The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 15, 1907, Image 3
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Urged for Farmers' Union by i
Thomas E. Watson, j
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V. Suggestion is Made in Campground
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Speech Before Large Gathering.
Union Must Have a National
Purpose.
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"The Farmers' Union is going to declare
the same principles ana make
% the same fight attempted by the old
Farmers' Alliance, and in that fight
I am going to help," said Hen. Thomas i
E. Watson, addressing an* audience of |
* some 1,000 or 1,200 people in the main
tent at the Whiteoak campground,
seven miles from Thomson, Ga., Wc-df
nesday. The audience included people
ef five counties, McDuffie, Lincoln,
Wilkes, Columbia and Warren. Tiny
had met under the auspices cf the
Farmers' Educational and Cc-Operai
tive Union, and Mr. Watson was the
principal speaker of the day.
The whole burden of Mr. Watson's
address was that the Farmers' Union
X must have a national purpose. He
is convinced that the time has come
or will scon come, when this organization,
embracing in its membership
1,200,000 farmers, cannot be held together
by the restricted plans and
narrow purposes which now prevail.
He wishc-s the organization to broaden
out, to take a more comprehensive
-"V view of things and to support with
their united influence a national campaign,
or a campaign for national officers,
having in view the repeal of
ail laws granting special privileges,
X and especially those which operate
against the farmer. This program he
will actively urge in his periodicals.
He finds this platform already fram*.
ed and these principles already enun*
ciated in the Ocaia platform, which
was adopted by the Farmers' Alliance
* at Ocala, Fla. That platform contains
the following declarations:
The income tax.
^ The removal of tariff taxes from all
the necessaries of life.
? Direct election of United States senators
by the people.
Abolition of national banks and governmeut
loans to the pecple on good
security at 2 per cent interest.
No favoritism or class legislation.
Mr. Watson repeatedly drew comparfisons
between the Farmers' Union of
* today and the Farmers' Alliance of
yesterday, and insisted that their pur
{poses were the same. "Tne warmers
Alliance was the grea:est educational
factor this country ever knew/' he
said.
Taking up the warnings and admonitions
against plunging the Farmers'
Union into the maelstrom of politics
in which the old Farmers' Alliance
?had gone to wreck, Mr. Watson said:
"Politics, meaning indorsing this
;.r . man for this particular office, should
be avoided. But politics in its last
and loftiest definition means the relationship
that exists or should exist
between the government and the peo1
* pie. Even the churches are not too
| . good to take an occasional hand in
| i practical politics.
"The Farmers' Union will not reach
the point of its greatest usefulness
(and achieve the hope it entertains
4 until the organization brings pressure
to bear upon the politician and the
statesman and tells them certain laws
are oppressive and must be repealed.
? Certain other laws are needed and
must be enacted."
Mr. Watson paid his respects to
the politicians in no very ccmplimen*
tary way. He assured his hearers that
when their united voice was raised for
/ reforms the politicians would fall over
themselves to give hsed, as they did in
^ the case of the immigration discussion.
TOADSTOOLS KILL EIGHT.
B6? / Victims
Thought They Were Feasting
on Toothsome Mushrooms.
Dr. C. P. Dinamore died Thursday
p and four others of his family are
flying from eating toadstools for mushrooms
at Deep Water, W. Va.
Dr. Dinsmore gathered what he
thought were mushrooms and the family
partook heartily of them. They
became sick shortly afterwards, the
doctor being the first to die.
BLIND NEGRO; BLIND TIGER.
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Peculiar Combination Exploited by
Colored Baptist ttder.
I Elder Croom, a preacher of the negro
Baptist church at Bainbridge, Ga?
i and Bill Bishop, a blind negro, wer?
both arrested by a city detective a
few days ago and locked up on the
charge of running a "blind tiger." It's
9 a case of blind negro running blind
tiger. These two "tigers" will ssrve
the state and county twelve months
on the chaingang.
"race riot in vTrgInTa"
Negroes Fire Upon White Men and
Latter Burn Buildings to Get at
Assailants?Principals Escape
Garland Beloate, a white man, was
shot and seriously wounded Saturday
| night at Onancock, Va., by a negro
| named Uzzle, editor of a paper Pubj
lished at that place, and caused a
i -.mnll-sizpd riot. Larse numbers of
; negroes prepared themselves tor riot!
ing and went into ambush.
Four white men leaving Onancock
I in a hack were made targets by ne:
groes from a grocery store in the
j suburbs.
i Their baggage was riddled with buli
lets. The identity of the men could
I not be learned.
j The printing office of the paper
j which belonged to Uzzel, and the store
house of Samuel Burton, also a lead
j er of the rioting, were burnt d to the
j ground by the whites early Sunday
| morning.
i Several negro dwellings were rid'
dkd with bullets, but no one was
j seriously injured excepting cue negro,
j who was shot in the shoulder. The
j negroes, Burton and Uzztl, were
j though to be in hiding piaces in the
| store which was burned. This caused
the burning of the buildings, which
j was done in a very quick time by
j using oil and gasoline. The buildj
ing was surrounded to make sure that
j if the two negroes were there they
would have no cnance 10 escape, .uauy
whites who, toward midnight, filled
the streets of the town had come
j from neighboring towns and county
i surrounding, lost no time in a search
for the men who were especially wanted,
being the oms that began the
shooting Saturday evening. Bin this
! search was in vain in every respect.
It is now supposed that both ne;
grces made their escape from town,
j as the negro village was thoroughly
| searched Sunday morning, and no
| clue could be found cf them. A
j and cursed Keliam, then calling for
! to look after the situation, as it is the
| mass meeting was held Sunday afterj
noon by the town council for the puri
pose of taking the following action:
j First, to request the governor oi
Virginia to rush arms rcr the citizens
of the town.
Second, to ask an injunction to prevent
the negroes from holding their
agricultural fair at Teasley, Va., on
| the ground that Uzzel and Bunon are
| officeholders in the fair and both outj
laws.
They also appointed five extra policemen.
Later advices s*ate that the
J trouble began over a bill which Conj
stable Kellam tried to collect from a
| man by the name of Conquest, whe
was in Burton's store a: the time.
Conquest refused with seme words
and cursed Kellam, then calling for
assistance. At the same time Uzzej
appeared on the scene and fired a shot,
which missed its aim, and struck Gar|
land Belcate, a citizen of the town,
j in the hip, on the opposite side ol
the street, but net seriously injuring
j him.
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PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
Set Forth in Current Issue Georgia and
Alabama Industrial Index.
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial
Index says in its issue the past week:
"The steady increase in the number
of manufacturing planis, the substantial
and unceasing expansion ol
Cllies IUWU5 ClUU IUC I.VJU uvuw
of more steani and electric railroads
in Georgia and Alabama, to a degree
unprecedented in the history of the
two statas, have made lands more
valuable and caused them to be in
greater demand. This is true alike
of suburban, timber mineral and farm
I lands. The existence of a new indus'
j trial era, the permanency of Avhich
j is guaranteed by large and increasing
investments of capital, both local and
J from other sections, is imparting net\
j values to lands, thereby giving more
nearly commensurate importance tc
property that in a large measure is nol
only a barometer of business prosper
ity, but a basis of commercial worth
"Among land transactions reported
to The Indt-x for the week are the sale
of a large number of suburban real
dence lots at Washington, Ga? the
sale of 150 lots in South Highlands a
Besemer, Ala., purchase of 50 acre:
of land at Waycross, Ga., to be divid
ed into building lots, and the sale o
a large tract of mineral and timbe
j land in tne uaasaen, ajo., wikui.t
to be developed by the purchaser. Ii
a Georgia county, a 2,000-acre tract o
farm land has been sold for a prici
that a few years ago would hardl;
have been considered.
EVE IN DECOLLETTE GOWN
Satisfied Recruiting Officers and Ap
plicant Was Accepted.
Frank Riclitie, aged 21, was rejecte*
by the Uniced States army recruitim
station because of a figure of Eve i)
Paradise tattooed on his arm near th
wrist. Later the young man appearei
with a decollette gown tattooed ove
the nude figure and was accepted wi.fc
out question.
lBYAd03E MARGIN j
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Williams Won Out in Mis- |
I sissippi Senatorial Fight, 'j
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VARDAMAN GIVES IT UP f
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Governor Issues Statement Conceding !
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Nomination?Returns Canvassed by
Committee Give Williams
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648 Majority.
The Missisippi democratic state
j committee met in Jackson at noon '
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: Thursday, and declared Congresman !
John Sharp Williams as the party |
j nominee for the United States senate j
J on the canvass of the returns, which j
S showed a majority of G4S votes for j
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j Williams, the totals being as follows: j
j Williams, 59,496; Vardaman, 58,848.
There will be no contest over the
< result. After a shcrt caucus between
J the two factious, it was finally agreed j
! to abide by semi-official returns as i
furnished Secretary of State Powers j
. from the various counties, and which j
i show that Mr. Williams has a ma- j
jority of 648 votes. The motion to de- j
| clare Mr. Williams the nominee was j
seconded by the friends of Governor
| Vardaman.
i The committee then formally declared
Mr. Williams nominated as
. United States senator, ana this is the i
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I filiai SSulIGHitillc Oi LilU iiuvv tcicuiawu l
j contest.
j Governor Var.laman conceded the
nomination of Mr. Williams bv sendj
ing the following note to the commlt|
tee:
j "The democratic party, through its
executive committee, has declared Mr. |
Williams the nominee, and I accept
the arbitration of ?h?.t tribunal with- ;
: out a tinge of resentment or regret i
for anything done or said by my j
i friends or me during the campaign, j
"I am for the nominee, and hope i
! tha: he will make the people of Misj
sissippi a great United States senator,
j I have made the campaign upon living,
J important and pertinent principles,
| and, while I have lost the nomination,
j I am thoroughly convinced that the
J large majority of the - rdte demccj
racy of this state agree with my views
i nnhHo nnpstions. and I shall con- j
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j tinue to fight for these principles as
i earnestly in the future as I contended
for them in the past.
"I want to thank my friends for
their loyalty, their earnestness and
j their zeal in behalf of the principles
| I represent, and for my "political interest.
"Xo man was ever blessed by more
; loyal and faithful friends than those
j who favored my fortunes in this con,
test. I want them to feel as I do,
! that we have not been defeated, but
i that the victory is enly postponed for
i a season. I have been a candidate
! several times in my life, and lost the
! fight, but never have I felt the sting
J of defeat, and I am not defeated to!
day. I acn sure that I am stronger
wi:h the people of Mississippi today
than ever before, and, God being my
helper, I hope to so live that the pop<
ularity, confidence and strength with
the people may grow. The only life
worth living is a life of service, and
to serve Mississippi and Mississippi
ans is my chief ambition.
In the gubernatoral contest, E. F.
Noel and Eral Brewer were declared
| as the candidates receiving the highj
est vote and will contest in the sec!
ond primary to be held August 22. For
1 j lieutenant governor Luther Manship
! | and Wiley N. Nash will enter the sec1
ond primary and for insurance commis?j
sioners T. M. Henry and W. J. Mili
j ler. Other candidates declared ncmi:
j nated for the more impcr:ant state ofi
J fices are: Auditor, E. J. Smith; treas;:
urer, George R. Edwards, Jr.; superinI
j tendent public education, J. R. Powers.
' j Mr. Williams must wait four years
!( before being elected by the legislature
>1 and assuming his duties as United
:! States senator.
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ROOSEVELT PARDONS WOMAN.
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i Had Served Six Years of Ten for the
Murder of Neighbor Over a Gosling.
; President Roosevelt has pardoned
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Nancy Miller, who was convicted about
six years ago in Indian Territory of
f manslaughter for killing Alice Brake
r | in a dispute over a gosling. The woman
was sentenced to pay a fine of
| $500 and to serve ten years in the
g Ohio penitentiaary. She, has been imf
prisoned for about six years. She is
| the mother of six or eight children. I
! ATE POISONED WATERMELON, j
Alabama Farmer Victim of His Own
- Thief Trap.
= Reuben Buchanan, a farmer near
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Union Springs, Ala., put poison in
a i some of his melons to catch a thief.
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i . Forgetting which ones were infected,
i- he sot one by mistake, ate it and died
soon afterward.
ON INCOME OF UTILITIES
In State of Georgia Will Ee Subject to
Taxation if Legislative Action is
Finally Approved.
All public utilities in Georgia, except
telephone arul telegraph companies,
less than 100 miles in iength,
and water powers, were tax-.d 1 per
cent on their gross receipts, by the
house of representatives, Friday,
which completed its labors on the
general tax act, alter rive ciays continuous
work.
All steam railroads, street car lines,
Pullman car, dining car, parlor car,
express companies, long distance tclphone
and telegrah comi-anies, equipment
companies, manufacturers of pat
ent medicines, carbonated drinks, sirups
for soda fountain use bearing a
trade or copyright mark, and sewing
machine corporations come under this
general tax levy of 1 per cent on their
gross receipts, as applied by the house
during Friday's double session
The house refused on Thursday to
levy a general tax cf 1 per cent on
aii public utilities. Frid.ty morning
an amendment was offered by Mr. Alexander
of DeKa'.b, which placed this
tax only upon the gross receipts of"
steam and ekctric street railroad companies.
All the morning the debate
waged, and finally the previous question
was called and the vote taken.
Upon the final count the supporters
of the income tax were found to be
victorious by the vote of 98 to 68.
This placed the house on record as
being in favor of an income tax. It
opened up the way for an avalanche
of amendments for ths afternoon session.
The first of these was by Mr. Way
>f Pulaski, which proposed an income
tax of 1 per cent upon the gross income
of manufacturers of patent medicines,
carbonated drinks, sirups for
soda fountain use which bear a trade
or copyright mark.
The house on Thursday voted down
a similar amendment by Mr. Persons
of Monroe. It now faced the proposition
again, after going on record to
favor an income tax.
The aye and nay vote was causa,
and those who had voted for the railroad
tax, almost to a man( voted for
the Way amendment.
This fixes a tax on the manufactutors
cf coca-cola, kola ade, red rock
and rainbow ginger aie, kcca nola and
similar soft drinks and any number of
patent medicines.
Afcer this amendment was adopted
another was sen: to the clerk's desk
by Mr. Hill of Monroe, whereby it
was propesed to tax tlie manufacturers
of sewing machines 1 per cent of
their gross income.
The vote on this amendment was the
largest of them all, as many who opposed
the single-shotting of railroads
took the position that if one was taxed
all should be.
Mr. Perry of Hali sent up to the
clerk's desk another and still longer
3 *" " V. Vn P AO 1-1 i n or P.lprk
axiieiH.ii.ueni, ?n_iz n/utv JH.VHU1U3 ^
McClatchey fully five minutes to read.
This took in nearly all cf the neglected
corporations. Only the short distance
telephone and telegraph companies
and water power companies were
left out. It was passed.
The state's revenue was seen to be
increasing by leaps and bounds. According
to the mathematicians of the
house the first amendment taxing railroads
will, if accepted by the senate,
and collected, bring into the state
treasury from this source alone a half
million dollars. The patent medicines,
carbonated drinks and soda fountain
sirups are expected to net fully $25,000
the sewing machine companies
are expected to contribute another
$10,000, and those otner corporauous
are expected to yield $50,000.
This brings the total of expected
revenue up to nearly three-quarters
of a million dollars, if enacted into
law.
GRIEF WHELMED DELAMATER.
V/ell Known Penrsylvanian Goes the
Revolver Route.
George W. DelarnaUr, once candidate
for governor of Pennsylvania, and
who sewed as srate senator from 1887
to 1890, committed suicide with a re
volver Wednesday in his office in Philadelphia.
Grief over the death of his father,
at Meadville, Pa., on May 6. and the
| sudden death of his son, James, in
June, at Connc-llsville, Pa., is believ|
ed to have been the cause of his su!i
cide.
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BAILEY BUYS OIL LANDS.
Texas Senator Salts Down Sum of
$165,000 for Few Acres.
Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas
and John H. Kirby of Houston have
purchased the Hammett and ill.spie
| farm in the Glenn Poo!, paying $165,a/\/\
ii. rr?u^ onmnvicPc- CPVPTIlV
| UUU IUI' ll# 1 ilti lUi ill Luiupiic"- o ? ^ ~
I two and a half acres ~and has five
j wells on it producing 2,500 barrels oi
I oil daily.
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[LEFT OH CALENDAR
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| Was Prevision for Morgan
Statue by Alabama.
!FAILED IN LEGISLATURE
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' State Senate Made Every Effort to
} Push Matter Through, Eut House
Seemed Disinclined or Was
Too Busy to Act.
| Despite the efforts of the Alabama
i senate to have the remaining niche
I set apart in statuary hall in Washing.
ton for Alabama taken up bv a statue
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j of the late Senator Morgan, it will
nc; be. The house was either too busy
j or disinclined to take it up. and i:
| went to the coasts of cbiivion, "left
; on the calendar," at adjournment of
the legislature. There was opposition
on the part of one member in the
| sena;e to have the statue thus placed,
j but the vote was unanimous for it.
I It mr.y be that the next session will
I complete the work. The other place
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aaouea to me smte is tanen up uv
I a statute of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, cnce
; minister to S;:ain, an educator, and
j publicist, a man who devoted most of
! the productive years of his life to
| Alabama and its best needs,
i Friends of the movement, however,
i are not altogether disappointed in the
, outcome. They believe that w-ith a
| short while to discuss the life and
| work of Senator Morgan, the people
i will more thoroughly appreciate his
| life and services, and make it all the
! more a response to popular demand
j than it is at this time. Senator Reese
i cf Dallas was the leader in the passage
of the senate bill, which carried
I $15,000, and mado ?he daughter cf the
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j dead statesman one of the ccmmisi
sinner* fnv the selection of the tvne
and design. /
Members of the legislature and the
citizens of Alabama as'a whole have
been greatly pleased at the way Lieu;.
Gov. Henry B. Gray tended to his position
as president of the senate. He
worked regularly, being cut of his
place less perhaps than any man, filling
a like position in any of the states.
He took the work as seriously as he
does the running of his bank, and gave
to the state a constant service.
Mr. Gray is th? only anuourccd
candidate for governor. He has taken
the'position in the place he holds that
the state is just as much entitled to
regular attention to its business as a
commercial house or a manufacturing
enterprise. He got out of th? chair a
j very few times to work for special
j measures, and those only when he de;
sired to further bills that he regsrd{
ed as essential to th? welfare cf his
own city. His first vote to oreaic a
tie, resulting in the passage of a bill
in the senate to provide indigent
school children with becks; his last
to pass the Greater Birmingham bill,
upon which so great a fight was made
pro and con.
When will the legislature be back?
is a question often asked. 1: can be
said upon reliable information that it
will not be long if the railroad question
is not well settled. If the juries
j indict, and there is a conflict with rej
gard to the laws now restraintd, and
things get mixed up, the word cf the
; governor is out that an extra session
j will be called in a few weeks. If the
j roads get an agreement with the state
j to wait un:il litigation is disposal of
1 there will likely be no more of the
i lawmakers until next. year. In any
event, they may be lockecr for a year
j or so hence.
! Vow rhnr the session is ever, the
j distribution of the increased funds
j for education will begin. It is going
to be a hard job to get the most cu,
i cf the moneyf however, as several acts
i that ware very much desired were net
! passed.
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j ALMOST CAUSED A RIOT.
Brownsville Negro Troops Create Disturbance
in San Francisco.
Members of the twenty-fifth infantry.
colored organization, whef figured
in the Brownsville riot, created a disturbance
at San Francisco Friday
night and at one time It was feared
a :\ would result. The riot call was
scniiued tor extra police and tighte-n
of the negroes were arrested.
The twenty-fifth, which had been
stationed at the Presidio, left Satur-i
day for the Philippines on the transport
Crook.
NEW YORK TICKERS CEASE.
Strike of Telegraph Operators Effective
in the Metropolis.
The strike of the telegraph operators
which has affected many cities
throughout the country, was extended
. to New* York Monday when the men
. employed by both the Western Union
> and Postal companies quit work.
; Ninety lev cent of the Postal and 50
per cent of the WesTern Union quit.
DANCING RIFTS CHURCH. Jj
Baptists in Valdosta, Ga., Havo Gensaticnal
Split-Up Because of Diamissal
of Erring Members.
An unexpected split-up in the First
Baptist church of Yaidosta, Ga.. has
been the subject of much discussion /M
At the conclusion of his 11 o'clock
sermon, Sunday mormng, the pas.or.
Rev. L. R. Christie, announced that
ho had been requested to call a conference
of the church, which lis pre
ceedod to do. Rev. Graham Foirester
acted as moderator. Rev. Christie then
read his letter of resignation from
the pastorate, giving as his principal
reason that he believed the time had
arrived for the establishment of an- y|||
other church in the city, and chat much
good could be accomplished by the v :M
Fifty-three *other members, including ?
some of the mcst influential and prom- *
inent communicants, caliej for their
letters and withdrew f:om the church.
The entire board 01 deacons ana zn
church clerk also followed the pastor.
The First Baptist church is proba- '/-Ji
bly the leading church of Valdosta. It ^jlj
has a membership of about 700, and
its church building is one of the handSGmest
in southern Georgia. Rev. L.
; R. Christie has been the pastor for
five or six years, and he is regarded .
I as one of the leading, preachers of
the denomination in the state.
The split-up is ge-c rally belkved uW
to have sprung from the dismissals
from the church some months ago of
a number of young members for dancing,
though all had not been in har- ''gB
mony before that time.
It is understood tiir-.t the members
withdrawing from the partnt church
will begin wcrk at once on the plans
for a new church, cf which Dr. Chris- i|g|
tie will be pastor. He is known to favor
the building of a new church on ';J|
the tabernacle order, and it is believed
will make a stronger effort to reach ',ijSHH
the masses of non-church gcers. ^
BRUIN PAYS VISIT TO TEDDY.
Real Live Bear Makes Home in the
Woods of Sagamore Hill.
A live bear, of whom no one claims
ownership, ha3 taken up his home in .J*
the woods cf Sagamore Hill, and in -j
the early foggy, hours Monday morning
he paid a visit to the residence
of President Rcosevel;. The trampling -^|
of the underbrush near the edge of the ^
cleared knoll on which the president's r]jjm
summer home is situated, roused the
secret service guard to activity. He ,v|
hastily organized the household dogs
and stablemen into a hunting party.
For three hours the hunt lasted, but
the bear got away.
MOROCCO SULTAN GRIEVES. riM
Ready to Accord Any Satisfaction for
Assassination of Europeans.
The sultan of Morcccu, through Ben
Slimau, the Moroccan foreign minister,
has transmitted t cthe French.
consul at Fez an expression cf the grief
with which he learned of ills assas/ination
of the Europeans at Ca3a -j
Blanca, saying that no one more than 'i^B
he condemned "the act which cost five us|
French lives." . > - .
The sultan said he ready to aec$rd
any satisfaction demanded, even,
to the dismissal of the pasha of Cdsa
Blanca and the punishment of the
guilty persons. ~'3B
UNCLE SAM AFTER HARRIMAN.
Move Made to Force Railroad Magnata vzm
to Answer Questions.
United States District Attorney Stimson
filed in the United States circuit
court in New York Monday a petition
that E. H. Harriman and Otto
Kuhn of the firm of Kulin, Loeb &
Co., be summoned in:o court to show
cause why they should not answer
certain question^ relating to the control
of the Chicago and Alton railroad.
Mr. Slimscn acted fcr Attorney Gene- .-.*8
ral Bonaparte ?u filing the petition.
JUDGE ARRESTED IN COURT. p
i Taken from Bench on JnaictTienr
Charging Murder.
I Judge S. B. Short was arrested at
Center, Texas, while holding court, on
an indictment charging him with the > v^H
murder of Dr. Mike Paul last fall. The
arrest caused a postponement of court
until he could furnish bonds of ?10,000.
Dr. Paul was one of a crowd pursuing
a negro, Dick Garrett. Garrett
took refuge in the home of Judge
Short and fired on his pursuers, killing
Dr. Paul. Garrett was hanged for
'he murder.
barrett seriously ill.
President of National Farmers Union
Forced to Bed in Conway, Ark.
I Griffin, secretary of the Arkansas Far
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mers' Union in Conway, Aric. air*
Barrett is in Conway attending the
meeting of the state convention of farmers.
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Charles S. Barrett, president of the
National Farmers' Union of America,
is critically ill at the home of Ben