North Carolina Newspapers

CAPITAL FACTS. Interesting News Gathered in the District of Columbia. THE AMERICAN CONGRESS.' Personal Incidents and Important Happenings of National Import Published for the Pleasure and In formation of Newspaper Readers. Probably True at Other Places. Col. W. C. Haskill, Superintendent of Weights and Measures, declared that practically all the 300,000 bar rels of flour sold in Washington were 6hort four pounds each of the adver tised weight and that Washingtonians were paying annually $42,000 for Hour which they never received. Other Items were in proportion he said. Nearly every package sold in grocery stores was short four ounces, accord ing to the investigations of his of ficers, Colonel Haskell said, and bot tled goods were short in quantity too. Diet Won't Do for a Plcughboy. Speaker Cannon has ; solved the problem of the high cost of living. He explained his system to 100 vis iting school boys of New York and Philadelphia. He says he spends only 10 cents, a day for breakfast, taking but a cup of coffee and an tgg sandwich. lie declared that when he is recklessly extravagant ha spends a nickel more for an orange. ' ' When a boy, I learned to keep within my income," he said. "Now t am able to do it and thus can sav a little for a rainy day." Not In It For Money. Preachers are the . poorest paid tlass of men in the country, accord ing to statistics compiled by the Census Bureau. The average pay oi the clergymen is computed at $663. City preachers get much highe wages tban those in charge of rural Bocks, except in. Catholic churches. The remunerations are fixed by diocesan authorities. The highest average paid by any denomination it to the Unitarians, $1,653 per year. Homing Pigeon in Fast Company. A homing pigecn with reportorial instincts flew into one of the windows of the Senate press gallery Monday, t seemed quite exhausted, and had evidently found an unexpected harboi of refuge when it darted under the Capitol portico after a long t flight. Some of the correspondents revived the bird with a little lemonade, and dispatched it on its way. The pigeon had on its leg a band marked: "P, B. 11-400 J. X" Soldiers to Establish Clubs. At several military posts the en listed men are being induced to es tablish soldiers' clubs outside of tin reservation and beyond the govern ment control where in addition to tht useful facilities of the garrison hal! within the post they may obtain beer, light wines and other beverages un der such regulations as will prevent intoxication or excess. One in Washington Too. Senator Gallinger introduced in the Senate the joint resolution wind has already been introduced by Rep resentative Moore in the House, foj an exposition in Washington to cele-,-brate the completion of the Panami canal. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Industrial Art ;.and Expositions. No Canteens At Soldiers Homes. The House, after vigorous debate voted to refuse authority to national homes for disabled volunteers .t maintain canteens where the homei . are within five miles of towns when Jiguor is legally sold.. Needs a Light Job. ' Upon his own application to b( relieved of the' duties of secretary t the President, which, it is said, havi jbeen so heavy as to threaten hii health, Fred W. Carpenter has beei (appointed by President Taft to bi United States minister to Morocco to succeed II. Percival Dodge, a post wliich Mr. Taft believes will benofii Mr. Carpenter's health. Eed Cross Sign for Ads. "The cross is the emblem of th Christian religion. I do not believ) in giving any one organization monopoly of its use. Therefore, 1 biect to the consideration of thi bill." Representative Crumpacker, of In idiana, with the above objection etruck from the unanimous consen1 calendar of the House a bill to pro hibit the use of the Red Cross sigj by' any save the American Nationa Red Cross Society, the measure beinj particularly directed toward those win use the insignia for advertising .pur poses. Stamp Book Contract Renewed. Postmaster-General Hitchcock ha approved a contract with the Burcai of Engraving end Printing for : period of four years, beginning Janu ary 31, 1911, for the manufacture an printing of postage stamps. A pri ' vate corporation submitted a hii $17,000 lower; but, as the bureau ex pects to adopt methods which wil save the Government $180,000 a yeai in the expenditure of $625,000 on tht manufacture of stamps, the contra w&s awarded to the bureau. THE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD Tie Heart of Happenings Carrel Frcm the Whole Country. Tbo month of May contributed a ghastly record of 30 suicides in Penn sylvania. Ninety-five per cent of the moving picture places in New York are dens of iniquity. In Louisiana under the present statutes, the appearance of any child under 16 years of age in theatres at night is prohibited. k Cuba willingly authorizes the rais ing of the wreck of the battle ship Maine, and will give every assistance to the Americans in the work. The supreme court of the United States set-the corporation tax cases for reargument at the beginning of the next term before a full bench. The directors of American Snuff company, New York,"" have declared a quarterly dividend of 5 per cent, and an extra dividend of 2 per cent. The South Atlantic States Corn ex position which is to be held in Colum bia, S. C, from December 5 to 8 is attracting attention all over the South. Five thousand bales of Southern cotton are on their way back to Sou thern spinners after a journey from the South to Liverpool and from Liverpool to New York. Lack of faith in banks and the use jof unsold vest as a depository cost Dominick Rosato his life 'sav ings of $747, at Chicago. His wife threw the vest in tho fire. The oulput of the government 's smokeless powder factory at Picatin ny, N. J., arsenel is to be trebled soon. The factory will be. able to turn out 3,000 pounds daily. In an opinion handed down Wed nesday, thi Interstate Commerce Commission declined to issue an or der which might disturb the system of rice rates in the South. . Police records of- Gary, Inch, for May show that one person in every 40 -in the city was arrested during the month. The saloons, which re opened May 1, number 135. ,.- Ex-Governor Robert B. Glenn has been making a series of lectures in Newark, N. J., in behalf of the Na tional Religious Training School and Chautauqua for the Colored Race. "I'd rather be kDown as a boodler than a liar," said 'State Senator Dan iel Holstlaw in an interview at Iuka, 111., speaking of his confession to accepting a bribe of $2,500 as a legislator. Although the New York market re ports show that butter- receipts in May were larger than usual, the prices of the best grades are higher now than they have been before at this time since the civil war. By a vote of 31 to 25 the senate refused to challenge the supreme court of the United States to anothei decision regarding the right of com mon carriers to transport commodi ties produced by themselves. The supreme court of the United States Wednesday advanced the so called government Panama cana! libel suit against the Press Publish ing company of New York for hearing the first Tuesday of next Oetober. Gov. Hadley and John IL Curran, commissioner of immigration of Mis souri, have started a fund which is expected to reach $10,000, to be given to the aviator who in 24 hours s'al! fly from St.. Louis to Kansas City, a distance of 288 miles' In a fai'-reachig decision in the case of Monroe Hampton, a negrc boy of 12, sent up for two years in Lauderdale county, for burglary, the Alabama supreme court held that nc confession of a child under 14 years of age, could "be used toward convic tion. As a result a new trial was ordered. , Eighty-five employes oi the Treas ury Department received "vacation notices" Wednesday, which means that they were permanently relieved from duty. King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, thinks highly of the American Cross of Honor Society, and has sent Thomas Herndon, at Washington, the president, an autographed photo graph of himself as a token of his friendliness to the organization. A collar which' a couple of years ago became soiled in one day can now be worn for two days in Chicago, so great have been the strides in abating the smoke nuisance, according to City Smoke Inspector Bird. Miss Sarah E. Peek, a member of the faculty of Union College, Lin coln, Neb., was fined by United States District Judge Munger $10, after she had entered her voluntary appear ance. Miss Peck Avas indicted by a Federal grand jury on the charge that she wifully refused to give her age to the census enumerator or to an swer questions as to whether she had been married or divorced. Her age has not yet been made pubiac. Aerial navigation has made such rapid progress that Secretary of State Knox and the government of Mexico are negotiating an aviation treaty governing the pasage of air ships across tho border line between these two countries. Memorial Day was observed at Paris by all Americans. The embassy and consulate was closed and Am- basador Bacon and Consul General Mason made a trip to the Cemetery of Picques to lay flowers on the grave of Lafayette. Not one cent of the "Rockefeller million dollar fund for the investi gation of the hookworm disease ,will be spent in Texas. The State Board of health refuses to contribute an equal share of the fund. Kissing as a perfectly safe pastime has just received the O., K. of Dr. A. M. Worthington, a professor in the Harvard medical school, Boston. Per sons -who, refrain because of fear of the interchange of bacteria are mar tyring themselves uselessly, the edu cator told his audience at a lecture on "Alan and His Bacteria." North Carolinian Dies in N. Y. New York, Special. William Syd ney Porter, known best under his pen name of "O. Henry," as the writer of short stories, died Monday at Poly technic hospital. He underwent an operation last Friday and never ral lied. The nature of his ailment was not made known. Mr. Porter was born in Greensboro. N. C, 4i5 years ago and began his career on the Houston Post. Cotton Tare Case Decided. Columbia, S.. C, Special. Judge DeVore has rendered a decision af firming the magistrate's court in the famous cotton case involving more than '$1,800,000 to the cotton men of the State. The case will be taken on appeal to the State Supreme Court. . The case was a test case touching the constitutionality of the act passed at the 1910 session of the General Assembly making reduction for cot ton rate six per cent instead of 10 pounds as formerly and as in other Southern States. Taft Honors Memory of Custer. Monroe, Mich., Special. President Taft Saturday joined with the peo ple of Michigan in paying tribute to the memory of Major General George Armstrong Custer. He stood beside Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, the widow, of the Civil war soldier, and martyr of the "Little Big Horn," as she tugged at the long streamer of cavalry yellow, ribbon which released the flags and unveiled the splendid bronze equestrian statue of Custer. Important Action of Mayors. "Winston-Salem, Special. The State Municipal association, the closing ses sion of the second annual convention, unanimously adopted a. resolution in troduced ' by Walter Clarke, Jr., of Raleigh, indorsing the commission form of city" government. It is also to ask the legislature to enact a general law allowing cities by popular vote to adopt, the com mission form of government. Mayor F. N. Tate of High Point was elected president of the association and it was decided to hold the next annual session in Raleigh. Eride in Agony Ten Years. New York, Special. When Mr. and Mrs. Asa Oummings, of Binghamton, N. Y., were married 10 years ago their friends showered them with rice. One kernel lodged in the bride's ear. For 10 years it defied the efforts of physicians and surgeons to dis lodge it. Three fruitless operations were performed, and a short time ago she entered the Post Graduate Hos pital here for treatment. Brain fever developed and she died Saturday. Very Late About Important Matter. Washington, Special. Authoriza tion for the compilation of the mili tary and nafil records of the Revo lutionary War, with a view to their publication, is contained in a bill re ported to the Senate Saturday from the Committee on- Military Affairs. These records are greatly scattered and it would be a gigantic task to find and assemble them in satisfac tory manner. For this purpose it is proposed that an appropriation of $50,000 shall be made. Convict's Heroism Rewarded. Montgomery, Ala., Special. As a result, of heroism during the fire which cremated 26 negro convicts, at Lu cile mines on May 15th, last, Nathan Page, a life convict, will be paroled. Page dashed into the fire and saved J. O. Thompson, one of the guards who had been overcome by the fumes of the burning oil while trying to unlock the cell in which the loss of life took place. t Suggestion of the coroner's jury' that this be done has the approval of the convict board. Terrific Tornado in Augusta. Augusta. Ga..' Snecial. A tornado here Thursday night, reaching a velo city of 62 miles an hour and lasting for 16 minutes did more damage than anv in the historv of the citv. with the exception of the great tornado in 1878. Death From Unusual Fall. Cleveland, Special. Plunging head foremost down a flight of stairs, and through the window of a door, Wil liam Raddatz, 36 years old, had his head almost severed from his body by the broken glass. Foreigners in Danger in China. Washington, D. C, Special. The city of Nanking, China, Jias been posted with placards inciting the peo ple to the destruction of foreign life and property. President's New Private Secretary. Washington, Special. Charles D. Norton, of Chicago, assistant secre tary of the treasury, was appointed secretary to the President Wednesday. ALL OBSTACLES REMOVED Officials Grant Permit for Big Pugilistic Battle July 4 - San Francisco, Cal., Special.- With but two dissenting votes and without preliminary discussion the permit for the 45-round battle on July 4, between Jeffries and Johnson was grantecN Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. The board room was crowded with representatives of church and civic or ganizations who did not get a chance to voice their protests. Tho permit was ., advanced. on the Board's calen dar and was passed before the ob jectors knew it. When they learned that the perm ith ad been granted, the protestants indignantly left the room in a body. . By their action the board of super visors removed the last official pre liminary obstacle in the way of pro moters, who will now proceed with the 'erection of the arena. District Attorney Fiekert and the chief of po lice have already announced that they will not seek to prevent the contest. 'J A Woman's Scom," Awful. Alexandria, La., Special. Samuel Fords announced Monday morning that he was to be married that night and that it would cost him his life. When Catherine Prit chard, whose name was not mentioned in the an nouncement, heard the news,' she call ed on Ford and killed him with sev eral shots from a revolver. Jealousy is alleged to have been the motive. River Appropriations Trimmed. Washington, Special. The report of the conferees on the river and harbor bill was presented in Con gress Tuesday and was approved. As finally agreed to it carries appro priations aggrgeating $51,947,718, a net reduction of $750,500 from the amount of the bill as it passed the Senate. Had to be Shown, Anyway. Washington, Special. The statute of 'Missouri passed March 13, 1907, prohibiting foreign corporations from doing business within the state, if they seek litigation in the United States courts,' is' pronounced uncon stitutional by the United States su preme court. Grand Gift "to- Negro School. Nashville,., ..Tenn., Special. A Iluntsvillc, Alfij-, dispatch says the McCormiek faitfHy of Chicago has made a gift 'of $17,000 to the trus tees of the Agricultural and Median ical College for negroes at Normal, Ala.,- to be expended in a domestic science building and a new hospital. Dismissed "Jim Crow" Regulation. Washington, Special. An attempt to have the Supreme Court of the United States pass on the authority of common carriers engaged in Inter state commerce to make "Jim crow" regulations, met with failure Tues day, when the court dismissed the so called Chiles (negro) appeal from its docket. Veteran Killed in Fight. - Savannah, Ga., Special. Wielding a pocket knife, Samuel S. Bessinger, aged Go, a Confederate Veteran, stabbed and killed James Payne, aged 29, in a quarrel over money. Mrs. Payne, in an effort to separate j the men, was hurled to the ground by her husband, who a moment later received his death wound. As David Did Goliath. Augusta, Ga., Special While stand ing in his back yard, on the Savan nah road, E. II. llertr, a farmer, was mysteriously shot in the forehead with a small leather ' pellet. The leather ball buried itself deeply un der the scalp, inflicting . an ugly wound. No gun report was heard. President Taft Send3 Thanks. Augusta, Ga., Special. Through his military aide, Capt. A. W.-Butt, who is a citizen of Augusta, Presi dent Taft most cordially thanks 'the trades bodies and citizens of Augusta for the action taken at the joint meeting of the commercial organiza tion, Saturday, when the people of this city tendered to" the nation $5,' 000 to meet the deficit in the -president's traveling expenses. Solomon Sheppard Shot. Raleigh, N. C, Special. Solomon Sheppard, the notorious Durham county murderer, who escaped the gal lows through commutation to life im prisonment and who has twice at tempted daring escapes, being the last time at large doing sensational stunts several days, was dangerously shot Wednesday near Garysburg, where he was with a squad of convicts doing a track grade work. He rolled down an embankment and attempted to dash off into the bush s. Guards fired three shots, one taking effect in his foot and another iniiis body, a buckshot penetrating a lung. He will recover. ' Dead Body in Coal Car. Cordele, Ga., Special. A dead body was concealed in the bottom of a loaded coal car received here Monday from Empire, Ala., and consigned to Albany, Ga. Negroes working for the railroad refused to unload the car. The theory of murder is ad vanced. The car was refused by an other railroad, from that which brought it thus far, on account of the stench. The car was placed on a sidetrack, 'five miles from here. GOV. CALLS LEGISLATURE Extraordinary Session June 1 4, Take Action on Bond Issue. Raleigh, N. C, Special. Governor Kitchin issued Friday evening a pro clamation calling the North Carolina General Assembly to meet in extra ordinary session here June 14 to take action as to the, impending $3,130,000 refunding bond'issue to take care of bonds falling due July 1, the necessity for the special session being the in ability of the Council of State to mar ket the refunding bonds at this time in sufficient quantities under tho re strictions of the legislative act auth orizing, them to meet the July bond obligations. Mr. Eallinger Will Resign. Washington,- Special. -Richard A. Ballinger will resign his post at the head of the interior department. His resignation, will be accepted by Presi dent Taft, who is aware of the inten tion of Mr. Ballinger to surrender his portfolio. - 1 The resignation will be submitted as soon as the investigating committee shall have filed its reports exonerat ing Mr. Ballinger of the charges brought against him. That this will be the nature of the report is not doubted, although one and possibly two minority reports will be submit ted, neither of which will relieve Bal linger of blame. information of Secretary Balling er 's' intention to resign comes from a source whose reliability is entirely be yond question. - Southern Spending Money. Washington, Special. Contracts for locomotives, rolling stock, steel rails and fittings, involving a total expenditure of $7,200,000 have-been let by the Southern Railway company according to announcement mada Wednesday, thus carrying out the statements as to orders to be given, j contained in President Finley s an nouncement of March 17. By these contracts 75 locomotives, 3,620 all steel 50-ton coal and coke ears, and 10 combined passenger baggage cars are to be added to the motive power and rolling stock equip ment of the Southern. In addition to this, contracts have been let for 40,000 tons of 85-pound steel rail and for 190,000 improved joints for use with this rail. v - Disaster in New York Subway. New York, Special. Two hundred hysterical woman, sereaming children and panic-stricken men fought, their way through a dense smoke in the Mott avenue subway station in the Bronx Thursday, striving to escape. Only one elevator was available to take them to the street, which is G5 feet above the subway level at this point, and the crush to reach this exit on the five flights of stairs which led to the surface increased the panic. Fifteen persons were overcome by smoke and two men were injured seriously enough to require hospital treatment. Fire in an automatic pumping sta tion cauccd the smoke. The damage was nominal. Ex-Gov. Folk in Democratic Race. St. Louis, Mo., Special. Missouri Democrats of all factions at a dinner Thursday; night heard former Govert nor Joseph W. Folk announce the principles on which, it is said, he will seek, the Presidential nomination in 1912. The dinner was in chA'ge of men who have been promoting the boom of the former governor. . Identified by Teeth. Charleston, W. Va., Special. Gin seng diggers in the mountain of Fay ette county found the body of Mr3. Rachel Carter Martin, Avho suddenly disappeared while on a visit to . her brother in January, 1908. The bc-dv was identified by peculiar fiilling of the teeth. No Aid to Special Railroad. . Washington, Special. President Taft says that during his administra tion he will not lend his approval to legislation designed to give govern ment aid to specific railroad interests in Alaska. Instead, he favors a gen eral law which will apply to all who comply with its provisions ; a law modeled after the policy which for years has been in effect in the Phil ippine islands. t "Would Combine Memorial Days. Richmond, Virginia, . Special. The Rev. James Cannon, Jr., a prominent Virginia Methodist and delegate from the general Southern board to the World's Missionary Con ference at Edinburg, Scotland, advo cates the combining of Decoration Day of the North with all Confeder ate memorial days in the South into one celebration. A Murderer at 80. Bluefield, W. Va., Special. John Dent, 80 years of age, shot and killed Henry Watson., at Clintwood, Va., Thursday. Rural Carrier Remembered. Washington, Pa., Special. George White, afariner and , jurat mail Har rier at Rea, has delivered to himself a letter from a lawyer in a western state informing him that one Patrick Sullivan has left to him in his will $10,000. White, who first took it as a joke, has remembered that 15 years ago he befriended a peddler whose name was Patrick Sullivan. He had often treated him to meals or lodging. j ELECTION WIT AND HUMOR. Candidate and Heckler - in - English More often than jiot" the heckler? has the best of it and Ian Malcolm hits the nail on tho head when ha says apropos of, the "voice in tho crowd," "You are powerless in face of it; the lilt of your sentence is ruined. Your withering scorn is turned to laughter and after laughter no retort appears effective." ' Even Bernal Osborne, the wit of the Victorian age, was nonplussed when after a glowing speech at Wa terford upon patriotism and a sol dier's duty there came a voice from the gallery: "Och, what's the world to a man if his wife's a widow?" Another election story of the Em erald Isle which Mr. Malcolm tells is that concerning a leading member of the Irish bar who in an eloquent speech upon the' woes and Injustices of his native land sought to impress his audience still further by squeez ing out a few tears which trickled over hli expansive cheeks. But the sublime was turned to the ridiculous when the wit of the gallery shouted out: "Shure, bo3s, there's a fine field for hydraulics." . This was as disconcerting aa the reply made to Sir Richard Temple, who" returned posthaste from his duties in India to contest a seat. In the course of a speech he remarked that he "had traveled 8000 miles and surrendered 5000 for the privilege of representing this great constitu ency," and the audience were, im pressed until the remark in a loud voice came fnom fhe crowd: "Oh, nuab a. .wi. 'And the heckler silenced Lord George Hamilton on one occasion when the latter, .describing the late Mr:' Gladstone as "a political adven turer who always had his eye on the Treasury bench," was met with the shout: "Yes, and he'll have, his body theresoo'h if you don't watch it!" - During the last general election , a speaker at one meeting was somewhat ..... . T ' O T. -....31 lrntacea oy a, memuer vi lubluuui ence who continually repeated,- "We won't have outsjfood taxed; no taxes on food." But itwas not long before he silenced the interrupter with the cutting remark, "Console j-ourself, my friend; Joe isn't going to tax thistles." i . - "The voice" at another meeting strauted out, "Talk to us in languago we can understand," because, a speak er had quoted some Latin phrases. Like a flash came the cry from the platform, "Hee-haw! Hee-haw!" And the heckler vanished. The son of a certain lord was ad dressing a meeting and was inter rupted every few seconds by "the voice" saying, 'Tin's good as you;, what'sh the duff 'rence 'tween you'n me?" Suddenly the answer, came, "One difference is that you drink and don't work, and I work but don't drink." Lord Morley is one of the. few po litical 1 speakers- who can silence a. heckler with a smiling, retort as ef fectively as the famous Campbell, of Monzie, who, when he asked an'Edin burgh burgess to vote for him. and received the angry answer, "Vote for you! I'd sooner vote' for Satan himsel'," sweetly, replied, "Yes; but if your friend doesn't stand, mayI depend upon your support?" a re mark that earned h'im a stanch adherent. . . : The fact that a blind man, Mr. Walter King, is standing as Libera1, candidate for oire. of the divisions of Somersetshire recalls a story of Prof. Fawcett, who as a candidate for Brighton was .asked by an elector how- he, a blind man, was going to "catch the Speaker's eye" and vote in the right lobby. Mr. Fawcett scored 'ef fectively by replying that he would depend on the kindness of his friends. But, as to mistaking the lobby, he said he might occasionally . vote wrong, "but at all events that woHld not be so bad as your present M. P., who is always in the wrong lobby, and he does it oh purpose!" The an swer was cheered to the echo. From Tit-Bits. The Landlady's Philosophy. By CHARLES It. BARNES. The more folks needs money the less scruples they carries around with them. Seems as if there's wimmin in the worm mat s troupie garages, ssieu. will run to 'some wimmin with wor ries faster than . a cop gettin' away from trouble. j , Wouldn't you be nice and friendly with the butcher if he'd send "good meat three times in succession? It takes a nerve for a stree-A' sweep er to stop an automobile to fsk what time it is. " I Politics and Wall Street is real chummy. vvny ao iney ruu ix la on me iaw yers for bein crooks when there's so. many doctors workin' both sides of the street? Noo York is full of crooked doctors. There's all grades of 'em, from the man that takes a case of rheumatism and keeps it goin' for ten years, at so much a visit, to the feller that will kill anybody with slow poison for a thousand dollars. Popular Magazine. . . And That's Going Some! A teacher in a New England gram mar school found the subjoined facts in a composition on Longfellow, the poet, written by a fifteen-year-old girl: "Henry W. Longfellow was born In Portland, Me., while his parents were traveling in Europe. He had j many fast friends, among whom the j tastest were Paoece ana Alice u?.rey. Everybody's. - -