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EXPLOSION AT KEY WEST
12 Men Killed and a Score In
jured When Dynamite Let Go.
CMRETTE WASTI1E CAUSE
Men Were Employes of the Florida East
Coast Railway and Had Only Re
ceatly Been Put to Work.
Key West, Fia. As a result cf the
explosion of 700 pounds of dynamite
at Boeachica, 12 miles from Key West,
on the Florida East Coast Railway,
twelve men are dead, five probably
fatally wounded and at least a dozen
others are suffering from less serious
injuries. The explosion was caused
by a member of the railroad construc
tion force carelessly throwing a light
od cigarette into a box of fuses.
Nine cf the workmen met instant
death and three died while being
brought to the hospital here. The men
were hurled high into the air and te
bodies of the dead were almost be
yond recognition, arms and legs be
ing tern from the bodies of some,
while the faces of others were masses
cf flesh.
When the explosion occurred the fif
teen men were standing in water four
feet deep and directly .beneath them
was the 700 pounds of dynamite,
rtady for the blast when the men
should stop work for dinner.
According to one of the wounded, a
workman one of the nine to meet in
t trait death threw his lighted cigar
ette to one side, not nsticing the
itises, which were connected with the
heavy charges cf explosives beneath
ihem. A few seconds and the men,
water, mud and tons of dirt were
thrown 70 to 90 feet in the air.
Tugs at once brought the dead and
the more seriously wounded to this
city, the latter being placed in the
Louise Maloney hospital.
MGMY rOH MILITIA.
Four Million Dollars Appropriated by
Congress Allotted.
Washington, D. C. Four million dol
lars appropriated by congress for the
militia have been allotted among the
teveial states and territories by Lieu
tenant Colonel E. M. Weaver of the
geneial staff corp of the army, who is
chief of the division cf militia.
The enlisted strength of the militia
; s shown by tables prepared by Colo
nel Weaver is 109,761 and the allot
ments under various heads include
$1,472,250 for armo, equipments and
camp purposes; $4DO,75t for promotion
cf liiie practice; $G2i,56i for ammuni
tion and $97U,656 for supplies.
The allotments for the states and
tetritories in round numbers includ
ing the following:
Alabama, ?S,tX:0; Arkansas, $54,
iX'U; Ficiida, $37,000; Georgia, $90,
Ku; Kentucky, $7S,000; Louisiana,
v-53,00; Mississippi, $5S,U0; North Car
olina, 73,000; Oklahoma, $40,000;
youth Carolina, $60,000; Tennessee,
$)0,o00 ; Texas, $104,000; New Mexico,
$10,000.
KEEPING SOUTH CAROLINA "DRY.
Comptroller General Breaks Quorum
Cn Beard of Canvassers.
Columbia, S. C. A strange and un
precedented condition prevails in
South Carolina regarding the liquor
situation. The attitude of one man,
Comptroller General Jones, in repeat
edly absenting himself from the meet
ing of the state board of canvassers,
held to declare the results of the elec
tion in the twenty-one dispensary
counties in order to break the quorum
so as to prevent the board passing
upon the constitutionality cf the act
providing for the elections, has block
ed the action cf the board, and no re
sults can be declared. The only hope
cf getting a quorum vanished when
efforts to get the attendance of Rep
resentative K, P. Smith of Anderson
failed, he being out of the states.
Things are in suspense till Lieutenant
Governor McLeod can be. reached.
Under the lav,', his attendance win
creak the quorum,
GENERAL fijQEQAS'j BETRAYER DEAD.
Woman Disclosed Hiding Place
cf the Confederate General.
Washintgcn, D. C. Mrs. Saram E,
Thompson, the only woman carried on
the rolls cf the pension office as a
soldier of the union army, died here
Mrs. Thompson, whose real name
was Mrs. Sat ah E. Cotttcn, she having
married twice, was recognized as a
soldier largely because of the ser
vice she rendered during the latter
part of the civil war by disclosing
and reporting to the federal troops
the hiding place of John Morgan, the
confederate general who invaded and
terrorized Ohio. He was killed while
in hiding after escape from prison.
HARRIMAOtSfi
Raiirsad Magnate Spending His Days
and Nights in Seclusion.
Arden, N. Y. Whatever be E. H.
Harriman's ailment, whatever his true
condition, the public is not to know
until he and Lis family decide that
such an announcement is opportune.
He is an isolated invalid with the
nature cf his. affliction, a mystery to
those outside his mountain retreat,
near this city.
At the top'cf Tower Hill, where the
Funiclair Railroad stops, with roads
picketed by guaids and all but one
telephone wire, and that a private one,
severed he emends his days and
rights in a seclusion that is almost
absolute.
$10,000 STOLEN FROM DEAD BODY.
Tennessee Woman Clubbed to Death
by Three Men.
Fayetteville, Tenn That $10,000 in
money was stolen from the body "of
-lis. John Winkleman, an aged wom
an who was clubbed to death here,
is asserted in a circular issued, offer
ing a reward of $4,300 for the capture
of the woman's slayer and the recov
ery or the money.
The pockets of a money ibelt which
Ivlrs. Winkleman carried strapped
about her waist, had been cut away.
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ALABAMA LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS.
Many Drastic Prohibition Bills Passed
Ey Lawmakers.
Montgomery, Ala. The special ses
sion of the Alabama legislature, which
adjourned after" twenty-two working
days, accomplished the chief purpose
for which it was called by passing
the most drastic prohibition laws ever
passed by any state, and capping the
laws by submitting to the people an
amendment to the constitution prohib
iting the sale or manufacture of in
toxicants in Alabama. The election
will be held the last week in Novem
ber. Governor Comer, In his call for the
extra session, urged a compulsory edu
cation law, and the submission of a
constitutional amendment for biennial
sessions of the legislature, and the
creation of new counties.
These three ideas failed, the educa
tional bill and the counties' amend
ment being defeated, and the biennial
sessions proposition not being Intro
duced. At least ten prohibition measures
were passed. Under the new laws a
person may not have liquor anywhere
but his home. Keeping it .at other
places is made, prima facie evidence
that it is for. sale. Prosecutions are
to. be made 'before chancellors, and
not juries, and state attorneys and
sheriffs may be impeached for failure
to ex-acute the laws. Foreign corpo
rations may not do business of any
kind in Alabama if it is" shown that
they sell or manufacture liquors in
other states. -
Naw pure food and drug laws were
passed; the state is given a complete
ly new jury system, designed to aid
prohibition prosecutions, and many
changes were made in the civil code.
Few railroad measures were passed.
Many of those passed by other legis
latures were repealed or amended to
meet Use opinions of federal courts.
C. Q. D. SIGNAL SAVED PASSENGERS.
Steamship Ohio Sank Wireless Oper
ator Sinks With Ship.
Seattle, Wash. Five lives were
lost in the sinking of the Alaska
Steamship J Company's steamer Ohio
off Steeff Point, Alaska. -Ther.e were
128 passengers on board, but all es
caped, the victims being from among
the crew. The less of the steamer
and cargo is total.
The drowned: Puiser F. J. Stephen,
Seattle;-Wireless Operator George E.
Eccles, Winnipeg; two seamen, names
not given; quartermaster, name not
given.
A wireless dispatch says the Ohio
sank in three minutes. This probably
means that she was on the reef a
considerable time and that the pas
sengers were all off before the ship
slid into deep water, which she did so
speedily as to carry down five of the
crew.
Some of the passengers were taken
ashore in life boats and picked up by
the fishing boat Kingfisher and taken
to Swanson Bay. Others were taken
on the Humboldt and Rupert City.
The Humboldt's passengers will be
landed at Ketchikan and the Rupert
City is taken her passengers to Van
couver. COLONEL SAUSStY UNRECONSTRUCTED.
Will Never Take Cath cf Allegiance
to United States.
Atlanta, Ga. They have discovered
a real rebel, an unreconstructed rebel.
He is Colonel G. N. Sau-ssy, of Sylves
ter, Ga. Governor Brown recently
named Colonel Saussy a colonel on
the governor's personal staff, and the
adjutant general mailed the old soldier
his commission together with the oath
of allegiance to the state of Georgia
and the United Staates.
Colonel Saussy made a few changes
in the commission and more in the
oath. He erased the word blue vheie
it appeared in the regulations for the
unform and subotitutea the word
"gray," then he erased the oath to the
United States constitution and wrote;
'J except to the twelfth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments. J am a con
federate soldier, stil Ion parole and
while pledgee! not to again bear anna
against the United States, I still re
tain the view I tad when I entered
the confederate army. I have never
taken the oath of allegiance to the
United States and while God gives ma
life, I never will."
No Cholera On Ib'p.
Washington, D. C A dispatch re
ceived by Surgeon General Wyman o?
the health and maiine hospital from
the American consul at Rotterdam,
puts a different light on the cholera
eituation and greatly relieves the feel
ings of apprehension felt by the gov
ernment's health officials. The con
sul states that the Andyk was the
last steamer to leave Rotterdam for
America before the cholera cases
were reported, and that "he did not
mean by his former dispatch to con
vey the idea that the disease had
broken out aboard that vessel.
Great Pearl Found in Wabash.
Mount Vernon, 111. George Rut
ledge found a pearl in the Wabash
river weighing forty-six grains, which
he sold for $2,500. The jewel is the
largest ever taken from the stream,
and the finder has been engaged in
pearl fishing fcr years, with varying
success,
Confined in Iron Cage.
Fez Morocco. Confined in an iron
cage, 'strapped to the back of a sway
ing camel, El Roghi, the rebellious
subject of the sultan cf Morocco, who
was captured recently by imperial
troops, was marched through the
streets. He was led to the sultan, who
questioned him closely.
Gave Up Bis Bride.
Philadelphia, Fa. In order to com
ply with the terms of his brother's
will, which required .him to remain a
bachelor, William Taggart cf this city
announced that he would give up his
intended marriage, and will thereby
receive a legacy of $15,000. The es
tate originally belonged to an uncle,
who left the property to a brother of
Taggart, on condition that he remain
unmarried. The Drotner uiea, aim u
SHIP'S GREW RESCUED
Five Men Taken From Isolated
Island in Pacific Ocean.
SURVIVORS ARE UNBALANCED
Fourteen Days Without Food, Water or
Shelter Captain's Wife Killed Her
Children.
Victoria, B. C. Because no wreck
had occurred in the vicinity for
years the British government ceased
some time ago to leave supplies for
shipwrecked mariners at desolate
Middleton Island, in the South seas.
Because such supplies were not
found there as they had been led by
the sailing directions to expect, the
crew of the Norwegian bark Errol,
formerly the Carisbroke Castle, expe
rienced all the agonies of starvation
during two weeks in which they had
no morsel of focd or drop of water.
Several went insane; others, including
Captain Anderson, perished in their
endeavors to make and float a small
raft.
Mrs. Anderson, the master's wife,
sacrificed her four children and com
mitted suicide, when, after-the death
cf the husband and father, she heard
the seamen discussing recourse to
cannibalism.. The story of the ma
rooning of the Errol's crew and their
subsequent experiences was brought
in by the Australian liner Makura.
The survivors of the hapless crew
had reached Sydney shortly before
the sailing of the Canadian-Australian
steamer. They had been rescued
by the steamer Tofu, after two weeks
of torment cn the reef following June
18. The rescued, if they live, will
remain unbalanced.
Patrick Palmer, able seaman, who
joined the vessel before she started
from Copuimboon on her ill-fated voy
age to Newcastle, had the best recol
lection of the fourteen days on the
reef.
"We are the last of the twenty-two,"
he said. "That's including the cap
tain's wife and their four children.
Five of us got away from the wreck
in a raft. We went all over the reet
in search of water, but found none,
and one died on the reef. We had
difficulty in building the raft, and the
captain and second mate both got
drowned assisting us.
"The captain's wife stood within a
few feet of him watching him drown.
As she stood there wringing her hands
she had her four kids, from the ba
by, a year old, to the eight-year-old
girl, standing beside her."
Another survivor took up the story.
He said that when the - sufferers
were sitting in the sand the captain's
wife thought they were considering a
resort to canibalism. Her mind was
gone. Suddenly she ran into the sea
and drowned her four children, fol
lowing them into the waves. The ema
ciated survivors watched her, one of
the laughing; his mind was gene,
too. When relief finally came there
were but five alive, four men and a
boy, and these were so exhausted that
they had to be carried by rescuers to'
the boats.
IMMUNE AGAINST BOG CHOLERA.
Serum Experiments at Kansas City
Declared Successful.
Kansas City, Co. That hogs inocu
lated with a serum discovered by a
government specialist, are immune
from cholera has been demonstrated
to the satisfaction of United States
government officers who have been
conducting a test at the Kansas City
stock yards.
At the beginning of the test, 30 days
ago, 35 hogs were placed in an iso
lated pen. Twenty-two of them were
inoculated with the serum. In four of
the remainder virulent cholera blood
was injected, and nine underwent no
treatment at all.
The 13 hogs which were not im
munized died of chclera during the
test, while the 22 that had been in
oculated are alive and perfectly heal
thy. The immunized hogs were sub
jected to every form of exposure to
cholera.
The carcasses of the untreated hogs
that died were allowed to remain In
the pens with Immunized animals as
long as two or three days.
CARS COLLIDE IN AUIO RACE.
Louise Cole is Killed and Laurent
Gross Cannot Recover.
Brighton Beach, N. Y. Louis Cole,
mechanician of the Stearns car in the
24-hour automobile race, was killed
and the driver Laurent Gross, was
fatally injured in a collision with the
Acme car; the crew of the Acme were
enly slightly injured; both . cars were
wrecked. Gross and Cole were thrown
from their car m the collision. Cole
was almost instantly killed; Gross'
spine was 'broken and he cannot re
cover. r
. HOLY SEPULCHRE RELIC.
Ancient Wooden Lock In the Hands of
James Creelman.
Ney York City. The ancient wood
en lock of the gate of the holy sepul
chre in the city of Jerusalem is now
in this city in the home of James
Creelman, a magazine writer, to
whom it was presented by Faydi Effen
di, mayor of Jerusalem. .
The lock is believed to have been
placed cn the gate during one of the
later crusades. Six years ago, the
Turkish government wanted to replace
the crumbling old interlocking pieces
of wood with a modern lock, but the
French consul instantly protested. A
compromise was made -and duplicate
of the old lock put in its place.
ROQSEVELTfcTROPiilES ARRIVE.
Boxes Were Marked With the "T. R."
Brand.
Washington, D. C. A big exrpess
wagon, loaded with nine black bar
rels and one huge box, containing
trophies of the Roosevelt hunting ex
pedition in the jungles of Africa, ar
rived at the Smithsonian institute in
Washington.
The packages were marked with
the initials "T. R.," placed there with
r.assed the estate to William with ; white paint and large eneuga to be
the matriniouia riiinsuww "
KUSLUX BAND AT WORK.
Mounted Men in Long Black Robes Ride
Through Streets of Dalton, Ga.
Dalton, Ga. Wearing long iblack
robes and masks, a band of Ku-Klux,
or night riders,. 25 or 30 strong, rode
into Dalton to take the first step to
ward ridding the town of evil-doers,
so it later transpired.
The body scattered when they reach
ed tbwii, and several of the member;
rede up to the residence of B. L.
Heartsill, editor of The Argus, and
woke him up.
"Are you editor of the paper?" the
spokesman of the party asked Mr.
Heartsill. He replied that he owned
The Argus. "Well, we have a mes
sage here to some people in Dalton
we want you to print, and then give
to the other paper."
The warning was as follows:
"Owl Hollow, Sth Month, Ax.
, "When in the course of events it
becomes necessary for us to visit a
certain section for the protection of
women and children and good of so
ciety we are ever ready, to answer the
call, and whatsoever we purpose that
we do. Wee unto the guilty wretch
who discbeys our orders.
"There are certain evils existing in
this city that have got to stop. Blind
tigers and gamblers, lewd women,
streets loafers and vagrants must go.
Ed Whitaker, Lum Gartrell, Jesse
House and several others of their col
or; also several white men who are
engaged in the same business of sell
ing whiskey, take warning. The ap
peal of women and children who have
been" made to suffer on aecount of
the infernal poison you sell has been
heard and by the Eternal they shall
not be imposed upon any more. The
gamblers we know also, and this is
the first and last warning you will
receive.
Seme of them are married men and
have families who have our sympathy
and need the money that you are
gambling away while you are ruining
the youn gboys cf the town. This
thing has got to stop. If it does not
the young boys of the town. This
the house, remember you have been
warned. Don't attempt violence or
make any threats. If you do remem
ber the cross beam on the foot bridge
is still sound and strong. The gang
of young men who loaf "the streets
both day and night must either go to
work or leave the country. Lewd
women both white and black must go.
Certain young men who wear good
clothes and loaf on the streets each
night until midnight must either go
to work or leave. Some of the gang
are thieves and we have got them
on our list. They must either go to
work or go further away. This order
to all is first and final; you must quit
your cussedness or go to another
country. Your day is over here.
"Done in conference at Owl Hol
low and final "orders given by
"TIBO TIB,"
"Grand Cyclops of the K. K. K."
The document was typewritten,
some sentences having been done over
in red ink.
VISITORS BARRED AT TREASURY.
Because the Government Was Once
Robbed of Two Dollars.
Washington, D. C. When Grover
Cleveland was president, the United
States treasury was robbed of two sil
ver dollars, and this loss, although of
no material importance, is responsible
for Washington's visitors and tourists
being unable to "see" the treasury
vaults.
Formerly it was the custom to take
visitors through the vaults in the
treasury building, where millions of
dollars were stored, but since a small
boy, tempted by the immense amount
of glittering gold and silver, cut one
of the bags vith his pocket knife and
made away vith the two "cart
wheels," as they heavy one-dollar sil
ver pieces are referred to, the vaults
have been closed to all visitors, ex
cepting these who get permission from
the secretary of the treasury. In the
large vault, which Is eighty-nine feet
long and fifty-one feet wide, is stored
$165,000,000 in coin for the redemp
tion of gold and silver certificates,
BOY KILLS INTRUDER
Newsy Paragraphs.
New York's wealth, on which taxes
are paid, is $7,250,500,559, according
to a report submitted to the mayor
recently by the tax commission. Of
this total tht real estate Is worth $6,
507,179.704 and the personal property
is worth $443,320,85.5. These valuations
which are embodied for three months,
ending June 30, 1909, show a net in
crease in the assessed value of real
estate of $84,763,915.
"It doesn't take as much sense to
be a president as it does to be a sen
ator or congressman these days," said
Congressman Champ Clark as he pass
ed through Omaha, Neb., on a chat
tauqua tour. "There are ten thousand
men in the United States who would
make good presidents if they could
be elected. What we need most is
senators and congressmen who will
look out for the poor common peopleT"
A few days ago a bent and headless
pin was taken from the arm of Miss
Adelina Wyckoff, eighteen years eld of
Patterson, N. J., and since then six
teen similar pins have been extracted
from the arm. Miss Wyckoff has no
Lad of 17 Shoots Man Found Rum-
maging in His Father's Hous
Asheville, Special. Ben. W. Mor
ris, Jr., son of B. W. Morris, a youth
about 17 years of age and well con
nected in the county, who Wednes
day night shot and killed Joe Capps,
a white man, whom he found . rum
maging in the Morris homestead
about five jrniles fiom the city was
eequitted by a coroner's jury on
the grounds that he shot ia self de
fense. There .were no witnesses to the
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
News Notes Gathered From All
Parts of the Old North State,
CONFEDERATE REUNION.
Two Days of Greeting and Mingling
in Joyous Reunion cf North Carolina-
Veterans of the Lost Cause.
Charlotte, .Special. : Veterans, be
gan to arrive Tuesday night for the
State Confederate Reunion held here
cn Wadnesday and Thursday. Gen.
Carr and staff were on hand and Ad
jutant Gen. London was esneciallv
affair except Morris-, who testified j active and skillful in executing the
that he was out at the barn at his
place, there being no others at home,
and hearing a noise at the house, he
starter there and found a man, un
known to him, in the house destroy
ing the furniture and chinaware,
part of which he was .throwing out.
of the window.
Capps, who appeared to be either
drunk or in a frenzy, threatened to
kill him if he entered the house,
Morris secured the shot gun from a
neighbor, entered by the front door
and was met in the hall by" Capps,
who had "worked through the house.
A scufile ensued. After some min
utes Morris was able, to throw Capps
off him out of the house. Capps
tried to enter again, -making threats
and holding an open razor in hi3
hand, . a razor he had got in ran
sacking - the house, and would " not
heed warning of Morris, to leave
the place, when Morris leveled the
fan and fired, Capps falling over and
lied shortly. The house was badly
ransacked and things thrown into
;onfusion.
Ben Morri3 Arrested.
Asheville, Special. A warrant was
sworn out Saturday afternoon by
John Capps, father of Joseph T.
Capps, who was killed by Ben. W.
Morris, Jr., late Wednesday evening,
charging Morris with the murder of
Capps. Morris who was the only wit
ness before the coroner, made it a
case of selft-defeiise, but other wit
nesses are to be examined.
body, and her parents bejieve that
when she was a little child she prob
ably swallowed them, unknown to oth
er members of the family, and that
they are just now working themselves
out.
Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, who,
with his sen, Robin, was found guilty
of killing former Senator Carmack in
Tennessee, Inherits $11,655 from the
estate of his brother, William F. Coop
er, the late former associate justice of
the supreme court cf Tennessee, who
died in New York city recently.
Governor John A. Johnson of Min
nesota, .will undergo a fourth opera
tion for appendicitis. A statement by
the Minnesota executive that he would
be compelled to undergo this fourth
ordeal under the knife was made pub
lic at Auburn, 111.
Encouraged by the singing of the
hymn, "Rescue the Perishing, Care for
the Dying," toy a squad of Salvation
Army workers on the banks of the
Charles river, near Newton, Mass.,
Mattamuskest Railroad.
Washington, Special. A large
delegation of citizens left here Wed
nesday morning for Swan Quarter to
be present when the Governor and
Council of State are making their in
restigaticn in Hyde county and dis
cussing the advisability of continu
ing t.'ie Mattamuskeet Railroad,
which the State is now building be
tween Fairfield, Hyde county and
Belhavcn, from Belii'aven to this city,
instead of stopping the road at Bel
havcn. The continuing of the road
to Washington and making this city
its terminal means much te Washing- Ts
ton and her various commercial in
terests and every pressure will be
brought to bear on the State officials
and every inducement offered by our
citizens to get this road.
"Near-Beer" Was Plain Beer.
Durham, Special. W. T. Rigshee,
the richest young man in Durham,
was fined $500 Tuesday for retailing
liquor. Other cases against him were
nol-prossed. Rigshee owned a near
beer stand, whereat Detective May
field, of Rcanoke, bought drinks,
which analysis showed to be comier
cial beer. There was a conference
with City Attorney Everett, who
agreed to accept the settlement rnen:
tioned. In the trial of the case,
Fernie Foster, a negro, had made
affidavit that he was promised im
munity for turning State's evidence.
Attorney W. B. Guthrie, represent
ing him, asked for his release. As
sociate Counsel Holton, for the State,
interposed a remark which provoked
hot words, with the result that
Guthrie struck Holton and spat in
his face.
Youth Shot by Accident.
Hamlet, Special. Halbert
Stewart, a young man about 18 years
of age, was accidentally shot and
painfully but not seriously injured
Sunday night. The accident occurred
in the cab of Conductor F. B. Hall,
of the Seaboard, while the revolver
was in his coat pocket. It is sup
posed the hammer of the gun became
entangled i nthe lining of the pocket
and was discharged.
Counterfeiting Charged.
Winston-Salem, Special. Counter
feiting, although on a small scale.
idea how the pins came to be in her I perhaps, is charged against E. R.
Butner, of Tobaccoville, this county;
also W. G. Lane, his brother-in-law,
is ia the toils, suspected 61 being an
accomplice. Butner is charged with
trying to pass a crudely "raised" $1
bill to $10. When Butner was search
ed another bill was found upon him
which had been "lifted" from $10 to
$20. Clippings from Confederate
bills had been used to turn the triek.
Butner claims to be a cattle dealer
while Lane says he is a laborer.
Dry Kiln Destroyed by Fire.
Statesville, Special. A' dry kiln
with its' contents of lumber was to
tally destroyed-by fire Monday at
noon at Mr. R. F. Gaither's lumber
plant in the vicinity of Harmony.
The loss is probably from $250 to
$300. A cotton gin and a large
amount of lumber outside, the kiln
were saved by the heroic work of a
Policeman w imam junou saved a fc f persons who responded
man and a young woman from drown- ..F 1 t.l p
ins after their canoe had capsized.
to the alarm and used buckets
water to great advantage,
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program as published.- V '
At the" morning session in: . the
Academy of Music the packed house
was spell-bound with the speeches of
Chief Justice Clark and ex-Governor
Jarvis, not to mention the hapny
greetings in the welcome addresses
and the responses.
At the afternoon session the ; for
mer officers were all re-elected by ac
clamation. A motion was carried to
appoint a committee to see to the
work of securing a slab at the grave
of each soldier buried at the Soldiers'
Home at Raleigh. Also the commit
tee was continued that has in charge
the work looking to suitable monu
ment to the memory of the women of
the State, who bore so. much of the
burden of the great Civil War."
At 8 o'clock the" veterans and
their families were admitted to Vance
Park and ergoyed a treat of music,
recitations and refreshments.
On Thursday morning mustered for
the last time on Charlotte soil to
march to the notes of "Dixie" and
the roll of drums, in the wake of
tattered banners eloquent of martial
conflict, ' 1,085 Confederate soldiers
fell into line behind their mounted
leaders astride spirited chargers and
treated a large crowd to an unusual
spectacle, eliciting cheers from men
and hand-clapping and 'kerchief
waving from ladies onlooking.
With General Carr was his staff,
on the left being Brigadier General
H. A. London, of Pittsboro, and on
the right Col. W. H. H. Gregory, of
Statesville; Major Ashley Home, of
Clayton; Col. J. H. Currie, of Fay
etteville Major George H. Hall, of
Red Springs; Major Shakespeare
Harris, of Concord, who rode with
little Miss Ruth Porter, who was
dressed in the Confederate uniform
and colors, and Major J. Y. Young,
of Winston. -
By actual count there were 1,085
veterans in the parade,' many not
participating. In the First Brigade
were 382 men, in the Second were
453, in the Third 88, in the Fourth
70 and in carriages 92 infirm.
Among the big features of the re
union was the great barbecue given
near Latta Park after the march un
doubtedly ranks high. "A crowd esti
mated at 4,000 persons, not all vet
erans, partook of dinner there. Tables
were spread in- the grove. After
much work of preparation food for
this large assemblage was got togeth
er, eooked and served, much of the
work being done by the ladies inter
ested in the cause. :
. Just as a matter of mathematical
curiosity,, how much do you suppose
was eaten at that barbecue? Twenty-one
hogs, averaging 70 pounds
each, 7 beeves weighing about 400
each and three goats. The guests did
full justice to the repast.
Equally interesting in this connec
tion, are the figures of Capt. W. B.
Taylor, ' who, in charge of , the com
missary department ,toiled early and
late to provide for the material :waht3
of the visitors... He furnished food
Tuesday afternoon . for :: 700 math
Wednesday morning for 800 men.
Wednesday noon for 1,200-to 1,600
men, Wednesday evening , for 800
men, Thursday morning for 800 and
Thursday afternoon for 250. Thus it
would appear that approximately 5,
000 meals were served free. ,
Drowned in Lumber River.
Maxton, Special. Mr.,. R, M.
Forbes while swimming in Lumber
river Thursday afternoon was drown
ed about 5 o'clock. Mr. Nolan White,
who was with him at the time, was
unable to account for the unfortunate
man's accident, as Forbes had ' told
him te could swim. He was a Scotch
man and had just arrived "recently
to make his home with Mr. James
McBride and to learn farming. ,
Freight Wreck Near Gibsonville.
Durham, Special. The eastbound
passenger train between Asheville
and Goldsboro was delayed five
hours Wednesday evening owing ; to
the wreck of a freight ; headed to
wards Goldsboro near : Gibsonville
in the afternoon. Eighteen cars
niled themselves in pairs along the
tracks, the wreck being caused by
broken trucks. Barrels of flour were
scattered by the way and the track
was badly lorn up. One brakeman,
whose name was not learned, was
bruised badly. .
Bank Officials Convicted.
Asheville, Special. William E.
Breese and'Joseph E. Dickerson were
Saturday found guilty of the charge
of conspiring to defraud the First
National Bank of Asheville, the jury
which has heard the case since July
26, coming into court at 9:45 with
a verdict whieh recommended the
mercy of. the court. Judge Newman
promptly sentenced each jof the de
fendants to serve two years in the At
lanta penitentiary and fined $2,500.
TO URGE POSTAL BANKS
Taft Wai Aak Congress to Carry
Out Republican Promises.
IT, WOULD Mo MILLIONS
By Establishment of Banks Government
Would Got Huge Sum With Which
to Retire 2 Per Cent Bonds.
Beverly, Mass. President Taft in
dicated in talks with callers that In
his message to 'congress next Decem
ber, he will strongly urge the early
establishment of a postal savings bank
system. The president realizes that
there is "strong opposition to such leg
islation at this time and while he doe3
not propose to rush congress on too
many, matters at once, he will ask
that the platform declaration of the
republican party In favor of. postal
banks be fulfilled as speedily as po
sibla.- ' -
Influential members. c bpth the sen
ate and, house . are urging that the
matter be left over until the monetary
commission has made its report and
ensuing financial legislation has been
disposed of. It has even been said
that the relation between the subjects
to be dealt with by the monetary com
mission and the postal banks is so
close that the two should be handled
together.
President Taft believes that several
hundreds of millions would be placed
at the disposal of the government
through postal svaings banks: It is
suggested that this money might well,
be employed in taking up the ,$60Q,
000,000 or $700,000,000 of government
2 per cent bonds .which are outstand
ing and which have given much con
cern to the treasury department offi
cials. Already the 2 per cent bonds
are selling below par and there is fear
of further depreciation in view of the
3 per cent issues which have been
authorized and which soon may be
placed cn the market.
The money which postal banks
would draw, the president believes, is
that which Is sent abroad each year
by foreigners who insist that the gov
ernment's guarantee shall be back of
any ibank in which they place their
hard-earned savings and which is se
creted in stockings and mattresse3
and not sent to any bank at all. The
president believes that the postal "
banks would appeal only to those tim
id persons .wno are afraid to trust
the ordinary banks and who would
rather get the 2 per . cent or less in
terest which the government would
give than to, place the money in the
regular savings banks, where it would
draw from 3 to 4 per cent interest
each year. . ,
By placing the Interest to be al
lowed by the postal banks at less than
2 per cent, Mr. Taft is convinced that
no harm would be done to .the ordi
nary banks of commerce, for discrim
inating persona who now place their
money in these banks and are appre
ciative of what these banks are doing
for the community would not with
draw money drawing a high rate and
place it under government care at
half the interest offered by the ordi
nary savings banks.
The money obtained through postal
banks, the president and several of
his closest banks, the president and
several of his closes; advisers believe,
would offer a happy solution of the 2
per. cent bond problem. Idle fund3
would be placed at the disposal of the
government at an exceedingly low
rate of interest. The government's
guarantee, it is believed, would dam
the steady flow of gold across the At-
lantic to foreign banks under govern
ment control.
President Taft expressed himself
again, as he did so often during the
campaign' of a year ago, as unalter
ably oposed to a guarantee of -bank
deposits. Mr. Taft said he did not
believe in making o;ae set of bankers
etand responsible for another set, and
be does not think tha national govern
ment or the states should undertake, '
to 'extend a' guarantee to institutions
which are not under government con'
trol and direction.
As to the charge of paternalism re
flected In. the postal, bank Idea, Pres
ident Taft, in stating his position, de
clared he thought it far-fetched.
15 MINER) KILLED. '
Cable Parts and the Cage Falls Fif
teen Hundred Feet.
Mexico; City. A special dispatch
from Mateahaula says that fifteen
miners were killed and 30 imprisoned
by the dropping of a cage into the
La Pez mine there. The cable parted'
and the men dropped 1,500 feet. .
The accident was caused by a. fail
ure of the engine brakes to work. The
cage was sent to the rafters cC the
6haft house, . and the strain snapped
the cable.
4
PLANS FOB PRESIDENTS MEETING.
No Shaking Hands Over Chalk
Marked Boundary.
Mexico City, Mexico. Secretary of
State Mariscal gave out the program
for the meeting cf Presidents Taft and
Diaz.' PretidOt Taft will arrive at
Juarez, across the border from El Paso
at 10:40 a. nr. October 16. At the
same time the train of President Taft
will roll into El Pas 3.
At 11 ocloek President Diaz will
cross the Rio Grande in his tiain and
meet Mr. Taft. There will be no
speeches, no reaching across a chalk
marked tocurdary line and no fire
works. Instead, the presidents will go
to a banquet table, at which felicita
tions will te exchanged. "
ORDERED DRINKS AT FUNERAL
to
Man Left Five Hundred Dollars
Pay for Dinenr.
New York City. Five hundred dol
lars for a dinner "with liquid refresh
ments," to be served at his funeral,
was among the bequests in the will
of the late Albert II. Karutz, filed for
probate.
Jo make sure 'that his wish
es be carried out, Karutz stipulated
that heirs who failed to attend the
funeral banquet should . not receivo
baquesU willed to them,