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Says SeDatorimmons. , Must be
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j '', Special SessioD.". -r-
Raleigh, N. C Marcls20th.-United
Statei Senator, 5. M. Simmons' io dis
cu88tnK nationaljwlitfe here last week
aid that he has no been -profoundly
impressed with the leadership of Camp
Clark and Oscar iJnderwood.y: They
started ouft he Baya, by attempting to
commit' th party to the support of
Enormous Jtavagts. -Since 189ft
'Siqe Million Deaths Eitimat; (
' ed Mortality.' ? , ":
London, March- 20-The' latest esti
mate of the ravages of. plague In the
f far East (fives 19,000 aa the total mor
tality. This-figure apparently covers
the whole period since the" beginning of
the epidemic, not less than four-months
ago. .The plague, in its present mani
festation has. now been in India since
Taft't tariff board', bill a protection 14896; "and since that .lime it has carried
schemejSfhieh the'Democratic had at a
former session fought bi tterly. A large
number of Democrats' refused lo follow
them'tar support' of this, scheme. -f. butUhown until tha bat year a; remarlcable
t Wf can elt pta lumber moreM-i
' " vanjagMUsly than other cant It
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TittWoiie at
-and another, 'and at the same'
' Wtolrtmiv Vi i-ltaf Iia'
ity is Hghtwa aell pme lumbei1
sf there Is.
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they controlled1 enough tQ. carry1 it
through, and opponents of the 'measure
in thesenate had to filibastef night and
day for dearly a,week to keep t' from
.becoming a lawr r-vi ;
chataetorized jiaa Jftjap; 't noilj:
that' Clark and Under wnd,'byj Vai)c,ua
action, 'bouno the Democrats int the
House to its support, thfiugh abo jt ;30
of 'thena were bitterly opposed to it and
wat.it -wott.iq.noj ne a iaw. ana au nope
for the nextwo-years"' i Ut uiy teal
tariff revision would bo , ione- but for
the determined dppositionjQf ait thrlc
surgeons except Bweridge and the.8 or
9 Democratic Senators who have, stood
ateadastly. glaat-1t)Ji .',,
Commencing on. the ' (ie'w'jpBper an i'
nouocements that President Tafi: ; has
assurances that' the reciprocity bill wilt
he- passed during; the ii88si'
ato Simmons taken the view xnac it win
not unlees it is materially amended arid
some real iarm reiorm legisiaun lacs
ad on io it TE only -effect it would
hate, he says, ehacted lri: its present
shape,.' would, be to give the newspapere
and magazine, perhaps.' cheaper paper;
give the flour and neat packing trusts
cheaper raw material, and erfable one
harvester, automobiie and coat trasta
bette profits in the Caitadiao markets.
He jnsisls that it would -not jreduce the .
coet of llymg, aRd tbatqi far aa reliev
ing the pe ople of the present tariff con
ditions, even if everything claimed ;for
It wore traei It would i ba. nothing but
cmb. H insiai thai jf;:;passed it
should be amend'ed to iut iitour-and
meat on the free list, as welt as .wheat
and livestock:, the flour and meat being
the things the people at; also thVt'it
ought to be wended to put agrlcultdr
at implemenu of all kinda and. machine
ery Of all k Inds, as -well as - farm "and
forest products, upon, the free liat ' -
The Mexican revolutionary leaders m
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Mexfjcan Trouble likely to KEn'i
. XTfthla Week 'and- Ex'plana
. tion Criveo,
off probably not lest, than 8,000.000 of
people. Culminating rt 190T, With an
official death rolt of 1,316 892 ft has
decline, an3 the present. -season la ot
looked upon as eepecially severe. : But
contrast ' the mortality returns . with.
Whose of, Manchuria;p.Ji-f: .
0 tne week ending januray i mere
were in India 12,14,3 deaths from plague
Lin the following week there wera 20.W7,
the eaizorea numbering 24,783, so that
the plague death rate for the whole of
India was aver. .81 pexent;; plxw
lft" thejivUnUfwyiocaSjalono the
deaths during this one weelr of - January
(the tastforiwhich; flgureaw avail
Waihiugton, March 20 The Mexican
Ambassador; has .received telegraphic
advices annooncing the arriyal In Mexi
co City of Senor, Limantour, . Mexico's'
Min'ster of Finance. No secret is made
Of the fact that'Senor Li'maotour-bears
imporUnt da.Ulon .thrtuatl6nla8 it
arxects Mexico ana; tn,xiaito: States
and Chat thia information Will joe; eon-
fyeyed taPreaident Diajs,V?'-i--.
in2'i.tarriv;jf'''poMibla:..at
speedy settlement of the dispute be
tween the Mexican Foreign Office and
the State Departmentjve whether Ed
win matt and Lawrence-Converse, Wo
miici Ktuis, were-srrBi.eu vj mexKBU
Officials ooAnerican or' Mexican soil;
Senor deia Bajrra and Mr. Huntirigton
the entire mortality in the far EasV .
fTte great differeaeo between 'tba..M;.
bqnic plygue, which has been' pandemic
in Jndia f or mort tnan decade,; nd
the pheumonH' plague, 'wUch became
epidemic in- Manchuria towards the and
of i9iOJBciurfe thatiI tatter is
hardly less fatal to Earopeaas than to
Asiatics. N',.
; Europeans in India do not flee from
the bubonic plagues But Jt will be seen
sio thes'rPwV of Jeatructineness
thetwo cases .differ ''enormously, the
plague m.India being Incalculable more
deadly.- Again, the pneumonic plague
is a winter disease; the bubonic gathers
in strength during -the fi rst three of our
months of, the year;. reaching- its high
est point in March or April,- ( ,
MissiBlythe's Spriiig MK-
of this week in Mh Bax-
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- . Goveremeut Cotton Eeport. 1
- ' New' ' York Maron ; 20ThV, Cenaua.
Bureau announced today i total com-
mercialcrop Of cotton lt,941,0o0 bales
this is the final crop - reportr-'- Tbe crop
last year was about 10,600,000 bales.'
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f'iThe service rendefpd byihisistands for second
tooneie fierfj:hV JuTyfedeflcy,
' w . - wm vaaa,uvr VUi wo w -w mfamm in VUol'
jness transacted but &!io'yonve Smcrsttefttiwgiveo
i;t0 jU the srliaU detiu"whicfi;i:o
owu auuui ami. targe cpreKint awouuis are mYliea
practically agreed to expedite . the ne
gotiations pea.ring'on tSasi?".
i Bot!) : Goyeromept8 are' desirous of
haylog the matter settled without delay
Because .or the teeung which con treer-
sles of thi j kmd are Hkely to erigfinder
among thu. people of .both countries, v
Peace ja assured in he' Repubfift of
Mexico within the present week if cer
tain influence now at work toward that
end proveeffective, -With the arrival
in Mexico Citv of Senor Limantoor.
rreaioent iiax wut. oegm a series oi
conferences which, it is expected, will
result in the announcement within three
jbrj! ou? Mays a reorganized. Cabinet.
Ministef Limantour will preaent an
exposition ' of the demands of the Te vol-J
otionists, and the changes in the official
family of President Diaz, as Weil as the
institution of eertian. reforms, are con
fidently expected to appease the ihsur
gents. ... .; ,,: ; '' .. '
In the meantime, President Taft,
whq will Jrrive here from -Augusta,
Ga.; will confer with Ambassador de la
Barra and there is good ground for the
assumption that . the troops now con
centrated in Texas will immediately be
gin a series or maneuvers and return
shortly to their posts, ' "
.In addition to this.1- when conditions
again are normal mltfexico, a complete
atatement of the things which actuated
the mobilization of the troops will be
Issued by the.Whlte Housed -
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: THIS ; IS PAk 3ELp W THEIR' REAL VALUE
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Cotton Cases are Ihrown Out.
The following article which was clips t vfc'-;i'-u4.Ufe.Jjifs
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naA fram tha Rlnatnn Vrta Pram nf taut
Satuiday will be of interest to manytf fV-
oijfieaders.5 ' . y :J:
-5. When .the case of Harvey & Mofi
v's. Petewaj was called,! thaattorrftjs
for the defendant demurred to the ebm-
l.L.t .lll.i. tt.-, .U. jC 'l
ed to tha - complaint was if. gambling
contract, on account, of a c'ause In he
contract i Bis Honor Judge d Peebles
sustained the demurer holding'that on
its face the 'contract t was a' gambling
transaction. A'The ' demurrer was u-
tainad and .tha ease' "throwd 'out of
eoui" before any of, the evidence1, had
been Introduced the ruling of tha court
beinW upon -the complaint and- contract.
attached. The attorneys for the plaint-
- ff gave notica of appTfffto the Supreme j
coort, and tne other cues 00 tne Tsaleo
dar known as the "cotton cases'! were
continued to. await the ruling of the Ou-
preme court oa tee question 01 whether
or not the contract is a" gambling coo
tract, the' attorneys for the pUutilt
itated that Jthey feel confident that the
higher court will overrule the decision
of the lower court on that point r ' -
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Another shipment of riiat TPWl.$gett8'raolatea received
( SATURDAY CANDY AT 29c PER POUND.
Anythuig w the bruVte for and
rON THK COlf-""..r sSilWu.it ' OPPOSITE
pHONETNo. 65' ':,rr rvpssasi POST-OFFICE
;T0-CURC a COLD III ONE 0AT..U
Take LAXATIVE EROMO Quinine
Tablets, -DraggisU refund money If It
ails to cure.- E. W. GROVE'S signs
ture Is on each bot. 25c," '
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Dohw fctWoldsai Llbby's Tripe 20c
r caV Whole Rice
sJ4c 1b??and Idti of otba '-cob'jS WbM prices.
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