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4SHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1E03. -
PRICE FIVE CENTS
STOLE $18,500
MASSACHUSETTS
UOBJOLENCE
Officer Injured, Houses Fired
and Other Misdeeds
GARDNER WAS
FARSUPERIOR
Bested Jack Root, of Chicago,
in n Twelve Round Go
DECLARATION
OFiilGIPLES
PARTICIPATED
PACIFIC CABLE
WAS FINISHED
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ONE DEAD AND
THREE INJURED
Result of a Pistol Duel at
'AND ESCAPED
EXERCISES
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President Roosevelt Made an
i Address at Huntington
was Made Dy the summer
Last Connection Made Satur
School of the South
day at 10:50 P.M.
Steelvllle, Mo.
mm
Wife of F. F. Adams, Jr., Deftly
Touched by t Woman
Who Jumped From a Rapidly
Moving Train
NEARLY THE ENTIRE AMOUNT
WAS IN GOOD, COLD CASH
MRS. ADAMS' STORY.
Milwaukee, Win., July , 4. Upon re
, turning from Chicago Mrs. F. F.
Adams, Jr, wife of the' vies presi
',' dent of the' Adams Tobacco pompahy,
reported to the police department that
.h hail been sandbaeaed and robbed
'o( $i,BOO on the train en route to thin
city. The thief, a woman, Is said to
have leaped from the train while It was
, .running forty miles an hour.
Mrs. Adams stated that she had gone
te Chicago to draw her $25,000 Inher
itance from the First National bank of
that city. After paying some debts
he had started back on the evening
Northwestern train with $16,000 Jn cash
and a certificate of deposit for $2,500.
On .the way she went into the toilet
room of the car, where another woman
. struck her over tne duck oi me neau
-. with a billy or some other blunt in
?itrument, she says. Sha was knocked
L unconscious and robbed.
I "Her husband did not care to discuss
t the alleged robbery.
When asked this afternoon what, If
i any report, had reached him of the
i robbery of Mrs. Adams on a North-
western train while coming from Chl
cago to Milwaukee, J. H.'Martln, gen
ii eral agent In this city of the North-
western, said:
"No report of any such robbery of
of our trains hns been made, and of
course a report by the trainmen would
be the first thing done upon reaching
any division headquarters, I would
,.,, I,. 1 1, hiua received a renort or
some statement had anything of the
kind taken place on our trains, and if
Mrs. Adams or anyone else has been
robbed It would have been reported at
once to the conductor. How could a
robber, especially a woman, leave the
train after the robbery? The victim
would certainly report It, and then the
robber could easily be arrested, being
on the train unless It was reported too
late for that," ' ;
This feature, however, Is explained
by the police, who say that they believe
Mrs. Adams' assailant leaped from the
train while it -was running at the rate
of forty miles an' hour. ......
: TROUSSEAU -WAS, READY.
But ths Bridesroom That Shs Looked
1 For Never am.
Bedford, Ind.. July 4. By her attor
neys, Moses Punn, John E. East and
Rufus E. East, Miss Elsie George today
filed suit In the Lawrence Circuit court
against Spencer B. Peugh, a prominent
attorney, for $25,000 damages for alleged
breach of promise of marriage. In her
complaint she alleges that the defend
ant was engaged to marry her on the
16th day of June, and that she had pre
pared a wedding trousseau for the
event to the value of $150, but that he
failed to keep his promises. She also
alleges that he Induced her to buy
thirty-three lots in the northwest part
of the city at $200 each, the real value
of said lots being $100, and that the de
fendant received all over the real value
of the lots, to the amount of $3,300.
RAIROAD TRAFFIC BLOCKED. '
Heavy Rains Have Dona Great Damage
in ths Southwest.
Ardmore. L T July 4. Railroad
traffic Is Impeded In the Choctaw na
tion by heavy rains that have been
falling for the last ten hours. The
Frisco's fast Texas train, "The Meteor,"
was held at Platter all night on ac
count of the washouts on the south end.
The "Frisco la using the Choctaw and
the Santa Fe tracks Into Texas till trie
damage can be repaired. Hundreds of
county bridges have been washed away
and heavy damage done to crops.
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GENERAL.
Cable reports are to the effect that
Pope Leo is very III and may die.
President Roosevelt addressed a
Fourth of July crowd at Hunting
ton, 1 I.
The Fourth was celebrated In Lon
don, Mexico City, Chill and elsewhere
outside pf the United States appro
priately. One man was killed and three fatally
Injured In a pistol duel In Missouri.
Summer school of the South adopted
its second declaration of principles.
Eleven persons were Injured In n
street ear accident near Birmingham,
some of them fatally.
A mob of negroes Is threatening the
town of Norway, S. C.
Ths Pacific Cable was finished yes
terday. A Massachusetts mob took a town
and tried to run It to suit themselves.
- ; " LOCAL.
The Fourth of July was more eener-
liv celebrated In Ashevlle than ever
before. - .
A railroad Is to be built from near
whlttier through the Balsams.
Bib lumber plant Is to be erected near
ins Houtnarn railway uepoi.
Southern newspaper circulators are
to meet In Ashevllle this week.
Captain E. M. Clayton died yesterday,
8TATE
Gov. C. B. Aycock will be prominent
among the speakers at the National
Educational Association, which meets
at Boston this week.
Speakers, have been selected for the
educational rallies to be held all over
North Carolina.
Done by a Mob of 500 Young
' ' Men and Boys '
WHO WERE INCENSED BECAUSE
OF THE ARREST OF ONE OF
' THEIR NUMBER.
Mlddlesbbro, Mass., July 4. A mob
of young men, angered by the arrest, of
one of their number during the night
wounded a deputy sheriff by shooting
him in the face with a blank cartridge,
assaulting .a policeman, bombarded the
house-vof a police court Judge with
stories and stormed the town In an at
tempt to release the prisoner.'' (
The mob was composed of about 500
person. The trouble begun at midnight.
The rioters first went about town start
ing fires, three of which were set In
houses. The others were bonfires. Then
the mob began smnshing windows and
doing other damage. After several
warnings Deputy Sheriff . Lincoln and
Policeman Hatch arrested Chas. White.
The crowd attempted to rescue White
but the officers succeeded in getting
the man to the lockup. When the offi
cers returned to the street, the crowd
surrounded them, demanding the re
lAse of their comrade. ' Some one fired
a revolver loaded with a blank car
tridge full In the deputy sheriff's fucc
and it is feared the sight of one eye
was destroyed. After the momentary
quiet following the Injury to the deputy
tne moD sent up tne cry to lynch Hatch.
The crowd started In pursuit of Hatch,
who hud left the vicinity hustlly, and
after a time he was overtaken The
mob forced him to go to Judge wash
burn's house and ask that a special ses
sion of the police court be held, so that
White could be set free or udmltted to
bail. This Judge Washburn refused to
do. The crowd retaliated by a fusllade
of stones against the Judge's house.
Then they went to the town house,
where White was confined. They tried
to bntter down the doors and not suc
ceeding, broke the windows but did not
get at the prisoner. In the meantime
Judge Washburn had telephoned to
nearby towns for assistance and at J
o'clock six deputies arrived. The mob
meantime hud dispersed.
It is understood that last, night's
tumult was the outcome of plans made
sometime ago by an element In the
town known to be opposed to so-called
reform party, which at present Is In
control of affairs. '.-
POPE IS REALLY
ILHHIS TIME
6ENILE PNEUMONIA IS SAID TO
HAVE SETTLED IN HIS RIGHT
, LUNG. "
Rome, "July 4. Although no medical
bulletin has been Issued, It was. learned
late today that the Pope's illness may
be defined as senile pneumonia, which
has settled especially in the right lung.
The Osservatore Hpmano fearing that
the suspension of audiences which has
beerrdeclded upon, would cause anxi
ety, Interviewed Dr. Pupponl who said
that the Pope had been rather fatigued
by recent receptions and had con
sented to follow his advice and take
several days rest. His holiness, how
ever, has been unable to leave his bed
since last night and his henrt Is grad
ualy becoming weaker, necessitating
frequent doses of digitalis. The tem
perature in the axilla is normal, as Is
nearly always the case In the form of
pneumonia from. which the pontiff is
suffering The chief cause of the pa
tient's uneasiness Is a shortness of
breath due to accumulation ' and His
Holiness coughs very little, there. Is
scarcely any expectoration of mucous
from the trachea or lungs.
Judging from the present symptoms,
the prognosis Is that If all goes well,
the crisis leading to recovery will oc
cur within 7 or days; but If the
disease takes a bad turn, especially if
the heart grows weaker, a catastrophe
may occur In four or five days.
Some of the court dignitaries, It Is
said, have been ordered to postpone
their departure for their holidays.
POPE'S TRUE CONDITION.
Ceremony to be Performed in Cass Hs
Pass Away.
Rome. July 4. An official statement
of the true condition of the Pope has
been mado only to Cardinal Rampolla,
as papal secretary of state, and Cardin
al Oreglla. Dl Stefano, as dean of the
Sacred College and Oamerlango. In the
latter capacity. Cardinal Oreglla, in the
event of the Pope's death, will perform
an Important ceremony. Assuming vi
olet robes of mourning, he will proceed
to the . death room, where, while all
are kneeling, ha will unveil the face
of th departed and strike the forehead
of the dead pontiff with a silver ham
mer, calling thi deceased by name and
will then solemnly announce that the
Pope Is really dead. Th? other cardinals
received private information of the
Pone's Illness and some of them wsnt
to the Vatican, but they were not .allow
ed to enter the sick room. Dr. Lapponl
hnvlng given the strictest orders that
all conversation an,d cause for excte
ment should be avoided.
Practically Pope Leo is nursed only
bv Dr. Lapponl itnd a trusted valet,
Plocsntra. A telegram was sent today
to Count Ludovlco Peccl, the ' eldest
nephew of the Pope, wbo lives at Car
plnetto, the birth pluce of his holiness,
informing him of the pontiff's illness.
The widest rumors are In circulation
here regarding the condition of the
Pope. Som represent the pontiff as
sinking and others go oven further.
The Vatican authorities wish to delay
nnv announcements of ths Pope's con
dition and to keep all news regarding
him accret as long as possible In order
Root Was Worried Almost From
the Beginning
MEN FOUGHT FOR PURSE OF
000 AND A DIAMOND MEDAL .
SMALL CROWD. -
Buffalo, N. T July 4.!-Oeorg, Gard
ner,; of Lowell, Mass., toduy defeated
Jack .Root of Chicago -In. the. arena, of
the International Athletic club at" Fort
Erie. The bout, scheduled for twenty
rounds, lasted twelve. The men fought
for the championship of th? light heavy
weight cluss, a puree of $i,uoo and a
diamond medal. ' r ;
' The crowd was not large. The ex
pensive seutswere bare. Manager Her
man hud banked on a $20,000 gate, but
he says he broke only a little to the
good. -
The men ,went Into the ring for the
main bout shortly after 4 o'clock after
u section of the roof had been taken
off. A hot Bun beat down on the ros.
lned canvas. Referee McBrlde called
the men together and warned them
about the Canadian law and the neces
sity of avoiding hitting In clinches.
The gong then rang and the men
were at It;
From the tap of the bell Gardner
showed his superiority over Root. He
forced the fighting, Root leading only
when he had to do so. Gardner opened
with' a wicked left to Root's face and
followed it up with swings to the body.
Gardner had Root weary when the
round ended. The Lowell rtiah'B most
effective blows were the left to the
stomach and Root winced with pain ev
ery time they landed. , From the first
round to the ninth Gardner kept up the
pounding on Root's stomach. The meu
fought fiercely, but the referee had his
bands full separating them In the
clinches.
With the ninth round came the begin
nlng of Root's undoing. Gardner rip
ped u smashing right to the body uud
Root came back with two rights to the
Jaw, but George jushed In and sent a
long right swing to Jack's Jaw. Root
was dazed. Two smashes In the stom
ach brought his guard down and a clip
on the Jaw sent him to the floor. .Root
took nine seconds on his time and when
he got up he ran into another smash In
the wind and the gong saved him.
Root was worried as Gardner came to
him in the tenth round. Gardner was
short in his swings and the two wres
tled a bit., A left the wind rifted
Root 'off his feet and on upper cut
shook him, but he fought back desper
ately. Gurdner reshed Jack around
lighting wildly In his eagerness. The
round ended with Root much distressed
As the gong sounded for the eleventh
round, Gardner sent a left to the Jaw
and Root came buck with two swings
to the face. Gardner Tushed Jack about
the ring, beating a merry tattoo-on his
ribs. Root rallied and sent in right and
left to the head hard and his crowa
cheered. Gardner seemed dazed, but In
the fclinchi he winked a long drawn
wink to his seconds and as soon as the
clinch was broken he sent three rights
to Jack's head. Root ran away but a
long swing caught him back of the ear
and he sprawled on the floor, almost
rolling out of the ring. - He took the
count.
Two punches to the Jaw staggered
him again arid a couple of upper cuts
sent him flat on his buck as the gong
sounded. His seconds dragged him to
his corner.
As the twelfth round opened Root re
served his ebbing strength for an at
tempt at Gardner's Jaw. He was nlmost
lifted off his feet by a wicked one in
the wind. Another smash to the stom
ach made Root groggy and swings, on
the Jaw sent him down. He took the
count, got up and was floored again.
He got up und Gardner stepped up to
him carefully, aimed carefully, and sent
his right through Root's weak guard
to the Jaw. Root was on his knees
when when the referee counted. He
was up a second after and put up his
guards, but the referee sent hlin to his
corner. ..The twelfth round lasted two
minutes and twenty seconds.
TRAP-TOURNEY CLOSES.
Memphis, Tenn., July 4. The trap
tournament of the Southern . Trap
shooters Game and Fish Protective as
sociation closed today. Johnnie Fletch
er of Birmingham made the highest av
erage for .the tournament; Mercer, of
Shreveport, La., was second and Skan
nal of Shreveport, third. Heer won ths
event for experts. The Mississippi val
ley trap-shooters cup was captured by
a Memphis team .composed of W. H.
Jnyner, James L Canale and William
Brady.
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FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE.
Saw Duaro, Redfern Uo. Win ths Long
Uland Handieap,
New York, July 4. Ooe of the biggest
crowds ever present at the Coney Island
Jocket club track was In attendance to
day. Fully 40,000 persons saw J. W.
Colt's Duoro, with Redfern up, win the
Long Island handicap at one mile and a
furlong. The Colt horse was quoted at
10 to 1. Herbert was second and the
favorite, Roehampton third. Blues
made the runnihg for half a mile, where
Herbert tooK the lead and held It to the
stretch. Redfern then sent the Colt
horse to the front and won driving by
two lengths. -
The spring stakes for two year olds
went to August Belmont's Gallant.
to gari time to prepare the cardinal
of the conclave which must be held In
the event of Pope Leo's death,.
. The Assor-latel Press correspondent
went to theivntican at 2 o'clock this
morning anl founl the only notice
nbl difference to be a reinforcement of
Itnlian polU-e outside' In readiness for
any event The massive building of the
apostolic prince hewed Only a greater
numDor of lighten ymdows than usual;
The correspondent .learned that the
Pope was very restless early In the
night, but that he dropped to sleep
about midnight. ,
Independence Day Was Most
Fittingly Observed
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BY THE ADOPTION OF AN AD-
-CRESS CONCERNING EDUCA
TIONAL CONDITIONS.'
Knoxyllle, Tenn., July 4. The sum
mer school of the South, representing
thirty-two " states, 'celebrated; "; the
Fourth of July here today. The xeT
clses consisted of the singing of the
national and state songs and sp"ech
making. The, principal address of the
day was made by M. T. Bryan, of
Nashville. Tenn. A declaration of prln
cipfes favoring the consolidation of
rural schools, the beter training and
suptrlvslon of teachers, local taxa
tion and the organization of all the,
hocihi jorces or me community for the
betterment of ' educational conditions
was adopted. The declaration .was as
follows;
That the- fundamental principle of
democracy Is to be found in Its fulth
In thts Individual miin and' in all that
he may be to himself, to the family, to
the state, to the church.
2. That the child problfm of ' dem
ocracy has therefore, to do with th"
training of head, of hand, of heirt
of each child born into the state, so
that he may do the work of life with
the least waste of opportunity and ma
terial. ' '
. J..: That the school, the college, the
university are the supreme sourcas for
calling forth and training the wealth
latent In childhood, so that it may be
come a contributing part of the larger
wealth of socloty.-
4. That all .questions with which
we of the South are dealing questions
touching Industry, commerce, religion,
literature, the social and political or
dsr all wait on the supreme question
of education and' can not be solved
until the dargness of Ignorance and
prejudice give way to the light of in
telligence and wisdom.
5. That the appalling mass of Illit
eracy and Ignorance which have come
to us as an historical Inheritance in
stead of oppressing us call us trumpet
tones to do battle In the highest caus'
that we as a great, an heroic, a brave
people have ever baen engaged In.
6. That with the keen realization of
what we have to do and of the nature
of the struggle we are entering upon,
th resources of all the states should be
pledged to the maintenance of this
struggle till the tv mtv shall, have boen
won, ' '
7. That this struggle can not be suc
cessfully carried on without certain
essential things, and for these we make
apreal to our patriotic fellow-citizens
everywhere:
1. Higher standards and the best
equipment for the preparation of
teachers in scholarshg and professional
training.
2. Better school houses In town and
country, longer school terms, and lnrgor
salaries so that teaching may in trutn,
become a profession and Invite the best
talent.
,.8." Expert supervision In country at
well as in town, with county superin
tendents trained for the great Inter
ests committeed to their keeping.
4. Such consolidation In the rural
districts as will bring the best within
the reach of every child. .:,;
5. A deeper, broadpr, n saner ap
preciation on the part at the general
public of the needs, the requirements,
and the value of every phase of educa
tional effort, an apprciation that will
organize all the social forces of the
community the church, the women f
clubs, and all civic bodies for the
highest Interests of education.
8. We believe and declare that the
moral and spiritual side of education
Is of prime Importance. Any education
of youth which forgets this is rad
ically wrong, fatally and fundamentally
defective. A civilization based not on
the moral and the spiritual is a civili
sation lacking the chief elements of
permanency.
9. As an Inevitable corrollary we
would hold that (Wery teacher should
not only know something thoroughly
nnd know how to tench It properly, but
ought. In his Inmost soul, to ba some
thing worthy. Character first, knowl
edge second, methods third.
In conclusion we desire to express
our gratitude to the broad patriotism
and generous - liberality of the Gen
eral Education Board and the Southern
F.ducatlon Board, to the University of
Tennessee, to the citizens of Knoxvine,
for mnking nossible this summer train
ing school of the South. With all their
wisdom of what ltu Influence might be,
we believe they have builded better
even than thev knew.
H. W. 8NYJ)KR, Chairman, South
Carolina. f
W. W. BENSON. Alabamn.
MISS STOKES. Arkansiis.
H. A. WOODWARD, Florida.
V. V. MORGAN. Georgia.
OEORGK E. HANCOCK, Kentucky.
; J. O. TAYLOR. Louisiana.
ALFRKO HUME. Mississippi.
R. T. WYCHE, North Carolina.
' 8. E. HILL Tennessee.
ERNEST VILLA VASO. TcxaR.
THOMAS W. JORDAN, 5'lrglnln.
WHITE CHILD WITH NEGROES.
Said That it is Kept in sn Institu
. tion Where it Does Not Belong,
Chattanooga, July 4. Habeas corpus
proceedings were lgun today in the
Circuit court by J. T. Sunderland
against Mrs. Steele the manager of the
Steele Colored Orphans' home, of tins
city, used exclusively for negroes, for
William, the two years old child of the
petitioner, a white man. The 'petition
alleges that the child was kidnapped
from its home in Knoxvllle In May and
was by some person brought to the
home for negro children. Mrs. Steele.
In a statement, says that she was asked
by prominent white- people, Including
County Judge Collier, of Knox county,
to care for the child and that Bhe has
been doing so. .
CELEBRATION IN MEXICO.
Mexico City, July . The Fourth of
July was appropriately celebrated here
today by the American colony;
President Dias participated In the
celebration and made a short address.
At a Big Celebration of the
.! v; Town's, Natal Day
TOWN WAS GAILY BEDECKED IN
HONOR OF THE PRESIDENT'S
' PRESENCE.
Oyster Bay, July 4.Preii1ent
Roosevelt partlclpnted today In the
reiebratloh Of the two hundred " and
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of
Huntington, the prettv little I)ng Is
land city, about seven miles from Oys
ter Bay.,. The town was In gala attire.
President Roosevelt, in his speech,
said: ''.''.
"Mr. Chairman, nnd you, my fellow
American, my old time friends and
neighbors, men nnd women of Hunt
ington, "I. thank you for having given m the
chance of saying' a few words to you
this afternoon. In greeting all of you,
I wish to say a word of special greeting
to those wl'ioin no others will object to
my greeting first, to the men because
nf whom we hav .today a country nlid
a President, to the men of the Grand
Army and I thnnk the men of the na
tion wearing the uniform I have worn
myself, for having turned out to serve
is my escort today.
"Men and womn, in speaking to you
'odny. I wont not onlv to Join with
.on in an expression of thankfulness
of the nation's mighty past, hut in ex-m-eslniT
the resolution that we of today
will strlv? In our deeds to rise level to
those deeds which In the past made up
the notion's greatness. It is a good
'hlng on the Fourth of July and all
other occasions of national banks giv
ing for us to come together and as w?
have the right to express our pride in
what our forefathers did and our Joy
In -the abundant greatness of these peo
ple. We have the right to express
those feelings, but If we treat great
ness achieved In the past as an ex
cuse for our falling to do decent work
'n the present instead of as a spur to
make ub strive In our turn to do the
work that lies ready at hand. If we
so treat it, we show ourselves un
ivorthv to come here and celebrate the
historic past of the nation.
"In 1861 when Lincoln called to arms
you. the men of the great war, how did
vou show your loyalty to the spirit of
"76? You showed it by the way ybur
spirit leaped to the performance of the
tusk. If w's come together here on the
Fourth of July merely to say how well
the generations that are -dead did their
1uty; If we failed to realize tnnt mere
In on us the obligation of leaving unlm
paired to our children the heritage of
honor we have received irom our lain
pra. then the truth is not in US.
"We can pay to the greut men of the
nnst the only homage really worth pay
ing. If we show by our deeds that their
spirit still lives In our souls. Only
by so ding, can we show that we have
a right to celebrate this day that marks
the birth of the nation.
"You, men of '61. the men of the
irrent war. left us more than a reunited
nation, for you left us the undying
memory of the deeds by which It was
united, snd you left us examples for
pence; nnd we can continue io Keep
this nation as it was and is only if we
handle ourselves In meetliw the lesser
tnsks of today as you handled your
selves in the face of the great crisis
nf the past. Not another war of recent
times left what those terrible four
years of war left this antlon the right
to feel pride In each Amerlcnn who did
his duty as It was given him to see
his duty, whether he followed Grant
nr Lee. Having said that, and paying
the fullest heed to the valor, the self
denial, and the steadfasteness of the
brother in gray. It yet remains true
that the man In blue fought In the one
contest which our history has seen In
which success meant not merely great
ness for this nation, but the welfar"
of nil mankind In the future. To you It
was given to fight In the one rontep
wherein failure would have meant" all
our past history was meaningless. If
when Lincoln called, if when Grant
strode Into the field, the people. of this
rountrv had not rallied to uphold th
statesmanship of one nnd the general
ship of the other, tha declaration of
Independence would have rung as nn
empty platitude, because it would hnvr
been another example of failure of free
government."
After paying a trtbute to the brav
ery and devotion of the men in blue,
thi President continued:
"No matter how patriotic a man was
In 18B1. if ie 'tid not have the fighting
edse to him his itrlotlsm did not
count. It was absolutely necessary to
have patriotism, but patriotism was of
no use If ths man ran away. So It s
In ordinary work-a-dav tasks of citi
zenship at the present day. If the man
is not decent In tne nrst place, men ir
is not merely uselexs to the country,
but a menace to It. The time of the
civil war. If a man did not have in him
the power of loyalty loyalty to the
flag loyaltv to the regiment and to his
omrade, if he did not have that quality
In him. then the abler he was the
worse he whs, the more dangerous he
was. He had to have that quality first
and first of all In civil lifa we need de
cency, nonestv the spirit that makes u
man a good husband, a god father,
a good neighbor, a good man to work
alongside of, nnd to deal with, that
makes a mnn act squarely by the state
and the worst crime atrainst this na
tion that can be committeed by any
m.m is the crime of dishonesty, wheth
er In nubile life or in private life, and
we are not to be excused as a people,
if we never condone such dlhonesty, no
matter what other qualities It may be
associated with.
"Whv were we able to Join together
In pride and Joy to commemorate that
great deed of ftye years before? Partly
because of the vajor, the seamanship,
the skill and prowess displayed on that
first of May bv the men In the ships;
hut nartlv also because there had been
the wisdom which made ready that
fleet In advance. Dewey won because
he had cood shlDs. good guns, and good
men trained to handle the ships and the
guns. At present there Is not a cioui
am hitr ns a hand's breadth on the hor
izon We are on terms of good will
with all the peoples of mankind. I
think that they feel well disposed to-
i Continued on Pugc &.
Message Flashed Around World
In Less Than Ten Minutes
PRESIDENT" ROOSEVELT SENT
THE FIRST MESSAGE TO GOV.
...
TAFT IN PHILIPPINES.
New York, Julye4. The last connec
tion In the Commercial Pacific com
pany's cable was made at Honolulu
tonight at 10:50 o'clock, eastern time
and a cable message was flashed around
the .world in nine, und one-half minutes.
The first message over the cable was
tent at 10:50 p. in.-by President Roose
velt at oyster Hay to Uov. Tart at Aia
i ila. It read:
"oyster Hay, July 4. To Gov. Tuft,
.Manila:
"I open the American Pacific cable
with greetings to you and to the people
of the Philippines."
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
The reply was:
"Manila, July 4. To the President: .
"The Filipino people and the Ameri
cans resident In these Islands are glad
to present their respectful greetings
und congratulations to the Prs'deut
of the United Stittes conveyed over the
cable with which American enterprise
has girded, the Facllle, thereby render
ing greatly easier and more frequent
communication between the two coun
tries. It will certainly lend to closer
union and a better mutual understand
ing of each other's alms kii1 sympathies
and of their common interest In thu
trosperlty ;f the Philippines and th!
education and development of the Fil
ipinos, it Is not tnuppropi late to Incor
porate In this, the first tnessbge acrost
the Pacific from the Philippines to
America, an earnest plea for the reduc
tion of the turlt on Filipino product
In accordance with the broad and lib
eral spirit which the American people
desire to manifest toward the Philip
pines and of which you have been an
earnest exponent.
(Signed) TAFT."
President Roosevelt sent the follow
ing message to Clarence H. Hackney
around the world:
"Oyster Pay," N. Y., July 4. Clarence
H. Mackay, President Pacific Cuble
. CO., Oyster Ray: N. Y., ,
"Congratulations and success to the
Pacific cable which the genius of your
lamented father and, your own enter
prise made possible. '
(Signed) ' . v
THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Official time of the message from
Roosevelt to Clarence H. Mackay, sent
around the world was twelve minutes
elapsed time.
(Signed) W. H. RAKER. r
The answer to President RooBevelt
from Clarence H. Mackay, sent around
the world occupied 9V4 minutes and was
as follows:
"To the President, Oyster Bay:
"I thank you deeply for your message
and I earnestly hope that the Pacific
cable by opening the wide horizon of
the great east may prove a useful fac
tor to the commerce of the United
States.
(Signed)
CLARENCE H. MACLAt."
A charter In granted the Frnzier
Lumber company of Lexington, with
$10,000 capital, U. F. Finger and oth
ers stockholders.
Bob Fitzsimiriohs Is Soon
To Marry ffirtfiir Wife
ft Vr'-V j$ 1-
ft i H . i
ft' - m, ; I I
i frr, ,1,,, f -f i
Robert Kltzsltninona, the famous pugilist Is to marry again); although the
recent death of his second wife, is said to have plunged him Into deepest
griefs The present object of the. heavywelg'ht's affections Is Miss Julia May
Olfford, an actress. Flu. says she is the sweetest girl hs has ever seen, I'hls
will be his third matrimonial ventnure.
Which Had a Woman For the
' Starting Point .'
THREE WHO WERE SHOT WILL
PROBABLY SUCCOMB TO
THEIR INJURIES.
Rtcjelvllle, Mo., July 4.- One dead and
three perhnps fatally injured hi the re
sult of a duel with revolvers which
took place here this afternoon between
Sheriff W. R. Tnff of Crawford county,
his deputy. Perry Ives, Deputy Mar
shul John Woods nnd Robert Btarks,
a farmer, and his sop, Hlrschel. aged
23. ..'. -' .''
Robert Starks was shot through the
heart, death' resulting instanly.. V. R.
Taff, the sheriff, was shot through the
stomach and will die; Hlrschel Stark
was fatall" shot and Perry Ives, deputy
sheriff, was shot In the mouth and leg.
His condition Is critical.
The trouble originated In. the refusal
of young Starks to submit to arrest.
He was charged with having offended
the daughter of Henjamln . Ogles, a
wealthy farmer, who filed complaint
against him. When Sheriff Taff ap
proached, Starks warned him away,
saying there would be trouble If he at
tempted to take him into custody.
Robert Starks came up at that mo
ment, nnd after learning that his son
wns about to be arrested, hurried home,
where he procured a revolver. He re
turned to the Crawford county bank
blulding," where the sheriff and his son
were standing. '
"Here, take this," . said the elder
Staiks to his son, "and If Taff doesn't
leave you alone, you know how to pro
tect yourself."
' The sheriff tried-to argue with the
elder Starks, but to no purpose. He
then took Hlrschel by the arm and aa
he did so, the prisoner began firing.'
One of the bullets struck Taff In the
stomach and ha ' sank unconscious to
the ground. Deputy Sheriff Ivee came
up at this point and shooting became
general.
SHAMROCK III A GHOST ,
Skimmed Over the Water In, a. Truly
Marveloui Fashion.
Now York, July 4 The Shamrock
ill. loony proveu nerneu io db n veri
table ghost In light winds by defeating .
Shamrock I more than SI minutes In an
,.evun mile bent to wlnward. It was a
drifting match In a wind averaging not
better than S or 4 miles an hour. If
Shamrock I as reported, Is ten minutes
faster than ever before, on a thirty
mile course, today's performance of the
new cup challenger, was little short of
marvelous. Tonight the men on! Sir
Thomas' fleet were of the opinion that
If the Rellnnce ' could ' have beaten
Shamrock III today, the days of mir
acles were not passed. ! Changes that
vnstlv Improved the new boat have ev--Idently
been made since yesterday.
BIG CROWD AT DELMAR. !
St. Louis. July 4. The largest crowd
that has ever attended Delmar Park
track wns out today. The card made
up of seven rncest Including the Inde
pendence handicap at a mile and three
sixteenth; which was won by Edgardo
at 5 to 1. From the start to the stretch
It looked like Helen Print, but she
weakened when the real race began and
(was passed with ease by Edgnrdo, -who -won
by five lengths. . Track fast. . j
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