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American Gibraltar - in . Manila Bay
j CENSUS SHOVVSSOUTHERN CIT
IES'. RANK IN REGARD TO
POPULATION.
SHINGTON. About two years
hence it" passengers on steamers
.n.oring Manila harbor and passing be
nuvn several small islands that
u.i-ird the principal port of the Philip
vires should inquire with indifferent
interest as to the name and use of a
small dur.-co'ored rock, hardly discern-:;.L-
any ii.-:ance away and looking
::u:r?: like an irregular shaped house
's -oat ilor.ting on the ocean, they will be
oi l ;h:it they are looking at El Fraile
island. Perhaps, also, they will be told
thai the little island, scarce two hun
dred feet square, is the most diaboli-i-aliy
effective fortification of its size
:: the world.
For eighteen months army engineers
have been directing the work of forti
fying what is intended as the backbone
or keystone of the strong defenses in
Manila harbor. They have resorted to
:i plan suggested by a young engineer
vl-eer after their superiors had thrown
v;i their hands in despair at the pros
pects of attempting to fortify the rock
.vhich showed its head above the water
: r so small an area. It involves the
veling of the island almost to the sur
;u e of the sea and erecting a struc-r-
in tha form of a battleship deck
: nod for action. The artificial forti
:. ing will be of steel and cement.
The defenses of Manila bay entrance
present the most picturesque as well a3
the most complete set of fortifications
Uncle Sam possesses. Stretching
across the mouth of the harbor are a
series of islands. The largest of these
islands and the one which will be used
as a base of supplies for the others is
Corregidor, from which the first hostile
gun was directed against Admiral Dew
ey's fleet In 1S9S. On Corregidor the
army is installing a 24 company post.
Warehouses of a capacity to contain
supplies for a whole year for 20,000
men have been built. This island is
considered impregnable from the sea
side.
But the most interesting of all the
islands is the El Fraile, at present a
tiny rock rising in a pinnacle 180 feet
above the bay. The shape of the island
will, as stated, be changed by means
of steel and concrete walls which will
extend below the water line, to resem
ble the hull of a battleship. No sec
tion of the island ground will be ex
posed to fire. It will be surrounded
and covered over by steel and concrete
walls, about fifty feet thick on the
sides and almost solid steel on the top
On the surface of this "deck" two tur
rets will be placed, each turret con
taining two 14-inch guns. Besides the
four large guns, four six-inch rapid
fire rifles will be placed in embrasures
at the seaward end, and like batteries
of small guns will be placed at other
points of advantage. Quarters will be
provided for only a sufficient number
of men to work the guns and machin
ery. The cost of this powerful little
fortress, the most dangerous fort of its
size on earth, will be $3,000,000, guns,
walls, turrets and all.
Treasury, Building Is Overcrowded
"XT!
W
HEX the small army of architects
and artisans has finished the
work new in progress on the Uni
:,vd States treasury building, the beau
tiful old structure will show the first
material change since 1S69. Architec
turally it still v. ill represent a pagan
temple, indicating, many folk say, the
American people's worsnip of money.
'.v.z visitors to the nation's capital who
have not seen the treasury in 40 years
will find seme changes for efficiency
rnd economy.
The nucleus of the present building,
located where President Jackson, irri
gated by the procrastination of con
gress in choosing a site, put his hick
. ry stick down with a thump and ex-
1 aimed, "Put 'er there, on that spot,"
:.l remain unchanged, but the double
:cne staircase leading up to the colon
r.i.iie on the Fifteenth street side has
5 - n tern away. Architects said it
s, tiled the beauty of that side of the
1 building, plans for which were drawn
I by William T. Elliott, a surveyor, who
came to Washington in 1813.
' The 30 granite monoliths, each of
which cost $5,500 and weighs SO tons,
! now stand in an unbroken row. They
are said to be the finest example of
their kind of the stonecutter's art. It
required ten men, working 60 days, to
produce each of them, and a solid train
of 30 flat cars brought them to Wash
ington from the quarries in Massachu
setts. To make more space inside the build
ing all the files of letters and docu
ments will be stored in the old coal
vaults under the lawn on the Pennsyl
vania avenue side, and new coal vaults
are being built cn the side opposite the
White House.
The completed building, as it stands!
represents three stages of construction.
The nucleus, located by Jackson, was
finished in 1842- The south wing was
finished in 1864. The north wing, fin
ished in 1S69, is on the side of the old
state department building.
The long colonnade of brown stone,
erected in 1864, deteriorated in the
southern climate and was replaced by
the present granite monoliths a little i
more than a 3rear ago.
POPULATION STATTISTICS
OF SOUTHERN CHS
MEMPHIS IS NOW FOURTH
Atlanta and Birmingham Grew Faster
Than Tennessee City in Past
Decade.
New Orleans
Atlanta .
Birmingham.
Memphis . .
Richmond. .
Nashville . .
I I I Pet.
1910 1900 jGain
.339,u75!287,lG4j 18.1
.154,S39j S9,S72.72.3
.jl32,6S5 38,415j245.4
.131,105102,320j 28.1
.jl27.62Sj S5,050j 50.1
.110,?.64j S0,865j 36.5
Washington. The census bureau
announced the population of Memphis,
showing that this city, which was sec
ond among Southern cities in 1900,
has been supplanted in 'second place
by Atlanta, and has dropped to the
fourth place.
Southern cities, in regard to pop
ulation, now occupy the relative posi
tion shown in the foregoing table.
, It has been predicted that the pop
ulation of Atlanta would exceed the
population of Memphis, but the fact
that Birmingham clipped into third
place and Memphis dropped to fourth
is a surprise.
The census figures caused a great
disappointment in Memphis. A few
weeks ago a committee from the Mem
phis Business club went to Washing
ton and asked that the census of Mem
phis be taken over again. Three
wards were investigated, and it was
found that the first enumeration was
correct. The recount was denied.
One reason for Memphis' failure to
continue the great gorwth shown in
1900 is said to be the fact that there
is no more outlying territory left for
it to include within its limits.
Below are the Southern cities that
follow Nashville in size of population:
Norfolk. . .
Savannah. .
Jacksonville
Mobile. . .
Chattanooga
Macon. . .
Roanoke . .
1910
67,452;
65,0Clj
57,G99j
51,521
44,604j
40,G6oj
34,474
1900
46,624;
54,214)
25,429;
3S,469j
30,154j
23,272'
Pet.
Gain
44.7
19.9
103
33.9
47.9
74.7
21,493! 62.3
lig Job to Fill the Supreme Bench
Kr-T:l J NO EASY
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THE seven justices of the Supreme
court of the United States, led by
tii venerable Justice Harlan, called
on President Taft the other day to pay
their respects. This annual call of
c ourtesy reminded the president of a
luty which is uppermost in his mind
and occupying it almost to the ex
clusion of any other consideration, for
Tt president is called upon to re
model the highest tribunal in the land.
The president has appointed two
Justices already Hughes in place of
Viewer, who died, and Lurton in place
jf Peckham of New York, also dead.
Thse deaths removed a Republican
anc't a Democrat, and their successors
were of the same political" faith.
:.nce then Chief Justice Fuller, a
Democrat, appointed from Illinois, has
died, and Justice Moody, a Republic
an, of Massachusetts, has resigned
because of ill-health, and President
Taft will have to fill these two va
cancies. In addition to judicial fitness, poli-
! tics and geographical qualifications
must be considered. Moreover, the
president is brought face to face with
a task which will be of tremendous
importance to the United States for
the next generation. With political
beliefs changing over night and great
er zeal in governmental supervision
being urged by the dominant party,
the court which President Taft must
reconstruct will pass on all the
changes in the organic laws of the
United States which may be made by
congress.
The problem will not' be solved
for the public until after congress
meets, as it has been definitely an
nounced at the White House that no
judicial appointments would be sent
to the senate until the Monday fol
lowing the reconvening of congress.
Western cities rank as follows:
1 Gain
I I I or
1910 1900 loss
92,104j 42,638(116
j 78,S00 44,633 76.6
73,312 26,6SS174.7
j 45,941 38,307 19.9
; 36.9S1I 37,789 2.1
of Baltimore for
Dallas . . . . .
Houston . . . .
Fort Worth . . .
Little Rock . . .
Galveston. . . .
The population
FOOD PRICES DROP.
Prices of Fresh Meats Have Fallen
and Flour and Sugar Are
Cheaper
Chicago. A bumper corn crop and
unusually heavy receipts of cattle and
pork at the stock yards was given by
Chicago dealers as the cause of the
decline of prices' in foodstuffs over
the country. . A decline in prices at
the stock yards was followed by
reduction of fresh meats and staples,
Commission men predicted lower
prices still on everything except eggs
which, they say, are going higher.
The following shows some of the
reductions here in the last week:
This . Last
week. week.
. .. 5e 56c
?6.7o $6.90
1622c 2022c
13c " 18C
12V2c 18c
. . .1018c 12(521c
The decline since October is from
50 to 70' cents on cattle in the bulk,
and the market in general is 50 cents
lower than it was a week ago. Hogs
have dropped from $9.65 a hundred
on October 8 to 7.82.
J. Ogden Armour, head of Armour
& Co., said the whole tendency in
live stock prices was lower. He also
declared the descent would oe grad
ual, and warned the public from ac
cepting too hastily the belief that a
drop from the hghest to the lowest
prices was due.
There was also a sharp decline in ce
reals and fruits.
It remains a problem whether the
reduction in prices will reach as far
a.s the consumer.
L WILL BE
Sugar-
Flour, barrels
Pork .
Lamb
Chickens
Beef .......
SUFFRAGETTES FIGHTPOLICE
English Women Try to Reach Parlia
ment Leaders.
London, England. The militant
suffragettes reopened hostilities again
against the government and marching,
16,000 strong, on the parliament build
ing, gave the police a lively fight. The
women, many of whom were placed
under arrest, were led by Mrs. Em
meline Pankhurst.
The suffragettes had determined, if
possible, to dodge the police cordon
about the house of commons, and,
reachins Premier Asauith. to insist
upon the adoption of a woman suf
frage bill. The police, however, were
too strongly entrenched, and the wom
en, who tried every means in their
power to force the line, were thrown
back.
Repeatedly -they reitred breathlessly
and disheveled, only to have their
places on the fighting line taken by
reserves.
A large contingent of American blue
jackets from the visiting fleet were
amused spectators to the struggle.
1910 is 5-58S.4S5. In 1900 it was 508,
957. The population of Louisville "for"
1910 is 223,929. In 1900 it was 204,-731.
Society Soldier " Out at Fort Myer
ALBERT J. MYER, the American
army's gentleman soldier, is no
ur.jjer wearing the uniform of an en
!U:ed man. He has left Fort Myer.
army reservation named for his
'Nustrious grandfather, and has gone
I'ctck to Boston.
vot only was the passing of the
''ar.dy soldier sudden and unexpected,
I'Ut the manner of his going sensation
al Mr. Myer, who was a corporal in
T,!e signal corps, has been in the
uardhouse since August. A recent
verdict of a court-martial which tried
5 -in Eentenced Corporal Myer to be
' luced to the ranks, to be confined
hard labor for three months and
io forfeit $50 of his pay.
The court-martial was a little slow
Myer escaped its imprisonment
Itmalty, having been discharged in
the meantime. He was given an hon
orable discharge and the army knows
him no more.
Myer created the biggest sensation
the army has had for a long time. ' He
tried to get into .West Point, but' was
barred by age, and from the naval
academy because of his size. Then
he enlisted in the cavalry, but that
did not suit his liking and he trans
ferred into the signal corps, where
he was promoted to be a corporal.
At Fort Myer the dude soldier was
the envy of his comrades and a par
ticular bore to his officers. After a
hard day's drill, or the attendance on
some ether military duty. Corporal
Myer w-ould go to his bachelor apart
ments, have his valet rub him down
and then don the habiliments of a
society man. That night, perhaps, his
commanding officers would find him
in the same ballroom with themselves.
The youngster rode and walked with
the fairest of Washington's belles, and
had mcney to burn. He never did
anything to excite the anger of his
superiors except to play the dual role
of a soldier and a dandy, too.
100 KILLED IN RIOT.
Eloocy Battle in Mexico Between Po
lice and Anti-Re-Electionists.
Mexico City. One hundred persons,
including the chief of police, were
killed and numbers injured in riots
at Puebla, according to the statement
of passengers arriving here from that
city.
The stories told by passeniers are
to the effect that the trouble began
when a number of policemen, headed
by the chief, attempted to break up a
meeting of anti-re-electionists which
was being held in a large hall. As
Chief of Police Miguel Cabrera and
his men advanced toward the building,
a door was opened by a woman, who
shot and killed the chief. A fight
then ensued between the poliie and
the occupants. So far as known there
were no Americans killed.
El Paso, Texas. Attacks on Amer
icans in Mexico and rumors of a Mex
ican invasion of Texas to avenge the
lynching of Rodriguez, were but masks
for a revolutionary plot honeycomb
ing several of the states of Mexico,
which was planned to culminate in a
general uprising against the Diaz gov
ernment. The developments of the past few
days indicate that the anti-American
demonstration was a mask to cloak
the real situation, although danger ha3'
existed and still exists
PROHIBITION LAW RULING.
Alabama's Dry Law Is Held to Be
Valid by Court.
Montgomery, Ala. The Alabama su
preme court held valid the state stat
ute for the suppression of the evils
of intemperance, in the case brought
up in ihe city court of Montgomery by
William J. Toole a year ago.
The court overruled Toole in his
contention that the Alabama law was
not operative because the beer com
prised interstate shipments by for
eign corporations to divers persons in
this state and that the liquor was in
transit, Toole holding it for the pur
chasers.
Toole was also overruled in his
plea that the law is in violation of
section 45 of the constitution, which
says that each law shall contain but
one subject clearly expressed in its
title.
Chicago Strike Riots.
Chicago. Renewed rioting, in
which one policeman was shot, took
the place of the comparative peace
which has marked the garment work
ers' strike. More than a score of the
strikers, most" of them women andi
girls, were arrested and a number of
policemen were injured. Thomas
Floyers, a private detective, was shot
while aiding the police disperse a
crowd of strikers. The strikers were
said to be on their way to break into
a plant where non-union help is. em
ployed. Augusta Wants Recount.
Augusta, Ga. Every statistical
item compiled indicates that Augusta
should have a population of at least
50,000, Instead of less than 38,000, as
sent, out by the census bureau. For
five days the city has been seething
with , agitation over the situation, . and
efforts have been made to obtain a
recount.
Over two hundred "prominent busi
ness men volunteered their services as
enumerators and supervisors and a
sew census will be. taken.
IMMIGRANTS FOR THE SOUTH
Planned to Divert Settlers From the
Crowded Cities to South.
Springfield, Mo. Invitations to gov
ernors and immigration commission
ers in the central West and Southern
states to attend a conference in St.
Louis to take steps to obtain national
legislation which will send desirable
immigrants from the congested East
ern cities to the undeveloped country
in the middle West will be sent out
soon by Governor Hadley.
The fact that President Taft recent
ly declared he would favor any plan
which would result in diverting immi
grants from the crowded cities to the
Westem agricultural country is evi
dence that the proposed plan will be
aided by the nation's chief executive.
Robin Cooper Acquitted.
Nashville. Tenn. Robin J. Cooper,
charged with the murder of Senator
Edward Carmack, was given a verdict
of not guilty in the criminal court on
recommendation of Attorney General
Anderson. Thus was : brought to a
close'the final chapter in one of the
roost celebrated cases known to the
courts of Tennessee. In striking con
trast to the scenesmarking the first
trial of this case, when the court room
was packed almost to suffocation,
there were only a few persons present.
Population of San Francisco.
Washington. The population of San
Francisco is 416,912, according to the
statistics of the thirteenth . census.
Thi3 is an increase of 74.130, or 21,6
per cent, over 342,782 in 1900. Popula
tion statistics of the thirteenth cen
sus were made public for the follow
ing California citiies: Oakland, 150,
174, an increase of 83,214, or 124.3 per
cent., compared with 66,960 in 1900.
Berkeley, 40,434, an increase of 27,
220, or 206 per cent., compared with
13,214 in 1900.
DECEMBER 1, 1913, WILL SEE
PANAMA WATERWAY READY
FOR SHIPS.
Q0ST WILL BE $375,000,000
Chief Engineer Goethals Shows Pres
ident Taft Some of the Won
ders of the Canal.
Panama. The , Panama canal will
be . completed on December .1, 1913;
This information . was given to Pres
ident Taft while he was inspecting
the famous Gatun dam, on which he
spent several hours.
The official date of the opening re
mains , January 1, 1915," Lieutenant
Colonel Goethals desiring one yeafm
which to train the canal tenders and
to get the machinery working smooth
ly Ships meantime will be granted
the privilege of the canal at their
own risk of possible delay incident
to inexperienced operation.
In adidtion, it was announced by
Colonel Goethals that the report that
President Taft's visit was the fore
n:nner of a request for another ?100,
000,000 from congress was unfounded.
The canal will be completed in 1913,
ha said, within the $375,000,000 al
ready authorized.
Tne President was tremendously
pleased at the outlook for the early
completion of the great work and con
gratulated Colonel Goethals. He ex
pressed amazement at the amount of
work accomplished since his visit to
the isthmus in February, 1909.
The President was greatly surpris
ed at the immensity of the Gatun dam,
some idea of which can be gained
from the fact that the train was
under way nearly, three hours on the
spur tracks overrunning the great fill.
The President exclaimed: "This is
a mountain; not a dam!"
The visit of President Taft has ut
terly dispelled any fears from reports
respecting the stability of the dam
base, which is a half mile wide and
so gradually sloped that it would nev
er be recognized as a dam.
Colonel Goethals explained to the
President that the informal opening of
the canal in 1913 required immediate
action on the part of congress rela
tive to toll rates, because eighteen
months will be required by shipping
interests to adjust their rates to the
ne wrouting.
The canal is beginning to take the
form of a waterway, and this acceler
ates the interest of the employees,
thus hastening completion.
President Taft effectually disposed
cf the report that the United States
was iiKeiy to annex ranama. At a
dinner given in his honor by Presi
dent Arosemena, and attended by 200
prominent officials and diplomats and
merchants, President Taft aroused the
greatest enthusiasm when he declared
that the American people would feel
utterly dishonored in annexing Pana
ma unless some conduct on the part
of the Panaman people left no other
course. This . contingency, Mr. Taft
was sure, would never arise.
STANDARD OIL GOES FREE.
Oil Combine Wins Notable Victor)
Over Government in Grand.
Junction Cases.
Jackson, Tenn. In a ruling which
required just twenty minutes to read
Judge John E. McCall, in the United
Etates circuit court, wrote finis to
the efforts of the government to have
assessed against the Standard Oil
company of Indiana penalties aggre
gating in excess of $30,000,00. The
ruling of the court, instructing that
a verdict of not guilty be returned,
came with the conclusion of the case
in chief of the prosecution, and in
substance holds with the contentions
of the defense, that after four years
the United States had failed to build
its structure' of evidence other than
on sand.
The suit at issue was probably the
most important litigation against the
greater corporations ever fought out
in the South. -
The Elkins law, regarding inter
state commerce, was violated, it was
alleged, through "scheme and device, '
the specific offense charged being the
receiving of freight rate concessions.
For Lsrger Advert Iso
merits Liberal Contracts
will be made.
NORTH CAROLINA
HISTORIC PLACES.
W. C. T. U. CONVENTION.
TRADE WAR FEARED.
Result of the Controversy With Ger
many in Regard to Potash.
Washington. While the settlement
of the potash controversy with Germa
ny is awaiting the return of President
Taft, the statisticians are busy flgur
ibg how much American trade would
be damaged if the 25 per cent, maxi
mum were to be applied in retaliation
to German's action. The latest rec
ord of the trade of the United States
with Germany gives for one year $143,
000,000 in imports and $235,000,000
in exports.
Students of commerce fear that
should the President decide to apply
the maximum to German Imports, the
German government probably would
at. once impose its maximum and a
trade of about $250,000,000 would be
seriously damaged.
There are two principal products of
American export to Germany, how
ever, which would not be affected, for
they are both on the German free list.
The first is cotton, which amounts
to $112,000,000 a year, and the second
important item is copper, which ag
gregates about $18,000,000 a year.
Mrs. Lillian Stevens Elected President
of Temperance Organization.
Baltimore. Mrs. Lillian M. N. Ste
vens of Portland, Maine was unani
mously re-elected president of the Na
tional Woman's Christian Temperance
Union at its annual convention here.
Mrs. Stevens reappointed Mrs. Anna
A. Gordon of Evanston, 111., vice pres
ident at large.
The use of "third degree' methods
of extracting confessions from per
sons accused of crimes was condemn
ed in a resolution adopted.
The passage of the postal savings
bank bill by congress was commend
ed in the report of the department on
school savings banks. There have been
active efforts made by this depart
ment, the report said, to get laws en
acted that will favor and oblige the
teachings of thrift in schools in sev
eral of the states.
Resolutions were adopted condemn
ing moderate and social drinking as
evils to the individual and perils ta
the nation, urging the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union in every state
to inaugurate a vigorous campaign for
state-wide prohibition and to work
persistently for a prohibition amend
ment to the Federal constitution;
recognizing the value of moving pic
tures, but urging local unions to ap
point committees of censors; rejoicing
ir. the continued victories for women
suffrage and expressing the belief that
the right to vote should depend on in
telligence and not on sex; protesting
against "the growing tendency toward
militarism in government;" urging
congress to require a betterment of
the existing things permitting the sale
of liquor in the Panama canal zone;
asking that a state be given jurisdic
tion over liquor in process of inter
state shipment while within its bor
ders; protesting against the issuance
of government tax receipts in the state
cf Oklahoma and petitioning for the
enactment of a law to prohibit the is
suance of national tax receipts to any
one who cannot show compliance with
the requirements of the laws of his
state.
State Historical Commission Xamc
Scenes of Memorable Incidents.
Mr: R. D. Connor, Secretary of lh&
State historical commission, is : in
receipt of a letter from E. K.
Sparks, president of State Collest.
Pennsylvania, in which Dr. Sparks
says: ;
"At the last' meeting of the Amer
ican Historical Association in lV.v
York a committee was appointed ta
determine what services the associ
ation could render toward mark
ing places associated with memo
rable incidents m American history.
A preliminary task seems to lie in
making a survey of the SLates to
determine what has been done ami
what remains to be done."
Mr. Connor is, in accordance with
the request of Dr. Sparks, prepar
ing a report of the historic places
in North Carolina which have been
suitably marked.
He has already made a credi(ab!a
list which embraces the followingr
the old fort at Bathabara, the orig
inal settlement of the Moravians in
North Carolina; the old Salem
tavern and that room occupied by
George Washington on his tour of
the South; the battlefield of Ala
mance, Moore's 'Creek bridge, King's
Mountain, and Guilford court house;
the site of Fort Raleigh on Roa
noke island; the site of the Federal
Tea Party house; site of Governor
Tryon's residence, "Russellboro,
at Brunswick; the sito of the Con
federate navy yard at Charlotte;
markers showing the positions oc
cupied by North Carolina troops ui
Bethel, Gettysburg, Chicamauga,
and Appomattox; site of Fort Dobbs;
Daniel Boone's cabin in Davidson
county; site on which stood Ilia
house in which the first Assembly
ever held in North Carolina met, ia
February, 1GG5; site of the birth
place of Andrew Jackson; the
grave of Captain Otway Burns,
birthplace of James K. Polk.
There are doubtless other memor
ials, tablets, etc., which should be
included in this list.
CAROLINA TAKES PRIZES.
TRUST HITS BACK.
To Pay Fine Window Glass Concerns
Cut Wages 30 Per Cent.
Washington. The Department of
Justice, of which Attorney General
Wickersham is the head, took notice
of a newspaper dispatch from Pitts
burg to the effect that the corpora
tions combined in the so-called "win
dow glass trust" had served notice
upon their employees that a wage re
duction of 30 per cent, was the only
condition under which the factories
could continue to manufacture.
The dispatch further said that the
corporations attributed this ultimatum
directly to the successful prosecution
of the combination by the Department
of Justice and the imposition of the
United States court of fines upon the
corporations' and upon its officers and
directors individually.
The department issued a statement
outlining its view of the matter, and
incidentally intimating that the report
ed ultimatum of the corporations, if
substantiated by the fact, "would in
dicate a very mistaken leniency on the
part of the court which it is hoped
would not be followed on any other
similar occasion."
Made Own Funeral Arrangements.
Blooming, 111. Chris Frederick, a
retired farmer, bought a cemetery lot
and monument and mailed a check to
an undertaker with instructions to find
his body on the lot. Frederick's body
was found with a bullet in the brain.
Woodrow Wilson Quits Princeton.
Princeton, N. J. A letter was made
public here from Woodrow Wilson,
governor-elect of New Jersey, in which
he announce he has decided to resign
as professor of politics and jurispru
dence in Princeton university.
Custom '.Inspectors Seize Goods.
New York. The entire stock of Jo
seph Brooke Co., an English woolen
firm which has maintained a branch
house in New York City for twenty
five years, seized by the government,
in an action to recover $200,00 dam
ages, "in consequence of fraud and
other wrongful acts." Alleged eva
sion of customs duties,' disclosed by
a former employee of the firm is the
basi3 for the action. The parent
house of the company is at Bradford,
England, and the members of the
firm reside abroad.
Aviator Fell to Death.
Denver. With one wing tip of his
machine crumbled like a piece of pa
per, Ralph Johnstone, the daring
young aviator, holder of the world's
altitude record, dropped like r. plum
met from a height of 800 feet Into the
enclosure at Overland park aviation
field, and was instantly killed. When
spectators reached him his body lay
beneath the engine of the biplane,
with the white planes that had failed
him in his time of need wrapped about
it like a shroud. Nearly every bone
in his body was broken.
Barring . Birds From Hats.
Baltimore. Since the last conven
tion of National W. C. T. U. nearly
2,000 women have taken the pledge
not to adorn their headgear with birds
or their plumage. Cruelty to animals
and vivisection also were strongly de
nounced. In her report on "Physical
Education," Mrs. Francis Waite Let
ter of Ohio urged the organization to
wage a national campaign against the
"white plague." She recommended
that a systematic campaign of edu
cation shonld be carried on, especial-
ly in the schools.
Exhibit in Iowa Draws $300 Prizn
Sweepstake.
A telegram received by Maj. Gra
ham from Mr. Hutt, who has charge
of the State Horticultural Exhibit
at Council Bluffs, Iowa, announces
the following additional prizes s
won by the North Carolina exhibit:
"Three hundred dollars, grand
sweepstake prize for best general
fruit display; first and best barrel
of apples, Mr. Boiling Hall, of
Waynesville; best ten plates of ap
ples won by the Sparger Orchard
Company, of .Mount Airy. Total,
thirty-four blue ribbons, ten reds,
and six whites, and more to follow."
Profit on One Jersey Cow. v
Mr. Julius H. Williams, of the
Wilson police force, says it pays
him well to keep a cow, He has
a fine Jersey and the sales from her
products for fifteen months amounts
in money to $219.11. Besides this.be
has a calf from her which would
net $23 if converted into beef. Tb?
feed he has bought during the fif
teen months cost between $37 and
$38 the other food consumed com
ing from kitchen scraps. Besides
what was sold Mr. Williams and hi
family of six have had all the milk
and butter they desired.
Verdict of $8,000 Made $ i,000.
,In the United States Circuit
Court at Asheville the jury in the
case of H. A. Smathers, administra
tor, against the Southern Railroad
Company returned a verdict for
$8,028.33 in favor of the plaintiff
which was reduced by Judge Boyd
to $4,000. The recovery was for
killing Carrol N. Smathers, aged 21
years, of Balsam Mountain, October
11th, 1909, when he, a brakeman, fell
beneath the wheels and was ground
to death.
In a Hurry to Die.
The triple-murderer Allison,
taken to the penitentiary last month
from Asheville and sentenced to be
put to death by electricity next
February, has made a plea to Gov
ernor Kitchin to hasten the day of
his death, declaring that he wishes
to get out of the world as soon as
possible.
Govenor Kitchin has no power to
expedite the death sentence. II
can delay, but cannot hasten.
Summary.
Mr. Archie G. McKay, employed in
the Seaboard offices at Lumbertou,
after writing a note to his father
stating that he could not stop smok
ing cigarettes and drinking fired a
bullet through his own heart.
Trinity Episcopal church, one of
the oldest of Asheville, has been,
destroyed by fire.
Eugene Belvin, the 3-year and only
son of Deputy Sheriff E. G. Belvin,
of Durham, was choked to death
while eating raw potatoes.
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