Rates to Subscribers $1.25 Sylvan Valley News —— — — — Only Newspaper In per year You Can*t K.eep ‘Down Ji W^iking Town; Let's togetjfier, , . . I. - 1 11 Tmsjrlniii Cowty In Advance J. J, Manager. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COpiT, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBBBaff¥^8.1908- - ■i'% t VOL. IIII-NO. 9 Bradley Wins In Kenlncky Sena torial Race. 5Y SIARGIN OF FOUR VOTES Former Republican Governor Chosen by the Legislature to Succeed James i B. McCreary, Democrat—Received Four Democratic Votes, Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 29.—Amid scenes of wildest excitement on the floor of the ihouse of representatives, former Governor William O'Connell Bradley, the Republican candi date, was Fridiay elected to succeed IN A FIT OF JEALOUSY Man Kills Wife as She Was Fondling Their Baby. New York, Feb. 29.—In a fit of jealous rage. Courage Guiseppe Anifrllo crept up behind his wife who was fondling their nine-months-old babe in their home in E21izabeth street Satur day and killed her almost instantly by firing a charge of shot from a heavy fowlinig gun into her body. Following the shooting Aniello him self wus so ’Serlously beaten by the brother of the dead woman that it ia believed he will die. The brother, Joe Tuzza, has been sent to the house of detention, but the coroner said he may order his dis charge, as he reigards Tuzza’s action as justifiable. Aniello is forty-six years old, his wife w’as twenty-sdx. They had three children. Aniello was cut of work for the past three months and the lit tle family lived on the earnings of the wife, who worked in a s*weat- s'hop. Her tw’o brothers moved into her flat to board with the family and thus help to meet expenses. CULLED OlIT TROOPS Self-Styled Vigilants Spread Ten ror at Kentwood, La. WARN ITALIANS TO LEAVE NEGROES CONFESS MURDER. FORMER GOVERNOR BRADLEY. James B. McCreary, in the United States senate for a term of six years, beginning March 4, 1909. He received 64 votes, barely enough to win, and was enabled to gain vic tory through the assistance of four anti-Beckham democrats, Senators H. S. McNutt and Albert Charlton, and Representative Chrys Mueller, of Louisville, and Representative E. W. Lillard, of Boyle county. PRINCE FERDINAND MARRIES. Affair Attracts Much Attention In German Court Circles. Coburg, Germany, Feb. 29.—Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Eleanor Caroline Louise, prince&s of Reues, were married here Friday. At the con clusion of the religious and the civil ceremony which followed it, the wed ding party left here for Gera, the seat of the younger branch of the Reues family. Prince Ferdinand proceeded to the Catholic church, where the religious ceremony was held, some time in a^i- vance of the bridal party, and he re mained alone in silent prayer until the princess and her escort entered the edifice. S'lie was accompanied by Prince Henry XXIV of Reuss-Kcstriz, Prince Henry XVIII of Reuss and other relatives. After the exchange of rings, mass was celebrated and then the civil ceremony took place. Details of the Killing of Mrs. Elisor Near Columbia, S. C. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 29—New and Brack Toland, negroes, aged 19 and 17 3’ears, respectively, have made a full confession of the murder of Mrs. Paul W. Elisor, the aged white wo man who lived just across the river from Columbia. Brack, the youngest of the brothers, said that Mrs. Elisor s'uspected some thing ae soon as they entered the bouse. When they got inside Brack held her while his brother knocked her on the head with an ax. They put her body in a basket and Ned hit her two more blows. They then proceeded to rob the hous«, taking a gun and a number of articles of wearing appar el. No money was found. PIONEER CITIZEN DIES. FIGHT WITH TRIBESMEN. Four French Soldiers Killed and Twen- ty-Seven Wounded. Casablanca, Morocco, Feb. 29.— Without awaiting the arrival of rein forcements, which are on their way to assist him in his operations against the Moroccan tribesmen. General De Amfida, commanding the French forces, has assumed the offensive agiainst the natives in the Chaouia re gion. Several columns of French troops marched against the Madaghra tribes men near Fidallah, who fought the French a series of combats between February IG and 18, when four French Koldiers were killed and twenty-seven were wounded. Manila Preparing Carnival. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 29. Among ahe passengers who arrived here Friday on the sieamer Siberia was Major B. B. Ray, of the pay corps, U. S. A., who ha« been sta tioned at Manila for two years. When the major left the Philippines Manila was preparing for a big carnival un der the patronage and direction of Governor General Smith and Major General Leonard W^ood, who designed it to bring together the leading peo ple of the different islands—white and brov/n. Captain W. H. Brothertcn, of Atlanta, Called to the Beyond. Atlanta, Feb. 28.—Captain William H. Brotherton, an Atlanta pioneer, one of the old-est and most success ful dry goods merchants of the city, a master hand in the local political game, and a leading and devout mem ber of Trinity Metiliodlst Episcopal church, died Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock. His death occurred at his home and in the presence of his wife and oldest daughter, Mrs. Frank Small, and was decidedly sudden, wholly unexpectec . Captain Brotherton was a prominent figure in the business and local politi cal circles of Atlanta. He was sev enty years of age. BLAZING TAR CAUSED DEATH. One Child Dead, Another Fatally In jured, a Third Seriously Burned. Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 20.—A four-year-old child dead, a 2 years-old child probably fatally burned, and a fifteen-year-old boy seriously bui;ned Is the result of the ignition of a pot of pitch tar near this city. The tv/o fir&t named boys are children of T. B. Hordin, and the last named is a son of Peter Hordin. The father of one of the boys put a pot of pitch on a stove to melt for roofing purposes, leavin-g the fifteen- j'^ar-old boy in charge. In some way the pitch caught fire with the serious results stated. KILLED HER BABES. Mother Takes Lives of Her Children and Then Suicides. Baltimore, O., Feb. 29.—Mrs. J. C. Spires, wife of a farmer, living three miles v,'est of Basil, Friday kill ed three of her children, fatally wound ed a fourth, and then committed sui cide. Ono of the chilren was drowned in a well and the others were shot and their throats cut. Mrs. Spires took carbolic acid, shot herself and cut her throat. Succeeds Fish as Director Chicago, Feb. 29.—The Tribune says that J. Ogden Armour, president of Armour & Co., will be elected a di rector of the Illinois Central Railroad company Monday when the delayed stockholders’ meeting is held. He will succeed Stuyvesant Fish, who has given up the fight against E. H. Harriman, in consequence of Judge Hall’s decision allowing Harriman to vote the stock held by the Union P» cifi,c Railroad company. Died at Daughter’s Bedside. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 29.^Mrs. Sarah A. Gantner, of Rushville, Ind., dropped dead here Friday at the bed side of her sick daughter, Mrs. H. E. Haven. Mrs. Haven was strick en with appendicitis and her mother was sent for. The shock of seeing her daughter so ill was too much for her, and she succumbed to a heart attack. Negro Hanged at Darien, Ga. Darien, Ga., Feb. 29.—Lee holmes, a negro murderer of Dr. E. A. Sands, of Glennville, paid the death penalty Friday for the crime. He made no statement. After praying five minutes, the black cap was adjusted by Sheriff Bailey and the trap sprung. Death ensued in about tw^elve minutes Threaten to Blow Them Up With Dy. namlt^^The Frightened Foreigners Have Left fn Large Numbers, Fear ing Violence. Kentwood, La., Feb. 29.—Kent wood on Saturday wfis under guard of state troops who quietly took posses sion to prevent threatened violence against Italians. Within the last two days self-styled vigilantes have warned scores of the Italians to leave to-wn by the end of this week if they did not wish to be blown up with dynamite. Frightened Italians Fridiay left so rapidly that the Italian population, of two hundred was'’ reduced by about half. The main complaint against these foreigners was that they had accepted without contest a cut In wages from $1.75 to $1.25 per day in the lunat^r mills where most of them w^ere eli|- ployed. The presence of the militia appeats to have removed all danger at least for the present. The soldiers weite called out after local officials had o(m|- ferred with the authorities at the static capital. The Italian trouble here was simi lar to that which recently occurred in other parts of the state, in whicli natives undertook violently to drive foreign labor away from the lumber mills. In the Other disturbances at least one foreigner was killed> and sevef- al badly wounded. FATAL REVOLVER DUEL. BRIEF DIS4>ATCHES. FRIDAY. The Japanese of Honolulu are pre- to entertain Rear Ad-miral Ev- Ass' fleet should it come to that port. Directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee ftnd St. Paul Railroad company have declared semi-annual diividenda of 3^^ per cent on the preferred and comzuon stocks. A thirteen century copper and gilt ijjrfborlum supposed to have come from llalmesibury abbey, w'as sold by auc- Pan in London for $30,000. It was ^^rebased' by a Bond street d-ealer. Th© Nevada State Journal, which has been democratic for- bhirty-four years, will hereafter be independent. George D. Kilborn, of the Isabella niines, of Cripple Creek, Colo., has purchased the paper. It is announced that Henry Handy, of Chicago, is to meet Charles M. Daniels at New York in a series of match swimming races at distances up to 300 yards, to take place at the Sportsmen’s show at Madison Square Garden. President Roosevelt has transmit ted to the senate thirteen treaties and a declaration, the product of the Hague peace conference. The treaties are accompanied by an exhaustive re port of the doings of the American delegation at the Hague. Three Killed and One Mortally Wound ed In Kentucky Lumber Camp. EA-^elyn, Ky., Feb. 29.—Three men were killed and a fourth mortally w'ounvled in a battle with revolvers, following a quarrel in the lumber camp of Congleton & William Bros, on Rose creek, near here, Friday, John Hamilton, James Bowles, Richard Spicer and George Frazier had been working together with about 70 other men, hauling lumber and staves. The children of Bow'les and Frazier had fallen out with those of Spicer and Hamilton, The men quarreled over tha matter as they worked. Finally Bowles whipped out a re volver and began firing. He killed Hamilton instantly and shot Spicer in the leg. By this time Spicer had out his revolver and was firing at Bowles, when Frazier joined in the shooting. When the smoke cleared away it was found that Spicer was dead, with two bullets in his chest, and Bowles had been killed with a ball through the heart. Frazier v/as shot through the lower bowels and will die. SATURDAY. Twelve six-inch guns intended for the fortifications at Manila were shipped from New York on the British steamer Inversk for Manila. The third torpedo flotilla on its way from Hampton Reads to Mobile, P’Ut in Port Royal, S. C., on account of the stormy weather Saturday. A senate committee has ordered a favorable report on the Lodge bill to remove the coastwise shipping restric tions from Philippine trade between the Islands and the ports of the Unit ed States. The house committee on the judici ary has decided to give no further hearings on the Sterling employers li- -^•:'bility bill and to take up that me^i^ [^re for disposition March 11. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. Result of Explosion In the La Rocita Mine in Mexico. Laredo, Tex., Feb. 29.—Informa tion reaches this city, through federal telegraph sources, to the effect that the explosion in LaRosita mine at Sa binas, near Mu&quiz, Mexico, resulted in a large loss of life. Reports by the federal telegraph op erators place the loss of life at from forty to ninety. The mine is owned by the Monterey Steel company and ordinarily employes a force of two hundred and fifty mi ners, mostly of Japanese and Mexi can nationality. The federal government has taken charge of the situation. Bomb Kills Two Laborers. Teheran, Feb. 29.—A bomb explod ed in a side street of this city at an early hour Saturday morning and kill ed two laborers. The occurrence cre ated some local excitement but there waS^ nothing to show any connection w'ith the attempt made Friday after noon on the life of the shah, A depu tation from parliament proceeded to the palace Saturday morning and con gratulated the shah on his escape from death. Under Serious Charge. , Johnstown, Pa., Feb. 28—'Charged with having started a fire at Barnes- boro, near here, last week, which had caused $104,000 loss and burned a woman to death, Leroy Adamouskj", a tailor, who occupied one of the burned buildings, was arrested Friday. It is alleged he started the fire in order to collect the insurance. NEW ORLEANS MARDl GRAS. Festivities Open in Blaze of Light and Color at Crescent City. New Orleans, Feb. 28.—The street pagesnts of the Mardi Gras carnival begar. in New Orleans Thursday night with the parade of the Knights of Mcmus, Seventeen allegorical floats, each representing one of Aesop’s fables, drawn by several horses, paraded through packed streets, estimate-d to contain betv/een 50,000 and G0,000 visitors. Thousands of torches ren dered the procession a blaze of light and brilliant colors. The floats f?ho^Ted all the hues of the rainbow, neai^ly a year of secret work having been spent in their preparation. Fbllowing the parade the Knights of Moiaus, still masked, held an allegori* ral ball on the stage of the French op era house. INVADED WALL STREET. But Women Suffragists Were Prevent ed from Making Speeches. ’ New York, Feb. 29.—Advocates of woman’s suffrage invaded Wall street on Thursday, but their visit w^as brief A carriage in which were Mrs. Borrman Wells, the Englis'h suffrage (leader. Miss Eleanor Murphy and others of the suffrage partj', drew up in front of the Broad street exchange and the women attempted to make speeches in favor of their movement. Instantly the carriage was surround ed by a mob of yelling messenger boys, while from windows in the immediate neighborhood rolls of tick er tape and other articles, including a number of w’et sponges, were thrown at the orators. Speech-making was impossible and the carriage was forced to beat a hasty retreat. To Farm on Community Plan. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb, 29.—Five unemployed men with large families, left Fridiay for Portland, Tenn., where they will farm land on the community plan. Other families are preparing to go south and take up land on a similar plan. Better Car Service. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 29.—'The Montgomery Traction company will spend $100,000 in repairs to tracks, rebuilding a part of the lines and in creasing equipment. New rails will be here by the middle of March. Curtails Working Time. Salem, Mass., Feb. 28.—-Notices were posted at the Maumkeag Cotton company’s mills Friday announcing a curtailment of 20 per cent of working time after this week. About 1,500 hands are employed. CLASH mjE SEMATE CoBtroversy Between Senators Owen and Cortis. CAUSED CONSIDERABLE STIR Controversy Arose In Connection with the Consideration of the Indian Bill. Both Senators Have Indian Blood In Their Veins. Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.—One of the most dramatic scenes ever wit nessed in the senate was enacted on Thursdiay when Senator Robert L. Owen, of Oklahoma, insisted in trag ic tones and with face showing much emotion that the five tribes of civil ized Indians were dead, and that he, as a member of the tribe of Cherokee Indians, was not under the control of the secretary of the interior. The event was rendered all the more interesting by the fact that Mr. Otwen was sharply engaged in controversy by Senator Charles Curtis, of Kan sas, himself a Kaw Indian. 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