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Still The only paper in Greensboro that has the Full Associated Press News. WEATHER : Rain tod&y and Wednes day; brisk and variable winds on the coast. K"rA 1 " ''$ ' I ; ' " ' ' 'A 1 PRICE: FIVE CENTS LAST EDITION. GREENSBORO, N. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1906 LAST EDITION. j VOL. I, NO. 293 I PAI lUIA'R PFflRF I IILIIIII U I LIIUL. ORDER GETS BUT Liberal Leaders Are NAgaln Cir culating Freely In Havana. INSURGENTS IN THE FIELD WILLING, BUT-- Express Themselves as Being Entirely Ready to Make Peace, But Are Thor oughly Independent ol the Terms Awaiting Guerra's Forces. Havana, Sept., 17. The only results thus far of President Talma's order for the suspension of hostilities have been that the liberal leaders who hitherto have had every reason for' 'anticipating ..Miaf i t-a nifntil-ii ! iw. rrn!- in f-.,V(iiTi again and even conferring with members of the government -with regard to peace, and that such, insurgents in the field as have been consulted, while they express themselves as agreeable to settling mat ters amicably, at the same time assume an independent attitude which cannot be said to bode particularly Well for a prompt settlement of existing dillicitl-: ' ties. In. the meanwhile tieiitugos is in n state of siege, communication by tele- eraph lieing severed not only in the di reetirtn. of Havana, but to Santiago as well. It is known that Cienfugos had not been attacked up to midnight Sun day, but what has transpired since that time is not known here. All accounts agree that there easily are 3.000 insurgents a few' miles south- SGflNTATTENTION east of llayana. and rumors are in eir-Uvas entirely cut off. For several hours dilations that they ' w ill enter the city j during the early morning the waves peaceably if they arc not molested, but , sound meeting. Those w ho were on. the that they will light if they moot, with swept entirely over the beach, the saand resistance. beach at the time say the scene was an All visitors to insurgents camps in awful one. Havana province return with this im-1 Soon after midnight Sunday night a pression; but it is believed no at tempt j strong gale sprang up from the north will lie made against Havana until the east, and as the hours wore on the. in- arrival of Pino (tuorra's forces, which now is variously reported to be from' twenty to forty -.miles distant.' Jha ! general impression is .mat. me presence , in Havana harbor of the American j cruiser Denver will not act as a deter- rent to such a movement, the auxiliary cruiser wixie Having gone to iioniiicgos and the cruiser Ii-s Monies having gone presumably to bring to Cuba Secretary (Concluded on Page :!, Column 3.) Augusta Man Accused of Default ing to Amount of S2C0.000 Sorry He Ran Away. Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 17 Thomas W. Alexander, who was arrested in Pitts-burg- last night as a fugitive from jus tice from Augusta, tia., where it is al leged lie is charged w'ith defaulting to f t,n amount of ftOo 0(111. stated todnv, that he would return volunlarily to Au gusta, with the olihor now on his way here. '"The amount involved in this transac tion is not nearly so great as .the pub lished reports make it," said Alexander today. "1 left behind securities which have either lieen disposd of already or will be shortly, which will realize sulli- cient to nearly cover the -shortage. The stories printed ' relative to nutters I left behind and such stuff arc all rot. 1 cannot say anything more until 1 get back to Augusta' und seemy attorney." Mr. Alexander said there Would Ik- no trouble about securing ball when he reaches home. The accused .spent today in Hoeinir the siirhts ot the city under the guidaiiee of two detectives, Alexander, sava he is sorry he ran FUGITIVE BANKER CLIO HE'S CAUGHT awav from Augusta and is glad to be inn ny of the southeni states with re in custody, j speet to the need of labor. DON'T LIKE TICKET: DECLINES TO li Denver, Col., Sept. 17. Philip B. Stewart, of Colorado Springs, Kepubli- te held tomorrow in 85 of the 150 nominee tno governorship of ' ssombIy "di8trlct, o the state. These ; Colorado, has withdrawn from the, ticket.! indude Xfw Yolk countv King.S( It i Mid that ortensibly Mr. Stewart I Qu,ien.s nd Richmond, has withdrawn because of the condition . t . york cit of his health, having just rallied from;, , , . ... an attack of appendicitis, but in reality !1" .years, hiW aroused greater interest, he has refused to make the race with .Chief dustiee Oabbert on the, ticket. 10 to i Shot Wins Race. Xew York, Sept. 17. Cotton Town, a 10 to 1 shot, won the first special, a mile and a quarter at Gravesend today. The favorite, Go Between, this year's Suburban handicap winner, was nsver dangerous. ( ' ' V : . FEARFUL STORM SWEEPS OVER WR1GHTSVILLE Waves Wash Clear Over the Beach Endangering All Habitation. SEA AND SOUND MEET FOR SEVERAL HOURS One Hundred and Fifty People Were Marooned for Sometime and Forced lo Face Full Fury of Storm Until Re lieved by Vessels from Mainland. Special to Daily Industrial News. Wilmington, X. C, So)t. 17. Tlic worst storm in more than twenty years swept over Wrightsvillo: Beach, today. The damage will reach up in the thous jnds the greatest damage being .to the railway leading from the city to the beach. About three quarters of : a mile of the long trestle over the sound was washed away, and the remaindr of it, a quart r of a mile, was badly damaged, as was the trestle over 'the bank's channel. Two houses on the beach were washed jaway and many buildings were damaged by the wind and sea. At an early hour this morning the sit uation looked very serious, and to make conditions worse there wore some two hundred people on the beach, ,and not more than fifty were able to get off be fore communication with the main land tensity of the gale increased, and by 4 a. m. the waves were coming high up on the beiwh and hp dangers of the sit - nation wre uv'ii n'niimi..' rrifnu nirn made a round of all cottages and warmed the people of the danger, so. that they .could : make preparations lor gettin away. One of the large suburban ears alwavs remains on the 'beach during the night I . . 1 (Concluded on Page .'1, Column 1.) SOUTHERN FARMS Stearmhip Company Will Bring Laborers Direct From Bremen to Charleston and Save nneh. Washington. Sept. 17. Willi the view to facilitating tlo landing of immigrants destined for southern farms and particu larly for those in South Carolina, H. K. llerliert, chief clerk .of the 'department of immigration of that state, called at the lepat-tine.it of commerce 'and labor today and held conferences with acting Secretary .Murray and Acting Commis sioner (leneral of Immigration Larned, Mr. Herbert said that, his visit here at this time was in view of the announce! intention' of. the North Herman l.loyd -Steamship Company to make regular landings at Charleston. S. C, and Savan unit loi.. from Kimincnu ooi'ts and that. wis,( t.,.r.,i information regarding the law on this subject, The first consignment of immigrants will sail from liromen, October IS, for I Charleston. Immigration Commissioner ' Watson, of South Carolina, is now abroad and it was staled today that he is exercising more or less supervision over the intended immigrants in-order ' that only the most desirable may come to these shores. . It is expected that the action of the steamship Cnmpany will go far toward relievinir the situation in N New York, Sept. 17. Primaries will for upon the issue is expected to de pend not only the control of the Be publican and Democratic organization.!, in New York and Brooklyn, but proba bly the control of the Republican and Democratio state conventions to be held respectively at Saratoga and Buffalo on September 25. AilCRANTS EOR MAN ARRESTED IN E SAYS HE Held In Toulon on Charge of Fraud Until Freed by U. S. Consul. APPREHENDED WITHOUT WARRANT, HE DECLARES Says That French Police Took Him Without Any Complaint Being Made j Against Him Secretary Shaw's Son Not in Europe. ': Toulon, Sept 17. Herbert Shaw, a young American who was arrested here yesterday on a charge of fraud, says la- is a student'and son of Leslie. M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury of the I'nited States and arrived in Toulon Saturday and went to the Grand Hotel for the night, the next day engaging an. apart ment in the town for a prolonged stay here.-. Shortly afterward, he says, a police inspector arrested him without any charge or complaint having been made. The young man says he protested to the central police commissary, but as he had no papers with him to establish his identity and as lie was without mon ey at the time, pending the receipt a check from the United States, he was held in custody until (! o'clock this even- Mug, when he was released at the in stance of the American consul here. A dispatch from Toulon, September 10, stated that a young man giving his name as Herbet Shald, and claiming to lie the son of Joseph Shald, a former secretary of the I'nited States, was un der arrest there charged with trying to obtain money by fraud. No one by the name of Shald has been secretary of the treasury. Secretary Shaw has but one f,, son. His name is jyiri ana lie is not in Held for Embezzlement. Jacksonville, Kla.. Sept. 17 Angela e 'tint,.., n v.uinn whiln 11, .111 la . hfdil 111 .. . ousinuy m o ! "'"" from Jlontgo.nery. Ala., W-l.erc he 14 wiintofl on a. chnrtve n lpfruicr -the em- is wanted on a cnarge alleging tne em bezzlement of $.)40. GALE-SWEPT SHIP Smashed Cattle Pens. Wine Casks and Explosion Makes Bedlam . On Massalia Xew York, Sept, 17.-Many of the 02.1 passengers on the steamer- Massalia, which arrived today from Marseilles. Naples and Palermo, spent their time in prayer and weeping while the steamer j 1,,b"ml in.a tcrrim" Sa,e at soa leniner 1 1.. For twelve hours the steamer's decks were continually swept by heavy seas and the passengers were kept below. Cattle pens, chicken coops, boat covers and almost' everything. .movable on deck were 'smashed or swept, overboard. The. heavy seas smashed a pen con taining several bulls which ..floundered' about the decks bellowing with terror. A number of wine casks which were lashed on deck, broke adrift at the same time and the descks were a -scene of In-' IS SHAW'S SON ASC NEOFTERROR deseribable confusion with the sea! no where to a cii-ati-r exieni. ilian breaking over the ship at every roll. TliohV.V.on,fr,...th.t: .' " ',' , ' ,""" ; roim, casks brok4;- t10 1(, ,s of Soulp of!wiiieh all possess, win, love liberty, to i ., , , '-..,-' . . the mills and one ot them was washed overhoiiril ' .Meantime there was a Reene almost tif..; l,.- t, i i i...i.i. li,,..,;. u,c .ii,i,-,,-u uuLciies oi ; win, n ever aeeoiupiinv Koverntneut the steamer, where the immigrants werei mHy.'un- uf conllned. AVhile the steamer was roll in,' J e(iiul laws, that the people of this .j :,i.i.,. t i . . ' . . , ,? i country have declared wur. .which will and pitching havily, two electric light int end, until ihev have utterly over wires in the immigrant's quartres be- j thrown and - destroyed the criminal eame crossed and the explosion which . yf? whence originate the crlnies (,.. , i , , 4, . 1 . which threaten the very existence of a followed added to the terror of the pas- constitutional form of government as sengcrs who were already either on ' Intended by our latliers. When thev their knees praying, or lighting among : '"';;,e'' thls-repuidte and framed its ii,,y.,., , ,r...4. t . Institutions they bulUled strongly and themselves in a frantic ellort to escape wca The 8lal. f i,n,,e rose clear and r-r m Ka alu n'a hnl.l i(t.i ij..i.t. i i . tuc oiu a num. u SEVEN SCHOONERS WKECK ON COAST OF LABRADOR oi . ti vr u o i it n..!.i... . . .it. 1( uesmes (IuvlnK republic shall be shattered bv eleven schooners wrecked at Belle Isle i"1 vices and ermien, begotten by tho recently by .tonrisven others , with ever 'fWTZ l'Ull ltm souls on board were driven ashore, and corrupt' Icuislattoii. and which on the Labrador coast. Four fatalities places grievous burdens. upon the great, onlv are renortcil thus far i mass of the .people. Is tho question lo ii "'V"""011 lnu - . j be decided 'by Ihe piesldHtitiHl conies: It is feared worse disasters occurred I In DiOx. Whethei , this eounirv sh.-iU on tho northern part of the coast, word' be governed in accordance with the from which is yet to be received. Iwi11 "f ') Ppf,l'Io untiammelcd by the ,-. 0-n . ' power of money or whother It chnll tiver 2j0 castaways are now awaiting, he finally sutrendf red I,, the tlossacks ine arrivals or a government steamer to convey them home. This is the worst disaster since 1886, when 808 fisher folk were made destitute by a smcle storm. I m CASTS ITS GLOOM OVER THE HAN RECEPTION Nebraskan Drops Politics to Con dole With City in Its Loss. HIS SPEECH EULOGY OF DR. C. D. M'lVER Welcome of the Democratic Leader at the Railway Station Marked by Silent Sympathy on the Part ef the Gathered Throngs. The coming of iliiam Jennings Uryan to (ireensboro last evening was lar dif ferent from the enthusiastic -reception the. committee on arrangements' hn 1 planned. But the people ot 1 lie cr.v had t In- opportunity ot hearing uc distin guished Nebraskan speak uuai tin- more solemn questions of life instead, of t he political issues of the day. There were no beating di iniis, -no music by the band, no waving ol hnls and no hoarse cries from the hiiinlreils of bystanders when the tram slopped at the station at 5:20 '-.o'clock. Instead there was a, silence that spoke volumes, and impressed Mr. lSrvnn much mure than the ovations he had received at other places on his southern tour. The train that brought the partv to the city carried the bodv ol Dr. ( harles D. Mclver, president of the Male Nor mal and Industrial College, and l.recns boro's first citizen, who died suddenly on the train, shortly after leaving Durham. No' Demonstration at Depot. When Mr. Bryan left the tram at tbo depot there was no sign ot a demonstra tion, though there were .hundreds ot people- at the depot. He and those accom panying him went at once lo the auto mobiles in waiting, and were carried to the McAdoo, which had provided tree entertainment tor the guests. Here a supper was served by the management. Among those in the -partv were: I in- ted States '-Senators l.ee S. Overman, . M. Simmons, Oovernor K, 15. dlenn. Con gressman W. W. Kitelnn. and many other dislinguished men, including mem ber's 'of congress, state olbenils and re ception committees on he!;, ill ot the cities .lr. Hiyan is lo visit while in the state. ..The- parly spent the night at the hotel and will, leave this "morning on the special train -. lor-. liisto-u-Saleui, where Mr. I'.ivan is to speak todav. Krom -'.there he will go to other North Carolina towns. Opsra House Crowded. Never did the opera house hold a larger nuinber ol people than were crowded into it last night, and not one half of the -number who came gained ad mittance to the -builduisr. 1 hev crowded the aisles of flic opera house, stood upon the steps; and tar out into the street the line stretched. lie1 intention ot the committee on arrangements- was to have Mr. Hrvatl speak tnnn n platlorm that had been erected in ll'.c open air, near the city hall, bill-on account of inclement weather this idea was abandoned. The. stage was occupied last, night by distinguished vtsilnis. ineniDers of the re eepl ion comiliittee. and representatives of the press. .At ha-i two hundred peo ple were seated behind the speaker. Major Stedman's Speech. At 8.20 o'clock Major Charles Manlv Stedman, ex -lieutenant governor ol North Candina, iinr-o and bejjan his speech of introdiietiiiii. Maor Medinan made a splendid elbot and spoke, with much effect, He was trcipfcnllv inter rupted with npplan-c. .Maor Stedman said: --. North Carolinian Ladies and fienlle- men: No slodcnt of lii-Lov linn foiled to observe thai. .in. .ill uKfex tn every land, whoso people !;.. v.- b"i-n Hulvioetod to tyrnmny in an .'t Us diverse lorins.. liter loive lieen , en. ids of nine.-',, iiinnll'estcil a( tlin.M.'iit limes hy threat cned or actual revnli ii;-i.-.iinsl: existing conditions. iMmnK llie u-csent era when clvllizal ion is lar advanecd and education more ueiiei-ailv dirfuse.l nnionpHi all classes ilian at Htiv Jmt Hereto! ore. tins spitii- m unrest h 1. i .1,.,.l.,,U.. .,' )!.-. ,.l .l...r.., ..,,.1 ' enjoy the blessings which belong to ; man as of nalnial rinln.. No form oi Ityramny is '.more -brutal, than that ol i liliitoeiacy Hon, inure deK-faclinir j none niore repnl lo tree incii. It Is -"' ' .. .L 1 ,..,.1 1... i niKH. nnu itw iikih at kimtiui lurouKil- oui ine woriu. ;oi nuniy nrnuos nor vast dleets can shake the founda tion of the structure erected by their wisdom and eemetileil by their blood Whether their dreams of Its greatness shall be forever dlsnelled and the last 1 hoM or the world ror a free and en- of errcefl. self styled klnxs of finance. who control tho trusts. Is the one Issuu etove all others to be decided in the (Concluded on page 3, column 2.) DR. CHARLES D. M'lVER DIES OF APOPLEXY ON BRYAN SPECIAL TRAIN '-m Wittily w I . " I '! til t ?M u. :' - 'I feMf - ':jfc,"- - -.' lf llpffilfeH'.- -- - ' dir CHARLES President of the North Carolina Normal Who Died on the Bryan Special Raleigh to nil M Ulll HE I1S8SIL5 SHAW Deciarcs That Secretary is Try ing to Palm Off Secondhand Political Clothing. THE JOURNF.Y TO THIS CITY! "i Pialeih. X. C. Sept. 17. Some at-j tribute it to a ram v disagreeable (lav and others to n .-marked falling oil' in the interest the. people .hereabouts, have ; in the "Denu'cral ic ( oiunioner. bull whatever the cause it iv an undi-pula-ble fact! that the reception-, to William Jennings Bryan here -this morning was Hal and. lUlcilthusiastic to a degree, .ii.l thilact was very geuerallv reinarUe.l' upon about the st reel . during- and alien the eerenioiues and speaking. , . '.There-.' were several, .hundred people! gathered ' at the depot lint w hen th: '; train rolled in with Mr. In van and pari v. there was not marlv as much el ni:. nnd-applause as (here had been several 'minutes before wh''n the band played; "Dixie." - Ihe procession from the st.it ion had -bem elalior.Uelv ulTaiiited beloielialid bv the llentoerulic managers. It eon.-u .1 ot' the -..Third 1!eginK'iil, band, a niiuinted j escort : of -..about thirty -live men t two. hundred and till v hai iui; been expected by the ('"inmittee in .charge, so the, chairman said), a couple of ..-policemen, on . loot., the ciniitL'i' with.. Mr, Hi van. and eight others billowing '..behind' with members of the reception iiipnnillee. I his cortege inocd up tin' si reel, be I Weill lines ol people at inteivils on tne Fidewiilks. t .leering was deeidedly the cxivpl iim and wlieir llieiv was- mi ef- (( onclildcl mi p:UJ column o.) IE1GRM GANDIDATES . TO MEET CHAIRMAN: Cumberland County Democrats to Map Out Itinerary lor Coming c ampaign. Special to Daily Industrial Xcws. Fayelteville, Sept. 17. Ihe candidates on the Democratic count v ticket are I called to meet the chairman of the exee mtive committee in this city on Wed nesday for the purpose .-fit .mapping out the itinerary for the coining campaign. As the lle)itbl leans put out a full ticket last, Saturday, it is probable that, action at the Wednesday meeting will bo deforrtjd until the chairman of tho exec utive committee of the two parties meet with a view to arranging for a joint canvass. D. McIVER, and Industrial College of This Train While En Route From Greensboro. City, IT i CRIMINAL DOCKET Judge A'oore. in Charge to Grand Jury. Denounces Crowing Spirit of Mob Rule. NO IMPORTANT TRIAL BEGUN (.uiliord SiiH'nor Quirt, for the trial ot criminal cases, -convened vesterilav morning at 10 o'clock with Judge I'TedY A. . Moore, of Asheville, preiiling. The , nioriiiiig session was taken Hp in the j ilra whig of the grand jury . 'and the charge' of Judge Moore,' which was clear I and emu prehen-ivo, al'.d iiall Willi a iiuinlier of (Uesti,ns . ol' nmrii interest , jtisl. at this t inie. '. ( '.. 'Jones' was. made 'foreman of ihe jury. 'I he al'ieinoou scs- si, in was .-.pent in the trial ol' a ! niuiiber ol cases ot minor imp,, name, . Daisy toiison and l.illie loliucr were found guilty if the lari-eny ".of a watch,; and l.illie tiilmer was sentenced to one year in the work hoii-e. There is aii- . ot her . case against llai-y (lilispn, and . for this reason sentence in li-'r ra-? was deferred.-' . , j Alee rhiiftin 'the charge of a b,,y. pleaded -guilty to -lateeuv ,,f a. watch; and ' : was. "sentenced to one veir in work j house. ' ''' , '' ' 'I'his is (he , regular "September term of court and i- I n- one w,, ;, I'ollowiilg 1. 1 his . a special one wc"k lei in. eoiiiniene , ing next M.uida v. w ill be held, and oV,T tllis leri-n Judge. Hell. I'. I.iillg, of Stiites I ville, will preside; 'I I, e (l,-!,ct for the two terms ( olii ains nioi e 1 hail .l."0 caM-s laud is the largest know m in' ilie county . in .many veals. Ten el' the l.'iO ilel'en . da lit s a re eliarged ii li capita 1 crimes. Mull it is iloiild t ul it iitHic than . two (( 'oiicliidcl Jin -page -I. I'oliimn SI YEARS OLD, SEEKS TO DIVORCE GIRL BrllD Old Pioneer Charges Inhuman . Treatment and Threats to hill. Omaha. Neb., Sept. D. Sensational petition for divorce w'as filed at Atlantic, la., today, by David M. James, of Anna, who seeks separation from his w ife, Millie James, on the ground ot cruel aud inhuman t veal ment. intoxication, threats against his lite, desertion mid nuinei otis other cllcnscs. James is nearly !KI years old. wealthy and one of the pioneers of (.ass county, while his wite, with whom he beeanie acquainted ami to whom he puitl court! her teens. '"" ' ' " lames' relatives and friends protested strongly against the marriage.' President of State Normal and In dustrial College Fatally Stricken While Enroute From Durham. One of the Most Powerful Fa c -tors in the Edu cational Move ment of North Carolina. Dr. Charles Duncan Mclver, president of the State ormal and Industrial Col lege, died suddenly of apoplexy on tils Jiivau special tram between Dur ham and llillsboro. vestenlav afternoon' at .3 o clock, the body was brought to, the city on the. train, and at once carried . to his. home, the president's mansion, at . the Normal College The funeral will probably .he held .'.Wednesday, but the arrangements. -are not completed. ' Had Dr. Mclver lived until the 27th of this month he would have been forty six years ot age. lie is survived by a widow and four children, Miss Annie, . Charles J., Jr., and little .Misses Belinda i and Lulu Mart m. Died m Coach of Tram. Dr. Mclver remained in tljo. coach when tne lirvan partv lett the train at Ihirhain. When inenilMos ot the party returned to the tram standing upon the siding, some one asked him why he had not attended the speaking. Dr. Mclver replied that he was .sullering from an at tack ol ''acute indigestion. Others came in and Dr. Mclver chatted in a friendly- way of the Normal College . and its outlook for tile coining year, Siiddeiih' he n, id, led Ins head towards nietulK'rs ot the partv who were sitting nearbv. At the same time be said 'T am crv ill." l-'iii'als rushed to his side and assi-tcd in laying him down. But-oven be tore he was stretched out, he was dead. . Friends Gave Assistance. Dr. Jones, of lliilslioro, : w as at the side. of Dr. Mclver when he was stricken. Others w ho were present iien the end came were: A. P. Watts. 11. K. ('. Bry ant. P. 1). (idld, Jr., U. K. l.aev. and Wal ter Murphy. . . All were 'horrified at the sinlileiiness and magnitude of the 'calam ity that, had befallen them. : . the l.i l es who had learned of tho death secured two beautiful bouquets of lionets -and placed thein on eituer side , oi wuere Dr. Mclver lav.. The News Received Here. Wolds tail to describe tbo shock that tin' news ot Dr. .Mclver s death made Upon iiroeivsboro. .people. ' I laving seen him the day before ill all of the glory of his active manhood, it came -wholly un expected. I be news ot his death reached here a lew minutes alter it "occurred, friends who heard of it could not be peisuade.1 to believe. 1 he licv.spapeis were asked over the telephone it the dreadlnl news was true. , On the streets men gather",! and talked over t he irreparable .. loss to ( oecnsb, ro, to. North Carolina, and to'.: t he. entire south. The visir of . Mr., li vail became a matter d secondary importance. . I In .was great ly, IrlnVed by the people of t he city and all recognized in him. .1 he lirst cit.ii-tl ', of the Ualu t ny. - j Miny Students to Moom Death. ; : Hundreds, even I Imiis u,',,s. of y.ning v, oiueii ,iu N'li t li ( andiiia. will learn of 'I om ludej on p:lg column .!.) REBUKED BY TEACHER, E; BOY STABS HIMSELF Was Reproved for Falling In Al gebra Recitation Uses Pocket Knife. Johnstown, Pa., Kept. 17 Believed to j have become hysterically distressed by his failure to acquit himself well at an algebra recitation, and .being rebuked by U. H. Koril, (he teii"har M years-old Winter Snowden, son ot Mr. and, Mrs. W. K. Siiowilen, ot Maui street, Coiieniaugh. stabbed himself in the breast with a prnknite lliis morning while seated at his desk in the school- I ntmi4P Ihe dull blade caused an ugly-looking gash, but oiio which will not necessarily 'prove fatal.