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NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS Occurrences gf Intereat Gleamed From All Section* of (he Busy • - Ta.r Heel State i Not Thought a Loan. I Thrown Under Moving Train. Raleigh, Special.—Considerable in terest is being manifested in official circles here in the bill recently in troduced in Congress to require the States that participated in 1836 in the distribution of the surplus in the United States Treasury during Jack son's administration to repay these loans to the government. It seems ■- that North Carolina received about $1,500,000. and that it was variously invested in banks, railroads and other stocks, and the- whole -thing- swept away as a result of the Civil War and subsequent corrupt Recon struction administrations. A small part of the money was spent in dig ging the "Club"Foot" Canal, con necting East Carolina sounds. The State has absolutely nothing to show for the loan, which it has jiever con sidered in the light of being a fund that would have to be repaid to the National Treasury. The old Cape Pear Hank and the Wilmington and Weldon Bail roads were among the enterprises that received some of this fund in the way of stocks purchased by the State. The bank collapsed and the railroad stocks were exchang ed by the Slate for State bonds in reducing the Slate indebtedness. r Killed by Frlling Timber. Wilmington, Speeial.—E. M. Gregg, a well known merchandise broker, while talking to a friend on the street here Monday morning was caught un der a collapsing pile of brick and building material on the site of the new Woolvin building, near Third and Princess streets, and instantly killed The accident occurred as Mr. Gregj» was on his way down to bus iness and stopped for a talk witl» Mr. John Hand at the Woolvin build ing. Mr. Gregg was standing with his feack to the pile of debris when, for some unknown reason, it gavq way and came crashing down. Mr. Hand jerked his associate to one side but was too late. A heavy window frame on top of the brick struck Mr. Gregj; on the back of the head, kill ing him instantly. Mr. Gregg was about ;>5 years old and belongs to a leading South Carolina family. He leaves a vile and one little daughter. Charlotto Invites Governors. ( harlotte, Special.—The central committee which is directing the pro gramme of exercises to be held hero on the twentieth of May in celebra tion of the 134 th aiyiiversarv of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declara tion oi lndcpeudenre, lias invited the Governors of the Thirteen Original 5-fates to come to Charlotte for the days' festivities. Governor Ftfirtr i S. Draper has accvpted. The v pcojfit of ( harlotte are preparing to give Mr. Taft the greatest reception ever accorded a .'.'resident of the Unilwl States in u Southern city. 3Lt*al officials of both the Southern and Seaboard railroads have given the assurance that ample train ac commodations will |),« provided and that reduced rates will he enforced. Big Month's Work at Spencer. Spencer, Special;— The Spencer •hops of the Southern Railway tnrn- VliiWtig' fIM hionTli orMarch " 88 locomotives for service on the five divisions running into Spencer, which is said to be the largest month's work j in the history of the shop. Of the 68 engines leaving the shop:, 3(1 were in for heavy repairs, costing in some instances $2,000 each. The force of employes at Spencer lias been great ly increased and it is said every man worthy of work is being employed. In the boiler department the force is the largest in the history of the Spen cer shops. The monthly pay roll at Spencer is said to be $150,000. Work on New Electric Line. Burlington. Special.—The work of grading the line for the Hurgraham Interurban Company, which will con nect Burlington. Graham and Haw River, and convert theni, virtually, into a triple city jof from 15,000 to 20,000 inhabitants, is progressing nicely. Farmer Kills Self. Fairmont. Special.—C. A. Ammons, who lived near Fairmont, near Frank Fatflk's, committed suicide Friday night at a barn near his home by shooting himself in the head with a * shotgun. His body was found Sat urday morning. It was evident that ths deceased had placed the muzzle of the gun against his chin ed the trigger with his toes. The _ lead entered under his chin nnt came out on the left side of his head, tear f ing his left ear oil. " " Wfc Fugitives Recaptured. Raleigh, Special.—Deputy Sheriff John Wilkins brought from Cleve land county two escaped convicts to be recommitted to the penitentiary, They are Will Limrick, a white man. who was serving one j year for larceny, and was recaptured i on a stolen home and will, therefore, have to servo fifteen months' addi tional time, and Charles Williams, colored, wl» will resume a ten years' •entence for burglary. Greenville, Special. George Cherry, the 12-year-old son of Mr. G. E. Cherry, came near, being killed by an Atlantic Coasf Line passenger' train here Tuesday afternoon. The boy went to the station to mail a letter, and being late the train had begun moving before he reached there. Ho ran up to put the letter in the mail car and taking hold of the car waft jerked down and thrown un der itj, was thrown far enough under the ear to miss the track and thus the wheels did not run over him. As soon as he fell the boy grabbed an iron rod underneath the car and was dragged on the cross ties until the train could be stopped, which was done as quickly as pos sible. ' One leg was broken and the boy was also badly cut and bruised about the head and body. Catching the iron rod is all that saved his life. McKay Must Hang. Raleigh, Special.—Friday, May 21, has been fixed by Governor Kitchin for the execution of Junius McKay, at Lumberton, Robeson county, for the murder of Alex McKay. The conviction was at the November term of Robeson court, 1008, nnd the mur der was during the previous Febru ary. 'Xl,e body of Alex McKay was found in a side street of Rowland, thrown intc a hole, and Junius' Mc- Kay had during that same evening repeatedly .lire/W.«ned to kill him as a "liquor spy." Justice Brown in writing the opinion of the Supreme Court affirming the conviction in con sequence of which the hanging day is set, declared that there was the stroijgest sort of evidence of mur der in the first degree, and that the finding of the jury and the course# pursued by the trial judge were reg ular and correct in every way. Locomotive on Fire. Fayetteviile, Special.—The citizens of Raeford were startled Tuesday by seeing an engine on the Aberdeen anil Rockfish railway rush through that growing town at a rate of flftv miles an hour, with a great' sheet of flqme | issuing from its tender. The' wobd in the tender cctight fire and the en g'necr jind fireman were unable to extingush it. They cut the engine from (he rest of the train, and ran it some little disaneo up the road. Re/ore the engine could be brought to a standstill the fire became so hot that both engineer and fireman had to jump to keep from being roasted alive. The engine, loft to itself, rushed madly onward, and did not stop until it had cleared Raeford some little distance. Rocky Mount Postoffice. Rocky Mount, Special.—For the fiscal year closing March 31, the postoffice in this city has showed a net gain in receipts over (lie same time last year of SBOO, according to a report just sent in to the depart ment at Washington. For the year just brought to a close the receipts were $18.300.50, but including' the monev onjers \yl|je|i Hn« about, doubled over the same time of *O7 and 'OB. Whiskey orders liavd played their part in the Urge in crease in the receipts in the money order department. Wadcsboro Station Next. Wedesboro, Special.—Mayor Rrock has received a letter from President Garrett of the Seaboard Railway stating that work will begin on Wadcsboro's new passenger depot in ahout three .weeks'' time. Wadcsboro has waited patiently since July, 1907, for this action. Receipts From Insuranco Department. Raleigh, Speeial.—State Commis sioner of Insurance Young paid into the State Treasury Tuesday $14,198,- 10 receipt* of the department for March; The fiscal year runs from April and the total collections were $234,482.63, a gain of SIO,OOOO over previous years. * New Staff For Penitentiary. Raleigh, Special.—The new board ( of directors of the State prison Wednesday in compliance with a sug gestion from Governor Kitchin, elect ed J. J. Laughlinghouse, of Pitt county, superintendent, to succeed J. S. Mann; T. W. Fenner, of Halifax, clerk, to succeed T. M. Arrington; T. P. Sales, of Raleigh, warden to succeed Capt. J. M. Fleming; Dr. I* G. Riddick. of Ymngsville, physician to succeed Dr. R. Rogers. Both of the new and old boards were in session Wednesday for a formal transfer of'the affairs of the prison. New Court Opens. Salisbury, Special.-—With Justice B. B. Mißer °n the bench, and Kerr Craig representing the State. Rowan county's new court, established by the last Legislature, opened f ere Monday. The opening of the court attracted a large crowd, including the members of the Salisbury bar, Five cases were disposed with by Judge Miller in the first session of the court. —Cartoon by Robert Carter, in the New York American. WAR ON RECKLESSDRiVERS OF AUTOMOBILES Judge in His Charge to the Grand Jurors Expresses a Belief That the "Scorch ers" and "Joy Riders" Have Found a New Method ot Com- - mltting the Old Crime of Manslaughter. New York City.—There is no mis take about It this time; public indig nation against tho "scorcher" and the "joy rider" is thoroughly aroused and they are going to bs vigorously dealt with. The newly formed Highways Pro tective Association and the Automo bile Club of America, representing sane and responsible owners and drlVprs of automobiles, are prepared to aid in prosecuting offenders. They are resolved to demand Infliction of the severest penalties, and tlie magis trates and judges seem to be ini- j pressed with the necessity for vigor ous action. So much for the offenders when caught, and the arrangements for catching thefn are morft widespread and complete than ever before. As a result ef the organization of the spe cial squad of policemen mounted on bicycles, motor wheels and somo in automobiles scores of offenders are being arraigned before the magis trates and in the courts. Owners of automobiles are warned In the address by Judge Swann to the Grand Jury In the General Betaions, telling them that the owner of a car who employs a driver known to be reckless should be found equally guilty with the latter for any crime committed through carelessness or overspeedlng. In short, there Is a general awakening to the demands of the situation and to the serious re sponsibility that restsupon those who drive automobiles, more particularly through a city's streets. Where the driver Instead of stop ping and caring for an injured per son claps on speed and runs away the presumption Is that he Is guilty, and by making sharp discrimination on these lines this heartless practice c*n | be stopped. The community in general and the prudent and responsible owners of automobiles, who are thklng an active part In Tlie present Cl i TTSTiIP7iTFr r trrtw congratulated upon the prospect of a successful issue. Judge Swann In his charge to the April Grand Jurors in Part I. of Gen eral Sessions expressed his opinion of automobile speeding, which he called DOGS RACE 412 MILES \H 82 HOURS. Alaskan Teams Start In Arctic Blizzard Tor Exciting Dash Prom Nome to Candle. Seattle, Wash.—ln the most gruel ling race of dog teams Alaska ever has known, the plucky mnlaniutes, owned by Al. Berger, carried ofT first and second honors In the All-Alaska sweepstakes for SII,OOO, and annexed In addition the Suter Gold Cup. The race was from Nome to Candle, a dis tance of 412 miles, and much of it was run undec conditions as put the animals to a bitter test of strength and endurance. ' _* No American Derby ever enlisted In the United States a keener pop ular interest than this flight of dogi across the stretch of country between the starting and finishing points. From the time the racers were sent away on their exacting contest busl nessatNome- was ' practically at—» standstill. The focal points for the townspeo ple were at the stands of the hook makers. At these thousands o' dol lars were wagered on the result, the biggest sipgle bet having been placed on a Siberian team. A pool of an even SIOO,OOO was put up.that these animals would score a victory. One wager of SIO,OOO was made that the race would not be finished within ninety hours. This bet lost, the time of the winners being eighty-two hours and ten minutes. All Nomo watched the start of the race. The dogs got away in s. blind ing snowstorm. Thermometers were registering fifteen degrees below zero. A strong wind swept the snow and ice clad hills. The dogs did not mind the Survival of the Fittest in A Scramble For New Haven, Conn. —The superin tendent of the Carlyle Johnson Manu facturing Company, of Manchester, advertised, one day only, for twenty men to whitewash the inside walls of the new factory. Over 300 men out of work applied next morning. The superintendent threw twenty white wash brushes from a window and tke men scrambled for them. The twenty who were fortunate enotigh to get the 'brushes got tho job o i white washing the place. "a new method of committing old crimes." He said: "Within' the last month many crimes have been committed by men possessed of the speed mania. They run down women and children on our ' ctreets. Women and children and the Infirm and the aged aro entitled to the use of the streets as much as the strong. No man has an exclusive right to the streets. Even the man who devotes his time to speeding this modern engine has no more right to the public street than the weak and infirm. "Men who do these acts recklessly and without regard to the rights of others, and who either maim or kill, are guilty of either manslaughter or other grades of crime, and it seems to me that it would be a proper and fitting thing that, if such a case comes before you, ybu should not hesitate to indict if the evidence warrants it; and that you should not hesitate to indict for the crime of manslaughter if you think that that crime has been committed. "This is just about the time, It seems to me, for the Grand Jury of this county to call a halt on such ex treme selfishness as is evidenced by those possessed by the abominable Bpeed mania. "It Is further provided by Section 29 of the penal laws that a man who aids and abets in the commission of crime is equally guilty with the man who commits the crime. The owner of an automobile will sometimes take deliberately a chaufTeur who has been known to be reckless In his driving. The minute that the owner of thp automobile puts such a chauf feur upon his machine in the public streets the law presumes that the | owner knows.' the ordinary act that the chaufTeur Is going to commit. A man Is presumed to intend the ordi nary and usual results of his own acts, and the owner who puts a reck t»Ss ■chanffmir- In an .automobile and sends hlni through the streets could be properly found by you to be equal ly guilty with the chauffeur of the crime, whatever it may be, that may reasonably be expected to be com mitted by that chauffeur." cold, but the wind tossed flakes ot snow plainly gave them distress. With all the xest of the chase they moved off at the word, while the crowd cheered and the drivers waved goodby, not certain they would come out of the contest alive. The Berger malamutes No. 1 and No. 2 teams, driven by "Scotty" Allen and Percy Blatehford, respectively, finished in the order named. A mixed team of hound and bird dogs driven by George Fink came in third in the race. " • , The Siberian dogs, which were the favorites and heavily backed, became snow bound and were hopelessly out of the race. Their driver was forced to turn back. The fate of some of the 'other starters is still unknown. Teams aro straggling back to Nome, some of them In pitiful condition. It Is estimated that $200,000 changed hands. Prohibition Law Held Valid. The Supreme Court at Montgom« ery, Ala., declared the State prohibi tion law valid, all the judges concur ring in the opinion. This is the sec ond time the court has upheld tha State wide act of the last Legislature. It was attacked on several constitu tional grounds. Anarchist Commits SulcMle. John Mercadante, an Anarchist, whose wife had left him, killed hlm seuf In New York City. Brewer* Join Forces With the Anti-Saloon League. Cincinnati, Ohio: —The brewers, the Anti-Saloon League an 4 the Mu nicipal Reform League will unlto in an effort to put the bad saloonkeeper out of business. Through the efforts of the Ohio Brewers' Association the State Legislature passed a law de signed to suppress illegal selling, i One brewing company at Hamilton announces that It will not sell beer , to any saloonkeeper who persists in . keeping his saloon «pen on the Sab bath day. VOICE OF NIAGARA MUTE Falls Fitwen Over From Bank to Bank—Damage Exceeds 91,000,000. Buffalo, New York, Special.—The voice of Niagara was mate Sunday for the second time in the memory of man. The first time was late in Feb- when following a severe northernly blow, the falls ran dry. Now, following a seveW sonthwester, the river is frozen solid from bank to bank. On Wednesday of last week the worst gale of the season and . the most violent in the history of the weather bureau for April was re corded. The solid ice fields of Lake Erie were churned from end to end and piled in a huge conglomerate mass at the lower end of the lake. Unable to escape by its natural channels the level of the river rose by leaps and bounds. The highest flood level recorded from previous years is 28 feet above the normal. Friday night the river was 40 feet above normal. Conservative estimates place the damage at $1,000,000. All the estimates of ultimate dam age are conditioned by what the weather may have in store. The best can be hoped for is a snccession of calm, warm days. Then the ice will meet gradually and subside bit by bit. For the moment the upper reaches of the river are running clear, but as far as the eye can see the white mantle of the frost blank ets the lakes. If that great mass should be driven down onto the jam below, the damage would be incon ceivable. NEGRO LYNCHED IN FLORIDA Assaults White Lady Who is Saved From the Worst—Negro Taken From Officers While Trying to Save Him. Arcadia, Fla., Special. John Smith, the negro who Saturday drag ged Miss Mary Steel Ewing from her buggy, two miles from Arcadia, in an attempt at criminal assault, was tak en away from the sheriff and his deputies at an early hour Sunday morning and hanged to a tree. The monster attacked the woman as she was driving peacefully along the road, dragged her from her bug gy into the bushes where he choked her into weakness while she begged and even offered him SIOO if he would go home with her for the money. When he was about to ac complish his foul purpose the girl with desperate effort attracted pass ers by and she was saved and taken home. The negro was hounded and caught. While the sheriff was taking him nway for greater safety Sunday morning a mob in automobiles caught them and overpowering the officers executed the culprit with deaf ears to his pleading for mercy. The identification was complete and positive, the, young lady showing the rends she made in his clothes while struggling for freedom. Six Die in Lenox Blaze. Lenox, Mass., Special—Six persons lost their lives, three others badly burned and poreprty loss of between $200,000 and $300,000 was cansed by a fire in the heart of the business section of this town early Sunday. Four business blocks, two dwellings anil two other striiettires were tie stroyed in a section bounded by Franklin, Main, Housatonic and Church streets. The fire is believed to have started in the Glicord Build ing from spontaneous combustion. The dead: Edward C. Ventres, electrician; Mrs. Edward C. Ventres; Miss Leslie Ventres, aged 12 years; Miss Alice French, book-keeper; Miss Isabel Cook, book-keeper; Miss Mary Sparks, school teacher. Injured :Mrs. Catherine Root and her two sons, George and Arthur, severely bumed. Oklahoma Indictments Quashed. Tulsa, Okla., Special.—Federal in dictments against Governor Charles N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, and six other prominent Oklahomarm, charg ed with fraud in Muskogee town lots, were quashed Saturday by Judge John A. Marshall, of Utah, of the United States Circuit Court. The court quashed the indictments on technical grounds. Virginia Home Burnt and Child Loses Hfr Life. Richmond, Va., Special.—A special to The Times-Dispatch says that at Lawyers, Campbell county, early Saturday morning the home of Arm istead Yuille was destroyed by fire and his 8-year-old daughter was in cinerated. Yuille and his wife were awakened by the fire and in the ex citement of attempting to extinguish the flames forgot the child, asleep in the building until the roof crashed in. Rescue was then too late and it was not until the flames had died ont that the charred body of the child was found under the ruins. Liquor Law For Texas. Austin, Tex., Special.—The Legis lature Saturday finally passed the Robertson-Fitzhuirh bill to regalate liquor traffic in Texas, the House con curring in the Senate amendments. The Senate struck out the provisions of the bill prohibiting the sale of liquor to be consumed on the premis es, and struck out the uniform high license provisions and the prohibition against the sale of liquors by grocers. IKE NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Lire Itsus Covering Events of More or htm Interest li Homo and ▲broad. Midland, Texas, had • $300,(W0 fire Thursday. Representative Hillbura introduced a bill in the Florida Legislature Thursday in favor of a constitutional restriction of the manufacture and sale of liquor except for medicinal, scientific and mechanical purposes. Madame Modjeska, the famous Polish actress, died in Los Angles, Cal., Thursday, at the age of 05 years, of Bright's disease. The body will at a later period be taken fo drt cow, for interment. Fred Bell, only six years old, kill ed Ethel Thomas, three years old, at Union, S. C\, Thursday and tried to hide away the body. Fred is ic prison charged with murdev. Knte O'Dwyer, a "bad angel," broke the iron shackles from her and sawed herself out of chain gang pris on at Athens, Ga., last Sunday night. Charles N. Haskell, governor of Oklahoma is standing trial charged with fraudulent connection with ths Muscogee town lot affair. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal was opened for navigation Friday. Crasy Snake is not captured yet, and the pursuit is to be continued. The Attorney General of Kansas has handed the opinion that in that State a married woman may or may not take the name of her hus band and that he may even take her name. The Arkansas State Senate Tues day passed a bill placing a heavy ' penalty on persons drinking intoxi cants on trains in the State or on station platforms. This will probab> ly affect buffet cars, although in tended only to stop rowdyism. Tndalecio Alarcon, of Chicago, on last Sunday stabbed himself 12 times about his heart, cut his throat, took carbolic acid and threw himself out of a third story window, but lives to say that he does not know how to account for bis condition. Daniel W. Johnson, 18 years old, attempted to blackmail his Sunday school teacher, Asa G. Chandler, in Atlanta, Ga., recently, but was quickly caught. Trashy novel read ing, he says, caused him to do it. A cruiser of the Pacific Squadron picked up 40 passengers of the wrecked steamer Indiana in the Pa cific Monday. Pope S. Hill, a lawyer of Macon, Ga., Monday was found murdered in a lumber office as the third victim slain in litigation over the Dodge timber lands in Georgia. Washington Notes. Diplomatic relations have been strained between the United States and Nicaragua and a cricis is expect, ed. Representative Murdoek of Kansas Sil introduced a bill in Congress To require amounts of money distributed ar loaned to the 26 states under ths Andrew Jackson admihistration to be refunded to the national treasury. It is opening many eyes. Judge Richard E. Sloan has been selected for Governor of Arizona and all the leading tentorial officials will be changed. The motion to put lumber on ths ' free list was voted down Tuesday by 170 to 176, more than 30 Democrats voting for protection. An entirelv new series of notes, silver and gold certificates and gresn backs is to be issued. Mr. Payne declares that the de partment stores are inspiring women to protest against higher duties on stockings and gloves. Senator Aldrich's committer it putting the finishing touches to ths substitute tariff bill and will be ready to report it to the Senate as soon aa the Payne bill passes the House. Senators Raynor, Bacon and Dan-" iel attacked the Republican policy and forced Senator Aldrich to allow Democrats at the hearings of the Senate Finance Committee on ths Tariff bill on Tuesday. The Senate adopted a resolution limiting the legislation at the extra session to the Tariff bill and ths Census bill. A combination of Democrats and, Republican insurgents in the House defeated Speaker Cannon and Chair man Payne on the 25 per cent duty on crude petroleum and fixed the duty at 1 per cent. The House took off all tariff tax*s on tea and coffea Wednesday- Foreign Affairs. Ex-President Roosevelt arrived at Naples, Italy, on Wednesday and spent several hours. He there left the Hamburg and went aboard the Admiral, which will carry him to Mombasia. The Krupps Works. Germany, are making a gun especially to fight air ships, as the airship when completed seems to be the worst of all battla fighters.
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