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LEADING NEWSPAPER AND DZST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN MADISON 1 COUNTY. VOL. III. MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, W. C., THURSDAY; SEPTEMBER 23, 1909. NO. 20. I , Dr. Cook Communicates by Wireless With friends. HEADY TO PROVE HIS CLAIMS ' ' ;,-:;."' . . ,..v -.- v.--. Peary on Hit Way to, BydneyTeUs tt - Arctic Holiday Says ', Oook Oonld Have, Readied the Pole. ..,?' On Hoard th -fit .,- ovu, oeui. j.. marconi wure- ieiegrapn to laps Kace, W. i. im-ii it.- - i- -m - - . , . " pcopie oi America 10 nave me fullest confidence in my conquest - i. - T I - . - - vuo roie. i nave records or on- wa.uw uj iiju nuwu wiu s'pro.- my claim. ! shall be triad arain &ro ct my root on American soil.", ' '-'JThis was the brief message of Dr. O. VUVK. BVUb IU Oil COUfl- rjfraen as ne nears nome on the steamer Oscar II, bound from Chris- LiiiiiKHnti. i nrw.n v Tni" now vib m: -? V Cook discussed tlie assertion , r 1 t it . i. - . . wiuuinuuvi ICAIT lUflk no IUWIL1 bad never rpnrheri tlm Vnrth Pnl " Wlien he departed for the North, Dr. Cook said he left a depot of" pro- ' f in' flhmro'A t Pnrlolnr!- UVnnnba an1 l several Eskimos.' Franoko had in- atrui-uuuB io go ; soma - aooara a i whaler- and .return later. This - ho ' did, but missed tho returning vessel owing to a .light illness. ' lie ns 'lh. inu-an BWitM KfinM'd thin t ha uinisflvf r Drill nnucwiM ranrrn , i, commander Peary found my sup- ply depot at Annootok," Dr. Cook " fnntiltliail .-'.n fna ' TCalrimAa-. in V charge told him that v I was dead, 7..- W111rh thpv ftlUv: hollAuaH A Ka im.a a . .-.w- . "P.O.,, nlaa.J t " -J. . v - a ttta iji3t-,.i vwy ilvu til cunigg - oi tho depot. Boatswain Murnhv and another, Harry ; Whitney, tho . Jfew Haven. lninter, nlso remained there." Murphy had orders not to search, for me. but was r'rnM ha ennld nAnii Eskimos. northward the" followine puriiiK iron ine reuei aeooi- t "When I returned from the Pole," 1 t .11 .... TT r. Ym . : naexpecicaiy, uarry , yvniiney i,' wos the flrst io see me and to tell . me wnai naa occurr.20. - vvnuney - was ' plaeed in possession of the faota con cerninff.ooy journeysfp -the Pole oil tju.v h,mmi not r,?T,. iommoftore Peary or fi his men of thorn. At the same time the Eskimos who had accompanied me north wre told to maintain the strictest silence. 'When I went into the depot there was a- dispute between -myslf ? and Murphy; who delivered to me written .instructions he had ' received from Peary, although he " himself could neither; read nor -write. These in vt'ructions showed that he waa mak ing a trading station of my depot, the contents! of which had. been used in tradng for furs and skipx"- - Dr. Cook said he was intensely an noyed ot this alleged wrongful use of his supplies and. threatened to " kick Out Murpb,y and his companions. .Finally, however, . ho consented to their romnining at the depot, as there was no other shelter in the vieinity , for them. ' .. r . j . ' "On One occasion .Murphy asked' me abruptly, 'Have-you heW beyond 87 degree!" Dr. Cook said. -1'But I was determined : not to Jet : Peary kriCw of my movements, and replied vasivcly that I had ben much far ther north. From this statement has been concocted the declaration that I had said that I had not reached the Pole." ' . ' Dr. ,Cook declared that' neither Harry Whitney nor his (Cook's), re cords are v on.-bqard , the j steamer Roosevelt and thit therefore Peary's information conccriinghim emanated ! from' Boatswain 'lriiTphy who know . notnmc or ms movements, vt. vook said also that ho had inado arrange - menta for the two Eskimos who went "with him fa the Pclo and Knud Bas- rausscn, whom ,h met in Qreonlnd, to go j NwYork and; conflrna the storj of his discovery. - Dr. Cook is thoroughly enjoying ' liis rest aboard ship after the stronn- ous days at Copenhagen. He sleeps -t.10 hours each night and.: spends a long time daily ; in Writing ;,and - in walking the decks ana conversing with the "American; passengers, ' who v all been formally presented to Iu.Vby Benjamin Trucblood, presi. deiy!$f the- American! Peace Society of wT;i-feiS?i:- cty;. . AH tlie passengers are impressed Jy tho sineerityf Dr. Cook,. as in idicatcd .'"by, his conversing with them f u regard to his discovery of the pple. Ho said 'that the Danea, wh whom jio lived' for severaj months, ftre jfe ijuflintetl with the whole atpyy pf lis ' xilolti tlmt lie cbo 1"M p?pvl4iS tb DfttiUlt fvi'i'nmcnt with the fnlloit . r. .all- .i' ..i. 3 L.f. )yenis 01 uis ncnievmenis anu tuat is U now prepared to -.lay the proof before a. competent body .in America,- ' " ' Dr. Cook expiv;ssed astonishment tlif t the r.evn of the discovery of the p ,0 hud created such a 'sensation, .nnil is snxious to learn what speciflo def!:ir;i(w Comniandr- Peary- has made I 1 iiiiniu i;.e his exploit in or j; r V t lie m.-vy f.rmuln!e rej Vwt to theiti. It is h 1 j 1' t 1.3 orriv r, y.ov Yc ) : . Ci.n rj- outline 01 his route to the pole.-: , "The journey was nothing really wonderful," lw said, "I used no new devices or inventions. - I had how ever, every necessary - instrument, kept thew to pure necessities. "The reason for my success is that I returned to the primitive life-tin fact, became a" savage sacrificed all comforts to the raco for the pole.' ' "The Eskimos generally kept ? up their courage, but Ahwelah, two days before we reached the Pole, despaired and said 'It is good to die; it is im possible to-go beyond.' However, I cheered him up and he never com plained : afterward, undergoing all hardships with cheerfulness. M; ; . The long winter night was Utilized by Dr. Cook in writing. He used a primitive stone writing desk aud lay prone while at work with his manu script. Meanwhile the Eskimos sew ed and sang. The temperature in the snow hut was rarely above the frees ing pointr Polar bears abounded, making exits from the hut dangerous. Has Confidence in Oook. Zuriebf Switzerland, September 17. Dr. DeQuervain, chief of the Swiss scientific expedition to ; Greenland, who was the first-European to meet Dr. Cook in . Greenland after, tho American-explorer returned from the north, and to hear his n'arative of the discovery of the North Pole, has arrived here. Dr. DeQuervain says that after having tested Cook's fig ures and statements to him he is con vinced that Cook reachod the North Polo. - - : :-"-:;;..:'.;. ; Activity on Roosevelt v Battle Harbor, lobrador, , Septem ber 17 via Marconi wireless. After a week of rest for the crew of the Artie steamer Roosevelt, on board of which Commander Robert E. Peary is making huvay south, thene is bustle and activity on all sides as the men put the finishing touches" to tie vessel preparatory for the start for Sydney.;; ":'..;'.:?'---' ; r---vv One of the first things Commander Peary did was to go to tfco quarter deck of tie- Roosevelt and face a battery of icameras.-.;:----"-:';r. When the pictures had been taken Commander Peary and the newspa per reporters all went ' ashore,, where toe explorer became the target for a broadsid4 of questions, v Peary.: sat with his baek to the single window in the gable end of the attic, -the news paper men grouped in front of him. boms of them ,-wore mounted on piles of fish nets, others were seated on. r awTaiiifr &JVL0J fl T .J.J floor. In adu.L.un, he crews steamers, and wiling vessels in port, the local merchants and fishermen and and a gathering' of small boys filled the rude ball and listened to what might be termed Commander Peary's first- public lecture sinco his return from the pole.-' v , v In explaining to the newspaper men what he considered the scientific value of polar exploration. Comman der Peary said he had taken sound ings of the; sea from Cape Sheridan to the pole .Which supplemented sim ilar data taken on the other side by Nansen and - Sacmi. Continuing. . he argued that north polar exploration is mucn more dimcult than tho same work in the Antartie. . In the Artie the work must all be done in one season, while at the South Po(e it is not necessary for exploring parties to turn back .to winter quarters. . Holidays in the North. . .. - Commander Peary '- described,-'- the celebration of Christmas Day, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day and St. Patrick's Day in tb far North.-. On Christmas they bad spec ial dinner and distribution of pres ents,' . There were alio Tunning races for the- members of the party and Eskimo men and women for which prises were-given. -r;V -Describing the flags he had raised at the pole, Commander' Peary made particular mention of the silk Ameri can flag, given him by his wife fifteen years ago, and which he had carried on every one of his Artie expeditions, leaving- a portion at the most north erly points attained.'. -The remnant of this flag, raised at the pole, con sisted of one star and ft section of the "blue field and a part of the red and white stripea.. '" ': .-, Peary Admits Oook Oould Hare Sno-. - e-eded. -.-.. -. ' --''-' , Battle TJvbor, Labrador, Sept. 18. ' ' It would , be ouite possibtq t. for Dr. Cook's pa ty or" any expedition to arrive at the North Pole by any ono of a hundred, routes and for me, to find n trace of, it. - If our paths lay far apart,", said Commander Robert F. Peary when he was fur nished by an Evening Journal corre spondent, with the latest information concerning Dr. Cook's claims and ths present status pf the : controversy whjch baa interested the civilized world. 'JV; ' -"':-. -5- -;; - VbiJe Peary wpujd. npt : cpneeds that Df, Cpok bad reached ths Pole, h admitted tht it was fesiiblo for a competitor to fio, without his' knowl edge if they travelled by widely sep arata trail. -i-'.-r" "I nm holding my prc-ofs,' said Peary, 'to submit them to the Inter national Polar Commission and thus controvert Dr. Cook's claims.- When I started north I believe I was a mem ber of that commission, which, as -I understand it, has final authority in all Polar matters. I. am sure Dr. Cook never informed the Commission of his intention of trying to reach the t'ifl ;me c; ,'ment t' 'it nnd -;".fi!Sy Why Whitney Remained North. J - Asked how,Harry Whitney . hap pened to remain in the Kortn, Com mander Peary said Whitney was one of a party of sportsmen who went as passengers on board "the steamer Erik. The party included Whitney, W. Norton, of .Now York; ' a ; 'man named Harned and G. . J. Crafts, of Washington who came for the. pur pose of taking magnetic observations for Dr. Bauer, head of the depart ment of terrestrial magnetism li the Carnegie Institute at Washington. At Etah, where it was determined to land a party nd supplies for the relief of Dr. Cook, particularly ' in view of the fact that Rudolph Francke was being invalided home, Whitney asked if, he might remain on the station to hunt walrus and polar bears in the Spring and make a trip to Ellesmere Land with Eski mos after musk oxen. - This was de cided on. In order to provide against the contingency of the Roosevelt not coming down from tho North in the Summer of 1009, in which event he would be obliged to remain in the Artie for.' two years, Mr. Whitney made arrangements for ; a ship to come up for him this Slimmer. : "Whitney had no doubt as to this ship coming . north,' said Peary, "and when the Roosevelt was sight ed at Etah August 17 last, Whitney started Out ut once in a sailboat for the Roosevelt under the impression that she was his ship. f . -.'1-- -' "On the arrival of the relief vessel Jeanie, Whitney was transferred from the Roosevelt to her, and he is now probably ... engaged iiy bunting bears -somewhere along the west side of Baffin Bay or David Strait."... Sr. Oook Is Annoyed. ' On board Oscar II, by United Wire less Telegraph, via Boston, Sunday, "To the Associated Press: :'; "My desire. to get on American soil increases with every mile laid behind by the Oscar II. The vessel is doing her best record, although delayed oc; casionally, ; making 400 miles in ' ti! last 24 hours.- i-'&rr&A&rX -" Commander Peary's, unfortunate accusations havl,. disclosed-, another side. of his "character. Ths specific records of my jonrnCy are accessible to every one who reads, and all, can decide for themselves when Peary publishes a similar report. - , , ; "WRFftTCK A. COOK" - Accoroing iiinp nr ntiserva- tions at midday, ). -Will of tfieTMraor'luiWevuu.. tinfore seen arises, " ThiS Will brin the ves sel t6 quarantine between 2 and 3 o'clock. . v- - J . ( '.: Dr. Cook appears to eieroise great restraint, , but can hardly repress a natural annoyance at impeachment of his varacity, without proofs. He re quested The Associated Press to make public the following t . ; u' ; "Commander Peary has as yet giv en to the world no proof, of jbis own case. My elaim has been fully recog nized by Denmark and by the King of Sweden; the President of the United States of Ameriea has. wired me his confidence; my -claim has been ac cepted by the International Bureau for Polar Research at Brussels; most of the geographical societies ,, of J Ei rope have sent me congratulations, which means faith and acceptance for the present, and almost every explor er of note has- come forward witji warm and friendly approval. " .,' Proofs Open to All. ' ' ' "A speciflo record of my journey is eeewlble to all, and every one who reads can decide for himself. . When Peary publishes a similar report, then our. cases are parallel. Why should Peat- ha allowed to make himself a self-appointed' dictator of my affairs f in justice 10 auiiHU) v i world and to guard tne nonor 01 na tional prestiger be would be compell ed to prove his bwn case;' he should publish at once a preliminary' narra tive to be eompflved with mine, and let fair-minded people ponder over the matter while the. final records by which our case may be eventually proved are being prepared. . "I know Peary the" explorer. As such he is a hero in Arctic - annals and deserves th'e credit of long and Lard record. To Peary the explorer, I am still willing to tip my hat, but Peary's unfounded accusations, have disclosed another aide to his character which will never be forlrotten." . . . - NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. That the national headquarters should be moved from Warren, Ohio, to 'New York city was one of the im portant decisions reached by the Wo man's Suffrage Association during their recent convention In Seattle. It s said that the move Is ma.a largely because of the demand ; from men and women of New York City of jartf means.: BUlerlng the best In tsreit tt ths pjovsment t stakt they iBfiged. 9 piy Ut wtlrt colt of tfts nitlonftt P"M ths move was made, and also to fur niBh lultftbli Quarters fof twO yesrl at i rent to be fixed by ths national association. They plan to bring un der one roof the national. State and local suffrage headquarters and also those of the College Equal Suffrage League. Mrs. Ida Husted Harrer la to be national press chairman and editor of Progress. Prof. Frances Squire Potter corresponding secre- tary. wlth Prof, Mary uray lea 10 co-operatf gun. as secretary. Nt?w yorx Cf Course, the rr' n -,;iKn't Jfi. fN. Cmm SALES.;, Interesting Figure! Regarding ths V ' Sales of theJrTew Crop. Raleigh, 6peifjk-Fof the month of August, ihellrstj of the rie-w tobao eo crop, the sales of leaf tobacco on the markets in North Carolina aggre gated 10,211,97.1 pounds of which 6, 857,483 pounds, Wre first-liand for the growers, ana (the rt-uiuin&r re sales, , ' F It is notable if this ; connection that the total salesifor August of last year footed up 1336,498 pounds of which 14,681were first hand for the growers.,' ' v Y'. ' " :-'-'-.''' The biggest saldthis August were reported from Ea erii' Carolina mar kets, Wilson ead')g, -with 1,470,966 first-hand and i t,841 total. Kin ston' reported I 270,784 first-hand Sales.' 1 '-..-.V ,-""'. - The other ts and their first 'airmont, 906,271; ; Greenville, 494, .387,723; ; Rocky arm ville, 324,809 i ; Smithfield, 230, 150; Ayden, 172, ")3,241 ; - Robesson- Hill, 127,793; lLjaark-ail5,, 100; Reidsville, ,'45? Louisburg, 9; Wendell, 62, & Clayton, 46,-, l, 43,972; Warrcn- qa nm. hand sales art Fair Bluff, 88- 369; Goldsbot' Mount, : 326,691 Richlands, 27P! 433; Warsaw, 138; Lumbertf vdivaw7? WilliamstoiS 650; ZeliuU 101,511; O.x 82,088; Dui 105 f Ahoskl 509 j Winston ton, 83,127; i field, 31.G83; i j Greensboro, 30; 631; Apex,. 20 iy Springs, 3l067; j ; "Yonngsville, if Durham 19,472; Burhngton '5,- Creedmore, 107 617 J Roxboro '!'' Shoti . Wilson, , t , about nine t cas and . .Ur. 'i while sitting o the father of 1 man dodging al. young Jady ren ' will shoot who' tng ttf eavedrr No'quicker t theVeport , of Sndf both of i the had been ; Inaibs eight Vh lp9 lady, and M Courting. i ' . Sunday . night Miss Minnie Lu ennian Williams, front porch of iiing lady, saw a m the yard. The d: "I believe I is dtit Jhere try- :..' "";-...,,;" i,r-'i"-a said the words, n "was- heard, ,ile knew that 11 their lower ing the leg of i ma' pedal e ! h, leaden pel- -ed the kind "tepping in " tight nji ' Ms at Hs. The young" of metal she is rj side' of the ho'f trifle and -sent! a- - Tttevea tuar onN. arv."iiie-..i-i took effecl."-1- I r . The man she sitspects of the cow ardly deed was iii Wilson Monday morning lookinejtp a eertfin doctor, and it is tte"8iii ipositiOn of all those who have henri Ci of the occurrenee that he bus evi fences of. the lady 's skill as s. marki 4ian imbedded -sotne-i where in his ba y. This same man has been before tj magistrate because of a disturbancf he had with Mr. Williams about tliss Lucas. Veterans Organize Camp. Troy, Special. There was a re- nnion of Confed fcrnte soldiers at Troy, N. C: September 11, Hon. J. A. Lock- hart, of Wades fft6i N. C, was the sneaker 1 of th 0 ieision, r He was lit- troduced; byJJph. Jlf.-Ulair, as tne worthy son of i worthy sire. : Jur. Lockhart; said tne oonieaeraie soldier did not fiRht for what he thought io bo ight, .but fought for, What he knew to be right, that the war was not fought by ths South for the purpose of, p-otecting1 its proper ty In the slawi, but for the purpose of protecting I he people in their rights of self government against , a strong ;eentraltzl government I ..'at Washington. H ".- ': -t.-'V,:-' '-'" on.WvPr X, i.,d, of AshefeoTO. ad dressed' , the I Confederate , soldiers in trna -comrase spirit; his homely witticisms prwoked laughter and applause; his pathos brought tears to his comrades cheeks.;,,. ... I- ... Perhaps Tatally Out. Burlington, frvecial.-A tad cut ting scrape took place. unday after noon, William Fowler in ejecting T. A. Lamm from bis restaurant for drunkenness Was badly cut. Fovler (mocked ., Lamm . down several times when Lamm djraw a knife, rushed at Fowler and 1 ioX " him several "times," perhaps fatay. Lamm ran but was caught and ound over-for trial.";;; '""',. . Killed Ey Leg Train. U ; Kinston, Special. About 10 o'clock Monday morning Mr. 'McCoy. Hamil ton, of Kinston,- was run over by the log train of the I lines- Bros. Lumber Company on the Wheat swamp road and died" within half an'hour aftr the accident. He was the flremanof the Jogging ng:;ie and was assisting the anaineer 'in switching. .'.B"'.' hd just uncoupled n r r pnd was riding en tbi beck c en empty logger, fell forward and tr&ln was back d over him be ( uld stop ths Whr fc Mddf nndi the car. ing and ths rr fore ths eng: train. . Stricken ' Warsaw, Si a successful I was Bf rick on a. m., here the ciamiua'. taltea at 1 died it I' . plai;) S 1 ba: !i a I ' t!; it Room. Tr. S. A. Byrd, f Mount Olive, alysis at 10:25 'iile engaged in itness. lie was ' me, where he Ir. Byrd com ' fore the trial '. D. Johnson, ' -t bim wi!h EVENTS AT NORTH POLE :- TOLD BY MATT. KENSOli Pcsry's Colored Lieutenant Nar : rates Interesting Incidents. NIGHT SPENT IN SNOW HOUSES Observations in Morning Indicated Goal Was Only ISO Yards From ; Its Tentative Location Flag . .. . Cheered by Eskimos. ' V Battle Harbor, Labrador. "We hoisted the Stars and Stripes twice at the North Pole," said Matthew Hen son. ; He Is Commander Robert K. Peary's colored lieutenant and the only other civilized man, according to Commander Peary, who ever reached the pole. , Hensoa gave an account of the ono night and two days he and Comman der Peary and four Eskimos camped at ninety degrees north latitude. He personally assisted in raising the American Hag, and he led the Eski mos in tba cheers, with an extra cheer for Old Cfly in Eskimo. ; "HavlnfCjsDent eighteen years with Commander Peary and a considerable portion of that time in the arctic," said Henson, "I have acquired a knowledge of the dialect of the North ern Greenland Eskimos, who are prob ably .superior to any other. As is commonly known to travelers In the Far North, the Eskimo entertains a strange prejudice toward any tongue but one, and It is therefore necessary, for successful dealing with them, to Study their unwritten language. "We arrived at the pole Just before noon on April 6. the party consisting of the Commander, myself, four Es kimos, and thirty-six dogs, divided Into two- detachments equal in num ber, and headed respectively by Com mander Peary and myself. We had left the last supporting party At eighty-seven degrees fifty-three minutes, -where we separated from Captain Bartlett, who waa photographed by the Commander. Captain Bartlett regretted that he did not have. a Brit ish Hag to erect on the ice at this spot bo that the photograph might show this as-the farthest north to which the -banner of England had been ad vanced I kept a personal diary dur ing this historic dash across tho Ice sld. -('' sT '' ' i ' :: Vi'"v ', -C -"-''"( -- t' V-':. : ,"6uV first task Hon! reaching ; the pole j-asto build two Igloos, as the weatAr was baiy and prevented tak 1 -ftrate obrsrvatlons .to confirm '-tarovtraveled from Cape Col- tea made on then retirsd to rest.- thus sleeping ono night at the North Pole. - - "The1 arctic Sun was shining when I awoke and found the Commander already up. ; There was only wind enough to blow out the small-flags. The ensigns were hoisted toward noon from tent poles and tied with fish lines. ' ':,-- ' '" ."' - We had figured out the distance pretty closely and did not go beyond the pole. The flags were up about midday April 7 and were not moved nntil late that evening. The haze had cleared away early, but we wanted some hours to take observations. We made three close together. "When we first raised the Ameri can flag its position was behind the igloos which, according to our initial observations, was the position of the pole, but on taking subsequent obser vations the Stars and Stripes were moved and placed 150 yards west of the first position, the difference in the observations being due perhaps to the moving ice. "When the Has was riacoa uom- tnsnder Peary exclaimed In English: " 'We will nlant tne stars ana (Stripes at the North Pole. -. 'In. the native language I proposed three cheers, .which were given In the Eskimos' own tongue. Commander Peary ehnox Banas an around, ana wn had a more liberal dinner than usual, etl'i man eating as much as he pleased. ; -;'- .-'-'.-. . , ;"Tno ESJnmos aancea aoout ana showed great.pVasnre that the pole kt last was reached. For years the Eskimos had been trying to reach that spot. ,mit It wei, always with them tiquelgh,'. which, translated. meanB, get so far and no closer.' They, ex claimed la 'a chorus. 'Ting neigh Urn ah ketisher, meanins; 'We have got there at last..'."': Henson said conditions were, aaont the came at the pole &s elsewhere In the arctic circle. All was a solid sen of Ice. except for a two-toot lead 01 open wrter two mlle9 from the polo. The Eskimos wno went aions "" the final lap were Ootah.-EglngwAb, Ousaueeah and Sleloo. the two first being brothers. Commander Peary took photographs of Henson and the Eskimos waving flogs and cheering. CAR WORKERS STRIKE AGAIN.; Pressed Steel Oar Company- Accused of Breaking the Recent Agreement. . " Pittsburg, Pa.-r-Th car workers' strike at the plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company In Sch'oenville, hih thnneht settled after cost ing nine lives and heavy financial loss. began anew when Dotween 8000 ana. 4000 employesof thecarwovkswnlked from thstr work and quietly Cts psned to their homes. Ths workmen allege lh car com pany officials have broken faith with them regarding " ths dlcchargo of bosses brousht hers during the re cent dispute. , V . Street Car Wrecks Funeral. . - A street car crashed into a hearse bearing the body ot Charles Dntrow, in Washington, D. C, badly damag ing tho hearse and throwing the driv; er and the coffin to, the pavement. The coffin suffejred no damage. ' , General MncArtlinr For Senator. , General ArthurMacArthur Is prom- Inontly spoken of as a possible canJl (iaio for the United States Ssnate p - X Senator La Follette, of Wis- i, In the September primary of WOMEN KILL EACH OTHER ' 'Til ' '"' '' ; With Knife and Revolver Have Fa tal Struggt In Chicago Flat Mrs. ' Julius Tripp and Slstcr-in-Iaw, Mrs. Jacob Stivers, of New York, Pesd as Result. -. Chicago. Two screaming women, both wounded; called for help from the first floor ' apartment at 6(09 Prairie avenue. When neighbors rushed Into the fiat they found one woman dead, with eleven bullet holes In her body, ead the other uncon scious with a bullet wound in her breast sod a knife cut across her fore bead. She died a few hours later. Mrs. Julius Tripp, who, with her husband, lived In the flat, was the dead woman. She was lying fully dressed on the floor of a front bed room, her clothing torn almost to shreds. The other woman was her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jacob Silvers, of New York. She was attired only In a night dress, and was lying on her back cn a bed la an adjoining bed room. Beside her was a new revol ver. . Mrs. Eilverg filed at tho Washing ton Park Hospital at 10 p. m., and be fore dying confeesed she had killed her slster-in-Jaw. The rooms in which the fight oc curred were found In confusion. Fur niture was wrecked and pictures lay on the floor. Indicating that the strug gle between the women was a long and desperate one. Between periods of delirium In the hospital before her death Mrs. Silvers said that she and her sister-in-law had quarreled over household matters. "I made up ray mind to kill her with on axe," the woman said, "and then I came to the conclusion I would use a revolver." Relatives of the two women bear out the belief that Mrs. Silvers was not of so 1 nd mind. EIGHT DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK. Victims of Head-On Collision Are All Railroad Men. -. Nashville,' Tenn. As the result of a head-on .collision between - passen ger train No. 1 and fast freight No. 51 on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, one mile west of Pegram Station, Tenn., eight men were killed, one seriously injured and several others reported hurt No pas sengers were killed. .The cars caught fire and several of the victims were cremated. ? - :-''"' -:.' .'"... ;v,;v-;:,"- J The Dead. .. -f Bailey, '.Xl- F., mall' clerk. Martin, Tem.; hoflyuraeg. i H:m yrv-'--. , j ' -Carif-: .tiJpV Aashvllleenglnecr on pasaengt-jj t'lain" xtoSj burnen. ' Mogan, vniliam; NaBhvllle, travel ing englneeribody hurned. . . Roach, Walter, messenger; , body burned. ..-:-'. . ' -. -. Stalcap, W. S., mall clerk, Martin, Tenn. " - . , - Tarklntton, Jesu, engineer on freight; body burned. -' Walt, S. B.. bead brafceman. Whitod, Samuel, . fireman; body burned. --, - , -- ' Both' engines, were -completely wrecked. -. .. . . .',. The wreck was caused by "the over looking of orders. ; i, BANDIT PARDONED BY TAPT. L. A. Potter, Who Held TJp Stage Coach in Bravado, Freed. . Washington, D. C. After twenty four years' Imprisonment for a boyish bit of bravado L. A. Potter, a "lifer" In the Leavenworth penitentiary, has been pardoned by President Taft, Potter was an Illinois lad. He went to Texas,- became a cowboy, and in. 1885. after drinking too much one night, held up a stage coach. He made no attempt to harm any one and got away with only 19. But hs was convleted and sentenced to Jlfe Imprisonment. ; ?:' He is now fifty and broken in health, One ot his hold-up victims, Mrs. J. W. White, wife of ths presi dent ot the German National Bank of Mason, Texas, haa been trying tor years to have him pardoned, and her efforts have succeeded. .-. TWO DIE IN PISTOL FIGHT. Neither Victim Lives Long Enough to : Tell What.Quarrel Was About. Neosho, Mo. Two deaths resulted from a fight with revolvers "between Henry W, Estes and Ben Marshall on the streets of Newtonla, a village twelve miles east of here. ? ' : - ' ' Neither lived long enough to tell what the quarrel was about. " . Estes was a large dealer in1 cattle. Marshall came from a good family, but in recent years had a bad reputation.-- He -was quarrelsome, and had been in court several times, ono for attempting to kill & man. - r - Estes came to town and met Mar shal!. - A quarrel waa started by Mar shall,' and both men drew revolvers and ran Into the street.- - - Each fired one shot and -both tell: mortally wounded. FOR EQUALITY. IN : SWEDEN. Cabinet Rill to Abolish Orders. Of Civil Ranks Causes Sensation. London, A dispatch to ths Daily Telegraph from Copenhagen says a sensation has bsen caused in Sweden by ths decision of ths Cabinet to pre sent a bill to Parliament to abolish all orders of ranks and grades ot pre cedence, except th offloers of ths army and navy. ;. 7 . ----- Borden Advances Pay;. Strike Ends, The 1000 striking weavers at the Iron Works Cotton Mills, the Borden plant at Fall River, Mas!.,- bv ac cepted a Ave per cent. Increase in wages end will return to work. They struck for ten per cent. About 6000 other employes were thrown out 0) work. . .-- -''. .. Cannon Opposes Currency reform. Speaker Cannon, at thn tv.r.V" eonvo'itv-n In CMc.Bo, sas-l t would 1 t c -1 t 1 - -t i. E. H HABRIHAN'S ESTATE ICCTTnUICUl LLI I IU Brief Will Makes Her One of World's Richest Women. $100,000,000 PROPERTY VALUE v Only One Named In the 09-Word Will Stocks and Bonds May Have Been Transferred Before Death to Save Inheritance Tax. New York City. E. H. Harriman, In hUiWill, which was filed for pro bate at Goshen, Orange County, N. Y., left all his property, real and per 1 BUU jjci- Harriman. sonal, to his wife, Mary W. Harriman. The estate is variously estimated itimated at m . A A I A A. between $2,0,000,000 and ,1VUIVUV- i3 also ap it any xa- 000. Mrs. Harriman was nointed executrix, without strictions. The document, which was made public by Charles A. Peabody, presi dent of theMutualLifelnsuranceCom pany, who Is understood to havo drawn up the will and was one ol the witnesses, contained just ninety-nine words and was probably one of tho shortest wills on record considering the value of the estate involved. It was d-.: i June 8, 1903, and was as f ollov, A. I, Ed- ard II. Ifarrimnn, of Arctri. In the State of New York, do make, publish and declare this as and for my last will and testament, that is to say: I give, devise and bequeath all of my property, real and personal of every kind and nature, to my wife, Mary W. Harriman, to be hers abso lutely and forever, and I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Mary W. Harriman to be executrix of thls Will. In witness whereof I have hereunto) set my band and seal this eighth day of June In the year nineteen hundred and three. . ; , Signed.) ' "1 EDWARD H. HARRIMAN. - Signed, sealed, published and de clared by the testator as and for hia last v ill and testament in onr pres ence, who at bis request and in his pret ence, and in the presence of each , other, have each of us hereunto sub . SC -fbed our names as witnesses. . - ISlgned.l - - ' xi 7 CHARLES A. PEABODY, 1 ' O. C. TEGETHOFF. ' '-, C. C. Tegethoff, who, wIth-Mr:-Pft v 1 body, witnessed the will, was Mtv jHar- . ' riman's private secretary. ,t . It the highest estimates ot - tho : value of the estate aro -correct,- the Will makedTMrs. Harriman one of the ilai w-menJR tSf 'World, if not the "t"1 Tlehe-teT- -Who yc.lv nthaTTWOmBil1 waa -' are regarded as her possible rivals lor.iaai nonor are-jura., nusaou okbb. whose wealth has been -estimated at 180,000,000; Mrs..f rederlck V. rea- field, whose fortune has; been also es timated at that amount, and -Mrs. Hetty Green, who is believed to be ,,, worth anywhere from 1 10,000,000 to . J100.00O.00O; -- .-'' , Since no provision is made lor Mr. 4 Harriman's - two sons- and three daughters It is believed that he pro vided for them before his death. Tho children are Mrs. Robert Livingston Gerry, who was MIbs Cornelia Harii- man; William Averill Harriman, Mies Mary Harriman, Miss Caroline Harri man and Roland Harriman. Among some of Mr. Harriman s closest friends it is believed that dur ing his last Illness he gave large blocks ot railroad stocks to each of his children and to a number ot his close business associates and em ployes, - - - , -i TAFT DEFENDS TARIFF IAWt ' Says All of It Is Good But the Woo! . . Schedule. . ' Winona. Minn. President Taft de livered his defense of the . Payne. . . tariff bill here. It waa tha speech for which tne country has been waiting ever since be affixed his signature to tha bill. The President talked frankly and . fearlessly to his audience. ...' He nointed ont. the things in the' law that he does not like and arrayed against them Its good points. : ' On the whole he conceived it the : best tariff law the Republican party -, haa ever nassed. and therefore the best ever enacted in this country, and . aa he views the law it Is on the whole revision downward in accordance with his own and the party pledges. He acknowledged that the . wool schedule Is too high and ought ty have been reduced, yet the fact waa deplorable, as It seemed to him, that the interests of the wool products ot the West and the woolen manufac turers of the East were so strongly intrenched In Congress that to have Insisted on a reduction-of the woolen'. schedule would have defeated the en tire bill. . For President Taft to have vetoed - the! bill would, In his opinion, not only. have demoralised the. party but de stroyed all chance for the accomplish-' ment of other, reforms to which he and the Republican party . .were . pledged. . The .President spoke with great earnestness when li- came tq this part of his speech." t It was BP parent that be bad fait ths sting cf th criticism ot hit sV.:ei ths bin, -narriman's Crsrs I ' The rravs ct r. 1", Arden, N. Y fc-i 1 great mound cf c be reinforced v : i rfjnabla! -rrrtman ft 1 vered w! t whkh w .. 1 ' t of steel, i ' in!'"-r tf ':S ii-'i.- :' -:i d illiip'-i I . who Is ! t.i't S cm)-,,, it' f pencer V. 'Spencer F. I sent in I'a r Roumaiiiit p 1 . is due d.u , 1 . Ms lamtlj'. Paris, lira T " Join hi r h'-