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FIVE HUIWDIPOUCE
SURROUND
Reign of Terror
, Night in Fashionable Suburb
of Boston
THE LEADER
WAS KILLED
Reign af Bullets for Fif
teen Minutes
By Wire to The Sun.
. Boston, July 2. Tte reign of ter
ror that commenced last night In
Jamaica Plain, a fashionable Boston
suburb, five miles from Box station,
was ended at five o'clock this morning
when a "force of five hundred police
from practically all stations of greater
Boston rounded d a band of desper
ates in Forest Hill cemetery and rain
ed bullets on the hiding fugitives for
fifteen minutes, killing one man, who
is believed -to. have been the leader of
the brigands. Two men were, found
v crouching back of the, cemetery , wall
least one of these, a Boston elevator
employe, is expected to prove an alibi
.-. ' today. -.. ;.;
It Is balieved at least two cf the
desperate men who had taken refuge
In the deep cemetery ravine and
woods escaped, despite the thorough
ness of the police bombardment and
are at 14rge In the city.
Ths entire uniformed force and de
tective bureau are scouring every, pre
olnct of "GreaWTSoBl6nTl'althe"'poi
lice of outlying towns, ; assisted by
General Whitney and his meiTot the
tate force, Jaieiittytag.'. tfi .rtsdown
irhat 1b left of 'the terrorizing gang.
The nolice army assembled before
davbreak this morning ; at . Station
Thirteen. Severns avenue, S Jamaica ,aIlroad B,nce lt undertook tree plant
Plains, and armed themselves with a ,ng upon a comprehensive scale this
hundrid rounds each, and marcnea in
a solid column to the cemetery, where
they 'spread out and surrounded the
' pounds and. at the word from Capt
Sullivan commenced firing into every
eoncaeled spot of. the cemetery.
, VThe bandits Immediately commenc
: ed to return the Are, but In the 'be-
siege.d party there were only two re?
'"Yolvers and about a dbsen rounds '"of
ammunition, and : although the des.
perodoes fought stubbornly to the last
' ditch," It was plain to see the unusual
- battle could not last long.. After fif
teen minutes' rain of bullets a sharp
cry from a wounded man told that
at least one' gun had found Its mark
but In -the confusion Incident to the
locating of the body and getting it on
an automobile patrol wagon to be con-
Teyed to the station, the dead man's
confederate got away. , ' ,
' VICTORY FOR WHISKEY MEN,
, Sew Rules of Gover'nment, Court De-,
cldes, would vi on Jjoss. .
' By Wire to The Sun. ' . . f'L. i -; ,i
. ; Cincinnati, 3uiy 23 In the legal con
' test over the new.. Internal revenue
- rules for marking and branding1 prod
ucts of distilleries, the government to
night met defeat in the decision an
nounced by United States Judge A. C.
Thompson, granting a temporary in
junction against Collector Bettman and
v the gaugers, whose duty lt would be
to put Into effect the rules. '
The mutter first came up tour weeks
'ago! when the Clifton Springs Dlstll
ling Company secured a temporary re
- straining order, It was alleged that
the Enforcement of the new rules
' would cause Irreparable loss, the claim
' being made that the terms . used in
markttag , goods- had become" so ' rel)
' known- to the trade that to change
them would destroy thelrade. ;
A CE&3ETERY
Commenced Last
AN EXCITING GAME.
Moreheod Defeats State Guards
Score of 1 to 0.
tiy Wire to The Sun.
Mjorehead City, N. C, July 23.-r-
Morehead City 'defeated the ; North
Carolina state guards here July 21st
in a, beautiful game of ball, score 1
to 0. The features for Morchead City
was . the pitching of Wallace, striking
out fifteen' men and allowing enly
.iree hits. The batting of Captain
Styron, Willis and Webb deserve men
tion. . :
The soldier boys played ' a good
game but were outclassed.
Batteries: For Morchead City: Wal
Ibcq and Willis; for North Carolina:
Spongo and McCall. Umpire, Warner.
Attendance, 800, '
SENSATION IS BASE BALL.
"King" Kelly No Longer With Raleigh
Jted Sox.
By Wire to The Sun,
Raleigh! N. ft, July ' 23. Quite
sensation was sprung in base bail cir
cles today, when it became known that
Geo. W. Kelly, manager of the ill-fated
Red Sox, was no longer with' the club,
Frank ThompsonT a Raleigh' boy, was
elected temporary manager and presi
dent Pearce says the team will be
strengthened. Two players have ar
rived to take the places of Fox and
Lyon, released last night. Kelly did
aot "make any statement The team
left th(a afternoon for Goldsboro.
PENNSTLYANIA'BAILROAD.
Wanted 6:5,000 Trees This 1' ear-
Year's Work Finished.
By'.Wlre'-tb.'The Sun." vW
' Philadelphia, July 23. The Pennsyl
vania railroad forestry department has
just-completed Its forestry planting for
this' year, when'a total of '625,1)00 trees
were handled. These make up to the
present time, 2,425,000 trees whicn
have been set out by the Pennsylvania
constituting (he largest forestry plan
as yet by any corporation.
KOREANS. FIGHT. JAPANESE.
Gerernment Troops Suffer loss
' ' ' Brush With Insurgents.
By Cable to The Sun. ;
St Petersburg, July 23. The
Bourse Gazette today publishes a dis
patch from Harbin, which reports an
engagement of Japanese troops with
Korean insurgents on ths Russo-Ko-
rean frontier. , : ; .
. It is reported tha t5Q Japanese sol
diers were killed. ' ..The insurgents'
losses are not known.
HAT MILLIONS FOB COUNT.
Mrs. J. B. Stetsen Confirms Report of
Her Engagement .
By Wire to The Sun.'
Philadelphia, 'July 23, It was learn
;ed here tonight that Mrs. John B. Stet
son, widow of the late millionaire hat
manufacturer of, this city, is engaged
to' be married to Count Santa Eulalla,
Portuguese consul at, Chicago.
Mrs, Stetson admitted the truth of
the report . ''''iyP-'
WANT MORE AMERICAN CATTLE
Belgian Batchers Ask That Pnseit
, Restrictions be Beamed,
. 'Antwerp,' July 23.One thousand
butchers, in congress here today to
discuss the meat situation In Belgium,
passed a resolution to the effect that
American' cattle were responsible for
the present high prices of meat.
; They demanded that these restrlc
tions be' abolished. . No less than80u
000 kind of cattle are imported lnt
Belgium every year. ,
t BCUUOCK ASKED XU AJTK1CA.
President's Hunting Cemrade to Be pf
'...v His farty. ,
By Wire to The tiuu.
Colorado Springs, Colo.,. July 23.
Seta Bullock, President 1 Roosevelt's
friend, now marshal of South Dakota,
has been Invited to accompany ' the
president on his hunt for big game in
Africa next year.
-Mr. Bullock is here attending the
conference of republican committee
men, and today told his friends of the
invitation. Bullock is greatly pleased
and will go. '
Bullock first met the president 25
years ago In "what was then the terri
tory of Dakota. .-They ranched to
gether on the Little Missouri, the fu
ture president at Medora and Bullock
160 miles south.
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SCHOOL CHILDREN FLEE FIRE.
Many Thrown Down and Trampled In
Bush From Building;. .
By Wire to The Sun.
Plttsbuurg, Pa., July 23. Fire,
which started In the Holmes public
school, from burning waste paper in
the basement, caused a panic today
among 150 children attending the va
cation term of school.
The large building -rapidly filled
with smoke and the children, scream
ing and almost suffocated, rushed out
in great disorder. Many of them were
thrown down and trampled.
Principal David Brown and several
women teachers barely escaped.
Firemen extinguished the flames af.
ter a loss amounting to about $100
With the exception of slight bruises
and fright none of the children was
seriously "fiu r.t
CUPID FROWNED ON MATCH.
Elderly Couple Courted by Mail, But
'farted on First Meeting,
By Wire to The b.."?.-
Hagerstown, Sid., July 23.-A ro
mance, which had its beginning
through the medium of a matrimonial
advertisement, came to an abrupt end
ing here, when Mrs. Mary Lesher, of
Emporia, Pa., and L. M. ' Sampson,
prosperous farmer of Sampson, Va.,
met at a hotel by appointment, to com
pare qualifications for the marriage
state. , .
The result of the conference was
disappointment to both. Sampson said
Mrs. Lesher did not suit him, and she
sought relief in tears. Sampson end
ed the matter by suddenly leaving for
home on the 2 o'clock train this morn-
tUgMgg;, .ixffkP- Jtibffpl- "iXi-f$
Mrs. Lesher refused to be seen. It
Is understood that she came here
without the knowledge of her people.
She and Sampson are over 60, and
have been married before.
To Recover Title.
By Wire to The Sun. : '
Washington, July 23. The govern
ment has instituted suit against the
Northern Pacific Railway Company,
the . Rocky Ford Company, and the
Northwestern Improvement Company,
to recover title to coal lands In Car-
don county, Montana, declared to be
worth more f 100,000,000, . and 'which
are alleged to have been procured
through misrepresentation.
GIRL FALLS FROM WINDOW.
Attempt te Climb en Second-story Sill
Results ! Sprained Ankles.
By Wire o Tha Sua.
Washington, July 23. While play
ing in the front second-story window
of her home yetserday afternoon, Ad
dle Roberts, 8 years old, of Twenty-
seventh street northwest, fell to the
ground and sprained both ankles. She
was removed to the Emergency hospl
tal. 1 -: -. '. -.rv-
England's Unskilled Labor.
By Cable to The 8un.'
lonaon, (juiy za. mngianas ; per.
centage of unskilled labor is now 7.!
as against 7.5 a month ago; and only
3.4 a year ago!' Shipbuilding and en
gineering trades are affected, coal and
iron mining and iron' and steel Indus
tries also.
rUneut tifiOt in Radlaat Or, t
, 1 Vienna Jolyi-rThe, Vienna Aca
demy of Science has -spent nearly 9,
000 in working .ten ton of uranium
for radium. , ., ;.. " ' :y, ;
.. The yield was three grains of pur
radium the largest amount ever se
cured at once, tha Value being- $S20,
CONFERENCE
'.V . .
LAST NIGHT
Between A. &M. Trus-
tees and Newman
PROGRESS ON WATER SYSTEM.
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Fiye Blockade Distilleries Have Been
Seised Imitrovements In State Fair
Groaudsj Chairman Adams Will Ad
dress Cfunty Republican Convention.
Special tolThe Sun.
Ra'leighf N. ft, July 23. There was a
lengthy conference last night between
the executive committee of the board
of trustees of the North Carolina Col
lege of Agriculture and jlechanic Arts
and Professor Newman, now heud of
the 4epartment of agriculture at the
college for the discussion of the pon
tes to be pursued duriug- the ap
proaching ischool year. Proiesaor New
man has been in North Carolina for a
month and has spent much of the t:mc
in farmers' institutes and similar work
which has' caused him to minela can
siderabW with the farmers of the stale.
The plans are for an especially active
campaign ior the further development
of. the usefulness and Importance of
this department of the college work.
Reports show that rapid progress is
being made on the work of installing
city water system, for the college
and for West Raleigh. The water mains
are being laid and all cpnnections will
be made1 for both water and sewerage
at the (college by the time for the
opening;' . . .
The-committee has decided to offer
for sale a valuable Ice plant that the
state board of agriculture installed at
the college, it being demonstrated to
committee that lt would be cheaper
to buy the supply of ice for the col
lege rather than undertake to operate
the plant.
The committee has decided that the
machine shops and a foundry being
established at the college will be ope
rated together and to put Mr. Fred
Wheeler, of High Point in charge of
the two plants.
That negroes in Raleigh use cocaine
in large quantities cow as a substi
tute for whiskey, now the dispensary
a thing of the past and prohibition is
In operation was the testimony of a
number of negroes in Wake superior
court today. Two negroes were being
tried for seriously cutting- another ne
gro when witnesses testified that the
party of a dozen or more negroes who
were carousing at the place where the
cutting took place were under the in
fluence of cocaine. In fact that the
party had a cigar box full of the drug
and all were "sniffing" it freely. Some
l-of the witnesses said tin -ripply (to
questions from Judge Neal that it is
a very frequent thing for negroes here.
abouts to use cocaine now and that
they see them using it nearly wher
ever they go. The judge questioned
them as to where they procured it
generally but could elicit no informa
tion in this direction.
The plans as prepared by Charles
MacMUlen, of Wilmington for the $22,.
000 - Nathaniel Jacobi memorial build
ing at the state Odd Fellows Orphan
age, Goldsboro, have been adopted and
it is expected that the work on the
building will begin within a few weeks
It is three stories and a very hand
some structure. The first floor is to
be for recreation purposes, the second
for girls sleeping apartments and the
third auditorium that will seat 500
people. V '
Two large blockade distilleries have
just been seized In Franklin county by
Deputy Collectors, W. G. Poole and
W. K. Merrltt both having been in
operation at the' time of seizure, but
no arrests made in cither case. They
were near Pocomoke, one a sixty-five
and the other, a seventy-five gallon
outfit ' ' ' i
''Secretary Joseph E. Pogue, of the
North Carolina state fair is having
considerable Improvements made in
the state fair grounds here. A nota
ble new' feature is very much better
J stable equipment tor the race horses
that are tomtai for the fair. It Is a
notable fact that the racing purses for
the racing syndicate that will take In
the circuit of nine fairs in which Ral
eigh 1 aggregate more than 150.000
as applied to the races for the Raleigh
fair." Secretary 'Pogue says ChifNorth
Carolina state fair was never so fort
unate in the excellence of lacing feat
ures assured as this year. And that
the outlook for the fair is better than
ever before.
Republicans here are delighted with
the announcement that' Chairman
Spencer B. Adams, of the state exec
utive committee, has accepted the in
vitation extended to him to address the
county republican convention August
15th. Membership in the republican
club in Raleigh and in the branch
clubs In all parts of the county axe
reported to be growing steadily and
the interest remarkable.
A young farmer, Tallie Rogers, was
acquitted In Wake court today on the
charge of the temporary larceny of a
mule and buggy. It developed that he
had applied to hire rig from J. D.
Emory, a farmer of the neighborhood
to cary his sweetheart riding and had
been turned down. However a son
of Emory took him in the vehicle for
a ride and while the son went for a
drink at a wayside well Rogers drove
off at "top speed", going to his girl's
house and taking her for the ride. He
returned the rig that night and was
arrested for temporary larceny.
bolomon Alston .colored, has just
died In this county, aged according to
records verified by ex-Shteitf Ham T,
Jones and others, 108 or 112 years. His
home was near Forestvllle.
Mr. Jno. L. Roper has been named as
receiver for the Kinston Lumber Com
pany, by Judge PurncU at the instance
of petitioning creditors, the insolvency
being admitted by the corporation. The
receivers bond is $25,000.
State Auditor B. F. Dixon, expects to
visit within the next few weeks
number of the counties that for years
past have been receiving from the state
treasury in pensions, school funds and
for other purposes more money than
they have paid In state taxes. Ther
were forty-five such counties last yea-
and it seems now that there will b
nearly as many this year, although th
tax valuations as sent In from tht
counties indicate that values have been
considerably raised, the whole state
valuations in fact having more than
doubled within eight years. The pur
pose of these visitations will be t
personally look Into the situations 'at
to the asessments of property for taxa
tion and report to the state board Oi
equalization at. its adjourned meeting
August 4th. Dr. Dixen went today U
Boone, Watauga county to deliver th.
address for the closing of the teachen.
institute there in which sixteen coun
ties were represented. Then he wil.
go to Vallagrusis for ten days' rest
during which time he will work on the
confederate pension returns that havi
come In from the county boards oi
pensions. Hereafter he will visit
Burke, Iredell and others of the wes
tern counties that are in the columns
Of "state dependencies" in that the
receive from the state more money
than they pay in state taxes.
Who will be president of ,the North
Carolina College of Agricultural ant'
Mechanic Arts is an all absorbing topic
here Just now and some hard work If
being put in by friends of the severa'
candidates for the place. The executivc
commlttees of the board of trustees
was in session this afternoon going
over the situation in this and othei
college matters preparatory for the re
port to the full board tomorrow when
it comes together especially to settle
this matter of the presidency. Prof
W. J. Quick, of the V. P. I., who is an
active candidate for the presidency of
A. & M., arrived here this morning
to look personally after his Interests
Friends of Dr. D. H. Hill, now vlc
president of the college, are pressln
his claims with renewed vigor as ar
the friends of Dr. Talte Butler, who
is actively striving for the appoint
ment. These are the most talked of
candidates for the place. It Is thought
probable that the board will at, this
time direct that Dr. D. H. Hall con
tinue for the time as acting president,
the matter of the permanent presi
dency- to be determined later, possi
bly a year hence. '
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY,
By Wire to The 'Sun.
Kansas City, July 23. The Mis
sourl State University has establish
ed a college of Journalism coordinate
with the collegos of law, medicine,
agriculture and engineering. The col
lege will give a four years course
leading to the degree of bashelor or
science In Journalism,, It begins with
the opening of the university school
year, September 14. . .
" Walter Williams, an ' ' experienced
newspaper man, has been appointed
dean of the new school. .
WILL ELECT
A CHAIRMAN
A. H. Eller of Winston
will be Chosen
IS ACCEPTABLE TO' KITCHIN
Dr. D. H. Hill Was Chosen This Af
ternoon to Succeed Dr. Geo. T. Win
ston, Resigned Is a Native of North
Carolina, and a Son of a Confed
- erate General
Special to The Sun.
Raleigh, N. C, July 23. It is prac
tically certain that A. H. Eller, of
Winston-Salem, will tonight be elect
ed chairman of the state democratic
executive committee. It is known that
he would be acceptable to Kitchin.
A close friend of the candidate says
Eller is likely to get it.
Dr. D. H. Hill, acting president of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, this afternoon was elected presi
dent to succeed Dr; Geo. T. Winston,
who resigned several weeks ago. The
new president is a son of the late Con
federate general, D. H. Hill, a native
of North Carolina, and author of sev
eral text books.
Others mentioned for the place were
Dr. Walter J. Quick, of Blacksburg,
Va.; Dr. H. E. Satterfield, of Indiana
polis; Dr. Tait Butler, Prof. W. C.
RMdick of Raleieh.
LIYE WIRE KILLS 3 AT FIRE.
Entraps. TicUms and Roast Them to
Death.
By Wire to The Sun.
Altoona, Pa., July 23. During a
fire in the Kline building last nigr.t
three persons were electrocuted by
live wires which drepped to thj
street.
The dead are:
Joseph Byers. fireman.
Joseph Frick, lineman for Edison
Electric Cu.opany.
Harry Deshong, a lad cf twehn
years.
Byers and Frlck wsra Instantly
killed.
The wires fell around the neck of
young Deshong, and nearly burned his
head off, the terrified crowd being
afraid to render assistance. The lai
was a son of Harry Dashong, presi
dent of Altoona select council.
While the firemen were at work In
front of the building the Intense heat
melted the wires, and they dropped
to the street. Byers and Frick, ia at
tempting to escape th m, b:came en
tangled and were roasted to dsath In
an Instant
Young Deshong, who was Inside the
fire line, made an unsuccessful effort
to dodge the falling wires. Tha mone
tary loss was '125,000.
HEAVY SNOW IN THE ALPS.
Prof. Ronkemont, Eminent Throw-;....
Perishes of Exhaustion. ,
Berne, Switzerland, Jnly 23.
Heavy snowstorms In the mountains
of Switzerland are driving the Ameri
can and other tourists from the h gh
elevations down to the city
Many accidents have b'cn reported.
Prof. Roukemont, an eminent theolo
gian, perished of ex',.a.,uu on til )
Jungfrau, and a landslide near Lu
cerne demolished a house and killed a
shoemaker and his three ch ldr.n.
COTTON DUCK MILLS RESUME,
Four Days a Week Now for 1.500
Hands tn Six Plants.
By Wire to The Sun.
Baltimore, Md., July 23. After hav
ing been closed for two weeks, during .
which time the machinery was thor
oughly overhauled, six mills of the
United States Cotton Duck Company
resumed operations yesterday, giving
employment to 1,500 hands four days
a week. ':';." :.'."'..""""' v;
Five of the mills are situated In and
around Baltimore, the other one being
at Laurel, Howard county, Mount Ver
non Mills Nos.-- l and 8, which are
also owned by the company, did not
close down for the usual midsummer
overhauling. These mills are running
five days a week. ' , '
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