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RALEIGH, NOBTU CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 19. 1U07.
SO. 34.
V Items Gathered From All
FOUND WITH THROAT CUT.
Mangnin Martin, Business Man of
Concord, Bclicycd to Have Been
Murdered and a Pistol Placed in
His Hand Tor Deception.
Co;:cord, Special. A ghastly sight
was found Friday morning at 10:30
oY!-k by Mary Stafford, a 12-year-oM
negro girl, when she stumbled
t,r the dead body of Mangnm Mar
tin, a well-known business men of
ti.( wf .-trn part of the city, llij
throat was cut and four bullet
wounds were in his head. A pistoi
holding one cartridge with four
-riij'y chambers was found lying
l.-o-dy in the left hand. He was ly
ng on his back; his feet crossed with
i ..- ri'lit hand on his right breast.
Martin left his store Thursday ev
minz about 8 o'clock, stating to a sou
that hi' would be back in a few min
ute, but did not return. Believing
that something had happened to their
fath.r, his five sons began a search
for him, in connection with the police
authorities. The body was found
about 500 yards below the Southern
depot on the east side of the rail
road, within less than 300 feet of tin
brick kilns at Brown's brick yard.
Mr. Martin left his place of business
v.ith .400 on his person, more than
$100 being in gold coin A small
pocket knife, a box of morphine tab
lots and 70 cents in money Avore
found on him when the examination
was made by Dr. Robert S. Young
and Coroner George Richmond. It
is believed by a great many that
Martin was murdered for his monev,
and the pistol placed in his left
hand to make it appear that the man
committed suicide.
This is one of the most horrifying
crimes that has ever been committed
in this city, and the authorities are
already making efforts to ferret out
the mystery.
Slashed a Conductor.
Asheville, Special. Joseph W.
Brunson, Jr., a railway conductor
running between Asheville and Ccl
umbia was badly gashed about the
head and face by a knife in the hands
of Ed Miller, a young white man of
this city. Bmnson received fiv
gashes. He knocked Miller down and
took the knife from him. Miller was
arrested. The indications are that
Brunson will recover. The fight wa
the result of an altercation, started
by Brunson asking why Miller did
not pay a debt he owned him, it i3
said.
Big Industrial Corporation.
Asheville, Special. It was learned
here on absolntelv roliahlo infom t
tion that a great commercial and in
lust rial corporation is being formed
m this section of North Carolina for
the establishment and development
of industrial enterprises. Th
tock of the corporation will be $5,-'
000,000. Of this amount more than
two and one-half million dollars have
already ben subscribed and it is be-'
hoved that the remainder of the five
million will be subscribed in six weeks
or two months.
Mother's Peculiar Death.
Asheville, Special. A sudden and
peculiar death occurred here Friday
Afternoon. Mrs. Effie Ingle, white "
Attempting to administer a thrashing
to her 12-year-old son, was struck by
t lip boy, became overbalanced and,'
tailing to the floor, ruptured a valve
of the heart and died in a few sec-'
. oiias.
North State Notes.
State Treasurer Lacky says the cor
porations are paying the franchise
taxes very well. This is a dull month
in the treasury, as it is indeed in the
other State departments.
Governor Glenn offers a reward of
&0 for Andrew Jones who is charged
jnth shooting - Charles Holmes in
Bert ford county July 23d dangerous
ly injuring him.
The premium list of the forty-seventh
annual State fair October 14th
! 10th is issued. E. L. Daughtridgo
is president of the North Carolina
Agricultural Society which holds
the fairs which rank among the
most successful in the entire South,
j e aijd of agriculture this year al
ow s 75q for specjaj premrams for
neid attd garden crops and 14 special
erops have been selected all ' staple
0nes; ln each case the first premium
r the second $15 and the thirl
There will also be a set of valu-
fuprimiums for truck crps. One
the features of the fair will be the
Sfe by Williama Jennings Brvan
Anursday, October 17th.
, Charters are granted to the Rock-
Motor ComPany t Rock
jognam, to own and opearte automo
lles ,repair the same, etc, $10,000
CaPital stock, W. N. Everett and oth
JS stoholders; the Lenoir Hard
ee & Furniture Co at Lenoir, to
oooawhlesaIe business caPital $125'
j,ol J- Lenoir and others stock-
Con,?; theJv'ilson Marine Grocer
jpany, Wilmington, wholesale
s' cajuiersetc., capital $25,000.
Sections of the Stat 8
Eerenue Officer Shot.
North Wilkesboro, Special. In a
raid up in the Reddie river country
on the Wilkesboro. and Jefferson turn
pike Revenue Officer John T. Shep
herd was hot and painfully though
not seriously wounded. Offiecr Shep
herd with several other officers, were
on their way to cut up a blockade
still which had been located not far
off the turnpike. Shepherd was in a
buggy some distance ahead of the
other officers and on arriving in the
neighborhood of the still, he stopped
to wait for them. He had got out of
the buggy and was sitting on the
fence beside the toad when two un
known men, led by a man named Mil
ler, enmc across the field and sud
denly fired at him twice with a shot
gun, knocking him , from the fence,
several No.' 6 shot struck him in the
head and others scattered all over his
body. His team, standing in the road
below, was either struck by some shot
or frightened by the noise and ran
off, tearing up the buggy. Officer
Shepherd recovered himself in tim
to lire several times at his assailant
who were running back across the
field, but they escaped, and by the
time the other officers came up the
still, and all fixtsrueerus en-ofifiKPa
still and all fixtures had been carried
away. Mr. Shepherd was brought
here his wounds were dressed and he
is now resting as comfortably as could
be expected. Miller and the men who
were with him when the shooting took
place have not yet been captured.
Hermit's Hidden Money.
Asheville, Special. The executor
of the estate of the late William Job
Cleveland, the "hermit," of Swan
nanoa township near Asheville, who
committed suicide reecntly at the age
of 8G years, has filed with the clerk
of the court an inventory of the es
tate. It is found that Cleveland left
neatly one thousand dollars, all of
which was. -found buried about thw"
premises ; also the farm in Swannanoa
and 879 shares of stock in concerns
and corporations in Georgia, Alaba
ma, New Jersey and North Dakota.
The par value of all the stock i i
more than ten thousand dollars. Al
though it has not yet been determined
just what market value of the hold
ings will be. The old "hermit '4. lived
a beggarly life at his river home", sub
sisting for the most part on canned
goods. He was generally regarded
as oueer and the finding of nearly one
thousand dollars secreted on the pre
mises causes no surprise. It is be
lieved that there is still other money
hid about the place.
A Human Tigress.
New Bern, Special. News comes
from Jones Bay or Hobucken, Pamli
co county, of the brutal murder of
two little negro children, by an infur
ated woman. Saturday the two child
ren, whose names were not learned
were playing before the door of Bar
bara Tarum who lived near their own
when the woman came out and order
ed them to leave. The children didn't
leave at once, which made the woman
mad, and she ran into the house and
caught up a gun and deliberately
shot them both down as they were
running away. One of the children
lived about four hours after the
shooting and died. The other sti!J
had life at last accounts but is not
expected to recover. The woman who
is a negro was soon arrested and car
ried te Bayboro where she is now
lodged in jail.
Negro is Hanged for Criminal Assault
Asheville, Special. James Rucker
a negro, was hanged here in jail
shortly after noon Wednesday. Ruck
er was convicted of criminal assault
on his step-daughter.. It is said that
this is the first time in the history of
this State that a negro has been hang
ed for "such a crime against one of
his own race.
Bar-Keeper. Uses, Monkey Wrench
Asheville, Special A nasty affray
occurred here when Wiley P. Black, a
local-bar-keeper, inflicted serious in
juries with a" monkey wrench on one
J. C. Wallace, a well-known black
Smith of this city. Wallace was pret
ty badly beaten up. The trouble
grew out of a debt which it is alleged
Black owed Wallace, Wallace had
done some work, it is said, on ono
of Black's carriages when the lattet
sent for the vehicle and Wallace sent
back word that the money for the
repairs also be sent. The trouble re
suited from this and a wordy battle.
Brains Sicked Oat.
Lenoir, Special. Mr. James Hick
erson Vas seriously and most proba
bly fatally kicked by a mule late Fri
day 'evening near , Patterson. Tin
mule kicked him on the head and
quite a little of the brain was knock
ed out. . He is still living but uncon
scious. He has charge of twenty or
moreteams belonging to J. M.-Barn
hardt, which haul lumber.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
LUt of Those Recently Licensed By
the State Superintendent.
The State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction announced the earner
of those who have Been issued certifi
cates as teachers in the new rural
high schools. These have qualified
themselves as principle of such
Kchools. One of the particular re
quirments for the latter position U
the knowledge of Latin and Greek
The list follows: C. B. Alexander,
Mattehws; Fred Areher, Chapel Hill;
B. W. Allen, Franklinton; W. IL Al
bright, Liberty; W. F. Allen, South
ern Jines; W. J. Beale, Pendleton;
W. T. R. Bell, Rutherfordton; N. B.
Clayton, Chapel Hill; Miss Laura V.
Cox, Winterville; Frank Culbreath.
Fayetteville; Mark B. Clegg, Cruusc;
J. E. Crutcbfield, Lillitigton; Miss
Emma Culbreath, Clinton; E. P. Dix
on, Liberty) George C. Davidson,
Fayetteville J. M. DownUm, Gaston
ia; J. E. B. Davis, Pine Level; J. B.
Everett, Robertsonville; II. W. Ear
ley, Aulander; B. L- Ellis, Cli nton;
W. R. Freman, Dobson; G. M. Guth
rie, Englehardt; M. S. Giles, FonJa
Flora; R. C. Holton, Atlantic; L. L.
Margrave, Lumber Bridge; Jackson
Hamilton, Maxthville; George W
Holmes, Henderson; John L. Harrii,
Lenoir; Holand Holton, Durham; L.
R. Hoffman, Lowel; Miss Pearl John
son, Pittsboro; T. H. King, I aG range;
Alexander II. Koonce, Roper; Mbi
Meter S. Liles, Tarboro; S. T. Lileo,
Wiliamston; S. G. Lindsay, Dallas;
Miss Elenor D. Mundy, Barboursville;
E. L. Middleton, Cary; M. F. Mc
Canness, Chapel Hill; H. C. Marshal,
Bryson City; Harlle McCall, Flor
ence; K. H. Mclntyre, Holly Springs;
Charles K. McCanness, Trinity; Miss
Ada D. Michtill, Lexington; Mis.
Clara M. Pegg, Madison; Miss Marj
H. Phelps, Scotland Neck; Luther
B. Pendergrass, Durham; Miss Susan
B. Kenny, Raleigh; E. M. Rawliiu,
Raleigh; William Robinson, Wilming
ton ; H. E. Riggs, Dobson ; A. C. Sher
rill, Stanley; A. B. Staley, Pittsboro;
Preston Stamps, Parkton; J. I. Sing
letary, Bladenboro; M. Shepard, Or
rum; E. G. Settlemyre, Granite Falls;
W. B. Shinn, Ganite Quarry; B. I.
Cary, Warsaw; James Terapleton,
Cary, Warsaw; W. W. Woodhou.
Whiteoak; A. V. Woos'eley, Pleasani
Garden; L. L. White, Jamestown; G.
B. Wetmore, Woodlcaf: E. L. Way-
oner, Whitehead; A. P. Whizeuhunl .
tt:i l
uiL-uory.
Meeting of Fruit Growers.
Wilmington, Special. The eleventh
annual meeting of the East Carolina
Truck and Fruit Growers Association
was held Wednesday afternoon and
was well attended. President Wra.
E. Springer presided and all the of
ficers were present except Vice Presi
dent J. A. Brown. The important
business transacted was providing
means for carrying on the work of
the association in view of the de
struction of the machinery for eolec.t
ing the 1 cent per crate tax on ber
ries by Hepburn bill, and the fail
ure of the bill providing this machin
ery before the late session of the
General Assemblj'.
Increasing Electric Power.
Mount Airy, Special. The city au
thorities are increasing the e'letric
power at Buck Shoal power plant by
putting in another big wheel. This
increase of power will be of great
benefit to the city as the lights are
not what the business men and resi
dents are paying for. But these diffi
culties will be out of the way 3oon
and the city will then be the best
lighted place in the western part of
the State.
New Enterprises.
Charters are granted the Bank of
Grover, -Cleveland county, capital
stock $10,000; the Universal Wire
Box Company, Durham, $100,000,
C. 0. Ullman, of Chicago and others
Stockholders; Eagle Rock Manufac
turing Company, at place of that
name, Wake count 4f25,000 ; Carolina
Amusement Company, Bryson City,
to operate a skating rink, etc., $10,
000. Items of State Interest.
There are 99 cases on the docket of
Durham County Superior Court for
violations of the prohibition law.
P. M. Brown, of Charlotte, has
bought the Raleigh Aeadaemy of
Music, paying $36,000 for it.
Mooresville's new three-story pub
lic school buildiug was completed last
week.
In a test case in Greensboro the
new law requiring tb payment of
board bills was applied. Formerly
one could not force payment of a
board bill, but now eolection can be
made legally,
The corporation commission will
bear Friday the matter of a union
depot at Lincolnton, the Carolina an
Northwestern and the Seaboard Air
Line being the railways interested.
The report of the State Labor Com
missioner for last year is being issu
ed. While the!egislature was in ses
sion a summary, of the more impor
tant features of the report was made
for the use of members "of that body
and this was quite widely circulated.
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Matter of Canal Appropriation
to Be Gone Over
CONGRESSMEN TO VISIT CANAL
Comaiitte Harinf ia Ch&rc the San
dry Civil Appropriations Expects
By Personal Inspection and a
Heart To Heart Conference With
Those in Charge of the Work to Be
Able to See the Justness of the Ap
propriations Asked.
Washington, Special. The exami
nation on the ground of the estimate
for the appropriations for continu
ing work on the I 'ana id a canal sub
mitted by gecretaary Taft for (he fis
cal year 1907 is to be made by mem
bers of the next Congress, who will
have in charge the preparation of the
sundry civil bill, in which the appro
priation for the canal is incorporated.
The proposed visit is the outcome of
a suggestion from Representative
James A. Tawney, of Minnesota,
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee in the last Congress,-who was
at the isthmus following adjournment
last March. He believes" it .will be t
the best interests of the-services as
well as to those directdW and in
directly in charge of the administra
tion of the force at work if the mem
bers of the appropriations commit
tee having in charge the preparation
of fthe sundry civil bill go to the
isthmus with the estimates for the
next fiscal year and consider them
carefully with the officials having su
pervision of expenditures for all
kinds of work being done. The sug
gestion has met with'a hearty re
sponse from those identified with the
commission's work who believe that
a great deal of good will result fro'i
a heart-to-heart talk between the
Congressmen, who prepare the im
propriation and the officials who
spend it, and that it will clear away
in advance any misapprehension or
misunderstandings that may exist as
to the justness and propriety of al
lotting the money estimated to be
necessaray for the year's work.
Of particular importance is the
proposed visit regarded at the present
time when the question is now before
the President whether the commission
can lawfully expend during the pres
ent fiscal year any more money than
was specifically appropriated. Colonel
Goethals having reported to the au
thorities in Washington that the work
has progressed so rapidly Jhata it will
be in the interest of true economy to
exceed that amount to the extent of
$3,000,000 and by reason of which he
thinks a year's time will be saved in
the completion of the great waterway.
Officials here think Congress may, as
a result of the observations of the
members of the appropriations' com
mittee who go to the isthmus, see fit
to provide legislation under which
work may proceed regardless of Ihe
appropriations, if this authority does
not already exist. The committee
will leave New York November 5th
and return to Washington in time for
the opening of Congress in December.
Material for Manufacture of Dyna
mite in Tailor's Possession.
Worchester, Miss., Special. The
police of this city upon receipt of a
telegram from Chief Inspector M
Cafferty, of New York, searched the
premises of Sarkis Restigian a tailor
here and seized a case of ma ferial
used in the manufacture of dynamite.
Restigian is a friend of Father Mar
toogessian who was arrested in New
York some me sgo in connection
with an Armenian murder. Resti
gian told the police that the box was
sent to him by some unknown perpon
in New York a long tj igo.
Drivers of Meat Strike.
New York, Special. No meat has
been delivered sinee midnight by the
jobbers to the retail butchers in the
city, owing to a strike of drivers,
which took place Friday afternoon
The men demanded higher wages and
less hours. The meat men say there
will be a famine in New York within
twenty-four hours unless the strike
is settled.
Attempt to Blow Up Train.
Cripple Creek, Col., Special. An
attempt was made to blow up the in
coming short line passenger train
with dynamite at St. Petefsdomc,
midway between Cripple Creek and
Colorado Sprins. Every window in
the last car was broken and M. J.
McCarthy, of "Hetor, deputy State
mine inspector had his hand cut. A
number of women fainted. A similar
attempt was made to blow np the"
same train at Duffield. The dynamit
ers escaped. ,
Interest on New York Bond Eaised
Half a Cent, v
New York, Special. Owing to the
present stringency in the money mar
ket the City of New York was obliged
to raise the rate of interest on bonds
it now has for sale from 4 ,to 4 1-2
per cent. The mayor issued an order
to the heads of all city departments
to limit the expenditures of their
departments to the lowest possible
point consistent with efficient administration.
A FATAL MISTAKE
Revenue Officers Shoot Each
Other For EKockadsrs
FOUR WOUNDED: ONE MAY DIE
Three Others Wotmdei ia Uaf ortua
ate Encounter Near Chapel Hill
E&ch Party Mistook the Other for
Blockader and Got Buy With
Winchesters Deputy Collector
Jordan of Ealelfh, Dtpcrately
Wounded.
Greensboro, N. C, Special. Two
raiding parties composed of revenue
officers and po semen, neither know
ing that the other party was compos
ed of their friends, met while search
ing for an illicit distillery near
Chapel Uill at 2 o'clock Friday mon
ing and as a result of their mistake
engaged in a miniature battle, la
which four were seriously injured
two probably fatally. The two who
are in the most serious condition are
Deputy Marshal Jordan and Posse
man Banks, Deputy Collector Hend
ricks who was in charge of one party
was shot in the hip. He was brought
here Friday evening. The name of
the 'other man injured was not ob
tained. Two raiding parties, one from Ra
leigh and the other from Durham,
having received information that an
illicit distillery was in operation
about five miles from Chapel Hill, in
Orange county, started out and reach
ed the distiller' at almost the 6ame
time. The party first arriving was
busy cutting up the still when the
other party arrived. The party in
the still was taken by surprise and
the officers opened fire on the others,
thinking that they were the moon
shiners who had been operating tha
illicit distillery.
There were just three men in each
party, and all began shooting. Four
of the six men were struck by one or
more o the many shots that were ex
changed. After the firing bad ceased
the men found to their surprise that
no moonshiners were near and that
they bad been fighting their friends.
The wounded ones were removed to
a farm house and physicians called
in from Chapel Hill and Durham.
Neither party knew that the othci
was out, but were aware that moon
shiners in that part of the country
had given the officers much trouble.
They were not surpised when they
were fired upon and both sides felt
sure that they were fighting the hardy
men of the country.
Additional Details Reported From
Durham.
Durham, N. C, Special. At at late
hour Friday night all the men wound
ed in the raid of a still near.Chapei
Hill were doing well and are expect
ed to recover. The wounded are as
follows :
Robert Hendricks, of Greensboro,
deputy collector, wounded in hip,
this being a flesh wound and not
serious.
J. B. Jordan, of, Cary, deputy mar
shal, wounded through side of stom
ach and in the hip. His wounds seri
ous but not thought fatal.
T. E. Rigsbee, this city, posseman,
shot through arm, not serious.
John R. Banks, Raleigh, posseman.
bone in leg below knee crushed by
bullet nad it may be necessary to
amputate leg. That has not yet been
decided.
The only two of the six officers
who escaped without being woundet!
are D. C. Downing, deputy collector,
of Raleigh, and A. L. Pendergrass,
posseman of this city.
Will Demand the Books.
New York, Special. Defined by
the officials of the Inter borough Met
ropolitan Company, William JV. Ir-
vins inquisitor for the Public Service !
Committee will appeal to the courts
for an order requiring the corpora
tion to submit its books for examina
tion Attorney Cravath for the Bel-mont-Ryan
concern says the Inter
borough is not a railway but is a
holding company, and that the com
mittee has no right to demand tbr
books. Irvins admits that the failure
to get the books hampers him in his
efforts to get the investigation the
concern's condition.
British Steamer Glenway Bammed.
Norfolk, Ya., Special. The Mer
chants & Miners Transportation
Company's steamer Lexington, bound
from Norfolk for Savannah, Ga., ram
med the British steamer Glenway
while the latter was lying off the
Lamberts Point eoal piers awaiting
a berth to take bunker coal. The
Lexington apparently uninjured pro
ceeded. The CMtiwuv's port bow was
injured.
Five Men Entombed.
Wilkesbarret Pa., Special. Fire
men were entombed by a fall of rock
in No. 14 tunnel of the mine at Port
Blancard, near here, operated by the'
Erie Coal Company. Michael Naugh
ten, one of the men caught in the fall
after several hours effort,' crawled
from under the debris badly injured.
He reported that four other men were
caught in the falL
CREW IS ARRESTED
Ciuxund Neg&sence Alleged
Cause of Auburn Wreck
WHEREIN TMtfE, WERE KILLED
Dispatchers Btehca tad F&rria,
Oendactor Oakley aad Eaxiaecr
Bipper Mest Answer for Attars
Wreck, ta Which Criainii NtU
ftsct Ls Alleged.
Raleigh, N. C, SpcitLChicf
Train Dispatcher B. P. KrUbutu, of
the Durham division of te tsoutheru
Railway, snd Traiu Dispatcher Vic
tor Parin arretted oa warraata
charging manslaughter, the eorvmr'
jury baring found them guilty of
groM negligence and carrlenr in
the matter of a head-on xlliKn of
a freight aivd pa!tcgrr train near
Auburn on Augut Cth hcn thr
men were killed.
The men waived examination and
were- bound over to September term
of courts Ketcbem'a bond being $1
000 and Parvin TX). WarrauU
have been isatied for the arrest of
Engineer YV. W. Rippey and Conduc
tor C. M. Oakley, of the paswngei
train who admitted baring forgot
ten their order to meet the freight
train. The magistrate says he will
grant bail to them in $10,000 each
when they appear before hira.
Passenger Engineer W. W. Rippey
and Conductor Oakley, of the South
ern, came here and gave themclve
up to Justice Separk. He bad issued
warrants for them, chargi"? man
slaughter for criminal cailessnewt
in causing the collision at Auburn,
ten miles from Raleigh, August Ctu.
which caused three deaths. Bonds oi
a thousand dollars were given in each
case." All llu men w aived examina
tion. Their cssos may be tried at
the September term of Sujerior
Court here.
OUSTED MAYOR KILLS HIMSELF
Paul C. Barth, of Louifville, Ends
Life in Private Offic of Utics
Lime Company, of Which He Was
General Manager.
Louisville, Ky., Special. Paul C.
Barth, for a year and a half Mayor
of Ltuisvillc, and ousted recently by
the decision of the Court of ApjMjals,
shot and killed himself Wednesday.
Mr. Barth ended his life in his pn
yat office at the headquarters of the
Utica Lime Company, of which he
wfe general manager. The shot wni
heard by his business associates, who
rushed into the room to find Mr.
Barth unconscious on the floor, with
i bullet hole in his head. He never
recovered consciousness and died
about 1 o'clock. Mr. Barth was a
man of means and was president of
the board of aldermen for cvera!
years. It was Mr. Barth who , wel
comed to Louisville President Roose
velt when on his Southwestern tour
two years ago. The cause of th
suicide is unknown.
Since the ousting of Mr. Berth's
administration by mandate of the
Court of Appeals two months oj;o,
the acts of the officials during hi.'
term have been subjected to severe
scrutiny by the officials who came in
with Mayor Bingham, appointed by
Governor Beckham. Nothing wa
found that reflected any discredit on
Mr. Barth personally, but the meth
ods of conducting some of the city
institutions have been under fire
both in official reports and in the
press. Mr. Barth was very sensitive
to criticism and his friends at time
remarked that the condition of af
fairs seemed to gall him. However,
he gave no evidence that he was in
any danger to break down, physi
cally or mentally, and since the oust
ing had been counducting his business
affairs as usual.
" Negro Sills Two Women.
Camden, N. J., Special. Mrs.
Frances Horner, aged 67 years, wife
of Edward Horner, a farmer on the
Browning road near Merchantvillc,
and Mrs. Victoria NapolL a servant
were chopped to death in their home,
it is charged, by Charles Groson, a
negro who was formerly employed on
the farm. The assassin first set fire
to the Horner barn. While Homel
and Mrs. Napoli's htifband were try
ing to rescue some of the horses from
the barn, Mrs. HornrXjJd her servant
came upon the negro iu the act of
robbing the house.
Mail Sacks Missing.
Lincoln, Neb., Special. Three reg
istered mail sacks containing about
a quarter of a million dollars, disap
peared from the Burlington train be
tween Denver and Oxford, Neb., last
Sunday night and the potoffice of
ficials have just made the theft pub
lic. The train left Denver with seveu
sacks and but four remained when it
reached Oxford. Detectives and post
ofiee officials are at work on the ease.
Captured in Florida.
Columbia, SpeciaL A requisition
has been issued by Gov. Ansel for Al
exander Hillian, a negro wanted in
Chesterfield county, for assault with
attempt to ravish and believed to be
a prisoner in the Southern part of
Florida. Sheriff Douglass of Chester
field was in the city and went to Flo
rida as agent for the State to brin?
back the fugitive. The crime charged
against the-negro was committed
about
a year ago.
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Nearly all of lU (rrrwaetsU try
rtc4 at Tie 1 hae Uwtrsrt
4 their dele?ate ta vk to favor
of obligatory arbitratoa.
Tie New Zealand UsnlaUr
cil rejected the bill culm otea eli
gible to election to the uppef bw.
Two German and 110 Ouw
killed by a dynamite eip4oe U ft
Chine mine.
Attorney-fleneret tVoajtarte tele
graph IhfrtrWt A floury Parens of
Ala bun , that the rntne iwer of tt
Ouvrruxntct ill be wrd t efar
the deeree of the Federal comta.
Mr. lUmapaite he baa no ia-
teotioo of reftipiin;, but U tfiftX
hard on the trut caw.
J. D. I ?!!, ucstm editor tw U
held rejM.iU!e f r wurh of tle r
eent race trmthle on tbe Eattern
Shore of Virginia, pave IinM-lf up
at Oaneock and a taken to Norfolk
under Inme guard as! locked op in
tbe NorMk jail, IVtcll urridre4
to Colonel Nottingham.
Prince Wilhelm, of Sweden, had a
buy day ij:hteinf at Jatneton
and attending xoeial function in bit
honor. He awarded the tiopbiee to
the victor in tbe boat rac be
tween the American and Swede.
The Black Elijah" and hi fol
loVer, whe have been creating fjet
excitement among tbe nc-jrine of
Hiehoiolid hae depatlcd.
Mr. J. N. Wilkinson, of Notf-dk,
wa found drowned in the Elirabelh
river.
President KooM?velt declared in hie
Provineetown pcevh that there
to be no let-ftp in hi lrut and rail
road oliey.
Senator Foraker in an interview,
ay there can be no jwace between
him and Taft.
Two mailbag with .frA' w19
stolen from a train on the way from
Denver to Chicago.
The arrcut of n well-known Armen
ian in Chiccgo, it i thought may aolre
the murder of Father Caer and
Tavfchanjtan, the rich Armenian mer
chant. The submarine bo.nt Vior, howeJ
her ability to remain out at a fyut
day and met every tet.
The present Eddy suit has been
dropped by the attorneys for the next
friend, who ay they will ahortly be
gin a new one.
Senator Forakcr mr.de a pecb in
reply to that of Secretary Taft.
Jacob H. ScbiiY aid the Admini
rration's jolieie were not to blame
for the financial aituation but ascrib
ed tbe change to natural cause.
Ex-Mayor Paul C. Barth of L"ui
ville, committed uicide because he
had been legislated out of office and
hiticinrd.
Julin Teich, in a fit of ea!ouy
killed bis wife and Limcclf in their
New York flat.
Mr. Iena Scham a widow was mur
dered in her apattinrnt in Brooklyn.
A rejected suitor is reported miin?.
Forest fires are doing great damage
in Massachusetts, and Michigan.
William J. Bryan after a wreck at
Rockville, III., id he would toon re
ply to Secretary' Taft 'a speech.
The grave of La Flora H. Baker, a
lumberman, wa opened after 14 years
to satisfy a partner he wa reall
buried.
J. P. Morgan retr.rred from -abroad
and only smiled when akrd if he bad
read the President' teecb,
Tue report of the Judge-AdrocaU
Genet al shows thot nearly half tbe
ulUted men in the army have been
tried on some charge tbe last year.
An 8-year-old boy killed his 2-yetr.
old sister, in York, pa with a revol
ver he didn't know was loaded.
William Hicks was- held up in tbo
suburbs of Philadelphia by robber
who got $0,000 and citirea caogl.t
two of the three highwaymen and
recovered the money.
Emperor William toasted Emperor
Francis Joseph a friend and ally and
King Edward gave a banquet in honor
of his birthday.
Secretary Taft left Washington on
the first stage of his around-the-wot!d
tor.
Government official are wonderiruj
what i behind the myfteriou de
mand for an investigation into tbe
early transaction of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad.
Work on delimiting tbo boundary
between Siam and Frencb-Indo China
will noon b commenced.
The San Franriseo Chamber of
Commerce gave a love feast to cement
the friendship b'tween the United
States and Japan.
The International Socialist Con
gress began at 8tuttgartf Germany.
With the telegraph strike a week
old each side professes to b ea con
fident as ever.
Three persons were ki'led and two
probably fatally injured when an ex
press train struck an automobile near
Great Barrington, Mat.
A large water rruin in the Shenan
doah Valley burst on Sunday and tbe
people of Berryville are now without
water, except what can be drawn
from cisterns. It will be several day
before the break can be repaired.
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