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THE DAILY PREM
only newspaper published
Newport News that recslvei
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elated Press.
VOL. XV. NO. 7.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF VIRGINIA OPENS
Governor Swanson Sends His
Last Annual Message to
the Legislature.
URGES LEGISLATION TO
REGULATE STATE BANKb
Needs of Accounting Department and
ths Building of Good Roads Also Re?
ceive Attention at the Hands of the
Executive?Recommends the Con?
tinuance of Convict work on Roads.
(By Associated Press.}
RICHMOND, VA , Jan. 12.?The j
Virginia legislature o; etied at noon to?
day with the usual Democratic ma
IHjrlty in loth hous>ri and perfect par?
ty harmony ptevailing. Richard
Evelyn Ryrd, of Winch* st(t. choa n
speaker of the horse at the Democrat,
is caucus last night. WSa duly elect*.d
as were as were other officials namea
?liy the. caucus.
Lieut-nant Governor J, Taylor El
lyson presided over the senate. The
lew Republicans have named John
C. Noel, of Lee, as their floor leader
in the st nate and C. S. Pendieton.
of Scott, as house Root leader.
Mr. Byrd, in accepting the chair,
announced a policy of necessary
economy and declared the equa.izi
ticn of taxes, to incease the state'*
r venue, to be ihe paramount k?s-:e
in Virginia.
Regulation or state banks and 'be
building of good roads are two of the
most important recommendations ot
Governor Swanson in bis last annual
message to the general assembly,
read before that body today.
Bank Regulation.
"The many loss:s. the great dis?
tress and the business disturbances
occurring in many communities on ac?
count of bank failures, caused by reck?
less banking, fraud and defalcation.;
loudly ptoclaim the urgent necessity
for legislation providing reasonable
regulation to; th control of State
banks and frequent examination to
see that these regulations are obey?
ed," says Governor Swanson. in bts
mtvsage.
To provide annually a f ind of |2j"..
Wit) for road impiovetnt ui iu Vltginia,
the governor suggests that one half
of the revenue ferteta1 from the tran
chise tax n;on the- gross earnings o.
the steam and electric railways of the
state be set asid'. He recomaiend-;
continuance of the present palst? of
woiking convict* and jail prisoners
ui 'ii the pui lie highways.
Declaring fiiat Virginia's agricul?
tural ytoducts last year atrvmt(il to
52cO <*Mi.i.i(fi t;ov< rnor Swanson urges
the necessity for a complete soil sur
v ] of the state to promote its agri
culiirral development. In this conn, c
tion. he also lecommend,; tne estab?
lishment of several movsblc agricul
turul schools to teach taimcis pract:
<al. scientific farm .tg.
Pointing w.:h pride to the fsct thit
Virginia has be n r- due ac steadily
her l omled lndcbt? dr.e-ss. and that
one-sixth of the debt bad been cancell?
ed Governor Swanson urges economy
in all depatimcni^ o* ih< state gor
. rnnx at. but says IfeM 'nr ?*st ln"
tensts of the state demand that too
many prngicssi.r po.iclcs l:cgun
should be contli ued and fnrtb? r *n
larred.
The Message.
The governor s m< ssai;'. in p.irt,
follows:
"To the General Assembly ot Vir?
ginia:
lb" last general assemblies have
Ik en noted for the many progressive
i olieici inaugurated These extead
? d through a wide range of govern
n.enul effort and development. The
ictmlts achieved have fnlly vindicated
the wisdom of tb?s*e poltn,.., and amp
hj Just.fi.fi the expenditure of ptlbtir
money made The amazing educatxs
sl advance: the splendid public aewot I
l nildlngs now adorning every seeOoa.
the mcreased hearth and comfort of
the prrssle: the great issproveaseat In
?.grtmltnre and the varied Industries
of the Sta r the lay reeled 'SHclewcy
of the State ntllHia th. marked tea
^roT^'iviit In th?" rfWHlWiow ci ja?K
aletseowe* and other eleWsneyaary
ntstitntlooi the greatly lacreaead
value of sll properties, bear teatl
m. n> to the stimulating '???*-?cr of
Ihene wise acts of Ieg1?lat'"n and to
the great and manifold bewegt? teey
p ?ntlsecd no riDh Pago>.
NEGROES ASK TAFT
NOT TO APPOINT WHITES
Colored Lawyers and Business Men
of Virgin'? Cities Appeal to
President.
(Ry Associated Press.) '
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 12 ?A
delegation of ni sro attonuys and
business men front various cities in |
Virginia, calbd on President Taft to?
day and urged liim not to aiioplnt to
office white men. whose sole claim
was their antagonism and activity
against the negro.
The negrei s declared that 'hey did '
pot see any differ nee 'ictwen a white
man who attempted to ?tir dp strife
and a negro who d:d tin- MM tinti?.
and they respectfully asked the Pres.
ident to inquire Into the recotis of
the men appointed In the south In
this i?artirular.
DOOMED TO^EATH ~
CHAIR OR ASYLUM
Only Alternative Facing Richmond
Wife Murderer Now Being Tried
in That City.
.'RICHMOND, VA.. Jan. 12?With
the certainty of going to one of two
places?tin electric chair or the lun?
atic asylum?Mordecai Taylor sat this
morning in the Hustings Court, ap?
parently dazed, to answer the charge
of murdering his wife, Annie Taylor.
The ci-me was commltteed July ?">
last year, and was one of the trnvt!
atrocious and unpardonable < ver com- ]
mitted. Mrs. Taylor, it is said, was (
.-itting at a table in their home on
Church Hill when she was killed. The 1
man came behind her, and with a ,
I wild, insane, unnatural scheme, shot I
her. The woman ran from him. nr
tried to run from him, but her wounds 1
wfre fatal. |
He wan arrf sted and held in jail.
The case has been called sev a!
I times, out each time has been post?
poned.
There ii no d nial of Taylor's guilt,
and no plea of justification?if the
man isn't shown to be insane he will I
ceitainly gfl to the electric chair, as]
the cr'me is without the .shadow of
an excuse. It is up to Louis Wenien.
burg, his counsel, to save Taylor by
proving Taylor is a l-tnatic.
Close for Great Jubilee.
? By Associated Press.!
TAMPA. FLA.. Jan. 12.?One of the
largest crowds of the season wss out
today. Three tavoritfs won and
talent broke even on the day. Three
additional books cut in and ?M play
was unusually heavy. The feature
was the prettv race betwe n Great
JaMea and Bol?> >? Cook, the former
winning by a bead.
MANIAC FIRES INTO
SCHOOL CHILDREN
While New York Boys are
Playing the Unknown Ma.i
Shoots Two.
? By Associated Press.)
NKW YORK. Jan. 12?A black
bcard'-d maniac, in a black -l.-jrh hat.
drew in automatic pistol this after?
noon and fired five shots into a crowd
of Harl'-m school hoys, who bad b?-en
i.-unting him. Robert Unnas. S yar<
old. si< shot through the bear: and
died instantly. Arthur Shivery, also
?? year; old, was shot through the
left lung and was critically wounded.
The man. whom none of the frtgh'
i-ned youngsters can descrloe ?c
< orati-lv. shambled on* Into the
Inches and rocks surrounding th"j
boys playgrouad and was soon lost
to sight. One hundred and flfty poll'-e
men and a poese of citizens are bunt?
ing for him.
Half a hundred children. Just freei
Iixas school, were roasting In the
woods while a group of grown up*
stood watching the sport Among
?h. m waa the maa with the hlach
oeard He drew away from the crowd
and edged op the side of the hin J.ist
then down cause lltt> Arthur Shiveir ;
?a h - sled. H ? sled hafled and ? \
>e stood up. %m nad maa whtayrd our
hi* pbitol asJ/>ff flr*Wj.
The toy shrieked and fell In tb?
?iibsequeut eiciioasen* everybody ap ?
parrwtly thought of th. hoy and no
l<nd? of the aaaa dark, fcr be ran
on" norths ards mpursued.
ft was erase moments hrfr re a
t oWrenwn arrived
He's np there,' ?aapid a saaail
bay.- aad he's shot another boy." '
Oa tar -de of the woods th< y
fond Roher? Linn dead.
WHITE SLAVE BILL
PASSES!: HOUSE
Drastic Action is Taken Against
the Traffic in the United
States.
TEN YEARS IN PRISON
IS THE HEAVY PENALTY
Purchaser of Ticket for Immoral
Woman to Travel From One State
to Another Becomes Liable to Pun?
ishment Under the Act?Measure
Meets Little Opposition.
(Bjr usasiUliS mm >
WASHINGTON. l> C. -lau II -
Drastic action looking toward the
suppression of the "?white slave ' traf?
fic in the l"nite(; States was taken
today by the house. A bill was pane*
under which, if adopted by the senate,
it will be unlawful for any person to
provide transportation from oue state
to another fer any persou who in-,
gages in prostitution or other immoral
practice-;, j
The mere purchase of a-ti< kct lor
? woman whereby she would be "en?
abled or assisted" to go Irem state
to state fcr immoral purposes, will
render the purchaser liable to ten I
years imprisonment and a $5,"i?t line.
Immoral alien women are to be de?
pot ted whenever they are discovered
and their procurers are to be exclud?
ed. de|>orted and punished.
Drastic Measure.
"It is intended that this measure
shall oe drastic," declared Repre?
sentative Bennett, of New York, in
< barge {t( the measure and co-author
o( iL
"This infamous 'white slave' traffic
must be broken up and the immigra?
tion cemmltte-e believes tue pending
treasure, will smrvive every constitu?
tional test to which R may ha subject '
cd."
Chairman Mann, of the 'commute
on interstate and foreign commerce,
'Ahe stiN yesterday that he was not
eppose-.l to the bill, spraugaa surprise'
upon its defenders by moving to re I
commit the measure. The motion was
i:; t by a vote of .16 to 174.
Little Opposition.
Whatever r.p|xnition there was t?
certain sections of the pending bill.
rew members seemed anxious to hate
Ihem&c lve? pls?ed on record as voting
: gain;t it and only an oral vote was
taken on its final passage.
More ?han a dozen memle-rs avail?
ed themselves of the op|?ortunity to
denounce the 'white slave' traffic
while the measure was in debate. !
In the senate the greater part ot
the session was tak< n up by the n
troduction of ne w bills. The n solo
ticn railing upon the secretary of tbe
treasury to certify to the claims for
extra allowances for postmasters who
h .. k< \< 'i rrom iv>;i ?(> is;i ?as
discujvrd at I ngth. A resolution
lorma'lv accepting the sta'ne of (Jen
? rat Lew Wallace, placed in statuary
ball vest'iday was passed.
PRICE OF SHOEs"tO BE
INCREASED 12 PER CENT
advance is Announced by President
of National Associat on of Saat
and Snoc Manufacturers.
? By Aswnrtated Prosa)
\KW YORK. Jsn |J?Ttadc '-on
d:Ticmii .I'-mand an increase in ige re?
tail prices of shoes K tailers pcet>
sl.ly will Increase tbeir price, from
1" to I! p?r ceat before tbe cloee
of the grast at year This In effect,
is what PresisVat John 9 Hsnnoa
.aid today as be address* d the stxtn
anneal convention of the aat onsl ss
sorlaHoo of boot and r.boe msnular
tarrrs
Tb. cnv? ation ?dopt.-I a resolution
rilling for a re edjwstnwat of prices
la all lines and zrsdes of shoes wn
?. et.eot of 'he inrreae'd price of BIS -
srrtaJe da: lac the last two years
A special committee was ai?pn">t'd
?i 4?-rwre war oa abnormal style? la
fontw ?r SOI SSU lb"B? -rJl.gr honks'
aad ?Ahe1! hl aar re aVs-gas
VA., Tin ElsDAY?
_ ?. ?
IWAS INTENDED TO
DECEIVE THE ENEMY
Early Reports That Provislorals Oc?
cupied Acoyapa Are Denied in
Nicaragua Messages..
tUy As*?>ci.itcU Press.)
lll.l'KKIKl.DS. MC \ it At; I' A, Jan.
12.?General Chamoiro telegraphs Iii?'
a decisht- battle will be (ought at
Acoyapa. His message now nude
public was sent on Monday |a?t At
thai t me ;! not) provisional*, with ft*.
t\ cannon and eiKlii rajiid Hie guns,
had hjBti conceutia1-il and were min?
ing on tlic BBfrt nine ut tones in
trees' bed at Aeoyapa.
Karller icporlo that General M na
[had oce.iph'd Aoo>apa wer? < none.mis
add grew out of the fact that an ud
; \ance guard of too i rovlblonals ie
i-oniiolteMd in that vicinity. They I
did not enter the town. The icccnl
cflicial statements based on messag? s
lioni Gianada to the effect that there
were no msnYgciH troop., in the State
of Cron tiles, within which Aooyipe I
Is situat d, appear to have been pn
mitigated in order la deceive the
en< my into believing that the pio
\isl"nals Wire Inactive The coiro
i'IKUHicnts who left for the Iront to?
day, w re iufoidlcd thai the dlfwftad
battle would not take pM ?<? probably
bt fore a week or ten dsya.
Chainono's mortage came as a sur?
prise to those who a. thoroughly in?
formed of the situation.
Favors the Fight.
(Hy Ai-siM-lnted Ifeasvl
SAN KRANCISCO, TAI.., Jan. 12 ?
John l>. Hergct. Iminerly "Young
Mitchell." the fighter, now chairman
of the i ollce comnils.-ion of the board
of Mi|KTvW?or8. tonight declared un- i
equivocally In favor of granting a per. I
mit for n 4.Vtouiii| contt st in Sin
Francisco in July.
He said he thought that the Jcr
I fries-Johnson fight corld be better |
-handled In this city by local pro- i
mnt.rs than anywhere else.
OFF?? GUILTY
(Atlanta Prison Superintendent
to Be Sentenced Today.
IWAS BRUTAL TO PRISONERS
Captain ard Whipping Boss Indicted
on Investigation of City Stockade by
the Grand Jury?Cruel Treatment
of Convicts Proven.
il:y A-smiaied lYeea >
A'il.ANTA. OA., Jan. 12?D. M.
Vii ing. reo ntly < uspendt <i as super
! int< ndent ol the Atlsnta city stock lit,
I und Pet Cornet, a guard at the stock
j ade. we re Ibawd guilty in the Superior
i OMfti here 1st today on charge > of
jcrsitilt and '>atttry. growing out of
the al!( ged brutal boating of Floyd
Green, a negro convict. Son" im ??
wa.i del-in I until tomorrow.
I The iiidrmicnl against Captain
? Viniiig and his w hipping been follow
led an inv stication of the ciiy prison
by a special committee of the Knlton
j county grand jury, which crated a
sciw-ation by <l riaring, in s lengthy
rc|ort to the court, tnat the tilthv
I conditions and cruelty practiced at the
stockade were a disgrace to a civil
I lied community.
Reeked With Vermin.
In that ntfsjff, it was stated that
the prison p eked with filth and ver?
min; ih't the food* was in wholesome,
the cioth z ' th prisoners and the
.nodding Arth? and that men and
women un, t ? i of the prison were
cruelly l?at<n White women, for
trivial ItcbcN > of the i rlson rules,
the leisirt atat?'l. were fastened to the
wall with nan-! rlnjrs. th? ir feet bare
U touching tin floor, and loft in tnat
posi'ion until They fnlnted.
In the tasc of the negro Gr?en. it
was testified that b- was placed in
the "backing machine" and given 2."?
I lows witb a heavy leath-r atMpt
the blond ;roni the cits on his ?od?
running d?wn his |ea? snd los? ing hts
body s ma.-* ni sore*.
Negro waa Strung Up.
Mjvot Msd'l- x and memrs rs of *be
grand Jury t'stlSed to *? cine; ?ne
? ton s on she negro'* bod<. ?^n" of
i which were thiee to focr Inches tc
lent4".! and an inch in width This
nenfshmcat wa ? ?dm %'trred hecaus?
; the segrn ha?! <-ar*d ana thrcaTencd
' another courier Green lest mod that
i he wsa unab - o work the following
(day and for 'M- he was strung np to
! the wall 'or m'-rr thsn two hoars
I Vlnlng and ''Tmett lntrorJ,nec,j otI
ffjj nrc tending M show thai th nogrn
*i. given bn' ? Iget Itck?. roo.leraie
smn'-hnjtoni " ??d that Grw-n had no'
a good r<I H '? esi
' i sp;?ui \.i ? i? U \-kt% old and
has erred s? ?aperlntodd a' of the
J stocked, f.-r i r< era.
JANUARY 13 1910.
WARNING N01E IS
SOUNDED AT BOSTON
Railroad President Points Out
Relief From High Cost
of Living.
INCREASE OF PRODUCTION
PER ACRE ON FARMS
In Raising a Prophetic Finger, Mr.
Brown Lifts Curtain of Future and
Gives a Glimrse of what Will Hap?
pen if the Proper Remedy is Not
Applied?Wagea Must Increase,
? Ry Asx'M'lali.1 Press.)
ItOSTO.V MASS.. Jan. 12 ? 'Wo
mufct ln< tease pKMlnellon per acre by
more intelligent methods or wo must
fac the relentless cert.ilu dtiy when
we .-hall not produc? food cuough to
supply oui own ni'Ccs.-dtli s." said
Pr< 'idem William C. Itrown. of the
New York ntral Railroad, in an ad?
dress tonight before the New Kng
lalid Railroad plgfe, The wages ot
labcr, he d' dared, must continue to
pdvanc" in fair ratio with the ateadv
Iticiease m the cost of living.
Many repr. scntativiv of New Kng
land ra'lroail interosls were gathered
about the banqu't tables at Hotel
-~jm? rset.
Serious Warning
Mr. Ilrown's spct-ch. coming as it
(!oc8 at the height of a new flood tide
of national prosperity, was IntenJod
for a warning of the most serious im?
port. It gains added force by its
relti ration of the recent admonitions
of James J Hill, another great rail?
road man, as well as those visiting
students of our internal affairs; and.
Jt Is aatpwasaJly timely In view of the
fact that the employes of all the rail?
roads east of the Mississippi are
tormulating demands for an increase
tost of living.
Mr. Urown said in part:
Most Portentious Cloud.
"The mcnt portentlo-is cloud ''Is
cmllle upon the political or economic
horizon at this time is the et? ady. re
lentR-ss increas ? in prices of every?
thing that goes to make op the cost
of living.
"With a succession of I'Sutifttl
harvests the price of grain hsrf stead?
ily advanc d until the prices of 15?o8- I
l!?(rS show Increases over those of
lsfis as follows:
"'Com. an inert ase of 111.2 per
cent; oats .an increase of !>cr
crnt; wheat, an Increase of .19.per
rent; potatoes, an increase of 70.1
; er ftit. hay. an increase of 4'? 7 per
cent.*
"With a normal ircr aso and no dis.
ease to (!0|.|ete our herd*, val'io* fejsttw
incr-ase-d marvellously. Notwith?
standing the ad veyi' of the? automo?
bile, ho ses and mules sheiw an
ererbe In valu; of t*?<? peg cent; the
prod.ctR of the forests make an
equally marvelous showing. Anth?
racite and bituminous coal have nd
\anc?d ?_"? and 42 per cent respective?
ly : lard. 11.1 per cent; pork. f>2 per
I c< nt. and nllow-. r. \r r cent.
Gold Piles Up.
"This unusual phenominon of alead
ilv rising tal ies in the fire of a lonz
slices -sion of hountiful crops is one
of the most important, as well as n
i t. resting problems that confronts th
j political i conomist todsy. The crop
1 grown in HU has been almost con
! sum* d. Th< coal mined last _?oir has
I been 1-iirned, but the sold prod cd
ft ? alter year piks up. and ais it
aicumnlates it takes more goM to
buy a hash< I of wheat, a an t ct
clothe, a -xmnd of berfstrad. a sack
of fle.ir or any of the o?her nrce?M
tbs of life.
Consumpt on Overtake. Product.o n
"Another force working for higher
coys- of living, more insistently, av're
powerfully and with * slnls'er sigm
Bcaaee. romiitr.<J with which all otb
rts, become negi'gibl< raptors: ard
this Is the alarming rapidity w.th
whirh ronsumi.ttoe of the predict, ot
the nation's farnv is overtaking !*"?>
due'ion
"Statistics show tbat the fsilere to
Increase the prod wet of owr fsrma "
snyihing like the ratio of l?c ease in
coas'impt K>n. Is ?xeriias more than
three Um*.? th* effect wpow coot of
living thst the increase of, goM Is
bav ing
"If the converts* lit*-* ot pmdn
tkm ?od ermsomi?t>oti in the I'nrted
fttaf-s continue to ati;>rnweh eich
oth'r as they bav during the past
ten ' ar-, I-fore the middle of -b
a>rae>. rpon which we have hast ca?
tered has been rrack'd. the lost *? s
?? i I.wd' [ ?Ith the egTtriHtiira! ;<"o
dnctr of this eoaatry wit] hsee k-tt
nor ?bor-s, the exporting grala ept
\amis in our seaboard r tlm will
slant] <niptv'Hu>l ihis great nat on,
lik' those of the oij world. Will be
looking tor. a place to buy the iiee'?s
sarles 01 life.
Tlit-ie Is no alternative we m ist
In? .'i ase production per acre i> more
intelligent methods or we must tace
{lie ii'letitlss. eel Ulli day when We
?hall leu pioduce food enough to sup?
ply oar own neecssit es "
TO FIGHT PROHIBITION.
Plan* for Mass meetir.g in North Car?
olina Looking to Repeal of Law.
IIK.NDKKSON. N ('. Jan. 1-'.?A \
n um In r of aJUu us mi Vance count) '
met In the cou: thoiisi a day or so
ago, lnfoi mulh. and after thoiougnly
dieCUS.siIlK the srltjcct, unanimous!}"
agreed to call a lion-; artisan local op.
I ion mass-meet'ng to he held on the
fourth Saturday in Ktbruary. W. A
Helf. of Hickory, will be present and
dellvtr the address on ihat occasion. ;
fluni the expressions beard there,
Is u determination on the part of the 1
people to use every legitimate melius ;
tu Imve the prohibition law as it at]
present exists cxpugncd from the >'?i- I
tut?' iKiok of North Carolina and Rive
the people the tight to determine for,
tin nisclves whetlnr Intoxicants shall
re manufactured, sold or prohibited >ta ;
their respective counties.
EDITOR RHODES DEAD.
Prominent Birmingham Newspaper j
Man Passes Away.
(By Aaaaaassea Ifens*!
HIIIMINGHAM. ALA, Jan. IJL? I
Getn-ral Hill ii, Nn|iolron Rhol'S, j
president and editor of the lllrming
hsm N? w.<, n director of the Assooiat
< d Pres s and president of the South?
ern Pibllshrrs' Association, died to
?day after a I ngthy Illness of Ur'ght's \
disease and arterial trouble.
General Rhodes founded the Hiim
iughani News in 1S88. and has been |
prominent iu , uhlic life in tbig city ]
and state ever since.
Big Break in Cotton.
NKW YORK. Jan. 12 ?There wis '
a further big In sk in the cotton mar.
ket today, making the third scnsi
tional slump in pries since the move?
ment started early last week. -*an:c
stricken longs In all parts of the
world seemed to be liquidating their
eotun regardless of prices and the
action of the marke! showed s'ich in
t nre exeiter.ifnt snd demoralisation
as finds a pirallel only In the scries
of gensatlonal movement at following
the collapse of the Sully movement.
Will Fight Tommy Burrs.
MKLrtOI'RNK. ACSTRALIA. Jan.
!.' fjlnaltj Kctch? 1 has sent a cable
message to Hugh Mrlntnsh. the fight
promoter, that be f$ willing to meet
Tommy Hums In Australia. The
matrh STOWS Ml will be made and 'he
fight take place In Sydn< y aboot
K?st? r Bok rTtzsimmoiig w U train
Ketrhel.
PRESIDENT NAMES
PiNGHOT S SUCCESSOR
Henry S. Groves, of Yale, is
Appointed United States
Forester.
illy .???.!.?,! Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 12 ? |
President Taft :hts afternoon apiioint
? d II- nry S Graves, director ?.f the
Yale fore.-t schor l, as fcreater of the
I'nit.d States to succeed Giffonl
Placbot. and Albert F. Potter, at |
prenont act uz fore.,ter. an as-ociite
forester. Iloth ne n have se-rvoj cn
d?r Ms Plnrhot and hath are ir. sym?
pathy wl'h his policy of adminw-tru
tlon.
It was largely through Mr. Pine hot s
efforts ?hat the Yale forrst school wa? ]
established and Mr Graves wont from
the post of aaaltnal chiar of the di?
vision of fore-try '-nder Mr. Pinohot.
to ??. r.,ni 'I n e'e- of the soh-? I ?
1*00.
Mr. Graves graduated frees Tal - m
lt?2. Ho was trained ha tarrstry ?
this enantry and in Bas-ar* Mr.
Graves will take up Ma dcties as
forester February 1
Mr Potter, the new asses HI' forest.
'T who ?noe?rds O? orten? W Pe '
is a mem of California an.) h? nr
all of his ! r< in the west
came a s<aVr of the fores*- .?tat
nine
O "so raeg C*''
eat*, ssw- st><M Prom}
COI I'MRIA. S C Jaav, I; -I he
-coons dav o* the irtat eg Jrhs i
? Arlington and jarv 'Oho >
rb?r?^?t with fon-o-?<- earn '
. ??!??? ? .i ?: 'ho Itaii '?
e?sevt?"d ?o rest Its m?? aaagorrnw
W A. <Te?h. rresMent nl '? r?
Nu' i ????! T!snV. snd nnf r4 ga?
tes o? !o(ll tho Csp.i na As.
Qaaaa?aj sad th* s?-to not* fj,
lies Coroner.* continue' his
asnoy of voet'TdS;
R? n Thursday and probably
riday; not much change In
fmperature; light variable
rinds becoming cast.
I'KICK TWO CKNTh
UFT WRITES THE
Declares No War is Being
Waged Against Any Member
of the House.
REPLIES TO PROTES1 OF
REPRESENTATIVE N0RRI3
President Assures the Rebels That He
Holds No Blame Against Me-nbers
tor Acting in an Independent Ca?
pacity?Rebellous Fight in Depre?
cated by the Executive.
(Uy A**".utr? Hrtatss.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. It?
That correepoadenco has l>au>ed be?
tween President Tali anu Keprt< i'iiU.
live Norrls, of Nebraska, one of ibo
foremost ol the Inautgcnts, conn err?
ing the insurgent controversy, was ad
muted by the Nebraska iminber .o
day, but In the absence of official
sanction he declined to in kc p-ibtts
I he contents of the let'.c A
Mr. Nortis wrote to the !'r? sideut
protesting against the action of the
RcpuMlcatfcMcongressional cotaB tl?x
in opposing ii- ?? nt ni miters in
their home district.!.
In re] ly President Ta.'t in 3al<1 to
have wiitte-n Mr. Norrls u It tier de?
claring that the a<imin Ist ration was
making no war upon any m< m er 01
the cause* and he la no wl?e bltmed
individual members (or arting In an
Independent capacity in anything ai
fecting themselves or the ?-? H ..met:'.
The President, nowi ear. Is ?a d to
have deprecated the action of the R ?
p.iblican insurgents |n making gttch a
flght as to cause the pr?s? and the -
public to believe thst a dlvi ion hid
occurred within the party and that
the admlnlstrsl'on was confronted
with a set lot,) defection in Its own
ranks be fore I! had become a year old.
Representative Miller, of MlnnegoCi,
another one of the Insurgents. Is said
also to have s'milsr assurances Irom
the Pripident. sent to him through
an -intermediary
Sick Woman Burnt to Ceath.
SAU8BURT, N. C. Jat?. 12?Mrs.
W. J. Plummer. eighty-five yars old.
w?o burned to e>ath in the home ot
her son. J. Thomas Morgan, last
evening.
Leaving a Eick bed. she attempted
to repair the Are. and fell w?h b< r
head in the open cmbtis. Hrr tuir
I was buiued from the bead, e#Td her
features ?carred beyond r< cognition.
Sh. la survived by two daughters,
rMrs. Eugene Hauscr and Miss l.aura
W. Morgan, and one ion, J. Thomas
j Morgan.
Crand Rapids Has B>g Fire.
tt'y AesosSSSl I I"t?-?k.I
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH-, Jan. 11.?
Fi.; originating la* Yeans A Chaff.**
f'iriiittire shipping rnnrn in '.ho -h? :>
;aid building early ton gbt c?s-eaj a'j
tot: I loss of aio-.it f.-.i-"..!no to bn?ld- !
Ings and Ann. It quickly spread ":-e
the furniture exchange, or.e of
fi.e be furr.it'ire expo ?> Con bvtl.1lr.gs'
and the lattrr was complete];, troy,
cd.
Transportation Refonrs.
(Irr ?wnutni IVeaM
NORFOLK. YA . Jan. 12.?The Na?
tional laeago" of Commission. M*H
chants in eighteenth aanusl savaloa
here, today re reived the annual fsa
port of its president. A?elbert H. ?*#.
of Run*?fo.N. Y.. in wb^-h aomrmw*
teforms looking to the trsn~uortatiaa>
of ? rod no handled by cauettr on saea
were sdvocitcd wph a uniform
b II of lading
?to Klwa Leaocr Dead.
hfONTGOMKRY. AI V. Jas. 12 ?
J.-dge Jobs Ca I via Re- d. of Attar
Go., noted as a taPISf. ist bor
I aere todnr. aged 73.
sat Prtncete,, ? the CS
of '".4 ami saw sei vir? throviarbsmt j
Civil war la the Kigbtb 3> mam wjI
teers. He was aa active leadTtog
? he Ra Kim Kiss
Fr?? ts Oese Ap/.net Wsanar.
<t?r hm ftea fiin.? jji
lACKPOVYIUJ- F1.A . J?n It.?"
Warmer west her arwvstVd ton? swd
* large crowd ?tleaded taw Mos-r> i'f
races. %if Arm* at ft to I. witt*
ihe good 'hint in the aperlng T*n.
winning easily from ffja fssor fr
l .i'ha K Tb? featare was *J?e
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