Chatham Record
II. A. LONDON, Editor and Prop.
1 ITTSBORO, N. C.
Don't abuse the weather man.
1 Farewell, a long farewell to the Ice
man.
' Fine weather brings out fine birds
on line hats.
' Some men make god money, but
mighty little of it.
' A throne upheld by bayonets Is su:
to fall sooner or later.
! Aviators are pulling down some rich
prizes from the upper air.
1 From women down to census
turns we are against padding.
re-
However, the undertakers have
not yet begun subsidizing football.
i As ft intrsrernaut the aeroplane is
running the automobile a mighty close
race.
a
! a western farmer extinguished
blaze in his kitchen with milk.
Enough said.
1 We've come to the conclusion that
autumn has spring beaten forty ways
from the jack.
Tn an aflroDlane race there seems to
be no such possibility as betting on.
a sure thing.
' Here is where the foolhardy man
begins a dangerous intimacy witn tne
pneumonia germ.
' The age of aviation calls for a
race of spectators with eyes on the
tops of their heads.
! JaDan exported nearly 1,000,000
pounds of human hair last year. Do
you buy your wife her share?
' TVith forty bankers in the Leaven
worth prison that institution is be
coming too aristocratic for plain
folks.
' If you chew your food with suffl
cient care you will live a long time
in fact, you will have to live a long
time.
' Cheer up! Soon the big chrysan
themums will be competing for the
world's championship at the flower
show.
! Strictly fresh eggs are said to be
few, but that does not discourage the
cheerful sign painter at the corner
grocery.
! So many automobile accidents at
Tailroad grade crossings teach the
necessity of care on the part of
drivers.
! There are lovely bits of coloring to
"be observed about sunrise these crisp
mornings, not including that on the
early pedestrian's nose.
! Chicago university professors have
quit malting sensational statements.
One of 'em tells us as bit of news
that "Woman has ruled man for cen
turies. '
A Virginia father with 56 children is
a convict, but under the circumstances
he deserves some sympathy. Think of
supporting such a family on the aver
age salary!
There is a man in New Zealand who
lays claim to $167,000,000 worth of
property in New York city. He would
have a better chance if the New York
ers had not seen it first.
In one respect the colleges are not
up to date. They issue no life and
accident insurance policies to the
young men who go out on the .ootball
field to battle for alma mater. .
When a man rents a flat all he can
do about the place is to sit around and
look out of the window. But when
he occupies a humble cottage he has
many things to keep his mind off his
other troubles.
! The Connecticut tobacco crop and
the New Jersey cranberry crop are big
ger thi3 year than they have been for
a long, long time. Unfortunately few
of us can live on cranberries and Con
necticut tobacco.
i A man whose automobile broke
down the other day offered ,51,000 for
a new and vigorous profane oath. A
man who wants to swear and doesn't
know how may not be good, but sim
ply lacking in Imagination.
I
American returning tourists win
now not only have to pay the duty on
what is in their trunks, but also on
the trunks themselves. And about the
only way of smuggling left now is to
bring trunk and contents over in an
airship.
It has been pointed out that that
New York judge who decided that a
man is not obliged to support his
mother-in-law is a bachelor. "Where
ignorance is bliss" and the rest of it
' The "back to the farm" movement
gets another boost in the tuberculosis
statistics supplied by the ceusus bu
reau. From these figures it appears
that the occupation most favorable to
health and to freedom frcm consumD
tion is farming, in other words out
door life and activity near to nature's
heart conduce to longevity.
Paris Is reported to be In darkness
What will the tourist sightseers do
now?
inac went to
the bottom with ten generals on board
worked greater havoc among the big
titles than the flare-backs on the vea
sels of the bigger naval powers. But
considering the ease with which the
titles can be reproduced, it is a ques
tion whether' the- destruction of a
half-score seamen at a blow on the bat
tleships is not the more costly way
kto keening the peace. .
GENERAL WOOD FAVORS
A BIG VOLUNTEER ARMY
UNITED STATES ARMY NOT PRE
PARED FOR WAR, SAYS THE
CHIEF OF STAFF.
TO RE-ESTABLISH CANTEEN
General Wood Paints a Gloomy Pic
ture of Shortcomings of U. S.
Army in Annual Report.
HE HAS CRUSHED REVOLUTION,
Washington. Maj. Gen, Leonard
Wood, chief of staff, paints a rather
gloomy picture of the lack of prepar
edness of the army in case of war
in hj annual report to the secretary
of war.
There are weak spots in many di
rections, he says, end most serious is
the shortage of &ld artillery and am
munition, ft fault which should be im
mediately attended to. General Wood
declares that there is a great lack of
reserve seacoast ammunition, and that
at the present rate of aDDftvoriation
by congress, it will take More than
fifty years to obtain la reasonable sup
ply of ammunition for the coast de
fense and a still longer time to se
cure the necessary number of field
artillery guns and ammunition. If the
regular army and organized militia
at war strength were called to arms
now, says General Wood, there would
be a shortage of more than 50 per
cent, in the field artillery necessary
to equip them-. As this force would
represent only a portion of the force
called to arms in case of war with a
first class power, the gravity of the
situation becomes apparent
General Wood Strongly urges the
passage by Congress of the bill pend
ing for raising a volunteer army in
time of war. He says this will cosi
nothing in time of peace, and will save
the government millions of dollars in
time of war. The present law is so
unsatisfactory and vague that the gen
eral staff cannot make Dreoarations in
advance for its execution in event of
war.
Other needs of the military service
are set out in the report, including
the addition of 610 officers to renlaee
those detailed from line duties for
staff and militia work; the creation of
a reserve of not less than three hun
dred thousand men who have served
in the regular army or militia: the
concentration of the army in large
posts; the re-establishment of tae can
teen, and finally the increase of the
signal corps and the acquisition of
aeroplanes.
NEGRO MURDERER LYNCHED
Swift Vengeance Dealt by a South
Carolina Mob.
Little Mountain, S. C. With his
body riddled with bullets and a lan
tern hanging above his head, Flute
Glarke, a negro, lies dead on the side
of Little Mountain, lie was lynched
for the murder and attempted; assault
of Nannie May Shealey, the 14-year-old
daughter of a well-to-do planter
of this section. The crime was com
mitted in the yard of th home of the
girl while she was alone. Her head
was almost severed with a knife, fol
lowing a fierce struggle with the ne
gro. The negro was employed by the
father of the girl and had worked rn
the place for twelve yeaf. There
were at least 1,000 men in the mob.
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"GENERAL D. PORFIRIO DIAZ, PRESIDENT OF MEXICO.
ANARCHY FOLLOWS REVOLT
MEXICO, AFTER CRUSHING THE
REVOLUTION, 16 FACING
ANQtHER TASK.
ROSTER OF NEXT HOUSE.
Madero, the Revolution Leader, Has
Disappeared, Despite Efforts f
th Agents fef Diazw
GRANGE RESOLUTIONS.
Radical Changes in th Tayne-Aldrich
Tariff Law Suggested.
Atlantic City, N. J Resolutions
calling for drastic regulation of all
railroads of the country and giving
the interstate commerce commission
power to nullify freight and passen
ger rates proved to be extortionate.
were adopted by the National Orange.
Radical changes in the PavnAldrir.h
tariff bill and physical valuation of
railroad trunk lines were also ureed
y the farmers.
Federal aid for road improvement,
the parcels post, conservation of nat
ural resources, a national income tax,
direct election Of United States sena
tors, agricultural , extension and a
non-partisan tariff commission were
included in th report of the- resolu
tion committee, which became the pro
gressive platform of the agriculturists.
"Uncle Jo-' Talks Politics.
Washington. Speaker Joseph G.
Cannon returned to Washington.
While mildly deploring the result of
the recent election in which he said:
"A majority has made a mistake in
giving Our friends, the Democrats, the
control of the Sixty-second congress."
He added: "With the responsibility, it
remains to be seen what they will dot
I should be glad if they find them
selves able to redeem their promises
In the campaign) reduce the cost
of living and increase the price of
abor."
Mrs. Sage Plans Model Town.
New York. The preliminary plans
of the Russell Sage Foundation, es
tablished by Mrs. Sage as a memorial
to her husband, for a ineatl sUbtlfb
an city, providing healthy and beauti
ful homes for persons of moderate
means, were announced. Briefly, the
project is to utilize a tract of 142
acres of land in the Forest Hills gar
dens, Long Island, nine miles from
this city, in laying out a town of 1,500
families. The initial financial expendi
tures for the purpose, it is announced,
now amount to $2,250,000.
Mexico City, Mexico. With the Ma
dero revolution practically crushed out
tie Mexican government found a task
of great magnitude on its hands that
of crushing out the wave of Anarchy
which is following in the wake of the
rebellion. Bandits and desperadoes
have banded with criminals rejeastd
from Jail 8ncl according to latest re
pcrtSi they are attacking and pillaging
small towns, driving off stock and do
ing great damage to railroad property.
Federal troops were sent to confis
cate the Mexican property of Frances
co Madero, upon whose heed $10,000
reward has beu set by the Mexican
government.
Madero has disappeared despite tae
efforts of soldiers, rurales and govern
ment secret agent to find him. A
great nation-wide search was started
for him under the siiruuius of the re
ward. Government agents continued their
activities throughout the states in the
danger zone, buying up all the arms
and ammunition they could find. T hay
havS acquired thousands of guns and
millions of rounds of ammunition al
ready. The jails are full to overflowing, and
secret trials wlH soon be ordered by
the government. Following the dras
tic policy of President Diaz, it is fully
expected that scores will be executed.
Mexico City maintains the quiet that
has marked it through th entire up
rising. Americans are not molested
on the streets, and the newspapers
print subdued accounts of the Con
flicts between troops and rebels.
New Orleans. James M. Reid. who
was kitted ill Mexico City, was the
victim of Sebastian Vardel, a police
man, who sought to avenge the burn
ing of Antonio Rodriguez in Texas
by taking the life of an American,
according to a MSxieo City dispatch
Memphis, Tenn. A private tele
gram from Mexico City states that
James M: Rei'd, a fciVil engineer of
Houston, Miss., was killed in a polit
ical riot. Reid, who had lived in
Memphis three years, went to Mexico
with Ix B: Loller, fbur weeks ago.
There Will Be 227 Democrats, 163 Re
publicans and One Socialist Ifl
Next House.
Washington. The Democratic rep
resentation in the next house will be
227 as against 163 Republican and
one Socialist, according to the roster
of the house published.
These figures give the Democrats a
majority of 63 and a plurality of 64.
According to this publication, Kan
sas is the only state of si2e which
has a solid Republican delegation. A
number, however, contain only one
Democrat, among those thus included
being Iowa, Minnesota, California and
Wisconsin.
All of the Southern states have sol
id Democratic delegations exeept Ma
ryland; Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nessee. Maryland and Virginia each
have one Republican, while Tennessee
and Kentucky each have two members
of that party.
COTTON CROP ESTIMATE,
There Was Grown This Seasotf Ap.
proximately 11,323,000 Bales.
Memphis, Tenn. The Commercial
Appeal publishes the following:
"Replies from correspondents of the
Commercial-Appeal throughout the
cotton-growing states of the South in
dicate that there was grown this sea-
eon approximately 11,328,000 bales of
cotton, taking no account of linters
from the seed. The returns by states
foliov;
North Carolina -. . . 690,000
South Carolina 1,180,000
Georgia 1,740,000
Alabama . . . ; 1,180,000
Mississippi 1,150,000
Tennessee 275,000
Missouri 52,000
Arkansas 750,000
Louisiana 220,000
Oklahoma . ................ . 500,000
Texas ........ 3,106,000
PROTECTION DEMANDED
FOR UNION LABOR
FEDERATION PROTECTS At THE
TREATMENT ACCORDED THE
TAMPA STRIKE LEADER.
CITIZENS OF TAMPA REPLY
J. C. Johnson, Cigarmakers' Organizer,
Left Florida Upon Advice of.
Citizens' Committee,
Insurance Men Found Guilty.
Newport News, Va. Twenty offi
cers and committeemen of the South
eastern Underwriters' association
were f8und guilty of "malici8usly and
in wanton disregard of the rights of
the public" increasing the rate3 of
fire Insurance in the city of Newport
News, and fined $400 each by a jury
drawn from Southampton county, in
the corporation court. This prosecu
tion wa bas3d entirely eh the e'em
mon law against conspiracy, Virginia
having no statute "to cover the pro
ceedings. The trial lasted a month.
Drexel Breaks Altitude Record.
Philadelphia. J. Armstrong Drexel
broke all aeroplane altitude records
he"fe when he climbed above this city
until his Bieriot monoplane was un
able to make further progress In the
rarified atmosphere. The ink in the
middle of Bis barometer ran out at
9,970 feet, which was accepted as a
new world's record. The instrument is
the same one which the late Walter
Johnstone carried when he made a
former record of 9,714 feet at Belmont
uark on October 31.
MONTGOMERY PAPER FINED.
Article About Trial of Blind Tigers
Cause of the Case.
Montgomery, Ala. Because of an
item published in the Montgomery Ad
vertiser dealing with the conviction
of seven prohibition violators, Judge
ArmStead Brown ef the eity court im
posed a fine of $50 on The Advertiser
The chief objections to the article
were the statetuents that a six iiioriths'
sentence had been inflicted upon each
of the defendants and suspended, and
that remaining violators were expect
ed to plead guilty.
Wireless Heard Across Continent.
Vallejo, Cal. An exchange of wire
less messages between Key West, Fla.,
and Norfolk, Va., was picked up at
the t?hited States government station
at the Mare Island navy yard. Every
word of a conversation between the
operators on the Atlantic coast was
distinctly read.---An attempt was made
to send a message from the Mare IsK
and station to Key West, a distance of
3,89 miles. It is believed by the ex
pert here that direct communication
can bo established across the continent.
Republicans In Alabama Legislature.
Montgomery, Ala. Four Republi
cans are to be in the Alabama legisla
ture, which convenes in January of
next year, according to an official tab
ulation Of the election of November 8,
just announced by Gov. B. B. Comer.
In the senate J. B. Sloan of Blount
county defeated F. E. St. John, the
Democratic nominee, and in the house
the following Republicans won: Sim
T. Wright, Fayette county; W. H.
Sturdivant of Shelby county and J.
& Edmunds of Winston county. -
3,000 Bales of Cotton Burned.
Troy, Ala. The Atlantic Compress
company's warehouse and compress in
this city were completely destroyed by
fire and the buildings and machinery
are a complete .loss. Between 2,500
and 3,000 bales of cotton were also de
stroyed in the flames. The Atlantic
Coast Line and the Central of Georgia
railroads lost several freight cars,
which were loaded with cotton. The
total loss is estimated at $300,000,
which is only party covered by insur
ance. The origin ef the fire is un-
$1,000 for Three Eggs.
New York. Three speckled eggs of
the common red breasted snipe have
just been added to the "collection of
J. L. Childs of Floral Park, L; I., at
an expense of $1,000. Common as Is
the bird on Long Island its mottled,
olive brown eggs are very hard to
get hold of. The snipe lays her eggs
in rock crannies way up in the arctic
circle, and Childs' $1,000 eggs were
gathered by Eskimos in Fokelanen in
the extreme northern part of Iceland.
The eggs are known to science as
"trianga canatusi"
Ban on Public Drinking Cups.
. New Orleans, La. A ban has been
placed on the 'public drinking cup in
Louisiana.
It will have to disappear from all
railway trains and school houses in
the state by March. 1, 1911, according
to an order issued by the Louisiana
board of health at a meeting' held in
Ruston, La. The order likewise pro
vides for the appearance of cuspidors,
on for every third seat, at least, in
all pa'asenger coaches running through,
this itate. The same regulation ap
plies, to school houses. .,.r -
St. LbuiSi Mo. The American Fedi
eration of Labor unanimously adopted
resolutions protesting touGovernor Gil
christ of Florida against the so-called
mistreatment of union men in the
Tampa cigarmakers' srtike troubles
and demanded that the governor ac
cord adequate protection to the strik
ing men.
The protest followed the receipt ol
a telegram by President Gompers an
nouncing that a man named Johnson
an organizer for the union stationed
at Tampa had been ordered out ol
town by the citizens.
The Florida governor and the Tam
pa mayor and sheriff were subjects ol
condemnation when President Gom
pers and other delegates declared that
union men were not receiving the pro
tection of the authorities. The presi
dent, in a speech, declared that with
three men in jail and one dead as the
result of the lynching, it was time fir
something to be done.
Tampa, Fla. J. C. Johnson of Chi
cago, organizer for the Internationa
Cigarmakers' Union, accepted the ad
vice of the citizens' protective com
mittee and left the eity. He bought
a ticket to Jacksonville. No threats
were made against the organizer. It
was feared he would be harshly dealt
with;
Following the departure ef Johnson
untruthful statements were wired tc
President Gompers at St. Louis, in
which it was stated that Johnson had
been ordered to leave the city. Presi
dent Gompers made a protest to Gov
ernor Gilchrist, who referred the mat
ter to MayBr Mctfay;
Johnson had been in Tampa about
eight months, and the present strike,
involving ten thousand workmen, is
attributed indirectly to him. With
the increased strained c52diliGns ex
isting as a result of critical business
conditions, feeling against him haE
been growing intense.
NEW YORK'S POPULATION,
9,113,279 People Live in the Empire
State.
Washington. New York Cifcy for
the first time has become greater in
point of population than all the re
mainder of the state of New York out
side the greater city limits. Statistics
giving the population of the state, as
enumerated In the thirteenth census,
show that the people of the country's
greatest city form more thafl on-half
of the inhabitants of the most popu
lous state in the Union.
With this increase in population will
corn's a larger representation in the
lower branch of congr?s; tt"ftf New
York now has thirty-seven members.
The exact number of new representa
tives will be ten if the present ratio
of apportionment is retained by con
gress. Of the 9,113,279 people in New York
state, as shown by the statistics, 4,
766,883 are in New York City and
4,346,39(5 in the state outside the city,
making the cit. 420,487 greater in pop
ulation. BRAZIL MUTINYENDS.
Congress Grants Demands of Muti
nous Sailors.
Rio Janeiro, Brazil. The capital
slept with the guns of its own navy
trained upon It. The mutineers re
mained seemingly masters of the sit
uation. One of the mutinous fleets
fired upen the naval arsenal.
Congress met ifl extraordinary ces
sion. The chamber of deputies first
concurred with the senate in granting
amnesty to the mutineers. Both hous
es then passed resolutions conceding
the demands of the sailors.
As soon as the action of congress
became known, the mutinous crews
surrendered and the revolt was at an
end. The city was soon quiet and re
suming its normal activities.
Population of Ohio.
Washington- The population of the
state of Ohio is 4,767,121, according
to statistics of the thirteenth census.
This is an increase of 609,576, or 14.7
per cent, over 4,157,545 in 1900.
Doctor Crippen Hanged.
London, England. Dr. Hawley H.
Crippen, the American dentist, was
hanged for the murder of his actress
wife, Belle Elmore. Crippen bravely
mounted the scaffold and was compos
ed until the drop fell. He made no
confession.
FIRE BURNS MANY GIRLS.
Explosion of Gasoline in New Jcrsej
Box Factor Results lit A Very
Sad l"ragedyV
Newark, N. J. In ten minutes 28
girls were burned alive Saturdas
morning, or crushed to death on th
pavement in leaping from the win
dows and fire escapes of the four
Btory brick factory, at the corner oi
Orange and High streets.
The rush of the flames was so in
credibly swift and threw such
unreasoning terror Into the hud
dled working girls on the top story.
that the body of one was found stil
seated on a charred stool beside the
machine at which she had been
busy when the first cry of "fire'
petrified her with fright.
The building was a four-story
structure occupied on the two low
er floors by the Newark Paper Bos
Company and the A. A. Drake Pa
per Box Company; on the third
floor, where the fire started, by the
Anchor Damp Company and the
Aetna Electric Company, and on
the top floor, where the death list
ran heaviest, by the "Wold Manufac
turing Company, makers of unde
wear.
The wooden floors were soaked
with oil drippings from the ma
chinery and the flames ate through
them like pasteboard. When they
warped and weakened, the weight
of . the machinery tore them from
the walls and they fell into the
basement in a horrible tangle of
hot iron and mangled humanity.
Sadie Benson and employes of the
Aetna Electric Company were
cleaning an electric light fixture in
a gasoline bath. The gasoline took
fire she does not know how and
trickled in a little rivulet of flame
onto the floor, where stood a full
can of gasoline. The can exploded
and the burning liquid flew far and
wide.
SIORE3 UlIISKEV AND TOBACCO.
People in 1910 Drank 30,000,000 Gal
lons More Whiskey Than in 1909
WashingtonThe United States
has just passed through a banner
year for drinks and smokes and
oleomargarine! Here is the nation's
record for the twelve months ended
on June 30:
163,000,000 gallons of distilled
spirits 80,000,000 gallons more than
the year before
59,485,117 barrels of fermented
liquors an increase of 3,000,000.
7,600,000,000 cigars 160,000,000
more than 1909.
6,830,000 cigarettes an increase
of a solid 1,000,000,000.
402,000,000 pounds of plug, fine
cut, cube cut, granulated or sliced
smoking or chewing tobacco or
snuff 4,000,000 more than the 3'ear
before.
142,802,282 pounds of oleomar
garine 50,000,000 pounds increase.
Illicit distilling and other manu
facturing of moonshine whiskey
oh the increase "especially" the bu
rea says. "wher'C thsre are State
wide prohibition laws."
The internal revenue receipts On
all those things and certain other
lniflgs euch as playing cards and
mixed flour, amounted to more than
$289,000,000 and Cohlirifs'sioner Ca
bell's organization collected ft all at
a cost of about $5,000,000. It cost a
penny and a little more than seven
mills to Collect each dollar.
When the present 3ear is ended
next June 30, Commissioner Cabell
estimated his men will have col
lected at least $308,000,000 at prac
tically ihe same cost.
Commissioner Cabell recommends
that the pav of revenue collectors
and officers be raised to a level with
corresponding positions in the pos
tal and customs service.
SIMPLY A WASTE OF MONEY
Old Sexton Had His Time Mapped
Out, and There Was No Need
Of a Clock.
t
There had been some talk of
placing a clock in the tower of tha
village church. But John, the old
sexton, who lived in the little cot
tage opposite the church, declared
himself "dead agin it," and expressed
the opinion that it would mean "an
awful waste o' brass" were the
scheme carried out. '
"We want no clocks," he said the
other day. "We've done without
clocks up to now, an' we shall man
age. Why, lyin 1 my bed of a morn
In' I can see the time by the sundial
over the porch."
"Yes," replied one who approved of
the scheme, "that's all right so far
as it goes. But the sun doesn't shine
every morning. What do you do
then?"
"Why," answered John, surprlsedly,
"I knows then as it ain't fit weather
to be out o' bed, an I Just stops
where I is." Tit-Bits.
McLean Met His Match.
John R. McLean stepped in front of
a lurching Irishman, one evening,
and obstructed the sidewalk so that
the Irishman was obliged to stop and
look at him. McLean said:
"Here's that half dollar I borrowed
of you. Now you must quit telling
the neighbors that I never pay my
debts."
Half drunk, and wholly dazed, the
Irishman took the silver piece, looked
at It intently, and then said:
"Be dad, yez can't get off thot aisy.
It wor a whole dollar thot yez
borryd; so fork over."
And he forked over another half
dollar, and went his way, laughing
heartily at the quick wit of the Irish
man. Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Hardly a Compliment.
In the excitement of the moment
public speakers often say the opposite
of what they mean to convey, and
"when Henry Irving gave a reading in
the Ulster hall, in 1878," says Bram
Stoker, in "Personal Reminiscences
of Henry Irving," "one speaker made
as pretty an Irish bull as could be
found, though the bull is generally sup
posed to belong to other provinces
than the hard-headed Ulster. In des
canting on the many virtues of the
guest of the evening he mentioned the
excellence of his moral nature and rect
itude of his private life in these
terms: "Mr. Irving, sir, is a gentle
man what leads a life of unbroken
blemish.' "
Some One Must Do It.
J. Plerpont Morgan, at one of the
Bumptuous dinners that he gave in
Cincinnati during the recent church
congress, praised the power of adver
tising. Mr. Morgan's eulogy concluded with
an epigram quite good and quite true
enough to be pasted in every business
man's hat.
"If a dealer," he said, "does not ad
vertise his wares, it Is ten to one that
the sheriff will do it for him.''
The Significant Wink.
"I think," said the weary stranger,
"that I'll go eomewhere and take forty
winks."
The hack driver looked puzzled.
"What's the trouble?"
"I was wondering whether you
wanted me to drive you to a hotel or
a drug store."
California Working For Exposition.
San Francisco, Cal. Led by Ben
jamin Ide Wheeler, president of the
University of California, a party of
Californians are in Washington to
present to Congress San Francisco's
claims to the Panama canal exposi
tion to be held in mo. l ne contin
gent was joined in the national cap
ital bv Governor-elect Hiram John
son; Theodore Bell, Johnson's op
ponent for Governor on the Demo
cratic ticket at the recent election,
and Gov. John N. Gillett and others.
-John W. Knight Indicted.
Decatur, Ala. John W. Knight, the
managing partner of the defunct cot
ton firm of Knight, Yancey & Co.,
which recently failed for about $6,000,
000, was arrested in this city by a
United States marshal and taken to
Huntsville. The arrest was made on
indictments found by the United
States grand jury charging fraudulent
use of -the mails. Ten leading busi
ness men of Decatur accompanied Mr.
Knight to Huntsville to go on his
bond, which it is said has been fixed
at $20,000.
End of Hobble Skirt Reign.
Paris, France. The hobble skirt is
dead in this city, at least. It has been
killed by a succession of accidents.
During the last few weeks ladies wear
ing this peculiar costume have fallen
so often and so awkwardly that sev
eral arms and legs have been broken
and the Parisienne has-now definitely
decided against the hobble skirt. The
hobble garter is the latest invention.
This contrivance consists of a pair of
garters joined together by a third and
acts as- a ghackle just below the knee,
preventing long stops.
One Thousand Deer Killed.
Boston. The killing of deer in
five western counties of the State
for six davs. after a decade of pro
tection, ended with approximately
one thousand deer accredited to the
hunters' skill with the shotgun, and
probably many others wounded and
left to die in the woods. About $50,
000 in license fees will go to the
State from the week's sport. The
open season passed without fatality
among the hunters, and few serious
accidents were reported.
Burglars Get $16,000.
Muskogee, Okla. Three employes
of the Wells Fargo Express Com
oany are held pending an investi
gation into the mysterious disap
pearance of an iron chest containing
$5,000 in silver and $11,000 unsigned
currency. The chest was removed
rrom the express office here. Thr
padlock on the door had been brok
en, the employes stating that they
were all absent at the time of the
orbbery. Pinkexton detectives are
on the trail.
River Brings Relief.
Pittsburg. A fleet of over two
hundred light boats and barges, lad
en with four million bushels af
coal, has beea released by rising
water from Ohio river pools in this
vicinity, after a five months'tie-up,
and proceeded south to the relief of
down river manufacturing centers.
Several thousand tons of iron pro
ducts were also shipped. The re
opening of v navigation incidentals
means work fv over a thousand
river men who have been practi
cally unemployed for several
Cured in One Hay
refarJ mu coIJ care as being better than
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break up any cold and prevent pneumonia.
It relieves the head, throat and lungs al
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Price 25 cents at any druggists.
If you need Medical Advice write to
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by mail, absolutely free. They put yot
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Address Munyon's Doctors. Munvtmi
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adelphja. l a.
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Bates, ttw man who
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two of the Ttatest
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Important News
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and TRAPPERS
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