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G. 0. P.IIL L1EET IIIJARLOTTE frit STATE CONVENTION CALLED TO CONVENE IN QUEEN CITY SEPTEMBER 4. CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR With the Taft Foroes In Control the Meeting Will Be Radically Different From the One Which Was Held In Raleigh. Charlotte. The announcement from Greensboro that the state convention of the Republican party in this state will be held In Charlotte on Sept 4 was not the least unexpected from the fact that when the spring meeting of the party wej sent to Raleigh, by the executive committee It was practically agreed that the state con vention would come to this city. Interest now centers In the resolu tion adopted at the meeting of the executive committee ruling on the eligibility of the delegates to the state convention, specifying that all those who will sit In this convention will be required to pledge support to the Chicago ticket and platform. This ac tion was taken, It is stated, in view of the reports that the Bull Moose followers In this state were planning to capture the convention here and name their own candidates for state offices. As was shown recently, the stats committee as at present constituted, favors President Taft by a majority of not less than three and the meeting showed that the supporters of the president are in control of the ma chinery of the state organisation and that they will, therefore, probably control the state convention since this committee Is the arbiter of the qualifications of membership In this convention and It has ruled that U sit all must take the pledge to sup port the Chicago ticket and platform. Weather Observation Station. With the view to establishing a weather observation station at Hick ory Nut Gap, near Hendersonville, three men widely known in their fields of endeavor are now stopping in Hendersonville. These gentlemen are Prof. H. J. Cox of Chicago, of the V. S. Department of Agriculture; William M. Hutt of the .North Caro lina Department of Agriculture, and L. C. Denton of the state weather observatory at Raleigh. The purpose of their visit here Is to Install an observation station at Hickory Nut Gap, to ascertain the peculiar advant ages of that section and to investi gate the possibilities of apple growln; here and to also investigate the al ways interesting and ever mysteri ous belt. The Orange County Campaign. Mlllsboro. The Orange county Re publican convention have , named the following ticket: House of Represen tatives, H. G. Dorsett; sheriff, T. E. Sparrow; treasurer, S. E. Cole; com missionaries, W. R. Lloyd, R. Y. Wal ker and W. E. Ham. The naming of candidates for register of deeds, coro ner and surveyor was left with the executive committee. The sentiment of the convention was almost entire ly for Roosevelt. It was intimated, however, after adjournment by one of the most prominent Taft support ers of the county that there would be a regular Republican convention held later. .' : Teachers' Institute for Rowan. The biennial county teachers' In stitute for Rowan county will open in the Salisbury graded school building in the near future and will continue two weeks. Prof. I. C. Griffin, super intendent of the Marion graded school, assisted by Mrs. D. F. Giles of Mar lon, will conduct the institute. All public school, high school and graded school teachers In the county are re quired by law to attend the entire term. Harnett County Campaign. The Harnett county Republican convention met at Littleton and nomi nated a full county ticket as follows: For the house, W. P. Byrd; for sher iff, A. F. Surlea; register of deeds, J. A. McLeod; treasurer, H. N. Bix ell; coroner, Dr. C. A. Toung; sur Teyor, Prof. N. E. Cox; commission ers, D. H. Senter, D. Trurllngton Dun can Darroch, F. M. P, McLeod and P, O. A. Tart The convention passed a resolution saying they did not recog nize Taft as the nominee and pledged their support to Roosevelt Durham County School Census. The school census report for the county of Durham has been compiled by the county superintendent of edu cation and It shows that the county has gained a very little in the num ber of children, of school age. The most interesting feature Is that there are but 131 children between the ages, of t and 21, who are unable to read and write. This number out of a school population of 11,902 gives a percentage of illiterates of about .0011, or about one child In every hun dred who Is unable to read and write. No Interest In Halifax Politics. The Democratic county primaries to be held August 15, attract but lit tle attention and one seldom hears the matter mentioned. The politicians seem to be taking more interest in the stnte setiatorUJ contest. As yet the-r 1 ive boon bt a very few pub lic f ' J by the candidates, (nl i j f v 9 will be no con t v r i - i r of the coun'y . : i a F -r. 1 a ffft'H I t t GLADDEN FOUND NOT GUILTY Cleveland County Believed Him Inno cent and So Records Their Verdict ' Ross Will Go to the Chair. Shelby. "Not guilty" sounded good to Frank Gladden when the foreman of the jury of 12 came Into the court house and spoke the maglo words that made him a free man. The case had been on trial here for several days. O. M. Gardner, L. B. Wetmore and N. F. McMillan made able speeches In defense of their client while the prosecution was look ed after In the same able manner by Solicitor Wilson, Clyde R. Hoey and T. B. Falls. Judn Daniels finished his charge and gave the case to the Jury at 6:30 in the evening. They dined and then went in consultation on the case re turning the verdict as above stated in a short while. It is learned that on th flrnt ballot the lurv stood 10 for acquittal and I for conviction, but the latter were soon won over. Gladden waa charged with the mur der of Mrs. Dixon last December, who was slain at the same time, when her husband. John Dixon, lost bis lite. Gladden was tried for the murder of Mr. Dixon in February and acquitted and was later arrested on the charge of the murder of Mrs. Dixon for which he was acquitted. John Ross, colored, is tne seii-con- fRund murderer of Mr. Dixon and will, unless the governor Interferes. which is not likely, De electrocuted In the state prison at Raleigh, Aug ust 14. It was noon Ross evidence that niniMen waa arrested both times and In each Instance the jury has refused to believe him. H is Deiievea oy many that Ross killed both tne Dlxons without the assistance of any ntiA while others think he baa ac complices; who they were, however, will never be known ana in bdoui a week's time the curtain will fall on the last scene of this fearful tragedy. In the death house at Raleigh. Board of Election For Each County. Tha state board of elections namea boards of elections for each county In the state, the appointments being on recommendation of the county ex ecutive committees of the respective counties, two Democrats and one Re- miblican. However the county boards will not be made public for some days yet The board also fixed tne sue of the ballots to be used in the gen ni oluHon The state ticket Will be 3 1-2 by 12 Inches, the presidential ticket 3 1-2 by 8 inches ana congres sional ticket 3 1-2 by 2 inches. The board consists of Colonel Wilson G. Lamb, chairman, Wllliamston; J. C. Clifford, Dunn, secretary; J. F. Ray, Franklin. Democrats: and W. L. Da vis, Hendersonville and Clarence Call, Wllkesboro. Republicans. Ray ana Davis were not here for the meeting. Rowan Commissioners Meet. Tha Rowan county commissioners met and disposed of some important matters. They decided to build the new court house of Rowan county sranlte instead of brick. By using the granite the structure will cost litl.100. The old jail has already been removed, and digging is ndw be- lnsr done for the foundation of tne court house. The commissioners took up the farm demonstration proposi tion nd decided that they would not make the appropriation as they were not to be in office much longer and did not want to put- the additional hurden on the incoming board, but they passed favorably on it that the appropriation should be made. They recommended that the Incoming Doara take the matter up. Man Killed Near Goldsboro. pnt F fnlov. a voune white man nf tha Eureka neighborhood, about 16 miles nortL of Goldsboro, was shot In a -ow at that place and died. Coro ner Stanley and Sherig Edwards were notified at once of Coley's death and hurried to the home of Coley where he had been carried. The Jury which the coroner empanelled placed the killing on Ernest Cook, who It Is al leged fired the shot, and his brother, Arthur Cook, as an accessory. Ernest rook waa arrested after a long chase by the officers in thel automobile Just as he was attempting to board a tram at Boston, on the Norfolk Southern. Campaign In Catawba County. The Democratic executive commit tee of Catawba cejmty met and re elected Chairman J. D. Elliott of Hickory. W. C. Felmster of Newton was made vice, chairman and F. B. Owynn of Hickory, secretary. Routine business was transacted and the next meeting fixed for the first Monday in September. Catawba Democrats are confident of success this fall. The Republicans appear apathetio since the nomination of Taft Indeed there has been talk of not putting out a county ticket. North Carolina Now Enterprises. The following charters for new en- i terprises were Issued by the secretary of state: The French Broad Handle Company, of Brevard, capital 125,000 authorized and $10,000 subscribed, for making handles, spokes and simi lar articles of wood. The Southern Pines Improvement Company , of Southern Pines, capital $25,000 au thorized and $2,500 subscribed, tor general real estate and building In vestments. The Byrd-House Company of Bunn Level, capital $25,000 author ised and $2,500 subscribed. Another Tax District In Lenoir. Another Special tax district waa added to the number in Lenoir coun ty when, without a dissenting vote, district No. 4 in Vance townnhjp de elded upon eight months of school In stead of the usual four-months' term. The entire registered vote of the dis trict' every one a sturdy farmer, bal loted to asaess themselves for a lengthened term. ' At a meeting of thg county board of education, it was I i) mi1 t S strict instead of t nit i, so committee I i r t c t t to schools. PAHA CANAL BILL IS PASSED RAILROAD-OWNED VESSELS PRO HIBITING. FROM USING WATERWAY. A ONE-MAN GOVERNMENT Provision for Free Tolls, Which Was Fought In the Senate, Is Endorsed. Washington. The Panama canal bllL when it passed the senate, con tained provisions which amend the Sherman anti-trust law and the law creating the - Interstate commerce commerce commission, and Is beyond all odds the most Important piece of legislation which has passed either house this session. Briefly, the bill lodges in the hands of the Interstate commerce commis sion the right to say when the own ership and control by railroads of steamships with which they might compete Is detrimental to the public Interest and must cease. It forbids railroad owned ships to use the ca nal. It closes the canal to ships owned by corporations who violate the Sherman anti-trust law. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia of fered the amendment limiting the railroad legislation to the exclusion of railroad owned ships from the ca nal. This was carried by a vote of 49 to IS, and the senators who though the canal bill should not be the In strument of separating railroads from their steamship lines if they did not use the Panama canal at all thought they bad won their fight Their sat isfaction was jarred ath the end of the day, however, when Senator Bourne obtained the adoption of an amendment giving the interstate com merce commission authority to com pel a railroad to dlVest Itself of the ownership of a steamship line If the ownership was found detrimental to the public interest through the sup presslon of competition. London. British ship owners are Indignant at the United States sen ate's action with respect to Panama. They admit a big trade Is waiting as soon as the canal Is ' open, but are inclined to think the great preferen tial treatment accorded to American ships will lead traders to adhere to the old routes. Representatives of prominent firms have expressed the opinion, however, that much might happen before the canal is opened, and that the protests of foreign powers might induce a change in the American policy. The amendment permitting the registra tion of foreign-built vessels as Amer ican, It Is believed, may likely give Impetus to British shipbuilding. 400 KILLED BY EXPLOSION Powder Magazine Attached to White House of Haiti Lets Go at Port-au-Prince. Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The national palace was blown up by a powder ex plsion and burned to the ground and the president of the republlo of Hai ti, Gen. Cincinnatus Leconte, killed. Members of his family, who were awakened by the terrific shock, found themselves almost surrounded by the flames, but managed to make their way to safety. -Many palace attendants were killed and it is estimated that the casualty list will reach 400 persons killed or, injured. The body of President Leconte was found on the Iron bed on which he slept The authorities are making arrangements for a. national funeral. The cause of the explosion of the powder magazine is not known. At a joint meeting of the chamber and senate General Tancrede Augus ta, senator and ex-minister of public works, was named as president : Cincinnatus Leconte was elected unanimously by congress president of Haiti on August 14 last year. At first he gained prominence In Haltien affairs in 1908, when, as min ister of the Interior in the cabinet of President Uord Alexis, he was cred ited, with ordering the summary shoot ing of ten prominent revolutionaries at Port-au-Prince. Half Million Dollars Washed. Washington. More than a half- million dollars of old paper money washed and ironed to the crispness of new in the Federal government's currency , laundry will be placed hi circulation. This lot will represent Uncle Sam's first job as a laundry man. For weeks the treasury de partment has been cleaning and re- viving dirty old notes by the Ing machine perfected in tne oureau of engraving and printing. Secretary MacVeagh stamped the venture a success. , South Raveaged by Army Worms. Washington. More than $8,000,000 damage was done to- crops in the south last month by the army worms, according to unofficial estimates of the department of agriculture. Wheth er the season's second brood of the insects, appearing In South Carolina. Alabama, Georgia and other states. will Increase this loss Is of much concern to government experts. All the means at the department's dis posal, are being used to meet the emergency. There are army worms at some places half a foot deep. ' 8et Fire to Thirty Hotels. Greenfield, Mass. Bernard C. Mur ray, son of: former fire commissioner of Hartford, Conn, confessed to hav ing set fire to thirty hotels and house buildings in ' Connecticut and western Massachusetts during the past four months. While no lives were lost in many fires hundreds of persons, a majority of them hotel guests, were Imperiled, and the total property loss Is estimated to b over $230,000. At the time of the dleged conf? ;ton, !.',;rry Was servltg a sentmra cf t'.'rty i.r cn a cVw- cf 1 ' j. THOMAS R. MARSHALL Governor of Indiana and Dinou rails candidate for the vloe-presldeney. U. S. MARINESjN NICARAGUA WASHINGTON LAND8 A FORCE TO PREVENT ANARCHY IN NICARAGUAN REPUBLIC. The Marines Landed at'Corlnto and Were Hurried by Train to the Nicaragua Capital. Washington. American bluejackets and marines were landed In Nicara gua for protection of United States citizens and their property. The ex pedition, part of the force of the gun boat Annapolis, under Lieut James A. Campbell, Jr, was landed at Corinto and transported by rail to Managua, American forces were landed only after President Dlas had confessed the inability of his government to protect the American-owned line from Corinto to Managua and the steam ers on Lake Managua. Some of the latter had been seized by the revo lutionists under General Mens, depos ed minister of war. Mr. Weltzel de manded of Mena the return of ves sels his men had taken and used as warships In the attack upon Managua the capital The American minister reported that foreigners concur with resident Americans in Managua that this ac tion upon the part of the American naval commander was the only move which could have prevented complete anarchy and the spread of disorder throughout Central America, The state department la averse to Intervention in the factional quarrels of the Central American republics, but it is understood its position In this case Is the constitutional guar antee must be respected and whoever seeks to administer the government of Nicaragua must base his title not upon force of arms alone, but upon the majority of the balolts of the people, cast without duress. r LIME BENEFITS THE SOIL Southern Railway Issues Booklet of Interest to Southern Farmers. Washington. An investigation made by President Flnley of the Southern railway system has shown that experts in the chemistry of soils are unanimously of the opinion that lime In some form will benefit many of the soils of the Southeastern states by correcting their acidity and Improv ing their mechanical condition. President Flnley has secured the opinions of experts throughout the Southeastern, states and also in the Eastern and Middle states, In some of which experiments with the use of lime have been carried on for a long series of years. These opinions have been published In an Illustrated folder, which is being widely distrib uted among the farmers in the terri tory traversed by the lines of the Southern railway system. Farmers and others Interested In this subject may obtain copies of this folder by addressing W. W. Flnley, president Southern Railway company, Washington, D. C. New Kind of Whisky. Columbia, Mo. A new kind of In toxicating liquor has been discovered in Missouri. At the bottom of every silo is found a liquor produced by the fermentation of the silage.. It Is similar to ordinary corn whisky be fore being distilled. Only Chinese Blrdman. San Francisco. The only Chinese aviator in the world, Tom Cunn, made an aeroplane flight at Alameda carrying Gen. Lan Tien Wei, formerly in command of the Manchurlan army of the Chinese republic, and now in this county to Inspect the American army. The general was taken one thousand feet up and carried through ah-'Surni 4a dips In fearless fashion. When he set loot on earth he an nounced unqualifiedly that aviation would be introduced into the Chinese army. Wltnsse Shot Desd. ' Winona, Miss. The finding of an unbreeched shotgun, wrapped In a sack, in a glnhouse, 200 yards from the home of Bugene Shewmake, at Eupora, where Walter Permenter was shot to death. Inspires the peace offi cers to hope that the assassin will be captured. This la the first Import ant clue unerathed In the last chap ter of Winston's county's bloody trag edy, In which pretty Janie Sharp was killed. A reward of $1,000 haa been offered for the arrest of Permenter's slayer. a '- ' V ' Turkish Parliament Dissolved. Constantinople, Turkey. An impe rial decree was Issued dissolving the Turkish parliament The chamber of deputies passed a vote of want of confidence In the cabinet The presi dent of the chamber called at the palace to report the-action of the chamber, but the sultan declined to receive him. It is reported the cabi net has ordered the arrest of Talaat Bay, ex-minister cf the irtprior; EJa- vld ppy. ex-min!' r cf t. nr.ee, and other leading w ' rs cf t t eenn t--e cf !.: i i' i i l'ILSOH NOTIFIED 0FUIIAI1I IN STRIKING SPEECH WILSON AC CEPTS THE .DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. KEYNOTE OF THE CAMPAIGN Governor Wilson's Speech of Accept ance Waa Flill of Trite 8aylngs and Snappy Sentences. Seagirt, N. J. Woodrow Wilson, governor of New Jersey, In the pres ence of several thousand friends and admirers from many state, accepted the Democratic nomination for presi dent of the United States. '. The speech of notification was made yf e&- V a by Senator-elect OHle James of Ken tucky, head of .the notification com mittee, in his response, which waa a masterpiece of rhetoric and beautiful English and full of trite sayings and snappy sentences, Governor Wilson attacked the tariff and trusts and out lined the things for which he, as the standard-bearer of the party, stands. He demanded an immediate reduction downward of the tariff and real regu lation of trusts. , Governor Marshall of Indiana, the Democratic nominee for vice presi dent was present ' Governor Wilson said, In part: "It requires self-restraint not to at tempt too much, and yet it would be cowardly to attempt too lltle. There are two great things to do. One is to set up the rule of Justice and of right In such matters as the tariff. The other is the task of pro tecting our resources. In this we face questions of conservation and devel opment The tariff question as dealt with in our times has not been' business. It has been politics. The working people of America are, of course, the backbone of the nation. No law that safeguards life, that makes their hours of labor ra tional and tolerable, can properly be regarded as class legislation. , We are not the owners of the Phil ippine islands; we hold them In trust for the people who live in them. "We have been a spendthrift na tion and must now husband what we have left We must develop, as well as preserve our water powers and must add great waterways to the transportation facilities of the na tion. ; : : -. ,,' "We must speak not to catch votes. but to satisfy the thought and con science of a people deeply stirred by the convention that they have come to a critical turning point in their moral and political development "There is another duty which the Democratic party has shown Itself great enough and close enough to the people to perceive, the duty of the government to share in promoting ag ricultural, Industrial, vocational edu cation In every way possible within its constitutional powers. 1 heed with deep thankfulness the message you bring me from the coun try. I thank God and take courage." Defiant Answer to England. Washington. By a vote of 44 to 11, the senate refused to strike from the Panama canal bill the provision exempting American ships from pay ment of tolls for passage through the Panama canal The defeat of the Bur ton amendment to strike out the dis crimination in favor of American ships Was the senate's defiant an swer to the protest of the : British government against the legislation. It waa this clause of the bill which led Great Britain to send a formal protest to the state department . , Turks Mutiny; Revolution On. Salonika, European Turkey. The Turkish gendarmes in the garrison at Okhrida, Albania, mutinied and their commander, General Djemalrey, de clared' war In the nam of the Toung Turks against the present govern ment The commandant gave notice that would lead an army against Constantinople, and Issued a procla mation calling upon all loyal Toung Turks to join his standard. The reb els will attempt toorce the abdica tion of the present sultan, who took the throne when Toung Turks rose. . Pays $40,000 for Meal. Petersburg, lad. Several years ago a tramp appeared at the kitchen In which Maggie Drain was working and asked for something to eat The family in which she was employed as a servant protested, but she gave the man his breakfast and an hour later be returned with a paper which be handed to ber, charging her to kep it H proved to be a document giving to the girl the rperty of Marshall J'cMurran at h's death. The will has been f.Hv!-atii and. Kiss Drain will : t :. KISS ULLA B. GILBERT Miss Gilbert, who Inherited SI&VJCXV 000 from her father, Is to marry How ard P. Renehaw of Troy. N. Y. COL COMWQi KILLS SELF COLONEL CORNWELL PREFERS DEATH TO FACING EMBEZ- 2LEMENT TRIAL. Fslgnlng Sleep, He Escaped Detee tlon and Put Bullet Through - Head. Philadelphia. CoL Gibbons bray Cornwell of the Sixth regiment, Penn sylvania National Guard, and a prom inent lawyer of West Chester, com mitted suicide on a train on which he was returning from New York to his home city to face charges of ap propriating bonds belonging to a trust estate. As the train approached the West Philadelphia station. Colonel Corn well, who was sitting beside the con stable who accompanied him, leaned over the aeat in front of where he had placed a dress suitcase. Pretend ing to be sleeping, he quietly opened the baggage and drew out a revolver which had been presented to him by officers of his regiment Before the constable was aware of what was go ing on, he had placed the weapon In his mouth and shot himself In the head. A physician said that death bad been Instantaneous. While the regiment which he com manded was In camp, one of his cli ents died, leaving a will In which oth er executors-were named for the es tate for which he held In trust In vestigation by new executors, it is al leged, led to the discovery that a num ber of bonds belonging to the estate were missing. Colonel Cornwell, who failed to re turn home when the regiment broke camp a week ago, was taken Into cus tody In New York, but was released on his promise to return home with the contsable who had a warrant for his arrest He indignantly denied that there was anything wrong with his accounts and, when starting borne, seemed to be in good spirits. As he neared his destination he became morose, and finally escaped the contsable's detec tion and ended his life. ' $25,000 TO PROBE GRAFT But While Aldermen Spend That Much, Crooka. Will Put Up , $50,000 to Free Becker. ' . New .York. The committee of nine appointed by the board of aldermen ' to investigate the alleged alliance be tween the police and lawbreakers be gan taking steps to make a sweeping probe. .'. Special counsel will be re tained and $25,000 will be expended getting at the vital facta In the sit uation. A fund of $50,000 is said to have been raised for the defense of Police Lieutenant Charles A. Becker, under Indictment for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, If he will remain silent about the police system and throw no light upon the exaction of tribute from the underyorld. y There waa a conference of Beck er's counsel preparatory to the argu ments before Judge Mulqueen In the court of general sessions on the mo tion to dismiss the Indictments against the accused lieutenant Culpepper, Va, Swept by Fire. ' Richmond, Va. A disastrous fire broke out In Culpepper, a Virginia town of 3,000 Inhabitants. A tele phone message from a neighboring town said that all wires were down to Culpepper, and that the, latest re port from there stated that the fire was sweeping through the entire busi ness section of the town. The latest message from Culpepper came from a railroad operator who said that the fire was driving him from his key. He stated that practically the entire business district had been wiped out .First. Victim of Electric Chair. - Columbia. S. C The first legal electrocution in this state took place at the state penitentiary, where Wil liam Reed, a negro, convicted of a felony, paid the penalty of his crime. The bill providing for the installa tion of an electric chair waa passed at the last session of the legislature after a hard fight and received the signature of Governor Blease. The chair used for the execution is of the same make as the one in which Hen ry Clay Beattle, the Virginia wife slayer, was executed. , Former Bandit Seeking Office. Oklahoma City, Okla. The most remarkable candidacy for nomination to office at the approaching August primaries in Oklahoma is that of "AT Jennings, former outlaw and train rob ber, once sentenced to life Imprison ment and then pardoned. Jennings Is seeking the office of county attor ney of Oklahoma count on the Demo cratic ticket . He has made such an effective campaign that wagers are be !ng freely offered that be will be nom inated and elected. Jennines la prao ticlng law la Oklahoma City. SaSGIlEFro'fl LIE COaFESSIOII ONE OF THE ALLEGED SLAYERS OF ROSENTHAL CAUGHT IN HOT SPRINGS. HE HAS REFUSED TO TALK Asserts That Hs Is Key Note to the ' Situation In New York and Muet be .. Treated RightWill Not . Fight Requisition, ' . j - "- ' ' Hot Springs, Ark. "I am ready to go back to New York without any requisition fit without fighting the case," said 8am Schepps, under arrest here for alleged complicity In the mur der of Herman Rosenthal In New York, "but I want to know that every thing Is aU right "I am the keynote to the situation In New York and if they want me to treat the district attorney's office right they wlU have to treat me right" Schepps said that he has not decid ed whether he will join with Rose, Vallon and Webber in a confession. The alleged go-between added that he would make up his mind on that qucs , tlon while on the way East He will refuse to talk further, be 1 said, here or on the way to New. York. Before be "talks," he said, he wanted! to go over the situation with. Rose, WebberrTallon and District Attorney Whitman. Then If he has a statement to makaj he added. It will be given first hand to the district attorney, : Schepps is held In ,Hot Springs un der uncertain circumstances as to when he shall ba dellvered. His ar rest came about through confidential information from the office of the dis trict attorney In New York and It waa supposed that Detective Russo of the New York dlstrtot attorney's office would be here for him. , Russo has not The police department Of New York , has made Inquiry about Schepps and has suggested that If press reports of his arrest here are true, agents will be sent to take him back to New: York. Much Legislation Before Congress. Washington. Congress Is about to end -a session that has now. run over 250 days. Since the organisation of the government there have been seven continuous sessions of great length. Measured by the standard of new laws enacted, this one has not been fruitful of much general legislation; but from the standpoint of great Issues fought out and great policies outlined, it has been of more than usual interest Political activities have helped to pro long It and" political differences be tween the House and Senate, the one Democratic and the other controlled by an independent element of the Re publican party have served to tie up appropriation bills and Impede . the progress of much general legislation. Detectives at Work on Robbery. New York, It waa learned that pri vate detectives are working on a $72, 000 bank robbery which occurred In the heart of the financial district two months ago but which has not been openly, reported. Skilled cracksmen entered a bank building by way of a coal hole, dug through a thick celling and bored into a steel vault where theye helped themselves to $72,000 In bills. A safe in a. corner, which the burglars apparently overlooked is said to have contained at the time more than $3,000,000 In bills and coin. Thsh dlrctors of tne Dans voiea nor w mane the robbery known until report was made to the state benking department To Exterminate Rats. - Washington. The government Is to become' a modern competitor of the Pled Piper of Hamlin as an extermi nator of rats. But the magic of the Pled Piper's flute is to be displaced by the most Improved modern, double action, steel-jawed rat trap that Amer ican inventive genius can furnish. Through Surgeon General Blue of the publlo health and marine hospital ser vice the government has asked for de-' mamHmi stf vat trans. - . - Friendliness Voiced In Knox's Visit. Toklo. The announcement of plana for coming of Secretary of State Knox from Washington, to attend the tuner al of Emperor Mutsuhito September 12, Is received by all the leading Jap anese newspapers with expressions of sincere appreciation. . Articles in Jour nals voice a note of friendliness - la connection with Mr. Knox's projected visit Prince Katsura, former Premior whose visit to Europe was cut short by the death of the Emperor, has re turned to Japan to be present at the funeral , A Change of Policy. Washington. Government discrimi nation In designating depositaries for Federal funds Is gradually being cor rected under a change of polioy by Sec retary MacVeagh, who Is increasing the number of depositaries without augmenting the aggregate of the gov ernment's deposits. This is being done especially in small cities. In towns with only two banks the Secretary is dividing the government deposits be tween them.' In the large cities the advantages enjoyed are regarded .as negligible. i 810 Slaughtered In Mexican Prison. , Mexico City. Two hundred and ten residents of the little town of Puruav dlro, Michoacan, at least half of whom were boys, were slaughtered at the be hest of the Jefe Politico In June, ac cording to a- story brought to Mexico City by a commission which called upon the Minister of the Interior ask ing for guarantees. Members of t' a commission declared the Jffe politico caused to be r'- "od on the (ate of t' s town ce:... ;.-r,- a 1 at of the dead whi.i r,s niii to ffo'i t:xe to time. 1
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