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VOL. III.
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
Happenings And Doings Gleaned From All Parts
Of The Old North State.
Shot Down tyr Officer.
Durham, Special Sheriff J. F,
Harward returned Wednesday a
il3 from Virgilina, Va., where
Charles Carroll, a Durham tough,
. is badly wanted lor various and sun
try deviltries. . Carroll has been elud
mg the officers hero for the past
three years. His worst offense is
burglary, breaking into a house and
itealiug $16. He has stolen chickens
gnough to make the moat approved
'colored thief everlastingly jealous
md has made blockade - liquor of
sheap chemicals and general cussed
ness to pollute every stream iu the
:ounty. He has always managed to
escape when in trouble, but was shot
Mice by Deputy Belvin when be was
shascd by the Durham man. When
captured Carroll niado a break, but
was shot down and was brought to
Deniston, Va., on a cot. The Dur
ham ofllcers met him there and
'brouglit him hero. His pal escajK-d,
but bloodhounds were put on his
track and ho is txpeetcd to be bng
tred.'' Carroll, in person, is the least
.pretty of men. He is G feet, 8 inches
with. the most elongated legs. He has
the reputation of being able to out-
,run a horse, has been frequently
known to catch a. rabbit and in a foot
- race against Deputy Belvin is the
only man who has ever distancod him.
It was in one of these chases that
caused Captain Belvin to shoot at
him and injure him in the hand.
There ,are bo many charges ugainst
' this fellow that nobody knows which
on lie must face first. He will
doubtless be given a hearing on the
count for burglary.
The. 'Current Turned On at the San-
- , ford Mills.
" banford, Special. Electno power
from tho Carolina Power and Light
' Company's plant at Bnckhorn Falls
i was turned -on at Sauford Cotton
Mills Tuesday morning and now
their 11,000 spindles and 400 looms,
, which "were formerly run by a 450-
horse-power engine supplied by steam
from four 100-horse-power boilers,
now turn- at the hum of : electric
motors. This is'tha second manufac-
turing plant in out town to use eleo
' trio power, the Sanford Ice Plant the
Urst; and others will follow as early
f as wiring can be' done, th power line
having been completed ony'frOTpSl!er,, SpctiaL Clnnde .J.ivlnt
weeks ago.
Wagon Shaft Plunged In Messenger
Boy's Body.
" Salisbury, Special. Clnronce Mon
roe, aged thirteen, a Western Union
messenger boy,; ion of Mrs. Robert
Monroe, of this city, was seriously
injured, here late Tuesday afternoon
while on a bicycle. In. avoiding a
collision with a street car he ran into
a delivery wagon, the shaft of which
pierced him in the side. Ho temnc.
was the blow that it required two
men to pull the boy from the shaft".
: His shoes were torn from his feet, in
an uneonscious condition, be. was car
ried to a physician's office for treat
ment, and bis condition is. decidedly
precarious. ' '
' Bland Kelly Convicted.
' Raleigh, Special. The court room
of Folic Justice S.tronach was ' jam
med to the limit Monday black and
trhite were there to hear the trial of
the abandoned whits woman, Maud
Keely, lately raptured., at flpeky
Mount and brought 'here last Friday.
8h waa convicted on evidence by
tores Estate's witnesses of unlawful
relations with William Jonei, a negro
haokman. " .
Last week Jonet was sentenced for
IS months on the roads. Monday the
Kelly woman, convicted of being hU
paramour, was given the same sen
tence. ':
. Tba Squirrel aMn.
Durham, Special. Maurice Mas
sey, a negro man of 52 years of age,
came into town last week with a. load
of sauirrels. making 662 that be has
killed and sold. The old fellow-has,
developed a deeoy tnat is 'lauiio.
them. lie can so thoroughly Imitate
the rodents that they run up his gun
and are slain. He has o$m.MsHe
known as "the squirrel man," ana
furnishes a large number of patrons.
i ' Hogs Dying From Cholera.'
Rocky Mount, Special. There is a
report from several parts of the two
counties that cholera is working hav
oo with the hogs just at present, and
that many are dying of the dlsesse.
The disease seems more prevalent in
tbs section between here and Sharps
burg and heavy losses have been re
' ported within tba last two weeks by
- fanners who liva in this neighbor
hood. One farmer in this neighbor
hood and within a few miles of this
eity is reported to have lost ver
twenty-five last week. ! - '
Fir Destroys Carthage Stable. .
Carthage, Special. G.& Graves'
big liverp stable was destroyed by
firs here Sunday night at 1 o'clock.
No stock was burned but ' all , the
other contents, including a lot of
wagons,, busies, harness, etc.;. were
burned. Tho loss is something like
5,5,000, with no insurance. This is
the third Btal '.a which has been turn
ed on the same s'.ts in the ri;t f-mr
fears ....
Changes at A. and M,
Balelgh, Special Dr. Burton J.
Kay, of Raleigh, bps been appointed
to an instructor's position in tbs
chemical department at the A. and
M. College, He is a son of Prof.
John E. Ray, of this city. Dr. Ray
is a graduate of Wake Forest ana
completed his graduate work at Cor
nell University this year.
Dr. L. F. Williams, who served as
an instructor in chemistry for the
past two years, has been promoted to
the grade of an assistant professor
Dr. Williams is a graduate of Trinity
College and completed his graduate
work . at John Hqpkius University.
Another Raleigh boy, Mr. Franc
W. Sherwood, now holds a position
at A. and M, being located in the
State Experiment Station, ell grad
uated at A. and M, this year, in the
Department of Industrial Chemistry,
and was appointed as an assistant
chemist iu tho expcrfaicjit station.
The changes and addition iwll
greatly strengthen the faculty in the
Department of Chemistry and the
staff in the experiment station.
Banks Declare Dividends-
Charlotte, Special. The snug sum
of $73,250 was distributed in ensh in
the form of semi-annual dividends to
the fortunate holders of stock of the
several Charlotte banks on July 1st.
Of this aijgregate. the Commercial
National will pay out $25,000, which
is 5 per cent, on its capital of Sow,-
000; the Merchants and aFrmers,
$10,000," which is 5 per cent, on its
capital, of $200,000; the First Nat
ional; $15,000, which is 5 per cent.
on its capital of $300,000 ( the Ameri
can Trust Company, $14,000, which
is 4 per cent, on its capital of $350,
000 the Charlotte National, $7,500.
which is 3 per cent on its capital of
$250,000, and the Southern Loan and
Savings Bank, $2,000 which is 4 per
cent on its capital of $50,00j). The
Union National, which is only two
years old, does not declare semi-annual
dividends but returns - all the
profits to the surplus fund of the
bank. .
Collectively speaking, all of the
looal banks hsve enjoyed a half-year
of marked prosperity, r ;.
Drowirtd In Yadkin River.
good, aged Zu years, or Jerusalem,
Davis county, was drowned in the
Yadkin river near that place Sunday
at noon while in bathing with a party
of young friends. , He was swim
ming in 15 foot of water some dis
tance from the bank, when he was
noticed to throw up his hands and
sink. His friends made every effort
to save him, but were powerless, and
his body did not reappear until it was
recovered from . the bottom of the
river several hours after the tragedy.
The cause of the drowning is un
known, but it is presumed Mr. Livin
good was seized with a cramp and
lost his powers of locomotion.
Must Go To Trial.
Raleigh, Specials-Governor Kitch
in has declined to grant a pardon to
Susan Hovle, a 70-yeor-old whiti:
woman indicted at the August term, ,
1003,. criminal court of Burke conn,
ty. , She was charged with arson,
Being adjudged insane the woman
was not tried, but committed to the
criminal insane department of th
Stat Prlapn, Governor Kitohin dt
dined to erant the pardon on tba
ground that the woman had not bees
convicted . and the Constitution r
auiras conviction ti'ore the ttoverno?
is authorized to PV?in. It WM !
(tated that ahe will r&n to Burkii
county for trial and tu; the tone
tor may nol pros the ca&j,
. Bond Xssua Held Up. ;
Raleigh, Special. On account of
the fact that not every part of the
act voting a bond ton? of (500,000:
was read three, times in the lost leg
islature,, a question of validity bar
arisen and the Supreme court will
Wisked to 'pass upon it at lbs fall
session. The bogd issue -' is were
fore ield up. : , - y ''
.. They Were Walking Some. .
' Statesville, Special. Master .Jul
ian Morrison, son of Mr. J. K..Mor
rison, and Master HUes Cowles, son
of Mrs. W.H H. Cowles, of State
vilje, did some walking Tuesday. The
boys recently walked tb Wilkee
county for . the ciercise.Bnd novelty
of the thing, and spefft a week there
with relatives, and friends of Miles,
And they returned home a-rooi,
Th 1ft Wilkesboro Tuesdav mom
ing at 6 s30 o'clock and reached their
homes here last evening at o a
ingmade the tramp of probably 40
miles In 4 single day. ' ''
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; CaT-In lilocMraJnc .
Asheville, Special. The situation
at the. Cowee. ttinnel near DiUboro
on the Murphv division of the South
ern Railway where a cavc-in occur
red several days ago s anyimng fu
encouraging according to official re
ports received here Tuesday higbt
and Wednesday. The high officials
of the Southern are not prepared to
av iust when they expect to have
the trouble cleared and traine pass
ing through. " It will certainly, how
ever, be some time yeu
MARSHALL, MADIOCOOTtiN. C.; THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1909.
A GOOD ROADS PLEA
i"h Duty of the Press in This
Important Movement
GREAT QUESTION OF THE HOUR
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An Abie Paper By 0. H. Varner,
Esq., Editor of the Lexington Dis
patch, .Bead Before the North
Carolina Press Association at
Their Beetnt Convention Held at
Bendersonvills.
Building good roads is the great
question of the hour in North Caro
lina. In the familiar phrase, it is the
paramount issue, not only in this
State, but throughout the Union. It
transcends in importance politics, the
tariff, the money question or any oth
er question. Nothing is hampering
this country so much as mud; noth
ing eonhl possibly do more for the
development of the State und nation
than nincaOamizccl highways. Hence,
the duty of the press in this Slate,
especially, to brgiu a State-wide cam
paign for the promotion of better
roads. It is our manifest duty to cry
aloud to advocate strongly, lo publish
information, to mold public opinion
until the people reach that point
where they are willing to bear the
cost of building modern roads in
ewery county.
It is idle for me to attempt enum
eration of the benefits good roads con
fer on a people. Every man, no mat
ter how unlettered, instinctively
knows that a good road is a fa
better thing to have than a bnd road
We naturally have it in us to knon
the value of, and to construct an easy
pathway, but, unfortunately, thi
devil of tax steps in and tempts ui
to bear the ills we have, rather than
fly fo blessings we know of and great
ly desire. Our people all believe in
good roads, but tharo are some whe
are unwilling to pay the cost. I havi
hf ard good men and good fanners de
clare that inasmuch as the mud trail)
we now have were used by their fath
ers, they' are good enough for us and
it were useless to suggest a change ii
them. . Others declare that we are tot
poor to attempt road construction,
and still others are vehenment ic
their opposition to the idea of hand
ing down to succeeding generation!
such a lothsome thing, as. a public
deb. " These are some of . the
tibhsrie'Ticars."--4,-
Factor in Civilization.
I believe in my soul that a bad
road is the greatest curse that can b
laid on a community. It stunts th
industrial, moral and intellectual lift
of ii people. But a good road is equal
ly as great a blessing, for once a
community gets facilities for trans,
portation and communication, all oth
er blessings will be added thereunto.
Mr. Roosevelt has well said that the
difference between semi-barbarism
and civilization is the difference be
tween good and poor means of ' com
munication. Far back in history good
road building was recognized as s
leading factor in advancing civiliza
tion. We are told that early explor
ers in Peru found improved highways,
one of the military- roads being 2,
000 miles in length, with tunnels
through mountains, bridges or ferriei
over streams, a road 20 feet wide,
made of flagstones covered with bitu
men. Ancient Mexico built good
roads, as did India and Persia. In
the latter country the monarch bnljt
a smooth, hard, highway alongside p
tbe common earth road, and nono
could travel it save his royal bighV
ness. Tbe Roman roads are still the
marvel of a modern world and art
(till used. Nothing contributed more
to Some's prosperity and prowess
than these - imperial highways,
straight as, an eagle's flight, reach
ing to all parts of the world-empire.:
Good roads mean progress and
prosperity and are a benefit to the
peoplo who dire in cities, and an ad
vastago ttrt people Who live in tbe
country. Like, good streets, they
make - habitation along 'them desir
able. You- never, or rarely 'ever and
then not for long, see a shabby home
by the. side of a modern road, where
everybody passes and sees hpw you
live. They make people straighten i
np and put their beat foot forward.
The value of farms is enhanced, j
Statistics prove that in nearly every
case the States baying the highest
percentsgo of improved roads are' a
powerful factor in J encouraging- the j
settlement of unused lands.,. Roads,
also have a far-reaching influence in
holding men to their farms,' and re.
straining tbn from drifting to tho
towns. While the manufacturing
towns must have labor, who is. -here j
that will deny that if our counties
bad good roads, the hundreds bf good .
farmers w"M net have moved their
families from tl ountry booio to
town to W3rk in the mills t So great
nn exodus occurred two or three year
ago that farm labor was almost inv
posssible to secure. These people are
needed in the country;, there they
would have staved had '.there been
good ' roads, , which' make1 farm - life
fo much more 'attractive.' As tlw
price of lands depends as much on ac
cessibility te market ; as on produc
tivity, it follows that road improve
ment, by holding people and attract
ing others, diiefltly tends toward in
crease In values of all farm lands
within touch of the , improved high-
ways.
It is shown tha wea
where the average price of land is
less than $20 an acre the precentage
of improved roods! (a, only 1.8, where
as, in Statts .where, the acreage val
ue is more than $20, the average of
improved roads is 0 per cent of the
total mileage. -
' There are records, which show that
roads have increased' tho value of
farm lands from 60 to 500 per cent.
It has. been ascertained by a dozen
railroads through their lnnd and in
dustrial departments that farms
through which good roads run are
enhanced in value from $2 to $0 an
ea;re, and whether conservative or
enthusiastic, all concede that the in.
crease is. marked, immediate and in
evitable. Suppose a county of 200,
600 acres voted bonds, and placing the
enhanced value at only $1.50 an acre,
it will be seen that the land owners
thus benefitted would gain not less
than $000,000. If the bond issue
amounted to half a million, there
would be $.400,000 profit at once. The
increase in the profit and price of
farm products is equally certain and
plain. The farmer's produce is worth
nothing unless it Can be placed on the
market. Time was in England when
food would be rottinjr in one place
while people suffered for the lack of
it in a community a few miles iawny,
because it was impossible to transport
tbe products of the farms.
Price of Farm Products.
Official records iu Guilford county
show that the price of l'urm products
since good roads have ben built has
increased from four hundred to seven
hundred per cent. And yet, there is
a farmer in my county who maintains
that good roads will ruin him and the
county, because, they will reddce the
price of produce, since, when the
roads are bad, he gets $2.50 a cord
for wood, because wood is made
scarce by tho impassability of the
highways; and he says he would
rather haul wood through mud hub
deep for $2.50" thjm to roll along a
smooth road and sell it for $1, Which
price he claims a eon! will drop to in
the event of good roads. The exper
ience of Charlotte and Greensboro en
tirely disprove this absurd idea, for
there are not two, better markets .in
tbe State, and the first namud has '200
miles of "good roljs leading to. it,
and the second 1U(
-. Tax
The questio.
ood roads 1
tax or slinl.
we pay as
now an
partf
tion
let anl
miles amjv thcr, until
in the counft AntS we se
cure good roi lit the State
years after e f now at the
age of account, f dead and
pone, I stand jMecklenbnrg
has been buildinf0 jJears, and
she has about 200 nines, using direct
tax. Guilford has " been building
roads six years and she has 100 miles,
using bonds. We are too far behind
to depend on a direct tax. We must
go ahead and issue bonds, build the
roads, increase our Wealth, and reap
m any fold the cost of the roads. Is
North Carolina to labor another gen
eration before good roads come to
passf God forbid. ; We would lose
enough to macadamize every mile of
road in the Slate. -
Should a county issue bonds be
fore n dollar is expended, a compe
tent' civil engineer should-be secured
and put to work mopping out the
county, .Ho should . s be under either
.'ie county commissioner or a high
way commission composed of . the
commissioners and! other men se
locted by the people.) It is abso
lutely necessary that an engineer be
employed, even though he cost con
siderable salnry, :for the location,
construction and j -maintenance , of
roads are operations ,tbat no man or
set of ncn without the aid of an en
gineer can conduct1n the proper way
to get the best results at the least
cost. There is a. disposition on the
part of. many people to cavil at the
price paid such an engineer, and if
you undertake iff ght for roads you
will meet it at tbe outset. That idea
must be eradicated, must-also the
idea that tbe men entrusted with the
public funds $1? not' place every dol
lar where it bekragm ' In an age of
skepticism in business, it not un
natural that-; people, should suspect
that huge sums voted for "roads will
be preyed upon, . 116 county can build
roads without an engineer who aets
S pathfinder, going over tbe county,
Studying the situation, " making
maps, and doing all that very neces
sary preliminary work without which
pfttimes money is worse than wasted.
. . &pa4-8nUding an Art.
When county officers leam to opi
predate the fact'that road-building is
an art, they will rely more and more
upon expert advice and scientist de
monstration, and when ; they havo
learned what class of roads is desir
able, they will construct them and
then guard them.,; v . ;
: Therein lies one of the most impor
tant of all American highway questions.-
Americans build as good roads
as Englishmen or ' Frenchmen, bpt
having done so,, they rest contented
with their efforts and let each passing
breath of air, speeding automobile, or
drenching rain blow or wash the road
surface an ay. ,.
In the countries of Europe, where
the well-nigh perfect roads are the
pride of the citi ns and the envy
and admiration of veiling Americans,
most jealous care i-: constantly given
V4.es.
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a careful day-by-day inspection is
mado, and every depression is quickly
filled and all inequalities rolled or
tamped.
Two requisites, therefore, confroui
tne county supervisors at the outse
urst to ascertain what roads wouli
be most suitable to that pnrtlculai
section, and secure what sums slioul
be expended for their maintenanc
after completion.
These are vastly important and thf
nation's very small percentage of im
proved roads is due largely to a fai
ure to give consideration to then
Millions of money have been waste
in bunding roads which locnl cond
tions made impracticable and out of
all cost proportion to the county
revenues.
'There are exceptions to all rule!
nowever, and Pike county, Alabam
stands as a ' glittering exception
the usual construction blunder. Then
the county officials had planned to eil
pend a large sum in the building
gravel' roads.
Mr, "W. L. Spoon, United States s
perintendent of road construction
being sent to moke an inspection
the county's rond possibilities, lean
cd that 700 miles of important rout
needed improvement. He figured till!
the cost of gravel roads would
$.1,000 a mile plainly a sum greatdj
than tne rountv could be bonded fo:
Conditions, however, were ideal f
sand-clay construction and he stronJ
ly urged its adoption. By legal pr
viso the county could be bonded f
only 3 1-2 per centum of the asses
cd value of the real and person
property. Tho plan was decided upd
nnd an issue ot $14:1,000 was vote
One hundred thousand dollars' worth
of the bonds were quickly sold, being
disposed of in $50,000 allotments.
The first allotment brought a pre
mium of $325 nnd the second one of
$325. Forty thousand dollnrs was at
once spent for mules and road-bnild-ing
machinery and work was started.
With the sum remaining, 118 miles
of the finest sand-clay roads in the
South had been built within two years
from the date of the bond issue; a
generous sum was still on hand ; eight
gangs were at work, and the people
were so pleasod they stood ready to
take up the remaining issue of $43,
000 and expend it in the same way.
Inasmuch as road building and
road mending have been for a century
under county commissioners and
township road supervisors with prac
tically no beneficial results observable
M seeiss plain that tbe time for a
'ai.'i'" 1 change of methods is at hand.
1 i Bjfrnest believer in Federal
--2 veo-fpetation Ju
itHfigTfeliod roads, and I helicve
that the time is at hand when the
government will hit upon some plan
whereby it may co-operate with the
State, and the State with the county,
in the work. It has been argued that
it is unconstitutional. Why should
it be - more so than expenditure of
money for river and harbor improve
ments, which often take tbe form of
a private enterprise t As a matter of
fact, it has been shown conclusive
ly in Congress that so far from being
unconstitutional, the government in
its very beginning began the construc
tion of good roads and expended
more than seven millions on the old
Cumberland road from Maryland to
St. Louis, a distance of 700 miles, and
the work was only abandoned because
there arose a question of authority
and responsibility as to who should
maintain and repair the road, the
State, or the Federal government.
What does tbe government do for the
farmer f We spend millions annuallv
on the army, a dead loss, though
doubtless necessary; we spend some
hundred millions on the navy; Save
spent a half billion on river and har
bor improvements. During ten years
we spent more than six billion dollars
of which about forty-seven million
went to the agricultural department;
but not a dollar for the promotion of
good roads, a common blessing for all
the people. During fifty years, in all
the vast sum our government his dis
bursed for one thing and another, not
a dollar has been appropriated for
roads. And yet, the farmers of the
country compose the bulk of popula
tion, and last year contributed to the
national wealth some eight billions of
dollars. The one-horse farmer around
behind tbe hill miles from town forms
the foundation of the nation, and
What has tbe government done for
himf Nothing. The burden is upon
him, he foots the bills; and the gov
ernment takes his money and spends
it on everything under the sort by tne
millions, on everything but on what
affects him mostly roads. In 1908
tho farmers of this country not only
fed more than eighty millions of peo
ple, but sent across the sea a billion
live hundred millions of farm prod
ucts. This preserved the balance of
trade with ell the world, and gave
five hundred millions to. the country
to set aside for the proverbial rainy
day. Had this not been, a billion dol
lars would have had to have been sent
abroad to pay import duties. It was
enough to pay the immenso appro
priations of . Congress and still add
half a billion to the national wealth.
In the face of all this, , the Federal
government has done not a thing for
good roads. 'V;-'
The forerunners of a national high
way from New York south to Atlan
to have recently passed through the
State. I believe the time lis at hand
when the goveTnment4rill spend mon
ey on that road. I beTievew shall
see a road from Asheville and tho
west through . to . the coast. It is
bound to comev The duty of the press
lies in hastening the dev.
MACVEAGH SUBMITS
'JOErMJil
due almost entirely to the system of
redemption or National banknotes en
forced by the law of 1890.
This segregation of the Items for
merly carried together In tho daily
Treasury statement dlpcloses tho fact,
that in reality about $39,000,000 of
tbe deficit chargeable to redemption
of banknotes belongs to the fiscal
year 190S instead of to this year, and
that therefore the showing apparent
at the close of the last fiscal year was
fictitious. Such showing cannot be
made under the new form ot state
ment. In tbe new statement the receipts
and disbursements are divided into
classes: (1) Ordinary; (2) Panama
Canal; (3) public debt. The Panama
receipts consist solelyof proceeds of
bonds, and it is shows that the Gov
ernment has expended 1170,000,000
on this project to date, of which J87,
000,000 camo from the proceeds of
bond sales and $82,000,000 was paid
out of the current cash of the Treas
ury. For $60,000,000 thero is no re
imbursement provision, but the Treas-.
nry stands,, to he reimbursed fronr
bond ' sate on account of the other
$22,000,000, anfl If 33 assumed that
future Panama expenditures will
come out of future Panama bond is
sues. .
The ordinary receipts and disburse
ments of the Government consist
mainly of receipts of customs and in
ternal revenue, and the. disburse
ments on account of war, navy, pen
sions, interest on public debt and mis
cellaneous items.
Despite the fact that they were
larger during the fiscal year just end
ed than they were in 1908, the excess
of ordinary disbursements over ordi
nary receipts amounts to $55,000,000
for this year as again Et only $20,
000,000 for last year. This is due to
the fact that tbe Government ex
penses have Increased $40,000,000.
The principal items of increase are
war. pensions and PostoClce Depart
ment deficiency.
In the item given in the new state
ment as public debt receipts and dis
bursements, the Treasury has lost
during the fiscal year just ended the
colossal amount of $60,000,000. so
that tbe balance ot the general fund
for the year la about $120,000,000
less than It was one year ago. The
less of rash In the Treasury on ac
count of the so-called publlo debt
item Is not so much because ot the
retirement ot bonds, by the Govern
ment as it la duo to tbe retirement ot
banknotes.
Sm WILLIAM WrtUB KILLED.
Shot Down Almost In Wlfo's Trcs
enco at London Gathering.
London. A startling double assas
sination of a political character oc
curred toward tbe conclusion of a
publlo gathering at the Imperial In
stitute. - An Indian student, whose name is
not known, shot p-inrt killed Lleuten-nt-Colonel
Sir William Hutt Curson
Wyllle nnd Dr. Cawas Lalcaca, of
3hnghal.
Wyllle fell dead on the spot. Dr.
Lalcaca showed signs ot life After be
fell and was hurried to St. George's
Hospital, but on arrival there It was
found that he was dead. 4 ,.
These near the assassin seised and
(eld him until the arrival of the po
lice. He had two revolvers, a dagger
r.nd a knife.' All were new. and It is
believed that the crlmo was premedi
tated. Mayor Husso Under tbe Knife.
Mayor Pre! A. Enso, of Chicago,
was operated upon tor appendicitis
In a bonltal. Ha was taken mirtrlcntv
111 In Ms o2ce. . The operation woa
successim. ; -v.
Veteran Cnstodlan Dead. ':
Jtsrtln J. Iie35 the veteran cus
todian of the City Hall, New York,
lied on the eve ot his ssventy-SiCqni
birthday.
Miner Killed by an Ante.
'.Paul Hance,r twenty-one years old.
at Hungarian miuer in the employ of
fhe-Tbomas Iron Company at te
Richard Mine, was struck and in
stantly killed at Dor?r,! N. J.. by ar
automobile driven by Kelson Post, of
New Foundland. -
i. Wright Makes Three Flights.
Orvllle Wright made three si?cc??5
J trt 1 anroplane flights at Fort iier,
Siear Washington, D. C, the rvic' '
responding ierfeet!y to fc's r c,a
NO: .9. .
! HARVARD WINS, YALE LOSES
Crimson Oarsmen Sweep Thames
With Three Victories. ' " l
Greatest Crowd That Ever Assembled
On the Historic Connie Great .
Effort ot Both Crews.
VAUMLVJlVABD REGATTA,
Forty.tllrd year.
'. 'Varsity Kace, 4 Miles, j 2
XVo-a by Harvard. ft
Time 21.50.
Yale's time, 22.10.
Harvard's lead about sir lengths,
ltecord of Victories Twentieth
for Harvard.
StoRcs of the Hacc One Mile
Lecder, Harvard by three-,
qua:ter3 of a length": stroke,'
34. Time 5.10. Yalo stroke,
31. Time 5.12. Two Miles
Lender, Harvp.rd by one length;
Eirokc, H4. Time 10.45. Yale
stroke, .'12. Time 10.48. Three
Miles Leader, Harvard by
five lengths; stroke, 35. Time
1G.10. Yale Btroks. 34.
Time 1G.20. Finish Leader,
Harvard by six lengths; stroke,
3C. Time 21. DO. Yalo stroke,
2 6. Time 22.10.
rrcshmaii Itace,
Miles.
Won by Harvard. -
Time 11.32.
Yale's time, 12.09.
Harvard's lead about ten lengths.
Varsity Four-oared Itace. ,
Won by Harvard.
Time 13.14.
Yale's time, 18.23.
Harvard's lead about two lengths.
Heferuc William Melklebam.
New London, Conn. Harvard car
rled every honor away with her from
the Thames when her three splendid
crews beat Yale's three in three as
clean-cut victories as has ever ieea
seen on this historic course.
Her 'varsity crew led from start to
finish and won by six lengths in
21:50. Yale's time was 23:10. .
'- Ey this victory Harvard won her
second consecutive boat race from
Yale In twenty-eight years.
The greatest crowd that has ever
assembled here on the Thames poured
into New London to witness this race.
Harvard's growing confidence In her
boating system brought double and
quadruple the number that usually
follow tho crimson to tba Thames,
whllo Yale's determination to win
back her glory on the river brought a
record-breaking Yale crowd. fVha
rnilroads could not Ihj-nlsft-cAjcha-cars
to accommodate all the people
who fought and struggled tor seats) '
on tbe observation trains. It was es
timated that at least 40,000 people
witnessed the spectacle from trains. ,
every kind of vehicle, and from a
flotilla ot the grandest floating craft
that graces American waters. .
Although Harvard won by a hand
some margin and administered a .
crushing defeat to Tale the race waa
nevertheless a contest right up to the
last halt mile. All the way up the
river the two eights rowed with al
most equal precision, and a slip ot
any kind In either shell would have
turned the victory into defeat within
a few seconds. But there was no
break In the Harvard boat Rowing
all the way two strokes and some
times three strokes to the minute;
more than Tale, the Harvard eight
crept away from Tale little by little.
For two and a halt miles Tale kept
within a scant boat length of her
Cambridge rival. Then Harvard put,
on her power and increased her lead,
to three lengths, then to four, and
finally tg live and six lengths, Tala
spurted with her old-time determine
Uon, but It was in rain. - ?
Tho explanation of Tale's defeat tf
not difficult, ' Harvard, with a crew
that averaged almost six pounda tq
the man. heavier than Yale, was able
to row right through the race at
gait that averaged two strokes to the
minute faster than Yale and still get
out of this stroke her maximum of
speed. .- - -- - .- :.: ':..: ,
Any crew that can row la the' form
that Harvard or Tale rowed in and
still row on an average two mora
strokes a minute than Its rival, and
not exhaust Its men br so doing, la
bound to win, and the margin at tba
finish will only be measured by the
physical endurance or the men to tb
winning boat, . , ' vi
SUGAR TBUST CONSPntACT.1
President Thomas, John R. Tarsona
and Four Other Directors Indicted.
New Tork City. Indictments al
leging conspiracy in restraint ot trada
and commerce, domestie and foreign,
were returned by the Federal Grand
Jury against the Sugar Trust and six
of its officials. Including Washington
B. Thomas, its president, and John
E. Parsons, Its chief counsel.' The
others caught in the Grand Jury net
are Arthur Donner and Charles H,
Senff. of this eity: John Mayer, of
Morristown, and George. H, Frazler,
of Philadelphia, directors, r,; '
It Indicted Thomas B. Harned,
counsel for Adolpa Segal, head of
the Pennsylvania Sugar Rsfinlne;
Tomrsay, and Guptav E. Kit-!, of
this eity, the agent through wh" 4 tie
trust got hold of and wrecked t b!?
refinery In Philadelphia to put it out
ot competition with the reHnuua
owned by the trust.
. McCLELLAX OUSTS EIXG"A'I.
Acts' Quickly V1ien Com- --sfoTV v
. . Itefuscs to Obey
- Kow York 'City. Fo"
sloner Plrrlism was t:
movod fnr r'v- to r
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