RANDOLPH BULLETIN
NO. 2.
VOL. IV.
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NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
Occurrences of Interest Glea.nsd Prom All Sectiou tKo Biwjr
T.r Heel State
Judge Ward Threatened.
A?!ieville. Special. Judge "Ward
?reufed something of a stir in Su
perior Court shortly before adjourn
pe:;t when he announced from the
Jeiich that he had received through
ihe mails a threatning anonymoue
iommunication and directinng that
;he chief of police of the city be
lotifled to appear in court with his
police officers for such instructions
s tha court shall give. Judge Ward
aeciared that the threatening commu
iication would not deter him from
lis purpose to put a stop to lawless
cess in Asneviue anil break up
"bund tigers" in fact, the court
leclared that it made him all the
Bore determined and intimated that
those appearing before him charged
with the illicit selling cf whiskey and
sonvieted would fare badly. The
threatening letter was l-eceived bv
I Judtre Ward after a two davs' trial
i Ji three men, Black, Doan and Wat
i son, chaarged with maintaining a
jj I nuisance in the conduct of a soft
:acl wauubnmrat, tuning wi n x no
onvietion of the tno and the
ftXj vwnt:iJ4.1Il; ill CCIU11 IU lU JL'BIb UI1
i: T the county roads; but it is not be
Uu x iieved the letter has any connection
with the case. Just what the court
snly have to sav to the city police
ham. , .'1
, iwte is mil maue Known. Jt is in
ured n.ed, however, that he intends
riving them instructions to make a
TfehV'0nCerted and systematic raid on
, . Places where it has been rumored
ege:a
;e. 3r Sensation In Fayetteville.
1 las i t-
at ai.V' Fayetteville, Special. Jacob Hart,
iband; the white man who drugged and rjb
Lydia,' Jed D. W. Parker, an upholsterer of
cmnu, ;hiS city Monday and afterward es-
-M,apeWs bro"ffht here and turned
SE , iZeT to the poIice b' Chief of Police
PinKi Thomas of Aberdeen, having been
raaae:aptured there. Somewhat of a sen
n thiation was produced at the hearing
" " 1 V - ' alleged "blind timers" arrest-
'Ivl1,-es ,.-k, when Robert . Clark, a
riunuay. tlifnte man, swore on the wit-
A. WootV Vand that he had purchased
:i whiskey from Detective Morris, one
.J f the th ree detectives who was em-
a. in? inree aeieetives who was em
'!?Crl Ploye1 by tlle Anti-Saloon League
CUl 1 -to ferret out he "tigers" and who
ij if a star witness for the pros?cu-
ion in trying the cases. It has been
nimnrfld f I,,, i n 1 t i
gr a "uihuii litis oeen is-
i0i ued by the United States govcrn-g-?mont
against one of the detectives
ferj ut this rumor cannot be confirmed.
Several other warrants have been
, lerved on alleged "blind tigers"
3 nd the offenders brought to bar.
V, Youth's Heart Cut Out.
"f ".Dallas. Soecial. Cris Grisss. 17
: Jarrett, another youth of about the
v. tome age. The killing occurred in
! front of Green Brown's store and
';Jthe weapon used by Jarrett was a
" ' ' miiLb. V( J ' i-j , , Ul UIU til bill VI
the heart and death being1 almost in-
n any r stantaneons. As soon as he had
iter' stabbed Griggs Jarrett ran to his
makely father's home a short distance away,
f the h with the aid of a number of de
gputies Sheriff Shuford soon had the
"5o aid house surrounded and Jarrett in cus
s tody. Sheriff Shuford got up from
,u.oi'.i ' 4 oe( having been sick for some
7 to time, and by quick work had the
m. Ms?l boy's slayer in jail in a short time.
Jarrett is the son of a merchant
n nere, wnne tinggs' people are mill
operatives here. It is alleged that
W NiJarrett had made some slurring re
3 Tnarks about Griggs, which the latter
resented when they met on the street.
VA quarrel followed, with the result
lis given. No weapon was found on
I the dead boy's body. The killing
RALLY. created much excitement, as Dallas
gfjis usually a quiet and nrrWIv town
:k, Pa. J
3 Orphan Asylum Physician's Stato-
CliREj ment.
f Qui Oxford,. Special. Dr. T. L. Booth
I Belil issued the following statement: On
in!!?i 'y one new case of scarlet fever has
ureatmi appeared in the Oxford Orphan Asy
en'slon14lunl sinee Tuesday, November 10.
Atlanta. 5 The type continues very mild indeed.
T. L. BOOTH.
Physician Oxford Orphan Asylum.
$100,000 Tor the G. F. C. Endowment
t rirJ Asheville, Special. Thursday's
L Ulf session of the "Western North Caro-
I lina Methodist Conference was inter
.FKtl?r" e",'uS and important, the feature of
OUTitJi 'lie session being the voting by the
conference that it would, as indivi
dual members, sign notes by which
the one hundred thousand dollar en
dowment fund for Greensboro Female
College would be secured, makinsr it
41 le on'y woman 's cc-Ilege in Southern
sfJa Methodism owned by the church with
was cast against the propositon.
Lewis Fletcher Hangs.
Charlotte, Special. Facing the in
urnment of his death with nerve un-
tin the) afft-eted and practically without a tre-
nvingiti nr or a flinch Lewis Fletcher paid
n. 50c! kllc prnalty Friday morning for the
jgg&g&sa mr(lcr of George Boyd m the Hope-
. p'l fommunity one Sunday morning
ln Srpteinber. e drop was made
at 11:01 o'clock and at 11:15 the
pending physicians pronounced that
he at dead.
Two Convicts Escaped.
"alt i-h, Special. The pententiary
uthcr:ii,.s give notice that two ne-
f0e' Henry Howard and John
(scaped from the State farm
g tl: evening of the 18th instant.
c,,0,v?"d was sentenced from McDow-
t0 can,y February 18th, 1907, for a
gtp , f three years for larceny.
. e ,vas sentenced from Guilford
of ( August 22d, 1904, for a term
reca'' - ears or larceny. . For the
ill le eak tnese" men there
nece4 Pd a reward and
17 expenses. .
Tar Heel Topics,
It is learned from the deputy re
venue collectors that the number of
brandy distilleries this year making
brandy from apple cider is very large
indeed, but most" of them have closed
up their work in. the east though in
the mountain region it continues, the
apple crop there being extremely
heavy. In the eastern district some
of the leading distilleries will pay
tax on as much as a thousand gallons
each of this brandy. It is the last
year in which they can make it un
der the terms ; of the prohibition
law. It is said' that twice as much
brandy has been made as heretofore
A good deal of wine has been made
but not much grape brandy
The Broughton Buggy Manufactur
ing Company, of Elizabeth City,
which was recently incorporated with
an authorized capital of $50,000, is
preparing to begin business at once
at tllc old stand of the Elizabeth City
I'Vg'jy Company. Some of the leading
business men of that city are con
nected with this new enterprise and
its success is assured. The officers
are: W. J. Broughton, vice president;
W. M. Old, treasurer, and Dr. S. W.
Gregory, secretary.
The State Agricultural Department
issued its first booklet, containing
a list of the North Carolina farms
for sale in the tidewater section, the
law requiring such publication. The
booklet is handsomely illustrated.
Others will follow containing lists
cf lands for sale in the coastal plain,
the middle section, the Piedmont
section and the mountain region,
Ex-Judge Walter A. Montgomery
sues lor $50,000 from The News and
Observer on the ground of libel in
publishing Tom Dixon's denunciation
of ATonrg-omery after the lntter's ref
erence to Dixon in a speech here. This
is the same amount of damages claim-
ed ngainst Dixon in the Federal
court.
A Man Aged 105 Dies in Haywood
County.
Asheville, Special. News has been
received here of the death on Upper
Pigeon, Haywood county, Thursday,
of "Uncle" Henry Grogan, who
passed to rest at the ripe age of al
most 105. Had he lived until last
Thursday he would have celebrated
the 105th anniversary of his birth.
Surviving are several children and
a number of grand children and great
grand children. Mr. Grogan was the
oldest citizen of Haywood county
since the death in that county a year
or more ago, of "Uncle Ed" Messer,
who went to rest at- the age of 114.
Mr. Grogan was a native of South
Carolina, removing to Haywood
county during the war of, the States
He was an honest and upright citi
zen and had many friends in the
western section of the State.
Detectives Are Arrested.
Fayetteville, Special. M. L. Stan
ton and M. J. Morris, two of the an-ti-salcon
league detectives who fur
nished information on which the
eighteen alleged blind tigers have
just been indicted, were arrested by
Constable Goddard, 'charged with car
rying concealed weapons. A revol
ver was found in the possession of
Stanton, but Morris had no weapon
They were both bound over to court
by Magistrate McRae under a $200
bond, which was furnished by City
Attorney J. Sprunt Newton.
Crop Estimated at 600,000
Raleigh, Special. Commissioner of
Agriculture William A. Graham, at
the request of the Association of
Commissioners of the Southern
States estimated from reports to him
the North Carolina cotton crop, put
ting it at 600,000 bales, a decrease
of 16 per cent from last year's crop.
This year's acreage is larger than
last year.
State News Items.
Work has been commenced on the
new freight depot at Gastonia, which
the Southern Railway is to build to
replace the one burned some months
ago. Mr. J. E. McAllister, of Gas
tonia, has the contract for it. It
will be rebuilt on the old site.
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Citizens' Bank of
Elizabeth City, Judge George W.
Ward was elected a director to suc
ceed the late Benjamin F. White.
A charter is granted the Shapei
and White Hardware Company.
Elizabeth City, $25,000 capital stock
Bulletin on Fruits.
Raleigh, Special. The Agricultural
Department has issued the Septembei
bulletin, which is upon the varities oi
fruit best suited for North Carolina,
this having been prepared by W. N.
Hutt, State horticulturist, and his
assistant, S. B. Shaw. The bulletin
which the Agricultural Department
is- preparing are so extremely valu
able that they are in request not only
in this State but in other States and
are very frequently quoted.
Lutheran Conference.
Salisbury, Special. The Northen
Conference of the . North Carolini
Lutheran Synod Convened in annua
session at Bethel, Rowan county, witl
a representative number of ministers
and laymen in attedance. There an
a number of important speakers 01
the program, which will close Satur
day with a Sunday School Normal
conducted by Mrs. T. E. Johnson an
others fom Salisbury.
CAMPAIGN FUNDS OF
REPUBLICAN PARTY
J. Pierpont Morgan Has Second Place
Andrew Carnegie and Whitelaw
Raid, However, Also la 926,000
Class President $1,000.
New York dispatch, 21st.
When the report of George S. Shel-
don, Republican national treasurer.
p njeo witn we state Auditor of
Sew York at Albany it will be found
it U laid that the Republican cam
paign which elected William H. Taft
as conducted wit a fund of about
$1,700,000.
Charles P. Taft was the heaviest
contributor having added $160,000 to
the fund.
The following isthe list of leadinr
contributors who gave over $250:
Charles P. Tatt $160,000
J. Pierpont Morgan 25,000
Andrew Carnegie 25,000
William Nelson Cromwell... 25,000
Whitelaw Reid 25,000
D. 0- Mills 5,000
Adolphus Busch 5,000
ft. C. Kerens 5,000
W. C. Dickey 5,000
William Barrett Ridgely .. 1,200
President Roosevelt 1,000
$Vank B. Kellogg 1,000
& A. Severance 1,000
SL N. Saunders 1,000
tbomas F. Cole 1,000
Edward R. Stettinius 1,000
Marvin Hughitt 1,000
N. W. Harris 1,000
H. K. Cbnehran 1,000
Charles R. Crane 1,000
Samuel Insull. 1,000
John C. Wharton 1,000
Charles Page Bryan 1,000
VY. II. Bartlett 1,000
James A. Patten 1,000
Robert T. Lincon.. .. .. 1,000
E. P. Frazier. . . . - 1,000
John G. Shedd 1,000
Joy Morton 1,000
E. A. W. Kieckheifer 1,000
Gave Less Than $1,000.
William Kent 800
P. H. Smith S00
A. S. Littlefield C25
John Milton Oliver 500
Walter Burroughs 500
Clayton Mark. . " 500
& SU.h 500
U. B. GrOrin Knn
w. oooancn 500
W. H. Evans 500
C. B. Borland 500
C. S. Jobes 500
F. E. Grimes 500
F. H. Smith 500
T. D. Jones 500
B. E. Sunny.. 500
John A. Spoor 600
Samuel Cupples.. .. .. .... 500
R. S. Brookings 500
Julius Rosenwald.. . . .... 500
L. A. McKay 500
John S. Runnells 500
W. F. Comstock.. 500
William McLaughlin 500
J. A. Holmes 500
Spencer Otis 500
E. B. Price 500
William T. Joyce 500
And These Gave $500.
J. C. Shaffer 500
George F. Griffin 500
D. A. Cempbell 500
E. F. Swinney 500
D. M. Houser 500
Edward B. Butler 500
H. W. Coe 500
J. H. Etought 500
Stewart Spalding 500
E. J. Buffington 500
A. ?. Mulliken 500
David B. Jones 500
R. W- Sears 500
Mark S. Willing 400
John Dupree 400
F. J. Dewes 400
J. C. Ames 300
Warren Nichols 300
Harry Hart 300
J. F. Downing 300
E. E. Morgan 300
Charles Piez ' 300
T. B. Lyon 300
H. P. Knapp 300
E. V. Price 300
Francis Beidler.. ........ 300
Calvin Durand 300
E. J. Lehmann 300
Alexander Robertson.. .. .. 300
And These Gave $250.
The following save $250
each :
Charles J. Singer, R. Ortman, R. A.
Keyes, John P. Wilson, Levy Mayer,
George J. Cocke, G. M. Reynolds, C.
L. Willey, A. C. Bartlett, J. D. Bas
com, H. Woodland, F. S. Winston,
Henry G. Hart, W. H. Whiteside, J.
B. Tarbell, II. M. Vlvllesby, R. L. W.
Bowers,. William Butterworth, W. V.
Kelley, P. J. Bennett, M. J. Spiegal,
A. B. Conover, M. A. Ryerson, D. H.
Bnrnham. P TT TT,.1K,. nfot TViv-
den Fisher, E. L. Ryerson, Eugene S.
riKe, u. n. barker, Graham U. Har
ris, J. S. Field, D. M. Cumminss, Jo
seph B. Field. F. H. Rawson, 0. W.
Norton, A. M. Barahart, W. Stone,
Kenneth Clark, T. A. Schulze, John
I. H. Field, C. K. Sharood, John R.
Mitchell, Gebhard Bohn, A. H. Lin
dke, C. W. Gordon, E. H. Bailey, F.
B. Wells, F. C. Vann Dusen, W.
Deering, Byron L. Smith and H. II.
Porter.
Governor of Florida Will Open Cot
ton Convention.
Lake Citj Fla., Special. The com
mittee on arrangements for the cot
ton convention here November 25th,
received a message from Governor
Broward that he would be on hand to
open the convention. Senators Talia
ferro and Fletcher, together with
many merchants and bankers of
prominence will be present and ev
ery phase of the cotton business will
be discussed.
Raised 121 Bushels of Corn to Acre.
Gaffney, S. C., Special. The com
mittee appointed by the Merchants
and Planters' Bank to decide who is
entitled to the $50 prize offered by
it for the largest yield of corn from
one acre of land in Cherokee county,
awarded the prize to O. P. Hill, who
raised 121 bushels. The total num
ber of bushels of corn raised by the
seventeen men who competed for this
prize is 1,38413-80, being an avreage
of more than 80 bushels' an acre.
OIL KING ON STAND
i
Rockefeller Tries to Unload
Responsibility For Pig Trust
PUTS THE BLAME UP TO OTHERS
President of the Standard Oil Trust
Continues to Unravel That Corpo
ration's History Credit Tor Its
Existence Should Go to H. M. Flag
ler and S. C. T. Dodd Says the
Company Has Not Been a Trust
Since 1892, When it Was Dissolved
by Order of Court, Since Which
Time the Subsidiary Companies
Have Been Entirely Independent.
New York, Special. Credit for the
creation of the Stanard Oil trust,
which counsel for the Federal govern
ment claim still exists as the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey, was
given by John D. Rockefeller as a
witness Tuesday under cross-exami
nation in the Federal suit to dis
solve the Standard, to two men
Henry M. Flagler and Samuel C. T.
Dodd. To these two master archi
tects of the oil combine, Mr. Rocke
feller gave full credit, saying that he
did not possess the ability for so pro
gressive a move.
Mr. Rockefeller spent an arduous
doy an the stand under the incessant
questioning of Frank B. Kellogg, the
government counsel, and when ad
journment was taken until Tuesday he
gave every evidence of delight that
the day was done. Counsel hope to
conclude Mr. Kocketeller's cross-
examination Tuesday, when it is ex
pected to place John D. Archbold
vice president of the Standard on the
stand.
Frank B. Kellogg, who with other
government investigators, has been
endeavoring for over a year to obtain
the missing stock transfer books of
the Standard Oil trust, sought thro
Mr. Rockefeller to find the missing;
trail to these books and Mr. Rocke
feller promised to do what he could
to find them. Mr. Rockefeller's ex
amination carried him through the
period of the Standard Oil trust and
the years of its subsequent liquida
tion, which lasted from 1892 to 1899
Mr- Jioekefeller's memory at .times
was hot clear on the definite details
Of this trust liquidation period and he
told counsel that he could not recall
many of the incidents and develop
ments of that time. During the day
Mr. Kellogg developed from Mr.
Rockefeller that early in the indus
trial existence of the Standard the
presidents of two railroad companies
together with seveinl railroad direc
tors, were stockholders in the oil com
bination.
After adjournment Mr. Rockefeller
told an lnquirin? audience of report
ers that there were better things in
the world than making money, and
since 1891 he had been gradually re
tiring from business. He added
".There is moro important work
than making money, and there
much for me to do. I belong to thic
Brotherhcod of Man."
At the opening of the hearing Mr.
Rockefeller said that be thought there
was aij increase in the stock of the
Standard Oil Company of Ohio from
$2,500,000 to $3,500,000 in 1875.
"How many railroad men did you
take into the Standard after 1870?"
asked Mr. Kellog.
"I could not say," was Mr. Recke
feller's response.
"Was W. H. Vanderbilt a stock
holder?" "I can't say definitely. He might
have been a stockholder for a trifling
amount."
"Did you not sign a paper on
March 10th, 1875, requesting an in
crease of capital stock as follows:
'W. II. Vanderbilt bv J. D. Rocke
feller, his attorney?' "
"That may be; the paper would be
the best evidence."
Mr. Kellogg brought out the fact
that Amasa Stone, then president of
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railroad ; Stillman Witt, a director of
the Lake Shore and Big Four roads,
and J. P. Hendy, also a director of
the Big Four, were taken into the
Standard Oil Company in the early
days.
"Who got up this Standard Oil
trust?"
"I should say that H. M. Flagler
and S. C T. Dodd should have the
credit. I am sure it was not I. I
am not so learned in legal matters
as that. I do not claim any credit,
for Mr. Flagler and Mr. Dodd should
have full credit." . -
Mr. Rockefeller said that the vi
Hari
ous companies in the Standard Oil
trust agreement which was made in
1872 were managed as separate and
independent corporations. Mr. Rocke
fellar said that the total value of the
thirty-nine corporations included in
the trust was apporximately $170,000,
000, and that each of the stockholders
named in the trust agreement receiv
ed certificates for the amount of stock
of subsidiary companis which he own
ed. Lynched For Assault.
Charleston, S. C, Special. Jin:
Gilmore, a young negro about 2C
years old, was taken from the guard
house in Luray, a small town ir
Hampton county, this State, aftex
midnight and lynched by a party oi
enraged citi2ens. Gilmore had at
tempted to criminally assault one of
the daughters of his employer, Mr.
A. C. Fitts, a highly respected far
mer, while the jroung lady and hei
sister were asleep Saturday night.
New York Bond.
New York, Special. Comptrollei
Metz hopes to have something to be
thankful for as a result of the sale
of a new issue of $12,500,000 in 4
per cent New York city bonds
Twelve millions will run for fifty
years and the balance for ten years.
It is believed that the sale will b
successful and the money realized
will go far towards relieving the pres
ent cramped condition oi the eity't
nnanees. 4.
II WS :i BRIEF
Uerot off later est Gathered By
Wire aad Cable
CLEABMS FECtf DAY TO DAY
Lire Items Coverfof Brents of Blore
r Lew interest at Home, and I
Abroad.
Foreign Affairs.
A revolution has broken out in
Haiti. General Simon being the
eader.
Prince Chun has taken the reins of
Government at Peking.
The French cruiser Conde ran on
the rocks off the Corsican coast.
Two American naval officers are to
be court-martialed on the charge of
misconduct in Japan.
Germany has assumed a waiting
attitude to see the effects of the
Kaiser's promise.
Prince Chun, the new regent of
China, has caused great dissatisfac
tion by ignoring the Chinese in favor
of the Manchus.
Excitement at St. Pierre, Miquelon,
over tne clerical school still con- !
tinnes.
The case of Count Boni, who seeks
to get his children back, was post
poned.
Montenegro is reported to be arm
ing against Austria.
In the South.
BiSoTmeSVr&S sid!
Col. Joseph Bryan, owner of the
denly in Richmond.
Portsmouth's annexation of large
territory was sustained by Judge
White.
"Sam" Hardy, accused of T. B.
Jones' murder at Holland, made an
assignment.
Stuart Oliver, of Baltimore, bought
the Staunton Dispatch.
Miscellaneous.
Perhaps 25 persons were killed by
the explosion of -a gas main in
Brooklyn.
John D. Rockefeller was under
The Federation of T.flhnr. hv mWDt-
ing President Gompers' annual re
rrrt ciietaino Vii-m !-
Richard Crocker, tormer lanpaany
chief, arrived in New York. V
There is talk about getting the
Chicago grand jury to investigate the
affairs of A. Booth & Co.
In attacking the Republican pro
gram of tariff revision Representa
tive Champ Clark, the Democratic
leader, denounced it as a "grab
game."
The "Corn Starch Trust" was
scored at the tariff hearing before the
House committees because it sells
starch cheaper abroad than in Ameri
ca. Richard Croker is expected to land
from the Luistania Friday.
Three youths, arrested in connec
tion with the vineland, N. J., mur
der, accused each other.
Attorney-General Bonaparte made
an address before the National Muni
cipal League, in which he dwelt on
defects in the criminal law.
The trustees of the Carnegie Foun
dation met in New York.
David Rothschild, a New York
exponent of "high finance," died in
Sing Sing.
Disputes among labor unions were
settled by the American Federation
of Labor convention.
The Florida railroad peonage case
was dismissed by Judge Hough in
New York.
Richard Croker sailed for New
York.
Mrs. Howard Gould was awarded
$25,000 a year alimony instead bf the
$120,000 she asked.
Ionian & Co., of Augusta, Ga., cot
ton factors, were awarded in Musco
gee Superior Court a verdict in the
sum of $64,567.71 against the Central
of Georgia Railway on a suit for al
leged damage to cotton burned in the
Columbus yards of the defendant
company.
Roosevelt's views as to a Catholic
President have stirred the Lutherans.
The Republican capaign fund as
published since the election amounted
to $1,500,000 besides half a million
for State and Congressional contribu
tions. Civil War in Persia Seems Imminent.
London, By Cable. AH word re
ceived from Teheran indicates that
the Persian situation is again acute,
while fighting in the capital is desul
tory, it is intimated in despatches
from the British minister that it is
likely soon to involve the entire city
and that civil war is imminent.
Killed by Cave-in.
Durham, N. C, Special. A mes
sage at midnight from Burlington
says that while putting in the forms
for the city waterworks reservoir,
George W. Denny, of Durham, a car
penter 45 years old, was caught in a
landslide and instantly killed. The
accident occurred at 11 o'clock when
a big force of hands was bracing the
timbers to hold the earth back. The
cave-in occurred when there was no
possible way to avoid it.
Dynamite Kills One.
Brown tvillej Pa., Special. One
man was blown to pieces and five oth
ers probably fatally injured when a
quantity of dynamite exploded in the
shaft of the Simpson coal mine, four
miles south of here. The dead man is
Eugene Campbell, a laborer of Union
town, Pa. That the five injured men
were not instantly kiUed is consider
ed remarkable as they were blown
sixty feet up the mine shaft and
then fell to the bottom. It is be
lieved most of the injured will die.
AN EXPERT
LATE EVENTS MEAN
Prof. Hirth Calls Chinese Born Parliamen-
tarians Predicts Progress.
New York City. Friedrich Hirth,
Professor oi Chinese in Columbia
University, who as a lifelong student
of. the Chinese people, their language
and literature, is considered one 01
the best authorities living on Chinese
topics, gave it as his opinion that the
death of the Empress Dowager and
the Emperor meant the opening 01
an entirely new and better era which
qh. f th world He
thought affairs In China would from
I now on advance rapidly toward Euro-
Pean ideals, and though progress will
I be transformed intn a. nation on an
I equal footing with the other great
I natlnna nf th world.
nations of the world
Professor Hirth had no belief ln
the report that foul play had entered
into the death of the Dowager or the
Emperor. In regard to the general
attitude of the Influential parties and
Individuals toward the new rule, he
said:
- "I think the events of the next few
weeks or days will determine the
question of bloodshed or peace. J
think that both Liberals and Conser
vatives are ready to wait quietly in
order to see what course the Govern
ment will take. Prince Chun is a
Liberal, and he has enough followers,
I think, among the really dangerous
party, the overardent Liberals, who
might be called the Anarchistic party,
to avert any trouble from them.
"Prince Chun, I believe, is an able
man. He has visited Germany on a
diplomatic mission. He alone of those
who have come into great power in
China has seen Europe; that single
fact should be enough to show in
what direction his rule will tend."
Speaking in a general way of the
death of Emperor and Dowager he
said:
"It appears to me a very beneficial
thing for Chlua. The antagonistic
relations between the two and the
control by the Dowager of the Em
peror roused great dissatisfaction
among the Liberals, who had rested
their hopes on the Emperor.
VOODOO SIGN CAUSED SUICIDE.
Superstitious Test Applied to a. Man Accused of Murder Drives Him to Dealli
Eed Stain on tne Weapon, Mistaken Fer Blood, is Eealiy Rust
Montlcello, Ark. Suspicion of
murder having been confirmed against
him in the eyes of bis neighbors by a
voodoo test, Louis Hursh, a farmer,
cut his throat and died in the pres
ence of the Coroner's jury.
Samuel Haywood was the man
whose murder was under investiga
tion. He was called to hlB front door
at night and killed with a charge of
buckshot. His wife had but a fleet
ins glance at the assassin and could
give no clew to bis identity.
Hursh was Questioned about the
crime at the inquest, but protested
that he had no knowledge of it. Mem
bers of the. family swore that he was
at home when the shot was fired, and
Hursh apparently had been llmiur
ated from the list bt suspects whaa
one of the Jurymen, an aged negro,
poke up.
"Try the voodoo test on him,"
npged the negro.
"What's that?" Inquired the Coro
ner. "Get Hursh's gun and fire It off
again while he is standing by. If he
did the murder the gun will sweat
blood."
The Coroner was disinclined to
take this step, but others urged it on
him and he finally consented. Hursh
declared that it was a matter of In
difference to him whether the test
President's Promise to an Ohio
Veteran of the Civil War.
Washington, D. C. General H. C.
Coroin, retired, secured from Presi
dent Roosevelt a promise to appoint
Gilbert Van Zandt, the drummer boy
Ot the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry in the Civil War, to a place
in the Government service. General
Corbin brought Van Zandt, whose
home is at Wilmington, Ohio, with
him and told the President that he
entered the military service at ten
years of agents a drummer boy in the
Seventy-ninth Ohio.
Utnb Ends of News.
It was believed in Berlin that
France and Germany are nearer war
than they have been since 1870.
Washington dispatches reported
Frank H. Hitchcock would be Postmaster-General
in tha Taft Cabinet.
Charles F. Murphy asserted that
Tammany Hall did all it could for W.
J. Bryan, despite charges to the con
trary. - It 13 now "All aboard for Guate
mala" from any railway station in
the United skates. AH tail commu -
nication with Progressive City is njw
open.
LtTS SOME.TH1NO
Cartoon by Triggs, in the New York l'ress.
A MODERN CHINA
"Yet Tsl-An played a valuable hai t.
It almost seems she saved the nation
in 189S, when by a coup d'etat the
youne Emperor tried to crowd on
China in twenty days changes which
the nation would have needed as
manv vears to digest.
"Yet. the Emneror being nigmy
annreciated by tne party or reiorm
and progress, her seizure 01 me rems
of Government and suppression of
new ideas cast a gloo'm over the spirit
of the empire. And little as we know
the new characters on the Chinese
stage, it is fair to believe that both
extremes conservative and progres
sive will hold themselves in check.
and will wait to see where the Gov.
ernment Is tending. All depends on
events; it is impossible to staJte.wJ
prohabilities. ejc or
"But the tendency, whether caim
or violent, will, I feel sure, be toward
liberalism. These two deaths have
cleared the coiirse for China. There
is much talk of antagonism toward
Manchu rule, yet that antagonism is
a thing of recent years; it has been
greatly heightened by the relations
between the Emperor and his aunt,
the Dowager. I believe now that that
antagonism will calm down for the
time, and will, if the new Govern
ment gives satisfaction, die out.
"The talk is of a Constitutional
Government. I think, and have al
ways thought, the Chinese well fitted
for it. They have always appeared to
me to he born parliamentarians. Cer
tainly they are as well fitted for lib
eral institutions as any Oriental na
tion better fitted than the Turks or
Persians, as well fitted, I think, as
the Japanese. But I believe they will
model their Government on the Jap
anese Government, and that the
stages of their progress generally will
be peaceful.
"The present Government has a
strong liberal party behind it, and the
radicals are too much in the minority
now to do any harm. So many strong
men, both liberal and radical, are
with the Government that I do not
foresee a serious outbreak."
was applied or not. He told where
his gun would be found, and it was
brought into court.
The Coroner and jury adjourned te
the woods near by, and the gun wa
loaded and discharged. Hursh stood
by, apparently careless of the results.
Following the firing of the gun the
jurymen crowded around it to exam
ine it for the sign. A murmur arose
among them, and the suspense was
more than the prisoner could bear.
He turned to the gun-to examine It,
and the man who had suggested the
voodoo test pointed to a red stain
near the muzzle of the weapon. Hursh
became agitated and seemed on the
point of making a dash for liberty
when be was seized by a deputy.
Without further investigation the
party filed back Into the court-room,
where ln a few moments the Jur
held Hursh responsible for the kill
ing, and Coroner Lewis signed the
commitment.
When the prisoner saw that he was
to be sent to Jail on the strength of
the voodoo test he took a sharp knife
from his pocket and with one stroke
ended his life.
Subsequently more careful examin
ation of the red stain on the muzzle
of the gun was made and beyond any
doubt It was established to be noth
ing but rust.
Queer Dr. Gabrinl Dead
in His Striss Chateaa.
Geneva. The richest and most ec
centric man in Switzerland, Dr. Ga
yrini, la dead at Lugano, leaving a
fortune of fSOO.OOO, most of which
was made in America.
Dr. Gabrini Was a man of the sim
plest habits. He would wear the
shabbiest clothes, and many tourists
who visited his beautiful chateau at
CianI accepted his services as a guide
under the impression that he was
one of his gardeners. Ht used to
take their tips with glee.
The Field of Sports.
P. T. Powers was elected president
of the Eastern Baseball League.
Thomas C. Jefferson, one of the
best known owners of trotting and
saddle horses in Kentucky, died at
his home in Lexington, Ky., aged
fifty-seven years.
The ten-mile Marathon run to be
held in conjunction with the Brooklyn
Postofiice games ou Saturday, Janu
ary 16, is going to ha an interesting
a if air. All the old-timers will start.
jxhe feature w
I lesnip. who wi
lil be the race of Gil-
ins a bride U be crosses
lthe taoe first.
WR REVENUE MLY
Andrew Carnegie Comes Out
for Tariff Revision
SAYSPROTfCTION NOT NEEDED
Iron Master, in a Notable Article in
December Issue of a Magazine,
Will Declare That Duties on Manu
factured Articles Should be Reduc
ed or Altogether Abolished, and
That Only the Luxuries Used by
the Rich Should Bear a Duty.
New York, Special. A notable ar-
icle from Andrew Carnegie, dealing
ffith- the tariff, will appear in the
forthcoming December number of
"he Century Magazine, in which the
xon master takes the position that
'infant mdvstries" no longer need
protection; tbat the steel ahd othei'
industries h ivo now grown beyond
:he need of tarifi: protection; that
luties cn lu:mries used by the rich
hould be maintained, but that those
)n manufactured articles should bo
educed greatly, or abolished entire-
y when no lonarer needed.
Mr. Carnegie's article is entitled
'My Experience With and Views
Jpon the Tariff."
Mr. Carnegie says:
"We have already become by far
;he greatest of all manufacturing na
tions. While the tariff as a whole
;ven today has ceased to be primar-
ly beneficial as a measure of protec
;ion, it has become of vast iniport-
mce from the standpoint of revenue,
nd it is to this feature I bespeak the
pecial attention of readers of all
parties, for duties upon imports, not
?or protection, L;it for needed reve
ille, should not become a party ques-
;ion. ltoaoniuile men 01 an parties
nay be expected to approve this plan
)f obtaining revenue."
He savs: "flic American tariffs, in
lappy contrast to others, almost ex-
;inpt the poor and heavily tax the
rich, just as it should, for it is they
ivho have the ability to pay as re
paired by the highest economic au
;hority." Mr. Carnegie says of future tariff
egislation:
"The next Conqriess dealing with
;he tariff will probably be inclined at
irst to reduce duties all around and
Derhaps to abolish some, but its first
jgaioud b; to maintain present
cases 10
a u ties, am;
-until ail aiticles
used
ot -or m-nffl.im but for reve-
iup, not drfwn from (he workers b it
from the rub. That is the first and
prime duty of Congress.
"Its second duty is to reduce du
ties greatly u) on manufactured ar
ticles and to abolish entirely those no
longer needed. rtT"
What Democrats Spent.
Chicago, Special. The l)iuurati
lational committee received in .
$620,644.77 and spent $019,410.06
during the recent presidential cam
paign, leaving a balance on hand of
fl.2;4.71. So reads a statement made
public by the officers of the coramit-
ec and the itemized statement will
be filed for record in the office of the
Secretary of Slate of Kentucky ' in
compliance with the resolution adoDt-
ed by the national committee at Lin
coln, Neb., last. July. The statement
made public by the committee in
titules a certificate of audit by My
ron D. King, auditor of the national
committee.
Briefs of General News.
Gen. William L. Marshall recom
mends that Congress appropriate
9C"),000 for next year's work on the
Baltimore channels.
John D. Rockefeller began testify
ing for the defense in the suit of the
government to dissolve the Standard
Oil Coumany.
Sunday Tragedy in Alabama Town.
Birminghom, Ala., Special. J. A.
Northeutt, a well-known citizen of
Henry Ell, Jefferson county, was
shot, and ahr.nst instantly killed b
I. W. Dement. The shooting occui
red in front of Northeutt 's home and
three bullets took effect. Dement was
brought her and lodged in the county
jail. He will say nothing as to the
cause of ihet ragody.
Cleveland Street Car Strike Called
Off.
Cleveland, O., Special At a meet
ing of the local union of the street
railway motornien and conductors it
was unanimously voted to call off fche
strike against the Municipal Traction
Company, which was begun last May.
The company was foreed into the
bands of receivers who now are in
charge of t he :a:'-".y property. The
Mutual Traction Company refused to
2ran t an increase m wages, .wiich
was demanded by the union and tho
strike was ordered. -
Atlanta Negro Murders His Wife.
Atlanta,. Ga., Special Using . a .
razor with which he severed the
carotid artery and jugular vein, Sam
Jones, a negro, Sunday killed his
wife and left her dead body in a pool
cf blood in a house in the rear of 177
West Mitchell street. Jones madf
his escape. He is described as a low
heavy-set negro, very black and
weighs about lit) pounds.
Democratic Contributors Number
Over 71,000.
ah it v Co.io;.., TJfnrpsent-
in? Chairman Norman h. -Mack
Treasurer Hcimaa Kidder, of
nemneratic national committee.
noi 1 nomas, a i jk "
ney, arrived in Albany with
nai contrihuhons wliu
filed at the cmee or uu
Stat?. The corcpl
Kilter nnmbers over
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