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:T1SING MEDIUM IN MADISON COUNTY.
I. THURSDAY -NOVEMBER 10; 1910. N0.27.I
Marshall; madison count
VOL. IV.
A SPANISH MINE C V 51
" BLEW UP MAINE
-COLONEL BRADY 8AY8 SPANISH
FANATIC DE8TROYED U. S.
V' BATTLESHIP.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS DENY
.Zalvado, Who Touched Key That Ex
1 ploded the Mine, Wn
Executed.
Kansas City, Mo. That Joseph E.
Zalvado, a Spanish electrician, wort
iug., in Moro castle, and' probably a
fanatic, was responsible for the battle-
ship Maine disaster, was the state
ment made here by Colonel Jasper E.
Brady, United States army.
Colonel Brady says he was one of a
commission of four men who investi
gated the explosion and reported their
findings to President McKlnley.
nt mnnu I hm nn see this man
V. VUUI 3W
turn on the switch which set free
the powerful mines that caused the
disaster, " said the colonel,, "but the
evidence in the case pointed directly
to his guilt. Three other army officers,
whose names I do not care to give,
and myself reported to the President
that in our belief Zavaldo was respon
sible. He, .was later executed upon
the command of (Jeneral. Blanco. No
one, however, was ever able to learn
for what rason."
Colonel Brady, in the address at St.
George's Episcopal church) had dis
cussed the . Maine disaster, and attrtb
uted it to a submarine mine explo
sion.' Hia statement brought forth de
nials from Washington 'among other
things, being tiat no military board
had been appointed to Investigate the
case. Colonel Brady explains that the
board never convened to makS its-report,
but reported lndivlduallytto the
President. ; I
Colonel Brady is a brotheWof the
Rev. Cyrus Townsend BradF, rector
of St. George church, and author.
Attempts to learn anything about
the history of the electrician proved
futile, said Colonel Brady, i
"All we know Is tnat toe was In
charge of the wires which operated
the. mines," he said. "If the Spanish
government had desired to blow up
' the battleship he would have been or
dered to. turn on the current and re
' lease the explosives. ; As nearly as we
could learn "he acted' on' an Impulse
j while near the electrical apparatu
.-nrf turned on the a Kite n ran iwa
f "The harbor was full of mines and
'ia ....nains that the Maine
JL la uuw u - . -
anchored near one. i ; -
"We had much trouble in obtaining
avidenceT. Our case was made up very
- largely by putting two and two otgeth-
er and arriving at a conclusion.
, DISASTROUSTlRES.
Fires in Macon, -fluntsvlllr and' Mont
, gomery ..Cause Big Losses. '
Macon. Ga. Tie plant of the -Ma
con Daily Telegraph was completely
AiatrmnA bv Are. -'"': : "
wu totally destroyed, and literally
, nothing was saved from the names.
P. Ravmond Clay, a linotype opera-
. tor. was burned to death while asleep
W. T. Anderson, business manager
of The Telegraph, stated that the loss
will nrobably reach iiou.uuu. isew
equipment has been wired for and un
til It arrives The Telegraph will con
tinue to be Issued from the plant of
thai Muan News.
Huntsville, Ala. The Huntaville ho-
tel wa almost entirely dostroyea Dy
,arl morning blaze that started
i tho kitchen. The total loss was
about 1120,000, with Insuranceof 182,
M0; Several leading business con-
wah hurned out also.
Guests of the hotel lost personal
belonging agpesating
Montgomery. Ala. A fire early en
dangered ; an entire retail business
. i.w or MnntEomerr before it tU
-otten -under-control. The flhe;100,-
000 stock of Jonn u. vouu w
f h laraest and oldest dry goods
.4 .rrt houses of Montgomery,
- was damaged about 150,000, the loss
r hv insurance. . The Alabama
Bible society sustained a loss of about
8.00O. while other incidental lossea
reached 2,000, making a total eu
. mated of 160.000. . : ; i,
. ! Record of Rallroada,
Washington. "Kffled ,8M; Injured
S3 17V thla to tha caauaKy record
Y (' tli railroad! In the United Statea
' during the year ended June 0, laat,
wscordlng'ta the Interstate commerc.
I InABU Af 1 111 9
.B.V,U,L, AM.
- iB kiued and, M.tt.".
the previous yeafa .lgures.. .There
W .tilt.. A MAA.
were 6,sBi cohibiod",
nle and Injuring- '7.7W nnd damaging
personal property IMJWTJ. In the
.r.iimenta during the year 140
persons were killed and WU , wer
injured. - , '" ' ' -" : ; '
rtaubtful About Second Term.
Washington. When President Taft
was invited to attend a proposed eel
u..,in in Piusbur In 114, ,conv
memoraltng the close of a century ot
peace between the English-speaking
peo;u", u"CI - - -
. Kiatrhood of the Rodph Siiolum con-
'.r.-..-)on. hesaid: "In 1914 I wUl
nr. ' ably be your neighbor, living In
C ninati, and I will try to run over
?e you." There was a smile on
'tne prt Hlent's face when h thus
t!ii inatt'd himself from a second term
, ; ' ration. -
DRY STATES ABE WET. ;
, -v? ,-c., i: ' .?,-.;.! -'5 '
Sale of Internal, Revenue Liquor
Stamp Show That Liquor i Still
Sold In th "Dry" State.
Washington. The Jaw in Alabama,
Georgia. North Carolina and a part
of South Carolina' may be dry. Just
as dry as Blackston is to the kvet
ge law student, but tne ary belt is
limited to the, law, ana tne people
are wet, as wet as .'Georgia corn"
and the "mountain dew" of "Ole Ken-
tuck," according to toe report of
,'evenue collectors in tnese . prohibl
:lpn state made to their chief at
vVashlngton. ' .
These reports are fairly steeped In
.iquor.. They, tell, not only of booee"
itclng made, but tor aaie, sotn in
3mall and large quantltites.
In another month. Commissioner
Cabell will make ptibltc hi - annual
report, in which he will quote figure
furnished by collectors of Internal
i-evneue in these states", showing the
number of special tax stamps whlcn
aave been sold in the past year, along
with the amounts yielded therefrom,
majority of these were sold to re
tailers.
It is estimated that in Afabama,
uleorgia. North Carolina and a small
uart of South Carolina the receibta
rom the sales of these special tax
tamps will amount to approximately
i 105,000 for the fiscal year which end;
d June 30 last
In Alabama, the sale of retail
stamps . amounted to approximately
31.000. and on tne combined saie
of retail and wholesale, $385,000. In
Georgia there was a combined sale
ot 440,568 worth of stamps. Of this
amount, only about 12,500 wa recelv-
d for wholesale stamps. .. North Car
olina comes next, owing to it being
whole dry state. South Carolina
purchased more - stamps, ' but.:' several
counties in South Carolina operate dis
pensaries, and this naturally increases
-die number of special retail stamps.
J la estimated $18,000 worth- or bow
finds ot stamps were sold in North
Carolina in the past year. Ot this
imount $14,500 was received from re-
callers. Drug merchant were tuo
aeaviest buyers. r p ' "
South Carolina will show a combin-
:d said of about 20,800 ; worth of
jtamps. Like Nortn varouna, mo
bulk ot the stamp :were purchased
by retailers. In thi case, however,
the county dispensary was the heavy
buyer, with the druggist next.
Revenue officer atate that the sale
of these special stamp is causing frio
inn between the atate and jreaera. au
thorities, but point out that nothing
can- be done' to remedy tne- maxter.
Commissioner Cabell refer au, com
plaining prohibitionist to art cons
mtinn. which nrovlde for auch tax. .
' It : is ttated that the ale of the
stamps aid the county, city and tate
official In prosecuting violator of the
state laws..,."' .;., -i-'j:-. it :
Kill Wife, Son and Self.
Lawrenceville. Ga. While suffering
from temporary Insanity. Joel D. Wal
lace, one of the most prominent mer-
rhrnibi and erocerymen of this place
and a former councilman, shot and
killed hiB ; wife, turned his' revolver
upon Cline, his 7-yeapold boy, whom
tie killed Instantly, shot his son, Fel
ton. 9 year old, and then fired three
bullets into nis own ouuy, nuus
ulmself Instantly." The exact cause
of the deed will never be known, as
those who were participants are. au
dead, with the exception ol reiton,
ho is shot through the right snout
der .and. though he will In all prob
bility recover, he can throw no light
on the story ot tne irageay.
HEARING CLOSES BEFORE
MAGAZ.
Periodicals
PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE BE
FORE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION CONCLUDED. -
$400,000,000 TAX ON SHIPPER
Railroad Admit Proposed Increase
Entering Wedge for a General
, t - -
Advance.
Chicago. Presentation of evidence
In the rata hearing before the Inter
state commerce commission was con
cluded. Arguments on the evidence
will be 'heard by the commission at
Washington on December 14, and, af
ter due deliberation, the commission
will announce what It is generally
considered will be the most important
Jecialon-ever emanating from it.
The hearing was instituted at the
Instance of shippers, who arose in
protest when western railroads an
nounced that rates on fifty different
commodities wuuld be Advanced. Op
position to this became general, and
t,a railroads agreed not to put the
new. rates into enect ontu tne inter
state commerce commission htd con
ducted a hearing, at which the ship-,
per Should be heard ,
Hearings were held at Chicago and
New York City, conducted at first by
an examiner, but, later, owing to the
paramount importance of the case,
Commissioners Clark and Lane as
sumed the duty. It took the shippers
only, a few hours to -introduce evi
dence, but an imposing mass ot. sta
tistics and testimony went into the
record for the railroads.:
The shippers were, represented by
a number of attorneys, who confined
their efforts largely to, attacking the
railroad evidence rather than to Introduce-
original testimony
Railway men admitted, thajt be ad
vance in rate on the forty commodi
ties, which formed the basis ot the
bearing, waa . merely an .entering
wedge, the ultimate purpose being to
advance rates all along the line.
According to the shippers, the final
effect of thi policy -would be to place
a tax of 1400,000,000 on the .consumer,
In a general way, the argument pre
sented by the railroads was that in
creased rate were necessary lor ine
1. Increased wage to enpy,
Increase. oct-lffiainteuuce
!and operation. ' '::'' ! i-,v',;'V.: !-; ''
8, Fublio demand tor increased efn-
Mency and eipanelon of transporta
tion '. facflitie. v ..'i'1. i-'X
The position taken by the shipper
was that the railroad at present are
receiving a generous 'return on their
actual Investment, and, among other
things, sought to Show on cross-exam,
1 nation that tM low rate of earnings
shown in the statistics presented was
dde more to overcapitalization than
to low rates. - a ;: rMz
Washlngt,
Hitchcock' -magazines
on their . aJ-
to eliminate
rHnt, in the i
age en first
explained.
Postmaster
lleves that in
Iteration" pur
reasonable ; In
.'ate on eerla
mail more diat
between "advert,
ei legitimate r
He does not;
conditions, an U
postage for il
hv tho efforts made toward the bird-
men In their nignis eauaing aevere
itraln on the muecie.
T." : Hog . Price Dropping.
Cleveland. Ohio. Hog prizes have
dropped - approximately 70 cent la
eight day on the local market Deal
er say that further : decline will
come. The big corn crop. 1 assigned
as the cause,
noli Weevil Traveling Fast.?'
, Louisville. Miss. The eastward
march of the toll weevil has carried
the dreaded cotton pest to" within less
ihan Sit miles of the Alabama state
line. Specimen of the weevil were
brought here from Winston county,
TAG E RAISED
Forced , to Pay
3 to the
mnt,'' l '' .
aniBter General
t requiring tho
reasejj, postage
ges sufficient
lull, and war
, 1 -Cent post-
was officially
1 ; ,:''; -VAi :
litchcock ba
it the admin.
ccompllsh
the postage
second class
utd be made
hat is term
'ter.
ler present
he ratei of
g matter
1 1 i ii
FRANK H. HITCH-'
Postmaster Genel 1
little
any Increase - thus applied point
out, will place a special bub 0n a
large number of second cil publi
cations, such a ,eaucaiiona re-
ligious perioaicais,' .
or no profit from adv6rttsi1
It is the -circulation' of t
publications, which aid s
in the educational and moi
vent of the people the
mtnt can best afford (
Vet . these publication,
any other ! legitimate i
in periodical form Mr. i
gesta a continuation
low postage rate of j "
and recommends' r
Increase in rate ;
magaztne- adver
PUNS IVY REFORMS
SECRETARY , PF NAVY MEYER
WILL' RECOMML'.MD SEVERAL
V CHANGES.
ABOLISH SOUTHERN YARDS
"Navah Construction Cofp and
Corp Are Sure to Be
Discontinued.
Pay
Washington. Drastic reforms, prob-
uiy including the abolition of the
naval construction corps and tiie na.
ral pay. corps, and, later, the aban-
sonment-or several of the navy yards
an the Atlantic coast, will be under-
tanen by Secretary o the Navv Mev-
sr on his return to this tit v at tho
conclusion or his inspection trip.
I The project to abolish several of the
avy yards, concentrating the navy's
Work at, a few cf the largest yards,
lready has been broached by Secre
tary Meyer! to the president, and Mr.
raft will -'endorse , whatever general
plan his secretary prepares.
-.It- in-asserted that Secretary
ai a result of his trip to various navy
yards, has become convinced that mil
lion of dollars could be saved to the
jovernment annually merely by more
concentration of work.
What yards shall go are. of course
till a matter of speculation. It is be
lieved that even Secretary Meyer has
not reached- a conclusion. - He has
merely decided that considerable mon
eyjcould be saved by concentrating
the work of the navy at fewer nnii
It is likely; however, that whatever
concentration of work is undertaken,
It will be at the. Norfolk. New York,
Philadelphia and San Francisco yards.
while the ax probably will fall on the
yards at Portsmouth, N. H., and
Charleston, 8. C.
These reforms cannot be instituted
without ; Congressional action, and a
row is a certainty in both the house
and senate when they are broached.
AM ERICAN CONSUUNSULTED
Gun Are Trained on Honduran Rebel
J .Leaders. -,-
New.) drleang.-Accordina to a ca
blegram to 'The -Picayune from San
Salvador; Salvador, the United State
"boat, Princeton.' at anchor oft Am-
Honduras was cleared for ai
WISCONSIN FARI
IER
DEFIED THE STATE
DEFENDER OF CAMERON DAM AND
HIS FIGHT AGAINST A LUM
BER COMPANY.
FLOUTED THE LAW FOR YEARS
Routed Posse After Posse of Sheriff
and Surrendered Only When Sur
rounded and Wounded Makes
Claim of Self-Defense.
Winter, Wis. After having con
ducted a rebellion against the atate of
Wisconsin for six years, John F. Deitz,
a settler In a wild stretch of woodland
In Sawyer county, surrendered to the
law. His fight against the state and
the circumstances growing out of It
form one or the most singular stories
In the history of the west and throw
Into the shade the most daring deeds
of the border.
During the period of his revolt the
Dletz family lived practically in a
state of selge. Many battle were
fought between Dietz and deputy
sheriffs sent to arrest him, and a score
or more persons were wounded. Three
sheriffs resigned their jobs rather
than face Diets In his stronghold In
the woods, and one was Imprisoned for
contempt of court because be would
not expose his life in serving legal pa
pers on the "outlaw," who defied the
whole state of Wisconsin. At one time
it was seriously proposed that the
state militia be called out to subdue
the nervy settler.
John F. Dietz came into the lime
light years ago when he defended
Cameron dam on Thornapple river
against one of the largest lumber com
panies in the state. He claimed the
dam was on his property and tied up
several winters' cuts of logs, valued at
thousands of dollars, by refu(ng to
allow them to pass the dam wi thout
paying toll. He was fought Ai the
court, by the company, butt de-
fled the order of the Judges and held
off at the point of a gun all offcers
who attempted to serve paper Vipon
A FKEE BULLETIN.
Feeding and Management of Poultry
for Egg Production.
A bulltti in on the feeding- and
management of poultry for egg pro
duction has been prepared by Prof
J. S. Jcfrrey, Poultrynian, and is
sued by the North Carolina Agri
cultural Experiment Station..
At present, probably three la four
million dollars worth of eggs are
produced annually by the poultry ot
the Slate. On account of this and!
the steadily increasing price of
poultry and eggs, poultry keeping
is attracting more attention now
Ihan possibly ever "before. As this
bullet in gives information that
should be of practical value in
poultry feeding and management,
every progressive poultry raiser
should secure a copy of it.
It discusses the kinds of stock
best suited for profitable, eg pro
duction as well as their proDer
housing and care. Tho breeding un
of heavy laying strains is also dealt
with in such a way as to develop
material of valuo to all those inter
ested in this branch of live-stock
growing.
A comparison is made of different
rations, both as regards the cost of
egg production and the best devel
opment of the stock.
J'he importance of cleanliness
and of keeping the houses free
from mites is also brought out and
recommendations are given.
Any poultry raiser in North Caro
lina may receive a copy of this bul
letin (io. 211) by addressing: Direc
tor C. B. Williams, West Raleigh,
APPEAL FOR SABBATH LAW.
North Carolina Lord's Day Alliance
Petition General Assembly. .
At Raleigh the North i Carolina
Lord's Day AUjance adopted reso
lutions directing its legislative com
mittee to urge upon tho approach
ing General Assembly ; the enaftt- '
ORATORICAL CONTESTS.
Georgia, Virginia, Tulane, North Car
'. olina and. Vanderbllt to Debate,' :
: New' Orleans. Agreement jhave
been signed by which five of the tear
ing universities in the South Will con
test for honor in debate during the
next two years, according to an ant.
nouncement made by Julian water
man, secretary of Tulane university.
yue .colleges wmca wiu unw iui
are V undercut, university oi virgiuio,
University of North Carolina, Univer
sity of Georgia and Tulane.
During the present scnoiastio year
Georgia bends it representatives to
Tulane, Virginia meets North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, VanderbUt goea to Vir-
ainla. Tulane to VanderbUt ana jxorin
Carolina h Georgia. For the. second
year a corresponding rotation J
scheduled. ' ' . .. -'i. :v :.; ''
' ' Farrar'a Opinion of Duke, f.;-
New Torfc--Geraldlne , Parrar, the
American opera Blnger' 1 evidently
noV going; to marry a titled foreigner-
at leaat not duke. The soprano
waa Informed on .her arrival Iron Eu
rope that It waa reported that she
would wed a duke. "Dukes?" asked
Mis Farrar. "I've met many of them.
and helleye me, -faking them individ
ually and collectively; they -are ; not
worth a cung. - . . ;---v
Natural Ga for Southern Cities, i
ShreveDort La. H. C. Frick. multl-
millionaire of Pittsburg, Pa., with a
oartry of capltallit. arrived" at the
Caddo OH and ga field to make inves
tigations relative to organising a cor-
rheumaturav though, few had noration to pipe natural ga to St
May Abandon New Orleans Mint,
New Orleans. Following an ordel
made known here from the directol
ot the mint at Washington, to tne w
feet that.aH gold bullion in tne New
Orleans -mint should be shipped to tha
PhiladelDhta mint, more than ii.zuv,-
000 In bullion wa transferred Has!
week. Additional shipments of mors
than i2.O00.00O will be required td
complete the transfer. Geoorge Hi
Robert, director of the mint. Mid the
New Orleans mint.wouia ne aoanaoa-
ed for the present
War on'Girl Rat.
Fort Wayne. Ind. Member of the
Port Wayne health board attribute an
enidemtc of vermin . in the publld
schools here to the rats worn in the)
hair1 of girl pupil. Twenty-nve oi
tha alrls in the chool are out ori
account of vermin. The health board
plan to oprn a war on rat, i .
Aaroolanlti I Latest Ailment.
New York City. Aeroplanitls 1 the1
latest' dWeaae. Many doctor nave
been puitled for Teral day by paJ
tienta complaining or narp pains in
the neck and shoulder cioseiy resem
i.n.. rhAiimatiam. thoui-h few had
ever been ,,affect4'tY&r v,UiatfaiUneUxn)l, Mempbi . and'w Orleans.
hitherto. - All ; or tnoe complaining
had attended the aviation meet at. ttei
mOnt park, and the physicians have
decided; that the trouble wa caused
V 1 - -L- Parliament of China. '
."Pekln; China. An official decree
ba been Issued announcing that an
Imperial parliament, the first In 'the
history of China, would be convoked
In 191J. - . . - .
' eg Year Murder Sentence.
' Dallas. Texa. Ninety1ae year'
Imprisonment- was 'the sentence pro
nounced, upon Sergeant 4. v. nianiey,
the haUonal. guardsman' whe killed
Louis Richenstein during ..tfesident
raff visit here on .Octobel iO909.
Manley was attempting to held back
the crowd when RlchenBteln broke
through the lines. Manley pluhsed
ils bayonet through the man end kill
id him. The trial was a long and sem
ntional one, terminating with a ver
lict ot murder in the flret degree,
Idonley Bhowed s'gns of insanity.
AtLROADb TO r..
fr-mr' 7
.imenl-r notiOed ' p? :
ayes that If foreigner
f lift
Southern, A. Q. 8. and (ii
way Establish oCtton 'peparv
Washington! Practical steps u
ing taken by- the Southern Ra
company, tb Alabama Great B
em Railroad company and tae M
and Ohio- Railroad company to
erate with the officials of the V
States i Agricultural v departmentt jnd
the state commissioners of agric-ul-ture
in advising farmers, in -the (fey-,
ritory along, the line of these fill-
ways which may eventually be reach
ed by the Mexican cotton boll weevil,
as to the best methods' oti growing
cottoh in spite of the p-esencfe 6t Wat
insect , The experfer the farm
era in Texas,,, wb. e w weevil has
been for-som irs, demonstrate
that, by the adr 0 of prober tawtt-
ods, practically V Klaige fields of cot
ton can be obtained an before the ap
pearance of the weevil. ID most lo
calities in .Texas the invasion of ,tha
weevil has generally- been followed by
short crops for two or three years' - f
For the purpose ot makmg the co
operative work of the companies aa ef
fective and helpful as possible, an or
ganization , ha .been perfected, to be
unown as the cotton culture depart
ment of the Southern railway, the Ala
bama Great Southern railroad and the
Mobile and Ohio railroad, with a view-
to encouraging the addition of, the
most improved methods it' advance ot
the .appearance of the WeeviL Til,
it to felt, will-have the effect of miiin
tainlng the normal prediction of cot
ton.. Practical farmer . j aa have lad
experience In dealing .lth .the loll
weevil will be employed and will de
vote theit entire time to visiting .'the
farmers along the line, of these rail
way in localities which may eveuu
ally be reached by the weevil and giv
ing them practical advice as to the
best methods ot growing cotton under
boll weevil conditions. ' ,i
..' Government a Good Printer. -'
Washlngton.-rSome idea of the vast
amount of work that 1 done in .'be
government printing office annually
can be gained from the figure jast
completed for the type composition
tor last. year. More: than -3,000 tons
of tyne'Jnetaiiw 5 usee? Jn"makicg
1.9eS9,00O ems of type ot every de
scription. If the individual lines ot
type were , plifed (end-to-end tliey
would atretch over a distance or si.
000 miles or more than one and one-
fifth time the circumference of the
earth. - ;.
4 Senator bomver Left (36,415.
Fort Dodge, Iowa. The estate of
Senator J. P. Dolllver was wortn ,.
tlS. according to the Inventory f i
k- uM . . rtnlll veitK til -.uinis ira t -tx-. ( f
this 168,000 consist of real e.,'&t.
i T" . Cashier Meeks a Suicide.
Irwinvllle. C . Spurgeon J'oi
cashier of the I nk of Irw
shot himself tljm.
pistol, dying a
22 years of u
ried only fsmr iae
are said 1 1 I- -11
Comma:
foreigners : were
Rested the governor' residence w
snot tun or noies.
- This action on the part of the Amer
ican commander, it is said, followed
quickly an insult offered the American
consular agent, George Schmuck, by
Valladares,; the revolutlary, and the
hater of foreigners, even going so far
as to threaten to' shoot the American
representative's residence. "
The dispatch adds that chaos reigns
throughout ; the western portion of
Honduras ,and Inflammatory manifes
tos inciting the. people to rebellion
against President Davlla are being
circulated. . "
ment or more Mm.Dreuens)y-! k. '
effective Sundafl lawa, calf I
ministers, to delii er at le&st J V" '
SsTto . t me eoacu
enforcement - ot adeiuate
STORM SWEEPS NORTH.
Traffic in New York and Pennsylva
nia Severely Crippled, J
New York City. A storm of mid
winter intensity which came booming
up the Atlantic coast bringing with
it sharp gales and heavy falls of
snow and rain, left a broad trail ot
broken wire communication along the
seaboard. Telegraph companies were
beset with difficulty in all directions,
The storm was apparently severest
between Baltimore and Washington,
all wires being down between those
cities. ;' " t; !f '.''"' "'.''-
Penhsylvania suffered from a soggy,
clinging enow and wires across the
state1 were either down ' or worked
only intermittently. Early communi
cation wltV Chicago was .obtained by
way of Boston, thence to the west ;
Broken-wire communications affect
ed some of the railroads, and trains;
from ; distant points were In some
cases far behind their schedules... ,
'l Philadelphia. The northeast gale,
which came . in from jtue ; ocean de
reloped Into one Qf the worst Novem
ber' storms in years. In the moun
tain.: districts ot Pennsylvania snow
tell to the depth ot 18 Inches. ' ;
Doctor Cook Heard From.
London. England. Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, the discredited explorer, has
been heard from again. His long si
lence has been broken by a congrat
ulatory message to Walter Wellmaa,
aent to a London paper. It follows
"Acting upon your offer to transmit
from me" a message to Mr. Wellman,
kindly send him my heartiest congrat
ulations' for hi wonderful initial suc
cess. If he crosses the Atlantic he
will have gained an object ot greater
use to mankind than the conquest ot
the pole. F. A. COOK."
the t i ;:'( t
,ls.- 1 .- 1 -t
lind l,K-n ii
tl.'s Bceoii
Panama Annexation Denied.
Washington..'' Through Minister
f - m Panama Aroaemena, Preaident
t has Issued an emphatic denial
r i mors that he had under consld-
a a proposal for the annexation
s Panama' republic, v -
President pointed out to Mr.
na that he recognised . the
t 1'ie treaty entered into by
: -nt with Panama preclud-
n to the United States.
! ; j w raited to preserve the
1 absolute independence
: '. . i republic , , .
John F. Dietz. ,
him. Diets won. The lumber com
panypaid him a large sum and he al
lowed (he logs to go through.
The isolation of the locality enabled
him to hold the fort successfully
against corporation, courts, and sher
iffs. . Few persons were acquainted
with the trails leading to the home
stead and of these none would guide
an attacking party. The sheriff depu
tised men from all over the state to
make the arrest of Diets, and) several
were shot in fights. In one engage
ment Dleti's sop was shot In the head,
but recovered.
i,- The late controversy between Diet
and the authorities of 8awyer county
dates from the time' when Diets shot
and seriously wounded Bert Horrell In
Winter In a wrangle, It Is said, over
rent due on achoolhoute. -"
Diets' first quarreled " with C O.
O'Hara, president of the Winter school
board, -It is said, and Horrel, taking
O'Hara's part, struck Diets. Diets then
shot and has since claimed It was in
self-defense: After the shooting Diets
had defied the sheriff to serve a war
rant on him. This act. cost Diets a
great deal of the popular sympathy. .
During hi six years of revolt Diets
obtained his supplies In thi town,
which required a long drive over rough
and almost impassable roads. ' Short
ly after the quarrel with Horrel he
sent two of his sons and a daughter
to this place to buy provision and
ammunition. On the way home they.
were ambushed by a posse and two of
them the girl and one of the boy1
were ehot and taken prisoner. The
other son escaped; and for several
day Winter wa in a state of alarm
owing to a rumor that Diets, was to
leave his stronghold - and make re
prisal tor the shooting of his children.
, And -. then .elaborate preparations
were made by the sheriff to effect the
capture of Diets alive or dead. With
a force of 90 men he surrounded the
Diets house, taklng'up position during
pthe night - which commanded , the
stronghold on every side. In the morn
ing Diets and the members of his
family-; all unarmed and none suspect
tig the ambuscade, went' out from the
house Into the clearing around It The
father and one son were shot, but not
dangerously Wounded, and all succeed
ed in reaching the -shelter of the
bouse, from which they replied to the
fire of the encircling posse, one of
whom was Shot and killed. Afterwards
Diett sent out a flag of truce and tur
recderiid. His remarkable revolt
against the authority of the state hid
ended. 'V
dlVlhrr.V,
ordinances in thwr respeotivti
and declaring the -Sabbath
established for .physical, etiintuai . ..
and. moral well-being of the tae
nia. Old ofllcers of the aJliatte . r
,were ' re-elected exeupt that Rev. L.
F. Johnson of Raleigh was elected
corresponding Becii otai y in the stead
of Rev. James O. ' Helsabeck, of
Asheville. They: are MRevir.R. F,
Campbell, . D. D, AshevillOj presi
dent; Dr. W. L. Potent, Wake- For
est College, vice-president; Charles
H. Ireland, Greensboro,' treasurer;
Rev. W. H. McMasters, Raleigh, field
secrotary; executive committee,-
Revs. S. B. Turrentme, Byron uiarit,
M. M. Kinard. T. C. Chatham, Salis
bury; Rev. J. C- Leonard, Lexing
ton: George W . Atkins,-'- v
Sprinkle, Albemarle; R. CL- Holland;
D. D., Charlotte; Stephen Myrick,
Greensboro. .
Tne closing aaaress was uy in-, u.
Clay Lilly of Richmond, on the Sab
bath and the forward movement
He took the ground that the State
must care for the morals of. the
people, and must have a care for
the environment unaer wnicn poo
nle live and rear their 'families.
Therefore the State must guard the
Sabbath against desecration, tn
Church must form public opinion,
and influence the State for tha
wfeguardingof the Sabbath. i
Summary. i
All records for Dostofflce receipts
for a month were broken at the'
Charlotte postofflce in October,
when over $13,000 was taken in for .
stamps, money orders, etc. The
actual receipts for the montji Just
closed were 813,560M.
Frarik Saunders, the alleged Illi
cit distiller, failed to make his ap
pearance at the session of Federal
court in newuern wiu uimouj iw ;
feited- his bond of gi.ooo, wnicm
was guaranteed by Kit ; Jones, oi :
Cortaret county. t ' ' -
A force of workmen are busily ,
engaged in removing the debris of
the Norfolk-Southern freight ware- ,
house are which-occurred in New- '
bern..,. 'It is understood tnat mas
company will erect a new ajow
structure on the site of, one
which .was destroyed by nre.
The SecreUry of the Treasury
has authorized the purchase of
strip of land in rear of the Federal
biulding at RMdsville, containing;
1,100 square feet, for $500. The
extra land U necessary for govern
ment purposes. - '
.The foundations for the new de
pot of the Southern Railway at
State'sville has been complete 1 an
the main' construction work Will
progress rapidly from nov o i.
; The Asheville school for C ' , a
corporation formed darii !' ; r -mer
for the. purpose cf r
a high-class school f -r :
purchased tlie l-i" '
known as the r.urr
is an o!J colon:,! 1
price r: 1 v : s V '