THOUSANDS M1E
POINT
FOR CELEBRATION
The Entire Week Will Be
Given Over to the
Great Event.
TIFT SPEAKS AT
010 TOWN TODAY
NORWICK
QUAIN
T
Tremendous Crowd Greets
President As He Steps
From Bis Car
TAFF GUEST OF-HMD
Throng of Visitors Became so Great
Today That it Was Necessary
Stretch Tents to Accommodate the
Crowd Governor Hughes Present
and President Taft and the An
' bassadora of Gil;at Britain und
. France Will Arrive Tomorrow
Ceremonies Today Commemorat
ing Three Centuries of Develop
' ment States of Vermont and
Dominion of Canada Opened the
Official Ceremonies Today. -
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Crown Point, N. Y., July 5
Thousands gathered here today
where the scenes of activity centered
in the second day of the tercenten
niary celebration of the discovery of
Lake Champlain by Samuel DeCham
plain in July in 1609. The celebra
tion"egan yesterday with - religloui
services and will terminate next Sun
day' with similar ceremonies.
Today it was found necessary to
stretch tents, so vast became the
throng of visitors. Rooms in all the
hotels in town on" the lake are at
premium. Governor Hughes arrived
last night and is at the Hotel Cham
plain and Cliff Haven. President
Taft and the ambassadors of Great
Britain and France will arrive to
morrow.
Out amid the pines and beeches In
the open air a sanctuary was con
atructed for the religious services
About the frame work of tha altars
formed of white birch, chains, oldata,-
: Cardinal Gibbon's sermon was a mas
tefplece of oratory.
'Militiamen from New York nd
Vermont are camped upon the banks
of the lake and a naval flotilla lies
off Crown Point and Ticonderoga
ready to thunder out their salutes to
President Taft when he arrives.
Old forts St. Frederick and Am
herst Were the scenes today of cere-
monies recalling three centuries of
history and development.
The toot of the steamboat took the
place of the Indian's war cry. 'Great,
. vessels driven by steam plowed the
waters disturbed only by the bii'ch
bark canoe when Champlain 'first vis
ited this lake; virgin forests have
1 given way to cities and of the old
fortB which housed the settlers in. the
French-Indian war days there is
nothing no wto mark their location
, save ruins.
Tomorrow the city of Plattsburg
will be the center of activities. Fa
' mous men from the United States
' and Canada will gather there. Pres
ident Taft and Karl Grey, governor
general of Canada, will speak.
Others taking part will bo Senator
Root, Secretary of War Dickinson,
Vice President Sherman, Speaker
Cannon, .Governor Hughes, Govern
.Prouty of Vermont, and British and
French ambassadors, Cardinal Gib'
bons and Arch-bishop Ireland.
The states of Ne wYork and Ver
mont and the Dominion of Canada
opened .the Official ceremonies at
Crown Point today. They consisted
oi patriotic addresses, fireworks and
great crowds of - visitors forming a
pageant which marched in an honor
ary processlona lto the old French
man after whom the lake is named.
The celebration is the carrying out
of a concurrent resolution adopted
by the state legislature in April,
1907, following a similar one in Ver
mont. Two of the features of the week
are a reproduction of the famous bat
tle of Lake Champlain, fought with
the Iroquois tribe and Longfellow's
"Hiawatha." Many of the Indians
from the remaining old lake, tribes
are here to take part. -. v
The program at Burlington; Vtv,
tmlnv consists of a Marathon race for
a $1,000 purse ' in which johnny
Hayes will compete and patriotic pa
rade and a great fireworks display
at night' in which $5,000 worth of
powder will be burned.
OFF ON GEOGRAPHY
Old Connecticut Town CMebratcs its
250 Anniversary Other Events in
the History of the Place Presi
dent Mode Trip from Boston on a
Special Train President Makes
Speech at Putnam, Connecticut,
But Slips Up on His Geography
Historical Sceri?s Presented and
Watched' With Great Interest by
the President.
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(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Norwich, Conn., July 5 This
quaint old Connecticut town is today
celebrating its two hundred and fif
tieth anniversary as a city and the
crowds swarmning very principal
street far surpasses any previous
event in its history
President Taft arrived from Bos
ton on his special car about
o'clock and will be the guest
honor until he leayesfor Lake Cham
plain to take part in the tercenten-
nary exercises there.
There was a tremendous crowd
for Norwich, at the station, as the
president stepped out of his privat
car, which with one ordinary coach
made up the special train which
brought the president from Boston
He was greeted by Governor Weeks
surrounded by his uniformed staff
Winslow Tracey Williams, whose
guest the president is; Horace Taft,
the president's brother and members
of the local reception committee
Mr. Williams, who Is president of
the celebration organized introduced
the members of the receiving lines
and then Mr. Williams pinned a long
silk badge on the president's coat.
After the introductions and the
presentation of the badge the presi
dent, with Captain Butt, Governor
Weeks and Mr. Williams got into an
automobile and started for Mr. Wil
iams' home at Yantic, As he did so
a salute began at some far distant
point. It went on erratically for the
next half hour and ended when
twenty-one guns had been llred.
On his way to the home of Mr
Williams, where the president took
lunch,- and back to the Norwich club
house, he watched from his seat in
the automobile a series of historical
eproductions, consisting of sceues
of early Indian life, the signing o
the deed by Uncas and the founders
the visit of Washington during the
Revolutionary War, and the return
of .the soldiers from the Civil War
The present was represented by some
United States troops and the future
by GOO school children. The presi
dont wtachod the affair with great in
terest.
The president left Boston at 7:45
clock. He got up at Beverly before
o'clock and after breakfasting mo-
Wright's Air Ship on Trial at Fdrt Meyer.
FIRE AT MLTMORE.
Bpontancoutf Combustion in Huy Loft
Starts Fire.'
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
? . Asheytlle, N.' C, July 6 Spon
taneoufTcombuHtlon iff the hay lofts
oft the Vanderbilt estate, Biltmbre,
tarted a Are today which threatened
V extensive dairies, TUe AsuevlIIe;
tored Into the south terminal station
here a special train waited.
At Putnam, Conn., he made a
speech. The train stopped there, for
an Instant and a local committee
asked him In the name of the crowd
in the station to make a few remarks
l'his the president consented to do
He stepped to- the back platform of
his car and when the cheers bad
ceased he started to speak
He remarked first about the
eather and complimented the peo
le of Massachusetts on Its quality.
'This Is Connecticut," yelled some
one in the crowd. The Interjection
caused the president to hesitate for a
second, but then went on. A mo
ment afterward he remarked that he
guessed he would have to study his
geography.
The train made no more stops un
til It reached Norwich.
At 11 o'clock a reception was ten
dered the president, the distlngulsh-
fed guests and officials of the celebra
tion by Hon. Winslow Tracey Wil
liams at Rockcylffe.
At 1 p. m. the grand parade was
formed, starting promptly at 2 p. m.
Included in the parade were a bat
talion of midshipmen from Annapolis.
CONGRESS IT
Photograph of the Wriglvt aeroplane ...iv-tluMtir, Jnst before on? of the paluiios struck the ground during
the flight on Tuesday evening. Imvej.irure is a view of the ueroplost? just .before the start.
MISTAKEN DRINK FATAL
Ex-Policeman Takes Corkiic
Acid for Whiskey.
Popular Sam Reams Realizes Ambi
tion of . Every Railroad Man
Meeting of Durham County Board
of Education Solicitor Jones Tal
ler Hi With Diphtheria.
fire department was culled out, but
the3re chief was excluded by the
gate keeper at the dairy because he
was In an automobile. , There is a
rule prohibiting automobiles, tare
those of the Vanderbilts, entering
the grounds.
Durham, July 5 Ex-Pol iceman L.
D.. O'Kelley. met nn awful death yes
terday morning as the result of a
mistaken drink, which proved I" !'
carbolic acid.
The unfortunate man had been ill
during the night, and when he arose
in the morning he took what he
bought was whiskey from the' man
tel board? In 40 minutes he was
dead, despite every effort to save luni.
Mr. O'Kelly was the brother of
Dr. J. M. O'Kelley, who was with
him in his awful mistake. The dead
man served two years on the police
force and because of his abounding
good nature he was known as "Hap
py Hooligan". He was 53 years old
and leaves a family of wife and seven
children. Since leaving the force he
has been a carpenter and was con
stantly at work.
The funeral services wore hold this
afternoon from the home. In Dur
ham there is a peculiar sadness fol
lowing this dreadful mistake.
The Durham and Southern Hail-
way loses Its most, valuable man
when General Passenger Agent S. H.
Reams leaves it for his old love.Vthe
Seaboard, and goes August 1, to Sa-
annah.
The promotion of its old servant
to the best agency on the system is
distinctly a tribute to Mr. Reams, He
was with that road 12 years and it
made no concealment of the fact that
he was the most loved man it. ever
had here locally. Ho is llrst of all
one railroad man who loved to serve
the public and the harder the regi
on- through which he was put the
reuler was his Joy. No such lellow
ever lived about iiere: .
The agency at Savannah is the am
bition of every railroad man. It at
taches big salary and commissions to
its office and Is a position in which
the railroad men of the 'country are
always Interested. It takes a fine
family away, too.
Mr. Reams will leave In .three
weeks for that placefhnt Mrs. Reams
and the children will not go until
September. . There was the greatest
Borrow in Durham yesterday; when
the morning paper announced this
move.
The county board of education Is
meeting today and when Superin
tendent, Massey makes his report it
will be found that Durham has sus
tained ' an eight months' term
throughout the county and has had
the largest per capita apportionment
of all the counties. The school prop
erty has increased $8,000 and there
have been built two large and hand
some houses since last year. There
are 14,4 47 school children In the
county and (),-'70 of these are while
males. There are 4,27a colored
children. There have been taught
28 schools and 20 school houses
built, by the county adorn the rural
district. Twenty-six white and seven
colored libraries are to be found.
The county commissioners are also
in session and they expect to elect a
coroner to succeed the late .t. Frank
Muddrv. There hiis been no offer oi
a, candidate to date.
Some physician will probably be
appointed. Durham s coroner geu-
erally has work to do.
Solicitor Jones Fuller is confined
to his homo with diphtheria, which
came to him in an entirely unaccount
able way. lie has not. been badly ut-
flicted and is expected to be out Ihis
weok. He has a court this woek, but
his substitute has not been named.
Mm. MILL VILLAGE
Pilot Cotton Hills Making
Modern, Well-equipped Hall for
Lodges, Eiitei'tainnieiits, Etc.
Beautifully Furnished School
Rooms All Houses Being Pu.'uted
Inside and Outside Other I
pi-ovcnients Contemplated.
The people of Raleigh may
know i(, hut there exists in the
tiers of the capital a mill vjllage
bids fair to rank with the very
in the slate in the near future,
not
bor-
Ihat
best
If
NEW MINISTER TO
MEXICAN COUNTRY
Washington, July r President
Taft bus decided to appoint Harry
Lane Wilson, of Washington, who is
now American minister to Belgium,
to be ambassador to Mexico, succeed
ing David E. Thompson, of Nebraska,
who has resigned from the diplomatic
service, to take effect on January 1,
next. Mr. Wilson has been in the
diplomatic service since June 9,
1897, when he was appointed minis
ter to Chile. In March, 1905, he
was transferred from Chile to Bel
gium. The vacancy created ut Brussels by.
Mr. Wilson's transfer lo Mexico will
probably be filled by the transfer of
Charles Page Bryan,' of Illinois,
present minister to Portugal, to the
Belgian post.
It is understood that T. St. John
Gaffney, American consul-general at
Dresden, will be promoted to be mlu"
lster to Portugal.
William F. Sands, of the District
of Columbia., now secretary to the
American embassy in Mexico City,
will , be promoted to be minister to
Salvador, '
is the Pilot, Cotton Mills village in
north Raleigh.
Messrs. Win. II. Williamson and
.las. N. Williamson, Jr., look ul li
the wellfare of this great mill and its
operatives, Mr. Win, H. Williamson
being president, treasurer and gen
eral manager oi the nulls and at. all
times in close touch with the varied
activities of the mill and village.
Ho has lately constructed a hand
some building containing a hall
where the employees hold lodgi
meetings, entertainments' and gath
erings of all sorts. The hall is fur
nished with handsome folding chairs
and the stage is well-litted up with a,
drop curtain and all other accessor
ies tor conducting any sort of an en
tertainment, school exhibition, or
other show.
The Pilot Mill school is below the
hall and Its rooms are well-furnished.
The walls are hung with beau
tiful pictures, making them as at
tractive as any school room in the
city of Raleigh. The principal of
the school, in speaking of her work,
said recently that the children at
tending, the school were the best-
behaved children she had ever taught.
1'he village consists of over sixty
houses'; part ot which are electric
lighted. Ml, is the intention of the
enterprising manager to pave the
sidewalks of the village with the best
granolithic.
Mr. Williamson is now having all
tho houses painted, both inside and
outside and is contemplating many
umer improvements.
AND
DISCUSSED
TARIFF MEASURE
First Time Body Has Met on
Fourth in Eleven Years
Was Today
THE INCOME TAX
Lust Time Congress Was in Session
ti a National Holiday Was on the
Fourth of July, 1898-On That
Date Sampson's Telegram J An
nouncing Victory at Santiago
Was Received and Read, J Amid
CJrrat Excitement Brown Joint
Resolution Providing For An In
come Tax Amendment to the Con
stitution Was Taken Up Senator
Bailey Offers Amendment.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 5 It Is not
likely that the corporation tax as it
has passed the senate will be written
into the tariff bill ' without some
amendments being made in confer
ence. The vigorous protests whicn
have been made by building and loan
associations and other mutual Or-
hinizations, such as life insurance
companies not organized for profit,
are having their effect, and there is
some likelihood that they -will be
eliminated from the provisions of the
measure. Not only is the injustice
of a tax upon these concerns mani
fest, in the opinion of many members
of both houses, but they represent a
large body of voters directly affected
who are likely to resent the failure
of congress to recognize the claims
which they present. ,.
There is also some possibility that
Senator Aldrich , may Include an
amendment limiting the operation of
t;he corporation tax to two years,;
upon the argument that at the end of
that time the tax will make up the
treasury deficit, and the customsjjejf-
enue afforded under the schedules
will make up the treasury deficit, and
the customs revenue afforded under
the schedules will yield a sufficient
revenue. ...
The senate met at 10 o'clock.
There was no record taken of the
attendance today. This is the first
time in 11 years that congress has
met on the national holiday. ' The
senate was in session July the Fourth
n 1S9S, when Sampson's telegram,
announcing the victory at Santiago
was read, amid great excitement.
The Brown joint resolution, pro
viding for an income tax amendment
o the constitution was taken up.
Seuat.or Bristow, of Kansas, sought
o offer an amendment providing for
ho popular election of senators.
Senator Aldrich objected on the
ground that the Bristow amendment
did not conic within the unanimous
onsenf agreement, and it was there-
ore ruled out.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, spoke
iriefly in support of the Brown
imendniont, contending that it had
been appropriated by the republicans
rom the democratic platform.
Senator Bailey offered an amend
ment providing for the ratification .of
he income tax amendment bv con-
entions called in the several states,
nste'ad of by the legislatures: also
iroviding that, congress shall have
power to graduate the income tax.
He said he knew it would cost more
to have tho amendment ratified by
conventions instead of by legisla
tures, but, the matter was of sufficient
mportance to warrant the expend!-
ure. He expressed the opinion that
the amendment was rejected- ut
his time no one now living would
ver see an income law on the stat
ic books. :",;
At 1 o'clock the senate proceeded
to vote on the constitutional amend
ment providing for an income tax.
(Continued on Page Five.) r
TRIED FIUIMV.
Henry Johnson Vndcr a $1,000 Bond
. For Trial Friday.
The case of States vs. Henry John
son, colored, charged with shooting
his brother,- Wesley Johnson, last,
week, will have a preliminary hear
ing Friday at noon before Judge Up
church. -
To Sleet Mr. Bliell. ' "-.
l'here will be availed nieetitiB'of
trie iviorcnanis Association Friday
night. July !)lh, at 8 o'clock in thj5ir
rooms to meet Mr. Ouy 1.', Buoll,; jris
ident of . the Montgomery Lumr
Company Railroad, at which Im'e he
will address the Merchants' Associa
tion and the business men t fcfcl
eigb on the extension of hiB.road Into"
this city. We cordially .invite ' "all
business men Interested In' the move
ment to attend yhls jneetjng. "T ' ' '
, J. .B, PEAHCE, '.president.' .
K. E. BROUfcHTON, 8ect
Committee: 'JK.V gtomi tchair- "
man: Dr. Chas. Lee Smith, J. O. Ball, 1
W. A, Myatt, J. A. Briggs.