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RALEIG-H. N. C.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 1. 1905.
No. 5 3
THE WEATHER TODAY.
For North Carolina :
Showers
For Raleigh :
Showers
MORNING
Post.
THE OUTLOOK
MORE HOPEFUL
leliow Fever Conditions In
New Orleans
and confusion, business is suspended
throughout' the greater part of the
state.
Birmingham, Ala., has fired its en
tire quarantine force, finding that they
were grafters and that refugees broke
through the line on payment of money.
Montgomery, Ala., is issuing offers
of $100 reward for refugees who dodge
the quarantine. .
FEELING 18 OPTIMISTIC
Towns Rapidly Quarantining Against
Each OtherNew Orleans Totally
QuarantinedNot Quite 300 Cases
Up to Last Night Over 50 Have
Died Other Particulars
- . Suspected Vessel at Havana
Havana, July 31. A iVessel w2iich'
arrived at Santiago today from Colon
had five cases of sickness on board
and it is suspected that the disease
is yellow fever. The vessel is strictly
quarantined.
THE CRUSADE
AGAINST G
RAFT
Food for Scandal Furnished
By Another Pureau
Yellcw Jack in Panama
"Washington, July 31. The Panama
canal commission today received a ca
ble message from Governor Magoon
reporting the death from yellow fever
of Stelle Cortelyou, a typewriter from
Muscoth, Kans., who was employed in
the auditing office at Panama.
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Twasn't Yellow Fever
New York,' .July 31. Of the seven
teen men who made up the passengers
and crew of the Panama line steam
ship Seguranca who were' transferred
from the steamship to Swinnberne
Island last Saturday for observation
and a bacteriological analysis of their
. v,QT.a blood to determine whether or not they
rMedly more optimistic feeling here flrst-niass
t.-vlny in regard to the yellow fever, J
-hie to the fa,ct that the jpread has
1 v. n less than expected; to the belief
th't all the concealed cases have &t
l.-.et been brought to light, and to the
rlrctimstance that the malady has in
!.o case established itself in any local
ly outside of the originally infected
,V-rict in the Italian quarter. j
These hopeful feelings are entertaln
f 1 by the United States marine hos
pital physicians; by the officers of the
X-w Orleans board of health and local
physicians. It will not be possible
v, --til the end of the week, to determine
n v murh work done-here has been
tractive. The sanitary committee has
l . f-n assured by the banks and capi
talists here that any amount of money
v i'hout limit needed for the sanitary
vnrk will be given. - .
The record up to noon today shows
23 cases since the .beginning of the
fpidmic. Of these oo are dead, ids
ft.rf'l or convalescent and beyond all
ranker, 90 still sick, of whom 45 are
in ti e two hospitals. There are seven
r. ur.icipal districts in New Orleans,
the infected district being the second,
fif th' other six, the first district has
vao cases, the third 2, the fourth V
the fifth none, the sixth 3 and the
ffwnth none. Thus there are eight
rliv-rily traceable to it an. all screen-
.:. or tne sick since ine Deginimis
of tiie epidemic, all but about twelve
hnve heen Italians. Only one Qf the
Fj ok so far has been a man of what
might be called the better class, and
ho got the disease visiting an Italian
client in the infected district. The
quaranine situation has improved in
ihel ast 24 hours, both Texas and
Tonnessee modifying their regulations.
The onlv panicky section is Mississippi,
and this is attributed to the discovery
i.f the case at Lumberton, M5ss., and J
the extreme utterances of (jovernor
Vanlaman, his rejecion of all sanitary
discoveries and appeals to old preju
dices and delusions. Even Mississippi
1. ss let down the bars, however and
jiassengers permitted to pass through
the state without special examination
iindclean bills of health.
The health certificate is as necessary
in Mississippi and southern Alabama
as a pass port in Russia, and some
towns even go so far as not even to
Mmit visitors thus provided. All pas-S'-ntrers
from New Orleans are trans
f rrei to new cars at" the Mississippi
line, which cars' have been fumigated
ii nd disinfected. All of the windows
Va vp to be closed and nailed down
v.-'niip the train is passing through the
ft-ue. in many-of the towns the trains
; ;).- required to run through at a rate
of not less than.thirtv miles an hour.
Despite. the state precautions and the
military guards in the Louisiana and
cMst lines the Mississippi towns are
f ramming against each other on
rumors, or even whispers. Meridian,
" hich is probably the lareest citv in
thr- state has still further tightened
i K quarantine and it will serve as an
mplo. New Orleans is totally
arantined, no person from arty other
ice permitted tr pntpr h. town
viihout a health ctrtificate duly sworn
i erore a docor and a noary. All
ht cars must be fumigated and'
A curfew In-nr has hppn rrnss-
d. closing all places of business at 8
clock. Any one abroad after that
hvir Is subject to arrest and im-P'i-onmeht,
and the police force has
h- en increased and partly mounted for
tK.c purpose of arresting those night
rrowbrs and law-breakers. Yet Merl
"n is liberal compared, with some
vher .Mississippi towns. The cotton
fates baseball league which included
' In the leading Louisiana, Missis-
PPl and Alabama towns threw up
the. sponge today, games being impos-
Pihie because of the . quarantine. A
quarantine war has broken out be-tv.-eeri
Nathez and Vidalia which face
o'hers on tha Mississippi river. Natchez
ihad yellow fever, the three first-class
passengers were discharged yesterday,
tKA fmir. ecnnni1.rl'iis na'aspnmirs wer?
discharged today, and nine of the ten
members of the crew were found to be
suffering from malarial fever, and not
yellow fever as at first supposed
The other members of the crew are
rs.pidly recovering from their illness.
Dr.' Dotty is at present unable to state
exactly what the nature of the disease
is. He is of the opinion, however, that
it is a mild attack of malarial fever.
Trains Can't Stop in Mobile
Mobile Ala.. July 31. The city of
Laurel. Miss., has notified the officiate
of Mdbile, Jackson and Kansas City
milrrmd that it must send its trains
through that' place at the rate of thirty
miles an hour, owing to the fear or
vllrw fever contagion.
TTnttlesburar.- Miss., has sent word
that not tickets must be sold to Hat
tiesburg at any point.
Prominent Officials Charged With
Using and Selling Valuable Infor
mation The Fish Commission
Also Under Suspicion and Both
Will Be Investigated Particulars
HOLTON NOT DOING IT
:
That Investigation Into Rev
enue
Irregularities
Is the Work of the Attorney General
of the U. S. and He Is Receiving
Direct Reports from the Agents
Who Are Making It A Suicide
ex
to
craned.
r u ling Vidalia, which is connected by
f'-rry. At Wiggins the news that a
Mother of the Italian smk with
a
the
By THOMAS J. PENCE
Washington, July 31. Speclal.Dis
trict Attorney Holton was quoted in
some-of the state papers Sunday as
savins that there wsts "something" In
v.o onrniitiment made in this corres
pondence last week to the effect tnat
tha flpnnrtmcnt of iustice naa special
,
agents in . the - state invesusa""8
charges of whiskey frauds ana the con
duct of revenue officers.
The investigation is not being made
by Mr. Holton. It was undertaken at
the instance of no less a person xnan
the attorney general of the United
States, who Is receiving reports from
the agents of the department of jus
tice. - .
Attorney General Moody Is taking a
decided interest In the case, and when
he returns to Washington, there may
be Interesting developments.
This, of course, depends on the result
of the investigation. No statement can
be expected from the department Qf
4ta aKmit this case until all the evi-
dence is in sight, but It can be accepted
as a fact that the story in this corres
pondence announcing the investigation
r., nv.t irA from, reliable -authority.
With thoughts apparently only of
sweetheart, Henry
Wells, twenty-nine years old, of Greens
boro, N C, went to bed this morning
after taking a big dose of morphine,
inr rrtn in -that he would never
again leave his room unless he was
carried by an undertaker.
About noon his aeaa Doay wuo
i,vn tr the morKue. wells, wno
had formerly lived at Graystown, Va ,
and whose parents reside n ureenuuiu.
was a member of the hospital corps, U.
S. A. The following letter was found
in the room where he took the fatal
drug: "
"My friends and relatives Just now
I will pay the .part of duty that will
come to us all some ttme, but little aid
I think Ihree months ago that I would
ovor rnmp to this, but the time is at
hand and I am feeling happy that I will
go to meet my dear little brother that
has gone on before. .
"I have a precious friend In this city
that I do hate to leave, but I can not
have this friend to put any confidence
in me, so just let her know that I
am a man. I pass away ana my pray-
Washlngton, July 31. The crusade
against graft in the executive depart
ments which has recently disclosed a
state of affairs in the deixartment of
agriculture as bad or worse than that
which involved the postoff ice depart
ment last year will soon be directed
asrainst the eeoioptfcal survey, and pos
sibly against the bureau of fisheries,
commonly called the fish commission.
The geological survey Is under the
Interior denartment and the fish com
mission Is a branch of the department
of commerce and labor.
It was made known today that
charsres have been r referred against
several of the leading officials of the
geological survey, alleging that they
own stock in the Mining World, a jour
nal published in Chicago, and that
they have exploited in that paper cer
tain scientific theories and discoveries
which they have obtained at the ex
Dense of the United States.
A big fuss has been made by other
magazines which declare that they ars
beinff discriminated against. They de
clare that paid officers of the United
States are using for individual profit
information which they have obtain
ed at the expense of the government
and which rightly belongs? to the peo
r!e
It Is charged that four of tjie seven
of the directors of the Mining World
Company are officials of the -geologt
cal survey and that in addition to re
ceivlne their dividends they are under
engagement to write exclusive , articles
for the magazine. The Information
contained in these articles Is usually
published in advance of the regular
official report of the survey officers
which are available for the ublio
eenerally.
The matter will be referred to the
Keep commission for investigation. The
lsion Is expected to find out In
cidentally, why it Is that th? results
of professional Investigations and re
searches carried on by the geological
survey are almost invariably withheld
from official publication until from six
months to two years after the time
of completing the work. It Is a mat
ter rf common knowledge in Washing
ton that many of the most interesting
and vital matters connected with the
work of the sreological survey appear
in scientific and popular magazines,
profusely Illustrated with pictures ana
sketches made at the government ex
pense many months before the ..'offi
cial reports of the survey are given m
the public. Tnese magazine anwws
almost invariably, bear the name of
some official of' the survey, and the
articles are of course paid for. The
case which led to the charges -made
public today Is that of the Mining
World. ' f! '
Among the geological survey offi
cials who are directors of 'the Mining
World are El C. Eckle. David, T. Day
and E, W. Parker. Parker wae a
member of President Roosevelt's coal
strike arbitration board. -
H. C. Rlzer, chief clerk of the geo
logical survey and acting director in
th absence of Director Walcott, ad
mitted today that several members of
th survev were stockholders in the
Mining World, and he said there migm
be some ground for the charges that
Information obtained at the expense of
the government- had been sold .for a
price, but he said that Director -Walcott
had always disapproved of this
practice. Mr. Rizer was not inclined
to regard the matter very seriously.
bureau of animal industry. He also in
vented a paste for attaching the labels
to the meat and ink for putting the
labels that were as meritorious as labels
themselves. The paste was very ten-
atlous, but contained no ingredients
that could affect the meat, while the
ink would not run or fade and was as
inocuous as the paste. A company was
organized for the manufacture and
printing of the lanels and. the making
of the paste with the inventor at the
head of it. But it Is said the money
to finance the concern was supplied
by one of the scientists attached to the
department, who became a partner in
the company. The concern received con
tracts for the special label -running up
to large figures, ana xne inventor, irora
a poor man speedily became very .pros
perous. He had no competition in the
business, and contracts were given to
him without the formality of advertis
ing for bids or anything of, that sort.
Naturally his scienunc parner snarea
his prosperity.
Whether this matter has as yet been
brought to the attention of Secretary
Wilson is not known. There is good
reason to believe that it 'has, and that
it will become the subject of inquiry.
Weather Bureau Under Suspicion
Another branch of the department of
agriculture that seems to need the probe
is the weather bureau, which is pre
sided over by Willis U. Moore.
Frequent reference has been made in
the past three years to a summer an
nex of the weather bureau which Mr.
Moore " is establishing in the Blue
Ridge mountains In Virginia, It is
said that a sum epprccinmting $100,
000 has already been spent on this es-
IMBED BY A
SALOON KEEPER
M. W. Shockley Committed
to Jail Without Bail
erick J. Watterson. one of the most
prominent members of the camp, and
Miss iva M. Lewis of Washington
Heights.
The bridegroom, who 1 21 years old,
is the son of Charles Watterson of
New Orleans, said to be a wealthy
mine owner In the, south. Miss Lewis
is tihe. l-year-old daughter of Charles
Lewis of Washington Heights, N. Y.
Mrs. Watterson is very attractive,
having & olump. shapely figure and
pretty face, and she . was very popu
lar among the young set at th elake.
It is said here that Mr. Watterson's
parents .have been informed of their
son's marriage by this time although
no word has been received from them.
THE CORONER'S VERDICT
-
Victim Died in Wilmington Hospital
Snnday NightTragedy the Re
sult of a Drunken Row Between
Barkeeper and Wilmington Stone
CutterThe Details
THE CZAR WILL PRESIDE
SPECIAL TER
OF U. S. COURT
Order of Judge Boyd Creates
Some Excitement
Wilmington, N. C, July 31. Special.
The coroner's jury in ' the Talbert
Shockley killing Saturday night
brought in a verdict this afternoon
that Talbert came to his death as the
Infllr-tert Tw a. stick Or
tablishment by : the department and, i cubgei m the hands of M. W. Shock-
this wltherrit snecial authority from
congress. . ;The latter appropriates an
nually a lump sum for new buildings
for tlhe weather service. It was the
understanding when these appropria-.
tions were started that the money
was to be used i nth i erection of new
buildings in various peurts of the coun
try for the accomrnod ation of new ob
servation stations is the weather ser
vice was extended into newly settled
regions. But of the funds Mr. Moore
has each year for three or four years
taken a good slice to erect a preten
tious group of buildings which now
constitute, the Blue1 Ridge mountain
summer annex, to the" weather bureau.
To this annex some of the department
(Continued. On Page Two.)
TO HANG WHOLE BUNCH
ley, a' prominent saloon keeper here.
The start of the row was inside a
saloon on the southeast corner of
Front and Dock streets, and which Is
conducted by ML W. Shockley. The
beginning of thetragedy was just out
side the saloon and tbte end at the
James ; Walker Memorial hospital,
where at 8:25 o'clock last night Tal
bert breathed his last. -
Amid boisterous; laughter and men
jostling each other, while the sound
of a squeaky violin, backed up by the
hoarse grunt of a bass violin and one
r two minor instruments tilled the
air, Frank Talbert and a bartender at
the saloon, a man named ' Seth A.
Robinson, got into a difficulty which
only terminated on the outside when
Shockley interfered, armed it Is claim
ed, with a large-size "billy."
There appears to be no doubt but
what Shockley hit Talbert in the head,
and from the blows he died last night.
Talbert was out with the "boys"
fwhLch boys were a number of fellow-
stohe-cuttersIT and the party entered
Shockley's saloon between 7 and 8
o'clock and the. row soon followed,.
Apparently Talbert was not . seri
ously injured "after the fight, - but his
fatal trouble commenced to make it
pelf manifast about2 o'clock Sunday
morning and he was sent to the James
gTO Convicted Of Assassinating i died about 24 hours after the scene in
front of the saloon.
After the alleged assault Shockley
was arrested on a warrant from Jus
tice Furlong's court, but was permit
ted to give bail.
When it was learned that Talbert
was dead Shockley was taken into cus
tody and remanded to jail to await
the action of the coroner's jury.
After the coroner rendered his ver
dict today Shockley was committed to
jail without bail.
At the Council of Ministers Which
v Will Assemble Today '
St. Petersburg, July 31. Tomorrow
the czar will preside at a council of
the ministers at Peterhoff, at which the
government's project' for a nationaas
sembly will be finally considered. It
Is not expected that the revised scheme
which already has been approved by
the council will be materially altered.
As at present arranged the project will
be promulgated on August 12th, the
birthday of the czarevitch, but It is
believed that the next date and the
tenor of the czar's manifesto promul
gating the scheme will depend on the
course of peace negotiations.
It is understood that its project pro
vides for elections every five year3.
The, assembly will be entitled to pro
nounce on all government bills, The
buget and all credits opened by the
state. If thirty members desira the
introduction of new laws 'or the modi
fication of existing statutes they must
convey their request with a craf. to
the president, who will 'refer the mat
ter to a competent committee and then
to the whole assembly. If the ministers
concerned thinks the proposal should
be nut into consideration the measure
will take a regular course. If he does
not think so, but two-thirds of the. as
sexnbly support it the president will re
fer it to the council of the empire,
nrMrh - will siihmft it to the czar. If
the latter authorizes , the measures, the
minister , will be obliged , to elaborate tt.
The members of the assembly will re
ceive five dollars daily and'their travel
ing expenses.
REVENUE CROOKEDNESS
The Calling of the Extra Term of i
Court May Have Some Connection
, With Disclosures, Which Govern-,
ment Agents May Make As th
Result of Their Investigations
One of the Murderers Wears
the Title of "Rev" -
7.
BEAT HIM INTO JELLY
Inhuman Treatment ef Young
White Men in Cabarrus
Old Man, His, Two Sons and a Ne-
A wo UuuuTcu VI Auuuici ricotu-
er How Crime Was Committed
Atlanta, Ga., July 31. A dispatch
from .Valdosta, Ga., says that Rev.
R. G. Rawlins yesterday was found
guilty as . accessory in the murder of
two children of the Rev. Mr. and Mr?.
W. L. Carter and unless a higher court
intervenes Rawlins and his sons, Kil-
ton and Jessee, and Al Moore, a negro,
will have to bans:.
The Rawlins sons and Moore were
found guilty of the murder some time
ago. Botk Rawlins and Carter were
for years ministers in Jhe Methodist
church. A feud started and Rawlins
plotted to wipe out the Carter family.
It was arranged that Moore and Mil
ton and Jesse and Leonard Rawlins j
were to go to the Carter home and kill j
the parents while they sat at the sup-pea-
table. When the children; ran out j
they were sftiot down. The assassins ;
arrived after the evening1 meal r and
could not shoot through the windows ac
their victims. A noise caused Willie
and Fannie Bell Carter to run into
the yard. Instantly the guns of the
murderers spoke and. the girl fell dead.
The body was shot through the body,
but dragged himself Into the house
and told who had done the shooting.
All night low? Mr. and Mrs. Cartef
crouched in their home. Through crev
ices they could see the aesassljis creep
ing about the yard, but whether their
daughter was dead or not they could
not learn. Finally Carter reached his
rifle and fired through a crack In the
door. Te shot caused the murderers
to flee. Moore confessed the plot.
THEIR MURD2RED BROTHER
Chain Gang Superintendent Arrested
for Brutality and Bound Over to
Court- Two Boys in Pitable Con
dition Other Cases Charged
Vfr at. T.llmhfrt la that Cinr Drill be With her ail
tho store of Sapps & Dean, led to a Uh rough life; and just one request to
P'irty going there and demanding his i all that you will just tell my mother
' arr.-nier. When it was refund the that I died with heart trouble.
iin tired on the place riddling it with "And again, I am a soldier, but do
'-ilk-ta. The Italian was . then sur-rot put me to rest'in the uniform, so
r -n.terod and placed in the guard j here's my suit mat i want to oe senx
Ji'ue os a auarantinw stntrr a a . to mv mother in? -
consequence of the quarantine scare j (Continued on page six.)
Bureau of Animal Industry Next
Washington, July 31. The bureau of
animal industry of the department of
agriculture which Is presided over by
Dr. D. S. Salmon Is likely to furnish
the next horrible example of scientific
commercialism. -
It is said that this bureau carries on
its- rolls a scientist who has made far
better use of his opportunities to make
money on the side than was the case
with Dr. George T. Moore of the bureau
of plant industry, who resigned last
week as a result of the exposure of his
connection with the Nitro-Culture
Company of West Chester, Pa. The
work of inspecting and tagging all meat
products turned out in the United
States for export abroad comes under
Dr. Salmon's bureau. " For a long time
1 after the bureau was organized diffi
culty was found in securing the right
kind of tags or labels to be placed on
beef and mutton intended for export.
Finally, three or four years' ago, a
j local genius was said to have invented
the ideal label for the purpose of the
Particulars of tne Assassination of
Young Francis
Roanoke, Va., July 31, Maurice
Francis, the young Roanoke man who
left here Saturday in a buggy to visit
his fiance, Miss Link, in Floyd county,
and who was shot and killed, was the
victim of an assassin.
Francis had reached a spot -one mile
from the home of his betrother when
he was confronted in the road by John
Richards, a public school teacher and
rival suiter for Miss Link's hand.
Without a word of warning Rich
ards, who was armed with a double
barrel shotgun, emptied both loads
into Francis' body. Francis lingered
lonsr enouerh to tell who had shot him.
One barrel was loaded with small
shot and the other with slugs and
Francis' body was literally cut to
pieces. The horse Francis was driv
ing: become frightened and ran ; away,
breakfnsr loose from the buggy. Par
ties who stopped the horse carried the
animal back and discovered the Roa-
noker's mutilated body In the buggy
Richards made his escape and Is
now being hunted by a posse. If he Is
captured a lynching may follow, as
! Intense excitement prevails.
The culprit is the son of Porf. James
ttii -kt tt -r.., or Tv.a YftTiAr i tt. Kicnaras. one oi uiurai. " "
reached here from Morehguseville,' in educators in southwest Virginia. Miss
the Adirondacks, today that the body j Link had an engagement with young
of Benjamin Rue, who disappeared in Richards for Sunday and broke it to
the forest a year ago, has been found, entertain Francis. The dead man was
rv,iv n nart of Tine's skeleton re- I well known here and was a member of
Baby Found After One Year
mained. the flesh and a section of bones
having been torn away by deer and
several leading secret orders
Captain Henry L. Francis and other
int TanMAnot;nn Tt-ns PstflhitsVio (brothers went .to Floyd last night ana
by the man's clothing. Pending the i returned today with the body of their
finding of the remains the payment of
several thousand dollars in life insur
ance has been held up by insurance
companies, And this fact prompted rela
tives to offer a reward, of $100. It is
believed that Rue's death was due to
starvation, following a paralytic stroke.
Boycotting American Merchandise
murdered brother.
SUMMER C4MP SENSATION
Concord, N. C, July 31. Special.
Supt. Herbert Smith of the county
convict force was placed under a $100
bond for his appearance at the next
term of Cabarrus court upon the seri
ous charere -of Inhumanly and unmerci
fully whipping two young white boys
named Charles Border and Frank Duf
fv. whose terms have just expired, they
having been sentenced for vagrancy
hv the rrsAi-or. - V
Border, was in a weak condition when
he arrived here, showing signs of hav
ine been cruelly beaten. The boys
were taken to the county home tms
morninrr.
Duffv came to town and swort out
a TirarrflTit asrainst Superintendent Her
bert Smith and employed counsel to
Pn hi ic. sentiment has run mgn since
Saturday nignt and the feeling against
Smith is severe.
tt i renm-ted that others on the
cane have been crueiiy- reaten ny
The vouner man had been beaten into
a lotiv nlmost. and his wounds snow
. .. .
ed the most severe and uncauea ior
.mif An who saw him were
ttWi"v. .
viio-wv indlenant at such inhumanity.
The chairman of the board - of county
commissioners, after , an investigation
nf thm rse. declared that ne wouia
have the law tested, which puts hoboes
r-n tvio cMintv road. and. if POSSiDie,
he would not hereafter receive any of
them. ' " ' '
Only last week one of them1 cost
the county $50 on account of sickness.
The mayor is quoted as saying that,
owing to this 111 treatment, he will not
sentence any others to the chain-gang.
It is said that another convict has
been beaten as badly . as this white
boy. -'
A general protest is made at such
inhuman treatment. Herbert Smith,
the manager of the chain-gang, says
that this, boy refused to work, claim
ing that he was sick. -ttp
had the county physician examine
the boy and he pronounced him well
and able to work, and . thereupon ne
whipped him. But ' public sentiment
can never endorse such inhuman treat
ment and the manager very likely will
be indicted for his actions. ,
Greensboro, N. C, July 31. Special.
An Important and sensational order was
issued by Judge James E. Boyd today,
convening a special term of federal
court here, to begin September 4th and'
to continue until the business before It
is disposed of. ,
This order, coupled with the an-i
nouncement from Washington that the.
department of iustice had special de-
tectives at work in this state Jn the in-j
vestigation of alleged frauds in this;
revenue district, means' that there will
probably be some important revelations.
It is also of interest, to know that ther
work of Investigation into the alleged , .
crookedness will not be confined to Col- j
lector Harkins' district. It is authorl-.i
tatlvely stated that the department of
justice will extend its probing knife into j
Collector Duncan's district; about which;
there -has been some talk'for the past
two or three years. ' ,
The presenoe of Collector Duncan'
here last night in consultation with his
close friend and adviser Judge Spencer ;
B. Adams, makes the situation all the;
more Interesting. It is worthy of notej
that every time there is & ripple ofi
excitement called- alleged investigational
into reveaue matters, M. Duncan hle
himself away to Washington by way off
Greensborov where Mr. Adams is always
ready to confer , and advise. !
No one knows outside o official cr-
cfes Just what 'the meeting ofvthiB
special term of court is. It Is under-1
stood thattfae Eighth. oongTessional dis
trict is and has been tte special object
of interest to certain facials, ami It is
further known that unusual efforts are
being made to uncover frauds in that
"neck of the woods."
There are those' who believe that be
hind all of this is a current of feeling
not wholly unseifneh and with whic
the public is not familiar. Those whe
read between the Jines will watch with,
unusual interest the history of the next
six months, which will eover a few
terms of court, the opening of congress
and the distribution of federal pie in
North Carolina.
THE PRESIDENT'S CALLERS
Among Them Was Baron Rosen the
Russian Ambassador
Ovster Bay. July 31 Baron Roman
Mftnovitch Rosen, the Russian ambas
sador and Junior peace envoy, canea
upon the president today lo arrange:
for the visit of his senior, M. De Wltte,
now on tha ocean. r '
"M. Wltte," said Baron Rosen at th.
Ktatlom. 'Ms connins to lunch with th
president on Friday in order to makej
) ja 4. jt Sr I
ms iorm&l cau.. iae prwiueni
De Witt have never met. 1
"That is, all I possibly tell you.-(
he added, "tar I- oan not diseuss any I
thing relating, to the peace negwtla-j
He said he.paw the report of an irk-
terview with; M. De Witte on board
ship, but he eonid not comment on it
With Secretary WFison the baron posedhv
for a photograph at the station. f
John W. Riddle, appointed from the
District of Columbia, to be minister t
Roumanla and Servia, called upon the
president today prior to leaving for his
President Ralph H. Peters of Lon!
Island railroad was also a caller a&
Sagamore Hill "this afternoen. Th
natutre of his visit was said t bet
purely social. He came in a special
train.
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Two Prominent Members of the Camp
Elope and Marry
tvrVIII. N. Y.. July' 31. In the sum-
Twn Tniv 3i The f!htnesto mAr. Qen ia hpinB" made with the new Anglo-
chants at Nagasaki will Join in the . and particularly at the T. M. C. A.
Chinese boycott of American vessels camp a sensation has been caused by
and merchandise from tomorrow. the elopement and marriage of Rod-
San Jose Scale in Virginia
Norfolk, Va., July 31. The San Joe
scale has struck this section and fruit
trees are suffering. Peach and plum
trees are particularly affected, and in
pflm Instances the fruit on these trees
Is not falling off, but the trees them
selves are dying. This is the first ap
'pefcxance rf the soale in tfcla section
Fall in Price of French Sugar
Paris, July 31. There has been
heavy fall in the price of sugar, whick
has caused a complete suspension of all :
transactions In that commodity. Two.j
well known firms have suspended in ,
consequence of the failure of M.
Jaluzot, a speculator in sugar, a mem-
hr nf the chamber ol deputies ana
proprietor of. the newspaper La Patria
j Two Boys Drowned
Suffolk, Va,, July 31. Two bothers
were drowned last evening in Nanse
mond river. They were Newton Gwalt.
nw, wh met death in twenty feat of
water at Sugar Bank, a mile above Suf
folk, and Jacob Kelly, aged 18 yar?,
who was drowned at Jaok's Banks, t-A o
miles below here. Gwaitney's body ws
recovered at four o'clock this afterno;
bw.t Kelly's eorpse hm not beeD fouad
yet.
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