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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday; r tonight. News Last Edition VOLUME I. *, OCTOBER 26, 1909. NO. 73 An Era of Low Mor ~sTafity Has Been Reached By the Civilized World Washington, D. C.. Oct 25. ? "The . civilized' world has indeed arrived at an era of low mortality." This conclusion 1b stated in Census Bureau Bulletin, 104, on mortality statistics for 1908, prepared by Dr. Cressy L. . Wilbur, chief statistician for vital st%isttcs under Director Du rand who has transmitted it to Sec retary Nagel of the Department of Comuieico and Labor.-- ? ~ ? ' The death rate of the registration" states in 1908 was 16.3 per 1,000 of population which wis Slightly lower than that for the entire registration area, 15.4 per 1,000, and It Is the lowest on record- Dr. Wilbur states It is probably the lowest death rate that has ever occurred In the United States. The I'eath SAte of the rural por tions of these States was still lowor, holng nnW 1 f nor 1 000 wl.llo nf the urban population was 16.5 per 1,000; the latter including all cities having a population of 8,000 or more inhabitant* in 1900, and being, as usual, somewhat greater than the rural rate. Such rates would hav? seemed quite o?t of tho nwootlsn a fM lllfiiu. . - ? Th? death rate of England and Wales for 1908 was only "14.7 per 1,000 of population, and o? London for the same year, 15.8 per 1,000. For each year since 1893 the death rate of England and Wales has been less than 16 per thousand, with the exception of the year 1904 for which year it was 16.2 per 1,000, while no rate as low has been recorded for any previous years of registration. The early publication of the data -<yIaUag Ux_Lhe mortal Uy of the 1908 for the~reglstratlon area of the United States wan only mnrin pO? thlg by f'ne increased promptness of the returns from the 8tate and city of fices, most of which now make month ,*1* ' ?; * . I The registration area embraces the registration Slates and separate reg istration cities Jn npn- registration States accepted by tho Census Bureau as having approximately eojftfete .registrations of deaths based upon the requirement of compulsory burial permits. For the year 1908, the reg istration States were: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, ^Massachusetts. Michigan, New^ Hampshire, New Jer sey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont. Washington and Wisconsin. The District of Columbia and sev royl*. ,r?T |nn ^ -~n registration flutes, together, with, the registration states mentioned, made for 1908* whose total estimated popu lation lor the year 'was 45,028,76? or over one-half (51.8 per cent) of tho total estimated population ^con tinental United States, which was 86 - R,'4.yyu. The ftdfllllOH of Olilu fui the year 1 909 has itm further In creased the percentage .of the popu lation reporting to 55.2 per cent, and other areas may be included for the calendar year 1910, for which direct comparisons of the mortality statfS^ tlra ran he made with the population" enumerated by the Thirteenth Cen 118. ? The total number of deaths re turned for the year 1908 from the aggregate registration area was 691, 574. For the preceding year the number of deaths was 687,034, or .onYy-^4,540 ' less than the 1908 fe turiis, although the registration area for 1908 was increased by Washing tomnfl Wisconsin- " The year 190S Man HEM) f OR MURDER Columbia Street Railway Em ploye Shoots and Kills a Columbia, S C., Oet. JG.? The cor ouer's Jurr tht, afternoon held Street Oar Conductor Woodjrard W. Ljlaa for the murder of Paul "Hart, a ljefro laborer, emUored at Tajior'a dairy. Hart vaa a passenger on Lyles' oar between 11 and 1 o'clock tun morn waa Started to the bam near the anion station he quarreled with the' raMuctor lor not taking him to Oljrmpla.Tfllace. H, waa abot twice! was one of remarkably low mortality throughout the United States so' far as can be determined from the avail able registration records and was marked by a geheral absence of se vere epidemics and of unusual mor tality from other causes. ' Females, contribute a cllghtly larger proportion of the deathejB 1908 than they did in 1907." but the "ScfuaTTininber -ot oi^ptaleg. refctBtered for 1908 was less than for 1907. The figures for age perlqds show a somewhat Increased per cent of deaths of Infants under l year for 1903 but the ratios for each of the individual years from l to 4 are iden tical for 1907 and 1908. A close agreement appears in the subsequent five-year periods, although there was a slightly more favorable showing for 1908 for the age pqrlods from 15 to m yftnrn, - Nearly one-fifth of all the deaths that occurred were those of Infants under one year of age, and over one fourth are of children less than years of age. For both 1907 and 1908. 93.3 cu,t wf j.11 Jvallis were mos<* of w which shows the unequal di vision of the registration area In this respect;" Maryland is the only regis tration -State with a considerable pro portion (23. 6 per cent) of colored population. Noarly one-fourth of all deaths registered were those of persons born outside of the United States. The States having the largest proportion of naUre-born Americans of native stock, are. Dr. Wilbur states, the ones In which it is the most difficult to. se cure U?e passage of effective registra tion laws. Therefore, the actual mor -ialJty of Americans of nfttTrft age Is not fully represented In the registration area, although over two thirds of the deaths registered were of native born p?u;? o&a-and nna.thlrd were of native bom with native par ents. . * it appears that the month of max imum mortality In 1908 was Janu ary with $7,763 deaths and that of midimum mortality was June with 49.701 deaths. The death rates of the Individual registration^ tales va/y for~The~year 1908 from 18.4 for California to 10.1 for South Dakota. Dr. Wilbur points out that the total variation is less than that among the great towns of England and thht the range oT mor tality Is not excessive.' With the exception of South "Da jfwtwi H|| i erlstratinn Smi^ for which data are presented for moro than a single year, show lotvcr rates instances the rates for 199j"were the lowest on record, at least since fair ly accurate registration has beep in effeet. - For. Massachusetts a compari son of the rates given In the State re ? porta wince 1951 .shuwa that, with tlx; single exception of the rate (16.3) In 1904, the rate (16.61 In J9<$8 is the lowest Then follow comparisons of the death rates of the cities of the United States with 100.000 population or -MW In 19Q0, Of the thirfT.n? cities considered, a decreased death rate was shown in 1908 In all but five instances. The remainder of the bulletin is devoted to the considera tion Afc causes of death, of occupations In relation to mortality, and contains the official English translation of the revised list of causes of death ar ranged for use In mortality tables by international agreement aftSe second decennial revision In Paris last July. Pastor Hope" Speaks Tonight 1 The opening Mitlwuf th^Dfftfrarr'i atolr sendee for the union meeting' scheduled to begin next Sunday, waa, largely attended at the Methodist' rchureh last "Evening. The speaker of the evening was Rev. H. B. Searight, pastor of the First Presbyterian , Church, his topic being "The Divine Side of a- Revival." The Ufcpc wasi jnuch enjoyed. Tonight at 7:30 the "Human 81de of a Revival" will be dlftussed. Rev. Robert Hope, pas tor of the Christian Church, will be th^speaker. All those who sing' ate, cordially Invited to sit with the choir and aid. SJVferyWdf l* mTltadto it-; tend these service# of preparation. i nite a"to nn>B to ummmm.' DOUBLE TRAGEDY . RTPflRTIlL OF UNIOIUTIITION Corset Steel Saves Her William H. Short, Ex-convict, Shoots His Wife and Then Kills- Himself at the Union Sta tion, Washington, D. C. I WA&h'lngl&i, U. CT Oct. 26. ? Bat3" tll;ig- with death, and avowing love for the man who shot her down as she fled from his presence. Mrs. Eve lyn Louise Short, a member of the Motor Girls company, which played in this city last week, is at Casualty ?&>9p!tal with two bullet wounds in the left shoulder, inflicted by. her hus band, William II. Short, who later sent a bullet Into his own brain, caus ing his death two hours later. The womari's condition is serious, but Dr. T. A. Lee, superintendent of the hospital, ifelleves that when the bulfet&are removed todayy Mrs. Short "will have an excellent chance for re^ covery. The body of the husband Is at the morgue, awaiting the .arrival of advices. Acting Coroner Gloze brook, after viewing the bddy~tast night. Issued a certificate of death by suicide. The tragedy was enacted in the west portico of Union Station shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Jealousy and refusal of the wife to give up the stage are ascribed as mo tives for the double crime. Short fired thre<j bullets at his show-girl wife, and a fourth btlliet B6 sent into his own brain. The girl and her hus pltal. but Short expired without re gaining consciousness. Owes Life to Corset Steel - t To a corset steel, which broke the force oT a bullet that struck her in the middle of the back, is attributed Mrs. Short's escape from Instant death. The missile grazed the steel and barely b^oke. the flesh. When, the woman was placed on an operat ing-table on&sif lhe_bullets fell from her clothing. The twoother bullets entered the back Just below the left shoulder blade, plowed through the muscles, and lodged in the fleshy part of the shoulder. An attempt to remover them will be made this morningT Mrs. Short is known to the stage as_Jpvelyn Howard, and is the' daugh ter of Mr. ftnrf MriT Til III I I'l T I H III | of 2 West 111th street. N'c-sr York. She Is about 23-years oldi%nd has 1 Lho?n-in-Uia tka-fjvulJnli 1.1 t'nm i three yeais, appearing in several musical comedies. Her husband was a convict, and h*d been released from .Sing Sing prison, where he was com mitted for the alleged embezzlement ?of about >6,000 froiu a New ?uik business house. He waa-g T:attvfr-^? Livingston, Ala., and was 53 years old. A CALLHU MEETING. There was a called meeting of tho | eiecutiyfl committee of the Young Men's Christian League at the Cham ber of Commerce rooms this after noon at 4 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting was to select the different speakers for earh Sunday afternoon during the ensuing month. ? ? WILL STLI' DOWN* AND OUT. ? "In four years i will step down ? ? and out, and I wop't be entitled ? amy other citizen; but foe the Ume being i am at the head of ? -Ute nation, and~I regard you as ? ? loyal Texan* and as loyal Amer- .? ? leans, anxious to seo me on that ? account. ? Prom an add rest by + President Taft. - ? ?- - J?L *** <>ARKIVATCr Mr, C. R. Shafer, who was assault ed and robbed several weeks ago, and confined in a hospital here In conse quence, has so far recovered as to contemplate Joining the Bark**# Car nival Company next week. The show be In Orangeburg. 8. C. DEATH OP ESTCHABUI LADY. JJl'l .TT-rmrm ? r _ ? _ News has been reoeived here an nounce* the death of Mm Suaan I Rumley, of Beaufort, H: C. R??ley, so well known in this I eityr THE OLO TIGEB " MIKES II FIGHT FOREXISTENGE New York Election All the Candidates Are Confi dent?The Campaign Reach ing a Climax ? The Betting Seems Favorable. N'gw Yorlc. DcL 2VT gr.n a light forHlfe today with the mayorality election only eight days away. The campaign of the three candidates is reaching a climax. More than 1,000 meetings for Otto T. Bannard are on the Republican program for the next ieten days, and I the supporters of Judge William J. ! Qiynor.. Tammanj "candidate, aud "trf William R. Hearst, the choice of the c'vlc alliance, are by no means be hind the Republicans in the number of meeting^. ? With the opening of the crucial 6pell of the flf?ht, each -candidate- is m^re confident than ever of victory. Herbert Parsons, president of the Re publican committee, ? declared today that a canvasB showed Bannard a vic tor wlth-2^000 votes,- a much high er estimate than any made heretofore by the most enthusiastic Republican. The civic alliance people claim that Hearst will have not a mere plurality but a majority. "Mr. Hearst ts-gafri ing every day, and as b* wa*.in the lead last week It is certain that he will be elected," said Charles E. Geh rlng, of the alllancfe^campalgn com-j mlttee today, and to complete the general sense of assurance the Tam nothlng. to It but Judge Oaynor. Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany hall, as well as Judge Oaynor, de j flounced the writer of a Magazine ar ticle which declares that^ie Tam many leaders have for thel^support _exft ^*whlte slave" trafficker*^ The publication .of this article has brought a new issue into tho cam paign, the fusion speakers having taken it up in their denunciation of Tammany. Popular Yqung Man is Dead I Last Saturday evening between and 8 o'clock death entered the home -81 .Mr-- Tind Mm. ntehard Dlxun ami took the - hnsband-.- -The ? deceased was born at Portsmouth, N. C., Tm3''-5r-;iac " itiifr UT~~TfIy ue nt'rrTnjy In his 23d year. He moved to this city about two years ago and ten months agio was happily married to one of Washington's pojUflar young ladies. At the time of hifc-dfemlse he was employed by the governmwjji ; Tff- marine. He was a smart, indus trious young man. and was well liketl^ i by all who knew him. The funeral services took place yesterday afternoon from his late res idence, conducted ? by Rev. Robert Hope, pastor of the Christian Church. The burial was in Oakdale Cemetery , The following were the pallbearers. .Mr. Dexter Willis. Mr. George Styron. Mr. Jesse Pllly, Mr. Wesley Dudley, Mr. Walter Wright and Mr. W. T. iTetterton. ? ? I The deceased loaves a wife and a , host of friends to mourn their loss. ISO I'M) OVER T((roiRT. The Greenville Reflector says the preliminary hearing of the matter be tween J^ R. Hntchinps and fedttor D~ J.. WhThhard took, place b'ofoxe Mayor [?Whudbsa yesterday afternoon Ex amination being waived the case was sent on to the Superior court of that couutj. ^ * ? ? Champion Scrapper Cleans Up Jail Durham, Ocv 25, ? Th? champion ac rapper that ths offleera have met lately waa before the* recorder'* court thla morning In the peraoa of one Tiller, charged with an aaiault 'Tlllej waa arrested Saturday night ~bj Officer Hall and reaentod the man . wiar^M.^coia ?otn?. "iii nl ?hen handcuffed and carried to the 0? tMa way h* broke the hack. IMHii mimaeir j by whipping all th?r eell-aiaui add ' again he tore out the Iro* work of i mm forces ~ LOSE 100; 300 ftRE WOUNDED | Seige Guns Captured The Rebels Win a Battle ? The Men Now Hold All the Atlantic Coast Ports? Insurgents Hope for Recognition. Bluefleras. ~Xtc3THgna. Ort: ? ?4. The first importarit battle of the rev olution occurred last Friday between the forces of Gen. Chamorro and 1.000 of President Zelaya's troops. Tht? scene of the engagement was on the San Juan River below Boca de San Carlos. The rebels won with elight losses. The government forces lose iwo Killed and 31)0 wounded. The rebels captured two Krupp' siege guns ar.d 400 riees. News has been received from the Interior to the effect that President Zelaya Is recruiting and mobollzing troop* at Managua. ? Apparently none of his army is en route to the Atlan tic coast. Gen. Chamorro Is advanc ing slowly Into the interior, strength ening his forces as he goes. T.ast Atlantic Port is Won Absolute order is maintained in BlueQelds. Details of the capture of Cape Graclas a Dlos by the Insur gents Friday reached here yesterday by the Emery company's steamer Yulu. The port was won after an hour's fighting with slight losses on each side. The capture of this place gives the rebels possession of the Atv lantic coast and all the territory east of the elghty-Qfth degree of longl tuda, with the exception. o? about 50 miles along the San Juan River. Recognition of the rebels as bel ligerents by the United States is ex pected dairy. . It Is reported here, without con firmation, t^jpt the authorities of Honduras haye seised the property of slhe Puerto Polas Banana Company, of New York. ? Legation Has No Tidings. The Xicarauguan legation in this city was In the dark last night, so ' far as official information Is concern ed regarding the victory of the revo lutionists over the government forces In Nicaragua. Minister Espir.osa said | he had received ho advices from his' government for several days relative to the progress of the revolution, but i | explained that this was probably due lu l UU.U JlliwiliUI! hvrtnx Ul.UlUlUH between the center of the uprising! and the NJcaraug'uan'capitafc - The N. C. Synod Meets Tonight The S'ortE" Carolina Synod. of the; Presbyterian Church convenes at Red] Springs this evening in the audi-] toriuni of the Southerif Presbyterian ! College and Conservatory of Music. 1 This will be the second time the synod has met at Red Springs. According to the reports of the eight presbyteries of the synod, as 1 saen in the 6tattetlcal statement in j the minutes of the General Assembly, there are 445 churches on Its roll. As ea:h church is entitled to one repre sentative in the court, and there are 203 ministers, K all the churches should be ^presented and all the ministers present- tire total enroll ment would be 648. But the largest enrollment has never equalled one third ol the wholo. ? Thf fnlton. nt j tendance ever seen at a meeting was at the previous one hetd In thlH col lege In when the enrollment was 201. The meetlng'thls week may be Cxnocted tn ho larger still. If two-': thirds- of all tlw ministers should' at tend and two-thirds of the churches In the large Presbytery of Fayette vllle, in the bounds of which the synod meets, shouHrue-representwr. the enrollment would be 196. To (his estimate afumber of representatives from churches in other presbyteries, together with a possible presence of an excess of two-thlrda of the minis ters should be added. The place of meeting is exception ally eligible for a large attendance, and the meeting of 1905 at the col fact may have muefc to do with mak ing this one larger still. f lAI-M ? ' i* " ' tfcj E. Chnreh WW1 cantlnu* tht?r nim-| mmf Mb ant B?tun)?7, at Mr z. |N. old lUnd, W?t Tb^ SUPREME COURT JUSTICE EXPIRES SUMMER ROME Was III for Sometime; Justice Peckham of the IL S. Supreme Court, Passes Away? The Court Adjourns in Re spect to His Memory. Albany, N< Y-. 0< >. 35. ? R?f?w \V, Peckham, associate justice of the United. States Supreme Court. <lled at S : 1 5 o'clock tonight at Coolmore, his summer home at Altaznont. Albany county. Death was due to a compli cation of diseases, heart trouble, Brfght's disease and hardening of the arteries contributing. Justice Pert? nam had beecMn lit Renin tr>r some time but hlsCfondltlon was "not con sidered serious until recently. ' Fol lowing adjournment of the May term of the United States Supreme Court he came home froip Washington wittr Mm. Peck ham to spend~the at Altamont, expecting to returfi for the beginning of the October term. A few days ago his condition became such that his physicians said he was likely to die a* any time or might ?linger for severnl months. Up to a few days ago Justice Peckham exhib ited considerable Strength and wa3 able to be about the house. The cir culatory disturbance which contrib uted to his death was first noticed about ^six years ago. The announcement of the death of Justice Peckham. while expected, came as a shock to his assocjatea on the bench ^nd in official circles and ! everywhere expressions of regret were heard. Peckham' a Democrat. Justice Peckham was a Democrat, and before taking a seat on- the bench, gave considerable attentlou "to politics in New York. v He was born in Albany, N. Y-. November S, 1838, and had been on the bench. State and the court of appeals of his- native State, a position which hits father be fore him had occupied. "Mr. Peckham's f)r?t office was that of district attorney for Albany coun ty. He was elected to that position in 1S6S. He afterwards became In successon corporation counsel for the city or AlbaRjT member of the Su preme Court of the State and asso ciate justice of the State court of ap ?4M.II1.1 U*. H-aclh.. he r?f Cleveland's Democratic appointees to j the Federal Supreme CourL Chief -IiigHyg Fuller ailfl Justice Whl te .be-J ing the other ti&p. He took his ?eat" In January, 1S9C. -Washington. Oct. 25. ? The United! State*- Supreme Court, which am at .noon todav and atljonrned immeri. ately thereafter until next Monday In | respect to the memory of the late I Justice Rufus M. Peckham. who died yesterday at his summer homo at Al tamont. N. Yr The entir? court wJll attend the funeral. On the convening of the court ChTeT Just-Ice Fuller formally announced the fact of Mr. Justice Peckham's death, and expressed. tbe deep regret of the court at his demise. ^ Already rumor is busy with the names of men who may be chosen as successor to the dead jurist. Those most prominently mentioned include Judge Horace Harmon Lurton, of Nashville, Tonn.. afTfresenUa "Jirag*" of the United States Circuit Court for the Sixth judicial circuit. He is a rinsA friend of President Taft and served with him on the bench when Mr. Taft was on the ctrcutt bench. TTO? uT~a TJmmrrrrrr birr hfcr-appoint ment* as successor to Justice Mrown on the Supreme Court bench was sfFCngTy urged upon Presidpnt Roose velt.- when Mr. Taft was Secretary V?f War. MEMORIAL SER VICE SUNDAY Ttie Red Med Will Hold an Im pressive Memorial Service Next Sunday. -"Nfrt Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock opera house, the Improved 18. ALL READY FOR THE TRIP DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI Guest of Business Men Governors, Senators, Congress men and Foreign Diplomats Have Arrived at St. Louis and Ready for the Trip. Bt-; ? I?ouis. ? 0rtr ? 2?t- ' Governor?, senators, congressmen, ai;d foreign diplomats arrived today and tonight to board steamboats to make the trip on the Mississippi River to New Or leans to attend the La kes-to-t he-Gulf Deep Waterways Association's con vention. The arrivals are suests of 'the Business Men's league of St. LOUtB. ^ Four torpedo boats, which have been here since October l . got away early today, and will await the fleot carrying rhe deep waterway dele T^aTes at Mem pb 1b. "HIP UlUUHUl'l. LIU' HUU'I IHllL'tll lighthouse tender on which President Taft will travel, was today made a floating White "House. Everything | the President will need after he em barks at 5 o'clock tomorrow evening . for a four and a half days' trip, waaK placed on board today. W. K. Kavanaugh. president of the association, tonight announced that the steamer St. Paul, carrying the governors, will have the place of honor next to the Oleander, from St. Louis to Helena. Ark., where the Qulncey. carrying senators and repre sentatives, wjtf take the St. Paul's plve in the column. On the congressional boat a legisla tive halfwits' installed so that Speak er Wnnon can hold mock sessions of Congress. Speaker Cannon arrived at East St. Louis tonight. * He will re main there until he crosses the river with President Taft tomorrow. He and Vice President Sherman, who ar rives tofcnorrow, will be guests of honor at the dedication exerctSes^Pf? i the new Federal building in East Bt. | Louis. - 1 A daily newspaper will be printed on one of . the newspaper boats. A fast launch will vbe used by the re porters in gathering the news from the fleet of 22 boats. The first stop on the trip will be made at Cape Girardeau, Mo., before sunrise Tues day. ? ; >n?n; Nvi:niiiv<i. ? Mr. I. M. Harrison and Mrs. Ma-1 linda E. Brown were married last brltjg,, East Water street, at S:3Q o'clock. The ceremony was performed In the presence of a few friends by Rev. Nathaniel Harding, rector of the Th" crnftm i? n "CliI?TO?i41 I nnrcn. &n<ra_mah"held in the highest esteem. The. bride is a lady with many friends. AT THE OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT The Arcadian Musical Company Will Appear? Is Highly Praised. The Arcadian Musical Comedy Co., one of Broadway's latest successes, pronounced by all to be the best show of the season, ^TTI be the attraction at fhe opera house this evening. The Manhattan Newstwyyw Quartette ? said to be the greatest attraction traveling in the South. Be suro and see Carroll, the greatest lm person ft tor on the American stage. Miss White, in her dancing and singing, is pronounced a success wherever seen. Mr. Coppiugttx, the tavorlte comedian, In his many specialties. There will be a chorus of pretty girls ip costumes of the latest productions. The New Born Journal of yesterday says that this cojpp&ny presented one of the best uh<5wls soeit In that city ,this season. New Ail vet liMiiitnts in Today's News ? J. K. Hoyt ? Ribbons. Rabriglit Liniment. ? ? ? Boathera Parnltara Oo. ? Rack's ?
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