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POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY.
VOLrXI;
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, MARC 19, 1909.
NO. 11.
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Cointy-Eecord
"Darkest Africa" Will Welcome the Ex
President With Open Arms
Mombasa, East Africa, By Cable.
Mombasa is preparing already to wel
come Theodore Roosevelt when he
lands here the latter part of next
month on his much-heralded African
trip, and the coming of the former
president of the United States has
given a decided impetus to the inter
est in the present hunting season. The
governor of the protectorate, Lieut.
CoL Sir James Sadler, is getting up
entertainment for the distinguished
visitor, but in spite of these arrange
ments, the greeting, to Mr. Roosevelt
will be more to the great sportsman
whose fame is well known ' to local
hunters than to the former president.
East African sportsmen were high
ly gratified to learn that Mr. Roose
had refused the offer of the authori
ties to grant him a special hunting
license that would have permitted him
to kill game to an unlimited extent
instead of confining himself to ' the
two elephants, two rhinoceroses, two
hippopotami, etc. Lions and leopards
are classed as vermin and consequent
ly no license to kill them is required.
The white population of Mombasa
has heard much of Mr. Roosevelt's
personality and in a joking way
frequent references to the "big
stick" are being made.
The prospects for good hinting this
season are considered excellent. Many
settlers in the outlying districts,' real
izing the increasing interest in the
prospects for good sport because of
the coming of Mr. Roosevelt, are vol
untarily sending in information about
the movements of game. According
DECISION IN FAVOR OF THE OIL COMPANY
Chicago, Special. The Ctandard
Oil Company, of Indiana, found- not
guilty of accepting rebates from the
Chicago & Alton Railroad on ship
ments of oil from Whiting, Ind to
East St. Louis, 111. The verdict was
returned by a ry in the - Federal
Court on instructions of Judge A. O.
Anderson, who averred that he fol
lowed the Cjrcuit Court of Appeals'
decision as to the verdict returned at
the former trial of the same case and
on which verdict Judge Kennesaw
Mountain Landis assessed a fine of
$29,240,000.
Judge Anderson's decision was not
unexpected as he bad Tuesday tolcl
the government prosecutors that the
proof relied on in the first trial was
incompetent and that it must be com
plemented or fail. It was with some
thing of an air of hopelessness that
District Attorney Edwin W. Sims and
GEORGIA TOWNS SUFFER FROM STORMS
Atlanta, Ga., Special. With the
completed death roll of SundayJ
night's Arkansas tornado just com
ing in, the tail end of the Arkansas
storm which Tuesday night swept
across Alabama and south Georgia
Wednesday set in motion a new death
count for the latter two States. This
count was ten, five negroes killed in
Cuthbert, Ga., and three whites and
two negroes drowned at Montgomery.
Ala., the latte?, deaths a result of
high water following a record rain
fall for the past 20 years. .
Cumming, Ga. Tuesday got . into
tegraphio communication ' with the
outside world and sent word that a
tornado ploughed through miles of
timber, farm yards and valuable
property in that vicinity besides de
stroying half a dozen farmers' homes
and seriously injuring a young man
and -a young woman.
Cnthbert Hard Hit.
Cuthbert, Ga., reported the damage
at $500,000 and Mayor D. A. Mc
pherson issued an appeal ; for aid.
SHIPS COLLIDE ON MASSACHUSETTS COAST
Chatham,- Mass.,; - Special. The
steamer Horatio Hall of the Maine
Steamship Company, from Portland,
New York and H. F. Dimock, of the
n r i i i i vr - it t i
.metropolitan une, iruiu xtew ivu 10
Boston, collided at 7 o'clock Wednes
day morning and the Hall went
to the bottom in half an hour and the
MUST NOT PLACE ON
, Washington, Special. The Ameri
K can. 'Federation of Labor-.-.hereafter
may freely Tefer .to the .boycott
against the Buck Stove and Range
company of St. Louis, except by in
clusion in the "We don't patronize
Hit" Thi in nhatania - nt wida-
spread importance to the labor world,
to manufactures and to newspapers,
generally, is the sweeping ' decision
handed down Thursday by the court
ef appeals of the District of Colum
bia intbe noted injunction case of
tlit Buoka Stove and Range company
gainst the American Federation of
Labor, which has been before the
to a dispatch received here a record
group of lions, numbering 32, wtti
seen on the Nandi platean Tuesday at
a point about 50 miles north of Fort
Florence. (The Nandi plateau is on
the west side of the great Rift val
ley.) Among them were three huge
males.
Giraffes Seen.
Four families of giraffs have been
seen at Makindu, 200 miles inland
from here, on the line of the Uganda
railroad, and elephants have beer
seen a Elburgon, 475 miles inland on
the railroad-, and along 'the 'Sabaki
river, .not far to the north of Mom
basa. R. J. Cunningham, the noted Eng
lish big game hunter and naturalist,
who is to be guide 'to and general
manager of the Roosevelt party, has
been here for some time completing
the preparations for the trip into the
wilderness as well as the shooting and
collecting excursions alorir the line of
the railroad. He is selecting and hir
ing native porters for the excursion.
He takes only experienced men who
are known to be courageous and to
possess great physical strength. The
safari kit, in other words, the camp
equipment for the work in the open,
is to come from London and will be
in readiness when Mr. Roosevelt
arrives.
. Everything points to a successful
stay in British East Africa and Ugn,
da for Mr. Roosevelt; the natives are
peaceful; game is plentiful and tha
people of Mombasa are waiting eager
ly to extend him a welcome.
his assistant attempted to show the
advisability of the Illinois classifica
tion to prove the existence of a legal
rate of 18 cents, which was a vital
point in the government's contention.
. Attorneys Threw Up Case. -It
was after Assistant .District At
torney James TL ..WilktJboff "tod "ar
gued for two hours and in the end ad
mitted that the prosecution could not
furnish the further proof deemed nec
essary by the court for a continuation
of the case, that Judge Anderson an
nounced his decision. Mr. Wilkerson
said that the government could pro
ceed no further and suggested dismis
sal of the case. Attorney John S.
Miller, chief counsel in the ense for
the oil compony, immediately moved
that there be nn instructed verdict of
not guilty. The court so ordered, ana
the jury, which had been excluded
during the arguments by the attor
neys, was called in and charged.
Nearly half of the main business
block of Cuthbert was demolished.
Every store on Depot street was
blown down, filling the street with
piles of brick and timbfcrs. Home
less persons wandered through the
town searching for household posses
sions which the wind had scattered
for blocks in all directions.
The whites dead at Montgomery
are:
Wiliam Dillard,. 20 years old. -Thomas
Harper, of Atlanta, 22
years.
Unidenjtifiedwbite man.
Floods at Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. Heavy
and continuous rains wrought great
damage here and the 'situation was
made serious Tuesday."' 'Several
homes in north Montgomery ' were
abandoned and inmates '"earned to
places of safety in boats.
.. The Grand Theatre, a handsome
new structure, was flooded and the
damage will be heavy.
Dimock ran ashore six hours later on
Caps Cod beach, whefe the passengers
and crew-of the Hall were landed
unharmed. Wireless calls were mada
but the position 'of the ships was not
well stated "and in the dense fog as
sistance failed to reach the point of
diastcr. ... f .
THE -UNFAIR LIST"
courts of the 'District of Columbia in
various phases fof months. : In a re-"
cent decision by Justice Gould of the
supreme court of the District the
American Federation of Labor . and
the officers, Messrs.. Gompers, Mitch
ell, Morrison, and others were en
joined from conspiring to boycott the
Bucks Stove and Range company and
from printing or publishing or dis
tributing, through the mails er other
wise, any copy of The Federationist
or other publication refering to the
complainant, its business or products
in . the" We don t patronize" or
fUnfair list.'. . ...
JURY HAS CARHACK CASE
The Attorney General Concludes His
Speech Begun Saturday and Judge
Hart Orders a Recess to Prepare
His Charge The Judge's Charge,
It is Believed, Will Be Short and
the Case Will Probably Go to the
Jury Late Tuesday.
Nashville Tenn,, Special.The
general belief that the" case would
go to the jury Monday caused the
largest crowd yet assembled to try to
get into the court house for the final
scenes of the trial of Col. Duncan B.
Cooper, -Robin Cooper and John D.
Sharp for the murder of United
States Senator Edward Wl Carmaek.
But there was another delay. After
Attorney General McCarn had closed
for the State Judge Hart announced
that he had not completed the charge
but hoped to have it ready some time
Tuesday.
General McCarn spoke only a little
over an hour but, closed with a "burst
of . eloquence, a farewell - invocation
to Carmaek, "statesman, patriot,
diplomat, Christian, gentleman and
friend."
General McCarn 's argument is con
sidered to be a remarkably able and
strong one. This is his first big case,
almost the first case he has actual!
tried since he took the oath of of
fice last September and his friends
were out in force to se how he ac
quitted himself.
Mrs. Carmaek was in court again
heavily veiled as usual. When Gen
eral McCarn reached his peroration
she leaned over and rested her head
upon her sister's shoulder.
LOST $6,000 ON COUNTY BOAD.
Walter George Newman Hurrying on
15-Mile Drive to Catch Train Loses
Large Sum of Money and $1,000
Worth of Jewelry.
Salisbury, Special. Mr. Walter
George Newman, a well known mine
owner of New York, xlrove across
country Monday from his mines at
Gold Hill to Salisbury, a distance of
15 miles and upon reaching the city
informed officers here that he baa
lost $6,000 in cash and a lot of jew
elry valued at $1,000.
The trip was made hurriedly in or
der to catch a train for New York
and Mr. and Mrs. Newman left the
city immediately.
Mr. Newman came to North faro
Una Saturday to pay off the employes
it Gold Hill where he is operating
two rich mines. To a company of
friends at the Salisbury station he
talked excitedly of the loss, but re
sumed his journey to New York.
Roosevelt Inspects Outfit.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Special. Ex
Prcsident Roosevelt Monday made a
careful inspection of the articles for
his African trip. Mr. Roosevelt saw
his small tents pitched on the lawn
and everything put in order for ai't-u-pancy.
The ex-President, was enthu
siastic during the inspection of t he
outfit and expressed himself as being
highly 'pleased with the clever man
ner in -which the materials were made
and packed. Before finally packing
his guns Mr. Roosevelt took them out
to his target range and discharged
each half a dozen times. It is said
he suceeded in hitting the 'bull's-eye
in a majority of the shots during the
practice.
Lineman's Tragic Death.
Ashcville, Special.--Hicks Cape
hart, a lineman in tjemploy of theiEWednesday bjjftrequiring a two-third
AsheviIIe Electric Company, met
tragic death here Monday, by having
his brains dashed .out on the pave
ment through the .fall of a pole up
he was climbing. It:is presumed Cap
hart felt face down,' on - the stone
paved street. A great hole, nearly as
large as a man's fist, was made in
his forehead, while his brains ' were
scattered about on the car rail and
thes treet. '
Will Make His Own Selections.
Washington,' Special. Only five
committees of the House will be nam
ed by Speaker Cannon, for the pres
ent. These will be ways and means,
rules, printing, mileage- and accounts.!
in mating up tne committees it is
stated the Sneaker will consult with
"every member of the , House, who
desires to discuss assignments with
him." v
' . SlanderSuit Settled.
Raleigh, ) Special. The ' mutual
friends.-of ex-Judge W. A. Mont
gomery, of Raleigh, and Mr. Thomas
Dixon, of New York, conferred here
Monday in the presence of Aycock $
Winston and J. N. Holding, repre
senting Dixon,, and The News and
Observer ; and R. H. Battle & Son,
representing Judge Montgomery, and
amicably settled all matters in litiga
tion thus ending all pending suits, in
eluding that against The News and
Observer.'" The substance of the
agreement signed is that neither Dix
on n6r Montgomery intended to im
peach the private life of the other.
THE 61 ST CONGRESS
Predicted That fxtraordinary
Session Will Be Short One
SPEAKER CANNOff REELECTED
Senate Meets and Is Beady House
-.Elects Mr. Cannon Speaker, But
Changes the Rules.
The Sixty-First Congress of the
United States Assembled in Called
Session in Washington City on Mon
day. When the Senate assembled 66
Senators answered to their names.
. When Vice President Sherman
called the Senate to order, the Re
publican side had a full represen
tation present, while but 15 Demo
crats were in their seats.
Sehatprs Alrich and Money were
appointed a committee to wait upon
the President to inform him of the
meeting of the Senate and to notify
him that that body was ready to re
ceive any message he might wish to
communicate.
At 2 o'clock the Senate, after re
ceiving word of the election of Speak
er Cannon, adjourned for the day.
Five Democratic Senators, all from
the South were absent from the open
ing of Congress on account of illness.
Senator Tillman is at his home in
South Carolina, suffering from a gen
eral breakdown similar to that which
compelled his trip to Europe about a
year ago.
After one of the stormiest sessions
in its history, the House of Represen
tatives regardless of party alignment,
adopted, 211 to 172, a resolution by
Mr. Fitzgerald, (Democrat), of New
York, whereby the rules were amend
ed in several important particulars.
The resolution was a substitute
for one offered by Mr. Clark, of
Missouri.
Its adoption was accomplished only
after the "insurgents," with the aid
of the Democrats, with one or two
exceptions, had won a decided pre
liminary victory by voting down a
resolution by Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsyl
vania, making the unamended rules
of 'the Sixtieth Congress applicable
to the present Congress. The call
of the roll on the Clark resolution
was followed with interest.
As analyzed by parliamentarians
the amendment makes three impor
tant changes :
First, it establishes a 'calendar for
unanimous consents,' the effect of
which is to enable a member to have
a proposition brought before the
House without having to go to the
Speaker for recognition. This oiiane,
they say, will be a relief to the
Speaker.
Second. When consideration of a
bill is concluded and the previous
question is ordered the rules hereto
fore have provided for a motion to
commit with or without instructions.
It has been the practice to recognize
a member of the majority party to
make this motion and thus prevent
the 'minority from offering such in
structions as it may desire. The new
rule gives the minority the preference
in making such a motion and thus
enables it to get a record vote on
nhopositions which would otherwise
Ifcisettled in committee of the whole
!;,Souse, where no record vote is pos-
le.
Third. Itpsotects the calendar
jjynstead of a", majority vote to set it
aside.
' '.-Three hundred and eight-two mem
bers responded to. their names, more
than a quorum, when the House
convened. Mr. Currier,' of New Hamp
shire,', nomina ted Joseph O.' Connon,
of Illinois, for Speaker and -Mr. Clay
ton, of Alabama, presented the name
of: Champ Clark, of MjssouH. Mr.
Cannon was elected by a:5te of 204
to 106 for Clark. '
''- CoL A. Q. Holladay Dead.
Raliegh,, Special. The funeral of
Col. A. Q. Holiday, for ten years
president of the North Carolina Col
lege of , Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts and. a man .well-known and be
loved throughout the South,"" Ntook
place at the First Presbyterian
church, Raleigh,' Monday afternoon
at , 4:30 o'clock. Colonel Holladay
died. Sunday morning at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Pickel, after
a sudden attack, of pneumenia. i' - r
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' The Nicaraguan Situation. ' t
ri Washington, Special. r .Nicaragua,
through her minister here, Senor Es
pinosa,protested to Secretary Knox
Monday that the military and naval
activity now ip progress in that coun
try is destined entirely for defensive
purposes;-that she does not contem
plate making any attacks on her sis
ter republics and that conditions -are
quiet within her borders. The minis
ter went to the : State- Department
armed, with a bundle of dispatches
from his government ' and 'spent half
aii ihoiir with' (he Secretary. r
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE
Colored Firemen the Onl Victim of
Head-On Crash Between Freight
and Passenger Trains at Colon.
Sanford, Special. Seaboard pas
senger .train No. 32, southbound, and
a northbound freight ran together
head-on Saturday morning about
4:30 o'clock at Colon, a small-station
about 35 miles south of Raleigh.
Hassey Lindsay, the colored fireman
of the passenger train was killed,
and the engineer, Ed Robertson,' of
Raleigh, was badly hurt.
The engineer, M. J. Eisenhart, of
the freight, and his fireman jumped
and neither was hurt. Capt. W. C.
Cox, conductor ofi the passenger
train, had a leg broken; Ernest Du
val, baggage master, was hurt in the
back and internally. W. . R Lamb,
a merchant of Hamlet, was badly
bruised; John Newton, colored," of
Hamlet, bad a leg crushed; W. S.
Rowe, express messenger, was badly
cut; Sam Wicks, colored, of Char
lotte, was badly cut. Others receiv
ed minor injuries.
The injured were taken to Raleigh
for treatment.
The engineer of the freight train
misread the orders. He thought No.
3Z was an hour and a half late, when
it was No. 32 that was late. The
trains were running at full speed
and engines were practically demol
ished. The baggage and express cars
and first passenger coach of the pas
senger train were splintered.
"WAR ON "BLACK HAND."
Brutal Murder of Italian Detective
Stirs New York Police Other Cit
ies Asked to Add in the Extermina
tion of the Criminals.
New York, Special. Relentless
warfare will be waged against the
"Black Hand" societies by the
police of this, and 1t is hoped, other
cities as a result of the murder of
Lieutenant Joseph Petrosini the not
ed detective of New York, in Paler
mo, Friday night. For years Petro
sini had been active -in 'his .work to
bring to justice members of liis own
race who carried on blackmailing
operations in this country through
threats of murder made in the name
of the "Black Hand." It is believ
ed here that his murder was the re
sult of a plot that had its incepion
in the United States and that . the
persons indirectly responsible for
his death are still within the reach of
the American police. If so, every ef
fort will be made to bring about their
arrest and conviction, and with this
end in view Inspector McCafferty,
head of the New York detective bu
reau, sent telegrams Saturday to the
authorities in the principal cities of
the country asking that increased
activity be exerted against all
"Black Hand" suspects. Immediate
orders were given to arrest at once
all men in New York City who are
believed to have connection with
"Black Hand" operations.
Petrosini's murderer, who was a
member of the "Black Hand," fired
four shots from a revolver. Petro
sini arrived in Sicily only a short
time ago and was engaged in con
ducting an investigation regarding
Italian criminals.
Inspector McCafferty said Satur
day that he was anxious to know
whether Petrosini had been robbed,
after being shot. He intimated that
Petrosini had some papers valuable
to the police here in running down
Black Hand and other Italian offend-,
ers.
A cablegram from Palerma (Italy)
says: The assassination of Lieuten
ant Petrosino has stirred the police
to unprecedented activity. Many ar
rests already have been made, includ
ing a number of Italians' with crimi
nal records, lately returned f rom, the;
United btates.
Great Floods in the South.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
says the Alabama" is 51 feet above
normal and is slowly: rising.- - It- is
expected to be 55 feet. ..No great'
casulties have yet occurred us" fair
warnings were given and .residents
from the lower districts moved to
the higher parts. The Coasa at Rome
is 31 1-2 feet, and 29 feet atGads-'
den. The Tallapoosa is a raging tor
rent ..'
South Pines Chosen;
Fitzgerald, Ga., Special.-The'iBluS
and Gray Association at its annual
encampment here Saturday selected
Southern Pines, N.. G, for the next
reunion. The following officers were
elected:' Commander in chief, Major
B. F. Dixon, North Carolina; senior
yiee commander, Capt. William M.
MeCormick) Georgia; . junior vice
commander, - Capt. Joseph Price,
Florida t' chaplian in chief, Bev. W.
S. Harden, Georgia; judge - advocate
general, O. S. Deming, Warren, O.;
quartermaster general, C H. Worth,
Texas. "
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Items of Interest Gathered B
Wire and Cable
HI F4NINKS FROM DAY TO DAY .
Live Items Covering Events of Mors
er Less Interest at Home and
Abroad.
' By an act of Congress on Feb. 1st
the windows of President Harrison
and President Cleveland may use the .
mails free of postage for the balaae -of
their lives if their autographs bs '
placed on the letters.
The annex for the demented at the
bounty Home of Rockingham, N. C,
was burned on Tuesday and two aged
inmates were burned to death.
-The State of Washington has local
aption. Every incorporated town and
every country district is' a unit.
. When Mr. Fairbanks was Vice-.
President he had an elaborate ink
stand made for his desk. On hearing
complaints of extravagance he sent in
bis check for $200, which covered the
cost and took it with him when he re- -tired.
The federal grand jury in New
.York-found a true bill for slandei
against the New York World ill the'
Panama affair.
South Carolina makes it bad on the
man- that drums for liquor orders.
Diplomatic relations with Nicara
gua were practically broken off Fri
day by the State Department, which
ordered Secretary of Legation Greg
ory at Managua to return home,
leaving the legation in charge of the
consul, who will have no diplomatic
capacity.
Six persons were hanged in Louis
iana for murder and on? for crimintl
assault March 5th.
Maj. Hale, editor of the Fayette-"
ville Observer, presented to the N. C
Supreme Court last week an oil paint
ing of Jno. De Rosett Toomer, who'
made the speech of welcome to Gen.
LeFayette when he visited Favette
"ille. Editor Hale also published the
speech and tho General's response.
At this writiner Gen. Butler of
ISouth Carolina, and Hon. Cyrus B. .
Watson of North Carolina, seem to
be in the power of fatal sickness.
Preparations are being pushed for
the 12th conference for education in
the South to be held in Atlanta, Ga.,
on April 14, 15 and 16.
Telegrams received from Carinthia,
Austria, report that a series of devas
tating avealanches have occurred
there and that numbers of houses
have been swept away. It is already
known that ten deaths have resulted.
Hirschel Hoesr. a confessed member
of the band of nisrht-riHers who mur
dered Captain Quenten Rankin at'
walnut Log m uctober, escaped irom
jail at Dresden Sunday night.
It is said that there are 32.000
cases of land frauds for the Attorney
General to see to as soon as practi
cable.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt has won
her divorce suit and is now free from
her husband.
Miss Jennie Reed and Joseph Muel
ler were strolling in Baltimore a few-
nights ago when she was shot and killy,
ed. Mueller raised the cry that &
highwayman had held him up and
gotten his valuables and on approach!
inc lipr reeniver) a. slnn in tha foAO .
whereupon the robber shot her. Muel
ler now says he himself shot her ac
cidentally. Bib Springs, Texas, had a fire
Wednesday that destroyed a number "
of business blocks entailing a loss oi
$100,000. . f
Lewis Nixon, the shipbuilder, pre-
diets a great future for aeroplanes
and airships.
' Michael Donnelly, judge of TSirJ.
District, Ohio Circuit Courtis chirrgf."
ed with imbezzlement of funds be-i
longing to the Ohio German Insur
ance Co. to the extent of probably ' .
$300,000. The company has failed. '
; A tornado' struck Brinkley, Ark, -last
Sunday night and killed 35 per- .
sons, demolishing most of the houses,
and leaving few fit for habitation.
1 Charles M. Schwab said the Bethle-'"
hem Steel Company would not reduce
wares. . '.-,;: :-:
hut that releived it from paying; the
$29,240,000 fine , iraposedby. Judges.
Landis." ;' ' ' " j ; V
The Unitad Statcs District Court at
Kanses City declared the 2-cent railv.
road rate in' Missouri .' confiscatory
and illegal. 'y i;?,
Mainmafl ks
collector of the port at Charleston
and it is understood that Mr. Edwin
W. Durant will become his successor. -1
The technical high school of Mu
uich has conferred the honorary de
pee of doctor, of technical sciences on
Wilbur aniOrviUe,WrurhL. the Am-
I erican aeroplani3t. - . . .