Three Cents the Copy. VOL XIII. - yjHHHHHlHlH The News of 0d North State Gathered and Put in ionaensea rorm. Subscription Price" SI.OO Per Yar i PAT TTirr,, , 73 1 " wmauc., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22. 1907 LAN TO HOB ALL PUBdSHEf-.S ! Tlir ni iiniiP nnr.., ... 11 WNUU UU ' ",3 . 7 i Interest in -Rate Hearing. A Aspecial from New York City to the Charlotte Observer says: The dispute between the authorities of Xerth Carolina and the Federal Courts over the observance of a 2 1-4-cent rate law reached another stage, when former Judge Montsrom- cry, of North Carolina, who was ap- ,,3 w lllilir.j L-i .-. ...1 i? il.. testiinonj doors at Kailwsy i Connscl . Ul i the dav Heroic Women Honored. Wilmington, Special. An immense garnering ot people attended the elab orate ceremonies in connection with the unveiling of a monument to the heroic women of the lower Cape Fear during the revolutionary period, the scene of the patroitic exercises hav ing teen the historic Moore's Creek battle ground, in Pender Judge Pritchard, of thaiCurrie. The weather was ideal and people came from far and near, in gliding a large party from Wilming ton which returned j on a belated tram . The exercises opened with an in vocation by Rev. A. D. McClure, D V., presentation of the moument wa by former Representative E. A Jiawes, of Pender, who paid glowino iiiouie io tiie material ancestry oi the people of the lower Cape' Fear, Ihe acceptance was by President J. . Moore, of the Moore's Creek Me morial Association who spoke clo quently of the lofty patriotism which inspired the people of this section and the btate. The formality of the unveiling was by Miss Lillian Col ! Mies Katie Bannermann, this beini: ijmowea Dy a beautiful decoration oi the shaft by 13 young ladies repre senting the 13 original colonies, di rected by Misscss B. B. Lucas and Jennie Hawes. The address of Hen Charles R. Tillman, Congressman trom the third district and always d staunch friend of the Moore's Creek Monument Association, was the fea ture of the day. He spoke eloquent v and most fittingly. After the exor cises a delightful picnic dinner was served on the grounds and that every detail of the arrangements was car ried out perfectly spoke volume oi praise for the several county commit tees which had these matters iu charge. The exercises were inter. spersed by the singing of patriotic excellent band, North State" Tis of Theo" I - - a uaving Deen tavontes among the many selections rendered. The monument is of Whmsboro blue granite surmounted by a statue of imported Italian marble in carved likeness of a beautiful woman posin- "ffememberance," the top piece be' mg six feet tall, the whole monument towering to a height of 15 feet, stand ing on a marble base, five feet seven inches square. Its weight is more than 25,000 pounds and it was erected at a cost of something over $2,000, being the work of the Wilmingn Granite and Marble Works, of fid city, Mr. R. D. Tucker, proprietor, a? successor to H. A. Tucker & Rm The inscription on the shaft are "do follows : . Front side : "To the honored mem ory of the heroic women of the Lower Cape Fair during the Aernrican Rev olution, 17751781." On the reverse side: "Unswerv- nointed Federal i ourt, as special master to take depositions; sat here and beard the testimony of several witnesses. General Counsel Alfred P. Thorn, of the Southern Railway Company of Washington, i presented his com nany's interests at the session. The was laKen Delnnd closed he office of the Southern this city. i l presenting the North irporation commission at hearing included former Judge James E. Shepherd, Walter E. Daniels and F. A. Woodward, former Gov. Charles Aycock, of North Car olina, and Speaker E. J. Justice of the State House of Representative:;, were aiso present. Vice President H. B. Spencer, of the Southern, who is the son of form er President Spencer, was a witness He was questioned at length as to the Southern Railway, its cost and equip ment and many minor details, Dep ositions will be taken in Washington and other cities after the hearings 'here" have concluded. J. M. Barr, formerly president of the Seaboard Air Line, now a lumber merchant of North Carolina, and who was called as an expert on railway operations, tesified that in his opinion the carrying of local freight in North Carolina costs three times as much to operate as through trains and the iotal trains were frequently only part ly leaded Mr. Barr said that a high er rate was charged by railroads m NO. 17. International Paper Company Behind 1 Print Paper Merger. Appleton, Wis!, Special. The In ternational Paper Company is said ;o be behind the print paper merger now being brought to a successful close. It is said that within 12 months the International Paper Company, which was incorporated in New York February, 1398, with an authorized capital of $118,000,000, will control the print paper market of the United States. To do this the company will uApenu irom atfu.uuu. nn f.n snonn 000 in buying up the plants in the middle West. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Deaths Reported From San Francisco i DISEASE WELL UNDER CONTROL Tuberculosis Discovered in Morgan's Fine Pairy Herd. Highland Falls. N. Y.. SnPUl Tuberculosis has been discovered in the fine diary heard owned bv J. Piev- pont Morgan and six of his nineteen high breed milch cows hav ed on orders r.ahlpri hv Mr XJ. ., -UiVJlClil. lne herd was composed entirely of cuwb oi notable pedigrees and they were kept with the greatest care in stables of the most modern sort, tfce most attention being paid to proper ventilation and to all the sanitaiv conditions that aro supposed to pro tect cows from tuberculosis. But One of the? Reported Sufferers Has Survived-fWith One Excep tion, a Foreigner From a Coastwise & Steamer, the Patent Were of the Poorer Class, J Dwelling in the Neighborhood Chinatown. Several Hundred Out of Work. New York, Special. Several- hun dred employes were thrown out of work by a fire Avhich destroyed a four story warehouse and factory building in Furmnn street, Brooklyn. The los will reach $200,000. The fire brole out on the tkird floor and the build ing which occupied nearly an entije block, was a mass of flames when tic firemen arrived. Four firemen were overcome by illuminatinar gas while fighting the fire. The building, waa occupied "by the New York &' Balti- jmore Coffee Company aid several manuiacturing firms. inn btate to1 carrying local freioht i 53ng ana music by an tban for through freight, but he did " "The Old . i. . a- ... - i i -r - not relieve the riifFerenpp in nrin cic ttUU aiy ountrv. ' i - U.l 1 suflKient to equal the increased cost of Jacol trafne. Mr. Barr said that he did not be lieve a fair profit afrom passenger traffic was posible at present in that State and that possibly there was on profit whatever. It was brought out that passenger traffic within the State was somewhat mixed and that a number of so-called through trains on the Southern Rail way between Washington and Atlanta niade stops at towns and way points in the State, so that as a matter of fact it was not possible to calculate with exactness the cost of carrying local passengers on these trains as distinct and apart from through pas sengers. Following his examination bv coun sel, Mr. Barr was interrogated bv Speaker Justice. "Do you know,'' said the latter, "that at one time there existed what might be called a gentleman's el UllderstanrJino- tr, tlio i lnff IU devotion, splf.c ., o - I , , ' ""HUVCUIg 1 J . rect that the SiTir.owi a:- t; lovnltv tr ha -p i . "uvaiu vii xiiitr y j v -usc ux lueu country, aonld refrain from extending its their works do follow them! nnrl lines until certain North Carolina ter ntory under fear of reprisals by the bouthern Railway." . "There was no express understand ing." Mr. Barr replied. He was then asked whether he knew that certain business houses in the State hsd actually been driven out to setk other fields for business because the SouthernRa ilway had oilt up a monopoly in various parts North Carolina. The witness said that he did not teow that to be a fact. To other Jest ions intended to show the Sou Jjern's supremacy in North Carolina r. Barr in most instances pleaded tbi t he was not in possession of Buffi pent actual facts to testify accurate V regarding them. their children rise ud and mil tiu& oiessed. - On fourth side: "Most honored of the namps recorded by the Historic Association. is that of MARY SLOCUMB, wife of Lieutenant Rlonnmh riding alone at night sixty-five miles to succor the wnimrirl at ur.. -. 1 1 mia ua L LI t. place her hight on the pa?es of his tory, and should awaken in successive generations, patriotism and love of country. Virtutes majorum filiae .conserv ant." On the third face is this inscrip tion: "This monument was Greeted by the Moore's Creek Monumental Association in the year 1907." tie Tar Heel Brevities. 1 rof. Dari;s Eatman has resigned - chair of Dedairoirv at W.ike Fnr. 'est College to take a course in that stly at Columbia University, having Dtamed a scholarship there. Numa W. Sowers, a boy of seven pen, vas hound over to court at Sal- )iny on the charge of seduction with P'omiKo of marriage and giving drugs ,'"f:' criminal inteni. ihe alliance 'Pposim that "ion and adopted resolutions opposing, lmaggn&m from foreign puntnes solicitation or approDria- I irate or department funds for purpose j favoring State prohi li reduction of passenger rates more eanitfihlp froiohf r.tn,. 2Jul high schools in each con S1?03 district; building farmers' 255 lmder the county alliances; publishing an agricultural school at ii isooro;. co-operation in securing 4&hutioni cotton for jute ao-tiA- , resoIuon endorsing the e nffT Unite3 State3 DePai- tbo a J.ustlce m proceeding against State 'Wews Item. As the result of a special ordinancf passed some time ago by the aldermer the Southern has made Lexington " flag station for No. 34. The people oi the town are pleased with this change. The Shaw Cotton Mill, of Weldon. was granted a charter, the capital oemg Jtj.uu,uuo, authorized and $25, 000 subscribed bv W. T. Shaw. W, A pPierce and others. Insurance Commissioner James R. Young paid into the State Theasury yosterday $37,944 representing the recipts of the department for July. This is an especially good month' business. The commissioner also paiJ into thtf treasury $230.41, represent ing a part of the insurance that wai carried on the dissecting hall recent ly burned at the State U niversity. In the work of compiling and audi ting the roll of Confederate pension ers as just approved by the pension board it is discovered in the StaU Treasury that one U. S. Dollar is a pensioner in Ashe county. N Took a Few Drinks and Died San Franeisco, Special. An auto mobile containing two men a young woman and the body of a girl who had been a. companion on a round &f visits fo Beach resorts, arrived at the Park Hospital. The three were ar rested an dwill be held until the cause of the gorl's death is fully explairl. The dead girl was Francis Ear, No. 1411, Golden Gate Avenue, San Fran cisco. Her companions were George W. Ford, Harry McHenry and Pearl Shelton. The men stated that the girl had -taken several drinks, fainted and soon expired. Operators Resign Positions. Denver, Col.,Special. Judge Rid die granted a restraining order on the application of 'the brokerage firmof Otis & Hough, forbidding Fred Wes Wi president of the Telegraphers', Union and C. A. Adams, secretary: of the same organization, to call a strike' of operators in that office. This or der compelled the. operators in the of- , fice of Lagon & Bryan to furnish Otis & Hough; with market reports. The men employed by Logan & Bryan thereupon resigned. Commissioner Neill at Home. Washington, Special. Commissioyn er of L.abor Charles P. Neill arrived home from Chicago where he went on a vain effort to effect a settlement of the telegraphers' strike. He decided not to see .visitors and as soon as he reached the city went to his, hime. or the present he is taking no part in tlie telegraph strike situa tion,, but says he is 'Vead-y to act as - mediator if called upga. Falling Scaffold Kills Two. - New York: Special. Two workmen ,were . killed and ten others - injured, one or tnem seriously by -the -eollopse John W. Gates is an ardent devo tee of modern croquet. Peary has abandoned his search for the Pole for another year. John D. Rockefeller says he is har nessed to the cart in which the people iiue. The death is announced of Profes sor Berthelot, the famous French chemist. - Cardinal Gibbons preached at Southampton, England, on the misery of the wealthy who have no friends. Admiral Baron Yamamoto is one of the few Japanese who wear a full beard trimmed in Vandyke fashion. United States Senator Borah, of Idaho, has been indicted by a United States Grand Jury for being connect ed with timber frauds. The body of Augustus St. Gaudena was cremated at Mount Auburn, and the ashes sent back to Cornish, N. H., where the funeral occurred. Dr. Julian P. Thomas, the aec naut, who was recently the victim of an automobile accident, is an abso lute fatalist. He is entirely devoid of fear. Nearly 3000 persons were turned away from the crowded Fifth Avenue Church, New York City, when the Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, of ondon, preached. General Homer A. Byington, the Tl Z t. A , rt . . I 1 .l-j . . . . . . " vvn.- x lusicteni j uies,, A. bamon. of the "raea nis eignty-third birthday on City health board, and HniW Offlv ard .VretI.c. ? its lat trip from wtkinS i7i vjenoa 10 wew city Msy- sHuatioii was ShoffloiH t it , . well in hand and no occasion iiristaj a..- tSf"' tae lamous for fllaftni v -i "t1 11 um nsas, tne late J. J. San Francisco, Special. Five cases o bubonic plague, four of which have resulted in death have been reported to the health department. The pa tients witn one - exception were of tiie poorer class of foreigners dwell ing m the neighborhood of China town. The exception was a foreign sailor from a coastwise steamer. Prompt measures; were taken by the my, State and federal officers, and a spread of the disease is not feared. The infected f mgaus, was a member of the last steamer was ordcrdd Kansas Legislature, and tnot ua ,f , i.i .t;n i :, I i j..-.-, . ' " "e-i Muuiuiiune wirn ner passencei'S mus. m tnat uouy amonsc its ablp?r anu wiuvremam secluded until releaa- luyu oct by the health department. The two shaefcs mhubitied by the other Eighteen Perish in Wreck ar.a .scalod. The hoAw of ftm .1M opecuu. ueiaus r Mexieana, nn Italian and a Russian I 5eiVed oi the wreck in Flindero role, "Who Sni3cum)d, wr destroyed American bark Prussi Si - 1 . in quaca nme. lRopprt Sent o Washington. I "Washington, Special. The first in timation of the pleague at, San Fran cisco was received Thursday by the Marine IJospital Service. The teie- fam read: 'Thrcje-cases and death, plagae Sa Krancisco. Diagnpsi made clinicail I and by Strainedlmears from spjecn I and gland; Nd reasonable doubt a to certainty of diagnosis of cases seen and verified by lovg continuation with health officials. Cases found withirf two blocks of old Chinatown. ' On receipt of ihe information in stmctions were sfit to Surgeon Aus tin to confer wit the State and lo cal authorities arid, make full report on the measures i adopted for eradi cation. .'Jt 1 Surgeon Autn) telegraphed that two foci had been discovered that the local board had disinfected known in fected buildings !gnd proposed to in stitute a "campaign ' against rats. He siid deaths in the city had been veri fied and that a general disinfection of suspected district! .would begin. He asked for the assistance of 'two offi cers as medical jnlpeetors and oij as a baeteriologis! in the State lab oratory, 'i It is stated heregthat Assistant Sur geon Long is attained bacteriolo gist and thoroughly competent to handle the situation that has devel oped, i - Br Sixteen Deaths Reported. Harbin, Manchujria, By Cable The bubonic plague his broken out in South Manchuria 2 and sixteen deafiis have been reported. Travelers pro ceeding into Noiith Manchuria are being medically Qjxamined at Kwang Ching Tsti. f - , m y ... - - irom wortolk, March 20 for Port Townsend announced from Punta Arenas, Straits of Magellan, say that toe captain committed suinidfl tuhon the vessel ran ashore and that four teen passenger, in addition to for.r sailors lost their live. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Consols made a new low record ia London. Judge arosscup, in Chicago, grant ed a writ of error to the Standard Oil Company. Serious clashes have occurred im. the disbandment of Korean soldiers in interior towns. The Salvation Army In England i9 sending emigrants to Canada im batches of 600 monthly. Members of the British House oC Commons are sharply criticised their lack of business methods. The first organization ever in the spice trade has been effected j New York City by fifty-six houses. A New York City Magistrate decided that a man has a right make a fool of himself if he wants Prince Sciplone Borghese, the ner of the race from Pekin, warmly welcomed on reaching Marcelin Albert, erstwhile u Apostle of the South," is a fallen idol, hooted and groaned at by the French. -tt-lagers. Coventry and the modern Lady Godiva drew most of the Americans away from London during the anni versary week. Caid Sir Harry MacLean has been handed over by the Moorish bandit Raisuli to the Elkmes tribe, which. has set him at liberty. The ore docks of Alloue and Mesaba have caught up with the boats for the first time since the be-' ginning of the recent ore strike. An experimental band concert in, the Bronk Park Zoo caused such a frightful uproar among the wild ani mals that the music had to be stopped. The Turkish version of the trouble on the Persian frontier lays the blame on the Persians, who are said to have attacked a detachment ia the town, of Mergovar. Kline Acquitted of Peonage. Beaufort, Special. After a charee n. . ' - f ot about 30 minutes the jury took the Kline peonage case and in two hours returned, a verdict of not euiltv. Another bill havinsr been against Kline for Deonatre of Trvm Hutson akd Fritz Ramsey, he was held to Newbern court under a $1,000 bond, which he gave. In default of $300 bonds eleven foreigners were ordered' held in Cartaret county jail ns witnesses to that court Kline. against Palling Buildings Kills Five. ' Chicago, Special. Five nersons I were killed and eleven injured, three seriously, oy the collapse of a two story frame building at No. 55 Fry street, occupied as a boarding house. Four of the victims were instantly killed and the fifth died a few minutes after being taken td a hospital. Th bodies of the deadwere taken from the rains by policemen and firemen who risked their lives when compell ed to crawl under -the building to reach the victims. FICTION'S LIMITS. "Do you like fiction?" the girl "Well," he responded, "that depends. Now, something probable, as the 'Ara bian Nights,' for instance, is all right: but I draw the line at a Nevada ing prospectus." Philadelphia iHiif$! Are a Necessity in the Country Home. The farther you are removed from town to railroad station, the more the telephone will save in .time and horse flesh. No man hast a right to compel one of the family to lie in agony for hours while be drives to town for the doctor. Tel ephone and save half the suffering. Our Free Book tells how to opJ ganize, build and operate trfe pnone lines and systems. Instruments sold on thirtv davs -- "1 1 u icu lvj i esponsiuie parties. THE CADIZ ELECTRIC CO., 201 CCC Building, Cadiz, Passengers on; Steamer Asia. San Francisco,; Special. Among tne passengers on; the steamer Asia, wuun armvea irow Honolulu was Oc car S. Straus, Secjfetarv of Commerce and Labor. K. Ifii Yi, Secretarv of the commerce bureau of the Jflnn. of a scaffold surrounding a gas tank ese foreign office, ' who will visit the principle cities of his country, before returning to file iOrient, was also a .passenger on the .Asia. in coprse of construction for the Brooklyn Union Cas Company in The men fell 3j9- f eW Williamsburg: ;- Newls yi Brief. Seven men were badly burned by a gas explosion in South Boston. 'The taking of testimony in the Southern's suits against the State of North Carolina was begun. A settlement of the Chicago Ter minal controversy was effected be tween the Baltimore and Ohio and Hill-Morgan group. Arrested For Accepting Bribe. Boston, Special. Building Inspec tor Jfhn P. Clarke of this city was arrested here charged with accepting a bribe from a contractor. The ar rest was made by inspectors who, it is alleged, "witnessed the payment of $40 to Clarke by the contractor. Shoots Wife and Kills Himself. New York, Special. Angered over a family difference, Valentine Hess, a barber, fired two shoto at his wife and then killed himself at his home in Sea Cliff, Long Island. Physicians say that Mrs. Hess will die. y .: y-f-. An Entire Visage Almost Wiped Out By lire. Hancock, Mich .Special. The vil lage of Hubbel, Jo. miles from here was nearly wiped 'out by fire. Twenty-two dwellings, four stores, a hotel, the post-office and fhe coal sheds, tres tles and coal piles of the Calumet and Hecla Mine were burned. The loss exceeds $100,000. 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