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THE RANDOLPH BULL ETIN. n- vol. in. NO. 29. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1908. ANARCHISTSACTIVE Chief of Chicago Police Has a Close Cell ROADS TO COMPLY Agree to Adopt the Nine-Hoar System Without Delay ECKS TAMPA BRADLEY IS ELECTED Kentucky Chooses Republican United States Senator f TA-R HEEL TOPICS v Items Gathered from All Wrinn nf th Stat $ One of the Ablest Preachers of His Church Severest Conflagration in the City's History BISHOPDUNCntS f IRE WR Sensation at Fayetteville. 'ayetteville, Special. S. jr. Grant egro teacher in the State Colored rmal School, which is located in lis city, was dismissed from sen-ice a result of his arrest for carrying concealed weapon. Grant was ar ?sted, a pistol having been found his person, and in the mayor's t was bound over to the coming iaal court. Being unable to fur aish bail, he was placed in jail. The lirectors of the normal school were notified of the affair and after a careful investigation, including a statement from Grant himself, de cided that his dismissal was neces- Easers Have to Withdraw. Raleigh, Special. The senior class of the Agricultural and Meehanical College reports that two men have been required to withdraw from the college because they were implicated in the recent sensational hazing af fair, and two others are on probation pending the result of further inves tigation. They appeal to the people of the State that all have been done that could possibly be done in the matter, and express the belief that there is now a sentiment among the students of the college that will make it impossible for the occurrence of any more severe or brutal hazing. Negro Killed Near Wilson. y Wilson, Special. Wednesday night y&out 8 o'clock, on H. II. Walston's arm, better known as the Lane place, located about seven miles from Wil son, Davis Hagan was severely cut by Warren Ward. Both men were drink ing when the fight occurred. Hagan V?cd at 1 o'clock Thursday morning, after bleeding profusely for five houis. Both were negroes about 23 years old. As soon as Ward did the cutting he skipped, going east from Saratoga. The sheriff and deputies left for Saratoga, but the negro could not be found in that vicinity and ia still at iar're. Tragedy in Marshall. Asheville, Special. A telephone message from Marshall, Madison county, is to the1 effect that a fire at 2 o'clock Thursday morning in the cotton mill district at that place de stroyed a large double house and that a Miss Blazer,-14 years of age, was r burned to death. The girl was a member of one of the famalies occu-j pying the house. ine omer memuers of the two families occupying the ' house barely escaped with their lives. The girl's head, legs and arms were burned ofl. New Charters Granted. Raleigh, Special. The following new charters were granted Thursday: Crohley Brick Company, Wilming ton. The capital is $10,000, with $25, 000 authorized; G. T. Flynn, W. J. Flynn, J. II. Hooper and others, in rgrcpraters, Amendment to Independent lea Company, Wilmington, increasing tin , capital from $100,000 to $200,000 The David Dewyn Company, Besse mer City, with a capital of $10,000; Robert Knuckley, of Bessemer City, and David and George Dewyn, of Charlotte, are the incorporators. No Interruption of Publication. Raleigh, Special. In the Superior Court, with the consent of all parties concerned the temporary receivership of The Evening Times was made per manent and Receiver Pace's bond in creased to $5,000. There will be no interruption in the regular publica tion of The Times pending the ad justment of the paper's financial ob ligations. A Generous Offer. Asheville, Special. George W. Vanderbilt has agreed to pay $1,000 additional tax on property in south Biltmore for public school purposes if the other property owners will tax themselves another thousand, the amount being necessary to establish a high school with three teachers and an ci-ht-months' term. The matter will be considered at a mass meeting and it is practically certain that the tax will be voted. It is probable that compulsory school attendance iu sov'h Biltmore will also be voted. Southern Cuts Wages in Georgia, Atlanta, Ga7 Special. A reduction pf 10 per cent, in the wages of all employe of the Southern Railway, except contract labov, such aa engi, peers, firemen, etc., effective March 1st, was announced. A previous cut of 10 per cent, affected all general of fers of the company. The general retrenchment policy adopted by the rocd is given as a reason for the cut. Kentucky Feudist Hanged. Chaianooga, Tenn., Special. Ed. Turner, the Kentucky feudist, was handed in the county jail here at 4:50 o 'flock Thursday afternoon. His neck was broken by the fall and he was pronounced dead in 11 minutes. .He went to the scaffold without a tre mor Turner killed his wife, Lillian T'::; f r, on the side of Lookout Moun ts !. .,n the afternoon of April 2d, 10 7. At his trial Turner made a pmi.f.tssion. i" Jonesboro Mills Assign. Raleigh, Special. The Clark Man ufacturing Company and the Eugenia Manufacturing Company, the only two cotton mills at Jonesboro, in Lea county, were placed in the hands of a receiver, ex-Judge A. W. Graham, of Oxford being named by Judge Biggs, now holding court in Raleigh, as the receiver. The mills were in charge of David Clark, the capital stock being $53,900 with 3.S00 spindles and 101 looms. The financial depression caused the application for a receivership. Tragedy Prevented. Concord, Special. A tragedy al most equalling that at Fayetteville Sunday, was prevented by the cool ness of our Chief of Police Booker when one Johnson, usually a quiet citizen, tanked up on the "red-eye" and defied arrest. He had the chief covered until Policeman Sides came on the scene, when his attention was drawn to him. The chief took ad vantage, and before Johnson knew what he was about he was on the way to the guard house. Burns May Prove Fatal. Gastonia, Special. 4 Mrs. Rhoda Mauney, aged 35, wife of William Mauney, an employe of the Gastonia Manufacturing Company, was so bad ly burned that she will probably die. Mrs. Mauney was doing some washing in the yard at her home at the old mill and her dress caught from the fire under the washpot. Just one year ago their 4-year-old son met death in a similar manner. Debtors Idle, Couldn't Pay. Tarboro,' Special. Execution was served on M. P. Williams, a grocer of this city, judgment having been ob tained by R. B. Peters Grocery Com pany for $193.S6. The store is closed while the inventory is being taken. Mr. Williams says the cause of his embarrassment was poor collections of debts due by those who are idle on account of being thrown out of work. Girl Commits Suicide. Kinston, Special. Miss Nellie Fields, the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fields, committed suicide about 10 o'clock by shooting ,lf n tnl nt. their homa t a ,,' o.rm the young girl contracted the grip and had an unusually severe attack having been confined to her bed ever since. For several days she had been despondent and depressed, but no one suspected that she was contem plating self-destruction. Working Up Water Power. Greenville, Special. A promoter whose name is so far withheld, is in the citv working up the organization of ft power company which ii to bo capitalized at $5,000,000 and whose intention is to xnrnisn power lor in mills of Greenville and vicinity. The ones promoting the enterprise have talked with mill men and a well- known mill architect. Nothing defi nite has been given out. Surveys for Consideration of Inland Waterways. Beaufort, Special-Mi-. Alfred She ney, of Kinston, is here, where he has his headquarters while engaged in surveying and preparing maps, etc., of the waters in this section to be used by the government in the con sideration of the proposed inland waterway. Greenville Bonds are Sold. Greenville, Special. The city of Greenville disposed of $18,000 in re funding school bonds at 103. The en tire issue was taken by Thackston & Son, brokers of this city. The pre mium paid for the issue was $525. The Thackston bid was nearly $200 above the next highest offer, made by a Cincinnati firm. Several bond bro kers were here when the bids were opened. The bonds bear 5 per cent interest and under the present uu satisfactory conditions of the market the sale is considered very advanta geous to tho city. News of the Day. Carl Von Veitheim, who is said to have manied seven women illegally, was sentenced in London to 20 years' penal servitude for blackmail. Sufferaeista who raided the Brit ish House of Commons refused to pay fines, jayicg they preferred jail. A Mexican miners' plot to blow up all the Americans in camp at Sonora was frustrated. Edison Undergoes Operation. New York, Special. Thomas A. Edison was operated upon for mas toiditis at the Manhattan Eye, Eai and Throat Hospital, where he has been a patient since Sunday, when an abscess which had formed in the middle car was operated. Dr. Ar thur J. Duel, who performed the ope ration, later stated that the condition of the inventor was favorable and led to the expectation of an earii recovery. COST OF CONTROVERSY What the Railway Rate Dispute Cost the State Interesting Figures From the Books of the State Audi tor. Raleigh Special to The Charlotte Chronicle : An examination of the State Auditor's books reveals the fol lowing figures of expense in connec tion with the cost of the controversy between the State and Rairoad com panies in the railway rate litigation. Total litigation expense to State $13,829. Paid to lawyers: F. A. Woodard $3,938 E. J. Justice 3,750 J. E. Shepperd 1,301 Aycock & Daniels 3jl50 Winston & Bryant ' 1,517 Merriman & Merriman 835 S. G. Ryan 250 Other items: Stenographer and auditing ser vices 3,0Sij United States Court costs 753 Attorney General and assistant 36 Printing 1S5 The cost of the extra session of the Legislature is yet to be added, which will fully double the amount, bring ing up the total expense to the State to $33,000 or more, into which the $17,500 the railways offered and the Governor accepted is to be thrown and this will bring the actual ex penses to the State to less thau $20,000. Friday's Charters. Raleigh, Special. Among the new charters issued Friday is one for the Buekstone Lodge Association. Manchester, Cumberland county, with a capital of $50,000. The incorpora tors are J. H. Alexander, of Eliza beth, New Jersey; Henry D. Spears, New York; W. Strother Jones, Red Bank, N. J.; James F. Jordan, Greensboro. The Bradshaw Electric Company, Charlotte, amends its charter, chang ing its name to "The Ideal Electric Company. ' ' The Hamilton Drug Company, of Oxford, is also chartered. MAIN BUILDING BURNED. $4,000 Fire Loss Sustained By Indus trial Union Training School at Southern Pines. Baleigh, N. C, Special. The main building of the Industrial Union Training School and Orphan age was destroyed by fire early this morning, the total loss amounting to about $4,000. The building, pipe or gan, furniture, etc., were a total loss. This school is for the industrial training of colored youth and is un der the supervision of Rev. J. M Henderson, president. The institu tion had the endorsement of Grover Cleveland and other eminent men. News and Observer, Raleigh, N. C. Tho Building of the Southbound. Winston-Salem, Special The building of the Southbound Railroad from Winston-Salem to Wadesboro is now being agitated all along the line. The people look upon it as a "good thing" for every section through which it would pass. It is reported that Lane Bros., railroad contractors, who double-tracked for the Southern, are now engaged in preparing a bid for construction work on the South bound. Looking Into Immigration. Raleigh, Special. Agents of the United States Immigration Commis sion from Washington, Messrs. Kel- lett, Ball and Bacon, are in Raleigh on official business. While in 'orth Carolina they will also visit Wilming ton, Charlotte, Winston, Fayetteville and some other points. They say they find out people favor a restricted im migration, limited to desirable classes. Bond Secured For Men Charged With Murder. Chester, Special. Messrs. S. E. MeFadden and A. L. Gaston, attor neys for W. G. Dye and Henry Gib son, two of the young men charged with killing Reuben Douglas, colored, a few days ago near Richburg while attempting to arrest one of his sons, appeared before Judge R. C. Watts at Winnsboro and secured bond for their c-lients in the sum of $500 each, tho motion not being resisted by the soli citor. The bond was readily furnish 3d, and the young men are again at liberty. The News in Paragraphs. Queen Wilhelminia of Holland and her husband escaped injury when a trolley car hit their carriage. The czar told a delegation from the Douma property rights must be in violate, Japanese are said to be back of a reported revolt in India and Ceylon. An arraignment of anarchists was made in the funeral sermon over Father Leo Hinrichs in Denver. A British officer was hit with a stone in Port au Prince, and only an apology saved Haiti from a new com plication. Several deaths were caused by floods in Pennsylvania. Part of the foreleg bone of a dog was put in the forearm of a boy in Oaktown, Ind., and surgeons say tno operation will be successful. Mrs. Anne Weightman Walker, narried to F. C. Penfield, gave away nearly a million, including a $50,000 memorial to her first husband. WAS BISHOP FOR MANY YEARS Died at His Home in Spartanburg Monday Morning AU the Mem bers of His Family Were at His Bedside When the End Came, Spartanburg, S. C, Special. Bish op W. W. Duncan, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died here Monday morning at 9:55 o'clock. The funeral services will be held in Cen tral Methodist church, this city, on Wednesday. The hour for the funer al has not been fixed. Bishop Duncan has been hovering between life and death for severel days and it was only by the use of stimulants that his life was prolonged as long as it was. His death, while a great blow to the mem bers of his family and the Methodist church, was not unexpected. He had been in bad health for more than a year. Twelve months ago he suffered from an abscess on the back of his neck and his life was despaired of at that time. He recovered from the attack, but was never restored to health. About three weeks ago he was taken seriously ill and grew steadily weaker until his death. All the members of his family were at the deathbed. Bishop Duncan was born at Randolph-Macon, Va., December 30th, 1S39, being the third son of Prof. David Duncan. He received his early education at Randolph-Macon, which was completed at Wofford Collegi, where he graduated in 1853. After being converted he studied for the ministry and upon being admitted was appointed to Eliabeth City, N. C, which at that time belonged to the Virginia Conference. Chaplain in Southern Army. During the Confederate war he was chaplain in the Confederate army. From the time he entered the minis try he proved a hard and zealous worker and filled a number of im portant eharges. For a number of years he occupied the chair of mental and moral philosophy at Wofford and was also financial agent of that institution. The degree of doctor of divinity was conferred upon him by Central College, Missouri, and Emory College, Georgia. In the years 1878 82 and of 86 he was a member o General Conference and in 1881 he represented his Church at the Ecumenical Conference held in Lon don, England. The funeral services will be con ducted in Central Methodist church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Dr. J. C. Kilgo, president of Trinity College, Durham, N. C, as sisted by well-known Methodist min isters. Dr. Kilgo is in !New York but will reach Spartanburg in time. The funeral will be one of the largest ever held in the city, as many minis ters from various places will be present. Bishop Duncan was chairman ot the board of trustees of Wofford College and the college in respect to his memory suspended exercises un til Thursday morning. All the stu dents will attend the funeral in a body. Bishop Duncan is survived by Lis wife (who was Miss Medora Rice), one brother and three children. His children are Thomas C. Duncan, of Union : Mrs. A. G. Rembert and Mrs. Warren Dupre of this city. Priest Guarded by Detectives. Chicago, Special. Plain clothes detectives and uniformed policemeu both guarded a number of the Catho lic priests in this city to and from their churches on Sunday by request. During the services officers were sta tioned on each side of the altar in the Bohemian and Italian quarters of Chicago. Trouble growing out of the assassination of the Denver priest and the subsequent denunciation of anti-clericals were feared. No ar rests were made. Illness of the British Premier. London, By Cable. Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman is rallying very slowly from a relapse suffered recently and his physicians do not conceal the uneasiness which they feel concerning liis condition. Heart weakness is an alarming feat ure of his illness. The serious state of his health is reviving the talk of his retirement. Ohio Solid For Taft. Columbus, 0., Special Secretary Taft will go to Chicago with a solid Buckeye delegation of forty-six be hind him, aa a result of the State convention held here Tuesday. The State convention was solidly for Taft, as every one of the 815 delegates were instructed for the Secretary. Little interest was manifested in the con vention, as the programme was car ried out without opposition. Can't Find Hidden Fortune. Monmouth, 111., Special. Unsuc cessful attempts have been made to uncover the $100,000 in gold believed to have been buried near the home of the late Benjamin Scull, an eccen tric citizen of this county. Scull lost the power of speech before his death and was unable to tell where his for tune was hidden FINALLY SHOOTS HIS ASSAILANT In Desperate Encounter With Un known Anarchist Chief of Police Bhippy, of Chicago, With Rare Courage, Rolls Hi? Would-B& As sassin. Chicago, Special. Chief of Po lice George M. Shippy, his son, Har ry, and his driver, James Foley, were wounded by an anarchist who at tempted to assassinate the police of ficial in the hall of the latter 's resi dence, 31 Lincoln Court, shortly af ter 9 o'clock Monday morning. The desperate struggle, in which Mrs. Shippy and her daughter, Georgiotta, joined, was terminted when the chief drew his own revolver and kill ed his asailant. Attempts to identi fy the dead man have thus far result ed in failure. The attack is believed to have beer, the result of a conspiracy to harm officials who have been active in sup pressing manifestations of anarchy in this community. Other city offi cials are said to have been threaten ed and a police spy who recognized the corpse of the man who invaded Shippy 's home as that of a person who regularly attended anarchists'' meetings, asserted that the -man was chosen by lot to do away ith not only the chief of police but Mayor E. R. Busse as well. The ramifica tions of the plot are said to extend to other cities and to be closely con nected with the killing of Rev. Leo Heinrichs, a Roman Catholic priest, who was shot drfwn at the altar of his church in Denver. Harry Shippy was shot through the breast twice and was probably fatally wounded. His father was stabbed in the arm, while Foley re ceived a bullet in the wrist. Mrs. Shippy was kicked by the desperado, but her hurts are slight. Following the attack, squads of po lice were sent into the Italian and Ghetto quarters of the city. Places known as headquarters of secret so cieties suspected of anarchistic ten dencies were raided and a score or more arrests were made. 'As" I opened the door," said Chief Shippy later, "the man raised his hat and I allowed mm to step into tue hallway. He handed me an enve lope. I glanced at it and then the thought struck me that the man was up to some wrong. He looked like an anarchist. I grabbed his arms and called to my wife who was in another room. When she ran into the hallway 1 said: 'Mother, see if this man has a revolver,' She felt in one of his pockets and said that he had. "I tried to hold him with one hand and draw my revolver with the other, but he jerked away and fell against the door. I caught him agaiu and while we were struggling my son, who was upstairs, started to my aid. He was only a few steps from the bottom of the stairs, when the man freed one hand, drew him revolver and fired two shots at Harry. Then Foley, who had been summoned by my daughter, stepped into the hall and the man shot him. Tho anarch ist kicked my wife to one side and by this time I bad got my own re volver, and both Foley and I opened fire. At my first shot, which struck him in the head, he fell. But fired three more, one into his head and two into his body. Two of Foley's shots also struck the assassin." Steamer Buns Aground. New York, Special. The steamer Soamo of the New York and Porto Rico line, inward bound from San Juan with a hundred and one passen gers aboard, went ashore on the Long Island coast between Lone Hill and Fire Island life-saving stations. She was twenty mile out of her course when she struck during a thick fog ovenhangiug the harbor. Life-savers are standing by with apparatus in case of need. She carried a crew of fifty. Kills Wife With Axe. Wilson, N. C, Special. Monday morning, near here, Will Lewis, a white farer, while drunk, knocked his wife in the head with an axe, killing her. Lewis had been drinking heavily for a week and on several occasions threatened to kill his wife and children. Lewis made his es cape, but officers are confident of capturing him. Bloodhounds are be ins used. Beech Hargis' Trial Called at Jack sen, Jackson, Ky., 6peeial.-Tbe case of the Commonwealth against Beech Hargis, charged with the murder of his father, former Judge James F. Hargis, one of the principals in the Breathitt county feuds, was call ed Monday before Jr.dge Adams. At torney A. Floyd Byrd was engaged by the citizens of Jackson to prose cute Hargis and will assist lhe coun sel for the State. Clothiers in Session. New York, Special. Clothing deal ers from the Atlantic to the "Pacific are in attendance at the national con vention of the National Association of Clothiers, which opened a two days' session in New York. The ses sion will be devoted mainly to a dis cussion of trade topics. CLAIM IT WILL WORK BADLY New Order of Affairs Will Mean the Employment of Thousands of Ad ditional Operators, the Closing of a,Targe Number of SJmall Stations, and General Inconvenience, to ths Traveling and Shipping Public. Washington, Special. American railways have made arrangements to comply with the provisions of the "nine-hour law." The operation of. the law will mean the employment by railroad companies of several thousand additional operators and the closing of a large number of small stations on the 4th of March. The discontinuance of railway ser vice at many points, it is realized, will induce at least temporary incon venience to the traveling and ship ping public, but, in order to reduce operating expenses which now seems necessary, the operating officials of the railways believe that this is the only way tbey possible can meet the situation with which they are con fronted. Astonishing Statements. During the hearing of applications for an extension of the nine-hour law by the intsr-State commerce commis sion some astonishing statements were made by the operating officials I of important railways. A good many j um vau tu ii it;uuvLiv;i ill 1 1 i t i i revenues, and to their inability to command the cash necessary to meet their pay rolls, have been forced, during the past four months, almost to the point of asking for receivers. In the opinion of railway officials ex pressed at the hearing under oath and in private conversation this con dition does not seem to have been due to the enforcement of legislative laws or to the incapacity of railway management. Most of the railroad officials attribute the difficulty to the unfortunate banking situation which developed last September. The rail ways did not feel the stringency in money until about the 1st of Novem ber. In fact, the month of Oetober was one of the best in the history of the business of Amefican railroading. I 'One railway official ventured the statement that in the country to-day there wero 300,000 idle freight cars, and one line which he instanced was declared to be hauling empty cars backward and forward because it had not yard room or sidings to ac commodate them. Note of Confidence. Not a single official of a single railway line who appeared before the commission, however, expressed the belief that the present industrial de pression would be lasting. In the testimony of nearly every witness be fore the commision there was a note of confidence because all of them practically believed that the string- j ency in the money market from ! which the country has suffered is not due to fundamental causes. They point out that the crops last year were good ; that prices were excel lent; that industrial enterprises throughout the country were flour ishing. It was merely the inability to command ready cash and the hoarding of money by panic-stricken individuals which produced so sud denly the remarkable depression from which all have suffered. They practically uniformly express confi dence that the return of prosperity will be almost as sudden as was the coming of adversity and in their ar guments as to the enforcement of the nine-hour law they pointed out to the commission that such a return of prosperity might seriously embarrass them in complying with the law, be cousfi it would render it difficult to command the services of competent operators in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of prosperous condi tions. Falls Through Trestle and is Drown ed. Gaffney, S. C, Special. Coroner Yinsett was notified that a negro had been drowned Saturday night in Buf falo creek, about four miles north of Gaffney. Accompanied by Dr. J. N. Nesbitt, the county physician, he re paired to the scene and learned that .while two drunken negroes were crossing the trestle over Buffalo creek (a large and deep stream) one of them fell through. Prominent Alabama Railroad Man Dead, Selma, Ala., Special,? Andrew J. Kiel, 70 years old, died at his rcsi denco ia Selma. Mr. Niel has been associated with the Southern Railway and its predecessors 38 years. II was the father of Edward A. Niel, of Buffalo, N. Y., traffic manager of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad. Salvation Army Brings 800 Immi grants Over. Halifax, N. S., Special. The Do minican liner Kensington, the first of a series of five steamers chartered by the Salvation Army to carry im migrants from Liverpool to Halifax, arrived here, bearing the army flaj. at her fore. She had 800 persons whn are. hound to nomts in the Cana dian Northwest. Four other steamers will follow this month! EIGHTEEN BLOCKS BURNED OUT Threa Hundred and Eight Building Destroyed, Embracing Five CisX Factories, With a Total Loss Esti mated, a$ 600,000, Tampa, Fla., Special. The entire extreme northeastren section of the city proper was destroyed by fire, which raged until interrupted from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sunday. The area buiiied covered 55 acres or eighteen and one-half city blocks and three hundred and eight buildings were de stroyed, with a total loss estimated at $600,000. The burned section included four large and one smaller cigar factories, numerous restaurants, saloons, board ing houses and over 200 dwellings oc cupied by cigarmakers. The fac tories burned were, M. Staehelberg & Co., loss $100,000; M. Perez & Co., loss $50,000; Gonzales, Fisher & Co., branch of Staehelberg, loss $40,000; Fernandez & Bro., loss $20,000. Cigar Factories Suffer. All factories carried large stocks of tobacco aud cigars. The area swept by fire embraced all that por tion of the city between 12th and Michigan avenues and Sixteenth and Twentieth Streets. It originated in the boarding house of Antonio Diaz, 174 Twelfth avenue, aud fanned by a strong wind, spread out, fan-shaped, defying the efforts of the entire city fire department which was crippled by very weak water pressure, owing to the emallness of the mains iu that sec'iion. Occupants of over two hundred dwelling houses, thrown in to a panic, rushed out, attempting to save but little of their belongings. One fatality is reported, a Cuban wo man in a delicate condition, who dropped dead from the shock, her body being rescued from the burning house with difficulty. In the big factories it was possible only to save the most valuable of records, books. etc., and the valuable stocks of leaf tobacco aud manufactured cigars, ready for shipment, were left to the mercy of the flames. Fire Chief Overcome. Fire Chief Savage was overcome by neat and smoke early in the fire, but recovered later. Citizens volunteered assistance to the hard working fire- l, but the spread ot the flames was so rapid that little effectual work could be done. Among the buildings, other than factories destroyed, were the hotels and cafes of Perez and Castro and Maximo Caras, six saloons, 12 restau rants and 10 boarding houses. The ear barns of the Tampa Electric Com pany, containing 20 cars, were en dangered, and owing to the destruc tion of trolly wires cars eould not be moved. The big Seirenberg branch factory of the Havanna-Amer- ican Cigar Company was also reached by the flames, but was saved and St. Joseph's Catholic Convent and Acad emy barely escaped. Tne tire finally burned itself out at the extreme northeastern corner of the city. Fully half the people rendered homeless wore out of work, owing to the dull season in the factories, and also practically out of funds and their shelter became an immediate problem. Prominent West Virginian Bead. Morganton, W. Va., Special. Dr. Eli Marsh Tucker, formerly president of West Virginia University, died suddenly Sunday of appoplexy. He had apparently been in the best of health and last evening consented to take the nomination for mayor on the Citizens party tkket. Chinese to Surrender Japanese Steamer. Pekin, By Cable. It is annoumced the Chinese government will surren der the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru, which was seized on February 7th by the Chinese customs cruiser outside of Maeao while tmloading a large consignment of rifles and am munition, the rifles numbering several thousand. It was originally charged that an atteapt was being made to bring war supplies into China for revolutionists. News in Brief. Two bombs were thrown at the Shah of Persia, one killing three out riders, but the Shah escaped. A bomb was throws at the carriage of President Alcorta, of Argentina, at Euer.oa Ayrcs, but failed to -plode. The Women's Enfranchisement bill passed its first reading in the House of Commors and was then shelved for the rest of the session. President Pardo, of Lima, visited Admiral Evans and toasted Roose velt. The House Naval Committee re ported in favor of two large Bating drydocks, one for "the Atlantic, one for the Pacific Coast. The House Banking and Currency Committee voted to report favorably the Fowler Currency bill. Ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert argued for the suspension of the Nine-Hour law en the Seaboard Air LineJ . . , OUR DEMOCRATS FOR HIM Eepublicans Vote Solidly For Brad ley and With the Assistance of Four Democrats Succeed in Land ing . tho Former Governor in the SenatorshiB, With Only Few Yoteg to the Good. Frankfort, Ky., Special. Amid scenes of wildest excitement, former Governor William O'Connell Brad- ey, Republican, was elected United States Senator to succeed James B. McCreary. Bradley's term of six years will begin March 4th, 1909. He received 64 votes, four of which were cast by Democrats opposed to for mer Governor Beckham, leading Democratic candidate for senator. who was endorsed for the office at the State primary. The four Democrats were surround ed by party friends and urged to withdraw their support from Bradley and re-elect Senator James McCreary or any Democrat they might name but the four men declared that tho proposal came "too late. The Pemo cratic leaders even promised a caucus to select a candidate, to which tho name of Beckham would not be pre sented. The ballot as recast resulted as follows : ; Bradley G4; Beckham J5; James 15; McCreary 10; Mayo 5; Allen 2; Ellison 1; Stanley 1; Blackburn 1; Cantrell 1; Ellis 1; Cammack 1; Sullivan 1; McElroy 1; Hunt 1. In a speech accepting his election Bradley promised to use every effort as senator to procure the repeal of the 6-ee.nt tax on tobacco. Representative Lillard was the only one of the four Democrats to explain his vote for Bradley. He said he thought the time had come to 'throw ofl party shackles and to break up the machine," and, although he did support the Democratic ticket for 40 years, he believed his vote for Brad ley "was the best Democratic vote he ever cast." The Republicans voted solidly for Bradley, the caucus nominee. It had been held from the beginning of the contest (over six weeks ago) that a majority of a quorum was sufficient for an election, and with 126 mem bers present it reuired 64 votes to elect. The votes of the four Demo crats who have steadily refused to vote for former Governor Beckham were transfered to Bradley from the various Democratic onnonenta Beckham. Winner by Four Vetea. Bradley received 64 votes to 60 for Beckhaml 1 for Allen and 1 t nv Blackburn. The Democrats left tho hal in an attempt to break the vote. but later returned and the vote was ordered ratified. Senators McNutt and Chariton and Representative Meuller, of Louis ville, and Representative Lillard, of Boyle, were the Democrats who voted with the Republicans fop Bradjey. A scene of the wildest excitement prevailed before the result was su nounced, the Democrats demanding a recapitulation. Beckham came on the floor and reelased the Democrats from their primary nomination pledge. Many Democrats sought to change their votes the majority going to Congressman James. Many Hurt in Wreck in Teras. Laredo, Tex., .Special. Four per sons were seriously injured and 2! others hurt early Tuesday when Charles G. Gates' Mexican touring train was ditched- 12 miles north of beae. Most of the passengers were from Toledo, O., and the middle Weet. The wreck was caused by the engine axle breaking. Nine coaches of the train were ditched. Big Bank Ccnsolidation. Chicago, Special. The announce ment made of the practical comple tion of arrangements for the consoli dation of the American Trust and Savings Bank and the Hibernian Banking Association, with a deposit account of fortyrthree milliona and a capital of four millions five hun dred thousand startled financial cir cles here. Negotiations were taken up last fall, but were interrupted by tho panic. Gives Birth t0 Five. Steubensville, O., Special. Five perfectly-formed children were born here Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Georgf; Campbell. Three of the babies died within an hour after their birth. Ono boy and one girl will live, it is said. Three of the children were boys. Mrs. Campbell weighs less than 100 pounds. The combined weight of the nfants was 23 pounds. Physician, declare the case ts be one of the most remarkable known to the profession. Bomb Thrown at tie Shah. Washington, Special. A cable dis patch received here from Teheren by the State Department states that an attempt to assassinate the Shah of Persia was made, but his majesty escaped. A bomb was thrown at the royal carriage and killed several per sons, but the Shah entirely escaped injury. The cablegram does not con tain minute detail;
The Randolph Bulletin (Asheboro, N.C.)
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