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CAUCASIAN. -JL V VOL. XXVII. RALEIGH, N. C.f THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16. 19 09. No. 36 4 EDITORIAL BRIEFS Times change, but not as fast as Uryan. Peary will probably brand Cook's story: "Made in Denmark." The discovery of the North Pole has brought us the Eskimo baby. When have you ever known a Democrat to refuse a good seat at the Republican pie-counter? Mr. Simmons is abroad, which probably accounts for that gentle man being so quiet nowadays. Can't the Democratic party get the liglif representatives or get its rep- n-Kentatives right which is It? Guess some of the Democratic pol itlcians are at least glad that lemons were not put on the free list. After a temporary separation from the pie trough the oil inspectors are now happy drawing their per diem. Peary has offered the North Pole to President Taft. However, we fear the President will not find It very accessible. As the Democrats have been op posed to expansion, we are surprised that they now favor annexing the North Pole. Judge Connor has poured oil on the troubled waters and more Dem ocratic office-holders are made hap py by it. Ex-Governor Glenn doesn't seem to be particular about what kind of advertising he gets so long as he gets it free. Bryan endorsed the Democratic meeting at Albany, N. Y., Thursday, but the New York Democrats did not endorse Bryan. "We may yet have to send Zeke Bil kins to the North Pole to settle this matter as soon as he returns from his trip around the world. If the Democrats only knew how to frame a platform to suit the needs of the country they wouldn't have to do so much explaining afterwards. Did the Radical element in the Democratic party make It so warm for Mr. Simmons that he had to leave his country to escape their wrath? It seems that Democratic meeting at Albany was held, for the purpose of enforcing honesty in their own party which is a step in the right direction. The Charlotte Observer thinks the Democratic party can stand some killing yet. That may be so, but It seems a shame to hit the old donkey when he's down. The Teddy bear, the Taft 'Possum and the Billiken doll are no more. Since the discovery of the North Pole the New York merchants are pushing tho Eskimo baby. This brain storm insanity Is dan gerous to monkey with. A criminal may be committed to an asylum un der such a plea, but he will find It hard to get out again. Some of the Democratic politicians are now talking of running Dr. Cook for President because he reached the North Pole. Look out for Bryan, as he may be the next to make a dash for the Arties. The latest hlng in Tennessee is the "odorless drunk." a dispatch from Nashville says that men are carried Into the station-house every day drunk with something that leaves no odor on the breath. We agree with some of our Demo cratic exchanges that they have a chance to win next time providing they name the right candidate, adopt the right platform, and can get enough people to vote the Democratic ticket. The deposed Shah of Persia has been granted an annual pension of mo.OOO with the understanding that he is to leave the country. If the ex-ruler will live economically he should be able to exist on that amount each year. A new life insurance company be ing formed in Georgia will Insure only those who do not drink a drop of malt or spiritous liniinr. it w, seem unnecessary to place such a re striction in its policies Inasmuch as is very iry." EDWARD II. HARRLMAX DEAD. Was the World's Greatest Railroad Stagnate -Owned Over Seventy Thousand Miles of American Rail roads. New York. Sept. 9. Edward H Harrlman died at his home In Arden, N. Y.. at 3:35 this afternoon. He was born at Hempstead, L. I., Feb ruary 25, 1848. Mr. Harrlman's death had been expected for several days. On last Sunday he suffered a serious relapse, due to an attack of acute indiges tion, and he was unable to rally from the critical condition which then threatened his life. With him at the time, of death were all the members of his immediate family and Dr. Lyle. The greatest achievement of Mr. Harrlman's career as a financier and railroad manager was the rehabllitl tion of the Union Pacific and South ern Pacific Railway Systems. Mr. Harrlman undertook this Her culean task when he was nearly fifty years old, and after be had once practically retired from business. Other financiers had failed signally to put these properties on a paying basis, but Mr. Harrlman, following the organization of the Union- Pa cific in 1897, began a systematic plan to place the properties In the best condition for their maintenance at a high standard of efficiency. It was his policy to keep his rail roads in the best workable condition, confident that sooner or later the question of dividends would take care of itself. To the task he had undertaken, Mr. Harrlman gave unfagging in dustry, and It was his constant work that brought on the final breakdown in his health. Stomach trouble de veloped more than a year ago, and medical treatment gave no relief. ! This summer he went to Europe to consult the greatest specialists there, but he was not benefited. On his return to this country he went at once to his magnificent country home at Arden, where death occur red. Edward Henry Harrlman, perhaps the greatest figure In American rail roading and finance since the days of Jay Gould, was born February 5, 1848, in Hempstead, L. I. He was one of six children, and his father was a country clergyman, with a salary of $200 a year. The poverty of his father cut short his school-days, and at the age of fourteen after some home teaching and two years in a church school, he became an erran boy in a Wall Street office. That was the business beginnlne of the man who died at the age of sixty-one master of nearly seventy thousand miles of American rail roads. AN EXPLANATION NEEDED. Congressman Morehead Had Recom mended Mr. D. H. Blair for Super visor, Bat Another WTas Appointed. It was generally understood throughout the State that the three Republican Congressmen In this State would be allowed to name the Census Supervisors for their Dis tricts. Some days ago Congressman Morehead recommended Mr. D. H. Blair of Winston-Salem for the posi tion, but it seems that by some means another was appointed to the posi tion. The Durham correspondent of the Charlotte Observer has the fol lowing to say in regard to the mat ter: "The appointment of Prof. W. H. Glasson, of the faculty of Trinity College, to the position of Census Supervisor of this District is the greatest surprise that has come to Republicans hereabouts in a long while. It is known that Congress man Morehead recommended Mr. D. H. Blair, of Winston-Salem, for the position, although Mr. Blair was not a candidate and notified Mr. More head that he had pledged his support to another member of the Winston Salem bar. Professor Glasson is unknown in politics, and it is under stood that the appointment was made as a personal compliment by Census Director Durand. The two men were classmates at Yale." Hon. A. E. Holton and the Asheviile Bank Wreckers. Bessemer City Messenger. After ten long yeares of patient toil, wear and tear of both body and mind, Hon. A. E. Holton has at last landed Breese and Dickenson, the Asheviile bank wreckers, behind prison bars. We happened to be in Asheviile the morning the Judge sen tenced these men, and the praise of Mr. Holton was being sung by the business men on the streets. One man, though he was not personally acquainted with Mr. Holton, said: "If there were Districts Attorneys life Holton in all the Districts of the United States, crimes of this kind would be lessened one-half. Mr. Hol ton has achieved a great victory and deserves the great praise he has been getting. If there ever was ab solutely a faithful, honest and effici ent District Attorney, Mr. Holton is that man. Such men as this give stability to the business interest of the county, and in passing we re mark and stability to the Republican party and yet a so-called big Repub lican says Holton and all his ilk shall be eliminated from the Republican party. "When the tall wags the dog this will be done." TARIFF CUSSIQN President Taft Names the Three Members of the New Commission. WILL ASSIST THE PRESIDENT The Board is Authorized to Employ Experts to Investigate Foreign and Domestic Tariffs Will Assist Mr. Taft in the Execution of the Law With Especial Reference to Apply ing the Maximum and Minimum Clauses. Congress Appropriated S75,0O0 for This Work. Beverly, Mass., Sept. 11. Presi dent Taft this afternoon announced the appointment of the new national tariff commission, as follows: Prof. Henry C. Emery, of Yale, chairman; James B. Reynolds, of Boston, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Alvin H. Sanders, of Chi cago, editor and publisher of The Breeders' Gazette. The Board is authorized to em ploy experts to investigate foreign and domestic tariffs. The announcement was made by the President after a conference with Secretary MacVeagh. The new tariff commission is to as sist the President in the execution of the new tariff law with especial reference to applying the maximum and minimum clauses to nations, which are unfriendly or friendly in their tariff relations with the United States. In announcing the selection of this new board, authorized by the Payne tariff bill, the following statement was given out at the executive offices tonight: "The President and the Secretary of the Treasury have agreed upon the plan under which these three gen tlemen are to constitute the board and are to be given authority to em ploy such special experts as may be needed In the investigation of the foreign and domestic tariffs. No announcement was made as to what salaries the three commission ers are to receive. Congress appro priated the lump sum of $75,000 to cover salaries and the expenses of the investigations of the commission. RIVAL SHOOTS COUPLE. Miss Minnie Lucas and Mr. Freeman Williams, of Wilson, Shot in Lower Limbs. Wilson, N. C, Sept. 13. Last night about 9 o'clock. Miss Minnie Lucas and Mr. Freeman Williams, while sitting on the front porch of the father of the young lady, saw a man dodging about in the yard. The young lady remarked: "I believe I will shoot whoever is out there try ing to eavesdrop." No quicker than she said the words the report of a gun was heard, and both of the people knew that they had been shot in their lower limbs eight shot entering the leg of the lady, and Mr. Williams' pedal ex tremities were filled with leaden pel lets. The young lady showed the kind of metal she is made of. Step ping inside the house she caugEt up a rifle and sent several balls at the fleeing "peeping Tom," and she be lieves that one or more of the shots took effect. The man she suspects of the cow ardly deed was in Wilson this morn ing looking up a certain doctor. This same man has been before a magistrate because of a disturbance he had with Mr. Williams about Miss Lucas. Iredell Man Who Had Promised to Do Better Deserts Family. Statesville N. C. Sept. 10. Pres Cristy, the white man who, on his return from Portsmouth, Ohio, a few days ago, was arrested for abandon ment, but was released from jail Sat urday on the solicitation of his wife, who he had left to the charity of the community during his long absence, and after making promises to take his wife and three little children back to Ohio with him, where he said he would give them a home and take good care of them, did not keep his promises, but did just what many people thought he would do. He gave his family the dodge in Winston-Salem Saturday night, and be ing unable to locate the worthless husband and father, the woman and children have returned to this com munity in as bad a condition as ever without money or, food. High Point Cocaine Seller Escapes. High Point, N. C, Sept. 13. Dr. Blue, a negro drug clerk, who sold cocaine and acids to negroes here, and alleged to have caused the death of one negro last week was arrested in Aberdeen to-day, hut escaped just as the officer was getting ready to bring him to the city. Can't Get Them Right. Durham Herald. The Democratic party may believe in tariff reform but the trouble is, that it cannot get its representatives to see it that way. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Snow and freezing weather is re ported in Colorado. Mr. McCoy Hamilton, of Klnston, was run over and killed Monday morning by a log train of Hlnes Brothers Lumber Co. The Confederate Veterans of Mont gomery County held a reunion at Troy last Saturday and established a Camp with 100. members. Deputy Marshall Surles and Depu ty Collector J. B. Holland captured an illicit brandy distillery in Harnett County Tuesday of last week. An educational meeting was held at Greenville, N. C, Monday at which five representatives of the United States government made interesting addressee. President W. W. Flnley, of the Southern Railway, will deliver a pub lic address in Salisbury November 2nd, under the auspices of the Board of Trade of that city. A negro -girl, named Sims, was killed in a tobacco elevator at Win ston Thursday. Her head was caught between the elevator and second floor and was mashed flat. Mr. Dick Proctor, a middle aged man, employed at the Atlantic Coast Line shops, at South Rocky Mount, was shot and fatally wounded Satur day by Oscar Boone, an 18-year-old boy. The shooting was accidental. It is rumored in Klnston that Mr. A. A. Albrltton, formerly engineer of the American Tobacco Company's plant there, did not die from wounds received by coming in contact with the elevator weight, but that he was a victim of fouPpiay. The matter Is being investigate!. UNPOPULAR PROCLAMATIONS. In China No One Obeys Them and They are not Enforced. Shanghai Mercury. A proclamation Issued by the Vic eroy of the Province that all opium dens in Wanshein must close has gone unheeded, as most things ap pear to do in China when it does not suit the populace. Wansein is a city of 120,000 in habitants and is surrounded by pop py fields, nine-test hs of the commu nity Indulging in the drug, while the city itself contains Innumerable shops for retailing it. When the appointed time came for closing up, all the shops "did themselves proud". Bright new lan terns gleamed from the portals, while clean curtains decorated the Interior and trade was as brisk as ever. In other words the opium ven ders were "saving face" a peculiar characteristic of the Chinese, and not even a policeman, if there is such a thing in Wanshien, enforced the order. Opium smoking continues at Wan shien in the same old way and the crop to be reaped this year is a third bigger than last. What can a Viceroy do when the people, to a man, won't listen, especially when the people know that the proclamation may be only a matter of form. COTTON CROP IS SHORT. A Greensboro Bnyer Wl Has Visit ed the Southern States Says the Price Will Reach 15 cents. Greensboro Dally News. E. H. Fellowes, a well-known cot ton buyer, who has Just returned from a three weeks' tour of inspec tion of the cotton crop as It now stands in Texas, Louisiana, Missis sippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, reports condi tions in these States very unfavorable for a good crop this season, stating that in Texas the long dry spells had practically cut the crop in half, and that conditions in the other cotton producing States were practically the same as in the Lone Star State. Mr. Fellowes reports that he made an exhaustive examination of the crop as it now stands. in Texas, and he is thoroughly convinced that it is the poorest in the history of the State. It is the general opinion of all who have made a study of the crop in Texas, he declared, that the crop will not eome up to more than half that made last year. He says that the crop in North Carolina Is better as It now stands -than in any other State. Mr. Fellowes stated that present business conditions did not warrant the high prices being paid by mills, but added that he was confident the price of cotton would go to fifteen cents during the present season. "The present high prices are due to speculation and bullish movements in Wall Street," he said, "but the short crop this season will certainly cause King Cotton to reach fifteen cents before the season is far advanced. Oyster Shell Scraper. An oyster shell is the very best thing to scrape saucepans and ket tles; when once you have used them, you will never return to a knife, a spoon, or a link dish-cloth; they, the oyster, shells, are sharp, and lend themselves to all corners. "Little Helps." in the National Magazine for September. US IN INDIA The Major Says That Early Marriages are the Rale In That Country HOW THE PEOPLE DRESS The Major Still Trying ta Please the Ladle The I Call road Are Not Up-to-Date India Crowing Inter ested in Education India's Great Mountains Beat the World Facts About the Sacred Hirer Cianges The Indian Fakirs and Their Work A Defence of Hypnotism. Calcutta, India. Sept. 4, 1909. Correspondence of the Caucasian- Enterprise. I awlwayg try ter write somethin' in my homespun way ter please the women folks, especially my old lady. No doubt most ov them air more or less Interested in larnin somethin' erbout the women ov India az well az ter hear erbout the country an' he men in hit, fer a country that hez practically one-fifth ov the entire population ov the world. In fact, more than a fifth, naturally hez more or less in the way ov curious people. One striking thing about the women of India iz the fact that they marry while very young, that bein' one ov the foolish habits they hev formed in India. An' I wanter say rite here that no matter whar you find women. no matter how highly civilized or how heathenish the people, the wo men, most or them, air forever doin somethin foolish. Strange, too, fer many ov them air smart an they air good. I can't explain hit. In India early marriages air the rule an' that iz not only foolish but the custom haz many disadvantages. In this county hit is not unusual fer girls ter marry at 10 an' 12 years old. I saw one, the former wife ov an Indian prince, who had married the second husband an' she iz now but thirteen,- a mere child. Such foolishness orter be stopped at once. But I started out ter tell how the women ov India dress. The main article in this line iz called the sarai. This consists ov a long strip ov cot ton or silk cloth part ov which Is wrapped around the body to form a skirt, while the rest ov hit Is draped over the head and shoulders in graceful folds. Hit forms an attrac tive costume, prettier than some dresses. Some ov the wealthier wo men embroider the edges ov the gar ment with either silver or gold, thin particles bein' used. But this iz not done In many cases. The men do not seem ter hev any particular style in dress. Some ov them wear somethin' which resem bles the old Roman toga. Others wear a style of trousers seemin'ly made by windin' cloth around the body and limbs somewhat after the fashion the women have adopted, though they look like they have on pantaloons instead ov skirts, such az the women wear. There iz awlso a variety ov coats fer men. A few ov them hev adopted American and Eu ropean styles. But a majority wear a long close-fittln' coat that looks very much like an ordinary overcoat that fits rather too closely for com fort. But they air large ernuff. The reason the coats appear to fit so closely Iz because they air cut to con form to the shape ov the body in stead ov hangln' loosely, az a coat should for real comfort. (I will ex plain that I very foolishly declined to take a mail-order course ov instruc tion in tallorin' when I wuz young, hence I am a little awkward when hit comes to describin' clothin' and other dry goods.) Although English capital hez built the few railroads found in India, an' hit Iz a fact that the English air rite up ter date on things ov that sort, the railroads here air not much more than excuses fer railroads. The country is thickly settled an there air 300,000,000 million people to ride. But they ride but little an the frieght that does not go by water Iz a small matter. Hence the rail roads here air not up to the Ameri can and European standard. If you her ever travelled over some ov the smaller roads an' branch lines in North Carolina you will understand what I mean when I say they air about az gude az the best roads in India; - If you take a sleeper in this country you must furnish your own soap an' towel an' things an' must depend on waking up yourself, fer they air no porters ter wake you up an brush your clothes or shine your shoes. But there air other thieves in India, stacks ov them. There air a number ov colleges throughout India an' the people air growin' Interested in education. This Includes medical, law, an' technical schools. But there iz some dissat isfaction as to the manner in which the colleges air managed, an' In a few cases the wealthier people air sendin' their sons, to the United States to get an education. But the number who are educated in foreign countries is yet very small. I believe that I spoke ov the won derful mountain range found in In dia In a former letter. This moun tain range iz known az the Himalay as, an, as one or these peaks. Mount (Continued on Page S.) mtrtiirrER, TElw V Spartanburg Man Charged With Bar barous CrimeGirl Not Expected to Live. Spartanburg. S-J C-. Sept. 11. I A. Matt he we, who several nights ago whipped his adopte4 daughter. Miss Elizabeth Morrow, and who was ar rested on the charge of assault aad battery, may have to answer more serious charges. The physicians at tending Miss Morrow gave instruc tion today for her to be removed to a hospital and when the ambulance called at her home the flesh had bro ken open and blood was ooxlng forth. It Is feared blood poisoning has de veloped. At a late hour tonight great ex citement prevails in the city because Matthewes has not been arrested. The condition of Miss Morrow has become serious and life is despaired of. The nerves of her spinal col umn have become affected and her kidneys have refused to act properly. causing much apprehension on the part of her physicians. She may die. DOESN'T APPLY TO CANAL ZONE. Operations of New Tariff Law Does Not Affect That Territory. Washington, D. C. ISept, 13. The new tariff law of August 6th does not apply to the Isthmian Canal zone, according to a decision given by Acting Attorney-General Wade H. Ellis to the Secretary of War, and announced to-day. The canal zone is not one of the "possessions" of the United States within the meaning of that term In the first clause of the tariff act, says the Acting Attorney- General, but rather Is a place sub ject to the use, occupation and con trol of the United States for the con struction and maintenance of a ship anal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. The effect of this decision will be o continue the present system by vhich the Panama Government col lects duties on importations. AFTER DISPENSARY GRAFTERS. South Carolina Grand Jury Returns Six True Bills. Columbia, S. C. Sept. 10. The Richland County grand jury this af ternoon returned six true bills in the so-called graft case in connection with purchases of supplies for the State dispensary. The men under indictment are: WHIPPED AIKH Joseph B. Wylie, L. Whit Boykln.tfrlht trip over the highest pac John Bell Towill, Jodie Rawlinson, former dispensary directors, W. O. Tatum, ex-dispensary commissioner, James S. Farnum, Morton A. Good man, John T. Early, H. Lee Solo mons, liquor sales, and Dennis Wels kopf, representative of a label print ing concern. Wylie, Solomons and Early turn ed State's evidence and appeared as witnesses before the grand jury. Why England Has No Flies. "The fly can be put down," says E. T. Brewster, writing of the great meanace from the house-fly in Sep tember McClure's. "The proof is that it has been done. Speaking rashly, there are no flies im England; at least, there are so few that the Inhabitants do not think It worth while to screen their dwellings. The reason is the sim plest the tight little Island Is kept clean. Fifty years ago flies were a nuisance in England: though not the plague they are here, for no other really civilized country was ever quite so dirty as the United States of America. This nuisance Is pretty completely abated. In fifty years England has been swept and garn ished, and the flies have starved." New York Millionaire Suicides. 0 New York, N. Y., Sept 18. John W. Castles, president of the Union Trust Company, of this city, capital ized at $1,000,000, a director in other well known corporations, and promi nent in club and social life in this city and the South, cut his throat from ear to ear in the Grand Union Hotel this afternoon and was found dead stretched across a bed tonight He had been in ill health for some time and his suicide is ascribed solely to a nervous breakdown and not to financial troubles. The Republican Party in Mecklen burg County. Southern Republican. It has more than once been charg ed by Republican leaders that there is no Republican party in Mecklen burg County, and this Idea has been encouraged, it seems, by one or two Federal office-holders and their friends and backers. But the jump of three hundred per cent gain last fall in the November election ' goes far to disprove the charge. That is. the Democrats counted us a gain of three hundred per cent, which goes to prove that but for the opposition and strife engendered by a few office-holders and their friends Meck lenburg County would soon be in the Republican column, where it proper ly belongs, it being the banner coun ty in the State both in business and population. David Bennett HUX and Alton B. Parker promise to "serve the Demo cratic party." Well! well! Who re vived Hill and Parker? St. Paul Pioneer Press. PRESIDENTON TOUR Now on One of Most Notable Trips Erer Taken By a President LEFTSUllllER HOME YESTERDAY President Taft Will Wait Almo-l Every State In Uh I'nlon Itefor Returning to the White IIuumw Will Meet President of Mexico at Rt Paso, Texas. Five of Ills Mm Cabinet Officer Will He Ills Cineeu at Different Stages of the Journey. Beverly, Mass., Sept, 12. WUd President Taft motors Into Botton Tuesday afternoon to be the guet of the chamber of commerce at a dinner that evening, he will have actually started on one of the most remarkable trips ever taken by a Chief Magistrate of the United States After spending the night at a hotel In Boston the President will Irate at 10 a. m. on Wednesday on the first stage of his long journey, the first stopping-off place being at Chicago. where Mr. Taft will be entertained psrt of the day at the Commercial Club, and the remainder of his stay by the Hamilton Club. Leaving through thirty Stales and both of the far Southwestern Terri tories, the President's trip will reach its climax at El Paso. Texas, on Oc tober 16, where he will meet Presi dent Diaz, of Mexico. After Mr. Taft has formally re ceived President Diaz at El Uuo, he will cross the International bridge to Ciudad Juarez officially to return the call. During the evening of the 16th President Taft will be enter tained at a State dinner on Mexican soil. President Diss will b enter tained at luncheon at EI Paso. The President's trip covers an Itin erary of 12,759 miles and his private cars, the Mayflower and the Hasle mere, will be handled over twenty two different railroad systems. The voyage down the Mississippi river from St. Louis to New Orleans on the steamboat Mississippi, covers 1,165 miles and occupies four days and five nights. The striking Incidents of President Taft's tour will include a moonlight ride through the royal gorge and a of the Rocky Mountains; an in sec tion of one of the greatest Irrigation projects In all the West, at Montrose, Col.; a visit to the smelters at Butte; a flying visit to the Couer d'Alene country of northern Idaho; a two days' stay at Seattle; a day of sight seeing down the Shasta railroad In California; a three days' visit to the Yesomlte valley; a day spent about the rim of the grand canyon. In Ari zona, and four days on the ranch of the President's brother, Charles P. Taft, Near Corpus Christ!, Texas. Five of his nine Cabinet officers will at different times be guenta of the President and after he reaches the Pacific coast there will be from two to four with him practically all of the time. The Cabinet officers who will be with the President at the meeting with President Diaz are Secretary of State Knox, Secretary of War Dick inson, Postmaster General Hitchcock, and Secretary of Commerce and La bor NageL The President has also invited a number of United States Senators and personal friends to make por tions of the journey as his guests. Charges Against ex-Postmaster of Mount Airy. Union Republican. Revenue Officer Carroll, of this city, went to Mount Airy Monday, where he served papers on ex-Postmaster E. C. Knapp, of Mount Airy. The charge against Mr. knapp is tbst while postmaster he collected couch ers for certain Janitors and clerks of the post-office and paid them only part of the money received. While this may have been by agreement with the employes, as the vouchers were signed by them, it is neverthe less considered a violation of the law. Mr. Knapp was taken before U. S. Commisloner Jackson, at Dob son, N. C. and gave a $1,000 bond for his appearance at a preliminary hearing at Mount Airy, September 16th. Mr. Knapp is a high esteem ed citizen of Mount Airy, is possess ed of considerable means, and our Informant says the charges preferred were brought out during the conten tion for the postmastershlp at ML Airy, evidently for local effect, but reaching headquarters at Washing ton, resulted In the above proceed ings. ALICE WEBB DUKE INSANE. Once Brilliant Woman Now In Insane Asylum. Chicago.. III., Sept. 9. Alice Webb Duke, divorced wife of Brodle L. Duke, the tobacco magnate, was committed to the asylum for the in sane at Kankakee, I1L, here to-day. The once brilliant and wealthy bride of Mr. Duke appeared a com plete mental and physical wreck, and but ten minutes was required to Im press the Jury with the need of re straint and treatment for her. - I h 4 - j r.i i :
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