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THE RANDOLPH BULLETIN. VOL. III. ASIIKBORQ, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908. NO. 30. rTm7Z? I A happy new year. m HEARD IFROM I ALL GEORGIA IS DRY I - Item: Cialh&raA FmJa . .Tiireatenrng the State. "' "Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn has received a letter from Edward L. Andrews, representing what is known as the commit tee of North Carolina bondholder?, with headquarters at New York, these people holding the notorious special tax bond which the people of North Carolina in conven tion 1S7-J and by popular vote re pudiated. These bonds have been offered by the bondholders' com mittee to every other State, but the various otner governors nave re fused to have anything to do with them. The object of the bond holders is to make a gift to any State or country which will bring suit against North Carolina for these bonds and their interest. It is very safe to say that no foreign country vill take such a step or that the ("nitcd States would countenance such a proceeding. Mr. Andrews' letter follows: "In view of the announcement thai your excellency is about to call an extra session of the general as sembly of North Carolina to legislate in reference to the railway rates, we desire respectfully to invite jour at tention to the following matters. This committee represents the hold- cvs ot jNoitn Carolina Donas ana has vmi!t arrangements to rionnie bonds I and coupons of j'our State to the amount of three millions of dollars to a foreign government. Such- a donation will result in subjecting your State to heavy judgments and will still leave liabilities outstanding against the State to a much larcer amount. No corresponding benefit would accrue therefrom to indi vidual bondholders, but a burden some element would be introduced sgainst the State in effect injr an ad justment. Therefore we desire to involve your action under the pro visions of the constitution of North Carolina. We urge upon you as a creditable resort in the present exig ency for both parties in interest the passage of the proper legislative measures for submission to the peo ple, in accordance with the provision of your constitutional amendment concerning the bonds in question. The holders of these securities fully ap preciate the position which has been urged on behalf of North Carolina and only desire a similar recognition of their equities bv the jeon!e of the State. In that event the bondholders now resort through von and the ene'l assembly to the explicit pro- isions of the constitution. In any event they respectfully submit thai the circumstances above set forth render it opportune to include this subject in your call for a special session, if such inclusion be neees sary to enable the general assembly to act upon the measure." The governor replied that Nortl Carolina had paid all its just debts and even debts which it could not have been made to pay and that the people by their voice had declared the special tax bond repudiated, and that the legislature had done the same tliimr twice, anil that no pay ment or settlement would be made regarding these fraudulent bonds. This whole matter is in point of fact a bluff, but North Carolina is on to it. and the so-called bondholders' as sociation C-in exist as long as it pleases without getting a penny k A 'Earner 9 Years Old Kills Himself KcM-viile. Special. John Ilagood, a farmer -.' lived near RufTin. aged about CO v i--, killed himself with a j gun wind l place ed against Ins b res: st poker. nd discharged with a fire lli mind is thought to have : , i . n .. . n been unbn weeks. iced lor tne past lew A Pistol and the Same Old Story. Winston-Snlem, Special. Ceorgc Van Landin.ham, colored, shot and perhaps fa'lally wounded William Perry, also colored, on Linden street Thursday ;:f:ornoon. Van Landing imJiam. who was immediately placed under arrest, claims that the shoot ing was accidental. Perry was re inoved to ti.'.; Slater hospital, -where an operation was performed at 0 o'clock. Perry was shot with a pis tol and the ball entered the lower part of the abdomen. There is lit , tie hope f-r his recovery. Firecracker Casualty at Greensboro. Greensboro, Special. Earl Smith, one of t lie Daily Record's carriers, was seriously burned by an explosion. He accidentally dropped a firecracker into a box containing a quantity of powder and immediately there was an explosion. His face and hands were badly burned and the attending physician thinks he will lose the sight of one eve. Ti:e little boy is a son of Mr. and Mrs. .1. J. Smith. Will Ask That Death Sentence Be Commuted. Greensboro, Special. A petition is being circulated here and it will be sent to Governor Glenn asking him to commute to life imprisonment the d'-.iih sent nee of Erazier Jones. I lie iibsonvi' who is to be hang ed .Jams; 2'M for the murder of his wife. It learned here that a count er peiilnn being circulated at Gib sonvillo ah mg the Governor to let the law t ki- its coe.i.'e. All Cr('n,nc fdn C-f-A Shct WMle Out Hunting. Barber. Special. Claude Barber, the eldest son ot William P. Barber, a prominent farmer here, while out hunting villi some friends was ser iously and aecidently shot with a 12-bore-gun. Tl eir dog pointed a eovey of quail and while walking up to flush the bird- the gun carried by a mend at a instance of about nine feet was accidentally discharged by the trigger's ei ning in contact with a button on his coat, the charge en tering Mr. Barber's right breast tear ing a large hole .nd passing through his right lung al ut two inches be llow his heart, fin: Uy lodging in his leit side. He wt removed to his home and Dr. Chen.mlt, of Cleveland, O., summoned by telephone. The doc tor decided to take him to the hos pital in Salisbury anc! telephoned Dr. Stokes to be ready to operate upon Mr. Barber's arrival tLere. Mr. Bar ber at this writing is resting easy and his pulse is good and the doctor says unless pneumonia or blood poisoning sets in he has a chance for recovery. Policeman Shoots Boy. Charlotte, Speeial A case in which a deputized policeman oversteDnpd the bounds of his rights is reported from Belmont, when Rush Moore, a village blacksmith, fired two shots at John Rhyne Tuesday night, merely because he had exploded a firecrack er, injuring the boy to such an ex tent that his recovery has sin that. time been a matter of grave fear. Moorc wM Mti gg fl " . J 1 man, according to reports, and when the Rhyne boy exploded the fire cracker, he pulled his oistol and sent a bullet within an inch of his heart. straight through the body, the second j shot making a flesh wound. ' Got a $30,000 Present. Durham, Special. Some splendid presents were exchanged, here dur ing the Christmas occasion. There was filed in the office of the register of deeds to be recorled a deed for the elegant Loughlin building, this being the gift from Mr. R. II. Wright to his niece, Miss Lila Wright. This gift is absolute and in fee simple. The property is well worth $30,000 now and is so located that it will be worth much more than that amount in a few years. It is on the corner of East Main and Church streets, immediately in front of the union station. Raleigh Votes Prohibition. Raleigh, Special. The anti-dispensary people swept the deck in the elections here. The total vote regis tered was 1,9S2: that cast was 1,309. of which 92S were far prohibition and 3So for dispensary. The dispen sary did not carry a single precinct. The nearest was in the second divis ion of the Fourth ward, where the vote was Co to 57. In that precinct every negro vote, 21 in all, was cast against dispensary. Every ex-barkeeper voted for prohibition, except two, who' voted for saloons. Patents to North Carolinians. R. W. Bishop, patent attorney, Washington, D. C., reports the issue of the following patents on the 24th instant to residents of North Caro lina: S74.4GS, shutter slay and ad juster. T. A. Weston, Arden; S74,(il4, spindle-driving mechanism, W. T. Noah. Kl-.n College; 874.740, lubri cating axle, W. E. Dalby, Hester; S74.790, printing device, A. L. Pat terson. Albemarle; S74,S73, Toy, Tan Sumerlin, Pinetops. Current Events. The Feld Museum in Chicago, will send out several expendif ions to study unknown peoples. Police from Pittsburg and other j cities raided the supposed headquart- ers of the Blackhand in the Smoky City, and arrested 17 Italians who 1 " 11 " n i . .C were ocing instructed in me an oi I murder. Slayer, of William Christopher Still at Large. Winston-Salem, Special. From parties arriving here over the Nor folk arr.l Western it was learned that Hardin Moorc, the negro who shot and killed William Christopher at Pine Hall had not yet been captured. A posse has been scouring the coun try around Pine Hall ever since the Jmurder, but have so far failed to gel any trace of the murderer. The com munity is very much excited over the homicide and a desperate effort is be ing made to apprehend the murderer. Dies as Pesult of a Serious Opera tion. Durham, Special. John P. Allison, who underwent such a serious opera tion at Watts Hospital on Monday when a tumor was removed from his sweetbreads and who at one time it- was thought might recover, died Thursday night. He was 35 years of age. He came here from Orange county for the operation and his body was taken back home. Gave No Whiff; Was Killed. Burlington, Special. Murder for the refusal of a "draw" from a ci garette is the charge which will be brought against John Sellars, color ed, for the killing of June Nash, his friend. The two bovs, in company ' i with others, were returning from a Christmas entertainment when Sel iais asked Nash to give him a whiff from his cigarette. This being re fused. Selhus drew his gun and sent a bail through Nash's head. ' ' w . , , AT THE YEAR'S END. By Clinton At the year's end one saw before him rise Phantasmal presences. The first outcried, Iam the love that once you deified!" "And J," the second said, wilu .mocking sighs, "Am ,tnat ambition which, in splendid guise, Both dajr and night was ever by your "And I " a third exclaimed, reproachful eyed, ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS FOR 1908 Belns: until Julv 4th. th 132rl vtar States of America, and corresponding: The year 1326 of the Mohammedan era, beginning Feb. 4th. The year A. M. 8017 of the Greek Church, beeinnine Jan. 14 fO. S.). The year 4605 of the Chinese era, beginning Feb. 2. The year 5668-9 of the Jewish era. SeDt 26 or at sunset Sent. 25. The year 2568 of the Japanese era, beginning Feb. 2. ine year 53U8 A. u. (Masonic). The -ear 2661 A. U. C. (of Rome) The year 5912 of the World (Usher). The year 7416 of the World (Septuagint). 1808 IS A BISSEXTILE OR LEAP YEAR. Moon is the Reigning Planet This Year. CARDINAL POINT3. " - Vernal Equinox, entrance cf the Sun into Aries, March 20th, at 7 o'clock in the evening. -Summer Solstice, entrance of the Sun into Cancer, June 21st, at 3 o'clock in the evening. Autumnal Equinox, entrance cf the Sun into Libra, September 23d, at 6 o'clock in the morning. Winter Solstice, entrance of the Sun into Capricorn, December 2 2d, at 1 o'clock in the morning. D. December 22 C 36 p. ni. Winter begins and lasts.. 89 0 35 March 20 7 11 p. m. Spring begins and lasts. .92 19 52 June 21 3 3 p.m. Summer begins and lasts. 93 14 3d September . . ..23 5 42 a.m. Autumn begins and lasts. 89 18 35 December 22 0 17 a.m. Winter beg. Trop. Year . 365 5 41 ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 190S. . There will be three eclipses of the Sun this year and one Luna Apulse. I. The first will be a total eclipse of the Sun on the 3d of January, Invisible in America, visible on the Pacific Ocean. II. The second will be an annular or ringform eclipse of the Sun on the 2Sth of June, visible, in part, in the United States. The eclips" will be annular in Tampa, Florida, and on the Bermuda Islands. The begin ning will be at 9 o'clock 27 minutes in the forenoon; the end at 12 o'clock 41 minutes at noon. (Washington time.) III. The third is an eclipse of the Sun on the 22d and 23d of Decem ber, invisible in North America, visible on the Atlantic Ocean and in the eastern part of South America. MORNING AND Morning Stars. Venus after July. Mars after August 22. Jupiter until January 29, after Au gust 17. Saturn after February 29, until Sep tember 30. Mercury until January 14; February 2 8 until May 7; July 4 until Au gust 20; October 2S until Decem ber 11. PLANETS' GREATEST BRILLIANCY. Mercury February 13, Juno 7, October 4, sets in the evening after the Sun and rises in the morning before the Sun, March 27, July 25, No vember 13. Jupiter January 29. Venus May 29, August 7. Saturn September SO. MOVABLE FEASTS Septuagesima Sunday, February 16. Sexagesima Sunday, February 23. Quinquagesima Sunday, March 1. Shrove Tuesday, March 3. Ash Wednesday, or first clay of Lent, March 4. Quadragesima Sunday, March 8. Mid Lent, March 25. Palm Sunday, April 12. Maundy Thursday, April 16. Good Friday, April 17. Easter Sunday, April 19. Low Sunday, April 2 6. Rogation Sunday, May 21. Ascension Day, May 28. Whit Sunday, June 7. Some of" th5 fSevi Records Made During: the Year Automobile record for mile on circular track, by Walter ChrfBtie, 52 8econds. Swimming record for 100 yards, by Charles Daniels, 55 2-5 seconds. Horse running record, one mile and an eighth, by Charles Edward, at Brighton Beach, 1.50 3-5. Shooting record, by Captain Hardy, who broke 13,066 flying targets. Homing pigeon makes averago speed of 1612 yards per minute for COO miles. Thompson's Colts bowling team (five men) rolled a 2853 score for three games. Ralph Itose, John Flanagan, Martin Sheridan, George Bonhag and Melvin Sheppard all broke athletic records. Fastest time on snow shoes, 47m. 20s. 75 Lives Lost in the Alps and 350 Other Mishaps in 1907. London. Official statistics just is sued supply the death rate in 1907 due to misadventure in the Italian, Swiss and Austrian Alps. The num ber of lives lost was seventy-five, the Vvjority being Swiss and Germans, xt came the British and after them e Italians. There were 350 serious ecidents. The chief cause of the fatality was "ol-hardiness, which is becoming more prevalent every year, In at tempting ascents without a guide. The Field of Labor. Bridge builders in San Francisco are paid $5 a day. A roofers' union was recently or ganized in Lynn, Mass. Brickmakers in New South Wales earn about $10 a week. Furniture making in Canada gives employment to over S000 people. Ten women in the United States earn their living in the capacity of baggagemen. Among the organized women work ers in Germany, 14,972 belong to the metal trades. Scollard. Am that fair faith you cherished, precious wise. lie met their glances, levelly, aware That each had uttered naught save truth, and yet He felt no smarting of remorse's stings. Tis thus with those brave souls who, stair by stair, Ascend the years, above all vaL. regret, To the trumphant heights of better things. of t.h inrienenrienr.e of the United nearly to THE SEASONS. Washington Mean Time. 11. M. D. II. M. EVENING STARS. Evening Stars. Venus until July 5. Mars until August 22. Jupiter after January 29, until Au gust 17. Saturn until February 29, after Sep tember 30. Mercury, January 14 until February 28; May 7 until July 4; August 29 until October 28; after December 11. AND CHURCH DAYS. Trinity Sunday, Juno 14. Corpus Christi, June IS. Thanksgiving Day, on fourth or last Thursday in November, as Presi dent may appoint. First Sunday in Advent, November 29. Sundays after Trinity are 23 year. this Quatember or Ember Days. 1st. On 11, 13 and 14 of March. 2d. On 10, 12 and 13 of June. 3d. On 1G, 18 and 19 of September. 4th. On 16, 18 and 19 of December. Seventy-one Hunters Killed During Season of 1907. Chicago. Seventy-one persons were killed most of them by care lessness during the hunting season of 1907. This is slightly below the record for 1906. The number of Injured In 1907, however, is in excess of that of the season before, eighty-one huntere having been hurt in 1907, compared with only seventy during 1906. In Wisconsin, Michigan and Min nesota fifty persons lost their lives in 1907. The World of Sport. The Fizer stable continues to be the sensation of the racing season. Yale's weakness in punting was ap parent in the game with Holy Cross. The Brooklyn Yacht Club has offered a trophy for an international race. Herman Itadtke, jockey, has ac cepted an engagement to ride in Russia. It 'has been figured out that the racehorses owned by Harry Payne Whitney and trained by John W. Rogers won a total of $135, 03S in stakes and purses this year. The Secretary Gives Views On Public Questions NO MENTION OF HIS CANDIDACY Secretary of War Delivers His First Speech Since Returning From Tour of World Before Notable Gather ing in Boston. Boston, Special. Greeted with cheers as "the next President of the United States," a topic which he carefully avoided in his own remarks, however, Secretary of War William H. Taft, delivered his first public speech since his world-circling tour, at the annual banquet of the Boston merchants' association at the Hotel Somerset. The banquet closed a long and strenuous day for the Secretary of War, during which he delivered a brief address before 400 ministers in the morning and attended a reception .and spoke before a large gathering of the Jews of the city at the Elysium Club in the afternoon. During his visit to Boston, which ended Tues day morning. Secretary Taft is the guest of Samuel Cavr, a Boston bank er, and a relative of Mrs. Taft. As Mr. Taft rose all the guests stood up with him and fdled the S.ir with long-continued cheers. Secretary Taft read his speech ii om manuscript throughout, no somment relative to his o. dacy for the presidency. Mr. Taft's speech was a broad defense of Presi velt and the administrati' mg with the trusts and w cent financial crisis. Th sible for the panic he said' it ' gumy managersot some large railroad and financi prises," snd not those who course of their official duty, made known to the business the facts and commented on the denied that the "administration arraigned the whole business. worS as dishonest. The President Tad co j 1 1 1 - i , . uemiitu idc iaw oreaKers, and e vinced those who had unlawfully cumulated enormous power and ea' til, that they were not immune. T President, -he declared, had never otnerwf aian that the j of the cotfMry as a whoW and their methods sound! saiu jur. jiait, "it is eluellv ii l -r m m i t interest of the great body of i opeSt business men that he has made.!1" great fight for lawful business uds. ' ' Th .t the railroad rate law was re sponsible for the financial panic, Mr Taft characterized as absurd, and as for the shrinkage in the value of rail road stocks, he - sai'l that neither Mr. Roosevelt nor his administration were responsible for State legislation against railroads. "Instead of mak ing a panic," he said, "the national policy of ending the lawlessness of corporations in inter-Slate commerce and of taking away their power of issuing, without supervision, stock and bonds, will produce a change in their management and remove one fruitful cause for loss of public con fidence." The action of the State Legisla tures against railroads, he declares, was occasioned by the same revela tions of lawlessness and discrimi nation in railway management that made the Federal rate bill "a neces sity, but. he said, "if the tSate measures have been too drastic the cause of the injustice is not with the national government." Mr. Taft launched upon the sea of uovernment ownership of rail roads and declared that he was op posed to the idea, because it meant State socialism and an increase ii the lower of the central government that would bo dangerous. On the subject o the Uni'cd Slates currency system Mr. Taft comment ed upon the fact that it was not, so arranged as to fPermit its volume to be increased temporarily. Tie be lieved that had there been such a currency the money stringency misht, in part, have been alleviat ed. Cut Through Heart With Knife. Roanoke, Ya., Special. A dispatch from Floyd, Ya., says: James W. Eierson, of near Locust Grove, Floyd county, was cut through the hear! with a knife and killed Saturday night. Kierson, two men named Al dridire and another named Boyd, were drinking when they got into a row. When the men separated Kierson was on the ground dying. Other parties nearby said they could not tell who struck the fatal blow. Boyd and the Aldridgcs havo disappeared. Druce Coffin Is Opened. London, By Cable. The body of -l nomas Charles Druce, in Highgatc Cemetery, was exhumed Monday morning, .just ill years to a day after its burial. The coffin was found to contain the remains of a human body, thus exploding t!iC romantic tale told by Robert C. Caldwell and others dur mg the recent hearing of the Druce perjury case ti;at it contained a roll of load. Double Tragedy in Alabama. Hartselle. Ala., Special. Meargre details have just reached here of a double tragedy at Bluff City, on the Tennessee river in which Rube Was stcr and Sam McClare shot and kill ed each other. The two met and passed hot words when the firing be gan. It appears that both men bn.l been good friends heretofore but one of them objected to attentions wiach the other was paying tq hk sister. ol a 3 X 3 r Dvery Saloon in the State Was Closed On January 1 THE NEW LAW WILL BE OBEYED Georgia Enters Prohiition Column When January 1st Rings Its Bell on Sale of Ixtoxicating Liquors Law Very Drastic in Its Prohibi- y.f t10B and Prevents Keeping or Giv- ;ing Away of Liquors: Atlanta, Ga., Special. With the advent of the new year the law pre venting the manufacture and. sale of intoxicating liquor passed by the last session of the Legislature be comes effective, making Georgia the first of the Southern States to be placed in the prohibitien column. The law is verv drastic in its nrohi- bition and prevents the keeping or giving away of liquors in public places and imposes a tax of $500 on clubs whose members are al'wwcil to keep drinks of an intoxieaiS na ture in their individual ljtfiQr4W " To Test Legisljff pst Notwithstanding tfeome aAf this law there mnconstituti6na3p have it decljfiiafc a nmm;nmt c ' V it is knogrias been asked to test ti lawyeiaj. me legislation. This actio meritsjlhe brought in rfc tt:.? . h. and ti- " "eil ' " asserted will h, o the fact that the constir.. untoi n ism specific v -...-j Jrom liquor license ne school .under conai UM S. 1 X I x Will B? A9r pa; A j prohibition law will be enforce, there is no question. This is not th? country of the speak-easy, nd when the police have their law? fliey enforce them to 1 the limit. GoJ-ernor Smith and the city court ofGals have been frank in their statement? that they intend to en- orcei the iaw and that no fines the would Ibe imposed for the illegal sale of liquor, but that prison sentences would follow the violation of any part of the prohibition act. One pe culiar feature of the law is that even the incorporated clubs are allowed to provide intoxicating drinks for their members, either with or without food. A man may have a locker in a club and keep whatever he pleases in this locker, but a club having such lockers is subject to an excise iax of $500 a year. Another feature of the law is that a man may not even in his club invite a friend to 30m him in a drink, the only way he can evade this is by leaving: his locker open that an acquaintance m.iv We fleee. Several of thn clubs in Georgia have taken out their excise tax licence and are pro- viding lockers in their rooms, but c i, i, UJtUjr VI- HJl. IUUIO pi ifU.llll,?LJli llUTIi I declared that they will go one bet ter than the law and prohibit the keeping of liquor within their doors. Tax Rate May Increase. The constitutional law cf (Jeors'i in its provision for school mainten ance is very specific, according to one Atlanta lawyer. The question now arises where the funds for the main tenance of the public schools wili come from, and it "s said that a con siderate increase in the tax rate may result. Miss Kinncr's Eody Pound on Bank of Creek. Michigan City, Ind., Special. The body of Miss Emogene runner, of Penn Yan, N. Y., who disappeared from Michigan City on December 11th was found on the bank of a creek in a wild and unfrequented place. She had taught school at Yonkers and at Nyack, N. Y. Over study had caused nervous prostration and she came here a month ago to recuperate her health. It is supposed that she lost her way while out for a walk and perished of cold. Big Fire at Lexington, Miss. Jackson, Miss., Special A dispatel from Lexington says that fire brok out at 4:30 Sunday morning in th business district and destroyed prop erty valued at $75,000. The fir started in Sergent's Hall, and aftei destroying that building burned v the store of Swiney & Stiglcr, th American Express office, the Masouh Huilding, Calla Hardware Company end the offices of several lawyers am doctors. Killed Over Mess of Chops. New Orleans, Special. Edgar Pra dos was shot and killed by his brother, Milton, after a quarrel over a mess of chops which the mother of the young men was frying for Milton. Edgar threw the cwVs through the window. Later Hilton Mm r-laimine- self-.dffense. A DllUb 11 1 1 1.1. j nife th t aae, WUfc wmsw fa the haud f 9 PW ' , 1 1 1 r j Jr mmJZT 7 is asserted ;n i. Sisk wm AMTfT I . m II T , ... -mw A I I J w -Al III f V on the fact that. th " " e PetV P Hft n J rSfa specifically provides etaon. Sheriff p i -vc scnool fund. fcjMLV'" catri amis. r 1 1 Pi """V V f K WiU --aKr P9! the P3 tkS?. I nr..ini.;i;.rT ,sti !. I a babv. ww vt eniorter., mere is no question. This "J wing imow-v a, . 1 l : ji X. vis noi in country ot the speak-easy, u over a MURDERER IS CAPTURED Oneof the Men Believed to Be Guil ty of the Assassination of Revenue Officer Hendricks, For Whom a Re ward of $1,000 Was Offered by Uncle Sam, is Taken Into Custody Near Smithtown by Two Brothers and Turned Over to Sheriff Petree. Greensboro, N. C, Special Oscar Sisk, the man accused of shooting and killing Revenue Officer J. W. Hendricks at Smithtown, Stokes county, last Friday and for whom a reward of $1,000 was offered, was captured in Stokes county and is now in jail at Danbury. A , long distance telephone message from that place to the office of United States Marshal J. M. Millikin conveyed this mformatiou, and Sisk will be brought here and turned over to Macshal Millikin, who will commit him to iail m this city to await trial before Judge James E. Boyd in United States Court in Greenshoro will Tint be' hold until April, but a eoeeial term may oe neld earlier to trv Sisk. Taiie is also a reward of $1,000 for Jim Smith, a notorious moonjuiner at tmithtown, and a reward of $500 for John Hill, ako of Smithtown, both of whom are thought to be ac ecxplices of 3:jk. Ihe particular cf the killing cf Mr. Hendricks are well known, it himg occurred dur ing a raid by a posse of revenue of- ers on moonshiners at Smithtowa. Winston, Salem, N. C. etV nf Rfntna Cn K -V "- "J uamatNelson. Sheriff innerhen he receivil mesnaq-eX 1" Dewey 70 Years Washington, Special. George Dewey is 70 years old. He in splendid health and robust in physique. As is his custom, he spent the morning at his office, with the ex ception of an i'.-ur, when he attend ed a meeriri' o" ?. i;aval relief as sociation, of wine. '!? w president. Numerous officers . navy and army and otke. frieinls I ipon him at his ofike and latei Lis home. ! No Date For Curtailment. New Bedford, Mass., Special. Otis N. Pearce, president of the New Bed ford Cotton Manufacturers' Associa tion, in an interview said that in his opinion New Bedford would be I C 1 1 i 1 1 iv 1 1 " 1 y ' men m production inaugurated by . manufacturers of New England Mr. Pearce said that no date had bepn nxea iot xne eunaumeiit, out mat 11 was to be left optional with the sev- optional eral manufacturers. Deposits Offset Withdrawals. New York, Special. Thursday was the date of the expiration of most of the 60-day withdrawal notices re quired by savings banks at the lieight of the panic in October, but scarcely a depositor called for his money. The banks expected few de mands, as they were convinced the feeling of financial unrest was prac tically over. In most eases with drawals were more than offset by de posit. Becords-Breaking Dividends to Bedford Mill Stockholder''' New Bedford, Mass., I" Statistics just complete? jOW 1 the dividends paid ' scolders of New Bedford ' .ton mi s in mjvi 1 1 ,l. .'arcest t in the history nave ueeu iiw - . , ( of the city- TLe total flivldends of t " i ft2.57S.250 on a .-Tliaoek of il8,770,0W), an aver-,. TSTt 13.73 per ceat. ,V. aSe of 13.73 per ceat. I Two Injured in Explosion at Pow; Mills. J TWnn. O.. Special. The thir.jfex- Winn in as many weeks at the4J"E ..j umia ffitallv iniured tnv em" runuci hi ".j - a moves. The injured: Alonzooung. and Andrew Sears, onng tJ in'' primers when the caps rxploded, demolishing the battery-sb-'P- H1 iff was torn off and Sears, who was working nearby, receiveu " . i ble burns. The loss to ie pu. -estimated at $1,000. Three Die in Co?iision. r...i, W. J.. Special. Tbxw persons ,-ere killed ai.! f0 l- , ... . n the elevated jurea in . .. j tracks of the Peiuisyi.a Railroad iust outside the station here wne Pemberton aecommooauon into the rear of an Atlantic v- a lipnvv foff was the p oi oontributorv cause ol tnjt H5 c ; smXo,: hntieth birtM -v- - crasnea. I Late ftetas In 'Brief f MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST ft The second trial of Harry Than for the murder of Stanford Wbfti will begin next week in New.' York President Roosevelt refuses to al low the federal troops to remain at Goldfield unless the governor wit call a special session of the Nevadi legislature. The higher officers of the big Am erican squadron were the guests ol the Governor of Trinidad and attend ed the races. Mrs. Kira Heyl, who inherited $5,000,000 from her mother, Mrs Schandlein, of Milwaukee, will mop ry a Berlin artist. The Japanese Consul to Canada ii going home, evidently as the result of differences over the immigratioi question. Rear-Admiral Brownson's friendi think the President is doing him ai injustice by keeping secret his let ter explaining his resignation, whili at the same time he allows Surgeon- General Rixey to present his side od the case to the public . Admiral Dewey received congrat ulations and many gifts on his sev entieth birthdav .111, ..-n avc $75,000 J il l V.11IH ( Rear-Admiral Willard IT. Bron son caused a surprise by resigning chief of the Bureau of Navigation. The Interstate Comerce C'ommis sicn issued an order to prevent rail roads from evading its rulings by dis continuing a rate at short notice. Surgeon-General Rixey defended the policy of placing surgeons ii comand of hospital ships and assert ed that Rear-Admiral Brownson hat "interfered" with the medical bn reau. Line officers to a man uphold Ad miral BrowDson in his protest against the President's new naval policy. President SRoosevelt and his familj spent a quiejt Christmas in the Whit House. j The men' of the battleship flee" had a gala day at Trinidad. ,The Dutch Cabinet resigned anc the dissolution "f Parliament raaj follow. A new conspiracy.' overthrow tin Ecusdoican govfr""" wa" discov erer I.ce J- Srf'P'f' ,,hfl Yrk (Pa-) prophet, Mf ':ed the end of th world iajr' The -"anadian emigratioi vi.t1 is tliousrht to be solved. pro1 .-iiii-tmas was gtv-rally observed L: the usual holiday pWit, but 1 uinib-r of mur-'crs and other ir?e dies v're reported. W cd I da t am Jarw-'S Bryan was appoint ted Htes Senator from Fh.ri- sue jed the laio Senator M i! lory. pi-.-, award of the. Asliokan da ron-.ct has caused a? dal in -i:k. I .-'a The ship Atlas, 2f d:-s ovlft. iUtimore, ended an l:u-i see at &an Frai.cisJ 4 . Xj, per MP fatallv wounded Mii Missis Wonder EdVphia, leav ly and himself in 1 ing a letter sayis love. The Sultan of Hey . died io' jroco won tw of Mula battles against "1 Hand. ;.-,n o Laboi The American '" ' ,dB Rnli contends that r : -Pf th. b-vcott order - e free ('Jllslliui'- Stroudsburg, ra, . vM George ,rge IIeons.ua, o, - bv identally shot and Uea o d son. lewis. acci s-vcar-o"1 - tr cUilt. who was visxtmg bet as talking father, &amu " - i0hone i toml over the lelfu" lO a son, wii rv with AdrX'r. 1,1 t!ieeBrownsvilJe riot, sued GoVw Mti wages one since his dii 1 J I II Sir,