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MARSHALL, MADICO
I Cm THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1909.
NO. 51.
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Washington,' Special. The ; first
reading of the trail! bill for eonsid
erationof committee amendments was
concluded when the Senate adjourned
Frday. .According to . an agreement
made when the reading .: was : begun
every paragraph or the entire bill
will be subjeet to amendment when it
is -tnken tip for final consideration on
each4 paragraph Monday. While the
whole measure is thus subject to fur
ther revision, all conceded that sub
stantial progresj!isa been - made.
There' will be no return to many of
the schedules. ". . ' ; - :..- '
There was comparatively little aV
bate od the measure, Fridayae Sena-
xor AWnch postpoued . replying - to
many questions asked of him in order
to hasten tho eondusicTTof the read
ing of. the measure, sajfng he would
make full explanations when ' the
various amendments receive final con
sideration. Many provisions, includ
ing the wood pulp and wool schedules,
were Friday passed over, on specific
c: '.mn. '-:, - ..''.. ..
Lurir? tb reading of ' th tariff
r!'l, uuuieroue requests were made on
t e part of both Republicans and
democrats for the passing over of
various schedules, althongh an agree
ment had previously been made, that
such action wss not necessary in or
der to permit a Senator to enter aitl
obtain a vote on any amendment..; .'
Senators McCnmber and Simmons
sufgostcd that the lumber schedule
be psssod over aud Senator Beveridgc
wade lie same request in respect to
t'.e tobacco eeliedules. . i
;TC,: ALDHICH FIGURES SURPLUS
Al.hich estimates that tho Aldrich bill will produce $399,052,-'
c:
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107.
K.ee!pts.
. .$ 5li7,240,S51.S9
'.. 537,035,337.53
.. 502,473 2 13 21
; . 500,300,674.40
,-. 540,631,740.40
,'. 544,274,684.85
594,454,121.67
:.; , 603,140,334 05
',,601,120,113 53
1000.. ..
1001..
1902.. ..
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1905... .,
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1903....
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Deficit,
, Estimatcij receipts and disbursements for fiscal years 1909 to JQU,
Jncjuiivej . . r v : : ' .
Fiscal Tear.
3010.. ., t
'.":-,f Receipts.
.$ 605,047,230.00
,. 653,000 000.00
CQ3,QQ9,000.00
Actual receipts, nlno and one-half mon!hs, 1009. . ,,
DUburiementi, nine and'ene-half months, 1000,; .;
Deficit, nine and one-half months, 190077 . , ,, ,, ,,
KIDNAPERS If! JiS.
Mercer,- Fa., JSpeoial. Indictments i
were returned here Friday night by
Morcer grand jury against James H.
Boyla and bis wife in connection with
the abduetion of Willio Whitla, of
Sharon, Pa., on March 13. A true
bill was found against Boyle, charg
ing kidnaping. : The maximum sen
tence is jlife . imprisonment.' In the
ease of the woman, the same bill was
loo returned, with' an extra count
fharging her with aldin?. assistinsr
SIX PERCOflS iriJURED
. Fort ' Oaiucs, " Oa., ; Special. Six
persons were injured aud thousands
pt dollars' worth of property ;. de
atroyed iir a cyclone that . pwept
through Clay county Fnday mornlnj.
Till approach of the storai threw this
place into a rinio, the rorri:j; cf the
dementi cau,; woman and c'.il.'j.-n
to run abot the stroe!s c . ' Alt.
traatodly. - V'i";!a a . f, v "hiir.ilrsd
yards of Fort Guinea tie s:c: 1 end-
taylcco'5 rAr.rc.
Frankfort, Ky, r-ccial. C
Willson Friday cleared (lie II
court records of rll ' ;; s r
out o fthe murder ii; 1'.' ' ), of
Cocbel, exceptth.'-e 1..
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Senator McLaurin, of Mississippi,
requesting that various schedules un
der the head of agriculture be pass
ed over, Senator Aldrich asked
whether he did not wish to make a
similiar request in respect to rico, the
duty on which the flnace committee
had allowed to stand at 2 cents per
Jound as passed by i he House. v v
"Ihere is nothing under the agri
cultural schedules that, is so high as
the duty on rioe,!' , . suggested Mr.
Aldrich. '- ... ' ; - - .. ..
-"Still r wo : might amend - the
sohedule," aid Mr. McCumber, smil
ing. ::;;;:...J;V;.'f-...,;.::;
"Let ? it be ' passed,' ' interposed
Senator Gallinecr with a significant
glance toward the Democratic side. -
The Phillipino sugar schedule call
ed forth a vigorous criticism ort the
part of Senators Clay and Bacon, of
the policy of admitting sugar from
the Philippine islands to the United
States free of duty. They declared
(bat the free admission of 225,000
tons of sugar from, Porto Rico and
j 400,000 tons from', the Hawaiian is
lands bad not affected the price of re
fined sugar and added- that whilo
granulated sugar intbe United States
sells for 4.06 cents per pound, it is
sold for 2.70 cents a pound in Lon
don. Mr. Bacon insisted . that "the
ilitroductiott of free Philippine sugar
would, by replacing an equal amount
of dutiable sugar, reduce the reve
nues without any benefit to the peo
ple of this country. .'Yli.:'.'r' " '
Tho paragraph was passed - over
under objection by . Senators Poster
and Newlands.1 ;
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DSis or ine importations of 1907, as against $329,
i t V n AMwb b:ll will raise $9,934,420 more in 1910
1 will r,V t 51.13,512,533
' ie nc( s."'itii'9. " . ,
'j.iiiiiis showin?' 'the rorv'
1' t'.e Ti iry i,.r t!;) i: . ,
from lux-
ls and
di-
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Disl'.!i"!! menfs.
$437.713.701.71 '
509,9C7,253.15
471,190,857.64
506,039,022.04
i. 532,237.821.31
563,300,093.62
649,405,425.35
551,7Cfl,,129 04
621,102,390.64:
a Ciinal for fia-
Surplus.
$ 79.527,000.13
77,717,984.33
91,237,375.57
: 54,307,652.38
8,393,928.09
19,085,403.77
45,043,696.32
111,435,205.01
19,976,273.11
"Disbursements,
$G74,509,630.0(J
700,000,000.00
CW,0QQ,0Q0.oo
Surplus.
69,462,430.00
.:, 43,000,000.00
30,000,000.00
; .$483,042,873.23 -.,
633,938,315.83
-.. 65,943,043.60
MESHES OF THE LAW
and abetting in the kidnaping. The
indictment against Mrs. Bovle. identi
fies her as follows: Mary Doe, alias
Helen . - Anna vMoDermott, Parker,
Miner, Torka and Boyle. The trial
of the abductors will begin next Fri
day, April 30." The grand jury )n
ported that Sheriff Chess lad. been
instructed by them to place Boyie in
a bnrglar-prcof cell because of. recent
attempts to liberate him by 'parties
OH. thO Qfcgd V-.r '-
1ft GEORGIA CYCLONE
denly swerved and tooS away onlj
a corner of the town, demolishing a
nnmbep of negro romei, wrecking thl
eourtry homes of B. F. Grimssy and.
J. Sutton. I'J. Grimiey, Mra.
West, two ncjrc-"children and .tw
farm hand of JJr. Gdmiey wire lat
jusod. A Centnil of Georgia train
escaped by tbe7 narrow margin ci
thirty setond, having -passed that
far ahead' 0 the oyclone,
cc;::l'5 riT.DqruvENGjy)
is, cf Lo-hsville, and Zach Steele,
r.-'I county.
a cvtr v liom indictments' sirs
nie Wnltc 11 Golden, ol
"v i:r Colorado j Frank
county,- now a railroad
. I.ouis, nnd 'William I J
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LEAOISb fl SORTIE
H. ft Baskerville Attempts to Get
: ,. Food Into Tabriz, ,
PERSIAN CiTY IS BELEAGUERED
Hungry Mobs at Consulates For the
Provisions Permitted to Foreign
- Representatives English Real.
. .. dents Appeal to London For Aid.
Tabrls, Persia. An American, H.
C. Baskerville, until . recently .
teacher , in the Presbyterian school
here, was killed . outside . of Tabriz
while leading a sortie of Nationalists
from the city. ' The object of the ex
pedition was to open a way tor the
bringing In of provisions, of whlcb
the city stands greatly; in need. It
was not successful. - ' ' , -- -':.
.The situation-here Was desperate.
The'Chrlstians of Tabriz armed them
selves to put up a strong defense dur
ing the bloody disorders. - The Eng
lish residents sent a telegram to -Foreign
Secretary Grey 4a London, ap
pealing for , immediate help.' . The
Russians took refuge in their consul
ate. - 1 ,
: To add to the terrors of tho sulfa
tion iu the besieged city, th&tforeiga.
consulates were : threatened by a
starving mob. The consuls are-per-mlttSd
to receive necessary jing
supplies, which in the present zWior
able condition of the people ; make
them an object of jealousy, v ;
As a result of the otrono; represen
tations made by the British and Rus
sian Ministers in Teheran the Shah
consented to a six-day . armistice, a
measure which will enable the ob
taining of provisions for the thou
sands of women and children in Ta
briz clauorlng for bread. ' :
--Washington, D. C An American
named Baskerville, a teacher in the
Presbyterian Boys' School at Tabriz,
wtjo had been accused of complicity
in revolutionary movements, was
killed in battle according to a dis
pjrtch from Consul Doty at Tabrlr
. Baskerville-was active in as3JllnS
the Persian revolutionists , "Sa'nst
the Government. Possible .-ompllca-tions
were avoided by t&,,,romPt "is
avowal by -the Pres').';''-erla.nI mission
at Tabriz of all of F8 rT C'
The mission garrc"6.1113,0- he
either refrain t? , ln?rferln2, la
Persian politics of resiSn his position,
which he did. :I "
St Paul vr-n. Homer C. Bas
kerville wa37eat'-(fo' ie od
acordlne f hIa mother, wbo, with
the Crfr fh". the Rev H.
r' -rvllle. resides at lioyelton-i
Mo.. Where the latter IS pastor or
the Presbyterian churcft. i! .
: Mrs. Baskerville taid the . young
man had always been of an adven
turous disposition and had gone into
the missionary service about eleven
months ago. The mother had heard
nothing of his fate until the cable
dispatch was read to lier. ' -. -i
AMERICAN CntlSEHS TO TVKKES"
orth Carolina and Montana to Sal)
v .-For AJexandretta From Cabfc
Washington, D. C To afford U
protection posslblo to Amsrlcan-clti-sens
and their Interests In Turkey,
the Administration has decided to
dispatch a special Bruiser equadroh tq
(that country. . :v - : . : '-.
It was explained that this action
was taken not because of any particu
larly alarming news that had been
received, but simply aa a precaution
ary msasure. . .. -
The squadron will consist of tht
armored cruisers North Carolina and
Montana, now at Ouantanamo, Cuba,
under command ot Captains Marshall
and Reynolds respectively. Their 1m
mediate objective point will be Alex
andretta on the Mediterranean cohst
of Turkey, which la in close proxim
ity tq Tarsus and Adana. where se
rious trouble has occurred.' " ; s- ;
. ' METHODISTS RAP PATTEN,
Cincinnati' Minister Adopt Resolu
tions on the Wheat Corner, - -Cincinnati,
Ohio. Despite the fact
that J. A, Patten, the wheat king, is
building a gymnasium costing $150,.
000 tor the Northwestern University,
a Methodist institution of Evanston,
111., the Cincinnati Methodist mlnta
ters .passert resolutions condemning
"the action which cornered wheat in
Chicago." . : a
Chicago. -Mr. Fatten expressed a
feeling of weariness when informed
that Methodist ministers of Cincin
nati bad condemned -'the action
Which cornered wheat in Chlcsgo.''
-'What's tht uis of talking? Every,
body who knows anything about cant
dltloni knows that IhDVin't cornered
wheat, ' Nobody has cornered It.
Priest are high and they want a
scapegoat, ' I'm the man chosen, If
1 sold every grain of wheat I bare tht
price wouldn't drop,"
TU I. M1UTIA WIPED on.'
Hhode Island General Anib:y Will
- ' - - Have to Remedy l.rror.
" Providence, R, I. Every military
and naval organization in the State,
including the State militia, the Gov
ernor's personal staff and a dozen In
dependent chartered companies, has
just been wiped out "of exislenco by
the Rhode Island General Assembly
through an error.
In an attempt to amend the militia
law the entire act was revealed In
stead. The Assembly mus t remedy
the mistake by a sain enacting la pro
per form a militia bill. . ,
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Lasts Fiva f.'. , Mils Six and
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STREWS CITY !H WRECKS
Olie Storm Erolto V.lyut Warning
'With Suvli Vli - n as to Wreck
1 ; Churches, Overtlirow Smoke
" stacks Bind Demolish Factories.
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' Cleveland, Ohla. 3 From six to
twenty persons are drJL at least nine
are latally injured, flt.y or more are
seriously hurt, and property haaeen
damaged to the-valuaiof $1,000,000,
as the result, of a tornado lasting only
five minutca, which hii Cleveland cX
noon. . - 'j. . ).' '.f ;;.,..
,! The storm bro'e with hardly n
minute's warning, e-:1 go vlolant wa3
lie wind that roofs v. ere blown away,
small hous?, ba. v.'and strongly
braced smokentack3 Uemollshed, tele
phone and telegraph poles uprooted
or snapped off, and1 wlreB blown
across streets in all ports ot the city.
The known dead are: v
Jasper Cromwell, Ijlown from a
train at Clevaland Furnaco Company
plant; Mrs. Oliva Fhalen, nurse at
State Hospital, skull crushed by stone
blown from build In g unidentified
woman blown Into a pond at Wade
Park and drowned; .Tosoph V3la,
killed by falling smokestack at Creve
land Frog and Croaslag A' arks; Louis
Petro, crushed by falang roof, died
at hospital; Joseph Slatek, struck on
head by flying timber, died at hos
pital. W- " -
The fatally Injured are: John Niei
balskl, boy, injured byifv:ng steeple
at St Stanislaus ChtircU; I iubysky,
crushed by flving t lhe- Louis Pe
tro, crushed by fa!i 4 roof; Gladys
May, injured by tuning-h;d; Mrs. O.
J.-Herig, fell In lic; :loi ho L water
when roof eoilapas'; Cli iii'S Traut
man. blown oft i irio.e and Ohio
elght train 1,. t both legs, roll.
- under whelsj. r sAes Heder. six.
teen years old, str. bHy Uglit. ni;;
msid Young, .-body crushed T i.en
wind overturned his jwagoii. Harry
Bender, head erushed Icauaiit under
buggy overturned by vfnd! Fred Gru
gel, committsd sulci, durlnr . ths
height of the ftorm hecause he was
afraid he w
t tells killed.. He
rushed into a 1
and drani; c '.
note e '
Tho ;
east, (
cut of' the rain
Id. He loft a
Vi.
a the north
tie blowing at
V In Its wake
' n and ; hall
sixty-s :
followe 1 e. !
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were blown off t!
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against buildings. - wilule In- ii: ay
cases they were struck down by fly
ing bricks end timbers which tilled
the air, ' Porche3 were stripped off
houses, and, in some nuances, roofs
were carried 800 feet.j t uylights and
windows were crushed-and many per
sons were injured by flying glass. . '
Twelve echool building were dam.
aged and many pupils ba J remarkablo
escapes, but none waa-seriously hurt.
The largest single i : damage ' was
done te St. Stanislaus Church, East
Blxty-flfth street and FOrmao avenue,
ThV wind almost deiiiotished the
structure, The loss 13 estimated at
1125,000, - -
At Cedar avenue and East 107th
street the plant of the Kinsman Ice
Cream Company -and ..tho Salvation
Army Post Hall were wr'ted by the
wind. A barn owned by c les Brotht
art was lifted In tht air e id deposited
ttty feet In tht rear tf Us former
site, - It Wt twisted t d the root
burst from. It as it lane 1, but tour
torses Inside tht barn 1 9 not hurt,
' Karl Grant, sixteen, eon f Mrs.
Wla (Jrant Wilson, florint in South
Fourteenth street, was burled In the
debris of tho greenhon -s-s when a,
fifty-foot smokestack ere ed through
the glass building. . He was uncon
scious when removed, end suffered
serious Injuries. '
Four 600-ooupoT. c'orr of ZIon
Lutheran' Church, 1 ..h' avenue
and WestFnurteenth t ..rest, were
ripped from the buildi, -, one strlk
Inc John Carter, labn r. Twenty
children at play in tiii churchyard
ran . panlcatrlckOn into 1. a pastor's
house, but escaped injm y, -
; GOVERNOR LILLT
jjjacenmbs Alter Long '
test Campaign Jn C
- "Hertford, Conn.
L. Lllley'dled at the 1
eioa and fire hills to'.r. 1
or'a ase, fortj-nlne yer
ly after tho culclal en
tht death.
Governor Lllley wtu
tall after on ot tht .
palgni the 6'att had r
years. After bis eleetii
attempted to havo his
dared void on the gr;
Corrupt Practices Act !
lated, in that money 1
In Mi Interests. - 1
failed. -
Before le was eleclr
served as Representar
Canjrress.' A year aeo
pational charges that
hind a BubraariDe bo:r
ln;; Congress and end
millions for on obsoii
marine. Tha charpes
tton and brniiant (nv
(he hntr;l of many of
He failed to prova t
names v( p spj.li' -d
floor cf tft !'!
find Hots
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TAYLOR m FINLEY
Willson, cf Kentucky, Dismissst
' Csses Against Six Men,
YCUTSEY ALCHE WAS PUNISHED
After Xlnc years in Exile Accused ot
Complicity in Murder ot Gov
- cmor Can Return to His Nutlvo
(State. '
Franlifort, Kjv W..- 3. Taylor, de
posed as Governor ot Kentucky In
January, 1900; Charles Flnley, who
held the dace of Bearatary of Slate;
John h. - Powers,-. John W. Davis,
"Zach" Steele, and Hai'lan Whltta
ker, all of whom Were Indicted for
the murder of AVilllam Coebel, have
been pardoned before trial by Gov
ernor Augustus E. WillEon.
Governor Willson has thus dis
posed of the famous Goebel case,
which has played a. prominent part
iu politics since tho assassination at
Frankfort more than nine years ago.
He gave pardons several months ago
to Caleb Powers and James Howard,
both of whom bad been convicted of
the murder of Coebal. Henry E.
Youtsey 3 serving a life sentence for
the crime, but Governor Willson da-1
ciares ne is airecuy guuij.
. Taylo'r apd Flnley are now In In
diana, where they fled immediately
after . Goobel. died. ? John Powers,
who is a brother of Caleb Powers,
also left the State, aud 13 believed to
be in Honduras! ( ir " , '
- Governor Willson: reiterates the
belief he expressed when he par
doned Caleb Powers and James D.
Howard, that 110 : one but - Youtsey
had part in tha murder, and that it
was not a conspiracy, as thev Com
monwealthharged. . - Governor Willson slates that no
demand has been made on him by
the Commonwealth .lor reaulsltlon
to bring the fugitives, back to Ken
tucky, and it Js jevldent that no.at
tempt, will bo ' made to prosecute
ttem. .' 5 ' -V ''-' '-' "
at-)ele, Davis and Whlltaker never
left tho- 4ia. and although they
were In. custody tor soma time, they
were not brought trial. Not one
ot those pardoned avhtt time bat
ever been tried oa th jndletmsnt
touhd against him. 1 Atu.r Taylor
and Flnley fled to Indiana 4K, Gov
ernor of that State declined 4o -rani
a requisitioa forvtheir- return, .d
sucoeeding Govarnors followed his e.-Bmple.,i'V'"'Sv'?;-'":ii''')i-';i;'''i'?'::'
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, These pardons ends one Ot the most
remarkable murder c-Rses in the his-Xi'-ni
.thnjKQui.li WiUJam Goebel,
a Democrat, was asiastiiimted In front
of the Kentucky State Capitol, while
he was contesting the election- of W.
S., Taylor to the Governorship.:- The
contest had caused great excitement,
and thousands bf men were armed,
ready for trouble.' - The Legislature
deposed Taylor, and ho and Flnley
were Indicted on a charge of com
plicity In the murder. ; They both fled
across the Ohio River Into Indiana)
Caleb Powers, then Assistant Secre
tary, of State, was arrested and
charged directly with the murder; He
was- convicted twice for first degree
murder, but Governor. Willson spar
doned him. He is now on a lecturing
tour through the country, -;;
Requisitions for Taylor and Flnley
by three Democratic Governors ot
Kentucky were refused by three Re
publican executives in Indiana. When
Governor Willson, who is a Republi
can, was elected it was forecast that
an end would be put to the wholt
CAst, Ons oi hit first sets was tht
pardoning ot Caleb Po .vers, -, ..'
i TROMIXEXT HEX DEAD,
Senatoi' Stewart, Ciilonel' llartlctt and
Editor Collier All Pass Away, ' ;
Washington,. D. C. Former United
States Senator William M. Stewart,
ot Nevada, ' died in the Georgetown
Hospital here, following an operation.
Mr.' Stewart was eigbty-two years old
and for twenty-eight years altogether
he represented Nevada In the Senate,
a lapse between 173 and 188? Inter
vening to prevent a continuous ser
vice record from 1S85 to 1905.
New York City. Colonel Franklin
Bartlett, lawyer, commander of tht
Twenty-second Regiment, secretary o(
. the Sun Printing t.nd publishing As
sociation, died from carcinoma of
tho liver la his home, No, 28 West
Twentieth street, y -'
Colonel Bartlett, wbo won unusual
tuccess at the bar, was born in Won
cester County, Mass in" 1847.
New York City. Peter F, -Collie!
publisher. ot Colller't Weekly, dleij
suddenly of apoplexy, ; lit wtt bora
In County Carlo, Ireland. Ht wai
tht founder ot Collier's Wekly, o
which bil sou, Robert J, ColUev, ll
tdlto?, 4 .:'"': V'-.:.r;' ...'5-. ';;-
I AUTO STRUCK FARM WAGON,
Harvard Student Killed Furmct-'i
Vt'tik'Ie .Not Damaged. .-.
Boston, Mass. Joseph Brewer, Jr.;
twenty years old, a student at Har
vard University, aud son of Joseph
Brewer, of Milton, of the firm of
Charles Brewer & Co., of this city,
was Instantly killed iu an automobile
accident at Jamaica Plain.
Mr. Brewer was driving his Car
along Walk Hill street when he ran
Into a farm waon. The automobile
was overturned, Mr. Brewer being
crushed beneath it. The wiigon was
not damaged, - .
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BRIEF CULUNGS OF NORTH STATE IitV.5
News of Interest Gleaned from All Sections of the State end
Arranged For Busy Readers
Sleeping Cor oaJSamlet Train.
Vilmington, Special. In connec
tion with the change in schedule .on
the Seaboard Air Line May 2, Dis
trict - Passenger Agent Qattit an
nounces that for the train leaving
Wilmington at 3 a. m there will be a
local v sleeper between Wilmington
and Hamlet to be opened at Wilming
ton for occu--mcy of passengers at 9
p. m., returning from Hamlet and
open for occupancy at 8 p. m., pas
scngeis being allowed to remain in
same affcr arrival in Wilmington un
M,8 0. n., berth in either direction
being $1.80. This will be a great ac
commodation to the traveling public
cp account of tho unseemly hours at
which the train will arrive and depart
from Wilmington. '
Two Stills Destroyed in Wilkes.
Statesvillc, Special. Deputy Davis
has been doing considerable business
the past few days. Last Thursday he
and Sheriff Adams of Alexander
county, went over into Wilkes and
destroyed two blockade plants. ' Que
of these was a very large plant locat
ed on a branch in a valley between
two mountains, and had been in bus
iness but a short time, all of tho fix
tures being practically new. When
the officers reached the summif of
one of the mountains overlooking
the distillery they could see two negro
men at work at the plant. - As the of
ficers went down the side of - this
mountain, howefer, the negroes hur
ried up the mountain on the other
side of the valley and escaped. About
1,800 gallons of beer and a lot of
meal at the still for the onrnose was
destroyed along with the plant by the '
orucers. . ,
Death of Mrs, T. F. Klutta.
Salisbury.' Spccial.T-Mrs? Theodore
Franklin Klutts, wife of ex-Congressman
Theo. F. Kluttay of Salisbury,
died at a hospital in this city, where
she' had -been under treatment : for
several days,- The end came sudden
ly, however, and was a great shojpk to
this section of North Carolina, Tivhere
she was well Vnown; She wa sixty
years old and is" .survived by a sister,
tavs Jennie Caldwell, and one broth-
'w xi alnrnll 1
iKwwj'OTiriiiwTTwiis, -;. V.'.!:"'. i' .
iviuttz, jr., ana Mate benatoi white
head Kluttx. : .-: ; v ; 'r ;
Freight Train Wrecked and; Trade
'. -.V: k; Delayed. . . :.
iflickory, Special Southern freight
Np. 74 was derailed three miles east
of Hickory Thursday morning. Four
teen freight cars were thrown from
track, some of them forty or fifty
feet, away, and many smashed into
the track, some of them forty or fifty
ws torn up and teveral telegraph
pplee leveled. ' Strange to relate no
one wat hurt. The engine and ca
boose remained on the track, The'
cause it ascribed to a broken flange, i
Passenger traioa were delayed tever-J
I hours while a wrecking crew from
Ainevme removed tot debris and
built a new track, : ... :
. Sendargon Boaati ef Zti freiks.
' Hendersonrille, Special. . Tht
French Broad Hustle ot- tbit week
authoritatively notet the fact rthat
twenty-nine sets cf twina have been
bom in Henderson county during the
last twelve months, and on another
page states that on Monday last tbe
Balfour: cow gave birth to twin
elea.' In addition to tl.it a child
bas just been born here with five flu
gert and a thumb on each band; one
suDscriber finds a four-legged chicken
infats barn, and anotht ; hat- hen
wnich spoils tbt scenery by laying all
her eggs from the height of the roost.
' Prevents Dogi Going Mad.'
! , Kaahvijle, Specie L Thert it a man
in Nash POIintT vrhn .l.in. u.t 1..
can worm doga and guaranttt that
v wm not run tned. Tht tame,
M he atatet, it a worm ; tinder the
QOff'S tonmis. and h ba. .1..
will correspond with any ona wlio
wiahta hi aervkes.
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" Pariloned Eut Unpenitent
' Greenville. SDecial. A
list of pardont issued by Governor
Kitcliin on the 12th was the name of
Allen Gray, a colored man of Pitt
county,' who was serving sentence
of 'two years n the road. He pi e
tended to want to buy "some c!ol,
Saturday night ami 'w!.:!e the r . .
thant was servir ' t ,r ci
Gray gathered hp 1 5 s ( ; ;
three coats, a re t n ,i ! ; ' i
ped out the bn i' - ,
C.Ticera were t' i -sown
bad hira I '
23 C t
" Sa'isburjr Tljcr Sent Up. ?
Salisbury, Special. In the Rowan
County Court, Judge. B. B. Mil- '
ler, presiding, - Fayette Allman,
wbo wat found guilty in seven indict
ments Friday for retailing whiskey,
wat fined $100 in each case, a total
cf $700. For failure to pay this floo
tho defendant is to serve 12 months .
on the roads. The case sgainst Char
les Allman came up and ho was ad-"
judged guilty in one case and a line
of $100 or six months on the roads -was
imposed; An appeal was taken in,
each and these cases will be fonglit
cut in the May term of Rowan Su
perior Court, ; -T
, Clevcflacd Hues Frcei
Tt-l.:, :it - . .1 J-.t... -
itmtevuu', ipeeiri. Lievriaua
Enss, on trial since Thr.rsday of last
week, ' was acquitted Tuesday after
noon in tho Snpcrior Court, here of f ,
iLc ncurdcr of Jerry Bitiford, a young ,
farmer and storekeeper; -. who wat
found dead in his home on the morn :
ing of March 24th, last.. The jury
UWlwvtni,l Ulll a. oUVlk fcXIUV. Iftur
oitsy was cssigncd as the motive for
(he crime in that it was alleged that
Kieford was encased to have married -
a Miss Squires, nf Bladen county,
for whsse bond the prisoner wat a
rival tuitor. ; .: ; v ; " ' ;
- j Dr. 242ms Resijna. , ' w-
.; Durham,- Special. The informa-
tion came out .last week that Dr. Ed
win Mims, professor of English-1' in '
Trinity College for many years, bad "
tendered his resignation to the pres-
ident and boardof trustees of Trin
ity, to take effect in June, and thirt
be would go abroad this summer Or
a cultured travrl:ng tour. .It is also
stated that Dr. Mims has been called
to the State University to head the
English department, filled by Dr.'CL
Alphonso Smith, wbo goes to tbe Uni
versity cf Virginia. -
. Rich Lsd Ayallable. r
: Kaleigh,- SpeciaL Tho State Board
of Education last week received from
Engineer W E. Hearu, of the Bureau .
Soil Surveys United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, a ve r.l report
of the soil purvey vt I' "keet.
Lake, in Hyro onntv. for t' e lraiu-.
and acres of., land are under waler
and 80,000 acres can be reclaimed
for cultivation through the success l'al
drainage of the lake. Expert opinion
is that the lands available will be the
most fertile in America.
Large Still Destroyed Saturday.
;:Statesville, Special. Deputy Col
lector J. M. Davis and Deputy Sheriff
Ward found end rie.qtrnvAil a luron
illicit distillery plant In Eaglo Mills
lownsnip eaturaay. The plant show
ed evidence that it had been in uso
for seme time and the 150-gallon still
end all other flxtnrei wer in theiv
places when tht efllpcrs anived. Tha
omcors also destroyed 000 gallon t of
beer, about 30 gallons of low wines.
and A lot of meal which wora fnunil
at tbt plant, Ko one wat on tbt
Pitmisei when tbt offloert arrived,
Alleged Elockoder Arreatod.
. Stotetvillo, Special. Charlie Sum-'
meit, a notorious character o
Sharpesburg township who bat been
wanted for some time to answer char
ges ef blockading and retailing in a
number of roses, wat arrested about
sun-up Sunday morning by Sheriff
Deaton and Deputy Brown, at hit
homo, tud was brought to Statcsvillo
and lodged in jail without trouble.
Friends nnd relatives came in Mon
day afternoon, and put np bond in
tho sum of 1,000 and Summers was
;ain released. "
:- . t) Caw of Strawberries.
Wilmington, gpecial. Strawberry
thipmeptt Monday wevt 20 cars from
tht Chadbourn belt, and two car loads;
from tht Wilmington and r Weldon,
tectiopi, tbit exclusive of Jnr;
oenti by express from tho Vi: -ten
and Wcldon ttrritory. T. ' y'g
IcnJirg cf bavi'Icg renohcj 3 cm,
Cr.i r:u Trv-1 ri-mhcd ty rv.' .?
AVi.s -iton-f iilem, Special Z' 1
afternoon ; cr L.o prints vl.'t
tevn-s a,k ' wo'.I an'! s-uiir-'el s
tl;at t'.e Di.l.rs. iv! , 8!-e i 1 ,- ; '
tie A ' ori.aa 7 ' -1 .
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