BULLETIN
MNDOLP
VOL. IV.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1909.
NO. 47.
THE
Cooperation of the Great Lead Mosv
archs of the World Will Fax their
Own Prices
London, By Cable. Seventy per
cent of the entire world's lead supply
is to be brought under absolute con
trol of one group of separate corpor
ations, working together in harmony.
Prices are to advance from $68.75
a ten, as at present, to $95 or $100 a
ton.
The immense interests concerned
comprise the Guggenheims and other
larpe American prodncers, the Span
ish Association of Prodncers, the
Broken Hill interests of Australia
and the German Lead Trust. The:
interests combined control 75 per cent
of the world's lead supply. Their
position in the world's markets will
enable them to make what-prices they
please.
For five years the German Lead
Trust has been trying to obtain com
plete control of its own and adjacent
European markets; but the competi
tion of American and Spanish inter
ests has upset the trust's pains.
About a year ago the German inter
ests made overtures to the Broken
Hill people, and a temporary working
agreement was patched up, but this
was not enough to secure the control
needed to raise prices to a profitable
basis. The Guggenheim and other
SENATOR CLAPP SAYS REVISE THE TAR-FF DOWNWARD
Washington, Special. Mr. Clapp,
of Minnesota, in the Senate Friday,
commented upon the policy of protec
tion and referred to . distinctions be
tween a protective teriff and a tariff
for revenue only.
The promise of the Republican
party, Mr. Clapp declared, was that
the tariff should be revised downward,
and he asserted that this promise had
been made in response to a positive
demand. He said that the position
on the part of protective interests
was that we should let well enough
alone and on the part of consumers
that the tariff should be revised.
"iou can't "tell me," he said,
"that the latter demand did not
mean that the tariff should be revis
ed downward. To take any other pos
ition is mere boys' play, nothing less
than a faree, and if I did not bellieve
the duties were to be lowered in re
sponse to this exaction, I would pack
my grip and go home, for as a Sena
tor I am not required to participate
in such a farce as the mere re-enact
IMPORTANT DECISION OF
Richmond, Va., Special. In an
opinion handed down by the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals Wed
nesday morning in the case of Max
Cohen against the United States, the
United States Court for -the District
of South Carolina was reversed. It
holds that a man, indicted on the
charge of oriminally concealing cer
tain portions of, his property, as he
peeks protection from his creditors
in bankruptcy, cannot be convicted on
the evidence given by himself.
Max Cohen was indicted for know
ingly and fraudentiy coaeealing cer
tain personal property which should
have bean returned and delivered, to
his trustee in bankruptcy. When
brought to trial the prosecution pre
sented as evidence, and it was admit
ted, the schedule of assets which
Cohen made out and delivered to the
referee in bankruptcy as all of his
CROP REPORT BELOW
Washington. Special. An average
condition of S3.5 per cent, for winter
wheat and SS.l for rye, on May 1
last, against a 10-year average on
that date of SG and S9.1, respectively,
was announced in Friday's crop re
port of the Department of Agricul
ture. Area of winter wheat to be
harvested was abo-.it 27,S71,000 acres.
The area of winter wheat to be har
vested was 2,478,000 acres less, or
MR. CONNOR GETS THE
Washington, Special. President
Taft sent to ' the Seuate Monday
afternoon at 3 o'clock the appoint
ment of Judge Henry Groves Connor
for judge of he eastern North Caro
lina District Court. Senators Sim
mons and Overman went to the
White House Monday morning in re
sponse to an invitation to discuss the
judgship.
The vacancy on the North Carolina
bench, caused by the death of Judge
Thomas R. Purnell, has existed for
some months and has been a source
of much concern to President Taft.
The contest for the olace has been a
SEVEN GRAFTERS SENTENCED BY COURT
Pittsburg, Pa., Special, In crim
inal court Wednesday seven persons
convicted within the last few weeks
in the municipal graft cases, were
sentenced as follows:
W. W. Ramsey, former national
bank president, convicted of bribery,
one year and six months imprison
ment and a fine of $1,000 ; Capt. John
F. Klfii1' councilman, two years and
American interests were approached,
and they agreed to come into the com
bine if the Spanish association would
do the same. The Spanish interests
have now given their assent. The
American interests have carried out
their part of the agreement, and the
deal is complete.
No trust or controlling corporation
is to be formed. The deal remains
merely as an agreement upon which
the most vital interests of all parties
concerned are absolutely dependent.
The profits to the combine from the
increase in prices will vary from
$125,000,000 to $225,000,000, provid
ing the price docs not go above $100
a ton.
John A. McDonald, of New York,
who has arranged the deal between
the German and Spanish interests,
left Wednesday morning by the Kron
prinzessin Cecilie for New York to ar
range the final details with the Amer
ican interests prior to the German
trust initiating the advance in prices,
which advance will be followed
throughout the world. Mr. McDonald
said the smaller producers would be
affected only in a beneficial way. They
would get the benefit of the advance
in prices and without harmful compe
tition or squeezing tactics.
ment of the Dingley rates. The peo
ple understood that we wore to have
a revision downward; the men who
made the platform understood it; we
understood it. Everybody understood
it and no amount of sophistry can
otherwise explain the popular demand
and the party's promise.
"If this promise," he said, "was
for a revision that would mean the
maintenance of the Dingley rates,
then we are confronted by the ridic
ulousness of the Chief Executive
calling Congress together to revise
something that should stand unchang
ed until the end of time.
"When the people made the de
mand for a tariff revision downward,
there was no suggestion that there
interests were not sufficiently pro
tected. If the demand for revision
did not mean changing the duties
downward it did not mean anything
and we are indulging in a farce now."
He declared that if Congress should
fail now to lower the tariff rates, the
Democratic party would be put in
position to revise it two years hence.
THE U. S. CIRCUIT COURT
property. Investigation showed that
certain personal property was not
listed in the schedule, and this fact
was enough to convict Cohen cn the
indictment. Cohen carried the case
to the Appellate Court, where Wed
nesday the lower court was reversed.
Judges Goff, Prit chard and Morris
heard the argument in the case dur
ing the last term and decided that by
the Constitution every man is protect
ed against self-incrimination in crimi
nal cases. The admission of the
schedule of property which was made
up by Cohen waa considered such
eclf-incrimination, and cn this point
me lower court wan rsvarsaii
Tho caso is considered one of prime
it nas on oanitruptey cases out or
which criminal proceedings arise and
settles for good the question as to
the admissibility of the schedules of
property which are presented to the
court in such cases.
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TEN YEAR AVERAGE
8.1 per cent than the area harvested
in 1903, and 2,163.000 acres, of 7.2
per cent less than the area sown last
fall.
Ihe average condition of winter
wheat a year ago was 89 per cent,
Kye averaged 90.3 on May 1, 1903.
Ihe ten-year averasre on Mav 1 for
winter wheat and the same for rye,
oy fctates, shows: Texas 77, rye 76;
lennessee HO. rve Hi z
EASTERN JUDGESHIP
bitter one and the Republicans of he
eastern district of Norh Carolina re
eenly urged the President not to ap
point a Democrat even if he had to
go out of the State to find a suitable
Republican for he place. The Presi
dent has given more consideration to
this North Carolina judgship than
to all of the other vacancies on the
Federal bench with which he has
had to deal since his inauguration.
He has been in constant consultation
with the North Carolina Senators and
Representaives and has had placed
beiore him the names ot at least a
dozen candidates.
tion, and one 3ear and six months on
the conspiracy conviction; Jos. C.
Wasson and Wm. Brand, formei
councilmen, eaoh one and six months
and a fine of $500 for conspiracy; H.
M. Bulger, hotel keeper, two years
and a fine of $500 for bribery;
Charles Colbert and John Colbert,
convicted of attempting to bribe a
juror in the Ramsey bribery case,
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RELIEF WORKAT ADANA
Armenian Representatives Assured
That the Authorities Will Prosecute
With Vigor the Investigation Into
the Armenian Massacres and That
the Guilty Will Be Dealt With
Summarily.
Constantinople, By Cable. The
government is taking hold of the re
lief work in Adana province with vig
or. It was announced that $150,000
had been sent there.
The Grand Vizier and Ferid Pasha,
the Minister of the Interior, received
a deputation of Armenian clergy
and laity Saturday, headed by Ar
scharani, provisional representative
of the patriarchate, who was assur
ed the government would inquire
thoroughly into the Adana massacres,
and severely punish those guilty of
inciting them.
A number of notable Armenians
met here Sunday and submitted to
the government the following re
quests :
First, that the murderers of Chris
tians be punished; second, that stolen
property be returned, and indemni
ties be paid for property destroyed;
third, that the women and girls who
were stolen be returned, and also
that men and women who were com
pelled forcibly to adopt Mohammed
ism be allowed to resume their origi
nal faith; fourth, that the investiga
tion conducted under the chairman
ship of the governor general be sus
pended and that a new investigation
of the disorders from their com
mencement be made by a military
commission; fifth, that Christians be
permitted to participate in the local
police establishment, and sixth, that
Armenians be allowed to participate
in defraying the cost of erecting a
monument to those who have fallen
in the army of liberty.
The agricultural bank has arranged
to loan $75,000 without interest to the
farmers of Adana province, to aid
them in planting new crops.
Practically all the refugees at Lata
ka, Syria, have returned to their
homes or are ready to go. The weath
er in fine and warm and crops are ripe.
John 0. Davis Arrested.
Washington, Special. There were
sensational developments Saturday in
the case of John C. Davis, a member
of the local bar, who was arrested
Friday on the charge of having ob
tained money under false prtenses.
The amount, which Davis is alleged to
have misappropriated in transactions
with his clients, mostly women, was
thought at first to have been small,
but Saturday notes, aggregating $50,
000, said to have been given by Davis,
were exhibited to United States Dis
trict Attorney Baker, and it is ru
mored that the amount finally may
reach $100,000. Martin C. Davis, a
brother of John and secretary of a
local building and loan association,
was arrested Saturday on a charge of
conspiracy.
A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C,
says: Davis created a sensation in
this State in the early ninties, result
ing in his incarceration in the State
insane asylum here from May 24,
1892, to November 30, 1897. He was
a lawyer in Wilmington, and a promi
nent and a zealous member of the
Methodist church. He furnished the
money to build a Methodist church
and placed in it costly chimes. He
spent money freely. Then came pom-
plaints from clients involving money
matters, said to aggregate about $30,-
000. He was arrested and the case
was a noted one in the judicial an
nals of the State. His counsel set up
the plea of insanity. The jury found
the accused insane. He was then sent
to the insane asylum hero. Upon his
release some years later ho went to
Washington and in many ways einco
tried t0 mako a reparation in some of
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fraudulently obtaining money. During
the past two years he has been send
ing occasional remittances to those
with who he had dealings in Wilming
ton. His defense will be insanity in
the present trouble.
Kidnapers Sentenced James Boyle
For Life and His Wife 25 Years.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. James
Boyle and his wife, Helen Beyle,
were lodged in the Western peniten
tiary here Monday night, the former
under a sentence of life imprison
ment and the latter sentenced to serve
a term of 25 years.
It has been decided, so far as Mrs.
Bayle is concerned at least, that no
appeal will be asked for.
Demurrers Are Overruled.
Muskogee, Okla., Special. Federal
Judge Campbell Saturday overruled
the demurrer of the defendants in the
so-called Mott civil Creek Indian land
suits, brought by the government
against Governor Charles Haskill and
other prominent Oklahomans. The
decision involving as it does the legal
ity of millions of dollars' worth of
lots, created great consternation here
Not only is Governor Haskell and as
sociates involved in the charge of
fraud, but about 1,500 subsequent
purchasers of lots are vitally interest
ed.
Newbern Paper Mill in Full Blast.
Newbern, N. C, Special.
baturaay s issue ot the morn
ing paper, The Newbern Jour
nal, is printed on paper manu
factured at the plant of the Car
olina Paper & Pulp Mills, located at
Newbern. The paper is about the usu
al grade of newspaper and shows up
very well for the new plant. The ca
pacity of the plant when in full oper
action will be from 75 to 100 tons per
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RECLAIM SWAMP LANDS
Land Owners Organize a Drainage
District .Tor That Purpose.
Colly, Spec'al. There was a nota
ble" gathering here Thursday of be
tween 75 and 100 land owners of this
section of Bladen and Pender coun
ties for the purpose of considering
the question cf organizing a drainage
district for the reclamation of a large
and fertile area of Lyon Swamp from
Bleak river, in Pender, on the Cape
Fear river, a distance of some 15
miles and from one-half to a mile and
a half in width. The meeting was
quite an enthusiastic one and inter- '
esting addresses were made by Con
gressman II. L. Godwin, a pioneer in
the drainage movement in this State,
and Mr. J. O. Wright, the drainage
expert from the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington, who went via
Wilmington and accompanied to Colly
Mr. B. F. Keith, Mr. C. W. Worth, C.
D. Weeks, Esq., and others interested
in the big development that it is pro
posed to launch here. Both Mr.
Wright and Mr. Godwin were heard
with the greatest interest with the re
sult that after the speaking it was at
once decided to organize a district to
embrace the territory named and the
articles of agreement were signed by
nine-tents of the land-owners interest
ed. The plan as recommended by the
government engineers who have been
not only to drain Lyon swamp, but to
build & levee at Kelly's Cove, about
two miles in length to prevent an
overflow from the river. The im
provement means much to all this sec
tion of the State.
Deputy 4 Slips a Cog. '
Wilson, Special. U. S. Deputy
Marshall John D. Meares Wednesday
arrested a negro, Nathaniel Wilkins,
four miles north of Spring Hope, in
Nash county on a warrant sworn out
by U. S. Deputy Collector M. L. Wood
Wilkins was brought to Wilson and
placed in jail, where he remained un
til Thursday afternoon when the case
came up before U. S. Commissioner
A. B. Boykin. There was not one
scintilla of evidence, and the nego
was dismissed. Sid R. Wood and C.
A. Edwards were summoned as wit
nesses, but instead of being a draw
back to Wilkins they proved him to
be a negro of most excellent charac
ter. That when they were summoned
they were utterly dumb-founded, be
ing the first intimation they had of
the serious charge against the man
since a year ago when he was hauled
up on the same charge, when he was
acquitted no evidence of his guilt be
ing produced.
.Auiuother Unloaded Pistol Victim..
Greensboro, Special. Wednesday
night while Buster Hallic and Clicey
Langley, colored employes of the
Southern Eailway, . were 'fooling
with an old unloaded pistol' in their
shanty car near the coal chute, the
weapon went off and the bullet went
in Hallic 's abdomen. The wounded
man was taken to St. Leo's Hospital,
where he died Thursday morning.
Buster went to the police station after
the death of hi friend and gave him
self up. Pending Investigation hi
was locked up. There were four men
n tho ear when the shooting took
place. The two not engaged say that
Buster and Hallic were enjoying a
friendly wrestle for the possession of
the "old gun" when she went off.
The dead man came from Sanford
and Buster lives at Spencer.
Noraood Inn Burns.
Albemarle, Special. Tuesday just
after noon fire broke out in the Nor
wood Inn, at Norwood completely
consuming the excellent building. Mr.
J. D. Lee was owner of the property.
He sustained a great loss in the de
struction of this building. The fire is
supped to have caught from a flue
hi-e dinner was cooking.
Mr. Colwell Resigns.
Greensboro, Special. E. Colwell,
Jr., who helped to organize the
Greensboro Life Insurance Company,
and has been its general manager ever
since, has resigned from the position.
It is being rumored that Julian Price,
at present the general agent in Vir
ginia, will be his successor. The
Greensboro Life has had a most suc
cessful career and does a very large
business in this and other States. It
was organized about three years ago
and some became one of the biggest
among home insurance companies.
Berry Shipments Unchanged.
Rocky Mount, Special Berry ship
ments continue about as usual, and
and about thirty-eight cars were sent
North Wednesday. There is a steady
demand fcr the fruit, and while the
shipments thus tar this season are
several hundred cars behind what had
been sent North at the same time last
year, it is expected that the total will
equal or surpass the season's totals
last ;tu; ,
OPTOMETRY BOARD
Examiners Appointed by Governoi
Kitchen For Five Years.
Raleigh, Special. Governor Kit chin !
Friday appointed the State Board of
Examiners in Optometry, in com
pliance with the optometry act of the
last Legislature. The appointees are:
for five years, Fred N. Day, Winston
Salem ; for four years, Frank M.
Jully, Raleigh; for three years, J. D.
Hathaway, Elizabeth City; for two
years, J. W. Taylor, Greensboro; for
one year, S. H. Eaton, New Bern.
The act creating this board defines
optometry to be: "The employment
of any means, other than the use of
drugs, medicines or surgery, for the
measurement of the powers of vision
and the adaptation of lenses for the
aid thereof.
It is now unlawful for any person
to practice optometry in this State
unless he shall first have obtained a
certificate or a copy thereof with' the
clerk of court of the county in which
he practices. '
The most important features of the
act are as follows:
" Every person, before beginning to
practice optometry in this State after
the passage of this act, shall pass all
examination before said board of ex
aminers. Such examination shall be
confined to such knowledge as is es
sential to the practice of optometry.
Anr Person. havinS signified his desire
to be examined, and before beginning
such examination, shall pay to said
board for the use of said board the
sum of ten dollars, and if he shall
successfully pass said examination he
shall pay to the said secretary for the
use of said board a further sum of
five dollars on the issuance to him of
a certificate: Provided, any candidte
presenting himself for examination
and failing to successfully pass the
board shall have returned to him the
ten dollars fee required in this sec
tion. All persons successfully passing
said examination shall be registered
in the board registry, which shall ba
kept by said secretary, as licensed to
practice optometry, and he shall also
receive a certificate of registration, to
be signed by the secretary and presi
dent of said board.
"Every person who had been en
gaged i nthe practice of optometry in
the State of North Carolina for two
years prior to the date of the passage
of this act shall within six months
thereafter file an affidavit as proof
with said board. The secretary shall
keep a record of said person and
shall upon payment of three dollars
issue to said person a certificate of
an examination.
. "All persons entitled to a certificate
of registration under the full provis
ions of section six shall be exempt
from the provision of section five of
this act."
Pictures Presented.
Goldsboro, Special. In the pres
ence of Thos. Ruffin Chapter, Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, who purchas
ed the pictures for the school, a num
ber of the board of trustees of the
school and citizens and the entire
school, drawn up in an imposing body
in front of the central building, the
presentation of the splendid pictures
of Jefferson Davia and Robert E. Lee
to the school was made at noon Wed
nesday. The exercises were opened
with a beautiful prayer by Rev. E. H.
Davis, pastor of St. Paul Methodist
church. The school then Bang in a
body "The Old North State." after
which Capt. T. W. Slocumb, a veteran
of the Gray, who had been chosen by
Thos. Ruffln Chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy, to present the pic
tures, was introduced.
Victims of Mad Dogs.
Winston-Salem, Special. No less
than a dozen valuable cows and a
number of dogs bitten by a rabid dos:,
have been killed in this county this
week. Two mules bitten by the same
dog will be killed if investigation i
proves that the dog had rabies. The
losses sustained already amount to
two thousand dollars.
Out On Bail.
Wadesboro, Special. Hugh Home,
who has been confined in the county
jail since March 12, was released Fri
day on a bond of $500. Home was
charged with shooting Fairley Moore
as Moore passed his house on the
morning of March 11. Home was ad
judged insane and an application was
made to the State hospital for his ad
mission for the application was de
nied on account of the crowded con
dition of the hospital. The cSunty
commissioners ordered him releasad
on bond, in accordance with a petition
signed by two physicians.
Revenue Officers Destroy Two Stills.
Durham, Special. Revenue officers
last week took Martin Trice, colored,
to Raleigh to stand trail for block
ading. Trice was captured in the
country with a still, but two white
men escaped. No whiskey was found,
but a large quantity of beer was
poured out. On their return the
officers destroyed another still which
was running, but not quite so fast as
the thugs operating it did when they
scented the officer;
WASHINGTON NOTES j
The most important happenings in
.Ihe nation's capital Monday were as
follows :
Urging Congress to take away
from Porto Ricans the political power
which has inspired them to "put per
sonal ambition above patriotism."
President Taft sent a special message
to the national Legislature recom
mending the amendment of the For
aker act under which the island is
governed.
The Senate upheld, by a vote of 44
to 35, the recommendation of its
finance committee by declining to re
duce by quarter of a cent a pound
the dutv on "viz lead," thereby in-
th a mcioritv's voting
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stronoth nn imnortant tariff schedules.
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F.Timrt: fin Hps on certain articles
or nrnvided for revenue raising pur
poses m the Philippine lanii uui,
which was reported to the House by
the Avays and means committee.
A commission of lunacy probably
will be asked for by the defense, it
was announced, to inquire into the
sanity of J. C. Davis, the Washington
lawyer, who with his brother, M. C.
Davis, was arrested here on Saturday
on charges of swindling, involving
nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
President Taft continues to follow
his avowed policy of selecting those
he considers to be the best men to
fill important Federal offices, irre
spective of their politieal faith, in
sending to the Senate the nominaion
of Henry Groves Connor, a Democrat,
to be United States judge for the east
ern district of North Carolina.
The most important happenings in
the nation's capital Tuesday were as
follows :
The important "commodities
clause" case was decided by tho Su
preme Court of the United States,
which while sustaining the govern
ment's contention that the Hepburn
rate law was not unconstitutional,
held that a carrier may own stock in
a producing company and at the same
time transport the product of that
company.
Representative Hollingsworth, of
Ohio, presented in the House Monday
a resolution protesting against the
placins: cf the picture of Jefferson
Davis on the silver service to be pre
sented to the battleship Mississippi
by the people of her patronymic
State.
The appointments of Oscar S.
Straus, as ambassador to Turkey and
W. W. Roekhill as ambassador to
Russia were announced.
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, Wednes
day continued his tariff speech and
again he secured the undivided at
tention of tho Senate.
Recalling that Mr. Aldrich had said
Tuesday that it would be shown to
the Senate that no changes increasing
the cotton rates had been made by
the Senate committee on finance, Mr.
Dolliver said that if that was a cor
rect statement, he would expect all
of the italics carrying Senate amend
ments to be stricken from the meas
ure. The fact was, he said, that
these cotton rates were increased. He
then read from a New York news
paper, which he added had for
"twenty years been watchful of the
spiritual side of the Senator from
Massachuetts" (Mr. Lodge), state
ment to the effect that Mr. Lodge
bad said, that as reported from the
committee on finance, the cotton
schedule, as amended by the Senate
committee, was uof great value j to
Massachusetts." The fiamo article,
he said, also appeared in a Boston
paper.
Mr. Dolliver said Mr. Lodge was
quoted as saying that " the ad valorem
rate in cotton had been incrased."
Mr. Lodge said that that must be
a misquotation. "It is stated," he
said, "the ad valorem rates had not
been increased."
Roosevelt Bags Iwo More LicnB.
Nairobi, British East Africa, By
Cable Theodore Roosevelt went lion
hunting again Wednesday, and before
the chase was over, two more big
lions had fallen before his gun. These
animals were encountered and killed
in the tall grass. Mr. Roosevelt now
holds the record for lion killing in the
protectorate. Since Saturday of last
week a total of five lions and one
lioness have been bagged by him.
Killed Negro in Cell.
Albany, Ga., Special. Ely Holmes,
a desperate negro prisoner in the Lee
county jail at Leesburg, was shot to
death Wednesday afternoon in a hand
to hand fight with Deputy Sheriff H.
D. Logan, in a dark cell in the jail, a
fight in which the loser could not
leave the cell alive. Both men real
ized this, according to Deputy Logan
and when his chance came he killed
the negro. He had entered Holmes'
cell and the negro attacked him, it
was said with a stool, beating the of
ficer unmercifully before the latter
could draw his pistol.
Changes in Turkish Cabinet.
Constantinople, By Cable. Hilmi
Pasha and Mollas Sahib were Wednes
day installed respectively as Grand
Visier of the empire and Sheik-ul
Islam, or head of the faith. The for
mer succeeds Tewfik Pasha, and the
latter Zia Eddin Effendi. The chan
ges in office were made with the usual
ceremony. In the imperial hall or
dering the changes the Sultan ex
pressed his firm desire for the restor
ation and maintenance of peace
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Iive Items Covering Events of More
or Less Interest at Heme and
Abroad.
Simon Bilstein celebrated his 100th
anniversary in St. Louis, Mo., Sun
day. He worries about nothing, drinks
a. gallon of whiskey a week, with
never a drunk and smokes snd chews
tobacco.
In the storm along the upper waters
of Long Island Sound and along the
Connecticut shore Monday night, four
men were drowned, four barges went
to the bottom and three barges were
piled up ashore.
At Birmingham, Ala., early Sun
day morning Mrs. W. E. Leodford
was instantly killed and her daugh
ter fatally hurt by a runaway team,
which veered and threw them just
in front of an approaching car.
Twenty-five men narrowly escaped
and 25 mules were burned to death
in a coal mine at Smithdale, Pa.
last Sunday.
The principal feature of the Con
federate veteran reunion in Memphis
will be the unveiling of the statute
of Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
Criminal proceedings are to be in
stituted against the Sugar Trust.
It is estimated that 250 people were
killed in last week's storm with
double that number injured. The
property loss can hardly be even ap
proximated. Mrs, Eugenia Greenbaldt, of De
troit, is suing for a divorce on the
ground of desertion. She says her
husband continually cried for his
mother till he finally returned to tha
mother and staged.
Former Governor J. C. Beckham
has become editor of the Kentucky
State Journal, published at Frank
fort. Foreign Affairs.
Castro now seeks to get damages
from the French Government, not
for expelling him from Martinique)
(for it has a right to do that) but
for taking him to France without
consulting his wishes as to where ho
would go.
Dr. Manuel Amador, first president
of the Republic of Panama, died last
Sunday at the age of 75.
It now seems certain that the new
turn of affairs in Constantinople waa
hastened to avert a plot to massacre
all foreigners on Saturday, May 1st.
Ex-President Roosevelt killed three
lions with three shots and his son
Kermit killed one with three shots
last Friday. He has killed several
since and will probably be called tha
lioii killer.
Tke Emperor of China died last
November. On May 1st his body waa
started on the 80-mile journey to
the western tombs. The body of the
Dowager Empress will remain in
Peking until fall.
The portrait of Christian 14 o
Denmark was sold in London last
week for $330,000. It is understood,
tbat the purchase was made for an,
American, It was painted 372 years
ago by Holbein. Under the Dingley
tariff it would poet $G0,000 to cma
it into port. It will probably com
in froo.
Several dump caw loaded wltfci
earth fell from tba Culebra track at
Panama last Saturday and resulteu
in 0 deaths of alborers.
The Wright Brothers, Wilbur anrt
Orville, have sailed from Franca
where they have been displaying their
aeroplanes to return to their homa
in America.
The Shah of Persia has announced
thfe grant of a constitution for Per
sia and steps are being taken fo
elections of delegates for the forma
tion of the instrument that he thinks
will restore order in the empire.
The German government has gono
to employing feminine sleuths. It is
thought that woman's intuitive qual
ities will serve her well in the detec
tive sphere.
Washington Affairs.
Miss Mary Thomas, 65 years old,
who was for many years an employe
in the department of Justice wps
dismissed from the service to take
effect March 3rd. She died last Fri
day night, her friends say of a brok
en heart.
Unskilled laborers were called for
last Saturday to supply about 250
places. There were about 4,000 a)
plications for positions ranging fro. a
$250 a year to $650.
General staff officers and 100 srV
diers left Monday to study tire
science cf war from the battlefields
of Virginia.
The treasury receipts for the last
ten months aggregate $92)405,000 le.ia
than the expenditures.
The new tariff bill proposes to eia
power the President to make ratqg
higher or lower according to his idoft
of fair .treatment at the hands oi
other nations.
The committee has returned frcta
Panama and again it is reported that
the Gatum dam is secure, the work
is progressing pleasingly and the
unanimous opinion sustains the look
plan rather, than, that o a sea lerl