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POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY.
VOL. XI.
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1909.
NO. 13.
County
Record.
Madison
DEATH (NELL Or PAYNE BILL
Senator Elkins Says That The Bill As
Ii Now Stands Will Never
Become si. Law.
Washington, Special Senator El
Uai, of West Virginia Tuesday
sounded what is believed .to be. tip
loath kneU of the Payne tariff bUl
in its present shape, when he deek
4 in the most' emphatic terms that
aooh a bill as that presented Jto the
House for adoption by the way and
means committee would never become-
a; law,' . and . that if nooses ary
"the Senate, would remsp in session
until Christmas, if required to do so,
to qret a bill more acceptable to all
sections of the country. This is (he
opinion also expressed by many other
Senators. They maintain that a close
analysis will show that such a bill
as that now proposed would be most
harmful to the interests of the South
and that, as millions of dollars of
.money belonging to Eastern capital
ists are invested there, such a bill
will never become a law.
Objections to the Bill
-""Among the objections set out are
that it increases the taxation on the
necessities of life, and that those ar
' tides actually required by the poor
man will come higher to him.
That the maximum and minimum
features of the bill are loosely drawn
and, if placed in operation, would
be both burdensome to the Araeri
and otherwise be hurtful to Ameri
can rtade relations.
That the drawback provisions of
the bill will work out injuriously to
the wheat raisers of the great West,
and otherwise be hurtful to Aemri
can industries.
That the inheritance tax provisions
interfere with the Stste laws bear
ing on the same subject.
That the bill is lacking in any reci
procal features, which would enable
the United States to make favorable
trade arrangements.
Ham koaail
" " xmw BJ uvwau Wl H1HRWVU lSKTOU
T"on the American wholsesale market
price is of doubtful wisdom, and win
work to increase duties.
That too much has been done to
DEPRESSION DOES NOT EFFECT THE DAM.
Washington, Special. Chairman
Joethals, of the isthmian canal com
mission, who is about to return to
Paqama, said Friday that the three
hundred feet of embankment of the
rebuilt Panama Railroad line which
, Thursday's dispatches from Colon re-
, pert had settled about thirty feet,
was a mile and a half frojn the Gatun
lam, and therefore, has no direct
, soaring in connection with the con
struction of that portion of the ca
nal waterways. The settling occur
red at Jl place where the re-located
road is being constructed oyer a
. swamp. The road is being raised
from a height of 6 feet to 95 feet
above sea' level.
"Unless there is some unforeseen
difficulty such as labor trouble or as
eqidemie of some kind, I feel confi
dent that the canal will be opened by
January 1. 1915," said Colonel Goe
thals Friday. "I was originally an
advocate of a sea level canal at Pana
ma. That was at a time when I
' formed iny judgment upon what
. seemed to be the demand ef com-
meree and from general information
concerning conditions that would be
' encountered. Going to the isthmus
. about twoyears ago, observation and,
A CRISIS NOW REACHED IN THE BALKANS
Parifll By Cable. It ii held in offi
aal circles that the Balkan situation
on account of tha irmAnnnilnhla otH.
tude of the Austro-Hungarian ; gov
' eminent, has now reached , a 'most
acute stage and that the next few
days will. decide between peace and
- war. - The efforts of Great Britain,
('France and Russia-. to present a for
mula for the settlement of the dif
KIDNAPER BOYLE IS LANDED BEHIND THE JAIL BARS
Mercer, Pa., SpeciaL Heavily ma
: nmcled to Sheriff .Chess! and guarded
; by several deteetiyes, James Boyle,
one of the kidnapers of little. 3JUly
' WWtlaj was brought here . Jriiey
from Pittsburg and lodged in ' fine
-Mercer county jalL His wife, it is
' said, wUl be brought here from Pitta
bnrg and the couple will be .formally
araigned en a charge of kidnaping in
V few days. Boyle feared violence
on his arrival 'in Mercer, and on the
journey from, Pittsburg asked Sheriff
Chess if be thought the crowd would
: harm , him. The prisoner- looked
wards reducing raw materials with
ut corresponding reductions in tha
duties on manufactured articles, at
in tha ease of free hides and boots
and sheees.
That the countervailing duty of
petroleum is still retained in the
new measure, as it exists in the Ding-
y bin.
' That tea is taxed and beer allowed
to escape without additional taxation.
The storm of opposition 'to the bill
has already broken in the ' House,
and, though the Senate will have no
opportunity to consider the measure
for possibly a month, there are al
ready eigne indicating" that when that
body finishes with it, its best friends
will not be able to recognize it.
Aldrich Opposes BUL
Senator Aldrich objects to the bill
because he does not like the maxi
mum and minimum features, the in
heritance tax, and other equally un
satisfactory parts of it. He especial
ly opposes the inheritance tax clause
because in his opinion, it would con
flict with any of the State laws bear
ing on the same point. He is also
strongly opposed to a tax on tea and
coffee.
Senator Aldrich 's opposition came
as a surprise to his colleagues in the
Senate and to President Taft. It is
practically certain that the Senate
finance committee will figure very
largely in shaping up the measure
when the Senate gets hold of it, and
as Senator Aldrich is the chairman
of this committee what he says with
respect to his opposition is taken to
mean that there must be a consider
able amount of rebuilding before the
Senate will agree to pass it.
The outlook is for a hard fight in
the House, especially from Southern
Renresentatives. and an eauallv hard
fight in the Seriate from those mem
bers who think the bill, as it now
stands, would not be acceptable to
the people of the country generally.
careful study convinced me that the
construction of a sea level canal
would involve expense sd great as to
make it impracticable and. at the
same time would result less satisfac
torialy because of difficulties connec
ted with its maintenance.
1 "Since that time everything that
has come to my attention has
srengthened my' belief ia the advan
tage of a lock canal."
Colonel Goethals declared that re
ports of engineering difficulties that
would be met on the isthmus have
been greatly exaggerated.
"There is pot a single thing in con
nection with the lock canal," he said,
"that can be called unusual beyond
the question of the magnitude. En
gineers have performed similar. work
eisewnere. mere are no doubtful
poblcms. If I knew of anything that
might jeopardize the stability of this
work after its completion, or make
doubtful its successful construction,
I ' Would ' Dromotlv make ft rnnnrt nn
it, but there is nothing of that-kind."
resident raft JTnday again told
Colonel Goethals that if the
terway can be completed by the close
oc laid, ne wanted to see that eat
accomplished. Colonel Goethals, al
though not thinking it likely of ac
complishment, told the President he
would put every force to work to ex
pedite matters to'carrv out the Pmtri-
dent's orders. Colonel Goethals left
Washington and will sail from Vaw
York for Panama Saturday.
ficulty acceptable to Baron von
LAehrenthal, the Austro-Hungarian
minister of foreign affairs, having
failed, Austro-Hungary' is expecting
forthwith to deliver an ultimatum at
Belgrade. After this, if Servia re
fuses to make complete surrender,
nc doubt exists io Paris that Austria-Hungary
will dispatch an array
the Servian crown; prince. ' '
greatly relieved wh'en he saw only a
scanpring oi people at the Mercer
station Boyle, was hurried into a
waiting bus and, taken to .the' jail
where ne was locked in a cell on the
seeond tier. An armed guard was
placed in front of .Boyle's cell, and a
patrolman wiU be stationed outside
the jail all night. Sheriff Chess said
that the jail would be guarded until
the trial of the Boyles was over.
The officials questioned the prison
er about his wife's identity but other
than to say that there was no ques
tion about the fact that ha
risd, he would say nothing.
WENT QUIETLY TO DEATH
Mrs. Farmer, the Principal in the
Brennan Murier, Suffers the Death
Penalty For Her Deed.
Auburn, Nj Y., Special. Murmur
ing a prayer for her seul, Mrs. Mary
t Farmer was quietly led to the electrie
chair in Auburn- prison shortly after
6 o'clock Monday morning and exe
cuted for the murder of Mrs. Sarah
Brennan at Brownville last April.
. The execution of Mrs. Farmer the
second infliction of the death penalty
en a woman by electricity in this
State was affected without sensa
tional incidents. Father Hiokey,
spiritual adviser of the condemned
woman following the execution gave
out a statement signed by Mrs. Farm?
er, in which she declared that ber
-.husband, James Farmer, was entirely
innocent "and knew 'nothing: of 'the
?brime until after it had been' commit
ted. The first contact lasted a full min
ute, the voltage starting at 1340 "and
being gradually lowered to 200, then
raised again to the full limit of 1,
840 volts. The current was applied
at 6:05 o'clock. The current was
shut off and a strange sound half
moan and half murmur, came from
the woman's lips. Dr. Gerin and Dr.
Spitza applied the stethoscope to the
heart while Electrician Davis felt the
artery in the neck. Muscular action
was noted by the physicians, and
again the current passed through the
woman's body for a period of a few
seconds. Once more the physicians
stepped forward and applied the tests
to determine if life still remained in
the limp figure in the chair. For the
third time the State electrician sent
the curretit through the body. The
first contact was said to have produc
ed death but there were still muscular
movements. ,
The physicians report that the"
autopsy disclosed that Mrs. Farmer
was normal in every respect and that
the brain showed no lesions that
would indicate a criminal tendency.
The crime for which the woman
forfeited her life were very horrible.
Sne lived just across the street from
Mrs. Brennan and envied the Bren
nans the neat iittle home they had
gained by industry and economy.
Mrs. Brennan was seen to cross the
street to visit Mrs. Farmer and was
never seen to return. The facts were
that Mrs. Farmer brutally killed her
with an axe, chopped up her body
and hid it away. She then forged a
deed to the home and impersonating
Mrs. Brannen, in whose name the
property seems to have been deeded,
went before the proper officials and
had the deed regularly recorded. She
then moved into the home at once.
When Mr. Brennan returned home in
the evening and asked for an expla
nation the deed was shown him and
he was told that Mrs. Brennan had
gone away. Mr. Brennancalled the
police to his aid and a search. soon
found the ghastly victim of the crime
and unearthed the horrible scheme.
Crazy Snake Still Messing.
Oklahoma- City, Okla., Special. A
detachment of Crazy Snake's band of
belligerent Indians was surrounded
by deputy sheriffs Monday afternoon
near Crazy Snake 's home, and a live
ly battle ensued. More than 200 shots
were fired and one Indian was killed.
Eight Indians were captured and the
remainder fled with the deputies in
pursuit. There were about 50 Indians
in the band, and they had taken re
fuge in a house. The deputies had
tracked .them for some distance. Ad
vancing from all sides, the posse fired
a volley at the frail house. The In
dians rushed out, scattered among
the trees and made a valiant defense.
The posse, fired steadily, advanced
and .routed the band. None of those
captured is seriously injured but it is
said that a number of other Indians
were hit with" bullets. Crazy Snake's
band apparently has broken up into
numerous small groups.
Mrs. Boyle Makes Sensation.
Pittsburg, Special Making a sen
sational and foolhardy attempt to
escape from a train going at the rate
of 30 miles an bour; denying that she
had a hand in the kidnaping of little
Willie Whitla; asserting that she
is not Anna ficDermott, of Chicago;
saying that numerous other stories
are absolutely incorrect, and through
it all strictly maintaining the great
air of mystery that surrounded her.
Silly Canard.
On last Saturday morning it was
flashed, over the wires all along the
line that the U. S. Battleship Missis
sippi had been blown up at Gqanta
nama, Cuba. The Ul-fated Maine
came quickly into mind and the re
sultant war with Spain and ours was
a nation on tiptoe i of expectation.
Message after message said it was so
reported, till finally before noon the
report was declared only , a ' silly
eonard. The Mississippi is safe and
the 750 men said to dead are living
and happy. . .
on the War-path
Creek Indians in Oklahoma in
Arms Against Government.
CRAZY SNAKE JS THEIR LEADER
Two Hundred Bed Hen, Armed to
the Teeth, Bise Against Lawful
Authority and Announce Thai
They WiU Fight to the Death.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Special.'
Five companies of Oklahoma militia
marched Sunday against Crazy
Snake's band of Creek Indiana, half
hreeds and negroes, entrenched in
the Hickory Hills, 7 miles from
Herietta.
- A battle is regarded as inevitable,
as the heavily-armed troops set out
either to capture or exterminate the
murderous band, which since Thurs
day has caused the death of six men,
the wounding of many others, and
brought about a condition of terror.
Leaving Henrietta at 3 o'clock with
seven miles to go, and encumbered
with arms and equipment, it was ex
pected the troops could not reach the
Indians before 7 o'clodk.
Crazy Snake's men number about
200, all prmed with modern rifles and
plentifully supplied with ammunition.
They had prepared for two months
for tbia final stand against lawful
authority. They sent out word that
they would fight to the death.
Crazy Snake's band strongly en
trenched itself early in the day and
was reinforced from time to time.
Crazy Snake Commands.
Crazy Snake is in personal com
mand. This was established by testi
mony chocked out of his college-bred
son by means of a nice new inch rope.
Young Harjo. strung up by the de
termined deputies until nearly dead,
gasped' out that his father was in
command; named the Indian Who
killed the deputies, told the officers
how to trail the band and did every
thing which a storical Red Man is
supposed not to do.
This first real Indian uprising of
years has held this region on edge for
three days. It broke out last Thurs
day when several deputy sheriffs
went to Herietta to arrest negro cat
tle thieves. They were fired on by
negro half-breed friends and forced
to .retreat. Returning with addi
tional forces they were fired on by
the - band, then augmented by some
of Crazy Snake's Indians. Three
negroes were killed and five wound
ed, according to the official reports,
although it is thought that many
more Indians were wounded. This
clash resulted in 41 arrests.
Marshal Edward Baum and Depu
ty Sheriff Herman Odam were the
deputies killed.
. Have Negro Allies.
A Stidman special says an engage
ment between officers and Indians oc
curred near there Sunday morning,
in which several Indians were wound
ed. ' Both the Indians and negroes,
many of the latter allied with the
Creeks, took their wounded into the
hills, which made it impossible to
learn definitely the casualties. The
number of the dead since Thursday
is placed unofficially af six.
The bodies of Marshal Baum and
Herman Odom were taken to Enfau
la. There was evidence that Crazy
Snake and his family had left hur
riedly in' the night.
After Chitti Harjo, Crazy Snake's
son, struggled hard against yielding,
whispered "Let down, tell all
know" the noose was lossed and he
gave a complete List of Indians who
participated in the fight of the previ
ous night and confessed that his fath
er, instead of being in Washington,
was at the head of the outlaw bands
scattered -among the hills of the for
mer Creek nation.
"Those were your father's tracks
in the yard this morning f" asked
Deputy Jones.
- Harjo'a Confession.
"Those were his tracks," said the
Indian, who then told that Charles
Coker, reputed as a dangerous Indian
outlaw, had fired the shots which
killed Baum and Odom. His confes
sion , also revealed for the first time
some of the reel secrets of general
ship over the Creeks.
"Coker is an expert shot," he said,
"and ' was fully 300 yards distant
when he made fine targets of th
bodies of the officers. He js scouting
now with the band and will be hard
to eatch." 'V;'-.: V ' .-;
With Crazy Snake's whereabouts
almost definitely established, the offi
cers prepared with the aid of the
miltary to crush the Indians in the
light which it was believed was kn
nunent ' ,
WASHINGTON
S
Roosevelt Order Revoked.
The last remaining vestige of the
Roosevelt order taking marines off
the battleships and cruisers of the
United States navy was swept away
Friday when President Taft, after
the matter had been considered at a
cabinet meeting, directed that an or
der be issued restoring the marines
to exactly the same duties that they
performed prior to their being order
ed ashore. After Congress had plac
ed a provision in the navy appropria
tion bill to the effect that a certain
percentage of the marine corps
should be assigned to ship duty, an
order was issued the day bdfore
President Roosevelt went lout of of
fice restoring the marines to ships,
but placing them under the orders of
the captains of the vessel on which
they were to serve. Under the old
order of things- the marines were giv
en specific duties. One. of these was
to fight certain guns of the secondary
battery. The order placing them un
der the direction of the ship's cap
tain made it possible to assign tho
marines to any sort of duty and to
deprive them of fighting any part of
the ship's battery.
Punish Kidnapping by Death.
To define the crime of kidnapping
and provide punishment therefor, in
the District of Columbia." This is
the title of a bill that Representative
Rodenburg (111.) introduced Tues
day. It was suggested by the har
rowing experience of little Wilhe
Whitla, of Sharon, Pa.
Wants to Finish Canal in July, 1913.
It developed Wednesday that dur
ing a recent conversation between
President Taft and Chairman Goe
thals of the Isthmian Canal Commis
sion the President expressed his de
sire that the canal be completed by
July 4th, 1913. Colonel Goethals,
however, is not at all sansruine of ac
complishing' any such results, holding
to his heretofore expressed opinion
that Jnauary 1, 1915, will see the
canal open to navigation. Colonel
Goethals will leave New York for
Panama next Saturday.
In order to expedite discussion of
the tariff bill in the House, unani
ous consent Saturday was given that
the sessions hereafter shall begin at
10 instead of 11 o'clock a. m.; that a
recess should be taken at 6 and that
resuming at 8 o'clock the sessions
should continue until 10:30 p. m. each
day. The request for unanimous con
sent was made, by Mr. Payne, who
said that there already were 40 or 50
members who had indicated their de
sire to speak.
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, the, minori
ty leader, asked how long general de
bate would continue. He said he was
much embarrassed by his lack of in
formation. When his Democratic col
leagues asked for time in which to
speak he found it difficult to make
allotments. Mr. Payne replied that
he was suffering under a similar em
barrassment, but did not supply the
information desired.
Without any intimation having
been given as to when the general
debate on the measure shall cease the
bill was laid before the House.
Declaring that there would be no
dissension in the Democratic ranks
of the House with regard to the tariff
and that the Fitzgerald amendment
to the rules made it possible for the
minority to express its views upon
amendments to the bill by a record
vote, Representative Harrison, of
New York, discussed various features
of the Payne measure.
'
Nomination Confirmed.
The Senate Monday confirmed the
nomination of Edward W. Durant,
Jr., of South Carolina, to be collec
tor of customs for . the district of
Charleston. Mr. Durant waa appoint
ed to suceed William D. Cram, the
former negro collector of the Charles
ton port
Senator Elxins Denf ends the South.
Joining with the Democrats in their
protests against the manner in which
the tariff bill is being made, Senator
LElkins (Republican), of West Vir
ginia, declared himself and his State
ty be of the South, the interests of
which, he said, are "being crucified.
He asserted that New England, is
over-represented on the committee, '
while the great Middle. West and the
South are not represented at alL He
said that he understood the commit
tee would make a free trade measure
for New England, .
j WASHINGTON NOTES
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Kerns of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Live Items Covering Event ef lion
er Less Interest at Home an4
Abroad.
Near Green River, Wyoming, Wed
nesday, a train ploughed into a sand
slide burying the engine and piling
up five freight cars and killing en
gineer Laynan and Brakeman Pear
son. ;
Mrs. Jessie Culberton, of Yineen
nes, Ind was, in the absence of her
husband, taken from her house into
a shed Wednesday by a strange man
and woman, who poured earbolie
acid down her throat and tied her
mouth shut, then left her. She could
barely tell the tale.
A rather severe tornado passed
over parts of Texas Wednesday and
over parts of South Carolina Thurs
day morning, killing several persons
and doing much damage to property.
Two negroes in Asheville, N. Ci
fought a duel with razors last Tues
day and both came out cut within an
inch of their lives.
The Montgomery Advertiser fig
ures it up that President Taft, with
in the last nine years, has traveled
202,114 miles, 'excelling all others
who ever arrived at the White House.
Captain Mueller and his five com- ,
panions in the balloon America were :
found safe near Pasadena, after
landing in the mountains. It was
thought that they had floated out on
the ocean.
A 20-year-old widow, who re
married, has been awarded the estate
of her first husband, amounting to
$20,000, in Brooklyn, in a suit
brought against her by his relatives.
Five months after the husband's
death a child was born, and, although
the plaintiff's contend that it was
dead at birth, the young woman
proved by the testimony of a nurse
that the baby lived a minute and
therefore she was entitled to the fi
estate.
Joe and Isham Taylor and Lewis
Jenkins were found guilty of first
degree murder in the Skipwith mur
der and arson case at Powhatan, Va.,
and John Brown, guilty of murder in
the second degree. All are negroes.
Brown got 15 years in the peniten
tiary and the others will die in the
electric chair.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia decided that voters may pay
their .poll tax, which is essential to
qualification, in person, by messen
ger, by check or by postal order.
The National Association of
Liquor Dealers will test in the Unit
ed States Supreme Court, the pro
vision of the Byrd law, of Virginia,
which requires a license of $500 for
salesmen selling liquors by sample
Willie Whitla identified the Cleve
land suspects as his kidnappers, and
his father said he knew John Boyle,
the man, but refused to talk of the
woman prisoner.
The anthracite miners will ask
President Taft to arbitrate their dif
ferences and wfll not strike April 1.
F. H. H. Richardson, of Elmira,
N. Y., accused of embezzling $300,
000, comjritted suieide in Harris
burg Wednesday.
Portsmouth, by the annexation oi
its suburbs, is now the third city in
size in Virginia.
The penalty in Virginia for kid
napping is death or in the discretion
of the jury, it may be imprisonment
from 8 to IS years.
Henry A. Wise, a member of tha
well-known Virginia family, has been
appointed United States District At
torney for the New York district.
Washington Affairs.
The Inaugural committee has a
surplus of $6,000 left from the Taft
inauguration fund.
Republican insurgents are fighting
the proposed special rule to cut off
amendments to the Payne bill in the
House. ,
The Senate Finance Committee is
framing a practically new Tariff biU
ox us own.
President Taft hes already chang
ed 14 of the policies of Mr. Roose
velt and is considering a number of
other changes. ;..
Senator Aldrich is said to be op
posed to all kinds of special taxes
and would so adjust the rates as w
raise the revenues required from
eustoms duties. . -.
-The new Senate committee hopes
to point out means by which the
Government can save millions.
Minority Leader . ' Champ Clark
made a vigorous attack on certain
features of the Payne bill and out
lined the position of the Democratic
members on tariff legislation last
Thursday.
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