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COTTON FIRM FAILS
jaight-Yancey- Company Files
a Petition in Bankruptcy
fflilf FM8 revealed
jtepoits Ssy A!al?ama Cotton Finn Used Bogus
SUls of LaSing-English Houses
Lose $2,500,000.
Decatur, Ala. The cotton firm c:
KnigW, Yancey & Co., one of -the
largest concerns of the kind in the
south, having offices in Decatur, Mo-j
bile, Huntsville, Birmingham and oth-J
er cities, went into voluntary bank-ruptc?'-
The liabilities are said to be in the
neighborhood of $4,000,000. No mem
ber" of tae firm will give out a state
ment at this time regarding the com-'
pany's assets, further than "to say
they are large.
The claims against the company
are mainly foreign, and no southern
tanks are affected by the failure.
Mobile, Ala. That the failure of
the cotton firm of Knight, . Yancey &
Co., of Decatur, Ala., operating in
several southern cities.with liabili
ties said to be more than $5,000,000
and assets less than $1,000,000, is due
to the manipulation of bogus foreign
bills of lading by J. H. Knight, and
that the whole thing is a colossal
fraud, is stated by local bank officials
who he'd warehouse receipts of the
company. Something like $750,000
worth of warehouse receipts against
cotton stored is local warehouses are
held by Mobile and Decatur banks.
E. J. Fuck, president of the City
Bank and Trust Company, and whose
bank holds warehouse receipts of the
defunct firm of Knight, Yancey & Co.,
gave information as to tiie fraudulent
use of forged foreign bills of lading.
It came out in an examination of.ware
hsuse receipts by Mobile banks.
Local banks concerned have taken
control of the cotton stored here ana
have insured it for themselves and
other Alabama banks holding ware
house receipts given by the firm.
Several days ago, when suspicion
was cast in the direction of the com
pany, investigation of the genuineness
of cotton warehouse receipts held
against cotton owned by the company
and stored here was made. All" re
ceipts were found perfect. Knight
was injured in an automobile acci
dent several weeks ago. Absences,
tiirough. injuries sustained, from the
ofiice, resulted in his method of man
ipulation becoming clogged and the
Iraud was exposed. Knight, accord
ing to a local bank president, is be
lieved to have been kiting false bills
of lading on foreign concerns for
more than two years.
Liverpool, Engiand. There was a
sensation in Cottonopolis, " born of
widely -circulated stories that forged
bills of lading for cotton, purporting
to have teen shipped from the Unitea
States had been uncovered. The al
leged fraudulent methods, it was said,
involved cotton valued at $2,500,000,
and in addition to 30 Liverpool cot
ton concerns, it was stated that sev
eral continental cotton houses were
heavy losers.
The Echo says that the method of
using the alleged false bills of lading
was to append fac simile carrier's sig
natures to bills of lading sent witn
drafts to this side before the cotton
was delivered by carriers and that
importers in many cases paid such
drafts. When the practice was dis
covered the steamship companies
withheld deliveries until the bills of
lading were verified. The Enho rrvs
that an investigation made by impor
ters snows tnat not only were a num
ber of these bills of lading spurious,
but that there was actually no cot
ton against some of them..
Sensational reports of the failure of
tae Alabama cotton firm of Knight,
Yancey & Co., which heavily hit Liv
erpool cotton houses, added to the
excitement.
A cable dispatch from New Orleans,
"ica ien like an explosion of dyna
mite, said that Knight, Yancey & Co.
ere Siiort in Livprnnnl 25 nftO hnloo.
In Havre 8,000 bales, and' in Genoa
6,000 bales. This
tal loss at current quotations of over
In Liverpool 26 firms are believed
to have been affected by the failure ol
Alabama firm.
Huntsville. Ala. Exner.ted dpvfilnn
OPffientS in the TTr.io-Vi Von a. r
Bankruptcy case have not material
ized, it is the biggest case of the
Kind that has ever come up in this
section, and cotton men have not re-
"vered trom the blow. Many cotton
Planters who sold their crops to the
"'"i nave lost large sums.
USING IMPORTED MEAT.
Solution of tae High Cost of Living Puzzle
Discoverei Cattle Rom Australia.
IW York City-As the price of
meat started downward meat dealers
and importers announced that they
have discovered the solution to the.
high cost of living puzzle. They in
tend Importing meat in arrea't Quan
tities from Australia and Argentine
Republic just as England does. Then,
instead or being compelled to buy so
called meat trust products, paying
trust prices, the dealers get meat,
which they claim is of the same aual.
ity, at from S to 6 cents per pound
cneaper.
The meat trust made its first hostile
movement to check the incipient im
portation or beef, mutton and pork,
wnen plans were made to ask the
government to stop the influx of for
eign meat on the ground that it was
not properly inspected.
At least a score of meat dealers In
Brooklyn who have taken advantage
of the Australian beef started to un
dersell the houses relying on the
beef trust. The beef trust gets its
meat from western and Mexican cat
tle, while, if Australian importations
grow, this meat will probably be
landed upon the Pacific coast and
sent east by rail. While England re
lies very largely upon Australia anci
Argentina for its meat, the distance
to the United States is much, less
than it is to England.
It was announced that aside from
the lower price of foreign - meat the
cost of living was gradually declin
ing in Greater New York. Since April
l pork has fallen nearly $2 per bar
rel and hogs $2 per hundred weight?
bayles Zahn, owner of a chain of
meat shops,, declared that the trust
could be forced to lower prices by im
porting foreign-grown meat.
"The Australian meat is better
than the trust beef," said he. "In ad
dition to this, we are able to under
sell at the rate of from 3 to 6 cents
per pound."
JEWELRY FIRM IN TROUBLE.
Alabama Men Held in Charge of Con
spiracy t6 Defraud Government.
Mobile, Ala Jesse H. and Daniel
H. Shreve at San Antonio, Texas; A.
C. Shreve, Tuscaloosa; R. T. Shreve,
James E. Shreve, Hilliard Shreve, Geo.
H. Shreve, John Johnson, William
Franklin at Montgomery and Sam
Copeland at Scottsboro, Ala., were ar
rested simultaneously on the charge
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment.
Indictments sworn out here charge
that " the defendants conspired, con
federated and agreed to withhold from
the referee in bankruptcy of this dis
trict assets of the City Jewelry Com
pany of Montgomery, Ala., willfully
knowing of their whereabouts at the
time. -
It is alleged that the above parties
purchased from wholesale houses
throughout the United Stsies valua
ble jewelry, silverware and other
goods with which to -fit out a store
and opened headquarters in Montgom
ery. It is alleged further that they
shipped a dummy package supposed
to be worth . $20,000 to Greenville,
Ala., to the store of Daniel H. Shreve
that the store of Shreve at Green
ville caught fire and was destroyed.
The next move- the defendants
made, according to the warrants, was
to have some one throw them into
involuntary bankrutcy, and in their
schedule of assets they stated that
their stock of goods had been de
stroyed. An investigation brought to light
a great deal of the stuff that - was
actually purchased in a store at An
dalusia This stuff is valued at $20,
000. The fraud is said to be one of
the biggest unearthed in this section
of the United States in some years.
Halley's Comet Feared.
Gueydan, La. Stirred to a deep
fear from some of their prophets that
dire results will attend the appear
ance of Halley's comet, many of the
negro population of this section are
holding nightly prayer meetings to
ask for their safety. At one of these
meetings the attendants were greet
ed" with the startling declaration by
a negro preacher that a big basket
will descend May 18 for the rescue
of the deserving, leaving the wicked
"to burn with the world."
WmW IS DEAD
Death Comes to Saml A. Clemens,
America's Foremost Humorist.
HE MADE
MILUOhS LAUGH
Broken-Hearted; By Grief and Anguish Out
worn,'Wark Twain" Passes Into
Great Beyond.
Diamonds Stolen From Virgin.
Moscow, Russia. A diamond orna
ment valued at hundreds of thous
ands of rubbles was stolen from the
greatly revered Image of the Virgin
in the Uspenski cathedral in the
Kremlin. Many precious stones were
cut out of the frames of the pictures
of the saints. The total value of the
loot is estimated at $500,000.
League Organized.
Rome, Ga. A baseball league was
organized at Morristown, Tenn., with
the following towns: Rome, Knoxville,
Gadsden, Asheville, Johnson City and
Morristown.
POSTAL ROBBERS SENTENCED
Richmond Postoffice Robbers Plead
guilty and Are Given Ten Years.
Richmond, Va"Guilty," answered
Lr! PCunningham allas Eddie Fay,
"1 Frank Chester, alias "Little Dick"
-viorns, charged with complicity in
e robbery of the Richmond postof-
is-? the night of March 27, when
m,uuo in stamps was' taken from the
e, when they appeared for trial in
court before Judge Edmund
V; O A J : 1 1
"-u iuaii xi uuue wews oca-
wncea to ten years in the federal
prison at Atlanta, five years on each
aq JC0UEvS in the indictment, and
ran?.? er Riemker of the gang es
VdPtQ, and has not been captured.
iter Convicted For Murder.
de?r" Xork CityAlbert Wolter, a
Eate youth of 19 years, who
"craSt-. ler lewd Pictures and was
the pi bout women. must die in
Ruth ulc chair for the murder or
tten J VhlfeIer. a pretty 15-year-old
jenographer. After only one hour
Jurv lnutes of deliberation, a
four a - court of special sessions,
first Vllm guilty of murder in the
trial , gr.ee bringing to a close a
end ftai" ed by its swift movement
"s testimony of horror.
Will Be Named Roosevelt.
London, England Edmund Heller,
the zoologist of Riverside, Cal., who
accompanied Mr. Roosevelt on his Af
rican hunting trip, has decided that
the sable antelope killed by Kermit
Roosevelt is a new species peculiar
to the Mombasa region and not here
tofore described. It will be named
the Roosevelt. '
54 Pearls in an Oyster.
Atlantic City, N. J. The most val
able oyster ever opened in Atlantic
City was found by a local restaurant
owner. It contained fifty-four pearls,
all of small size, ' but good quality.
Experts say that eight is the high
est number ever before found in an
oyster.
Gen. 3. G. French Answers Last Call
Mobile, Ala. General S. G. French,
who died at Florala, Ala., was the old
est living graduate of West Point ana
in the Confederate service. He was
born in Gloucester ,N. J., in 1818:
and was graduated from West Point
in X843 and went to Texas. He serv
ed under General Taylor in the Mex
ican war and was wounded at the
battle of Buena Vista. , Returning tc
New Jersey he was presented a swore
by the state. He was a major gene
ral in tbe civil war. - -
Redding, Conn. Samuel Langhorne
Clemens ("Mark Twain") died .pain
lessly at his home here of angina pec
toris. It was the end of a man out
worn by grief and acute agony of
body.
Angina pectoris is a paroxysmal af
Gabrilowitsch (Clara Clemens), her
husband, Dr. Robert Halsey, Dr.
Quintard, Mr. Paine and the two
trained nurses.
Angina lectoris is a paroxysmal af
fection - of the chest of baffling and
obscure origin, characterized by se
vere pain, faintiness, and deep m de
pression of the spirits.
But Mark Twain did not die in an
guish. Sedatives soothed his pain,
but in his moments of consciousness
the mental depression persisted.
Mi. Clemens did much of his work
in bed and in death he still seemed a
part of the surroundings of his active
life. Ranged about him were his
books. Beside him was his tabouret
set with a tobacco jar, a collection of
pipes, a stand of cigars and matches
in abundance. - Above his head "was
a reading lamp. Death, that stamps
some faces with indignity, has left
nothing but nobility on his. There
were no lines of pain, no hint of sad
ness nothing but severe benignity.
Mark Twain lived seventyfour
years to give bright and happy
thoughts to his fellow men. His gen
tle spirit has now gone out, and to
the -millions who have known the sun
shine of his humor and the evening
shades of his pathos the news of his
loss to earth comes as a shock, and
to thousands is a personal grief.
He was born in obscurity, poverty.
physical wretchedness, but his bril
liant mind, his splendid talent and
glowing spirit carried him into the
hearts of his nation, gave his name
fame throughout the ' divilized world,
brought him gratifying comfort,
though this latter was tardy.
- No American in history has occu
pied the position that Mark Twain
filled In the world of letters. His hu
mor was distinctly American, but
with such a wealth of human truth
and 'feeling in it that it spread around
the world. He became more than a
writer of books: he was the Ameri
can good story teller. He lived to
drive out drear world care, and his
message was of love and cheer and
good fellowship. Few writers have
ever known so truly the hearts of lit
tle children as he, and much of his
inspiration was caught from the
minds of little ones. His power of
expressing humorous thought was no
greater than his ability to open the
soul-wells, often causing a tear to
streak a smiling face.
Samuel L. Clemens might i have
died a rich man had he not assumed
an obligation which he considered
morally binding, though there was
no legal claim upon him. He will go
down in literary side by side with
Walter Scott, because of his sacri
flee. Like Scott, he sacrificed him
self to pay the debts of a bankrupt
publishing firm in which he had been
a partner.
Truth is, Mark Twain's life had
been anything but humorous. Few
mennad suffered so severely from
the ""'slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune," and few had borne their
tribulations so courageously. It is
not an easy thing at sixty to have to
start a new in life In order to pay
off the debts of someone else; and
yet Mr. Clemens did this, working
desperately to accomplish it.
Mr. Clemens will lie in death in
the Clemens family plot at Elmira
N. Y., beside the remains of his fa
vorite daughter, Jean, whose tragic
death a few months ago broke her
father's hearCand brought on the end.
In the plot are the remains of the
philosopher-humorost s wife, his in
fant son, Langhorne, and his daugh
ter, Jean. -
New York City Friends of Mark
Twain announced that arrangements
are being maJe for a great public
memorial service here, at which It
will be possible for the thousands who
knew and loved him to be present.
Tributes to his life and character will
be paid by a number of men promi
nent in public life and in the world
of letters. The details have not yet
been perfected; but the service will
be held in one of the large "halls of
the city and probably will take place
within ten days.
ANENT COOPEEjlPARDON.
Governor Patterson, e! Tennessee Answers His
Critics Announces for Governor.
Nachyille, Tenn. ? Governor Mal
colm R. Patterson, announcing his
candidacy to succeed himself for a
third tertn, subject to the democratic
primary of 'June 4, denounces prohi
bition and the action of the insurg
ent wing of the democratic party and
offers a frank, open defense of his
pardoning Duncan B. Cooper, convict
ed together with his son, Robin J.
cooper, of the murder of former Unit
ed States Senator Edward W. Car
mack. He also denounces the press .
for criticising the pardoning of
Cooper. . -
In opening his defense of the par
doning of Cooper Patterson says :
My reasons for pardoning Colonel
Cooper have already, been, given, and
need no iteration. . It may not be
amiss, however, to present certain
other facts which may have escaped
the public in the din and clamor
which have been raised. " Outside
newspapers might be excused for mis
statements, for their information is
partial; but there is no palliation for
those in our own state who have
sought to stigmatize me and inflame
the passions of men against 'an act
which I had the right to perform.
Those have said that Colonel Cooper
was my friend, and one of my chief
counselors. This is true, and it was
true long, before Senator Carmack be
came a candidate for governor. My
relations with Colonel Cooper were
close and intimate, and no attempt
has ever been made to deny or con
ceal that fact. At one time so were
the relations between Colonel Cooper
and Senator Carmack."
In closing his defense of the Cooper
pardoning, Patterson says:
"But I am condemned because it Is
said I acted hastily and without prop
er decorum; but is it true? This case
was different from any other which
had ever come before me. I had
read evry line of the evidence, was
just as familiar with tie record as
any member of. the supreme court;
had testified at the trial, and my
mind was fully made up, not only
that Colonel Cooper was not guilty,
but that he was .in some degree the
victim of his association with me.
Those who are fiercest in their de
nunciation are those who wanted him
convicted because of our close friend
ship. If I delayed action, waited for
petitions, and involved the state in
further uncertainty and "unrest, these
same men would have been the first
to denounce me for cowardice and to
attribute delay to fear and weakness.
"There is not a man in Tennessee
who knew me but believed I would
pardon Colonel Copper if he was con
victed, and I knew it. Then why de
lay? Why act a part? Why not as
sume the responsibility and end it?
When I say this, I do not want any
one to suppose I'dld not then and do
not now realize the gravity of my act,
for of this I am deeply and keenly
conscious. I did not want - the re
sponsibility. I had hoped it might
never come, but when it did I met it.
Right or wrong, I have acted, and
men may differ about it as they
please. My own conception of duty
is fulfilled. But I am willing to
stand or fall, to- be judged here or
hereafter."
EXPORT OF FOOD.
United States Shipped $330,000,00
Worth of Food Last Year.
Washington D. C. Exports of food
stuffs from the United States for the
fiscal year 1910 will amount to about
$33i9,0O0,000 in value, according to
the estimate of the department of
commerce and labor for the nine
months ending March last, as against
more than $450,000,000 in 1906, $500,
000,000 in 1909 and over $550,000,000
in 1908.
The report shows that the food
stuffs were higher in prices during
the last yearj while In many cases the
exports were less than half what
they were in the previous year.
The cattle exported in the nine
months ending with March, 1910,
numbered about 127,000, indicating
for the full fiscal year about 175,000.
In 1904 the cattle exports were 593,
000. The value of cattle exports in
1910 will be approximately $16,000,
000, compared with more than $42,
000,000 in 1904.
, Practically the same ratio of de
crease prevails in all roodstuns.
DWRAWItiT
Politicians in Washington Com
ment on New York Election.
BEGINNING OF NEW EPOCH
- . .
Democrats in Washington Say Result Indicates
Overthrow of Republican Power in Con
gress and End of Machine Rule. W
Washington, D- C. Not since the
present congress began have the dem
ocratic members been in such a jubi
lant mood as they now are over the
result of the New York election. The
republican leaders declined to attach
any particular significance to the de
feat -
"It was just a skirmish. It doesn't
mean anything," said Representative
Beutell of Illinois. .Among the "In
surgent" republicans there was a
greater variety Of views.
Representative Francis Burton Har
rison (democrat) of New York be
lieved that the election marked the
overthrow of a Tegime, nation-wide in
extent. "It Is the beginning of a new
epoch," he said. "I don't believe that
a single republican congressman from
New York is safe from defeat under
the conditions we have there. The
retirement of Senators Aldrich and
Hale, and the result of the elections
in Massachusetts and New York mean
the passing of an old order and the
establishment of a new and better one.
Representative Underwood, the dem
ocratic ' "whip," declared that 'it was
a distinct repudiation of the Payne
Aldrich tariff law, and the administra
tion." ,
Representative Norris of Nebraska,
one of the insurgent leaders, remark
ed: "It" is simply an uprising of the
people against machine rule, and it
means that the people will stand for
it no longer. Jt is a local matter in
New York, but similar conditions pre
vail through the country and similar
results will ensue."
Representative Hamilton Fish oi
New York, insurgent, though Aldrich 's
defeat in Rochester was largely due
to the candidate's personality. .
"Cannonism was also an issue." he
said. "Aldridge was asked whether he
stood for Cannon or not, and he de
clined to answer. The- people an
swered for him."
Rochester, ,N. Y. In the first flush
of victory the friends of James S. Ha
vens, the democrat who was elected
to congress by a large plurality in
one of the strongest republican dis
tricts in the country, are already talk
ing of Havens for governor this year.
Judging from the conservative tenor
of the successful candidate's remark,
however, he- accepts - his victory at
bearing little on the political situa
tion in the state, except as regards
the issue of "bossism." , -
The Hughes -republicans declare
that although Havens' election shows
that the people of this district are
dissatisfied with the tariff policy of
the-republican national administration
and with the political control of Geo.
W. Aldridge, Havens defeated oppon
ent, the result entrenches Governor
Hughes and his policy more strongly
than ever.
According to Mr. Havens, the higu
cost of living was mainly responsible
for the political revolution. Revised
returns from the towns slightly re
duce Havens' plurality, making the
figures 5,440 for the district.
PATTEN DENIES CORNER.
Cotton Operator Says He is Master
of the Situation.
New York City With the control
of the price of cotton on the New
York exchange practically in his own
hands, James A. Patten, the famous
Chicago speculator, left for home to
be gone a week. He feels so com
pletely master of the situation that
he can leave without uneasiness.
"I wish you would deny for me,"
he said, "the report that I am trying
to corner cotton. I don't want to run
a corner in anything. You stand a
better chance of losing than winning
even in a so-called successful corner.
I simply believe that cotton is worth
more than it has been bringing."
TO PENSION CONFEDERATES.
Arkansas Veterans to Be Paid $240
a Year.
Little Rock, Ark- Arkansas Con
federate veterans' who are now in
mates of the Confederate .'SJome here,
and who number about 100, will very
shortly be put on a straight pension
oL $240 per annum, and the present
home will be transrormed into a
branch of the state insane asylum,
Gov. Donaghey is fostering the plan,
and will urge the next legislature to
pass the neeessary bills
Newy Paragraphs.
A woman in Durham, .N. C has
sent a letter to Mayor Busse of Chi
cago, expressing her interest In the
ten-year-old girl at the county hos
pital, who recently gave birth to a
six-pound daughter. The letter is
signed ' A Friend." In a ' separate
package the mayor received two sky
blue shoes, a trifle less than two
inches in length, which he is request
ed to eend to the county hospital for
the baby.
Professor Herschel C. Parker ot
Columbia university has left New-Yrk
city on the trip to the top of Mount
McKinley. Waldemar Grassl, a Co
lumbia university junior, and H. L.
Tucker, of the Appalachian club, will
accompany him. It is Professor Par
ker's intention to follow the route
described by Dr." Frederick A. Cook.
Tests made with the albumen of
eggs laid by hens infected with tuber
culosis show that the "white plague"
is ct:ommunicable by this means, ac
cording to a report by W. H. Lyttk:,
state veterinarian of Oregon. Lyttle
states, however, that eggs moderate
ly cooked, even .. though previously
infected are not dangerous. The tests
showed that the yolks of-eggs failed
to inoculate.
In the vaults of the Yale treasury
have been found two curious relics.
One is a small gilt frame containing
a sheet . of paper, faded and yellow
with age, upon which is fixed a lock
of- hair. A written inscription below
shows that the hair was taken from
the head of Major Andre, the British
spy, forty years after his execution.
The second relic is a large tankard
owned by President Daggett of Yale
college from 1766 to 7778. The inscrip
tion shows that it was given to thv
Yale College church by a granddaugh
ter of President Daggett
AIDS TO NAVIGATION.
Provisions of Interest to South in the
Lighthouse Bill.
Washington, D. C. The places at
which aids to navigation are provid
ed for in the $1,100,000 omnibus light
house bill, agreed on by the house
interstate commerce committee, were
announced. '
The appropriations made, which' ag
gregate about $900,000 less than the
estimate of the lighthouse board, in
clude $130,000 for one relief light ves
sel, which the board can , use to re
place any of the sixty-nine now in
service that may deteriorate, the av
erage life of a light vessel being es
timated at between twenty and twenty-five
years.
The items included in the measure
which are of interest to the south are
as follows:
Lights on Dunn's Creek and Cres
cent Lake, Fla. ; Atchaf alaya : river,
Little Lake, Lake ' Des Allemands ;
Bayous Barataria, Segnette, PeroLVil
lars and La Fourche and Lake Salva
dor, Louisiana.
Range lights, Norfolk, Va., $35,000;
Baltimore, Md., $125,000; entrance Sa
vannah river, Ga., $4,500; Bogue
Sound, N. C, $2,500; lights Cape Fear
river, N. C, $21,000; light vessel St.
Johns river, Fla., $130,000; removal
of lighthouse depot, Fort Eads, to
New Orleans. La., $27,000.
"NIGHT RIDER" VERDICT.
Kentuckian Gets $5,000 from Neigh
bors Who Coerced Him.
Cincinnati, Ohio. A jury in the fed-
ral court in Covington, Ky., returned
a verdict of $6,000 in the case of W.
S. Henderson against Ben Jordan and
thirteen other Bracken county citi
zens. This is one of the night rider
cases in which damages are sought in
connection with the Kentucky tobac
co war. -
-Henderson, a citizen of Augusta,
Ky., sued for $25,000 damages, claim
ing that the defendants had forced
hi mto give up his business' because
he wouldn't join them In pooling his
tobacco. In a former trial a verdict
for $250 waB returned.
Tobacco Price High.
Hopklnsville, Ky. A-period of
rainy, damp weather, which lasted
throughout last week, caused receipts
of loose tobacco to increase heavily
here last wee, and not only was the
increased activity a noticeable fea
ture but - week-end public auction
sales of loose tobacco recorded a
nrice of $16.50 per 100 pounds, a
least 50 cents above any price tha
has been paid anywhere in the "bla'
patch" for loose tobacco this season
and higher than since the war.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
An official call for the fifth reun
ion of the Roosevelt Rough Riders
at New York from June 16 to 20 was
issued at Oklahoma City, Okla. Tbe
chief object of the reunion is to wel
come Colonel Roosevelt home.
Revised estimates of the aggregate
cost of the Philadelphia trolley strike
to all those interests involved place
it at $12,200,000. The greater burden
of the loss fell on the business com
munity, Which is estimated to have
suffered In the loss of trade and in
other ways to the extent of $8,0O0,O0U.
The cost to the strikers, including
those who went but on sympathetic
strike, was $3,060,000, .while the di
rect loss to the Rapid , Transit com
pany is figured at not less than $1,
200,000. " - ...
What is said to be the first light
house built for airships has just been
erected on the tcp of a small railroad
building at Spandau, Germany. It
consists of thirty-eight powerful elec
tric lamps, which shoot a glaring
light skyward. Its purpose is to guide
the dirgibles of the German army at
night.
Four thousand Philadelphia carmen
who have been out, on strike practi
cally two months 'have returned to
work for the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company under the terms of
an order issued by officials , of the lo
cal union calling the strike to an end.
The total exports of the Japanese
empire for the first three quarters of
1909 show, an increase over 1908 of
$8,921,677, of which ' the principal
items were rice, tea, 1 reflnedsugar,
camphor, raw silk, cotton yarn, straw
and chip braids, cotton tissues and
matches.
Washington.
Colonel W.XF. Cody, who has en
deared himself to the youth of . the
land as "Buffalo Bill" and caused
more truancy than all the baseball
games in history, has established his
claim as a private in the army of the
United States, and has been granted
a pension of $12 a month. The pen
sion office records show that William
F. Cody, enlisted in the Seventh Kan
sas calvary February 19, 1864, and
was honorably discharged September
29, 1865. ..
Although it was generally known
that splendid progress had been made
by the army engineers in digging the
Panama canal, the statement con
tained in the Canal Record just at
hand comes as a surprise that all of
the excavation that was contemplated
in the. original project has been com
pleted. Under that plan, 103,795,000
cubic yards of material were to be
removed and that has been done. But
subsequently in order to accommo
date naval vessels of the Dread
naught type and the giant liners now.
under construction, the president or
dered the widening and deepening of
the canal prism. That Involved the
removal of 70,871,594 additional yards
of material.
Little or no comment was to be
obtained from congressional visitors
at the white house on the coming re
tirements of Senator Aldrich and
Hale. Speaker Cannon, who was an
early visitor, was asked whether the
retirement of the two members of
the "Old Guard" in the senate would
have any influence on him or other
members of the house.. He said he
believed politics did not enter into
their determination at all. For him
self, the speaker after taking a fling
at "Muckrakers" declared he was go
ing to live twenty-five years longer
and have' a good time while he was
doing it.
President Taft's office at the white
house has been an . artist's studio
during the past week and official cal
lers have had the double advantage of
an interview with the chief executive
of the nation and a glimpse of the
sculptor s art. Robert Ir Aiken of
New York has finished the clay mod
el of" a bust of the president, which
is said to be destined either for the
Metropolitan museum art in New
York or the.jponcoran Art gallery in
Washington.
During the three months ending
December 31, 1909, there were 1,099
persons killed and 22,491 persons in
jured on railroads, according to a
bulletin issued by the interstate com
merce commission. This is an in
crease of 301 killed and 5,645 injured,
as compared with the previous year.
On electric lines 26 were killed and
642 injured. The accidents on steam
roads numbered 3,206.
The National Woman's Suffrage
convention has elected the following
officers: President, Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw, Pennsylvania'; first Vice
president, Rachael Foster . Avery,
Pennsylvania; second vice president,
Catherine Waugh McCulloch; Illinois;
recording secretary, Ella S. Stewart,
Illinois; ' corresponding secretary.
Mary Ware Bennett, Massachusetts:
Auditors, Laura Clay and . Miss Ellis
Stone Blackwell, Massachusetts;
treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton,
Ohio. . ,
The senate passed the house bill
authorizing the use for joint maneu
vers by the states - of a portion of
their , militia allotments from the fed
eral treasury. The comptroller of
the treasury has held such use to be
contrary to the present law, to the
great annoyance of the state military
authorities. '
The memory of the North Ameri
can Indian is to be perpetuated by a
statue memorial in New. York harbor,
if a bill ordered favorably reported to
the house by the library committee
becomes a law. The bill would au
thorize the erection without expense
to the federal government of a me
morial on a site in New York, harbor
to be selected by the secretaries ot
war and navy.
A decision to allow Representa
tives Lever and LeDare of South Car
olina to retain their 6eatts in' the
house was announced by elections
committee No. 3. Both seats have
kpati nontfisted. Counsel for both
members at a hearing virtually
cniuFht indorsement of the constitu
Mnnaiitv of the South Carolina.- elec
tion law bearing on elimination of
iwsrrn Hnffraee. The committee would
not take that view but agreed to seai
the two members because contestants
R. H. Richardson- and George Prio
leau, both negroes, did not receive
sufficient vetes. '
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
News Notes Gathered From AO
Parts of the Old North Stat.
Asheville Methodists Busy.
At Asheville the committees in
charge of the general conference of
the Southern Methodist church are
attending to many matters of detail
in conection with handling the great
gathering of Methodists the first
general conference ever held in North
Carolina. - Reception committesi were
appointed to go to Old Fort, Hender
sonville and Hot Springs, May 3rd,
board the incoming trains and attend
to the wants of the delegate " and
visitors.
.The ladies-of the various Metho
dist churches of the city will gife
the visiting ladies a large reception
one afternoon during the conference
at the splendid green of the Albe
marle parK. Special trains have al
ready been chartered from Texas and
St. Louis, while an excursion will be
run from Richmond. Special trains
wiU originate at Birmingham to bring
the Southern delegates.--
The Asheville committees have
just had issued - a liandsome . direc
tory containing the names'of all the
delegates and addresses; much in
formation about Asheville. A num
ber of distinguished men will address
the conference at nights besides the
bishops and ministers of the church.
Three of national prominence, Sena
tor Gore, of Oklahomha; Governor
Hadley, of Indiana, and Dr. Cadman,
of Brooklyn, have already- been an
nounced. Business sessions will be
held at the morning sessicn, and
lectures, addresses and sermons at
night.
For New Court House.
"I do not think there is another
county in the State that needs a new
court house as much as this county,"
said Judge C. C. Lyon on the. bench
at Wadesboro .when the grand jury re
port came to him. To the clerk of
the court he said, "Read this report
to the assembled people and spread
it op the record and serve a copy on
the county commissioners as their
next meeting."
The clerk read the report aloud. It
called attention to the fact that the
court house was entirely too small
for the work and recommended that
the court house and site be fold and
another location be purchased and
more modern buildings be erected for
the court house and jail. The grand
jury thought that the present site
would sell for almost enough money
to buy a site and erect a new build
ing. The present site is very valuable
property and would sell for a fancy
price. Several parties are ready to
make the county an offer and their
purpose is to erect a business block.
Boys Will Get Certificates.
Certificates of merit signed by Gov.
Kitchin.and Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction J. Y. Joyner and bear- .
ing the great seal of the Sta;e are to
be issued this fall to boys in the
Boys' Corn Clubs organized tnder the
auspices of the demonstration depart
ment for the United States Depert
ment of Agriculture and the State
Department of Agriculture provided
certain rules are complied mth and
fixed high results are attained.
Engineers Assist on Roads.
The Hiffhwav Division of tbe North
Carolina Geological and Economic
Survey has been giving engineering
assistance during the past two
weeks in Cleveland, Forsythe and
Yadkin 'counties. Mr. W. L. Spoon,
road engineer, is in Forsyth and
Yadkin counties investigating the
best location for a road from Win
ston-Salem to Yadkinville.
Boy Shoots Little Sister.
A 12-vear-old son of Gas Sears.
colored, who lives twelve rtiles from
Kinston, shot his little 2-year-old sis
ter to death with a Flobert rifle.
Shepard With a Razor.
Solomon Shepard, the desperate
negro from Durham county, who is
in the penitentiary for the murder of
Engmeer Holt and who male nis es
cane in the earlv spring: and was
captured after a long chase, burst
forth into an angry mood eaiuraay
and came near fatally injuring one
of his fellow prisoners by cutting him
severely with a razor.
Must Pass Examination.
Col. W. G. Smith, Maj. Lawrence
Young' and Maj. S. C. Jordan, of
Asheville. have been appointed by Ad
jutant General Armstrong us a board
of examiners to examine applicants
for commissions in the guard tbat
arise in the Asheville section.
May Lose a Congressman,
There is some doubt in Washing
ton s to whether or not North Car
olina will have nine or ten Congress
men after tbe next census. It was
by the smallest margin that the State
got ten ten years, ago .nd, while
cities have grown some of tbe country
districts have lost in population.
Teacher of the "Old School"
Prof. C. T. Carr, principal of an
Asheville school, was adjudged "not
guilty' f of the charge preferred
against him of cruelly whipping Ben
jamin, a 14-year-old bey. Magis
trate James stated, in rer.dering his
decision, that although the child's
legs showed marks of lasaes with a
switch the prosecution failed to show
that there was malice on the part of
, the teacher and that he hed intended
Lto cruelly beat the boy.