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7- Paxil Che. m Asiod&ted Press Sendee. Associated Press Service.", Vol. LXXI. No. 102. WEATHER Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1912. LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigh of any Other Newspaper h r FLOYD ALLEN ON THE STAND Says He Did Not Get Out His Own Pistol Until He Was Down WAS SHOT BY GOAD Allen, on the Witness Stand m His Own Defense, Charges That Sheriff Webb, Clerk f the Court (ioiiil, lloth Fired at Him Before He Benched for His Own Weapon Saw (Jond Wink at. ol)l as They Beached for Their Weapons Said Only Man lie Shot at in The Court-ltoi'ni Was Deputy Clerk Viieensberry. Wythcville, Va.. May 11.- Floyd Allen, on trial .charged .with murder ing Prosecutor Foster in the Hilles ville court-house 'tragedy, March 14, took the witness stand in his own defense, and charged that Sheriff L. V. Webb tired a pistol at him and that Clerk Dexter (!oad also shot at. him before he, Allen, reached for his pis tol. "1 happened to see Clerk (load wink at' Sheriff "Webb," declared Al len, "and 1 saw both of them take out their revolvers. Just then I rose up from my chair and said: '(ientle men, I'm not a'going,' I had a pa per in. my hand. I started to put it in my inside pocket. Then Webb tired. lie missed me. (load fired next, hitting me in the hip, and 1 fell on Judge liolen, my counsel." Allen declared he did not get a pistol out of his pocket until he had been shot, however; The only man he shot at in the court-room, he said, was Deputy Clerk ijueens bcrry. Allen denied that he made any threats against the court. Asked asked about his relations with va rious men who testified against him, Allen said one of them owed him money which he eould not get and another was angry with him about the shooting of a revenue officer. Taking up the epriinaiid. given him by Judge Massie for keeping wit nesses away from court, Floyd said he told the judge it was not-true and lie later had a ronversitaiti with the judge, who told him the man who spread the report, of his in timidating witnesses was -Dexter Goad. KX.VMINIXti BICHKSON' Alienists Making Examination To day of (lip Condemned Murderer. Boston, Mass., May 11. Three alienists, appointed by the governor are today examining Clarence V. T. Richeson, conlemned to lie during the week of May 1!, for murdering Avis Mnnell, to' -determine the ques tion of Klcheson's sanity. It : was expected the examination1 would last nil the afternoon and possibly be continued Monday. - Engineers Take Day Off. ' lUrriaburg, Pu May 1 1 . Dele gates attending the convention of the Brotherhood of I.ocomotivr En glneers, Journeyed to Atlantic Pity today. Tho convention resumes ses sions Monday. ItooMPVelt ltcpuhllcnnH In Georgia. Atlanta, May 11. -Roosevelt re publicans In most of the Georgia counties today choose representa tives to the state convention May lit to name national convention dele gates. Georgian lYesscinn on Strike. Atlanta. May 11. The pressmen In the Atlanta Georgia office went on strike In sympathy with that striking pressmen In Chicago and those of other Hearst papers. BETTER SITUATION AT fiEW ORLEANS TODAY New Orleans, May 11. New Or leans awoke -this morning with the sua bearing upon last night's scene of confusion whon all the elements combined to give a storm that was tho moBt threatening tho city ever has known, Tho river foil gradual ly from 2 o'clock this morning after exceeding all flood records by a foot and a half. Sever Strain on rvee. New Orleans, May 11. The levees here withstood the , severest strain they ever 'were subjected to last night. Early reports Indicate the lines of dikes from Torras, south, are stMl holding. The front lovoe at Baton Rogue was overlapped last night hy high waves. ' . . The reason a man wants to be a hero 1 14 .so as' to get Cftptographed MHS. W.M. K. VWDKKlill.T, .Ml. Mrs. William K. V.tndcrhilt. Jr., the popular society hostess, who was cperated on fr.r apiendicit is recently, is making favorable pi-ogress on the road to recovery at her home in Fifth n venue. Her .many friends in the "Hll" were overjoyed at the news of Mrs. Vamlcrbilt's convales cence, as it bad been feared that she would lie nimble to take her place among the fashionable Newport cot tagers this summer. Makes Poor Witness Contra dicting Himself In Im portant Testimony Washington; May 11 'Edward J. Williams, of Srnmton, Pa., testify in;; before-' the house judiciary com mittee in the hearing of charges against Judge Kohert Archibald, of the Commerce Court, entangled him self in contradictory statements that almost -baffled the (ommittee. Williams, who was a partner with Archibald '.In the alleged-'effort to procure culm bank property from the Frio ---Hallway - was particularly confused about un ' assignment - con tract executed last September with W. P. Poland, of Scranton, in which Archibald was referred to as the 'silent party.' First denying he ever signed such contract, then admitting lie (lid, hut assorting a copy of the contract before the crunniitt.ee was not the one he signed, and finally declaring, he had no, good recollec tion about it, Williams was bom barded with questions by different committee members- and Archbtild's counsel, A. S. Worthington. Wil liams answered the questions put to him by Voii hington and when nrked slniilar questions by the com mittee members he contradicted himself. "repeatedly..-- So confusing was the testimony that Williams was finally asked If he thoroughly un derstood English and he said he thought he did, though long ques tions sometimes bothered hiui. Last February Williams told the attorney-general he signed such an assignment contract, but today he declared ho was then so excited he was "like a wild man" and said things he had no recollection of. Williams contradicted statements he previously made to Assistant Attorney-general Wrisley Brown that he went to see Captain May, of the Erie Railroad, to negotiate an ap tion on culm banks and said Archi bald was to have an Interest In the option, Archibald's counsel sought to es tablish that W. P. Boland, who mado the charges against tho Jurist had set a trap for Archbald, and sent Williams to the jurist to procure letters of Introduction to railroad officials and others. Williams said that Boland did first suggest that he to to Archbald and get letters of introduction to an official of the Erie Railroad, but declared he never suspected Boland was trying to trap the Judge. Bill CBDWO A TRACKS. Big Purse anil Fume of Entries At tracts I'nuHtial Crowd to Churchill Downs' .,' Louisville," Ky May 11. The greatest crowd ever assembled at the race track la at Churchill Downs to Inaugurate the spring meeting, and witness the running of the famous Derby.. Big purses and the fame of me entries attracted an unusual ai tendance from distant cities. A notable representation of millionaire horse owners Is- present. The pre liminary butting In. keen. J. E Manor rivals . Worth as a" favorite Wheelwright and Free I.anqe, at bet' 'ler odds, had a big following. I. WILLIAMS IS CONFUSED REGULAR TERM ENDED 10DAY Speciil Term of Two Weeks Will Convene Monday The regular three weeks' term "f superior court fo- the trial of civil cases, Judge Stephen ('. Hrugaw pre-iding, adjourned this afternoon, and the special term of two 'weeks. Judge K. B. (Mine to preside, will convene Monday. No cases were tried today,, the judge and lawyers going over the nioti.m docket this afternoon. Judge Pragaw-, during the present term of rou:'t, increased the admira tion that attorneys, jurymen and court, attendants already had for htm. He .pleased all when he was here in February, and has con tinued to impress favorably those who are thrown with him in the court-room. The first case to be tried Monday will 'be -that of James Holder, ad ministrator, against the Southern Railway, wherein damages are ask ed in the sum of $25,0(10 for the death of Edfus Chappeli. Several engineers and other railroad men were here this week lor the trial. , "The Girl from Rector's" is sched uled to have an airing Tuesday, or just as soon as the Holder case is concluded. This is a surt, as the public will recall.' against former Mayor Wynne and Chief of .Police Stell for not allowing the show -to play here, and other mailers grow ing out of the suppression. -eu:s to wam. Creditors Put Mt. Mitchell Lumber Comjmny in Hands of Receiver, AsheVille, May 11. Judge Long has named W. B. Williamson as re ceiver for the Mt. Mitchell Lumber Company on petition of the credi tors. The case, is styled W. H. Cur rier, Wachovia Bank and Trust Company and any other creditors that may wish to join the action vs. The Mt. Mitchell Lumber Company. Tho petition on which the order of receivership is made is by W. II. Currier, one of the creditors, a stockholder and director of the com pany, as well as secretary, treasurer, and general manage:-. In his affidavit it is set out that the company is Indebted to the affi ant in the sum of $3,0no for money loaned, and is unable to pay: that it is Indebted to the Wachovia" Hank and Trust Company in the sum of $10,700, of which 1,00 is due and has not been paid and $,100 will be due this month and cannot be paid ; that the total indebtedness of between $32,000 and 33,OiiO. The assets, are given as about $:!ll,o00 Included in which .-is $12,000 due the company from (1. H. Mell, the president of the company. It is also affirmed that the president has au thorized the suspension of operations and that there is -imminent danger of Insolvency. For these considera tions it is asked that a receiver be appointed to administer the "'proper ly.' Judge Long ordered that, the re ceiver prepare a statement of the condition, of the .-company'' and that he give bond in the sum of .$10,000, which was done. , Ten Jury Cases. During .the term of three weeks ten cases were tried by juries and fifty cases disposed of by compro mise or otherwise. Of the jury cases tried, seven of them have been appealed. Another Special Tax. Graham County, of which Mr. T. A. Carpenter is superintendent of public Instruction, reported today another special tax district, thus giv ing that county two districts during the week. It was Graham that com pleted the list of counties having special tax districts. MAKEUP OF NATIONAL REP. CONVENTION Washington, May 11, The make up of tho republican national con vention, so far as the oroginal se lection of delegates can determine It, will be practically settled within a week. Ovor two hundred more dele gates will bo selected by next Sat urday. About one hundred will then re main to be chosen, Including forty eight from Ohio, and twenty-four from New Jersey. The widely di vergent claims of the Taft and RooBOvelt managers make It appar ent that . a determination of the actual control of tho convention is Impossible In advance of tho repub lican nattonal committee meeting, June 0. The committee then will act upon contests Involving the seats Of about 164 delegates. Up to this morning 786 of the 1,078 delegates bad been chosen,, " ' . ' THAT MERGER IS DISCUSSED President Brown Returns to City and Meets With Committee This Afternoon MR. POU HAS STATEMENT iileifib Lawyer" "Will Net be Kiiiploy ed in Case, He Declares. Uecaiisc He Was to Certain Fxlcnt Origi nator of 'Movement Policyholders To Attend Meelinv, .Monday After" :io:iii Wlu:t Mr. Pol! Says. Mr. Joseph Tl. HrO'.vn. president of the JelTers;-,'! Standard.' returned to the city today from NYw -York, but had nothing to say wiili regard to the proposed merger and the op position here to It. A committee is holding a meeting this afternoon dis cussing the matter and after the conference a statement v, ill pro.ialdy ne issued. Mr. James H. Poo, Iran iu'erview today, let. it bo understood iliat it was not for .pecuniary: gain (hat he became interested in -tin' - merger pi oposit ion. He said: "I have as yet had no reply' to my letter. to the officers of the Jefferson (Continued on Page Five.) SEASON'S LAST The old saying of there is an end of all good thinnK Is especially tru in the case r.f la..jH'. for with to day's game the 'end of a most suc cessful season conies ,lo both Wake Forest and A. and i. When the Seaboard special pulled out. of the union station this afternoon at two o'clock, there; was a largo and en thusiastic, crowd of loyal fans aboard to cheer -their team on to victory. About halt' of the A. and M. student body aitended, and a large number of Raleigh friends of both colleges. There was not much money on the . and no odds were heard, as bath teams have won a game each and this is to play off the tin. for the satisfaction of both colleges, as each claims '.to have the be t team. Stafford started ih game off for A. and M., and l'iiil"r vood is on the mound for Wal;e Forest. Kach one of the players is doing all In his, power to help their team win and the game is reported to be one of the best games played. Tliis afternoon is the last college game in which live of the A. and M boys will piu'iiripat" -and it makes the game from tlei,- side to be oik long reenibereil hy i he A. and M boys. Stafford, Seifert, Holierlsou llurtsell and Specr have played their alloted lour years nl college ball and leave A. and .M. this spring. President nl Princeton. Princeton, N, J May- 11. -Presi dent Taft arrived at 0 o'clock this morning from Washington. He pa.' ticlpated in the inauguration of John Grier Hibhen, as president of Princeton University. The president Is Illbben's gurst. . Associate Justice Pitney admin istered the oath in llibben. The ceremony was followed hy a lunc'i eon, attended by President Taft, Chief Justice While and many otner notaries. During the cermony tiie degree of doctors of laws was on ferred upon Taft anil White. TWO RIFLE TEAMS WERE VERY CLOSE With the Franklin team eight points ahead yesterday afternoon the Kaleigh, or Company R, team went Into the rifle contest 'at the rifle range today with a determina tion to overcome the lead and carry off the honors of the Shoot. Late this afternoon the scores had not been figured out and It was impos sible to tell which team had won. Several of the teams finished shoot ing and returned home this after noon. It was learned later that the Frankllnton team won over Raleigh by about 80 points, and will there fore have the honor of contesting with Asheville and Lumber Ilrldge here for: the Dupotit trophy 1 1 ' m Anav f ,i n a U'fthl fl II in niatiaiia ii, cana iui a ' ." i iiiuunu ii uian if Via Isn't married to hluu lilt TODAY M . KAPLAN SEfiVfDJODAV Held Under Arrest and Bail Proceedings 1 he Case Mr. Ah I in if Mr. 'Jacob Hi ugarten, guardian engartoli, who was iv a coiiiiiu-si.in in noun nisi i! nted ar cectlii'.RS on 'Mr. A. alleged lo be. re- declared insane lunacy, this al l rest and lenl p.- . Kaplan, who ponsihle for the 'condition of Mr. acob li )si ngiii'ti n. Piond in tho ! sum of '$l.!i,00ti .was. demanded..-. ... The proceedings this-; afternoon was 'he ' .iiiigrow; h of a personal en counter between th"::.e gentlemen, both of them merchants, last 'Oct:)-.' her, and the subsequent confinement of Ir.Ntosengarlen in a sanitarium. A civil ai lion has been instituted by. Mr. Alex llosengarlcn. as guardian, against. - Mr. Kaplan in wliieli dam ages In the sum of S.Mi.iioii a.e de manded, ft i.-. contended' by ti'.o plaintiff that, the "mental condition or his ward is the result of irijinies re ceived at the .'hands' of the defend ant. It is further set out that the assault was unprovoked. Mr. Kap lan denies this. : --Mr. -Kaplan this afternoon antiei pated little, difficulty in raising the required bond. He v.-ns taken iii cu. tody by Deputy- Sheriff Harvard and remained in the slierill's of fice pending the result '-of his effo.'t:i; to secure bom). The .mailer of the plaintiff's blind.1 of surety -'v.-ys ' argued before - Clerk of Court. Mini, and by consent this question was carried before .Indue lii'itgaw, who advised that the plaintiffs name should surely appear' in the form: This ruling made the! bond or $1.000 ente.cd, into by Air. Alex Uosen-arten and Mr. (). (., King not suflicient to bold -Mr. Kap lan, so a new form was .rnwn pre punitory lo .-erve on thedefendant. .Mr. U. N. Kinims appeared for the defendant and ex-Judge Winston and Messrs. Armistead Jones. S m for Hie plainiiff and his guardian. .sF.itiocs ( ii i'.;i:s. ; - -.:..; Piiolbir Doctors ISriiiif .Mosi Serious ttl'ciise to Tnn Physicians. (Special to The Times, i Charlotte. May II Two nieiiibers of ibe Mecklenburg County Medical Hociety stand accused by a fellow physician 'of malpract ice, and will' stand formal trial before the soeiMy. "The-; charges were -preferred in writing at the April :;t meeting of tile .Medical ocicty, but the fact lias just lecked out, anil the name.i of lhe at'i us'd physiciatiK have not yet been disclosed. Not only were the physicians charged with 'performing criminal operations, but. it was further; as serted (hat the hospitals of the city are overrun 'with patients upon whom'' the operations have been horribly peiiorined tint the victims have been compelled lo seek further 1 1 ( at menl. The accused physicians -have six weeks allowed them by the rales of the society In which to foriniilal.e answer and defense to the charges. If the medical society fails' to take action the. accusing physician-, as sert that he will take his evidence, which lie believes to be conclusive to the county solicitor. The .Methodist t 'oiilerence. Minneapolis. Minn,, May II. Delegates to the general conference of lhe Methodist Kpiseopal church eagerly await reports 'of. the F.pisco paey c.nnniittee and committee .con sidering the amusement clause of the cliiHch discipline. The suh-conimit-tee already haB voted to strike out the paragraph forbidding certain amusements. The whole committee now Is struggling with the problem. BOY KILLED BY STATE TROOPS .stninion. May 11. A riot, ins demonstration ' hy foreigners tit Olipaut Colliery No. 1, Delaware and Hudson Co., caused the killing of (Jeorgo liobaresky, u fourteen-year-old boy, by slate troopers. Troopers charged lhe rioters. The rimers dis played firearms and hurled stones ut the troopers. .1. J. Hemphill Dead. Washington, May 11. l. .T. Hemphill, a prominent lawyer, for merly a 'congressman front South Carolina, died suddenly last night, of heart trouble, after attending a banquet. Mr. Frank Abrnms of Haleigh caught a carp In tho Neitse river at Mllburnte that weighed ' 33 3-1 ponds, lie used a grab-hook, - jf J '' gp. - IB I MPS. PlllhWDFP.S C. K(). ( nptaiit . ,1. I'JIicot. coiiiiiiander ol the I tilled states cruiser. lias ad mitted that a iiii'.i"i:ie mi hoard Ins vessel is iMider arrest and will be trnnslcrreil lo the .Mace Island navy vtini prison vhrir the ciniscr ar rives at San i' r.'iiicisco. I lie murine is charged with the tbell ol M'Vtclry viilited at .S:i. loll. Hie property ot Nils. Philander ( . Itnir,. (luring the recent diplomatic trip ol .seciet arv it State heov ihroiib the South Aiiici lean repii'dics. To Be Eighteenth Meeting Oti International Arbitration I .ok- :-!..l."nK. V., May I I. 'I lie aupriiachiug Third Hague t'oti- renc ', ;!io leOp-isi-d international court of-arbitral just u-e, and :-i rl.it r:t- tivii trealies, ieneral and -particular will be c oiic.idercd- at the eighteenth ' 'onfereiice on annual Lake .'. , i . t h : , k Dili rnaiioir;.! t hit .-.it iiiit, to meet hy K . Smiley ill May lob and inUtation of Jiolnmk Lake. ! 7th. Prominent a 'l'om aiiioad I,. I.angv.he:-n ametitary ,t,;;Sii bat, ilirertiir o pc:;ce bit, can a c'l-ss the '..-iii-; orgiiej.lvio'i::: l!,el ' . V. the s pea ki t's Dr. Christ ian ih" inierpari- b, t rv in (:!:it i U. Di . A I her! ;;o iateinational rr..'. v. ho will dis ,'K'W i r respective tif.'ied Nipjioiif o! in' i niertiat iona I .'!'! iiy, w ho will .eruiany pron ';. el I'll' law'. In . ill ree CliealC llll 'I he l-lee; AI'..'!'':! 1! il'l H.'gne Confer , .Vblos of Persia. b-ider 'i! t In' :h P; Saiii:"T who Will i';. lernat ionii ,'vi (leiierni rf', ) iu U, .Itisti.-e the ttiitarfo I William ('. D and ot her;; v. i I ration treat i' and Kratiee, I ieldrin of S.i address o;. ill arbitral jiiiiri developments, v ill be des Ih'li nl, and Hii:; of It'tenos Aires. s I'.O-Ateerieall In l.ii riii hiii, . Ml Woc'l-fofd of Xl'W ,',';l'i:ili! It. Itiddeil, of i:;it t on I i of J us! ice. ;i,n:s of Wasl!!ngton, 11 .speak on l he arhi s w i: I: i lr"ai P.ritnin -. hi!e Hon. Pcler . W. .iinti'tbr v.--: II make an e popoed court of . Some of the latest :e ini-.-i'natiouiii law riiied by Proiessor (Jeorge ttrafton Wi.ison.of iliirvard I'niversity and I'nii' sser I,. S. Uo.ve of ibe I'niversiiy of I'.-i: i:sy ! a nia. t ne , prer.lilng. olvi.ef ol the 'on lereiiee will' lie. I'fi's'iiient Nicholas Murruy' Ittttler of chuubia 'I'niversiiy.- who has sei ml li'iies tilled that o!!'n-e .ind niade 'notable 'opening' addresses, Oilier speakers will in clude I '0:1. iii tiry Wattct'iailt of l.oiiisville, -Indue Leiden P. Spencer. 01 St. l.onis, Charles K. Neill, I'nit ed States commissioner of labor, and !lumi!Uui Doll. Forty or more 'prominent cliiiin bcrs of coiutnet'ce and boards of trade ill be presented by ollicial delegates, mid several business men will haven part in 1 he program. The relation of the press. 10 International arbitration will be considered by John Lewis, editor - of The Toronto (Canada) Siar and W. C, Deiiiing, editor "of the Wyoming Tribune, Cheyenne.- Like relations of the church will hi- the subject of an ad dress by Kabbi Joseph .Silverman of New York, while Dr. Henry C. White of the I niver. ity of tleorgia and Dr. John II. (.'ray of the I'nt verslly of .Minnesota will ileal with the bearing of the education on In ternational peace movement. The first session of the conference will Include a number of short addresses on peace work in the t'nited States, among the speakers being Theadoro Marburg of llnltimore. Samuel T. Dutton of New York, Ilenjamln F. Triteblood of Washington and Dun liar Itiiuiaiid of Jackson, Mississippi, Among others who have accepted Invitations are the Mexican ain (,Coutlnuc'd on I'age Seven.) ICuNFEHENCE LAKE HIONK 0 'fTm i ni mill CO HE IN Delegates to Assemble Here Wednes day For Most Interesting Meeting In Recent Years RALEIGH GETS READY ( oiiimiltees Preparing to Kntertajn islliirs Here Net Wednewlay When state Convention Meets (.eneial Committee Held Meeting I, ast Night and Went Into Details. Interest 1 ne. Mutters to lie Decided. Koosevelt Forces in Majority. Tiie North Carolina republican hosts, most ot them for Theodore Koosevelt lor president, will assem ide in llaleigh next Wednesday for the state convention. Chairman I John M. Morehead, of Spray, will I call the convention to order in the ilng auditorium and alter a few-preliminaries, the business of the con vention will be taken up. 1 Several ! thousand people are expected to be j present. The election of a State ichairiniin and lational committee ! man will be two important matters. Kaloigh has begun making prepa rations for the convention. 'The various committeesof which Mr. W. m. 'Wilson is the general chairman, nave been at work for over a week and by Wednesday everything will he in readiness here. Many matters relating to the en tertaining of the delegates-' ai,d visi tors to the convention were dis cussed at a meeting of the general committer! last night in the rooms cf ti,.". chamber of commerce, when various committees were appointed 10 look after the needs of the city's guests. For KntertMlnincnt. The hespita'.ity committee named consists of Messrs. W. B. Jones, 1 'mii-man: V. J. hen, K. It. Carroll, Charles D. Wildes and Frank H. Jolly. This committee will have in charge plans for securing accommo dations for delegates and visitors. A committee on securing rots was named, the committee to arrange to I place cots at the disposal of visitors. This committee consists of Messrs. iT. it. AioKcley, chairman; E. E. Cul j broth. C. T. McDonald, W. W, WIII- ison and Claudius Dockery. 'Mr. .lasjier X. McUary was named lo "take charge of the matter of fur . nisliin.tr ice water and lemonade at (the audtorium, while to see to the furnishing of cigars the committee j named consists of Messrs. J. O. Ball, 1 1,. : Ji. Pegrani and Frank M. Jolly. !.!r. '. .1. Dee will he In charge of iiihliers tit the auditorium. l-'or Congressional Delegates. Committees to look after congres sional district delegates were elect ed as follows: First district. J. D. Perry: second district, J. H, Pott, l-iaiicls Cox and Ciiry K. Durfeey: third district. C. I!. Wade: fourth district,- Niibolas Dellov; fifth dis trict. W. W. Willson and C. V. Al bright : sixth district. C. T. McDon ald and K: It. .Cart ill; seventh dis trict," Claudius Dockeri'' and .1. W. I'.ailey: eighth district, K. E. Cul hiet h and .William. Moylan; ninth distiid. . S. liusbee and J. C. Alli son; tenth district, Alex. Webb Rnd T. II. Moseley. These committees are to be increased to live each, the remaining, members to be solerted hy the chairman. The committees in charge of prep arations are to make reports to the geneiv.l chairman as quickly, as ar rangements are made. 'During tin meeting a letter was read from Judge It. W. Winston paying he wiuld contribute i'ih to wards meeting expenses and Mr. W. P. Jones announced that he would contribute a like amount. The mat ter of finances is being looked after by several committees named by the chairman. - THE FEDERALS WIN VICTORIES IN MEXICO Kl Paso, Texas, May 11. General OroKco's advance gunrd of rebels have been driven back toward Es ciilon, the Insiirrectos central base In northern Mexico. Instead of be ing fin the defense, the government t.'oops have pushed the attack vi gorously, forcing the rebels north ward nearly 20 miles to Conejos. Federals Win Towns. El Paco, Texas, May 11 Roronal and other towns occupied by the liberal forces were evacuated to the federals. General Huorta, federal commander, was today near Peronal. Ills outposts were pitched northward toward Conejo. The federal forces number ten thousand. Orosco's forces number several thousand. , Friends will regret to Iowa of the serious Illness ot Mr, H. B. Bagwell at his home near Raleigh, (
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