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NUN! BIG GAME AI PATRICK. I'MI III MMIM? MI.N rX>LI <>WKl> fQ kil l, ri.i:i?n.\NT. wix TImmimiii? lltillru Aro bald to IU>0 IVUCll AttMl I I lila- of Ulg UeOHt Itviore Ii ?VII. Patrick. Murrh I.'.?The Mg i> malt? el< phant hlHtd near Iu re ves terdav on HIr .Jumper i reek escap.d fi< in u wagon cir ui which "a* booked for Patrick Tueaday. A crowd had assembled here for the performance Mal wonder was ex? pressed at the non-appearance of the circus, when maws was receded that the elephant hud broken bounls and was *t large. The animal created treat excitement. Man> if the amazed cltisens hud never before seen an elephant. The poese that took up the beasts trail grew until it waa said that fully fcuo men were joining in th? chase, one man nay* that be fired 60 shots from a magaaine pistol into the ani? mal. Men who were in at the death say that not lese than t.000 shots were fired during the hunt. The ele-1 phant became unruly and broke away from Its keeper as the circus was proceeding from Me Hoe to rat rick. A report from the enmp of the tflfftM today aays that several other animals are threatening to make their escape and some of tr.e lions and tisere may gain their libeity. The <un*?ns of the community are on guard and If a succtseful break for liberty In mude by the other un'mala the fate of the elephant will he visited on them. DKATIl IU.OW TO 1IIUTS. Animal Kllhd Near llartavtllc W?* \alued at $S.SiNi and Only Onv 1? Sunk. Hartsvllle. March 12?The large Hephunt killed eight miles from; Hartsvllle last ni,-' t belonged to gl ?mall eircus. which exhibited at Mr Hee a ihn or m<> ago. The owner came Ii Hnrteville this morning. He did not understand how the tralnT allow? ed the beast to escape, the value of which ffltjg $4.000. There Is general regret over the slaughter, however. This was due to the great excitement among the people of the neighbor? hood over the appearance of the mngle Inhabitant. The elephant was tame, but was worked Into a frenzy by the esorted followers who waged battle agslnst it It Is understood that the show car. .ed only one elephant no of course the loss ia au unusually heavy one. The mystery Is now cleared. There was no truln wreck. Kxciting rumors are afloat today and tnlk of elephan? tine atxc is h?ar.| on r.ii aides such as offering solutions as to "What 1 would have done, had I ln>cn there " MAN SHOT TO i>*:\TH Ktusnet Wsiker slain t>> Goorgo W. Ttdwcll. Oreenville. March 12?Calling Km raett Walker from his oinoea at the Carolina milla this morning about 10 o'clock. George W. Tldwell, rt|>rcvn tatlve of i.i advertising agency at ? lint.mi. ahook hands with the young man. pulled a piatol from his pocket with his left hand and tired live shots int.. Walker's body Their right bunds were clasped as Tldwell tired and WalUer had hie left arm about Tid waii'a neck as if to protect himself Tldwell la it years old, while Wal? aer was but 22. The latter hna promlrent family commotions here. Little la known of Tldwell Tldwell gave out a stutement this afternoon In which he stated that he killed Walker becauae. he and an? other young man of the town had ruined his home Ms said both his wife und daughter were involved. Mra Tldwell And the Klrl tjtjfft arrested here last we.-k in a haiku of bad re? pute, and VMWalli aeatiag ol the af? fair. Came SjOft Ig lOOk for the men he gssssaad sfota Ns^oassbls r<u tin ir I ung wrong Tldwell dro\u f(?m tkie iTtlll t,, tn,. sheriff a StsVM and gave himself up. uro HisTiNt.iiorsi; in:\i,. Air llrakr linentor ile\oliitlonued Ha 11 mad I ng. New Y^rk. Mar? h i ' ileoigr WestinghoiiM? died here todn\ lb been aufTerliiK rr<?m I heart torn idamt 1st thi.e SJKMtlM Mr. WsOt* inghouse sjSjg ?;i .ve.irn old. Mr Weatinu house was perhapM ? ?e?*t known as the Inventor of Met air brake whP h bears his num? and win' h ie\ dutb ni/? d railroading In ibia sentntrj if?? w.ih tart tl Ostv fi.il llre!?;... N I and rtOOtVQfl hia iarl\ SdaStHlBO mi the eommon a? hoola He served in the War He iwi n the Stat. s. At his d? it.> lw wtia the g#iBesVst< oi nourlv thiit> ? orporati<>n< The airbrake, which he imented. in aned through the < Ivillaod world ami in almost 0V sti part of the tjeaaa art *r*.it plants a hl h he founded. LITERACY TEST RETAINED, j sK.n \tk commitii: DKCTOK TO ripoht IMMK.IJAI IOX BILL favorably. Senator Smith at Work on Statement1 t?> it. Minto Wkm inn Ii Handed, ill-MM) t<? Bf PSjSSjSd MS Itcport *** Washington. March 1 2. - Thi com? mittee On immigration of tin senate of which Senator K. I). Smith of South Carolina is chairman, today ?Ot0d to report t?? the senate favor ahlv rot passage the pending immi Kration measure. Kur several weeks the senate com? mittee lias been at work on various sretions ??f the bill, which was intro? duced early in the present congress. Chairman Smith has been devoting practically his entire time for a month to me various questions in? volved and is highly pleased with the terms of the measure today reported. It Is doubtful If there is a more important bill now receiving the con? sideration of congress than the Im* ! migration measure?a measure that I is important not alone to the laborers of the Putted Stutes and to the fu I ture of America, but Important as It affects the relationship of this coun? try with the foreign nations. Chairman Smith has been in fre? quent conferences with Secretary Bry? an with regard to those provisions of the measure which might affect the I I otflcial or friendly conduct of the I'nlted States with foreign countries. It is understood the bill that the senate commltee this morning re? ports is entirely satisfactory with reference to international policies. The senate committee on immigra? tion, one of strongest committees of the present senate, has gone minute? ly into every detail of the bill and ex? perts of the Immigration service to } day pronounced the measure as being ' the best thought out and strongest [ Immlgrr.Mon measure that has ever been presented to the senate. The literacy test, which was the I provision that aroused most oppoei t tlon. is retained practicaly as orlg I Inally urawn, and is regarded as one j I of the strongest restrictive features of the measure. It Is however, but one of the sev? eral provisions which have as their aim the restriction of the present day influx of aliens into the I'nited States. The opinion of Senator Smith, of i ourse, in known to be in favor of all provisions which will prevent the fur thelr entry of undesirable immigrants. an<l the fact that the committee has I oled to report the measure contain? ing all of the restrictive clauses In ' dleutes that the committee is behind its ehairman in this attitude. It is pretty well ?gr*>ed that the senate 'Will pass the pending measure, not? withstanding reports that ar? currer.t that the uct might be vetoed if passed in Its present form, i It is quite probable that efforts will < be made to amend the bill on the 'floor of the Sjoahfi but as to whether 4 or not this will be done is problem i at leal. Senator Smith is today engaged in ' the preparation of the report which j will accompany the bill into the sen? ate, and beyond stating that he was highly gratified at the results so far I and that the tight had just now be? gun In earnest would have nothing further to say. Senator Smith has been warml> congratulated today hy friends of the measure for the able manner in which ho has conducted to success? ful issue the passage of the bill through his committee - miss wilson ant) M ADOO MAY wed. Prospect* of Another White House Marriage Become More Definite. Washington, March 12.?Prospects of another White House wedding be came more dePnite today with the persistent renewal ul the report that iOOretury McAdoo and Miss Kleanor Randolph Wilson, youngest daugh? ter of tin- prosit ent ami Mrs. Wilson, were engaged, the marriage to take plaee in June There was no an ROUIIOSSnSIlt from IhS White House, ami when the Attention ol officials was drown lO the report they refrain? ed from making un\ comment or de? nlal SSX ret >i |]( A.loo seid II would be indelicate for him to comment oti tin SUDjS ' N ? 01 thi less, Official Wash? ington ks taking it gs m definite fa I that enotaei wedding al the White I House will be solemnised in June, at let the adjournment ol oontresa UKT ?.l Ns \M) IMinitMs. Nen Militia < ompany at Woodruft HobU Ural Meeting Woodruff, March i I The first me..ting or the loe.d mllltls com? pany, < o K. ist regiment, N U.( H CM v si held Tueads y night In i he newli fitted armory, tin* old pom ofii< ?? remodelled, AI this meetlni the guns and uniforms wore distribute led SIGNS ALASKAN RAILWAY BILL wii.soN fxtfnds hand of HF.LPFl lnfss am) hhoth FKHOOl) to alaska. Secretary of Interior Announces IIwit Administration Programme of Development Will bo Continued With Presentation of Leading Meas? ure. Washington. March 12.?President Wilson today extended what he term-; ed "the hand or real helpfulness and brotherhood to Alaska" when he signed the hill authorizing the expen? diture of $35,000,000 for the first government owned railroad con? structed by the United States. Secretary Lane, a group of sena? tors and representatives and mem? bers of the Seattle Chamber of Com? merce stood beside the president as he affixed his signature to the act. The president was in a happy mood and in laying one souvenir pen aside to use another, smilingly remarked: "I'll change engines." When the hill had been signed the president spoke brieily, saying: "I want to say how sincere my gratification is in the completion of ; this measure and its successful pas : sage. I feel that we have at last reached out the hand of real help } fulness and brotherhood to Alaska, [which will now link it to us by many {bonds that will be valuable to both {sides. This is a consummation that 11 have been hoping might arrive in i my udminisrtation, and that it has ' come so soon is to me very delight? ful." Secretary Lane immediately after? ward talked with the president about the selection of engineers for the ! task. Though Col. Goethals had been I mentioned for the work, it is unllkc | ly thut he will be through with the I Panama canal In time for the work, which Mr. Lane intends to start at j once. The secretary said enactment of I the railroad hill would be followed , by the passage of Alaska leasing bill, i which would mean the carrying ovit I of the administration programme for the development of Alaska in a very short time. He added that an at? tempt would be made to gather the ! working force this year. ! Beginning of the project will j signalize a new method of govern ' ment stimulus for the opening of j virgin territory, a contrast to the 1 Rovernment bounties and guarantee ' of bonds which In pioneer days of the i . West were used by the federal gov? ernment to encourage railroad build? ing. Today's law had a comparatively short history, though the subject hus been agitated for many years. Early last year Secretary Lane indorsed the bill and obtained the support of the president to make it an administra? tion measure, Administration lead* ers in congress dviring the debate that followed made it clear that the bill was pot to be construed as an indorsement of the principle of gov? ernment ownership of railroads, but was Intended to tit a special case and ! bring to Alaska private capitnl and j people to develop Its resources. CLEVELAND MAY RESIGN'. j Kportanburg Hears That He Will Resign as President of the C. & W. ! C. Railroad. Spartanburg, March 11.?That J. B. jcievelund will resign the presidency ! of the Charleston & Western Caro l Una railway and that the system will i be absorbed by the Atlantic Coast Line ruilway, taking the name of the great trunk line, is the information received here tonight. The informa? tion could not be verified, although ! coming rom authentic sources. as Mr. Cleveland is in Florida recuper? ating from a nervous collapse. Al ! bert K. Anderson, general manager ! of the Ci & W. C, was communicated with in Augusta, and he said he could i not verify the information; that he 'supposed it is merely a rumor. WARRANT FOR N. C. CREECH. Legislator Accused of Drawing False (hock on Hank. Columbia, March 12.?Magistrate .T. H. Fowler today issued a warrant for the arrest of Norman C. Creech, member of the general assembly from Harnwell county, upon the al? legation by the Carolina National I Hank lu re that it check for $10 drawn by CreOCh upon the Home Hank, of Damwell had i.n returned unpaid, bearing the notation. "This party hus no uc< UUHt with this bank." Hi i u I? on the warrant was deterr? ed by the court pending the expira? i.?oi >ii ten days from the adjourn* men! >t the general assembly to con? lorm to lu^ai exemptions for thai pei lod Horned in Tenuincnt. Hi Idgeport, ('onn . march 1 Three Hungarian laborers were burn? ed to death today when a six st<u\ tenement burned Anothor man was fntall) ion and. The loss sxooeds I ) lu.uOu. ARABS ATTACK ITALIANS. BLOODY BATTLE FOl'GHT IN DISTRICT or TRIPOLI. Tribesmen Made Bar prise Attack on Italian Column But Were Defeated With Heavy Loa** Although They outnumbered Italinns. Bengasi, Tripoli, March 13.? Three hundred and eight Arabs and Italian Soldiers were killed and hun? dreds wounded in a bloody battle be? tween natives and Italians near Zus tina today. Of the dead two hundred sixty-three are Arabs and forty-five Italians. Tribesmen made a surprise attack upon an Italian column proceeding to a garrison in th* interior. Though the Arab hordes greatly outnumbered the Italians the latter repulsed them by superior arms and trained dis? cipline. VANDERBILT'S KSTATE $20,000. 000. Entire Property Left to Window and Little Daughter, Cornelia. New York, March 12.?The will of George W. Vanderbilt, as filed for probate here today, leaves his entire I estate, estimated at J20.000.000, to his widow and only daughter, Cornelia. Minor bequests providing annuities aggregating $5,500 a year are made in favor of certain relatives. There arc no public bequests. Hiltmore Mr. Vanderbilt's world fatnbous estate in North Carolina, is left to his dauhgter, Cornelia, who is 12 years old. She als ? receives $5, 000,000 in cash and is made residuary j legatee. i Mrs. Vanderbilt, the widow, receives ! the estate at Bar Harbor, Maine, .he Vanderbilt home, in Washington; i?'J50,000 in cash, a life Interest In a j trust fund of $1,000,000, which she may dispose of at her death as she sees fit; and a part of the real estate In North Carolina, known as Plsgah Forest, containing about 80,000 acres, together with the contracts for the Kale of timber therefrom and limited to produce about $50.000 a year. These bequests to Mrs. Vanderbilt are made in lieu of a dower. COTTON EXCHANGES TO MEET. ! Improvement of New Y'ork Future Contracts One of Objects of Gath? ering. I Augusta, Oa., March 12.?The Au? gusta cotton exchange, at its noon meeting, today issued a call to the exchanges throughout the entire cot? ton belt for a conference to be held holre in May, tho date yet to be fixed, when it is proposed to improve, re rise and readjust the rules govern? ing the purchase and sale of spot and futures cotton, its export, and par? ticularly to bring about a revision of the New York cotton exchange con? tracts. This conference will regulate the.wor' l cotton trade, so far as American staple is concerned. New York will be invited to have representatives of that exchange here as will the exchanges of Liverpool, , Bremen and Havre. The exchanges to which the call has been issued by telegrapa are: New Orleans, Dallas, Houston. Okla j homa City. Fort Worth, Galvoston. j Vicksburg, Mobile, Austin, Savannah, [ Charleston and Norfolk. It will be 'extended to include other cotton cen i ' tre? tomorrow. This conference is not in connec | lion with the pendency of the bills I based on the New York contract form j before any congressional body, but ib ; designed to eliminate objectionable features of those contracts and re? vise the present method of handling ! American cotton to the world, accord I lag to the promoters. FIGHT ON TOLLS BILL. ( Congressmen Want Time in Which to Debate. Washington, March 13.?The bit? terness approaching a fight over the administration bill to repeal the free tolls clause in the Panama canal act was indicated today by the demand of congressmen for time in which to ?peak on the bill. Unless the resolution allowing only fifteen hours debate is amended s : filibuster is threatened by foes of the j repeal. Over one hundred members Idesire to speak. Underwood oppos I es the repeal. Georsiu Town Fire Swept. ECufaula, Ala., March 13.?The town I of Louisville was swept by (ire tins ' morning. The blase started In the i telephone exchange and swept the business block, a loss of $50,000 re? ! suiting. Wodinghouso Company Will Continue New York. Marth 13.?The vast j Westinghouse Manufacturing inter? ests will continue operations without ohange in policy, despite the death ? ?I their founder. George Westing house, it was learned today. InveS ' tors will provtds ? trusteeship to con I uuue Ho- business. WILSON'S TRUST PLANS. _ " ?? PRESIDENT APPARENTLY SATIS I t ER WITH PROGRESS. Expect* Real Action Soon?T<> Substi? tute Individual Roaf>onilMIK| Rill fOff Trade Relations Definitions. - I Washington, March 12.?President Wilson regards the administration anti-trust plans ;m "in good shape" and experts that the congressional committees soon will be ready with! pending hills. Outlining informally some of the difficulties that had been met the' president indicated rhat what is! known as the trade relations bill, de? fining monopoly practices, probably would be abandoned. He predicted that it likely would be replaced by a bill designed to tlx individual re sponsib...ty for specific acts regarded as intended to establish monopoly or restrain trade. The president again j referred to the desire of the admin? istration not to impair the efficiency of the Sherman law. Before Mr. Wilson now is a draft of a bill to prohibit holding companies but he has not come to mature judg? ment about it. He admitted today the difficulty of finding language in which to draw distinction between legitimate and illegitimate concerns. The president believes that compa? nies formed to control a group of cor? porations are materially different from what he terms "owning corpor? ations." The president cited as an instance the fact that if a corpora? tion in New Jersey chose to build a j factory in Pennsylvania, it would j have to he reincorporated because ?no foreign corporation could own real estate under the laws of Pennsylvania, This duplicate, he explained, might have the same directors and appar? ently would constitute a holding com? pany, but there was no intention to in? terfere with such processes. Terms will be found by the congressional committees, the president thinks, to deiino differences in the processes of the two kinds of companies. He also is considering the proposal to wipe out identity of interest in corpora? tions through interlocking stock ownership. The president admitted today that in Ms trust message to congress, he i had referred to this in the interroga? tory form because he wished to place the question before congress without expressing an opinion as to its mer? its. In speaking of this phase of the trust problem, the president cited as an example, the case of a man who i might hold a majority of stock in two companies in the same business, yet independently organized and in? dependently developed and referred to difficulty in regulating such a situa? tion without interfering with the free right to buy stock. BIGGEST 17. S. BATTLESHIP. : Supord read nought Texas Placed in Commission. Norfolk, Va., March 12.-?The superdreadnought Texas, the most powerful battleship ever built and latest recruit to the United States navy, was placed In formal commis? sion here today under command of Capt. A. W. Grant. The Texas lett the shipyards of the Newport News Shipbuilding company early today and proceeded to the Norfolk navy yard under her own steam, where the bifc sea fighter was turned over to Rear Admiral Usher, local com? mandant. Capt. Grant, after assuming com (mind of the Texas, read his orders to ; the officers and men composing the ! ship's company, and in a brief ad? dress urged that they maintain S 'spirit of cooperation which would in Isure the highest efficiency and make ; the ship the symbol of success. Jus* before the Texas docked here the tug Dauntless. commanded by jCapt. M. F. Bradley, was caught in 1 the heavy wash of the battleship and capsized. The tug's crew was res? cued by seamen from the United States receiving ship Richmond, which was lying off St. Helen, across the stream. ? ? NEW RANK EXAMINER. ' .1. K. Doughtoit Assigned to Hull's Former Territory. Washington, March 12. ? Fred A. Hull has resigned as national bank examiner of North Carolina and northern South Carolina, according to an announcement made today, and J. K Doughton of Raleigh, appoint? ed an examiner several weeks ago, has been assigned to that territory. Tbofco Bloodthirsty Findings. Dublin, March 14.-?The arson squad of suffragettes today burned the famous old mansion owned b\ Rich" ard Wat Un ton, "Port Arlington." The loss is $36,00Q. Don Ion. March 14. -Suffragettes to* daj burned King's Gate Castle at Margate. They also burned the pa? vilion at Olton and the tennis club at Birmingham. TO INVESTIGATE EXCHANGES. SUBCOMMITTEE WILL WORK OCT DETAILS OF INQUIRY. Hamme. Decides to Extend Its Investi? gation to (irain as Well as Cotton. 1 Iuis Widening Scope, Washington, March 12.?Plans for a proposed searching congressional investigation of the grain exchanges of the Northwest and the New York and New Orleans cottpn exchanges Will be worked out by a subcommittee created today by the ho ise committee Oil rules. The commP.ee decided to broaden the scope of tn resolution of Representative Man? nan of Minne-" seta to authorize an inquiry into op? erations <if the Chicago and Duluth Boards of Trade and Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and to extend the proposed investigations to cotton exchanges. Chairman Henry head.? the sub? committee, its other members being Representatives Hardwick, Cantrill, I^enroot and Kelly. Their instructions are to make a thorough investigation of facts and legal questions invol/ed and to report to the full commutes a resolution providing for creation ot a joint committee of the senate and i house for full investigation of all the I exchanges mentioned. The joint committee would be given full power to subpoena wit 1 nesses and call for records and papers to determine whether practices of the exchanges enhance or depress prices, J und whether future trading in farm products is detrimental or otherwise. Mr. Henry tonight said the sub committee would take action prompt? ly and that the investigation would develop information necessary as a ; b; sis for legislation to carry out the Democratic platform plank demand? ing legislation abolishing gambling in farm products. TRAIN HELD CP IN ILLINOIS. Mexlcau Laborers Attack Freight Train and Hill Engineer. Dixon, 111.. March 13.?Four Mex? ican laborers held up # freight train near Manlius on the Chicago North? western railroad today. They killed Engineer Fisher and seriously wound ! ed the sheriff of Bureen county. ! Barricaded in a box car, the Mexicans engaged in revolver fight with a posse. One desperado was fatally wounded and the others fled across the field pursued by the posse. Blood hounds are attemtping t3 strike their trail. The trainmen say the outlaws tried to loot a car of dynamite. Two desperadoes were later cap? tured after wounding the station agent. The third is still at large. Both Mexicans wounded; Deputy Skroglund probably fatally wound* j ed, when engineer killed . More Bodies Recovered. S<t. Louis March 13.?Twenty bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the Missouri Athletic Club which was burned last Monday. Eleven more dead are believed to be burled in the mass of debris. Nine bodies are yet unidentified. The search is continuing today. Four more bodies were found in the Missouri Club debris toda>. bringing the total known dead to twenty-four. OVER 65 YEARS' L CYPFRirNCt Patents TRADE WtARKS Design * Copyrights Ac. Anyone tending a ?ketrb and deecrlptlftn may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention It probably palentable. Comnronica tioiu strictly couUdentlal. HANDBOOK on Patents ?out free, oldest aconey for securing patawta. Patent* taken tbrouah Muun a Co. ISSSSJ1 tptcu? notice without cbarge. In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weokly. 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