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i Hulburl, Ark-, Scene of the
IT 000 and S7^f03 In Express
road Detects
swphts. Twin., -Fob. 7.?A band a
I of robbers who hold up a westbound r
Hook Inland train near llalbnrt, 1
1 Arhanaaa, early this morning, oecur- t
I ixl a (rent deal of plunder The t
1 enact amount In undetermined The i
1 rohhem ranaacked the mall oar,
I btouted the express car safe, and I
k aoaapsd without molestation.
I \ The train's passengers were un- <
I disturbed It Is said seren masked <
I nioa oemprlsed the a
I era terminal of the railroad bridge [a
P whlefc ? the HlaMppI river, t
The traht left laetnpbla ahortly alter 11
I mMdght. An hoar Mar It cleared t
I the trtdce, then a (Mr mlnatee later | <
I \ It wan atopped by robbera -wbo Ored (
I \ a twDado of ahota and eat off lateral, I
I Vblaeta at an exploalta. Effort. toll
I oemmnnicate with the Arkanaaa aide
of the rtrar (ailed, aa the wlrea had 1
tL poeedly brithe bandlta. Poaaea ate <
w"aeaJ^E^^ajtWbf had happened. ~i
i saOcmiR fcCAiE =i
^ BEFORECMinTI
al nor*** bA*i ' ^
) Waabtnatoo, rah. 7.?Farther daI
telopmeata In ttd muepedtlre oonai
aeataaal lateatlcation or the daV
partment of agrieeltere otffclaia' at|p\
- tjhafa toward the.haploltatlofl of the
l'"\ Florida Kvarrltdn UnAa. ?<*? ?
Nested thle morn Ins with the apl
: psiaranee of Solicitor MeCabe before
i * the km? committee on expenditures
in the department of agriculture.
MeCabe defended the department's
coarse. Senatorial charges of RepisseslatJves
Clark of Florida, and
Bathrtek, of Ohio, that through re\
pea In en the drainage situation and I
\ that tre department officials enV
gineera Elltott and Morehouse were
{ \ dlamjeeed after refusing to retrac^ j
statements unfavorable to the land j
V' ^Mi?tors, have created a sensation,
cloealy resembling the McCabe-Wiley
lonMreyersy. Thousands of acres of,I
evprgkdo lands prided at a mi 1)1 on
j 1 doUert have been sold over the U. S.:
I )>y the promoter^ syndicate.* Thoee
^ demanding Investigation^ insist it
will be. ah own the offlcals w?*e remo
% eg* leaause they refbsed to mcedo.
tmmMt&tftr roporta.on the true
( roafkba o! the everglade lands.
AT THE tVRIO.
I : / Tlfe featufe attraction at the Lyric
j for this evening is the prise draw7
lw promptly at a o'clock. Tho maa'
agar hi now oftarln* the oic HoMIMmj
the corresponding number
\ a peas good for one month.
V The picture prograhOb usual.
\ eenttnues to keep wlthlfrHts repute-'
\ tjon m tome oftfiebeet thet cxn be
ofcUteed. Uat even Ins those pree
tot pronounced them to be tome of
the beet exhibited here. It le e very
U rrtrs^-*srs.?5
( t*a Lyric u, only of tha Mat. "
I ' bay paraoo wtahlnc u Mm anI
I tartalatooat will Jnd tho dally pro
II gttm to M ratrdshlns to tho mind
u4 apart from that tkay art a daaa
U of Ptotaraa w atoraUaa apd
? euocist .
RK ' WQML lUDQdKTnON
jawav^^jH^J tr^ iu,,artSa^j?.,1
nor atoatod la Tonawn for thrao
I fatadto, annoancad ha woald at and
ra-atoaUon. Rartaalrt hla adI^-mtatotratlona
Mhtovwaaata ha>ya
U yrtta oddlflokal laffltttllan to
^^ajary opao a*loon"to tha it.7. can ha
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TRAIN
PRESS CAR SAFE
Robbery. Between $60,Car
is Missing. Rallies
on Trail >>,
is most of them were asleep. Two
a asked men boarded the train when
t cleared the bridge's western
er minus. They climbed over the
ender. covered the engine crew
rith guns,- than the train was haltid
The engineer was bound, gaged.
then kicked off Into a ditch,
'he fireman at the point of revolvrs,
ran the train on several miles,
intil the signal was given to atop
dongside a campflro where three
Iher bandlta waited. The baggage
ind mail cars were detached and
lurried further Into the country.
Yhlle ono bandit hold the sun orer
he fireman, the remaining four banlita
clambered into the express and
nail cars and covered the meeseh;ers
and etorks. The bandits ranacked
the postal car, blew Open the
ixprees safe end then escaped into
be darkness. ? ' " J
Money consigned to a bank In
Oklahoma estimated between $60,>06
and $76,000 Is reported, taken
Oom the express car. by the robbers.
No arrests were reported up to
toon, i
CilS HEAVY mi
BUIOTERSSOOR
Johnstown, Pa.. Feb. 7.?Knocked
unconscious yesterday afternoon by
16,000 Volts of electricity that passed
through his body, Wilbur Scrudders,
aged <$ foreman of the Cltlgens'
Light. Heat and fewer company at
this place, was carried in the physician's
office for dead. He remained
unconscious throughout the lflght,
work as mu>f*msiplstnlng only of
flm-iHitara ?? ? J
pair work of someI machinery -whom J
ho touch od a charged wire.
ROBBKD El NIGHT COURT
WIOU HE IS TESTIFYING.
Seeking Justice for Theft of Heron
Boxcw of Cigars, Dealer Loses
New York. Feb. 7 ?Frank Rachiraan,
a cigar maker, of No. 145 WIIIoughby
avenue, the Bronx, went 1
to the Night Court'last evening with
two boxes of cigars. He had caused
the arrest of a man he accused of.
stealing seven boxes- of cigars, and!
brought 4he . other boxes for Identification.
He plgced the, boxes on a.
table and wglked^to ttfe bench. '
. XfttfT the prisonex* had been held
Rechtxaan discovered that his cigars
were missing. A long and extensive
search was instituted, but without
result. % :7
"Can you beat this?" exclaimed
the cigar man angrily. "I come to
court to complain of a theft of seven
boxee of cigars and lose two more
while I'm explaining."
SP>N BKVKJU.Y w. WRKN.V
We .. P"P AX NSW YORK.
New York. Re*. 7.?Colonel Beeerljr
Wiotred. Wrenn, who .erred ell <
through the Civil orar as .aide on thei
staff of Oen. Robert B. Lee. died
hek-e. last night from tho effects of
Bell cute Inflicted white remOTtns
e reaor three week. - epo. Bleed
rent Its spread bla lac TU amputated
teat Saturday. The Colonel,
who ?aa IT yean old, lesree three
aone and a widow, who la at preeeat
IB the Sooth. !; ^ '".J,
Col. Wrean waa bora la Calpepper.
Va., and Slot eerred with Oen.
Jnckaon (y a telegrapher. He wasted
more action and be became aa
aide to Oeaeral Lee, for whbm, It la
2bX??ZCS?Z&
eaae tenia of aurrender. After the
war ho waa aaaoelated with Hetry
B. PJaat. and was many years
general maaaser of the Plant Steamefalp
lines. , r.
Oeereal Wearer Dred'
Dos jfotat*, Ia? Feb. 7.?Oeneral
*$kmm B. WMtir, Popoltet candidnU
;for Preeldent In 18??. died al/the
home of re la Urea here today. Vj?J
waa to years old He had been TU
I only a few dale.
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Interstate Commerce Ccr
Voluminous Evidence as
Comp
Washington, Feb. 6 ?One of the
moBt striking documentary exhibits
ever tied with the Interstate Commerce
Commission was submitted topert
of the record In the express ratd
Investigation. It allows the enormous
profits of the nine principal expanse
companies, aid undoubtedly
will hive great influence In determining
What reductions shall be ordered,
in the charges.
The record shows that the gross
receipts of the express companies for
the period covered was $795,306,721
half of which was paid to the railroads
their share being $397,653,860.66,
! The net profits of the express
compenies were $894,068,285
and the totd^ dividends paid amounted
to $213,085,392. These enormous
profits were made on property and
equipment valued on June 30. 1911,
at only $26,06G,7U.
In addition to the dividends declared
the companies hold in thotr
treasuries $81,957,893 a large proCOL
W. B. ROMAN. . I
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| Declaring that Norfolk had.better
advantages for handling trade with
North Carolina than any other city
In Virginia and urging the merchants
to eo-operaie with a view to
getting that trade even to the extent
of taking it away from Richmond,
W. B. Rodman, general solicitor of
the Norfolk Southern Railway, addressed
the Association of Credit
Men at their mld-we^t luncheon held
in the Lorraine Hotel today.
See Norfolk first," whs hie advioe;
all pull together; take the fight right
to the doot.of Richmond; fight flint
?HTi flint an A tha mnftar r\t th? h?n I
Win ?n way/ ?U tha adTtc ha
jpnvm ATTRAcnox,
Tha Imn attraction (Iraa at
tha aehool auditorium. Tueaday
aranlas. *ah. i. ha. haan ???
taonaly aotad tha haat of tha aartoa.
Tha tryolaan Alain. Slar.r. acore
i ,Ur sueceM la every encncexnent.
tb? paoplB f r> to
EXwBleUtwl In harias the opportunity
of tk# moat expo naive and
haat ontortalnjiont gtaa by tha
Lyaaam ayatam.
Tha aploedid aonra randernd by
tha Alptna alngora and tha raadlaca
by Iftaa Bonwdan waro tha lntaraotini
(aataraa of thla attraction. Not
maro Intonating aad attract! to,
bowarar. than tho rootamaa worn by
tha aurora, all la tbafr nation too
'.nmaa, a blank rolrot thtrt, with
whlta aatln a?ron aad white hnhaaa,
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amission Receives Some
to Profits of Express
antes
portion of which, it to alleged. accrued
U the reenlt of overcharging
the public and dividend* and other
fund* whch were not paid, ^aa the
dot appear
Adame Oompenjre 0*M? Gal*
The (roes revenue of, the Adam*
e-xpress co. irom May l, 1865. to
Juno 30 1911, was $190,616,610;
half of which was paid to the various
railroads. f
The total revenue of the Americas
Express Co. from -Nov. 26, 1868, to
Jone 30. 1911 was $112,499,044;
half of which went to the railroads.
For the Wella-Fargo the ?roas)
revenue from Sept.* 1, 1870 to June
30. 1911, was $165,213,366; fifty
per cent, of which went to tho railroads.
The grosB receipts of the Southern
Express Co. from July 6, 1861, .to
June 30, 1911. were $54,717,01B;
fifty per cont. being paid to the railroads.
elaborately embroidered in gay colore,
white -hose, black shoes and little
flat pan hats, they presented a
most unusual stago picture.
The singers have splendid voices'
and the soft xlther accompaniment
added much to the melodious echoes
of the Yodel songs.
The ninth number, "Echoe In the
AlpB," scored the,greatest hit of the!
evening. Miss Gross In her wonderful
"Echo" held the audience spellbo
and.
I Although the Alpines reigned supreme,
not any number was enjoyed'
| more than "My Old KenWlfr
Home" by the sextette*
8BAR8 TO BACK OP
A BABT WITH FOXBb
Johnatowo, Pa.. Feb 7 ?Mitt
Ford, hooMiMpir for Adam shehta,
or NaecbT-fllo twelve mtlea (ram Wis
dtr wu committed to Jell IB default
of 1400 bell hen (Oder ee e chafe
ob the allegatloa that ehe eeared the
book of Sheets' thrwarear-old ?a
with a hot poker. The Ford wonaa
eeid ehe beraed the oh lid to h*ak
him of a bahlt. bet did aot kiow
the pefcer wae eo hot.
Philadelphia. IH. 7?Haiewp
Nee* of No. *0t North Fifth eoeet
while SB hie war to work thle mfrwltd
loaf hU right bead aad did aot
know It eatll he get tt the medlnp
ebop at Twelfth aad Thompeon ItaJ
Where be la emplored ae timekeeper.
There otter emploree petated tothe
recast eleere aad Naee taieed | lie.
He see robed the atresia, hat at eat
gate ap la despair The head wee
artidctal. v
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I $9,000,000 LEFT UNGUARDED. J
frlacdd la One-Cent Pieces hi Rand
V MiQ Boxes and Souve Stolen. ]t
| Washington, Feb. 7.?Darin* the ^
I last year over 300,000,000 one-cent
pieces, intended as payment for *
Stamps postal cards and money orders
were collected by the rural car!
tiers from mall boxes in which they '
rd been deposited.
Rural boxes, are not safes, and
quit? a considerable amount was extracted
by persona who are not fear- u
ful of the Federal Government.
. Postmaster-General Hitchcock sent
out a warning today to all those who c
receive their xpail through rural car- ?*
tiers that they should deposit no
poro coins in their boxes. If they *
hereafter they should go to the post- tl
master or consult personally the carrJer
on their ronte. *
FROM ROUTE NO. FOL K.
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The Woman's Guild met at the pi
home oP'Mrs. Margaret Cutler on
Saturday afternoon.
We are still having a nice Sunday "
school at the C. B. H., in spite of the
cold weather - Come out anxl help
V *
Claude Congletpn was in our
midst Sunday.
ILCIcooa IWd nr., I Annln W
rial ted friends in Washington lost i ^
wofek. 1
There will be a box party at Piny. Grove
school h^me, Saturday night,
Feb. 11, for fne benefit of the Union (
1 Sunday school at that place. Come
and ask your friends to come. j1*
Mr. and Mrs. Pitman and children
of Wilson, arrived here Friday. They
will reside at the parsonage of the
lha. K. cnurch. . n
I Mrs. Gilbert Bright baa returned
home after a short visit to friends tl
Afcd relatives at Chocowinity, accom- 2
pan led by her sister. Miss Annie tl
'HMML. . .. N
Mrs. Cabe Cutler was a Washing- it
ton visitor Friday. a
Miss Alice Bradley spent Saturday b
and Sunday wKh friends st Jeesama. o
Glsd to note that J. M. Cotten, b
who 1*aa been ill, is much better. Ji
MONOPOLY ON ARMY SHOES. C
' a
Committee on Expsndltufes WOl hs k
vest!gate These Oostncta ' li
Waehlagton. Feb. t,?The Ho see
todu authorised tte Committee Oh ,
BxpendlteMe lb the Wer deportment
to p> ontaldo of Washington to eoek
rldeoee to t^e olleced monopoly of
ray shoe oootroota by o Maotcbu.
otto msnufncturlnc concern. The ?
foct. 1)7 rote of 1(1 to ICE, folio* t,
4 a mml of tbo oountor ekuw i
botween Roprooontatlvoo Dlffandorfor,
Stoocnt, of Poaosyiraala, ut ,
Qordner, Republican of ManMbao- ,
otto which cborocterlsod t preafooo ,
Homo loot uooo.
OAftOUWA HAWK OROBRHD SHUT 1
X lUMch, N. fob. Tbo bank
of lobeotxuo, wHb o capltol of ??.#00
today woo ordorod eloood by Uo 1
SUto Corporation Commloolon. Tbo <
ttotltoUoa'a capital H In oaM. mm 1
Ua pal rod by bad lappa Tho boob's i
rooowrtoo I* 'said to * about ???.- I
?00 ,
i Eastern Nc
SSUBS INJUNCTION
ID SI
udge Gray Restrains Defei
Books and Papers Deslr
Washington, Feb. C.?Judge Grey,
l the Uitned States Court of the
bird Circuit, has issued an inju'ncoa
restraining tbe defendants in
le government anti-tr"*t suit
gainst the United SHtbes Steel Cororatlon
from destroying the boosts
id papers .desired by the governent.
.*
The injunction, which is returnee
March 5tb, was issued on a potion
of Iho Department of Justice
hich alleges that several thousand
opera and documents which were
Bed by the government's criminal
rosecotlon of the "wire pool" last
all have been destroyed.
Tho Injunction, which ia a tempo117
one, ia to forbid the destruction
r any other hooka or papers which
ie government' may desire In the i
atJ-trust suit.
One portion of the government's 1
Dtition seems to he susceptible of ;
lo interpretation that criminal in- :
Ictmenta and prosecutions of ceriln
officers of the Steel Corpora- >
On and its subsidiaries are under
&&eratS62T;'t&*{|fe Department of
aatice. i
The destroyed supers, it ia '
larged, were 1? a trunk which, with
s contents, were delivered on June I
9, 1911', by United States Attorney 1
Mse to Charles McVeagh, general I
dlcitor of tp* United Staos Steel
orporation, who gave a written
freement, it la said, that he would i
aep the papers in his personal j
rise or his assistants at any time. ]
The government, through Henry ]
. Cotton, special assistant to the At- j
irney General in the dissolution j
lit against the Steel Corporation, i
igan negotiations for these papers i
t connection with the pending pro- <
tedinga on/January 26th. I
R. C. Boiling, assistant general I
rticltor of the tSeel Corporation, In- i
irrafed Mr. Colton, It 1s alleged, that j
ru eric an Steel A Wire Company
aout October 1, 1911, and that all!'
le papers had been destroyed by |;
rank Beaches, vice president and
an pro 1 aaloa o (Ton f tho I i
uiy. i
The papers, it is charged in the i
Dvemment's petition, "contained \
lattcrs tonding to ehow that J. A.
arrell formerly president of tiro I
nitod States Bteoi Products (ox- .
art) Company, now president of the J
nlted States .Steel Corporation, no:-.
aly knew of Bald unlawful pools :
ud combinations described, but he ,
idod and abetted la heir success-'
il operation." li
'(HARKE* DISMISSED.
; '
r. Follilove, of Atlanta, Who Killed
C. L.yuXcp. f^f Free.
Athena, Ga., Feb. 7.?Charges of
tarder against Dr. H. MyFuUUovo,
rho shot and killed C. L. McKoe in
Je lobby of a hotel hero on January
9, Roland Fnllllov?. a hrothor of
lie physician, and Colonel Percy
liddlehrooks, an attorney and coual
of tho Fulliloves, were dismissed
t the completion of the preliminary
earing in the case tonight. Relatives
f McKee will insist that the case be
ronght to the attention of the grand
ary, it Is stated.
Dr. Fullllove killed MeKee, acordlng
to a statement by the phyIclan,
after McKe* bad refused to
save town at the demand of Fulli e
who alleged that the former bad
Emftrt'ltra.tnlfiltoe. i ?'
DERRICK KOMBVATKD
TO BOCCVRD BAOON.
Washington, Feb- 7.?'The nooi- |
Hioo 01 ionuT uowrnor Myron T.
tafrtek, of Ohio, to is AmbUMtor
? France. was Mat by PwHut
'aft to the twiti today.
He will saceeed Robert Bacon, retfned
to bcecse a fellow of Hazard
Unlreralty. As effort will be
Mde to secare bis immediate ?onflraatlon
UDOE WHO OWMMMD
M'lUWLKTU RLAm T>K\D
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Buffalo, N. *? Mb. I-Tnrnu C.
nib, luibii IbUui 4 the B?
ir? Coart. wbo |HMun< tt>
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nsia oi rnewtM jniuinji oms
a this ctty today, follow la* so oyeaUaa.
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rth Carolina
AGIST
TEEL CORPORAHQH I
ndants From .oying
led by the (^S^Tnment
Th. paUUoi^ mn th?t oaMftia
uch documents are. In teI
cnlnent dancer of destruction u I
canoe "they are offloera of the Called
I ItatM Steel Corporation and iu wt
I itdlaries who hare not jot been hI
dieted for 4h* practices whelk aold
I papers tond to show them entity of, I
o-wit:
I Of having been Involved la the
I kforeeaid unlawful association, and
I also because uono of the defendant
I companies have yet been Indicted in
I respect thereto. .
I Through the destruction of the pa- J
pers, the petition declares, the government
has Buffered "irreparable
Injury." j yji
In view of the destruction of the - y.il
papers, the petition continues, the
special asaltant to the attorney general,
Cotton, requetsed Assistant
General Solicitor Billing, of the car- ? - ,yjjj
poration, Peb. 1 last to take appre- > prlate
afflrmatlvo action to the end
that all papers belonging to the v. $
3. Stool Corporationj|nd Its sehfti
diary companies bo preserved, so
that the government might avail Itself
of (heir production on the trial
of the Case. /Jj
"Mr. Boiling has as yot made an
rormal reply," It Is addod, "hot indicated
verbally to Mr. Colton a parpose
of doing what he could to eswply
with his request."
The petition specifically mention*
a number of documents which the
government doslree preserved. These
It Is claimed,, were presented to the
grand Jury Investigation of the "wh*
pool" about the same time the liaal
Pull of documents were laid before
.be lnquisitora. They were "letter*
ind papers pertaining to the ao-caHad
'Horse Shoe Manufacturers' Ah- tociation,'
In which the Am or lean
3teel & Wire Company was represented
by Mr, Taylor, an officer pi /
the American Stoel A Wire Com
paay, and snsawspondpnna . heUteew .
Russell B. Bndda, s&loaman of tku
United States Steel Products Oeaipany,
and J. A. Parrell, William P ^
Palmer, president of the American
Steel ic Wire Company; George A.
Craigen, assistant general sale agoac
of tho American Steel & Wire Company;
a certain Mr. Rummol. U>
Taylor, an of Deer of the Amorics*
Stoel & Wire Company; Mr. Memman.
& sales agent of the Amerclan
Bteel & Wire Company; Edwin H
Jackson, supervisor of.the v.a:uub
associations, and Louis V. Hubbar*.
a partner of Jackscu and assistant - ;',S
supervisor of several of the uaaaciaTKXAS
ML'RDKB CASK.
Three Wealthy Pnraora Involve* w
Trial In Which "Unwritten Law**
Will Figure. .
Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 7.?Three
of Texas' most wealthy and proatf- .
ne&t families, are involved in the
rial, beginning here today, of Joint
B Snccd, accused murderer of Cap- * .
tain A. G. Boyco mfllionairo banter. } 1
The "Unwritten law" will figure con- '"4B
aplcuously in tho trial. The hilling
was a sequel to the elopement of Wt.
Sneed'a wife with Captain Body**,
sonh forecast that much of the
defense will be laid on the claim that
the elder Boyce aided In the romance..
All Texas la lined up oao
side or the other.
The trial Jury war completed Saturday.
BEAfflS TRIAL OOBT
THIS STATE SS.TST.M
Richmond. Va.. IM. J.?Sufttor
Watklaa today offurod a bUl dlroot
III* tko auditor of public account* to.
pa* fl.Tn.il lor Nutria! of tko tamoua
Baattlo audtr mm la Ckaotoraold
county laat Aa*uat.
Tko bflla hat* auTor boon paid kacan**
tkoro waa a* prouMoa la lur "
tor oo data*.
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TO rowsm
' to?
Waaktactna. Pok. 1.?La*talaUoa
to (loo to tko Prioldiat ad dad powor
to folly protoct tmtrlmou aloa* tko
Max loan outkroak at kordor polata It I
ky atakm of tkoftproKa rfntrn
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