North Carolina Newspapers

H" , d nrTY ' ' 1 I X 1 1 B 1 o - t. . 3- rr Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XII. v COLUMBUb; N. C, TH L'SSDAY, OCOTBER 18, 1906. NO. 25. ir1 rt r I II M I V iifpilii cms of Interest from Many Paris of the State ?. INOR MATTERS OF STATE NEW? 1 ''-- ippenings of More or Less Import; ace Told in Paragraphs The Cot- Markets. 5 . L i ' f I. Charlotte Cotton Market. iwLse prices reuresenji tne prices i ; , I ter It i ri"r tea u) wiiuus. od middling let middling ...... ..10.50 . . 10 3-8 ddbr.g. f- i "'i t lt& General Cotton -Market.':-. 1 1 1 1 -1 1 o lalvestoii, mm.. .. v .. .j.xj. Orleans, hriri. : r .1 ... . . . .11 :X j ,bilef firm,.,'. .i''j: .3 vannan, bieau,y -. . . . ....1011-16 laHcston, firm. . . .. . .10 5-8 J iliainston, firm ts$. . si. S; 1 u a ., . 1 n rt -a I ?i mow, nominal .' - tt j 1 slon, quiet. . .11.40 ilarfelpliin, firm..,, .. . . ...11.65 ...111-4 .Charlotte ;PrpduceMarket: O fctt'ns Spring 12to25, ,.nner head .... 35to40 ve - ..... . rn.. 75to71- .Hern seedf..;aU ii:!- :.21-'-. .fltf-Fepd. J -v -.0to55 iats-Se;cd . . V. 'V . a . . . 55at57 1-2 Flour steadv;! vcith ,businesi fgopd. j Wheat, No. 2, reel 1- elevator.,! red May 84' 1-8 : Dec. 81 1-2. rf ?ele- I orn, spot, jcasv;3 -oi uaa-t,: or, Upnons cioseu jl-oc net wwcr. i i . 1 1 - J. 1 I n. 49 3-4 iCay 4p; l2;jCec. 51-3-8. ilnti. snol. steadv: mixed 3S 1-2. Cttnyocation Held;. in Charlotte;! - - J-' .'V mn nf th-a eoiirOeation of Char ge was held in St." Peters Episcopal I lurch with Bishop J. s By Cheshire I residtmr. the meetina: being largely i a missionary nature Thursday iaht the Bishop 'pivsided at the con- I balion service 'of , a", large class oi I n ve Hour iirm. iJuy'iAviieac ior rsieaay wrarea f xtev. i?! a.s Dmopt,( pasxor irn meal barclyYeady.1 Barley of MaiiiSffeet'J Methodist . church. radv. fir'idi! a'lii'T'jt A'i. General Julian SCarr himself a iose offering themsel ves for .member- j there was f music, at which i Caro iip in the 'chu'reh.-.The' cdnvocatfoh 'lin" 'was rendered, and then fol- ;s drawn a verv large number of in- icntiai cnurcn mcmoers nere, ana iue i , . , . i i. - j ii i ions have been instructive mnd n-1 resung. s iao. miaisters ana jJfisiiocs i bin? liandsomelventertamea ana h, believed thaLmuch good .will, re--1 !r frnm" if. rt Wi'ot ?ti rr - Vri rlflVs" sps- I i wa partly Jtae nft with reports, Lwhicl she ew.fio $ier0rk 3pn Ke sernMJnltiiedayas'deliverJ-i during the -yearftliel i?etr chapters By':Df J F. JlMutdo-idfJSklisEu Die convocatiorf nventdU& tor the I The picmpsou Orphacngii tf shortly ter-; )Donr and visited the children and the Waement as 'they were at work; Jveiy member who was ol the party ixpiws Limself or Jierself in the high- "Si terms of lrliohfc.nnd satisfaction 1 r un scpinrr u'lrn tiipit" wn e ves uic Icnt way -in wbich-the Orphanage f - -erythini The entire session of Uhef afternoori I hihz conducted the happy .faces 346,718f State North Carolina bondsjf '.Asa claldren, ;and!theair of cheer- $142,4); Rational bank obsnd' to 'and gooH villnat prevaded other hotesf silver coiff; gold,wlash "is taken up with a -continuation of Thq amount, of, capital stock 4s, $6, h general subject jof lissions.1 269,'451 ; "the surplus 1 $1,6963V the He vcort : ofj-,Mt C. f E.; Frick, Usurer of 't 1k- Convocation, was i'J-hO report coyering submitted. period of ' a year showed that in 'rtober, 1905, - there! was J $42968 ml treasury, andince hen. $152.3 r-d Icon receivedjfptof f haks 23 expressed iov the efficient-ser-!w Of Mr. Frick. t . . r .. ' , J, -r5r -SUu 111 fl . , Southbound, J&K&L As.ured. , Winston-Salem. Soecial.-aThe ur !yors have coiUpMepl fheir workof liag the liriiMfor the Southboufe ;?yay between this "city and .Wades- f. ;: lour jl-esj dent I engineers wili ;4Jwated atoiig"' the line at . once to ;ae tie necessary arrangements for mm contr8ft,ors:', T,he onlylde 'y.in pushing the construction work s m i iLits of way, which arefbe aS sepured as Vapidly as possible, ''''en owners of land demand exorbi 3at prices condemnation uroceedinffs Te feciti. itmtJHit,! THp Imilino' of ho Southbound is assured. ,.: f i Want Total Prohibition. J ; etteville. SneciaL The Cumber- 'ini County Medical Society met and K the verv imnoHniit ; ntinn nf plating- a petition to the eLgisla- to repeal section 4 of the Cum prohibition law which permits C -0U? luor cn a physician 's f lption. UMUGHTtRS UF IONEDlRAG Bethei Bugle Calls the Meeting - to V. Order Gten. Julian . S. Carr Deliv- . crs an Address of Welcome Con- siderable Interest in the !Report of (the President, MrsH. ; London. .Durham, SpecialsThe tenth an nual, issssioi oSTkJthe; North Carolina Divisionnited . JDaughters . of -the ConfjBderacyt...,c;amef: to an end vith a brilliarit ecption iven ai Hote Carolina by -General aftd lrs.fJulia S. Carf, thisFbeingicomplnjienlary to me visiting uauarnters and the hos i. i . f, w . . t n them . while they are in the city. wal V Mini close1 for a session of patriotic tttbraejf IhichP Vatfie most important jjneeting pflhe'Dabghters of the Confederacy, ever held. in the mate. The' session was lafgcly attended. 1 jThere r werei ilelegaies here f rom all parts of the State, andiat the meet- jno an(j receDtion. there were " . I " . ik, large: numbed; of people presentr bly call was sounded, the bugle used being one that was used .in the first Bethel; fight. K The call was sounded by Mr. T. Ed., Cheek, and immediate- iy, me tenin annual session was on. ZThebugle, as-heretof ore stated, "is the property of MrR. T. Howertorij of this icityiwho ftai $ &emeri of Company C.- ;Third Virginia Cavarry9. He has kept the bugle as a precious memento-of hat dreadful day.; ,. 4 "On1 calliner the convention to order. which Hvas 'dorirf by Mri Henty A. Indpnf ttsborol was ,f 9llowd by landAlhis bemg' followed by prayer prominent veteran f-aid atj ithe nead ld JVetern j -lireiiedj th& i ad dreaV of welcome to the ladiest which was uum- pauiuuu auu ioqueuu. .. .'. V,i.l, 3 1 l. -xa uearty welcome exienaea' dv I'l. I J! x. ' i i.'- -I m Orenera;. Carrvaai supplemented by an -address by Mrs. M. II. . Jones. presxaenc Koj. jine loeai cnapier-rine duiiaiiifi. ,varr,i L'napter. l tl I A. "Xondon,'"the "president, responded in behalf of , th , State organization, Sh appreciated, for herself and all her sisters, the heairty welcome e- tended to ihem. ' r , i Alter tne response ol'Alrs'. London -lowed,, the benediction ifprj this part i ue cicicxacd. .immeunueiy aner -.'ai, t the;'nd journnientv;of thopreUminary uKjeuug uuen;' wits nDnsmtbs session. xntr-prmcipai -ieature oi mis ses- siouwasihev annual -address the Dresideilti Mrs. lien rv A. London, lri ands ageeraiutline of what the UniteS Daluflrs'of "the ppnfederaeyi in dbi& State are' today. ,v! - " Tar Heel ! Topics; - ' " " The ; corpoi'ation commission r gave out j the ,aul5 tatement jipAtqthe close, of ..hnsiness Sentpmlw . 4tlf. i jan jinn n sramnra lmnm r to i f02:4522T invested !MsT"assets7r$l,- items, demand loans and due from other bhnki ?amoimr txi" $9,81 1,774. rundiviedprohts; ;$1,3S9,899 ; vdepo's- its subject" to cheek, $2o,5560S; the !derksit iritrus4 $1,576,644 - The total resources and liabilities .x each amount ttr $45,802,4611 s The resources ayear go ,were $35,900,024, so that there has been an piprease during tne year or Tr,uuu,uuu, a very line showing indeed. A charter is granted tne weldou Live-Stoek ompany, capital stock $501)0(5 J. Vflem an5 Ethers stock- hojddi'; -.-i-H fljt.li : of dQuble-trackiug:. the Southern Rail way W !Davidsoh; 1 County, i The con tracting ' company ; which employed Jubaiiks oilers 'Siou rewarcur Charters are granted the Combina tion 'Lock fCominy of 'urham, to manufacture locks, safest etc., capital -stock $50,000, W. Grissom and others stockholders; the Fayetteville Ice & Manufacturing Company is authorized to increase its. capital stock"" to $50,TJ00r ;J6hn" F.Hatrrtsoir is its president. ; , " . The Governor appoints the follow ing game wardens under the Audu bon laws: W. A. Carter, Nash coun ey ; N, TV. Haynes, Edgecombe ; J. T. Badharn Johnson; J.'A. Mc Freeland, Cumberland; R. 0. Rid dick, Gates; J. S. Turner, Halifax. .e Governor offers $100, .reward, for lOscar padplyt Vho mrflrd iJore4 man ubanks, employed on the "Vork MANY CHINESE SMUGGLED 1U Immigration Authorities Studying the System.-'"' I Ml Newfoundland and Canada the Places From Which Chinamen Arc Sent Across the Border -Bic Traffic i - Washington, D. f!. Newfoundland as a base "of operations -for smug gling 'Chinese ? Into' 'the ITiiited 'States, in violation of the' ImmisrationMaws, s to have' thespeclai attention of th mmlgratioh authorities, in vfew'of he capture of the Chinamen broufeht nt6 Providence" bn the ' schooner I-olic the other dav, ?"" v ' :!' For several "months nast the immi- e;ratjQU officials, have, had reason to believe that smugglers . of Chines were unusually ' bus v at that point, and that ' the Asiatics" were beihs brought there on the theory - that thev could thus b8 sneaked into th United States with greater ease tha elsewhere, sincV'the American offl oial3 along the Canadian land border have x) roved themselves so vigilant and since Canada has made the bead tax on every Chinaman brought into thft country "$o00.- ;: ;' Commissioner-General Sargent re gards the - canture of the Chinamen as. an, Important,, piece of ( work., and is prepared to direct , a most rigid in ¬ vestigation of the circumstances in connection witlv their smuegling in. Though, -the bureau has had long exT' perience with the "ways ', that are darkV of the Chinese in their at tempts to get 'into the United State without ' proner authorization, !ann has intercepted many, of .them both on the Northern and Southern bor ders in air sorts of disguises, the re cent attempt" of 'bringing 'them in on a yacht to New England ports is re garded as one of .the most daring ef- .forts to circumvent the , law ever made. .... ' The department is "anxious to de termine whether the expedition of the Frolic is,, part of a well organized sys tem, by which. Newfoundland is used ns a centre of activities for shipping Chinameri Into the United States 5Id large numbers, and! if so to prevent any future efforts of, the kind, i Moat of .the attempts to smuggle in Chi nese have" been made on the Paciflc. cdast of Canada, : wbereT the : officials had great trouble in breaking up the trade,., but succeeded in doing so by alertness on the part of the agents and by an arrangement " with ; the steamship eompanies which requires that Chinese brought 'to -Vancouver' destined for the United States must be brought under bond and deliv ered to immigration officers atthe norts'of entry. There' is reason to believe, that the Chinamexu. ou the Frolic were brought from Liverpool across the Atlantic instead of by the Pacific route, f&hbTUn thiscaseTit is believed an arrangement may ba dis cl03ed whereby regular, shippint are being raade" to Newfoundland with smugglers operating from that point as a source of supply. BRIDE ClIIEPljf A TRAGEDY. Shoots Dying Husband and Kills Her- , . ; A Vrfit All.M'if.T 4. Liberty, Mo. Wedded only five days,! Jesse .WebbHson; of wealthy farmer near here, lies dying with a bullet wound through his breast, and his bride is dead .with a shot through her iheart. f.The tragedypvas .wrought; by a plstor in the hands bf tho young .vkw.c.Abn1r1el'4d toitogether after a phvsician told Webb he was nnoiMc'vstHrirp.n.wlth tuberculosis, Tn on . nntP-mnrteni ' statement 'the I voune man said: "Nellie cried and told ime'she could notfUlve'.-wUhoiit me. and I told her I thought it woulcL be, better Jo end It all' For; a -minute1 the 'bride seemed dazed by the suggestion. "But suddenly her face cleared," ran the bridegroom's statement, "and she - said, It is the better- way. Jesse. I cannot bear to see you f die slowly.l and we'll both r Webb wanted to take the pistol. but his wifellnsistedfron firing th icVmts Tli pv were together "in the jparlor of the ,new -farmstead,, which iwas a weddins i presents front, the IvmiTiff man's father. Mrs. Webb held the revolver clcse- toiheruhianay Heft breast, but the. bullet wa3 tie- jfieeted by a boe arpmi tjio.acarv; fThe moment the man ' 'stracic - me i 1 L.I La 1X7V.Vv Villorl liorsplr. In nwi- ivna, ,,u ..". . , " fatlinariher bodv uusetia taoie, wmca . i. - f j, was spread with wedding guts oi su ,ver prid cut glass. ;jne buu:- bu gJad-rashing .JiwihejuJaund-l thd -briciedead sandthebridegroom j reiver. 1..?' FIGHT WDSlf DWa-niU" I yt g i QukrreUng ,routb5iFall Fout Stories i'j:Wrom Open? Window. - Ht , i I -tovpirmd: i)hio.-r-While engageu in & Vcu&e twoV young 5 men "f ell, rflm n-p d pat h on the navaent, fheMead men" were. J.; VBiints, agld ; thirty; haHarryWilf red, aged seyenteen years. -Both were clerks, in the empjoyf e,Lake .ShqrBaih road -Svf heyrenewed anold quarrei over a girl andwhile fighting tumbled through the open window. During their fall, in which their bodies ere hurled ovef andverjagajniwither "Ulph relaxed death-like. I krasp he had maintained from the beginning of the scuffle. SMUGGLERS OF CHINESE, T, TELL SECRETS v The Frolic Seized at Providence i After Landing Foreigners. MANY IN , PROFITABLE TRADE Officials at Some Ports "Fixed," Pris- - i ' ' i it' ' " ( oners SayEighteen of the For- ty-two Cninamen Arrested Dis ': covered by Accident. . ' Providence, - R. I.- The ; schooner, Frolic, for which-fthe, coast guards and revenue cutters from Eastport, Me.,., to . Cape Hatteras have ,' ;been. keeping vigil for two weeks, came up the Eoston Harbor, and u landed twenty-seven members of her smug gled Chinamen ashore in broad .day light, and none of the authorities knew It until eighteen ,of the China men were captured.; ?, v j . , V AJab.orerst. the Rush, stumbled onto two sleeping Orientals onthe' wharf;. Soon eigh teen Chinamen and three Americans who were engaged in the smuggling were under arrest; and from the lat ter the immigration authorities ob tained . more information aboul the smuggling of Chinese intQ the United States than their secret agents hr.d been able to learn by months'bf 'In vestigating, M5 V Manyi interesting , details of - tne il legal business were disclosed, verify-; inc the suspicion of the authorities that it has been carried on for a long period ;with great profit. The usual route was by way of Newfoundland and New .England ports, and. the as sertion was made by one of the smugglers that M the' authorities at landing places in the. United States Xsre ,"fixedt" : jSometimeSi , it , was; said, Chinese; were taken from Mexico and West Indian ports to Canada and then 1 brought into the country through New .England ports. h John Cv Lehnemann, ; of Boston, who is a prisoner, told the police that he usually managed the landing of the Chinese after his brother James had seen them safely off from Cana dian ports. , .v, .; i .k,-.'' -Wnen Rush, the coal pocket em ployees tumbled over the men asleep on the wharf and discovered ? that they were .Chinamen,, he was about to eject, them from the premises, , he says, when some one on tne scnooner cried out: " "Don't bother those fel lows ; I will look after them Rush , than informed; the police, and the Chinese were; captured. ' ' ' The only persons on board 'When the authoritiesjeached the boat:were two sailors 'who were'leeplng in'th'e forecastle. The vessel was confiscat ed by the, Government officials, and the sailors Iwerearrested and brought ashore. They gave their names .as EdwardJlinkins of South Boston, and William A. Duncan, of Somer Ville. . ? The , Frolic 'had everysi appearance of having undergone exceedingly heavvs. weather! I Her,, bowsprit had been carried away. It is believed ty the officers that, the breakpf the bow sprit1 'made1 it- -precarious 1 to, remain Jonger at , sea, and that . tne com mander of the; yacht decidd,tofmake a bold dash for port. KILLED IN HER SCHOOL. f,f. , Rjed : .rmn Teacher r 1-ovcr of Then Mi -7 Shoot? Himself. wtl. Cleveland, Ohio. In the presence of sixty pupils, in the South Euclid school, Harry Smith, twenty-five years old, shot and killed Miss Mary iShepardi a' teSche twentytwo years old. uornerea penina t.ne Darn iu the rear ot his home, in Warrens-, ville", twd hours later, )i Smith- shot himself through the head, dying in- starftlyi,.,.: .. . if . ..a x KsiJLi. vicvciauja yjnLLit 11." drawn revolvers and under cover of eight armed farmers.f were .Vout to rush ! oh" yohng Smith 'when he ended his life. ,, - Disappointment in love Is said to have been the motive for the murder. Smith, .who was a fqurth cousin of Missi Shepiard. had wooed her 1 f or some time, and recently was rejected. :.Jr r-f -rrr FATAL TRIP OVER HUSBAJXII. wife, With Baby in Arms, i a us to ' . .' ,. a . I -. ' -..J. . see lm Jvneeimg:m ATfiycr, . -i w.rvi : waUKOmiS, UKia. ruiup oprousts . .fa'na L-ha ovointr t.-hti AAiy TenAri Mrs. Sprouse in passing thrpush the darkened sleeping room dld not i see herj husb'and kneeling in prayer at Vorieiiitt s ??lia ctiimhlpH over hla I feet andin'tryingfto ?save the; baby! F from iiniurv.. struck her head againstl & WashstahdT'breakingl her neck and dying almost instantly.-! The child! fell from her arms - and C was - so Lse- verely hurt it may not recover. . ..V . ?r.f! litTTLE GIRL IURDEREI, 1 Necro Seen Running STust Before tho! w B&j'??s. ..Founds : f ff 1 Monessln; Pa.WThe body..., of j Annaf with the throat cut in a field, neari t. w vto oTiv in the! I licit;. JBUO.IW""'"'"'"'"-" J Fevening-to-brlng-u-cowrand'did-nolf retnriL14'-"1'"'''''" After an all-night search the body j -j iifli. -enft '..narti Covered avSTiW SnJ iniUcSrkwiaine n fe. the searchers sa w a - negro ning through a piece of woods near by, . ; ' . " GAUGH SV1ILLIQN DOLLARS GONE, CUBA! FIRM STOPS J. M. Ceballos & Cos Havana Agent, Manuel Silveira, Missing, FLED ON ' HIS OWN STEAPO Iiiabilities of panisb-AmericanBanfc- ers From $3,000,000 to $4,000, U 000 'Firm Interested in Many' : '"EnteiTriinba. kH.hi .":;- ut'ttt '"'-jJ y ?t yjjlil , New York City? Just as tne.unl ted "States1 GoveVnnVeny haslsucceeded 5 In' reistorlng .'a semblance' of political order in the Island of Cuba financial troubles of ? the .most, serfous charac ter , have , been thrust upon the un happy Pearl' of the t Antilles by the uisuppea.ra.uce, wuicu was auxiuuiiteu, of Manuel Silveira, of Silveira & Co.;; one of - the ) largest 1 firms , of ; bankers and merchants in .Havana, and the failure of the' Silveira associates in his city, Jif M. Ceballos & Co., per- thaps the largest concern doing a mer cantile and banking business between the United i States and Spain and Spanish America. These; two firms ;have been! extremely active in devel oping railroads, sugar plantations and s other important -enterprises In Cuba jsnd Porto Rico, and the ramifications fof their business in those islands are extensive. Ceballos & Co. are a firm : of more than fifty years' standing, and its failure will be for-more than $4,000,000 at the lowest estimate made. ;: The explanation of the Immediate , cause of the Ceballos failure sounds like the plot of a "sensational" novel. Manuel Silveira, head of the Cuban house of that, name, who has been for several years the Cuban repre sentativei of t Ceball03"u &: Co .p tor months withheld . f u,nds he should, have ' forwarded to the New YOrV firm, it'W Bald;ri;Vj--'r -. ycnl ; ,On. October 2 the took more than Sl,000,00d belonging to Ceballos -& Co.,T runs1 the story : told by William! Nelson . Cromwell, .who ,; has taken, charge ot the firms affairs. Crom-t well says Silteira . boarded a .cattle, steamer belonging to him and sailed, with his I f e and -children- - - - ' -i A As yet absblutely nothing is known as to, his destination, though cable. messages thaVe been sent to' practi- cany every jjuii -iu me nuiimui au attempt, to intercept him a , , . , ' "Ceballos, & Co. had no premoni-' tion of this conduct Tot their! agent,Vj said Cromwell "and, confronted with; this large loss and the' deprivation of their J ; current ' resources it I have) deemed It just, to all having relations with them that the firm should .make a. general assignment without .'prefer ence,' . in order to insure equality itpf all and opportunity for examination' o : the' firm's ;'affalrsiin': coUnection with, these unexpected and amazing. ueveiopuieiiLs, uuuci wo uuaui dinary conditions mentioned , and the suddenness, of the disaster which has f allen upon the firm" of Ceballos & Cd.,1 it is! impracticable at1 the mo ment to make j an intelligent , state ment 0f the assets and liabilities. In a.: general, way the iiiabilities are- be tween r,$3.000.000. and , $4,000,000.. William ' "V Rowe, of my; firm, has been appointed assignee, ana l j am acting as counsel for the assignee." , PACIiERS FORCED TO : OBEY. Building of Nelson Morris '& Co. Closed Jy Chicago Police. t A Chicago. Building Commissioner Bartzen compelled , Nelson Morris, & Co, to agre6 to carry out hi orders foi- changes at that packing plant. The Commissioner, had ordered that certain changes be maae m twenty eight buildings connected with the Tiflnt- in order to conform to the building ordinances, but was , ". in formed; that . no changes had been made'.. . . - - r . . r , 1 Mr. Bartzen 'directed that a?force of inspectors;; and j police be at .once ,, sent to the stockyards to' closc?0 tl buildings in which violations of the i law were discovered.; The " first places 'visited by this 'force - were' the butter ine; factory? and . thetin 'shop Policemen 'were stationed." at .the doors OI'DOtn! OUliamgs ana oruertru to.ketep all 'persons put.:,. Employes. i those who had left at the lunch hour were turnfkway, whenthey tried to return. , ; . The policemen said that they would ;remain at the doors until, fire escapes ordere'd by the? Building Commission er were placed on both structures. The managers of the' firm capitulated after this, policy had been enforced for an hour, ' and agreed to ohey br-ders.- The guards -were then with drawn. ClilLDREN BURNED TO' DEATH. j ' - .i i iir-y.:'"?l l: Parents at Portland, Me., Save Three Others Laftio Explodes. ' Portland, "Me.Three of the seven children irt the family ofMr. and Mrs,; Joseph Vanier, at No. 21 ? Middle street,, were burned to death in a; fire caused by the explosion oi a lamp whirh had' been accidentally over- turned. The dead are Armand, Henry. I and-Leo Vanier. fourteen, eight and i - . .. -six years old. respectwely.-.-r ; me parents wvucid, Joseph, aged. ten; , Arthur, aged two. fltid an infant, from death by a nar- : ?ow Margin., THe: seventh xhild did not live at home. The fire was easily lextlngUished before great uaniage "was done to the house. -. - - L TO BE BUILT -MM COiACTOR Engineer - Shonts - Asks Bids on Percentage System. ANY FOREIGNERS MAY COMPETE Bidder BIus1IIave 5;00p,DpO Avail able Capital, and Give $3,000,000 Bond An Eight-Hour Day. Will 'Be Required. 1olHt?o t Washgon!.litTne-jlan to completeth! Pnanarana;li;by con tract was made public by Chairman Shonts.; Eaclibidderlmus undertake the entire conitructloui .Ho bar will bj offered to-corporations, associating, but hey , must be , legally organized into a single body, with which the Government ; 'can . jdeal I Bidders will- not be considered iwho do pot have available capital of ai or $3,000,009. ffor$20;000is certinea cnecK'ior?2uar000 is re quired with i each -proposaL and a .bond of $3,000,000 will be required irom tne successiui Diaae:-.t The biddirr Is notmrhltet to Amer ican contractors. AH proposals are ;, to be in before noon ' off December 12, when they, will be opened. Proposals, are to be espres'sed 'in' "trms of per centage upon, .the! .ystimitedl cost of ' construction, which is to be fixed by a boardbf five engineers, thfee rep resenting the, k G,oyernment and , two representing ihe.Vcontrlicor. Tho chief engineer-1 of-thef Canal Commis f sion is to ,be chairman ,f the en gineering board 4 . The engineering Aboard ,-Srill also estimate areasonable time for the completion of " theTcanar, and will agree upon a system of .premiums and penalties to be paid ' to' or by the con- tractor, according as the .wprkrs com pleted within pr;beyond the estimated cost and time. 'i LH U , L . t . . All thcGovernment plant for ac- tual construction vor.kiincluding; the railway, jsj to ;De i. laqc y4atr tne dis posal ofthd contractdrandii3 to be maintained by the, Goyerumenr. The contract specifies ththe-6mmission is to retain control oft alV engineering . work itf cdnnectidn with: ' the con struction of .ihe canal; Isoill munic- -, ipal engineering, the police, sanitary, hospital andii commissary depart ments, raessr housesesquarter?, con struction and "mainteUance of build ings, operatidh "jpf Jthe?ana1pa Rail way, an r auditing i T department, to which contractors accounts are ta be open, and a-department of materials and supplies'. '-1 Sixty i days .after the : signingtpf the contract actual work,. is to begin on the Isthmus and the contractor is to take over all employes on the Isthmus which the commission does, not wish to retains : No American -pmploye is to work more than eight hours. Chairman' Shonts-defends the per centage system ;6f:pafcmejit In a letter to Secretary? Taft, as follows: "This plan is being empldyed- increasingly by the oldest, largest .and most suc cessful corporations in the country. The Governmenttwilltget the ,'jeneflt of the combined efforts of the best and most experienced contractors in the world, each in chargefof a de partment In which he is a specialist and co-operatfng with" othfe'r special ists. . y vThe fi Government, .will secure the cb-operatlon, of these powerf ul ln terests m keeping mechanics of all c" asses. --. -M i ' , "Thelajist offe9 everVshcenlUve for. speedy and economical construcr. tioh by penalizing extra' time' and'eost and5 rewarding abetter!. than t'eqntracti performance as to either. By retain ing control of the work and exercis ing strict , supervision through ,its en gineering force' the' Government' will protect itself .against cheap' or;, faulty. construction, ir nc ""The time and cost of completing the canal as estimated, will tin? all I probabllitytbe reduced by the apnlica tioni ofinewi principles iwhi.ch7will.be discovered .as , the work 'Progresses, Finally, -a" termlnatiori, of; the on-- tract, should r it i becomes necesfeary,, would be. less disastrous jtq ,,the con 'jt'ractdr,1 while an effective resumption' I of the work would tbeimad easier ito the Government, owing to its close Relation thereto,?; sttfmmf. IIA, iforto mw&mwwsmp&i GANA 1500 Hot 'gpringsfCitfzen'With JJrass limit: Bandl 'J?orpe, pn thej Lid. ( t , j ' Hot Springs AriFortyjyears; of; j gambling came to a spectacular end 'ins Hot I Springs iwhen?.;the City Im provement, Union of 500 , citizens closed thirty 1 gambling' , rbomsi 'and Igave .at battalion j of gamesters ten, hours to leave the city. The twenty-" three executives .of, the Upiou, known as the ."skiddoo committee,' Issued !a final warnings that theroomfr .must?! jbe clof ed at once. No he 2d was paid ftb the "warnin's'and thMir5e mem befshipl?f he nion'ij headed 4y afj Ibrass band, marched to the City Hall, ' to '.'police 'headquarters and'. Ho the ; Court House aud forced, Stated coun ty and city officials to raid aud close . i the' 'gamblitfg . houke-l ? forthwith, 'tbe4 4500 goinsTi along tqj s?er St jdone 90-., 'erly. r "-: : . .. " t.-. . l ' To7 the1 roll ofdrums afad" blare of H brassy such, gamblers sts were -found,? were marched to thes Union Station and 'ordered to take the urst train .out ' and return; noymore. f) j, Five;hundredt gamblprs, , cappers And women Are , leaving-the place.iknd 'ially half J 'million dollars' worth of paraphsr nalia b? boxed for shipment; . r . . r i n I. 1 :