LEADING NEWSPAPER AND BEST ADV ZtHG MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. III. TAR Happenings And Doings f ' Of The Old 'Teachers at Windsor. ' Windsor Special. The k Bertie uui; iec;ipcs iwuuej nave Dean attending nn institute here for two weeks. ' Prof., J. Henry Highsmith, of Wake Forest College, and Miss ITiilvlmm. rV O .. 1 1.1 - I ! 1X.. ? linn. 1 . 1 . . . vuwit'iuis uccu very uusy instruct ing theta.'- Their' teaching has been very entertaining and the teachers and public have enjoyed them. They both stand at the very top of their ,. profession.' Superintendent Askew baa been of great assistance in this excellent work. Hon. Francis D. Win 8ton delivered an admirable address : on "Local History." He gave a great ;.. number of unknown but highly ; in teresting facts and incidents relat ing to this historic county. He urged the formation of a society in each county having for its obeject securing : portraits of the county's useful men - and women to be hung in the court rooms. He narrated more than fifty of Bertie's noble sons and daughters who, by the usual standards of great ness," would be entitled to adorn the .walls of our splendid court room. Striking was his appeal for more local work on the part of our histor- ical societies. He has given this mat ter much thought. : It will be re called that he introduced the bill, establishing. "North Carolina Day" in the public-schools. His idea is that. the great movements have" all been written up; that court houses and homes are ' full of hidden valu able material; that a study of 'each locality will " be "the basis of ' a fine State history. He suggested a course of lectures at our colleges in the different' counties by a peruoft from each of them.- ' ' . v ' . , The address was' interesting and most instructive. Old Soldiers' Day .will Via aKcoimtaI fiaia An . Tlinialiv . WW WWW.. .1.1 . . U ... MM......... . next. A great crowd will , be here. Generally about four thousand peo ple attend.. Farmers' Alliance Picnic, I . Gold Rock, Special. Beaver Dam Farmers Alliance, at Powell's School bouse, gave their annua barbecue nd picnic. It was a Vfuy of (feasting - -r tt r J-t-. - or ml Dresenr - - j men, i "-. IimikI, " .... iu . - . .. ( I an aMo aciilr whip i nmtlH JL uisli- ing impression .-'upon all -who heard him. With his wit and humor, com bined with hard, plain .facts, ,. he drove things- home. All who heard him enjoyed his . address, for all ex- pressed a longing, for the time when be shall come , again. When the speaking was .over the Alliahce met in regular session, taking in several new members. They electd-to the State Alliance, which meets at Hills fcoro, August 10, T. E. Powell, dele gate, and Dr. Henry Whitaker, alter nate. The Alliance is widening in its influence, It is bringing the farm ers to realize their position and they ! are beginning to grasp some of the many advantages which it holds out to them.. . '"';-- -';:j!f-l''':V' Being Carved in Italy, ,V ;V" Raleigh, Special, The Secretary of the North Carolina Historical Cem- - . l ! 1 Ai,Aa fwtm mission- HH& receiveu a - Mr. 'F." W. Ruckstuhl? the eminent New' York sculptor, who is executing the marble bust of Governor William , A. Graham for the , Commission,' . that be would sail from New York for Florence, Italy where the bust is be ing arved, to -put the finishing " touches' on. the work himself. It will be carved from the best Carrara mar Jtile, will be one- and one-quarter life size, . and will cost when completed, exclusive of the pedestal, $1,000. It will be shipped : to America about September 1st, and will be deliver ed to ' the Historical Commission about the middle of October. Cotton Oil Mill For WHtakers. v. Rocky Mounts Special. Mr. S. S. Toler left Tuesday : for ' Whitakers for the purpose of beginning, upon the work of the erection of a'eotton aeed oil mill' for the Southern States Cotton "Oir and Refining Company, in accordance with a contract, recently received by the firm of D. J. Ross & Co. The 'contract calls .lor com pletion of the three mills in time to handle thecal! crop.' . ' - Sural Carrlera in IT ash Hampered by High Water. . , ,Rocky Mount, Special. During Tuesday and ' Wednesday the rural ' letter 'carriers were forced to go out of their regular route on account of swollen streams and the streams and the river as well were swollen- beyond their banks and the roads in many ' parts of both counties are impassable. All of rnral route No; 4" eonld not be served on account of the fact that Compass crecli, near Mrs. George Hattles, about five miles from this city, was so swollen as to be im passable. "-.' "" - Number of Arrests Increases. Asheville, Special. Despite the prohibition laws and the private de tectives who have been here daring the past month to see that tt-er-were enforced, drunkenness au l I ' f-ri misdemeanors were ir. h in evi nee during July, the police re.M-vIs f-. inj: an increase of forty-Uiise s over June. Tl.irtyeven sf-- 'were made on the thure of "C .:n end !:.;ord,r!y," ir.uiit t"a ior t;.e ire', -jus Eioiitii. CHRONICLES Cleaned From All Parts North State. An Unruly Convict. :. Goldsboro, Special. News has just reached this city of a very unfor tunate occurrence that took -place Friday at "the county home, situated seven miles north of Goldsboro. "A gang of convicts is at work on the farm, and one, Will Snead, a negro who is serving a sentence for burn ing a house to gain the insurance, has of late refused to work, complain, ing that he was not well. The sup erintendent, E. D. Williams, called in a physician to examine the negro. He was pronounced to be in a thor oughly sound condition. Upon such medical advice Mr. Williams ordered Snead to return to his labors along ma ue rest, ine negro grew more and more obstinate, absolutely re fusing to touch an implement, when Williams, assisted by his seventeen-year-old son, Edgar, endeavored to place shackles on the unruly convict, who resisted to the extent of even at tacking the superintendent. Mr. Williams was obliged to shoot. The bullet missed the negro, but took ef tect on young Williams, passing through his leg a little above the knee. Luckily it is only a flesh wound and the young man is reported as doing well. Let Train Bun Over Him. , Winston-Salem,' Special. Suicide. terribly planned and spurred on by ; fear that he had slain his wife was the fate of Harrison Cline, 22 years old. ' The young man's, body was -found cut to pieces on the tracks of . the Southern Railway in Salem early Sunday. ' .,.-':, . , , Saturday night he fired three shots from a revolver at his wife of a year, who bad left but a few months ago, just before their child was born., r Cline. went to her father's house, ' where she was staying, Saturday aud , begged her 'to return to him.;, She) refused and he fired upon her at ft. distance of six feet, " One ballet gr&& ed her fingers 'and she feU fsnnfing. . Her father, W. Fj Gordon, grappled j with him, but Cline broke away, leav- j ing his revolver. Apparently he be- j lieved he Wd ' killed his wife and : this led to Uns horfhle sitit'd. HI Ulg Will HC WUw llXj-j peiateiir- iiiclinea Deiore no.., visiieu his wife.-- ..... , New Bridge Over Tar Elver a Big undertaking. Rocky Mount, Special. For the past i several days the American Bridge Company has kept a large force of hands "at work putting into position the new steel bridge whieh it has the contract to build for the Atlantic Coast Line across the Tar: river near this city, The contract is quite a large one and it will require several weeks before the large double track bridge is placed into position. The bridge company has about seventy-five - carloads of - material at South Rocky Mount and it is being unloaded and put into position !. as fast as possible. The- two waterings nUlio oi'lo will Via rebuilt and thev wlbllVA DUV will be spanned in the future by steel girders instead or tne wooaen iresvw that has given service there for many years, the plans of the company in clude a putting into commission of the new bridge during the early fall and it is expected to put the double- tracking from this city 10 Daiuuuui I into use before the winter. , ' , ; . Heavy Bain FalL Einston, Special The heaviest rainstorm of the summer passed over this city Sunday afternoon which con tined until early Monday morning. The total amounfof rainfall was 2.65. Since June 1st, tne total rainj.au amounted to 21. 84 inches.' - . , ; To Protect .Young Boys. . Winston-Salem, Special. A soeiety has been formed here to exercise su pervision especially over young boys who become enmeshed in the toils of the law, in jorder to prevent the lit tle fellows from becoming hardened i:icl . Tha .nniptv is lartrclv the outcome of the efforts of Rev. Craw. ford Jackson, general secretary .w. the Juvenile Protective Association, Who has been here several days. ; v ; still Another Circus Booked For" . Wlnt.nn-Salem. ;' ' ' '- . WiiiRton-Salem. Special. The third circus to be booked for Winston-: Salem this season is Haag's Railroad ; Shows, which wUl appear August 14.1 A big street parade is avcn, big license tax is not scaring the showmen, apparently, and there js much speculation s to whether there will not be a suspension of the tax after all. : Otherwise, it is feared by many, the showmen may use then own "utrong arm" methods to get the people to pay the increased ex pense. However, this is but street talk of the insistent sort, wit av -Lightning Kills Two Horses. : Rni;,rT. Snecial. A sevt-re elee- I - i 7 trio storm passe4 throiigh Rowan and adjacent counties Sunday night ac companied by heavy rams oca 1.1 some instnnces stron.T winds. Ten miles smith of Salisbnrv a horse be l .i Hnx to :.:r. G. A. Trexler. n well tnown farmer, was killed by !ifrb Ai,,:!ipr animnl owned by J. J.' l,or".n was al.so killed by the a be!:. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, JC THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, DISTURBERS SHOT BY OFFICER One Died Sunday Horning Othet May Recover Officer's Story Jus-' tines Shooting Negro Employes Implicate Officer. " Asheville, N. C, Spcciah Mr. John Bunting of Wilmington, a traveling salesman of the Chattanooga Medi cine Company, died in the Mission Hospital hero,-Sunday morning, soon after midnight as a result of a shoot ing scrape at the Gladstone Hotel, Black Mountain, Saturday morning at 1 :30 o'clock, while Mr. P. C. Col lins, a prominent banker of HilUboro, is also at the hospital in an adjoining ward 'with a bad wound in the right side. The- two men received their hurts at the hands of F. C. Watkins, town constable of Black Mountain, in a room at the Gladstone Hotel Satur day morning about 1:30 o'clock. The men were brought to Asheville Satur day morning several hours after the shooting occurred and taken to the hospital for treatment. It was found that Mr. Bunting was suffering from internal ' hemorrhage. Mr. Collins, while dangerously hurt, will proba bly recover. , The officer tells the following story: "I went up to the room," said the constable, "where the men were and entered. The room was in darkness and as I entered I struck a match to see my way and lighted a lamp. One of the men, I don:t know which one, asked who I was and I said a police officer the town constable. One of the men with an oath said in effect, 'Well, we take care of all police here.' At about that time one of them kicked the door shut and then the light was snuffed put. One of the men jumped at me and grabbed me about the neck, the other at the time also closing in and clinching. The men were both of strong build; one of them had something in, his hand but I don't know what it was. When they closed in on me and grabbed me, one reached for my pistol pocket.- I drew my revolver, a 32-calibre Smith & Wesson and in the darkness fired two shots and the 'men staggered back; one of tbem fell..? When I went in there was a third person-in the room, but whether he got qut before the shooting I don 't knew. I (failed for the door to be opened and it was P; 4. don't know whetherfrom nMt ua .the manager came in. ' assisted one of the men to a bed ; the other one went out' into the hall, "A. physician was summoned and in com pany with the physician the men were brought, to ; Asheville for medical treatment." y '' ..... ' At the inquest over Bunting how ever, two negro men, employes in the hotel,: give a story. to the effect that the officer " was not justified in the shooting, that the men showed no dis position to resist. The officer gave bond in the sum of $5,000. - . He said that when he reached the hotel women, were running around in their night clothing, barefooted and frightened. . ' ' v Various guests of the hotel, men and . women,, .testified . as to the dis turbance created by Bunting and Col line in the'ir room about midnight. Several of them stated that the two men. were shouting and using profane language," and that on complaint to the proprietor of the hotel' the latter sent for the village constable to quiet the disturbers? . , - -'v . -" - , ivy..'.-.. . Sunday Merrymakers Drown. . v :- Toledo, O., Special. Two men and one woman were .drowned and seven men' were i, rescued .with i difficulty when a launch containing a gay par ty of merrymakers capsized in Mau mee bay 500 feet off of the Casino,- a summer theatre, at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. All were residents of To ledo. Dill, one of the drowned, was the owner of the boat and took but the party of ten men and one woman over the earnest protests of his wife. Congressman in Fight. Washington, Special. Representa tive J. Thomas Heflin of f Alabama, became involved in - a personal en counter with an automobolist, whose name is said to be Johnson, on the streets of Washington Tuesday after noon." As uo arrests were made the identity of Mr. Hefiin's nntagonist could not bo clearly established. , v Tha Sutton Investigation. , . - 'Annapolis, Md., "Special. Mrs. James N. Sutton, of Portland, Ore.,l and her daughter, Mrs. Rosa Sutton Parker, I of St. ; Paul, " Minn., with Henry E. Davis, their counsel, arrived here Wednesday night from Wash ington, determined, they said, to figba to the bitter end to remove the stig ma of suicide from the name of Lieu tenant James Sutton, of the marine corps, , Mrs. Sutton 's son, , when the naval board of inquiry resumes the investigation of. young -f Sutton's death. ;''::; : ' , ' " State Bests Thaw Case, White Plains, N. Y Special. The State rested in the Thaw- case Wed nesday and from now fn it devolves upon Harry K. Tha and his attor ney, Charles Morchauser, to offset the testimony of the State's alienists, who have sworn without exception under cross-examination of District Attorney Jerome that Thaw is et ,11 aisrne and would be 3 menace to the -iountry if rrlw 1 from the asyl un aiti'Siwati. ' - SENATE PEtSlSTT" taft sie::3 tariff bill Final Vote cn- t.'3Ssura Was 47 ta 31 CONGRESS ENDS ITS SESSION is Not Complete Compliance With Promises llnde," President ' Says; "I Believe It a Sincere Ei i 1 i fort at Downira-Itevision.,, , ." ' ' '-' . .:-' t . ; Washington, D. C President TaftJ Signed bis Tariff bill at 5.07 p. m., In the President's room adjacent to the Senate Chamber in the Capitol. Later he gave out a statement de fending the meaaureas a "sincere effort," though "not ft perfect bill," adding that the auMfcrlty "to use agents to assist him bMhe application of the . maximum and minimum clauses gives wide latitude for the ac quisition of informatiou," and hint ing at the use of such information toward a less imperfect tariff. Con gress adjourned sine' flie a few min utes before 6 o'clock'.- The new law goes into effect at midnight, so far as most of the rates of duty and ' the free list are con cerned. The chief exception is on hides of cattle "of" the bovine spe cies," with the boots, shoes, leather, and harness made of them, in w'nich case it becomes effective on October 1. The maximum and minimum pro vision becomes effective "from and after March 81, 11." After that date twenty-five per cent, ad valorem Is. to ba added to the duties on all articles coming ' from any country which discriminates "unduly" in any manner against American goods. Whether or not there is discrimin ation is to be determined by the Pres ident. Unless he issue a proclamation to the effect that a country does not discriminate against American goods, the maximum rates will go Into effect against that country automatically on April 1, 1910. It-thus requires a proclamation " affirmatively stating that there is nondiscrimination to keep the minimum rates, which are those established by the regular duti able list of the new law, in effect after that date. : '-..r.-l , 1 ; Bi Senators For; 88 Against Bill. '..Every member of the Senate was accounted for lp the final vote on the adoptlol the ierencep report The 3l(Kr Virty-seiven Sen- " -'' ,-rl; and thlr- nstor I theunifnne fifty-four Senators oflrecord as favor- ing the report - and blrty-elght op posed to it. ! As was expected, only seven Re publicans voted against the' report No Democrat supported the measure, though . it was announced that Mr. McEnery, of Louisiana, was paired with Senator Davis, a Democrat op posed to the measure. The seven Re publicans who held out to the last in their opposition to the measure were all regular revisionist "insurgents." Senator Bnlkeley. of Connecticut, had announced bis intention of voting against thej bill on account of the corporation tax, but he voted with his party. The Republicans voting against the bill were: Beveridce, of Indiana; Bestow, of Kansas;- Clapp, ofv Minnesota: Cummins, - of Iowa; Dolllver, of Iowa; La Follette, ot Wis consin, and Nelson, of Minnesota. . Timed Signing by Own Watch. ; The little gilt timepiece , in the room set part for the President indi cated six minutes after five when Mr. Taft signed the bill, but he. ignored it and consulted his own watch be fore signing.. Taking up a fountain pen belong ing to Representative Payne, whose name the bill bears, he wrote: - "Ap proved William H. Taft" Then he took a pen belonging to Reoresenta tivn Lander, of Kentucky, , and wrote: "Signed five mlnntes-'after five o'clock, August f.5 1909. W. H. T." :-.-'-';;;:--.: f..f-.-'i. In signing the Philippine Tariff bill the President used a fancy pen sent htm by friends back in the isl ands for that purpose. It was made Ot Filipino gold, pearl-handled and surmounted by an eagle, It was in compliance with the request of many native, members of the Filipino As sembly. " - i:.-,-::--:r In order to facilitate adjournment Mr. Taft came to the Canltol in bis auto at a quarter before five o'clock, accompanied by Captain Butt ' Six members of his Cabinet had preceded him; ail being present except Secre taries BaTltnger. Dickinson and Meyer. He was guarded, as uual.,by Secret Service men. . He v entered by the main porch and went , to the room set anart for his use. j. . -v - While - receiving the J congratula tions and well wishes of friends, both parties being liberally represented, he signed a bridge bill tn jwhtch Repre sentative Moon. Of TennessiTp, is greatly - interested. - Tie Tariff bill Was . alreadv before him, but he shoved it aside. ) ' "You are rot going to s!nn that bill without the duty on plneahples being in it. are you?" .inquired Senator Taliaferro, of -Florida. 'at fhe same time shaking the President's hand." , "You 'do not expectme to write exceot pineanples,' do ycu?" said the President, with a laegb. "No, I do not !o'ie f r any such good 1'icV," rer"eil Mr. Tallsferm. A mlnut later th President grabbed Mr. PaTe's foi'iitnln pen and remarked that he wouM coiclude the tariff measure. He t 1 it while PROSPECTS FORCi ".E.Ui I Reports of Eunu :$.' .IVhcat Below ' Chlcaro. 111. " the dol'ar reir't m here f ir t montt-s. T : was liQ!ii.' b'i tn i i i ; V - r : - i; t t Prive Senators' Aid rich and Daniel and Representatives Payne, Fordney and Clark, all conferrees on the bill, were present. After signing the bill the President waited nearly an hour for adjourn ment He Joked with all comers and gave autographs to the pages and at taches of the Senate. A fierce thunderstorm came up lust after the 'President had signed the bill, and come of the Senators de clared tht it was an indication that dire disaster would follow its enact ment. The President's Statement. Soon after signing the bill the President gave out this statement: . "I have signed the Payne Tariff bill because I believe it to be the re sult of a slnctere effort on the part of the Republican party to make a downward revision and to comply with the promises of the platform as they have been generally understood and as I interpreted them in the cam paign before election. "The bill is not a perfect tariff bill nor a complete compliance with the promises made, strictly Interpreted, but a fulfilment free from criticism in respect to a subject matter involv ing many schedules and thousands of articles could not be expected. It suffices to say that except with regard to whisky, liquors and wines, and in regard to silks and as to some high classes of cotton all of which may be treated as luxuries and proper sub jects of a revenue tariff there have been very few Increases in rates. "There have been a great number of real decreases in rates, and they constitute a sufficient amount to just ify the statement that this bill is a substantial downward revision and a reduction of excessive rates. - Didn't Promise Free Trade. "This is not a free trade bill. It was not Intended to be. The Republi can party did not promise to make a free trade bill. "It promised to make the rates protective, but to reduce them when they exceeded the difference between the cost of production abroad and here, making allowance for the greater normal profit on active investments here. I believe that while this ex cess has not been reduced in a num ber of cases, in a great majority the rates are such as are necessary to protect American industries, but are low enough, in case of abnormal in crease of demand and raising ot prices, to permit the possibility of the importation of the foreign article and thus to prevent excessive prices. "The oower granted to the Execu tive under the maximum and mini mum clause may be exercised to se cure the removal of obstacles which have been interposed by foreign gov ernments in the way of undue and un fair discrimination against American ISVnerchandlat. and products. 1 ; v struggled to secure for ten years last past, and it gratifies me exceedingly by my signature to give it the effect of law. I am sure it will greatly in crease the trade between the two countries, and It will domuch to build up the Philippines in a healthful pros perity. Other Good Features. "The admlnlstratlve'clauses of the bill and the Customs Court are ad mirably adapted to secure a more uni form and a more speedy final con struction of the meaning of the law. "The authority to the President to use agents to assist in the application of the maximum and mln'num sec tion of the statute, and to enable offi cials to administer the law. gives a wide latitude for the acquisition, un der circumstances favorable to Its truth, of information in respect to the price and cost of production of goods at home and abroad, which will throw much light on the operation of the present tariff and be of primary im portance as officially collected data upon which future Executive action and Executive recommendations may be based. - "The corporation tax is Just and equitable excise measure, which, it is hoped. Will produce a sufficient amount to prevent a deficit, and which, incidentally, will secure valu able statistics and Information con cerning the manv corporations of the country, and will constitute an im portant sten toward that degree ot publicity and regulation which the tendency in corporate enterprises in the last twenty years has shown to be necessary." i. ' Clironolosy of Tariff Lew. ', March 4, 1909 President Taft called an extraordinary session of Congress to revise the tariff. March 15 Congress convened. March 18-Chairman Pavne, of the House Ways arid Means Committee, Introduced the bill. . - .' ' . April 10 House passed bill, and transmitted it to the Senate. Apr" 18 Senate began considera tion o" the measure. July gJ Senate passed bill with 817 amendments. July 9 Tariff questions shifted from both houses of Congress, and Dill sent to Conferenee Committee. , , - July 29 Conferrees reach agree ment, which is signed and reported to the House. . . July. SI Fouse adopted confer ence report, and passed tho bill. - August 5 Senate adopted confer ence report, and passed the bill. Anenst .B President Taft signed Tariff bill. , ' - . August 6, 1909 New tariff law be comes effective, with exception of cer tain specific provisions. ' ; . s- Kentucky Troops Rescue Negro. J. M. Stuart, a negro, was brought to the Louisville Jail by Bowling Green officers to escape lynching. The iran is alleged to have assaulted Mrs. Charles Stelnburg near Bowling Green and was taken from the mob by State trooos only after a struggle. CROWDS AWAIT MILLLXXTCM. Cooneyites Hold Prayer Meetings said EnptiJ e Hundreds in Ireland. Cublln, Ireland. In the belief that the ltillleni-.i-i n way be ushered la at i r t ,,-v t. r r i 2060 "Coo- , ! i .. i" a . z con'?nnos j ,., vr T.,f.. ; t t . .."inau-aiSard, 1 f : r i p-1 1909. pastor is one Mil TO SAVE BOY Rev. Herbert L Mitchell Fails to Rescue Clarence Blakesley. BOTH SINK DURING STRUGGLE Ida Lewis, the Grace Darling of America, Rescues Five Girls in Newport Bay She is Still Vigor ous at Sixty-eight. New London,. Conn. The Rev. Herbert L. Mitchell, rector of the Episcopal Church in Plymouth, was drowned here as he tried to save his organist, a seventeen-year-old boy, Clarence Blakesley, who was swept overboard by the boom of a pleasure craft in Fisher's Island Sound. Blakes ley was also lost. Mr. Mitchell, with six boys, had been on a fishing expedition, and was returning to Mouse Island, off Noank. Besides Blakesley, the lads were How ard Lumpkin, Edward Ives, Roy Hal lock, Edwin Tuttle and Harry Mc Burney, all of whom belonged to Ply mouth except Hallock. They left Mouse Island and went out into Long Island Sound, with Mr. Mitchell act ing as skipper. The boat was a eatboat with an en gine. She was under sail, but the power was also turned 'on. She was making good speed, when a sudden change of the wind caused the boom of the boat to gybe. Blakesley was sitting toward the bow, just abaft the maet, and was swept overboard. Mr. Mitchell, knowing that the boy could not swim, jumped overboard to res cue him. The eatboat kept on her way, as none of the boys aboard knew how to stop the engine. Mr. Mitchell became exhausted and sank with young Blakesley, whom he was trying to keep afloat. , Mr. Mitchell had been at Mouse Island with his wife and three chil dren since the beginning of July, but Mrs. Mitchell and her children were away to visit her parents, in Portland, Conn. The news of her bereavement was telegraphed to her by one of the boys. Mr. Mitchell was formerly rector of Grace Church, in Yantic. . Ida Lewis Rescues Five Girls. ' Newport,-R. I. Five more lives were added to her record of saving drowning persons by Ida Lewis, sixty eight years old, "the Grace Darling ot America,", who already had. saved ei(chtea.uersons off 'this harbor. Five frolicking girls had ventured out on it in the moonlight. The waves over turned their boat, and Ida Lewis from her eyrie at the south end of the har bor saw the girls' danger and jumped into her lifeboat, named the Rescue. With bravery and vigor she rowed to the girls and one after another lifted them into her boat. She would not tell their names, and described her feat modestly. MAYOR JOHNSON LOSES FIGHT. Schmidt Ordinance Defeated in Clevc. land by 3763 Majority. : Cleveland, Ohio. The Schmidt or dinance providing for the grant of a franchise to Herman Schmidt, insur ing three-cent fares on a part of the city street car lines, was defeated at a referendum election here by a majority-of 3763. The total vote was 31,022 to 34,785. The Schmidt ordi nance was fostered by Mayor Tom L. Johnson. The campaign, which has. waxed warm for the last two months, has been particularly bitter. Mayor John son, municipal office holders and oth ers held hundreds ot tent meeting and urged the granting of the fran chise. A committee of 100 business men opposed it. KILLED AT HUSBAND'S COMMAND Compelled to Shoot Object of Her Spouse's Jealnqsy. ' : Monnt Vernon, 111. Brs. Ben Mar cri, in Jail at Marion charged with killing Joseph Rodl, ceo'ssed that she shot Rodi because her husband forced her to do so. - "lily husband threatened to kill mo if I did not kill Rodi," she said. "He was jealous. Day after day he com pelled me to practice shooting at a target with a pistol, and when . I showed considerable skill he told me I must shoot Rodl." She obeyed and was arrested and taken to jail. Her husband dlsap peered after the shooting. MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH. W. P. Mitchell Killed When Tons Fall on Him. Eight Plttsfteld, Mass. William P. Mitchell, a graduate of Brown Uni versity this year, was killed by eight tons of pig iron, which broke through a ceiling and fell upon him while, he was at his desk in the office of the Stanley Electric Manufacturing Com pany. .The iron had been stored in a room over the office.. Mitchell was twenty-four years old. He was the son of, the Rev. Arthur Mitchell, of Bordentown, N. J. At Brown University he was, known as a general -athlete and was popular. .-' State Income Tax Bill Killed. At Atlanta, Ga., the House, by a vote of 78 to 55, killed a bill to insert an income tax in the State tax meas ure. - The resolution to amend the Federal Constitution so as to permit an Income tax will come up later. Left the Pope $2,000,000. The will cf Don Carlo3, the Pre tender to the throne of Spain, leaves to the Pope works cf art and irso- ? to a total of $2,000,000. Colombia's rrt-'t t V Colo- s t f nrp' -1 O .' v r r : 1 64 1 i , NO. 14. GLOUCESTER DAY PAGEANT .. ;' ssjassss t "-t 286th Anniversary of Settlement by Pilgrims, v Warships in the Harbor and Many Fishing Vessels Also Dress For the Occasion. Gloucester, Mass. With United States warships booming their greet ings from the harbor, military, naval and civic parades traversing the streets, and fully 25,000 strangers in the city eager to witness the gorgeous pageant, "The Canterbury Pilgrims," "Gloucester Day," or the 286th anni versary of the settlement of the town by the Pilgrims, was enthusiastically observed here. President Taft had planned to take part in the great celebration, but the prolonged sessions of Congress, with the announced program of taking a vote on the Tariff bill, compelled him to wire a regretful negative. Char He Taft came here as the guest ot Dick Hammond, and Mrs. Taft, Rob ert and Helen Taft: and their aunt, Mrs. More, arrived- in the afternoon. Governor Draper and his staff came at noon and were, entertained with, other distinguished guests at the City Hall. Admiral Dewtsy' Manila flag ship, the Olympia, the scout cruisers Salem and Chester, 'the cruisers Chi cago and Hartford, the President's yacht the Sylph, and all the vessels of the fishing fleet, for which Industry; the port is famous, bad flags and bunting wherever they could be dis played. Bells on shore and cannon on sea ushered in the day's celebra tion at noon. The pageant was given at Stag Fort Park. As a prelude to the grand fete ot the evening a military, naval and civic parade was arranged for the early afternoon and included officers, marines and Jackles from the war ships in the harbor, several compa nies of militia and Governor Draper, escorted by Troop A, of the Massa chusetts National Gnard, the Lancers. These horsemen, attired in their dress uniforms of red, attracted .no end of attention, x ne paraae was revieweu at the City Hall by Governor Draper, Mayor Parsons and members of tha Gloucester city government. : Th young members ot the Taft family occupied a box near the reviewing stand and with them were four chil-. dren of the family ot the late Presi dent Cleveland. , - ; . : ' - Percy Mackaye's play, "The Can terbury Pilgrims," waB arranged as a dramat.ie,pageant and produced under the direction of Eric Pape.v Tha composed and arranged by , .Walter Damroscb. The play was enacted under the leadership of Charles' Dou ville Coburn and in it there were nearly a thousand persons including, the Coburn players, an ad nit mixed chorus of 200, 600 school children and a sixty-five piece military band. GUILLOTINE AGAIN IN PARIS. Crowds Gather1 to See Man Who V KiUed Mother Suffer Death. - Paris, France. A sudden official announcement that a public behead ing would take place at 4.30 a. m. in the boulevard fronting the Sante Pri son created a sensation ; in Paris, which bad not seen such a sight In fifteen years. Immediately immense) crowds gathered at the scene. In view of the revolting crime of tha man executed President Fallleres re fused to commute his sentence to life imprisonment The victim .was one Duchemin, aged twenty-three, a butch er. In 1908. he stabbed his mother, and this not resulting in her death, quick enough he finished her by stran gulation. The motive for the crlmo was robbery. r -.'.:..,". CASHIER'S SHORTAGE 900,000. Calhonn Harris, a Society Man, Ar ' rested in South Carolina. Anderson, S. C. Calhoun Harris, secretary and assistant cashier ot tha Orr cotton mills, here, was arrested, charged with breach of trust. Ex-, pert accountants who are going over his books announced that $50,000) was missing. Harris, who is socially prominent, says the apparent short age will be found flue to clerical er rors. -':':-,?- ; .. 1 In the cotton company's vault the accountants found between $8000 and $9000 in old checks, currency and silver, which had been stored in bags, some of it for eight years, and appar ently forgotten. Some of these old checks had been tendered in payment for accounts with the company and apparently never had been cashed. Harris is thirty-five years old. - He was-married a tew months ago. - ROOF GARDEN HAT ABLAZE. Girl's Dilemma Calls Out Part of the Atlanta Fire Department. - Atlanta, Ga. A fire upon th rst garden ot a hat ot a pretty girl trav eler in the Union Station called out two fire companies, a hose cart and a score of willing amateur firemen, de layed a fast train thirty minutes and destroyed finery worth $30 upon tho hat. - . . The young woman, on her way to New "York City, ru3hcd into the Na tion for something to eat. In'pnylng her check, she swung the hat" too close tohe cisar liRhter. In nn in stant the orchard which idonr-4 it was a mass of flames. A dark-;-. ' 1. waiter turned In a fire a!ar:i r i every availanln mala gu'Mt t ! n rescue the affair. The train was held vrt'' i' recovered from an e i ,- f i LriT 1