ALL THE NEWS
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VOL 9
MR, .BRYAN TO-DAY
ENTERTAINED IN
• RQY AI MANNER
Mr, Bryan is Received and Enter
tained in Chicago in Royal
Style. Crowds Enthusiastic
Over Renowned Guest. Infor
mal Reception Given.
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Just Before Noon he was Driven
to the Iroquois C lub Where he
was Given Luncheon. Jeffer
son Club Tender Banquet this
Evening.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 4. —The, Jeffer
son Club of this city has completed
all arrangements for its banquet in
honor of William J. Bryan. Besides
the address of Mr. Bryan speeches
will be made by John Temple Graves,
if Atlanta, Cato Sells, of lowa, form
er Governor Robert Taylor of Ten
nessee, and H. N. Hitchcock of
Omaha.
Mr. Bryan's program was comprised
of an informal reception at the Audi
torium Hotel which lasted through
several hours of the morning.
Shortly before noon he was driven
to the headquarters of the Iroquois
Club where he was entertained at
luncheon. Addresses were made by
President Eckhart, and by Mr. Bryan.
This evening Mr. Bryan will be ban
quetted at the Auditorium Hotel by
the Jefferson club.
Bryan at Home.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 4. —Everything
is in readiness for the reception *•>
be tendered William J. Bryan in hi-s
home city. On arriving in Lincoln
Mr. Bryan will be escorted at once to
the State capitol grounds, where iae
reception will be held. The welcom
ing speeches will be delivered by
Governor Miokey amkJdayor Brown.
The city is being decorated in antici
pation of the event.
THE COMPANY OF JESUS.
All Delegates to Congregation Cele
brate Mass This Morring.
Rome, Sept. 4.-—All .leiewitto to
ihe congregation of tho Coripany of
Jesus celebrated mass tu'.s morning,
after which a bell ring announcing
the beginning of or the
'.gation of the genenl society to
succeed the late Father Martin. :nrl
df delegates retired U- quitters
wheje they will rema i. fonr «lajs
without communication .with the out
side world except unit:* serious cir
cumstances.
NATIONAL TEAM MATCH.
Most Important Competition in His
tory of Military Rifle Shooting.
Sea Girt, Sept. 4. —Firing began in
the most important competition in
the history of military rifle shooting
in the country—the national team
match. Weather conditions are ideal.
Forty-one teams, representing near
_y every State in the Union, District
of Columbia and the cavalry and in
tantry of the army, navy and marine
corps are competing.
FOUR CITIZENS KILLED
Wholesale Arrests Made —Bey Juri
ed Into Vist il~.
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Warsaw, Sept. 4.—The soldiers
last night killed four citizens .lid
innde wholesale arrest.j. A b°y br
ing pursued by the so'die p » juinj Cu
Vistula and was killed while
•ry'ng to escape by jvvitnmiiis.
FLOOD'S DEVASTATION.
Vd'ages Obliterated, Fo.jd Crops De
stroyed and Indigo Cr'AA RUMCJ.
Lahore, India, Sept. 4. —The floods
have devastated a large section of
Behar district. Whole villages have
been obliterated, great areas of food
cr*»ps destroyed and the indigo crop
ruined.
Herman Oelrich's Death.
New York, Sept. 4. —According to
a wireless message to the Associated
Press the death of Herman Oelrichs,
which occurred on Kaiser Wilheim
der Grosse at sea Saturday evening,
was caused by brights disease. The
vessel will probably reach dock this
afternoon.
Dr. F. R. Beattie Dead.
Louisville, Sept. 4. —Dr. Francis R.
Beattie, a widely known minister of
the Presbyterian church and president
of the Presbyterian Theological Semi
nary, died suddenly of heart failure.
Fourth Son Enters Class.
Annapolis, September 4.—Harold B.
Sampson, second son of the later Rear
Admiral Sampson to enter the present
fourth class at Navy Academy was
sworn in. He was appointed by Sena
tor Depew. His brother, Ralph enter
ed the same class several weeks ago.
Washington, Sept. 4. —Lieutenant
Col. Pettit, of the Eighth Infantry,
hnd colonel of the Fourth Immune
during the Spanish war, died today..
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DEATH OF YOUNG MAN.
Mr. Duke Ellis Died in Durham Yeo
terday—A Runaway Marriage.
Durham, N. c.. September 4. —Mr*
Duke Ellis a popular young man of
tills city died yesterday afternoon af
ter several months of illness with a
complication of diseases. He has made
Durham his home for the past fifteen
j ears and was twenty-seven years of
age. He has a brother and several
other relatives living in this place.
The funeral services were conducted
from his home this afternoon and the
remains were laid to rest in the city
cemetery.
Mr. Lawrence Kirkland. of Durham
and Miss Gussle Coley, of Mocksvil\e,
N. C., a very popular young couple
were married at Burlington last Sat
urday afternoon. The marriage was a
runaway affair and was quite a sur
prise to the friends of the couple
throughout the State. Mr. Kirkland,
ic cashier of the Peoples Bank at East
Durham and Miss Coley, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Coley, of
Mocksville, N. C. The marriage was
performed at the residence of Rev. E.
M. Snipes, and the attendance con
sisted of a few friends of the couple.
From the effects of last week court
in this city there were twenty-three
prisoners sent to the public roads and
to the county home this morning to be
gin their sentences. The total num
. ber of years that these prisoners will
\ have to serve is 23 years and 6 months,
j Robert Durham a negro has the longest
I term to serve, he w?.s convicted oi
| perjury and sentenced to the county
| roads to hard labor for stx years. Sev
j eral small boys that robbed the cars
at the Norfolk ani Western depot also
i have long terms.
WISCONSIN ELECTIONS.
! Primary Elections Being Held
Throughout the State
Milwaukee, Sept. 4.—The primary
elections are being held throughout
Wisconsin for the first time since the
law was enacted.
The Cruiser Boston.
Bellingham, Wash., Sept. 4.—lndi
cations last tgniewhraetht
cations last night were that it
would not be necessary to beach Ilia
cruiser Boston, which went ash »re
during the fos near here. The ves
sel will probably be repaired at a
small expense.
President's Program.
Oyster Bay, faept. 4. —The President
will leave Sagamore Hill for Washing
ton October Ist. Three days latei- he
will make a flying trip to Harrisburg
and York, -Pa., where to will deliver,
speeches. .
STENSLAND TELLS
OF HIS PERFIDY
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Takes Much of B'ame on Himself,
but Says Hering was the For
ger and Got the Money. Ex
honerates his Son and tl.e
Directors.
Chicago, Sept. 4. —A disratch to
the Tribune from Tangier says:
Stenland's confession yesterday clears
up much of the mysterv surrounding
the events leading up to !ho crash
which involved the ruii ot the Mil
waukee Avenue Bank.
He took much of the blame upon
himself, but declared at Cashier
Hering was a forger r.nd that Horing
got most of the money. i!° exonerat
ed his Fon, Theodore, av'O the bank
directors.
He pronounced it a lie ihar he hnd
spent the money on I eoue Lang lun
Key or any other woman. He de
clared he never speut more than
§5,000 a year himself, and that ail
the money he stole hj put into real
estate or investments MI the hope of
"making good" before leaving Chi
cago. He hesitated 'so™. 0 ! tin-e be
tween suicide and fligV".
SEVERAL TO BE ARRESTED.
District Attorney Says He Has Evi
dence Sufficient to Arrest Several.
Philadelphia, September 4.—District
Attorney Bell announced that sufficient
evidence of criminality has been dis
covered by the District Attorney to
warrant the statement that one or two
and perhaps three arrests will be made
io-morrow in connection with the re
cent failure of the Real Estate Trust
Company. * j
U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET.
After Review by President Fleet Re
sumes Regular Duties.
Oyster Bay, Sept. 4. —The United
States Atlantic fleet, under command
of Rear Admiral Evans, reviewed
yesterday by the President, got under
way today to resume its regular
duty. The fleet was divided into
squadrons and proceeded in
directions.
DONATION FOR DESTITUTE.
Brizilian Government Donates Big
Sum to Sufferers.
Santiago, September 4. —The Brazil
ian government appropriated $300,000
for relief of the earthquarke sufferers.
May Be Extradited.
Springfield, Ills., September 4—Gov
ernor Deneen issued a request to Presi
dent Roosevelt that the United States
make a request upon the government l
of Morocco for the extradition of Stens
land, president of the Milwaukee Ave
nue Bank. •
HICKORY, N. P.. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6. 1906.
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FAREWELL TO THE RAINY SEASON VACATION DAYS ARE O*£R.
CRUELTY TO HIS HORSE.
Pulled His Tongue Out—Fined Heavi
ly—Lexington a Busy Place.
Lexington, Sept. 4.—Charles Wright
Bell is the name of a negro who was
before the mayor yesterday on a
charge 'of cruelty to animals, the
details of the crime being rather un
usual in character as well as some
what revolting. In trying to induce
b balky horse to move, he tied a
rope to the animal's tongue and pro
ceeded to pull. The horse didin't
budge but part of his tongue did, for
the brutal negro pulled off half of
the member. Strarge it hasn't yet
killed the animal. The negro, how
ever, , was not punished further than
paying a heavy fine netting the
treasury to the. amount of *35.
Lexington has -been a busy place
this summer and activity is yet un
abated. The large force employed
c-n the double-tracking operations in
this vicinity is still busily at work
and thousands of dollars in
find way into the business channels
if the town. Another force is at
.work tutting In the -sewerage, and
there is an immense amount of build
ing going on. Two business houses
are being ejected at a cost of $30,000,
.. handsome chnrch for the Lutherans
is> being finished at a cost of $6,000,
four manufacturing plants are in
course of erection, and a great deal
of residence building. The whole
foots up in the neighborhood of $lOO,-
000.
NEGRO SHOOTS MAN.
Constable J. F. Pleasants Shot by
Negro and Probably Fatally Injur
ed.
Durham, N. C., September 4. —Con-:
stable J. F. Pleasants was this morn-1
ing probably fatally shot by an ex
convict, James Brown, colored. The
officer went to the home of Brown with
a claim and delivery paper to take pos
session of some property that he had
not paid for. The officer and Brown!
had some words and the negro went j
into the house and obtained a pistol, J
returning shortly. Constable Pleasants
was "unarmed and when he saw the
pistol made an effort to move out of
the way but before he had time the
negro Van close to him and fired.
The ball entered just under the left
shoulder and ranged to the side. He
van carried several blocks to a drug
store and was afterwards placed in the
Watt's Hospital His condition is
though to he serious but the location
of the bsf has not yet been found.
BroWh lias up to this time, made good
his escajpe but several of the officers
are after him and no doubt he will be
caught.
THE GANS-NELSON BOUT.
Imposible to Secure Moving Pictures
After 38th, Round. —Receipts Larg
est in History of Ring.
Goldfield, Sept. 4.—lt is announced
that the films of the moving pictures
became exausted after the 38th round
of the Gans-Nelson fight. As a result
the concluding rounds will not be
shown in pictures.
President Richard stated that the
receipts approximated $78,000 and the
spectators were 7,000. This is the
greatest amount of money taken in for
a prize fight in the history of the ring.
STILL TALK PEACE.
In Spite of Government's Refusal to
Grant Peace it is Still Talked.
Havana, September 4. —Despite the
government's absolute refusal to make
or accent any terhis, peace talk contin
ues, but in half-hearted way. Nothing
definite has been proposed.
The situation in the field is unchang
ed, except that the government is grad
ually sending men, The millitary au ;
thdrities are depending considerably
on the arrival of horses from the
United States.
BECTY. ROOT ABROAD.
The Secretary and Party Leave Santi
tiago for Valparaiso. '
Santiago, Sept. 4.—Secretary Root
and party left Santiago fdt Valpariaso,
to Inspect the ruins caused by
earthquake. The feeling of friendship
for the United States wr.s strongly in
creased by-Sect. Roofs visit.
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If a man did-the things he tells
sons to do he would think he was a
milk sop.
PROGRESS By THE
FEDERAL COURT
Greensboro, N. C-, September 4. —
There was only a formal opening of
the Federal Court here yesterday
morning, it being the special term
called for the trial of the Revenue of
fice and distillery cases. It was ad
journed oyer, until to-day at eleven
o'clock.
Fully 150 people arrived on the noon
train from WHkesboro last night and
as many more come to-day. These
people are their friends,
and witnesses for either them or the
government.
The Indictments on the docket cov
er many offenses, such as forgery, bri
bery, conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment, false reports, collusion with
distillers and perjury; Some of the de
fendants are indicted specifically for
forgery, false returns., false vouchers,
etc., while th«V\ Is att- oaHilbus bHI.
against the whole push for conspiracy.
The names of those *ho' were of
ficers in the revenue service under:
irdictment are A. C. Bryan, L. E. Da
vis, R. H. Hardin, J. W. Hasty, G. H.
Walker, Starkey Hare, J. H. Smith. Z.
C. Davis. A. S. Paterson, and G. W.
Samuel. Some of these were deputy
collectors, some deputy marshals. In
the omnibus bill of indictments there
are included in addition to them the
names of some twenty-five alleged
blockade distillers, who were granted;
privileges of running contrary to law,
In return for alleged payment of hush
money to the officers. Only two case j
have been tried. One against A. S.
Patterson for sending In false expense
accounts, one against G. W. Samuel for
sending in false reports of destruction ;
of stills. , -
Z. C. Davis, pleaded guilty of filing
false expense accounts. Both Patter
son and Samuel were convicted. The
Samuel case was begun on January 16
and after a trial lasting a month, the
case was given to the jury on Febru
ary 15, it returning a verdict of "guilty
on eleven of their counts in the bill
of indictment, after being out a few
hours.
Court then adjourned until a special
term beginning March 13th. At that
time, owing to sickness of Ex-governor
Aycock and Hon. C. B. Watson, of
counsel of the defendants, all the cases
were continued to a special term to
begin September 3rd.
There are three important defend
ants, who will not be here at this term
Deputy Marshhl A. C. Bryan, who it is
saW hfrs lumped his bond and mi
grated to the West; G. W. Samuel and
J. W. Hasty are confined in jail at
Wilkesboro under a sentence from the
State Court for assault and battery
with intent to ltill an editor, who first
published reports of the alleged col
lusion of these officers with distillers
in Wilkes county. It seems to have
been the policy of the District Attor
ney to try individual indictments, thus
"picking off" .defendants single file,
before trying the omnibus bill against
officers and distillers. He has so far
tried one case, representing false 1 ex
pense accounts, and convicted Deputy
Collector Patterson. Next he took up
a case against Samuel representing
the class of false report 'of destruction
of stills, arid eonvictod him.
All the other officers are indicted
individually fof these spefcific offences,
besides others. Another class of indi
vidual indictments are for forgery, per
jury, and bribery. It is probable that
the government will next pick a de
fendantf under a forgery charge, and
try him, then Another for bribery, Still
another for perjury.
In this way almost every one of the
ex-offlcers will have been tried on one
charge or another .and if all are con
victed on these individual charges, it
may be unnecessary to try the omni
bus case fof conspiracy, or any of the
other cases against different indivi
duals, P.S oonviction on one charge
would not reoutre ?. conviction ott an
other.
It has been generally predicted that
there would be another wholesale con
tinuance of all these cases and an
untimate Withdrawal of the prosecu
tions, but District Attorney Holtbn
says he will pi-ess for trial, and there
are* cases eiNAigft agaihSt individuals
in which Sainttel and Hasty are hot
witnesses to keep the court busy lor
| month. '
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NORTH CAROLINA BUILDING.
Being Urged for Jamestown Exposi
tion—Association Wyk.
Raleigh, N. C.. September 4. —The
North Carolina Commission for the
Jamestown Exposition met in th». exe
cutive office of Governor Glenn today
for the purpose of organizing and
agreeing on the character of exhibit
the State shall have at {he exposition
. A special North Carolina building
is being urged. The commission con
sists of the following members repre
senting every section of the State: D.
C. Barnes, Murf reesboro; E. L. Daugh
tridge, Rocky Mount; Dr. John Faison,
Col. J. E. Pogue, Raleigh; G. W. Hin
shaw, Winston-Salem; John W. Atkin
son, Wilmington; H. C. Dockery, Rock
ingham; U. B. Blalock, Norwood; D. C.
Carpenter, Newton; G. S. Powell, Ashe
ville.
Rev. Livingston Johnson, secretary
of the North Carolina State board of
missions (Baptist) returned to-day
from attending the South Yadkin Asso
ciation at Bethel church near States
ville. He says ten of the sixtf associa
nual session this fail* arid that the
outlook is for advances all along the
lines of work carried on by the associa
tion under the aupices of the Baptist
State convention, this too in spite of
the fact that the crop year is evidently
a poor one. The Associations, he says
are being well attended and the inter
est in the work is very encouraging.
WARSHIP FOR CTENSLAND.
Asst. States Attorney Barbour Asked
For Warship on Which to Bring
Prisoner.
Chicago, 111. Sept. 4. —Assistant
States Attorney Barbour made a de
mand On the United States* Govern
ment tor a warship, in which to bring
Stensland, the fugitive Banker now
under arrest in Tangier, back to this
country.
Barbour urged the seeming peril of
brihging Stensland across the foreign
countries where the prisoner might
suddenly balk at the t 'prosttect of re
turning to the : United States. More
over, Mr. Barbour fears that Stensland
may kill himself, and \K>tnts out the
advisability of having Stensland
brought back as a federal prisoner of
a warship.
TWO CHARTERS GRANTED.
Company at Greensboro and One at
Lexjngton Chartered Governor
Leaves.
Raleigh, N. C., September 4. —A char
ter was issued for the Guilford iHirni
tijre Company of Greensboro, at;ft cap
ital of 86,000, by J. A.Mfcs>uffy v A. E.
Fordham of Greensboro, C. K, and H.
A. Foy of Kinston. Another Bharter
is to the Continental Blow Pipe Com
pany of Lexington, capital $50,000 au
thorized by W. H. Walker. J. W. Cro
well and other incorporators. "' ;
Governor Glenn left this afternoon
for Laurinburg to deliver an address
to-morrow in connection with the big
county Sunday-school convention.
BIG SALE OF SHAREB.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Sells 560,000
Shares of Stock.
Philadelphia, Sept. 4.r-It Is offl- w
cially stated that the Pennsylvania
Railroad sold 400,000 shares Balti
more and Ohio and 160,000 Norfolk
and Western, reducing the holdings
of the, Pennsylvania to about 20 per
cent, in each.v
Automobile Race
Rochester, N. Y., September 3. —A
score of touring cars of sixty' horse
power or less started this morning in
the hundred-mile automobile race,
known as the American Touring Car
Derby. The affair is held under the
joint auspices of the Rochester Auto
mobile Club and the New York State
Automobile Association. A $l,OOO cup
goes to the Winner;
Lieutenant E. H. Dunn Dismissed.
Washington, D. C., September 4. —
By the direction of the President.
Lieutenant Edward H. Dunn. was dis
missed from the United States Navy.
Dunn Was attached to the receiving
shit) Independence, at the Mare IslanJ
Navy Yard and was recently coAvicted
of scandalous conduct
THE CLACK WELL CASE v
Will be Heard in State Cotlrts—Free
man Jones to be Hanged.
Durham, N. C., September 3. —The
interesting litigation and the hard
fight Which is brewing between the
Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company,
of North Carolina against the Ameri
can TObacco Company, and the Bladk
well Durham TobaeCo Company, of
New Jersey, is to'be given a hearing
in the North Carolina State courts,
this beitfg the decision of Judge Fred
Moore rendered at Durham after the
proceedings of the suit had been
thoroughly reviewed by him. The
lhairi friction in the litigation, is that
tiie newly chartered Blackwell Com
pany, of this state is suing to prohibit
the old company from manufacturing
"Bull Tobacco" in North Carolina.
The argument heard in this city last
week by Judge Moore, was for the
removal of the' case tc the Federal
court, the object of which the defend
ant made an effort to get the case
out of North Carolina. Then the decis
ion was rendered against them, will
make the defendant as an assured
fact appeal to the Supreme court, this
being done to maintain whether the
case will be tried in the State courts
or the Federal courts. The case be
coming of universal importance and
the proceedings are looked forward to
with great interest.
Freeman Jones, colored, was Satur
day afternoon sentenced to be hanged
November 2nd.,/ for burglary. Jones
was charged with entering the home
of Mrs. Jack Barker, an aged lady
and making an attempt at criminal
assault. The most damaging evidence
against Jones was several strands of
Mrs. Barker's hair found on his coat
when he was captured. Rapid progress
i was made with the trial.
REVOLUTIONARY IN DISGUISE.
A Sidelight on the Conditions In Rus
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Berlin* Sept. 4.—A curious sidelight
is thrown on Russian conditions by the
following story which has reached
herd":
Last October the district Governor
of KharkofE received a visit from a
young officer who introduced himself
as Lieutenant Podgorski, and repre
•aented'himself as having been sent by
the governor of the province of Kieff
to assist the civil authorities Of Khork-
OfT in preventing, or suppressing, revo
lutionary disorders. The jtoung man's
papers were in perfect order, and he
played his part with such consumate
art and grace that every facilty Was
placed at his disposal. After two
months, Lieutenant Podgorski declar
ed his mission o- be at an end andde
parted to join his headquarters-at Kieff
"however," the THiarkoff authori
ties have just discovered that the gov
ernor of Kieff never sent an officer to
Kharkoff at all. The Whole affair was
an audaciously conceived and master-,
fully executed move by which the revo
lutionary p&rty placed themselves In
the possession of much valuable infor
mation regarding the political machin
ery of the district of Kharkoff.
ELIZABETH MILL SCHOOL.
BUllding to be Prepared by
Company for Education of Emi
ployees Children.
6upt. R. J. Cochran of the county
board of education is busy this week
with plans and preparations for the
new school house that the Elizabeth
Cotton mills, on the Southern Railroad
west of the city, will soon have ready
for use.
The school will be chiefly for
children of the people in the mill, and
will be taught by Miss Anna B. Carr,
who has considerable experience in
"her work. '• / .
The new school building will be buils
with the Sunday School room as a
basis, rind to this 16 feet will be added
giving *a structure 30 feet long and
about 20 in "width, making a room of
ample dimensions for the single
desks, so that the furnishings of the
school'rodm will be as modern as they
fcdssibfy' can be made.
The school will be ready to open in a
short time.
P. O. CLERKS MEET.
First Session of United National Asso
ciation Meets.
Savannah, Ga. t September 3. —The.
first session of the tTnitcd National As
sociation of Post-office Clerks in Tth
>.'n h'iral * c^VghlSonwa's
Hardly had the opening exercises been
concluded when EdmtriyS G. Cook, dele
gate froifi'' attacked the
methods usecl in electing the officers
Of the last convention. .He ( claimed the
election at the lafet convention'was il
legal. This #as his first wedge to pot
present incumbents out of office and
prevent 'CfHicaWo.'PhfTadelphia &nd tttew
Ycfttffrdm
A fight will be waged until after the
electioh'of officers is scheduled to take
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SMITH NOMWATETX
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indorse Bryan
and Make Great Number of Re
'•'eomlftendatohs. " & ''« r
' v 4?—l%e ' unani
mous nomination of Hoke Smith for
£avesrnor imd ' ttte endorsement • •of
Bryan for President was the princi
' tar* ttafetneSS J tra*rietecte! *T>y thr Detn
"£>cratlfc 'Stafte *Thfe hattfes
-o» other candidates for governor
"were not plafced "before the conven
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Kansas Letter . Carriers.
Wichita, Kansas, Sept. 3. —Nearly
every cotanty of the etaM ie well repre
sented at the annual convention begun
here by {fie Kansas Association
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gram of reports, papers and discus
sions has been arranged for the meet
ing.
Wise 4s tfie offender who has sense
enough to resign on account of his
health just before the ax falls.
THE BEST JOB PRINTING OF i %
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Local' Republicans Denounce the
 Nominations Made at Greens
boro Saturday, This Preroga
tive Belongs Alone to Judicial
Convention.
Charlotte News, Sept. 4th.
In the correspondence of this paper
from Greensboro yesterday notice was
made of a joint meeting of three com
mittees of the RepuDiican party, viz;j
the State, Congressional and Campaign
committees held in that city Satur
day afternoon and night.
The sessions were held behind clos
ed doors and none were admitted save
those with the proper credentials.
At the meeting several nominations
were made for judges and solicitors,
in those districts "where no conven
tions have been held," so the report
stated. Mr. J. B. Spence of the lodal
bar was nominated for judge of the
12th district and Mr. Lemuel B. Wet
more for solicitor. Other nominations
were made for other districts.
From the sentiment of the leading
local Republicans ascertainable to
day, there has ben much crooked
dealing in which they refuse to have
a hand, on the ground that the action
1 taken at Greensboro was not legal.
These nominations are regularly made
through the judicial conventions which
are ordered to be held throughout the
I district.
The 12th district is composed of the
counties of Mecklenbug, Gaston, Cleve
land, Cabarrus and Lincoln. Each
county is entitled to a delegate for eve
ry fifty voters. Under this rule Meck
lenburg Is entitled to seven delegates.
No convention has yet been held in
this district. In consequence a few of
the 'ieading Republicans of the State
I gathered at Greensboro Saturday and
arrogated to themselves the preroga
tive of nominating. •
| ' "We don't propose to stand by any
! such action," said one who is well
I versed in the doings of his party to-
Iday. "That Greensboro clique shall
have no dominion over us."
"It is illegal and illegitimate for
some of the 'leading Republicans of
the State' to assume the power of mak
ing these nominations when this pow
er is alone vested in the judicial con
ventions. _ " *
"This thing of electing behind clos
ed doors was stopped in this county
four- years ago and we want it under
stood that we take no part in any
movement instituted by the leaders at
Greensboro which is taken merely to
suit their own wishes and to bring
about some personal end in view.
"It is the work of Chairman Adams
who cares nothing for the good name
of his party .cares nothing about the
number of votes available, but who is
solely concerned in perfecting that 'ma
chine' which will make his office a
certainty.
"The Republican voters of this dis
trict," continued the informant "will
abide by the action of the select cir
cles gathered about Adams, but pro
pose to call a legitimate convention to (
fglrp opHf)Tl "
The local Republicans seem much
astir over the matter and are strong in
their denunciation of the "ring." It
is likely that a judicial convention will
"be called soon for this district of which
this coUftty is a part and therefore the
nominations made at Greensboro will
Kn pnntpcitpd
Whether or not this is done, it is as
sured that the votes of the -party in
this district will not go TO the nomi
nees made at the meeting in Greens
borOi
This Is an interesting item of news
from the fact that the Republican par
ty has been so conspicuously before
the public recently in this state and
too, from the fact that the many
noises which the people have heard
rang from around Greensboro which
seems to be the mecca of Republican
ism.
The ultimate outcome of the mud
dle will bear watching, and will likely
afford no insignificant amount of inter
est.
NEGROES PURSUE NEGRO. t|
Murderer of Two Women Pursued by
Mob of Negroes.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 4 Lawson
Addison, a negro last night at Lawry
ville, Chester county, murdered two ne
gro women. A mob of members of, his
own race has been organized and are
in pursuit of the murderer.
Found Dead in Room.
Halifax, N. S., Sept. 4.—A man reg
istered as "J. Jones," United States,
and who is thought to be from Rich
mond, Va., was found dead in his room
at the Halifax Hotel with a bullet in
his head and a revolver clutched tight
in his right hand. Medical examiners
reported the case suicide. The man
has been at the hotel for two weeks.
He was about 40 years of age.
Tobacco Exposition.
New York, Sept. 4—Secretary Taft
has sent a letter to the management
of the Tobacco Exposition now in
progress, in whieh he wrote that it
should be shown "to the members of
the trade at the exposition what I
think can certainly be shown that the
passage of a proper Philippine tariff
bill will not in any substantial way in
terfere with the tobacco trade in the
| United States.
Our Public Debt.
Washington, September 4.— The
monthly statement Jows the public
debt» less the cash in the treasury to
be 5970.365.383. a decrease for the
month of $3,488,418.
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