CAUCASIAN
VOL. XXV.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 1901
NO. 41,
M THE LAKES TO GULF
What Such a Great Deep Water
Means.
IKE PRESIDENT'S GROWING
POPULARITY.
UrI- r the President's Wise Policy
Th: : country Will Get the Trade
(,f South America The People
ar 1 the President Agree on the
Mi:i to Succeed Him The Only.
D-n'r to Roosevelt's Policies. Lies
Inside His Own Party and With
Some of His Own Officeholders.
YV:i-hinjrton, I). C-, Oct. 22, PJ07.
. . t' The Caucasian.
Tin- prt'-iilent is scheduled to re
nin J-. Wn-hington at 4 o'clock to
, .!!, '. :!:irnoon. This will mark
- . . --'.w.-s of the official season in
; i !i!'n, and the resuming of the'
,.r, - :.. ! j V strenuous campaign for
;, !..:! if form policies, which will
:y " onlinue through all the next
-, -; ! .if Congress but until the polls
' -I in November, 1908.
Water From the Lakes to the
Gulf.
pn siilent's trip down the Mis
i river was a most notable one.
i!:c first president to take the
v. n lie Great Mississippi since
. Jackson. His declaration in
if improving the Mississippi
w to make a great deep wa
.H.ncl connecting the Gulf of
t! "'
1 :iv r
i ; r
T r!
'! :inl the Grtnt Lakes of the
:f!i h:is met with a responsive
! hi! nvcr the whole country and has
:ir..n-.rii tin- greatest enthusiasm up
i vn the Mississippi Valley and
.lii-i!-- !' its tributaries.
S;n : i ;i 'inject is not only a proper
: i r j J im( i;iry public improvement,
I'M .-i; " same time is one of tlie
in. I -r : t s great effective steps to-v.':u-.!s
regulating transportation rates
t v i.'il. Indeed, it is of even greater
ini:ici!!wn, because with the build
of the Panama Canal and the
"Ofiiir.-.: of the Deep Waterway from
!! !.:!rs - the Gulf, it will put the
"-irriM i ial interests of the great
eriiti-iil rcetion of the .United Stales
in ! -. ioii:-li with all of the Pacific
ro;i-t !' In. tli continents. It meaVs
lhat
lie
I'nited States will send its
pioiliK-ts down the Mississippi river
:!nl tiuouirh the canal and monopo
lize the trade of the Pacific coast, not
only of our own country but of ail
f South America. Heretofore most
f the trade of South American has
been commanded by England and
Germany.
The President's Increasing Popularity
This trip of the president's has
also demonstrated afresh his great
and growing popularity, and it has
iriveu fresh impetus to the demand of
people of all parties that he consent
to serve the country another term in
he White House.
Next to the president, no man has
gained more rapidly in the esteem
.uid confidence of the people as his
great War Secretary, William H.
Taft. The concensus of opinion with
the great majority today is that if
the president will not consent, to serve
the people again that Taft is their
sci'ond choice.
The People and the President Agreed
on a Second Choice.
A prominent business man from the
est. and also a close observer of
'!itierd conditions, a few days ago,
in speaking of Secretary Taft, said:
"When one stops to consider the
creat achievements of the American
government for the last eight or ten
years, he will at once realize that
nearly all of the great untried firoV
Icms that were to be faced and
lvcd, and especially those requiring
the most delicate treatment, have
been placed upon the shoulders of
Mr. Taft, and that the ease, skill and
wisdom with which he has success?
fully handled them all is little less
i -an marvelous."
As Congressman Kennedy said in a
?P?ceh nt Pittsburg the other night,
tjw people admire and respect Taft
for his character and ability and that
d:ey are delighted that the president
lnmself has the same high opjon
r'f him.
PITTSBURG TAFT BOOM
Movement for Secretary in Knox's
Own Bailiwick.
K( Ose VELT JS CHOICE CHEERED
Representative Kennedy of Ohio Does
Not Mention Cabinet Officer's
Same, but Meaning Was Unmis
takable Pennsylvania Senator De
clined Invitation to Speak at the
Meeting.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 19. A Taft
ouom for the presidential nomination
launched in Pittsburg tonight,
jai:nehed right in the front yard of
Uited States Senator Philander C.
jnox, who is himself a candidate for
laenomiiaticm.
b&t is still more singular is that
boom appears to have been fram
ed up by those who formerly were
tnendly to Knox, but who have fip
jred that he cast them aside when
?e got the presidential bee in his
"Mt. Congressman James H. Ken
Jy, of Vouu8Uw,n, Ofcj0, is
&n as ona of the itnsgejrt Taft
men in Ohio, had been expected to do
the heavy oratorical work at tonight's
meeting, and he did it to the satisfac
tion of all friends of Judge Taft.
Supjiorters of Knox are chagrined.
The local Republican leaders plead
ed with Knox to come to PitUburg to
speak at the opening'" of the Repute
lican campaign here tonight, bat he
refused, saying that he was not in
the habit of speaking and would not
talk even in his home town.
Got Even With Knox.
Congressman Kennedy spoke for an
hour tonight. He did not use the
name of Taft, but the audience of
thousands read it between every cou
ple of words, and he was wildly
cheered.
In part. Congressman Kennedy
said:
"I verily believe that the gener
ous, true hearted, noble citizens of
this republic are in full- support and
sympahty with President Roosevelt.
His policies have become the faith
and the creed of our party, and who
ever our standard bearer shall be in
the next presidential election, he must
be an administration man in sympa
thy with the policy of the president."
Trust to Roosevelt. ,
"To put forth any other would be
to court defeat and failure. I fre
quently hear the inquiry, will the
American people stand for a presi
dent of the United States dictating
the name of his successor? That is
an offensive way to put the question.
But I believe that earnest men every
where are congratulating each other
that Roosevelt is managing this cam
paign for them.
"They would rather trust his judg
ment in the choice of the man who
would earnestTy support his policies
than their own. They feel there
would be less liability to get a gold
brick if he should choose than if they
should choose.
"Here comes from Wall street now
a wail that if the laws are enforced
a panic wil be produced. President
Roosevelt, they say, is trying to in
jure business. But such is not the
case, nor will it be the case with the
man whom he will choose to succeed
him."
Congressman Kennedy, as he fin
ished, only shook his head when the
crowd called on him to "name the
man right out."
A WISE AND TIMELY MOVE.
When it was first announced that
the president had decided to send a
large fleet of battleships in the Pa
cific there were some who thoroughly
criticized the move. But the devel
opments each day have shown how
wise and timely is the move.
The amount of crookedness and
rottenness which is each day being un
earthed by the investigation which
the president is having made of the
management of the great trusts, has
brought to the support of the presi
dent thousands who at 'first did not
support his policy. Mr. Bryan still
criticizes the president, but he has
fewer people each time to agree with
him.
The greatest danger which the pres
ident has before him is from inside
of his own party and from some of
his office holders. The people are all
right.
Mrs. Chadwick's Deposits.
Cleveland, 0., Special A pass book
showing deposits of over $300,000 in
favor of the late Mrs. Cassie Chad
wiek in a Pittsburg bank, came into
possession of Nathan Loesser, the
referee in bankruptcy. The deposits
were made on June 20, 1902, and the
referee says there is nothing to in
dicate that the account was checked
against at all. The deposits were
made about the time of Mrs. Chadwick's-
dealings with the late Jame
Railway Conference Postponed,
Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn
announces that the conferences set
for Tuesday night with counsel for
the State in the Southern Railway
case will not; be held. He has called
it off he says. He is too busy at this
time to attend such a conference.
Asked when it would be held, Gover
nor Glenn stated that lie could not
say just when, but probably af tex
he catches up with some work that
has gotten behind.
Secretary in a Runaway.
Manila, By Cable. While return
ing frcm Fort William McKinley
Saturday night the horses attached to
the carriage in which were Secretary
Taft and Governor General Smith ran
away. A detective who was on the
box took the reins from the hands
of the driver but he was not able to
bring the horses down. He succeeded
however, in guiding them into a ditch
and stopping the carriage. Neither
occupants nor horses were hurt.
iMgct hundred end fifty- thousand
dollars U drawn frooi the New York
avtogs tasks.
TRAINING SCHOOL BOARDS
The Trustees of the Stonewall Jack
son Manual Training and Indus
trial School Elect Organization.
Concord, Special The organization
of the board of trustees of the Stone
wall Jackson Manual Training and
Industrial School, is complete with
the following officers and standing
committees, all of whom serve for
two years: Chairman, J. P. Cook,
Concord; vice chairman, J. II. Tuck
er, Asheville; secretary, Dr. II. A.
Iioyster Kakigh; treasuicr, Caesar
Cone, Greensboro.
Coaamitte on superintendent: J. F.
Cook, Concord; Caesar Cone, Greens
boro, and J. J. iilair, Wilmiagton.
Acting and auditing committee: J.
P. Cook, ex-oflicio chairman, Con
cord;; Caesar Cone, Greensboro; J.
H. Tucker, Asheville; II. A. Royster,
Raleigh, and Mrs. Cole, Statesville.
Visiting committee: Mrs. Burgwyn
Weldon; Miss Shaw, Rockinguam;
Mrs. Reynolds, Winston-Salem.
Committee on schools: J. J. Blair,
Wilmington; Mrs. Faison, Charlotte;
Miss Shaw, Rockingham.
Committee on finance: Caesar Cone,
Mrs. Faison, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs.
Burgwyn, and Mrs. Cooper, of Hen
derson. Committee on industries: J. II.
Tucker, Dr. Royster, Mrs. Cooper,
Mrs. Coble, of Statesville, and Mrs.
Erwin, of Morganton.
Committee on buildings: Mrs.
Cooper, Mrs. Burgwyn, Mrs. Rey
nolds, Mrs. Faison arid Mrs. Erwin.
Committe on rules: Miss Shaw,
Mrs. Erwin and Mrs. Coble.
By resolution of the board, at its
meeting in Greensboro on the 8th, the
selection of the superintendent and
the fixing of his salary is left with
the committee on superintendent with
full power to act. It is understood
that this committee is now receiving
a number of applications and is con
sidering them along with others who
have been suggested as suitable per
sons for this most important position.
It may be a month or more before
this committee concludes its delibera
tions and makes an announcement
of its selection.
To Personally Inspect Sites.
The numerous propositions for the
location of the institution were refer
red to the acting and auditing com
mittee with full power to act. This
committee will have the benefit of a
personal investigation into the sites
and plans of several institutions of
the kind before coming to any final
decision as to location. In addition
to this, it is understood that this com
mittee or a representation of this
committee will personally visit all the
sites offered for the location, in order
that the committee may be in posses
sion of all necessary information re
garding merits of the several proposi
tions. It is further announced that
this committee will take up the mat
ter for final disposition within the
next three weeks.
The work before the trustees of the
Stonewall Jackson Manual Training
School is a big one, but all the mem
bers of the board are enthusiastic on
the subject and nothing will dampen
their earnestness. They quite natur
aly expect the hearty sympathy and
help of the good and benevolent peo
ple of the State to aid in getting f is
institution started off on a healthy
and substantial basis. It is a work
that should and does appeal to the
great heart of the State, and it is
not a broad prophecy to expect many
able men and women of the State at
the proper time to respond liberally
to the development of the plans of
the trustees.
ATTEMPTED HEINOUS CRIME.
Claude Rigsbee Is Wanted by Of
ficers For an Attempt at Rape on
Mrs. Calvin Page, of Morrisville
Attacked Her as She Was Walking
Along Road About Night.
Durham, Special. Officers here are
diligently on the outlook for the man
Riggsbee, who is wanted for attempt?
ed criminal asault near Morrisville
Thursday night. The meager parti
culars of this incident reached here
from Raleigh Saturday afternoon,
but the main facts were learned late.4,
and it was also learned that no arrest
of the fugitive had been made. The
news was that one High or Hugh
Riggsbee was the man wanted for
an attempt at criminal assault upon
Mrs. Calvin Page. Later a message
said that Claude Riggsbee was the
one wanted, and that the officers all
over this section were asked to look
for him, as it was thought certain
that he is now in this part of the
country. The particulars of the at
tempted criminal assault show that
it was a vicious attempt at a terrible
crime. Mrs. Page was walking along
the road about night when she was
attacked by Riggsbee, and the brute,
as reported here, made an effort to
drag her into the bushes nearby.
Getting loose from the man, she ran
screaming, and this frightened the
asasilant and he escaped. She recog
nized him as Claude Riggsbee, how
ever. Winston's Tobacco Market.
Winston -Salem, Special. The
sales of leaf tobacco on the market
la.st week broke the record for the
serson. They aggregated 574.S34
pounds and brought . $63,433.92, an
average , of about 12 cents a pound
These pieces were very gratifying to
the farmeri5- This year's crop is
showing up "Tvell and the indications
are that it wilKbring the farmers, an
average of 11 or 1? cents.
WILL BREAK TRUST
Big Seizure of Tobacco While
in Transit
OTHER SEIZURES WILL FOLLOW
Custom Authorities at Norfolk At
tach Shipment of Leaf Tobacco and
Cigarettes From Durham and Con
signed to British-Ame rican Tobac
co Company, Great Britain.
Norfolk, Va., Special. A shipment
of leaf tobacco and cigarettes hid to
be valued at 17,000, from Durham,
N. C., consigned to the British-American
Tobacco Company, of Great Bri
tain, has been attached by the gov
ernment .here and in now being held
by the customs authorities. Tne ac
tion was brought following a confer
ence here last week between Collectoi
of Customs Hughes, United States
District Attorney L. L. Lewis, and a
representative from the Department
of Justice at Washington.
Washington, Special. The Depart
ment of Justiee has issued the fol
lowing statement concerning the to
bocco seizure at Norfolk Monday:
"The collector of customs at Nor
folk, Va., under direction of the He
retary of the Treasury at the instance
ot the Attorney Genera and in con
junction with the United States at
torney for the eastern district of Vir
ginia, has seized 175 cases contain
ing 8.750,000 cigarettes, valued at $7f
272.50, which were in transit from
factories of the British-American To
bacco Company, Limited, located in
Petersburg, Va., and Durham, N. C,
to New York and foreign countries.
Forfeited to Government.
"This seizure was made under Sec
tion 6 of the Sherman anti-trust law,
which reads as follows:
" 'Any property owned under any
contract or by any combination, or
pursuant to any conspiracy (and be
ing the subject thereof) mentioned
in Section 1 of this act, and being in
the course of transportation from one
btate to another, or to a foreign
countrj-, shall be forfeited to the
United States, and may be seized and
condemned by like proceedings as
those provided by law for the for
feiture, seizure and condemnation of
property imported into the United
btate contrary to law.'
The information on the seizure
will be filed Tuesday at Richmond
and will state the cause of seizure to
be that the nroDertv was ownt(i
under a contract entered into in 1901
by two American tobacco companies.
that is to say, the American Tobacco
company, with three great English
concerns, namely, the Imperial To
bacco companj-, of Great Britain and
Ireland, Limited; Ogdens, Limited,,
and the British-American Tobacco
company and the American Cigar
company, Limited, in which contracts
it was agreed substantially that the
American and English companies
should not compete with one another
in the territories given to each. In
this contract the corporation named
m etteet divided up the world among
th em, so far as the tobacco business
was concerned. The information also
contains counts charging that the to
bacco was owned by a 'combination
in restraint of trade' and 'pur.viant
to a conspiracy in restraint of trade,'
which is a mere variation of the lan
guage of the charge stating the causes
of forfeiture.
"This is a proceeding in rem, that
is to say, against the property itself,
and not against the individuals. If
the owners of the property want to
make defense, they must come into
court and claim the property, and
file their written pleadings, denying
the charges set out in the informa
tion, and show that the unlawful
combination in restraint of trade
charged in the information does not in
fact exist.
"This ia the first time that pro
ceedings have been taken to enforce
this section of the Sherman law."
If the administration follows its
seizures of tobacco owned by trusts
as it goes from state to state or as
it is listed for foreign shipment as
the law requires there is good reason
to believe that something will really
be done to the trusts after all.
Preparing for W. C. T. V. Convention
Colnmbus, Special.-Rather elabor
ate preparations are being made for
the State convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, which
will be held in this city October 23 to
25. The list of delegates is a long
one and shows that every section of
the State will be well represented.
It will be in a may a juilee conven
tion, celebrating the triumph of the
temperance, forces in Georgia in en
acting temperance legislation. The
work of assigning delegates to vari
ous homes in the city is now in pro
gress. S25.000 Fire In Norfolk.
Norfolk. SpeciaL Fire starting at
11 :30 Saturday partly destroyed the
two-story dwelling at Northwest
Granby street and City Hall avenue.
On the first floor of the building were
the Savoy Cafe and the -Gayety
Electric theater. The loss will reach
$20,000, partly insured. The upper
floor was used as a bote anjieand
officeit,.' . " .
CHEATED HANGMAN
Th FT&ak&a County Rapist, Ua4r
Senteuc ef Executica We4Mdy,
Relieve the SktrUf cf the Ucjdea
ant Takini cf Ufa by Ha&cinc
Histif in His Cell a Wire Etinx
Used aj the Instrument of Dik.
Louuburg, Spci&L Thomas lp-
eLureh, the negro rapist who un
der entenee to han here ucxt Wed
nesday, Langed Limseif in hi cell at
the county jail some time Saturday
night, lie was found this morning
suspended from the top of the teri
cage by aa old piece of wiie such
as is used in baling hay. He had
evidently fixed the wire around hi
neck and then jumped off his bunk.
The wire was embeded in th tkU
of his aeck out of bight, although tie
skin had not been cut. Ilia eyes and
tongue, fearfully swollen, bulgvd
from his head, and when discovered
the body was stiil and cold. The wire
was just long enough to permit the
ends of his toes to touch the fluor
and in his .death agony the km end
flesh had ben literally worn away in
the effort to gain a footing. The
body presented a horrible sight and
with it a most sit-keum? odor. It
was taken down and laid out in a
room in the front part of the jail,
where it will be kept until the people
from the section of the county in
which he committed the awful crime
may have the opportunity to view it
and satisfy themselves that he is
really dead.
Now that Upchurch is dead, there
are open expressions of pleasure that
the sheriff has been spared a dis
agreable job and that the town next
Wednesday will be spared the pres
ence of a morbid mob to gloat in the
excitement of the hanging. Upchurch
was carefully watched and everything
that he could possibly use to injure
himself with was removed from his
cell, and it is a mystery how he pro
cured the wire. The gallows on which
he was to have been executed had
been built and now stands in the jail
enclosure. His relatives have not us
yet signified their intention of claim
ing the body and thevdisposition of
it is now unknown.
Electricity for Thomasville.
Thomasville, Special. On Satur
day the board of aldermen of this
town at a full meeting granted Mr.
B. F. Wv Bryant, of Boston, Mass., a
franchise for furnishing electric
lights and power for the town. The
time limit of the franchise is 30
years, and a contract was made for
him to light the town for 10 years.
The franchise will be turned over to
a company being known as the Thom
asville Light & Power Company, com
posed partly of citizens of this place
and with some Northern capital. The
company proposes to erect a modern
plant at a cost of $20,000, and it is
agreed to furnish the town with 24,
hour service. The rate agreed upon
are very low. The plant will be corn
pleted by the first of the year, the
exact location has not been determin
ed upon, but will be in the ineorpora
ed limits and more than likely on
the. belt line. This enterprise will
be a great help to small industries,
to obtain power cheaply.
Escape From Guilford Jail
Greensboro Special. Saturday
night three negroes escaped from the
county jail here. They sawed theij
way out, first cutting the bars of
their cell and then those in the win
dow, jumping to the ground. The
escape was discovered shortly After
wards, as the jailor had received some
intimation that something crooked
was going on, but he heard of it too
late to prevent the escape of the pris
oners. One of the men was await
ing trial for assault with a deadly
wfsnnn. Another was awaiting trial
for larceny and the other was await
ing an appeal from the Supreme
Court, he having been sentenced to
two years for cruelty to animals.
The officers expect to soon have them
behind the bars again.
Returned Testament Fonnd 43 Teirs
Ago.
Winston-Salem, SpeciaLAt Ply
mouth, 43 years, ago, Mr. William
Sprinkle, of Vienna township, this
county, found a testament belonging
to Ambrose L. Hendee. who enlisted
in the Civil war at Cuba, Alleghany
county, N. Y-, in Company F, Eighty
fifth Regiment, New York Volunteers.
Mr. Sprinkle kept the testament until
Saturday, when he mailed it to Mr.
Hendce at Martinsville, O- The name
and address of the owner of the tes
tament is written in the book. It is
also stamped in the back of the testa
ment. A short time ago Mr. Sprinkle
opened a correspondence with some
one m New ork btate and learned
that Mr. Hendee was residing in Mar
tinsville. Mr. Sprinkle is over SO
years old and is one of the country's
best known citizens.
Automobile line Begins Business.
Concord, SpeciaL Mr. W. L. Rob
bins Saturday morning ; received the
first automobile to be placed on the
line which he ill establish for the
accomodation of the public The ma
chine has a seating capacityof seven
passengers. The machine will be
in the hands of a competent chauffeuj
Mr. Robbins will also establish a gar
age for the purpose of doing all kinds
of repair work en automobiles.
MUST WIDEHTHE GAM
X2tSA&t . ef XftksUa Ca
nal Qsmiisica Lays Baler Sec
retary ltoif PropositUa to Is
artJM Width ef fang a
Whij3ton, UtmnU 1L
II. RoAMraa, ritil sribtr in lb U.
S, tary &d a timber ef ts Ith
cuan canal eommikm k&s armed
here from th ulhguu &4 Ui4 be
fore Secretary Mclcalf a propositiaa
to inert the ivjtal width of tfe
Panama canal vWh is mm f4aac4
at 100 feet in the Ux'k. Tb tecota
tntndation is bad 11343 the rapid uw
create of beam in fcavsl eeasirurtiea
since the cacal plans were formed.
Secretary Meltalf will take up th
matter with tb President as hmd as
possible, lieutenant Roseau depart
ed for New York soon after his inter
view with the Secretary
Undoubtedly naval eaigraeies, sup
plemented by the budding of tu
giant (.unartler Lusitania and Maur
itania, wa the basis for this pro
jected change of plan which will in
volve the expenditure of many ad
ditional millions of dollars and per
haps the extension of the time re
quired for the completion of the ca
nal project. It is also probable thai
the mere suggestion of such a con
siderable change of plans as that pro
posed by Lieutenant Kossesu woald
precipitate a general debate in Con
gress and re-open the whole issue of
feea level, versus lock eanal which
was believed to have been finally set
tled by President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Taft when they gave the order
for the beginning of work on the
lock canal plan. The fact is that
when Congress was so warmly dis
cussing the two projects about two
years ago, the sea level canal advo
cates made the oint that theirs was
lhe only plan that would have sufn
cicnt elasticity to meet the needs of
rapidly increasing tonnage in marine
construction. Their plan involved the
use of hut one lock, merely to ofTel
the tidal difference between the east
ern and western seas, a comparatively
low and insignificant lock which could
be easily widened1 when required.
But they made a strong point of the
difficulty, expense and loss of time in
the use of the canal that would fol
low the attempt to widen the compli
cated and massive locks required for
the high level canal.
Possibly foreseeing the force of
that argument, the canal commission
apparently feels that it would be wise
to make the locks of the canal wide
enough in the beginning to accommo
date the giant ships, not only of tbt
navy but of the merchant marine,
that are sure to be constructed in the
near future.
Details of the new plans cannot be
obtained at present, but the change
i3 said to be costly, thongh of its ne
cessity few naval officers have any
doubt.
Breaklns Camp
Stambonl, La., Special. With the
close of the day the President termi
nated his fourteen day hunt on Bear
Lake and Tensas Bayou. That the
last day was one of unabated activity
on his part is certain, but what the
result was, was not known at 6
o'clock as no messenger leaving the
camp after the close of the day's
sport had reached the telegraph sta
tion. The weather was excellent as
it has been throughout the week and
the party started out in the early
morning in high spirits and in antici
pation, of a fine day with which to
close the fortnight of sport. The
President will reach Mr. Shield's
home during the forenoon and will
meet a number of Mr. Shields'
friends at dinner. A special train
will take the President and his party
to Vicksbnrg starting from this point
at 10 o'clock Monday. After a stay
of four hours at Vicksburg the Presi
dent will board the Pennsylviia
Railroad train which carried him
from Washington, to Keokuk and re
turn to Washington aboard it
Fire in Synagogue.
Norfolk, SpeciaL Fire last week
badly damaged Ebenezer Synagogue
on Cumberland street. The fames
started in the rear of the building
beneath the altar and destroyed a
Bible belonging to M. Brenner said
to have been worth $1,200. The dam
age to the synagogue is estimated at
$1,500 covered by insurance.
Cow Derails a Train.
Helena, Ga., Special. A eonstrrl
tion train on the Southern Railway
in charge of Conductor John Bird
song, of Macon, was derailed at
Savage creek, a short distance from
Adams Park, and the conductor was
fatally injured, dying subsequently.
THaernan Birdsonff was slightly
wounded and Bridge Foreman . M-
Askew, and four negro laborers were
also hurt. Engine No. '1S05, pulling
the train, struck a cow on the traefc
and several fiat ears loaded with
bridge ties were derailed.
Indicted for Not Ensuing Trains Into
Union Station
Montgomery, Ah-, SpeciaL A
special to Tbe Advertiser from Mo
bile says tbe Mobile county gnnd
jury Saturday indicted theXouisnlle
& Nashville Railroad Company for
its failure to run trains into the new
unou railway station iu Mobile as re
quired by a recent enactment ana an
order of tne railroad commission. The
unfcn. elation is owned by tbe Bonth
era 1217.
A STRIKING ffiOA
Secretary Taft Impresses His
Desire to Be Private Citizen
a R!S PIHUFPift ADDRISS
At a Btiwt la Utis tie Swvtaxy
Bay Hit Visit Te Tm Utxcm
WO Pro billy it a Priv- CtU
a Andicxce Net tru;k Wit
His ptrsal E?r aiU.
Manila, By Cb At a Hit
given in ti ru n t,'., rty
rstary cf War WilUu 1! Tft vxU
m naot a-l 1 .: .i.t; It
referring to tn !.; t n at J t4
already iiU4 ih VliU, uM iU&4a
thrr tieu, aud ciMt-s lus in
tention to runic s;a.u I a4:
"I'll atauthrr t ci to vwt
Mam! a;a. hat : tu I ivkb3j.
wiil co:ue 4 ptttAtr itun.
The ngniJiratrr t Mr. Taft's
mark in ici-i uu Im llr il.iut vt hit
nomination for tit pividcoy nt
year did not seem t tnke hit aadi
eucc. The Srrrctsry's j- U was t
cricd with much ntliuia3 by tk
leprtfrcUativtK of lL Filipinos pr
ent when be dcclarrd the i-vncrumtnl
wftj au&iotui aud r-ad to help lbs
bumcvs pu.ijciit .f the iind.
Stcittaiy lalt t j.n.td 4.1 4drt
by declsuii that l.e tul we prwper
ity of tac I'i.lilppUiV lia.iU Urpeud
cd primarily uu te I ilipinw ibsra
selves. ihy must lualt progress
a nation Uloie they rouM obtain tb
benefits realised by utLcr nations and
it was the duty of business men and
others contcusplating imcetment iu
the Philippine to m!j the natives
better their condition. It was with
the rutt intrriM isiiAfartion that he
came to tbe inlands today and found
tletn quieter than ever bciois 10
their history.
He was glad the Arinbly bad
been established ai.d hoped it would
take over some vjf the reonsibility
of iovernment. lie sid to capitalists
and others looking for frsiichifces and
concessions that another !wcr bad
arisen in the 'land ;;nd that hereafter
they must come to tbe Assembly with
their requests He bad rvi doubt the
Assembly rirould carefully coiudder
all questions affecting th welfare of
tbe islands. Thst it would not only
look out for the interests of the
people but would welcome with lib
erality tbe investment of foreign cap
ital so absolutely necessary to the
development of tbe Philippines. The
existence of the Aenbly would
streiyrthen tbe hand of the govern
ment and tbe Rovcrnnvnt was anx
ious and ready to help tbe busine
prosperity of the islands in whir a
tbe jieople themselves were quite 6S
much interested as the merchants.
This was tbe beginning of a period
of prosperity, the fjetAer asserted,
and be trusted that under it every
body would be happy and content
ed. The Secretary declared that he was
not ashamed of anything in tb i
lands and urged the American! here
to make every effort to bring the
Filipino people to a - realization of
their wonderful opportunities. He
had been to the Philippines three
times already and he hopd in anoth
er two years to vit the islands agala,
but then be probably would come ai
a pnvate citizen
Mr Taft's speech was greeted at
the close with cheers
This afternoon Secretary Taft laid
tbe corner stone of the first perma
nent school house built in Manila un
der tbe American repme. He deliv
ered a short address to the pupils of
tbe school ih which he congratulated
them upon tbe event
To Go To New York.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. It was an
nonnced here that John Temple
Graves, editor cf Tbe Atlanta Geor
gian and News, and considered one J
tbe South 'e most gifted jonrcaliste
and authors, has accepted the chief
editorship of tbe New York Ameri
can. It is understood that Colonel
Graves will assume his new position
abont November 15tb
Poured Oil on TVe and Store Ex
plodes. New York, SpeciaL As a result of
pouring oil on a fire in a stove Mr.
Phoebe Goldstein, of Brooklyn, and
six of her eleven children, wese badly
bnrned. Mrs. Goldstein and a son,
David, aged 25, are likely to die, tbe
latter from inhaliojr the names. An
expio-ion followed Mrs. Goldstein's
attempt to Visit the fire with kero
sene, setting the woman's clothing
afire. Crazed with fright she ran
tcroth the house, settinsr fire to cur
tain' and beds. The children were
Darned in attempting, to aid their
mother.
Charted With BUfinafilng.
New York, SpeciaL -Hugo C
Voecks, arrested Sunday night on tie
ccmplaint of Raymond Hitcbcoci,
the actor, on a charge of blackmail
ing, was arranged ia police court zzi
held in $1,000 baiL Frank O. Torn
berg, arrested with Yoeeks, was dis
charged there being nothing to show
that be bad any connection with tb$
lils;jl bit&&&Uif plot