'RIGHTS MlNFA'KF fflMililtgJ
r muii i u nunsti uimii uuvv
Make The Ten Mils Flight In 14 Minutes And 42
,Secondsi Reaching The Height Of 500 Feet
President Taft, Once A Skeptic, Now
Very Enthusiastic.
Washington, Special. Orville
Wright Friday evening attained the
zenith of hard-earned success. In a
10-mile cross-country flight in the
famous aeroplane, built by himself
and his elder - brother, Wilbur, and
accompanied by Lieutenant Benjamin
Ti Ti'fmlnic nil riffin&T flip
army signal corps, he not only sur
passed the speed requirements of bis
contract with the United States gov
ernment, but accomplished the most
difficult and daring flight ever plan
ned for a heavier-than-air flying ma
chine. Incidentally he broke all
speed records over a measured course.
And he established beyond dispute
the practicability of an aeroplane in
time of peace and in time of war.
His speed was over 42 miles an
hour; he made the 10-mile flight from
Fort Myer and back in 14 minutes
and 42 seconds, including the more
than20 seconds required for the turn
beyond the line at Shuter Hill. The
southern end of the course. He at
tained a height in crossing the valley
of Four Mile Run, of nearly 500 feer,
r.nd the average altitude of his prac
tically level course was about 200
feet above the ground.
President Taft, who had beeorrv. an
entiimtic spectator cf the aero
plane trials, although two years ago
when Secretary of, War he is said to
hftv expressed Jo officers profound
skepti'.-?fm.as to the accomplishment
cf Mich a feat as that of which Fri
day he saw the completion, arrived
upon the parade ground at Fort Myer
just in time to see the aeroplane land
POSTOFFICE INSPECTORS
Washington, Special. Inspectors
oi tue Post-omce Department nave
raided the offices of the American
Civil Service Institute, and placed
under, arrest the promoters of the
enterprise, J. A. McNulty, president,
and II. Van Vleet, secretary and
treasurer, on the charge of fradulent
use of the mails.
Complaints have come from par
ties that they have been mulcted of
Tarious sums -which they were induc
ed to invest in the enteprise by the
glowing promises of the promoters.
The manner of procedure of the
promoters of the enterprise was an
extremely clever one, althongh the
post-office inspectors say that the
scheme has been worked man7 times
before under various guises, and al
ways in different localities.
The advertisement under which
operations were conducted was in
serted in nearly all of the great news
papers' of the country in the "Help
Wanted Male" column, and was
what is known to the postal author
ities as a "blind" advertisement. It
solicited the application of "bright,
bustling men" in different parts of
the country to act as "district su
perintendents," at a salary of $1,
300 per year and the guarantee of a
three-year contract. In considera
tion of this salary the "district su
perintendent" was required to pur
chase $500 worth of stock in the cor
poration as a guarantee of good faith
The company agreed to refund this
sum to the investor on the expiration
of the contract.
This clause brought an enormous
number of applicants, many of them
coming to Washington in person.
Even while the raid was in progress
a man who had come here from Phil'
MRS. FINIXY EXTENDS
Washington, Special. Mrs. D. E.
Fbiley, wife of the representative
from the Fifth South Carolina dis
trict,went to the White House Wed
nesday and invited the president to
attend the unveiling ceremonieB of
the King's Mountain monument Oc
tober 7. She extended this invita
tion in the name of the Yorkville
chapter and other allied chapters of
MEXICO SHAKEN FROM GULF TO OCEAN BY TREMOR.
Mexico City, Special. With Chil
pancingo destroyed and Acapulco
partly razed and the loss of life prob
lematical, central Mexico, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and from
Quarto oa the north to Oaxaca, on
the south, an area of more than 1,000
spuare miles, was shaken at an early
hour Friday by a series of the most
sever earth shocks felt in the region
for the last quarter of a eentur'. The
quake was severe in Mexico City, but
not prolific in destruction.
CONDITION LOWEST EVER
Memphis, Tenn., Special The crop
condition report on cotton, up to July
25, was issued Wednesday afternoon
by the National Ginners Association.
It gives the general average at 71.7.
The average by States follows:
Alabama, 70; Arkansas, 7C; Flori
da, 85; Georgia, 70; Louisiana, G2;
Mississippi, C4; Missouri, SI; North
Carolina, 73; South Carolina, 77;
and to participate in the wild demon
stration which welcomed the triumph
ant aviators. He sent an officer Id
bear his congratulations to the vic
tors. Climbing up, as it were on the air,
higher and yet higher, Orville brought'
the machine at great speed
fully round the field. Then
with a short turn he swept about and
smarted southward over the centre of
the drill field.
"They're off," 1,000 voices shout
ed as one.
Like a giant bird, circling the sky,
until it marks its prey, this man-bird
then darted off toward Shuter Hill,
five miles to the south.
Unwavering it kept its straight
course, and seemed to be rising ever
higher as it passed over the diverse
and heavily wooded country in the
distance. Soon it was a mere speck
against the pearl sky above the
horizon.
Suddenly the speck was lost to
view, and as the seconds passed, a
silence grew upon the crowd, a
silence that spoke of deep concern.
Suddenly the speck came in sight
again over the distant hill. A cry
swept over the watching crowd.
"There it is," everybody said, and
gave a sigh of relief,
" On it came, growing with the sec
onds. It grew and grew until at last
almost every detail was usible. Be
fore you knew it they were home
again over the drill ground, flying
low. At a height of perhaps 20 feet
it swung round again to the south
ward, and landed easily far down
the field. , The task was done, and in
triumph.
RAID PROSPEROUS FIRM
adelphia to invest in the company ap
peared at the office , and was just in
the act of paying in his money when
the officers arrived. The man, whose
name is unknown, departed, very
little sadder but a great deal wiser.
Unon beinr ouestioned, J. A. Mc
Nulty put up a bold front and de
clared that the business of the con
cern was being conducted on a per
fectly legitimate basis and that
$150,000 of the stock of the company
which was capitalized at $oUU,UUU,
had been paid in and was invested
in United States government bonis
and preferred stock of the United
States Steel Coropration, which were
in a safe deposit box in a Washing
ton bank, but owinsr to the absence
of the vice president, G. M. Yunker,
in Baltimore he was unable to get
at the bonds.
Under a severe cross-questioning,
however, McNulty was quite unable
to remember the name of the bank in
which the securities were deposited,
and it later developed that they had
never existed, except in the fertile
imagination of the promoters them
selves. The fact was also brought
to light that G. M. Yunker, vice pres
ident of the defunct concern, had
never been actively connected with
the business, being merely a dupe of
McNulty and Van Meet, the pro
moters. McNulty and Van Yleet were ar
raigned late Monday afternoon be
fore United States Commissioner
Taylor on the charge of fradulent
practices and were held under a $2,
000 bond each, which was not forth
coming. They were therefore -ordered
to be confined in the District jail
pending a preliminary hearing before
Commissioner Taylor, which was set
for August 4.
INVITATION TO MR TAFT
the D. A. R.. which inausrurated the
movement for the erection of the
monument. She was escorted to the
White House by her husband and
Representative Webb, Who repre
sents the district in North Carolina
just across the line, and who with
Mr. Finley was instrumental in get
ting, congress to appropriate for the
monument.
Reports, telling of the loss of life,
are meagre, but the official figures
thus far given show 14 killed and
more than a score mortally injured.
White word comes from G. Poyros,
an American commercial traveler at
Chilpancingo, Guerrerofi that that
city was destroyed and the inhabitans
are living in the open, suffering from
the elements, the loss of life is not
definitely known. The shocks con
tinue at Chilpancingo Friday with
subterranean rumblings and flashy
J of lightning, rain and hail.
KNOWN AT THIS SEASON
Oklahoma, 79; Tennessee, 77; Texas,
CO.
The report says:
"This is the lowest condition ever
known at this season of the year and
indicates a crop of around 11,000,000
and unless good rains fall in the next
week, throughout almost the entire
belt, but more especially - in Texas,
southern and western Oklahoma and
Mississippi, the crop will be under
that figure."
Unquestionably the session Wed
nesday was the busiest of the three
weeks the bill has been in conference.
Dozens of Senators sought audiences
and were received by the Senate
members of the House, including the
committee representing the anti-free
raw material insurgents. In the cor
ridors swarmed agents of s- -ial in
terests, who seemed to realize that
tire crucial period of the conference
tad arrived.
Senators Elkius and Scott, of West
Virginia, and Clark, of Wyoming, en
deavored to get the conferees to
make the rate of 45 cents a ton on
eoal apply to the short ton, which,
it is said, would make a difference of
about 5 cents a ton and would oper
ate to advance the rate to the equi
valent of 50 cents. The Senators in
terested in getting all the protection
possible for coal were not successful.
Just before the close of the session
the rate on print paper was fixed at
$3.75 a ton. This is only 2J5 cents
less than the Senate rate, and $1.75
more than the House rate.
Entering upen the last stages of its
eonsideration by Congress, the tariff
bill, as reported by the conferees, was
submitted Friday to the House by
Chairman Payne and ordered prim
ed in The Congressional Record.
Three hundred and fifty of the 390
members were in their seats wlun
Chairman Payne passed up to the
Speaker's desk the bulky document,
which had occupied the attention of
Congress for four and a half months,
and then the Republicans broke out
into loud applause.
President Taft expressed himself
as immensely pleased with the
tariff bill as it was finally agreed to
by the conferees last evening. It is
known that he is not entirely satis
fied with all of the bill, and he told
several of his callers that it would
be the greatest miracle of the age if
a tariff bill could be designed that
would please everybody.
The President declared that there
were a great many things about the
bill that he was delighted to have had
a part in, and that he would be equal
ly delighted to sign and defend the
measure in its finished state.
Without attempting to.go into de
tail the President declared that in
a great many ways the new tariff law
will be a marked improvement ove?
the Dirigley act.
.
The House Saturday night adopted
the conference report on the tariff
bill, 195 to 183. The Republicans
shrieked in their delight over the final
outcome, and ' Chairman Payne was
the central figure of an admiring and
congratulatory crowd of colleagues.
Twenty Republicans voted against
the report, two Democrats for it.
The vote was the climax of an eleven-hour
session, conducted through
most oppressive heat, but enlivened
by a dozen or more speeches of more
or less fiery nature. The galleries
were filled.
The day opened with what appear
ed to be part of an organized filibus
ter against the conference repodt
when Mr. Mondell, of Wj-oming, de
manded the reading of the lengthy
document. This proceeded for about
an hour and a half, when with about
two-thirds remaining to be read, Mr.
Mondell permitted the debate to go
on.
Chairman Payne defended the re
port and appealed to his Republican
colleagues to support it, prophesying
at the same time that when the bill
was enacted into law it would meet
the approval of the country.
Mr. Clark, minority leader, and
many of his colleagues, denounced
the bill, and chastised the Republic
cans for failing, as they alleged, to
revise the tariff downward and thus
keep their part' pledges.
Perhaps the most sensational
speech of all was by Mr. Mann, of
Illinois, Republican, who said he
would vote against the report, pro
vided the rates on pulp and print
paper as reduced by the House, wera
not retained. He denounced that
particular schedule and he declared
that Canda would take such action
regarding pulp wood and print paper
as to place an almost prohibitory
price upon paper in this country.
At 9:07 p. m., the House, with the
conference report ready to be mes
saged to the Senate for action, ad
journed until Monday noon.
Such revision downward as has
been made, said Mr. Underwood, of
Alabama, a minoriay member of the
ways and means committee, was in
the interests of the great corpora
tions. That was conspicuously so, he
explained, in the placing of iron ore
and hides on the free list.
"I have just been looking over the
report," interposed Mr. Hill, of Con
necticut, "and I find most of the re
ductions of j the steel schedule have
brought the duties below the rates of
the Wilson bill."
' ' Since the - Wilson bill was pass
ed," replied. Mr. Underwood, "there
has. been a revolution in the" produc
tion of iron "and steel. What, was a
low rate when the Wilson bill was
passed, is a high rate today."
Mr. Underwood inquired why,
when the President was urging a re
vision of the tariff downward, he did
not advise the woolen schedule down
ward and he questioned the practica
bility of the maximum and minimum
clause.
I Wood pulp and print paper formed
the Subject of a lengthy epeech by
Mr. Mann, of Illinois. His announce
ment that because of the rates fixed
by, the conferees . on these products
he would vote against the conference
report, moved the r Democrats to loud
applause.
Under the maximum and minimum
clause, he said, the charge of $1.67
a ton on wood pulp would be in
creased to $6.67 a ton. . .
"That maximum," ho exclaimed,
"rs as sure to go into effect between
Canada and this country as that God
made little apples unless Canada re
moves her restrictions on the expot
tation of the pulp."
SITUATIONALARMING
The General Government of Spain in
Great Straits Reports Sent Out
Are Assuring While News From
The Interior Indicate the Opposite.
Madrid, By Cable. The govern
ment annunces that despite the atti
tude of the populace of Catalonia and
the desertions from the army in
Northern Spain, the response of the
recruits and reservists to the call to
the colors in other provinces, lika
Andalusia and Aragon, was unani
mous. The Minister of War has prohibit
ed the departure from Spain of all
persons subject to military duty un
der the penalty of being considered
deserters. The government has also
placed a ban against the sale of for
eign papers containing accounts of
recent events in Catalonia and Mo
rocco. Despite the official announcement
that order has been restored in Cata
lonia, renewed measures have been
taken to prevent the Bilbao region,
where the Socialists and Republicans
are organizing. The garrison at Bur
gos, "Wctoria and San Sabastian are
oeing held in readiness to act quick
ly and energetically.
The latest news received Saturday
from Barcelona is to the effect that
fighting between the troops and the
revolutionaries continues fiercely. It
is reported that 40 revolutionaries
have been shot without trial at the
Montjuich fortress, among them be
ing Emilianolglesias, editor of The
Progresso, the organ of Deputy Le
roux,ehief of the Republicans in Bar
eelonia. The situation in Palamas,
the centre of the cork industry, is re
ported to be alarming and fears are
axpressed for the safety of foreigners
there.
OSAKA'S GREAT FIRE.
Lasts 25 Honrs.BTirrdng 20,000 Homes
and Public Houses Much Distress
Prevails.
Osaka, Japan, By Cable Confusion
prevails here as a result of Satur
day's disastrous fire. Thousands of
persons are homeless and hunger is
staring many of them in the face.
A system of relief has been organ
ized by the municipal authorities,
but it is inadequate' to supply all
needs. Outside cities and towns are
generously sending in contributions
to be used in alleviating the suffer
ings of the homeless and destitute.
The latest estimate is that 20,000
buildings are destroyed, these includ
ing banks, the stock exchange, the
museum, government edifices and fac
tories. While at present it is impos
sible accurately to state the losses,
these are given roughly at several
million yen.
An area of over four miles square,
containing some of the city's hand
somest structures, including the
Buddhist temple, the largest in the
world, was entirely burned. The
stock exchange, one of the most im
portant in this country, was entirely
destroyed. This loss, it is believed,
will tend considerably to dislocate
the business of Osaka, which, with
its manufacturing concerns, is one of
the chief commercial cities of Japan.
Many tounching sights were to be
seen during the fire. The women
were terror-stricken and fled hither
and thither with their children, some
of whom later cried piteously for
food that could not be obtained for
them.
The conflagration lasted more than
25 hours and the burned section pre
sents a deplorable sight. The streets
of the city are very narrow and the
houses were mostly of wood construc
tion. Had not the water supply been
curtailed by the drought the fire
would have been quenched without
great damage.
Electric Cars Collide.
Spokane, Wash., Special Ten per
sons were killed and at least 60 were
injured in a head-on collision of two
electric cars at Caldwell, Wash., on
the Spokane and Inland Railway late
Saturday afternoon.
Both trains were going at the rate
of about 15 v miles an hour. They
crashed together without warning.
Two Mangled By Train.
Newberrv. S. C, Special. Charlie
Williams and Ernest Bauknight, two J
young white men, were strucK ana
killed by Columbia, Newberry &
Laurens passenger train No. 53,
bound for Laurens to Columbia,
about three hundred yards above the
passenger depot in Newberry shortly
after 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
both being horribly mangled, the for
mer being killed instantly, and the
latter liring but a short time.
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
Happenings And Doings Gleaned Prom. All Parts
Of The Old North State.
In Honor of Brave Scots.
Wilmington, Special. It is esti
mated that between 3,000 and 4,000
people attended the annual celebra
tion on Moores : Creek battleground
near Currie, the scene of the first d
cisive victory of American arms in
the war of the revolution, Thursday
the feature of the exercises having
bean the unveiling of a handsome mon
ument at the hands of the 'decendents
of a generous foe to Capt. Campbell,
Captain McLeod and about 50 High
land Scots, royalists, who rushed to
their death in the ambush of the Am
ericans in that memorable engage
ment. Nearly every county in the
Cape Fear section was represented,
special train accommodations having
been provided from Wilmington and
Fayetteville and intervening points
while hundreds came by private con
veyance and not a few by boat.
The celebration was in every way a
fine success, the weather was ideal,
the comfort of the visitors was look
ed after in every detail and not an
untoward incident occurred. Excel
lent music was furnished by the Del
gado Band, of Wilmington, and a
detachment of Naval Reserves from
this city, fired salutes at intervals
during the day from the position of
the artillery which wrought such
fearful havoc on the memorable oc
casion in 1776.
The orator of the day was Hon, B.
F. Dixon, of Raleigh, who was both
eloquent and inspiring in a splendid
address upon the elements of true
patriotism which he conceived to be
love of home, country and God. He
was listened to with rapt attention
and was most enthusiastically receiv
ed by the large audience.
The monument stands about ten
feet high, with upon its face the
symbol of the Scotch thistle, and be
neath it a most appropriate inscrip
tion prepared by Col. Alfred Moore
Waddell, of Wilmington, as follows:
Here fell
Captain MeLeod, Captain Campbell
and
about fifty Highland Scots, Loyalists,
wrho with splendid courage
assaulted with claymores
the American intrenchments.
They were heroes who did
their duty as they saw it, and
are wrorthy of this tribute from
the decendants of the equally
brave men whom they fought.
Peace to their ashes!
Erected by
The Moore's Creek Mounmental
Association,
1909.
The famous battle of Moore's
Creek Bridge, which was fought Feb
ruary 27, 1776, is familiar to every
student of history but few have
learned to appreciate its conoection
with the destruction of the gallant
Scotch Highlanders, who rushed to
their death in the ambush of the Am
ericans, which pierced the gallant
Highlander Captain McLeod with 20
balls.
In the celebration Thursday de
scendants of both those who fought
for American independence and those
who fought for their allegiance to the
crown joined in doing honor to the
patriots on both sides of that fearful
struggle in 1776, the first victory in
the revolution for American arms.
Fire Destroys Lumbertoa Sawmill.
Lumberton, Special. The planing
mill, dry kilns and a large quantity
of lumber of the Carolina Lumber
Company, located in the southern
part of town, were totally destroyed
by fire early Thursday morning. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The
loss is $6,000; insurance $2,000.
Albemarle Votes $67,000 Bond Issue
For Improvements.
Albemarle, Special. As a result of
the election Tuesday for the purpose
of voting bonds to the amount of
$67,000 for lights, water and sewer
age, the bonds carried by an over
whelming majority early in the morn
ing. Those opposed saw their finish,
and they put forth very little effort.
Detective an Ex-Retailer.
Asheville, Special. II. B. Adams,
one of the detectives who canie here
some time ago and entered into eon
tract with the good government
league, to . aid, along with Hubbard
and Bridges, in cleaning up the town,
was Tuesday placed under arrest by
the sheriff on the charge of skipping
a $600 bond, given in the cases of al
leged retailing in Greensboro. Deputy
Sheriff W. J. Weatherley, of Greens'
boro, came and took charge of Adams
until the $600 bond was made by
members of the good government
league.
Stato Banks Make Gain3.
Raleigh, Special. The State pri
vate and savings banks of North
Carolina have an aggregate of $50,
389,620 of assets, a gain of $5,025,
120 over a year ago, is the showing
of the summary by the Corporation
Commission issued Monday. There
are 315 banks against 294 one year
ago. The aggregate deposits are
$37,003,790. ,
Orders From Headquarters.
General orders have been issued by
Major General Julian S. Carr, United
Confederate Veterans, concerning the
approaching reunion which is to be
held here August 25-26. The follow
ing are his commands :
"The annual reunion of the North
Carolina division of the United Con
federate Veterans will be held at
Charlotte on the 25th and 26th days
of August, 1909, to which are cordi
ally invited all Confederate veterans
in this State. Our comrades of Meck
lenburg Camp No. 382 and the other
hospitable citizens of Charlotte are
preparing to make this reunion as
grand a success as was our last at
Winston-Salem and they will do all
in their power for the comfort and
pleasure of all. veterans who will at
tend. Free meals and lodging will be
given all veterans who cannot pay for
the same, but, hey must as soon as
possible, notify v,t he committee', at
Charlotte that' they will attend' so
that they may be provided for. Do
not go there expecting free entertain
ment unless you have notified the
committee that you are coming.
"The annual election of division
and brigade commanders will be held
on Wednesday, the 25th, and such
other business will that day be tran
sacted as may be deemed proper, and
on the 26th will be the grand parade.
No camp will be allowed a vote or
voice that has not paid in full its
dues to Gen. W. E. Mickle, 824 Com
mon street, New Orleans. All camps
in arrears are urged to pay him with
out further delay. Chief Justice
Walter Clark' has accepted an invita
tion to deliver an address, and there
will be addresses by other distin
guished veterans. "
"The railroad companies will give
the usual reduced rates; the exact
rate from any station can be learned
upon application to the local agent.
The Central, Buford and.. Stonewall
hotels have agreed to give every vet
eran a rate of $1.50 a day (including
meals), where two occupy the same
room, and the Sehvyn will charge
$1.50 for a room without bath or
$2 with bath if two occupy the same
room but this does not 'nclude meals.
For further information address
Comrade J. H. Van Ness, the chair
man of the executive committee at
Charlotte."
To Ask For Right of Way.
Winston-Salem, Special. C. B.
Watson and W. F. Shaffner went to
Asheville Monday to see Judgo
Pritchard and petition his Honor ihj
issae a decree granting the South
bound Railroad Company a right of
way through the property of the
Whitney Power Company now in the
hands of receivers. There is a well
founded report current that the
Southern Power Company is endeav
oring to get control of the Whitney
Power plant, but the men who have
already expended several million dol
lars on the property are said to be
determined to . retain control and
when the sale comes off the bidding
is expected to be pretty lively.
Receiver Furniture Manufacturing
Company.
Greensboro, Special. Judge Boyd
Monday appointed Mr. R. M. Rees
receiver of the Greensboro Furniture
Manufacturing Company. The appli
cation for the oppointment of a re
ceiver was made by creditors several
days ago, but in the hope that ar
rangements could be made to liqui
date the affairs of the company with
out going through the bankruptcy
court, Judge Boyd continued the
hearing until Monday. The liabili
ties of the company will aggregate
$44,000, with assets amounting to
about $60,000. f
Sues Burlington For Damans.
Burlington, Special.r-Suit for $20,
000 damages has been brought by
Mrs. Denny, widow of Mr. Denny,
who was killed, last spring while
working on the city reservoir, against
the, city of Burlington, J. L. Russell
and Grover Harris, contractors who
had the work in charge. The city of
Burlington will show that the work
wTas given by contract and that Den
ny was not in its employ.
New Superintendent Spring Hope
Schools.
Spring Hope, Special. Mr. A. B.
Harrell, of Dunn, principal of the
Apex graded school last year, has
been elected superintendent of the
Spring Hope schools, succeeding
Robert E. Ranson, who resigned some
time ago to accept the position of
superintendent of the schools of Nash
county. Mr. Harrell is an experi
enced and successful teacher and the
people feel that they are fortunate
in securing him for the school here.
Mantel Works Change Hands.
Lineolnton, Special. The Pied
mont Mantel & Showcase Works, the
principal stockholders in which were
Burwell & Dunn, of Charlotte, and
Mr. T. J. Smith, of this place, has
been sold to Messrs. N. A. Jones, J.
R. llovis and others. The new stock
holders met Saturday and elected Mr.
J. R. Hovis president, Mr. N. A.
Jones secretary and treasurer and
Mr. B. . L. . Del linger vice president
and superintendent.