CHOLERA RAGING III MANILA ; The Epidemic Confined Almost Entirely to Native Population. Health Authorities Have Thus Far Been Unable to Stop Spread of the Disease. Washington, D. C. Information received by the Insular Bureau of the "War Department from Manila is to . the effect that cholera in a very viru lent form is raging there. During the -creek ending July 4 there were 116 cases and ninety-nine deaths from the disease. That the health authori ties have thus far been unable to stop the spread of the disease is indicated liy the further report that during the twenty-four hours preceding 8 o'clock a. m., were twelve cases and five deaths reported from the prov inces. . During the same period in Manila there were twenty-nine, cases rhich came to the knowledge of the health Department, twenty-three of which were fatal. The situation has assumed a very crave aspect, and the authorities liave taken stringent measures to stamp out the disease as speedily as possible, but it seems jto have gained m headway which is 'regarded with some apprehension. It is said that the disease is confined almost en tirely to the native population, al though several cases among white persons have been reported. It is be lieved, however, that the army and the civilian employes of the insular Government have thus far escaped from the ravages of the disease. It bas been the practice f the Philip pine authorities to cable the names of employes of the Government in case of death, and as none have been reported in this manner it is thought that there have been no fatalities Among them. The islands have never been en tirely free from cholera, but up to the present time the disease has been practically under control, only an iso lated case having been reported to the authorities from time to time. After an absence dating from March 21 cholera again reappeared In Manila early in May, when there were six cases and six deaths. Dur ing May there were also fifteen cases nd twelve deaths from the same dis ease in the provinces. Every possible effort was made to trace the source of infection, but so far all attempts have been unsuccessful. The first case occurred in the person of a beg gar, who was known to have been in the citjr for at least several weeks. ks far as could be learned, he ate only such xood as is common to the poorer cas3es. While it has not been 3ossible to trace any connection be- . rurred in the district of Tondo, and all of them in houses that border on the same estero. H. M'K. TWOMBLY, JR., DROWNED :5eized With Cramps Waile Swimming in Rig Squam Lake. Ashland, X. H. H.McK.Twombly, Jr., only son of the New York capi talist, got a cramp and was drowned In Big Squam Lake, Holderness, X. H., six miles from Ashland. He was eighteen years old, and four weeks a.go had graduated from Groton School, in Groton, Mass. He had looked forward to a course at Yale, and only a short time before his death had been talking enthusiastic ally of his future -career at college. The young man, whose mother i3 the sister of the late Cornelius Van- j derbilt and of William K., Frederick W. and George W. Vanderbilt. would have been one of the richest boys in the United States had he lived to at tain his majority. Young Twombly had gone to the lakeside with a party of students who 3iad graduated from the Groton School. He was the best swimmer in the little coterie. jr. I BRITONS LOSE FAMOUS CU 3rand Challenge Trophy at Henley . Captured by Belgians. Henley, England. The crew rep Tesenting the Club Xautique de Grand Belgium) defeated Trinity Hall, Cambridge, by three lengths in the ISnal for the Grand Challenge Cup. Time, seven minutes nine seconds. The cup thus leaves England for the Urst time in its history, and for the next twelve months will adorn the headquarters of the Belgian Rowing -dub. The ease with which the Belgians 3eat the crack British crew was a Tather rough shock to the compla ,cency of the home oarsmen and to itheir belief in the hitherto unshaka ble invincibility of their methods of Towing. The short, quick stroke and lack of leg-work of the Belgians have 5een criticised by the British experts since the first appearance of the for eign crew. Heavy Penalty For Land Fraud. At Portland, Ore., Henry Meldrum, former United States Surveyor Gen eral for the District of Oregon, was aentenced to pay a fihe of $250 on each of twenty-one counts and to serve sixty days' imprisonment at liard labor on each of eighteen counts, In the Federal penitentiary, for con spiracy to defraud the Government in -connection with land deals in the 'State. Three Lives Lost in Hotel Fire. Fire destroyed the Ouichita House, an old frame hotel, at Monroe, La. John Taylor, proprietor; Irvin. Tay lor, his grandson, and John Farrell, ol Bienville parish, a guest, lost their lives. Lagging in San Francisco. One of the few adverse reports in the business world is the delay to re building San Francisco by the high price of labor and the tardiness of some insurance settlements. GIRL SHOULDERS A MURDER Confesses to Killing a Youth After Accusing Two Young Men. Emma Stephany Tells How She Shot Her Sweetheart James Frizznell While Celebrating the Fourth. Pottsville, , Pa. First Implicating two young men of prominent fami lies in the murder of James Frizz nell, whose body was . found in the street on July 4, then clearing the men and taking the blame for the shooting on her own shoulders, Em ma Stephany, nineteen years old, daughter of a prominent merchant of this place, amazed the police by the stories which she told. Because of the sudden change in her stories the police are inclined to believe that the girl is - demented, and that neither she nor the young men whose names she told know anything about Frizznell's death. Yet both her stories at first glance appeared to have the imprint of truth, and the girl now is under arrest awaiting the result of an investigation by. the police. ' ' . . . Frizznell's body was found In the street on the morning of the Fourth of July with a bullet wound in his breast. Among those whom the police questioned in regard to the shooting was Miss Stephany. She said that she had seen the man slain, and she mentioned the names of those who she said did the Shoot ing. The police visited the young men mentioned by the girl, but ap parently they were able to prove a complete alibi, for they were not arrested. The police continued their work on the case, and they were sur prised when the girl walked Into headquarters and said that she want ed to retract the story she told and take all the blame for the killing. She asserted that she shot Frizznell acicdentally with his own revolver in celebrating the Fourth. She said he loaned her the pistol and that she meant to fire it in the air. She shut her eyes when she pullHi the triccer. and when she opened them again Frizznell was lying on the ground with a bullet in his breast. JAIL FOR TRUST LAWYERS. To Have an Opportunity to Prove Charges Against Toledo Judge. Toledo, Ohio. Jadce Kinkade, of the Common Pleas Court, who re cently sentenced the icemen to the Workhouse, sentenced Thomas H. Tracy and Clarpnce Brown, their at torneys, to ten days each in the coun ty jail, and Alexander Smith, another attorney, to pay. a fine of $230 for contempt of court. In filing a motion charging the Judge with misconduct in the trial of the icemen The sentence was suspended to give the attorneys an opportunity to show to the Circuit Court that their charges against Kinkade are true. The three men sentenced are the most nrominent attorneys at the To ledo Bar. ROJESTVEXSKY PLEADS GUILTY. Russian Vice-Adniiral Courts Death to Save Subordinates. Cronstadt. In a manly effort to save the surviving members of his staff and the other officers who. he believed, surrendered the gunboat Bedovi on account of their affection for their wounded commander and their desire to save his life, Vice-Ad-miral Rojestvenskv pleaded guilty be fore a court-martial. In a short speech to the court the Admiral declared that he took all the blame on his own shoulders and asked that he alone be punished to the fullest extent of the law, virtually an appeal for condemnation and death, which is the penalty for haul ing down the St. Andrew's Cross to a hostile vessel. Helen kellei: to add blind. Governor Guild Appoints Her Mem ber of a State Commission. Boston. Miss Helen Keller, of Wrentham, the deaf, dumb and blind girl, will be a member of the new commission for the industrial educa tion of the blind, which has long been advocated by her, and which was re cently authorized by the Legislature. Governor Guild announced the ap pointment of five members to . make up this commission, and besides Miss Keller, who will serve on the commis sion for four years, are Dr. E. Hart well, of Boston, five years; Miss An netta P. Rogers, of Boston, three years; Dr. J. H. A. Matte, of North Adams, two years, and Robert L. Raymond, of Milton, one year. BORGES GETS FIFTEEN YEARS. Convicted of Larceny . in Connection With Ubero Plantation Swindles. Boston. Ferdinand E. Borges was sentenced to from twelve to fifteen years in State's prison, the first day in solitary confinement, for his con nection with the Ubero Plantation Company swindles, whereby hundreds of "investors" were defrauded of money given to promote, fictitious plantations of fruit and products in Ubero, Mexico. In passing sentence the Court adjudged Borges to be a common and notorious thief. Hon and Steel Orders Large. The iron and steel industry is mak ing satisfactory progress, and book ings of new business are still made at a healthy rate. New Village at Vesuvius. The Duke and Duchess of Aosta laid the cornerstone for a new village on the side of Vesuvius, Italy. President Starts His Vacation. President Roosevelt reached Oys ter Bay for his summer, vacation. TARHEEL CROP BULLETIN General Summary of Condition of North Carolina Crops for Week Ending. Monday, July 9, 1903. A- The weather during: the past week has" been generally cloudy with fre quent" rains especially in the central and eastern districts where the dam age by excessive rain was consider able. The rain over the entire State a vera ged about 0.S0 : ineh above th e ' normal. The greatest excess was at Wilmington where the rainfall wasv 2.47 inches above the normal amount. In the western district the rains were reported, and the week as a whole in that section was favorable. The warm weather of the week ending July 2nd continued-until the 3rd when the weather became gradually cooler, the temperature averaging for the week 1 to 3 degrees lowe rthan the normal. The highest maximum temperature reported was 96 degrees in Halifax County on the 3rd ; and the lowest was CO degrees in Buncombe county on the 5th and 9th. A. II. Thiessen, Section Director. Great Gathering of Fanners. The following is the programme of the great meeting of fanners at Ral eigh. July 10-12, 1906: ' Tuesday July 10, Noon. Opening add ress, Commissioner . of ' Agriculture F. L. Patterson; Address of weleome,-. Governor R. B. Glenn; Response, President C. C. Moore. Afternoon Session, 3 O'clock. Agricultural Outlook in North Car olina : Ten Years of Progress in Agri culture, J. Bryan Grimes; The Com ing of Live-stock, A. C. Green; Cat tle Ticks Must Go, Dr. Taft Butler; The Farm' Garden an Important Small Industry, Prof. H. II. Hume; Farm Poultry. J. S. Jeffrey; Mule Raising, Dr. E. B. Wilcox, Office of Experiment Stations, Washington, D. Evening Session, 8 O'clock. Problems in Feeding Animals; Fundamental Problems in feeding Animals, C. D. Harris; The Efficien cy of . Homegrown Feed, A. L. French; Address, Hon v Ed. H. Web ster. Chief of Dairy Division, Wash ington, D. C. Wednesday, July 11th, 6 A. M. Trip over the College Farm. Morning Session, 10 A. M. Program for Tobacco Farmers, Program for the Cotton Farmers, Program for Daily Farm ere, Program for Institute Workers, Program for Women. Afternoon Session, 2 P. M. General Session. Problems in Soil Management; Better Methods of Farming, Prof. C. M. Conner, Agriculturist Florida Experimental Station ; Home Testing of the Soil by the Basket Method, John C. Brittou; Alfalfa, T. B. Par ?ver ; Farm Tools and Implements, D. W. Thorpe ; Dignify .Your Calling, Col. II. C. Dockery. Evening Session, 8 P. M.. General Session. Problems in Crop Culture: The Breeding and Selecting of Seeds. C. 1. Williams; Important Steps in Cul tivation, B. F. Walton; Corn, a Crop for All Farmers, R. W. Scott. Thursday July 12th, 7 A. M. Visit to the Poultry Farm. Morning Session, 10 A. M. Program for Tobacco Farmers Program for Cotton Fanners, Pro gram for Dairy Fanners, Program for Women. Noon General Session. Following is the program of the State Dairymen's Association, which meets in conjunction with the above: Wednesday July 11th. 10 A. M. Opening Exercises; Pres ident's Annual Address; Secretary's Report; Farm Butler-Making, R. H. Gower; Dairying as I Know it, McD. Watkins. Thursday, July 12th. Election of Officers Points for the Small Dairyman, L. F. Davis; Retail Mill, J. H. Bostian; What Dairying has Done for Me, A. C. Green ; Ad dress, Prof. B. H. Rawles, Dairying Expert, Dairy Division, Washington, D. C; Judging and Scoring; Award ing Prizes. Teachers' Salaries Raised. Durham, Special. The teachers of Durham county's public schools have received a slight raise for the ensu ing j'ear's work. The larger schools, where but one teacher is employed, the. salary was raised from $40 to $45. In other instances the increase was from $33 to $40 and from $30 to $43. In other instances tha increase was from $33 to $40 and from $30 to $35. In preparing for the fall work the board apportioned about $20,000 $1,500 was set aside as building fund and $1,200 as a contingency fund. Over 200 Houses Flooded. Wellsville, Ohio, Special. A cloud burst in the country just back of this city sent a torrent of water down Trotters Run that caused the heavey loss of city and country property. Over 200 homes and business houses were t flooded and the foundations weakened so tha't the pebplo would not remain in the houses. TAFT SPE Cabinet Member's Address to Nsrth Carolina Republicans COUNSELS THEM TO HARMONY The Secretary of War Emphasis the Importance of Breaking the Solid South, But Says as Ing'as the Re publican Party in This. Section Rep resents Little Save a Factional Chase for Federal Offices, in Whic2i v Business Men and Men, of Substance in the Community Have No Desire to Enter and in the Result of Which They Have No Interest, "We May Except the Present Political Condi tions of the South to Continue.' Greensboro, N. -C, Special. The most interesting feature of the Repub lican State convention here was the address by Secretary of War,' William H. Taft. The address was in part as follows: V. "Republicans of North Carolina: "When your committee did me the honor to ask me to address the Re publican convention of North Caro lina, they advised me that the politi cal situation was such that if a prop er effort were made ""at the coming .election, it would be possible to carry the State for the Republican party, and that in that effort they felt they were entitled to the. sympathy and assistance of Republicans throughout the couhtry. The apeal had con vincing weight with me, for I be lieve that nothing that could hap pen in the politics of this country would work greater advantage to the country at large, and to the South in particular, than the breaking up of what has been properly lenown as the "Solid South." I say this in no par tisan spirit, for I am not one of those who think that this -result would necessarily increase the probability of the continuance in power of the Republican party. The solidity of the South while it has assured to the Democratic party a certain number of Congressmen and a certain num ber of electoral votes, has in a meas ure furnished its own antidote by re straining many voters in the North who might have left the Republican party but for what they regard as the injustice and danger of Southern political conditions." - Here Secretary Taft referred to the disfranchisement of the negro, show ing that this was not approved by the people of the north. Concerning the present day South he said: "The white people of the South are a homogeneous people, much more likely to cherish traditions and re tain customs and opinion of the past than the people of the North of more mixed descent. Hence it takes a long time to convince the white people of the South, intelligent, clear-headed and energetic as they are, that the cry of negro domination, so often raised by politicians among them, is merely for the purpose of solidifying their vote on the Democratic side aud has no real jurisdiction in fact. As long as the years immediately fol lowing the war, their agriculture lan guished, their mines remained un opened, their factories were few in number, and the prosperity of the country seemed confined to that part of it lying north of Mason rs and Dix on's line, it was easj, by appeals to recollections of the civil war and the unfortunate sequence of reconstruc tion, to fill the ranks of the Demo cratic army and maintain the -solid-ty of the South. But nw, during the last decade, an unprecendented pe riod of prosperity has come for the fair Southern States." The Secretary. Uien led off into the body of his speech, showing what the present administration. and the past congress have done for the country. He argued that it is now time for a break in the solidity of the South, that the best interests of the whole country demands it, and that North Carolina is good republican ground. Concerning the republican position on the trust question he said: "It has been the habit of the Dem ocratic party. to attack the Republi can party as favoring trusts and cor porations, and opposed to the labor ing man. Nothing could be farther from the fact. The record of that party shows that the only substantial steps which have been really taken to stop the abuses and oppression at tempted by the irresponsible hold ers of the great wealth and corpoi-nte power, have been by the Republican party and there is no more brilliant aud successful exponent o fthis policy than Theodore Roosevelt. His declar ations made before . the election are being enforced and put into practice afterthe election.' Mr. Taft argued that the "republi cans were not to be criticised for the seeming extravagance of the past congress ; that the expenditures made were made necessary by the needs of the country. ' Secretary Taft left Monday night on a special train for his home and thence to keep an engagement in Ohio Tuesday, WSM is 1 J. P. Rickman, President Bank of Henderson ville 1 ! A STRONG BANK Four per cent paid on time deposits s We extend to our customers every courtesy con- h sistent with sound banking Y W. J. DAVIS, President Geo. I. White, Vice-Pres. K. G. MORRIS, Cfch XDbfe commercial HENDERSON ONE DOLLAR Starts a Savings Account with this bank TRANSACTING A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS The Claude Brown Com pamy CASH or CREDIT We Buy and Sell Horses and Hules Wagons. Buggies, Harness. Feed Stuff of All Kinds We will trade anything we have for 'any thing you've 'got Come and seeus. We're open for business. PROMINFNT PEOPLE. Senator Chauncey M. Depew is tak ing the rest cure at Dohbs Ferry. Senator Hansbrough began as a printer after leaving the public school. Senator Perkins, who was a Maine fawner's boy, went to sea when he was thirteen. " Edison is unquestionally one of the most unassuming and democratic of our great men. The Duke of Abruzzi- has sailed for Africa to explore the Ruwenzoni mountain range. King Edward is fond of plovers' eggs, which he generally spreads on Russian black bread. " Before he was twenty Senator Pat terson had worked for eight years as a printer and jeweler. Professor A. B. Macullum, of Toronto University, has been elected a member of the Royal Society of London." . Thomas F. Ryan; who, next to John D. Rockefeller, is regarded in the "Wall Street district as the most de termined money maker in America, is a director in thirty-two corpora tions. John Burns, nor a British Cabinet Minister,' once contended publicly that no man's work is worth more than $2500 a year. Yet Burns has accepted an office which pays $10,000 a year. J-, x" In addition to his knowledge of continental tongues, King Edward is said to know a little Gaelic. It is probably not very much, for even Robert Louis Stevenson, a born Scot, could" not master this difficult tongue. Elbert H. Gary, Chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, has ordered a family mausoleum, costing $100,000. to be built at Wheaton, 111. The largest roof stones ever quarried will be used in the mauso leum. NEWSY GLEANINGS. A record wheat" crop ,is predicted. One person in 400 is. insane in Ohio. Some Americans are to open a big department store in London. New York has :cided to erect a monument to C?rl Schurz. Heavy rain spoiled King Edward's birthday celebration; London sub ways were flooded. The Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Company has been put on a ten per" cent, dividend basis. Six hundred men in Indian Terri tory hanged and burned a negro who had assaulted a girl of fifteen. A Japanese expert said that most of the earthquake losses In San Fran cisco were caused by faulty construc tion. . A. Hepburn,- President of the Chase National , Bank, estimated that Americans spent $400,000,000 abroad yearly. It is reported that the suits which the Administration expects to bring against the Standard Oil may result in $2,000,000 wc th cf fines. V American delegates to the Interna tional Wireless Congress will propose a plan to punish companies for re fusing to ' communicate with other systems. ' Two whipthong makers who went into bankruptcy recently in South wark, England, declared that they had been ruined by motors, and es pecially by motor omnibuses. An '. ape in the Bronx. Zoological Park, New York City, seized a lighted cigar , thrown into his cage and set fire to a bunch of hay, almost caus ing a panic among the spectators. Morrison G. Swift was fined $10 for posting placards denouncing "money kings" on the doors of the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Standard Oil Company, in New York City. The counsel of George Washington: "Labor to keep . alive In your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscIence;,, is a word of advice al ways worthy of thought. J. A. Maddrey, Cashier 4 S IBank VILLE, N. CT RAM'S HORN BLASTS HE best time te repent is before you commit. It takes more than acquittal to make a clean heart. There is noth- t . . i mg more eloquent tlvnn cilpnf. infta'S.I i"TXT olli ' There is none of the muie of Heaven in a holy tone. ..There's a world of difference be tween wishing: and vailing. Education is always deficient long as it can see a terminus. The preacher who is anxious for popularity loses his power. "Wealth is a matter of appreciate rather than of acquisition. You cannot prove your holiness by putting your head into Heaven. He to whom success is the soul of all will not find success in his soul The blessings that nourish a living tree work the decay of a dead one. The worst part of any trouble is waiting for it. on lose force with men as sooq ;i vcu lose faith in them. Every great talent has come out oi rnanv a furnace-like trial. No man ever' succeeded' in preach ing Truth by acting a lie. The worldly Christian will never make I he Christian world. The fiercest fighting may be but tte polishing of the crowns. Only the smile that is rooted lafc fruits of refreshing. . The world is not lighted by ing the candle at both ends. A man's judgment of others is of ten an indictment of himself. Complacency is often complacent ly mistaken for consecration. The emerged tithe will do a lt t solve the problem of the sabmeiy ed tenth. Many women forget that it ta more than a perfect house to va-Ae i home. BUILD SHEDS FOR CATTLE. Aside from the fact that the co? have the fresh grass during the sum mer, the main reason why they contented is that they have plenty -exercise, fresh air and are coxnfo' able. We hear men say that t&e'-r cows do splendidly during the st mer, but are very disappointing d,jr' ing the winter, and some of these are known to be good providers is, their cows are reasonably wd1 e auring tna winter ana tne i ' j trofry - . - - . f inn iT k nearly propeny Daianceu. ble is that the animals are , f ortable. In too many cases the a-. Al VU1U K.4-L pviub v. - . otner cases tney are not p and the animals are being stifled the foul air, V Again, some cojvs given little or no exercise during -winter. If they get any at all it turning them out in the cold karQe. to drink ice-cold water. Rmem. the exercising shed, and before n . - intr lITlTOr IT 111 I LL-i" a .far! art have one of these sheds and also UUno 0 liitw n range the stables so tney v" Do this, together with the P feeding, and you will find the co contented and happy as m tne .a. ill rhnW YCU' mer time, ana tney -preciation by the milk flow. - " . . nrptf I" .'if The largest Dim worM is the bearded tur' jg.l measures, from wing as much as 9 to 10 feeL- I 1 ' ' '-'I I ! III "ft