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VOL. III.
.MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C.ff IIURSDAY, AD GUST &, 1900.
NO. 13.
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
Happenings And Doings Cleaned From All Parts1
Of The Old North Stat.
In Honor of Brave Scots.
.Wilmington,- Special. It is estl
mated that between 3,000 and 4000
people attended -the annual celebra
tion oil Moores Creek battleground
. near Curria, the scene of the first de
cisive victory of American .arms in
the war of the revolution, Thursday
the feature of the exercises having
bean the unveiling of a handsome mon-
.. nment at the hands of the dependents
- of a generous foe to Capt. Campbell,
Captain -IJcLeod and about 50 High
land Scots, royalists, who rushed to
their death in the ambush of. the Am-
ricans in that memorable.' engage
". merit. Nearly every ; county in the
Cape Fear section was ' represented,
special train accommodations having
t -'been provided from Wilmington and
I Fayettcvillo and intervening points
'' while hundreds came by private con
. veyance and not a few by boat.
The celebration was in every way n
- flue success, the weather -was ideal,
. 'tlie comfort of the visitors was look?
ed after in every detail and 'not an
untoward incident occurred. '. Exccl
: lent music was furnished by the -Del--."
pndo Band, of Wilmington, and ; a
detachment of Naval Reserves from
-this city, fired salutes at intervals
during the-day from tho position of
Ihe artillery which wrought . such
fearful havoc on. the memorable oe-i
-- ?asion in 1776. - .- - T; -' ;.
The orator of ihe day was Hon. B.
F. Dison, of Raleigh, who was both
- eloquent' and inspiring in a splendid
address upon the elements of true
patriotism which he fohceived to be
love of home, -country and God.- He
; was listened to wih. rapt attention
4 and wsa-most enthusiastically receiv
ed by the large audience...,; --:
The monument "stand about ten
: fee,t high, wjth upon -its,: face the
, symbol of theScotch thistle, and be
l. n?ath it a most appropriate inscrip
tion prepared by Cel. Alfred- Moore
j, Waddcll, of Wilmington, as follows:
a -.' Here fell
T'nptain McLeod, Captain. Campbell
-; : ' -r-'1' and :''.:;:
V fifty Hie-lilnnd Knot. TyivnliRtn.
assaulted wilh (lavmoree . H
ilic American intrenchments.
Tlicv were heroes who did
their duty as they saw it, and
tro worthy of this tribute from
tha decendants of the equally ;
li-ave men, -whom thev fought;
- Peace to their ashesl ,
- -, Erected by
. i' Tho Moore's Creek Mounmenlal v
.;. , Association, " , .
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Th 'fnnnniia knttln. if Mnnrft's
Creek Bridge, which was fought Febr ' Whitney Power Company now in the
ruary27, 1778,' is familiar to every , heads of receivers. :; There is a well
student of history bnt few have founded . report ; cnfrent- that the
learned to appreciate its connection , Southern Power Company is endeav-
with thi destruction of the .gallant
Scotch Highlanders, ' who, rushed to
their death in the ambush of the Am-
cricans, which plereei the gallaut . la" on the property re said to.be
Highlander Captain McLeod 'irith-201t4watae4.-t - retain eontror and
balls v ' , V.-.v rss. s r J - i-ycy I tae M'9 oe off the bidding
.In the cebbratlon Thursday de-'H
wendantst of both those whe ;.f ought
for Ameneatr indenendenee ana those
who fought for their allegiance Jo the
-vr- . r"-.
patnots on -both sides of hat fearful
strugase in, 1778, the first victory in .
' IUQ jViUiUiVU v ku'ee
- fli-a Destroy Lnmbsrton Sawmill,
'mjll, dry kUns and a large qnanUty
tt lumber of the Carolina Lumber
Company,' located in the southern '
part of town, were totally destroyed !
by fire early Thursday morning.. The
ciigin of the fire is unknown. VTlw
loss is $3,0001 Insurance $2,000. . ; : r
. AJlejaftrla Votes $67,000 Bead IW
- For ImproTements. ,
Albemarle, Special. At result of
; the election Tuesday for the purpose
f voting bonds to the amount of
" f37,000 for lights, water and sewer
age, the. bonds carried by . an over
whelming majority early in the moro
ing. ' Those opposed saw their finish,
and they put forth very little effort.
: Detective au Ex-Eetailcr. v
Aslieville,. Special IL : B. Adams,
one of the detectives who came hero
some time ago and entered into con
tract with the good government
lf:urue, to aid, olong with Hubbard
end Bridges, in cleaning up tho town,
yrns Tuesday placed under arrest by
tho sheriff on the. charge of skipping
a S' '01) bond, given in tha esses cf I
1 ii retailing in Greensboro. Deputy
t : ri;T W. J. Weatherley, of Crsens
1 , c,v::e and took charge pf Adams
c- t:i t!,9 f J00 Ipnd was' made by
s -,c: 3 t')9 . good gpvernnaent
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i ' :ve ni r --.-As of fV;
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Orders From Headquarters.
General orders have been issued by
Major General Julian S. Carr, United
Confederate Veterans, CQncerning the
approaching reunion- which is to be
held here August E5-20. - The follow
ing are his commands: 1 , " ' .
" ''The annual reunion of the North
Carolina division of the United Con
federate Veterans will be held at
Charlotte-4n the 25th and 26th days
of August, .1900, to which are cordi
ally invited all Confederate veterans
in-this State. Our comrades of Meck
lenburg Camp No. 382 and the other
hospitable citizens of Charlotte are
preparing to make this reunion as
grand a success as was our last at
Winston-Salem and they will do all
in their power for the comfort and
pleasure of all veterans who will at
tend. Free meals and lodging will bo
given all veterans who cannot pay for
the Same, but they must as soon at
possible, notify the committee at
Charlotte that they wilt attend so
that they may be provided for. Do
not go there expecting free entertain
ment unless yo have notified the
committee that you are coming.
, "The. annual election of division
and brigade commanders will be held
on Wednesday, the 25th, and' such'
other business will that day be tran
sacted aS may be deemed proper, and
on the 26th will be the grand parade.
No camp -will be allowed a vote or
voice fbat has not paid in full its
dues to Gen. W. E. Mickle, 824 Com
mon street, New Orleans. . All Camps
in arrears are urged to pay him with
out further delay, -f- Chief Justice
Walter Clark has accepted an invita
tion to. deliver an address, and there
will be addresses by other -, distin
guished vetersns. ".' v- r- A' i! v
"The railroad companies will give
the usual reduced rates: the,' exact
rate from any station- can be learned
upon, application to the local agent.
The. Central, Buford and Stonewall
hotels have agreed to give every vet
?ran a rate of $1.50 a day (including
meals), where two occupy- the -.same
room, . and the '" Selwyn- will ' eharge
$1.50 for. a room without bath. or.
$2 with hath if two, occupy Ihe,. same
room but y.na docs not include meals.
For V furuier " information '-.address
Comrade J. II, , Van : Ness, the chair
man of the executive committee at
Charlotte."-
1 , To Ask For Eight of Way. :' ;
. : Winston-Salem, Special. C' -B,
Watson' and W. F. ShafTner went to
Asbevillo ' Monday to . sea. Judge
Fritcfaord and petition his Honor fo
issue decree granting the : South.
bound Railroad Company a 'right tt
way through " the property of the
oring to get control of the Whitney
Power 'plant, bnt the men, who have
already expended several million dol
expected to be pretty bvely. . y
Rewiyer ' Turniture , IfUvfatuiiti
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QreenJiatllj;
Monday appointed Mr1.- B M, fleet
recelvep o m Greensboro Fnrniture
Mftnnf cturfn8 Company.The applU
cation, for the oppointmenl of a re
ceiver was made by creditors several
days ego, but in the hope that ar-
date the affairs of the company with,.
out going through the bankruptcy
court, Judge Boyd continued the
hearing until Monday, V The liabill.
udi .oi ins company wilt HRKregun
$44,000, with Assets ameuntifl' to
abpot $00,000,
, BuBurUitoB Tot Dsnuies,
' Burlington, Special Suit for $20,
COO ddmages bus been brought . by
Mrs. Penny,' widow of M, Deamy,
who wi killed JaAviprintf while
working on the city reservoir, against
the city of Burlington, J. L. Russell
and Graver Harris, contractors who
bad the work in charge,- The eity of
Burlington will show that the work
was given by contract and. that Den
ny was not in its employ.
New fiuparintendent Spring Hope
--.' ; - .Schools. -
Spring. HqS Special. Mr.: A." B.
narrcll, cf Dunn,- principal f the
Aper graded school'last year,- lias
been elected" superintendent of the
Spring Hops schools, "succeeding
Robert E. Rauson, who resigned soma
time, ajo to accept the position '.of
Superintendent of the schools of Nash
cpunty. . Mr. Ilarrell is. an , experi
enced pnd successful teacher and the
peoplo feel tbst they are fortunate
la iccnrlsar hb fr the i.Iscol 1 i
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mn-t i.'aiih'l & I aowc e Woi' i, t'..e
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NEWS FROra WASHINGTON i
From the best iitformatton obtain
able Tuesday flight it appears that
the House has won its battles for free
hides and oil and increased rates on
gloves and hosiery, in return for sur
render to the Senate on lumber, coal,
iron ore and print paper. The rates
on these schedules, as they have been
tentatively arranged pending the ac
ceptance by both houses of the pro
gramme for a reduction in the duties
on manufactures of leather below the
rates fixed by the House, are as fol
lows: ;
Oil, free; hides, free; coal, 45 cents
a ton; print paper, $3.50 a ton; iron
ore, 10 cents a ton; Lumber, rough,
$1.50 a l.OUO leel; one side finished
$2; two: sides finished., $2.25; three
sides finished, which may include togu-
ing grooving, $2.62 1-2; four
sides finished, $3; gloves, $4 a dozen
pairs, not exceeding 14 inches
length, the standard length; hosiery,
valued at $1 or less per dozen pairs,
70 cents, as against the Senate and
existing rate of 50 cents. On values
up to $2.00 the rate is slightly in ex
cess of existing duties and a shading
below the rates fixed by the House,
On the highest grades the Senate and
House rates were identical
: Unquestionably the session Wed
nesday was the busiest of the three
weeks the bill has, been in conference,
Dozens of Senators sought audiences
and were received ': by the Senate
members of the House, including the
committee representing the anti-free
raw material insurgents. ' In the cor
ridors swarmed agents of spoeial in.
terests, who seemed to realize that
tho crucial period of the conference
naa arrived. . ,
:i Senators Elkins and Scott, of West
Virginia, and Clark, of Wyoming, en
deavored to get the conferees to
make the rate of 45 cents a ton on
cool apply to the short ton, which.
it is said, would make a difference of
about 5 cents a. ton and would oper
ate to advance the rate o the com
valent of 50 cents. . The Senators in
terested in getting all the protection
possible for coal were not successful
Just before the close of the session
the r:ite on rjrint miner was fixed at
$1.75 a"tonf This is only 25 "cents
less than the Senate, rate., and $1.75
more than . the House rate, .y"
... Entering nprn the last stages of it
consideration by Congress, the tariff
bill, as reported by the conferees, was
submitted nilay- to the House by
Chairman Payne and ordered- print
ed m The tontrressional RecordV-
.'- Thres hundred, and fifty of the 390
members were- in tneir seats wnin
Chairman . Payne passed up to the
Speaker's desk" the bulky, document
which had occupied the attention of
Congress for four and half months,
and then the Republicans broke out
into loud applanse, -)- v:' :
President Taft expressed himself
as immensely pleased , with the
tariff bill as it was finally agreed to
by the conferees last evening, It is
known that he is not entirely satis-
fled with all of the bill; and he told
several , of his callers, that it would
be the greatest miracle of the age if
tariff bill could be designed thut
would, please everybody ' ,
The President declared that there
were a great many things about the
bill that he was delighted to have had
a part in, and that he would be equal
ly delighted to sign and defend the
measure in Its finished state.
Without attempting to go into de
tail the President declared that in
a great many Ways the new tariff law
will be a marked Improvement-over
the Dlngley act, '
- In the matter of cotton bagging and
tobacco Senator Simmons is. decided
y displeased. . . ' " - v
"CXPfiRIMENTTNO WITH P0UWR7,
U U absolutely necessary for every
farmer or poultryman to make experlt
menta but not with the wbole flook,
for two reasons; the experiment may
be a failure and the who! flock
would have to be sacrificed! and see
ondly the experiment" with a whole
flock would take much longer time
than with Just a few fowls. 'It Is es
pecially unwise to cross . a - large
flock and any experiments In cross
ing should he - well ; considered. Mis
takes or 'failures In . experiments may
be made In a day and not rectified
la a year, to" every;"i)rocaution- must
be taken and all dangers guarded
against - s a rule , nearly all begin
ners are anxious to try their ideaa
and theories and the result It usually
failure or a loss ot time and money,
It not the birds. Never subject the
whole' flock to tests', which, may bs
mas - with few . fowls. Too many
experiments are not the beet thing In
the paultry yard, snyway. Try ti get
good Ideas trora experienced pjultryt
tren ldcs which have been tried and
tested, end tfcta run the poultry fawn
slong those lines, It -ust be taken
fr granted that wen who hnve b?en
uectssful la the foultry bus's i art
F;:J patterns to cry and It t! u be
e'tinr bus new ideas . of bis r -.vn
vhlcli hi thinks will enlijhten
oi i r and mre experience! fallowing
t? v "1 (!j wt'-e'y to rn-ii a thorou-'i
t t i a f -v f"w's t-ei'i-e pu;,'i:;:s
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C01MITIEE AGREEMENT,
DH fARIFF SEWN
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Hides 'and Crude Petroleum Go
on Free List . '
LUMBER : $1.25 A THOUSAND
Conference Report on the ToS Dili
' Was Submitted to the House- of
, Representatives For Approvul by
; Bepresentative Payne.
Washington, D. C. The confer
ince report on the Aldrlch-Payne
tariff bill was submitted In the-floiiae
ot Representatives by Bepresentative
Payne, chairman of the House confer
ees. The really important matters In
dispute between the two bouses were
adjusted In the last few days of the
conference, largely on ' suggestions
made by President Taft.. Tho duty
on rough lumber is cut from l la
the existing law ko 1.25 in the new
bill. It was one of the most obstinate
matters with" which th5 conference
had to deal, and it Was the last sub
ject on which hs conferees reached
an agreement. ' In the House a'flter
mlned effort was made to put. lumber
on the free list; but It was frustrated
by a combination of Representatives
who were In favor of free hides with
those who desired protection for lum
ber. . As the rate finally passed the
House it was fixed at $1. ThH3enate
increased it to $1.60, and the confer
ence finally divided the difference be
tween the two rates nd accepted it
as a fair compromise. :'
Hides was another subject of con
tention which was finally settled by
the intervention of the President. The
existing law carried a duty ot fifteen
per cent, on hides. Tho House put
them on the free list, and the Senate
restored the fifteen per cent., dutj'.
The report submitted, puts them on
the free list with corresponding re
ductions on leather- boots and xfcnps
and the other manufactured products
of leather. As a partial concession to
the advocates of a duty on hli;a tal
low was transferred from the free !';'.,
and made dutiable at one and a i:iif
cents a pound. Crude petroleum is
made free, the Senate having receded
from Its amendment, adding A coun-
tervalllne- fluty. '......,.-.;'
Iron ore, which was put opf
list by the House and madf"'
at twenty-five cents a ton "
ate, was finally fixed at
but the words" .''mangan
ore" were struck' out
eraph, which Included
alloys, 'that were made
fifteen cents a ton.
v Print paper was another subject
which was disposed of In the last two
hours ot the conference. It occa
sioned almost as much controversy
as any: other one feature of the bill
Under existing law the duty da print
paper is 16 a ton. The House re
duced it to $2 and the Senate made
the rate $4. - It was expected that the
conferees would probably compromise
on $3, but they finally agreed on
13.76. : V;.-.
As a result of the conference the
following rates of duty are Imposed
ky the new bill, all of which were
subjects of the conference: ?.
Alcoholic compounds, including an
articles consisting of vegetable,, ani
mal or mineral objects preserved in
aloohol. 60 cents a pound and 15 per
cent, ad valorem. -
Chemical compounds containing al
cohol, 65 cents a pound. Alumina
or refined boxlte containing not more
than 64 per cent, of alumina, four
tenths of 1 cent a pound; containing
jnore than 64 per cent., six-tenths of
1 cent a pound; alum, alum cake.
sulphate of alumina and -like: com
pounds containing less tnan J.5 per
cent,: of .alumina ana more tnan
three-tenths of 1 per cent, cf iron
oude, one-fourth of 1 cent a povnd;
containing more than 15 per cent.
of alumina, three-eighth ot 1 cent a
pound. . Ammonia carbonate, IM
cents a pound: ealammonlae,-three-
fourth of 1 cent a pound) liquid an.
nydris, 6 cents a pound,
The Senate amendments en carts-
enware and china were adopted with
few changes, Gas retorts were made
dutiable at CO per centred valorem,
but when made entirely, from pe
troleum coke. 25 eents pen 169 feett
but-of lampblack or retort carbon,
SB csnti per ioo reet. . , ;
The senate amendments en the
flaw schedule were la the main
adopted. ,-..-: .
Fix Iron. 12.50 a toni cerao Iran.
II a ton; sheet iron and sheet steel,
1H eents a pound. , The Senate
amendment relating to steel wire and
round Iron was asresd to. but the
rate on telegraph and telephone wires
wss reduced from 45 to 40 per cent
Automobiles, 45 per cent.; wire nails,
large, four-tenths of 1, cent; small.
tnree-auarters or l cent: a pound.
Arsenic ores, which were made duti
able by the Senate, were restored to
the free list by the conference. Lead
bullion, & cents a pound.
-Hops were made dutiable) tt 16
cents a pound.' The pincanplo dntr,
which created such a conflict In the
Senate, was fixed at tho House rate.
8 cents per cubic foot Of thn cnonoity
of barreUKand packages, and SS a
thousand. Salt wai mide dutiable
at eleven cents per .' 1 0 pounds in
baes and ? cents per 103 pounds In
bulk, .:: r..
The following duties v-ern fl.te3 on
leather and products c : he? B$ a
vfree
Vble
Wn-
otVv iara-lron-fi..and
dudaLilo at
part cf ths comnre i which
hides ga unoa the frr --j flu.
tie. do ca tn';a eSeot t i,
3 ladlnn ? -.:.:cbs to "TT
TW! V. v '.ml r?j,
At'nn'v O,, Tw . tn
WoMepi i i t".e C 11,1
I'nr,syi, .. i ; ; jche . -, a
) a --. - , nnti ,. -;,..t
110 h. )!-' f 'to
f v 1 a f I
1909. . Sole leather, 6 per cent;
grain, buff and split leather, 7 4 per
cent.; boots and shoes, 10 per cent;
harness and saddlery, 0 per cent.
Photographic film negatives Im
ported for use In moving picture ex
hibitions and moving picture films,
25 per cent- Ths conference restored
the House provision which authorizes
free reciprocal trade in farming tools.
Oleo stearin, which was put upon
the free list by the Senate, was adopt
ed by the conference, , Radium re
mains on th. free list -
The conferees adopted the corpora
tlon tax amendment, as it was pre
pared and submitted to them by At
torney-Genera.1 Wickersham, impos
ing a tax of 1 rer cent on the Incomes
ot corporations in excess ot $5000 a
year, exempting holding companies.
The conferees also adopted ths Pan
ama .Canal provision, which author
lies the issue of $290,569,000 in Pan
ama Canal bonds, to run for fifty
years at the rate ot 8 per cent per
annum. .
It also adopted the tonnags tax on
foreign vessels entering American
ports, and the authorization to the
President to employ tariff experts to
collect Information for the use of the
President and the Executive depart
ments. Generally speaking, Increases In
rates are provided on chemicals,
earthenware, glassware, metals, shin
gles, brlarwood, broom corn, sweet
ened biscuits, hops, figs, almocd3,
pineapples, chicory weed, wines,
liquors, cotton cloth, hemf, flax, jute
and such sundries as fireworks, wear
ing apparel made of fur and pencil
leads. The decreased rates run all
through affecting articles related to
those upon which Increases aro made.
WRIGHT WIXS $30,000 riUZE.
World Beating Record Flight of His
Aeroplane nt Fort Myer.
Washington, D. C. Orvllle Wright
met the last exacting test of his aero
plane at Fort Myer, and for the first
time Jn its history the Government
becomes possessed of a flying ma
chine.
On a straightaway course of five
miles and return, with a passenger.
Orvllle maintained a speed of some
thing over forty-two miles an hour
and won for himself uml brother a
bonus of more than $5000. in addi
tion to the $25,000 contract price of
tha machine.. The elapsed time of
the fllsht, according to the official fig
ures, was fourteen minutes and forty,
two seconds.
In addition Orvllle Wright estab
lished a new world's record for ae
roplanes in cross-country flying. :-. No
one has ever before flown across ter
ritory as rough and broken as lay
under the course, and never before
has a flight of equal distance been
attempted i any. aeroplane carrying
to;crEor.S-,.f N' -i . tj;.
- A'ltosetlieRrwas- the most remark
able performance Of Us kind ever at
tempted in tills or any other coun
try, and of the 10.000 people, includ
lng President Taft, who witnessed it
there v. as not one who did not feel
a thrill of pride in America and the
American geniuses who scored an
other wonderful success.
THE FUTURE OF AEROPLANES.
Paris. General Brun, French Min.
ister of -War, commenting on Liouis
Blerlot's feat in flying across the Eng
lish Channel on Sunday,' says he re
gards the aeroplane and the subma
rine as the war instruments ot the
future. '.'The aeroplane," said the
War Minister, "is less vulnerable and
more rapid and cheaper than the di
rigible, and as soon as it is perfect,
the French army will be provided
With a swarm of these wasps,"
, The eommlttee of the International
Aeronautlo Exposition, to be held
here In . October, unanimously re
served the central stand la honor of
Louis Blerlot. " .
OITESS 9500O FOB AIR RACE.
Seattle, Wash. J, B. Chilberg,
president of the Alaska-Yukon Ex
position, telegraphed Louis Blerlot,
Hubert Latham, the Wright brothers
and Glenn H. Curtiss, offering a
prize .of 15000 and gold medal for a
competitive aeroplane race, begin
ning at the exposition stadium and
extending - over Lake Washington,
twenty-two miles long, one end Of
which touches the fair grounds,
ZEPPELIN STEERS HIS AIRSHIP, j
Frledrtenshaten. Count Zeppelin
personally steered his airship Zeppe
na II, This was his nrst trip since
his recent accident, The airship re
mained no for three hours. Repre
sentatives of the War Office were oa
board. It is etneeted that Zeppelin
II. wilt proceed to the Frankfort ex
hibition at ones From there It will
go to Cologne, where it will be sta
tioned ia the military hall.
SOTCE ORDERS BAUOON.
New York- City. Mr. W. D; Boyee,
ef Chicago, has ordered a balloon of
Cantata Baldwin, of this city, and
will start August.14 for Nairobi, Afri-
ca, wnere no says be will use tne
balloon for procuring photographs ot
native wild animals before they are
exterminated by hunters.
DTtINK COST "NAVAL CAREER,
Midshipman Knrfess Tcok Liquor
From Enlisted In. , ; ..
Annannlls. Md. - Because he was
guilty of ton friendly Intercourse with
bluejscket und- took whisky fmm
one of thf enil-jtcd men aboard the
Hartford,- Mldshlfiman William ' K.
Kurfess, from Indiana, is to give up
his naval career. .- A
Captain Gove investlsftted the mat
ter, reported its dstaili to Captain
Bewyer, Baperlateadcut o( the, Naval
Acaosmv, v . . -, - -
. Miny Kurt In CaiebMI Wot,
A mob chastd Umpire tSldredge, of
the Southern Michigan League, from
the grounds at Jackson, Mich. In
ths rui?h of tba spectators the grand
e.;and collapsed, injuring fifteen per
sons, three seriously. ' -.-',;
"."l-.cnt A TJs. to National Prosperity,
I'l'- .'nch as the harvests are th
' i- c 'ioni'.l prosperity, the gen
. .lent w beat advlcrs con-
WlflS IVIURDEREO IN COURT
W. Y. Ellis hocts His Wife's Di
vorced Husband.
Nathaniel P. Willis, of Indl.-.napolls,
Baot at Littlo Rock, Arkansas,
After Securing Ofder For Child.
Little Roes, Ark. Springing from
his chair in Judge Guy Fulfc's court
room, W, T. Ellis, of Pino Bluff,
thrust a pistol over the Judge's bead
and fired two shots at Nathaniel P.
Willis, owner of a liquor cure estab
lishment at Indianapolis. Ind.
I The second snot passed through
Willis' arm and entered his body near
the heart. He died in the arms of
his mother a few minutes later.
Willis was bringing suit against his
divorced wife, now Mrs. Ellis, for pos
session of their child, for ten days.
He had procured an order for the
possession of the child, and the par
ties to the 3uit met in court to deckle
where the child was to be delivered.
Ellis appeared for his wife and Sen
ator Jeff Davis for Willis.
While, Judee Fulk v.-E3 dis.-v.sslna
with Senator Davis the conditions ol
the transfer, Ellis fired at Willis
ncros.3 tho counsel table. A court at
tache knocked up his arm :nd the
bullet vt.3 embedded in the vra'.l,
after passing through tho Senator's
coat.
Willis ran oround tho table to the
door, with F.llla close at his heels.
Ellis rested his pistol against tho door
Jamb Just as Willis ran out and fired
a second time. Tho bullet pierced
Willis' heart, and he fell to tie Coor
dyin?.
His mother, who had started for
warded to throw herself between the
men, knelt and clasped the expiring
man in her arms as he breathed his
last.
Sheriff Roberta das'jed up to Ellis
and threw his arms around the elayer
a moment too late. Ellis handed his
smoking weapon to the Judge, and
went quietly to Jail.
The murder rJ5ds a chapter to the
TXrtlT iBnXJo
SMrSff 'whSftar'SS1
.' ,l.
louowen dy several attempts uu ma
part of Willis to secure fioesession of
bis daughter.
MRS. SUTTON CHARGES OFFICKRS
Government Forces Kcr to Accoss
Marines of Her Son's Death.
' Annapolis, Md. The Government
put itself on tho defensive and mad?
Mrs.: Jam
smos N. Sutton a A"innlainant
and th
S direct accuser ly1 .ral of
1BK Officers efjtiie Corny
the you On ofllcers ofVhe ? vc
in connection with lie dettortf hat
son, Lieutenant James N. Sutton, the
circumstances of which had been un
der investigation here for ten-days
before tho naval board of Inquiry.
Mrs. Sutton's counssl, Henry E. Da-
vis, argued tho point, but the court
overruled his objections. An ad
journment was taken till Lieutenant -.
Harold Utley, a material witness, now -stationed
on the battleship North '
Carolina, returns to this country;
- Major Leonard requested the court
to place Mrs. Sutton on the stand as
complainant against Lieutenants
Adams, Bevan, Willing and Osterman
and Sergeant De Hart, of the Marine
Corps, all of whom were at the scene
of the tragedy on the night young
Sutton was shot, . . v .
SNOWSTORM STOPS BALLOON,
Aeronauts Encounter It When Two
Miles Above Earth. -. .
01 ...I. W A I A
snowstorm two' miles above earth
caused John Berry, Paul J, McCul-
lougn and Joan 8. Tnurman, who as- i
cended here in the balloon University
City in an attempt to capture the
Lahm cup, to land near Savanna, 111,
They traveled S42 miles mostly
through rain, , ; : ' -i
The attempt to win tho enp was
given up after tha bag, netting and
basket became so wet that the gat
would no longer support the weight,
At one time, when we were try-
in g to get out of the. snowstorm,"
said Berry, "we rose to 13,000 feet, r.dvanced positions. The battle Is
At times the basket swung around .: described as a Spanish victory.,
like a top. Sleet cut our faces and we - Every supplementary detaU of the
had to keep throwing enow off the batt!9 of July ti shws that the Spsn
basket to prevent its weight from re lsh situation was most grave. The
tardlng our eight, " 5 i . Moors ambushed a Spanish eolumn ia
- the Alter raviae, killing and wounc
TAX COLLECTOR RESIGNS, : Ing 400 men. The shattered fr.r
t ' rmenta of the eoluain were able to e:
Frank E. Moos Dcclarei Bbortage ia e&pe only under the protestloxof th
Account Due to Krrcrs, , Boaaish gunboat Martin Alon Pin.
HolyoSV MassFrank B. Moos, Melllla,t:,r J- to
ins collector , of South Hadley. in 00 roundi. -whose
accounts for the rear 1908 a" ' ' ' 1 1 :''
shortage ot $3200 was found by ex
peris nirea oy me wwn, resignea me
position and Arthur N. Chapln wai
elected his successor. Moos also an
nounced that he would reshra as treas.
urer of the Water Department, and
the books of the department will be
examined. Moos says the apparent'
shortags in his accounts is due to er-
rors In bookkeeping.. ,v. V 1
-. -. .. ' ''
r SIX DEAD IN IUOTLVa
Thlrty-flvo Injured at Guadalajara-
All Quiet There yow. .
'.-Mexico 'City i It is reported tnat
six persons nro dead and thirty-five
wounded as a result of ths riots at
Guadalajara, rapltal of, the Statu oi
Jalisco,- and the, cscond Iarg:st city
in Mexico. ''
- Samuel n. ' McGIH, the Amsrlcan
Consul at Gsedalajara, presented a
formal claim for Injuries sustained b;
Aiaeriaan eitlstna att:t tta rlotlaa
wai flutUed. , -
. .7--- I'- -I'll iillll ' S '
fbe Teoti'.o Object to fto'tVer V,'l 1 I
.; ' - :, ":' . Morocco, ." ; '
Barcelona, Spain. Bares". .1
placed under martial law.
rioting occurred follotfins t' n ;
ction of a general stride i 1 1
eealnst the military c:---v.-' : - I
Sloroeco and tho (iirrai' i t i ,
conutry cf lr.ra b-i.lii-s cf '
During street J" -hf.r.f i t
lona a -c;i'i;:i;ii, i.;:-; 0
and eight s' "' v. 0 t.
MARTIAL UW DECLARED'
THROUGHOUT SPAIN
Mob Cries "Down With the Kins'"
Troops Join Revolt
LOSSES HEAVY AT MELILLA
Revolutionists Active in Catalonia and
the Spanish Government Adopted
ger'ous Measures For Repression
Barricades Demolished. -
London, England. Martial law has
been declared throughout the whole
of Spain, and In Catalonia, where the
troubles aro clearly revolutionary
lu character, tho severest measures of
repression wero enforced.
Tho riots at Barcelona assumed
tho character of civil war. The riot
ers' barricades have been destroyed
by artillery, churches hava been
burr.ed, br!dr::-3 blown up, and rail
ways dynr.iniie:'.. News ot serious
losse3 to the Spanish r.rr.13 at Meiilla
add frcsj fuel to the domestic conlln
Gration. A Madrid (Tisnatch, toiestraphed
from tho French fronilsr, in-s l.reaeh
of discipline U the order o the r".av n
the Spanish rank?. Uctli at Melilla
r.nd in tho Madrid barracks four or
f.ve soldiers were shot daily for insu
bordination. It ia alpo declared that
or whole battalion refused to fight
tho other day at Melilla and fled,
leaving lt3 eclone!. who refused to
follow Its example, to be killed.
When ssverel companies were or
dered to the firing I'm at Mclllla tho
eoldlers retorted by aeliing the ofllcers
tn so first. The officers v.-ere helpless
and had to place themselves ahead ot
their companies, which accounts for
so many of the officers being killed.
'fho London Times publishes a dis
patch as follows: "The exploits of the
Barcelona mob, which colccido with
further heavy fighting at Melilla, havo
caused general disgust here. It ia
!tirId hat Barcelona where , .r-
Proletarta ma7 glvo the ' Signal to?
bivit3:.by anarcUist commiUoC3 elss-
where.
. iwir,. f i,u A-nt-t-.
which had to be framed to-pass the
strlc. censorship, must be read be
tween the lines.'. For instance, it is
sugeestcd that success" should be
substituted tOT'cxploits-" and "alarm"
for "disgust." v v -.
Eocialists Fen the namc3.
Madrid, Spain. The revolution In
Catalonia has reached a most serious
tta2.. The Socialists and other ct?
..tremists" are fjCta;os th f)irmo
.ii - voiuti).' )pre- '
"UOWB .
' Thcro is niAic'J biout-tj
tlllery , has been cmplou
streets of Barcelona to quell the outv
breaks. . Tho city is terror-stricken.
-The revolutionists fought desperately
behind ' barricades. The troops In- ;
elude mounted artillery, and the de
fenses of too rebels cave been rasea
with shot :-.V :;'.:',;:.-;; .
King Alfonso hastened back'to Ma- :
i drid from San Sebastian and at oncq -
issued a decree proclaiming martial
law and the suspension of constitu
tlonal guarantees throughout Spain,
The King was wildly hooted la the
streets 'on his arrival, and the Gov
ernment Is doing its utmost to mln
imize the effect of the -crushing re
verse suffered by the Spanish forces
at Melilla. The King reached here
In time to learn that part ot his army
tt menus naa naa a oiooay oaun
with the Moors, which,-though the
final victory was the Spaniards, cost
the lives ot twenty-one officers and a
hundred Spaniards iHed
';.'" Fighting In Morocco, :
Madrid, Spain. Fighting between,
the Spanish forces and Moors was re
turned outside Melilla, General Pin
tos and several officers were killed. -
Official notices posted on the bul
Ictin boards here confirm tho death
ot General .Plntcs and say that the
Spanish losses are important, but no
figures are given, , They declare also
that the Spanish eoldlers finally re
pulsed the Moors and occupied net
FLEET AFCH JXETV VOIU C CITT4
- .
iUulted Statea to Have Kaval Oisolai
, , . s , .: fi r! inn
I A X " X M CeIeatl00' , - ,
Washington, D. C One of tha
largest American battleship fleets
ever assembled will attend the Hud.
eon-'fulton ccldbraUon in New York
City on September S4. This fleet hes
only been exceeded in strength by
the American . vessels nt Hampton
Roads and in San Francisco Bar in
connection with the world cruise
' a,"; ,ohMnn ,, .
sixteen battlesblpy. three ' armored
cruisers, threo scout cruisers, twelve
torpedo boat?, four ai'btrr.rines, one
tender and thlrteea auxiliaries.
" I.atliaci Rr3;:3 Into Sen.
When vithin tvo ml.'es of .Povrf
r-.i'c.-t Ia:jaa who had fown fr-vi
ra'a'i In ra eci-op'rnc, U U ! ) t 4
Vsglii'i Ci.!r.3r.c!, IZ9 v.f-j . . ',