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POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY.
vol; XI.
MARSHALL, N. C FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909
NO. 16.
Madison
Coimty
Record
Tiff PmUPPIRETARIFF Bill
Message Asking for a Revision of the Philippine
Tariff to Extend the Principle of a Protective
Tariff for Its Industries Sent to Congress.
: Washington, - Special. The Presi
dent Thursday sent to Congress a.
special message regarding the Philip
pin tariff . This message transmits
recommendations by the Secretary of
Wax, for a revision of the Philip
pine tariff so as to permit jk much
customs revenue as possible for the
islands and at the same time to ex
tend to the islands the principle of
protective tariff for its industries.
Under the conditions which will arise
from the enactment of the tariff bill
pending in Congress, which provides J
under certain conditions for free
trade between the Philippines and tho
United States, the revenues of the
islands will be considerably affected,
and numerous protests have been re
ceived here, on this acount.
The message was submitted to both
houses of Congress shortly after they
convened, Generally speaking the bill
submitted by the President makes a
alight increase in the rates of duty
now provided in the Philippine" tariff,
but its framers say its tendency is to
insure as far as practicable the bene
fit of the Philippine market for
American manufactures and products.
The President's Message.
The President's message follows:
"To the-; Senate and House of Repre
sentative :
"I transmit herewith a communica
tion from the Secrtrary of War, en
closing one from the chief of the
bureau of insular affairs, in which
is transmitted a proposed tariff re
vision law for the Philippine, Islands.
"This measure revises the present
TABLE SHOWING PRESENT RATES AND PAYNE Bill
CHANGES IN THE TARIff ON IMPORTANT ARTICLES
The Payne Tariff Bill, as passed by the House shows the following
changes made; as compared with the rates in similar articles in the orig
inal Payne bill and the Dingley law:
Abticxis
Dihqlit Law
Coffee
Tea
Cocoa
Petroleum... ,
Barley
Barley Halt.
Hides
Free of duty
Free of duiy
Free of duty
Pi ee of dutr
30 cents a bushel...
45 cents a bushel. ..
IS per cent
Bound and hewn;
ner cubic foot
lc
Timber .
Xun.bor, unfinished.
$2.00 per 1000 feet..
Lumber, finished twoi
slues ,
Sawed Lumber
Copperas
Glue worth under 10c
due worth over Sic .
Crude Barytes ,
Fluorspar
Baw Mica
Out Ml a
B2.00 per 1.000 feet...
12.00 to 33.30 per 1,000 ft.
ft ree ot auty
3 1-2 cents a pound
15c lb. plus 20 oer cent.
7S cents per ton .... ....
Free
6c lb. Dlus 20ner cent..
lie lb, plus 20 per cent.
Bar Iron -(char coal
made)
Ferroaulcon
Farromancaneee.
Briar Boot
aocharlna
tl2perton.'.
Si per too
14 per ton
Free
C1.M lb, plus 10 per cent
Turkish filler Tobacco
(umtemmed)
-Turkish Filler Toiacco
33 cents a pound ....
SO cents a pound ....
30 cents ner bushel. .
(stemmeu) ........
Peas (green)
Erervreen BeadUncs,
Pineapples ,
Clores (ground)
Clove (jfhground) .' . .
Cotton Jaruard Good
Media tad Cotton . . ..
1.001,000, plus IS per ct.
(oenu per eumo loot.
Free of duty
Free of duty....
New entry.
New entry....
Shirts, Collar and
Cuff (cotton mado)
45c doa, plus IS per ct.l
411k Suspenders and
tillc Bandings -'thai
90 per cent...
bands) ....
SO per cent
Uk and Tel vet Boxes
Basic Pnow Paper;..,
New entry..
9c lb, plus 10 per cent..
ii i
New entry..,. j.,...,
New entry.......
BlasOn C0.., .i . ..
Maoafacturvs of Hair
leather Shoe Laces...,
. NutOU
S2.Mnr UMU.:.i ......
io per cent... ...........
sue cross-ana w per ct
paper cent......
Platinum vases, tte-
tort ana Apparatus
ffbiUpBUMBloa
Mper cent......,....'...
i cents a pound....,
FOURTEEN LOSE THEIR
- San rrancisco, Special. Six bod
ies recovered and probably 8 or-10
others buried in the ruins; six injur
d, bt fatally; property loss $125,000
these are the result of a fire Fri
day thai flestroyed Hhe ;;St. George
'Hotel, lodgiiiff house for laborers
at Howard and Eighth streets. Eight
ther small buildings were . . burned.
The bodies taken to the morgue ywere
FUNSRAL SERVICES
), Colombia, S. ;C, Special ;.Tfip
, funeral.. 9f Oetu,1 M Butler, ; ;, who
dnaday..mgbt -in.thia. city.
7t
was beld - Friday " morning 4 in St
Peter'. Catholic church at 16 o'clock,
he church was filled 'with the friends
and relatives of General Butler and
Ilia family The requiem 'mass was
said by Bev. B. W. Fleming. Bishop
Northrop,' who came up from Char
leston fer the funeral read the prayer
for the dead, assisted by Rev. T. J.
Hegfttiar and Rev. Mr. Hughes. Tho
funorW sermon was preached by
Fatber Homing, who bad been with
Philippine tariff, simplifies it and
makes it conform as nearly as pos
sible to the regulations of the
toms laws of the United States, es
pecially with,'re8pect to packing and
packages. The present Philippine
regulations have been cumbersome
and difficult fer American merchants
and exporters tp comply with. Its
purpose is to meet the new conditions
that' will arise under the section oi
the pending United States tariff bill,
which provides, with certain limita
tions, for free trade between the
United States and the Islands. It is
drawn with a view to preserving the
islands as much customs revenue as
possible, and to protect in a reason
able measure those industries which
now exist in the islands.
"The bill, now transmitted, has
been drawn by a board of tariff ex
perts, of which the insular collector
of customs, Col. George R. Coltotj,
was the president. The board held
a great many open meetings ?n
Manila, and conferred fully with rep
resentatives of all business interests
in the Philippine Islands. It is oi
great importance to the welfare oi
the islands.
"The bill should be passed at th
same time with the pending Payne
bill, with special reference to the pro
visions of which it was proposed.
"I respectfully recommend thai
this bill be enacted at the present
session of Congress as one incidental
to, and required by, tre passage of the
Payne bill
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
"The White House, April 14, 1909."
Original Paths Bill!
Paths Bill As
Pashm) Bt Hqpm
Free with countervail!
Free of duty
Free of duty
o cents a pound
1 cents a pound
Scents a pound...
Free with countervail
ft ree or auty
24 cents a bushel.
40 cents a bushel.
Ut cents a bushel
Hi cents a bushel
Free of duty
Free of duty
l-2c per cubic foot ....
30 cents per 1,000 feet.
Half cent cubic foot ...
50c per 1,000 feet
81.50 per thousand ft. .
$1.50 per 1,000 feet
1 tole.50 1,900 feet
SI tojB.50 1,000 feat....
Knee of duty
20 per cent
25 per cent
75 cents a ton
50c toil. 75 per ton ....
SO per cent
35 per cent
15-109 of lc per pound..
2 1-2 cents per pound ..
15c lb. Dlus 20 per cent.
$1.50 per ton
S1.50 uer ton
5c lb, plus 20 per cent..
10c ID, plus 20 per cent.
S a ton
If 10 per ton
15 per cent.
15 per cent.
ft per ton.
IS per cent. . .
1
nnr ton.:
25 tier cent
25 percent.,
50 cents per pound .
75 cent per pound .
135 cents a pound .
50 cents a pound .
80 cents a bushel .
$1 per pound.
25 ceats per bushel .
SI 1,000, p us 13 per ct .
$s per 1,000
30 per cent...
180 percent
Free
of duty.
$8 1,000, or 8e cubic foot
xi-xcperpouna
Free of duty....
50 ner cent
45 per cent 10 per cent
83c doc, plus 10 per ct..
M5o dos, plus 18 per ct.
60 per cent... ........ ..
00 per cent. .............
50 per cent....
50 per cent.... ..........
p per cent.,..
So lb, pins $0 per cent. .
$2.50 per pound.......,
lac id, plus ie per cent,.
180 per cent. ......... ....
m sent per pousn ,
25 pea cent. ......... .....
so par cent
per l,O0O.-V;..rt-..". wi
is per cent
15 per cent
25 per cent
super cent. v.. ..........
ISOc gross and 10 per 0..
Free of duty
Free of doty..
45 per cent.. .... .... I,,.
tie oi auty ...... ......
i oenu per pouna
LIVES IN HOTEL FIRE
so charred that identification was im
possible! The hotel was a three-story
frame building. .'It burned so rapidly
that nona-'of the 180 guests had time
to dress. Many escaped by jumping
W the roof Of ait adjoining workshop.
Soores clambered down the firemen
ladders and cthe fire escapes on the
building.' . Feur jumped to safety in
a net held by the fire fightera.
OF CEN. M. C. BUTLER
General Butler frequently during his
last illness and who was with- hint
at the time of his death. He paid an
eloquent tribute' to. General Butler 'i
services aa a soldier and statesman,
and spoke in affectionate, terms of
him as a man. In his funeral sermon
over .General Butler,, the. Rev.-Father
FUfr&ig gave this explanation of baw
General Butler came to change his
faith: "The Little Sisters of tht
Poor first drewvmy -attention to tht
Catholic cbarch., .Tbeir humble,. holy
lives, leaving home and hearth to min
uter to the outcast, .the homeless, tht
aedtthe forgotten of the world.'
two Americans suig
Oottfirmatkra Received of tits Eding
: of American Missioniariea U Adana
Others Connected With the 2its
ajsn Are Safe. k
' Constantinople, By Cable. Confir
mation baa been received here of the
killing of two American missionaries
at Adana. The murdered missin
ariee were Mr. Rogers and Mr.
Maurer. The othets connected with
the missions are safe, including Mr.
Christie, who is at Tarsus.
.. Three French warships are hurry
ing to Mereina, where the situation
is desperate. Foreigners and many
krn, . ,. . . . , it,.
PT " "I"! t?D. 7CL
Governor are doing their best to pro
tect the town, but there is great fear
that it cannot hold ,out much longer
against the invasion of the Moslems,
who are sweeping down in large
numbers. The American vice consul
at Mersina, John Debbes, has been
unable to proceed to Adana, owing
to interruption of communication. A
British warship is proceeding to Alex
andretta, which is threatened by the
Moslems.
The Chamber sent a deputation to
the barracks to explain to the sol
diers the evil results of disobedience.
The Deputies for Alephao and Adana
demanded immediate measures to re
store order in the Adana district and
to punish the ringleaders of the mas
sacre. A motion to this effect was
adopted unanimously. According to
the latest news from Adana, the mis
sionaries do not dare to leave the
mission house. They are suffering
from lack of provisions and medi
cines, and have sent an appeal to the
military authorities for protection.
Adana is still burning and it is re
ported that not less than three thou
sand people are homeless at Tarsus.
Late telegrams received from the
British vice consul at Adana state
that there are apprehensions of furth
er trouble at that place.
SERIOUS FIRE IN CHARLOTTE.
Black's Livery Stable in Ashes Six
Horses Boned Loss $25,000.
Charlotte, N. C, Special A fire
which dared the utmost efforts of the
city's fire fighters, a Mace which
threatened to wipe out of existence
a half-dozen or more surrounding
dwellings, a conflagration that
brought thousands to view the con
flict, was that which razed to the
ground the long, two and three-story
brick structure which it early claim
ed as its own. Result, six horses
dead, the building and contents, in
cluding vehicles, harvesting and farm
ing machinery entirely destroyed,
with an approximate . total loss of
$25,000; with damage done to the
stables of Mr. R. C. McManus nearby
to the southeast on College street to
the extent of about $1,200 and a
similar amount of loss charged up to
Mr. A. W. Whitaker's stables, which
adjoined on the west. All the injury
done to the two latter establishments
was wrought by the collapsing of
heavy brick walls which carried with
them part of the roofing beneath.
Cuba to Have an Army.
Havana, By Cable. Extraordinary
progress is being made in the organi
sation of the Cuban resrular armv.
When fully recruited, it will number
aoout 0,000 infantry and artillerv.
That the President considers this as
indispensable to the maintenance of
tne government is shown by his refer
ence to it as "a powerful instrument
for the preservation of peace"'iri his
recent message to Congress. Privately
we, rnsuaeni is reponea to nave said
mat m "wlir Hotrreally begin, to rule
nnw the- army is fully ready for
service. Already more than three-
iourtns of the force has been enlisted
and the work of training is going ou
' fflgflwajrinair Olntnred.
San Francisco, SpeeiaL James M.
lnompaon, nee' president ' of the
inompson Bridge Conroanv. on m.
tering his office Saturday with a sack
containing $1200 was eonfmntA1 hv
Ltwo masked men. ona ofTvlinm. )
um tnrougn the chest, inflicting a
serious wound. The . men escaped
with the 'money, "but were captured.
During the shooting' William Bose-
ourg received a stray bullet but was
not seriously hurt.
v ; ,The Sing of All Crooks. '
Marion, N. Cj, Special Of all the
systems of graft an ingenious age has
produced, a negro preacher of this
place haa invented the one unique.
ne nas been holding '- a revival for
the-past month and tfiere. hav been,
it u said, 110 conversions. ' When a
nigger is converted he issues av cer
tificate like this: 'This is to crtifv
kot Co.- T T ... .
been bora into the kingdom of God i JmneUI. ran Dn
etc, and charges the" poor,' ' deluded I y m ,the e8eB01" '
foot th. . iw-.J:'v eaeasion, and in a abort time attained
port into Glow, ; pM"
GEN. BUTLER IS DEAD
orraer South Caroilfia Sena-
Passes Away.
WAS A CONFEDERATE OFFICER
Cavalry Waa Former United
States Senator From South Caro
lina Served in Spanish-American
War.
" Columbia, S. G, SpeeiaL Gen.
Matthew Calbraith Butler, of Edge
field, one of the last of the Confeder
ate cavalry generals, died Wednesday
night at 11 :40 at a local infirmary.
For several weeks General Butler had
been ill and had been gradually grow
ing weaker and for several days it
bad been known that the end was
near. General Butler's death waa duo
to a complication of disease, induced
by an old wound.
In 1876 General Butler was elected
to the United States Senate and
served three terms. During the Spanish-American
war he was a major gen
eral in the United States army. After
the war he was appointed a member
of the Cuban peace commission. He is
survived by his widow and three chil
dren, Capt. M. C. Butler, Jr., U. S.
A.; Dr. F. W. P. Butler, of this city,
and Mrs. McNeely, wife of a naval
officer.
On his 75th birthday General But
ler received supreme unction from
the Catholic Church. He died within
60 yards of the convention hall in
which the succession convention met
General Butlor waa a nephew of Com
modare Perry, of the United States
qavy, and but for fate might have
been a distinguished officer of the
United States army instead of a Con
federate leader.
Gen. Butler was a son of Dr. Wil
liam Butler and descended from a
spenldid ancestry.
In childhood he accompanied his
father to Arkansas, but after the
latter 's death returned to South Caro
lina in 1S51, and made his home with
Senator A. P. Butler, near Edgefield.
5b was educated at the South Caro
lina' College and then reading law was
admitted to practice in 1857. In the
following year be was married to
Maria, daughter of Governor F. W.
Pickens. He was elected to the Leg
islature in 1860, but before the con
clusion of his term, entered the mili
tary service of his State as captain of
a company of cavalry in Hampton's
Legion. This command took a dis
tinguished part in the first battle of
Manassas, and Captain Butler was
promoted major to date from July
21st, the beginning of his famous
career in the cavalry of the Army of
Northern Virginia. He commanded
the cavalry of the legion under Stuart
in the withdrawal of the troops from
Yorktown, and was warmly com
mended for gallantry at Williams
burg. In August, 1862, he was pro
moted to colonel of the Second Regi
ment, South Carolina Cavalry, Hamp
ton's Brigade, and in this rank be
participated in the Second Manassses
and Maryland campaign, winning fav
orable mention for gallant leadership
in the affair at Monacacy Bridge and
Stuart's Chambersburg raid. He com
manded the main part of his brigade
in the Dumfries expedition of Decem
ber, 1862, and in June, 1363, he was
one of the most conspicuous leaders
in the famous cavalry battle of Bran
dy station. ; Here he was severely
wounded by a shell, losing his right
foot, and promotion to brigadier gen
eral followed in September. Return
ing to service before his wound heal
ed, he waa sent home to recover.- He
suceeded General Hampton in brigade
command, and took part in the fall
campaigns of the army in 1363, and
throughout the famous struggle of
1864, at the Wilderness, SpottsyV
vama and tterore menmona in oppost
(iop to Sheridan, he was one of tho
heroic figures of this last great cam
paign of the Confederate armies. The
reports of Sheridan and himself at
test the splendid fight of Butler and
his brigade at Hawe's shop, and Cold
Harbor. .At Trevilian station he was
in command of Hampton's division,
and repulsed seven distinct and deter
mined assaults by the largely super
ior forces under Sheridan, his com
mand occupying a most' important
Eart of a Confederate line and fight
lg aa infantry. In ! September- he
was promoted mojor general, and in
the spring of 1865 he was detached
with a small division for the campaign
against Sherman in the Carolina. He
commanded the rear guard of Har
dee's army at the evacuation of Co
lumbia and Cheraw, and at the. last
had division command of cavalry,, his
forces and Gen. Joe Wheeler's form
ing the command of Lieutenant Gen
eral Wade Hampton. Thedose of the
national repute for thr firmness and
boldness with which .he' Handled tfte
political questions which concerned
the essentials of the reorganized social
life. . While he powerfully advocated
obedience to the reconstruction meas
ures as the law, law being preferable
to chaos, be receded at ho time from
a persistent opposition to infringe
ments oil good government, and was
largely instrumental in securing the
election of Governor Wade Hampton.
Li 1876 he was elected to the United
States Senate, where admission was
met by a storm of partisan protest,
which Is memorable in the history of
the nation, but his career of eighteen
years m that exalted body vindicated
the pod judgment and patriotism
of the State, which deputed him as
its representative. In the stormy days
of sectional debate in Congress, he
was one pf the foremost champions
of the South, but at a later period he
was enabled to make a splnedid rec
ord in "constructive statesmanship
by his staunch advocacy of a strong
navy, of civil service reform, and
other measures now 'settled in nation
al policy.
Fire in Little Rock.
Little Rock, Ark., Special. St.
Louis compress No. 2, one of the larg
est cotton compresses in this city,
was practically destroyed yby fire
early Tuesday, causing a loss which
is roughly estimated will approxi
mate almost a million dollars. The
fire was discovered shortly after one
o'clock and because of the inflam
mable material upon which the flames
fed, gained quick headway.
Crazed Negro Wounds Four.
Richmond, Special. Everett Roy
ster, a negro crazed by cocaine, Mon
day afternoon felled James B. Lacy
and his son Charles irl the former's
wood and coal yard; fired three shots
at Dr. James P. McDonough, after
being wounde.d by the latter, armed
with a shotgun ; jumped into a vic
toria, and at the point of a pistol
compelled the driver to race madly
down Broad street in an effort to es
cape to the country. He was finally
subdued.
Wheat Hurry Subsided.
Chicago, Special. After a memor
able speculative week the ticker's
"good night" was received at noon
Saturday with a deep sigh of relief
from board of trade men, not to men
tion an amy of laymen drawn into
the vortex of the wheat pit by tho
publicity given James A. Patten, the
leader, and his following. Mr. Patten
personally, left the market to its fate,
from the view which the fatten
crowd improved considerably.
Military Sustains Committee.
Constantinople, By Cable. The
committee of union and progress has
given convincing proof of its power
and influence over the third army
corps. Two military trains, each con
taining S00 infantry, arrived Satur
day morning at Tohataljae, about 67
miles from the capital, and four other
trains are expected to reach that
point within 24 hours. Preparations
also are being made at Saloniki for
mo ue&paicn oi a numDer or addition
al trains for Constantinople.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Iceland is to have an art museum.
Japanese and Germans are seizing
Paracel Islands.
The Edison Phonograph Company
planned to settle suits tor $450,000.
The Easter display was one of the
most brilliant New York has ever
teen.
A mining concession granted to
Germans in Morocco threatens to
cause trouble.
" BIbridge T. Gerry testified in re
gard to New York statutes governing
the behavior ot children, calling them
superfluous.
Castro's steamer touched at Guad
aloupe. but he did uot try to go
ashore. His wlte was not permitted
to land In Venezuela.
Nathan Straus urged an Alder
manic committee of New York City to
pass the ordinance requiring all milk:
pasteurized before sold.
Thousands ot policemen and cltl
sens marched behind the body ot
Joseph Petroslno and attended his
funeral in New. York City. ? r ,
District Attorney Jerome, at Al
bany, N. Y., told the Page legislative
commission that Jail sentences would
not check automobile speeders.
Austria's decision to build four
Dreadnoughts has caused a move
ment in- France tor the construction
bt an. equal, number of warships of
that class. .,r-.;-r:,.-:--::-.'r-
Labor problems la .Franca are be
soming Increasingly , difficult tor the
Government. The State employee
now demand a share In the control ot
their departments. - ' -
Mora than a million" dollars in
Malms against the New York City
Railway Company tor personal Inju
ries will be wiped out out by the road
lotng into the hands ot receivers. .
' They have faea gobbling land so
fast In Oklahoma, exclaims the Atlan
ta Constitution, an earthquake wolld
Bt find enough business there to In
terest It
LYNCHED BY A MOB
four Wealthy Men Are Strung
Up in Ada, Oklahoma.
HAD MURDERED U. S. MARSHA!
Disgusted With the Alleged Justice
Meted Out to Criminals in Smallei
Towns of Oklahoma, Two Hundred
Citizens of Ada Took the Law lute
Their Own Hands.
Ada. Okla... SDeciaL Two hundred
citizens of Ada, nearly ail of them el
tne better class thoroughly disgusted
with the "justice" meted out to
criminals in the smaller towns o!
Oklahoma, early Monday took from
jail ana nanged lour wciitny land,
owners for the murder of Deputy
United States Marshal A. L. Bobbitt.
The lynched men were G- B. Miller,
of Fort Worth, Tex.;. B- B. Burrellr
of Duncan Oklahoma; Jesse West
and Joseph Allen, of Canadian, Tex.
Shortly after 3. o'clock Monday
morning the lynchers shut off the
electric street lights, cut the tele
phone communication and nirJetlv
gathered near the jaiL When all had
assembled, a large naao swaggered
out of the dark and said: "Are you
all ready t" A confused buzzinc wn
the only answer. The men silently
made their way toward the jaiL
They had scarcely started before
they met Countv Attorney Robert
Wimbish, who had received " word
that the mob was forminat. Tira-
crowd stopped at his request. Attor
ney Wimbish said: "Mm of Ada.
you are disgracing this county in the
eyes oi tne world, inink tbis matter
over clamly and let the law take its
course. 1 aDDeal to von aa an officer
of the law to return to your homes."
The mob, without a word, proceed
ed on its way. The attorney attempt
ed aeain to talk to them. "Thin is
no time for speeches," said the lead
er and tne march continued. A high
board fence surrounding the jail waa
partly thrown down and th e.rawA
entered and pounded on the jail door.
uniy uuard McCarthy was ou duty.
t l r n . i aa . . .
"Mccartny," said the leader,
"0Den this door at ni. W maun
business. Hurry, its near davlieht."
"You mieht as well tro hnmn.
boys," quickly responded the officer,
"this door will never be opened from
this side."
After a conference threeof the mob
threw themselves against the frail
jail door and the mob rushed in.
Guard McCarthy was knocked sense
less with a revolver butt. The four
prisoners were quickly taken out, al
though West foujrht desperately.
"If yoq're going to hang me, do
it," said miller.
The mob led the four men to a
barn a few hundred feet away and
stood them in a straight line.
"Tell us what you devils know
about Bobbitt 's murder," shouted
the mob leader.
West answered for the four, say
ing: "We don't know who you men are,
and we don't care. For myself, I
know if I bad a six shooter, a few of
you would bite the dust, hut that's
talk as long as my 'shooting iron' is
in Texas. You boys appear to have a
job to do. Why don't you do itt We
won't tell anything, and you
"The ropes," the leader broke in,
and the four prisoners were carried
to a beam and strung up in a row.
Just before the rope was placed
about his nock, Miller calmly remov
ed a diamond from his shirt front
and requested that it be sent to his
wif in Fort Worth. From his neck
tie he drew out a diamond scarf pin
with the request that it. be given to
Guard McCarthy for his kindness U
him. As soon as the men were dead
the mob disappeared. At daylight
the bodies of the lynched men wera
cut down.
Senator Gaxxam Sttn Unconscious.
Ashevilba, N. C, Special The
Condition nf fnrmu fif.t. C? .
Joseph M. Gazzam, of Pennsylvania,
who was injured at the Kenilwortb,
Inn fire last week by jumping fram
a thud-story window,, remains un
changed according to the attending
ocuatur uazzam has
been, at the Clarence Barker Hospital,
Biltmore, since the accident and still
remains in an unconscious condition.
' Ba Saltan Abdicated?
Coastantinople, By Cable The' im
portant feature f the situation in
the Turkish capital Monday was tht'
report that Sultan Abdul Hami4 had
abdicated It caused the greatest ex-.
citement in tht lobbies of Parliament '
and spread with lightning-like rapid
ity: throughout the city.:' A rumor of
the flight of the Sultan on a warship
followed closely on that Of his abdi-
cation, but neither could be confirm
ed. ; The Palace ' was under strong
guard, and even high officials warn
not permitted to enter it.
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