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V - VOL. I;- SPENCER, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1908. NO. 44. h' " ;-1 Jirl 'XTPi T?0 ft - n 1D TP Q (f 'KfW&-- K 1. ' DEVOTED -TO 'THE - INTERESTS Mite- lJVBOI?fcdlVlMEK.ND EDUCATION. .. - L I..---. 1 "i',;.-.iif '".nil 1 ,1 1 rofr ...i.'H" ".' 1 1 1 1 '. . 'A ' 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 .i n 1 -.',,4-; i IS i. . . " ' - . si , ?. ----- m r t " if"4"' V t' 5 V 1 nistaie:, Occurrences sf Intsrext OleWiusI fiLf lied NORTH CAEOUNA COTT01T CBOP. Reports from Various Points as Pub lished in The New York Journal of Commerce. Unusually fair weather has en abled farmers to proceed rapidly ,-with picking and save most of their rop, from injury.4 It is rushed to the gin and sold, but there is a string tendency to hold a portion of their yield for higher prices. Correspond ents estimate the amounts picked as about 70 per cent., against $2 pr cent, last year and 57 per cent, in 1906. Rains set in on the 21st, but this can do little "else than loAver the grade. Condition shows a few points deterioration, but quality of the sta ple is generally excellent. Frost oan do but very little harm now. Scotland Neck. No top crop; weather conditions perfect for pick ing and marketing staple white and fleecy; frost can .do no harm except on bottom lands pr river territory; yield in county about same as last year; in this coniiaiinity a little bet ter. Four Oaks. Our cotton crop is about all picked and 75 per eent. ginned; weather conditions ideal; marketing slowly; no damage can come from frost; will not make over 0 per cent, of full crop. Tarboro. The splendid fall weath er has enabled farmers to save most of Iheir crop in good condition, and while the ginning has been heavy there is a'good deal that is picked and not ginned ; rains set in Wednesday and put a stop to picking; don't think it will damage crops any, ex .eept lower the grade somewhat which up to this time has been very good. Morrisville. Cotton seems to yield a little more than was expected a month ago; the fine weather has caused it to open, up better and is of better grade than was expected a month ago; not much being sold yet. Dunn. Weather has been favor able for maturing; crop is mado.and mostlv gathered ; no top crop ; hence frost will do no damage quality of staple is good; production about 25 per cent., below last year; last year was a record-breaker here. ' Elizabeth City. Weather bas been good and crop picked more rapidly than usual; no unusual holding; crop in this county probably larger than last year, but not as large as was ex pected ; scarcely any top crop and frost would do little damage. Wilson. Marketing slowly ; staple good ; chance for frost damage very small. Red Springs. Drouth principal ause of decline; crop two weeks ear ly; picking made very good progress; ginners now up and will run only certain days in week to .gin; yield will be about as last crop; not much cnange, possioiy sng-nt. increase vat favor of this Season; rush now over; crop closely marketed this season. Wake Forest. Unprecendentedly good weather for picking has con tinued all this fall, without any in terruption; frost would not at this late date at all reduce the crop. Havelock. Top crop half picked marketing fast as picked; staple good ; weather conditions good up to zlst ; ram 21st and 22nd ; crop nearly all picked; frost can do no damage; no insects. Medora. The unustially fine weath er has caused the closest picking ever saw at this time; but little late cotton to be damaged by frost ; mar keting has bee i liberal ; I think the county will fail 3,000 bales short of last year; quality good. Raleigh. We do not consider the increased receipts an indication of a Very large crop, it being rather the result of an early crop, under the most favorable season for picking, ideal weather and abundant labor. North State News. Mr. W. A. Brame, of North Wilkes boro, came very near having a se rious accident a few dayr ago. While returning to his home from States ville he attempted to ford Hunting creek, which was swollen. He was ..swept down the stream but managed to cut the horses loose from the bug- ad escaped, but with the loss of the buggy and baggage, which have never been found. i R. W. Bishop, patent attorney, Washington. D. C. reports the issue f the following patents on the 27th instance to residents of North Car olina: Wheel, R. K. Gregory, Greens boro; fertilizer distributor, R. G. Wilson, Madison. The nineteenth district convention of Odd Fellows is in session at Black Mountain and is well attended. Mr. J. A. Forsvth is presiding. There are eighteen lodges reprinted. Blue Ridge Lodg, No. 20 ;Jrrnrhed the team to give the first'" degreeV The, next meeting of Jtbr conventionwill ' . b: held at Biltrnore. "V f- j&h PGlUnf la Tobacco Sales at - rJ A , .Durham. Durham, SpeeiaL The tobacco breaks here have never been such as " they are now. Since Monday there have been sold 400,000 pounds, which in -round figures will total' $50,000. 'Durham has sold more tobacco to date than she has done in many years before. Last month her sales ran to 1,155.442 and this month tttey will greatly exceed that figure. ..happenings 11 SectUu the Bay Stte Weldou. Weather has been fine and cotton .saved up to now is beau tiful. Whitakers. Duriag tb long dry pell cotton has ixupisayed. Chapanoke. rShipping fast ; little trouble with insects; little cotton held back; crop very short; staple only fair; yield about the same as last year. Louisburg.- Weather has been' fa vorable for picking and cotton has opene4 nicely. - Matthews. Top crop will be of lit tle consequence; farmers, marketing slowly, in fact selling but very lit tle; quality of staple excellent; weather conditions also excellent; no insects; erop "ji this section and county 15 per cent less than last year. Teacheys. Top crop is very light; the crop is being marketed somewhat slowly; quality of staple is good; weather conditions are good : the crop is about 25 per cent less than ast year. Davistown. Cotton in some sec tions of the county has slightly' im proved, in other $ections no improve ment. Clayton, Fine weather for pick ing; crop nearly gathered; frost would not damage. Trenton. High water did great damage to crops. Farmville. The crop has opened fast and has been picked fast, owing to nne weather tor housing; no top crop in this section ; heavy rains in late summer stopped growth. ljilly. The farmers are selling as fast as it is picked; the top crop will not be much ; the storm the last of August cut it off badly; quality of staple good; good weather and cotton onpening fast. btantonsburg. Top crop maturine fast ; good staple ; weather good ; the frost will damage 5 per cent; 40 per cent of crop sold. Dudley. The cotton crop is about all picked and sold; not more than a half crop this year; wet weather caused cotton to take rust and not make any top crop. Weldon. Good weather for past irnr rnr nriRt tour weeks has ma teriallv helnedJ eotton on stiff and improved siwls, where it is still making' no frost as yet. Rutherfordton. No top crop pros pects; marketing crop slowly, two thirds of what has been picked is held back; staple good and cotton white ; weather favorable for opening and picking: no insects: no frost damage, but liable to come any time; crop probably one-fourth short of last year. Norwood. Conditions very favor able until 22nd; since then the rains have done damage. Greensboro. Crop has done well for nast two months Pine Level. The cotton is short' 25 1 per Cent from last year; nearly all picked and ginned; most people are selling fast. Stony Point. No top crop; have had some heavy rains; which dam aged the open cotton ; farmers are holding some ; no damage yet by frost, but crop not nearly as good as last year. Salisbury. Top crop about all open, marketed fast; good weather; no insects; no irost yet to injure crop. Shelby. Our crop will be about 25 per cent less than last year. nerryviue. Jot naving more than 50 per cent of cotton ginned, and marketing about qne-half that ginned ; all the crop will open in this section. Laurinbnrg. Cotton 98 per cent open ; selling as fast as ginned. West "Find WontVioT f o--vfiKl top crop prospects none; marketed slowlv. State News in Brief. The Bank of Huntersville will open for business about December 1st. The stockholders have elected the follow ing directors C. F. Cline, J. L. Choat, J. McHolbrook, W. J. Ransom, J. T. Mayberry, J. W. Montieth and J. J. McRaven. The officers are: Presi dent, J. T. Choat; vice president. W J. Ransom; cashier, C. F. Cline. The capital stock of the hank is $10,000. The Civic Improvement League of High Point has set its plans high and will stop nothing short of making that city one of the most beautiful as well as cleanest in the State. Many of the ladies of the town are enlist ing in the cause and all are taking an active interest in the work. It is quite probable that prizes will later be offered for the most beautiful lawn rose garden and the like. The Giant Lumber Company, of North Wilkesboro, expects soon to have its flume connected with fits sidetrack, when' the lumber will be floated direct from the forest to the railroad cars. Capt. William H. Day, who is, well knwn all over the State, is critically ijl at his home in .Raleigh, having suffered a second stroke of the -lis ease which nearly carried him off a tew years ' ago." Mr. John M. Bro'wer, Avho repre sented the fifth district in Congress ,as number of years ago, is visiting his former home at Mount Airy. Mr, Brower has resided in Boswell, Okla,, for the past two years. He is en gaged in the lumber5 business. . UPER MAY GO TO N. C. North Carolina May Yet Have to Receive and Care for Him. Washington, Special. John Early, the leper, may yet be sent baek to North Carolina. Attorney General Bonaparte holds that the District of Columbia cannot expel him on the ground f being a public charge, but that it can do so if it is shown that he might spread infection. The Ma rine Hospital authorities may take no action for several days, but in simi lar cases have held that leprosy is a contagious disease. It is held that it Early were born in North Carolina that Commonwealth will have to re ceive and provide' for him in the event that the District expels him. Bermuda to Celebrate Ter-Centenary. Hamilton, Bermuda, By Cable. An influential committee of leading citizens has been elected for the pur pose of celebrating the ter-centenary of Bermuda. The proposed program, which will occupy six days, com mences April 12th next. Among the distinguished guests it is proposed to invite are the Prince of Wales, Pres ident Roosevelt, Earl Grey, the Gov ernor General of Canada; Admiral ernor uenerai oi uanaaa; Aamirai Sir John Fisher, Sir Archibald Alii- son, at one time Colonial Secretary of Bermuda; Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Geary, of the British army; Claude A. Swanson, the Governor of Vir ginia, who is a descendant of Sir George Somers, the Governor of Jamaica; the Commissioner of Turks island, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), James Gordon Bennett, H. H. Rogers and St. George Tucker. Cashier Bntt Short a Half-Million. Norfolk, Va. .Special. The report of Receiver SiflBn, of the Peoples Bank at .'Portsmouth, shows a short age in the accounts of Cashier Alex B. Butt of 549,884. Butt is -now serving a sentence of three years in the penitertiary under a plea of guilty of misapplying the bank's funds. Body of Little Jackson Boy is Found in Ashes of His Father's Barn. Jackson, Tenn., Special. Robert E("!?arCobb. the little 5-vear-old son n - r - . i. 2?k?i here last weett. He was burnea to death in his father's barn. The building and contents were burned and the child was missed. His body was found in the ashes. It is sup posed the child was plying in the barn and in some way set it on fire, J and was unable $o escape. West Tennessee Town Blaze. has Big Dresden, Tenn., Special. A dis astrous lire at Greenfield, twelve miles south Of Dresden, consumed the M E. church, South, the Metho dist parsonage and two other resi dences, i The fire originated from a' defective flue in the house of Sam D. Baker, and rapidly spread to others. Loss. $12,000, insurance, $5,000. The sparks set fire to a spoke fac tory, stave mill and other dwellings which, owing to the extremely dry weather, were with difficulty saved. Pennsylvania Lad Kills His Brother Acidtntally. Harrisburg, Pa., Special. Albert Bell, a 12-year-old schoolboy, was shot and instantly killed by bis 16-year-old brother, Raymond, while hunting in Wildwood Park late Sat urday afternoon. With the brothers on a hunting expendition were three other boys, one of whom without say ing anything to anv one, slipped a cartridge into the rifle, which was the only weapon they had. Later on Raymond playfully pointed the rifle at his brother and pulled the trigger. The youth sank to the ground with a bullet in his brain. Prohibition in Ohio. Columbus, 0., Special. The wave of prohibition sweeping over Ohio has already rendered 7 out of S8 counties dry, according to a state ment by the Anti-Saloon League. A total of 1,843 saloons have been put out of business. Trumbull, Greene and Williams counties voted "dry" last week. Forest Fires Do Great Daniagr in West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va., Special. For est fire around Turkey Knob near here threatened death to miners em ployed in the mine of the Turkey Knob Coal Company. The fire reach ed the fan house of the coal com pany, destroying it, then burned the drift mouth and set the mine afire. Fortunately there was no explosion and the men in the mine escaped. Two men were overcome by smoke but will recover. The fire was brought under control. Boy Kills Stepfather in Duel Covington, La., Special. Follow ing a quarrel here between John Blakely, about 40 yeaA old, and his stepson, James Erwin, a,mere youth, both secured weapons "and fought ' a pitched battle. The boy used a shot .gun with such deadly effect that his stepfather fell mortally wounded and died shortly afterwards. Young Er wih was acquitted by a coroner's jury. RAMPANT RUSS Object to Abiding By ectsion of the Povvi OFFICIAL. POSITION DIFFERENT Parliamentary dealers SayinattkC Idea jff am International Congress Will sl Abandoned Foreien Of fice Says Negotiations Are in Progress, ; i -1 St. Petersburg'; By Cable".1 Interest in the Balkan: situation is (centered in the rxsitiyi84 statement of several parliamentary leaders that Russia has deterixuoed to drop the idea of the proposed international congress and will refuse to recognize the an nexation by Attstro-Hungary. of Bos nia and Herzegovina. This information, although pur porting to be from official sources is not entirelj exact: Russia has finally committed Jierself td the principle that the question oT44e Annexation , u jj . of the fvinces may be discussed m a conference oi the powers, and Austria aviI. permit the status of Herzegovina' to be included in the programme, but only ou condition that the delegates will refrain from questioning her action, -aiid content themselves with registerltg the abro gation of the article retiring to this matter in the Berlin treajy. The Foreign tpce states that the negotiations, between RjBia, Austria Hungary and ptbfe: powers on this question are sti$lpro$rss and con siders that an acceptable formula for submission to the congress .may ultimately be founds ft is difficulty, however, to foresee? how a satisfactory agreement may be'Vreac$ed without, one side or the other withdrawing its contention. Great Religions Parade. " Boston, Special. Whtwas prob ably the greatest paigfa. reli gious character in the bSfrof Ne England brought to .aclcseSunda founding of the Roman Catholic Dio cese of Boston which was begun on Wednesday last. It is estimated that fully 40,000 men representing the Holy Name Societies of the Roman Catholic churches in the five counties which constitute the Diocese, with over 150 priests, participated, march ing to the music of 100 bands. Thous ands of spectators filled every point of vantage along the line of march. Passing before the arch-Episcopal residence on Bay State road, the parade was , reviewed by Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop William H. O'Connelltogethet-with a number of visiting pfelates, from a reviewing stand. The dav was begun with a solemn pontifical mass at the Cathe dral of the Holy Cross, with Arch bishop O'Connell as celebrant, and Cardinal Gibbons occupying the pon tificial throne within the sanctuary. At night in the same edifice a te deum service was held. Fire Destroys a Florida Phosphate Plant. Mulberry. Fla., Special.- Fire de stroyed a large portion of the Mul berry plant of the Prairie... Pebble Phosphate Company. The fire was dis covered at 8:30 a. m. and the em ployes of the company battled with the fire for several hours before the flames could be extinguished. The en 5 tire drying plant, dry bin and general offices of the company, together with a boarding house, hotel and two pri vate residences were burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at $100, 000. Tragedy in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special. W. B. Sullivan, whose home is in Dallas Tex., was shot and perhaps fatally injured on the south side, and A. J. Cooley is under arrest charged with the crime. Sullivan is not in condi tion 1o talk and Cooley refuses to dis cuss the affair, so that it is not known how the hooting occurred. Virginia Farmer Shot to Death. Roanoke, Va., Special. Edward Gorman, a young farmer, was shot to death in his yard in this county Saturday night, Sydney Britts, an other young farmer who lives near the Gorman place, is missing and it is alleged that he killed Gorman. It is said that a brother of Britts brought the latter to Roanoke after the shoot ing and that Sydney Britts- boarded a train here for unknown parts. The two men had been enemies. Georgia State Fair. Macon, Ga., Special A State Fair was opened here under the auspices of the Georgia State Agricultural Society, and $15,000 in prizes will be distributed among the exhibitors. A special prize of $1,000 has heen of fered for the best and most complete county agricultural display, , and has provoked much rivalry among the rilf ferent county organizations. '-'1 ersr THE OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS Cfcarlotti Ootton llfllf Jumme per ''' tr' "'""' ;,- ..atibiir '" - Charlotte, N. C, Special. The Con tinental Mills, after several months j shut-down, have -just started up; the Fidelity Mills are ag&ba in opera-M tiOn; the Alherton are also on full time. Not a eotton mill in the city will be idle. There is a general tendency to wards the manufacture of the higher grades of yarns aad the higher-numbers according to a well postedj mill man who was discussing the .question Years ago there was Uttle ' marfcet for any but the coarse yarn, say 20s, but now the average of the demand has risen fifteen to twenty numbers, so that the present average may be said to be close to number 40 's. This means that the average grade of eoods beinff manufactured is finer than it was when the cotton mill in dustry was just beginning to be a leading: industry in the South. The entire trend of the textile trade now is towards the higher numbers and the finer grades of cloth. China Ready With a Welconme For Second Squadron Battleship Fleet. Amoy, By Cable. When the Chin ese government selected Amoy as the port to receive the second squadron of the American battleship fleet, it made a wise choice. The broad well protected harbor, the climate (from October to April) Unsurpassed and the scenic beauty of . the surround ing country all unite in justifying the selection. The second squadron consists of the battleships Louisana, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois Kentucky and Kersarge, under com mand of Rear Admiral William H. Emory. The Chinese government has set aside the sum of 400,000 Taels (U. S. gold $280,000) to meet the expenses of entertaining the battleship squard ron during its visit. The committers in charge of the arrangements has Stated tbat the Peking govenment willingness ro maite ddiuonal'" appropriation should the original appropriation prove inade quate. Cotton Crop Short. New Orleans, La., Special. The Picayune says in its crop report: Ma terial progress was made during the last week in gathering the last rem nants of an apparently short crop of eotton throughout Louisiana and the Southern half of Mississippi. Most of the reports from these sections concede that first estimates were too high, and that sudden deterioration resulted from the ravages of the boll weevil. ' In the weevil-ridden sections of Louisiana there is a well-defined movement to either reduce the cot ton acreage next year or abandon the growth of the staple altogether because of the uncertain conditions. Planters naturally turn to sugar cane. Frost prevailed in many sections of Louisana, and the cooler weather is entirely favorable for the matured cane crop. The cane is being rapidly harvested and transported to the sugar houses. Grinding has already begun in some of the houses, but the great majority will not begin before the next six or seven davs. Major Graham, of Raleigh, N. C, State commissioner of agriculture, estimates the cotton crop in North Carolina to be sixteen per cent short of last year's crop. No State, re ported a crop equal to last year's except Texas. Cotton Mills Start Up. Augusta, Ga., Special. Nine of the eleven cotton mills located here start ed operations for the first time since the freshet of August 26. The canal repairs are practicallj' complete and there is a full head of water . The weekly pay roll of these manufac tories is $25,000. Prosperity Note. New York, Special. As a sign of returning prosperity, the Union Bank of Brooklyn, formerly the Mechanics' and Traders' has just paid its sec ond referred disbursement of 15 per cent to depositors, this dividend be insr anticipated six weeks ago. The bank has been able to realize from its resources more than was expect ed. Since the resumption of busi ness, hundreds of new accounts have been opened and deposits have in creased $500,000. Fass Rulings Announced, Washington, Special. Free passes may be issued to bona fide ex-employees of a railroad who are travel ing to re-enter the railroad's service. Passes cannot be extended to the families of employees who died a natural death while in the service of common carriers, though that privilege is accorded to the families of employees killed in the service. LABOR WORLD. A union of hatters in the United States was established as early as San Francisco (Cl) Laundry Workers' Union how has a member ship of 1S76, The shoe clerks of Toronto, Can ada, have recently organteeoVa union, and Its membership is steadily in creasing. , A new union of retail clerks, in cluding various branches of "business, has been recently established in Mel rose, Minn. Steam Engineers' Union has raised the per capita tax from ten cents to twenty cents a month and established a defense fend. The interlocking switch and signal men of the B. and M. road have or- nize4 a new unhp,,fpr the Boson terminal division. A new union of blacksmithB, affil iated with the International Broth erhood of Blacksmiths, has been or ganized at Dunkirk, N. Y. St:rs to form a Boston (Mass:) branch of the new A. F. of L. metal trades department were begun re cently by Boston machinists' lodge. The threatened strike of the Bel fast (Ireland) iron molders has been L averted. The men agreed to accept eduction of one..snuung a week, i Metal polishers,f'buffers, platers "and brass and silver Workers' unions, of Boston, Mass., have alread&begun the blans for the international con vention, which will be held there next August. International Brewery Workmen of America has a membership of 42,- 570 in 373 local unions and 180 branches: also a cash balance in the treasury of 5366,192.66, an increase in the last two years. Iron Molders' Union of North America will celebrate its fiftieth an niversary next year. JfEWS FROM THE FAR EAST. Hankow's $350,000 electric light plant is owned entirely by Chinese. China is now shipping goods to the province of Tibet via the sea route, through Calcutta. American-British tobacco enter prise already-bas over forty per cent, of Korea's total cigarette business. Distress in India Is still decreas ing. The number now in receipt of State relief is only 405,000 (Septem ber 14). Australia wants a visit from a Brit ish battleship fleet equal in power to the American fleet which has just visited that country. The Malaysian rubber output in the first four months of this year was 9$5, 180" tons, an increase of 367,270 tens over the corresponding period of 1907. In the first three months Of 1908 the Federated Malay States had a tin output of 13,22 7 tons, an increase of 22 40 pounds each over the first quar ter of 1907. In 1907-08 British India imported $454,670,085 worth of merchandise ($64,000,000 increase jver 1906-07) and exported $577,957,323 worth ($1,000,000 increase over 1906-07). After fourteen years' operation the $80 shares of Hslel Chang (China) match factory are worth $640 each. The capital of the company is $40, 000 Of the 600 workers 400 are women. China is very particular that the quality of the foreign goods it buys shall be fully up to sample, but pays very promptly for what it does buy. A Chinese merohant's word is t.s good as bis bond. Korea, with a population of 2-0,-000.000, consumes 840,000,000 cig arettes yearly, of which Japan sup plies 40,000,000 monthly. The bal ance is made largely of Virginia leaf tobacco at Shanghai and in the Uni ted States and England. Iiouisana Cashier Gets 5 Tears. Baton Rouge, La., Special. Oscar Kbndert, formerly cashier of the First National Bank of Baton Rouge, charged with the embezzlement of about $50,000 of the bank's funds, was sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Saunders in the United States Circuit Court. Kondert and his family made restitution an in consequence his sentence was compar atively light. No Georgia Dealers Exempt From "Near Beer" Tax. Atlanta, Ga., Special. Confederate veterans may be forced after all to pay a tax for the privilege of selling "near beer" in Georgia towns. A few days ago it was announced that the veterans would escape the munci pal licenses, but Attorney General Hart announced that the State license tax could not be remitted. The State license is $200. Kentucky Feudists Clash Fatally. Lexington, Ky., Special.--Word reached here of a clash on Standing Rock creek in Wolfe -county between the Hall "and Ashley feud' factions in which two of the Hall boys were shot, one fatally, the other seriously. One of the Ashleys was fatally stab bed. Two of the combatants were arrested. Th Halls were armed with knives and the Ashleys with pistols. HOW HE RETRENCHED. Old Gentleman A poor fellow came to me this mofninf 1 asking for ool, as he said he was starving. I sent down to your place, and told him to get a Ood( meal and I would pay for it. How iuuch Is the bill ? Landlord Two-and-slr. sir. "What are the items?" "Nine beers and three cigars." Tit-Bits. THE NEWS IN CHIEF Items, of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM BAY TO DAT Itve Items Gerortng Events of More or Less Interest at Home and. Abroad. National Affairs. Col. Georre W. Goethahr was com pletely exonerated after an investi gation of charges of favoritism in. Panama ' canal contracts. Fourteen-inch guns, it is said, will- be uSed on futdre battleships as a resul tof the Newport conference. The Congressional committee inves tigating the pulp wood supply ex amined several large lumber opera tors in Minnesota. Foreign Affairs. Bulgaria has agreed to the prin ciple of compensation for Turkey and Austra has adopted a concilatory policy. All records for target practice were .broken by the cruiser and gunboat squadron at Manila. Cardinal Salvador Cassanas y Pages, of Spain, is dead. Prince IJenry of Prussia took a trip in the Zeppelin airship with the Count. The Emperor of Japan replied to the President's thanks for the recep tion of the battleship fleet. Miscellaneous. - William Montgomery, former cash ier of the Allegheny National Bank, was again convicted in Pittsburg. At" Russellvillefi Ala., James- Thorn. i farmer, while attemptingto run jfr iimie oui oi a yara picKea . up a small stone ancL threw ijt at Ihgnni-'-. tnal. He missed the nnhiniit bis two-year-old son, killinfP stantly. " -'K-: At Montgomery, Ala., Dr. Shirley , ; Bragg, State ' jail -Ipspector, and a' oephew of Gen. Bragg, shot and kill ed himself. 1$ is not known if the shooting was accidentaL He-was 55 years oldV-. ; W. Wi .Hunter; . a well" known -civil; mginecr7Ss TWAugastaruuni'ffgoOd md water levels, having been employ 3d by the city council flood commis sion, appointed to devise ways and means of protecting the city in fu ture from a recurrence of the recent disaster. Temporary insanity will be the de fense of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., (J. S. A., who killed William E. Aw tiis at the Bayside Yaeht Club land ing in August. The baseball season just closed broke the record for death and seri ous injuries. There were fully .25(1 persons seriously injured while play ing the game, besides seveenteeit deaths that are known to have been directly caused by accidents on the fleldu Pittsbursr had the largest amount of deaths of the big cities. Its records show six persons to have been killed. While sitting ,in a rear room of her home at Pooler, ten miles from Savannah, Mrs. W. E. Torrence, wife of an engineer, was fired upon and instantly killed by Solomon Riley, a negro boy. The boy was arrested. The special grand jury to investi ?ate the Reel Foot Lake Night Rider outrage was chosen in Tennessee. A receiver has been appointed for the Battle Creek Breakfast Food Company, manufacturers of Egg-O-See. Testimony in the suit of Hugh. Crabbe, former manager of the Leiter estate, showed that Lady Curzon was pursued to the grave bv poverty ahd that Joe Leiter lost $9,000,000 in his famous attempt to corner wheat. Edward English, a wealthy resi dent of Mount Vernor, Wash., was kidnapped and held for $5,000 ran som, but managed to get away. "Tid" Burton in court confessed his share in the Reel Foot Lake Night Rider crime and implicated 40 other meh. The first man convicted of "white slave" traffic at Chicago was senten ced to two years in the penitentiary and a fine of $2,500. One hundred summer cottages at Salisbury Beach, Mass., were burned, and arson is suspected. Daniel J. Hennessv. an enlisted man in the navv, killed his wife and himself in Norfolk. A Western syndicate has laid claim to the heart of the business section of Aurora, 111., valued at $2,500,000. T. G. Jones was mysteriously shot down at his gate at Holland, and dy ing, declared he was killed "for tbe truth." Judge C. J. Campbell was acquit ted of the contempt charge by Judgo MeDowell -in the' United States Court at Lynchburg. Japanese Troops Withdrawn From Korea. Seoul, Special .-f-T he thirteenth dS .vision of 'the Japanese army after having been on duty here since the outbreak of hostilities with the Koreans is embarking for Japan This action is taken as significant of the termination of the trouble, al though a number of irreconcilable continue to create disturbances he. various parts of the, country.
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