The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, November 20, 1908, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextCHINA’S RULERS DEAD Emperor and Dowager Empress Are Claimed by Death. 3-YEAR OLD PRINCE REIONS His Father, Prince Chun, is Regent of Empire-—Dowager Empress Died Day After the Emperor. Pekin. China.—Tse Hsi An, the dow ager empress of China, the autocratic head of the government, which she i has directed without successful inter ference since 1861. and without pro test since 1881, is dead. The announcement of the death of the dowager empress was official and followed closely upon the announce ment that Kuang Hsu, the emperor, had died; but it is believed that the deaths of both the emperor und the dowager empress occurred a consid erable time before that set down in the official statements. An edict, placed upon the throne Prince Pu Yi, the three-year-old son of Prince Chun, the regent of the em pire. The foreign legations wore no tified by the foreign board of the death of the emperor and the succes sion of Prince Pu Yl. Troops have been in readiness for several days to quell any disorders that might arise on the death of Kuang Hsu, and the possibility of up rising was made greater because of the fact that the death of the dowager empress was known to be close at hand. Prince Chun, the regent, has ordered the viceroys and governors to take precautions for the continuation of the administration of the provinces as heretofore, and he has ordered a. hun dred days of mourning. The court will go into mourning for three years. Pekin already lias been greatly transformed; all red objects have been removed and blue substituted. The people learned of the death of the dowager empress, and, although the Chinese are In no wise emotional they showed that they were profoundly im pressed by the passing of their power ful ruler. The foreigners in the city are watching the strange ceremonies with great interest. Deatli-bed observances of three thousand years ago marked the pass ing of the emperor and dowager. They died alone and unattended, although surrounded by circles of abject spec tators, who remained a rod distant, as on account of the sacred persons of their majesties they could not be approached. The emperor died as he had lived, without ministration of whatever kind of scientific aid. For months he had refused to permit the services of foreign physicians, and, al though it was stated that he had gone back to the old form of medical treatment, it Is believed that latterly he received no treatment at all. The whole nation is now thrown Into mourning, the rites attending which are of a stringent character. For a hundred days the court and people of rank wear white, trimmed with white fur, this being the mourn ing color in China. For the same pe riod. the men abstain from shaving, while the women lay aside the favor ite ornamental head dress. Manila, P. I.—II. Lee Clot worthy, United Press correspond ent with the fleet, learned from a high official Chinese source that both the emperor and dowager em press of China were murdered in the hope» that the presence of the American fleet in Ori ental waters would save the Chi nese empire from an aggressive movement by Japan during their establishment of a new re gime. GOVERNMENT WORK BEGINS. Appropriations Being Spent in Many T owns. Washington, D. C. —The government is starting a prosperity boom itself just to show that it is not behind the big industries in celebrating the vic tory of Taft. During the month of November the national treasury will spend some thing in the neighborhood of $3,000,- 000 in locations scattered all over the United States. That is, contracts in volving that sum of money will be let by the treasury department for construction, painting, repairing, re furnishing public buildings all over the country. The towns to be benefit ed this month .by the prosperity policy of the government are: Marietta, Ga.; Eugene, Ore.; Toledo, O.; lola, Kans.; Crookston, Minn.; Rawlins, Wvo.; Trinidad, Colo.; Gulf Quarantine Sta tion, Ship Island. Miss.; Raker City, Ore.; Hazleton, Pa.; Milford, Pa.; Manchester, Va.; Newton, Kans.; Car lisle, Pa., and Gainesville, Ga. JUDGE APPOINTS WOMAN To Manage Shoe Factory —Plant Val ued at Five Hundred Thousand. Boston. Mass. —The value and sta tus of the working woman were boost ed another notch when Judge Cham berlain appointed a Brockton business woman in preference to male compet itors to have complete control of the big five hundred thousand dollar shoe factory of the late James T. Packard, who died without a will. His death left his heirs, a brother and two sis ters, one of the latter blind, who are wholly without knowledge of the shoe business. Mrs. Jennie L. Doane, for merly secretary to the late Mr. Pack ard, was made special administra trix. A. Bad Sign J-23 LOOM INN BURNED Famous Hotel Destroyed To gether With all its Contents. FIRE A SPECTACULAR ONE Many Persons of Note Have Been Guests at the Inn—-Prince Henry of Prussia Pronounced it an Ideal Spot. Chattanooga, Tenn.—Famous old Lookout Inn, on the crest of Lookout Mountain, was burned to the ground, together with all its contents. The owners, Messrs. Jung & Shamotuski, stated that a deal had just .been con summated for the sale of the inn prop erty for a consideration of $135,000, and but for the fire would have been closed this week. There was but $20,- 000 insurance on the hotel and its fur nishings. Aside from the hotel, four cottages and their contents were destroyed, en tailing a loss estimated at $16,000. The amount of insurance on these could not be learned. The incline power house was badly damaged and the trestle on the face of the bluff was ablaze for a considerable time. There was a streak of fire al most from the top to the base of Lookout Mountain along the line of the incline, and a force of men fought it to prevent spread to the timber and many cottages which dot the slope of the mountain. The fire started in the south wing of the hotel building, but the exaci cause has not been ascertained. The building was as dry as tinder and a high wind, which was sweeping across the mountain from the west, quickly carried the flames the entire length of the building, and the struc ture was consumed in a very short time. From the city the fire was a spec tacular one during its early progress, .but soon the mountain was entirely en veloped in a dense cloud of smoke and all that could be seen from high points in the city was what .appeared as a terrible storm cloud rolling from the southwest. With the coming of darkness, how ever, the smoke cleared and the out line of the crest of old Lookout was marked by a rim of red fire, with the downward mark resembling a huge figure “8.” It is definitely known that there will be no attempt in the near future to rebuild the inn. The hotel was completed in 18S9 at a cost of $150,000, and contained about four hundred rooms. Each succeeding season following its opening it has been visited by per sons of note from all over the world. Prince Henry of Prussia pronounced it the most ideal spot he had ever vis ited and the scenery more gorgeous than that of the Swiss Alps. FI BE IV LOAL .HIVES, Flames Which Raged in Mine Started by Convicts. Birmingham, Ala. —iFire was discov ered ih Mine No. 3 of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at Pratt City, near here, in which is em ployed convict labor exclusively. No less than seventy-five convicts were at work at the time when the blaze was discovered. The dead bodies of five convicts have been taken out and the officials of the company expressed the belief that there were seven others dead. Many rumors prevailed of an explo sion, and there was great excitement. The fire started in an old part of the mines in which officials say there were not more than twelve or thir teen convicts w’orking, and it is be lieved the convicts started it them selves. A later report from Pratt City was to the effect that the fire in convict Mine No. 3 had been gotten under con trol and efforts are being made to re cover the other seven convicts in the place. There is a chance, it was reported, for the missing men to be in secluded places and safe. 3 PERCENT RATE ADVANCE. Railroads Have Decided That is All They Need. Chicago, 111. —W. C. Brown, senior vice president of the New’ York Cen tral lines, at a conference with F. W. Upham. in Chicago, assured the latter that the railroads of the country had agreed that a 3 per cent advance in freight rates would satisfy the require ments of the roads. This advance takes the place of the threatened 10 per cent advance which aroused ship pers to opposition several months ago. He said that an increase was neces sary, but that the amount of the pro posed increase had not been deter mined. Irregularity is bad in every department of life, in meals, in sleeping but especially when it is a question of womanly habit. Not only is it a sign o female disease, but, unless cured, it will cause dangerous troubles, oi the poisons thus allowed to remain in the system. If you suffer in this way, get a bottle of Mrs. Lucinda Johnson, of Fish Creek, Wis., writes: "I suffered for fourteen ( 14) yean, with lltegu larity, causing great pain. At last l tried Cardui, and now lam cured.” At all druggist, in 4> lIIHSTE I!C A I ETTEH Write today for a free cop y of valuable 64-page lilustrated Bo°k for Women. WRITE US A LETTER envelope - RUEF’S PHJSEUJTOR SHOT. T. J. Heney Wounded by F.x-Convict, Who Later Committed Suicide. San Francisco, Cal. —The San Fran cisco bribery graft cases had a dra matic climax when Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney, who has been in charge of the prosecution during its tortuous course of two years, w r as shot and seriously wound ed in the crowded court room by Mod ris Haas, an ex-convict. The shooting occurred during a brief recess in the third trial of Abra ham Ruef on a charge of bribery now in i*s eleventh week. The would-be assassin is a saloon keeper, who was drawn upon the jurv panel in the second trial of Ruef, and w'ho, after having been temporarily passed by both sides, was exposed in a dramatic manner by Mr. Heney as an ex-convict, ar.d discharged from the jury. Haas declared after the hooting that Heney had ruined his life by the exposure, and that he had doteimined to kill him for that rea son. Haas wms arrested and confined in the county jail, where lie commit ted suicide by shooting himseit through the head with a small der ringer pistol. He ended his life while four guards detailed to prevent just such a move stoed within three feet of him. The weapon with which the w r ould-be as sassin shot himself he had secreted in the top of one of his gaiter shoes. District Attorney Heney, though badly wounded, will recover. FINAL PLEA FAILED. United States Supreme Court Dismiss ed Patrick’s Appeal. Washington, D. C. —The final des perate attempt of Albert T. Patrick, convicted of the murder of William Marsh Rice, the eccentric old Texas millionaire, in his New York home, to regain his liberty, has failed. The United States supreme court has ris missed Patrick’s appeal, prepared by himself in prison, and denied his plea of habeas corpus. He must stay in prison, to serve out his sentence, commuted from death in the electric chair to lifd imprisonment. Patrick’s case is g remarkable and unique in the annals of crime. While still under sentence of death he man aged repeatedly, through his own skill in the* law, to get his case before the courts and it was brought several times from Sing Sing prison to New York on writs of appeals. He worked incessantly on his own case, but was unable to get a new trial, although he finally managed to obtain from Gov ernor Higgins a commutation of sen tence. The murder of William Marsh Rice was accomplished by the aid of chlo roform, in his apartments. Patrick had an accomplice in the person of the old millionaire’s valet, Jones, who after ward confessed. It was through the confession of Jones, corroborated by a great deal of other testimony, that Patrick was convicted. The motive for the crime was shown in a conspiracy between Pat rick and Jones to possess themselves of the old’man’s wealth. Then Pat rick, after making himself thorough ly familiar with the old man’s affairs, through Jones, forged his signature to checks for round sums which he pre sented immediately after the • old man’s death. SUED FOR $3,624,121. Government Brings Six Suits Against the Sugar Trust. New York City. —The United States government has brought six suits against the American Sugar Refining Company to recover forfeitures and customs duties amounting to $3,624,- 121 on sugar delivered at the Have mever & Elder refineries in Brooklyn during the past six years. 1 The complaints alleging violations of section 9 of the customs act of 1890, charge that the checker at the Brooklyn refinery so manipulated the platform scales as to conceal the true weights. The second and’ third suits involve amounts exceeding $500,000, the others varying between $200,000 ar.d $300,000. Great Victory for Liberals. Havana, Cuba. Practically com plete returns of the election show that the liberal victory was even more decisive than first supposed. Official returns from 1,360 out of a total of 1,493 polling places, show that General Jose Miguel Gomez received 183,823 votes, against 118,329 for General Mar io Menocal, the conservative candi date. The liberals carried every prov ince in the island. Havana province went liberal by 25,000 and the city by 113.000. The liberal majorities in the other provinces were approximate ly as follows; Oriente, 13,500; Santa I Clara, 11,000; Canaguey, 1,200; Pinar , del Rio, 7,500; Matanzas, 8,000. FOR THEFT OF $700,000 Peter Van Vlissinger Given 1 to 14 Years in Penitentiary. HE MADE NO DEFENSE And Was Sentenced Within Four Hours After His Arreat---Forgeries Were Very Unique. Chicago, lll.—Peter Van Vlissingen, a real estate dealer, for several yeais classed among the first of Chicago’s prosperous and reputable business men, confessed to having obtained, through forged deeds and notes, more than $700,000, and a few hours after his arrest, on his own urgent appeal to be punished, was sentenced to the penitentiary. The arrest, the indict ment, the confession and the sentence were the work of less than four hours. Taken in the midst of business from an office desk shortly after the noon hour, Van Vlissingen, a venerable looking man, appeared before the court in tears, confessed that for from eighteen to twenty years he had been securing money through the sale of forged documents’, and that though he had bought back many of these spu rious instruments without detection, at least twenty-five people w’ould lose an aggregate of more than $700,000 through the paper which he has nor yet redeemed; in forging notes, he de clared, he had perfected an unique de vice. This consisted of a plate glass desk top, so arranged that by an elec tric light thrown up beneath, he could readily trace from originals forged signatures on to worthless paper. Throughout his arrest and sentence, the prisoner made no effort to de fend himself, but only asked that his punishment be speedy. Asked if he had anything to say be fore sentence was imposed, Van Vlis singen, bowing his head, replied: “Only that I be given my punish ment at once.” His term in the penitentiary was fixed as indeterminate from one to fourteen years. ROCKEFELLER GETS $1.30 FEE. Was Peevish Until Deputy Paid Mon ey With Subpena. New York City.—John D. Rockefel ler and his lieutenants, J. D. Archi bold and James A. Moffett of the Standard Oil Company, were subpena ed by United States Marshal Henckel to appear before Special Referee Franklin Ferris in the “trust busting” proceedings which have been begun ■by the government. Incidentally Mr. Rockefelleer and his aides received $1.50 a piece when they accepted the subpena. The tendering pf the $1.50 which is a fee for witnesses provided by the government, tickled Mr. Rocke feller immensely. He seemed to be rather peevish when Mr. Henckel strode into his private office on the fourth floor of No. 26 Broadway and handed him the court paper. But when Mr. Henckel drew from his pocket a crisp $1 bill and a 50-cent, piece and handed them to the richest man in the world, Mr. Rockefeller seized it with alacrity and smiled broadly. KILLED IN AUTO RACE. In Attempt to Lower 24 Hour Record, Emile Strickler is Killed. Birmingham, Ala. —While making a strong dash in the effort to lower the twenty-four-hour record on the fair grounds one-mile track here the Re nault car being driven by Emile Strieker, the well-known automobilist, who had just a little while previously relieved , Lewis Strang, was smashed and Strieker was almost instantly killed and Leon Barrows, a Birming ham chauffeuer, driver for President Crawford of the Tennessee company, was seriously, though not fatally in jured. The car was traveling at the rate of sixty miles an hour when the accident happened on the west end of the track. One tire exploded as the car dashed around the curve, followed by another circled for several minutes. LABOR BANQUET AT WHITE HOUSE. President Roosevelt Entertains Num ber of Union Leaders. Washington, D. C. —Members of the cabinet and justices of the supreme court of the United States sat down with labor leaders from various sec tions of the United States at a dinner given by President Roosevelt at the white house to, a number of personal friends and men closely identified with the movement to better labor conditions in this country. The occa sion was one of the most interesting events that has occurred at the white house in months. A REDUCTION IN COTTON CROP. Of Twenty Per Cent. i* Asked by the Farmers’ Union at New Orleans. New Orleans, La.—The Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative associa tion, in convention assembled, con cluded its consideration of the impor tant questions brought before it, and adjourned. The results of the convention may be summed up as follows; Resolution passed calling for the re duction of 25 per cent in the cotton crop and diversification of crops. Resolution unanimously adopted de nouncing “night riding.” Resolution passed calling for the warehouse system on an extensive scale and the formation of interstate companies. Resolution passed calling for the ap pointment of a committee of one from each state to confer with president of the United States relative to exten sion of rural free delivery and estab lishment of parcels post. Authorized the building of a largo central warehouse at New Orleans, where the planters of half a dozen or more states can 'store their cotton and hold it until they choose to sell. The committee representing the union in the warehouse matter fol lows; T. J. Brooks, Tennessee; G. It. I-lightower, Mississippi; J. Z. Greene, North Carolina; J. W. Boyett, Jr., Louisiana; L. H. O’Marion, Georgia, and L. H. Morris, Alabama. It was stipulated that the commit tee representing the Farmers’ union should have at its disposal a million bales of cotton to sell whenever it deems the market capable of absorb ing that much. The matter of secur ing warehouse certificates for the cot ton and making them negotiable at lo cal banks was also placed in the com mittee’s hands. The convention also adopted a resolution urging all the states to ap point agricultural commissions such as exxist in Georgia. Li Sum Ling, editor of a paper at Hong Kong, China, addressed the con vention on trade relations between China and America. The address was mainly along the line of the advan tages which would be enjoyed by both countries if closer trade relations were established between China and America. “OPEN DOUR” CAUSES TALK, Japan and United States Exchange Diplomatic Views on Subject. Washington, D. C. —Although Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root formally deny that there has been any friction between the United States and Japan over the question of the “open door” in China and that no re quests or demands had been made of Japan by the state department with reference to this subject, there can be no denial that a diplomatic exchange of views has taken place in the last few days. Numerous complaints have been made by American and other foreign merchants in Manichuria to the effect that while ostensibly maintaining a policy of non-interference without* taking side in the trade, Japanese of ficials really have been secretly favor ing their own countrymen. It is likely that while the state de partment presented “no demand,” the request or suggestion to the Japanese ambassador, as stated by Secretary Root, has formulated a polite inquiry as to whether the action of the Jap anese officials in Manichuria have the approval of that government. ANIMALS ARE DEMISTS. Monkeys and Squirrels Fill Each Oth er’s Teeth. Chicago, 111.—Monkeys and large gray squirrels that overrun the jung les of Africa, are born dentists. They fill each other’s teeth with great skill and often kill an aching nerve. At least this is what Dr. Frank N. Pierce of West Roxboro, Mass., says, and he is going to lecture before Chi cago dentists on the subject. Dr. Pierce, who spent several years in the African jungles, says that monkeys and squirrels have discovered a blue clay much the same in color as that w hich covers the diamond field and in liis a great percentage of creosote. M hen the animals have toothache they plaster this clay into the cavity as a remedy. The creosote will often kill the offending nerve. Roosevelt’s Trip No for slaughter. New York City.—That President Roosevelt’s African trip will not be a slaughtering expedition,’’ is reported by Major A. E. Meanis, United States Army, a surgeon stationed at Fort Totten, who is in Washington to con fer with Mr. Roosevelt as one of the party w’ho will accompany him In explaining that the trip was not for “slaughter” Major Meanis said that it was to be in the interest of science and to provide specimens for use in this country.