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Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interst From All
Parts of World.
Southern.
Only the disasters at sea remain to
be counted in obtaining complete re
ports ot tue damage done by tue great
hurricane which swept Florida and
South Georgia. Although tue total
damage will reach into the hundreds
ot iiiousanus, it is evenly distributed,
and will probably not fall as an op
pressive burden on any particular
community. Thirteen drowned in
ehipwrecK is the most authentic count
at hand.
Approximately 2,500 men employed
In the mechanical trades on the Mis
souri I'acitic-lron Mountain system
walked out in Sympathy with striking
machinists.
A jury In a Birmingham, Ala., court
awarded Mrs. Rose llruimnond SSOO
damages from E. ,f. Goldsmith. The
allegation was that the defendant had
tried to kiss her.
John Oarieton, his wife, Nellie
Carleton, and their son, Rupert, tried
for the murder, last December, of Ar
thur Howard, were convicted at
Ulountsvllle, Tenn., of murder in the
second degree and each sentenced
to fifteen years In prison.
The mountaineer friends of John
Moore, under sentence to be electro
cuted for the murder of Frank Howl,
descended upon the jail at ixivingston,
Va., stormed tiie building and rescued
the prisoner.! It Is supposed he will
be taken to the mountains and lib
erated.
Following a heavy rain storm the
entire Panhandle and plains section
of Texas got its first taste of winter.
In Amarillo snow fell all day, a fall
estimated at two inches, breaking pre
vious October records, covering a pe
riod of eighteen years. Reports from
other portions of the Panhandle indi
cate that the precipitation has been
much the same as in Amarillo.
The body of Stephen F. Austin, call
ed the father of Texas, and for whom
the Btate capital was named, was
brought to Houston from Brazoria
county, from which place it is being
removed to the state capital in Austin
in pursuance of an act of the Texas
legislature.
An amicable adjustment of the dif
ferences on the Georgia railroad and
the Atlanta joint terminal was reach
ed according to the statement of E.
P. Kelly, third vice president of the
Brotherhood of Firemen and Engine
men. The negotiations have been in
progress since September It. A satis
factory termination of the matter was
reached with a substantial wage in
crease and the adoption of a code of
working rules pleasing to the men
The Huntsville, Ala., city council
adopted all of the Alabama prohibi
tion laws as city ordinances, and will
put the laws into effect. During the
past nine months this city has been
wide open and no attention has been
paid to the state laws regulating the
sale of liquors.
The jury in the case of Dr. W. .1.
Mc.Naughton, charged with poisoning
Fred Flanders with murderous intent
last June, returned a verdict of guilty
at Swainsboro ,Ga. Judge Gilbert sen
tenced Mc.Naughton to hang December
9. Flanders’ wife was indicted jointly
with Mc.Naughton on the theory that
she and the doctor conspired to kill
her husband so they could marry each
other and enjoy Flanders' property.
The wife has not been tried, the case
giving been severed.
General.
Representatives ot live of the lead
ing surety companies of the country
held a meeting in New York City and
decided to make a big for guarantee
ing bills of lading on export cotton
under the guarantee plan proposed be
fore the recent conferences of Ameri
can and foreign bankers. The com
panies, if they secure this business,
intend to have a working agreement
whereby the live companies concern
ed will stand sponsor lor a joint guar
antee, backing up the individual en
dorsement of any one. A minimum
rate of 6 cents per bale will be
charged.
An extension from October 31 to
December 31 of the period during
which American cotton bills of lad
ing will be accepted in current terms
by foreign banks, was announced in
New York City by Sir Edward H. Hol
den, the English broker, who came
to this country for the British and
continental interests.
John D. Rockefeller celebrated the
opening of the new hospital attached
to the Rockefeller institute for medi
cal research in New York city with
an additional gift of $3,320,000.
Edgar Allan Poe is at .last In the
hall of fame. Years of efTort on he
part of staunch supporters to get his
name added to the list was rewarded
fey the announcement of Dr. John H.
Maccracken, the chairman of the sen
ate of the New York university, that
the author of "The Raven,” with ten
others, had been accorded this honor.
The eleven names added are as fol
lows: Harriet Beecher Stowe, 74
votes; Oliver Wendell Holmes and Ed
gar Allan Poe, 69 votes each; Roger
Williams, 64; James Fenimore Coop
er, 62; Phillips Brooks, 60; William
Cullen Bryant, 59; Frances E. Wil
lard, 56; Andrew Jackson, George
Bancroft, 53 votes each, and John
Lathrop Motley, 51. #
The next attempt to cross the At
lantic in a balloon will probably be
made on a westward course—the op
posite from that attempted by Well
man. The expedition will he that
of Joseph Brucker, formerly of Chi
cago. Brucker’s dirigible, the Such
aid, is approaching completi n at
Munich. The entire equipment will
be shipped to the Canary islands at
the end of tiie year, and the start
westward is scheduled to be made
from Teneriffe next February.
Literary treasures- of the late Sam
uel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) are to
be sold at auction In Chicago, and
among’them will be many manuscripts
and documents the contents of which
have never been published. Mr. Cle
mens’ house, "Storuiflelds,” near Red
ding, Conn., is also to be sold.
Great Britain has proposed that all
the powers recognize the republic of
Portugal at the same time. Germany
has replied approving the suggestion,
David Bennett Hill's life work end
ed at Wolfert’s Roost, his country
home, near Albany, N. Y. The in
terment took place at Montour Falls
in Schuyler county, where the former
governor and ex-United States sena
tor was born sixty-seven years ago.
Man’s first attempt to cross any
ocean in an airship has failed, but
Walter Wellman, five companions and
kitten, who essayed the voyage, are
safe. The airship—the giant Amer
ica—ls a battered aerial derelict,
abandoned at sea, perhafis still in the
air, perhaps sunk beneath the waves,
with her costly equipment. When
deserted she had been in the air for
probably 72 hours, a new w'orld’s rec
ord for dirigibles, and, driven by the
wind, had traveled doubtless 800
miles. Whether the distance record
for dirigibles—B7o miles—also will be
broken, remains to be computed.
Washington.
Treasury officials are working out
the postal savings bank plans
steadily, but slowly, owing to
a desire to safeguard against any
defects in a scheme of such magni
tude where more than GO,OOO postot
tices and perhaps 15,000,000 deposi
tors may be affected. They base tue
figures on the work in other postal
savings countries.
The census bureau made public the
following population returns: Massa
chusetts State, 3,366,146; last cen
sus, 2,805,346; increase, 20 per cent.
in a formal order issued the inter
state commerce commission announc
ed its intention to administer strictly
section 44 (the long and short haul
provision) of the recently amended
i instate cdmmerce act. The order
was the outgrowth of a hearing held
by the commission two weeks ago on
the matter of the application of inter
j state carriers generally for relief.
| There will be no change in the exist
| mg status or in the present rights of
carriers until February 17, 1911.
Nashville, Tenn., has a population
of 110,364 under the new census re
turns. The population in 1900 was 80,-
865, an increase of 36.5 per cent. Oma
ha, Neb., has 124,096 population now
as against 102,555 m 1900.
Staggered by the enormous growth
shown by the returns of the new
census for a number of Western cit
ies, Director Durand of the census
bureau ordered an investigation. Cit
ies specifically mentioned as being
affected by the frauds are; Tacoma,
Seattle and Aberdeen, Washington ;
Portland, Ore.; Minneapolis, Minn.;
Boise, Idaho, and Fort Smith, Ark.
The Department of Agriculture has
| announced that it Is prepared to sup
j ply the nine official grades of white
cotton recently promulgated by the
Secretary of Agriculture. The grades
will be furnished for $35 a set, the
cost of their preparation, as required
by law.
The United States Supreme court
refused to review the decision of the
New York Federal courts, wnich en
tered a pudgment for $20,000 against
"Town Topics” in favor of Samuel
Dempster of Pittsburg as the outcome
of a libel suit
The United States Supreme court
refused a rehearing in the Hertz-
Woodman case and thus the Spanish-
American war tax on inheritances
from testators who died in the year
immediately preceding July 1, 1902,
becomes collectable.
Complete nomination papers for Eu
gene N. Foss as the Progressive Dem
-1 ocratic nominee for governor were
filed with the secretary of state of
Massachusetts.
Willard Stephen Whitmore, inven
tor of the papier mache matrix pro
cess of stereotyping, used by nearly
every newspaper in the country, and
which invention he gained no material
benefit, is dead at his home in Wash
ington, D. C. At the time of his death
Mr. Whitmore held a position as stere
otyper in the government printing of
fice.
EDGAR ALIEN POE STATUE
IN THE HALL OF LAME
EDGAR ALLAN POE ELECTED BY
SUPPORTERS AFTER YEARS
OF EFFORT.
11 CELEBRITIES CHOSEN
Doctor Maccracken of New York Uni
versity Announces Successful Can
didates for Hall of Fame Places.
New York City.—Edgar Allan Poe
is at last in the hall of fame. Years
3l effort on the part of staunch sup
porters to get his name added to the
list was rewarded by the announce
ment of Dr. John H. Maccracken, the
chairman of the senate of the New
York university, that the author of
‘Tue Raven,” with ten others, had
been accorded this honor. The eleven
names added are as follows :
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 74 ovtes ;
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Edgar Al
lan Poe, 69 votes each; Roger Wil
liams, 64; James Fenimore Cooper,
52; Phillips Brooks, 60; William Cul
len Bryaut, 59; Frances E. Willard,
56; Andrew Jackson, George Ban
croft, 53 votes each, and John Lath
rop Motley, 51.
As a result of the election, the au
thors’ corner doubles its population
and goes far ahead of the statesmen
in number. Eleven bronze tables for
the names chosen will be designed
with an appropriate quotation from
the words of each, and the formal un
veiling will take place in October,
1911, in the hall of fame, at New
York university.
Those failing of election ten votes
3T less were: Francis Parkman, Char
iotte Saunders Cushman, Mark Hop
kins, 45 each; Patrick Henry, 44;
Martha Washintgon, 43; Daniel Boone
42; Samuel Adams and Lueretia Mott,
tl each.
MOB SETS PRISONER FREE.
Alleged Murderer in Virginia Jail Lib
erated by His Friends.
Lovingston, Va.—The mountaineer
friends of John Moore, under sen
tence to be electrocuted for the mur
der of Frank Howl, descended upon
the Nelson county jail here, stormed
the building and rescued the prisoner.
It is supposed he will be taken to
the mountains and liberated.
When the people of the county seat
were asleep, a crowd of 75 fully-arm
sd men from the mountain section
Where the crime was committed pro
ceeded quietly to the county jail. Ad
mission was gained to the building,
and the guards awed into comparative
non-resistance. The cell wherd Moore
Was locked up soon was found and
he was taken out.
It is feared that bloodshed will re
sult from any attempt of the authori
ties to recapture the murderer. John
Moore was condemned to pay. the
death penalty by electrocution at
Richmond on November 25. He had
been convicted of having murdered
Frank Howl in Nelson county last
May. Many of the mountaineer
friends of the condemned man believ
ed him innocent of the crime.
SNOW FALLS IN TEXAS.
Two Inches of Snow Falls in Texas
Panhandle, Breaking Records.
Fort Worth, Texas. —Following a
heavy rain storm the entire Panhan
dle and plains section of Texas got
its first taste of winter. In Amarillo
snow fell all day, a fall estimated at
two inches, breaking previous October
records, covering a period of eighteen
years. Reports from other portions
of the Panhandle indicate that the
precipitation has been much the same
as in Amarillo, the difference being in
the character of formation, whether
rain or snow. Although the fall of
’.emperature has been marked, com
paratively little suffering is experienc
ed among live stock, for the reason
that cattle in general are in good
condition and vegetation is yet green
and abundant.
In Fort Worth and vicinity, follow
ing a heavy rain, unusually cold
weather prevailed. Other sections in
Texas report comparatively like con
ditions.
Cotton Seed Oil Dealers Fail.
New York City.—Notice was posted
on the produce exchange of the fail
ure of Whitman Bros., cotton seed
oil dealers, with membership in the
produce exchange, to meet their obli
gations. No statement of assets or
liabilities has been made.
Population of Massachusetts.
Washington.—The census bureau
made public the following population
returns; Massachusetts —State, 3.366,-
146; last census, 2,805,346; increase,
20 per cent.
Pope Recognizes Portuguese Republic
Rome, Italy.—The possibility of an
alliance between the new republic of
Portugal and the Roman Catholic
church, by which the Vatican will of
ficially recognize the new government
upon condition that some of the Cath
olic orders be allowed to remain in
the country, has developed. It was
made known that Monsignor J. Tonti,
papal nuncio to Lisbon, who was re
called by the Vatican, has been order
ed to remain in Lisbon pending the
outcome of negotiations which are In
the tentative stage at present
COTTON BILLS AGREEMENT.
Further Conferences Will Be Held to
Perfect Plan for Guaranteeing
Cotton Bills of Lading.
New York.—An extension from Oc
tober 31 to December 31 of the peri
od during which American cotton bills
of lading will be accepted in current
it-rms by foreign banks, was announc
ed here by Sir Edward H. Holden, the
English broker, who came to this
country for the British and coutinen
ial interests.
This course was recommended tc
the foreign bankers by Sir Edward,
and, following the receipt of cable ad
vices from London authorizing him to
act, he issued a formal statement.
This is the first fruit of a series of
conferences Sir Edward has held here
uuring the last week.
The favor with which the plan tc
have hills of lading’guaranteed or In
sured has been received by interior
bankers of this country justified Sir
Edward, he said, in urging an ex
tension of the status quo as probably
two months would be required to per
fect the project. In granting this ex
tension the English bankers reserve
the right to renew conferences with
the American financiers to devise an
other scheme for safeguarding bills of
lading in event the guaranty plan
proves impracticable.
The British bankers refused to add
a word to his statement or explain the
contemplated plan of protecting bills
,jf lading in detail.
D. B. HILL DEMOCRAT, DEAD.
Conspicuous Figure in National Poli
tics Passes Away.
Albany, N. Y.—David Bennett Hill’s
life work ended at Wolfert’s Roost,
uis country home, near Albany. The
nterment took place at Montour Falls
in Schuyler county, where the former
governor and ex-United States senator
was born sixty-seven years ago.
Senator Hill had been ill nearly
three weeks with a cold and a bilious
attack, but his condition had not been
considered serious. He was sitting
up in bed to take a drink of water
when he was seized with an acute di
lation of the heart. Death quickly
followed, with no one but a nurse at
his bedside.
Although he retired from active par
ticipation in politics following the
presidential election of 1904, Senator
Hill was deeply interested it* the prog
ress of the present campaign. Recent
ly he discussed the situation with
ludge Parker, who was then prepar
.ng to make a tour of the state in
the interest of the Democratic ticket.
Senator Hill had entertained many
men distinguished in state and na
tional politics at Wolfert’s Roost and
bis guests always found him a most
hospitable host. The senator never
married, did not smoke and rarely in
dulged in intoxicants.
Governor White issued a proclama
tion requesting that’all the- flags on
public buildings be displayed half
mast until sundown on the day of
Senator Hill’s funeral, and that the
citizens of the state unite in appro
priate marks of respect to his mem
ory.
Boy.* imcj ot ivias-ned Potatoes.
Chicago.—Mashed potatoes served
on the family table morning, noon and
night, became so obnoxious to James
Smith and Gilbert Lancaster, two 10-
. ear-old lads from Moline, 111., that
hey ran away from home and came
to Chicago to obtain a change of diet,
l’hey landed in a cell in the police
station. “We were treated well at
home,” the lads told Desk Sergeant
Jonroy, "but every meal we had to
eat mashed potatoes, and we both got
jo we could not eat them any more.’
Powers io necognize Portugal.
Berlin, Germany.—Great Britain
Lias proposed that all the powers rec
jgnize the republic of Portugal at
-he same time. Germany replied ap
proving the suggestion.
Railway Sued for $10,000,000.
Chicago.—Stockholders of the Illi
nois Central Railroad company were
given a lively hour at their annual
meeting through the efforts of At
torney Maxwell Edgar. Holders rep
resenting 784,866 snares of stock were
present. ,
The subpoenas were in a suit for
$10,000,000 damages. The defendants
to the suit are the directors of the
road, whom Mr. Edgar seeks to hold
responsible for alleged financial loss
through car repair "graft,” general
mismanagement and alleged rebating.
Georgia Road and Employees Agree.
Augusta, Ga.—An amicable adjust
ment of the differences on the Geor
gia railroad and the Atlanta joint ter
minal was reached according to the
statement of E. P. Kelly, third vice
president of the Brotherhood of Fire
men and Enginemen.
The negotiations have been in prog
ress since September 14. A satisfac
tory termination of the matter was
reached with a substantial wage in
crease and the adoption of a code of
working rules pleasing to the men
employed by the road.
No Negro Bishops for Episcopalians.
Cincinnati, Ohio.—An amendment
to the constitution of the Protestant
Episcopal church calling for the es
tablishment of missionary districts
aiong racial lines, was voted down de
cisively by the house of deputies at
the triennial convention ot that body
n session here. The negroes have
.ong wanted a bishop of their own,
out the vote taken by the house of
deputies was of such a character as
to quiet any suggestions along this
ine that might be made in the near
future.
STORM WORKED HAVOC
TO VESSELS AT SEA
DECENT WEST INDIAN HURRI
CANE CRIPPLED AND. DISABLED
MANY SMALL CRAFT.
THIRTEEN SAILORSDROWNED
A Number of Wrecks Occurred Off
Florida Coast—Several Derelicts
Found Near Key West
Jackscnivlle, Fla—Only the disas
ters at sea remain to be counted in
obtaining complete reports of the
damage done by the great hurricane
which sw -pt this state. Although the
total damage will reach into the hun
dreds of thousands, it is evenly dis
tributed, and will probably not fall
as’an oppressive burden on any par
ticular community. Thirteen drown
ed in shipwreck is the most authen
tic count at hand. Including those re
ported on both ciiasts of Flor
ida, word came from St. Augus
tine that three dead had been found
in the wreck of a four-masted schoon
er near Delray. The missing total is
at least a half hundred, including the
crew of nine on the Texas Oil com
punys’ barge, Dallas, which broke
adrift during a 100-miles blow.
Key West. Fla.. Via Havana. —
The captain of the Louisiana reports
it will be impossible to save his ship
until the cargo has been relieved. All
passengers have reached Key West.
The captain of the Norwegian steamer
Fos, which is fast in the quicksand
at Marqueses, has arrived at Tortu
gas island, and reports his vessel in
good condition. He will return to her
to discharge her cargo, whereupon he
expects she will float. The bark Hugo
was towed into port by the tug As
tral. A derelict is reported near Sand
Key. Cable Manager Adkins left with
two chartered vessels full equipped to
make repairs in the Miami cable.
New Orleans. Hope is almost
abandoned for the safety of the Nor
wegian steamer Bluefields, long
overdue from Ceiba, Honduras. Twen
ty-eight persons were aboard upon her
departure from Ceiba. The Bluefields
is a light draft vessel of 650 tons,
built especially for the fruit trade
Mobile, Ala —Captain Hanson of the
Norwegian steamship Belize reports
having spoken, about 100 miles south
east of Mobile bar, to a three-masted
vessel, the Mary C. Hale. They had
all of their rigging, but were badly
w.aterlogged, and when asked whether
they wanted assistance replied that
they did not, but would like some tea,
sugar and water. The lumber with
which the vessel is loaded is keeping
her afloat.
St. Augustine. Fla.—Telling harrow
ing tales of suffering and disaster,
five survivors of the three-masted
schooner, Wmiam W. Converse of
Philadelphia were brought to the city
by a launch from a life-saving station.
The vessel went to pieces Tuesday,
40 miles below this*city. Captain E.
J. Miller of Hepizbahga; Mate Ander
son and Seaman Frank Hayes were
lost. The mate lived to reach tue
surf near the shore, when the wreck
struck him and killed him. His body
and Hayes’ were found on the beach
12 miles apart. The captain’s 13-year
old son, Fred, three seamen and two
negro stewards made their way to
shore on the wreckage through a mile
of sun. The storm struck the vessel,
which was bound for St. Francis,
Cuba, with coal, while off Savannah.
Key West, Fla., Via Havana
Capt. Bradish Johnson, arriving at
Knights Key, reports that American
four-masted schooner Edward T.
Stotesburg a total loss on Pigeon Key.
One man was washed overboard and
drowned. Three others were brought
to the marine hospital here. The
schooner, Captain Burke command
ing, was bound from Tampa to Bal
timore with a load of phosphate. The
schooner Serafins has been towed in
to port. The Spanish schooner Mar
ta from Havana has been dismasted
and abandoned.
Mobile, Ala. —Wireless operator Ft.
Morgan, Ala., reports that the Brit
ish steam Belize, that arrived in the
lower hay, has eight men of a crew
of a ■wrecked vessel on board, picked
up on a dismasted vessel in Yucatan
channel.
Perfecting Savings Bank Plan.
Washington. Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh and Assistant
Secretary Andrew and Postmaster-
General Hitchcock, conferred concern
ing postal savings bank plans. The
treasury officails are working out the
plans steadily, but slowly, owing to a
lesire to safeguard against any de
fects in a scheme of such magnitude
where more than 60,000 postoffices
and perhaps 15,000,000 depositors, may
be affected. They base these figures
on the work in other postal savings
countries.
2.500 Men in Sympathy Strike.
St. Louis, Mo. —Approximately 2,500
men employed in the mechanical
trades on the Missouri Pacific-Iron
Mountain system walked out in sym
pathy with the striking machinists.
Here less than 100 men are employed
in the mechanical departments, and
they walked out. The principal shops
of the roads are located at Sedalia,
Mo., and Little Rock, Ark. Shops are
maintained at a number of other
points, including Texarkana, Para
gould, Van Buren and McGhee, Ark.;
Lake Charles and Ferriday, La.
BALLOON-fALLSJH 0C EAN.
Wellman and His Five Companion#
Were Rescued in Mid-Ocean by
the Steamer Trent.
New York City.—Man’s first at
tempt to cross any ocean in an
airship has failed, tyit Walter
V% eliman, five companions and
kitten, who essayed the voyage,
are safe. The airship—the giant
America is a battered aerial
derelict, abandoned at sea, per
perhaps still in the air, perhaps
sunk beneath the waves, with
her costly equipment. When de
serted she had been in the air
probably 72 hours, a new world’s
record for dirigibles, and, driven
by the wind, had traveled doubt
less 800 miles. Whether the dis
tance record for dirigibles—B7o
miles—also will be broken, re
mains to be computed.
New York City.—The royal mail
steamer Trent picked up Walter Well*
man and the crew of the dirigible bal
*oon America in mid-ocean. The air
ship had been abandoned. The res
cue was made in latitude 35.43, longi
tude 68:18.
Wellman and his crew were picket!
up at a point about 150 miles duel
east of Cape Hatteras on the North
Jarolina coast.
When the America passed Nantuck
et Sunday morning, conditions seemed
avorable for the completion of the
journey across the Atlantic. It was
after it had gone past that point that
ihe conditions arose which finally!
compelled the abandonment of the
balloon and the transfer of the
to the Trent.
As a precaution the Trent lowered
her lifeboats, which stood by until the
transfer was effected, and VVellman
and his companions, even down to th«
frightened, squirming kitten, were safe
m board the liner, surrounded by th«<
excited passengers.
Driven by the winds, the America
soon disappeared in the dis
tance. The loss of the air
ship was witnessed with little
regret by those who had journeyed la
tier. It was realized that sh > never
could have been used again. The
neavy equilibrator, which retarded and
dragged down the ship and interfered
with the steering, was said to be the
fatal mistake of this campaign.
Atlantic City, N. J—The start for
Europe of Walter Wellman and hie
crew of five men In the dirigible baL
loon America was made Saturday)
morning, October 15. The men who
made aeronautic history in the first
over-ocean flight of an airship were
Walter Wellman, commander; Melvin
Vaniman, chief engineer and next in
■oniniaiid; F. Murray Simonds, navi
gator; J. C. Irwin, wireless operator;
John Aube-* ->mt Albert Louis Loudi
SOUTHchN units’ RANK.
Population Figures for All Larg*
Southern Cities Except Memphis
Washington.—Nashville, Tenn., ha*
a population of 110,364 under the new
census returns. The population inj
1900 was 30,865, an increase of 36.&
per cent
Omaha, Neb., has 124,096 popula
tion now as against 102,555 in 1900.
Atlanta.—With the exception of
Memphis, census returns from practi
cally all the leading Southern cities
nave been announced for 1910. In
terest now centers in the populatioa
of the Tennessee metropolis. It is be
ieved that the census bureau was
ready to annouuce the figures some
time ago, but that they have been held
up at the solicitation of Memphis busi
ness men.
Here are some figures for the. lead
ng Southern cities returned to date:
City. 1910 1900 PC.
New Orleans .339,075 287,104 18.1
Louisville . . .223,928 204,731 9.4
Atlanta. . . .154,839 89,872 72.3
Birmingham . .132.685 38,415 245 4
Nashville . . .110,364 80,865 36.5
San Antonio. . 96,614 53,321 81.2
Dallas .... 92,104 42,638 116.6
Houston . . . 78,800 44,633 76.6
Fort Worth . . 73,312 26,688 174.7
Mobile . 51,521 38,469 33.9
Savanr-’- ' 54,244 19.9
Entire . of Murder.
Blountville, Tenn—John Carleton,
his wife, Nellie Carleton, and their son
Rupert, tried for the murder, last De
ember, of Arthur Howard, were con
victed of murder in the second degree
\nd each sentenced to fifteen year*
in prison.
Lia on in Huntsville.
Huntsville, Ala.—The city council
adopted all of the Alabama prohibi
tion laws as city ordinances, and
put the laws into effect. During the
past nine months this city has been
wide open and no attention has beeni
paid to the state laws regulating thJ
sale of liquors. 1
Clower Is Re-Elected.
New York City —Robert C. Clower,
president of the Western Union Tele
graph company, was re-elected presb
dent of the company.
Will Enforce Haul Provision.
Washington.—ln a formal order is
sued the interstate commerce commis
sion announced its intention to ad
minister strictly section 4 (the long
and short haul provision) of the »e
--cently amended interstate commerce
act. The order was the outgrowth
of a hearing held by the commission
two weeks ago on the matter of the
application of interstate carriers gen
erally for relief. There will be no
change in the existing status or la
the present rights of carriers until
February 17, 1911.