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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD.
POWERS AND HOWARD
Freed at Last-Were Accused of
’Murdering William Gobel.
END OF THE FAMOUS CASE
Great Excitement Prevail* When New*
i* Announced—Ev-Governor Taylor
Make* Statement.
Ijcxington, Ky.—Cal?;) Power* and
James Howard, charged with forming
and carrying out a plot which result
ed in the assassination of Senator
WV.ktnt Goebel in 1900, were given full
and free pardons by Governor W1I1-
ton and will bo Immediately released.
They have been confined in prison
for more than eight years.
Powers is now in jail In Georgetown,
while Howard is In the penitentiary at
Frankfort, serving a life sentence.
Powers will go back to his old home
ini Knox county, where his mother has
fitted up the old place for his coming.
This home was mortgaged early dur
ing Powers fight for freedom by hits
mother, who did all she could to help
her son.
Howard will go to Louisville and
join his family, and will become an
evangelist In prison work. Governor
Willson affixed his official signature to
the pardons after an exhaustive study
of the cases and a review of the testi
mony. He was ald.d by arguments of
attorneys both for and against Pow
ers and Howard, as well as by reading
the entire transcripts of the testi
mony, covering four trials of Powers
and one of Howard.
it is said that Willson even carried
briefs of the most Important testi
mony with him to Washington when
he went to attend the conference of
governors, in order to discuss various
points with other governor.-. He has
been steadily working on tue records
since he returned.
Remarkable semes were witnessed
here, at Frankfort, Georgetown, Bar-
bourvllle and other points when news
of the pardons came. .Men grasped
each other's hands and wrung tnem
fervently as they almost soboed out
the news.
Women wept opently on the streets
when news ot the pardons was flashed
through the count y. In Frankfort
and Georgetown, where ihe men are
confined, crowds oT friends were
standing in ihe corridors of the jail
and penitentiary waiting for even one
hand-clasp or look from the men who
have suffered so long.
Both men were almost too overcome
with emotion to talk. Powers said: "I
am glad to have my freedom, but
would rather have had an acquittal by
Ihe courts. 1 am not guilty and I
hoped that 1 would be vindicated.”
This marks the end of oije of the
most noted cases ever tried in Am
erica.
Senator William Goebel, the dem
ocratic aspirant for governor of Ken
tucky, was murdered in January, 1900,
in the state house yard at Frankfort.
The shot was tired from Caleb Pow
ers' office window, the latter being at
the time secretary of state to Govern
or Taylor. For a time it. looked as if
civil war would lesult, Taylor and
many of hin friends tied the state, tak
ing refuge in Indiana. Powers was
arrested here and found to have a par
don for the murder of Goebel, signed
by Taylor, in his pocket. He was
found guilty three times, but in tue
fourth trial the jury disagreed.
William S. Taylor, former governor
of Kentucky, and now a fugitive in
Indianapolis, where he has lived since
the assassination of Governor Goebel,
made this comment when he learned
of the pardons:
"The pardon of Caleb Powers and
Janies Howard is a most righteous act.
Never before la the history of this
country have two men suffered so
much unjustly.”
MBS. SAGE MAKES ANOTHER lilFT.
A Flower Bed a Mile Long Given New
York City,
New York City.—A mile long bed
of rhododendrons in Central Park, New
York's beautiful breathing spot, is the
recent gift of Mrs. Russell Sage lo the
people of the city. It is estimated
that the gift, which will he known as
the Sage Plantation, will by the time
it is finished represent an outlay of
$50,000.
WIFE WAS STOLEN.
Irishman Was Set Upon While Cross
ing Mountain.
Greenville, S. C.—W. F, Burns, an
Irishman, who claims Macon county,
North Carolina, as his home, reported
to officers here that while crossing
Painter mountain six men set upon
him and took his wife away from him
and beat him almost into Insensibility,
and after robbing him left him in the
woods.
CONSUMERS’ LICENSE.
New Solution of the Liquor Problem in
I
State of Waihington.
Spokane, Wash.—Compel every man
and woman who drinks intoxicating li
quors to pay a license fee, exempt sa-
loonmen and permit any one who de
sires to engage in the traffic, the sole
restriction being to sell only to li
cense-holders. This Is tile solution
Mr. E. E. Hall will offer the state leg
islature If elected to that body. Out-
ling his plan Mr. Hall says: "Mv plan
would he to abolish all saloon licenses,
pennlttlng any man desiring to do so
to sell liquor. If a man wants to drink
lie should be compelled to take out a
license to do so, and it should be a
misdemeanor for any person to sell to
a man who does not have such a li
cense. Such licenses should be issued
by county and city, a reasonable fee
being about $5 a year for county li
censes, and from $1 to $3 a year for
city. Tills would bring in a larger
revenue than under the present license
system, and would put the burden
wnere it belongs.
“'Each license thus Issued should
have attached thereto a photograph of
the person taking It out, so there could
be no using of the license except by
this man. It should also contain a pro
vision that a conviction for drunken
ness ai any time would be punished by
a revocation of the license for a peri
od of six months o ra year. This ap
pears to be the logical solution of the
liquor question in districts where sa
loons are not barred by local option.”.
WITHSTOOD THE TEST.
Big Whitehead Torpedo Fails to Sink
the Monitor Florida.
Norfolk, Va.—Braving the dangers
of possible injury, a score of naval
official remained on board t.ie monii.or
Florida when that vessel wus torpe
doed off Bewails Point, in Hampton
Roads.
Bending an immense column of wa
ter 5u fiei in tae air, the torpedo care
fully aimed by Lieutenant John V.
Babcock, commanding the torpedo
boat Morris, exploded with terrific
force against the Florida's side. The
Florida, although her bulkheads were
not p.i.rc d, settled gradually.
She was towed back to the Norfolk
navy yard, wiiere she will be placed in
dry dock. It is expected she will bo
pumped dry immeuletely. A careful
inspection will then be made to deter
mine the exact extent of the damage
done.
Never has a more spectacular sight
been seen in Hampton Roads.
With cooi heroism the party on
board the Florida got under cover in
'he rear cabin and awaited the shot.
There wus a moment ol appalling sk
1 trice when ihe Florida wigwag signal
ed ail ready.
One second of suspension, then
Chiet Gunners Mate Cnarles T. Bald
win pulled die trigger. With a bub
bling wake of wmte that showed
clearly its progress, the torpedo sped
straight to the Florida's hull. There
was a deep intonadon and a cloud of
water, mist and smoke rose skyward.
For a moment the Florida was hidden.
Pieces of her null, chips and bits of
torpedo rained down for several min
utes covering an area of 1,000 yards.
The Flolda settled slowly. The water
was discolored and the a.r had an am-
monilea smell. In a few minutes the
test was over and the olticial party
scattered.
CHARGLD WITH FORGERY.
Alleged that Florida Man Forged
Southern Railway Pass.
Washington, D. C.—John C. Dalton,
said to be captain in tue Florida state
niii.'iia, was arrested here upon com
plaint ot Southern railway officials,
wno cuarge that Captain Dalton lorg-
ed a pass and used it oa me railway.
Dalton was employed as a clerk by the
Jacksonville 'terminal company, and
it is charg. d oniamed possession of u
I blank pass; alter inserting the name of
J. B. .smith and wife, forged the name
of an official of the road to the pass.
Dalton and wife were arrested as they
got off a rfoutnern train here trom
| Jacksonville. Both are detained at
j the police station. In addition to the
[ charge of torgery, it its alleged by rail-
, way officials that Dalton has violated
j the intersiate commerce law.
SENTENCED TO 1WU YEARS.
Labor Paper Editor Gets Queer Ruling
on Libel.
San Juan, P. R.—Julian Ay bar, the
editor of a labor paper here, was
1 sentenced to two years’ penal servi
tude on two counts of libel consisting
of an attack made upon a judge. The
article did not mention the judge by
name, the town in which lie lived or
the court over which he presided.
The judge, however, identified himself
as the person against wuom the attack
was intended and his contention was
upheld by the supremo court.
ON ROOFS OF HOMES 1
Scores are Campirg— Flood is
Cause of Fearful Suffering.
2,308 PERSONS DESTITUTE
Privation and Expoture Make Sufferer*
Easy Victim* cf the Swamp Fever-
Levee* Brake at Marksv.lle, La.
Now Orleans. La.—Scores of persons |
are pimping on the roofs of their
houses, and descriptions of improvised
floating barnyards were among the
striking features of a disastrous flood j
of the Black river in northeastern Lou
isiana. About 2.300 have been either
driven from their homes or else coop
ed up in tnem by tin overflow whicn
started weeks ago and has been re
lentlessly rising ever since.
Around Jonesvilie, in this district,
there are miles of land where there
is from 6 to 10 feet of water on the j
fields. In these sections people are i
living in the second sioriea of their
houses. In several cases they are
camping on the roofs < f cottagi -. Only
the tops of corn crops are seen above
the floods.
Hoping that there would be a fall,
people built rafts of drift logs, planked
. them on the upper surface, and are
keeping their stock penned on these.
The animals are kept alive with brush
and willow leaves, brought to them
by their owners.
There are fully 2,300 men, women
and children who are suffering ami
fully half that number are in abso- !
luttly destitute circumstances. They !
have not even food to eat to last them |
a week. The poorer white and colored
families are In a pitiable condition.
The swamp fever, which Is common in
that section, aided by privation and ex
posure, has begun one of its most act
ive campaigns.
Marksvllle, La.—Red river levees
broke In two places below Moncla on
Monday. The worst break is about 800
feet wide, with the water flowing
through at depths ranging from 16 to
20 feet. Both breaks are on the left
descending bank. The Moncla breaks
are within about 30 miles of the Mis
sissippi river, into which the Red emp
ties.
UNCLE SAM LOSES $100,000.
Registered Mail Pouch From Lcs An
geles to New York Missing.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Reluctant admis
sions made by postal officers of three
cities, confirm to some extent the be
lief that the disappearance of a regis
tered mail pouch somewhere within
the Jurisdiction of the Kansas City
postoffice, will prove to be one of the
largest losses in the history of the :
postoffice department. From private
sources it was learned that a package
of at least $.10,000 in currency was
among the contents of the pouch,
which carried, in addition, an unusual i
large number of letters and packages
containing money and other valuables.
The amount may reach a total of
$100,000.
The pouch was in transit from Los
Angeles to Xew York, and the postal
inspectors refuse any explanation of
the manner In which it became lost.
That a pouch of value has disappeared
was admitted by the department at
Washington by Postmaster M. H.
Flint of Los Angeles, and by Inspec
tor W. J. Vickery, attached to the
Kansas City postoffice.
There Is reason to believe that the
$30,000 package of currency was a
shipment made by a Los Angeles
Dank to it- New York correspondent.
$1,000,000 INVOLVED.
Tract 20 Miles in Length and Eight
Miles Wide in Dispute.
Asheville, N. C.—Claiming title to a
tract of land containing 7S,0o() acres in
Swain county, for which tney ootained
a deed on a hid of $100 at an execution
sale conducted by Deputy United
States Marshal Ramsey, at Bryson
City, E. C. Coffin of Bryson City and
Samuel White of Maysvllle, Ky., are
now resisting an injunction suit filed
against them in (he United States cir
cuit court here by the Harris-Wood
bury Lumber company.
Some idea of the area of this tract
of land, claimed in return for the in
significant sum of $100, may lie ob
tained from the statement in the bill
filed by the plaintiffs, which states
that the tract is twenty miles in length
and from eight to fifteen miles in
width, and an idea of the true vjlue
of this land may be gotten from Ihe
allegation that at a forced sale on
September 1, 1906, the tract was pur
chased by the Harris-Woodbury
Lumber company for $449,024.05,
and it is now estimated to be worth
over a million dollars.
EVANS AND MEMPHIS.
U. C. V. Clote Their Convention in
Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala.—With the selec
tion of Memphis as the place for the
next reunion, and the election of Gen
eral Clement A. Evans of Georgia as
commander-in-chief to succeed the late
General Stephen D. Lee, the United
Confederate Veterans adjourned their
annual convention late Wednesday af
ternoon.
CLEMENT A. EVANS,
The selection of the place of meet
ing aroused great rivalry between
Memphis and Atlanta, these two cities
being the only ones put in nomination.
Strong speeches were made for each
place, but when Virginia came over to
the side of Memphis, the Atlanta sup
porters realized that the fight was lost.
General Clement A. Evans, the new
commander-in-chief, Is a man of pleas
ant address, and one of the most loved
In the army. He is a native of Geor
gia. and born of North Carolina and
Virginia revolutionary parentage. He
was a graduate of the Georgia Law
school, and began practice of law at
19 years of age. Hu was elected judge
of the county court at 22 and stute
senator at 25.
The civil war commenced when he
was senator, and although he was ex
empt from military service he joined
a company in his county in January,
1861, und began his military career.
He was first elected major of the
thirty-first Georgia regiment, and then
promoted colonel. His regiment was
put in Lawton’s brigade, afterwards
Gordon's brigade. General Evans suc
ceeded Gordon when lie was promoted
major general, and again succeeded
Gordon in command of tae division. His
service was in the Army of Northern
Virginia; he participated in all the bat
tles fought on the soil of Virginia,
Maryland and Pennsylvania. He was
wounded five times, two of them very
serious, one at Monocacy and the other
at Gettysburg.
In command of his division at Appa-
mattox, lie made the last fight, which
was done after the surrender because
he had not received notice of the truce.
There was the greatest excitement In
the convention hall when the tini-6
came to elect a new commander-in-
chief. After General Irving Walker
had taken the chair, General Bennett
II. Young nominated General Evans
in v lowing speech. General Withers
nominated General Cabell and the vote
resulted Evans 1,232, Cabell 1,084. In
the contest for the place of next meet
ing the result was Memphis 1,196, At
lanta 1,120.
Following the election of command-
er-in-chlef, General George W. Gor
don was elected commander of the
| department of Tennessee to succeed
General Evans; General Irvine Walker
was re-elected commander of the army
of north urn Virginia, and General Ca
bell commander of the trans-Missis
sippi department.
The report of the credentials com
mittee showed that there were 780
camps in attendance, and the total
number of voting delegates 2,350.
All the veterans were enthusiastic
in their praise of the manner in which
Birmingham entertained them.
An interesting feature of the big re-
j union convention was the inauguration
of the movement to buy the birthplace
| of Jefferson Davis.
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
President Roosevelt has taken no
tice of the collapse of an apartment
house under construction in Washing
ton, and through Secretary lxieb has
, requested District Attorney Baker to
; investigate the accident and see who
[was responsible for It.
Thieves smashed a plate glass window
| in the jewelry store of Hyman, Berg
& Co., at State and Washington
streets, Chicago, 111., and escaped with
sixty gold watches and miscellaneous
jewelry valued at $3,600.
A LONG SENTENCE.
Thirty Years Sentence—The Maximum
for Black Hand.
New Orleans, La.—In the first city
criminal court here Alberta Pumelia,
an Italian, was sentenced to serve
thirty years time at hard labor
in the state penitentiary. Pumelia sent
‘‘Black Hand” letters to A. Grifflgnadi,
an Italian merchant, and when his de
mands for money met with no reply
he threw a dynamite bomb against
Griflignadi's house, which was partial
ly wrecked. In passing sentence,
Judge Baker told Pumelia that he re
gretted the fact he could not make the
punishment more severe.
JOE LE1TER ANGRY.
Whips Photagrapher Who Tried to
Take Picture of Wedding Party.
Washington, D. C.—Joseph Z. Leit-
er of “wheat corner” fame married
Miss Juliette Williams in Washington.
An encounter with a photographer
occurred just after the wedding. The
couple and the bride's mother were
proceeding to a restaurant where the
wedding breakfast had been prepared,
when an employe of a local studio at
tempted to take a picture of the party.
Leiter jumped from his machine,
roughly handled the photographer,
grasped the camera and smashed it
on the pavement.
CADETS REINSTATED.
Students Expelled from Clemson Col
lege for April Fool Pranks Heard.
Clemson College, S. C.—It has be
come generally known, though not of
ficially announced, that ihe discipline
committee of the faculty of Clemson
College which dismissed about three
hundred cadets of the junior, sopho
more, freshman and preparatory class
es has been during the past two or
three weeks considering the applica-
tiions of many of the dismissed ca
dets for reinstatment, and that some
of these making application are being
re-admitted under certain conditions.
So far about one hundred have applied
for re-admission and many of them
have had their applications granted.
Two laborers lost their lives, two
others were seriously injured, and
property loss estimated at between
$250,000 and $350,000 was caused by
two explosions followed by a fire In the
packing house of Morris & Co., at the
riverside in Kansas City, Kas. The
force of the explosion which was felt
lull over Kansas City, ruined the cold
storage building, and fire that follow-
j ed destroyed the smokehouse with its
contents.
The engine on Erie passenger train
No. 5 plunged over a dry bridge near
Binghampton, N. Y., station. The en
gineer is missing and the fireman per
haps fatally injured.
Unofficial estimates made by those
i'll charge of the school census, indi
cate that Chicago now has a popula
tion of 2,140,000.
TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
Man to Give Away $10,000,000, Which
He Inherited.
Los Angeles, Cal.—C. W. Averill of
this city who recently inherited $10,-
000,000 from an aunt in Massachusetts,
declares he Is going to make 20,000 or
more people happy.
After a visit to his old home in Far
mington. Maine, he will establish head- I
quarters in a big city, perhaps Chica
go, where he says all who need help, j
and deserve it, can find it.
ON SEVEN YEARS’ CRUISE.
Noted Author, Jack London, Arrives
in New Guinea.
San Francisco—Jack London, ihe
author who sailed ori a seven years
voyage around the world, in the Smirk,
arrived in New Guinea. The passen
gers on the steamer Aeon which ar
rived here from Apia, state that Lon
don arrived at Samoa May 12, and
wag preparing to leave the day the
Aeon departed for San Francisco,which
was nineteen days ago.
AIDING REVOLUTIONISTS.
Guns for Cubans Seized By United
States Officials
New York City.—Special agents of the
treasury department are searching for
persons in New York who have been 1
co-operating with the Cuban revolu-
tionary party and who shipped lo San- !
tiago the 10,000 rounds of ainmuni- 1
tion seized by secret service men on !
the \\,ud liner Seguranca as the ship
was preparing to sail.
With a logchain, to the end of which
i was attached a cowbell, fastened by a
:lock and secured around his neck and
| the key purposely thrown away, Lou-
l is Barnes of Ponca City, Okia., with
his bride of an hour, Miss Mamie Da-
1 vis, of Perry, Okia., was forced by
friends aboard a Pullman coach en
route to Chicago on their honeymoon
trip.
Because $1,000 was refused them by
Joseph Sporio, members of a gang of
blackmailers dynamited his house in
New Orleans. Sperlo said be knew
who did the job but was afraid to tell.
! HUGHES WINS HIS FIGHT
Succeeds in Making Betting on
Races a Crime in New York.
BILL PASSED BY ONE VOTE
Large Crowd Attend* Graveicnd Track
and Several Arreat* are Made for
Violating the New Law.
Albany, N. Y.—After a struggle, the
precise like of which no man In or
about the legislature has ever seen,
the famous Agnes-Hart race track
gambling bills are now laws of the
state of New York. Governor Hughes,
by his signature affixed to each of the
bills crowned a legislative victory, the
brilliancy of which, equaled only by its
unexpectedness, is conceded even by
those who fought him In the matter to
the last ditch.
The decisive votes, which passed the
bills, were cast by Senator Otto G.
Foelker, of the fourth senatorial dis
trict of Brooklyn, who crawled from
a sick bed and made a 60-mile rail-
read journey to do it, so weak und dis
tressed in mind ami body that he
seemed on the verge of utter collapse,
and by a new senator, William C. Wal
lace of Niagara Falls, who was elect
ed in a special campaign preceding
which the governor himself toured the
district, speaking in behalf of his elec
tion.
The vote stood twenty-five to twen
ty-six In favor of the bill.
Notwithstanding the new law, be
tween 13,000 and 20,000 persons Jour
neyed down to Gravesend race truck
Friday to see the horse* run and. If
possible, to make a wager on their
favorites. Hundreds of gaily dressed
women were In the crowds.
Six races were run, and six favorites
won. There was betting, too, on ev
ery side, though Judge Cavanaugh, the
master of the betting ring, announced
tlmt no speculation should be indulged
in. Nine persons were taken into cus
tody by the police authorities, wno,
in uniforms and plain clothes, circulat
ed in large numbers among the crowd
in the betting pavilion. The prisoners
wero charged with violating ihe new
anti-gambling law and each man wus
held in $500 ball for a hearing tomor
row.
Something akin to u riot occurred
when the first arrest, that of Richard
Weldon, a bookmaker, was made, just
as the horses were going to the post
for the first race. Detective Carr, in
plain clothes, grabbed Weldon, alleg
ing that he lmd seen him accept a
bet. A score or so of angry men sur
rounded the pair and the detective
and his charge were jostled severely.
Each succeeding arrest was follow
ed by a wild scramble of the crowds
to get near the chief actors in the
scene, but no violence occurred. Allan
Pinkerton, the head of the detective
force at the track, rushed hither and
thither, shouting: "Go back, hoys—go
back. Help the sport along by having
no disturbance. Be orderly, boys, and
everything will come right.”
When the racing enthusiasts began
arivlng at the track an air of ex
pectancy was noted everywhere. Gath
ered in small knots on the lawns
could be seen men talking over the
situation und speculating as to the
probable effect the new laws would
have upon racing*' In the betting ring
the bookmakers hesitated to begin
business, but doubt as to what would
be permitted was early dispelled by
John Cavanaugh, the master of the
ling, who warned the layers that no
infringement of the law would he
sanctioned.
"If you want to bet individually,”
said Cavanaugh to the bookmakers,
"you do so at. your own risk. There
will be no giving and no taking of
displayed odds, and no attempt to do
these things will be permitted."
BROUGHT GUNS TO COURT.
Nearly One Hundred Texans, Who At
tended Murder Trial, Disarmed.
Houston, Texas.—Almost one hun
dred guns were taken from the spec
tators and witnesses in the case be
fore allowing them to enter the court
house here, when the trial of R. O.
Kenley on a charge of murder was
called. Kenley killed ex-County Attor
ney H. S. Robb at Groveton with a sin
gle shot and shot Ranger J. D. Duna
way six times without killing him, at
the sahie place, April 26, last.
A FATAL JOKE.
Victim of Practical Jokers Dies—Inves-
tiyation Made.
Pittsburg. Pa.—A victim of practical
jokers .Morris Caseberg, 22 years old,
died at a hospital. He had been em
ployed at the Diiquesne Steel works.
It Is alleged fellow workmen Intiated
his body by compressed air, causing
peritonitis. An investigation is being
made.
PREPAKED FOR TROUBLE.
1,713 United States Marines Rush to
Panama.
Washington, I). C.—Secretary Met
calf issued an order to provide for
three battalions of marines on a mo
ment's notice for a cruise to Panama.
These battalions number 411 men
each. There are 280 marines now on
duty in the canal zone. One hundred
more are on the way. Another hun
dred left Philadelphia on the Tacoma.
All (old, this makes a force of 1,713
marines for Panama. The three bat
talions that are ordered to be held in
readiness will ho drawn from Boston
New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk or
Washington, or all of these places, and
transports will await a call lor them.
SENATOR KITTREDGE DEFEATED.
Governor Crawford of South Dakota
Elected to the Senate.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.—Returns
from the republican primary indicate
the nomination of Governor Coe I.
Crawford for United States senator
over A. B. Kittredge, the incumbent,by
at least 8,000 majority.
The nomination of State Senator W.
G. Vassey of Watertown, the Craw
ford candidate for governor, is equally
probable.
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UTE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Herman Billlk. the Bohemian f
no teller of Chicago condemnV° r '
oeath for the murder of H
of the Yzral family, w" 8 "’m«H
stay of execution until he has i„ ° 4
forded an opportunity to n'nJ!?, af '
ease to the supreme court of th, i- hia
ites. e t nit,
1 Yo, ' k Ccn , tral and Hudson r#11
company declared the H
ed States
New
road
puarterly dividend ofTWper c 2" iar
The directors of the Wester,, i,
Fe egraph company declared , ' 0a
terly dividend of 1-2 of j J * ' 1,lar '
payable In cash. The dividend f 0r .“h* j
last quarter was at the rate or s lh *
cent per annum, payable i„ st( r
The grand Jury at San Fran (i ,„'
considering 250 charges Cl<!co
brougnt against the Southern
by ;he Interstate commerce
.ion Th.- charge, „r„ i™*
V" rh "
KS?, ri “ “ V «“ r0M
I-i a spectacular fire which
ed the gieut grain elevator J h™ 3 '
lnd.. 250,000 a ''
rnond,
large
bushels of (orn
were desiioy. d and pi •pert v valu
$200,000, inc.tiding the corn
burned. ’ 118
It Is claimed that President \v,n,
or, ot the California Safe and Tn t
coin puny of Los Angeles. tthi ,. h
ed non... time ago. was a firm believer
in spiritualism and before i„ve tine-
any of tue banks funds he would cmT
suit a medium, whom had be*,, , lr „
vlonaly posted by Walker J, n nrttlct .
In tills way Hartnett secured
amounts of the bank's money
The crops of 1908 will i, e worlh
nearly $8,000,000,000. according
u>'es prepared by the department ,, f
agriculture officials.
The North Carolina Cotton Manu
facturers association closed its
om! annual meeting at W'rightsville
Beach, N. C., after having adopt,.,) a
resolution to tae effect that the pi,. s .
en> policlies of curtailment of produc
tion by closing down ot mills will con-
ti.iu3 to September 1st.
Hurt in a. bargain sale crush in the
store ot F. W. Woolwo.th & Co., Aitss
Helen E. Crosby sued and hus been
awarded $2.ooo damages. The defend-
ant agreed to tile amount before ihe
verdict was rendered. Mius Urosoy
in tne holiday season of 190G was
crowded against a window at the
trance to tne store and cut by glass
A prize of $4,000 has been offered
by M. Armengaud of Paris for th;. nut
aeroplanist wno remains in the air for
thirty minutes.
Because Mrs. Dan Sully, wife of the
former cotton king, returned to aer
country home unexpectedly she saved
tlie house lrofn being robbed of jewel
ry and silverware worth almost $iuo,-
000 by a servant whom she discovered
pack lug up the valuables . The wo
man was arioeted.
The announcement is made that the
United States Steel Corporation ha*
decided to start all its mills in the
Pittsburg district July 1. Orders
now on the books or about to be c!
ed make it necessary to start at Uiat
time to keep up with the demand.
This will mean the employment of
many thousands of men who have
been idle nearly all winter and spring.
While digging fish bait at Dunlap,
Team, Anderson McWilliams, a small
boy, dug up a box containing $540 in
silver. From appearances it must
have been buried many years.
Governor Johnson cf Minnesota,
a written statement, which he gate
out for publication, says that he will
not be a candidate lor renomluatlon
for governor of Minnesota for a tuird
term. lie also says that if nominated
he will not accept, as he is opposed to
the third term idea.
Appealed to late at night by
young woman whom he did not know,
for protection from Hurry Harmon, a
well known young man of South Nor
folk, Va., Joe Rose, an ex-confederaie
soldier, emptied both barrels of a shot-
into Harmon’s breast, killing him in
stantly.
it is not considrred likely here that
motions of the Standard Oil Company
for a new trial, when argued on July
7, will be granted, but that sentence
will be imposed. Standard Oil faces
a possible $800,000 line for rebating.
Washington.
Representative A. A. Wiley of Ala
bama, who has .been ill for twebo
weeks with inflammatory rheumatism,
and who is now at Hot Springs, ' a ->
is reported to huve suffered a r-'laps*
and the change lias caused consider
able anxiety.
Rear Admiral Itobley D. Evans, b a *
arrived in New York from Washing
ton.. He was accompanied by W*
daughter, lie will leave for Lake Mo-
honk, where he will stay several
weeks. Admiral Evans still walks on
crutches, but said he hoped to he en
tirely well In a short time.
The government plans to consti Jct
a fleet of swift cutters for a <:aa ’I ,a ”L
against smuggling in the PhiHPP*
islands where an extensive illicit ‘ r
fie In opium and various d at| a
goods Is carried on. Hundreds oi cr ‘
are engaged in the trade, widen *
been carried on for ages practict*' i
unchecked.
Congressman Charles E . Eun« e -
aged 46, of the Third New York
trict died at his Brooklyn home.
Young Quentin Roosevelt tag8> J ^
visitors to the white house becau= e 1
was “Tag Day” in Washington
for ike
benefit of the Children's Play
association. He tagged 198 l lfrson ’
Including the members of the dlfR' 1 ^
foreign embassies and all his la 1
cabinet.
James J. Hill, chairman of the h° a ^
of Great Northern railroad, collllir ^ 0
with the president and stated tb.d
was going on Ills vacation, ail<1
taken his leave of Mi - . Roosevelt ^
did not care to discuss either F 1 ' 1 ^
or finance, but when the P 1 ^' 11 ^,^
policy toward corporations wa*
a subject of inquiry as bearing j
future of the railroads, lie a 1 * 1 M| .jy
any special knowledge, but vigo ' l oim d
insisted that any corporation 4
violating the law should be pro-
to the utmost.