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Greeted by Ercthusi Petersburg c Charlotte, N. C., Special--Welcom-1 ed royally as the head of a 'united nation wjth all the honors which a patriotic and public-spirited people could bestow,, and responding in a kindred spirit which inspired him to pledge his power to the obliteration of all sectional differences, the Hon. . William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America,.', was for twelve hours Thursday the wefc come guest of Charlotte and North Carolina. Culminated then tho cele oration in honor of the Mecklenburg Declaration' of Independence with which all the drenching power of a Gulf coast rain-storm could' but par tially interfere.. Never in the his tory of the City of Charlotte has thare previously occurred such a day, marked by such a contest between the powers of men and those of na ture, a contest which had a drawn battle as its final issue, with the hon ors, all things considered, well earned by. tho^plucky celebrants. Beginning hours before dawn, tho rain, which was predicted" set kr with unrelented violence, continued until a few minutes before the arrival of the President's train at 10 o'clock, ceiased for more than two entire sours, only to descend again a veri table cloud-burst just as the rear of tbe mammoth parade had reached Independence Square, two blocks from the stand where' stood Ameri ca's Chief Executive in review. ^Its , interference with the occasion on. which it had in such . unweleomed fashion intruded, forced the ehange of thc place for the Presidential ad dress from the 'open air reviewing stand to the Auditorium and the call ing off of the military drills and the bsLsebalKgame in the afternoon. Unquestionably it deterred untold thoijsands from leaving their homes in other towns, and yet special after special rolled in in early morning crowded from front to rear with vis itors who knew^that whatever hap pened Charlotta would ' make good. And she did,': so far as lay in human power, in the lace,of a twelve hours' '. rainfall .three times the - amount of ; "that for the month's preceding 19 : days. ! The line from the Selwyn to the : depot was filled with the hosts al most every one of whom saw Presi- ! dent Taft in his open carriage. The Confederate and Federal vet- '. , erans escorted the President from 1 the Selwyn to the grand stand, < where he was seated with Mrs. 1 Stonewall Jackson on the right, < and Governor Kitchin on the left. The parade was a pageant of - beauty and suggestiveness as Well as < ac industrial and trade exhibit It was completed when the torrents of rain broke all into confusion., In < spite of the adverse circumstances it J was a day of glory for Mecklenburg > and the Old North State. < The President 's speech in the Audi torium was a measure ?of the breadth' of the statesmanship of this gr?at 1 JH. H. ROGERS, THE ORE . New York, Special.-Henry H. Bogers, sixty-nine years of age, vice- ; president of the Standard Oil Com pany, moving spirit in the organiza i tjon of the Amalgamated Copper Company, builder of railroads, and . philanthropist, died at his home here at 7:20 o'clock Wednesday morning from a. stroke of apoplexy. . Death came about an hour after lix. Bogers had risen for the day, : mentioning to his wife that be was feeling ill. At 7 o'clock he Iapssed into unconsciousness, and before the family physician arrived, he was '. dead. Mrs. Rogers, three married 1 PRESIDENT TAFT ENJOYS Washington, Special - President/; Taft, returning from Charlotte, N. C., reached Washington at 10:40 a. m. Friday. The President found Mrs. Taft much; improved in health. Th? ' President recently was chosen as a trastee of the Hampton Institute, at : Hampton, Va., and had accepted an " invitation to speak there on Sunday J L?KE MONHONft ARBITRA Mohonk Lake, N.1 Y., Special.- : With an imposing array of speakers, i the fifi h annual meeting of the Lake Mohonk conference on international 1 arbitration concluded its delibera- ? tions Friday night. The speakers, in cluded the Right Hon. James^Bryce, the British . ambassador; Alfred : Morely, London; Representative : Richard Baftboldt, of Missouri; Ed ward J. Wheeler. Frank Chapin Bray, ! and Dr. Richard Watson Gilder. Mr. Mosely, a member of the House cf Commons, took up the causes which led to the present feeling be tween England and Germany, begin-, EIGHT MEN KILLED BY HA ._. -, ? . .r. . . - Galveston, Texas, Spacial.-An un precedented.. hailstorm Monday in TTvalde county cost at least eight i 1 lives. James Carpenter, 70 years of age, returning.to the Southwestern Ranch, : where ho was employed', sought shel- ! . ter in a cattle sied. Hail struck him on the head and killed him. I Seven Mexicans were many miles fiom shelter, ir: the open praire, when the storm caught them.. All i THE FIREM CNS' STRIKE ON . Angosta, Ga., Special.-*-The flre- fi men's strike on the Georgia Railroad i is becoming very serious. The rail road says it is much more serious : than it was at this time Thursday night. White Rreman Sloan was forcibly ejected from the Buckhead 'I .. train at Thomson, 40 miles out, Fri day night. The passengers and mail ; lay over till 1 a. m. there 3nd missed; i all, connections. The Picayune, due : here at S;45 a. m., is still tied up afc astic Thousands at md Charlotte man. The following is a quotation referring to the nomination of Judge Connor: "The Federal judiciary should be ES much-appreciated in the South as in the North, and if I have an oppor tunity to make any appointments in the South it will eohtinue to be my chiei duty to make sueh appoint ments as shall appeal to all the peo ple whether they be Republicans or Democrats, and" ?-urge all citizens to accept the appointments made, as men, if they aro men, who will cany on their high duties with , a single eye to the administration of justice, to accept them and congratulate the people on. their .apointment, and not to make use ' of-them fdr any. par tisan appeal." -- .i virginia Honors tho President. Petersburg, Va., 8pecial.-Presi dent Taft's visit Wednesday to this battle-scarr?d Virginia city has-been a notable success from the viewpoint of the distinguished guest and o? the hospitable people who were his hosts. Thc President has seen at close range all sorts and conditions of Virginians, for Petersburg seemed to'be the cen tal to which the counties of Southern Virginia had sent the bulk of their population, there being, it was esti mated, 25,000 visitors here in the course of the day. The streets were jammed from noon until late evening. The "oldest inhabitant*' even is at a loss to remember when Petersburg has been as crowded as it was Wed nesday. It was a good-natured, eas ily handled crowd and, while it was at no. time effusive in its demonstra tion, it gave the President a very friendly reception and lifted hats to him and cheered him as he rode in. the-parade through it;; streets. At Fort Mahone, wibere the beauti ful monument erected to eommeL or ate the heroism of. Gen. John F. Hartranft and the Pennsylvania sol diers of the Third Division of the Ninth Army Gorps was unveiled, th? President made a tactful and impres sive address. The environment was inspiring and; although he read his speech from manuscript, he evidently felt ?he spell of his surroundings. Mr. Taft vied with the Governor of Pennsylvania and Major Isaac S. Brown, president of the Pennsylvania Battlefield Commission, in paying tribute to the valor of the Confed erate soldier and in recognizing that the men who wore the gray had prov ed themselves, equally with the men who wore the blue, exemplars in the highest degree of American intrepi dity in battle and'American devotion to principle. ? This sentiment evoked an imme diate and hearty response from the hundreds* of pennsylvania veterans and also from the gray-clad members of A. P. Hill Camp, of the Confed erate Veterans, who were massed in front of the platform from which Mr. Taft made his speech. AT FINANCIER, DEAD daughters, a son, H. H. Rogers', Jr., ?mt Dr. W. J. Pulley, a physician who was hastily summoned, were at the bedside when the end came. His fortune is variously-estimated at from $50,000,000 to $75;opp,000, which will make his . son, H. H. Rogers^ Jr., one of the richest men in the country. Mr. Rogers' first wife died fourteen years ago, and'he is survived, in addition to his second wife, by four children, the sou men tioned and the following daughters: Mrs. W. E. Benjamin, Mrs.' Urben H. Broughton and Mrs. William R. Coe. HIS TRIP TO THE SOUTH afternoon. He stated on the train, however, that unless Mrs. Taft was able to make the trip with him, he would postpone his' visit to the Vir ginia institution. On account of tho bad weather, the President decided, after reaching the White House, that it would not be wise to underiak. ihe trip at this time and he telegraphed, cancelling tbe engagement. HON CONFERENCE, ENDS oing with the now famous interview ot the German Emperor. "I believe?' he said, "that the German Emperor means well for his own country- and the world at large, but these utterances caused suspic ion and have given rise to discussion in the House of Commons resulting in the increase in the navy. "Now it is proposed by some that Mr. Taft take the initiative in saying something to England and Germany. But jj am not at all sure thu Mr. Taft would care to undertake that task. If he does, may I suggest that he turn his attention to GermanyV* IL IN GALVESTON, TEXAS were struck dead. The stones weighed 6 and 7 pounds and some of 10 pounds were found. They measured 10 to 17 inches in circumference and they came down for 30 minutes in two separate storms, about two hours apart. ) ' Many persons who had -smarted- out to search for cattle were caught in the second storm and injured. The number of cattle killed will not be known for several deys. GEORGIA ROAD SERIOUS Camak. Three trains are sidetracked at Dearing. A nixed tram, two through freights and two local freights are tied up at Union Point. United States postal inspectors have reached there to protect ihe mails. One through frieght is tied up at thomson. At Thomson Friday an angry crowd jerked the armed guard ?rom an engine, beat him and order ed him pack to Augusta. There is no train . moving on the- Athens branch. ?_ , .r$fS8i :'?bo?otnhgunique' poem was composed by}, -^bs^Jais^^. .Clayton Hood, now cranecr?d w??fi ' the Mili' '??ewB of-Charlotte; N. C., on the occa sion of the celebration; of May 20th,: l?Oy. Its. historie as well 'as its pres ent day allusions, together with its rhythmic merit, will make it a good scrap book preservation to the lovers of poesy. A Welcome to? tho President. The loyal folks of Mecklenburg ; Extend the glad right hand; Sweet i miles from Charlotte's daugb . ters, The fairest in the land. . Our gates are spread wide open, Tfce. keys are. thrown away, , The better pleased'we. all will be The longer you may-stay*. In Eastern/florid verbiage 1 - The towri is, wholly yours, And all that is therein contained In its historic doors. We give true Southern welcome To ohr illustrious Guest Who rules and treats us squarely, For he' deserves our best*. He freed my native City Prom years of deepest shame, Plaeed white man over white men; All honor to Ids name ! This aet ?lone has won him The Southron's deepest love, He knows the race Caucasian * Was meant to keep above. Observe our senventy columns, ' Our noble arches three. Our granite shaft inscribing Those names which History Has writ and proved illustrious Despite the snetirers' claim, And tells the world the reason For Charlotte's deathless fame. Those brave, old Mecklenburgers, ' In far Colonial days, First broke the ?hains of bondage And earned the nation's praise. Old England sent her minions To break our spirits free; "A nest of stinging hornets" They found our town to be. * Our men are patriots ever, Our spirits just as high, Our valor still unquestioned, As in the, days gone by.v Our Southern heart? are loyal, * All struggles past forgot, And Gray and Bine are blended On ' tb js historic spot. "Old Glory" here is waving So free op every side, A type of hope united In one. grand, common pride. ? Observe the gallant escort, Furnished our President, The Blue and Grey uniting Old soldiers worn and bent. We*7s slain the "Billy Possum," And "killed the fatted calf," And give our heartiest welcome . To William Howard Taft. . Mrs. Taft Slightly ju Washington, Special. - Mrs. Taffy suffering/ from 'a slight breakdown, was taken ill Monday white on her way from tr. ?ty to Mount Vernon on the yac! ' ^ ?ph with a party of friends, t =is hurried hack to the White House. It f>as said at the Wnite House Monday night that there is no canse for alarm and that Mrs. Taft probably would be all right again in a few days. She was unable to he present at an official dinner at the White House. President Taft himself Monday night. prepared -the following state ment in regard to Mrs. Taft's con dition: "Mrs. Taft is suffering from a slight nervors attack. She attended the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital Monday morning, where Charlie Taft . underwent a slight operation on his throat. She was with him for sev eral hours. She then started with the President and a small party of friends on the Sylph for Mount Ver non. The excitement, heat and exer tion were too much for Mrs. Taft's nerves and the party was obliged to turn back before reaching. Alexan dria. Mrs. Taft -ivas quickly carried^ to the White House. The doctor says that after a few days of com plete rest Mrs.. Ttift may be able to resume her social duties. Dr. De laney is in attendance. Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Taft's sister, acted as hostess at the official dinner at the White House Monday night." More Than 10,0)0 Murdered in Adana. Adana, By Cable.-The estimates of from 20,000 to 25,000 Christians 'killed by Mohammadans in the prov ince of Adana mado a fortnight ago must be revised. It is now . ascer tained that the, number can hardly reach more than 10,000, possible less. Thousands who were supposed to have been killed in the country dis trict have since come into some one of the large towns- for relief. It re mains a fact that much brutality was suffered by women. . Alabama Bate Case. Washington, . Special.-The Su preme Court of the United States Monday denied the applications for writs of certiorari in the injunction cases between the Alabama Railroad Commission and the various railroads of that State, involving thc consti tutionality of the Alabama railroad rate law. The effect of the decision is against the bringing of the casts to this court, as that was the purpose of the petition. . Pieel Wire to be Lowered. .... Washington, D. C., Sp2cial-The lowering of duties in the case of eight or ten classes of wire goods con tained in the steel schedule upon mo tion of Senator Aldrich, in charge of the tariff bill, gave great encourag ment to Senators who are advocating a revision downward. With evident gratification Senator Beveridge greet ed these proposed amendments by the chmrman of the finance committee by declaring: (i Good, that's making progress." _i-. Oro^ E_amina??ji [of the ?Honaire is Bitter ?P??J^f Pres;', Cal- I S?n -iFTaiieiscb^ / Sp^ai-^Rudolph 'Spreckles, millionairev.' " whose i name has boen blazed into, the record of every day's proceedings' in th? trial for bribery of President Patrick Cal houn, ofj the United Railroads, be gun more, than five months ago, was a witness again" Tuesday, i ' . Through f& cross-examination, ^re plete .with' stinging inferences and in sinuations,'he" sat undisturbed, dis closing the innermost /seerets.'-'of .the great prosecution, reciting the sub stantial payments he bus made to of ficers and agents \afld disclaiming ut terly the motive imputed'to him by. Attorney ;Earl'-.Rogers, who conduct ed t^he injury^for the, defense. Mr. Spreckles admitted that he had paid the rent and expenses of Mr. Heney's private law office for a. long time and that, these items amounted to between $500 asd $600 a month. It was . likewise;: admitted that Mr. Spreckles. had for a long time paid a considerable sum to Charles . W. Cobb, Mr. Heney 's partner, to whom in pursuance of an agreement made at the outset for the prosecution, Mr. Spreckles is to pay $20,000 more. -___ Wickersham Takes Action. ?< Washington, Special.-Af ter re ceiving a long telegram stint Monday by Henry E. Asp, counsel for the de fendants in the Oklahoma land fraud cases, to Senator Curtis, of Kansas | City, and forwarded hy the latter to the Depaz _ent of Justice, Attorney General Wicknrsham Tuesday decid ed to suspend fu-iher proceedings in these cases, ponding the. receipt o? testimony in support of charges alleg ing improper COE duct on the part ol the government attorneys. The Attorney General also decided that it would not be for the best in terests of the government to substi tute other counsel for those now con ducting thc cases. In commenting upon the matter, Mr. Wickersham stated that it was his finn couvietion that the govern ment attorneys were performing their duties faithfully and efficiently and that, at this long range/he cer tainly would not interfere with theil efforts. He lecognized that the gov ernment attorneys were conducting these cases under adverse circumstan ces and no doubt were doing their full duty and 'doing it well,- and should be sustmned. A Million Dollar Pire. Akron, O., Special-Fire in the seven-story Hower Block Tuesday de stroyed the building and its, contents, causing a loss which it is thought will aggregate $1,500^)00. Several girls employed in the building had a nar row escape. Firemen >vore in danger from falling walls. There were up wards of two hundred employes in the building .when the firevwas dis covered. The blaze ?tarted in th/ basement and the occupants" of the block had- plenty of time to escape, although th? young women were thrown into a panic. No injuries were reported. The cause of "the fire is unknown. The losses of thes? com pany- will run from $5,000 to $35, 000 each. Both the Goodrich Rub ber Company and the Diamond Fire Company many thousands of dollars worth of automobile tires stored in the building. The tires are a com plete loss. There is about $800,000 insurance on the1 building .and its contents. Girl Has Hydrophobia. Winston-Salem, Special. - Miss Maude Kinnel, 16 years old, daugh ter of a Forsyth county farmer, who was bitten two years ago by a rabid dog and "vho for the past two days has been lanifesting signs of hydro phobia; w_3 declared Monday by at tending physicians to be ? suffering from that dread diser -e. It is said ?he can live but a few days. Ice Still Strong at Moose Head Lake. Portland, Me., Special.-Word from Moose Head lake states that it was as cold as midwinter down there and that the ground was not yet thawed. Teams and men and large loads of supplies are being transport ed over the ice without the slightest show of weakening, and the ice is just showing sighs of turning black or softening up materially ' in any part. Petrosino's Friend Killed. New York, Special.-Pioggie Puc cio, the schoolmate and life-long friend of Detective Petrosino, wes shot and killed in the hallway of bis home early Tuesday morning. He had been a leader in the funeral ar rangements of Petrosino and in the plans for the benefit of his widow. He had been repeatedly warned that he must cease his activities in behalf of Petrosino or he would meet a sim ilar fate to his, but bc paid no atten tion to the threats. The assassin escaped. George Meredith Praised. London, By Cable.-The British public and press are making ample atonement on the death of the fore most English novelist for any neglect he suffered during his lifetime. Not even the death of Swinburne called out such universal warm tributes of admiration and affection as that of George Meerdith. The death of the novelist is felt as a more intimate personal loss than that of the poet. City Contracts Are Void. Richmond, Va., Special.-Mayor D. C. Richardson and City Attorney H. R. Poll?rd Tuesday gave their opin ion to the city council that city con tracts, involving over a million dol lars, are void because they were awarded by viva voice vote of the council instead of by a two-thirds vote of that body, as required by law. A curious feature is that D. C. Rich ardson, as a lr.wyer, found out that D. C. Richardson, as mayor, made a mistake, when he signed the ordi nances authorizing the wurk. 1 v Senator Gore's resolution, direct ing: ;tte comniittee on. finance" to con duct an investigation: into wholesale and retail prices of commodities, waa discussed before the Senate Tuesday at some length. Seeking ito have the reijolution adopted, Mr. Gore said ho wished to, have .'statements concerning theil extortionate prices of retail deal ers fully probed sp.that the country might know just where the respon sibility for high . prices' rests. That the cotton'manufacturers sell their products,. with an agreement as to the price at which they are to be sold at retail, was the substance of a charge made by Mr. Gore. Demand ing proof of this assertion S?nator Gallinger said that what,the country ts demanding is prompt action on the tariff bill. Ho added that it had been aocerted that the business interests of this country wore losing $10,000, 000 a day'by the holding up of the tariff bili, ' At ^imes provoked much merri ment, by his ready retort - and de nouncing the protective tariff policy, Senator Gore spoke at length and until 12 o'clock, when, under the rules of the Senate, the unfinished business which was the tariff bill, was to be taken up. Before that was done, in response to an appeal from Mr. Bailey, the Senate agreed to vote on Mr. Gore's ie solution, amended as suggested by Mr. Bailey so as to re quire the appointment of a select committee of four Republican and ?Tee Democratic Senators to conduct the investigation asked for, and by a vote of 50 to 29 it was referred^ the committee on finance, Senators Bristow, Crawford and LaFollette, roting no with the Democrats. Mr. Simmons, of North Carolina, while speaking in the Senate in sup port of the contentions, made by Mr. Stone, relative to the pri?e of im ported razors, said that the Demo crats were ready to vote on the tariff bill at any time and that it was the recalcitrant element of the Republi can party, which was delaying the measure. "As soon as you can get their, oonsest to take a vote on this measure," he said, "you can get Durs." A vote was then taken on an imondment by Mr. Stone restoring the Dingley rate on razors. It was rejected by a ^ote of 36 to 43, the Republicans voting in the negative with the Democrat? being Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Clapp, Crawford, Cummins, Dolliver, Gamble, LaFol lette and Nelson. Describing the men who have come before the committee on finance in connection with the tdriff bill, "silk hats and kid gloves and carrying jold-heac'.ed walking sticks." Senator McLaurin on the floor sai.d he had failed to see any one there who could l>e classed as a consumer. "I have not sis as a consumer. "I have not se- .?ny one there," said the Senator from Mississippi, "the cut of whose jib would indicate to me that he is a farmer, a mechanic, a blacksmith Dr other laboring man." . . . The most important 'happenings in the nation's capital Saturday were as follows : Senator Aldrich failed in his effort to have the Senate name a day for a Anal vote on the tariff bill, Senators Daniel an Cummins, both raising ob jections, when the chairman of the 3nance committee suggested June 2 as the date; Two battleships and either five tor pedo boat -destroyers or one modern repair ship are provided for in the Wavy Department's building pro f?name for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, it was officially 'an nounced, j By presidential proclamation, about 700,000 acres of government lands in Montana, Idaho and Washington, are to be opened up for settlement and ?ntry. The Senate sub-judiciary commit tee, appointed to pass upon the nom ination of Judge Connor, decided to report in favor of confirmation. The action of the committee was unani mous, Similar action is expected by the full committee which meets Mon day. No opposition to the confirma tion of Judge Connor's nomination has made its appearance before the the judiciary committee and none is expected. Charges against the government at torneys conducting the prosecution of the Olahoma land fraud cases were received at the Department of Jus tice, but*AttoTney General Wicker sh?m subsequently announced that ni> action would be taken in regard to them, until the cases in which the attorneys were engaged", have been dispose ' of. The day's session of the Senate re solved itself info a talk-fest, in which Senators Bailey, McCumber, Elkins, Scott, Burton, Hale and Clapp participated. The lumber schedule was under discussion for the greater part of the tim? but no Vbte was taken on any subject. . . . The /House rates were retained on polished plate glass, but with the un-' derstanding that when the bill is taken up in the S?ante proper, there will probably be some alterations. The so-callett "progressives" criti cised the House rate as' too high, while Senator Oliver, contended that the rate was entirely inadequate to tho proper protection of the plate glass industry of the United States. ? ? ? ? A telegram was received at the Postofficc Department from Thomas K. Scott, general manager of the georgia Railroad at Augusta, Ga., ex pressing apprehension over the pos sibility of the intercfrencc with the movement of the mails as the result of a strike of firemen on that road. Thc telegram was turned over to At torney General Wiekersham, who has Instructed the United States District Attorney for that section to take such steps as may be warranted by the sit uation. I General Manager Scott Makes the Announcement That "No-. Trains . Ara Moving''--The Crov?rnW' -'?n structs Authorities to Take All .SteDs Necessary to Protect Life and Property. Augusta, Ga., Special.-The Geor gia Railroad was completely tied np Sunday night. The management is not trying to move trains, simply, an nouncing that it has the men, the means and the equipment to proceed and wiH do so* when the State an nounces that it is ready to protect its property and employes. The strikers are standing pat. They assert that they have not been and will note, parties to any violence. Sympathiz ers with the strikers, it is set out, have done all the hurt that has been done. . General Manager Thomas K. Scotty at 6 p. m., made the announcement that "no trains aire moving." Gov ernor Hoke Smith his wired the sher iff of MeDuf?e county tb co-operate with the municipal authorities, and to summon all deputies necessary to protect life and property. It is in this country ihat Thomson is located and it is at Thomson-that the crowd issued their ultimatum Saturday ii?rht that no trains should pass car rying . eitheW nd??Amioin firemen or legro firemen. Governor Smith has ?ilso asked the sheriff there to keep sim fully advised of the situation. Fhe Governor bas also wired the sher ffe of Rockdale and Dekalb counties, giving them information that engi neers claim to have been rocked at Cony era and Li tho nia and. urging up m them prompt action for the pre lection of the railroads and property. From the offices pf the Georgia Railroad here Sunday night it was mnounced that all freight accumula ted at Atlanta for Augusta and p oin ts beyond would be moved that night by the Central and Seaboard. The Georgia road, freight station here ivas opened Monday fot delivery of freight to consignees, but snipers are requested to withhold all shipments intil further notice. After thus ad mitting how complete is the tie-up the road soys: "The Georgia road is omitting lothing that offers promise of early resumption." Williams on Dixie. Natchez, Miss., Special.-The big formal event of the stay of the bat tleship Mississippi at Natchez was he banquet Saturday night to the of Icers of the vessel. Governor Noel vas present and spoke' on "Missis sippi, a loyal member of the ister Mjod of State, a leader in moral and material progress." The feature of the stay was the ?peech of John Sharp Williams Sat urday 'afternoon at the presentation >? a magnificent beaten silver pnuch )owl to the battleship by the City of Natchez. The bowl was made for ex libition at the Jamestown Exposition. !k?r. Williams said: "As a complete and crowning tes timonial of the sincerity and fervor >f this welcome, Captain, you will soon, at Hom Island, receive as the l^ft of the State herself, a silver ser rice with the noble 'lineaments en graved upc-?, it of the steadfast chief :ain of a storm-cradled Confederacy, tfbich has passed,, not unworthily in to history. As a partial testimonial, [ have the honor now to present these pieces of silver. Let them remind rou in distant seas, not only of the luty hereafter doubly beholden to be well performed, but of the sweet land >f Dixie, the fairest part of the whole ?arth. When you meet an enemy's ship,' and I hope you may never have to meet dbe, sink her and then quaff from these cu; s a toast to victory victoria Americana-but if she sinks rou, as she has chanced' to many a jrave ship, well handled, then for the lifmor of the sweet women of Natchez, let these modest pieces of silver go iown with the ship, and not become memy's. booty to shame their'name." Runaway Horse Kills Young Lady. Augusta, Ky., Special. - Effie IWnsley, the l(?year-old daughter of Samuel Townsley, of Johnsonville, Bracken county, was Saturday found ?ead on the road near her home. She had been riding a spirited horse which became ^Tightened and han iway with her, throwing her off, iragging her over the rough road leith her foot caught in the stirrups. Are Denied Licenses. Jefferson City, Mo., Special.-The Missouri Supreme Court Saturday sustained the 'State law, which denies licenses to insurance companies, which pay any of their officers salar-, ?es in excess of $50,000. The decis ion was on an application from three large eastern companies for a writ of mandamus to compel the State In surance Department to issue license to them. The writ was denied to the petitioners-the Equitable Life As surance Society, of Prudential Insur ance Company and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Shops Curtail. Spencer, N. C., Special.-Again "a cut has been made in the working time of the force at the Southern's shops. "The men were put on nine hours, six days a week, a month or more ago, but recently the work day was cut to eight hours. Saturday the entire force, with the exception of the round house men, are off, an order having been sent out to begin on a five-day-a-weok schedule. Claims Heavy Damages. Norfolk, Special.-7-Claiming dam ages in the sum of $200,000 for al leged breach of contract, James D. Lalor, of Philadelphia, through at torneys, filed in the United States District Court herc Tuesday, a suit against the Accomac ."Traction .and P?wer Company, of which ?pencer F. Rogers is president and T. W. Taylor secretary. The plaintiff al leges that he entered into a con tract with thc defendant company to sonstruct an eloctric railway. THOSE CONFERENCES. I . .When a statesman meets' luVfeuow,"' They confer. v Dbyou think they loualy bellow? 2 Hardly, sir. They converse in whispers mellow, - As it were. , ^ To confer in.secret sitting Oft they go. There is sly and stealthy flitting To and fro. What about? It isn't fitting '., That we know. -Will S. Adkins- in Pack.' THE MARKS. Bacon-"And does your son show any signs of his college training?" Egbert-"Oh, yes; .he's quite lame from aa injury received on the foot* ball team."-Yonkers Statesman. -r~ . yi TWO BIRDS. "What! Your husband Is dead?" "Yes; a year ago. And last week I married again." "My sincerest condolence and hear tiest congratulations." - Fliegend? Blaetter. FATE. "They used to say I was a man: with a future." "And now?" ; ? "Now they refer to me as a man with a past. Wish I could have a present once."-Cleveland Leade|*.? FORESHADOWED, v "You look so pale and thin. What'? got you?" "Work. From morning to night and only a one. hour rest." "How long have you been at it?" "I begin to-morrow."-Success. ROMANCE IN REAL, LIFE, j "Duke, my father, has" lost 'hiai money." " "I will marry you, anyhow." "Can I believe my ears?" "Yes; a man like your father caa' easily make another fortune."-Kan? sas City Journal. k 1 1 A PEDESTRIAN. "What ls a pedestrian, papa?'", asked a juvenile whose parent had-' just begun to run his own motor. "A pedestrian, my son," said the Irritable papa, "is a person who gets In the way of motor cars to annoy the poor chauffeurs."-^-Tit-Bits. FAULTY POEM. "I have a serious criticism to offer against this exquisite little sonnet en titled/The Charge of the Light Bri gade,''" said Rondeau Rimer, produc* lng his monthly gas bill. "How is that?" asked the cashier. "Well, you see, the meter is wrong." .-Puck. UNPARDONABLE. "Sir," said the imperial ruler of alt the Russlas, "do . you realize what a gulf of inequality\yawns between or? dinary humanity ar.d an autocrat?" "Dear me!" answered the Don? malte in mild surprise. "Is this gulf proposition a czar-chasm?"--Baltic ~ more American, LOOKS LIKE AN INSINUATION. "So this patent savings bank isn't complete enough for you?" , "No; I wa~c something-that will take my pay envelope away from me? every Saturday and dole me out money by the nickel." "Then you'd better get married.** -Pittsburg Post ?j --- :v9 HARD TO UNDERSTAND. ,l "I can't see how lt could be,** muse.] the man who gets puzzled over odd things. V "How what Could be?" asked Ida friend ?> "I don't see how there could have been bad provisions in the Pure Food bill."--Chicago News. EJ.THER WAY. "I would hate to be considered a wise man." "Why?" "Because all the fools would ba quoting me." "Well, that is the kind of people that quote you now, isn't it?" Springfield Journal.. FORCE OF HABIT. . The street c^r conductor was about to sit down to breakfast, when a mes. senger boy brought him a telegram announcing that a rich relative had died and that he was tho sole heir. "Easy street!" shouted the con?, ductor, reaching up for an imaginary bell rope.-Chicago Tribune. GREENLAND PLAN. A traveler stopped at a hotel ia Greenland, where the nights are six months long, and as he registered asked a question of the clerk.* "What time do you have break fast?" i "From half past March to a quar ter of May."-Cleveland, Leader. 'MOST IMPORTANT. Giles-"What do you consider the most Important ol' your senses?" Smiles-"The sense of touch." Giles-"How do you make that out?" Smiles-"But for it there are times when I wouldn't be able to ra?ss thu price of a meal."-Chicago News. _V Your Opinion. . i It Is a hard lesson to learn, but people do not care much for your opinionsi The next time you begin to .talk and air your opinions notice, how soon you are interrupted; those listening to you do not care what you think.-Atchlson; Kan., Globe. Avoiding Embarrassment. "D'ckey," said the mother, "when you divided these five caramels with your sister did you give her three??. "No, ma. I thought they wouldn't come out even, so I ate one 'fore I be gan to divide.''-United Presbyterian,