fe . WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1909. , NO. 5. HEATH KNEUJFME BIEL Senator Elkins Says That The Bill As It Now Stands Will Never Become a Law. ia r" — If Washington, Special.—Senator El r of West Virginia Tuesday |, t Bounded what is believed to be the ♦bath knell of the Payne tariff bill Ik its present shape, when he declar ed in the most emphatic terns that V a'bill aa-$>"the •gp a law, and that if necessary ? Senate would remain in session PSwBtil Christmas, if required to do so, to get a bill more acceptable to all sections of the country. This is Che opinion also expressed by many other Senators. They maintain that a close analysis will show that such a bill as that now proposed would he most harmful to the interests of the South and that, as millions of dollars of money belonging to Eastern capital ists are invested there, such a hill will never beeome a law. Objections to the Bill. % Among the objections set out are that it increases the taxation on the necessities of life, and that those ar ticles actually required by the poor man will come higher to him. That the maximum and minimum features of the bill are loosely drawn and, if placed in operation, would be both burdensome to the Ameri aud otherwise be hurtful Ameri can rtade relations. That the drawback provisi<gas of the hill will work out injuriouslv to the wheat raisers of the great Vfest, and otherwise be hurtful to Aemri can industries. That the inheritance tax provisions interfere jvith tl«e State laws bear ing on the same subject. That the bill is lacking in any reci procal features, which tvould enable ♦he United States to make favorable trade arrangements. That the system of valuation based on the American wholsesale market price is of doubtful wisdom, and will work to increase duties. That too much has been done to wards reducing raw materials with out corresponding reductions in the duties on manufactured articles, as in the base of free hides and boot* and shoees. That the countervailing duty of petroleum is still detained in the new^ieasure, as it exists in IK# Ding That tea is taxed and beer allowed to escape without additional taxation. The storm of opposition to the biM has already broken in the House, and, though the Senate will have no opportunity to consider the measure for possibly a month, there are al ready signs indicating that when that body finishes with it, its best friends will not be able to recognize it. Aldrich Opposes Bill. Senator Aldrich objects to the bill because he does not like the maxi mum and minimum features, the in heritance tax, and other equally un satisfactory parts of it. He especial ly opposes the inheritance tax clause because in his opinion, it would con flict with any of the State laws bear ing on the same point. He is also strongly opposed to a tax on tea and coffee. Senator Aldrich’s opposition came as a surprise to his colleagues in the Senate and to President Taft. It is practically certain that the Senate finance committee will figure very largely in shaping up the measure when the Senate gets hold of it, and ■as Senator Aldrich is the chairman of this committee what he says with respect to his opposition is taken to mean that there must be a consider able amount of rebuilding before the Senate will agree to pass it. The outlook is for a hard fight in the House, especially from Southern Representative-, and an equally hard fight in the Senate from those mem bers who think the bill, as it now stands, would not be acceptable to the people of the country generally. DEPRESSION DOES NOT EFFECT THE DAM. _Washington, Special.,. — Chairman • Goelbals, of^fhe isthmian canal com-] mission, who is about to return to Panama, said Friday that the three hundred feet of embankment of the rebuilt Panama Railroad line which Thursday’s dispatches from Colon re port had settled about' thirty feet, ■was a mile and a half from the Gatun dam, and therefore, has no direct bearing in connection with the con struction of that portion of the ca nal waterways. The settling occur red at a place where the re-located road is being constructed over a swamp. The road is being raised from a height of 6 feet to 95 feet above sea level. “Unless there is some unforeseen difficulty such as labor trouble or an eqidemic of some kind. I feel confi dent that the canal will be opened by January 1. 1915,” said Colonel Goe thals Friday. “I was originally an advocate of a sea level canal at Pana ma. That was at a time when I formed iny judgment upon what seemed to be the demand of com merce and from general information concerning conditions that would be encountered. Going to the isthmus about two years ago, observation and; careful study convinced me that the construction 'of"a sea" level canal would involve expense so great as to make it impracticable and at the same time would result less satisfac torily because of difficulties connec ted with its maintenance. “Since that time everything that has come to my attention has srengthened my belief in the advan tage of a lock canal.” Colonel Goethals declared that re ports of engineering difficulties that would be met on the isthmus have been greatly exaggerated. “There is not a single thing in con nection with the lock canal,” he said, “that can he called unusual beyond the question of the magnitude. En gineers have performed similar work elsewhere. There are no doubtful poblems. If I knew of anything that might jeopardize the stability of this work after its completion, or make doubtful its successful construction, I would promptly make a report on it, hut there is nothing of that kind.” President Taft FViday again told Colonel Goethals that if the great wa terway can be completed by the close of 1913, he wanted to see that feat accomplished. Colonel Goethals, al though not thinking it likely of ac complisfiment, told the President he would put every force to work to ex pedite matters to carry out the Presi dent’s ord*rs. Colonel Goethals left II ashington and will sail from New York for Panama Saturday. A CRISIS NOW REACHED IN THE BALKANS __ Paris. By Cable.—It is held in offi cial circles that the Balkan situation on account of the irreconcilable atti tude of the Austro-Hungarian gov ernment, has now reached a most and that the next few ^«S^^^iIl decide between peace and war. The efforts of Great Britain, Franee and Russia to present a for mula for the settlement of the dif ficulty acceptable to Baron von Aehrenthal, the Austro-Hu«garian minister of foreign affairs, having failed, Austro-Hungary is expecting forthwith to deliver an ultimatum at Belgrade. After this, if Servia re fuses to make * complete surrender, no doubt exists in Paris that Aus tria-Hungary will dispatch an army . the Servian crown prince. KIDNAPER BOYLE IS LANDED BEHIND THE JAIL BARS Mercer, Pa., Special.—Heavily ma tuteled to Sheriff Chess, and guarded by several detectives, Jaimes Boyle, one of the kidnapers of little Billy 'Whitla, was brought here Friday from Pittsburg and lodged in the Mercer county jail. His wife, it is 0«id, will be brought here from Pitts burg and the couple will be formally oraigned on a charge of kidnaping in, * few days. Boyle feared violence on his arrival in Mercer, and on the journey from Pittsburg asked Sheriff Chess if he thought the crowd would bans. him. The prisoner looked greatly relieved when he saw only a scattering of people at the Mercer station. Boyle was hurried into a waiting bus and taken to the jail where he was locked in a cel! on the sfvoond tier. Aij armed guapd was placed in front of Boyle’s cell, and a patrolman will be stationed outside the ;fail all night. Sheriff Chess said that the jail would be guarded until the trial of the Boyles was over. The officials questioned the prison er about his wife’s identity but other than to say that there was no ques tion abou* the fact that he was mar ried, he would say nothing. i CASTRO TO FIGHT FOR MIS LOST POWER IN VENEZIJF1A Paris, By Cable.—Cipriano Castro, former president of Venezuela, left Thursday morning for Bordeaux. At the station Senor Castro confided to a small group of Venezuelan admir als his intention of re-establishing his power in Venezuela by a revolu tion, should this be necessary. After entering the car he leaned from a window and spoke with an earnest ness and passion which left no doubt that he was convinced that he was another Napoleon returning from Elba to reeonquer his country. “Like Francis I, all is lost save honor,” Castro declared, “I am going back to Venezuela. My country needs me, and my mission is there.” “I believe that God and destiny call me back to Venezuela. I intend to accomplish my mission there, even though it involves revolution.” THE NEWS W Htlff Hems of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM BA WTO BAY I4r« Items Covering Events of Mon or Less Interest st Home ui ▲broad. Near Green River, Wyoming, Wed nesday, a train ploughed Mrs. Jessie Culberton, of Vincen nes, Ind., was, in the absence of her husband, taken from her house into a shed Wednesday by a strange man and woman, who poured carbolic acid down her throat and tjed her mouth shut, then left her. She could barely tell the tale. A rathar severe tornado passed over parts of Texas Wednesday and over parts of South Carolina Thurs day morning, killing several persorib and doing much damage to property. Two negroes in Asheville, N. C., fought a duel with razors last T-ues* day and both came out cut within an inch of their lives. The Montgomery Advertiser fig ures it up that President Taft, with in the last nine years, has traveled 202,114 miles, excelling all others who ever arrived at the White House. Captain Mueller and his five com panions in the balloon America were found safe near Pasadena, after landing in the mountains. It was thought that they had floated out on the ocean. A 20-year-old widow, who re married, has been awarded the estate of her first husband, amounting to $20,000, in Brooklyn, in a suit brought against her by his relatives. Five months after the husband’s death a child was bom, and, although the plaintiff’s contend that it was dead at birth, the young woman proved by the testimony of a nurse that the baby lived a minute and therefore she was entitled to the full estate. Joe and Isliam Taylor and Lewis Jenkins were found guilty of first degree murder in the Skipwith mur der and arson case at Powhatan. Va., imtl John BrcmuTUgnilty of murder in the second degree. All are negroes. Brown got 15 years in the peniten tiary and the others will die in the electric chair. The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia decided that voters may pay their poll tax. which is essential to qualification, in person, by messen ger. by check or by postal order. The National Association of Liquor Dealers will test in the Unit ed States Supreme Court, the pro vision of the Byrd law, of Virginia, which requires a license of $500 for salesmen selling liquors by sample. Willie Whitla identified the Cleve land suspects as his kidnappers, and his father said he knew John Boyle, the man, but refused to talk of the woman prisoner. The anthracite miners will ask President Taft to arbitrate their dif ferences and V^ll not strike April 1. F. H. H. Richardson, of Elmira, N. Y., accused of embezzling $300, 000, comjKtted suicide in Harris burg Weanesday. Portsmouth, by the annexation oi its suburbs, is now the third city in size in Virginia. The penalty in Virginia for kid napping is death or in the discretion of the jury, it may be imprisonment from 8 to 18 years. Henry A. Wise, a member of the well-known Virginia family, has been appointed'United States District At torney for the New York district. Washington Affairs. > The Inaugural committee has a surplus of $6,000 left from the Taft inauguration fund. Republican insurgents are fighting the proposed special rule to cut off amendments to the Payne bill in the House. The Senate Finance Committee is framing a practically new Tariff bill of its own. President Taft hRs already chang ed 14 of the policies of Mr. Roose velt and is considering a number of other changes. Senator Aldrich is said to be op posed to all kinds of special taxes j and would so adjust the rates as to raise the revenues required from customs duties. The new Senate committee hopes to point out means by which the Government can save millions. Minority Leader Champ Clark made a vigorous attack on certain features of the Payne bill and out lined the position of the Democratic members on tariff legislation last Thursday. Chairman Payne completed his elaborate defense of the Tariff bill Wednesday. License was issued for the mar riage of William Mangum, a white carpenter, to Middie Hayes, colored^ in Washington city Thursday. A Negro is to officiate in the ceremony. Twenty-nine persons died from pneumonia in Washington last week, many of them as a result of the stormy Inauguration Day. ’ HUNTING? ^ _ * * —Oartrim by W. A. Rogers, in the New York Herald. THIRTY-TWO ILIONS SIGHTED WHERE ROOSEVELT WILL GO Despatch From British last Africa Tells of the Good Pfts pects For Big Game—Great Plans For a Wel come to the Former President. Mombasa, British East Africi— Mombasa is preparing already to Wel come Theodore Roosevelt, and ais coming has given a decided impeiis to the interest in the present huit-v ing season. The Governor of the protectorate, Lieutenant-Ccrionel Sir James Hayts Sadler, is arranging a program of welcome and entertainment for the distinguished visitor, but ih spite of these arrangements the greeting to Mr. Roosevelt will be more to the great sportsman, whose fame is well known to local hunters, than to the former President. East African sportsmen were high ly7 gratified to learn that Mr. Roose velt had refused the offer of the au thorities to grant him a special hunt ing license that would have permitted him to kill game to an unlimited ex tent instead of confining himself to the two elephants, two rhinoceroses, two hippopotami, etc., of the regular license. Lions and leopards a'fe classed as vermin and consequently no license to kill them is required. « The white population of Mombasa has heard much of Mr. Roosevelt’s personality, and in a joking way fre quent references to t^e “ big stick” are being made. The rains are late t r, and a heavy fall is expectet regular time for the ‘‘big raip Fom the end-of JgRusiiL The prClippers' i< _ is season are considered" Many of the settlers in th ying dis tricts, realizing the increasing inter est in the prospects for sport because of the coming of Mr. Roosevelt, are voluntarily sending in informatian about the movements of game. According to a dispatqh received here a record group of lions, number ing thirty-two, was seen on the Nandi plateau recently at a point about fifty miles north of Port Florence (the Nandi plateau is on the west side of the great Rift Valley). Among them are three huge males. Four families #of giraffes, have been seen at Makin du, 200 miles inland from here on the line of the Uganda Railroad, and elephants have been seen at Elbur gon, 475 miles inland on the railroad. R. J. Cuninghame, a noted English big game hunter and field naturalist, who is to be guide to.and general manager of the Roosevelt party, has been here for some time completing the preparations for the trip into the wilderness as well as the shooting and collecting excursions along the line of the railroad. He is selecting and hiring native porters for the ex pedition. He takes only experienced men who are known to be courageous and to possess great physical strength. The “safari” kit—in other words, the camp equipment for the work in the open—is arriving from London, and all will be in readiness when Mr. Roosevelt arrives. The railroad car used on the line as far as Port Flor ence by other distinguished visitors to Uga’nda„such as the Duke of Meck lenburg, the Duke of Connaught, the Duke of the Abruzzi, Joseph Cham berlain and Winston Spencer Churchill, is being refitted for the use of Mr. Roosevelt. Everything points to a successful stay in British East Africa and Ugan da for Mr. Roosevelt. The natives are peaceful, game is plentiful and the people of Mombasa are waiting eagerly to extend him a welcome. TAME HUNTING, SAYS ANOTHER. Captain Smiley S&v* Many Hunters Made Tdons <luw-Sf>y. ' • San Francisco, Cal.—Captain A. J. Smiley, who is said to have served with the.Irish Brigade in the Boer war, says that the hunting grounds where ex-President Roosevelt plans to spend his vacation are nothing but a huge game preserve, and that the hunter will have a tame time. The captain claims to have hunted over this ground many times, and he as serts that the lions have been shot at so often they have become gun-shy. The Duke of Manchester, according to Captain Smiley, is said to have shot over the country which Roosevelt will traverse without bagging any game. Smiley says he has written to Roosevelt suggesting that he go to a portion of Africa where elephants could be met in droves. MESSINA’S UNBURBED DEAD. Estimated at 60,000 and It May Take a Vear to Find All the Bodies of the Earthquake Victims. Rome, Italy.—The General in com mand at Messina, who is in charge of the removal of the dead, estimates the number of bodies still awaiting burial at about 60,000. Most of them lie several feet deep under the rub bish from fallen houses. The work of clearing the debris from the streets is proceeding very slowly. Not more than 200 bodies are removed and buried on any day when the work is harried on without interruption for twelve hours. The prevailing bad weather is hampering the work greatly and often stops it, as the rain changes the debris into soft mud, which the first sunny d^y hardens to the consistency of cement The soldiers and workmen have to break this with pickaxes instead of clearing it away with shovels. Of ten a week passes without any bodies being extracted, and at the rate at which the work is being done more than a year will be required before all the victims in Messina are buried. For some unknown reason the Government wants to keep this a se cret, and an attempt to send the story by wire some days ago failed, owing to the activity of the press censor. It is probable that the Government now realizes its mistake in recalling too soon the greater number of soldiers and sailors engaged in the work of burial. r hp-mu u tan vnwuKvax j auiLLm aa’ATjfamu iam jrauLsia:,ra: ««M»rr Efc ai lay-.w.. iw^m-ur. wm-.w nsr DR. LYMAN ABBOTTS SEVEN RULES ON WHAT MAKES AN IDEAL WOMAN Brooklyn.—“To be an ideal woman,” said Dr. Lyman Abbott, in | a sermon in the Central Congregational Church, “the feminine type I represented in each individual must: “1. Discard all shoes the size of which makes walking well nigh im- | | possible. “2. She must not consider her hands when it comes to a question 1 of work. I “3. To obtain red cheeks, the ideal woman must take exercise and B pass by paint and powder. “4. She must not be the servant of the dressmaker and milliner. They | are her servants, , ‘ “5. She must not change her styles at the dictation of men in Paris. “6. Her home must be her palace, because in it she has developed a love of beauty and shown she knows how to create it. “7. She must be industrious, sympathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, motherly and a true friend.” Continuing, Dr. Abbott said: “A woman’s idea of modern industry isplayingbridgewhist morn ing and night. Her idea of modern life is to be supported by some one else. “The ideal woman does not consider work unwomanly. She be lieves that whatever concerns her husband concerns her. If the ideal woman’s family finds fault with her cooking, she does not blame the I cooking. She blamqs the food, and changes it. “Woman was meant to be man’s companion, and if the idea were I properly carried out there would be no affinities.” —j——Mimu ■■■ ■■■ uiwrow— Russian Drugged and Left to Per ish in a Roman Boarding House. Romo, Italy.—The body of a Rus sian, Vladimir Tarasoff by name, was found In a trunk in a boarding house, locked up in the trunk, it is believed, for twaaiy-tbrge*days. . . A medical examination indicated that the man, who was about thirty years of age, had been drugged and placed in the trunk, and that he had died of suffocation. Two Russians visited Mm shortly before his disap pearance. There is no clew to their identity. __ .A __ | I Proof That He’s Nearsighted Unfits an Oyster Bed Watchman. Trenton, N. J.—The Civil Service Commission received its first request for the removal of an officeholder here. It came from an oyster grower . jfejsgJL wfeo objected to a watchman, saying: “He isnTt a good watchman because he is nearsighted. A nearsighted watchman can’t do the work. I know he is nearsighted, be cause if he wasn’t he could see his own father and brother stealing my oysters right along.” The watchman says complainant is merely sarcastic. NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS Occurrences tf Interest Gleaned From All Sections of the Bvsj / Tar Heel State f _ ' Jfe^r Interest in Good Roads. i^xipgion, Special.—Discussion of good roads, bonds and special road tax .goes on apace in Davidson. Sines the recent visit of the Davidson fanners to Mecklenburg there has been a remarkable increase in good roads sentiment. Leading farmers in various sections of the county are publi^jing letters weekly in the local pres^ advocating bonds, for roads. At. the road question. This is partly due to the condition of the highways sit this time. The roads were newer worse and indeed are well-nigh impassable in places. The Davidson farmers seem determined to do something and it would not be surprising if under a law applying to Davidson, a bond election is called at no distant date. The Dispateh, which sent the Da vidson farmers to Mecklenburg, is now carrying on a popularity contest in Davie and Yadkin counties for the same purpose—of sending 45 farmers from those counties on a trip to Mecklenburg to see tlie roads there. Burned. With a House. Weldon, Special.— Fire Saturday night completely destroyed the hand some country dwelling known as the Whitehead place, near Weldon, and owned by Mr. W. B. Drewry. The occupants of the house, Mr. and Mrs. Will Carroll, and their four-weeks old baby, barely escaped with their lives, and a colored bov, who slept in the barn was burned to death. When Mr. Carroll awolte the bed was on fire and his wife’s hair was burn ing. Clasping the sleeping infant to her breast, Mrs. Carroll fled from the room in her night robes, followed by her husband. The night was cold and for several hours they were exposed to the night winds before help could arrive. Mrs. Carroll is prostrated. The body of the colored boy was en tirely consumed only his heart being left in a charred condition. The build ing was a splendid two story barn, | newly remodeled, with metal roof and was valued at $2,500. It was insured for $1,500. Parents Desert Child. Asheville, Special.—An interesting ' to flip r^e teution of the police of tits1 city. The deserted is a haby girl two or three weeks old and the victim of the evi dent plot at desertion is an old ne gro woman named Lillie Jackson. It was just dusk when the man, having every appearance of a high-bred gentleman, told the old negro that he and his wife had been suddenly call ed away for a few days and giving other plausible excuses requested that the woman keep the child until their return. The man gave the woman $3 in money, a quantity of clothing for the babe and also some prepared baby food. He left and since that time has never been heard from. The wo man took good care of the child and is deeply attached to it. It will be turned over to one of the charitable institutions till a home can be found for it. Dr. Elliot at Greensboro. Greensboro, Special.—In an ad dress before the students of Guilford college Wednesday Dr. Charles W. Eliot, retiring president of Harvard university, denied that competition between endowed and State educa tional institutions is hurtful. He said competition everywhere helps and promotes growth, adding ‘that is why protection to American in dustries is harmful to those very in dustries.” Dr. Eliot’s subject ’ was “Public Spirit the Virtue of Free Men.” Death Due to Drink. Burlington, Special.—The lifeless body of Dolph Faucette was found Monday morning in a barn near his home, about six miles north of Bur lington. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was that death was due to ex cessive drinking. W. M. Beekom was found asleep in the same room, and near the body of Mr. Faucette. Death by Assassin. Wilmington, S]>ecial.—Jerry Big ford, a young white farmer and store keepei1, living near Freeeman’s, Col umbus county, was murdered Mon day night by an assassin, who fired upon him through a window of his hqme, where he lived alone. The sheriff w'as notified and with blood hounds traced the supposed assassin to and across Cape Feax river, where Cleveland Russ and Stilmore Russ, brothers, were arrested, one of the number being a rival of young Big ford for the hand of a Miss Squires of an adjoining county, whom the dead man was to marry Tuesday. Government Seizes Flour. Raleigh, N. C., Special.— Acting under instructions from U. S. Inspec tor Wagner, the United States mar shal here_ha3 just made the first seiz ure in this State of flour for violation of the government regulations of The pure food department. The ssei.*:ure is for short weight, the flour put up by the Riverton Mills, Virginia, as “six teenth barrels” weighing only ten pounds. The seizure was from the W. C. Brewer Company, at Wake Forest, t Y .M. C. A. Convention. The sixth annua] convention of the Y. M. C. A.’s of North and South Carolina, held in Charlotte, N. C., and one of the most successful of the entire series, came to a close Sunday night at a meeting held for the spec ial benefit of the delegates. A meet ing was held for these ia the morn ing wad in addition there were ih« — usual special services for men and boys at other hours. At the meeting Sunday night talks were made by Messrs. R. H. King, of Charleston, S. C., Julian M. Smith,, field secre tary ; James E. Johnson, secretary of students’ and boys’ work; J. S. Kluttz, office secretary of the inter state executive committee ; D. L. Pro bert, secretary of the Charlotte Y. M. C. A.; P. M. Colbert, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Winston-Salem; E. E. Barnett, secretary at the Uni versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; L. P. Hollis, of Greenville,, S. C.; G. C. Huntington, of Charlotte, and Dr. George J. Fisher, of New ^ ork. Unanimous was the sentiment expressed that the meeting had been far more than worth while. “It has more than fulfilled our expecta tions,” said* many. General regret was expressed that the meeting which had been so fruitful in results and so pleasant bad, like everything else, to come to an end at last. Before adjournment, suitable resolutions were passed expressing ranch grati fication at the cordial reception and splendid entertainment of the body by the citizens of Charlotte. Ex-Police in Jaill. Durham, Special.—Albert V. Sor rell, the ex-policeman, who is being sued by Henry F. Edwards for $10, 000 damages for allienating the af fections of his wife and destroying the happiness of his home, is now in jail. He was arrested on a warrant for bond and bail to sustain the ac tion and being unable or unwilling to give bond in the sum of $5,000 he Was committed to jail late Tuesday night. There he has remained since then. This combines a civil and a n VI m inol O/lfiOM * 1_rf> r AAA 1 t r aeeounf the bond has not been giVen. Sorrell is worth all of $10,000. but since his person is attached in this later action he cannot get to his prop erty to secure his bond. He and his advisers are unwilling that his friends should take up responsibility of probably having to settle die dam 1 age suit and he went to jail. Family Has Harrow Escape. Fayetteville, Special.—The family of Oliver Thratt, a tracker and in ventor, living on the outskirts, Tues day morning narrowly escaped a har-» rowing death, when between 1 and 2 o’clock the father was awakened hy a burning shingle falling on his hand. The household was aroused and made their escape just in time, for as they fled from the building the roof came crushing in. They were housed and clothed by kindly neigh bors. It was afterwards learned that the $600 insurance policy, which was burned with the house, expired at noon of the same day. State Boundary Question. Washington, Special.—The Su preme Court of the United States granted the petition of the State of North Carolina for leave to file an original bill in that court, for a de limitation of the boundary between that State and Tennessee at the crossing of the Tennessee river. Gets Good Lift. Salisbury, Special.—John Ridge way, a blacksmith by trade, is now in Salisbury collecting amounts ag gregating $20,000 to which he has fallen heir by the estate of his broth er, illiam Ridgeway, who died re cently in Alabama. The two brothers came to America from England in 1884 and had been separated since that time. r __ N. C. Senators on Important Com mittees. Washington, Special.—In the new committee assignments in the Senate North Carolina fares well. Senator Overman is placed upon the new committee to be known as Conserva tion of National Resources. This will be an important committe. Senator Simmons goes to the Finance Com mittee to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of the venerable Sen ator Teller. This committee has charge of all matters pertaining to revenue and taxation as well as fi nance, currency and banking. Will Unveil Monument. Salisbury, Special.—A monument in honor of the Rowan county sol diers in the Civil War will be un veiled^ by the Robert F. Hoke Chap ter, United Confederate Veterans, of Salisbury, on May 8. The shaft, which is the result of eight years of hard work by the chapter, will be erected on Innis Street, one of the principal thoroughfares of Salisbury. An elaborate program is in prepar ation for the event.

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