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I 1 II rTTTr TT CAUCA AN K VOL. XXV. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. ia07. no. a. A.'-J? A N O TAR HEEL. TOPICS Items Gathered from AH Sections of the State $ Elizabeth College Opens. f'LaiMtp, Special. The a:..! h .ii Mings at Elizabeth College ?: lifcver more attractive and in- . t rw I v .-;r: man on inursuay morning . -v. .h marked the beginning of the ,n "e t - -: ? J i .'lnnnal session. The occasion ln? 'me of railway through Abbeville v marked with public exercises thai and this section said that everything f re well attended. In addition to looked favorably; that from informa ' c presence of the large student tin at hand he believed the aid bondi b'ny, the largest in the history of the wouIdJe voted without any trouble xl o'oT arid & numbering two hundred, ad that in such an event the new Vy' .VUrViany visitors from Char- ral was assured. Mr. Sawyer and li ttc and elsewhere present tbeso those who have labored with hira are f "' il ls of the college being composed greatly encouraged over the man f ? members of various denominations ner in' which the people have taken to many of them being patrons of the proposition and is satisfied that tie school. The exercises began at before the close of this year work on 10 o'clock with the singing of a hymn the new railroad to Knoxville and ; v. i;. K. Bornar, D. I)!, pastor of through Ashevilic will be undertaken. I'ritchard Memoral Baptist church Influential members of both political t'.en led the opening prayer. Hov. parties in this city and county are H. K. T.oyer pastor of Tryon Street lending their influence to the bond is M' thf'iit church delivered the lead- snc proposition nnd thus far no ep i'i' address and was introduced by position whatever has developed. K v. Charles B. King, president of the college who in his remarks stated that it was the custom of the college upon eaeh opening occasion to secure some distinguished gentleman to deliver an address and that he felt the institu tion was fortunate in securing Mr. IJoyer as the speaker at this time. Was Pursued by Big Bear. Washington, N. C. Special. Mr. Innie Wollard of Nicbolsonville a residential suburb of this city has quite an exciting story to tell about an adventure that he had with a large hear in a swamp about two miles from tins city several daj-s ago. According a the first the selections are deter to Mr. Wollard 's version he was pass- mind alphabetically or arbitrarily, as ing this swamp late one afternoon and no class standing has been established. wa attracted by the movement of These are T. S. Flinn, K. P. Foreman, M-me large animal in the thicket. Up- w- - Morris. W. L. -Morris, W. D. mi investigation he found it to be a Wolfe and 0. F. Worth, large bear, which started after him. : Mr. Wollard immediately retreated Money Stolen From Newly Laid Cr- af'ter firing both barrels of his pun at bruin, which caused the bear to change his course decidedly, though only wounding him slightly. Farmers from the counties adjoining this report, bears to be unusually numerous in the swamps and thickets and say they are tting depredations- on the farms small extent. ' commi to no Alamance Men Don't Appear. Asheville, Special. The promised stone. Wednesday he noticed that a interesting hearing before Judge Pin- brick was out of place and investi chard of the railway rate case of the gating found that the money had been Southern Kail way Company against taken and the papers thrown away. Counselor Jacob A. Long and four of The church people, were very much his clients of Alamance county did incensed over the blasphemous per not materialize. There wasn't any forma nee. hearing. The counselor and his cli-, outs did not put in an appearance and Comparative Cotton Receipts. Judge Pritchard simply signed an or-. -t , . . . der continuing the injunction restrain- Mooresville, Special. The cotton ing the Alamance gentlemen from rcceiPts at Mooresville for the fiscal prosecuting in the Superior Court, of -year edlS August 31st, 1907, were Alamance county their suits against the North Carolina Railroad Company ami the Southern Railway for penal ties for violation of the State 2 1-4 t ent passenger rate law. White Man Assaults Widow. w, i J f SPGC1 aI; for 13 cents. Receipts for this sea- vas received here of a most outrage- S(m t same d ous criminal assault made upon Mrs. ,i fi i i . . 7c iij. , . , , -j ... and to same date last year were 45 Harder a respectable widow residing j,aes near Campbell, Stokes county. Mon- ' day by Sam Shelton, Jr. The particn-' x,. i t,iii lan; of the affair could not be learned Fire 1D Htel IrdeU beyond the fact that a warrant had Statesville, Special. Hotel Iredell been sworn out for the arrest of Shel the leading hotel in Statesville came ton on the charge of criminaf assault. near having a serious fire early Thurs The warrant was taken out before day morning. Had it not been for Justice of the Peace J. A. Fagg, of the early discovery of the fire by Pro Danbury. It is stated that Shelton prietor E. G. Gilmer and the prompt fied immediately after the crime and an fnrick. work of the firemen the is possibly in hiding in Virginia. He buildiilj? Wotild have been badly dam is about 40 years old and had pre ae(i i not destroyed. The damage viously borne a good reputation. He as is wiH ony be a few hundred is a son of Mr. Samuel M. Shelton. ! dollars. Salisbury Working Hard. Salisbury, Special. At a called meeting of the merchant's association t here was a protracted and a business ike discussion of the proposition to Imng the railroad terminus to Salis- bnrv. The Evening Post has made vi- mous editorial appeal to the people of Salisbury to get busy and do all pos- fr, r.-o- th n,nnirtvnno f u Southern 490. or more to the town. Considering Tax Case. Raleigh, Special. A most irnpor- A n ' tni case is DemS argued m tne bu- lin conntv nnd in , " t.h tion whether or not counties are re- - u 1. u M. V. liv V VW LA VIVO H A. V - quired to levy sufficient special tax- es tor schools to keep the latter open at least four months each year , and tnus comply with the constitutional requirements to the lettar effect. The decision in the lower court was a- irainst the State, which contends for the tax. The only decision by thq NlirrA rt i 21.. X J... . ;rr. ilSZL ago, was adverse to the State's con tention. Mail 0mir Shot At. Mount Airy, Special. 89 Purrusj of thia city thot at 0. Y. Nichols : Thursday nitcht Just before 3 o'clock' firing into the rear end of the mail ?,S thZ ?iot IW mul? Nif,bJ sis was driving. Nichols carries tbe mail from tbe trains to the postofficc. iwrus was promptly arrested. Re port says " there is a woman in the ease." Your correspondent cannot! vouch tor this part of the itory. Looks Favorable For Eoad. Asheville, Secial.--C. Sawyer ,of (thc Ashevilic Retail Merchants' As ; sociation who has taken an active part e proposition to build a compel- Class Monitors Named. Davidson, Special. The following announcements were made by the president at chapel as to class moni tors. In t lie senior class Messrs. II. L. Moore, W. Pratt and L. H. Seolt ' made precisely the same grade, 09.20. I The decision by lot was in favor of Pratt and Scott. In the junior class the four men are II. A. Query. R. I). Dodcre, P. W. Dodge and J. J. Murray. In the sophomore class the men are II. N. Alexander, .7. K. Hay. S. O. Fleming. J. M. Harden, F. I). Thomas, J. It. White. In the freshman class ner Stone of Church. Salisbury, Special. Some one knowirlg that in the corner-stone of the new colored St. John's Lutheran church there was deposited 7 crawl eel under the church between Sunday ?nd Wednesday morning and took all Dut 34 cents, Rev. Dr. W. II. Lash ; lieltl dedicatory services Sunday -im pressive memorial it was, too and the money was put in the corncr- 4,S28 bales compared with 5,499 for the year ending August 31st, 1906. The first bale of cotton sold on this market last year was brought in by Mr. C. L. Walters on September 11th ! and sold for 9 1-2 cents. The first bale this year was brought in one day Hospital for Gastonia. Gastonia, Special. That Gastonia is soon to have a hospital now looks assured. Those interested in secured necarv st6ek have suct,eeded in . .necesai? ,f t0 , , sucteeded IU raising $12,400, and a charter has been aPPhed for. A site of two acres has been donated and as.soon as the char- ter is received a building committee will draw plans for the hospital. Child Sues Southern for $10,000... Charlotte, Special. Suit for $10,- 000 damages was brought against the Southern Railway by the representa ves ot Willie bliarp, t&e u-year-oia ' boy who suffered the loss of a foot several months ago on account of an accidcnt at thc Smith 8treet crossing XI A. T, . Wlth the Southern. It seems that the boy was trying to climb over between thc box cars Ayhen ft sudden start tijiew ujm uuder oue Gf the cars. v . ;.. .. T & Mene w attorneys for j the plaintiffs. Merchant Sued for Slander. Durham, Special. H. Kroger fcaa instituted suit against SI. Haskea for damasres in the sum of $50 on account of slander and defamation of charac- t. It is charged by Kruger that he B- tr , Ti was working for -Haskell-,' having charge of a" store at Cary, and that Haskell openly charged that he stole $300. The case promises to be one of j mof? "a3 9fway meres. A UASIAKULY UttD attempt Made to Wreck a Patsenzer Train. Charlotte, Secial. A timely di :;ovcry prevented what might ha' resulted in a disastrous wreck Suu Jay night about 9 o'clock, a frcijrht train crew on the Southern finding that the switch at the junction bad been tampered with, the plates bro ken and bolts badly disconnected. The freight crew had gone down the main line to clear the track for pas senger train No. X, houthbouud, meaning to push their train on the hiding when they made the discovery and saw three men running at full speed away from the scene. The pa.- renger train was then due, but a run ner was sent up the track far enough to stop the fast train thatyvas pulling close to the peril. Negro Shoots Hi3 Sweetheart. Greensboro, Special. Sunday night in "Frogtown," one of the negro sub urbs of the city, Ralph Tucky, a ne gro dishwasher in the Hotel Hnf tine, shot five times at a negro wo man by the name of Minnie Crin shaw, one of the bullets entering her left breast and the other the muscle of her arm, the former inflicting a wound which may result fatally . She was removed to the hospital and a message from there stated that she was doing as well as could be expect ed, though her condition was very serious. The etwo negroes were sweet hearts, but recently had a falling out. Luekey went around last night to have a reckoning with his fiance, but when she would come out no further than the door and would not allow her suitor to come in or to speak to her, Luckey whipped out his pistol and began firing as stated above. The woman wa3 hit while standing in the door but she at once started to run around the house, Luckey firing at her as she retreated. Luckey ran at once and has not been heard of since. though the police officers are trying hard to locate him. Woman Stabbed by Her Husband. Salisbury, Special. Henry Ander son spent the day in jail Sunday and his wife hovered about the gates or death, resulting from a stab she re ceived from Anderson about midnight Saturday night. Anderson is a ma chinist and spends his time every where. He came here several days ago from Columbia, S. C, saying then he was in search of his wife who had left him. Though strongly of the be lief that she had treated him bad ly he said he was going to take her back with him. What occurred Sat urday night to provoke the assault does not appear. Anderson says he was crazed by morphine and stabbed his Avife with a butcher knife and the wound was a most vicious one. He will remain in jail until there is a change for the better. The prisoner is minus a hand which he lost in an accident in the Columbia shops. He figured in a fight here in the spring which almost laid liim out. Tries to End Life. Charlotte, Special. Mr. W. N. Mullen, well known in the city and throughout the county, made an at tempt to end his life about 4 o'clock Monday by stabbing himself with a large- carving knife. Arising at this hour he awakened his wife telling her that be w-as going downstairs. Sus pecting that he was going to make such an attempt Mrs. Mullen followed him within a few minutes but by the time she reached the sitting room her husband was lying on the floor with the blood flowing from a wound near his heart. Other members of the fam ily were notified and Mr. Mullen was hastily taken to the Presbyterian Hos pital where he remains in fair condi tion. The attending physicians hoid out the hope that he will survive the wound which he inflicted. Fortunate ly the knife stopped before it reach ed the heart. Storm Seriously Damages Cotton. Charlotte, Special Farmers in the city Sunday report great damage to cotton by the storm which passed over this section Sunday night as a reminder that the equinox was at hand. They say that fully ten per cent, of the cotton that w?as open in the bolls has been torn from the stalk and strewn along the around. Aside from this, which represents the great est amount of the damage wrought the cotton which held out against the stronsr wind is badly stainerd and , I ' u- m J . m, u w - ' therefore depreciated in value. Corn was blown down, but the damage to this crop is comparable with that which cotton sustained. This comes as a heavy loss to the farmers large ly in view of the fact that at least half of the cotton was open in many sections. The storm and rain seem to have been general beginning shortly after dark Sunday night and cqntinu ing until 9 o'clock Mqnday morning. To Bore Oil in Watauga Count?. Winston?Salem, SpeeiaJ. A report cornea from Watauga county that tho machinery is being hauled in to bore far oil in that county 14 miles wst of Boone on the lands of Mr. N. L. Mat. Mr. Mast, on whose property tLis Northern company is to do boring owns a considerable amount of prop erty in -Watauga including about 600 acres o fland besides mercantile bus inesses and is president of the bank at &00U6. GIRL NEARLY DEAD found in Pitiful CcnUtion end Bereft of Reason FOUL PLAY IN CASE SUSPECTED People of Camden County, Haring Heard For Ten Days Strange Sound Eesemblin; the Cry of a Panther, Institute Search and Find Young Lady in a Heart-Bending Condition. Elizabeth City, N. C, Special. News from Camden county has just been received in this city of the find ing Sunday in the section of that county known as Thorough fa re Is land" of a young white woman who on account of starvatictl and expos ure is now in a most pitable plight, having so lost her mind that she L unable to either talk or make her identity known. The story of her finding was brought to this place oy a reliable person who had been in that county and is as follows: During the past several days the person residing near this island have been heaiiug a peculiar cry which re sembled that of a panther more thai' a human, and on Sunday a party started out to investigate. Armed with guns and axes, the men searched the entire territory, which is about six acres in size, but nothing was seen of the "thing" which had been mak ing the peculiar noise. About this time some one suggest ed to set up a yell, which suggestion was acted upoa ; and in a few sec onds a response was heard in the dis tance. The men then divided them selves so as to form a circle and the spot from which the noise came was closed in, preparing to fire upon the object, which all 'hands thollglii to be a panther. The men dashed u)on the poor demented creature ly ing prone upon the ground, with only a scanty supply of clothing. An at tempt was made to hold a conversa tion with her, but only a few moments sufiicied to impress upon the men that her reason had vanished. The wo man was -carried to the home of A physician residing at Indiantown, near the woods from which, she had been rescued where everything is be ing done to restore her mind. Those who have seen her are unable to iden tify who she is. The noise which caused the search had been heard about ten days. Some are of the opinion that the woman had been carried to this lonely spot for the purpose of doing away with her. It is reported that she appears to be about lf4 3'ears old, and is rath er good looking. Open $7,000,000 Custom House. New York, Special. New York's new $7,000,000 custom house was for mally opened to the public Monday with" the Grand Army of the Republic of New York acting as master of cer emonies. The posts of the city march ed down Rroadway from City Hall Park, and. to the accompaniment of ringing cheers from thousands of throats r?ired the stars and stripes over the magnifieient structure erect ed bv Uncle Sam. Colonel Simpson Hamburger was in command of the veterans. Colonel George A. Golden delivered an address and Governor Hughes, General Frederick D. Grant and other prominent men-were in at tendance. Quarter Million Fire in New York New York, Special. Fire gutted tbe seven story wholesale grocery es tablishment of Louis Degroff & Son in the wholesale grocery district en tailing a loss of a quarter of a million A number of employes -sustained in juries. Dewey 53 Years in Navy. Washington Special. Admiral George Dewev entered the navy Sep tember 23, 1854 and is therefore the fifty-third anniversary of the day that the hero of Manila became one of Uncle Sam's fighting men. A? usual the students of the Annapolis naval academy will observe the anni versary of the enterance of the great admiral with an informal celebration. Cotton Seed Crushers Meet. New Orleans, Special. For the first time in its history the Inter-State cotton seed oiL Several officials cf held a special session. Matters con sidered included the reported bad handling of cotton seed products by the transportation companies in for eign ports and the Austrian duty on cotton seed off. Several officials of transportation companies are in at tendance at the meeting and hav promised to do all in their power to remedy the condition of which the cotton seed crushers complain. Bishop Tfcresiiflti, Bocbester, gpecial-Eveyy effort ii Mm raadfl bv the oolice to discovei tha anonymous writer of letters it which Bishop Mo Quail ol.tne Lam olie diocese oi-Kocnester was inreav ntA with death for refustnff to sub mit to "Blackhand" demands for money. The Blackhand some time tm demanded $5,000 from the bishop and meetinsr with refusal let bim know that four men had begn cbo?eu tgldUbia, ; " . CLAIMS NOT GUILTY Letter Said to Mavc Been Left By Joshua Harrison FACTS ABOUT THIS SAD ATFA1R Letter Found In Cot pocket of Jota a Harrison, Who Killed Hicuelf at Norfolk DecUrmj in God's Namt His Complete Uuiltiesiaei cf Kidnapping Yonnf eiey. Norfolk, Va.t S$cial. Dedarin;; he wu innocent of the charge of kid napping Kenneth lieasiey and asking God to bless bis family were the U.-i words of Joshua Harrison who blew out his brains in the filadutoae Hot!, in this city, rather than serve a sen tence of twenty yearn in tbe peniten tiary. The following Utter was found in the coat pocket of the dead man shortly after he breathed his lasi at St. Vincent' Hospital a few hoars after he had tired the fatal shot into his brain. Text of Letter. "September Gth, '07. This day I have been notified of an unjust sen tence of twenty years in the pen. I am an innocent man; Clod knows it, my family know it. 1 aiu about to end my fife at my own hands. No one is In any way responsible save the cruel ones who imposed the awful sentence. May God bless my precious family. 1 beiieve the world wUl be charitable to them all. To the world I say, 'Good bye.' Whoever rinds my body notify my daughter Mr. G. A. Gallop, 192 Duke street, Nor folk, Joshua Harrison." On the back of the note was writ ten: "I have in my pocket 53 cent. I want my effects returned to Maggie Gallop, 192 Duke street. With his wife and daughter, Mrs. Maggie Gallop, of 192 Duke street, Norfolk, declaring the dead man was innocent of any crime and was un justly aecused and convicted, and Senator S. M. Beasley declaring ha did not believe a word of the letter left by Harrison, the tragedy will go down as one of tbe most horrible and, perhaps, unique that Norfolk has ever had happen in its midst. - "My hus band was innocent. God knows he was," said Mrs. Harrison as 6he was helped aboard the train to Jarvisbilrg, N. Cf to which place the body of Harrison was sent for burial. "My father was not guilty of the crime of kidnapping Kenneth Beasley," said Mrs. Gallop, who also accompanied the body of Harrison to Jarvisburg. "He was asleep at his home the night the boy disappeared." "I don't believe it," said Senator Beasley. "I am convinced that he Was guilty and ninety-nine out of every hundred persons in Currituck, Where Harrison was known, are of the same opinion." Carried Secret to Grave. Senator Beasley, who is here on a visit to his wife, at No. 218 Brown avenue, was apparently very much af fected by the death of Harrison : not that he regretted the end of the aged man's life, but because he believes he carried to the grave with him the secret of his little boy's whereabouts, if he is alive, or the manner of his death if he is dead. "The suicide has carried the secret to the grave with him," declared Mr. Beasle, as he turned away his head to wipe a tear drop from his eye. "He ba been tried for murder before," con tinued Mr. Beasley, " and he should have ben tried for murder in connec tion with the disarmearance of my little son, for as true as I stand here I believe he mvrdered my boy. ihe character of the man and the threat be made against me leaves no room A A for doubt about this in my mind." Two Corrections Made. "There are two things I want to correct," he said. "It has been stat ed that I had Harrison arrested for the illicit sale of whiskey and that he and I were opposing candidates for the State Legislature. 1 never had Mr. Hairison arrested for anything befoit my little boy disappeared, and Harrison was never a candidate for the legislature. We were not of the same po'iitical party, as I am a Demo crat and he was a Republican; and el though he made threats against me I never had any feeling against him until I as convinced that he had kid napped my boy." When asked why llamson snouia threaten him, Senator Beasley re plied : "A fight was on in LurntucK coun ty against the illicit sale of liquor, whieh Harrison was engaged in. Four dvs before the election in 1904 -I met Harrison in the road. He stop ped me and, raising his hand to heav en, he declared that if the sale of hU wines was interfered with that some body would be sorry, for it and that he would have his revenge if it wai the last act of his life. The church people of my county had petitioned me to bare a resolution passed-by the Legislature that would put' a etop to the illicit sale of liquor, and it was on this account that Harrison had tha feeling against me. While I knew his business was contaminating the young men of Cttrrltuek county, Har riaon lived more than fire miles from me and he did no harm personally. After his threat there is no room for doubt that he killed my son; and, though I have followed many clues and investigated tbem thoroughly, I have never felt that I would find the little fellow alite. A IU ri?n Ii4 1 Ljird ti.it iiifflf 4y I t"tt!d fecar hal dtrilioa had brti trade of him; Hat ix that h ha killed fcimtetf 1 M that the mt t buried. I tad tflVr! to watt all rr cation apnat Hamoct if be wo 14 produce my little boy or tell tserf h ea!d W fuuiul aitve; but Le fcot the k!id cf a man la take advantage of thai opji1or.ty and preferred l fight it out. Ti e lrtimny a eon e!uir asriut Liitu The people of Currituck thoojht o at the tiro a4 their judgment is con&rrced by the Supreme Court, which rcfuncd Ha rion a new trial after pricj oer tha entire evidence.' Will o'-tbe-WUp Clews. Continuing Mr. lWa.lcy aid that Harrion Lad ample opportunity to get poesion of Kenneth. Hcfcrriu to some of thc clu-s that he had ie ceived as to the whereabout of hi on, Senator BeaJey rrcalld a letter that bad eome ta him tn April, 190a. "The writer told m if I would place $500 under a trestle on thc At lantic Loasl Line Kailway, near Rocky Mount, N. C, at 3 o'clock on the evening of April 11th, my n would be returned to me at wbatcttr place I desired him left, but that if I maHe any alarm hi body wuuld be sent to rue in a keg of bnne. When I received the letter I eamo to Nor folk. "Edgar White, of White Bros, oa Commercial Place, went to the bank and drew Jo00 for me. We went to the Gladstone Hotel that night and sat up there until morning, taking thc numbers of the bills and the banks which issued them, hoping that we might in this way be able to trace them. Then wc went to the place designated by the writer of thc letter and there deposited the money. Two men from Norfolk lay in the bushea near the sjxit all night and a nobody cameor the money they brought it back to Norfolk the next day. I have had several clues since that time and I have been as far wct as Arkansas looking into one of them." "Had I wanted Harrison to die, I could have accomplished this by ex pressing the desire to my fellow coun t3men in Currituck. They would have lynched hira without hesitation if I bad simply said the word. I waited for the law to take its course.' Kept His Nerve All Right. Joshua Harrison, Jarvisburg. K. C. registered at the Gladstone Hotel about 4:25 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, lie walked up to the counter and ask ed W. C. McDowell, the day clerk, if he could get a room. Then the clerk asked him to register. Mr. Harrison said he did not know whether be could write or not, as he had left bis eye glasses somewhere. Mr. . McDowell offered his, and Harrison wrote his name on the register in a plain even hand, with no indication of nervous ness. He was assigned a room on the second floor and was shown to it by a bell boy. "I noticed nothing un usual in his manner," said Mr. Mc Dowell, "but in about fifteen minutes after he had gone np to bis room De tective Wright, of the Norfolk force, came in and asked me if Mr. Harri son was in. I told him yes be show ed me a telegram that had been receiv ed from Williamston, N: C, in which the Norfolk police were asked to ar rest Harrison, as the Supreme Court had confirmed the judgment ' of tbe lower court. The telegram asked the police to disarm Harrison, stating that h"eEad threatened suicide. When tbe Tby went up to Mr. Harrison' room and told him that somebody wanted to speak to him, he replied: "I'm not coming out." Before tbe boy could get in communication with the officer, a pistol shot rang out and when the door of Harrison's room wak opened he was found lying on the bed with an ugly wound in tbe side of bis head. Captain Ford, of the police department, ordered an ambu lance and the man was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, after be bad been attended by Dr. Schenck. Harrison, it is said, bad declared that be would kill himself before he would serve the sentence of the court, protesting that he was innocent of the crime. He had hoped that the Su preme Court to which be bad appeal ed would act favorably. When tbe news came Monday morning that judgment of the lower court bad been confirmed by the Supreme Court, he gave up in despair and determined to end bis life. Bishop Van De Vyrer Eeturns. Richmond, Special. Rt. Rev. Au gustin Van deVyvery, Catholic Bishop of Richmond who spent the summer in Belgium returned to Richmond. He will begin his official tour of the State on the first of the coming weck. Buhop Van de Vyver has dispelled tbidea that he i. ta leave Richmond and take up church work in anothei field. He favs that he will assutedl remain in this ;ity. Miner Events. Senator Forakcr in a speech pro tested against judicial stretching oi the Constitution. . Tbe parents of Leon Czolgost tbt assassin of MeKinley art appiicsnU for charity. Judge Fort is expected to be nom inated for Governor by New Jersey Republicans. The body of Rear-Admiral John G Walker was cremated snl tbe ashes will be buried in Washington. - Thi. torch of truth must K fed by the heart. JUST HOLD ISLANDS Adnird Dewey Speaks About Our foreign Possessions OUR DUTY TO TflE INHABITANTS filouli tit UaiU4 SUWa Give Tam Up. Be Sars Japaa Weali A retire Tsea to Ut DiMdvaatite efTU CoSJttry . Wahio?ton, Special. Admiral Dey !rvt;ly reebtt th proptwlwa that ha been dtcuc4 in a pur or lea academic mant.cr to nrjeilef the Pbilsj-jurM, wLieb t all mm b aa a leading farter in bnntiuc aixUr U Amerieau 0ag. In an mlrrtMW tbe admiral act out rleatiy tbe ram ttbirb imjxd turn to inmt upn tb retention of the inland. 8ir.p!arijr eqou-h, in of the fart that I La admiral a tn.iti f war by traJey the lion p.jnt ,,f hi. ariurueut i Rot based utn tie n.iitaty t naral im jtoitance of tie air hij.da, but al most alttetl.er uj.n the great value present and pftjierthe of the Philiu pines to America in the ritetttumt of our trade with tl.e Ones!, which h regards htMiti out tl b-4 mm ic of eorumeiiial espaiixion. The ad miral Kay ft; "Abandon tbe l'Libj-pine-. 1 don't believe our emntry will ever do that. Certainty it tdiuhl net Iktoum' it baa altogether too much at Make. It it only our rontird over the I'liUit'pinea that make it Mble for u to tnul upon the ojK-ti dr in the Kat to ward which our diplomaey ban beeu direeted fr a nurler of jear. W'm want our tdiare of tbe rnotUMut com merce of tbe Kat and we raa not keep the door ojen for it, unle mm hold the iland. Why Did Spain noli Them. "Why did Spain for 'JoO yearn dom inate the commerce r.f tLe Orient t Just because die had the bay and har bor of Manila at a great eomtnereial and naval base. That bne can lx jtut as useful to us commercially a it was to Spain. ForlTie pnt 10 year every strorifr Eurojwan nation lm been try ing U get a. foothold for commercial and navnl puij . in F.nsfern wa ters -Germany, Knjrland. Frnne and Hussia. Through the forrea of war the I nited State obtained rightfully and without chicanery the !et and most utrajretie position poihl piv injj us superior naval ami commercial advantages over the other nation. What sort of common sen would it be for us to pive up Mich a position f "Suppose we hou!d diMMe of the Philippines and Japan nhoiild acquire them? Sec how the Uland htreteb alon pfhe eoat. Ileie are the Jap anese island, here is Formosa which Japan owns, and then etrue the I'hiN ippihes. If Japan bad thern, she would command every patewny to the Orient and the United Slates would be com pel to I v shut out. "Kvery one eoncrdes that tb Orient is the future preat field for the principal commercial nations of tl. world. We oupht to 1m the Ieadei but we must nt lent have a fcbare in the enterprise and in order to do so we must maintain the toitions we have occupied throuph force of cir cumstances in that repion. Commercial Phate. "I am talking now of the purely commercial phase of the question anl I think it is plain that we mint hare a commercial base of operation aueh as Manilla furnishes. And then in or der to protect our commerce we must have a naval base, and at Subip bay, such a base is now be in 2 developed. Conpress has recopnijced our needs in the Philippines and hat appropriated liberally for fortifying the islands. Modern puns are bcin mounted a larpe dry dock has been located in Subip bay, troops are stationed in tbe island of Luzon and in every way con press has shown its desire to protect tne islands frvri forejn f.ppreKion and also to etabli-h a base for possi ble military operations. "It has been freqnently raid that the United States ba a-imed respon sibilities in the Philippines which it can not pass over to other bands. I do not taw to dicuw thia phaae ef tbe situation, except to Kay that I be lieve the American people will never shrink from audi responsibilities aa were auraed for them when r United States took over the Pbili'K pines. "I want to emphasize my beliif that the United State as a world pow er will jtlways have commercial and diplomatic interests in the Far Ka&t and can not maintain itself properly without a base of operation. The United States can not withdraw from its present enterprise in tbe East but must po' forward seeking ita share of tbe advantages and sustaining f tff share of the responsibilities." ? Si Hie at Tfecaislcs. Tbesastou, On., Epecial-FIrt lift ly Saturday destroyed thi vehicle" plant of the AtJp&terKeUon Burjy eoactny at this pltea, causing lot! of $100,000 witb insurance of 1:3,003 Tbe blue started In the varnish roora on tbe third floor and on aceount of the dense smoke could not be reached by tbe firemen. A large number of mfeii will temporarily h thrown ouf o rap-'vymenu
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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Sept. 26, 1907, edition 1
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