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J. B. SHESRItU Editor tod Publisher
CONCORD, N. G, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1914,
40 Cents a Month 5 Cents a Copy.
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1UNT ROAD HATTEM PBCIDED
. bt coManssioirEM.
CiUxens af Hoi 3 AAroncs
" BaUdinc Baad Tim Ooddls Creek
-. Iredell Gouty Lias. fcoed From
' Midland ti Union County Una Ac
cents at a Fnbllc BisA-Board
Adjonrns . Uatfl Tslirnary M- I
The county eonaaiissioners held a
busy session yesterday. In addition
, to routine matters there were numer
' 'ous road matters to eome up (or eon
- sideration and the board pawed many
I," orders. rOn of ebief interest was the
; adoption of a survey of "Jm National
Highway which baa been"a bone of
contention for ao long the bone has
.' about decayed. -.The board adopted
c e new aurvey this time arid, it is un-
derstood, that the adoption is final
and the road will at la be completed.
Tlie auperintendent f roads was
v instructed io look over the Camdin
road and make such ehsnges in the
kurvey as he may deem necessary,
tv Tha citisena of No. 3 township ap
peared before the board.. :They knew
'what they wanted in a rosd and got
,V . What the county lacked in finance
'foi building the road they advanced.
After the matter was presented the
supervisor of roads i nthat township
" 'was instructed to spend $f,00p build
ing a sand clay road commencing at
Jfoddle Creek, at Mr.- Fleming's and
Wending to the Iredell county line.
, fhe county to pay $200 aa the work
'..'- processed and the remaining $800 be
Slid by; citizens , '.of theV township,
essrs. M. A. Emerson, W. F, Smith,
Lee Smith, Q. C. Goodman, Mason
Goodman, Harris Emerson and others,
tbe county to give a note for the mon
ey to be paid 12 months after the
money ia advanced.
The superintendent of roads . was
instructed to inspect the Skipwith
v road .and see if the petitioners had
cumrilied with the agreement.' -'
The road from Midland p the Un-
ion eountv line waa accepted as a
, - public, road, the eitiaens petitioning
-' for the" road agreeinir to maintain it
for woyearftr'"V'
Tlie Harrisburg road matter wrt
then taken up, The board adopted a
survey beginning at McClnw's, Cross
ing and running in the rear of the
church at Harrisburg to the public
. road, entering it near the cemetery.
' The landowners alone the proposed
route were notified to appear at the
March meeting of the board to show
cause' whv the road should not be
built. .
The board adjourned until February
10th, . '
:' List of Letters r
' Remaining uncalled for in the
noHtofliee at Concord for the week
ending February 2, 1914;
' Man.
Joe Ausborn, Walter Blackwelder,
Wilson Herron, C. L. Morrison, How
' ," ard Ritchie, Wm. Shinn, Tracy Wells.
',. .- Women. v
Mrs. Mary Louise Black well,-Jessie
.- Cabe,.Mary Dibson, R. A. Ferguson,
' Mrs. Mary Miller, balue Hon, mrs.
Richard, B. P. Sinclair. .
- .When calling for the above please
say "advertised," . - ,
: ' - - M. iL. BUCHANAN,
Postmaster.
"I ' . '.: Population f Jamaeia,,.
- "According to the register general
l' of the Island of Jamaeia the Island
contains 716,673 inhabitants. Of
,this number about one-third belong
' to tbe Church or Kngiana; 2,uw are
'.Roman Catholics; ' tbe number of
o Baptists is given aa 195,053',. that of
, . Weslyan Methodists as 83,228 i that
- , 'of' Presbyterians as 56,635; Mora
" - ians,' who : have had a flourishing
" 'missionary work there for many years,
'36,208. There are 9,211 ' Hindus.
Of Jews who have settled in the Is-
' land there are only 1,487. - ".
Reception Thursday.
4 The- following invitations were is-
sued today:' - k
, 1 " ' , Mrs. P. M. Lafferty
: at home" -
- Thursday afternoon, February fifth
-, Nineteen hundred and fourteen
- , three to flva . ' . "
- Miss Ashlyn Lowe . , '
Mrs, T. N. Spencer. . 1
Tha Revolution in Haiti.
. ;. WashingtonvFeb. 3. A .pitched
" battle for supremacy between the
rebels headed by Theodore 4d those
commanded by Zamor is expected at
Gonavies, Haiti, today, according td
State Department advices. Ten thous
and armed men are encamped there,
To Try Woman for EUIini Husband,
New London, Md Feb. 3 Prepara
tions are being made for tha trial
hero' this month of JTrs. Msry Eng.
' lsnd, who is i r indictment on
charts of r-u iir-'r ber husband,
Harry I.r; 11. iue esse was
brouc t t i on t .-"-o or venue
from I . II i) f -4 f ,.t the
' woman's i'.a will be kU'-! '.'-"c,
Calif..'
oranr;i 1-
ia sl.it i td
t J'ar.
SAKXZl WOULD HOT
; EATS AXT OTKIB FLACE
- -' . - aasMsssi
Ea Beta as Beat Any Talk af Job
lwninv Hammer ia Watalaf-
Special to Qreenaboro News.
Washington, Feb. 2. AH doubt as
to whether W. C. Hammer wooll -ippt
another position ahoald "Senator
Overman fail u his attempt io secure
hie appointment as district attorney
for western North Canitaa. wen act
at rest whea Mr. Hammer, while here
yesterday, told Senator Overman that
he would not consider any other place
than that which tha two North Car
olina Senators had recommended him
for. He told Senator Overman that
ha waa not rood enough for tbe dis
trict attorneyship he waa not fit to
nil any other place which Mr, Alc
Reynolda bad suggested might be se
cured for him. Jt '
Aa stated in the dispatches last
week Attorney General McReynold
suggested to Senator Overman that
another place be offered Mr. Hammer.
tn order to find out just wnat mi.
Hammer desired to be done in the
matter, the junior Senator wired the
Ashboro man to eome to Washington
Mr. Hammer arrived yesterday morn
ing and left at 4 o'clock the same
day. ; Hammer did not register at
the hotel and if a newspaper man bad
not been out taking a sun bath around
Capitol Hill, perhaps his' visit would
not nave been known to any one ex
eept Senator Overman and his pri
vate secretary, Hubert Martin. The
Ashboro man waa seen approaching
the eapitol but. that was alL No
opportunity waa given any one to in
terview mm. '-..'.,
Following "yesterday 's conference
with Mr. Hammer. Senator Overman
called at the department of justice
thia morning and made it plain to
Attorney General McReynolds that
he wanted the 'Hammer controversy
settled. He told McReynolds that
the -case had been hanging fire long
enough and that he would insist upon
a decision one way or the other.
Tbe attorney, general - made about
the same, reply as he made-to Sena
tor Simmons last week, indeed - the
same that he has made to all callers
sines Henry A. Page protested against
Hammer 'a appointment, namely, Jhat
he would not reach a decision in tbe
matter until he had an opportunity
to talk the matter over wnh -resi
dent ilson. - . ""
Seat6r-'Overmaftwiitd-'tot knew
whether the attorney general's state
ment that he would act quickly meant
tomorrow ot next week. To this Mc
Reynolds replied that he did not
know;" that the President was a very
busy man, but that he would. try to
see him in a very .short time.
; FIGHT AT SALISBURY
Henry Oox In Jail and Otto Rupp is
- - ia Hospital as a Result. .
Salisbury, Feb. 2. Henry Cox, a
young white man from Kannapolis,
ia held without nail in tbe city- jail
here to await results of a wound in
flicted by him upon Otto Rupp. Rupp
conducts a, restaurant. He has been
quite a wrestler in the amateur-field
and it is stated that Sunday morning
about J o'clock he had young Cox
down during a fight they were having
at tbe restaurant, when Cox . cut
Rupp s neck with a knife, making a
wound that required about 20 stitches
and injuring the jugular vein so that
pbyaioians think bis chance or re
covery are slight. ' ; -
Box Supper at Sossamon's.
One of the moist enjoyable events
of the season was pulled off at Sossa
mon's School house, in the form of
a box supper, Saturday night Judge
J. M. Hartsell, in - his unassuming
I way, interspersed with wit and humor,
offered the boxes for sale. 'The anx
ious -lover, determined to. buy his
lady, love's box, bid frantically .un
til the change from a five-spot looked
small indeed after settling for same.
Afterwards a popular girl contest wss
waged, tha winner receiving a nice
cake. This waa won by Miss Cora
Bigger by a: large majority. ' After
tbe sales were counted it waa found
that the neat sum of $42.50 waa real
ized." - Mrs. C O. Burleson waa, the
prime mover in this and - deserves
much credit for the success of the
undertaking. The money will be need
for the improvement of the school
house. ',' Q.
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Parcel Post Station. -
Postmaster Buchanan recently re
ceived instructions to establish a sta
tion for mailing parcel' post pack
ages. Mr, tfucbanan has designated
postoffice sub-station No. 1 at Wilk-
inon-Widenhou8a.'" store at - Forest
UilL . The order is now effective and
parcel post packages can be handled
mere, liereiorore waa necessary
to mail all packages of this class at
the postoliice.
Tha towns of Pinevilte.'. Hunters-
ville and Derita are contestants for a
farm life schooL At its first meeting
in January tbe board of county edu
cators voted a farm Ufe scboool to
Pincvi!!e, that being tbe first district
in the counfy to g'mrantce the. neccs-
mrj out-t of lend anl monpy nam-
a J by t'je Clite for sccninj its f'l
i f r en'int
a Uil' I L.
I.-.jf ere r. . :'
ea.h jt't.
i t
ah AKcmrr bxlio.
Qua Made la 1631 Kow Property of
Kr. B. D. Klrkwoad.
Mr. R. D. Kirkwood, tha jeweler,
baa a cross bow gun that waa found
near Biloxi, Mias and which had no
doubt been buried by ancient explor
ers. Tbe gun ia now on exhibition
at Mr. Kirkwood 'a store, opposite the
St. Cloud Hotel
Tha gun ia 283 years old. It was
dug np about eleven years ago aeroes
Back Bay near tbe site of the old Bil
oxi Fort. It is a cross bow gun,
made to shoot an arrow, and at first
sight one would say it waa an Indian
gun, but observing the mechanical
work, also the engraving of the date
1631, the year in which the gun was
made, and an image of a money one
can readily see it is the make of a
white man.
Tha gun is well preserved end in
good working condition.
It bad bean buried in a wooden box
but the box had decayed. The gun
had been well oiled which preserved it
trotn decay. ,
The weight of the gun is 5Vi
pounds, its length is 30 inches, the
stock ia 12Vj inches long, very clumsy
knd made of walnut, hand carved and
from the carving it looks as though it
was made by a left banded man. At
the' rear end of the stock is a brass
trimming - very much aa is found on
the gun of the present day and ia
fastened with large screws.
History tells us that Irberville and
his company were the first white men
to tread the soil of Mississippi Gulf
Coast. Erecting a fort near Ocean
Springs, the old site of Biloxi, this
gun was found.
It is very probable that this gun
was at one time the property of
Iberville or some member of his com
pany; and that it was a relic highly
prized by them even of that day. is
shown by the fact that it was buried
so securely for safe keeping.
Had it Jbeen a gun of the late
model they would not have buried it
but would have kept it for use.
TOOK-CHANCB OF DEATH
A Concord Man Jumps From Moving
' Train Handcuffed.
Everything
Frank Funderburk, a white man
living at Concord was wanted for
abandonment and Chief of Police
Mabrey," of Concord, ? went to Sails-
oury to get aia prison, sad,4ttra-f agot w -tfle seveBMHstni, k Aeeoxo.
furniiur with him, when , the" traia ing to those on the inside the. plan
neared Kannapolis, going at a good
rate of speed, the prisoner, although
handcuffed1 jumped from the train.
The Oheif sam him strike the
ground ; saw him double up and turn
over three or four times. The impact
was something fierce. The conductor
of the train was apprised of the fact
of the prisoner's escape and the traiu
was stopped, A search waa made but
the prisoner had made his escape.
It is said ' that a brother of the
prisoner -naa nirea a Quggy at uon -
cord and had not returned with it,!
so the supposition is that they had
an understanding, and the desperate
man took the chance of escaping from
the train.
Well, when a fellow, does that it
would look like he would hesitate a
long time before committing an act
that would mak him a prisoner.
FEAR CAUSED HYDROPHOBIA
Woman ' Waa ' Never 7 Bitten Or
- Scratched By Dog.
Philadelphia, Feb."2 Although she
declares that she was never bitten or
even scratched by a dog or any other
animal, Ellen Brown, 20 years old, is
in a critical condition from what phy
sicians have diagnosed as a case of
hydrophobia.
From early childhood' the young
woman has had. great fear of dogs.
Recently her throat became terribly
parched, but the sight of water threw
her into convulsions.''-Her condition
rapidly .became worse and today she
was said to be, dying. ,-:
Charlotte Made Airship" Ruined By
i ' -'. i .Wind,
Charlotte, Reb. 2. The high wind
of Friday night destroyed the airship
built and owned by the : Robbins
Worley Company, of Charlotte, and
in which Mr, Kobbms made a sue-,
cessful flight Sunday a week ago. The
machine was staked in the open field
near Myers park, where the flight
was made. A 35 mile an hour wind
struck the machine during t Friday
night, wrecking it completely. '. This
was the fourth, machine made by: the
noonins-woriey company, out tne
only one in which they had achieved
success. : Mr. ... RobbinS eaught " thai
erase for air travel several years ago
wnen. the nrst biraman new over
Charlotte, and having a natural turn
for mechanical devises of all kinds,
be set himself to the task of making
bi-plane. The, first waa improved
upon four times, tha fourth machine
riding the air successfully,
.Tillman Back ia Els Beak
Washington, Feb. 2. Senator Till,
man, of South Carolina, returned to
bis seat in the Senate today fully
recovered from the illness that bad, Sunday night tbe physioians expect
confined him to bis residence for sev-! d bis death within thirty-six hours,
eral weeks. Representative Bremner is still alive
r ' 1st Dr. Keller's sanitarium. If ha
Edentliits have ann"
' e -e of 3 t' a f
i to lo: 3 v -1 S
4 that
i ue
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3 t' t f 1 I.
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RATE FGilCOIJCORD
FUB0EA8B OF FttB TRUCK ONE
WAT TO GET IT.
Bataa Would Be Decreased if a Prop
erly Equipped Firs ' Department
Wars Maintained-Jtajor Hartsell
Asks That a Representative of the
Booth Eastern Tariff : Association
Be Sent Hers.
Tor years it has been known that
the fire insurance ratal were much
higher here than they would be pro
vided a better equipped Arc depart
ment waa maintained here. There is
a movement on foot to make sufficient
changes to reduce this rate.
The proposition to buy a fire truck
or another pair of horses has again
brought the matter to the attention
of the city officials and business men.
O I I t .1
oeverai nave oeen interviewed on me
matter and the concensus of opinion
is that the insurance rates paid by
the business men here can be reduc
ed by making a few changes that will
not only accomplish this purpose but
will add better equipment for the
firemen to work with. Those familiar
with the conditions are also of tlie
opinion that the changes can be made
at a reasonable cost.
Mayor Hartsell is giving the mat
ter his attention and is Jinjiefnl of
bringing about an adjustment that
will be highly satisfactory to every
one. Mr. Hartsell has written to the
Southeastern Tariff ... Association to
send a representative here to inspect
the buildings of the city and the fire
fighting equipment and make recom
mendations as to what equipment for
fire company -will be necessary in or
der to secure a reduction in insur
ance rates. It is probable the repre
sentative will be here in a few days.
The matter will be more fully con
sidered then.
The Programme in tha Seventh.
. Tbe Washington correspondent of
the Greensboro News has the follow
ing: ' i !
; Anyhow there is going to be a waraiJ
as outlined at present is about like
( this:
"If W. C. Hammer is appointed
district attorney for wettcrn North
' Carolina, Varner is apt to run for
Concress receiving such assistance
from Hammer as the latter is able to
give. But, in the event that Ham
mer is defeated for the job which E.
E. Holton has held for so long, Var
ner is going to do what he can for
the Asheboro man. So', it appears
; that '"an appointive position' is cer-
tain to have something; to do With the
.Lexington editor's plans in running
for "Congress." The district attor
neyship pays $4,500 per year.
Maj. Graham to Have Opposition.
High Point Enterprise.
.The first sound of battle for the
next campaign comes from . Wilkes
county. : Mr. C. C. Wright announces
his candidacy for Commissioner of
Agriculture to succeed Maj. Graham.
There seems to be an impression that
the .Major has been just a little au
tocratic. ' We did-not know of Mr.
Wright's ambition, but we had heard
that Dr. Alexander ' friends -.would
espouse his (Alexander's) , cause at
the proper time. He is at the head
of an institution numbering over. 35,
000 voters and while the organization
is not political, there would be : no
wrong in choosing its head ror so re
sponsible a position and one so close
to the membership.
Living Pictures of Real Life. .- v,
Strange, indeed, is the word pic
ture about the "Bowery - derelict"
who only-escaped a pauper's grave
when it was discovered that- he was
worth $204,000; interesting is In tbe
story about the bugs that go into
trances; wonderful is the latest cure
for seasickness; remarkable are the
facts about the ships that lie in New
York's watery i graveyard y 'funny is
the latest experience of "Bill." the
Office Boy articles) every one of
them and many more, to be featured
in the twenty-four page magazine of
next Sunday's New York World. Re-
gretable, in the extreme, if yon miss
reading one of them. Order the Sun
Hay World in advance,
I - i
The death of Cardinal Genari last
'Saturday followed closely those of
Cardinal Oreglia and Cardinal' Ram
poua., Tbere are now 10 vacancies
in tha Sacred College, and the hold'
ing of a consistory at an early date
is thought to be necessary. The re
port repeatedly circulated that the
consistory has been delayed owing to
the ill health of the Pope . is emphati
cally denied at the Vatican.--
Representative Bremner Still Alive.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 3. Although
at dies it will not mean tha failure of
- ins ra i um cure lar eanenr. he
was venr ill when the opi.uLion was
irr--rtJ ti.
FOBE8T BILL NEWS.
Mr.
Raiford Returns. Personal
and
Local Items of Interest.
Miss Minnie Stratford returnei
to Wilmington yesterday after spend
ing a week at the home of Mrs. II.
C. Palmer.
Messrs. Elnia Henry and Harry
Henry spent Sunday in Albemarb
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Moose, of Kasi
napolis, were in Concord Sunday vis
iting relatives.
Messrs. Geo. I.. Fisher. Vic Scar
boro, Robt. Baxter and Hey McKiu
nery spent Sunday in Charlotte, tra
velling in Mr Fisher's Ford car.
Mr. Thomas V. Miller has gone to
Hamlet where he will go on tlie local
police foree, working with his old
comrade Chief J. X. Bras well.
M.r, J. T. Mayton has gone to Roa
noke Kapids wuere lie lias secured
a position.
Mr. f. B. Raiford and family
have returned to Concord trom
Urillin, (ia., and will make their
uonie here. They are today moving
into Mr.. K. F. Coble's house on N.
Church St. Mr. Kail'ord will take
charge of the finishing room at the
Locke Mills.
Mr. Sam Perkins bus gone to
Griffin, Ga. to accept the position
vacated by Mr. liaiiord last week.
Mr. Eli T. Ooldston succeeds Mr.
Perkins as tinisher at the Gibson
Mill. Mr. Goldston has been working
as second hand in the Gibson finish
ing room, his many friends will be
glad to learn of his promotion.
Mrs. J. E. Wright and Mrs. Ingram
Little spent yesterday in Charlotte.
Mr. James Eagle spent last week
in China Grove with relatives.
RETURNS MONEY.
Youth Remembers Kindness of Cou-
cord Citizens to Him When
Stranded
Several months ago when Mr. II. S
Puryear was police justice n youn;j
man was arrested tor "ijeaMiig a
ride on the train and brought before
hi infor triul. Tlie appearance and
manner of the young man indicated
that he bad been .reared amid more
gentle surroundings than tin; environ
ment of the train riding mendicants
He was also suffering with a badly
injured hand. He asked the court to
dismiss him, stating that he had
home and did not. want his people
to know that, he was in trouble. The
Icourt dismissed the' case.
Later in the day' Mr. Pnryefir saw
the young man in a" drug store and
purchased an antiseptic solution to)
him to use on his hand, paying '.M
cents for it. Messrs. Shaw and Har
ris were in the drug store at tlie timi
and, seeing the plight of the younj
man, offered him money to buy lunch.
tter hcsita'tinir a short time tlie
young fellow accepted 75 cents. He
soon left the city.
A few days ago the men who aid
him received a letter neatly written
and composed, in which was unclosed
stamps for payment ot the two ac
counts. He stated Hint lie was again
amid' the pleasant surroundings ot
his people. He declined to give his
name.
May Require Steamers to Stop Dur
ing Fog.
One result of the ramming and
sinking of the Monroe, of the Old Do
minion Line, by the Nantucket, of the
Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company, with a loss of 41 lives, it
is said, will be an attompt by the
i United States Government to have the
international law governing the op
eration of ships in fog on the high
seas changed.
It is probable that the Department
of Commerce will try to have adopted
an international law requiring all
steamships to come as nearly to a full
atop as possible and remain stuped
as long as the lookout or captain on
the bridge is unable to distinguish
movinsr objects clearly within an
eigthth of a mile.
A Case Front North Carolina Reversed
Washington, Feb. 2. A fireman on
an interstate train who jumps off his
engine to run over to a boarding
house for a dinner basket is engaged
in interstate commerce, according to
a decision of the Supreme Court to
day in reversing the decision of North
Carolina State comt in awarding the
estate of Herbert H. Burgess two
thousand dollars for ..his death. Tbe
State courts bcld that Burgess . was
not engaged in interstate commerce
at' the time of his death. Burgess
was killed at Sclma, North Carolina,
in 1909.
Women Registering to Vote in Chi
cago. , Chicago, Feb. 3. With squads of
'trained nurses provided for their
babies, ana women election oiuciais,
rung, flowers and the odor of per
fume in the polling places for wom
en, the largest equal suttrage city in
the world began its registering for
aldermnnio primaries which - will be
held February ,24. A hundred and
twenty-five thousand are expected to
rcgisted by -night. At noon fifty thous
and - had- registered. . Refreshments
were provided at noon,
Wasps rank next to the higher
classes oi ants in point or insect in
telligenop,
I The chance of two'flniret prints be-
ing alike is not one in 64,0007000,000,'
LOS ANOELES POISONING CASB.
A Most Baffling Case of Alleged
Murder. Battle Between Hand
writing Experts.
I.09 Angeles, Cel., Feb. 3. The
Grondin case, one of the most baffling
cases of alleged murder with which
he police of Los Angeles have bad
o deal in a long time, was given its
rst airinu in court todav, when John
Grondir vas arraigned for a pre-
tm inn i'V lie, 1 1 in; i.n a ehuriie "t hav-
ng n.urdered his wife by poison. Tho
icarmg was a necessary lormality in-
ldentally to holding the accused hus
band to await the action of the grand
jury. Meanwhile Imth sides are goms
rward with preparations for what
promises to be one of the most scn
sationul and hardest fought legal
buttle in the court records nf this
county.
Mrs. Grondin was found dead mi
October 30 last and it is now learned
that an investigation into the circum
stances of her death was begun a few
weeks later. But it was not until
January 24 that the husband was
iken into custody and a charge of
ifc murder laid against him.
Both the accused and his alleged
victim were natives of Watcrvillo,
Me., and lived in the State of Maine
from the time of their marriage until
bout a year ago, when thev removed
to Los Angeles because of Mrs. Gron
din 'a health. John II. Grondin at
tended school in Waterville and for
some time was employed by a pub
lishing firm in that city. Later l.e
studied medicine and then nttend-d
an embalming school in New York.
Mrs. Grondin, who was 21 years of
age, was the daughter of George A.
Daviau, a druggist of Waterville.
fter their marriage the couple re
sided for some years in Lewiston, Me.
two children were born, both of whom
are now with the parents of the ae-
used husband in Waterville.
When Mrs. Grondin was found
dead, Grondin made public a note
winch, he said, had been written by
his wife, and left as an explanation
of her alleged suicide. It contained
an admission of infidelity, and the
hope that he would be happy with
'the woman who truly loved him.-'
The coroner's jury that investigated
Mrs. Grondin s death accepted the
note as genuine and reported thai
her death was due to "asphyxiation
with Suicidal iiitcwt."
When Mr. Daviau, father of tho
dec wftmn. learned nt; thli tde Jb
About the same time there arrived
lere from Maine a widow in whom
Trondin was said to be interested.
This led the authorities to re-open the
case. Meanwhile Grondin was nut
under surveillance and was iurc t jd
when the district attorney announced
that poison had been found in Mrs.
rroiiuiu s body, which was exhumed
a week or ten days ago.
The nay after Grondin s arrest his
attorneys caused something of a sen
r.tion by declaring that the "third
degree," with a "ghost'' as the cen
tral figure, had been applied by the
police m a futile attempt to obtain
confession from the accused hus
band. The police denied that they
had used the so-called third degree
on Grondin.
Attorneys say that when tho case
eon(es to trial it will be a battle be
tween handwriting experts who have
examined the "suicide note" which
Grondin. alleges his wife wrote. Of
two handwriting experts who exam-1
ined the note one declared positively
'that it had been written by Grondin,
while the other was equally positive
that it had been written by Mrs.
Grondin. One of the experts repre
sented the prosecution and the other
the prosecution and the other the de
fense.
MEXICO CITY IS IN A
PRECARIOU SOONDITION
Menaced From Both East and North
by Rebels.
Mexico City, Feb. 3. Menaced
from both east and north by rebels,
Mexico City is considered in a pre
carious position. While the federals
under General Mass are hurrying to
the defense of Torreon, other troops'
are being headed on a special train
for Vera Cruz to combat the rebels
Oaxaca. . It is reported that Felix
Diaz, who is in retirement in Havana,
will shortly return to Vera, Cruz and
join the revolutionists in Oaxaca.
Money in the bank
means independ-
ence.
start
day?
Why not
saving to-
4 per cent paid on
Certittcaisa of
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ZOHAR DEFEATS
RETREATING REBELS SET FIRE
TO OONAVIE8.
Zamor is in Possession of the City,
Which is Still Burning. Zamor ia
Collecting a Large Army and Will
March on Port Au Prince Proba
bly Today. He is the Acknowledg
ed Head of the Revolution in Haiti.
Washuivion, Feb. 3. Oreste Zamor.
the Italian rebel, lias defeated and
put to lli-ln Ins rebel rival, Davilmar
Iheodorc, iK-ciirdinu lo wireless dis
patches from ih0 American ship
Kagle. Zamor is in possession of
(onaivc-., and Theodore is fleeinr to
ward (ape Haitian, lief ore retreat
ing theodore set fire to Gonnives, and
it is still burning. Zamor is now the
acknowledged head of the revolution
and is collecting a lurtre army. Ho
will march mi Port Au Prinee proba
bly today.
VILLA EXECUTES GUHMAN.
The First of a Series of Executions,
It is Thought.
Kl l'aso, Texas, Feb. 3. That Uen.
Francisco Villa personally executed
Francisco tiuhnian, Diaz's emissary,
was the story told at Juarez today.
This is believed to be only the tirst
of a series of executions of men who
rebelled and were iried by court
martial, condemned and regularly ex
ecuted. Villa refused to discuss the
rtport that he will not attack Torreon
but will send his army against Mon
terey instead.
Wreck of Monroe Discovered Lying
in Proper Course.
Norfolk, Feb. 2. At dawn today
the wreck of the Old Dominion liner
Monroe, which was rammed by the
Merchants and Miners' steamship
Nantucket early Friday morning and
sank with forty lives, was located
tiventy-otie miles southwest of Win
ter Quarter Lightship, seven miles off
the Virginia eoast.
Car. Carhaon) tit the? wrecking
mast standing fourteen feet out of
the sea. She is'' tying on her keel in
eighty-four feel of water. Her prow
is pointed straight tor tlie Lightship,
which she was trying to make when
the Niuiluckc! rammed her. She lies
in the centre of her proper course.
When (he Nantucket rained her, the
Monroe listed as the water rushed in,
and for a few moments she floated on
her side. Then she sank. The search
ers were surprised to find that she
had righted herself alter the sea had
submerged her.
The discovery of tlie wreck of the
Monroe lying in her own course has
removed from the minds of the own
ers of the ship the last doubt con
cerning the precise manner of the
accident and the place where the re
sponsibility rests. They are now sat
isfied that the Nantucket lost its
bearings in the fog and swerved com
pletely out of' her course. They are
sutished that the Monroe and Capt.
Johnson will be exonerated completc-
irom any responsibility for tlm
accident.
"A No: 1," King of Tramps, Weds
Erie, Pa., Feb. 3. "A No, 1." the
King of Tramps, whose real name is
George Livingston was to be married
here today to Miss Mary Troboski.
Livingston, who is known all over the
world by his designation, "A No. 1,"
has beat the railroads and steamship
companies out of thousands of dol-
lars in. fares. He claims he has traveled-
more extensively than any other
two people in the world, and shows
credentials in the form of autographs
and letters which he says he has per
sonally secured, that could, have been
secured only by. travel of hundreds of
thousands of miles. Livingston savs
bis trips have covered "a million
miles." He has been. located' in Erie
for. .the past four months. Living
ston's marriage today was a great
event. A score or more of Selavnten '
to the recent "hobo'' convention at
Cleveland, officially termed the- Unit
ed Welfare Brotherhood, were invit
ed to attend the ceremony. "A No.
1''. today refused to say whether be
has given up his life of travel for all
time.
In Congress Today. ,
Washington,' Feb "3:A Wail aL
bate accompanied ;the, consideration
by the - House' of the amendments to
tne immigration bill introduced by
California members barringf the Jap
anese. Chairman Burnett said it is
certain that the House would rceict
nuuu anempis ana not embarrass the
administration with their adoption. It
in cerium 'mat tne immigration twll
with the literacy test would pass. The
House' defeated the Raker Japanese '
exclusion amendment -'--
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Has Becker Won TitU for New Trial!
ptew ,xork,-.Feb.' persistent
rumor is current, about the . count v '
court, house that, ex-lieutenant' Bock-:
er, in the- Sinfr Sing - death - house,
awnitipy execution "for tftb Rosenthal
mni-dtr, has-won hit flgh( for a new
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