
staring many of them in the face.
A system of relief has been organ
ized by the municipal authorities,
but it is inadequate to supply all
needs. Outside cities and towns are
generously sending in contributions
to be used in alleviating the suffer
ings of the homeless and destitute.
The latest estimate is that 20,000
buildings are destroyed, these includ
ing banks, the stock exchange, the
museum, government edifices and fac
tories. While at present it is impos
sible accurately to state the losses,
these are given roughly at several
million yen.
An area of over four miles square,
containing some of the city's hand
somest structures, including the
Buddhist temple, the largest in the
world, was entirely burned. The
stock exchange, one of the niost im
portant in this country, was entirely
destroyed. This loss, it is believed,
will tend considerably to dislocate
the business of Osaka, which, with
its manufacturing concerns, is one of
the chief commercial cities of Japan.
Many tounching.sights were to b-J
seen during the fire. The women
were terror-stricken and fled hither
and thither with their children, some
of whom later cried piteously for
food that could not be obtained for
them.
The conflagration lasted more than
25 hours and the. burned section pre
sents a deplorable sight. The streets
of the city are very narrow and the
houses were mostly of wood construc
tion. Had not the water supply been
curtailed by the drought the .fire
would have been quenched without
great damage.
Electric Cars Collide.
Spokane, Wash., Special Ten per
sons were"killed and at least 60 were
injured in a head-on collision of two
electric cars at Caldwell, Wash., on
the Spokane and Inland Railway late
Saturday afternoon.'"
Both trains were going at the rate
of about 15 miles -an hour. They
crashed together without warning.
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO
Two Towns in the State of Guer-
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rero Partially Destroyed.
F8UHTE EN DEATHS BEPfl RTED
Humbler Folks of Mexico City Are Ter
" ribly Frightened, the Disaster Having
Been Predicted in Old Aztec Legend.
Mexico City, Mexico. Central Mex
ico, from the Atlantic to,, the Pacific,
and from Ouerato, on the north, to
Oaxaca, on the south, a distanoe cov
ering more than 1,000 square miles,
was shaken by a series of the most
severe earthquake shocks feit in this
region for the past .quarter of a cen
tury.. Reports telling of the loss of
life are as yet incomplete, but the
ofcclal figures" show that fourteen
were killed outright, while more than
a score were mortally injured. The
towns of Acapulca and Chilpancingo,
in the stats . of Guerrero, have been
partially destroyed.
$o far as can be laacned from the
police records, six people lost their
lives in Mexico City and its environs,
as a result of the shock. Two were
men of the lower class, the others
being three women and a child.
The large American colony escaped
unscathed. There were some slight
contusions reported among them from
falling plaster, but no serious injuries
were recorded. They, with, the high
and low classes of the Mexicans, re
mained in the plazas or squares until
the light of the day gave thenr the
courage to retufn to their dwellings.
The peon class were teribly fright
ened over the shocks. For days those
humble folk have been predicting a
disaster, because the snows on the
peak of the volcano Popocateptl, visi
ble from this city, have been melting.
An old Aztec legend declares that
when the snows on this volcano dis
appear, soon, too, will the city at its
base.
The property damage in this city
is slight. Some other cathedral walls
were cracked, and scores of adobe
wall3 were sent to the ground, but
the main business part cf the capital
snowed absolutely no signs of the se
vere rocking which it has been Riven.
Tho wailing and praying of the In
dians in the Almeda Zocato and other
public squares, added to the weird-
ness of the scene and painted an un
forgetable picture on the minds of the
half-clad, shivering hordes of - fright
ened men, women and children, who
stood out in the drizzling rain wait
ing for the coming of daylight.
The Associated Press ocice in Mex'
ico City received a reply to a mes
sage directed to the American consul
at Acapulco. That official declared
that the shocks are still continuing,
though with lessened intensity. Three
bodies have been taken from the ru
ins. The churches, customs house
and all of the hotels in the place
were rendered uninhabitable, while
not a house in the city escaped injury
of a more or le&s serious character.
All of the buildings along the water
front were leveled.
Reports from the towns of Vera
Cruz, Oaxaca, Tlacotalpam, Silacay
oapam, Duzmah, Meroteon and Pach
uca Indicate more or less property
damage, but no loss of life.
TOGHTS FULFILL CONTRACT.
Accept
.. G. A. Kimball Short $15,000. . .
- Southern Pines, Special Satur
day morning the officers of the Citi
zens' Bank and Trust Company post
ed the following notice on the front
of the bank building, and soon after
;tlifi rlnnrs ooened to receive cleposi-
. . . , i
tors who brought their pass uoos
fnr spttlement : "k - ; -
"There appears to be a shortage
JR15.000 in the accounts of
George A. Kimball, cashier, and the
bank examiners are here. We cannot
eive accurate information or details
until a complete auditing ot ti
hooks is made."-
Two Mangled By Train. -
Newberry, S. C, Special. Charlie
Williams and Ernest Bauknight, two
young white men, were struck and
killed by Columbia, -Newberry &
Laurens passenger train No. 53,
bound for Laurens to Columbia,
about three hundred yards above the
passenger depot in Newberry shortly
after 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
both being horribly mangled, the f or
mer being killed instantly, and the
latter living but a short time, :
Government Will Now
Aeroplane.
Washington. D. C. Orvllle Wrisrht
has attained the zenith of hard-earn
ed success. In a ten-mile cross-coun
try flight in the famous aeroplane.
built by himself and his elder broth
er, Wilbur, and accompanied by Lieut.
Benjamin D. Fouiois, of the signal
corps, he not only surpassed the
epeed requirements of his contract
with the United States government,
but accomplished the most difficult
and daring flight ever planned for a
heavxer-than-alr flying machine. In
cidentally, he broke all speed records
over a measured course. And he es
tablished, beyond dispute, the prac
ticability of an aeroplane In time of
peace and in time of war.
His speed was over 42 miles an
hour; he made the- ten-mile flight
ffom Fort Myer and back in 14 min
utes and 42 seconds, Including the
more than twenty seconds required
for the turn beyond the line at Shuter
Hill, the southern end of the course
He attained a height In crossing the
valley or Four Mile Run of nearly
500 feet, and the average altitude of
his practically level course was about
2000 feet above the ground
General James Allen, chief signa:
officer of the army, announced after
the flight, that there will be no more
fllebts at Fort Mvr.
The 'official board will at once de
tennine the speed made. It is said
that it exceeded 41 miles an hourJ-
The Wrights will, therefore, receive
530,000, including a bonus of $ 5,000
for their aeroplane.
GREAT AER0ST5QTIC EXHIBITION.
$10)03 in Frizes Are Offered for the
Different Contests. . . 7
Paris, France. The eyes of all avi
ators and of the countless thousands
who have been aroused to - enthusi
asm over the possibilities of heavier-
than-alr flying machines by M. - Bier-
lot's triumphal flight over the Eng
lish channel as well as by the splen
did performances of the - Wright
brothers, Henry Farman, Latham,
Curtits and - others, are now turned
toward Rhelms, -where on August 22
there will be opened the greatest aero
static competition the world has ever
seen. "
Every type of air craft known will
be entered in the various events, and
probably every aviator of conse
quence in the worldj with the excep
tion of the. Wright brothers, will try
for the rich prizes aggregating $40,-
000 in value which will be . hung ..up
for record-breaking feats.
Arrangements are being made to
care for one hundred thousand visi
tors. France undoubtedly will - lead
in the number of entrants, but Amer
ica, Australia, England and Italy all
will be represented by monoplane,
biplane or balloon. . ' " '
Glen H. Curtiss, who recently rr-nc! .
some successful tests in the,neighoj.
hosd of New York, will carry Ameri
ca s colors in the contest with a bi
plane built on the lines of the Wright
machines. Among the beet known of
the French aviators, in, addition i j
Bleriot, who are to compete are-LaUi-
ani, DeLagrange, Farman, Lamaen,
Tissandier and Santoos Dumont. ' :
NOTORIOUS JOBBERS CAUGHT.
Secret Service. Men Effect Capture. of
Two Men and a Woman.
Memphis, Tenn. After weeks ot
search. United States secret service
operatives, connected with the post
office department arrested here
Frank Warreh, alias Franklyn, alias
"Hand-and-Half ' Kelly, one of the
most notorious postoffice robbers in
the country, along With W. T.
Noakes, and a woman claiming to be
Mrs. Noakes, all three of whom are
alleged by the federal officers to be
wanted for a series cf successful post-
office burglaries throughout Kentucky,
Illinois, Ohio and Indiana,
The-trio were located In a residence
In an eastern suburb of the city and
was surrounded by the postal author
ities with the aid of the police.
A large quantity of stamps in
sheets were found secreted in a bed
room. The raid was led by Secret
Service Operator C. B. Llewellyn of
Chicago and Postoffice Inspecter E.
H. Kline of Memphis. -
EDITOR'S LONG JAUNT;
Rides Hcrse Two Thousand Miles to
Invite President Taft
Galveston, Texas Edward O'Reil
ly, editor of the San Antonio Light
Gazette, has been selected as the em
issary of Texas to present the invi
tation to President Taft to visit this
state in the fall.
Typical of West Texas, he will
make the long journey on horseback,
using three horses, two of which will
be shipped ahead aird used as relays.
Mr. O'Reilly excect3 to make the
journey In forfy-flve or fifty days. He
will .be attired in cow-boy outfit from
sombrero to shoes and the saddle
and equipment will be the finest ever
worn by a cowboy or ranchman. The
invitation to the president is an elab
orate document and bears the signa
tures of Governor Campbell and other
state officials and the mayors of all
the large a exas cities.
PLENTY OF PROSPERITY
Crcp3 Are Booming and the
Farmers Are Happy. .
railroads Ordering cars
Considerable Improvement in the Busi
ness Situation Is Shown By the
Government Report.
NO REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.
Recent Rioting Was Simply an Out
break of Students.
San Antonio, Taxas. F. DeJ. Vil
larael, a business man of Saltillo,
Mexico, who was in San Antonio on
business, eaid of the recent rioting
at Guadalajara that they, are merely
the expression of youthful enthusiasm
on the part of students of that city.
"There is no danger of a revolution
in Mexico," he said. "President Diaz
has promised the people of Mexico
that the next election is to be a fair
election, and they have faith in his
promise. And above everything else.
they want peace, security of property
and material development. They feel
confident that either Corral or Reyes
will win fairly in the election, which
will take place next year. .These dis
orderly young men will be sup
pressed." ' --' - -
LOSES RACE WITH STORK.
Congressman Uses Three Special
Trains, But Was Too Late.
Dalton, Mass. After using three
special trains in - a record-breaking
trip from Washington to Pittsfleld,
Senator W. Murray Crane lost his
race with . the stork by five hours.
Mrs. Crane, his wife, gaye birth to a
son while the senator was rushing
on a special train from Baltimore to
New York, to meet another special
that was awaiting him there. Ha
made the first leg of the trip from
Washington to Baltimore by special
also.
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"TNew York City. -Walter Scott, vice
president of a large merchandise con
cern, has. returned here With glowing
reports cf -prosperity of the west,
through which he makes a yearly trip
of inspection. . . -
."Never in my life .did I see such
optimism as now prevails . - every
where among farmers, bankers, rail
rt ad men and all others. The crops
p 3 becoming, corn and wheat nota-
. I think both of them will have
..ivj largest crops in history.
"We sent cut one hundred mea all
- or the south to look over the field,
! I report on general business and
jEtrial conditions. Those reports
e just ccme in. I never have met
anything like this set.. On every
h?nd they report prosperity."
: Washington, D. C, A considerable
improvement in the business- Eitua
tion as compared with conditions pre
vailing a year ago is noted in a re
port just made public by the bureau
cf statistics regarding lake traffic for
the month of June last. .
f -It is shown that the domestic ship
ments from lake ports cf leading
classes of commodities totaled 10,-
179,633 net tons, compared with 7,-
427,616 net tens-shipped during June,
1908. The domestic shipments for
the current season to the end of June
18.5S9.552 show a total of . about
65 per cent in excess of the total do
mestic shipments for the correspond
ing period in 1908." .
- The iron ore shipments for the
month, 5.250.657 gross . tons, were
more than double those shipped dur
ing June, 1908.
Lumber shipments during the
month were largely in excess of June,
19u8, and Indicate improved condi
tions In the building trade.
New York City. Car manufactur
ers all over the country are now flood
ed with orders for a vast amount of
equipment. The New York Central
has ordered two thousand four hun
dred box cars, especially designed for
carrying automobiles. The Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg has placed
an order for one thousand steel hop
per cars. The Boston and Mafne has
ordered tea locomotives. The Bos
ican Locomotive company. The Bos
ton and Maine has also placed' an or
der for one thousand freight cars;
the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf has
ordered fifty freight cars and the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
one thousand each. -
If is- said that the eight thousand
freight cars for which the Baltimore
and Ohio is In the market will be in
creased to ten thousand and that a
large amount of passengers equip
ment will be ordered in addition. The
Pennsylvania railroad is making in
quiries for eight thousand freight
care of different types and the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit company, it is said,
is about to purchase two thousand
cars of both the open and closed kind
New York City. "The output of
Iron and steel in the United States
in the year 1910 will be the largest
in the history of these industries."
The president of the billion dollar
United States Steel Corporation, Wli
liam Ellis Corey, once described by
ex-Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of
the board of directors of that great
corporation, as the "greatest steel
maker in the world," made this pre
diction with all the assurance of ab
solute conviction.
Asked on what he based his belief,
he said: "Present indications indicate
that this year will show a high water
mark in that base of all prosperity;
the crops. With the prospect of a
yiem oi more tnan 3,000,000,000. bush
els or corn and of other cereals in
proportion, nothing but the greatest
catastrophe can prevent a bis boom
in business. Then you have the pros
perity of manufactures in general.
Conditions all over the country have
improved strikingly and will continue
to 'improve."
K0M DEALER MADE A CHEVALIER.
King Leopold Honors Man Wno Has
Bought Over 1,500.000, Horses.
New York City. 0. W. Crawford, a
hcrse dealer cf ewi.rk, Ohio, who ar
rived on the Red Star liner Zeeland,
vears the d2cor.ion -of a Belgian
chevalier.
"In the lart 1 6 years, I have pur
chased fully 1,300,000 Belgian horses,"
said Mr. Crawford, "and In recogni
tion of this, King Leopold created me
a chevalier. He recognized the fact
that I had been an important factor
in furthering the great horso-raislng
industry cf Belgium."
PtLLIAM COMMITS SUICIDE. ;
President of -National Baseball Leagtio
. Kills. Himself.
New York City. Harry C. Pulllam,
president of the National League of
Baseball clubs, commltteed suicide in ,
his rooms on the third floor of the
New York Athletic Club. '. - '
Standing in the center cf the room. . ;
Mr. Pulliam held a revolver to his ;
right temple. He fired only one shot. -.
It went in at the right temple, and
came out several inches away on tho
left side of his head. The tullet de
stroyed- the right eye, and passed .
through the upper part of the len. ;
A careful search was made or tno .
room. Among the many papers scat- ..
tered about, however, there was noth
ing to indicate that the act had been'
premeditated. Friends cf Mr. Pulliam .
declared it as their belief that his act
was the result cf a sudden wild emo- .
tion. , -
Although Mr. Pulliam's act at thia
time was entirelv unexpected, .some , '
of his friends said that at the tlmo
of his recent - illness - it was known
that he. was subject to. eevere attacks .
of melancholia. . - .
Mr; Pulliam had but recently taken '
up the reins of the National league, '
after he had been granted a rest; bj
the league officials. He had previous '
ly been in ill health' for a number of.
months and his suicide is supposed tOrj
have been due to the fact that hia
mind was unbalanced by his sicknes.
He had much to worry' him in the ,
National league. He is said to have
taken the criticisms of his work very,
much to heart and worried over them
excessively. - He had been in a high--ly
nervous state for some time and;
his friends declared that they had
feared for some time his mind would -
give way. , . 4 ;
Pulliam was the third official of the
National league to pass away within :"
tho last few weeks, the other two .be
ing Israel Durham, president of the
Philadelphia club, and 'George Dovey,'
president of the Boston club.
SAYS HARHIMAN IS FINANCIAL PEST, i
Business Men of Today-Are Flayed -f
By Professor Zueblin.
Chautauqua, N. Y.: "Mr. Harrimah'
is a great railway administrator, but --'
he is a pest financially. The govern-...
ment would be wiee to pay him a
million dollars a year to continue his.
work of consolidating the railroads ;
of the country, and to keep out Of
finance." : ' .
This opinion was given here by
Profoscor Charles Zueblin, sociologist,
of Boston and former professor in the .
University of Chicago, in the course
of a scathing arraignment of the mod
ern business man, in which he de
clared that the business man who
possesses courage, character and cul
ture, Is a rarity.
As bad examples he made . thinly .
veiled references to Marshall Field,
A. J. Cassatt and Russell Sage, and
then turned to Harriman, declaring
that there was nothing personal In
his statements, but that these men
simply typify the . existing industrial
system.
The business man in general Mr,
Zueblin attacked with equal force. '
"The decalogue has been supplanted
by the business man's trlology: 'Bus
iness is .business;' 'Stand pat;' 'I
want what I want when I want it.1 "
BURGLAR TRAP KILLS WOMAN.
Merchant's Wife Forgot Trap Gun Had
Been Set.
Smithville, Ga. Mrs. Emmett
Booker, wife of a mei-chant of Smith
ville, was killed by the discharge of
a trap gun which her husband had
placed for burglars. As Mrs. Booker
opened a door, two loads of buckshot
were discharged, both entering her
body, causing death four hours later.
Mrs. Booker knew the trap gun was
set in the store, but had forgotten of
its presence for the moment -
Want Taft at Convention. .
New Orleans, La. In order that the
dates of the lakes to the gulf deep
daterway convention in this city may
conform with the itinerary of Presi
dent Taft's trip through the south,
President Philip Werlein of the New
Orleans Progressive Union has writ
ten President Kavanaugh of the Deep
Waterway Association, recommend
ins; that the convention be held No
vember 2, 3 and 4. It was. originally
planned to hold the convention No
vember 11, 12 and 13.
PANAMA PAYS INDEMNITY.
Relatives of Murdered Seamen to Get
Damages.
Washington, D. C The govern
ment of Panama has agreed to the
demands of the United States' in the
United States ship Columbia and Uni
ted States" steamship Buffalo cases,
in which American officers and sea
men were maltreated by the police
of the republic. That government
will pay an indemnity of $5,000 to
the relatives of Boatswain's Mate
Band of the Buffalo, who was killed
in 1908, and $1,000 to Seaman Cies
lok of the same ship, who was stab
bed at the same time. TLj . govern
ment also agrees to dismiss all the
police officers who - were involved.
Torpedo Boat Won.
Portsmouth,-Va.-In a realistic war
maneuver carried out in the upper
part of Portsmouth harbor,- the inef
ficiency cf a massive Domo witn wire
entanglement to prevent the entrance
of hostile torpedo craft wa3 fully
demonstrated. The torpedo boat de
stroyer Ferret cut through -the ob
structions" with the greatest ease.
Charged Witn Selling Whiskey.
Wesson, Miss. W. .W. Robertson of
Wesson, a member of the Mlssislppi
legislature, must face the courts on
a charge of violating the state prohibi
tion law.v An affidavit filed against
him charges with retailing! intoxicat
ing liquor. t , : -
ALL SHARE PROFIT?.
$400,000 To Be Divided Between :
Employes.
Youngetown, Orfo. From 3200,000
to $400,000 will be annually distrib
uted among the five thousand em
ployes of the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube company as the result of a prof.
It-sharing plan decided on by the
stockholders. The plan has not been
fully developed, but in a general way
it is based on the earnings of the
company and will reach as high aa .
ten per cent of the wagea of every
man in the works from the heads ot
departments down to day laborer?. ;
All employes in the employ of the cor
poration for one year will be entitled '
to a pro rata share of that year'a :
earnings. '
WILL DISCHARGE INCOMPETENTS.
Investigate Every Branch of thi
United States Treasury.
Washington, D. C. Secretary Mac
Veash's decision to probe every of
fice In the treasury department ill
order to promote efficiency of service i
among the employes was formed aa
the result of a long preliminary in.
vestigation made by the three assls- ':
tant secretaries cf the treasury.
Every incompetent . clerk will be dia
miseed. . , . . . ;
TOUCHED LIVE WIRE.
Novel Plan of Employes to Catch
Thief.
Richmond, Va. The employes of a
local electric plant have been-missing
property and money left in their
clothing at the power , plant lately.
One of the men hit on a novel
scheme to detect the thief. A high
tension electric current was connect
ed with a bunch of keys and fastened
to a pocketbook. This was placed
in the pecket of a coat that hSj
on the wall. Several days passed
without development, : but later the
men heard a 4oud cry in the dressing
room and cn : Investigation found a
young man unconscious on ihe floor.
He had touched the live wire. '
OBrPDT 0F"3N0BS."
Ex-Prof. Zueblin Leads Attack on the
Service Schccls.
. Chautauqua N. Y. Snobs are the
annual product of West -Point and
Annapolis, according to ex-Pf cfessor
Charles Zueblin, formerly thelUniver
sity of Chicago sociologist, who is
now in charge-of a $3,000,000 settle
ment - in Boston. Professor Zueblin
expressed himself on the work done
by the government army and navy
schools in; an address oh "Democratic
Culture" at Chautauqua aaesmblj.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Just what the. public wants to get
in its newspapers, It gets, according
to Dean Shailer Mathews, of the .University-
of' Chicago Divinity scuool,
who answered some critics of the '
press In a lecture on modern social
conditions before the Chautauqua as
sembly at Chautauqua, N. Y. - "The
rank and file of editors and publish
ers are only too eager to prut what,
their readers want to see Jn print," .
eaid Dr. Mathews.
Parachuting his balloon by loosen
ing the appendix cord and allowing
the lower part of the balloon'to rise,
into the netting, Dr. S. S. Stowell of
Flttsfield, Mass., on his first trip as
pilot, made a. parachute drop to earth .
in, the balloon Pittsfleld. it probably
being the first -time such an experl-
ment was ever tried in this country.
A perfect landing -was effected with
out the valve cord being touched.
While Mrs. Anna Pillsbury waa
bathing at Marine park. South Bos-
ton, Mass., she stepped on - a crab
which immediately ceizei her foot.
The weman became hysterical and -would
have drowned but for . the '
prompt work cf Captain Freitas, of ,
the life saving corps, who dragged ;
her from the surf.
John Williams was bound, over to
the superior court at Columbus, Ga., ;
on the charge cf attempting to wresk
the Southern passenger train ' from :
Columbus to Atlanta. It Is charged
that Williams placed a cfosstie acrofcs ,
the rails because he wanted to see '
what would happen when . the train :
hit It. Fortunately, it is claimed, '
the engineer caw the obstruction and
stopped the tian just as the point
was reached, i 7d it not been seen
the train and a number of passengers
would have been thrown into a creek
fan a trestle.