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ments Liberal Contracts
will be made.
pojgpeois STOLEN
Suj-r Trust Has Underweighed
for iVenty-Five Years.
gVtlSMEST PROSECUTING
llejjci That Trust Corrupted Customs
Officials and Stole 5 to 10 Per Cent
On Every Cargo.
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''ork City. New facts
; light diclose the fact that
ran Sugar Retining com
t.r known as the sugar trus",
: the enormous sum of $30,
.au ihe United States treas
the pa-it twenty years
v.:ide:'-veigaing of importa-airiei-aymeiit
of customs
i r. it'iii.L more federal in
rave Ik-en drawn up.
r-. rtvaal the-trust's whole
ion of customs officials
v... t bribery of politicians
its ends. The customs
!.-r-wfcighod the iinporta
politicians kept them in
.. that the trust has been
iii live to ten per cent du-.-:
cargo of sugar brougnt
;r.r.u States for the past
..anion cf the sugar trust
-.iUvii. is taking cognizance
ar The methods revealed
a United States authori
ty for considerable thought
aumg.
:a:r is made that the to
been importing the
.as listed as tiller, which
ii duty, when the bales
.! wrapper tobacco. The
. i ; :iy a considerably mgn
''iii: government authorities
: n:tstigation the sugar
..a of the Arbuckle brothers.
aa.a :iiat there is a cliscrep-
v.'c-.:: the original invoices
: .. and the weighters' re
... nii on which the claim
:...ar. or back duties will ot
. a . a: developments of the
. ;:a?t, the corporation has
. .- io give up more than $2,
Tae exact showing is:
: i t bating, which at the
0-:l were four times 3
:.: y precedent, $168,000.
..-:! for cheating the gov
iui false scales, $135,000.
I. -ties paid when the trust
. ;('. of defrauding the gov
vvith fradulent scales, ?2,-
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'2,303,0(0.
.leral grand jury handed
indictment against Oliver
r "nomas Kehoe. Gene Vala-
ser. E&KU:d A. Boyle, John R. Volye
I tar. j. Hennessy, employes or
; Ar... : Sugar Refining ec-m-rv.
cr, Havemeyer and Elders
Pied-c:..- Williamsburg plant.
EGV lkM KILLS BANK OFFICERS.
Robber Z.-.fsrsd Indiana Bank and
Ltgan Shooting.
Lciar.ire. Ky. In an attempt at
sulc : : -; v. a vcans man who has
. :. , as Thomas Jefferson
L: aivil'e, son cf a dealer
a a. entered the Merchants
at New Albany, Ind.,
I J. Hanzary Fawcett, cash-
rank; seriously wounded
V.":;dv arcl, president of the
vcv.:-.dfcd James R. Tucker,
ir.iVdfi'tur, probably fatally.
Mall entered the bank he
l.iitci in each hand. After
rat' everyone to throw UJ
and "get into the vault,"
a thcoting.
aa the- E-hocting, the murder
v.oni the bank a-nd tried to
i rai automobile. After the
ru the bank, the chauffeur
ly.-.ed with terror and appar
ayaile cf action, sat still
; Giber jumped into the car
; i inm to speed up the ma
robber then jumped out
the back airl ran to the Ohio river.
a skiff and started to tne
rid" cf the river but was
y a fast motor boat.
Tht l:i..-;iL was taken to the New
Albany ,, :. A few moments later
!& was rtn-.ved to the Southern ln
ian? .rrnraiiy at Jeffersonville.
e.-.'T. . a : rr-ob which had formed
so 1 : . .
CAUSE OF ANDERSONVILLE DEATHS.
Dr. Kerr, Surgeon at Prison, Says It Wai
Pellagra.
New Orleans, La That hundreds
of deaths which occurred at the con
federate prison at Andersonville, Ga.
during the summer of 1864 were noi
due to typhoid fever, as then suppos
ed, but were caused by pellagra was
the opinion expressed before, tht
Southern Medical Convention here bj
Dr. J. W. Kerr of Corsicana, Texas
Dr. Kerr, who was surgeon at tht
Andeioonville prison, described the
symptoms of the disease which at
tacked the inmates so fatlaly at thai
time, and in nearly every particulai
they were recognized as being char
acteristic of pellagra.
This view was further strengthene-3
Dr. Kerr said, by the fact that mustj
or spoiled corn, generally accreditee
by the medical fraternity as being
perhaps the cause of pellagra, consti
tuted the main diet of the prisoners
because cf inability to furnish then:
other supplies.
The concensus of opinion among the
physicians who presented papers or
the subject was that pellagra was at
tributable to spoiled corn.
BARD TIMES IN ENGLAND.
Labor Conditions Going From Bad tc
Worse.
Washington, D. C. Labor condi
tiens in Great Britain are going from
bad to -worse, judging from the re
pert of John L. Griffiths, consul gen
eral at London, to the department ol
commerce and labor.
Wages are being lowered and the
hours of work are decreasing, whil
an alarmingly large increase in th
nuihber of those who are registered
as unemployed is giving grave con
cern. Last year, during the entire
twelve months, the wages of 464,00t
persons were reduced ibecause of the
oad times. In the six months ol
1G09, from January to June, or just
half the time, 1,0081,275 were com
pelled to submit to reductions in theii
earnings.
The gravity of the situation is vivid
ly set forth by the statistics of the
unemployed, prepared and compiled by
the British government. These show
that in the first three days of regis
tration in London last month 2,500
persons applied for work than in the
corresponding three days of October,
1S08.
There is at present a bill before
parliament, drawn by the trades
boards, which, if it becomes a lav,
will authorize the board of trade tc
establish a minimum rate of wage ir
ail trades where there is satisfactory
proof that the scale of wages paid is
unusually low or unfair to the workers.
LET TARIFF ALONE,
No
Further
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Witt:
cis aa
Hau hi
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lira
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and cri
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He : a
Lot.:.-.
TEO'j&iT HE WAS IN EDEN.
Et it y.c-s On!y Auditorium cf Pres-
snan 3 2 mi nary.
Ky. The services of
on were necessary to re
d Maz, a Cincinnati tail
a'iditGnum of the South-
Louisv"
tor , .
move y
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N'-ary a.
arci "iou.1
in thr c
as to :
Ian. Theological Semi
city. Maz, stark naked
ayiijg, eaid that he was
of Eden and that it
a place to. leave.
AiiKiil WliBkN Wm TAFT.
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Vornan Vha Was
fcr the Fi'i-sident.
tj. O. hen irs.
aawatcsa, Wis., arrived
a n with har two chil-
u r-r-aHCiCLaly and Po
r who was watching her
-Hi, a; i cued her.
i-ialraa.; w:rs taken to
..e was asked by the
'-ere was anything no
. Sao denounced him,
"a Lad came to warn
rr against the Black
' aa planning to aisa3i
. btins soaichei at the
-i discovered tnat site
Va.
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d. id Lit AuAiiT CHURCH.
r.n Declares That There
-:'-!; cf Orthodoxy.
-i.vS, Va. Bi-shoy ilorri-
ratable deliverancs to
-b thouist Episcopal con-
on the subject cf the
i : auojiy cn the part 1 cL
Ma said seme men go into
and feed their families
rcceeds thereof, but stand
and poison the minds of
against the teachings of
Manufacturers Want
Agitation.
New York City. The country should
let well enough alone, as regards the
tariff, says the National Association oi
Manufacturers, in a statement dis
crediting certain announcements thai
have been sent out cf late, indicating
that the association was keeping up
agitation on the subject.
"Some cne has been issuing circu
lars in our name," says the state
ment, "saying that we are planning a
crusade cf agitation for further tarifl
revision. Tnis is untrue. We feel
that the tari2 question has been dis
posed of by congress, and that any
attempt to tevive the subject will
hamper business and retard the return
of prosperity.
"Our reports from all parts of the
country indicate a healthy and decid
ed increase in business, and there i?
every proof that we are at the begin
ning of an extended period of national
prosperity.
"The country has had enough of tar
iff agitation for the present, and the
needle at large insist that the tariff
act be given a fair trial before in
augurating any further agitation."
QUEEN JOINS MOTHERS.
Helena of Italy to Wcrk for Welfare
cf Children.
Atlantic City, N. J. Queen Helena
cf Italv is to become a member of
the International Congress of Moth
ers, according to letters received from
the Italian embassy at Washington
by the board of managers of the Na
tional Congress of Mothers at their
'-sion here. In expressing a desire
to join in the work for the welfare
of children of the world, Queen Hel
ena declared her intention cf sending
a special envoy to the meeting of the
organized, mothers of the land to be
held at Denver next year. It is ex
pected that other European sovereigns
will follow suit.
Longshoreman ca Strike.
Jacksonville, Fla. Demanding an
increase cf 5 cents an hour between
00 and 900 longshoremen struck this
week and as a result twenty or, more
ships' cannot be unloaded at this port.
Stevedores declare they will not grant
the' increase and will fight to a fin
ish; .
NORTH HAS HOOK WORM'
Hygiene Expert Has Been In
vestigating the Disease.
NOT CONFMF TO POOR
Observations Have Shown Ten Times as
Many Sufferers in New York as in
Southern Factory Districts.
Nashville, Tenn. Miss Susan Law
rence Davis, a hygienic expert of New
York city, is here en route east from
a trip through the south, where she
has been investigating the hook worm
disease. She is in position to speak
authoratively concerning only certain
sections, but her investigations thus
far tend toward the conclusion that
there are no more, if as many, hook
worm victims in tne south than else
where. She declines to make a posi
tive assertion until she has carried
her investigations further.
Miss Davis has just spent two
months in Madison . and adjoining
counties in Alabama investigating
hook worm conditions. Her observa
tions have covered the states cf Tex
as, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, New
York and the District of Columbia. In
these states she has found relatively
fewer sufferers from such parasites in
the southern than m the northern and
eastern states.
"My observations have shown,"
said Miss Davis, "fully ten times as
many sufferers from the parasites in
New York as in the factory district
of Alabama, which I have just left.
And I have examined several times as
many people in Alaoama as in New
York. I do not find that the parasites
are confined to the poor and shiftless.
I have found many victims among the
wealthier classes in the best resi
dence districts of New York city."
NO FREE ROSIN. t
Protests of Southern Naval Stores
Men Given Heed.
Washington, D. C After a deluge
of representations from the naval
stores people in the south, the soap
manufactuieis and other interests in
various parts of the country, the
question of classification of gum rosin
is being given a "try-out" at Philadel
phia, wnere the collector has been no
tified by the treasury department
that he can go ahead assessing a duty
of 20 per cent on such importations
as an article of manufacture not
enumerated in the tariff law.
Southern rosin interests claimed
tfiat wrong classification in tho law
his been admitting gum resin, or ros
in . from abroad, tree of duty to the
serious loss cf the southern trade.
The collector at Philadelphia assess
ed gums and gum rosin, natural and
uncompunded, but advanced in val
ue or condition, by any process or
treatment beyond that necessary to the
proper packing of the drugs and the
prevention of decay or deterioration'
pending manufacture, one-fourth oi
cne per cent per pound, and in addi
tion ten per cent ad valorem.
The manufacturing interests using
rosin sought free admission under
section 559 of the free list, which in
cluded gum rosin when natural and
uncompounded and in the crude state
and not advanced in value by any
treatnient beyond" that necessary for
preservation pending manufacture.
The department would not direct a
re-classification, but advised the col
lector that his assessment of ad va
lorem duty would stand for the pres
ent, at least.
"SQUIRREL HUNTERS" PAID.
Forty-Seven Years After They Served
Soldiers Get Wages.
Cincinnati, Orio. Fortj'-seven years
after they served as volunteer sol
diers to protect Cincinnati from a
threatened raid by confederate troops,
the "Sorrel Hunters" cf Cincinnati
have received their pay. In the mail
received by a number of Cincinnations
were checks for $13, a month's pay
for a private soldier in the United
States army.
In 1862 General Kirby Smith's raid
ers made a dash through Kentucky,
and it was feared that they planned
an attack on Cincinnati. Governor
Todd cf Ohio called for sixty thous
and volunteers to mobolize at once
in Cincinnati, and men and boys with
squirrel rifles and the old family
fowling pieces trekked to the, city !n
large numbers, awaiting the approach
of the expected foe. The confeder
ates got within a few miles of Cov
ington, but turned aside, giving Cin
cinnati a wide berth.
Efforts were made a number of
times to secure payment, but noth
ing was done until at the recent ses
sion of congress an appropriation waa
made giving each "squirrel hunter"
a month's pay. ,
BABIES' LIVES WASTED.
About 200,000 Die Annually From Pre
ventable Causes.
Washington, D. C. American race
waste more serious than race sui
cide is pointed out in Census Mor
tality Buletin No. 104, in which it is
estimated that annualy in the United
States from 100,000 to 200,000 babies
under 5 years of age die from pre
ventable causes.
The great loss of life among the lit
tle ones at the period when they are
most loving and most lovable could
be prevented. Such is the opinion of
Dr. ' Cressy L. Wilbur, chief statisti
cian for vital statistics of the cen
sus bureau, who prepared the bulle
tin, on the basis of present day knowl
edge of sanitary measures. For the
accomplishment of effective prevent
ive work in this direction, Dr. Wil
bur holds that the prompt registra
tion of all births and the mere care
ful and precise statement of causes
of death by physicians are essential.
In analyzing and comparing the to
tals of death returns for the year
1908, as set forth in the bulletin,
those for age periods show a some
what increased per cent of deaths of
infants under 1 year for 1908. Of
the total number of deaths, 691,574
returned for 1908, nearly one-fifth
were of infants under 1 year of age.
In this connection, Dr. Wilbur
quotes Professor Irving Fisher's con
clusion that of all the diseases of in
fancy, having the median age of 1
year, 47 per cent may be prevented;
and that of the diseases of child
hood having median age 2 to 8 years,
67 per cent may be prevented.
More than one-eighth of a million
babias 'under 1 year of age, and fully
200,000 children under 5 years of age,
died among about one-half of the to
tal population of the United States
EDEN A MYTH.
Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah Called
Muck-Rakers.
Lawrence, Kas. The prophets
Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah were
classed as muck-rakers and many of
the stories of the old testament were
termed myths by Dr. Charles Foster
Kent of the Yale divinity school, in a
lecture before students of the Univer
sity of Kansas here.
"The prophets of Israel were the so
cial reformers of their times," he said,
"They were muck-rakers, to use a
piesentnday term. They were sensa
tional in their methods, notable Isaiah,
Ezekiel and Jeremiah.
While Professor Kent believes that
many of the stoiies in the old testa
ment are myths, he sees good m tnem.
He says the prophets were teaching
a simple people and were forced to
use extraordinary means to drive
home the points.
In discussing the story of the Gar
den of Eden, the speaker said he be
lieved it to be a legend that served
a good purpose, being well fitted to
the child-like minds of the people to
whom it was first related. .
MILLION TO FIGDT DISEASE.
FOB MID III I
Terrible Disaster in Illinois
Coal Mine.
A SMALL FIRE IS THE CAUSE.
Explosion in the St. Paul Coal Com
pany's Mine May Prove One of the
Greatest Tragedies in tlie List of
Mine Horrors.
. I Vinn- nmrln in nf Q 11 0 CrO 1 1 OTT TtV
Cf the Sum cf 5700.0C0 Will Be Used " " JZX.Zl .T
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LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Edward William Bedford, the Cana
dian who was arrested in London,
England,, charged, on his own confes
sion, with the murder of Ethel Kin
rade at Hamilton, Ont., has now ad
mitted that there was no truth in his
story. On being brought up in the
Bow street police court, however, he
was again remanded in order to allow
the police to make more comj)Iete in
quiries. Joshua Strange of Indiana was
elected president of the Farmers' Na
tional congress at the closing session
of the meeting in Raleigh, N. C. The
other officers chosen were as folows:
Charles Sanford of Ohio, first vice
president; O. P. JJewett of Kansa9,
second vice president; W. L. Amos of
Wisconsin, treasurer; George Whitta
ker, of Massachusetts, secretary;
John Kimball of Maryland; R. M.
Surles, of Nebraska; and O. D. Hull,
of West Virginia, assistant secretar
ies. A. C. Fuller of Iowa the retiring
member of the executive committee,
was re-elected. J. M. Stahl of Chi
cago, was chosen legislative agent.
Following the publication of, the
centennial edition, July 12, 1908, of
the St. Louis Republic, that newspa
per took an active part in the forma
tion of a century club of American
newspapers composed of weekly and
dail yjournals that are one hundred
years old or older. A booklet just
published by the Republic describes
the eighty-two papers, that are mem
bers of the club. There are fifty-five
dailies and twenty-seven weeklies,
twenty-two of which are published in
New England, thirty-eight in the mid
dle Atlantic states, nine in Ohio, one
in Indiana, eleven south of Mason
and Dixon's line, and one west of the
Mississippi river.
Mrs. Sarah T. Rorer, the famous
culinary expert, has shocked the
Mothers' club of New York city by
declaring that no men should have
anything to do with the bringing up
of his sen, other than providing food
and clothing for him. In discussing
the subject, "How to Mould the Boy's
Character," Mrs. Rorer said: "Men
are not fit to -bring up children. They
are too irritable and crof:s to assume
any control df their children, largely
because of their worries in the pres-
J. 1 I .' if V. - nw. -m S tr, ? rt 1
ed with patience to teach children." and veins the fate of the inmates
An explanation of what was believ- cannot be learned.-
ed to have been a boiler explosion on
a Lake Michigan steamer was furn
ished with the discovery of a huge
meteor on a farm five miles south of
Manistee, Mich. The meteor was still
warm and ten feet of it projects
above the ground. The spot whe it
fell is about half a mile from Lake
Michigan.
Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the fed
eral court in Montgomery, Ala., has
affixed his signature to an order for
the sale of the properties belonging to
J. A. Prestwood of Covington county,
Alabama. Several chapters
added to the Prcstwocd case, the first
Charry, 111., Special. Many, offi
cials of the St. Paul Coal Company
mine where an explosion ' occurred
Saturday say that four hundred men
are dead in the mine. Twelve bodies
have been taken out. Six of these
were heroes not employed in the mine,
who gave their lives in a furtile ef
fort to save the imprisoned workers.
Mine Superintendent James Steele
stated five hours after the explosion
that it was almost impossible that
any of the miners still imprisoned
could escape death.
The mine had a day shift of 484
men. Of these fifty left the mine at
noon. Twenty-five or more escaped
after the fire broke out. The others
are believed to be dead.
The entranceto the mine has been
sealed up in the hope of cheeking the
flames. The building abovo the pit
entrance was blown up to permit this
Despite the frantic efforts of the of
ficials and the scores of volunteer as
sistants in the little town of Cherry it
seemed assured at G o'clock that only
bodies of the dead would be taken
from the mine. Until Sunday morn
ing when the covering will be remov
ed and rescuers endeavor to pene-
WANTONLY SHOT BY NEGROES
to Save Tubercular Children.
New York City. Fcr fighting dis
ease separate gifts totaling nearly a
million dollars were announced in
New York. Of this sum $700,000 is to
be used for the establishment of a
and Mis Vilham C. Sloane for a j Illinois. Exercises at-
story addition to tne sioane -uaternuy . -,-.c. ... . . .
The fire causing the explosion
which may prove one of the greatest
tragedies in the list of mine horrors,
had an origin almost trival. A pile
of hay allowed to smoulder too long
and before the workers realized their
danger the mine was filled with
smoke, gases and flames and all exit
were impossible.
Heroism such as is rarely exhibited
was shown by officials of the mine
and residents of the town of Cherry.
have beerU Tliese men' AV were outside the
mine wnen the nre originated', con
tributed five to the list of twelve
known dead.
planter had failed to deliver future
cotton which had been contracted for.
The merchants allege the loss, be
cause of such treatment, of about
$30,000.
The name of Cyrus Hall McCor
Hospital.
In connection with the tuberculosis
preventorium, which proposes to take
from New York tenments children
who have been afflicted with tubercu
losis and restore to normal health.
Principal contributions to the work
were made bv Nathan Straus, Miss
Dorothy Whitney, Henry Phipps, Isaac
N. Scligman and Jacob H. Schiff. Mr.
Straus gift includes a $500,000 cot
tage and estate at Lakewood, N. J..,
ence occupied by the late Grover
Cleveland. There the new institution
will have its . home. Miss Whitney
contributed $100,000 endowment fund.
14 Persons liiiled in WrecR.
Vancouver, British Columbia. A
ruraway car crashed into a crowded
ns.sien?er car on tho British Colum
bia Railway Camianny's interurban
'ire Fourteen persons veer killed, in
cluding the inotcrman and conductor
of thp freight car. The passengers
were mostly wcikingnicn, bound for j
No A' Westminster, beven were mjui
cVr, two perhaps fatally.
$5SfMiC9 From lips.
New York City. Tips and his sav
ings were co wisely invested by Jas.
Thielman waiter at a le-staurant,
Oat when ha died recently he left an
estate valued at half a million dol
lars. - '
WILL REORGANIZE NAVY.
Meyer's Piano Have Been Sanctioned
By President Taft.
Washington, D. C Secretary May
ers' plana for reorganization- of the
navy have received presidential sanc
tion The sECictaiy went to Rich
mond When the "Taft Day" was
ended ?nd tho members of the pres
ided, ial party were comfortably fix
ed in their cars Secretary Meyer went
to tho president, according to a pre
vious arrangement, and outlined to
him his scheme fcr improving the
efficiency cf the navy. The president
approved of Mr. Meyer's plans and
this will form the basis for the report
of the secretary cf the navy to the
coining session of congress.
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NEW Wmm OF PiilLIFPIfES.
State Receives "l-cnsciep.ee Kcnes-
Csiumbia, S. C The dispcrary
cemmitoion has recovered . $9,500
nxi e in conscience money from . two
wTiiskey concerns, cne $9,000 and the
,.i I ,-. -r-t Tl CS
other SoUO. me mouc, i, ink, Vilac
SKELETON OF PRIMITIVE MAN.
Prehistoric Burying Ground is Discov
ered in Ohio.
'Ashtabula, Ohio. Prehistoric bury-r
ing grounds, which may rival the fa
mous Great Serpent Mound near Cin
cinnati, were discovered at Point
Park Hill, near here, when workmen
unearthed the complete skeleton of a
primeval man.
The femur is curved like that of the
ape, the tibia is flat at the joint and
humerus has a perforation no longer
found. The skull slopes back and the
lower jaw prortudes.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Bernard J. Burke a New York cap
italist, was awarded a judgment, cf
$552,000 against St. Clair county, Mis
souri, in the federal court at Kansas
City, because that county in 1870,
floated bonds for the Lebo and Nt
csho railway, which was never fouilt.
That cral betting does not consti
tute bookmaking within the meaning
cf the sc-cailed anti-i ace track gamb
ling laws of New. York, is in effect,
the decision of the court of appeals in
Albany, N. Y., affirming an order of
the lower courts fcr the discharge
from custody cf Orlando Jones and
Sol Lichcnstein, who were indicted on
a charge of .bcokmaking.
Panay, an island of the Visayas
group, Philippines, was crossed by a
typaon. ihe stcim was especially se
vere in Capiz province, wnere many
hemes were destroyed.' Five thousand
persons "are hemele?,, and much prcp
eity and crops wsie destroyed. The
wind, which was cf hurricane force,
was accomr anied by heavy, rains, and
much cf the country is flooded.
tending the admission will be held at
the university December 15. Mccor
mick's name ' is honored by virtue of
his invention of the reaper, which
has revolutionized agriculture.
The General Grand Council of Roy
al and Select Masons in session in
Savannah, Ga., has elected officers as
follows: Graff M. Acklin, Toledo,
Ohio, general grand master; John Al
bert Blake, Boston, general grand
deputy master; Edward W. Welling
ton, Ellsworth, Kas., general grand
principal conductor; Thomas E.
Shears, Denver, Col., general grand
treasurer; Henry W. Mordhurst, Fort
Wayne, Ind., general grand recorder;
George A. Newell, Medina, N. Y., gen
eral grand captain of guards; Fay
Hempstead, Little Rock, Ark., general
grand marshal; Joseph ,C. Greenfield,
Atlanta, Ga., general grand steward.
Charters were granted to the follow
ing councils: Black Hills council,
Lead, South Dakota; Tyrean council,
Missoula, Mont.; Adoniram council,
Washington, D. C.
TERRIBLE OCEAN CALAMITY.
Washington.
"Humane laws for children under
eighteen year's and for animals."
That is the caption over an executive
order of President Taft as printed in
the Canal Record, the official paper of
the isthmian canal commission, just
received in Washington. Offenses
against children and against animals
are made misdemeanors. Any agent
of a regularfy organized humane so
ciety in the canal zone may be com
missioned as a special policeman to
enforce this order.
It remained for the isthmian canal
commission to give the latest exempli
fication of the eld saying, "The Bet
ter the Day the Better the Deed." Ac
cording to an official report just re
ceived in Washington, -the greatest
amcunt of concrete laid in a smgie
day was placed cn Sunday, October
24, when 1,304 cubi yaid.s were ad
ded to the 33,245 cubic ya;ds that had
been placed up to the close cf work,
October 3." The largest number of
employes at wctk cn the canal and
Panama raiircad has just been report
ed to WaL-hingtcn. The force number
ed 35,210. A decrease in the number
cf skilled American employes, was ex-
Boats Aflame and 100 Go Down 61
Rescued With Great Peril.
Singapore, By Caple. The mail
steamer La Seyne.of the Messageries
maritime service, running between
Java and Singapore, and on her way
to this port, was in collision early J
bttnday morning, with thev steamer
Onda of the British-India line, and
sank within two minutes. -Seven Eu
ropean passengers, including Baron
and Baroness Beniczky, the captain
of La Seyne, five European officers
and 83 others comprising native pas
sengers and members of the crew,
were drowned.
The rescue of 61 persons, practi
cally from the jaws of shoals of
sharks, formed a thrilling incident of
the wreck.
The accident occurred at 4 o'clock
in the morning in a thick haze. The
vessels were steaming at good speed
and the La Seyene was cut almost in
half. The majority of those in board
were caught in their berths and car
ried down Avith the vessel.
The force of the collision brought
the Onda to almost a dead stop and
her engines were at once slowed and
boats lowered. The rescue work
proved thrilling, for not only were
the rescuing parties impeded by the
dark, but schools of sharks were al
ready attacking those clinging to
pieces of wreckage in the water.
Sixty-one persons from the ill-fated
steamer were finally dragged into the
beats and brought by the Onada to
this port. Many of them had been
bitten by sharks and several are se
verely injured.
plained as indicating
ward a. reduction in
supervisory pesitians.
a tendency to
tha number of
Three Die in a Fire.
L J l i ill a. x "y J-7- v x jj i iah-
identified men, all. foreigners, are
dead; five others are seriously injur
ed, and twelve men and women are
suffering from bruises and shock, the
result of an early morning fire in a
Polish lodging house on the river
front Sunday. When the fire broke
out at 4 o'clock, about thirty persons
were alscep in the building. Firemen
aroused the occupants of the place
and carried the women and children
to safety.
Young Man Fares Roughly at tha
Hands of Negro Boys.
Asheville, Special. Dock Atkins, a
young white man of the town ' 23 ,
years of age, is at the Mission hos
pital seriously hurt as a result of aa
attack made on him Saturday night a
little after 11 o'clock by two negro
boys at the corner of Southside ave
nue and South Main street. It ap
pears from statements of witnesses
that the attack was unprovoked; that
Atkin in passing -simply spoke to the
U'-gro boys when one of them with an
oa':h whipped out a revolver and say--ins:
something about "Don't come on
me," began shooting. Atkin was
shot in the breast and while at first
his wound was not thought serious
later there were symptoms that be
came alarming and Sunday the young
man was removed to the hospital for
treatment. After firing the shots the
negroes fled and although the officers
worked all night in an effort to lo
cate them their efforts thus far are
without result.
Our Orphanages at Thanksgiving.
The Orphanages of North Carolina
are performing a valuable service.
They deserve our interest and sup
port. Many of our people generously
contribute to the maintenance and ex
tension of the work of institutions so
worthy. Thanksgiving Day is special
"Orphans' Day" in our State. At
this season a people greatly blessed
and grateful to God -for His mercies
express their thanks in a fitting, prac
tical way by offerings to aid the work
for needy, homeless little ones, a
work for the kingdom of God. At
the Thanksgiving season, which is ap
proaching, may even a larger number
of our people unite to do greater
things for this cause than ever be
fore. The demands ivnon our Or
phanages have increased. The cost
of living has advanced. These insti
tutions are endeavoring constantly' to
do a more efficient work. Their
needs are greater.
To Extend Railway Lines.
Asheville, Special. The pleasing
news was given out Wednesday that
the Asheville & East Tennesee Rail
road Company, the" company that
built and is now operating the inter
urban electric line from Asheville to
Weaverville, is making rapid prepar
ation for an extension of the line on
to what is known as the Forks of Ivy,
a distance of a little more than seven
miles beyond Weaverville and a total
distance of about sixteen miles from
Asheville. It is understood that the
surveys are all complete; that rights-of-way
have been given the company
for quite a distance toard the Forks
of Ivy and that probably the contract
for the extension work will be let this
fall or inter with actual construct ioii
of the line undetaken early in tho
spring.
Oyster Crop Very Low Owing to Dry
Weather and Low Water.
Newbern, Special. Tfce supply of
oysters in this market is pretty good
but the quality very inferior. Few
fat oysters have been brought here
so far. Most of them are very poor
and watery and the price is around
fC cents a tub at times 75 cents
and as' low as 35 cents. The past few
days has seen the price drop consid
erably as they can now be bought on
the streets for 15 cents a quart and
the best for not over 25 cents a quart.
It is said that so much dry weather
and low Avater is responsible for the
poor quality of the bivalves.
Dread Pellagra Claims a Victim at
Wilmington.
Wilmington, Special. Mrs. Leah
H. Duke, aged 32 years, died at tho
James Walker Memorial hospital
Friday after a long illness of pella
gra. She is survived by her husband
and one child.
Would Mob Motorman.
Greenville, Special. A small mob
of nearly a hundred people held a
street car Sunday afternoon just oat
side of the city limits and some
threats were made against the motor
man, who had run over a girl about
10 months old. The girl was not
seriously injured by the mob spirit
seemed rising and county officers
were sent for to quiet the crowd.
There were no arrests made.
Major Thcmas H. Hays, formerly
inspector general cf the confederate
. ' ni-i-iv nr r.ro np flslu i vit;e i;iet-
W. Cameron Fcrbss Succeeds James - d Paice Car com. Eisdcrlf at Fiarrkf
F.-omitn. Lpany, died at'his homo in Louisville,
Manila, P. I W. Cameron Forbes, Ky a2ed ueveaty-two. " Ho was wide
assumed tho cfiice.cf governor gener-j vnc.wn in Kentucky politics.
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The state department has received
a report fiom Vice ' Consul General
Germany,
Novem-
Amcng the responsibilities
Kintr Edwaid celebiated his sixty-
eighth birthday at Sandringhani plat-.
Kl'I I T.m. "1
not given cut yet a ! lr,t w?th his successor by the
. This calces uu. dnu5c r 3 F s
Folder says more is coming, and he an investigation which latter ewere received by his majesty from all
win bring tho total up to a quarter Cere d " eh His health is con-
of a millW dollars before , the inves-, polls filed by candidaie, appomt iderably improved.
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tigation closes.
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rat
ing that a German publication naa
caused a tcrasaticn in military circle
by describing a row appliance for a
gun. to enable the soldier to take aim
at great distances in complete dark
ness. The inventor is an- engineer ol
Dortmund named Izel. A telescopic
searchlight, ccitta'ning a small elec
iric lamp, w fixed to the barrel be
low the stock. Military, authorities
are said to have made successful
trialls and all shots took effect.
. Deatli From Football.
Washington, Special Football ha
claimed another victim, in Archer
Christian the IS-year-old left-halfback
of the University of Virginia
team whose injury in the game with
Georgetown University Saturday af
ter neon was-followed by his death at
Georgetown University hospital Sun
day morning. The body wa-; taken to
Richmond Sunday . afternoon fcr
burial.
Valuable Old Furniture Destroyed irr
Buncombe County by Fire.
Asheville, Special. It is learned
here that as a result of a lire in Lime
stone township-Thursday night which
destroyed the residence of Miss Delia
Yeaton many valuable heirlooms and
much, old and rare mahogany furni
iu,ra were burned. It seems that the
origin of the fire is unknown; I ha I'
Miss. Yeaton spent the night with a
nearby friend leaving a boy in charge,
that when the fire was discovered it
had gained such- headway that very
little was saved - from the structure.
The loss of the furniture is irreparable.
Will Meet in Wilsiinptcn.
Xovrbcrn,' Special. The ?"oiMi Car
olina Drainage Association held its
scr-ond day's meeting on the revenue
cutter Pamlico while talcing a ':'i:
down the Xetuc Friday. Ti;o -business'
session resulted in tiie election
cf J. A. Bron of Cha;ilc!i:u, presi
dent; Joseph Hyde Pratt, :'ccre!nrv
and treasurer, and a vice presidfst.
was elected from cecal ccunly which
was represented.
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