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fte Cbatbam IRecorb. H.A. LONDON EDITOS AND PROPRIETDB. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: $ 1.50 Per Year - ( Ay u m. 1 1 II Ay ttbc Cbatbam ftecorb. Ay . SIS1COY IN ADVANCE ' ' VOL. XXXIII. PITTSBOBQ. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5. I9ic; NO. 8? RATES OF ADVERTISING: Om Square, one laertla. .....$. One Sqaarv two lnrfloas.,.i.f' One Square, on inovtli. ....... For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will bo made. We Have Over Half of the New World W ASHINGTON The Indications be ing that the census'ill show the population of the United States to be over 90,000.000, it seems assured that the republic contains more than half' of the inhabitants cf the New World. It is quite probatle that all of the re maining countries of this hemisphere have fewer than 80,000,000 inhabi tants. That point can never be settled defi nitely until conditions change radi cally in many extensive regions of Latin America. Now most of the states couth of Mexico and north of the Argentine either make a farce of their census taking or else do not at tempt it at any time. Recent estimates, partly based upon census records, which have been made in South America and Central America, indicate that there are about 70,000,000 people living between the Rio Grande and Capo Horn, including the West Indies. Canada has per haps 7,000,000, allowing for rapid growth since the census of 1901, and Newfoundland adds less than 230,000. Unless the estimates, which seem most intelligently made, are very wide of the mark In several countries where there are no authentic and ex act statistics of population, the total for the New World, outside of the United States, cannot exoeed 80.000, 000. - . Brazil, much the largest country of South America, is the most populous in the Western Hemisphere, except the United States. It Is probable that a full and careful enumeration of the Brazilians would show about 20,000, 000 of them. Mexico, only about 25 per cent of the size of Brazil in square mile3, is safely established In third place among all the nations of the New World, as far as numbers go. In other respects the Argentine surpasses Mex ico, and so does Canada, Their indus trial output is greater and their for eign commerce Is larger in every way. Argentina and Canada are alko also, in growing so fast and with such as surance of continued swift expansion that they may overtake and pass Mex ico. Their chief cities already surpass the largest civic centers in the coun try which Diaz makes his footstool. But now neither is within 6,000,000 of the Mexican total. As a rule, with comparatively few exceptions, Latin America - is rich in unsettled country. A very large part cf the vast expanse of land south of the Mexican frontier, all the way to the southern end of South America lies open to settlement. Some uay such wealth lit unused ua tural resources must cause great growth, but that is a matter of the in definite future. For the present it is certain that the United States will hold Its lead over the other countries of the New World, counting all of them together. Gives No Money for Road Building MAY WF HAvf (THE I0f A3 regularly as the sessions roll around, congress eidesteps, smoth ers or overrides all propositions which would embark the government in the business of road building. The logic and .importance in tho outcry . for "goodroads" is universally admitted: but everybody's business comes peril ously near having nobody's attention. Some comnlnuities, townships, coun ties and a few states have made more or less real progress towards improv ing the highways locally. W'here the states take a hand a beginning is made towards obtaining- "through routes." But, despite all that has been said for a revival of road - building, notwith standing editorial support from publi cations of all partisan shades, the movement as yet has no central or ganization which presses the work along broad lines. . The-federal government thus far co operates only by giving advice. It maintains" a small bureau In the de partment of agriculture devoted first to the propaganda of the good roads idea and secondly to the maintenance of a limited corps of experts, who, when their assistance is solicited, will make suggestions as to the best meth ods for road building under given cir cumstances, and to a certain extent, Capital Boys Are REGULATIONS to protect children from danger of injury and to have them looked after for violations of the regulations are to be enforced by the Washington police. "The danger to children who make playgrounds of the streets," says Ma-j. Sylvester, "has been long since estab lished. Now that there are public playgrounds in different sections of jthe city the children should use them 'rather than risk their lives." Complaints against children playing :on the streets sometimes cause a peck of trouble to the police. - Children jump upon moving street- experiments in the use of materials are conducted by the specialists of this bureau. Here the government steps, lor the reason that dominant view in congress has been that this properly delimits the government's function. ,: Representative Anthony of Kansas introduced a bill in the house last win ter for the construction of a military highway between Fort Leavenwortb an i Fort Riley, 100 miles, by convicts in the two federal , penitentiaries o.t Fort Leavenworth. The bill was lost after a debate that developed into. a general discussion of the good roads movement. The measure had the indorsement of President Taft, the Chief cf staff pf the army and the quartermaster gen eral. General J. Franklin Bell, then chief of staff, stated in a letter to Rep resentative Anthony that the proposed road would unquestionably be of great military value and convenience.' Farmers of many, townships through which the proposed road would run Offered to supply ell the rock and other material to be used in its con struction. Like others of its kind, this meas ure was wrecked upon constitutional rocks. The opponents of the bill con tended that General Bell did not claim the road to be a military necessity, and that, if not dene for this purpose, the government could not build it, be cause the" constitution authorizes the construction of only such roads as aro required to meet military necessities and post roads. to Be Suppressed cars, Others staH.duppn the streets. CMhefs are laud and bpis$erpus. "'Peath. and accident fcava hop ft caused fcy street cars and ether vonJ cles," the superintendent ef police says. "On the ether hand, children pla: ing on the streets have causal destruction to property. "Ball playing on the streets," ho continued, "has resulted in complaints on account of noises and broken win dows. The same hue and cry is raised when vacant lots are used for baseball and other games. At times, in certain localities, large and noisy gatherings are attracted.'' Street corner gatherings are to bo broken up, the superintendent says Indulgence in profanity and other bad language is to mean punishment. All offenders who are caught will be pros ecuted. The police think that keep ing boys off the streets at night would accomplish much good. i - Government Has No Hall of Records AS the country has been told about once a day for the last 20 years, the United States Government has no hall of records, no place where it can keep the valuable documents which from time to time it is necessary to clear out of the departments and put some place for safe keeping. This be ing the case when a fire broke out the other day under the offices of the geological survey there was wild ex citement. In the basement of the store that got on fire are the records and archives of the geological survey. These are invaluable and if destroyed could never be replaced, but -tho Veiufi, states Government lj obliged to house its different departments in rented buildings all over Washington, and the constant danger threatens the destruction of valuable archives when ever a firo breaks out," and there is not any reason why a fire should not break out in a non-fireproof building. The loss of government property in this firo is thought to. bo less than $1,000, but in the library over the fir was a unique collection of geological literaturo containing moro than 65,000 volumes, 85,000 pamphlets and 36,000 maps, tho most complete collection of geological works and "maps In thi3 country If not in thj world. What the United States Govern ment needs is a magnificent hall of records, where all the valuable arch ives of tho government might be stored Id absolutely fireproof vaults. Some da7 after a few hundred million dcllars' worth of thosQ valuable rec ords have been- destroyed" coagres win glv) us n still ef records WHITE S1MRV TRAFFIC BY NQHC fttholic Congress Piscussed the - EyII in All l Pfees, LOCAL PROTECTION FOR W Father Mueller-Simons, of Strassburg, Says Number of Girls Who FaU Into tho Hands of the White Slavers Is Immense. Washingon. The first national con ference of Catholic charities discuss ed charity work in all its varied phases. The conditions of Catholic charities throughout the country were discussed, and the "protection of young girls in our large cities" and "the state and charity'', were consid ered in two sections of the confer ence, which met simultaneonusly. Rev. P. Mueller-Simons of Strass burg made a report on the Interna tional Association for the Protection of Young Girls, and. set forth the dangers which confront the girl who leaves home. in search of a means of livelihood. The so-called white slave traffic, he declared, was the greatest danger in the path of the girl. The number of these traffickers, men and women, he added, is an immense one. To wage war against these evils, he advocated the creation of special central offices of the association for the protection of girls, located in the most important city of each diocese, and co-operating with Catholic societies and homes for the protection of girls all over the world. Another phase of the question which Father Simons urged upon his hearers was the protection of girls in their respective native cities. This local protection, he added, was being un dertaken in this country by the many Catholic institutions and socie ties organized for the purpose. " The conference received reports from a number of city committees on the question of protection of girls. Many causes were assigned for the downfall of girls, including cheap dance halls connected with saloons, cheap lodging houses and low wages. The general conclusion the reports was that the problem was one of great magnitude and complexity and that probably the best method to meet it now is to organize local city commit tees, in which all charity organiza tions will be represented and keep in touch with the national conference. . Rev. Monsignor White. . of Brooklyn presided over the section of the con Jerence which considered the 'pro tection of young girl3 in our large cities." AMERICA FEARED. French Journal Says United States Hao Right to Fortify Panama. Paris, France. The Temps, discuss ing the intention of the United States to fortify the Panama canal, admit3 the right of that country to do so, and attributes the disquietude in England and Japan on this score to fears as to the real purpose of the Aemrican government. After pointing out that the treaty of 1903 reaffirmed the article in the Hay-Pauncefote treaty of 1901 to fa cilitate the construction of the canal, guaranteeing that the canal should be free and open and that no aet of hos tility shall be committed within It The Temps draws attention to the sig nificanfc cmissipp. from segtipn 1, arti cle 3, of tag. treaty pf 19J); pf the words, "the canal remaining ppen in time Of war, even to ships pf the bel ligerents." This provision is included in the Constantinople treaty with ref. erence to the Suez canal cf which the said claueo is otherwise an exact re production. To Regulate Fraternal Insurance. Mobile, Ala. After nearly an all night conference, the national insur ance commissioners, who are in con vention here, adopted a compromise agreement regulating fraternal insur ance societies throughout the United States. The commissioners were in joint conference with a committee from the National Fraternal Insurance Society, and another from the American Fra ternal Association. - 127,823 People in Richmond, Va. Washington. Census figures for Richmond, Va., given out by the bu reau give that city . a population of 127.S23. This is an increase of 42, 578, or 50.1 per cent.. In 1900, when the city's population was 85,050. Wisconsin G. O. P. Very Radical, Madison, Wis. What .probably is the most radical platform adopted in a generation by a Republican conven tion was promulgated . by Wisconsin Republicans here. The document is radically progressive. - .. World's Prize Cow. Columbia, Mo. Chief Josephine, the prize cow of the University of Missouri, now bids fair to become the champion milk cow of the world. Eight, months ago keepers of the ani mal began a race for the record for one year. In the time that has elapsed since then her milk yield has been greater by 2,100 pounds than that of any cow that has ever lived. Joseph ine's daily, yield has been 89 pounds. Her record for a single day is 110.2 pounds. .The eest of feeding if '40 cents a day . .. ., . ROOSEVELT IN CONTROL. Ex-President Elected Temporary Chairman oi If, y. Republican Convention. Saratoga, N. Y. The Republican state convention this evening nomi nated Henry L. Stimson of New York City as its candidate for governor. The nomination of Mr. Stimson wa& one more victory for Colonel Roose velt, whp pejspnally Jed the fight foi the nomination of his candidate, com pleting the unbroken series of tri umphs from the moment the conven tion was called to order until its fina; adjournment. The jentire state ticket as made up by Colonel Roosevelt, Senator Root and his advisers went through with out a hitch. . . . Colonel Roosevelt said that he would take the stump in- the cam paign. He said that he would try to speak Jn every county in the state, although' he would not cancel his Southern trip, which begins on Thurs day of next week, or his trip to Iowa early in November. Saratoga. N. Y. Col. Theodore Roosevelt rode on . the top wave ol victory, defeating Vice-Presidenl Sherman for temporary chairman ol the Republican state convention ovei the "old guard," in the first of a se ries of conflicts that are to come. Colonel Roosevelt did not vote. Mr. Sherman voted for John Doe, and two of the New York county delegates did not respond when their names, wert called. The vote as officially an nounced gave Roosevelt 567 and Sher man 445. Rochester, N. Y. If a 12-inch armor piercing shell had come crashing down through the roof of the Hotel Seneca, there could not have been more consternation among the Demo crats on the floor of the lobby than when the . first news of Mayor Gay nor s letter to James Creelman burst on them. The mayor's final word de clining to be a candidate in terms so unmistakable that they were no long er to be misinterpreted changed the whole face of the political map in the twinkling of an eye. , EARTHQUAKES IN ARIZONA. Seismic Shocks Depopulate 50 Miles Square of Desert State. Flagstaff, Ariz. A territory. 50 miles square and extending from here to Grand Canyon of the Colorado riv er -stands practically depopulated be cause of earthquakes and -Tumblings, which are steadily increasing in mag nitude and violence. " . Indians, of whom there were many in the region, fled when the quakes began, terrified by sinister imports which they imagined to be contained in the cracking of the solid ground. Tribal tales of the ancient activities of now burned-out craters, of which there are more than fifty in the re gion, hastened their flight. The whites remained until their houses fell about them. CANADA'S NEW INVASION. Wants to Import Electric Power Into the United States. . Washington. The announced inten tion of the Canadian government to begin the importation of electric pow er to the United States at places other than Niagara Falls, has aroused the interest of War Department offi cials and of such congressmen as are now here. ' They are inclined to regard this pro posed action as a violation of the spirit of the Burton law, which was intended to restrict Importations of power to the Immediate vicinity oi the falls. It is reported here that as soon as congress assembles a biJ Will b intro duced tp impose a. heavy gustpms duty on electric power- imported 'Into the United States at any point except at Niagara. . DR. CRIPPEN INDICTED, Dentltt Held Responsible fee Dth el Hit Wife, London, England. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of willful mur der against Dr. Hawley H. Crippen, the American dentist, in connection with the finding in the Crippen Hill drop Crescent residence last July of the mutilated body supposed to be thai of Crippen's wife, who was known on the stage as Belle Elmore. As to Miss LeneVe's position, the coroner told the jurors that it was no duty of theirs to consider the ques tion of, accessory after the fact. Postmasters Out of Politics. Washington. As. a first result of the cabinet sessions which are In progress at the white house, it was announced that President Taft would issue an order placing approximately 8,000 assistant postmaster! in the United gtates under the protection of the civil service law and taking them entirely out of politics. It was said also that the President would recom mend to congress this fall that all second and third class postmasters be placed under civil service rules as quickly as possible. Tax Traffic All It . Will Bear. Chicago. The contention that the railroad among competing lines which has the largest investment, is the one on which rates should be based, was advanced here before the interstate commerce commission in the plea for higher rates by western roads. The opinion was expressed by G. C. May of New York, a public' account ant. Mr. May . also asserted the amount the shipper would bear rather than lose the service was his limita tion of what fe carrier fthould charge tho shipper . ' . Bi JUL, HAS POPULATION OF 132,685 Alabama City Gained 94,270 Pea pie in Past Ten Years. SE OF 245.4 PR CENT New Orleans Will te First City in the Sctttb tti Second Place Will Prcfcably goto Atlanta. Washington. The population of Birmingham, la., is 132,685; an In crease of 94,270, or 245.4 per cent, over 38,415 in 1900. The increase shown in Birmingham s the largest thus far reported, as the city has more than tripled in pop jlation since 1900. The area of Bir mingham is about 42 square miles. 'It is conceded that New Orleans, with her 339,085 inhabitants, will hold irst place among southern cities, but :here is great interest as to which city will be second. In 1900 Memphis, with 102,320, was second, but' it is be lieved that Atlanta, with her 154,839, n 1910, has outstripped Memphis, md will rank next to New Orleans. The 1910 figures for Memphis have aot yet been announced. 50 MEN PERISH IN FIRE. Los Angeles Times Building Destroy ed Fearful Loss of Life. hos Angeles, Cal. The building oc cupied by the Times Publishing com pany was destroyed by fire, and there is a heavy death list estimated as nigh as fifty. , The fire was precipitated by an ex plosion, and immediately the building was enveloped. The explosion occurred on the sec ond floor of an addition to the old building. The old' part consists of three floors. Within a few seconds from the time of the explosion the entire building was a fiery furnace. Crowdsthat gathered say they saw men fall back from, the windows into flsynes; others leaped to the streets md were injured." The entire building was ruined, and but two walls were left standing. The property loss is half a million. CREWlESS warship. Future Battleship Will Be Operated by Means of Wireless Waves. . New York. The "crewless" war ship," a vessel directed and operated from shore by means of a complicat ed wireless apparatus," is the latest naval wonder in Germany, according to reports which have just been re ceived by navy men here. Within a radius of 18 mile3 from the controll ing apparatus the new war 'ship, it is said, can be started; stopped, steer ed and its guns controlled or fired by means of electrical waves com municated without wires. The German naval experts are mak ing experiments with a motor boat model near Nuremberg. TILLMAN MAY RETIRE. Physical Condition Will Keep South Carolina Senator Out of the Race. Augusta, Ga. Information from South Carolina points-is that it is practically settled that Senator B. R. Tillman will not offer for re-election to succeed himself. The statement Jsmade that, while the senator is not a sick mas, his physical condition, as a result of the two recent attacks, is such that he will not be able to stand the strain of active public life longer and fur ther; Mrs. Tillman, knowing this, will object to the tenator going, into an other campaign, . .. Mining Brokers Arrested. New York. Postoffice inspectors, aided by central office detectives, swooped down on the offices of B. H. Scheftels & Co., commission brokers. Barney Scheftels was arrested on a warrant which grew-out of the gov ernment's recent bucket shop inves tigation. Another partner, George Graham Rice, whose real name Is Si mon Jacob Hertzig, an ex-convicti was arrested later. MONEY PLENTIFUL No Shortage of Cash is Probzble Tbis Tear Sayi Secretary of Treasury. WashipgtQp.--It is unlikely thai there wiJ b asy shertags of money ihis fall asy whirs i the Untied States. This is not q be construed is a promise to any particular, Indi idual, but is the large impersonal lew of the Treasury Department, .vbose hand is on the pulse of the na tion's financial and business life .and epresents the opinion of officials wbc constantly watch for symptoms oi ny stringency, In their opinion, th ianger mark, if there has been on luring several months past, has beet eft astern. They give these reasoni or their prediction of plentiful money Primarily the banks saw what look 3d like a money shortage coming sev jral months ago. They knew they ;ould expect no help from the United States Treasury, such as they got Id 1908, and prepared themselves. By doing all that, the banks bavt Cortified themselves against an emerg .ncy. Money is plentiful in England and on the continent of Europe. That is always said to be a good sign in mak ,ng a prediction for this country. Nearly every crop in this country this year is reported to be a bumpei one. Corn will set, a new record. Four Jfths of the crop has been gathered., so the chances of less from frost is jmall. The oat crop is the greatesl in years. The cotton crop will be, 1,000,001 iales greater than it was last year. The other crops are reported very iarge. Next month it is estimated in vestors over the country will receive ,170,000,000 Individual checks from In dustrial, railroad and other - corpora :ions. That will add, of course, to the money generally in circulation. UNION MEN IN POLITICS.; 30O,0C0 Union Railway Men to Take a Hand in Politics. New York City. For the first time in the history of railway unions, the members and delegates representing 308,000 men of the lour great divisions of railway employees in the East, voted unanimously at a meeting here to take concerted action in national and state politics. In pursuance to this plan, the meet .ng voted to send out a series of eight questions to state and national ca'ndi iates, particularly to candidates foi che legislatures and houses of repre entatives, asking for a definition ol .heir attitude on the universal adoj) .ion of safety appliances and an em ployers' liability law where suca Joes not already exist company pensions for superannuated employees,- hours of labor and other mat :ers of kindred interest. - - Therewere 3,000 members and del egates at the meeting representing the brotherhood of Railway Trainmen the Brotherhood of Locomotive ingi neers, the Brotherhood of Locomotiv firemen and Enginemen and the Or der of Railway Conductors. - WANT SOCIALTuRITY. Charlc3 W. Eliot Speaks of the Ne cessity for Wider Knowledge. Chicago. Lessons up purity and the social eyi! should be taught in the public schools, according to let ters from Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard university, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., which were read at a conference held here by members of the Illinois Vigilance com mission, the Midnight Mission of Chi cago and the American Purity Feder ation. In his letter Dr. Eliot paid: "In my opinion, the social evil and the diseases incident thereto ought to be publicly discussed so that the feasible remedies may be decided up on apd applied.' I am entirely con vinced that tb? peligy of f Jlgnce upon these, subject has failed disastrously Another supjeet whteh ought to . b publicly discuseed among teaeheri and parents la the addition to oui school programs of instructions ir normal reproduction in plants and animals, sexual hygiene in the 'hu man species and the horrors of sexual vice." LaFollette Is III. Rochester, Minn. United State Senator Robert M. LaFollette, accom panied by Dr. Philip Fox, his family physician, arrived in Rochester tc consult Doctors Mayo regarding the ailment from which he has been suf fering for several years. Ex-Governor Broward Dangerously III Jacksonville, Fla. Former Govern or Napoleon B. Broward, - Democratic nominee for the United States senate, iscritically ill. Fears are entertain ed for bis recovery. ..- Will Appoint Tennessee Negre, Washington.-rlt was learned at the white house that J. Q. Napier of Nash ville one ef the leading negroes in Tennessee, is shortly to be appointed register of the United States treasury to succeed W. T. Vernon of Kansai who is a negro. - Brookins Travels 192 1-2 Miles. Springfield, 111. Aviator Waltei Brookin3 alighted gracefully in the fair grounds here, 7 hours and II minutes out from Chicago, after hav ing sailed his Wright biplane the 192 1-2 miles with two stops. Th stops were at Gilman, ill., 75 milea from Chicago, and at Mounl Pulaski,' 168 miles from Chicago. Brookins in his long sail broke the American long-distance continued flight record, and thereby won the 110,000 prize offered by the Chlcagc Record-Herald. Roosevelt Snubbed. Chicago. As the result of the result of the Roosevelt imbroglio with the Vatican during his visit in Rome last spring, three Catholic pre lates an archbishop and two bishops have refused to sit at the table with former President Roosevelt, when he is guest of honor at a banquet to be given by the Knights of Columbus in Peoria, 111.', October 12. More than 200 priests of the church, it is said, also will find it convenient net to attend tb- banquet for the same reason-,- - Governor Haskell Exonerated. McAlester, Okla. The trial of Gov C. N. Haskell of Oklahoma, in 'the Muskogee town lot cases, came tc a sudden end when the government announced-that under the restrictions laid down by the court it would be unable to make cut a case against Haskell or any co-defendants. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS NAME D1X TOR GOVERNOR Smootfccess of Convention Pro ceedings Stowed Earmcny, i Murphy engineered peoceedikgs Second Place oa Ticket Goes to Thcmas T. Conway.3ix Yielded to Solicitation ef Leaders With Reluctance. Rochester, N. Y. A state conven vention that will go down in political history as one . of the most remarka ble in the history of the Democratic party" closed by nominating John A. Dix, chairman of the party's state committee, and a wealthy Washington county business man, to run on a Pro gressive platform of the widest typei The platform, framed to cover the issues which the Democratic" leaders believe were inadequately met. by the Republican convention at Saratoga,, gained no less attention and approval than the candidate. Regarding the platform there wai from the first little or no divsioa of opinion. Congressman William S. Sulzer was the only other candidate for , nomi nation for governor who took his case before the delegates, and hi3 defeat was decisive. Out of 450 votes he re ceived only 16. Thomas F. Conway was named for lieutenant governor. ' But the candidate was not chosen until Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, who, by virtue of his 213 delegates, was in a position to control the convention, had canvassed the merits of no less than fourteen others. "I said I would give them an up-state candidate, and I've done.it," was Mr. Murphy's comment. The convention proceedings that followed were marked by a smooth ness and rapidity which Democrats say indicated the harmony of their organization. London Lord Mayor Elected. London, England. Sir Thomas Ve sey Strong was elected lord mayoi of London without opposition. He 1j a pronounced temperance advocate. COTTON CONDITION. ! Average of 65.7 Againtt 70.7 Per Cent. La rt Month Shown in Reports. New York. The Journal of Com merce and Commercial Bulletin say3: The condition of cotton, on an aver age date of September 23 as ascer tained by over 1,800 special corre spondents ' to the Journal - of Com--merce and Commercial Bulletin waa 65.7 "per cent, against 70.7 per cent, last month and 59.5 per cent, a year ago at this time. This is a drop of 5 points, being less than in any of the past ten years,, except in 1905, when the deterioration amounted to only 3 point3. The average deterio-. ration for the past ten years, accord ing to these special reports, is 6.7 points, while the average ten-year condition is 67 per cent. The heavy depreciation in Oklaho ma of 18.9 points was duo chiefly to dry, hot winds and the boll worms. Texas passed through thjs month with only a loss of 2.3 points, owing to th9 comparative absence of the boll wee. vil. Drought, however, caused pre mature ppening. Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi lost 10:5 points, 8.3 points and 7.1 points respectively, ow ing largely to the boll weevil and hot, dry weather. Minister a Suicide. Chicago. Rev. Arthur W. Little, one Of the most prominent and pop., ular Episcopal clergymen in the Unit ed States, reeter of what is probably the richest Episcopal parish in Amer. ica, and the recipient of distinguished honPFi from Oxford university, 3 dead ftt his home In Evanston, a eui Hrfft. hii brilliant mind having given way under the weight of worry over tne iaci tnai ms wue uho wsu wcu tally unbalanced for the past Jfive years. Alabama Man Tarred and Feathered. Columbus, Ga. Indignant that a man should aHow his mother to be publicly chastised by a woman of al leged questionable character without even once coming to vher rescue, a crowd of citizens ot Phenix City, Ala., tarred and feathered John Burnside. a married "man, 35 years of age. China on Verge of Revolution. Washington. China is declared to be on the verge of another upheaval similar to the Boxer uprising. Gov ernment officials in China express the belief that an outbreak at any time would not surprise them. f400,000 Brewery Fire. Chicago. Fire destroyed the main building of the Gottfried Brewing company, Twenty-third street and Princeton avenue, imperiling the Uvea of a score of firemen, "causing the loss of $400.000. - Fake Hero Arrested. Chicago. Fashionable Lake Shore drive was thrown Into a state of ex citement when a man with his face cut and bruised and hi3 clothing term waving a gunpowder bomb, appeared at the residence of Mrs. Potter Pal mer, and declared be had prevented the destruction of the place by an ex plosion. Later Wallenmeyer admitted that . he had made the tomb himself, and went to the Palmer residence to pretend that he had saved the peo-. pie within from death.- . . v