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VOL. XXXIV
HTTSBOxO, CHATHAM" COUNTY, N. C, JANUARY 24, 1912.
NO. 24.
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BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest From AH
Parts of World.
Southern.
The New Orleans cotton exchange,
Through its president, E. J. Glenny,
issued a very strong appeal in the
Jorm of a letter addressed to bankers,
shippers and others interested to re
new the fight against the bureau for
the validation of cotton bills of lad
ing which grew out of the Liverpool
conference last year.
Charles W. Morse, New York finan
cier, who has served two years of a
sentence of fifteen years in the Fed
eral prison at Atlanta, is now a free
man. It is extremely doubtful wheth
er Morse will ever leave Georgia
alive. He is suffering from three dis
eases regarded as incurable, and the
end may come at any time. However,
he may live for a year under favora
ble conditions. Mrs. Morse came to
Atlanta as the special messenger of
the government bearing the official
commutation papers which make her
husband a free man.
In the opinion of many economists
of Alabama, the best task that the
senate of Alabama could undertake
wo aid be to institute or establish a
school for the turning out of legisla
tors. It is considered that perfect
familiarity with the laws will enable
the state to have passed such bills
as will be both beneficial and wise.
Senator Hoke Smith and Represen
tative Bartlett, both of Georgia, are
working on what they believe to be a
brand new plan for helping the cotton
farmers of the South through the reg
ulation of the New York Cotton ex
change. They propose to introduce a
bill in congress, and press for its
passage, requiring the exchange to
deliver the same grade of cotton that
is sold on future contracts in the
exchange.
Harmony reigns with the Democrat
ic organizations in Tennessee. The
Vertws and Barton state committees
reached an agreement. The Vertrees
overtures to the Barton committee
were accpted with some amendmnts.
Under the compromise plan the state
primary of April 27 will be held under
a primary board of three members
named by the Vertrees committee,
three named by the Barton commit
tee, and a seventh named by the other
six.
Nurserymen attending the Texas
Land Exposition, which is being held
at Houston, Texas, say that young
citrus fruit stock in Texas was killed
i.y the recent cold weather, while
the more mature of more than a
year's growth was but slightly dam
aged. The damage was far less than
expected, they say. The permanence
of the orange industry in Texas has
i.een successfully demonstrated in the
recent cold weather, the nurserymen
leclare.
General.
The dispute in the cotton trade a;
Manchester, England, which culminat
ed in a lock-out affecting about 300,
00 men on December 27, has been
settled. The question was the em
ployment of non-union labor. The op
eratives by a two to one vote agreed
Explanation of the rise in the price
of fresh meat following the period of
tinancial depression in 1907 was given
in the trial of the ten Chicago pack
ers. It was shown by the government
that the practice of crediting the beef
account with the value of the hides,
amounting to about $3.60 an animal,
was discontinued. The result was to
increase the test cost of beef and to
make it possible for the packers to
raise the price of fresh meat without
showing excessive profits.
Sixty cents a pound for butter was
said to be the price to which retail
dealers in Chicago looked forward.
Quotations reached 47 cents, the high
est in the city's market history. This
additional burden on the cost of liv
ing was blamed by the storekeepers
to scarcity resulting from the recent
severe weather conditions, but other
persons were not slow to ascribe the
advance to an alleged trust, which
has been under investigation by the
Federal authorities.
Dr. George A. Zellar, superintend
ent of the Illinois state hospital at
Bartonville, expressed the belief in a
lecture that a great psychic wave of
conscience and remorse is sweeping
the country.
W. C. McDonald, Democrat, has just
been inaugurated governor of New
Mexico.
Major Bruce, an American attached
to the gendarmie, was fired upon as
he was proceeding from the barracks
to his residence, says a dispatch from
Teheran, Persia. His assailant was
concealed in a house. The buullet
went wide.
Ira Webb, the oldest voter in the
United Statess, is dead at Binghamp
ton, N. Y., in his one hundred and
sixth year. Mr. Webb always cast
r. Republican ticket. He was acqauint
ed with many prominent men.
The keel plate of Great Britain's
twenty eijrhth dreadnaught battleship
has iust been laid.
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A statement given out by tne Mer
cian government denies that it has
threatened to punish the American
customs officials. A copy of a let
ter shown by M. Mornard, the treasurer-general,
to Mr. Cairns on the sub
ject is appended. This alleged copy,
however, bears a different signature
from the original and differs in other
respects. It is generally believed that
the government is trying to induce
Americans to leave the country.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt declared
that he was not "discussing pipe
dreams" when he was asked about a
report from Indianapolis to the effect
that he w-as favored by steel Inter
ests for the presidential nomination.
"That is a depth of tomfoolery to
hich I cannot go," he said. "Have
you read Mr. Carnegie's testimony
before the house committee?" he was
asked. "I did not know he testified,"
Colonel Roosevelt replied, smiling.
i Horrible conditions prevailing
among the peasantry of southeastern
Russia are depicted in a telegram
from a doctor in Orenburg. The doc
tor says the starving peasantry in
the government of Orenburg, on the
river Ural, are selling their children
to the Khirgez nomads in the govern
ment of Saratox. Many of the peo
ple in the vicinity have died
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., will this
week sever his connection with the
campaign against white slavery, in
which he has been actively engaged
for more than two years. He plans,
it is said, to turn his attention to an
other kind of public service.
Washington.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the
chemistry bureau of the United States
department of agriculture and storm
center of the food administration last
summer, is given a clean bill of health
in the report of the house committee
that investigated the charges and
countercharges. The committee sus
tains Doctor Wiley all along the line,
except on some unimportant details.
For the first time in history the
way has been opened for state banks
and trust companies to become "Unit
ed States depositaries." Owing to
the view of the treasury department,
any financial institution in America
national or state bank or trust com
pany holding postal savings deposits
or other government funds, may as
sume that title without legal impedi
ment. How the people of the United
States may have saved for themselves
millions of dollars annual in the oper
ation of their governmental machin
ery was outlined by President Taft in
a message to congress on "economy
and efficiency in the government ser
vice." "What the government does
with nearly $1,000,000,000,000 each
year," said the president, "is as of as
much concern to the average citizen
as is the manner of obtaining this
amount of money for the public use."
Probably the most radical proposal
advanced by the president in the mes
sage was that all administrative offi
cars of the government in the depart
ments at Washington and in the field
be put under the civil service.
Whether Senator Albert J. Cum
mins of Iowa will be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for the
presidency will be discussed and very
probably determined at a meeting of
the Iowa delegation in congress which
will be called immediately upon the
return of Senator Kenyon from the
West. Mr. Kenyon is said to be in
Chicago in connection with the pack
ers' trial, and probably will be in
Washington within a few days. Sen
ator Cummins meantime refused to
discuss the reports.
The state department has served
notice on President Gomez that the
United States will intervene In Cuba
if further attempts are made by the
veteran organization to nullify the
law prohibiting interference of the
military in political affairs in Cuba.
The news of threatened intervention
by the United States in Cuban affairs,
coming without the least warning,
caused intense excitement in the
clubs and cafes of Havana, while in
all places of public gathering it was
the absorbing topic of discussion. As
tonishment and resentment against
American interference were mingled
ith very general incredulity. President
Gomez, seen at the palace, said: "I
am convinced that no occasion has
yet arisen for any intimation of in
tervention. I believe that the Wash
ington governments attitude is based
on an erroneous view of conditions in
Cuba, arising from distorted and
greatly exaggerated reports from Ha
vana." The sight of a Democrat presiding
over the deliberations of a Republi
can senate probably will be a com
mon sight during the remainder of
the present session. This peculiar
situation was virtually insured when
Senator Gallinger announced that he
would not at this time press his mo
tion for the election of a president
pro-tempore of the senate. Senator
Bacon has been occupying the chair
during the absence of Vice President
Sherman.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel wrote to Chairman Henry of
the house of representatives rules
committee that he had no facts that
would aid in the inquiry into the so
called shipping combine. He referred
to reported combinations of foreign
steamship lines with certain railroads.
Attorney General Wickersham, be
cause of other official business, was
unable to attend the meeting of the
committee which began hearings on
the proposed sweeping investigation
of the so-called money, shipping and
harvester trusts.
TRIBUTE TO NORTH
CAROLINA SCHOOLS
MARVELOUS PROGRESS IN STATE
AS DEPICTED BY GERARD
COLLEGE PROFESSOR.
TALKS TO SUPERINTENDENTS
Professor Harold Barnes of Girard
College, Philadelphia, In An Address
at Greenville, Pays Our State High
and Deserved Compliments.
Raleigh. A special from Greenville
states that at the meeting of the
Northeastern Division of County Su
perintendents and State High School
Principals held there, Prof. Harold
Barnes of Girard College, Philadel
phia, was there and delivered several
addresses. He was interviewed for
the purpofae of seeing how educators
outside of the state looked upon our
work. He unhesitatingly gave out
the following summary of our edu
cational progress as is seen by a
stranger and a man who has made
some investigation of what we are do
ing. North Carolina is making a marvel
ous advancement in the line of educa
tion at the present time. From a
historical standopint she has had a
vast amount to overcome, much more
than nearly any other state in the
Union. Her condition at the close
of the Civil War was such that it
was absolutely necessary to look after
the material side of life before the
educational side could be considered.
It was about 1877 during the pe
riod that Governor Jarvis was gov
ernor of North Carolina, and Mr.
Scarborough was state superintend
ent of public instruction that a .be
ginning was made in the line of edu
cational advancement.
It was only in 1909 North Caro
lina had the lowest per capita for
power per capita of any state in the
Union with the exception of one. It
was the poorest state in dollars and
cents, and ,the most illiterate with
one exception.
Trinity Will Take Part In Contest.
It has been definitely decided that
Trinity will take part in the inter-collegiate
oratorical contest for the state
of North Carolina. This decision was
reached at a meeting of the joint
committee apointed from the faculty
and the two literary societies. A
first prize of $75, and a second prize
of $50 will be offered for the two best
orations on a subject dealing with
war or arbitration. The contest will
be held some time during the month
of April and will be under the aus
pices of the inter-collegiate peace,
which is an organization existing for
the purpose of promoting interest in
the settlement of international dis
putes by arbitration.
J. W. Fisher Dies From Injuries.
James W. Fisher, of Spencer, who
was fatally injured under a locomo
tive at Spencer died at a hospital in
Salisbury, where he was under treat
ment. One arm and one leg was cut
off by the engine, and he was other
wise mangled. Pneumonia developed
and ended his life. He is survived
by a wife and five young children.
The interment takes place at the old
family home at Mt. Pleasant.
Poultry Show At Henrietta.
The Western North Carolina Poul
try Association has just held at Hen
rietta in the spacious halls over the
Henrietta store its second annual
show. The classes were generally
full and the association rejoices over
a splendid exhibit, notwithstanding
the weather was almost unprecedent
ly "polaresque."
The Bond Election Carried.
The election held at Hendersonville
to vote $24,000 in bonds to pave Main
street and Sixth avenue to the South
ern depot with asphalt carried by
40 majority. The work will begin at
once. 1
The Pine Beetle Is Still Alive.
A report having been circulated at
several points in the South to the
effect that the extreme cold the past
week has killed the Southern pine
beetle which has done millions of dol
lars worth of damage to pine timber.
A. D. Hopkins, of the bureau of en
tomology, In charge of forest Insect
investigations denied the rumors. "If
it gets down to 25 degrees below
zero, it will kill the pests," he said,
"but there has not been any weather
like that in any part of the South,
as far as I have been able to learn."
Frank Wineskie Has Won Out.
Superior Court Judge C. M. Cook
held that the magistrate's proceed
ings under which Frank Wineskie of
High Point was indicted and held for
the alleged embezzlement of $30,000
from the Standard Mirror Company,
were void and he ordered the release
of the prisoner. This was in answer
to a writ of habeas corpus instituted
by the defendant, who raised the
point that a special legislative act
creating a recorder's court for the
municipality of High Point gave that
court exclusive juridiction.
HAS GRANTED FOUR PARDONS
Governor Kitchin Gives These to Pris
oners of Iredell, Nash and Guilfrd
Counties Reasons Given.
Raleigh. Governor Kitchin has
granted four conditional pardons as
follows :
Winfield Jefferson, convicted in
Iredell county in July, 1911, of as
sault and sentenced to one year on
the roads. The reasons for the par
don given by the governor are:
"While working on the roads un
der the court's sentence a tree fell
cn him, badly injuring him. County
physician says owing to the injury
he will not be able to resume work
before his sentence expires. The
judge, solicitor and many other offi
cials and citizens recommend pardon.
Aaron Fox and Willie P. Baxter,
convicted in Nash county in March.
1911, of store-breaking and larceny
and sentenced to eighteen months on
the roads. The reasons for the par
don given by the governor are:
"The Judge solicitor, county offi
cers, the private prosecutor whose
goods were stolen and many other
citizens recommend pardon for the
reason that the punishment has al
ready been sufficient for the offense
under the circumstances. Pardoned
on condition that he remain here
after law-abiding, industrious and of
good behavior. I also pardon the
other boy who plead guilty at the
same time and to the same offense
under the same bill of indictment un
der same conditions, Willie P. Bax
ter." Easley Hamblin, convicted in the
recorder's court of Guilford county in
August, 1911, of f. and a., and sen
tenced to nine months on the roads
The reasons for the pardon given b
the governor are:
"The judge who tried and sen
tenced the prisoner recommends that
he be pardoned and says that since
the trial he has learned more about
the case, and had he then known
what he knows now about the case he
would not have imposed as great
punishment. The chief of police and
other officials also recommend par
don." North Carolina New Enterprises.
Charters are issued for five new
corporations in Pender, Forsyth, Dav
idson, Pitt and Bladen counties. The
Bank of Atkinson, Pender county, is
chartered with $10,000 authorized and
$5,000 subscribed by J. T. Hobgood,
E. E. Murphy and others; The Vogue.
Inc., Winston-Salem, ' with $25,00C
capital by N. G. Fletcher, W. L. Reid
and others; James H. Clark Com
pany, Elizabethtown, Bladen county,
capital $15,000 authorized and J6.000
subscribed by James H. Clark and
others; the Hooker & Anthony Co..
Greenville, capital $25,000 authorized
and $10,000 subscribed by C. M.
Warren and others, all of these for
mercantile business; the Davidsonian
Publishing Co., of Thomasville, capi
tal $2,250, subscribed by D. C. Mc
Rae, Archibald Johnson and ethers.
To Discuss Strawberry Growing.
Following a movement started here
last year by Dr. L. S. Bladen and oth
er well-known and successful agri
culturists, a meeting will be held it
Elizabeth City, February 1, for the
discussion of strawberry growing. Al
this "meeting there will be presenl
some of this section's most promineni
planters and talks will be made and
discussions engaged in by well-knowu
men. The object of the gathering will
be to create an organized effort to pul
out a large strawberry acreage in
the Elizabeth City district.
Appointment of Biddle Confirmed.
A telegram received in New Berr
stated that the appointment of Mr
John Biddle as Collector of Customs
at the port of New Bern had beer
confirmed. Mr. Biddle was appointee
to this office several months ago, bu
for some reason the confirmation ol
the appointment was twice held up
Distressing Accident at Gibsonville.
Parties at Greensboro from Gib
sonville tell of a distressing accident
at that place, when, in some unex
plainable manner, Miss Matilda Ger
inger caught fire and was burned tt
death before her screams for aic
brought assistance.
Bond Issue Carried In Lee County.
At the election held in Lee counts
for good roads bond a bond issue foi
$100,000 was carried by about 40(
majority. 5n account of the extrem
cold weather, the ground being cov
ered with snow and ice, the peopl
of Sanford liad hard work to over
come the opposition in the southeast
ern end of the county. The gooc
roads advocates are jubilant over theii
success which they claim will enabl
them to build eight or ten good roads
The town of Sanford wiH also im
prove its streets.
History of Western North Carolina.
Western North Carolina, that sec
tion lying between Virginia and Ten
nessee and west of the Blue Ridg
mountains, is to have a history, a full
complete, comprehensive intimate his
tory, covering the period from Colo
nial days to the present. The under
taking to collect and collate data foi
this history is to be assumed by th
Edward Buncombe chapter Daughters
of the American Revolution. An
nouncements of this very, commend
able undertaking are now being print
ed and will soon be distributed.
VOTE SCHOOL BONDS
$50,000 ISSUE TO BE DEVOTED
TO THE ERECTION OF NEW
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
WON BY A MAJORITY OF. 74
There Had Been No Militant Work by
the Opposition. All of the Work
Done Was in Favor of the Bond
Issue.
Durham. School bonds carried in
the election here by a majority of 74,
there being 651 registrations and 399
votes for school bonds. Those who did
not favor the measure so expressed
themselves by remaining away from
the polls, as a majority of the regis
tered votes was required to carry the
measure.
There has been no militant work
by the opposition. Practically all the
work that has been done has been
in favor of the bond issue. There
are eight voting precincts and all of
these had a majority, excepting one.
This was Brady's store, in the ex
treme eastern section of the town, and
siutated in one of the school districts
where the building is most crowded,
and the expected increase in attend
ance next year the largest. There
was - probably less than fifty votes
cast against the measure, the others
against the bonds contenting them
selves with merely remaining from
the polls.
The carrying of this election means
that the city school board will have
another $50,000 for use in the erec
tion of new buildings or the enlarge
ment of old ones before. the opening
of the next school year. It is another
step forward that the people of the
city have taken along educational
lines, and means that the already well
equipped school system of the city
will have their facilities for work
greatly enhanced the coming year.
The school board will decide at an
early meeting just what disposition
will be made of the money. They
will either erect a new building alto
gether, or add to some of the present
buildings. Some of the money will
be tpent on the negro schools.
Wants The General Warehouse.
Wilmington. Wilmington is going
to make a strong bid for the location
of the central or general warehouse
to be built at some point in the state
by the Farmers' Union of North Caro
lina. In fact, it has already asked
for the warehouse, and Mr. B. "F.
Keith, collector of customs at this
port, representing the Chamber of
Commerce, told the committee in
Raleigh, of the advantages Wilming
ton has to offer as a distributing cen
ter. Clearly, he said, it would not
be economical, for instance, to ship
cotton by rail into a central portion
of the state, and then reship it when
it is decided to place it on the market.
Inspection of State Guard.
Raleigh. Orders were issued by
Adjutant General R. L. Leinster,
these general orders No. 1, for the
annual inspection of the companies
of the North Carolina National Guard.
The inspection will include all United
States and state property with the
organizations and in the state arsenal.
It will be made by the officer repre
senting the United States and the
inspecting officers of the North Caro
lina National Guard. The strength
of the North Carolina National Guard,
just given out by Adjutant General
Leinster and reported to the War De
partment, is 2,514 officers and men,
Synod Ends a Two-Day Session.
Salisbury. The extra session of the
North Carolina Lutheran Synod, call
ed to consider the future of the fe
male college, Mont Amoena at Mount
Pleasant, which was burned several
months ago ended a two-day meeting
in St. Mark's Church, China Grove.
Several places submitted bids for a
college. It was found that the charter
of Mont Amoena would not permit of
the removal of the school from Mount
Pleasant, and much dissension fol
lowed. Finally, it was decided to
build a woman's college, which will
have another name, at some point in
l.he bounds of the synod.
A Near . Wreck On The Seaboard.
Lumberton. Quick work on the
part of Engineer Crosby on Seaboard
Air Line train No. 44 narrowly avert
ed a wreck which would surely have
been accompanied by a large number
of fatalities. While crossing the
bridge just west of the station, Mr.
Crosby discovered, a short distance
ahead of the engine, a mule which had
walked several feet out on the bridge
before its feet went down between
the ties. The emergency brakes were
applied and the train was less than
ten fet from the animal when stopped.
Gets Away From Two Deputies.
Raleigh'. Spurgeon Yancey, a 20-year-old
negro youth, is missing from
the Wake county jail , and Sheriff
Sears and especially two deputies,
who are handling the prisoners con
nected with the superior court, would
be jmighty glad to get up with him.
He disappeared from the jail after
he had marched into the prison from
the court house. He hid in some cor
ner of the jail corridor while the
other thirteen prisoners were being
ilaced into their cells and then slip
ed out.
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Column of News That Has Been
Collected and Condensed With
Care By the Editor.
Asheville. At the regular weekly
jieeting of the board of aldermen
steps were taken to try and abolish
;he smoke nuisance of the city. This
nuisance has been a sore spot to the
sity for a number of years and many
suggestions have been made to stop
it but heretofore no official action has
been taken in the matter.
Concord. The board of aldermen
held a called meeting for the purpose
yt considering the plans for the new
lepot. After thoroughly considering
.he plans and specifications, the board
lecided that the proposed station was
entirely inadequate to serve the needs
3f a municipality of the size of Con
3ord. -
Winston-Salem. No arrest have
been made in the case of the negro
who attacked Mr. Norman V. Stockton,
i prominent young merchant, in his
place of business, cutting him severe
ly on the arm. Mr. Stockton is rest
ing easy at his home. The force of
the negro's blow was such as to frac
ture a bone in Mr. Stockton's arm,
which he threw up to save himself
from a vicious lunge which the man
made at his body.
Raleigh. The Wake County Bar
Association met in called session to
pay its tribute to Judge Stephen C.
Bragaw, who is trying the docket to
fix the calendar's date here, to take
action upon the Webb bill, now pend
ing in Congress, and to secure for the
Wake court a stenographer. The first
matter taken up was tht passage of a
resolution complimenting Judge Bra
gaw for the splendid work that he has
done.
Newbern. Losing his foothold on
the ice and snow . which covered the
track along which he was walking,
Mr. Charles H. Jackson, who lived on
Pembroke road near this city, was
struck by the incoming eastbound
train on the Norfolk Southern Rail
way yards, and received injuries from
which he died a short while later after
be had been carried to Stewart's sana
torium and everything possible had
been done to save his life.
Raleigh. A great number of cor
porations in the state are being noti
fied just now by the secretary of
state that he is, in compliance with
the law, reporting them to the sheriffs
of their respective counties as having
failed to make annual reports in ac
cordance with the requirements of the
state law and that the sheriffs must
proceed to collect from each of the
delinquent corporations a penalty of
$25 and costs.
Winston. Counsel for Lonnie Milli
can, Jim Britt and Nick Joyner, the
three negroes convicted here of house
burning in La Grange, resulting in
damage of more than $25,000, and sen
tenced in the Superior Court by Judge
Ferguson thirty years each in the
State' Prison, have appealed the case
to the Supreme Court. The counsel
profess belief In the innocense of the
men.j and say they will exhaust every
effort to secure a new trial.
Greensboro. Mr. Paul W. Schenck
has returned from Washington City,
where he went in the interest of the
Guilford Battle Ground Company, of
which he is president. He together
with Senator Overman and Congress
man Stedman, form a committee on
the selection of a model from those
submitted for the memorial statue oi
Gen. Nathaniel Greene and his gen
erals, which is to be erected by the
government at Guilford Battle Ground.
Newton. Alonzo Bynum and his 16-year-old
son, Yee Bynum, were trice
before Justice H. H. Caldwell and Doc
Hemitt on Route No. 2, at the Rowe
schoolhouse, on a charge of having
broken out all the windows of the
schoolhouse. The evidence adduced
was entirely circumstantial, but was
considered sufficient by the justices tc
warrant binding the defendants over tc
superior court in the sum of $200 each.
Asheville. A movement has been
started here by some of those inter
ested in education to establish a sum
mer school, and a meeting was held
in the office of Superintendent A. C.
Reynolds, where tentative plans were
discussed. Five or six men were
present. No definite action was
taken, nor were the plans discussed in
detail, but it is believed that the
chances for the school are good.
Raleigh. Postmaster Willis G
Bri'ggs, of the Raleigh post office,
finds that the receipts of the Raleigh
office for the calendar year of 1911
was $125,780 compared with $112,331
for the year of 1910, this being a gain
of $13,444 for the year just closed.
Raleigh. Governor Kitchin has is
sued a requisition on the Governor ol
New York for Frank Murphy, wanted
in Rockingham county for a well:nigh
fatal assault upon D. M. Vernon, neai
Leaksville, last May. At the time
Governor Kitchin offered a reward
of'! $200 for Murphy, who is now undei
arrest in Utica, N. Y.
Concord. Mr. G. Ed. Crowell, a
young business man here, is making
a vigorous canvass to raise funds foi
rebuilding Mount Amoena Seminars
in Mount Pleasant. Mr. Crowell it
making an effort to raise $1,000 ir
Concord for that purpose.
Lexington. The Lexington board ol
trade has set Monday, February 5tfc
as sales day and arrangements are
being made to draw to town a tremen
dous crowd. The board will provide
an expert auctioneer free of charge
and will advertise the articles whict
the farmers and others will have tc
sell without any cost to the sellers.
CHINESE PREMIER
IS REMTO FLEE
GPECIAL TRAIN IN READINESS TO
CARRY HIM FROM THE DAN
GER ZONE.
CHINA'S SITUATION SERIOUS s
His Plan Is To Transfer The Provi
sional Capital To Tien Tin. The
Country is Divided Against Itself
Some Troops Still Loyal.
Peking. A special train has been
held in readiness to take Yuan Shi
Kai to Tien Tsin. It was evidently
the Premier's plan to transfer the pro
visional capital to that city where
the danger from Manchus was slight.
Apparently he intended to escape
from Peking as soon as the edict of
abdication was signed, but the reac
tionary Princes gained the upper
hand temporarily and prevented the
issuance of the edict. Meantime the
Republican ultimatum arrived, result
ing in a considerable change of pro
gram. This ultimatum demanded the
abdication of the throne and the sur
render of the soverign powers and
set forth the refusal of the Republi
cans to permit Yuan Shi Kal to par
ticipate in the provisional government
until the republic had been recogn
nized by the foreign powers and the
country restored to peace.
Premier Yuan may still have need
of the special train, because it is ex
pected he will refuse to carry on the
government at Peking without abdi
cation, after which he and his troops
will be subjected to the gravest Man
chu hostility. The ex-War Minister,
Yin-Tchang, and the ex-president .of
the board of war, Tieh-Liang, are
mentioned as possible successors to
Yuan Shi Kai. Both are Manchus
and, therefore, should the throne ap
point either of them, it would be a
breach of one of the nineteen consti
tutional pledges, but national exigen
cies might be considered a substantial
excuse for such action.
Many of the Chinese troops are at
present loyal to Yuan Shi Kal.
Honey Creek Heroine is Dead.
Boone, Iowa. Kate Shelley, hero
ine of the Honey Creek flood disaster
in 1881, died at her home a quarter
of a mile from the Moingona bridge
across the Des Moines river, the
scene of her heroic act. Six months
ago she was operated on for appen
dicitis and before she recovered
Bright's disease set in. During a
violent storm thirty years ago Miss
Shelley, who was station agent at
Moingona, crossed the bridge over
the Des Moines river on her hands
and knees at midnight to flag a pas
senger train on the Chicago & North
western Railroad and save it from
plunging into Honey Creek over
which the bridge was washed away.
Nomination of Hook Likely.
Washington. Among friends of
President Taft it is generally un
derstood that the nomination of Uni
ted States Circuit Judge Hook of Kan
sas to the Supreme. Court succeeding
the late Justice Harlan, would be sent
to the Senate. Objections to Judge
Hook referred to Attorney General
Wickersham, it was said, have not
proved convincing to the president.
Roosevelt Gathers Moss.
Chicago. Political leaders here ex
pressed belief that by action taken
Theodore Roosevelt was assured of
his first two delegates to the Chicago
convention. The move was made in
the first Illinois congressional district
which in 1908 was the initial one in
the state to take an open stand for
the nomination of President Taft and
which formally instructed delegates
in his behalf.
Plot To Involve Uncle Sam Falls..
Teheran. A plot to kill one of the
American officials has been discover
ed and this explains the attempt
against the American Folbruce, at
tached to the treasury gendarmerie
who was shot at while leaving the bar
racks January 16.
Royal Family To Visit Us.
Ottawa, Ont. Canada's Governof
General, the Duke of Connaught, ac
companied by the Duchess and their
daughter, the Princess Patricia, left
for New York, to be the guests of
Whitelaw Reid, the American ambas
sador to Great Britain, and Mrs. Reid.
The ducal party left on the car Corn
wall and York and were attended by
Lieutenant Colonel Lowther, military
secretary; Captain ' Rivers-Bulkeley,
aide de camp, comptroller of the
household; Miss Pelley, lady in wait
'ng, and several servants.
Was A Bad Year For Crooks.
Washington.; Promoters of fraud
ulent schemes who had obtained $77,
000,000 from the public were put out
of business during the fiscal year,
ended June 30 last, according to the
anaual report of Robert S. Sharp,
chief Inspector of the Postoffice De
partment. This showing Is the most
remarkable in the history 'of the de
partment. During the fiscal year, 529
individuals were indicted on the
harge of using the mails in further
ance of schemes to defraud. 196 per
tons were tried and 184 convicted.