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jE * 'v. • .21 & ■ i.-'i - * ; .^£S - - J^P l£' ,.„ j ■ ''' f - . ■ • .'■■ *, J - •'• • ' • . :-v ' ‘■’’■S' taw '€^4 ' *»p4iy*f**, ■% • '>*#»' - '>»'-«► <*£ 7 't-- V^w ^k. - - ^ ‘ *jt * < ' ’-'*••■■■»<»■ i 1H« ,w_'. :i i&'iT W V “' T~ '• * .> •■•■ I ' K36T1E3 <*• _ - . v. -•. lT, MARCH 17,1910 '-^- i i;tt4 LAND STEAL - . convention hade A DEAL —7 - CLEAN SWEEP ??.r' Ex-Secretary Garfey Makes Sent S»- —=i*~- - * ' V •■- otvAnal ^ta(aniAnl« ddiiwudj j( d i cm cues FARMERS TO MEET TO PLAN FOR CAMPAIGN. Letter Left ky T. C. Matt Expeses AL ieH Political Plot. IS WHAT NORTH CAROLINA DEM- OCRAT8 LOOK FOR. BALUNCER SHOWN DP HARRISON , Garfield Connect* Him Directly With _ a Falae Affidavit Gotten up in tin- Who Attempted to Banooe the Who Attempted to Banooe the - Government. * ^ James a,-. GapflelfL former secre tary of the interior, was iiiuai^ as*, cpsed from the witness stand at the liallinyer-Pincfiot investigation late 1 hursday afternoon. His final half hour before tihe committee furnished the sensation of wh&t bad been up to that time a decidedly dt-W day. —^ Mr. Garfield stated ihat r. Bai- li;.ger, after having been eommiaaion- «i of the land office, submitted to b.m on Septemeber 17, 1908, an affidavit signed by Clarence Cunning- hrm, containing the statement that - the Quggenhelms had no Interests Whatever in the Ctfhningham group of coal mlnea in Alaska, while as v matter of fact, the records of a re cent hearing before the senate com- . mittee on territories show that prior to the making of the affidavit th ■ Guggenheim syndicate had been gTv- en an option on a half Interest In all the Cunningham claims. Attorney Brandeia, who was ques tioning Mr. Garfijeld, followed up these declarations by reading from Secretary Ballinger’s report to Pres ident Taft on September 4, last, con cernlng the Glavls charges, the state ment that Mr. Ballinger had suggest ed to Mr. Cupnlngham an amend ment to an affidavit made prior to the one which he presented to Sec retary Garfield in September, 1908. and that Mr. Cunningham made the amendment by explaining in detail what he meant yb certain terms used in his former affidavit. Mr. Garfield said Mr. Ballinger, in giving him the affidavit left the impression on him that his action was entirely casual and that he had been requested by friends In Seattle to leave it on file or whatever it might be worth. Mr. Brandeis then called attention to the fact that the name of Mr. Ballinger's law firm was printed on the backing of the affidavit. The former secretary' of the in terior was examined and cross-exam ined as to his administration of the office which he gave up to Mr. Bal linger on March 6, 1909. Mr. Gar field, in explaining what he did In the matter of the wflthdrawal of lands without specific provisions by law. declared he was working In the interests of the people and to pre vent monopolistic control of power sites and consequent prices to the consumer. The former secretary took issue with Mr. Ballinger as to certain statement* made hv the latter In his reply to President Taft regarding the various charves made against him Mr. Gnrflold said he could not re call any conference with Mr. Ballln ger regarding the Cunningham coal claims, although Mr. BaMinger said h© had immediately conferred with Mr. Garfield after the receipt of Olavis’ protest against the elegy Mat ing of the Alaska-elxlim.' Mr. Garfield admitted that In urg Ing general coal legislation by con gress early In 1908 he had made the statement that he was willing to condone fraudulent entries in Alas ka provided the entrymen were com pelled to pay an Increased price for the land to the government. The Oomm onication. Which Has On- With Trickery and Deception: The opntroreray as to whether President Benjamin Harrison prom- Farmers Propose to See That tors Heed Tholr Demands hi tbs Future. ‘ - • . .. .*.-it 22* - President Charles S. Barrett of the National Farmers' Union has called a national convention of farm ers at the Coliseum %f St. Louis to continue In session from May 3 to 4. ft is to diseoss needed national and State legislation and to eatab- Hsh bureaus at different capitals to see that the demands of the farmer are heard, and to define some means of making the farm more attractive^ ffi erd£{ that the proposed solution of the economic problems of today— “hack to the farm” jndy fcfi made possible. President Barrett In his call aaya: ‘‘This will be a national mass meet ing tor farmers unparalleled in scope, probably ifi importance, un doubtedly in attendance, in the his tory of America. I invite not only every member of our organization, but also all agricultural organiza tions and all American farmers with out regard to location or organiza tion. "Throughout the present session (j^ad. Mr. Curtis says he opened this of congress the farmers’ union has letter the morning after Mr. Platt maintained a legislative bureau at died, that Is Monday morning. Washington. This bureau Is prepar- n the Congressional Elections to Come Off this Fall In the Old * T -- , •••* '. - ^ z -%~ Norv> (NfftK . - - The Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says good ly Gome to light Since the Death news for Democrats comes to Wasb- ^ ing ton from North Carolina. One of the Ex-Senator, Charges Ben- of m0Bt practical of , pelittclans Bag Harrison, Late President, thlaks that the eighth, as well as * the tenth and fifth will return to the Democratic camp In the last election Grant carried the tenth by 341.majority, while Cox — 5 . the Republican candidate >€or Gov- Ised to appoint the late Senator Thos. ernor, got it by only 213. Several C. Platt secretary of the treasury in Q f the counties, notably Buncombe, - - The letter he printed in one of the Ing a report in which the status of Waahingtonf papers. In substance It legislation demanded and needed by the farmer is set forth. It will be read at St..Louis. “At no time in the history of the nation has the farmer been the ob ject of more solicitude to thought ful public men. From congress, from every pulpit goes up the cry ‘back to the land!’ Expert students of economics are warning us that un less the lot of the farmer be 1m- pjpved, unless more of his number be kept on the farm, we shall so<>a be depending on foreign nations for some of our food. It is, there fore, at this time that I invite the farmers of America to join hands brain and heart In a council which .»hall thresh out Issues Close to the life of the nation.’’ President Barrett says headquar ters will be opened at once In St. Louis. NEGRO PREACHER LYNCHED. ‘Parson” Wallace Dragged from His Horae and Swung I’p. BANK CASHIER dKIPS. At Gracewood, Miss., ‘‘Parson’’ Wallace, a negro preacher, was lyn ched by a mob early Wednesday, which sought revenge for the serious wounding of Patrolman J. W. Slack by the negro late Tuesday night. The negro was badly wounded In his flight with the officer and when he fell Into the handa of the mob. It was necessary to drag him to the telegraph pole to which he was extortionate hanged. Slack Is said to have gone to the negro's house to collect a bill which be claimed the negro owed him. It Is alleged that when he spoke to the negro, that he was struck and knocked down and in the tussle vhich followed, the negro got the ’ffleers pistol and shot him through the wrist. 6everal other wounds were Inflict ed on the officer who finally got hold of the pistol and shot the ne gro several times. Charles Coleman, another negro had by this time come to the officer’s assistance and the fight was stopped. The negro lay on the porch of his home while a mol^gathered and talk ed of lynching him. Leading citi zens of the town pursuaded the mob ‘o disperse but they later gathered ind dragged the negro out into the street and swung him up to the oole. With Ten Thousand Dollars of the Hank's Money. Savannah has a sensation on hand. James M. Doyle, teller of the Hiber nia bank and first lieutenant in th r Irish Jasper Greens, is short $10,- 000 in his account with the bank and is a fugitive from justice. It has been found that Doyle, though married, was intimate with a woman who is now supposed to be in At lanta. He came much excited on Friday night, when ke found the woman had gone, and said he was going to find her. His cash was recently checked up and found to be correct. He is believed to have taken the money Saturday afternoon late. It was all In large bills. Heavily Fined. The Spartanburg Journal says In the police court of that city Thurs day morning George Dearman, a well known young man about town, ' was ffTed on Iff# «oudtrof vfoiatrng the whiskey ordinance and was found guilty on each codnt and sentenced to psy a fine of $100 in each case or serve 30 days in each case. His fine* J»«rfig»ted JAM JO, while tfie prison sentence aggregated 4,98 0 days, or a little more than 14 years. Was Fond Dead. , At Anderson Paul E. Ayer, twiee candidate for Mayor of the city and brother of Hartwell M. Ayer, of Florence, was found dead In his bed st a boarding house Wednesday at Vba¥f» .mt, mm***, wayis.*; > UJ noon. Mr. Ayer remained In his the Democrat* that the committee be room Tuesday and when be failed called to consider the meastpa. that t/i entna rt.it W<wtn*uta« Vie I Kin tv. WANTS NECK BROKE. 'hot Two Women Because They Re- - fuse to Marry Him. At Marlon, Ind., Sanford Love called at the home of fiance, Mias Lottie Murden, “Thursday and shot er twice, once in the rbeast and in the back. She will die. Eight years ago, Love shot another young woman, Nora Miller, to tohom he was engaged to be married. She recovered. Miss Murden, after a quarrel with Love, had broken her engagement with him and he shot her after she returned the letters he had written her. Love is 28 and Miss Murden 18. He surrendered to the police. Many Wanted Babies. Wednesday was the day they gave babies away in New Orleans. A car load of little tots arrived from New York foundling and orphan asy- ants awaiting their arrival. In ad ditlon to those who have previously made successful claim to a baby, many pressed about the car In the over,’ vance got every baby ia the car. House committee on the election of - the President and viee-Presldent, as 8flo f*- serfs, despite repeated demands by return for the support of the New YoTfc-vdetegiaUon i n the national Re publican obnVtifi&dl oJi 1888 contin ues, The story of Mr. PlatTs tion that such a promise was m' and broken is itself interesting. William E. Curtis, a newspaper writer, of Washington, says that a abort while after the publication of the John Sherman memoirs. In 1895, Mr. Platt gave him a sealed letter not to be opened until both he, Platt, and President Harrisea should be FIRES ON vfrsa * » A Ymos Wuua Brmly Defeats Her self Afiiist a Birglir SHE HEARS IN HER ROOM The Burglar Said to the Young man a* She Woke from a Deep - Bleep, “You Keep Quiet or I Will Shoot You, ” but He Was Shot by Her. “Keep quiet or I will shoot you.” This, says the Charlotte Observer, was the greeting that Miss Mabel Clanton received when she awoke Lb find a man In her room at her home four miles south of the city "ra Hu Yorkvllle road Wednesday night. The burglary occurred about 11:30 and oaly meager details could be secured by telephone. .Miss Clanton Is the daughter of Mir. J. B. Clanton, a prominent elt- isen of the county. She had retired early and awoke to hear a noise in the room. Upon rising to a half jKgture, inable la the dark aaya that at the Republican conven tion of 1888, Stephen B. Elkina, now senator from West Virginia, went to Senator Platt, at the head of^the New York delegation and producing a letter from General Harrison, said that If the New York delegation would vote for Harrison, Mr. Platt would be appointed secretary of the treasury. it further says that for the same consideration, as further payment for his prospective job in the cabinet, Mr. Platt gave his personal check for $150,000 for the election of Harri son, which $150,000, MY. Platt says, was what turned the election In New York for Harriaon and elected him. It is all Interesting, being very much like the case of Roosevelt and Harrlman. Roosevelt promised Har- riman that If he would raise a large fund to be used in the election in New York he would invite him to Washington to assist In the prepara tion of his message to congress. And as In the case of Harrlman, Platt de clared afterwards that the bargain had been violated. First of all come Mr. Elkins and denies that he. In the name of Gen. Harrison, promised Mr. Platt the place in the cabinet. He sayj that he did promise that Mr. Platt shou-d be consulted about patronage io New York. Now comes another a’ieged posthumous letter, this time from Gen. iy irrisoD ' saying that he never >icml8ed Mr. Platt a cabinet ap- l ointment, and that he never had .*ny idea until after the election that Mr. Platt wanted such an aiv .int- raent But J. Sloat Fassett, now a repre sentative from New York in congress, who was associated with Mr. Platt and the New York machine at that time, declares that - the alleged post humous letter of Senator Platt Is stubstantlally correct, that Mr. Platt was promised the appointment, and that he himself, Mr. Fassett, went to President Harrison and urged upon him the keeping of the promise. It is generally believed that there wa* some klnfi of a deal with Mr. p latt fer fhs New York-dejegstioh and that when he produced that $150,000 to elect Harrison he h»d some such thing in view, doubtless believed he would surely get the ap pointment as secretary of the treas ury; but It Is thought to have*been a misunderstanding. No such bar gain would have been put In writ- In. Gen Harrison did write a letter during that convention of 1888 to Tom Platt, and sent It hy Steve El kins. But the cautious Elkins In stead of delivering the letter out right merely read It to Platt and kept it. Exactly what was in it El kins does not say though he says he has it still. Perhaps he will pro duce It. And perhaps he will not. It depends upon what is in it. But this is evidence ter all of the methods of bargaining and sale used in these Republican conventions. were torn by party strife. Most of thege. lt Is *atd;-wHl -fre heated this time. The warring factions in Bun combe promise to do better. The vote in the tenth district, by counties, should be, judging from e estimate of this man: Demo- cra<iC^ J lalherf<>rd . 400 : Buncombe, 600; and 7 ®°: Repub lican, Henderson, 300; o? 8111 - 250; and Cherokee, 250; with MCjS??®.* 1 : Polk, Transylvania, Jackrton, Clay r^k'-cJfrKlf the mldnl and Maoon a stand off. This woul i L tPllHo r ^ ^ ~ give the Democrats a majority by " tr " d ! r K Wa “ Wl ){ te 0r was 800. greeted by the threat to keep auleL A merchant from Haywood coun ty, while In Washington the Th-»r day on his way back from New York said that his county would give the (Democrats a majoffiky *>f 800 if HEARD ft:*-* Retaining her presence of mind MJss Clanton shot In the direction of the voice and the intruder went out of the window. The room was on the second floor and she jumped up at once and went to the window out Gudger happened to be the canci- .w," v k , w,ndow out date. Others sav that 0.»d«,r wnnM of whlch the man had K° ne - Upon date. Others sav that Gudger would not be as strong as Cocke In Hay wood, aa friends of Crawford do noi enthuse over Gudger. “What about the elgth?” tbe Democratic prophet was asked. “That will go Democratic. Here Is the way I line the counties: Dem ocratic, Stanley, 200; Cabarrus, 200; Rowan, 800; Iredell, 800; and Alle ghany, 200; and. Republican, Wl'kct. 1,200; and Wat*ug». 200; with Alex ander, Caldwell and Ashe breaking even. This would give us 1,000 majority.” The prospects of carrying the Sth have brightened recently fo* there are several very eager Detnoeiats In the field for the nomination. Walter Murphy of Rowan, thinks That he can win, and he Is a pretty active citizen In a campaign. C. Cald well of Iredell Is certala of election if he gets the nomination. R. L. Doughton of Alleghany would wager that he can defeat Cowles or any other Republican If he Is honored by his own party. The contest for the nomination Is becoming more spirited every day. i In the fifth the battle Is on. My Informant and coach declares that the majorities will run as follows: Democratic, Guilford, 1,000; Cas well, 500; Durham, 400; and Gran ville, 1,200; and, Republican, Surry, 600; and Stokes, 400, with Person, Orange, Alamance. Forsyth and Rockingham quitting even, giving the Democrats about 2,300 to the good. GUARD KNOCKED DOWN. Four Convict Prinoners Moke Good Their Escape. On Wednesday at the clsy pit, three miles from Newbern, N. C., V. R. Wood, a guard, wa* struck with a brick and knocked senseless [**7’ char K ed w *th being by one of thd county convicts..,-H4#. J® br e* k ing into the CLfot,: gun was taken froar film and fouTl tO0k up th ytrall out of the nine convicts at work made their escape, taking the gun with them. Wood soon recovered, took the five remaining convicts back to the main force and reported the escape. The convicts were all colored, most of them having long terms to serve. The officers have made every effort to recapture them, but at a late hour it Is reported that they are making toward Wilming ton. Wood was only slightly hurt end was on duty Wednesday after- aoon. reaching the window she saw the fleeing form and shot again. She states that she thought she hit the man at the second shot. On some vines toward the rear of the house a hat was found that was dropped by the burglar in his flight.. Chief Chrlstenbury was called at once and in an automobile went to one of the county convict camps and procured bloodhounds, and a hunt was Instituted for the Intruder. After the officers had been noti fied an investigation was made In the room where the man had bees and several rings and other pieces of Jewelry were found to be missing. No estimate could be made at the time . a§ to tfi» Actual amount of the loss. Every pottible effort to being made to apprehend the guilty party. Much excitement prevailed among the few people who were on the street* and heard of the affair. The officer* arrived a few min utes after midnight with the hounds, the trip to the camp and return be ing made in aa automobile. An in stant Investigation of the supposed hat. brought to light the fact that it was no hat at all but the heavy hand-bag in which had been placed the several rings and other pieces of jewelry, all of which were re covered. The dogs were taken Immediately to the spot and leaped forth towards the adjacent woods. Miss Clantos stated to Chtef Chrlstenbury that she wa* almost positive that she hit the mUsreant the second time she shot. She could not fell, however, whether he was a negro or a white man in the darkness. When he leaped from the window following the first discharge of the ptetol—an automatic .3 2 caliber he yelled either in fear or in pain. Leeper Springs, colored, wag ar rested the next morning a* a «u*- pect. charged with being A^ted tJT in f ‘ nt ° the ,!* dogs took up thft/£all and fol lowed ft’Across the^g road about a quarter of a-T^to Springs' cab- ln, where they stopped and bayed. The darkey was immediately taken into custody. He denied all com plicity and is hardly believed to have been the principal in the affair. As to whether or not he was waiting outside on watch is purely a mat ter of surmise. Springs is said to bear a good name. SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LOST BUT WERE SAVED. * . ' ' Afttp•> **!, ft.. ^ - f- -d- Schooner Sailed from Charleston and Wa* Wrecked and Lost In Great fie.- i The News aqd Courier says that Capt. R. P. Quillin, of the achooner Edgar R. Ross has been safely land ed in Buenos Ayres, South America. Is the aubstance of. a telejpraa nn ceived in Charleston Wednesday by Meeen. Cohen sad Wells. Tbe ntea- sagje was Bent from Baltimore by Capt W. J. Quillin, father of the wrecked sea captain, and master of the schooner Herbert D. Maxwell. The schooner Roes sailed from Charleston on the 22d of last Dec ember, with a cargo of 375,000 feet of lumber for New York.. Nothing was beard of thA Veseel until Jah. 9, when the schooner Minnie Crosby spoke to her in longitude 60. lati tude 39, which la about 800 miles east of Cape May, New Jersey. The captain of the Minnie Crosby wrote to the agents of the Rose, saying that he had spoken to her and sni h.r with the Ross had lost part ffif Ker tails aid deckioad. Nothing further was heard from ihe._ vepeei wDH January the. 33d. when ahe wag. reported waterlogged and abandoned in longitude 49, lati tude 39.41, which is about 900 miles east of Cape May. It was belleyed that all on board had btva lo*t. therefore the news in Charleston on Wednesday announcing the safety of the popular captain will be learn ed with great pleasure by his many friends aJong the water front. DOUBT AiAtitnl Proof IrMjrJ br I Itc g Bb CUb S* b §§S “ I Is Dome Puns* Untfl T ’ - . f. ’T'-v-' 7 ^ | Be Recipient of _ w^-CVmgreesmaa Macou * cfarc Himself “Skeptical Henry's Haring Discovered ‘ Until Commander Robert furnished other proofs covered the North ] will be bestowed upon result of a practically of the congri mittee of the House committee naval affairs Wednesday. ▲ speech in opposition to the osltlon of honoring Peary wa hy Representative Macon of ana, before the oon ‘ Representative Ml committee FIRES ON SLEEPING GUARD. Guard Returns Fire and Shoots Off Convicts Arm. fiade There was an exciting time at Camden, N. C., Wednesday night. About 9:30 o’clock the county jail was set lire to from the Interior and before citizens could do more than rescue the four prisoners all the woodwork of th# building was burn ed to the ground. The prisoners were carried to the court house where they ware to remain for the night under guard of Deputy Sheriff Bail- __ __ ey Certwrlght aid Charles Ether- "..km Idge. son of Sheriff Etheridge. "1 Later in the night the guard fell £ ur BaklmaT aeleep. One of the prisoners, Fred ° M*>nioe. Johneoa, who had been sentenced the day before to 12 months on the roade, grabbed Etheridge’s gun and ■hot st close range at Cartwright. Cartwright opened his eyes Just In time to get a view down the bar rel of the gun and when it discharg ed ducked his head so that the shot struck his hat, tsarlng the brim off. He picked up his gun and fired at the negro, filling the negro’s right srm with buckshot and almost sev ering it from his body. GREAT CORN STATE. Killed by Auto. At Gary, Ind., on Wednesday Al fred D. Milteer, secretary of a realty company, of that city, wa* killed; John Geisel, whose home is at Wil- mot, Minn., was seriously hurt in an automobile accident. Dr. E. E. Gei sel, a son of John Geisel, and Ora - McNlece, a chauffeur, were the two is not the first time; and it is doubt- who received minor Injuries, Three Men Killed. At Pittsburg, Pa„ Thursday, three men were killed and seven were seriously injured by the collapse of a 50-foot brick wall, left standing as Bhe ruins of a fire which destroyed the bolt works orM. Lanz and Sons on the south side, early Tuesday morning. Twenty workmen were burled In the debris, most of whom were foreigners. » It ful If it will be the last. Slide Down Stairs. At New York eleven year old John i- Hughes is in the hospital with Good Long Term. At Knsas City, Mo., William Jack- son. the negro Janitor charged with attacking 8 ix young white girls, was convicted In the criminal court and Two Cruel Brutes. Two men were arrested at San An- nusut-a ib in me nospitai with a «« me criminal court and tonio, Texas, charged with burning fractured skull, owing to his mother sente °ced to 99 years imprisonment, a horse. It Is alleged they thkew commanding him to make haste. 1T:T - r^r ' ,, A 11 •- - kerosene oil over the horse while Sent on an errand, he undertook to they were Intoxicated and set fire to slide down the banister from the The animal being turned third floor with a tin can In his the old. Ex-Gov. A. H. Burke of North Da kota was foreman of the jury. loose, dashed through the streets hand and fell three stories He will ablaze. The horse died. Hardle’s probably die. tunrTr wrttfiftnr eaier erdwd of cLalm* * atb8r w ** on « of the witnesses l against his son. Kills Self, Mr. J. J. Rushing, a well-known man of South Marshville township, C., committed suicide about four o’clock Monday afternoon at his Soath Carolina SUnds at the Head of Them AIL Dr. B. T. Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant industry of the de partment of agriculture, the fore most authority on the subject In the country, says that South Carolina is the best corn growing State in i he Union. So the doctor told Rep resentative Johnson a short while States produce , mors coriirjifch Carolina, it is true, says Mr. Johniffllk^'but what Doctor GaJJoway (meant _ „ the great corn contests tli ant* In South Carolina produ*™« more corn to the acre than those of any other State, not excepting the great States of the Middle West.” HELD UP AND SHOT. Two Coal Mine Paymasters Robbed of Money. Two paymasters of coal companies were held up Thursday in different sections of Eastern Ohio and were robbed of sums approximating $5.- 600, and as a result of the attacks, one man is dead and another may die. The country Is much excited, and bloodhounds are in use in an attempt to ferret out the highway men. Edward McGann, paymaster of the Dexter Coal Company, and Robert Pommering, and assistant, left Pitts burg, Pa., for the mine of the com pany at Brilliant, Ohio. They car ried In a satchel $4,000 the weekly pay roll of the mine. This was secur ed by the robbers. Hardly had the excitement quieted when another hold-up wan reported from ZenetYille. George Evans, aged 60, paymaster of the Muskingum Coal company, was shot -from, am bush, afed relieved of $1,600, the Going to the Capital. __ _ UIB W'. E. McGee, the traveling pas- ho,ne > Ike weapon used being a pis- weekly pay-roll of that company senger agent of the Southern, was la to, ‘ tb « bal1 entirely through Y> a T T lit. ma a _ > . . la 4*i K am JR Shoots Herself. Near Milledgevllle, Ga., Miss Effle Rock Hifl Thursday ^aki*ng U «rranK(H hlB I wa .Bn a a a. a. < ... ^ £’ dl a* * —— —* J zxxmsBXBs^ ffhs s ckaasCw* hoge that_there_might be some “left Simpson, twenty years old, beautiful ments with President Johnson for a ” but those who applied in ad- had aceom’pU*hed,'~*h6l herseir id’ trtp 'to WWihlngton, TT U¥- erwt AVfAwr KaVkw 4w 4 la amm tfkO thmawf m 4 la _ a w- « *« . ** ** At - Boston, Mass., four tons ol the heart at her home at an early en by the senior class st the college. w7 t L h r d ‘ y 8he had L hlS trlp th ® * lriB wm P** for an* ««■ intended for use in baker’s been teaching school at Eastman but Cher® will be no expense to the col- cakes and pies have been taken from resigned on neonnnf nf in ok. ueen laxen irom Hold Up BUI. oul woo. Representative Rucker of Missouri r ® 8, ff n *d on account of 111 health. She lege, ranking Democratic member of the WM * memb * r of a prominent family — - *»d her raah act created a great Wants Her to Go on Stage. Mrs. “Jack” Cudahy, whose hus band tied and cut hanker Jere F; LU* 11a'Sunday morning at Kansas City, Mo., when the latter was found in Mrs. U. W. Jackson, wife of Doctor Sen toured. At Detroit Wednesday Dr. George A. Frttsh waa s sentenced to serve f*ora seven and one-half to fifteen a rears in the penitentiary for a cold storage ware house on com plaint of Dr. George H. Adams, gov ernment food inspector. >* 8 ■ Bout from the Ntan. ~ Tbe United States cruiser Birm ingham put to s«a Wednesday from mfhitoxHn. rtf Wealthv ° r * .7k “ P* nlt8 *Uary for caun- Ingham put to sea Wednesday from i^ iiTaw kaM burn^ tf ( i^th f «M^r7:KM*'’ ° f MJllm * n - of * pick up a lifeboat la being held burned to death w^ile fighting for- Ann Arbor, last August hv me... *# «mm the ■j” ‘ ‘ Jm unltvtpj pf from the Cudahy home, says ahe has re ceived a score of offers to go on the ■tags but had declined them all. Ion Kffled. ^ Meeting in tbe narrow hall of honae ad Gainesville, Ga., Friday ternoon. both armed — , Robert G. Thompson said he did In his dash _ Mr. MEacon said he was at tbe thought of befit aa a Representative of. people to confer a blgl any one of Its citizens in the ait legislation by csngreia, he uld." —* ought to be opes and shard board. * “I confess that I am exceedingly sceptical about Mr. Peary's ever hav ing discovered th* Pole,” declared Mr. Macon, “and I am going to pro* test against any honor being confer red upon him by Congress until he has established beyond reasonable doubt that he did discover it, and ft must be established In the open, and not in the dark.” Mr. Mason said ho wanted to di rect attention to one “discrepancy la Mr. Peary’s story.” This wee the ■peed he made from the time Capt. Bartlett left him until he fenohed the Pole. Mr. Peary said that tor five days he made 24.4 miles per' day, but Mr. Macon said this appear ed very singular, la view of the fact that the Peary party had made but ».9$ miles per Hay up to the time Bartlett left. During this pert of hie Journey. Hr. Macon said, “no white man was is a witness, his only com panions bdtng his negro valet and •I-* 1 “He claims to have mode an aver age of forty-foar miles per day SO hie way beck from the pole to Bart lett’s camp, and $8.$ miles per day from Bartlett’s comp to Cape Ceiem- bte. “The greatest speed he had made before BartWtt left him was 9.1$ miles per day. so Peary must have made nearly three times as giant •peed after Bartlett left him as he did before, in order to reach the Pole.” ■«. Macon declared that Mr. Peary’s own statements showed that he equalled thia speed but twice dur ing the entire journey to the Pole. The first day he started from land he made 26 miles, and on another day made 29 miles In fourteen hoars of forced march, “which Mr. Peary has told us was about the limit of human endurance.” _- Mr. Macon quoted Lieut. Schakle- ton, Gen. Greely and ether to shew that “10 to 12 miles per day, or ■lightly more, perhaps, to considered the limit of human endurance trav eling ov*r Polar seas.” — T —. Sdi MAN KILL After Wife Leai Bufclde. His wi:-4 ’/’ne. hte .i.rUinr liru’vr. of th-* A4- ; * lanta police for':? l.ut q»w Itvieq at Gilmore, Ga., decided that life was not worth while and uaed a revol ver with fatal effect. Going into a bathroom of hit home, Wednesday he shot himself through the head with a thirty-eight calibre revolver. The shot was heard and neighbors rushed into the houie and entered 4he bathregm. hnt were unable to save the man’s life. Mr. Brown was formerly a mem- * her of the police force of ■nd at one time was s neer of the United States government, to survived by his wife, mother, sto* —- —— - t - —-or —-w —— —- ———— — - j ~ ii.-.-s— ter, brother, and one child. His wife quit him some time ago. • -xif . «_ uni —~ OH Ftacen. . , _ At Chester Wednesday afternoon John J. Peay was the victim of a horribly painful accident. He waa riding in a buggy and leading a mule near the York county fine. The mule became frightened and pulled back violently and the flrat joint of the forefinger of a tendon more than reaching almost to the Peay was brought at once to city and the dressed. He is * A dispatch from Washington Senator Tilimun’s recovery to taarked. He to now strong < to walk around in hit roo &60f8t*nce, and is sms ,1*3 sonai attention to aome b! a deuce. He has visitors oh f-Jdar »nd Carrie* on * wing ftny