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pueblo Tribe in New Mexico Are
Causing Trouble.
jjUNfRS AREJN DANGER
Troops Hurried to Seen? to Prevent massacre,
Uprisicg Caused By Punishment
cf Tribe Leaders.
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MONEt 'WILL BE -WASHED
E'-t Lvcas, N. M. An uprising of
cerious propy uuua wuwu uui
nn the Taos Pueblo Indians, at
'i,Ci villace. 20 miles northwest oi
v.arp and troops are being hurried by
atrial train from Santa Fe to check
Arwsible massacre of white ranch
er? The Indians hare cut all tele-
ne and telegraph wires from Taos
Lt rpr-crts received here indicate that
tie depredations have been confined
to an attack on the wife and chil
dren cf I- L. Myers, a homesteader,
and the cutting of fences and the theft
nf horses and cattle.
Further attacks are expected by the
ranchers, and Judge John R. McFie,
conducting court at Taos, issued an
cent demand for troops to Governor
viii? He declared a massacre, was
imminent.
The governor immediately ordered
Companies 1 and F, New Mexico Na-
-ticcai Guard, to laos. ueneral
Brooke, in command of the national
euard, has also ordered Company H
of Santa Fe to be in readiness to
march at a moment s notice.
The uprising of the Pueblos, who,
for year;, have been a peaceful peo-
n!e is believed to have been caused
by the punishment of Pueblos by the
territorial authorities. For years the
Pueblos have governmen themselves,
electing their own chiefs and village
councillors, who tried and punished
malefactors of the tribe, without ap
peal to the territorial authorities.
Seme months ago an Indian, Isleta
Pueblo, who had been imprisoned by
tie village authorities, appealed to the
territorial courts, and the chief and
councillors of the village were put in
jail, since that time the Indians
iave been unruly, and it is believed
the present outbreak is the result of
fear by tbe 1'ueblcs that they .would
iL-vir independence.
U. S.S. FLOMDA launched,
Eig Dreadnought Glides Into Water at
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
New York City Flying the white
ftarrsd easign of the United States
navy at her stem, the stars and stripes
at her stern and a string of gay sig
tai pennants along the.-250 feet of her
deck line, the battleship Florida, the
biggest cf the American dreadnoughts
lu::t tans tar, was successfully launch
ed at tne Brooklyn navy: yard in the
presence cf the vice president of the
United States, the secretary of tne
navy, and the naval attaches of all
the powers, and a crowd of 50,000 en
- thtisiasts, whom lowering skies and in
termittent rains had failed to keep
away.
As the leviathan got under way
there v.-a 3 an ominous creaking, the
siiumg and permanent ways slowly
tr.g, daughter of a former governor of
xionda, sent the christening cham
pagne bottle crashing against" the
ships side.
The Florida hesitated a moment,
ken slowly and ponderously glided
down the ways with the voice of Miss
Fleming clearly calling out: "Go, brave
snip, I christen thee the Florida."
Ee launching was the most success
ful ever held at the New York navy
yard. The gigantic battleship, slid
covm the ways with the lightness of
& life boat. As soon as she reached
the water the current veered her
lightly to the north and she ended
ter course in the center in the river
fffcere a dozen navy tugs at once
ueiumed her on all sides, -
DELAYED HONESTY,
?13 Lcct 12 Years Ago is Returned
to Owner.
Chicago, in MrSl Frederick Bru
teck lost $10 while - shopping in State
street twelve years ago. A young
woman, who gave her name as "A. N.
Honesty," found 'it the day it was
jest. She has just returned it with
thss explanation of delay: . .
f ' I kept the money ; when I found it,
jor 1 needed it to. pay my way to
tae country for a much needed rest,
since then I've never had enough at
cce time before-" to- return it. Now
tuat I have, I return the sum."
when she lost the 10 Mrs. Erubeck
ffas Miss Lillian Barrifal. In her lost
Purse were visiting cards. A few days
ago she received a telephone call from,
the finder of the money and the $10
reached her with the explanatory
note.
WANT COtTQN POOL FACTS.
Hoe Passec . Resolution .Asking At
torney General for Information.
Washington,..D...C The house pass-
3 a resolution : calling upon the at
torney general for all facts: relating to
t3 lnv' -stigation Qf !an alleged ;viola
Jjon of tue Sherman anti-trust act' on
part of persons carrying on stock
Perations for the purpose of advanc
ithe Price of cotton.:
be solution also inquires whetu
L dePa?Jaeat-is conducting an
Jyest igation , relating ; to ' combinations
j persons operating for the purpose
reducing the price of -cotton, and
pvo .Tether -. any investigation was
IIJ a ?to; the-cause of the ad-
the Pn.of 4w'heat in 1909. . !
RockeleiTer Uses paper Vests.;
fP,Ta?ytcwn' N. Y. John D." itbeke
wjers latest-fad: is the paper vest.
or several weeks past he has been
"earmg one' himself -whenever he
W dnvinS or autoinfrand he has
friP ? stock of extra vests, for those
'ends who have accompanied him.
w a score jor. more homes in Tarry
fej, boast -possession of a Rocke-
Jer Paper waistcoat, presented by
oil king and cherished as a
uvenir of; -an automobile ride with
1446 Agnate,' . ,:
RAILROAD BILL PASSES.
Administration Measure Is Passed by the Low.
er House of Congress.
Washington, D. C. Without a sin
gle dissenting republican vote the
house passed the railroad bill, one
of the chief measures that Presidenl
aft wishes enacted at th preseni
session of congress,
President Taft said he was deeplv
gratified over the passage of the
measure. He was especially pleased
with the comfortable margin by which
the commerce court feature was kept
in the bill, for he regards this court
as probably the most important for
ward step in the proposed law.
The bill makes many changes in ths
existing law, that, if accepted by th
senate, will greatly affect interstate
commerce. . The court of commerce is
created to adjudicate cases on appeal
from the interstate commerce commis
sion. It is provided that this court
shall be organized by the justices oi
the supreme court of the United
States, future appointments to mem
bership on the court to be made hv
them.
Stock and bond issues of railroads
are controlled by the bill. Under this
clause a railroad before issuing any
additional Stock, must obtain an nrdfir
from the commission, .which must,
among oiner tnings, nx the price at
which the securities of the road may
be sold. A similar m-ovision is car
ried in respect to railroads which are
organized through the courts. A pro
vision is made that upon the reorgan
ization of a railroad throueh court nrn-
ceedings stocks and bonds cannot be
issuea ror more than a fair value of
the property. -
The lone and short haul clause of
the measure provides that a railroad
cannot without- first gaining permis
sion charge more for a short than for
a long haul over the same line.
The Interstate commerce commis
sion also is given authority, whenever
a new rate is proposed, to suspend the
laKing eixect 01 that rate for a period
of four months so that the commis
sion shall have an opportunity to con
sider its reasonableness.
As amended the bill nronoses to
bring the telephone and teleeraDh com
panies under the control of the inter
state commerce commission. It pro
vides for the valuation of the railroad
property as an aid to the commission
in the consideration of. railroad rates.
The bill eives to the commission au
thority over classification, regulations
and practices of railroads, authority" at
the present time beinsr limited to the
rates and matters affecting rates.
Under its terms a railroad company
must quote a freight rate accurately
upon demand of a shipper and the
shipper is given the right to" route his
freieht whenever It Dasses over more
than one railroad-. - The commission it
self ia authorized in establish thmne'h
routes by combining different railroad
systems at its aiscreticn.
Severe senaltiea are nrovided also
against' shippers who, through false
claims for damages or loss of property.
obtain secret rebates.
MINISTER CO WHE)ED.
Rev. Witscn of Savannah Soundly
Whipped by Enraged Women.
Savannah, Ga. A few hours before
the council of the Luthern Churcn of
the Ascension accepted his resigna
tion. Rev. Dr. J. H. Wilson was very
soundly cowhided by Mrs. C. H. Mon
sees at the door cf his study in-the
church building. Her daughter, Miss
Meta, who, it was charged, had been
wronged, accompanied her and, when
her mother, worn-out with her exert-
iiens. with the whip, swooned, the
daughter was begging her to hand
the whip to her in order tnat the be
laboring might continue. Dr. Wilson
made no effort to defend himself,
Savannah, Ga. Dr. J. H. Wilson,
pastor of the Lutheran Church of the
Ascension, who was assailed with a
whip by Mrs. C. H. Monsees and
daughter, and who resigned his pas
torate, was called upon by the officers
of the church and presented with a
gold watch as a token of their esteem
for him and to show the confidence
they repose in him. Dr. Wilson was
visibly affected by this action.
RIVER STEAMER SINKS.
Twelve Persons Drown When Steamei
City of St. Louis Goes Down.
St. Louis. Mo. Twelve lives were
ost. when the river steamer. City 01
St. Louis, tore out her bottom on a
rock and. turning turtle, sank o
Glen Park, Mo.,
. The hieh etaee of the river, it was
said, deceived the pilot, who took his
vessel too near shore. She struck a
rock, and, pivoting on that, careened
and tuen toppled sideways.
So close was the ship to the shore,
that, after the first moment of ex
citement, a board was thrown from
the ship to the bank and across that
men; women and children were creep
ine to safety, when the planks tilted,
throwing seven passengers and five
. . . v 11
of the crew into tne river, wnere au
were drowned.
tEbe Cbatbam ttecorb.
RATES OF AOVEDTISIIIO:
Ota Square, one fauertlM,...
One Square two Insert Uns., 199
One Square, ae math........
For Larger Advcirtisc-J
mcnts Liberal Contracts
will bo made.
Soiled United States Currency
Will Be Laundried and Reused.
SAVING OF 40P00 A YEAR
Most of the Paper Currency Returned to tb9
Treasury for Redemption Comes From
the South and West. -
137 Miners Die in Explosion.
Manchester, England. One hun
dred , and thirty-seven , miners lost
their lives in an explosion in the Wel
lington coal mine at Whitehaven. Res
cue parties succeeded in saving four
men, but-3re in the workings leaves
practically no hope for those who are
still entombed c
Married His Grandmother.
Hefiin, Ala. William Pounds, .: of
this place married Mrs. John T. Bur
gess, who is legally his grandmother.
Burgess was Pounds' grandfather and
was over 70 years of age when he
married several years ago, dying very
shortly afterwards. Mrs. Pounds Is
how 22. ' Burgess left a considerable
estate. - -
iFuhds for Shiloh Memorial.
Montabmery, Ala. The Alabama
Daughters of the Confederacy in. ses
sion here, raised large sums for mon
uments at Shiloh and. Arlington Cem
etery. Oir'the advice of Hilary A
Herbert 540,000 will be put into the
Shiloh memorial.
Cotton to Be Unloaded.
Pensacc la, Fla. The cotton form
erly owned by Knight, Yancey & Co.,
that is on board steamers here ready
to be shipped to Liverpool and Bre
men will be unloaded.
Wachlngiani D. C Uncle Sam, by
reason of necessity, has been forced
into adopting methods whereby the
expenses of the government are cur
tailed. ' His latest scheme, which it
is thought will effect a saving of from
$300,000 to $400,000 annually, is to
wash all currency issued by the Bu
reau of Engraving and Printing that
finds its way back to the treasury for
redemption. Heretofore all forms of
"greenbacks" and "yellowbacks" have
been macerated after, redemption by
the treasury department. Now, how
ever, it I3 proposed so that it may be
turned back into the channels ofrade,
and at the same time be just as gooa
as -the new paper currency which
comes fresh from the bureau of en
graving each day.
To wash the currency thoroughly
operators will have to sort out the
paper money, place it on the copper
screen trays, which in turn are plac
ed in copper cages and then placed in
a solution of soap and water. As
soon as the bills are thoroughly sat
urated they are taken out of the so
lution and subjected to an antiseptic
bleaching process. They are then re
sized, rolled 8nd placed in packages
for their return to the treasury. After
passing through their bath, the bills
present a nice, clean appearance and
look and feel like new crisp tender.
All stains are removed and small
holes in the paper are filled up with
the sizing. The ink is not harmei a
particle in the washing process.
Reports from the committee of the
treasury experts who are conducting
these experiments show that most of
the paper currency returned to the
treasury for redemption comes from
the south and west. New York, Bos
ton, Philadelphia, . Baltimore, Wash
ington and other eastern cities send
back very little currency for redemption.
MONEY FOR SOUTHERNERS.
Government Will Pay . Scions of Cher
okee Indians About $4,000,000.
Washington, D. C Uncle Sam's
pay train is on the way to the souta
with part of the ? 4,000,000 which will
be paid to the descendants of the
Cherokee Indians who surrendered to
the government in 1835 land that now
constitutes part of the states of Geor
gia, Tennessee, North Carolina and
Alabama. Each descendant of these
old - braves making up the tribe of
eastern Cherokees will receive $133.15.
There are 30,876 names on the rolls
of the interior department who wili
share in the distribution. Guion Mil
ler, special commissioner of the Unit
ed States court of claims, will make
the payments. He left Washington
with a bundle of drafts on the United
States treasury.
At the time of signing of the treaty
the Indians were marched off their
land and conducted to the reservation
in what was t,hen Indian Territory by
Chief Ross with an escort of Unitec
States troops. Most of the descend
ants of the original tribe have re
mained on the reservation, but a few
of them have come to the eastern
southern states and some of them now
own lands of their own there and
others are engaged in farming for
plantation owners. . .
Mr. Miller has been working for the
past four years in preparing a roll of
the Cherokees entitled to payment and
is now engaged in the last step jf the
satisfaction of the claim.
LEVERINGHEADS BAPTISTS.
Convention of Southern Baptist
Church Meets in Baltimore. -Baltimore,
Md. The annual con
vention of the Southern Baptist
Church opened with about 1,200 dele
gates in attendance, representing 14
southern states. Joshua Levering of
this city, president of the last con
vention, presided.
The convention organized by re
electing Joshua Levering, president;
re-electing former Lieutenant Govern
or William E. TUyson of Virginia,
Hon. J. J. Darlington of the District
of Columbia, S. P. Erooks, president
of Baylor University of Texas - anu
James Hardeman, N. C, vice presi
dents, and electing Rev. Dr. Lansing
Burrows of Americus, Ga., and Rev.
Dr. O. F. Gregory of Staunton, Va.,
secretaries and George W. Norton oj
Louisville, Ky., rs treasurer.
GROCERS ACCUSED.
Witness Before House Committee
; Makes Charges Against Grocers.
Washington, O. C Short weight in
packages of fruit, controlled by the
wholesale grocers' associations of the
ordinary dealers and manufacturers
and the existence of a "ring" backing
the wholesalers' organizations are
some of the ; things alleged before a
house . committee . by Hinton G. Cla
baugh of Birmingham, Ala.
Mr. Clabaugh in testifying in ad
vocacy of a bill to require weight la
beling of canned goods, said he hau
been .driven out of business as a
wholesale grocer because he refused
to be dictated to by the Southern
Wholesale Grocers' Association.
Polish Heroes Honored.
Washington, D. C. Two monuments
to the memory and deeds of Pulaski
and Kosciusko, the Polish heroes,
both of whom fought and one oi
whom died" that liberty in America
might live, were dedicated here. The
monument to Pulaski was erected by
an act of congress, but the statue to
Kosciusko is" a gift to the nation from
organization of Poles who have' made
their homes in the free republic for
which their distinguished countrymen
fought. -
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Hebrew immigrants will be divert
ed from New York to southern ports
if the plan of Stanley Bero, represent
ing the Hebrew emigrants', bureau
of Galveston, Texas, are carried out.
Mr.' Bero is now making, an inspec
tion trip to southwestern Louisiana,
looking to the location of a large num
ber of Hebrew colonists from Ger
many and Russia. . ' v
Walter Prescott is in jail in Los
Angeles, Cal., serving a six months'
sentence as the result of his habit of
talking In his sleep. - Prescott was
sleeping on a park bench when a de
tective came by and heard him mumb
ling. Sitting down beside the man
the officer listened for a while and
what he heard led him to make an
investigation. Prescott was arrested
and his picture and 'record were found
in the rogues gallery. A sentence for
vagrancy resulted. . .
Taking advantage of the proposed
visit of the ex-president to Atlanta,
E. L. Turner, of the Anniston, Ala.7
One Hundred club, has written a let
ter to Theodore Roosevelt asking
him to be the guest of that organiza
tion on his way to Atlanta or on his
return trip. The Roosevelt family
have close relations and business in
terests in Anniston, and it is believed
that the hunter-traveier-statesman
will look favorably upon the invita
tion to visit the xlouel City of tiit
south. - .
One thousand drinking cups for
dog3 will be placed in different parts
of Chicago to lessen the danger of
rabbies curing the hat months. This
unusual method of combating maa
dogs is the scheme of Dr. John j.
Miller. He obtained the consent of the
judiciary committee of the city coun
cil to place the drinking cups.
The ghost which for two weeks
has terrorized many persons at Paris,
111., has been laid, and is, as a result, a
badly battered man. Alva Kale, a gas
plant employe, had a club when the
white thing came in front of him,
and he used the club until the
ghost j begged for mercy. When
Kale helped the ghost to its feet ant
into the gas plant he was astounded
to find that his battered charge was
a fellow-employe named R. T. Hale.
The latter has not explained his mo
tive in piaymg gnost, and, as he is m
a precarious condition, the physicians
will not let him be interviewed.
There is a house in Cassaacr-N. J.,
in which three hundred and hfty men
made their home, according to a dis
covery made by a census enumerator.
The enumerator, who speaks eigLi
languages, bad to use most of them in
going tiirougn the house. The house
is occupied by a day shift and a
night shift. When the day men are
at work tbe night men use the . beds,
and when the night men are busy
the day men take" their turn at sleep
ing. Forty-five men are said to oc
cupy three rooms.
Setting fire to the furniture in his
flat, an elderly merchant in Paris
whose mind, had become deranged sat
down to his piano and was playing
Chopin's funeral march when he wai
rescued by firemen.
President Schurmann of Cornell
university has made public the schol
arship records of the one thousand
and twenty students who belong to
various secret fraternities represent
ed there, showing that out of one
hundred and tnirty-five students
dropped last term, hfty-nine were fra
ternity men. He warned the frater
nities that they were still on trial
and must set higher ideals in schol
arship.
Washington.
A new item made its appearance
in the daily treasury statement re
ceipts on account of the corporation
tax. This, hereafter, will be a fea
ture of the statement, ihe receipts
to date have been 1207,650. Assess
ments on return made under the law
amount to $24,627,000.
Fresh from the meeting where $4,
000,000 was raised to bring the expo
sition to celebrate the opening of the
Panama canal to San Francisco, Gov
ernor Gillett cf California and party
of eighteen are in Washington. The
purpose of the trip is to secure fed
eral sanction of the exposition. Gov
ernor Gillett in arguing in favor of
San Francisco declares that it would
lead many persons to take the trip
from the east via. the new canal.
A fourteen-year-old boy appeared in
Washington before the senate com- j
mittee and spoke against the propos
ed prohibition of amateur operation
of wireless telegraphy. W.' E. D.
Stokes, .Jr., told the wise and rever
end senators that it would be next to
impossible to stop the young idea
from conducting experiments in wire
less telegraphy and that amateurs
would certainly continue to work
even if an unfair statute was passed
forbidding them the use of the air as
a means of communication. The lad
suggested .the establishment of a
wave length standard for government
and commercial service, which would
not be duplicated by amateurs
Estimating that the population of
the United States on May 2 was 90,
123,000, the treasury figures that the
per capita circulation of money on
that date was. $34.45. This is a loss
for the month of April of 42 cents,
and it is explained by the large exports-
of gold during that month,
amounting to about $30,000,000. The
amount of money in circulation on
May 2 was $2,104,547,273. .
After stating the statistics as to
the mortality from different diseases
in Panama, "at different , periods, Dr.
Osier said that in 1908 the combined
tropical diseases, malaria,- dysentery
and beri-beri, killed fewer than the
two . great killing diseases of the tem
perate zone, pneumonia and tubercu
losis. ' .
In the state department at Wash
ington ratifications of the . Interna
tional waterways treaty were ex
changed between this country1 and
Canada. The purpose of it, is to pre
vent : disputes regarding the use oi
boundary waters and to settle pend
ing questions between the United
States and Canada.' It provides that
deficiencies 'may be settled by direct
negotiations with Canada and fixes
the limit of the amount of water that
may be diverted from Niagara. All
questions are to be decided by an in-toi-Ti&tfnnal
loint. commission
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
News Notes Gathered From AJ
Farts of the Old North SUteV
: Boy '8 Shocking Death.
"Anthony Howard, 13-years-old,
of Lenoir county," met a most hor
rible' death in a runaway while rid
ing a mule from, the field to the
house to get shelter from an ap
proaching storm. -
He was thrown from the mule, and
his legs caught in the plow chains.
The frightened animal ran away,
dragging the boy over rough roads,
home. His skull was crushed, and
man-" bones broken. His helpless
mother witnessed the 1 distressing
scene. - 1 - . .' .
Insane When Convenient. -
A number of witnesses testified
Saturday at Washington, D. C, to
the mental condition of John C.
Davis, the Washington attorney,
charged with obtaining more, than
$200,000 from investors in that city
and Alexandria and appropriating
the same to his own use. " ' ' -
Davis was a lawyer in Wilmington
twenty years ago, and wa3 tried there
under a similar charge and sent . to
the State asylum. After several
years he escaped! Until this trial his
whereabouts were unknown.
Cost Preachers to Live Too.
That the practical side of the in
creased cost of living must be recog
nized if the material welfare of the
Church is to be considered was force
fully brought to the front when the
Episcopal Convention of North Caro
lina at Winston-Salem adopted a res
olution urging the vestries of the
various parishes within its jurisdic
tion to conside"r"at once the question
of "raising the wages" of the clergy
Naval Militia Inspection.
Dates for the inspection of the five
divisions of the North Carolina naval
militia are announced" by Adjutant
General Armfield, inspection to be by
Lieutenant Colonel H. D. Harper,
assistant inspector general. They
will be as follows: Oriental, June 29;
Newbern, June 30; Windsor, July 1)
Plymouth, July 2; Elizabeth City,
July 3. -
Buried Alive and Died.
Eli Daniels, white, while in the
bottom of the deepest part of the ex
cavation laying the sewer pipe which
is intended to drain the new Norfolk
and. Southern railroad property at
Edenton, was instantly buried alive
by the bank eaving in upon him and
tons of clay and 6and covering his
entire body, only one hand being
visible above the earth.
Guilford's Disposition of the $1,000.
Saturday in Greensboro at a meet
ing of the Guilford county highway
commissioners it was decided to use
the $1,000 prize money awarded to
Guilford county last year by The
Atlanta Journal-New York Herald
National Highway Association for
building a 20-foot concrete bridge at
the Smith farm near the city.
Fire Loss at Stokesdale.
There was a serious fire at Stokes
dale Friday resulting in the destruo
tion of a business block of five brick
stores. The loss is reported . to be
$20,000, with but $2,500 insurance.
The Masonic Lodge of Stokesdale
owned one of the stores, and had its
lodge room in the second story. All
its paraphernalia was destroyed.
Singular Accident to Spencer Man.
E. S. Burgess, of Spencer, was
dangerously injured Friday, the 13th,
by falling on a picket fence. While
walking on a ditch bank the ground
gave way and he was precipitated
with great force upon the fence, a
piece of which pierced his breast
necessitating ten stitches to close the
gap. He was carried to his home
for treatment and will recover.
First Albemarle Assembly.
The Sir Walter Raleigh Chapter
Daughters of the Revolution, will un
veil a tablet at Hall's Creek church,
Nixonton, June 11, commemorating
the meeting of the First Albemarle
Assembly, an event which took place
at that historic spot February 6,
1665.
This was the first law-makiug body
ever convened in the State of North
Carolina. r
. Wilkes' Big Illicit Distillery.
The biggest steam distillery' ever
operated in this State, allegedly il
licit, reported to be. owned by a man
named Mitchell, one of Wilkes coun
ty's best-known citizens was" seized
Friday." The still was being operat
ed in the Hunting Creek section of
Wilkes. Deputy Collector J. M.
Davis and J. S. Bandy making the
seizure, under orders of- Collector
Brown of Statesville. It is said that
other violations are reported from
that section of Wilkes and Collector
Brown is said to be determined to.
wage relentless war upon the law
breakers while he is in office.
Escaped State Prisoner Captured.
Johnson Steel, an escaped' negro
convict ; from the State penitentiary
was arrested ; at Spartanburg, S; C.
Steel is a double murderer and a sen
tence of 32 years hangs over him. Hf
was- convicted of . killing a negro
named Mitchell in -Charlotte-in 1904.
and later, having escaped from
prison, killed Walter Harris,, colored,
in Greensboro. He had served but a
few months .on .his' second -sentence
when he escaped. :
GIFT TO HOME MISSIONS
Farmer Slagle, of Macon County, N.
C., Gives 600 Acres of Land,
Asheville, N. C, Special. The
identity of the donor of six hundred
acres of valuable farm lands to the
Presbyterian, home missions board
was made known Sunday when it was
announced tV-t Thomas M. Slagle, a
farmer of Macon county, N. C, had
given half of his life's earnings for
the erection of a boys industrial
school at Franklin, N. C. The offer
was made to the Asheville Presbytery
in session at Montreal last month
and was accepted.
Progress in Ditch Digging.
Washington, Special. On May 3,
the sixth year of American Construc
tion of the Panama canal ended and
the canal record has presented an in
teresting review of what has been ac
complished. Altogether 105,888,072
cubic yards cf earth and rock have
been removed. That leaves to be
taken out of the water approaches to
the canal 29.232,052 cubic yards of
material, while the -steam ' shovels
have to dig out 38,827,617- yards of
solid earth and rock.
Ex-Governor and Family Arrested.
New York, - Special. Frank' W.
Rollins, former governor of New
Hampshire, and now a banker with
Boston offices, his wife Catherline, and
his son, Douglas, were charged Sat
urday in the sworn complaint of a
custom's inspector ''with conspiring
to smuggle into the United States
wearing, apparel and jewelry and
souvenirs without paying or account
ing for the duties legally due there
on." '
" Would Suppress Prize Fights.
Washington, Special. Representa
tive Smith, of Iowa, bulged out ia the
House Saturday with a bill to sup
press prize fighting. It provides that
no pictures, ncr any discription of a
prize fight or pusrilistic encounter
may be . sent through the mails or
otherwise sent from ' one State or
Territory to another, including , the
District cf Columbia, or imported
into the United States,
California Want3 Panama Exposition.
New York, Special. San Francisco
will raise $10,000,000 to secure the
Panama Canal Fair. Gov. James N.
Gillett of California declared Mon
day in expiating on the advantage of
his State for the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition of : 1015 to
celebrate the opening of the great
waterway, San Franciscans, he said,
already had subscribed $5,000,000 to
wards the exposition.
Louisiana Negroes Form Colony.
Poplarviile, Miss., Special. For
the purpose of forming a colony of
negroes to engage in farming, mer
chandising and manufacturing, 120,
000 acres of land near Poplarviile
have been bought by members""" of
that race, incorporated under the
name of. the Colored Realty Company.
Refuse Request of Congress,
Washington, Special. Because a
grand jury already is investigating
the alleged pool in cotton, Attorney
General Wickersham Saturday re
fused to furnish the house with the
facts in the possession of the de
partment of justice on which the in
vestigation was based,
Comrades to Welcome Rough Rider.
New York, Special.It will be to
the strains of "There'll Be a Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight," the
6ong that is said to have inspired the
American troops in their charge up
San Juan hill, that Col. Theodore
Roosevelt will be welcomed back to
New York on June 18. That welcome
will come too, from the men who
heard it played with him on the
battlefield, the Roosevelt Rough
Riders. . '-. -.-
Pittsburg Grafters Get Punishment.
Pittsburg, Special. -Sentence was
imposed today in criminal court on
six of the men who pleaded no de
fense to charges of graft in connec
tion with .pitt&bur;; municipal affairs.
One banker and five former council
men faced four judges and learned
their fate. The sentences ranged
in length from four to eight months
in jail. In addition to the jail sen
tences fines are also imposed.'
Hotel Waiter' Kidnapper Free
Philadelphia, Special. The last
echo of a sensational escapade was
heard here Saturday when the grand
jury ignored a bill of indi !tment
charging Ferdinand Cohen, the hotel
waiter with kidnapping Roberta B.
De Janon, the 18-year-old heiress,
couple, after being missing a week,
were found in Chicasro. . -
. Robert Buist, the millionaire" grand
father of the girl, engaged private
counsel when the runaways were
found to press the charge made
against Cohen, but it is understood
the action of the grand jury is
agreeable to counsel for Mr. Buist.
Seven Bishops For Colored Churches.
Augusta, Ga., Special. ' He that
ruleth over men must be just;- ruling
in the fear of God," was the text of
the ordination sermon preached by
Bishop Charles H. Phillips Sunday at
the consecration of the newly elected
bishops. With the elevation of Bish
ops M. F. Jamison and C. W.. Stew
art, the colored Methodist Episcopal
Church now has seven bishop3 on the
bench. The conference will adjourn
Wednesday or Thursday.
; NORTH-STATE NEWS
Items of State Interest Gathered
and Told in Brlet
New Building for State Fair.
The North Carolina Agricultural
Society awards the contract Ito York'
& Cobb of Greenville, for a fire
proof concrete agricultural and horti
cultural building at the State fair
grounds, the bid being $6,725, to be
completed September 15. It is 60
by 150 feet with pagoda on the roof
overlooking the race track where re
freshments can be served.
"Wet" in Wilmington.
Startling revelations of the re
ceipt of more than seven hundred
barrels and , cases of liquor by little
more than a dozen consignees in Wil
mington since anuary 1st, 1910, were ;
made Thursday at a continued hear
ing before the mayor under the spec
ial statue of the Revisal of 1905,"
these disclosures coming upon the
submission of the records of the local -Seaboard
Air Line freight agent.
Durham's "Foinest" Get Raise.
At a meeting of the Durham board
of aldermen all salaries of patrolmen
and sergeants were raised and be
ginning with the next motth they
will go on higher pay. The regular
officers are now receiving $63 and go
up to $70. The first and second ser
geants receive also a substantial
raise, $75 and $78, respectively, be
ing their monthly, stipend.
Permission to Pa3S Armed.
A formal order has been issued by -Governor
Kitchin and Adjutant Gen
eral J. F. Annfield allowing permis
sion to the troops of South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Miss
issippi to pass through North Caro
lina fully armed and equipped, while
en route to the Chicamauga battle
ground in July ,
Penitentiary. Cotton Sold.
The State prison management an
nounces the "sale of the remainder
of last year's crop of cotton amount
ing to C95 bales to Rogers & McCabe,
Rideigh, at 14 3-4 for the run of the
stock.
Three State Prisoners Hif h Ball
The management of-the penitenti
ary reports the escape of three con
victs from the railroad canrp at St.
Pauls, Rofieson county.- They are?
Sam Johnson, colored, sentenced
from New Hanover county in Sep
tember, 1906, to 30 years for burg
lary; Jack Williams, sentenced from
Guilford county in 1907 tq 7 years
for breaking into a store houses
John Davis, colored, saiving 15
years from Rockingham county for
criminal assault."
Where. Soldier Boys Go.
There is to be a division in th
time of the encampments of the com
panies of the North Carolina National
Guard this year, and with one re
quest to go to the manoeveurs at
Chickamauga, two are to eacamp at
Morehead City, and the coastt artillery
to encamp at Fort Caswell.
Ex-Congressman Bower Dead.
Hon. W. H. Bower, former Con
gressman from North Carolina, died
Wednesday, at Lenoir. Fcr several
years prior to his death he had suffer
ed from the effects of paralysis, hav
ing had several strokes, the last one
occurring last Thursday.
Lady Patient Leaps to Death.
Mrs. Virginia P. McDaiirmid, 55
years old, of Lumberton, Monday
afternoon threw herself from tbe roof
of the Charlotte sanitarium where
she had been a patient for six weeks
to the pavement 60 feet below, meet
ing instant death.
Wilson for Masons 1911.
At the closing session of the Grand
Commandery Knights Templar and
Grand Lodge Royal Arch Masons, at
Salisbury, Wilson was chosen as the
place for the next annual meeting.
Macadam Road at Winston-Salem.
The county commissioner! at Win
ston-Salem have awarded to R. I
Peters, of Knoxville, Tenn., the con.
tract to build four miles of macad
am road on the Pfafftown highway,
the price to be $31,285. Mr. Peten
barely bid over his only competitor,
Messrs. Johnson, Porter & Peck, of
Charlotte, whose figure was $32,000.
More Cash for Red Men.
Uncle Sam's pay train 13 on the
way to this State with part of four
million dollars which will be paid to
the descendants of the Cherokee In
dians who surrendered to the govern
ment in 1835, and that now consti
tutes part of the States of Georgia,
Tennessee, North Carolina and Ala
bama.; f
Each descendant of these old braves
making up the tribe cf eastern
Cherokees will receive $133119. There
are 30,876 names on the. rolls of4 the
Interior Department who will 6hare
in the distribution.
Salisbury Mill Booning.
One of the biggtst pieces of in
dustrial news given out in Saiisbury
in. some time was the ann oun cement,
just after a meeting of the stock
holders' of the Vance cotton miU,
that it had been decided to increase
the capital stock from 5100,000 to
$300,000 and to increase tbe number
of spindles from ten to twenty thou
sand. A weaving "department will
also be added and other improvements
will be made, ' -