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KNOX SEC. OF STATE Pennsylvania Senator Accepts Highest Place in Cabinet MR. ITAFT IS MUCH GRATIFIED After Receiving a Telegram Prom Philander C. Knox, Signifying His Willingness to Accept, Mr. Taft Announces His J Appointment as : Secretary of State. Augusta, Ga., Special. William H. Taft, President-elect' Of the United States Friday night announced the appointment of United States Sena- f tor Philander C. Knox, of Pennsyt ... c.- , V c ; i vamp us. owaewuj ux oiato UAS Cabinet. I The announcement followed the re- ipt by Mr. Taft of a telegram, ,.f ; th. .Am. cei which came late in the afternoon, conveying the information from Mr. Knox that he would accept the pre miership of the Taft Cabinet. Mr. Taft without delav made the an- - Houncement that the matter was set tled. "In giving the details of the ne- cntintirmc Iia cairi fVin.f. flip oflFpr WflS I Afr- TTr. lacf Snnrinv mnm. ine in New York, fhat- since the offer he had not, heard from Mr. .:Y .u. ia ai 1 1 J .v i ii Li i L ii tr I cict: i diii lie ivtcucu Priday.. After a consultation with a , r 4- wci,;f icf I Mr Tnff snifi hp I made an effort-to see the Pennsylvan- fiow fi, if infnr viiA wc in "Wow Vnrt fn nftn tliA dinner of the Pennsylvania society! He wired Mr. Knox to see him at the Henrr W. Taft residence Sunday morning. The appointment was kept Mr. Knox concluding his visit in time T. J m-iJi. x .11 J ' " I i ii r .iiiiiu'o i RTF to Hirpnn mnrninv i V i i " . It8 Taft residence until after Judge Taft had gone to, church. "I feel that I am to be congratulat ed in securing the services of Sen ator Knox in my Cabinet,' ' Judge Tatf said in making the statement with the understanding that he was to be quoted. ''In selecting a Secretary of State I wanted first a great law- yer, and, second, a man who woulcL till Ti: J. 1 1 fill the public eve. not onlv here -but I abroad, as man who stands out pre- eminently as a great American. 1 ' ' Mr. Knox was Aa reat Attorney General ; he was a Jprominent candi- date" for the presidency, n'' he is recognized in the Senate an, else where as one of the great lawyers of that body." ' .Indp- Taft. also feels that from n political viewnoint the seleetion of Mr. Knox is most happy. He ex- plained that there was often a feel- mg that the State of Pennsylvania, f irom million dollars to 55 mil with its assurred Republican major- lions, a decline of 34 per cent., while ities, often was slightly in the mat- ln guantity the fall is from 371 mil ter ot recognition in the high coun- sels of the party.. That this will not be the case in the next administration was indicated by the announcement by Mr. Taft that h should invite oenaior ivnox Ga., that he with reference in nis aDinem. m iact, ne gaia that he felt the need of such advice V uuiv lV VUIOIU 11VU1 I Mr. Knox regarding not only the Cab- T A - a a t ' I inei, oui many matters preliminary to the beginning of his administra- tion. That Mr. Knox's influence will be potent was freely admitted by Mr. Taft. - . t . The hesitation of Senator Knox to make a more speedy decision is inter- .preted here to his desire to arransre with due regard for the interests of ' the party and his State for relin quishing his seat in the Senate. Mr. Tafti evinced many" evidences of grat ification, at the' decision which has been reached. ' Eoot Will Not Resign. , . Washington, Special Reports that Secretary Root V contemplates resign- i ing , his seat in . the Cabinet in the im- mediate future because of the trouble r which he is ; experiencing irom his -;;knee Avhich was' injured " while he was . . in the West 'making a speech in be half 46f Mr. Taft, are denied in re sponsible -quarters. ,( : : : -r . v Haxriman vCase Decided.: Washington, Special. In deciding the cases of Edward H. '.Harriman ;anl Otto H. Kahn vs. the Interstate . Commerce Commission, . the . Supreme Court of the Unitedt States held' that the commission is not .entitled under the interestate commerce law to press questions relative to .private transac- v . - , , At , j i inpc in: the securities , of .interstate 4Jf : : . : Tailroads,' .when1, the investigation, of which such questions are a part has been begun1 on-the commission's . in- WE MAKE A PROFIT A Favorable Characteristic of the Foreign Trade of the United: States for 1903 Decline in Value of Im ports is General and Acountg for - Decrease iri Total Value Prices of .Foodstuffs .Eemain.: Stationery- a Gains in. Prices, of Corn, Wheat and t. Bacon. Exported. . ... ...Washington, Special, 7- Falling Qc .-Pnr , exports, are declared bv the annual report of the Chief of IheBureau of aays1 trial $1.00.' Hundreds of peo Statistics of the Department of Corn lpje testify to the merit of this 4 pre-' k"M' Luwiuwiviw- tic of the forck'n trade of the United States in the fical year 1908. This is especially true, he says, as to the manufacturers' material imported and ioodstulrs exported. In manu- acturers ' materials, whether raw: or Pa.rtly , manufactured, the average Pnces for the year are, says the re . afftr:flnv ftW-r fhn funsA fm. the' Dreeedme" vear. and were also mnch lower at the end of the fiscal yejjr than at the beginning of the ear- The average price per ton of hemp in June. 190S, was but $141.02, against 3iY4.vt5in June, 1907; ot ma- nila $137.74, against $202.01 in June, 1907; of sisal grass, $106.20, against $lo2.57 m June, 1907; of goatskins, per pouud, 24,5 cents m the closing luumn ox j.uo, agmst m cents m i tne corresponding month of the pre J l'l't n i ... . fierlim? VAflr nf ViirlAo r? 'oflo in Q I cents in June. 1908. f against . 15.4 ents in June, 1907 ; of India rubber J -T" T U ceni m the pound in June, 190S, against $4.63 in Jnno 1007". f i. I i jrHi'Pfi iriff vpq r rr rnnr ci I ir I Dound in .TmiA - ions aireincf qo i I cents per pound in June, 1907; and of flntliin wnni 17 Dfc a Lin June. inroinsf 97 nt, June, 1907, while other classes of wool also show a similar reduction in price during the year. The decline in the total value of imports, which occurs in nearly all rP 1 it.l. . . I L. T ;r. "f, "" ui liic in iii'i i nrrm as rnrminn a i ers' materials and mannfar.tnrPQ - due in a considerable degree to this taiiing off m pnces, though in many was received by the House Friday vAr2? p i 1 cases there is an actual decline in from the Secretary of War. Last- wo5 acfl h the fi. rs,t fie of these corn quantity. This is particular true in year a deficiency appropriation of Pnies the court declares, is m itself manfacturers' raw materials: whi n.Q00.00n c miul. a combination in violation of law. show a marked decline in prices per I i j . t . - ' unit ot quantity, the decline in value being thus much greater than that m quantity. In fibers,, for example, trio. -Poll : U v i n .11. ' the fall in value is from 42 millirtn dollars in 1907 to 35 millions in 1908, a decrease of 16 per cent., while in quantity the f all. is ;f rom 312t9S3 tons to 303,848 tons, a decline of but . 3 Per cent.;ln Ifaiah rabber the fall in value of imports is from 59 millon dollars in 1907 to 361-2 millions in 1908, a decline of 3S per, cent. ; but the fall in auantitv million pounds to 62 millinn mnn a decline of but 20 per cent. In hides and skins the fall in value of imports llon pounds to ziij million pounds, a decline of but 24 per cent. In pig C0PPer the value of imports fell from dy mnions dollars to 24 millions, a decline 5 40 per cent., and the qan- pa irom 6H million dol- to 25 millions, a decline of 90 m. .Ay tnu w 14 cl 11 LA b V I H I I Irom o million pounds to 77 million Vh-v r J-.l aeenne oi zu per cent. In raw wool, the value of the importa V10ns feU- from 41 1-2 million dollars1 m 1907, to 231-2 millions in 19Q8, a decline of 44 cent., while " the quantity, fell fronS 204 million tioiinVIs to 12 million pounds, a decline of 38 per cent. Thus in'nraetiVflllv nil the nrinemal nrti1o ca facturing the falling off in the value uj. impons as compared with those of last year is due in a greater or IPSO Aamru -4- .. J i . -- ,..- uicc iu reuuction in prices per unit of quantity, though in -most of these articles there is an actual reduction in quantities, -much, less, however than would be indicated by a mere consideration of figures' of vaiue only. . : Food stuffs do not share, as a, rule, in the decline in values,; either as to imports or, exports, which is charac teristic of manufacturers' i materials. The average import price , of coffee in 1908 was 7.6 cents, per pound, against 7.9 cents in the preceding year; of raw sugar not above No. 16 Dutch standard inj color, 2.38 cents' per pound, against 2.11 cents m the preceding year ; and of tea, 17.3 cents per pound; against 16.11 . cents : per pound in 1907; while in manufactur ers ' materials : fibers show an average price in 1908 of $117. per ton,' against $135 per ton in 1907 ; hides and skins 19.3 cents - per pound, against "22.5 cents per pound in-1907 ; India rub- ,-58.8. cents per 'pound,- .against i 0- cents per pound in the preceding .year: raw ciik. , rer Douna. f in&t ,.M oa :n 1007-'clothing -wool 22.5 cents per : pound, against ' 26 cents1; per . pounds in 1907 combing wool 27 cents ; perL pound, ' against 30 cents per pound; in 19UY ; i and .'carpet wool, an average price o 14:5." cents per rpound in d90S against 15; cents per pound m 190.; all of the above Being, import prices. -1 . : ' j On the export fside, .corn shows an average export prjce of 64.7 cents per bushel, against 53 cents m 190 f ; wheat, 59.3 cents per bushel,, j against cen 8 oT pound in 1907; and lard, 9.1 cents per po in against .9.2 cents per pound in the preceding' year.' t" y ' p:npilei fftr ' thp Kid ne vs. " 30 paration m xne reiiex oi Kiuucyuuu Klo vJiPiimniJamV .himhas'Oi backache pineules act directly' on the kidneys, purify the blood and make you feel' like a new perSon. They -tone the system. f bold oy morris- irug pwrn. . .i '-.r ' r. t -TV CM. ' - I ' T Concord, N.. C. Special. Will Gra- ham, a negro who committed criminal assault on Mks Pp.irVT,',,.W "iLC SSJSfr? e, 00 ,j he " laf October, paid ;tle penalty; for: his crime nere on the gallows. Miss Tucker, the 16-year-old victom, is pretty and of respectable family" and strong in character. She is the daughter of Daniel E. and -Mrs. Em- ma Webb Tucker; W o T io. TtforliinA in linni1 fn fnr mnlnrifl." Ahills. and f ftver . regulates the liver, kidneys and blad- acr onnn, quiw rai.;w, ness, sicK-headacne epnsnpap on. t. r. ' iTv a; nil nnrria i. contains 21-2 times the duantify. of LWm--.u.W u . in: j i.MM-'MK.Iieffai combination , mi the nnal; de n.: .-j- .qat I by Morris' Drug Store. r , . . . ... ... .. ', I ive Muuons or uanai. i Washington, Special. A request I for an urgent deficiency appropria- tion. Of $000 to carry on tthe tworK on the isthmian canal at .the . . . .... present raie aunng me Daiance oi ' . ' L A -; ' f 11 L-l .J) I Ue fiscal year and for new projects 7 ' I Rings' Little Liver Pills for bili- ousness,- sick headache, muddy com- plexion. They tone the liver: do wvT . ' ' not gripe. They - keep you welL 25c. oold by Morris ' Drug. Store, t 1,000,000 Users of Opium Jn America, Chicago, Special. JnsanityTgrows three times as fast ins proportion as the increase in population in the United States.' Dr. David Paulson president of the 'Ati-Cigarette League, made - this statment : "China," he continued, "used 26 grains of opium last year for every man, woman and child. There are at least 1,000,000 opium users in ' this country." : . To those afflicted with kidney and j$X2 EdV nprf:ftS 4 3rt davs' trial $100. They to!ft" "VriSS Dru, r a Government's Profit on Small Coins. met made a profit during ; the flscaJ year ended v June 30th, 1908, of $10,- ' 54171 on the f coinage of silver ano nickel and one cent bronze pieces This represents the dinerence be - 1 tween 'tne Price Pai4 y tn.e govern- inent for the metals and their comage value... Directorof the Mint Frank annual report. ManZan Pile Remedy .. comes ready to use with nozzle attached. Soothes, heals, reduces itching; and inflamma tion: , An operation for piles will not be necessary Tif you use ManZan. Price r 50c. Money refunded if not satisfied, Sold by Morris ' : Drug Store. ' - m woinan iu uvmC. Spencer, N. C., SpecialCnminally assaulted in her own home Tuesday afternoonfat Moss' siding, near Whit- ney, Stanley county, Mrs. James R. Moss a highly respected' lady of-that.gi receivea ne oy: ... jjr. ivi 1ya ?eTi r -vrtnriAn'a; nndit.!on on i Herlong, a -prominent .-V .physician i account of . an attack made upon ' her r , . " . by .Henry Young, colored, ' aged about 25 years, who was late Tuesday af ternoon landed: in jail at Albemarle charged? with; the' crime. - :' ' . Hands, craeked and 'bruised from: husking, skin disease, tan. freckles-- I cuts, relieved at once with 'Pinesalve j.vu4cuM vavus iulg a . pouiiioe. ) Draws but "inflammation:; ' Price 25c. Sold , by. Morris', Dnig-; Store. THE TOBACCO TRUST Declared to Be a Combination ;!5V,' - VJ.'-:" i-cVX $X 'S A"""" Y'T'-V nV.- ' in Restraint of Trade r ,t SH0ULD BE OUTLAWED J.;.-,--. - ' -. f. ., , f fya stjites circnit 0ourt-of New n xru rrj t1 h 1 ; -York Hands Down a Decision Which Declares 'the Americanf To lacco Company an'illegalVCombina tion in Bistraint of trade. New York, Special. The decree ot the Unifed States Circuit Court in th jrovernment 's suit against thft AmP.ri. , . -JTO can, Tobacco r ' ftnv - nr1 ' tll" can Tobacco Company,, the American Snuff Company, the R. J. Reynolds 'Company, Pierre Lorillard and the ? ',!' ' " - ." BlackweHs Durham Company .a poly, and engaged in an Mega mono- decree restrains, these' holding companies from engaging in foreign and interstate? commerce un til competition between them is re stored. The decree denies the re ceivership asked by the government. An appeal which has been taken to the United btates bupreme Court will act as a temporary stay to the de- ewe. Nine companies with their subsid- - oree nied m me united" otatei Lrircuu L?xy Pitting into -effect the judg- ment recently obtained by the gov- ernment. in its suit to dissolve he ftft-n.Allpn rnnnivm ..trust 'ho onm- panies namea are the American To- baoco Company, the American ; Snuff Company, the American Cigar Com- g-; p Lorillard & Co R J Ravholds m.1. . . Tr-t l it - iODacco company, uiacKweils Pur ham Tobacco Company, and the Con- I he order enioms these comnanies from continuing as parties i nthe com bination and restrains them from en gaging in interstate Or foreign trade until ' ' reasonable competition ' '. be tween them is restored. Nor may the companies named for their subsid iaries acquire by conveyance or other wise the , plant or businessof other , different 'corporation whern any one of them now holds stock 'qr exercise any control whatsoeyer over its corporate acts. ' ; . Both Sides to Appeal. . Both the government : and the de fendant companies will at once take appeals from the decree. Such action on the companies' part will make ef fective one highly important clause that which provides for a suspension of the injunction during the pendency of such appeal. As the matter stands therefore, the companies may con tinue business as heretofore and until an affirmation of the judgment is ob tained m the Supreme Court." 4 allowed for an appeal government will ap- considers errors and ommissions in the decree .and the de fendants will appeal from the general decision of the court. - ' - It is understood that one ground of the government's"; appeal willl be the failure of the court to declare that the 'i cigar . Company, the American Stogie Company, Mac Andrews and v Forbes Company, and the Conley Foil Com- 1 pany have each -attempted ana are at- tempting to force. a monopoly. An- lether srround for "the : erovernment 's appeal will he te ;denial of its de- f endant corporations. Dutch Capture Second Ship. s NWillemstad,' By' Cable,--The. Dutch battleship Jacob von"- Heemskerk ar- I rived Tuesday morning towing as . a prize the - Venezuelan - coastguard vessel "23 de Mayo."- ; The flag 'of The Netherlands had 'been hoistedto Astern of , the-Dutch flag floated the J Venezuelan colors;? ' : Florida Man Shot to Death. I i Jacksonville ? i-?: Special.A. tele- I 1 J 1 TT - TT '1 ' ' 4-1 ' ,1 ' ,LaLpu mat v ; j xieriong, nis. oromer and foreman: of the McGehee Lumber Company 's mills at i Woodstock had. been shot 'to death "by a negro1 em ploye and1 that- a ;posse ' had heen formed and were in hot pursuit of the jdegrby Who had escaped to a : nearby. swamp.V Woodstick is, a small settle ment 11? ?'Baker county and many cit izens joined the: white' men' at the mill jn ' (pursuit of tbetblack man: No particulars of. the murder" .could be ARE HOSTILE TO GASIRO Decree of Acting President Gomea. Placing Yenezuela in a State of , Denf ense . Brings Pbrth a Big . De- -" monstration Against Castro - Caracas,4 Venezuela, . By ,,. Cable.--The news of the capture of the Ven ezuelan coast-guard ship . Alexis by the Dutch cruiser : ; Gelderlahd . last Saturday became known in : Caracas, londay-morning." A' big crown - at once assembledin ' the - plaza bolivair and .-demonstrated in support of the government' t . , ?A decree . issued by f Acting Presi dent ;Gomez places the' republic in state of defense7 , ' . ' A crowd of 'citzens,r including a large number of students, went to tbe ofiice , of ' El Constitucional, the organ -of President Castnv and indulg-, fid in a denionstration. The filing of this crowd were, plainly hostile to- Castro and," to the steps taken by Go mez. ' A pitched , battle ensued be t ween t the employes of: the paper and the crowd on the' strets. , Many shots were exchanged, and the ; fighting 1 asted for five minutes. ; , Several men vrere wounded and one has since died. The police were ' summoned and when rhey appeared on the scene armed" , with' rifles , the crowd dispersed. The captain of ' the ' , Alexis, who came , ashore a,t Puerto Cabello, has sent up to Caracas the communica tion hanled him ? by the i Dutch officer who came on board from the Gilder- 1 land.; The note is as follows f On Board ; the Cruiser - Gilderland Dec. 12th. " . f "Her Majesty, the; Queen of Hol land, has given orders' for her war ships temporarily to sequestrate and embargo all Venezuelan ; government vessels. This is a' retaliatory measure. We demand that you lower your flag and surrender your ship V and your' persons to the commander of the Gelderland. All resistance will be useless; If you, resist the result will, be the loss of your vessel and death . to many of you. "SECOND, LIEUTENANT BOINAR. Acting President Gomez issued a decree in which he relates the capture of the Alexis, after which he de clares : "I consider these .acts a true inva sion of Venezuelan territory; and ap ' I n . ..' tr . ' 1 ' aggression against tne : ; v enezuciaD government. They constitute a grays ... offense. The national, sovereignty l threatened, and the territorial integ rity, honor and dignity of the father-. and is iri danger. - r , "I decree the nation in ajstate ot defense, "and "consequently the Execu tive assumes and will exercise the ex traordinary faculties cojiferrred irpon bim by section -VIII of article LXXX of the Venezuelan constitution. The news that Venezuela had beer placed in a state of national defense against Holland ran through the city like wildfire, and in a few moments? there .was an enormous crowd in front of the Yellow; House, the Executive mansion. to greet ' Acting President Gomez. . Speeches were made demanding: that all political prisoners be set at liberty and that the1, existing, govern ment monopolies be abolished. The threatened danger from without had a double effect on the peopje ; they de- manded measures of. protection, but at the same time they insisted - upone thetermination of one of the most unpopular courses " of the - Castro ad ministration, the maintenance ot gov ernment monopolies in the necessaries5 of life.-. - v - ' Foreign Minister Paul ' replied , on behalf of i the! acting President: He exhbited the :- people . to; trust r Gomer to solve the difScult v problem j . con fronting .Venezuela today, and. to-help;him-;carry his burden' of tremen dous responsibility, m I A " ' . i The hostile demonstration at the ofiftccs I of El Constitutional . is an ; evi dence of ; the unpopularity? of -Presi dent ' Castro . Bill to Condemn liand at Cape Henry. , ; Washlngtoiu, Special. The acquire mentby condemn ation of '1,280 acres of landrarCape iHenry, Va., for forti fication andv coast v defensa-purposes is the object of a" bill introduced: by Bepreseritatiye Maynard, of Virginia, iThis purchase ;was recommenced in the annual report of the :; Secretary of War twenty-t3vo years ago. ; j : The , Squadron r Preparing to iLeave- , ' ' :Tot Guantanamb- -' -.Norfolk, J-fSviecial.-frThe: -battleship-Maine, "flagship of the third squadron, with -Rear I Admiral Arnold'- aboard, arrived in,.3jampton Roads Monday, -where, the 1 warships" that will" go to Gnantanamo' for target1 practice4 and 1 then to Havana for1, the inauguration 5 of President . Gomez, will rendezvous. ' Tbe;Maine will be joined in Hamptons Roads . Wednesday by : the cruiser North' Carolina and later by the' Mon- tana, both . no Where. .Other,; vessels -to; fome heretare ..the , Idaho, Missis-' sippi. New Hampshire, Chester, Salem and Birmingham. ttwUve, 'VV; - - f- -
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