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Vol- IX
RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1905
No, 99
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' 1 ' SYNDICATES
ew Disclosures h the In-
sirence Investigation
QVt
GAIN TO COMPANY
The Equitable Society Let Specula
tors rjave Large Sums Without
Participating in Profits From
Transaction -- Accounts Not Kept
:z Books but in Memoranda
T-.v 'nrk. Sept. 22. Counsel for the,
--;-?: ' -ong Insurance committer at the
eurnr today disclosed the fact that
Hazen Hyde was interested in
r-h liori.te transactions with the'Equi
iab!e Life Assurance Society which
rere r.ot uncovered in the Hendricks
ir.d Frick committee reports. It was
s'?o shown at today's hearing that
jure II. Hyde and Associates has not
the only organization headed, by
Jn Equitable director which engaged
r ; syn '.icate operations with the Equi
aM, society. Mr. Hyde's older con-r-.'vrnraries
on the board, Louis Fitz-
and George H. Squire, each
V l.n :.i. ;ULldlCS, jjai tiv.iyai.cu "
t",r- Equitable in underwriting opera-.
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some or tne transactions ui
older organizations present fea
ture -of-interest over and above any-!:-,-.-:
found in the operations of Hyde
s-d hi? associates, for in manj' cases
there cannot be found on the Equlta
t e 1 -coks any record of profits having
i received by the society. Neither
:;- -ho hooks show that there were any
To all appearances the Equita
?ociety received syndicate partici
r;tior.s through the Squire and Fitz
p rail organizations, , money was ad
vanced by the society on the call of
tyivlrnte managers and vtas ultimate
ly returned in 'full to the Equitable,
r?l:her a profit nor a loss showing on
the fo iety's books.
Ir. some of the syndicate transac
tcr? of the golden days 1S95 or 1896
the E quitable books do not even record
the amount of the participations allot
ted to the society, not to mention the
r:vx cf the syndicate managers.
In a good many instances also the
cry-oty has been allotted underwriting
T'.rf.'-ipations through the Mercantile
Trim Company, and here, too, the
b okfl failed often to show any record
of .profits, ' the money having been
h. l out by the society as in the
tranpactions described above and re
turned in full later. r
Her.ry Rogers Winthrop, the Equita-bk-Y
financial secretary, was the wit-
r?? who testified in regard to these
transactions. He went over with coun
fl f r the investigating committee
wore than twenty syndicate transac
tions in-which the Equitable has been
i-' 'er--st(-d.
"IVhile Mr. Winthrop was on the stand
a letter was presented to the commit
tee counsel for the Equitable from
Graver Cleveland. It-was written in
r'-spon.se to a request by the chairman
tf- the committee for official informa
t!"n in regard to what the trustees of
l Ryan .majority' stock in the Equit
&'"; had done since their appoint
ment. Mr. Cleveland .stated in the
'-"' r that the trustees were fully
In accord with the objects" and aims
D the investigating committee. He
toH also of the difficulties experienced
ljy tho trustees in getting -policy--
to serve as directors and gave
1? 'is his. opinion that while mutuali-fct-ion
niid policyholders' control are
Phasing- to the ear," they do neces
fr !-iy of themselves import good ad
fi ' rat ion or successful management.
I:- the Atlantic Coast Line syndicate
?!r- Winthrop testified that the books
f? society did not disclose who
"5 managers were or what the so
'ty's allotment was. The society, he
had received its allotment through
J' Hyde and Associates. This in
formation, he said, did not appear in
jn? books, but was obtained in letters
r and memoranda in regard to the
nsr:r-tions recelved from Mr. Plydo.
Jho books Snow, Mr. Winthrop said.
that the Equitable paid out on the
ii-ate account $1,376,096. It got
,Jk on the same account an equal
r-moynt. The payment which covered
1 ney put into the syndicate by
'-"Ivjuitable was made, the witness
'if.M, by Mr. Hyde, and a check
'r 4114.600 represV3nt!ng the Equit-
profit
Mr. Hyde. Mr. Winthrop
d that thvrp- T-n a nnthlnc rvn
orrl in tihe society to show what
wOiH Hyd or his associates made in
"transactions. ' :
Thft syndicate disclosed today in
Fitzgerald and his associates
" interested were the Perm., coal
1 -"UKJPf, KvnrliVn tr,
of 1900 and the
t-burg- Toledo & St. Tnnla bnnrl
vaT,'!(rUe of 190L In tne Pennayl
To m COal Purcnase syndicate th?
tf able got an allotment of $750,000
irouffh General Fitzgerald and oth-
ers. Mr. Winthrop testified - that the
officers of the Equitable havefbeen
unable to find any memorandum or
record showing- what persons were
identified with Fitzgerald. ' Mr. Fitz
gerald, when the "allotment went to
the Equitable through him, was a
member of the society's finance and
executive committee. Since the scan
dal in the Equitable came out he has
resigned from the directorate. Mr.
Wint'hrop testified that the Eauitabl
paid $624,375 on call and received back
the entire amount.
Great Gunnery on the Kentucky
Boston, Sept. 22. When the Ala
bama left the North Atlantic fleet
engaged . in target practice off
Provlncetown, 'the record for gunnery
was -held by the Kentucky. With a
six-inch gun the Kentucky scored 30
hits out of 32 shots, fired in 11 min
utes and 40 seconds. This is the
most remarkable shooting ever done
on a modern warship. The record
score of the Kentucky was made by
"Tommy" Bunts, a boatswain's mate,
who is noted in the squadron for .his
effective marksmanship.
The Alabama came into .port with
her forward turret disabled. It was
found that, the turret had been trained
too far aft and became cramped. By
taking off ; a ventilator the turret was
adjusted by the crew. No further re
pairs will have to be made.
Course in Railway Education
Chicago, Sept. 22. Co-operation be
tween the University of Chicago and
a number of railr6ad officials 'has re
sulted in the establishment of a four
year course in railway education. An
advisory board composed mostly of
railroad men ha3 been established with
E. W. McKenna, assistant to President
Earling of the Milwaukee and St. Paul
road, as chairman, and Taniel Wll
lard, second vice-president of the Bur
lington, as vice-chairman.
The first year's course, from October
to June, will be devoted to railway
conditions in the United States. The
second year will be devoted to freight
service, railway transportation, rail
way law and rate regulation. During
the third year the following branches
will be covered: Passenger service, sta
tistics and geography of railways, sig
nalling and train service, railway aud
iting and finance .and terminals. Dur
ing the fourth year the following sub
jects will be studied: Motive power,
railroad equipment, track railway de
velopment and the economics of rail
way locomotion.
WATT'S TRIAL
An Ex-convict Took Money do Buy
Implements of Murder
London, Sept. 22. The hearing of the
case of Hugh Watt, financier and
former member of parliament, who is
charged with having offered a bribe
to a detective named Marshall to mur
der Mrs. Watt, was resumed today.
James Shuttle, an ex-convict, known
as "Nosey," testified to meeting Watt
in the Green Park in 19Q2. Watt ask
ed: "Have you done time?" Shuttle
replied: "Three years for killing a
woman," which was not true. iWatt
remarked: " "All women are wicked."
He then arranged with the witness to
go to the hotel and chloroform Mrs.
Watt, and handed him five pounds
with which to procure chloroform and
a jimmy, the latter for forcing a door.
A few days later, Shuttle testified, he
met Watt again, who asked: "Have
you done it" Witness replied: "No,
she has gone to Harrowgate to spend
a week." Later Watt discovered that
his-wife had not left the hotel. He
told the witness: "You won't get any
more money until the Job is done."
Watt finally gave him a soverign. That
finished his dealings with Shuttle.
The defense produced as a witness
Norman Battle . oft Edinburgh, whose
testimony indicateda conspiracy on the
part of Marshall, the chief witness of
the prosecution.
The case was again adjourned.
STRENUOUS CUBAN POLITICS
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Three Men Killed and Several
Wounded in a Pre-election Fight;
Washington, Sept. 22. Senor Quesa-
da, the Cuban minister, was tonight
informed of a serious clash between the
police and a party of politicians in
La Suiza Hotel at Cienfuegos, prov
ince of Santa Clara, which resulted in
the death of the chief of police, En-(
rique- Villuendas, a member of con-'
gress and a leader of the Liberal party,
and one other man whose name is not
known. Two other , members of the
party headed by Villuendas were
wounded, and three policemen are in
a serious condition.
A supply of ammunition and dyna
mite bombs was discovered in the ho
tel by the police, who, after the fight
was over, entered, unci investigated.
The minister said he was certain that
the trouble was purely local, and any
repetition would be quickly quelled.
- A few months ago the city hall at
Vuella, in the same province, was
burned. That affair was believed to
be the work of political parties.
The row today arose over the feeling
aroused by the elections which will
take place tomorrow. In Santa Clara
province political feeling runs high and
party lines are closely drawn.
Tomorrow registration boards for the
presidential election are to be elected
by popular vote. It is the first step
in the campaign, and the party which
gains control of the boards stands the
best chance to win in the final election.
QUARANTINE IS
LESSR1G0R00S
Freight
Moving With
Restriction
Sentiment Strongly Favors Federal
RegulationThe Mosquito Theo
ry Accepted Quite Generally.
Tropical Fruits Are Still Under
the Ban at Most Quarantined Ports
New Orleans, Sept. 22. A direct can
vass of the towns of Mississippi and
Louisiana made by the Laffan Press
correspondent demonstrates a remark
able sentiment in favor of, national
control of quarantines of infctible
ports' of entry. Out of 283 replies re
ceived but 15 expressed themselves as
opposed to national quarantine and a
few were "doubtful," but the over
whelming majority declared for na
tional quarantine. These replies also
gave an idea of the progress being
made by the mosquito doctrine. -The
firm belief in this dogma was express
ed by 235 communities which had pro
ceeded to exterminate the pest; eigh
teen did not believe in it, and the rest
had done nothing to th mosquito what
ever, or claimed they had none to ex
terminate. Louisiana showed up particularly
well In the matter of freight quaran
tines, the average being twenty with
out quarantines to five which still ap
ply them. - Mississippi's average was
nearly one-half either way, the incll
nation being toward the "no quaran
tine" column. Reports from the coun
try parishes of Louisiana show a most
encouraging condition with regard to
freight quarantines and New Orleans
shippers have been notified that dry.
goods will be received at all points
in Louisiana on the Kansas City
Southern, via Lake Charles, ( While the
Louisiana. Railway 1 and Navigation
Company reports that quarantines have
been raised likewise against dry goods.
The Arkansas Southern will take
freight for all points in Louisiana. The
only commodities barred by the above
lines are tropical fruits and household
goods.
. Steamboat traffic has also undergone
a change for the better and the Mis
sissippi Packet Company advises that
the steamer St. James will accept
shipments of all kinds except household
goods and tropical fruits for all points'
between New Orleans and Bayou Sara.
Dr. White's announcement that the
United States Marine Hospital ser
vice would fumigate all cars, and so
certffy by seal, undoubtedly had much
to do with the raising of the quaran
tines, bnd others are expected to fol
low ,yery shortly. .
WILLIAM MERONEY A SUICIDE
Shot Himself After a Night Spent
in Gambling and Drinking
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 22. William B.
Meroney, thirty-seven years of age and
a , sporting man, committed suicide
early this morning on the beach in
front of the pavilion between the Prin
cess Anne and Arlington hotels at Vir
ginia Beach. His body was found by
a coast life-saver on patrol duty. ,
There was evidence to show that Me
roney walked into the ocean surf up
to his knees and shot himself through
the left" ear while standing . in the
water, it being presumed- that he
thought his body would be carriea
out to sea with the receding tide. Th
tide, however, left his body on the
beach. When found the pistol was still
clutched in his left hand. '
Meroney and several others had a big
poker game at the Raleigh Club at
Virginia Beach last night. At 1 a. m.
Meroney, who had been drinking heav
ily, left the club apparently In a good;
humor.
Meroney came to Norfolk fifteen
years ago from Winston, N. C. He was
married and had one child.. He was a
member of the order of Eagles.
Wanted to See the President
Oyster Bay, Sept. 22. A man jvho
refused to disclose his name, .but who
said that he had "walked all the way
from Brooklyn to see the president on
a matte of the greatest Importance,"
ascended the wiring roadway to Sag
amore Hill at 5:45 this morning.
"I want to get that $48,000 the New
York Life Insurance Company gave
the National Republican committee,"
explained the . dust-covered " stranger.
"The president will pay it over to me
as soon as he knows that I am here
to receive it."
The pedestrian also said' that he had
decided to assume the duties of secre
tarv of agriculture, as "Mr. Wilson is
to be let out on account oi ma cuiiun
andal."
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FOR NATIONAL CONTROL
01 f MS HIS
UISES SALVE!
Slogging Match Made qd In
temallonal Issue
FIGHT-WAS NOT FAIR
Hirano : Says Police Protection Was i
Not Given to the Jiu-jitsu Artist.
Chairman Rollins Finds Demo
cratic Cotton Statisticians in Of-
fice and Wants a Divide
By THOMAS J. PENCE
Washington, D. C, Sept. 22. Special.
Asheville is the scene of an inter-
ntiH nn a 1 InHflont roa.nttine' Prnin tbe
, , , i
recent wrestling bout in the Buncombe
metropolis, in which Prof. Ono, a son
of Nippon and expert in jiu-jitsu, was j
badly battered, receiving permanent
Injury at the hands of Prof. Olsen of
Chicago. Prof; OnxYs irepresentative,
Mr. Hlrano. arrived here today. To
morrow he has engagement with Mr.
Takahira, the. Japanese minister, with
whom he will-take up the matter of ,
Prof. Ono's injuries, which he will ;
ask to be taken to the state depart
ment for action.
Mr. Hlrano, a youthful Japanese who
turns a few dollars managing jiu-jitsu
contests while not pursuing his studies
at Yale where he is a student, alleg
es that Prof. Ono was not afforded
adequate police protection in the
AsheVille contest, although the most
and fiendish tactics known to
the spoil i were practicea, ana that as a
result the artist from the Orient suf-
fered injuries of a permanent charac- t Blount Creek, Beaufort, county; Route
ter which entitle him to indemnity of No. 1, from Edward, Beaufort county;
eome sort. Mr. Hlrano saw Mr. Taka- Route No. 1, from Lovelace, Wilkes
hira, the Japanese naval attache, today j county.
and arranged for the interview with j Today's arrivals include J. O. Guth
the Japanese minister tomorrow. He rie and John A. Sheets of Raleigh,
does ' not;; Intend to ask for an indem-j E. R. McKethan of Fayetteville, James
pity frm the .American government, L. Xake of Wake Forest,1 William
but intimates that suit will be brought , Humphrey of Goldsboro, W. H. Kirby
against the managers who gave the ' of Greensboro.
wrestling match and Prof. Olsen and, j
perhaps, Prof. Schoanfeld, the referee, j SWPVDFN AND NftRWAV
who he claims.: failed to discharge ! W UXLiX JXUKWAX
his duty, in that he did not prevent " "
the brutal and foul tactics practiced Negotiations Resulting in an .Ad-
by Pror. Olsen. irunas ne says, ar
being collected in Asheville to assist
Prof.,Ono in; his efforts to secure re
dress. .. '
7 "The match was the most brutal
imaginable,' said T Prof. Ono tonight,
"and should nave "been stopped by the
authorities. ; While the articles of
agreement eliminated the strangle hold
and all dangerous tactics, the referee
permitted it. The contest was more
brutal than any. prize nght. Among
Prof. Ono's injuries are three dislocated j
fingers, one swollen head, a blinded
eye -and a dislocated jaw.
Hirano says that Olsen insnt the
right name for the man who ham
mered Ono so disgracefully. His cor
rect title, he claims, is James Kelly
Muldoon of Peoria, 111. . Besides those
two names, " Hirano says, he has at
least thirteen others. He enumerated
a few of them when seen tonight and V1C " lo" " "'V
gave his profession as a professional , f f irs. Count Af wachtmeister, and For
slugger jei?m Minister Loveland of Norway,
Hirano says he is not foolish enough j who are at the head of the respective
to think that he can get this govern- j delegations in the conference, are
ment to go after an Indemnity for ! drafting a compromise treaty of ar-
Prof. Ono, but he claims that the po
lice protection at Asheville that night
was bad, and he wante the attention
of Governor Glenn called to that fact,
so '.that in future matches of the kind
will be carried on with full regard to
the rules of the game, Hirano thinks
that if the state department would
ftake this sort of action the game
would be conducted according to
Hoyle and the Japanese God of jit- jfrom the oil region and a similar num
jitsu the next time Ono performs, if, . ber are to follow them soon. Russians
indeed, he is ever able to go on the and Amenians are also leaving in large
mat again.
Hlrano says that Ono cannot speak
English, having been in this country
only five months, and that when he
tried to get to the side of his artist
to protest, against Olsen's brutality,
he was slugged by a number of Madi-
son county sports, who occupied the
stage seats and who had their money! the mails; but a party of Cossacks
on the American artist. They were : dispersed them. The water supply of
friends of Tom Frisbee, the mountain Baku has; been suspended. The mem
giant, whom Ono previously defeated, j Ders 0f the municipal government, the
so Hirano claims. "Asheville is th. j doctors and the engineers have fled,
finest place in the south," said Hirano, Two battalions-of Infantry, two com
mand the people are even finer. They j panles of Cossacks, a battery of artil
are with Prof. Ono and there is no iery ana a company of ohasseuers
complaint against them. They paid have" been ordered here.
$2,000 to see the contest, some seats
selling for $3 per. Ono received 5300
and Olsen $500." . ,
The President's Southern Tour
Much interest has teen expressed in
official circles over he president's
southern trip, in view of the yellow
fever situation. A heavy frost would
rut an end to the scourge at once, s
mnririA hnsnital service has
been looking up the records on frosts Traffic past the hulk has since been , the Western Union Telegraph Com
in New Orleans covering the last sev- '' somewhat dangerous. The people here pany. It was a-suit to collect taxes
i nr. Viota is srarrp v an
, erai jcaio, "-" '
I record of frosts in October. Not in-
frequently the first frost does not come
until December. One officer at the
marine hospital headquarters said1 to
day that the president could visit New
Orleans with entire safety now "if h
would sleep" in a top-floor room away
from the buzzing mosquitoes." The
j authorities express the belief that the
yellow fever situation will be so well
!n hand by the last of October that
the president can make the trip to New
Orleans with perfect safety.
Rollins Disoovers Democrats In Office .
Etate Chairman Rollins and R. H.
McNeil otlled at the ceneus offlco to
day and had an intervlwwith Direc
tor North relative to the appointment
f cotton statisticians in the stato.
These appointments have been made
on the recommendation of members of
the congressional delegation, and for
two years past none but Democrats
have been assigned to this work. Mr.
Rollins told Director North that he
wanted to see tbe appointments equal-
lsed from a plltical standpoint and
uiul in tne iuiure ne aegirea to sud-
mit recommendations. Mr. Rollins
thinks there should be a division in
these appointments politically. Direc
tor North said that he would take this
subject up when the next vacancies
occurred. He regards the request as
reasonable.
Mr. Rollins and Mr. McNeill also
asked for the promotion of John B.
Hopkins, formerly of Asheville, who is
emoyed in the census bureau. The
pr-.mise was given that he should have
a bolter job. 4 ; j
Mr 7n tlrit-vo TT TnV. T.UIVi 1
spent the afternoon here on his return
from a trfp to Portiand, the Tellow-
stone and the great northwest. He :
had a fine trip, and while he enjoyed
ail that he saw he says there Is no
place like North Carolina. He re- .
turned home tonight !
Fourth-class postmasters were ap
pointed today as follows: Lyndon J.
Whltlock at JessuD. Moore countv:
Jolcy L. Greer at McKee, Davidson j
county; Granville C. Howell in place
of Mary Bailey, removed, at Burton,
Yancey county.
Rural delivery carriers were appoint
ed today to enter service October 2d
as follows: At Alrlee, Joseph A. Pat
terson and Sid Alston, substitute ; at
Dealville, R. S. Austin and W. O. Bow
man; at Catherine La!:e, Romulus L.
j Cox and Oscar Roderick; at. Lansing,
j Cicero L.- Goss and Charles Tucker.
Rural delivery carriers were appoint
ed today to enter the service Decem-
ber 1st as follows: Route No. 2 from
justment of Differences
Stockholm, Sept. 22. I am Inform
ed by tae foreign office that the Swed
ish and Norwegian representatives at
the conference at Karlstadt have ef
fected a solution of the .difficulty be
tween the two nations. Sweden pro-
! ihat th f of the treatv of
1 ,t,,e,t eatL!
on that
eIween
England and Switzerland,
which excepts "all questions '-- ?r!
the vital interests and indepen'' "".re of
either: country." Norway w-'. " ,f
extend-the scope of the tr aty to r
tain details which are now.bein:
justed.
Sweden notified the foreign legations
today officially that all serious ob
stacles had been surmounted and that
the details would shortly be solved.
bitration.
WOKINGMEN LEAVE BAKU
Disorders Created by Robbers Becom
ing More Serious
Baku, Sept. 22. Fifteen thousand
Persian workmen" have been expelled
numbers. Lack of labor is- likely to
render the resumption of work , diffi-
cult. 7
. Bands of robbers continue to attack
trains, firing upon the passengers in
"j them. In one case fifty-three passen-
gers were wounded and one was killed.
, The robbers endeavored to capture
Big Blow-Up Expected
Port Said, Sept. 22. Seventy tons of
dynamite will be exploded in the Suez
Canal next Thursday. It lies among
other cargo in the hold of the British
steamer Chatham, which was compul
sorily sunk September 6, owing to an
unquenchable fire aboard of her, which
threatened to reach the dynamite,
v a To. nermrueu uvei nie icsuil ui tuo
, ,
explosion. r; -
UBLE AHEAI
IZliJ
France Will Take Measures
to Exact Satisfaction
WILL HAVE FREE HAN!
This Government Will Permit Any
' Punishment Short of Seizure of
Territory- Ambassador Jusserand
Is Expected to Lay the Matter
Before the President Next Week
Washington, Sept. 22. Trouble be--tween
France and Venezuela over the
action of the Venezuelan government
m annulling the French cable corn-
and expelling its manager and sever-
ing relations with the French charge
d'affaires at .Caracas, is regarded as
inevitable by Washington officials. Ai-
though President Roosevelt is absent
from the capital, enough is known here
to justify the assertion that unless
Venezuela changes her attitude France
will be allowed a free hand by this
government in whatever measures she
may take agfainst the South American
republic short of an attempt to seizo
and hold Venezuelan territory, v
M. Jusserand, the French ambassa
dor to the Unitedi States, has been in
Paris consulting the authorities of the
foreign office regarding the dangerous
situation that has been Created be
tween his country and Venezuela. He
wjll sail for New York tomorrow and
will heach Washington about the time
President Roosevelt returns here from
Oyster Bay. Mr. Roosevelt will be back
in the White House September SO. It
is hardly likely that any action will
be taken by France until M. Jusse
rand has laid before President. Roose
velt a statement -of the position as'
sumed by the French government an
made plain what plan it desires to pur
sue. This was the course adopted by
Great Britain, Germany and Italy in
1901 when they determined to make " a
joint naval demonstration in Venezue.
Ian waters for the purpose of enforc
irig demands for indemnity.
So far France has not informed the
American government of her purpose,
but no doubt is felt here that she will
do so- through Ambassador Jusserand
shortly after he 1 reaches Washington.
The attitude which this government
will assume in the probable event of
hostilities between France and Vene
zuela is already knowif. It will be
consistent with the policy agreed upon
by President Roosevelt and the late
rsecretary of atate' Mr' Hay' at tha
time of the joint European blockade
' of Venezuelan ports. In the "premem
l orla," dated December 11, 1901, Mr. Von
Holleben, the then ambassador of Em
peror William in Washington, set forth
the position of his government toward
Venezuela, and gave assurances, among
others, that "under no circumstances
I do we consider in our proceedings the
acquisition or permanent occupation of
Venezuelan territory."
It was supposed by many at the time
that Germany's object in acquainting
the United States with its purpose
toward Venezuela was to obtain from
this government a direct definition of
the Monroe doctrine. However that
may have been, no such result was
achieved. Mr. Hay responded on De
cember 16, 1901 with a memorandum
setting forth the attitude of the presi
dent concerning Latin-American repub
lics -vyhich. might become involved in
difficulties with non-American nations,
and without committng the president,
expressed appreciation of the "frank
and cordial" disclaimer by Germany of
any intention to take territory on the
I South American continent. The presi
dent's position was first made plain in
his annual message of December 3,
4901.
Castro Asked to Apologize
London, Sept, 23.-The Paris corre-
! spondent of the Dally Mail .says that
I prance has asked President Castro te
j -withdraw the last measures adopted
I against French property in Venezuela
and to apologize.
Fright Caused Negro's Death
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 22. Andrew Din
widdie, the negro whom a mob at
Paris, Tex-, about three days ago had
prepared to - burn at the stake, but
spared his life because there was a
doubt as to his guilt, died at his home
In Red River county today from fever
superinduced by the fright he - sus
tained while the mob had him. Court
investigation proved he was Innocent
of the crime charged.
State Wins Against Western Union
St. Paul, Sept. 22. The state supreme!
court decided in favor of the state to
day in the suit of Minnesota against
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. comnanys franchise.
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