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1 VOL XIII. M fcenta a Month Centt a Copy. CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher." NO. 321 ft the coler road 10 d(td;o toco;;cg:j) SO LATE REPORTSTROM HIGH - - POINT 8TATE." The Carolina and ...Yadkin , River Boad to Beach Higk Point August i . - 30. Reports SUto That Company w, Prenared Plana Tor an Eee-1 . . ,, . tli. tri, intl 1 C" UM Fr0m jj, Through Archdale, Fuller! to ton, and Thence to Kannapolia, Concod , and Charlotte. Report . Verified By a Stockholder. ' S The following dispatch sent -from High Point ' yesterday will be of interest in this section "Saturday. August 10, the day set ior the big celebration here of the completion 01 n vwr t here by Thomasville to Denton and High Rock, and the official nurue for which is the Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad. J. J. Farris is chairman ef tho celebration commit tee, and several of the other commit- tees have been appointed to cooper- SIC WHU U1U1. Al liino" Monday night, Bird S. Coler, of New York, was present, and a nnmbcr of earnest and enthusiastic speeches were made. There is great interest in the new road, and the indications are that this celebration will be one of the biggest days that High Point has ever witnessed, "In connection with this particular railroad development, ir lias become known that the same developing company has already-prepared the plans for an elee trie car line through Are.hdale and Trinity by the way .ot I Fullers in Randolph county to Den ton, and thence to Concord and Char lotte. It is also promised that reg ular electric cars will be run on an hourly schedule on the road, between Thomasville and High Point, begin ning probably within two weeks.". i It has been known here for some time that the Coler interests were considering xtending their line from "High Roek in this ffireetion. " Mr Color and his associates were here v.Ant iva weeks aso snd during their visit went ever a section of the route, of the proposed mart. Aceoiu W to the Dlan of the company, as learned here, the route fm).Dento wiir rundirect 10 ivaiM .....3 i Concord, cutting across ine uoiu section of Rowan. A Iook ar i"" map of North CarMtnawil show- tnat uns is iiin 1 c.. rtonfnn ir. Concord. At one - t!ma it WAS rumored tliat the road vr Rnlinbnrv then on to :n. nrA onrf Kannanolisr it is un vwuwty - . - derstood, however, that when the of ' ficials of the company inspected the ronte" that the Denton-Kannapolis Concord route was much "more direct and shorter. A representative . ot tins - paper asked a stockholder of the company yesterday -afternoon if the building of such a roa:l was contempiaieu. Tt nertninlv is." he responded ' " Coler & Comany have been consid ering this extension - for several ' ; months and I believe they will begin " work - font T Am't think the road would i -f . 1 nana han nnrchftscd unless they in- ; " tended to extend -it," he concluded. J. -J largest Shipment of Cattle. V Oi-laan. La.. Ang. 8. Ar- ,i . - . u.ni i. . - rangement, ere being Ja"j . tl.e largest shipment .oj ea la ; r.tirought to tms, ana prouum v j nnrt. The first ship load w of a movement of ,9:1,0011 head will dock tomorrow rrom tampico,.ai exi- V' " ".- iu. ; Forced by he I . , nsurrection. f e 1.t ,.v," a , 1 . : l ivnlH UN fi0in2 10 (1118 aSll - --- - . . , expense as the only means of saung , ftny portion ot tn'r PrXd7in he - , the shipment mf e.of e "FT :5T v ? ..5 pany, an ?ringjisn muw"i ' .iinod that Gen. Luis Terraisas. -" ' ' Knrioue C. Creel and other Mexican - ''. cattle owners are sending out some ' .' of their. cattle with this movemeni , , .. ... .,;u yw'' 'tltoting bar-room, and they say that Wmnhred to carry the cattle lorral,, ... .v., ..L , i,.u w .y--'.- - , -i, .New Orlean to the ' . to which they have been assigned. Negro CoUega President Gets Six Months oa Gang. '-. Asheville. Aug. 7-James Latti- CT- . . . more ' Uimroa( -. vile icvciiiv-"-"';"--" president of the Whittier, Collegiate and Aericultural Institute, at Whit - tier, who has been here fo rlhe pas avara wmiki in uiui'i nut (-"v f- geant beautiful," was semenceo serve six months on the.tounty roads at vcnterday mornings session th pit rmlice court. It was u vi dence that nunrort nas oeen p; numerous worthless checks auringiis u0W being shown at tne various his stay in this city, and he was tried j movjng;' picture houses in town, jand ,i tha fthanre of passing ellecks with l.i,. hcreaved mother never misses an out funds in the bank, it was siai- opportunity lo watch toe Shadow ot ed that IILmrod is wanted by' one 0fker bay flicker across- the. screen'in the lending detective, agendo -i. .. i. n..i.; nlirn-M i Ttimrnd ad u 1 ',nt he had been in iroume " ---.r . .. BODY IS EXHUMED " AXTER THIRTY YEARS. Body of Lata Hwiry F. Wilier Re moved to Wilmingtoa. Waa Kill ed la Stanly SO Yean Ago by Dav- - id Fraley While Berriaf aa a Rev , onne Officer. ; - ' ; I Albemarle Enterprise. ' Lindsay Welter, of Wilmington. I he been spending cererml days in Al lw.rn.rla crural in the f: H. Herne hom Mr Walker was here for the purpose of bavin the remain of his Ilnta hrnther Ilrtnrv F. Walker remnv- ti irom the Albemarle cemetery to ilmington for re-interment. The local undertaking firm of P. Honeycutt & Co. executed the Den-lWOrk of exhuming and preparing the remains for shipment in a metallic I1UCU CHBKV This is a chapter in an incident which shocked Albemarle and Stan ly county over 28 years ago. " The deceased waa in the internal revenue service at the time of bis residence in Albemarle, and was a deeply pious .,, flI ymng wife and tlleir three cl)ii. dren are still remembered by the ear lier residents of the place, and they were held in the highest esteem by all who knew them. ' Mr. Walker was a fearless official He went where duty called and was a foe to distillers. When news Aiin,.rl.-n FVhn.nrv fi. 1885, that Mr. Walker had been shot by a blockader, one David traley, the town was shocked. He lived on ly a few hours after the incident, death following on the Oth. Fraley served out a term of twelve years in the State prison. A news adtiele in the Concord Times several months ago indicated that Fraley is still in the business of illicit hand ling of liquor. The work of exhuming revealed that the original coffin had decayed. nothing but the skeleton of the . . , r..:..j m, :m. nt deceased remained. At the time of the murder Albemarle did not have railroad, and such things as metal- 'ic caskets and embalming were rare- $ used, if at all. - Nelson A. Miles. Lieut; Gen. Nelson A. Miles, L. 8. A. retired, who has been niakine personal observations ot tne war in the-Balkans. H as born at Westmin ister. Mass.; August 8. 1839. In Iris youth he clerked in a store at Bos ton. At the beginning of the Civil I War he enlisted as & v olnnteer and Lv.nt.tiv aftrwrd waa commissioned I.. .., . Hlo s;Trv.firBt New York Volunteers. At the age f 22 he became colonel of his regi- ment.r He was wounded three times and w-g preSent at all the important in the campaign of the Army of the Potomac up to tne sur render of Oen. Lee at Appomatox After the war Oen. Miles enteied the regular army as colonel. In 1871 he " ..... i -a r wii marrmn tne naniri ier ol ipu. u- liam T. Sherman. After his mar- riase Oen. Miles was stationed on the western frontier, where he made great reputation, m campaigns asainst the Indians. He was com missioned brigadier-general in 1880, I retirement of Gen. lcchofleid in i805 he became the head at the United States .army, being the Brst officer who enlisted as a volun teer soldier to. attain that honor. In 1903 Gen. Miles was retired from ac tive service with rank as lieutenant VinginianY Yacht Raided by Officer. Newbern. Aug. 7. One thousand bottles of beer and 25 gallons of whiskov were confiscated here this afternoon when the yacht urace owned and in command of George lownea ana m coiuumnu o. Mcut Marshall, of Gloucester County, Va. gear'ched nder a rulin of lh( I was searched the I new search and seizure law The vacht. a trim little craft, put in here Ilast Monday. The captain .told, the authorities that she was cn route to Palm Beach; Fla; Whi8key anJ beer were stored in every conceivable place in the vessel . . . . ' ' and several wagomoaas were remov d st and is being he.d under a bond of $2,000 for his appearance before the mayor tomorrow morning. i With Marshal were his father,. S. Ki Marshall, and his son, John Mar shall..- These ; were' allowed, to ro at large. In the estimation, of the po nice me vch lice the vessel is little more than linev . nave . -eviuenee, iua ? jmio" L; iold whiskey since his arrival , - . , I here: Sees Dead Child in the Movies. Brussels, Aug. 8. Among the mer- rv crnwda that thronir the nicturn . I - J - . . -. C7 - - r r - - ' i palaces ai' iiiege may, ue Beeu . eaeu Jnjgot gad-faced, lonely woman, clad Jm aeepst mourning. - I feW weeks sgo her five-year-oli I men. , -.-Mini li v:: uciuib luv1 vuuu a I death she was romping in the park wtl a number of little companions ' I when a rinematograph operator hap- - 1 ,wma, in take a picture of the scene. iibe Him m wmcn tne enuo appear i olay - 1 ...I - .:.. :. i ' . t . in vr ! l ini Mr.' and Mrs. ri uirrw- pm yesterday in Salisbury. niE sural is: ad;;htedly critical GRAVE APREHENSION FELT AS ' - TtfMB.mn. If Be ia Subjected to Any Personal Attack, It Will be Considered as an Act of War, and Will Bring Armed Reprisal by the United States. Re port of Senate Debate is Distorted In Mexican Newspapers. . jc w w w w GraTe Developments Expected - Washington, Aug. 8. The government is prepared for any eventuality in Mexico. The administration wants peace. President Wilson is still insisting that lie is not considering intervent ion. but the army and navy are ready. Another day may result in grave developments. Presi dent Wilson in undecided as to the course lie will take if Huerta carries out his threat to debar Mr. Lind. Washington, Aug. 8. Grave appre' hension is felt here at the reception to be accorded Mr. Lind when he ar rives at Vera Cruz tonight. Officials are optimistic, but the situation ii admittedly critical. If Mr. Lind is subjected to any personal attack or shot at it will be considered as an act of war and is certain to bring in- lant armed reprisal bv the United States. The officials think if Huerta 's statements as widely printed in the press aie to be carried out there would have been some official dispatches from the American embassy. President Wilson is frank m telling callers that the action of the minority in forcing discussion of the Mexican ituation in the Senate is seriously embarrassing, as the debate is dis torted in the Mexican newspapers. President Wilson still hopes for a peawful solution. REGARDS SITUATION IN MEXICO AS DELICATE. Present Situation the Gravest in Years, Says Bacon. The President Realizes it. Washington, Aug. 7. The Ameri- U-angovernment tonight was confront ed by what officials at: Washington re garded as the most delicate situa tion in its relations with Mexico that has yet developed since armed re- olution disturbed" the peace ot the southern republic. The threatened rebuff Irom the Huerta administration to the mis sion of John Lind, personal represen- taiive of President Wilson' en route to Mexico City to expound the hopes of the United States for a suspension of hostilities and On orderly consti tutional election in Mexico, drew from -Senator Bacon, chairman f tho foreign relations committee, a declaration of the floor of the senate today that the present situation was the '-gravest in. years, much graver than confronted . us when the tuban question was here. President Wilson realizes tne grav ity of the situation and . manifested durinir the day his displeasure at the altitude of some members of the min ority party in Congress, telling call ers that he believed certain Republi cons were making it difficult for him to handle the .situation in peaceful manner. The P resident is Known to nom ine opinion that the' Huerta administra tion would make a vital mistaite 10 refuse at this stage of the situation, to receive an envoy: from the chief executive of the-. United States, ev en though the emissary lacked dip lomatic status. Mr. Lind, it was pointed out, was purposely sent with out credentials so he- might J deal freely with propositions of all tac tions in Mexico who might inquire as to thfr views of Washington ad ministration, ,-" For" Good Roads. ' Salisbury, Aug. 7. On Ootoberl the citizens of Smotch-Irisch town: ship in Rowan county -will vote on a proposition to issue- $29,000 in bonds for the purpose of building good roads. A petition has already been engidif Dtms tf oreb etaoiu nioaai signed by two-thirds of the qualified voters of the township and the elec tion has been authorized by the com missioners. -' " Fell 35 Feet From. Pole, - fv ' Spencer, Aug. - ? After falling thirty-five feet from a telephone pole in. Lexington U h. Moore, or. bped cer was taken to. ""the Whitehead Stokes sanitorium in Salisbury for treatment. He suffered a broken rib. a number of' 1 bruises, besides minor injuries in the - fall. He resting . well, however, and it thought he will recover. t '" . Denies Ha ia Dead. ', r?.nrMnliitiv Thorn tf is trvinp to locate the wsir who nhoned an un- ucrtaker that "Thomas was dead am. told him to hurry on the job. i Thom - as denies that he's dead.' 1 ' '- SUBPBISE MABBIAGS : ' -V At SPENCER. Prominent Young Coo pis of. Mount Pleasant United is Marriage. Spencer, Ang; 7. A sunrise mar riage of unusual iutereet took place at the home of Mr. sad Mrs- Paul H. Nussman in Spencer today when Miss Nins.Nussmsn became the bride of Harry Foil, the ceremony being per formed by Rev. W. B. Nut I era. The bride bad been visitinglicr brother. Mr. Nussman, for several days, hav ing come here from her home at Mt. Pleasant. The. groom is Uo a well known citizen of Mt. Pleasant and through a friend here arranged the details of the marriage Ai riving early in the day in an automobile lit drove at once to the home of Mr. Nussman being accompanied by the minister and several intimate friends. The marriage ceremony was a short and interesting one. There was no objection on either side to the match and the young couple only wished to evade the attentions of their many friends. Immediately after the cere mony tne oriaai paity leti mr ino- lenite, where they will spend a few lays. They will reside in Mt. Pleas ant, where the groom is engager! in business. The announcement of the marriage of this young couple will Je received with interest here. Both of the young people are exceedingly popular iii Mt. Pleasant, where the groom is en gaged in the .mercantile business, be ns associated with his father in t In firm of Cook & Foil. They will make tlieir home in Mount Pleasant. WHITMAN WILL RUN ' WITH J. P. MITCHEL Anti-Tammany Ticket In New York Presents Solid Front. New York. Aug. 7. the anti-Tnm- many f usion l irKei , ior toe mumc- pal election next November will have a solid front, following the an nouncement today by District At torney Whitman that he will accept renomination on the Fusion ticket and make the race along -with John Purroy Mitchel and George McAney. All three men were candidates for the Fusion Mayoralty . nomination. Mitchel won it. McAney then was named for President of the Board of Aldermen and - Whitman was renom inated for District' Attorney,. Whit man being a Republican, there was some doubt as to whether he would remain on tha ticket with Mitchel, Democratic appointee of President AVilson as Collector of the Port PARTY LAST EVENING Miss Lenna Tucker Entertains a Number of Friends at Her Home On Spring Street. - Miss Lenna Tucker entertained a number of friends last night at her home on South Spring street. Nu merous games were played, after which refreshments were served, the evening proving a most pleasant ana enjoyable one. Miss Tucker's guests were: Misses Carrie Miller, Bessie Black- welder, Dahle Blackwelder, Nellie Dry, Edith Grady, jf Charlotte and Annie Belle Cruse, ot balisbury. Messrs. Mearle Crooks. Hal Love, Everette Cook.George Fisher, Hom er Snyder and Theodore Blackweld er, of Great Falls, S. ('. THE DIGGS CASE. ,, Trial Will Not be Long Drawn Out. Diggs on Stand Today. ; . San Francisco, Aug. 8. When to day's session of the I rial of Maury Diggs began he was charged with violating the Mann white slave law. The indications were that Miss Mar tha Warrington, with wham Diggs was alleged to have eloped, would be called to the stand. The trial" will not be long drawn out. Govern ment . attorneys declared that they expected to close the case ina day and a half. The testimony and de fense are expected to occupy abont the same length of time. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Arrives in Tokio. Tokio, Aug. 8. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the first provisional president of China, and now a fugutive because of the apparent failure of the rebel lion he helped to foment, has arriv ed heie'. He said he might visit the United State.- ' Two Drowned at Atlantic City. .- Atlantic City. Aug. 8. While bath ing in the ocean early this morning before the life guards were ou duty William Lewis, of Washington and Miss Edith Hockey, of Quarry ville Pa., were drowned. ; 1 a.ii A mob chasing ,a negro' for the usual crime in Georgia the other day had" bad luck. Several ' men - ap proached a cabin in which the fugi tive - was supposed to e concealed One crowr went around the house or cabin end the other went aroundV.an other way. . They met and in Jo ex citement 'all ' hands t oomtaeh''.'jo shoot with the result that two- men were killed and seversl injured.-- The Board of Education of Meek lenburg county has raised the salary of superintendent of schools to 2000 a year and have given him. the use of an automobile so that he can go from school to school and- -not fool .along the road. ' , - - OIIAYRGIAGI Oil BATTLESHIP WHEN HE BEACHES CRUZ TONIGHT. VERA Matter Not Yet Determined. Mex ican Government Says Lind Will Not Be Welcome Unless He Re organises Huerta. President and Secretary Bryan Conf v. Mexi can Jingoism at a Boiling Point Washington, Aug. 8 The admin istration is discussing the propriety of directing Mr. Lind until further notice to remain on the batleship New Hampshire when he reaches Vera Crus tonight. There was re ceived from the American embassy at Mexico City the text of a com munication handed charge de affairs to Oshau Nes8ya, saying that Lind would not be welcome unless ths Huerta government is recognized. The President conferred with Mr. Bryan on the dispatches. Mr. Bryan said: "All I am prepared to say is that we have received news. What we will do is still to be determined.'' Mexican Jingoism at Boiling Heat. Mexico City, Aug. 8. With the ap proaching arrival of John Lind at Vera Cruz Mexican jingoism is at a boiling point. There are various ru mors lacking confirmation regarding the course the government will adopt toward Mr. Lind. It is asserted that the foreign spoke with Huerta au thority when it said, "Mr. Lind is undesirable unless he came bearing recognition of the government." No anti-American outbreaks have yet oc curred. EVELYN NESBIT THAW AGAIN ON THE STAGE. Appearing in a Dancing Act at Ham mersteins' With Harvey Clifford. New York. Aug. 8 The Great White Way is figuratively holding its breath, awaiting the public's verdict on the vaudeville attempt of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry Kendall . Thaw, who. figured so sen sationally in her husband's trials' for the murder of Stanford White, in 1905.Using her maiden name, Ev elyn Nesbit, Mrs. Thaw has gone back to the stage and is now appearing with Harry Clifford in a dancing act at Hammerstein's Victoria Roof Garden. Managers are closely watch ing the Victoria's business during the engagement, as on popular opin ion will rest Mrs. Thaw's theatrical future. The roof garden has been well filled each night and .matinee that Mrs. Thaw has been there and the advance sale of seats has been large but the verdict has not yet been rendered. The managers have not made up' their minds whether it is the dancing of Evelyn Nesbit that is her drawing card, or the tact that she is Mrs. Harry Kendall Thaw, cen tral figure in one of America's most sensational tragedies. The Thaw case is an old one, that might be regarded as completely threshed out, and it is a problem w'hether it is still enough in tho minds of Westerners to carry Mrs. Thaw over the various vaduevflle ircuils outside New York. There are managers still in business on Broad way who remember how Nan Patter son, the Floradora Sextette girl, who figured in the Caesar Young murder was hissed out of Philadelphia when the attempted to return to the stage Mrs. Thaw returned to the stage in London recently doing her dance with Clifford at- the Hippodrome in a ro ue called "Hullo Kagtime." sue scored a certain measure of success and got her pictures in all the Lon don theatrical journals. Her season was short and immediately she was booked bv the Hammerstems tor New York run. She is completing her first week here now, and the pub- lie has not yet made up its mind whether she has "come back per manently or not. The senate has confirmed the nom ination of J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh to be collector of internal revenue for the Eastern district. '25 Years JULY 5th, 1888 JULY 5th, 1913 - AN ENVIABLE RECORD. . A quarter of a century un- ' dor one management Haj nev er had a suit. Has paid a div ' idend each sis - mouths since" organisation. Has materially aided in the upbuilding of Con, eord . and Cabarrus County. -( Stands-ready to aid every legi timate enterprise. If . you de. ::,sire a loan eome and see us; if ' you have money to deposit we ', want your accou.it . whetbe large or small.- . " 1 . :TIic! GEORGE BENSON OF GREENSBORO DROWNED. With Companions in Camp of Coast Artillery He Ventured Too Far Out In the 8nrf. Yesterday afternoon just after The Tribune had been printed Mr. R. P. Bcnsou received a message from his brother, Mr. J. t Benson, of (iieens boro, saying that the latter 's sou. (ieorge. was drowned at Fort Caswell. He was 17 vtars of aire, and was an employe of the Greensboro .News of-j Hc-e, where be was a general favorite. The News gives the following partic-' ulars: j "Wung Benson bathed out loo far j in the hay with companions oil a Ioj and their improvised raft was -.iug!it in a stiong out-going current. ! "(ieorge Benson completed the morning drill with his detail at 11 o clock and prepared to take Ins ens- toniary plunge. He with John! Schlosser and Karl Smith went ti the surf together with another .nan! of the second company. They veil-! hired out further than usual and were caught in the current and real ized that they could not bring I lie log back. Smith and the man of the second left the log and swam shore- ward. Schlosser asked Benson to hold on while a boat was secured or the lite saver pick them us with a glass. "I am going in to swim or drown." the lad said, although he had already confided the belief that he could not make it. Schlosser fol lowed him into the sea and reached the shore exhausted as did the other two. Benson failed to arrive. The I alarm was spread and the life savers' called out. The tragedy has cast a gloom over the camp. Everything is being done to recover the body and the efforts will not be given up. Capt. F. L. Page and his lienteifants will patrol the peach all nig'ht with the volunteers from the company. All ope that the young man was picked p has been abandoned. ' Russians Swarm to America. St. Petersburg, Aug. 8 The tide f emigration from Russia to the nited States and South America has reached unprecedented proportions, ccording to government figures given nt officially here today. The figures ere taken from the reports of pro vincial governors lo the ministry of the interior. The emigrants, at pres ent, come' chiefly fiom the provinces t olhynia. Kiev, Kharhov, Minsk nd haratov. Mxty thousand are ar riving dailv at Lib'au for the purpose , r 1 . if umliarL-iiK. nr ulamor laai-imi hat port for the Americas. It is oted in the report published today I at Russians who emigrate to the ' Americas rarely returu to their moth-' r country, as do those from Italy and some ot t lie countries ot southern nd central Europe. j Dr. Sun Yat Sen Quits China. Peking, Aug. 8. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, former provisional president of the publici but now one of the leaders the southern revolution, has fled the country on board a Japanese steamer bound for Formosa, an island belonging to Japan in the China Sea off the province of Fu-Kien. H I. Parhs & Co. The Quality Store Harks Arnheim, Inc. Tailors to the Trade Theie will be a special display o: woolens at the store of II. L. Parks August 8th and 9th. Mr. Wm. Aiehl. an expert cutter and fitter from our New ' York establishment, will he ou hand to advise with customers and take measurements. As Mr. Iteihl has been serving the best dressed men in New York tor twenty years, his experienced sug- .' gestions will undoubtedly be gladly accepted by you. , He will be able to tell you just what the best dressed men in New York will wear next Fall and Winter. He will be able to tell you how their clothes will be cut and styled.''1 His' advice will be well worth while. - ." ' ' . ' , . - t ? The Arnheim Hue of materials contains more than 300 Select- ' ed and exclusive patterns, beautiful, effects never seen in ready-to-wosr clothes and rarely matched, by smaller tailors.' To give you an equal chance to choose, a million-dollar ready-made stock v would be necessary. , j . ' " 1 f PROSPECTS F0!l A - AT THE MEETING IN RALEIGH NEXT TUESDAY. President Tate, of the Just Freight Rate Association, Will Hare Mass Meeting of Shippers. Wilmingtoa People Say Proposal of Adjustment Is Unfair to Them. Reduction an Agricultural Implements is Not Enough. Raleigh. Aug. 8. With Fred N. fate, president of the Just Freight Hate Association, calling: a mass a(e meeting ot shippers and manufacturer.-, to meet here Tuesday morning, with the Wilmington people protest ing against the proposed adjust ment as unfair to them, and intima tions that the reductions on agricul tural implements are not as great as grain and grain products, tho piospects seemed good today for a lively wrangle Tuesday when the (iovernor and the special rate com mission and the officers of t'be Just Freight Rate Association will con sider the proposed adjustment ment of the interstate freight rate situa tion. In a letter received today, I esiilelif Tiltp nuL-u that evtamAi aln be brought here so as to be able t ) thoroughly consider the matter, ' AVIATOR KEEPS UP WITH TRAIN. But is Forced to Descend on Account Of Trouble With His Engine. (iaithersbnrg, Md., Aug. 8. Avia t( r ('. Murvin Wood, flying from New York tn Washington in a race with a secial train, was forced to de si end here on account of trouble with his engine. He had laced even with the train up to here. Wood broke the American non-stop fjvjn, word, it being estimated that he flew 22.") miles. He hoped to com plete the trip this afternoon. SENATOR JOHNSTON DEAD. Death Occurred This Morning at 9 O'clock of Pneumonia. Washington, Aug. 8. Senator Iostl':' K- J"nson, of Alabama, died ,1 .............. .-. O n-.lnol, a nnA,. this morning at 9 o'clock of pneu- Discussing Adrianople Situation. London. Aug. 8. The ambassadors today met in consultation at the for eign office for the purpose of dis cussing the Adrianople situation. The Seaboar.l will run an excur sion from Monioe to Atlanta on Thursday. August 14th. Excursion will leave Monroe at 10:15 a. m. and the rale for round trip will be $3.00. We print everything from a visiting card to a book. First-class work always. Times- Tribune office, tf. 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