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THE CAUCASIAN..,. VOL.. XXVI. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908. No. 44 4 EDITORIAL BRIEFS The Democratic majority In this State continues to dwindle. Now is the time to begin the cam paign In this State for two years hence. No, we do not believe the Demo crats will apply for a patent for their primary system. They are selling "whiskey sand- witches" in Alabama. Look out for the new fad in North Carolina. Colliers Weekly says the Demo cratic party today means nothing. Further comment is unnecessary. We don't know whether it Night Riders" in this State Is or whether the "Red Shirts" bobbed up again. The murder record in this State is becoming alarming. The former Governor ought to explain the cause. The Democratic party will hare to buy a new donkey before the next campaign. Bryan has ridden the old one to death. The Hickory Mercury observes that in the landslide the Republicans got the White House and the Demo crats got the Kitchln. The Democrats who had picked out the Federal offices they were to hold are naturally very sore over the result of the election. Taft received 113,000 votes in this State, and we have heard It said that many of them who voted for Taft were right decent men. Bryan's majority in this State this year was reduced to about 20,000, and we will give those to Taft four years from now. We note from Governor Glenn's Thanksgiving Proclamation that he says the State is out of debt. That is good news that we were not before aware of. An exchange says now is the time to plant rye. What is the use of planting rye now? Don't you know the State will be dry after the first of the year. Some of the Democratic papers are already talking about having the next Legislature to create new offices as a reward for those who have help ed the party. We note Chairman Mack, of the Democratic National Executive Com mittee, says that he will foot all bills due. It is good to have "an angel" along in time of need. Some of the newspaper men are now denying that they ever predicted Bryan's election. Don't blame them after scanning the election returns. Some of the Democratic politicians are talking of reading the men out of the party who scratched the ticket this year. But we don't see how they can read them out when as a matter of fact they are already out. The News and Observer says you can buy all the peoplea part of the time. We have never had any experience iloDg that line; but we just don't believe it. Even if the Republicans deposited any ballots in the rural mail boxes, as was suggested by some Democrats, it seems that they also got enough in the right boxes to make the Demo cratic politicians sit up and take notice. Mr. B. S. Royster, of. Oxford, has announced himself a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Con gress in the Fifth District two years hence. Mr. Royster is evidently of the opinion that the early bird catches the worm. An exchange says that the big slump in the Democratic vote this year was due to the fact that the Re publicans got too many votes. No, they didn't get too many rotes, but they received enough so as not to leave any doubt as to who the A SPECIAL SESSION President-elect Taft Will Cal Extraordinary Session of Con gress After His In adjuration. TO REVISE THE TARIEF The Krtra Session Will Be Called Soon After 4th of March Mr. Tuft Called to Cincinnati on Private Matters The President-elect and Family Will Go to Augusta, Ga., the Middle of December, Where Mr. Taft Will Rest for Six Weeks. nuauiugion, sot. xo. mat a special session of the Slxty-flrst Con gress will be called soon after the 4th of March to take up the matter of tariff revision, became positively known today whenWilliam H. Taft President-elect, after spending the day at the White House as the guest of President Roosevelt, stated that he Intended to call the special ses sion to meet as soon after his Inaug uration as would be reasonable. Judge Taft left at 7.05 o'clock to night for Cincinnati, O., where he had been summoned on matters of family importance. The call to Judge Taft to come to Cincinnati ne cessitated a hasty change of plans, so that instead of returning to Hot Springs, Va., from Brooklyn, N. Y., at 11 p. m., he left for his home over the Pennsylvania several hours earlier. The day proved to be a busy one for the President-elect. He spent the night at the White House, and breakfasted this morning with his family. During the early forenoon the President and the President-elect discussed matters of importance to the present and the incoming admin istration. Politics was discussed at luncheon at which Secretary of State Root and Representative Nicholas Longworth also were the President's guests. Concerning his plans for the fu ture, Mr. Taft sild he would go to Augusta, Ga., on the evening of De cember 16th or the morning of De cember 17 th, where he and Mrs. Taft would seek rest for a month and a half. He expressed his pleasure that the elections in Cuba had been held with out any disturbance. A Filipino newspaper man asked the President-elect if he had any message for his people. "Nothing other than to say that if personal inclinations were to control me I would find more pleasure in what I do for them than in any other ine," was the reply. Judge Taft was asked if he had noticed the reference by Democrats of the ways and means committee which now is holding hearings on the tariff, to his views in regard to the tariff on products of the Philip pines. "My experience with the Demo crats in regard to the tariff," he re plied, "is that they want free trade on everything that is in the next county." At least, he added, that was true of the Philippine tariff. LETTER FROM BDLKINS. Comment on the Late Election Bil king Wants to Know About the Big Campaign Fund: Must be Some Mistake The Major Would Spend Money In a Campaign Mr. Hearst and Newspapers. Correspondence of the Caucasian- Enterprise. Bilkinsville, N. C, Nov. 16, 1908. The eleckshun hez cum an gone an' they ain't no use in frettin' er bout hit. We air beat, az usual, an' that ends hit. But I would like ter know what hecum ov that $3,000,000 that we Dymakrats sed the Republikins had set aside ter defeat Bryan with. Hez anybody seed anything ov hit a-float- in' erround? I wonder if hit lz sun huntin' fer an owner? My candid opinion lz that this thine ov accusin' the Republikins ov spendin' millyuns ov dollars in every campane iz the main cause ov our downfall. The truth, an the whole truth, iz, that we dymakrats think Ust az much ov money az tne nepuo- ikins. or a little more, an' what in the world iz the use ov raisin" cane prhont what the other fellers air goin' ter do, even if hit wuz a fackt? Why, if we dymanrats coma would raise three hundred mlllyun hilars fer each campane. Ov course, the poor, hard-workln voters might never see the color ov mucn ov mu nut. if we could, we would hev tnat much a hundred times as much as we accused the Republikins ov hav- n an' we would not oat an eye nor hinaTi a blush, uur campams man agers would awl go to church on the Sunday before the eleckshun an they would sit an- sing Grace, How Sweet the Soun," az loud az the next one an' would look az anctymonlous az biiea owis. v "monev makes the mare go, . i . lanii-QTiiin time hit an eriong eruuui - moiroa her sm-uce up an go at w knnni Annhla sDeed. Az a matter ov fackt I expect that the Republikins do chip in an' raise fer a heap ov men inthat party hev plenty ov cash an' they don't mind spendin hit Jist ter see a little fun an make the campane iaterestin 7 But, feller sitlzens, the game fer us Dymakrats ter play iz ter guess how much the Kepuhlikins hev fer a cam pane fund, fer hit ain't nothln but a wild guess, nohow, an' then put oat the word that we hev at least forty times az much an' that we air goin' ter spend hit recklessly. Then you orter see the voters that like ter rauKe a lew dollars on eleckshun day waggin' their ears an tryin' ter git on the greasy side ov the plank. Why, if I wuz ter git the nomerna tion fer anything I'd spread the re port that I had found a gold mine a year or so before an' that I had more money than I know'd what ter do with an' that 1 wuz goin' ter re duce the pile before eleckshun day, Then you orter see them fallin' over each other ter git in the rear ov my flag. Then they iz another thing that I would do that sum people mite think would be contrary to Dyma kratic principles: I'd let the report git out that I wuz goin' ter use a lot ov whiskey in the campane. I'd do that to stimulate the prohibition vote, a large portion ov which iz awlways more or less thirsty. I hev bin readin' erbout the thrill- in' escape ov Col. Taylor out erbout Tiptonville, Tenn. I read how he escaped five hundred bullets that wuz fired at him by "Night Riders" an' swam a river an' got home safe an' sound. Az I understand hit Col. Taylor objected to the nabors fishin' on hiz land, an' a crowd ov them organized a band ov "Night Riders" an' caught him an' hiz partner, Capt. Rankin, an' wuz goin' ter kill them. In fackt they did kill Capt. Rankin. But while they wuz disputin' among themselves az ter how ter kill Col. Taylor he escaped an' got ter a friendly naborhood safely. This ."Night Rider" business that hez bin goin' on in several ov our Southern States this year sounds mity Dymakratick ter me an' I hev bin thinkin' I'd look into hit an' see if hit wouldn't be a gude thing fer North Carolina. We uster hev the "Ku Klux," the "Lowry Gang," an' the ' Red Shirts" in this State, an' I don't see why we should not hev a few bands ov "Night Riders ter make things lively. I may write ter my friend Jodeseevus Daniels an' see if we can't get up sumpthin' ov that sort, fer the Republikin party seems ter be on the increase here jist az hit iz in Tennessee an' other States, an' hit will take sumpthin' awful to stop hit. The Governor ov Tennessee says he iz goin' ter put down the "Night Riders" if hit takes awl the troops in the State. But the Governor seems ter be takin plenty ov time ter git warmed up, which leads me ter beleeve that he iz in sympathy with the "Night Riders" just az most of the officials wuz with the "Red Shirts" in this State, an' they never wuz a more lawless set than the "Red Shirts," an they wuz not necessary at all. The South will never get its proper place in the af fairs ov the country until these law less bands are wiped out ter stay wiped out. I see by the papers that a soldier, a member ov an artillery company, cy the name ov Bernard Leiser, hez bin discharged from the regular ar my fer eatin' green apples. The charge wuz: "Conduct to the preju dice ov gude order and military dis cipline." That ib sumthin' new ter me. I didn't know hit wuz erginst military rulese ter eat green apples, or any other sort. I judge frum readin' ov zhls case in the papers that hit iz er ginst the rules, especially at this lime ov year when green apples air scarce. I suppose the officers want ter git on the outside ov all the green apples theirselves; they air too gude fer a common soldier ter eat. He must confine niz eatin- ter Lard tack an" goobers, an' things like that. The ways ov the military and the pollytishun passeth my un derstandin'. First thing you know sweet pertaters an' buttermilk will be perhibited in this country, an' then what air you goin' ter do er bout hit? " I see by the paper that Mr. Hearst Willie Hearst ov New ork, haz found that sum rich men hev bin subsidizing newspapers by paying ex tra big prices fer subscription. He says one man paid S 3,000 fer a year's subscription an' another paid 3 5,0 00. No wonder the newspaper business pays. But the two gentlemen named by Mr. Hearst must be like an' old fel ler I once herd ov. Every time he wanted ter go ter town he would get iicker an would tank up. Then he would git rich an go round ter the office ov the weekly newspaper pub lished in the town an' insist on pay in' hiz subscription fer a year in advance. Az he would go to town fifteen or twenty times a year an' tank up jist az often, hit wuz not long till he had paid hiz subscription fer forty years in advance an the editor wuz livin' in clover. Them men Mr. Hearst is tellin' erbout must hev got hold ov the same sort ov licker. If that sort ov thing keeps np long I'll sell Bob an' buy a news paper. Az ever, ZEKE BILKINS. Tobacco Barn Robbed. " Wilson, N. C, Nov. 16. Saturday night two miles from Elm City, Mr. W. G. Smith lost two-thirds of a to bacco crop. Thieves entered his barn and carted away the stuff and left no clue as to the route they had taken. . TO H0LD COTTON Ten Cents as a Minimum for Balance of the Crop. COTTON-GROWERS HAVE CONFERENCE The Meeting, Stirred Over the Sight Rider Business, Threaten to Break Up in a Row, But Order is Finally Restored by President Jordan- Farmers Urged Also to Continue Agitation for More Cotton Fac tories and to Fight tbe Boll Weevil. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 12. Denun ciation of "night-riding," and a fiery defense of the night riders threw the convention of the Southern Cotton Growers' and Ginnera Association into disorder today, and nearly ter minated the session before the pro gram had fairly begun. While ex cited delegates hurled charges and counter charges, T. U. Sisson, of Mis sissippi, moved that the conven tion adjourn sine die. President Jordan finally brought a semblance of quiet and made a plea for order. Walter Clark, of Clarksdale, Miss., precipitated the trouble by wander ing from the subjecof the "Better Baling and Handling of cotton," and bitterly denouncing "night riding." He called the night riders "curs" and men who shot people in the back. A. S. Roane, a resident of northeast Mississippi, jumped on his chair and called Mr. Clark to order. He said the night riders were an oppressed people, fighting for what they be lieved to be right, working against overwhelming odds, but always from the best motives. His words created a sensation. Men stood on their chairs and the greatest confusion pre vailed. President Jordan refused to entertain the motion of Mr. Sisson to adjourn, and requested Mr. Clark to proceed. This he did. Ten Cents as Minimum. The general committee on reso lutions presented their report, which was unanimously adopted, recom mending that so far as possible in each individual case, none of the crop of 1908, still in the ownership of the producer, be sold below ten cents per pound for short staple cot ton, and urging growers to hold the crop so as to prevent selling in ex cess of one-tenth per month of the remaining crop of 1908. The cotton growers are urged to apply to the local banks for loans secured by warehouse receipts representing cot ton to be held for the purpose of being marketed only when demanded for actual consumption. The sug gestions offered toward organizing of a holding corporation are referred to the permanent committee, consist ing of Chairman Jordan, Charles Gay and Dr. Pierson. They recommend to the immediate attention of Southern bankers and financiers the inaugura tion of a great cotton bank at some banking centre in the South, for the purpose jof establishing a clearing house to aid in financing and mar keting the cotton crop each season. More Cotton Factories. The report also urges a continua tion of the agitation for "cotton fac- tories enough in the South to manu facture our cotton," and commends the efforts by the States of Georgia,! Texas and Mississippi in the estab lishment of textile departments in their agricultural colleges. The re-! ports recommends a diversification of crops, claiming that this can only be brought about by scientific prepara-j tion of the soil and practical rota tion of crops. .The extension of ware house facilities at local market points and all large interior cotton mar-i kets and ports, and especially com mending and endorsing the building of the proposed warehouse at the port of New Orleans; that the Con gress of the United-States and State Legislatures enact laws requiring that the cotton exchanges revise their contracts, making contracts fair and just, and that the cotton delivered on the same be restricted to not more than five grades and that none below middling be deliverable; con demns speculation and gambling in futures as encouraged and practiced through all exchanges; approves of the continuation of the United States cotton statistical reports when based upon tangible facts, "but we do not approve of reports based upon cal culation and guess work." Must Fight Boll Weevil. The report recommends that the farmers in States now threatened with the boll weevil prepare them selves in advance for the coming of the weevil, and asks for a continua tion of government and State aid in combating the weevil. On night riding the report says: "The meeting condemns in un measured terms the recent lawless ness throughout a number of our Southern States,' known as 'night riding,' and we urge that the govern ment of the varions States where this evil is threatening the welfare of the people to take Immediate and decisive action for effectually sup pressing the same." ' . . - The report requests the press of the South to assist in bringing about the results thst are horx-d for from this report. T. U. Sisson pretested a r-ol atlas which was adopted, providing that President Jordan shall have complete charge of the sew organiutloQ of cotton growers which will include Southern farmers and men in a waHu of life, it provides for ap pointment of one man in each State to perfect the organisation in the counties of his State. Tbe purpose of the organization is to collect data as to the quality and yield of the cotton crop in each county and data as to the financing of the crop. Flan to Loan Money. Another resolution was offered by H. H. Rogers, of Louisville, Miss providing for the appointment by President Jordan of two other dele gates to form with him a committee to act with a like committee from the Farmers' Union, to work out a plan to capitalize a legitimate cor poratlon, the purpose of which shal be to loan money on, or buy up the crop of all distressed cotton grow ers in order to keep prices from going below cost. A resolution condemning dealing in futures and calling on Congress men. United Mates Senators and jnnsuan ministers to aid m sup pressing it, was adopted. " Dr. A. R. Tarborough, of Missis sippi, introduced a resolution which was adopted, that members of the conference study, agitate and edu cate in an effort to establish the feasibility of the cotton growers manufacturing their own staple into cloth and to petition the Legislature of the various States to pass such laws as will enable the growers to do so. The convention adjourned sine die. NEGRO KILLS EIGHT, OFFICERS. He Was Resisting Arrest for Having Beaten An Indian Boy. Okmulgee, Okla., Nov. 15. Eight persons were killed and ten others were wounded today In a fight be tween James Dockard, a negro des perado, and officers. The disturbance began at the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad sta tion where Dockard engaged in a fight with an Indian boy, Steve Gray son, and beat him into Insensibility with a rock. When Policeman Klaber went to the station, Dockard fled to his house near by and barri caded himself. When Klaber ap proached the house Deckard shot and instantly killed him. Sheriff Robinson gathered deputies in a few minutes and hurried to the scene. This party contained several negroes whom the sheriff commis sioned as deputies. As the attacking party approached the house Deckard opened fire with a rifle, firing as rapidly as he could load his weapon. The sheriff fell first, Instantly killed. Then five of the negroe deputies were slain. Deckard's house was soon sur rounded by a frenzied mob of armed men. Fire was set to a house just north of Deckards. Volleys of bul lets were poured into Deckard's house and he was shot down. He was seen to roll over, strike a match and set fire to his own house, which was soon a roaring furnace, In which his body was baked. Weather Bureau Chief Missing Ten Years is Found in an Asylum. New York, Nov. 13. Prof. Mark W. Harrington, former chief of the weather bureau, who mysteriously dropped out of sight nearly ten years ago, has been found, a hopeless men tal wreck, in the New Jersey asylum for the insane at Morris Plains. He has been an inmate of the asylum since more than a year ago, when he was found wandering aimlessly about the streets of Trenton. Such is his condition that he has been unable to tell the asylum of ficials anything about himself and it was not until yesterday that his identity was established. Then the wife of the former weather bureau chief visited the asylum and identi fied the man as her husband. Plymouth Has a Disastrous Fire Washington, N. C, Nov. 16. Fire at Plymouth, about thirty-five miles from this city, of unknown origin, destroyed two stores and part of the hotel yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. Tiie two stores, brick buildings, oc cupied by SpruIU Bros., and H. A. Blount, dealers In general merchan dise, were totally destroyed, the front of the hotel was burned out. The total loss estimated, was about $36,000 partly covered by insurance. Unknown Negro is Shot and Killed at Wilson. Wilson, N. C, Nov. 16. To-night an unknown negro was shot five times in the abdomen on the out skirts of the city by another negro, said to be George Ruffin. The wound ed man is at the hospital here, but not expected to recover. His assail ant escaped and has not yet been ap prehended. The shooting occurred over a woman. Captain Goes Down With Tug in Pamlico Sound. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 12. News reached this city this afternoon of the sinking of the tug Hampton this morning in Pamlico Sound, N. C, during the prevalence of a severe northwest gale, and of the loss of Captain W. J. Rawley, commander. RECKIVEB FUIl IMTF4AL The Paper WW, for the lYrarat, Co, tiatto PttbUeaUott, the nter Taking Cbarg ' Itwlpts. Greensboro, N. C, Nor. if. In the United States court Saturday afternoon Judge James E, Boyd rained W. L Underwood aa reivr of the Daily Industrial News, the appointment being made on the pe tition of certain creditors presented to the court by O. S. Bradshaw as at torney. The receiver Is ordered by the court to continue the publication of the paper, and he U "directed to employ any and ail necessary help la the advancement of his trusts. The subpoena on the bankrupt corpora tion U .made returnable next Satur day. The assets and liabilities ot the company are unknown at this time. United State District Attorney A. EL Helton obtained judgment against the corporation for f SOU due him for rent of the building. An execution levy waif made on re ceipts of tbe corporation. Follow ing this levy came bankruptcy pro ceedings on petition of W. J. Mar tin, of Raleigh; it. E. Carmlchael, of Winston-Salem, correspondents; the Postal Telegraph Company, Carolina Heal Estate and Investment Company and other creditors. The paper will. for the present, continue publica tion, Receiver Underwood taking charge of receipts. ELECTION FRAUD CHARGED Two Cumberland Citizens Arrested For Alleged ConMplracy In Obtain ing Tax Receipt. Special to Charlotte Observer. Fayetteville, Nov. 14. Warrants were issued today for the arrest of W. Beard and M. B. Hall, of Beaverdam ownship, this county, on the charge of conspiracy in fraudu lently obtaining a county tax receipt during the recent campaign. Beard signed an affidavit which was circu lated the day before the election by the supporters of the "Ctilzen'a Tick et," charging Sheriff Watson, the Democratic candidate for re-election, with issuing to him a tax receipt dated back, in order that he might be able to vote on Beard's word that he had lost his receipt. Sheriff Wat son in accord denounced as false this charge, declaring that Beard repre sented that his receipt ha been lost, whereupon a duplicate was given him, though it was afterwards was discovered that Beard had not paid his taxes at all. Warrants will later be issued against Beard on charges of slander and illegal voting. F. J. HENEY SHOT IN COURT ROOM. San Francisco Graft Prosecutor Vic tim of Exposed Juryman .Would be Assassin Suicides. San Francisco, Nov. 13. Francis Heney, a leading figure in the J. prosecution of municipal corruption in San Francisco, was shot and se riously wounded at 4.22 p. m., today In Judge Lawler's courtroom, by Morris Haas, a Jewish saloonkeeper, who had been accepted as a juror in a previous trial of Abraham Ruef and afterwards removed, as it had been shown in court by Heney that Haas was an ex-convict a fact not brought out in his examination as venireman. The shooting of Heney occurred in the presence of many persons in the courtroom, in a recess in the trial of Abraham Ruef, on trial for the third time on the charge of bribery. At 6 p. m., Mr. Heney regained con sciousness and will likely recover. Aften being taken to prison Haas committed suicide. Aged Woman Taken from Her Bed And Tarred and Feathered. Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 13. Four men and one woman have been ar rested at Martinsburg on the charge of administering tar and feathers to Mrs. Jane Weh&t,ieM.a.e$i house keeper for John Murphy, residing between Johnston and Hedgeville. The woman was taken from her bed late at night. There waa no ap parent cause for the brutality. The woman is in a serious condition and may die. Those held by Justice of the Peace Foulker are: James, George and ke Murphy, Joseph Arnold and Mrs. Arnold. Clerk Arrested for Robbing the Mails Columbus, Ga., Nov. 14. Roy Bagley, chief clerk in the Columbus postoffice, was today bound over to United States court by Commissioner Brown on the charge of robbing the mails. Bagley was caught by a decoy etter containing marked bills which were found on his person when he was arrested, according to the testi mony of two United States inspect ors at the preliminary bearing. Henderson Has a Big Fire. Henderson, Nov, 14. The second argest fire in the history of this town in thirty years occurred this morning at 4.30 o'clock, when Par ham Bros. four-story brick building bagging factory was totally destroy ed, with its adjoining buildings on Wynder avenue. By strenuous ef forts the residences on the opposite side of the street were saved. CHINA iraiES Emperor end the Dowtger Era. press Both Dtd. AN INFANT ON THE THRONE Quickly Ftotkmtng the Death ef (he i:peror, IWral Edict Ammmme lh of tlfai MeUwv, h An- errUe Heed of the CtOnes Eas ier The ThfveYerOi4 Bom U ITiace Chan rt fa the Throat IVtnc Itrgrni Ordrr a liandral Day ot atomming Cswt U Mawa for Three Yi Peking. China, Nor. 14- The em peror ot China died shortly after fir o'clock this evening. Aa early aa three o'clock this afternoon It waa reported that the Emperor's death waa regarded aa imminent. The Foreign Board ot the Govern ment has confirmed the report cir culated yesterday that the Doweger Empress !a mortally ill. Peking. Nov. IS. -Tate Hal. the Dowager Empress of China, the aa tocratic head ot the government, which she directed without success ful interference since 1811 and with out protest since llll, died at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The announcement ot the Dow ager Empress' death waa official and followed closely upon the announce ment that Kuang-llsu. the Emperor, bad died yesterday at 6 o'clock In the afternoon, but it Is believed that the death of both the Emperor and the Dowager Emperor occurred a considerable time before that set down in the official statemeots. An edict issued at 8 o'clock thla morning placed upon the throne Prince Pu-Yi, the three-year-old son of Prince Chun, the Regent ot the Empire, in accordance with a prom ise given by the Dowager Empress soon after tho marriage of Prince Chun in 1903. An edict issued on Friday made Pu-Yl heir pre sumptive. Prince Chun, the Regent, has or dered the viceroys and Govenors to take precautions for the continua tion of tbe administration ot the provinces heretofore, and he baa or dered a hundred days of mourning. The court will go into mourning for three years. Deathbed observances of three thousand years ago marked tbe pass ing of the Emperor and Dowager. They died alone and unattended, al though surrounded by circles of ab ject spectators, who remained a rod distant, as, on account of the sacred persons of their majesties, they could not be approached. The Emperor died as he had lived, without min istration ot whatever kind, or scientific aid. PVKII THREE HUNDRED MI VERS "iL PERISH. Terrible Explosion in Mine ta Ger many Only Thirty-Six Persons Bared. Berlin, Nov. 13. Sealed up in a mine and doomed to die by lire or suffocation is the fate of 3(5 miners who were trapped in a pit at Hamm. Westphalia, by an explosion ot coal dust. There were 400 in the works of the Radbod mine when the disaster occurred, and of these only thirty six were taken out alive. Most of them were so badly burned that they are expected to die. Those who were not instantly kill ed by the force of the explosion. which was of unusual violence, were soon doomed to death by fire that spread with such rapidity as to make the work ot rescue impossible and caused tbe mine owners to flood and hermetically close the opening of the shaft in order to extinguish the ad vancing flames. The bodies of thirty-seven dead had already been brought to the sur face, together with tbe injured be fore the mine opening waa sealed. SECRETARY OF NAVY RESIG58 Mr. Metcalf Will Retire on Account of Hi-Health WiU be Succeeded by T. H. Newberry. Washington, Nov. 13. Secretary of the Navy, Victor Howard Metcalf, of California, today tendered his res ignation to President Roosevelt, to take effect on December 1st. An nouncement waa made immediately afterward of the appointment of Truman Handy Newberry, of Michi gan, aa Secretary. American Tobacco Company wni Have Rival in Dmrham. Durham, N. C, Nor. 13. Tbe American Tobacco Company baa a competitor la the field right here at home in the new smoking tobacco concern Inaugurated by W. L. Walk er, an old Durham resident but now of New York. They will do business under the name ot the Khedirial Company. A new brand of smoking tobacco is to be made named "Walk er's Durham." Mr. Walker has been served with a notice that to appro priate in whole or In part the nam "Durham" would result in a auit for infringement. f i f s 't I i ! i f I i J : ? i 3 ; l ?;! i i j i ii i t i f : i 11 ii a ' ' s t t next President will be. few dollars ter run me caiupaiw.,
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