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LARITY CONTEST TODa4.
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VOL XX NO 252
ASHBVELLB N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY 26, 1905
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PRICB FIVB CENTS j
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iSHEVILLE'S NEW DEPOT
CUTTING HITS.
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YELLOW FEVER
JAPAN WILL DEMAND" AN
"BIG THREE"
STILL RAGES
IS PRESENTED TO ELKS
INDEMNITY OF
EMPLOYMENT
AGENT TRIED
Man Who Deceived Applicants
on Conditions In Mlnrs
In the Tolls
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RUSSIA"
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Social Evenlna of Local Or.:wal!rM- For,h' bne" of ,h
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der Is Marked by Unu
l sua! Gift '
CRAY HAIRS TURNED
TO GOLDEN LOC KS
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Night of Fun and Revelry
Passes Off Without Serl
ous Accident
The largest gift ever made In ih
history of the city was the presentu
ilon to the Asheville lodge of Elks of
the new Southern railway depot last
night. The ceremony wan a moHt Im
pressive one, and the 150 Klks, their
friends and a large crowd of spec
tators were visibly moved as Mayor
Bacnard mounted an Improvised ros
trum and feelingly announced that he
had been Informed by District Pas
senger Agent James H. Wood tho-'. the
Southern railway having no other dis
posal to make of Aslieville's hanu
somo station, had decided to turn 11
over, bag and baggage, 10 the Ashe
ville lotlge of Elks. It took about
fifteen minutes. for the mtgni.iude of
the gift to dawn upon -the assembled
Elks (most of them were English),
and then a mighty cheer shook the
dome of the handsome edifice. The
entire company then Jolntd hands and
tritd to sing "Auld Lang Syne," but
tthey were too full for uttaianre, so
impressed wero they, and the song
"died a bornlng." dateman Harrlj
thin conducted the party through Wt
depot, anil the committee in chiul'd JBBssiied. pass resolutions urging the
consisting of Drs. Galloway. Olenn7"0'r and board of aldermen to in-
and Mr. A. Whltlock, dramatically
declared that line station wag open.
Th absence of Station Master Barber
wai due to the fact that he was cele
brating his crystal wedding, and he
wag therefore excused by unanimous
content. ; .
, Tho 8trt.
Such was ithe principal, feature of
one of the most enjoyable evenings In
the history of the Asheville lodge. It
wai pearly nine o'clock before the
members left the club room to board a
train of special vara waling on Gov
ernment - i .street. During the wait
previous ito embarking on Harry
Pltlmmer's chariots refrcahmentg wmd'
'served, and at the Invitation of M.
Fred Ward the entire party raided ('ils
drug store 'and .helped -themsclves to
cigars and anything they could find
Mrt Ward aaid last night thatf.e had
loaf count of how much he was out
fuom the Visit of his brot
The parade to the cars n
Mayor Barnard, Alderrile
Burnet te. Fitzpa'tricU and
Judge Jones, the. tatter gomg along to
ensure the, Vtdp'lng of the peace.
, "'V ' Aid Free Kindergarten.
The apeical cars started amid much
cheering - and a salute- of 100 . guns
UtOm the Asheville club.' The cars
were headed for the Ice cream festival
glv;n by the ladies of the Asheville
I Free Kindergarten, anil wnen tne kiks
charged up the hill to the cream laden
tables they were speedily relieved of
their cash by tho enterprising ladles
yho had the fe;ival In charge. There
as a sudden rise In the pi Ice of cl-
gfcrs, and several Elks paid dearly for
linking at the cigar bones as they
pissed In the hands of handsome
ung ladies. Mrs. Long did a thrive
ig business and is said to have tin-
aledT car lood lot of five ccm C-
'ar at twenty-five cents each. How
tuch money the Elks were separated
om Is not known, but It- la believed
that the Free Kindergarten fund re
ceived a handsome booat from the
visit of the lodge and ks guests.
At Glen Rock. -
From tha festival a atart was made
for the new depot and the Glen Rock
hotel. . After the ceremony at the for
mer place Was concluded, John Lang's
. hotel w'aa Invaded by .the mob. There
it was found -that the generous pro
prietor had provided - a substantial
spread for hl hungry brothers. This
feature was a surprise to all, but
sentiment was caat to the winds, and,
nfter Ihree cheers were given for John
Lang, Mayor Bacnard. Judge Jones,
Exalted Ruler Cocke, and anybody elae
who happened to need It. -the- attack on
the bill of fare was begun. A feature
of this pan Of the evening's program
was the absolute quiet which prevailed
when anybody made a speech. Dr.
Paal Paquln was appointed toast
master, and so Interested was ihe
party fn his and Phil Cocke'a rematks
chat they forgot to eat.
All quickly came to their senaea.
however, -when Judge Jones took the
floor 4o nay some neat compliments to
Mr. and Mrs. Lang and also ihe
NEGRO TAKEN FROM TRAIN
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hfr Elks.
ai railed by
n Randolph.
Tones and
1 MOB AND HANGED TO A NEARBY TREE
Memphis, Tenn., Julr . A Com
mercial -Appeal special from Glendora.
Miss., sars that a mob of fifty men to
day nook will Hanis. a negro, from a
Taxoo Mississippi Valley train at
Black Bayou and hanged him to a
ire alxmt a quarter of a mils from
the railroad. Ha-ris and bis brother
Henry shot and 1 seriously wounded
two whrte men, Barksdal and Allen,
respect!)?, on the James plantation
near Sharkey July 11. A poss pur
sued the negroes and 1a ait temp In
I ter he announced that he was going
to take up a collection, and forthwith
he pissed the hat around. XothwKh
s anding their visit to the ice cream
festival, the Klks still had some mint
ey nit, ami n substantia! sum was
leallxrd for the girls wno had sided
materially in making the spread s
success.
At Riverside Park.
Kiversble park was the next ren
dezvous of the merrymakers, who
seemed to be "boys again Just for to
night. The trip out tu -he park was
featured by the rendition of several
touching solos by Air Ttnrn.ird, Iilck
Weaver. W. K. Randolph. Alonzo Heed,
nr. Olenn, Dr. Morris. Pr. IMiuln and
several olhots whose voices were
equally as bad. So1 unbearable was
this concert that a constant ringing of
the bill was kept u;i In the hipe of
dtownlng the noise. Kvi n this nad no
I effect, and the services nf a colored
siring band were c tiled in. and It te
sponded by playing "lireak the News
to Moihcr." This was too much for
Drs. Carroll and Hampton, and both
began to wall "Carry Me Hack to Old
Virginia " To the great relief of th
non-pat tldpants. Riverside park wo
at last re.ichfd. and here sewra
speeches were made. Phil Cocke agal
afflicted his brother Klks with "a few
remarks." In which he said a lot
nice thln.es about :he H. P. O. K. H
was succeeded by M-vor Barnard
who had been primed all evening with
a spech. and he unloaded it with
much fervor. He declared that thl
was not the age of graft, as intimated
by The Citizen yesterday, but the ng
of fratcrnallsm. He said 'he present
gathering was sufficient proof of the
trulh of his remarks.
I Resolutions Passed.
vT. F. Randolph was the next speak
ec. and h scored tho point of the
evening w hen he suggested that the
1 e of E!ks, in session there as
vit the refugees of the fever stricken
cities of the south to come to Ashe
vllle. Dr. Olenn made the suggestion
a resolution, which was seconded by
J. H. Calne, and It was passed unan
lmously. 'Dick Weaver said something
about mosquitoes, but he was ordered
to "fa yay back, and he subsided.
This ended what the boys all . unit
ed In designating as the most enjoy
able social event In .(he history of the
local lodge. The return ,to town was
unpventful beyond the fact that th
steady stream of hot air blew off sev
qral hats.
RIKSDAG SHOULD
WORK FOR PEACE
Committee of Members De
dares withdrawal ofSwe
den Should Not be Opposed
Stockholm, July 25. Tho special
committee appointed by tho riksdag to
deal with the crisis which created the
revolution In Norway today delivered
Its report. The committee declares
unanimously that tho government bill
cannot be adopted In the form . in
which It was presented to the riksdag
and proposes that the riksdag shall
signify Its wlllngness to negotiate with
Norway for a dissolution of the union
if Ihe newly elected storthing re
quests a rtepeal of the act of union and
a dissolution of :he union, or if such
request is received from Norway after
the Norwegian people by a pleblelte
have declared In favor of a 'dissolution
of the union.
The committee points out" that all
threatening action should be avoided,
as it is Important that "the two peo
ples s'.iould live in peace, even If sep
arated. .
LIGHTNING SET? TWO
Oil TANKS ON FIRE
Beaumont, Tex., July 25. Th"- loss
suffered by the ; Texas comparrSr "at
Humble oil field by the burning of ap
proximately 2,500,000 barrels of olC was
further (augmented this afternoon ; at
Sour Lake, where lightning struck a
tank containing 130.000 barels b longing
to the same company, and anoiher tank
containing 106,000 barels, all of which
will be a total loss. The fire Is still
burning, but dinger of spreading la ob
viated by the Isolation of the two tanks
truck. A conservative estimate of the
loss is $50,000.
BY ANGRY .
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to arrest them shot and killed Henry
Harris. The other brother escaped,
but was srrested last nigh at Heath
man.. This morning the prisoner was
-taken in Ureanwood and laser placed
abOMd a train and was being con
veyed o a point In Tallahatchie coun
ty, where he wss to be turned over
to the sheriff, when the mob boarded
the train and secured Mm. Little dif
ficulty was experienced In taking ha
negro from his custodians and Harris
was quickly conveyed to a prear
ranged spot and lynched.
Massachusetts Commissioner
Denounce Insurance
Companies
RECOMMENDS STEPS
LOOKING TO REFORM
Scathing Denunciation of the
Alodtrn Methods Contain
ed In Report
Boston, July 25. Scathing criticism.
pointed condemnation and Here- de
nunciation of the crturse of the big In
surance companies churncterlx- the an
nual repoj of Frederick I.. Cutting,
commissioner or Insurance for Maasa
Chus tU--, issued today. The report Is
exhuustlve in Its review of methods
employed by high insurance officials
during the past several yearr, to whom
he alludes In some Inslunces as "Ju
dasea," and one omr-my he refers to as
.he '"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." and
lecommeodr leglslu-Uvc enactments with
a view of refgms.
The report comments on the "gam
bling Instinct tf the ng " and criticise
"dilblous schemes" and whemes for get
ting rich quick.
Commissioner Cu ting names sever. ,1
companies, the Equitable Life company,
.he New York Mutual Life and .the
New' York Llf , termed the "Big ThreV.'
and the "racers," the re.Tort says that
they have been largely re-ponslble for
he excessive expenses of th business,
to swell the volume of which and be
come the biggefu, has led each to pour
out money like wtiter, and it r com
mends an Immediate and complete re
form of these in res pee t to the extraor
dinary deposits made by them with a
few favor'd banks and trust companies.
PENITENTIARY BURNED.
Huntsvllle. Tex.. July 25. Fire today
des royed the state penitentiary, en
tailing a loai aggregating $50,000. Th '
convicts were removed when the Are
was discovered. There were no fatalities.
MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN WILL HOLD SPECIAL SESSION
TODAY TO ISSUE INVITATION TO FEVER THREATENED CITIES OF SOUTH
The Asheville Lodge of Elks, in
special session assembled nt Riverside
park last night, unanimously passed a
resolution urging th? mayor and
board of aldermen to call a special
sslon this morning and invite all
refugees from the fever threatened cit
es of the south to come :o Asheville
ind Western North Carolina. Tne
resolution found its origin In a sug
gestion made by Alderman Randolph,
and It was quickly framed by 'the
assembled Elks. After several amend
ments and substitutes had been of
TERRIBLE STATK OF
AFFAIRS REVEALED
Workmen Kept From Leaving
by Force of Arms Gudrd
ed Like Prisoners
N w York, July R. Il. miners fare
in the cunl mines of A:..iMin.i and the
Vliglnlas was HIu tr;i t . ) l he testi
mony today at a.hearln.- of the Sou h-
ern Immigration Foclety .mainst S. S.
Hchwurtx. an employment ient, before
Frederiik L. Ksatliu:. eniniissliiner uf
lie nea. Schwarta secured he with
drawal of the complain' against blin-
seir and Herman Roblnnn. who repre
sents the Central Federated I'nlon of
the United Mlna Workes nf America,
tes tilled that John Ml bell, pr slilent
of the mine workers' unl.m. : id found
! was the society whleh le, l ived applicant-
for work US to ...:i h Inns In the
southern mines. J
John Hot ers tostltled that be w
shot at by a foremnn and tha' whll
he worked In the mines he was In emi
Mant fear of his life, 'due day," he
said, "I asked the foremnn fur the mon
ey due me. and hs ftre.l at in - three
times, aiming at my tee . Dance.' he
shouted. 'r you ge-t no money.' He
'truck another mun on the head with
the butt of his plsbtol and knocked him
s useless. At night ne hut In which
we lept was guarded by men wi'h
guns, who were told to shoot If we
tried to get away. I efeaied after two
weeks."
Nathan rttern, who appetued for ihe
immigration society, said h would
bring wt nesses to show ilial the society
told nil the men the true s ate of af
fairs before sending them to the mines,
and employment a-genci s not directly
c onnected with .the society were respon
. ihlo for the deception.
The hearing adjourned until tomorow.
fered, Mr. Randolph's original sug
gestion was made :i motion by Dr.
Cilenn and seconded by J. H. Calne
Mayor Barnard, who had been made
chairman of the meeting, put the
motion and It was curried unanimous
ly. When the sicclal session of the
aldermanic board Is called this morn
ing the resolution wiM be acted upon
and the invitation referred to ex
tended. In making the suggestion Mr. Rnn
doplh said: "There Is a matter which
I wish to call to your attention while
discussing 'Fraternallsm. It Is an ac-
Thirty-two Deaths and 154
Cases Latest Report From
New Orleans
STATE TO QUARANTINE
AGAINST CITY TODAY
Action Forced by Attitude of
Neighboring States to
Disease
.New iiriians. Jul yj.i. l ucre has ncen
no n terla' ebang In the fever sltua
lion tnday. 'I mi inure deaths wero re
portid. T:.ere Is ni absolute re ord of
the munlier of ea-es under treutm lit
a' the present time, but It Is believed
to be about twen y. liiyslclans are re
; oi tliiK promptly all eases of fever and
Imm dlale steps are being ti'ken to pre
vent innsiiultn Infeitlon, .hat the
prospects of restricting the Infeitlon
are considered blight. The emergency
hospital on Duinalue street was ecilp
ped today and pla.' d in charge of lr.
Ilamll on 1. Jones, who bad charge of
the i-id.itlun bnspllul in UV",. He has as
his assistant lr. I.. J. Paget, a noted
yellow fever authority, and a man con
versant with the Italian char.i eristics.
The tidvisnry iKiird of the city board
of health began active work today and
It will have Imm dlate charge of the
work of ferreting ou: the new foci ot
info tlun, and carrying out the sanita
tion and Isolation, should uny develop.
It will also have general tupervlslon
over the campaign of education and
the (leaning u; of the i y, sir enlng
of cIs eiiiH and house.", etc. Surgeon
White and Surgeon (lulteras. of the
murine hospital service, rove completed
all plans for the stnbllshment of the
de entlon cumps along the different
railroad .trunk lines, and have selected
the physicians In charge, who have al-
rmdy selected th Ir staffs. The equip
ment is on the way. Today was spoilt
In trips to different locations to locate
Fi es for the detention camps. In view
of the complications over outside and
in Kill tiuatantlnes, the s ate board will
ion which has alnndy been taken tv
some southern cities In connecton with
the yellow fever plague which seems
o be spreading In Louisiana, t sug
tiest that you, as a body of repre
sentative citizens, draw up resolution!
utging the mayor and board of alder
men of this city to Invite the Inhab
itants of all southern cities who are
fearful of a spread of the ill sense
come to the mountains of Western
North Carolina."
The speaker's remarks were erected
with applause and the above action
tomorrow quarantine the state "gainst
he city of Xew Orleans and such ter
rltory In the Immediate vUinlty of New
rlean which desires to maintain open
communication with the city. Thl will
result lit tell vlng the quarantines
which M IIshI I has placed nrilnl
the whole suite and which lr. Tabor
of Texas, threatens. Dr. F. It. Itoss,
who was left here by Dr. Tsbor to re
port to him on the developments, left
for Houston Jonlxht, w II pleased wlih
the outlook and the local authority
and expietslng contldence thit they
would do all that could be done.
I. leu count Colonel Maua. I'nttcd
states army, has nnt his repirt to
Lieut iiant ilenernl Chaffee as to the
soldiers at Ja kson barricks. and 4o
morrow will Inspect Fort St. Philip. He
sees no reason to remove the troops.
loniKht. In iesMinse to the ata e
board of health, the city board of health
cninpll d the figures of suspicious and
actual cases of yellow fever and
deiitb.-. The figures us Issued by the
state board show :
lie: ween July 13 and July 21 there
were 100 cases, suspicion, and posltiv
snd SO deaths. Since then there have
been fit cases and 12 deaths up to the
mill, making all told 154 cases and 32
den hs. Todny there w re two deaths,
iimklng 3i to du e. There are about
fifty cases under treatment.
SUSPICIOUS CASES
FOUND NEAR MOBILE
Mobile. Ala.. July 25. -Dr. Henry
-.olilthwai-. health and executive of
noc of tin (ojuirantlne board of Mo-
uiic nay, returned fiom his visit to
lie qua ran Ine plant In the lower bay
Hid made the following statement rcl
Ulvc to :lu- reports -.hut have betn
n c.rculutloii In regard to fever at the
luaruntlite plant:
"The steamship Colombia arrived at
the iiuiw untitle plant Sunduy morning
ind four of her crew were taken and
ilaeed In Ihe screened hospital. The
,'ase were not diagnosed as yellow
'ever, and were held as a matter of
precaution for observation. The Co
onibla proceeded to the city, where
he was unloaded under police supet
ylslon und with an txtra medical in
spector on board, and ro urned to the
luurantlnc station, JO miles below the
:lty, before nlglfall. Upon her ro
urn to the quarantine station the
essel was remanded With the sick to
Ship Island quarantine station, which
Is 60 hille or more West of Fott Mor
rnn, and In the Oulf of Mexico."
MITCHELL GETS .
TERM IN PRISON
United States Senator Sen
tenced to Serve Six Months
Behind Bars and Pay Fine
Portland. Ore., July 25. Vnltcd
States Senator Mitchell, convicted of
using his office of United S4a-.es sen
ator to further the law practice of the
Arm of Mitchell & Tanner of this city,
was today sentenced to pay a fine of
1,000 and 'to six months penal servi
tude. , Pending a- review of the case
by The Supreme court of the United
States execution of the aentdiics will
be deferred. Meantime Mitchell will
be placed under bull to the amount of
12,000.
COTTON REPORT IS
NOT ENCOURAGING
Washington, Julj 2B. The weekly
crop report of he weather bueau today
says: - '
Although Improvement Is Indicated
In parts of nearly nil of ihe cotton
states. It I nelth r general nor marked.
While the staple has grow .. While -be
otsple has grown rapidly, and la gen
erally frultin. - well. In .portions ot
Georgia, Alabama, Texas and Missouri,
complaints of unsatisfactory fruiting
are received from the Carollnas,' Mis
sissippi, Alabama, Tenh ssee aid Okla
homa und rust or shedding from all
sections. Injects are cawripg conalder
able damage to cotton in localities In
Texas, but generally no great Injury
Is reported. The crop I opening In the
southern portion ot th" belt and pick
ing Is under way In southern Texas?
FATHER HEROICLY ENTERS
ROOM AND SAVES LIVES OF CHILDREN
Pittsburg Pa., July 25. Two are
dead, two fatally burned and three oth
ers seriously Injur d by the expbskm
Of gasoline stove early todhy a, the
home of Levi Titus, a Kosher butcher.
Brsddock, Pa.
The explosion was caused by the
overturning ot a gasoline stovi on
which Mrs. Titus was preparing br si-
fun, The burning fluid was soMtered
over the room, enveloping Mrs. Titus
and Igniting a five-gallon caa of oil
s'andlng on the rear parch oear tae
door, ,
Baron Kamura. Head of Peace
Delegation. Makes a Pre-' "
diction'
THINKS NEGOTIATION
WILL END IN PEACE
Japan's Attitude Toward Chi
na and United States
Discussed
New York, July 25. That Japan will
demand an Indemnity of Russia In tha
negotiations for peace, and that the jf r
win be declared at ttv conclusion of
the poice negotiations at Portsmouth,
X. H., next moi h is the belief of Bar
on Komuru, head of the Japsnaso peacs
d legation, who arrived hers today, as
voiced by ex-Mlnlster Bato, -who Is tha
omdal fij okesman for the baron on this
mission. Mr. eiito, in au Interview to-
nigh:, said: i
1 am confident that peace will be
successfully negotiated by tha appoint
ed d legates. The Japanese will be
guided by moderation and no excessivs
demands will be made, but the senti
ment In Juptin and Russia is for peace.
and Wi the interests of humanity and
propri ly mere musi oe peace.
Cost a Million a Day. .. .
The roar to Japan, however, has been
very great. On both sides the loss In
men has been 670.000, Russia losing 170,-
000 of this number. The war Is costing
Japaji U.000,000 ,i day. and there Is a
f eling that there ought to be an In-
demnlty." .
Asked as to the probability ot an ar
mistice, Mr. Sato aald that probably
would be among the first questions the
plenipotentiaries would consider. Bas
ing the form of the negotiations on pre
vious -treaty negotiation Japan will
make th demands for Russia's consid
eration, he said. , .. . .... r
The peace terms, while held Invlo-'
late by those who know their text were
formulated by (be emperor of Japan
and his council.
Future- of China.
"If th central government could
work In harmony with t:he district or
provincial governments ' China ' would
become a great power, bbut at present '
that seems to be Impossible. ' -
Japam's attitude toward China was
most friendly, said Mr. 8a-o, iind while
maintaining no moral Monroe doctrine .
over i'.-he empire, sir felt that It wsa
more or less under Japan's pro'ectlon. '
This protection, by way of lllustra-iofi,
Mr. Sato said, was "not so strong over
China an that of the United States over
Bouth America.".
Mr. Sato emphasised th announce- : .
ment made frequ ntly before, that Ja- :
pan does not seek territorial aggran
disement, and on this point the speaker .
said: . -.1
We' want in Manchuria equal op-
portunliy, or what Mr. Hay cal(4 the
open aoor.
. Attitude Towards Unitad States. -
As to Japan's atttttude toward Amer- ,
lea, Mr. Sato laughingly ask.dT "Too
mean the yellow iperllT" and then- be- :
came more enthusiastic In his conver-s-it
ion nhan upon any previous topic.
He said: ? ? ;vl t V
"We are almost boyish In our enthus-'
lasm and friendship for America. While i
we art? friendly with China as Orientals,
our geatest friends are America and
England. The first monument ever ':.
erected to amy outsider in Japan was
to Commodore Pery, and ithelr policy
and conduct for the last fifty years has
b en one of help to us. : We .regard
America as an ally without a treaty."
The uesion was put to Mr. Sa'.o as .
to ony possibility of conflict with tha
United States In the future, as uggest
ed by some ot the American press at
he outbreak of the war, and Mr, Sato
asked whut could bring about such a
conflict, Wh.ti It was suggested that . 1
Japin might covet the Philippine is
lands he laughed heartily and replied
that Japan would not have the Philip
pines as a gift, even though a bonus
accompanied the gift, - .-:
Baron Komurv and his party arrived
early .today from Chicago and proceed
d at once to the Waldorf-Astoria,
where they will be quartered untU the
departure for Portsmouth. There was
no demonstration beyond the presence
t a few Japanes? merchants and mem
bers of the Nippon Club.
ESTIMATE TODAY.
Washington.- July If. ft was an.
nounced at the department of agrV
eultura todav that a revised esllinate
nt the acreage of cotton" planted hls
year, as compared. with that ot last
vir. Will probably be made and given
' the public tomorrow at 12 o'clock
.noon.
BURNING
, O..Vi
A second x plosion followed and In a
few minutes the entire house , was In .
flames. The father wsa the first to en
ter te children's room, where sraoks
wus issuing from h- windows. Feeling--his
way to the bed he grasped the
twins, Harry an Myer, and carried
them to the window. He hantUd taa
cblldren to th Bremen, who found that
they wer.- both dead, having been suf
focated. Tba father the wens back '
snd rescued the other the caJIdren,
and as he assisted the last ens to th .
window he fell to the' floor overcome
by smoke.
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