TAR HEEL TOPICS,
H-Z tlmsOGsAtcred from All Sections of the State W
I-j-itreaH "Iai4 Ty TTCgW-
.Paint,, Special Word from
" ri" tOs of much excitement in
J.tt afkerta rjuit, town. The Dur-VTvare-
Usui . Charlie ton railroad, which
Tlr .. t.aAn ca a iwvn rf n -f ihah ci vtna i 1 t
swalj -ixtn?v tcvk &n sew life Tues-
,U aral ft an extra force
"$? r-yvtvai laalrei ne building its
Wrass tf aseaul akngsuW that of the
Jh&r&sra & Asheboro, on the la tier's
-lkt-f-w9y, ajsul when the people
"Tn.li v rno miner a new rail-
wtl tml been born and was right up
Ttrk tass neswr the Aberdeen & Asbe
r m . ii&ilraad station. This
f WriwsgWy aroused, this road and by
10 "V4ck this morning the road had
-. t-i-us 'iiad of laborers on their way
- -fa "Ti-wy : ter np ths tracks of the
!a4- & f Thartes.nr. mad. which
5- iafrinffed on its right-of-way.
ii.h(fr sf?eiat train soon left Biseoe
rtk -Vue Pres-ideirt Pajre. of tlie Ab-
TrkT & 2-shtihmut road, and John
Twil- f. the lWhara & Charleston
twiS jl also rushed to the scene.
SPfvscJhfat Henry A- JCge, of the
JMtrr&cm. & Asheboro road. is in di
irwc. mnranic&tin with Troy and
inHrasfbisr developments are awaited.
Ifep" "Bay Meets Horrible Death.
rmi recaUe form bofeTl "Rex Me-
.-mr,. a, foiomi Doy noon i years ol
-.. i
zxgr. hn works or? Mr. Mot Ilusselt s
fjrm. f railes Rtvtfh of the city Wed-
afternoon. The boy had been
wtrkrag m the 'field and had started
!iwm rnling-'his mule. At some point
the -sray, the animal became
" TjnW. ;hrevr Che "boy, whose
vai in oangunR rrace cna n.
tWtusheil down Ihe road in thejfarm iust of t,e .v
Nftm. ot Mr. Kussell's. When the, inff aer?s, was ac.t.epted ovt
-laoi'e ymH up i the yard, the hoy
ftd !la"PnK . aHho"!;h !lU,
.t-bbiog away, lie lived bat ;
twr .Olenites ; after the house was
, .
3Fil Accident In DurMm.
TwittMn. Special. Clinton M
.fIttrsbw, vrntf f & linemen for In
.'xwsrtiitK Telephone 'and Telegraph
"C'Six.y; i in the Watts hospital as
"fcSa- vvstilt t svn' accident that was
siasrcit and will, -probably he
vFa4:it i ir.i
raa 'flm on a wagon 'loaded Vittt -
fces an.i with tools. Among the
ten vrss a. "tfepr's'ljur'-' atul cne
ml uV (his dropped fiom the wagon,
vmt i iitcu rn im
9trthi and hold it more or 'less firm.
Mrhil?' liu other end came up and
i-saojr'rii; Mr. Rigsbee. This bar erf
seei. aumu one ncti m fliameter
Mwrtti fee body ot Mr. Riggsbee .
-. issmit swn inches. The bar of steel j
vxilrwii tower stomach and came ,
-itB-SMr tmm.r through 'the walls of
tp ?wntaeit t.e print ot the digger ,
r 'iOsr. Iw&l vuniw I he Skin la tllS
Bf,
trivesi jtilEefcn xears.
tt-.fl11AI. Sm.rirfI.TTf.wTi
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cTvr-. -vv.li;-r. ,.-.f.V,n- o
3tTr white farmer, at Pine Hall on
- t!ht-..ijntis "Jay 'last, will liare to
.rsyrrr- tt-'irrja of fifteen years In the
C : r?tair, gunsitrtitiarry Tor his crime. The! been issued to the 16th annual com
vs8s viriw.tlisposeS of in Stokes Su-, meneement of the North Carolina
Pit ". 1 1 &t Danhnry Thursday j College of Agriculture & Mechanical
riiflem-Mim, eorrnsel for the defendant i Arts May 24th to 27th. The bacca
.gTWrsf t a Terdiet of guilty of laureate sennoii will be preached by
' ssiiTsr 'vt tTlse second degree, which j Rev. Dr. George W. McDaniel of
-wraa rsvyied by the counsel for the Richmond, Va. ; the alumni address
.tasv 'Tlie prfsiJing judge then will be delivered by Mr. A. E. Escott,
-jmftsrt! the negro to a term of fif- of the class of 100G, and the annual
rfars. The .case .did not reach address will he made bv Dr. Paul B.
1 5x- i-wrr- jBarringer, of Blacksburg, Va.
Verdict Set Aside.
HiJttSjilx. '.Sf'eeiaL On the ground
;lst it ians against the weight of the
mlAvrwvr excessive. Judge Biggs
2&tssi vrt aside the verdict of $3,000
ucsr;"ki5. Mrs. Virginia G. Eatman,
az thie1 tieatb. of her husband. The
feS-U vses alegwl to be due to negli
vn the part of the Southern
Aii rtk acolina JIaii.roads.
' CJaTKDar Affray in Winston-Salem.
inaWfi-Satfexa, Special. As a re-
mlt a. fight in a Greek restaurant
Irt- QsrliMi Papas?, a young Greek,
la tx. -a. feosrpiral with , seven severe
TjtWi-i CT-rweWlc nn.l x.t. lllft nolnt of
kssili The aisaidt xtas made by
Iffjrefc Knrm, xlarel iio is under
jmrrL. A crowd ot' negroes b?eam?
Riwrtleriy in the restaurant and the
Gsvmks tihrvw them out. This led to
ss, iltt and Papas, while acting as a
-KVh's,'''t' The
Mrmf"!'" "wut of
s.
Waa Drowned in Georgia,
Winston-Salem. Special. Mr. Lu
ther B. Meyers, division salesman for
the K. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany, with headquarters at Macon,
Ga., was drowned in a lake near Ma
con while he and three others were
in swimming. It seems from the ad
vices received here that Mr. Meyers
went with a party of friends on a
picnic expendition near Macon.
About noon he and Mr. Robert Wil
lingham and two others, whose names
were not secured, decided to go in
swimming in a small lake near the
picnic grounds. Soon after ,goiny
into the water, Mr. Meyers complain
ed of the water being too cold and
said he nxjjst get out. at the same time
moving toward the bank. Mr. Wil
liughani looked np and noticed that
Mr. Meyers had gone under the wa
ter. He hastened to the rest. .to of his
friend, but was too lale to be of any
service. In attempting to rescue his
friend, Mr. Williiigham came near
losing his own life and for some time
it was feared that he would not re
cover. A search for the body of Mr.
Meyers was begun immediately and
in about two hours it was brought to
'.lie surface. It was turned over to an
undertaker and prepared for burial.
Orphanage Site Selected.
. Tl " . i m
vv inston-;aiem. pecial. The or-
nliannw ftf ., WPstpr
v ,. c en
I m,,' Cnrh,la Conference of the
Methodist Clmrch met here last week
j to select a site for the institution
j and to outline plans for the erection
of the buildin s at rl,e earliest pos.
sib,(J momtMlt Tl0 r;(() e p Dwire
eontain-
; AI !.. ' V l)J,ic ,w
which were considered. The -price
azrVil upou is mo an aere The
,.e i i . . i .... i
in mini h uc.uuuui one aim
the selection is considered a good
one. The main building will cost be
tween $18,000 and $2.1.000. This and
the superintendent's home will be
erected first and then other buildings
1 "'511 he P"J UP ,at.f'r- T1,e members of
the special committee here were Rev.
Dr. fi. II. Detwildcr. of Greensboro,
ex-officio chairman S. L. Rogers, of
Franklin : J. A. CSlenn. of Cliarlotte:
WaUer Tliompson. of Concord.
Hebrew Convention Adjourns.
Wilrnintrton. Special. District
Urand Lodge Xo. .). Independent Or-
der B'Nal Ii?Rith adjr.umed its thir
ty-fourth annual convention here last
week to meet in Savvannah, Ca.. the
thJr.l Afnnrlnv i,-..h iono nf
in
wnich time the grand lodge will go
to Atlanta to attend the twentieth
anniversary exercises of the Hebrew
Orphans' Home there. Officers elect-
,i nrP. TrouUnt TTphw S TTnt-
cplpr. Ri,.lfflinn Vn first vir.P nrflst.
Msnf Afn
second vice president, Leonard Has-
Atlanta. Ha.; secretary, Joseph L,
Lev-V- KiPhmond, Ta.; treasurer, A.
r( .. ,,, T . 1 1 : . o i. -
-u. u. jutooi, muiugioii.
A. & M. Commencement.
Italeigh, Special. Invitations have
Goldsboro School Bonds Purchased
at 110.
Goldsboro, Special. At 12 o'clock
Thursday sealed bids for the pur
chase of the Goldsboro High School
bonds were opened. The bonds were
for $20,000 and were for 20 years,
bearing 0 per cent. They were award
ed to Seasong & Mayor of Cincinnati,
for ' fraction over 110.
Incorporation.
Raleigh, Special. The Goose Grease
Company, of Greensboro, with $100,
000 total authorized and ."kOOO suh-
i scribed capital stock, was chartered
last week. 1 he incorporators are:
R. F. Rice. W. R. Land and B. H.
Merrimon. -
State Board of Examiners.
Raleigh, Special. The State Board
of Examiners met in the office of the
State Superintendent and graded the
papers of the teachers who stood the
examination in April for high school
certificates.
Jim Frady is Convicted.
Asheville, Special. Jim Frady,
fd with the murder ot I'arns
in Limestone township sev
.'4 ago, was found guilty of
T-s'ona oegree ana
V;1
ix months on
v The defen-
NViii" law.
kiu-
WORK OF CHURCH WOMEN
Methodist Home Mission Society in
Session in Durham.
Durham, Special. The Woman V
Home Mission Society of the North
Carolina Conference, M, E. church
belI-its seventeenth. "-annual meeting
in Mairt Street church in this cy.
the exei-cises opened Thursday even
ing. Addresses of welcome were
made by Rev. M. Bradshaw, in be
half of Main Street ehurch; by
Prof. R. L. Flowers, in behalf of the
Sunday school; by W. A. Bivineij in
behalf of the Epworth League; and
by Mrs. J. C Angier, in behalf of
Main Street Auxiliary. The re
sponse to these addresses was made
by Mrs. R. 0. Burton, of Raleigh.
The work of the Woman's Honw
Mission Society was then outlined by
I Mrs. W. H. Shaw, of Wilmington.
Mrs. Shaw was, for several years,
president of the Conference Society.
She knows the work thoroughly and
fcjiows how to present it in a most in
teresting way. The foundation, or
cornerstone of this work is parson
age building.
The session was well attended and
was one of much interest to the de
nomination represented.
young Eigsbee's Injuries Trovcd
Fatal.
Durham, Special. Clifton M. Rigs
bee, the young white man who was
fearfully hurt a few days ago by get
ting an inch bar of iron thrust
through his body, died Sunday after
noon at Watts' Hospital. Young
Rigsbee was 23 years of age and left
a wife and one child, a father and
several brothers and sisters. He was
one of the chief linemen for the inter-State
Telephone Company and
was on the tool wagon when a dig
ging bar, an inch in diameter and
eight feet long, dropped, one end for
ward, while the wagon was moving.
This shoved the steel bar into Rigs
bee's body, the bar entering in the
small of the back aid going almost
through him. He and t he man with
him at the time made several efforts
before he could get the bar from his
body. From the very first he was in
a serious condition and but small
hopes were ever entertained for his
roverery.
Prompt Work Saves Town.
Burlington,, Special. What prom
ised to be one of the most disastrous
fires U the history of the city was
by the prompt work of the firemen
and a favorable calm averted Sun
day night only after the destruc
tion of W. A. Loy's livery stable with
two horses and about all his vehicles,
and two blacksmith shops adjoining
Some of the horses which were got
out were badly burned. The lire
started about J) o'clock, but the origin
is not known. None of the losers
carried insurance, the rate n ac
count of the proximity of thiec. oth
er stables being almost prohibitive.
For several minutes after the firemen
arrived on the scene the water pres
sure was very weak and it seemed im
possible to save any of the buildings
near, which include three other sta
bles, the Ward Hotel ami several
dwellings.
Default of $1,000 Bond.
Wilson, Special. There was a
large crowd in Wilson in anticipa
tion of being present at the prelimi
nary examination, which was schedul
ed to have come off before 'Squire
W. R. Wood at 10:30. Messrs.
Woodward and Ilassell have been re
tained by defendant, while Mi W.
A. Finch will assist Solicitor Dan
iels in the prosecution The attor
neys held a conference, and those
appearing for defense waived exami
nation only Mrs. Wells being ex
amined. On default of a one thous
and dollar bond, the fellow was com
mitted to all. He is the negro who
a week ago attempted the I'.i'e of
Mrs. Robert Wells, in Oil Fields
township.
Railroad Question Setilod.
Troy, Special. The railroad ques
tion at Troy between the 1). and C.
and A. and A. was finally settled to
the satisfaction of all parties con
cerned. Officials and attorneys on
each side met here and held a con
ference and left over the D. and C.
rails on the A. and A.'s motor car
for tSar, N. C, where these two com
panies connect.
Memorial Exercises at Durham.
Durham, Special. Memorial Day
exercises were held Sunday after
noon, the veterans, Daughters of the
Confederacy and others going to
Maplewood Cemetery and decorating
the graves of the dead soldiers who
now rest in that burying ground.
Quite a large number went out to
at I end the impressive exorcises held
in honor of the dead heroes. Mr. W.
J. Brogden, of this city, was the
speaker for the occasion. Taps were
sounded by one of the veterans.
There was a fine musical programme,
this being by a picked number of
singers.
Shooting in Durham.
Durham, Special. Saturday af
ternoon Horace Stroud shot and pro
bably fatally wounded Lee Shaw,
both colored. The trouble ocurred
in a negro suburb.. Stroud made an
attempt to shoot Agnes Leathers, his
paramour She dodged just as the
pistol fired and the ball entered the
back of Shaw. He was taken to the
Lincoln Hospital and Stroud escaped,
may die.
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
City of Atlanta Suffers Severe
Property Loss
ENTIRE BLOCK IS SWEPT AWAY
Fire Which Started Early Friday
Morning Destroys Two Blocks in
the fHfart of Atlanta.
Atlanta. Ga.. Special. One million
and a quarter is the loss conserva
tively estimated on a fire which
started at 3:30 o'clock Friday morn
ing and which swept two blocks- of
Atlanta business proprety,
.How the lire started is a mystery.
It was discovered in the building oc
cupied by the Sehlesinger-Meyer
Company, bakery. From there it rau
it's way in all directions until it
itruck the Terminal Hotel, one of the
largest in the city, and gutted that.
During the early morning hours ev
sry one in the Terminal Hotel and in
numerous other smaller hotels in the
iistrict had warning. There was no
loss of life and no injuries.
The insurance on the property de
stroyed is placed by insurance men
at $750,000.
One of the heaviest losers is S. M.
Inman, of Atlanta, who owned the
entire block bounded by Forsyth,
Mitchell and Nelson streets and Mad
ison avenue, and in which were lo
cated the Schlessinger-Meyer Com
pany, Branch B of the city postoffice,
the Liquid Carbonic Company, a
branch of Central Trust and Banking
Company, and many smaller con
cerns. The fire was discovered in the ele
vator shaft of the Schlessinger Build
ing and is supposed to have originat
ed from crossed wires running to the
motor which operated the elevator.
tjy the time the firemen had arrived
the flames had broken through the
roof of this building, and owing to a
light water pressure, it was impos
sible to .cheek their progress. In a
shart time this structure was Tmple
tiy gutted and the fire was eatinc its
way through to Station B of the At-
!..,- t-e ...i m
lama jjusiuiiK-f , wncru mans received
from the terminal station, iust across
the square, are distributed.
The employes of the postoffice,
however, by Quick work manae-pr. to
save all the mail and most of the
equipment. Jumping across Mitchell
street the flames made short work of
the Terminal Hotel, the Terminal
Annex, Child's Cafe and Hotel, nnd
Child's Annex, at which point the
hremen succeeded in checking the on
slaught on the north side of Mitchell
itreet. On the south side, however.
the flames continued to sweep every
thing in their rath nntiT Forsvfh
street was reached, gutting the build
ings occupied by McCIurers Ten-Cent
Store, the branch bank of the Gent.
Banking and Trust Company, the
Paragon Store, and the T.irmid Car.
bonic Company. The Schlessinger
Buildinsr extended half a bWV nn
Nelson street arl from it the flames
soon lumped to numerous sms...
storehouses on Forsyth street, de
stroying the places occupied by Al
verson Bros', Grocery Company, the
Binders Frame Manufacturing Com
pany, and the Walker Cooler Fur.
niture Company. A strong west wind
tanned the flames and scattered
burning embers over the whole bus
iness section of the citv and threat
ening for a time to cause even great
er loss.
The firemen had TTtanv narrow o
capes from falling walls, but no in
juries ot a serious nature are re
ported. The gvtes's from the lmtpla anJ
rooming houses v the burned section
succeeded m -rvitiT mrnf rF .hi'r of.
fects, hsvin-y hoc, varnvl in tiw
remove their trunks which were piled
on ine piaza in the front of the ter
minal station, from which point their
owners and many early risers watch
ed the progrcs.. of the fire.
Boy of Sixteen Murders Pour.
NeAv York, Special. An Italian
boy, named Nicolli, whose last name
is unknown to the police, 16 years
old, cut the throat of a woman- and
three men and then hacked the bodies
to pieces in a barbershop near the
Brooklyn Bridge Terminal. The boy
ran away with the bloody razor and
is still at large.
After ?L'.triir.cr.i2l Agents.
Chicago, Special. Revelations in
connection with the "House of Hor
rors," operated at LaPorte by Mrs.
Guiness caused United State District
Attorney Sims to issue orders for the
arrest of every manager of any mat
rimonial bureau operating, in the Chi
cago district. Isaac A. Warn, said
to be a wealthy proprietor of an "af
finity bureau," was the first to be ar
rested. He was taken on the charge
of nsing the mails to defraud in the
operation of the bureau under the
name of Kate Warn, his wife.
Soldier Burglars Arrested.
Tampa, Fla., Special. Privates
George Roberts and Jospeh Henry, of
the 11th company coast artillery,
stationed at Fort Dade, were brought
to this city and lodged in jail. Tht
men broke into the postofllee and
post exchange at the fort and tool
the cash register and contents and
numerous other articles, then escaped
in a boat belonging to the govern
ment. They were run down and ar
rested near Bradentown.
NOMINATE JUDGE HARMON
Democrats Hold a Tumultuous Meet
ing,' in Which Intense Factional
' Feeling Holds Sway.
Columbus, O., Special. In a tu
multuous convention, characterized
by the intense factional ' feeling
Democrats of Ohio Wednesday nomi
nated Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati,
formerly Attorney General of the.K
United States under President Cleve
land, for Governor, and endorsed Wil
liam J. Bryan and instructed - the
Ohio delegates to the national eon-
"vehtiort to vote for him for President.
A complete State ticket was nominat.
ed, former Gov. James E. Campbell,
of Butler county, was endorsed for
tho
United States Senate and dele-
gates and alternates at large to the
national convention were selected.
David L. Rosweli, of Kent, was nomi
nated for Lieutenant Govenor.
The following were elected dele
gates and alternates at large to the
national convention:
Delegates at large, Tom L. John
son, of Cleveland; W. S. Thomas,
Springfield; E. W. Hanley, Dayton,
and Matthew R. Denver, Wilmington.
Alternates at large, II. T. Sutton,
Zanesville; Isaac R. Sherwood, To
ledo; G. N. Saltzfiarber, Van Wert,
and John E. Monnot, Canton.
National issues were left to the
Denver convention and the platform
adopted dealt solely with State ques
tions, attacking the administration of
various Republican State officers and
endorsing especially the initiative
and referendum in State and local
legislation and the taxation of fran
chises. Alabama Endorses Taf t.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. The
State convention here Wednesday of
the Thompson or administration wing
of the Republican party was all for
Taft. Strong resolutions endorsing
his candidacy for the presidency and
commending the national administra
tion were adopted and the delegates
to the national convention were in
structed to cast their votes at Chica
go for the Secretary of War. The de
legates elected were: J. 0. Thompson,
Birmingham; W. R. Fairley, Pratt
City; F. II. Lathrop, Birmingham; N.
H. Alexander, (colored) Montgomery.
Alternates: Byron Trammel, Dothan;
II. F. Oven, Montgomery; Jere Mur
phy, Huntsville; Dr. U. G. Mason,
(colored), Birmingham. The electors
chosen were--1. ' Pollak, Cullman, and
James W. Lee Birmingham.
The Paper Trust Investigation.
Good progress was made before the
special committee investigating the
control of prices of white print paper
by the paper trust. Many telegrams
and letters from publishers in all
sections of the country were placed
in evidence, all going to show that
prices have been arbitrarily advan
ced, and that if the duty should be
removed a fall in price of $C00 or
more per ton would result. Many
newspapers men have expressed a
willingness to go to Washington and
testify. The committee will ad
journ to Palmers Falls, New York, to
investigate the cost of manufactur
ing paper.
Pretty South Carolina Girl Sues a
Railroad.
Spartanburg, S. C, Special. Miss
Salie Bragg, a pretty young lady of
Campobello, this county, has com
menced an action against the Charles
ton & Western Carolina road for
damages in the sum of $50,000, alleg
ing that while she was a passenger
on one of the trains of the defendant
she was grossly insulted by the con
ductor of the train. The complaint
is now being prepared by I. A. Phifer,
attorney for the plaintiff, and it is
understood that the allegations will
be of a highly sensational nature.
Georgian Charged With Wife Murder
Fort Gaines, Ga., Special. Herbert
Robinson was arrested charged with
murdering his wife and throwing her
body into the river. It is alleged
that on the night of April 29th, Rob
inson who had been drinking, killed
his wife, then carried her body to the
bridge crossing the Chattahoochee
river and threw it into the water.
Three Hundred Afghans Killed.
London By Cable. Three hundred
Afghans were killed and many more
wounded in Sunday's and Monday's
fighting with General Sir James Wil
cock's British force at the west en
trance to the Kyber Pass, according
to the official report.
New Jersey Summer Hotel Burned.
Bernardsville, N. J. Special. Som
erset Inn, one of the most beautiful
summer hotels in Northern New Jer
sey, was burned Wednesday. The
fire is believed to have been started
by an incendiary. The loss is a quar
ter of a million.
W. J. Oliver Indicted.
Chattanooga, Tenn., "Special. The
Federal grand jury has returned in
dictments on five counts against W.
J. Oliver, candidate for national com
mitteeman from Tennessee, charging
him with violating the federal 8-hour
law. The charges recite that Oliver
habitually required laborers on the
work at Hales bar to work 10 hours
a day after the governmnt had de
cided that the lock and dam construc
tion was government work.
L&te Jackets
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
Congress passed
the agricultural
bill on Monday.
House and Senate conferees are in
. l T.-' 111
a deadlock over ine rension ran.
One more body was dug up on the
Guinness farm near Laporte, -Ind.
Japan is expected to inaugurate a
still more aggresive policy in Korea.
King Manuel of Portugal took
the oath of allegiance. .
Ludovic Halevv, the French novel
ist and dramatic author, is dead.V
Four prisoners escaped from : the
Spartanburg, S. C, chaingang Mon
day, but two were recaptured.
The General Conference "of the
Northern Methodist, church, in ses
sion at Baltimore, had a busy day.
Jews were accused in the Dounja
of mutilating themselves to esca.pe
military service. 1 ' .
Prince Philip zu Eulenberg.1' was
placed under arrest on IT charge of
perjury. . ' . ; ' - ;
The House adopted the conference
report on the 'Army bill, granting
$7,000,000 increase in pay; - - .
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf re
viewed . the great armada inv San
Francisco Bay. '
Two business blocks is Atlania,
Ga., were burned, the loss being esti
mated: at $1,250,000.
The Sehuylkill .river rose 10 feet
and caused much damage, in Philadel
phia suburbs.' ' :.
All of the 72 wreckers and mem
bers of the crew on the. ship Peter
Rickmers were saved. i
Ten Russian political prisoners e0
caped after killing three guards and
wounding six others.
J. P. Morgan declared in Paris that
the American .financial crisis was all
over.
After a hot debate, the House de
cided to exclude the canteen from
soldiers' homes.
The battleship fleet entered the
Golden Gate and San Francisco went
wild with delight.
The Connecticut Republican con
vention turned down boths Senators
as delegates and indorsed Taft.
Ex-President Cleveland who has
indigestion, is said to be gaining rap
idly. A 16-year-old Italian boj,. with a
razor slashed five persons in New
York, and two may die.
The American Ice Company inves
tigation was ordered continued in
spite of President Oler's appeal.
Work was resumed on Monday ex
cavating the cellar of the "House oV
Horrors" or the Gunness. home ai
funness. home a
Laporte, Ind.
Senator Overman
t i .1
appropriation to hav
stored to Frying Pan Shoals, on the
North Carolina coast.
Judson Harmon wa.s nominated for
Governor by Ohio Democrats, in the
face of a bitter fight by Tom L.
Johnson.
President Roosevelt, in letters to
three Senators, asserts his supreme
authority over the army without re
gard to the Senate.
The Interstate Conimerce Commis
sion states that it knows of no prom
ise of immunity for the railroads
which are not complying with the
"commodity clause."
Mrs. Russell Sage has offered $500,
000 toward an endowment fund for
the American Bible Society if the
latter wil raise a like amount.
The United States Supreme Court
issued an order setting forth the ex
tent of the Virginia-West Virginia
debt inquiry.
Publishers before the House inves
tigators were unanimous in their de
mand that the tariff be taken off
paper and wood pulp.
Standing up in the gallery, George
Gridley, of Rhode Island, startled the
House by shouting at the members
and waving a flag.
High water in the Monogahela
river swept away the steel ends that
Marion county is erecting at Fair
mont. Cardinal I.r.vne, of Ireland, assert
ed his opposition to th; protective
tariff, and expressed Irs do-ibts as to
whether prohibition ever does really
prohibit.
Congress and President Roosevelt
were severely criticised for the con
dition of the Washington jail, by
speakers at the Conference on Chari
ties and Correction at Richmond.
"Uncle Dan" Whipple, who was
with Fremont on his exploring- expe
dition and a companion of "Kit"
Carson, died in Traverse City, Mich.,
at the age of 109 years.
The Republicans of Louisiana Aave
intsructed for Taft for president.
The Senate adopted a resolution in
quiring whether the operation of the
commodity clause, of ths Railroad
Rate law had been suspended, es
pecially in regard to the Western
Maryland railroad.
Representative John Gil, Jr., in
troduced a resolution asking why the
Panama canal contract was awarded -to
others when the Merchants' Coal
Company, Baltimore, were the lowest
bidders.