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THE HATTIESBURG NEWS
Member of Associated Press
VOL XV-No 162
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI, MONDAY. AFTERNOON JULY 17.1911.
DAILY NEWS. Established 190
DAILY PROGRESS. Established 1896
Consolidate*
April 6. 1900
I
OF DEBATE ON
ate
ly
day.
the final vote on reciproci
ty WILL BE TAKEN ON
NEXT SATURDAY.
the
The Ltg,slative Curtain Will be Rung
Down Immediately After the Vote
cn the Arizona-New Mexico State
ty,
On
hood Bill is Takei
in Senate.
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(Ily Associated Press.)
v.i-liington, July 17.—The Senate
p.ilaj entered upon another week of
on ihe Canadian reciprocity
lie measure flx
(•«: for Saturday next. The House is
marking time and will not he in ses
«ion I util Wednesday.
ty.
her
dehnte
11 h the vote
ten
he
lead to
All legislative pains
niijo , ament of congress immediately
tile Arizona-New
n<
. a v„ statehood bill is taken in the
, pii the legislative day of August
• ! • senate will then, in all probabil
ji 1 ; pite the general tariff revision
f j* tin I uf Senator Cummins of Iowa,
I h* Insurgents, and the house
f e .it i . interpose any legislation to
programme for
UP the extra session
H'ui.un '' <>le . ,ing
■( «ill lie taken on the Canad-/
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i rocit> bill in tlie senate. Its ;
An- bv a two-thirds vote of the J
Missoiu i Shively i
lu v Democrats will
Idle
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disturb the senate's
, inilldeutly predicted by sen
tany im
■ndments voted down in the
s by majorities larger than
iitured to hope for.
seen
' all)
speeches in
iportant
ICI of
ill!
bill are expected
clear tlie position
il Republicans
au I
•I nin
desire for
ement as
tlii« week,
La
s it ml
To
will oppose it.
lutes for i
if
,»■ Wisconsli
•tier bills ot
been
sd
of the
city ii
ion for
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for di
ici I
; î Jcciion of United Stales
held Mon- i
,- j
federal control of Hie ,
and house
er the sen
rom
tlie senate
in adjust affairs <
. miment
f tlie house resi
rm looking ti
till he
agree there
mise leaders
opposition
the adjournment j
ti
Tlie house com
bo senate.
rit
ys and means is wi
cotton tariff
oil
of the
uiken up
ii ; t revision
in tlie house
I, will lie
veok. About ten days' debate in
but the bill
l_Xt '
. house is expected.
.,i bfJ pressed
"
I lie senate s
on
v delay and it
rider on the
. pul ahead as a
0| . frP( . list bills when the senate
Cotton revision, how
hem.
n. such programme is not
i,ill )>e expressed at tlie reg
in December.
.slop convet
il.i
committees will
Tile investigating
live during the rest of the extra
■hielt
e senate committee
the election of Senator
|_ m-nhltiE int
estime to
,jlh probably several wit
expected to testify re
$100,090 Lorlmer election
vitl
if Illinois
[lie
e committees will continue
, into the Controller Bay,
. ' j. a _ land claims involving alleged
. tjvity of tlie Guggenheim mining
interests looking to monopoly of Alas
the attorney general's
• removal of Dr.
coal: into
recommendation foi
\V. Wiley, chief of the gov
s chemistry bureau; into the
Attorney-General
loin
Harvey
charged failure of
alleged
te prosecute
Alaskan syndicate."
of travel pay
Wickersham
frauds by the
into the charges
and favoritism of Major
and
Incgularitles
H. B. Ray- au
The house "sugar
army paymaster.
♦rust" investlgat
Senatorial Candidates Now
In A Whirlwind Campaign
of
will
ties
day
(
day,
the
'in
from
the
three
busy
sent
(Special to The Newt. ,
Jackson, Miss., July 17.—The three
candidates for the United States Sen
ate resumed their campaigns In wide
ly divergent sections of the state to
day.
United States Senator LeRoy Percy
opened up at Corinth, Alcorn county,
the extreme northeastern part of the
state, and he will spend all of the
week in that section where one of his
opponents, Ex-Gov. J. K. Vardaman, is
generally regarded as having his
strongest following. He speaks on
Tuesday at New Albany, Union coun
ty, Tuesday morning, and Potts Camp,
Marshall county, Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday he will be at Ripley,
Tippah county, on Thursday at Ash
land, Benton county, on Friday at
Marianna, Marshall county, and on
Saturday at Oxford, Lafayette coun
a
ery
ty. Ex-Gov. Vardaman visited a num
her of these counties during the past j six
ten days.
nor,
Hon. C. H. Alexander started this I
morning in Montgomery county, where
he delivers three addresses during the !
day, speaking at Stewart this morn- j Ing
ing, at Alva this afternoon, and at
He then jumps to j
Winona tonight,
the southwestern section of the state
where he will spend the remainder of
the week, speaking in Amite, Pike,
Franklin, Lincoln and Copiah coun
ties. His program calls for twelve su
ing committee will meet In New York
Tuesday for several days.
The houge .. 8teel tru8t " investtgat
,ing committee will resume work here
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i Milan, July 17.—Fire yesterday par-j
tlally burned Sforza Castle at Saint j
Angelo Lodtgiano. The tower, which,
Î was built in 1391. and the armory still j
1 stand, but the archieves, containing j t
important documents, were destroyed. |
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i Canal Dover, O., July 17.—Heart dis- j
ve caused the death yesterday of
s| William McCarthy, aged forty, said to j
DEPUTY SHERIFF
KILLED BY NEGRO ]
Wall, Miss.. July 17.—This little vil- ■
'
läge is stirred as it lias never been lie- ;
r the kilting of Deputy Sher- !
fore ove
iff ('. P. Stewart by Will Wright, a!
ras attempting
Stewart
local negro.
lo place the negro under arrest when
the deed was committed. The offense j
was a trivial one.
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CASTLE DAMAGED BY FIRE. Ip.
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HUGE MAN DIES.
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the largest man in Ohio. '
i have been
During the last year he had gained j
flesh at the rate of five
,- j month, and at the time of his death |
, weighed 495 pounds.
pounds a j
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NELSON CASE IS CONTINUED.
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Shreveport, La., July 17. —A trial of
H. F. Nelson, the man accused of hav- j
ing eight wives, who is charged with j
arson and larceny, was continued to- j
day until next Wednesday.
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" TERRELL RESIGNS;
NOW UP TO SMITH
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to Vice-President Sherman, the Sen ' (
ate ordered Mr. Terrell's name strick -
from the roll of the Senate, leaving j
his seat vacant until Governor Hoke ^
Smith qualifies as bis successor. j
(B)/ Associated Press.)
Washington, July 17.
rell, of Georgia, l eased to he
of the United'States Senate this morn
ing.
Senator Ter
membei
Acting upon his telegraphic request
to
wit
re
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Dr.
REVIVAL CLOSES AT
RAWLS SPRINGS
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Rawls Springs, July 17.—The Bap-1
list revival, conducted by Evangelist
W A. McComb, of Clinton, Miss.,
dosed Sunday. The meeting was the
best the community has had In years,
and the church was greatly blessed.
Evangelist McComb's next meeting
■ill be at Florence, Mina.
gov
the
pay
dresses during the week, an average
of two per day.
Ex-Governor Vardanian's campaign
will be confined to the southern coun
ties during the week. He opened to
day at Rose Hill, Jasper county, and
speaks at Prentiss on Tuesday, Lum
berton on Wednesday, Braxton and
( lootin' ate r on Thursday, Brandon Fri
day, and Pisgah on Saturday.
Mr. Alexander was the only one of
the three aspirants who spent Sunday
'in Jackson, the others going direct
from their Saturday engagements to
the points where they opened today.
The campaign headquarters of the
three candidates present exceedingly
busy scenes. As the canvass draws to
close campaign literature is being
sent out by the wagon load, and the
working forces are putting forth ev
elfort to reach the voters with
BOLL
a
the
In
ery
reading matter.
Despite the fact that in the cam
paign of four years ago there were
six candidates In the race for Gover
It is estimated that the amount of
on,
tion
fall.
nor,
campaign literature distributed from
Jackson this year has been nearly
twice as large as that sent out dur
Ing the battle of 1907.
Although neither of the Senatorial
j candidates remained in Jackson to at
tend the meeting of the Democratic
state executive committee, each was
fully represented by friends and sup- [
porters when that body was called to j
order at the noon hour.
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TRUCK GROWERS
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President: H. \. llar-jt,
j ris. Secretary. t !
H H no iton conducted the Associa- j
j tion. All towns between Mobile and |
I.aurei an d between Mobile and flal-i
j tiesburg were represented by exper
j t enoe d truckers, each of whom made |
| speeches, giving their experience and
I ideas of the. trucking business.
I association is something new
! Lucedale and the people of this and
j surrounding sections have gone into
it with a determination to make a sue
j cess . of the trucking business. The
shipping the
various markets were
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Will Meet on August 17 and Perfect
The Organization—Good Re
sults Expected.
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.ucedale, Xliss., July 17.—The Sou
j 1)leru Track Growers Association was
ith the fol
I organized here Saturday
I lowing officers appointed temporarily: ]
Ip. M. Anders
This
for
' railroad facilities for
j truck to the
|
a j thoroughly discussed.
The association adjourned in the af
ternoon to meet again on August 17
! and perfect a permanent organization.
THINKS PEOPLE
MARRY TOO EARLY
of
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to- j
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Methodist Church Conference Wants
Couples To Use License a
Month Old.
i Chicago, July 17.—The Indiana dis- |
j triet of the Lexington conference of j
] the Methodist Episcopal church, in
I convention at the Scott church, Satur
! day went on record as demanding that
i the states of the union adopt uniform
' ( )awg providing that marriage licenses
- L issued om , mont h before the mar-1
j pan takg p , ace j
^ a( .(j on waa ta^en after an ad
j (]regs cm „ Are the Morals of the Race
Declining?" by Mrs. Carrie Ross, of
1 Indianapolis, president of the Women's
! is the case with which young girls can
I get married. In some states there Is
practically no brains at the marriage
Bap-1 license window. There is no pretense
i a t discrimination between old and
| young, responsible and irresponsible.
the "If the law required that licenses
should be obtained a month before
\ Home Missionary society.
"One of the worst evils, we believe,
the wedding, the chances are that
childish marriages would be lessened
to the minimum.
OF
COTTON CROP
HAS IMPROVED
the
ico
of
led
the
at
the
to
ses
PLANT IS FRUITING HEAVILY AND
PROSPECTS IN COTTON BELT
PROMISING.
BOLL WEEVIL DAMAGE SMALL
Heavy Rains Have Arrested The De
terioration, But The Plant Is Small
In Many Places, And More Rain Is
Needed.
Memphis, Tenn., July 17.—An Im
provement in cotton conditions durtug
the past week is generally reported.
In central and eastern states the crop
promise could hardly he improved up
on, as the plant is growing rapidly and
fruiting heavily, and has had an abun
dance of moisture, while the cutiva
tion is still good, work in the Heids
having been Interfered with only in
liimted localities by excessive rain
fall. With average favorable weather
during the remainder of the season a
record crop will be made over the
it
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I large area.
] Boll weevils are more numerous In
Louisiana. Mississippi and Arkansas, | |,
but the damage so-far Is noticeably
smalt.
The earliness of the crop Is a nota
ble feature In the eastern and central
states, and grown to half grown bolls
are reported in the most northern dis
tricts.
In Texas and Oklahoma moderate
showers to heavy rain, widely dis
tributed, served to arrest the deteriora
tion that had set In over wide areas,
and the outlook Is therefore Improved.
The plant In many places Is small, |
however, and more rain is needed to |
i put It hack Into good condition. East- .
ein and Central Texas counties are an j
exception to this statement, for the |
crop there is good.
Save in Texas and Oklahoma, the
llar-jt, P8 t interest of the crop will he pro-
! molml by dry weather for a while.
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COOL WEATHER
IS PROMISED
Says Week Will Be
Weather Bureai
Pleasant—Showers In South Atlan
tic and Gulf States.
to
Washington, July 17.—Following the
hot wave that recently brought death
and suffering to the whole country,
this week's weather promises to fur
nish surprises in tlie other direction
with the result that unusually low
temperatures probably will
The weather bureau sees in
I summer
I prevail.
abnormally high barometric pres
an
ure over the interior of Canada and
Alaska and relatively low pressure on
lie conditions that will
the Atlantic,
r in a cool wave.
usii
"This pressure distribution is
strongly indicative of temperatures
below the seasonal average the com
leather bureau
irg week," says tlie
| report, "in practically all parts of the
of j country. From the Rocky mountains
in temperatures will average near or
"hove the normal with generali: fail
eather, except that occasional show
ers are probable in the southern
plateau and southern Rocky mountain
regions. The week will open with
j generally fair weather east of the
ad- j Rocky mountains except that showers
are probable Monday in the middle At
of j lantic and New England states and
during the next several days In the
south Atlantic and Gulf stales. An
•>
4
can 1 will develop over the middle
Is j about Thursday and then spread east
ward to the Atlantic states by the lat
I ter part of the week."
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( •> THE WEATHER. ❖
, •>
! area of unsettled weather and showers
west
Probably showers in south por- •>
that i •>
. •> tion tonight or Tuesday.
From Mexico Bu New Law
tram M exico Ly New Law
Celestials May Be Barred
Mexico City, July 17.—An indirect
result of the massacre of Chinese at
Torreon during the revolution may be
the exclusion from Mexico of all Ce
lestials. Because of the scarcity of
labor in the mines ans haciendas Mex
ico has encouraged the importation
of Chinese, but exactly the same argu
ments economical amt racial which
led to their exclusion by the United
States are being freely discussed In
the press. It Is not Improbable that
at the next session of Congress an
exclusion bill will be presented.
That Mexico's economic revolution
should be inaugurated so soon after
the termination of the revolt led by
Francisco I. Madero was no surprise
to those who have watched the rapid
development of the national spirit of
progress. Neither Madero nor Presi
dent De La Barra has displayed any
pessimism because of scores of
strikes in the republic.
There Is an element which profes
ses to see In the actions of the la
boring class signs of anarchy, but the
more conservative express satlsfae
They say that the country re
tlon.
quires a new standard of wages and |
the working classes have adopted the i
most efficacious means of establishing ;
Tn the majority of cases the wage j
and I
their influ
it
earners have been successful
throughout the country
ence j,as been felt. The government
| |, as tn many eases voluntarily raised
FIEND BRUTALLY
ATTACKS WILE
ii 1P trial uf Edward Brooks
able
Woman Dragged Long Distance By j
of
Hair After Cruel Beating |
By Husband.
sity
ed
j ert,
17—When
was called
Fort Smith, Ark., July
I Dr.
deputies search d every jjj
entering the court room, to 0 |
prevent ;in attack oil Brooks' life, i ant
I'rooks, who h*'at his wile near Spi.<> pi
last week, and who was rushed hen p
io prevent being lynched, waived p
examination and was held to the grand ^
jury. ■
His wife, swathed in bandages fiom j
head to foot, was carried into th«
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person
•oitft room on a cot.
Site accused tier husband of beating j
her with switches, dragging her 50
feet by tlie hair to a railroad track, j
he alleges he attempted to
of
vhere
hraln her against the steel rails, and |
vith his feet as |
vith stamping her
die lay near the tracks, and gave birth
to a child.
Intense feeling prevails against
Brooks and it is feared that he may
meet with violence.
NEW ADDITIONS
TO THE FACULTY
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Vanderbilt University Faculty Has
Undergone Reorganization and
Enlargment.
eollege of that institution, which has
undergone reorganization and enlarge
ment as a result of the merger with
tlie University of Nashville, recently
effected. In the future the^Vanderbilt
Medical college will occupy the cam
pus and buildings of the old University
of Nashville, thus affording the most
commodious quarters of any medical
college in the South. The fact that
the medical school of the University
of Tennessee has been removed from
Nashville, leaves the entire field here
to Vanderbilt.
Dr. William L. Dudley, who has been
dean of the department for twenty
years and largely instrumental In mak
•> ing the medical school what it is, will
continue to occupy the position of
4 Dean and professor of chemistry, and
nearly all of the former faculty of
17.—An
.1 ttly
Tenn.,
Nashville,
noithcement has been made by the of
ficials of Vanderbilt University of new
additions to the faculty of the medical
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the wages of those employed on pub
lic works.
Ten years ago 25 cents gold a day
w as considered a fair wage for a com
mon laborer. Gradually this was In
creased to 35 cents or 40 cents, but
even now ft is not necessary to pay
more than 50 or 60 cents a day. The
wages paid for skilled labor are In
proportion.
Banish Slum Spot.
Mexico's most notorious slum dis
trict Is likely to disappear. Oolonla
de la Boisa has retained for centuries
a most unsavory reputation. It has
been the residence of thieves and mur
derers. and its dirty winding streets
and dilapidated buildings have long
been a blemish on the capital.
Department of Gobemaclon has an
nounced that the work of straighten
ing the streets, Improving the sew
erage Bystem and beautifying the
streets win be adopted at once.
Says
The
dred
ator
at
tore
the
R/\IN WORTH $2,000,000.
Detroft, Mich., July 17.—The rains
which have fallen over the lower pcn
| Insula of Michigan during the last
i forty-eight hours are worth fully $2,
; 000,000 to the farmers of that state,
according to President J. N. Snyder of
j the Michigan Agricultural College.
I Corn, potatoes, beans and pasture
; lands, which have been seriously af
Iong drouth, now
j fected by the
i promise good yields,
Vanderbilt will hold their old posl
A large number of the most
tions.
able men on the faculty of the Univer
Dr. Hilliard !
Wood, professor of eye, ear, nose and |
j throat; Dr. W. D. Haggard, professor ;
of clinical surgery; Dr. R. O. Tucker,
| professor of obstetrics: Dr. Robert !
sity of Nashville are also now affiliat
ed with Vanderbilt, and In addition the
following have been selected from the
University of Tennessee :
Caldwell, professor of surgical anato- j
my; Dr. Perry Bromberg, professor of j
genito-urinary surgery; Dr. H. M. Tig-1
j ert, associate professor of gynecology .
I Dr. W. E. Hibbett. professor of pre
ventive medicine and h
ieiie: Dr. C.
jjj l;nlsh U sociate profest
to 0 | n(?s . p r w . a. Oughterson. assist !
i ant profeagor of medicine.
pi le t erg Glasgow has also been elected
p ro f eBg0r 0 f materia raedica and thera
p el ,tics. The professors, associates i
^ n( j asg i s tantB of,/ ie medical school of
■ Vanderbilt for the ensuing year num
j )er thirty-eight, in addition to quite a
number of instructors. j
NEW TRIAL FOR POLICEMAN.
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The draw
Dr. Me
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(By Union Associated Press.)
San Francisco, July 17.
Ing of a jury to sit on the second trial '
of former Police Captain Michael .1 ;
Conboy for the murder of Rernard i
Lagan will commence today. Conboy j
was found guilty of manslaughter at :
his first trial aud was sentenced to
and |
as |
may
eight years In San Quentin Prison. !
An appeal was taken from the ver-j
diet and the appelate court ordered a j
new trial.
old negro killed
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of
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RY HIS SftN-IN-l AW 1 °
ill llld OI.ll 111 mw
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George Williams, an aged negro, was
killed by his son-in-law, .labe Brown.
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at Batson, eight miles east of Hatties
burg, Saturday afternoon. It is under-,
stood that the two negroes had a mis-1
understanding about some trivial mat
ter and that Brown secured a gun and ,
shot Williams four or five times in the .
Williams died from his in- j
breast.
juries early Sunday morning. Brown ■
was arrested by Policeman Cooper, of |
Hattiesburg, and lodged in the county
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jail.
COUNTY COMMITTEE
MEETS TOMORROW
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tee of Forrest county will meet in Hat
tiesburg tomorrow to prepare the of ]
fleial county ballot for the state prl
1
mary to be held August 1. Election
managers and returning officers will
also be seleoted, and other matters of
Interest may be considered by the com
mittee.
THE "JACKPOT
GWEN ANOTHER
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WILLIAM BURGES REPEATS HIS
EVIDENCE GIVEN BEFORE
HELM'S COMMITTEE.
DECLARES MONEY WAS RAISED
Says C. F. Wade Told Him He Sub
scribed $10,000—General Arbitration
^Treaty In Its Final Stage—An
nouncement Expected' Soon.
(By A.ssociated Brest.)
Washington. July 17.—The one bun- i
dred thousand dollar legislative "jack- • J
pot," about which revolves the
charges affecting the election of Sen- ,
ator Lorimer, figured in the testimony J
at the opening of today's hearing be- i
tore the Senate Lorlmer committee.
William Burgess, manager and 1
treasurer of an electrical company at
Duluth, Minn., discussed on the stand
today his testimony before the Helm
Investigating committee of the IPI?
nois Senate In which he said that on
the train running out of Duluth ln J
March, 1911, C. F. Wade, who is as- jj
sociated In business with Edward
Hines, declared to him there was a
"jackpot" raised to elect Lorlmer, ad;
ding:
about because 1 subscribed $10,0001
myself."
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"I know what I am talking
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General Arbitration Treaty.
With the Anglo-Japanese alliance
revised to pave the way the general*
! arbitration treaty between Great Dri
| tain and, the United States is practfc*
; rally in its final stage of completion.^
(The last of the minor adjustments are
! being satisfactorily disposed of It
j "'HI surprise no one If the announce- 'S
j nient that it is to be submitted to Con-S
Kress within the next few days comafl
from Secretary Knox. ,
The situation in Congress makes
quick and favorable action on the ar-^
bltmtlon treaty likely. With an agree, j
! nient to vote upon the Important and f
donate has reason to look for the sub- i
mission of the arbitration treaty al
i most any day, and so far there Is no
opposition to its ratification. Tn fact, À
both President Taft and Secretary '3
Knox have yet to hear the first sertoqrijl
j objection from senators, although It
is. of course, realized that the wording •
nf ,hp treaty may excite some shar*
I discussion.
There is a general feeling that both'jjj
Secretary Knox and Mr Bryce the J
urgent hills of the special session the
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' British ambassador, have been waiting J**
; tbe revision of the Anglo-Japanese al
i Ranee before preparing their final an- 1
j nouncement of consummation of th*
: treaty, over which they have been j
working assiduously for months.
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SMALL DEBT MAY
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C08T TWO LIVES
j Oakland. Oat.. July 17 —On account 4
of a dispute over a bill of $12 for elec-J
trical fixtures Ip a house that he ha<(
; built for J. Auehenpaugh. at nortll |
1 ° akland - George P. Euchlar. a eontrac-1
toh Shot and seriously Injured Auch- J
enpnugh and also Division Supertn*1
tendent II K. Kelton. of the Oakland I
I Traction Company, a bystander.
He
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then turned the weapon on himself
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and blew out his brains. Auehenpaugh
was shot in the lung and is not expect-,
ed to recover.
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Kelton will probably recover.
"BUD" MARS RECOVERING.
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Frie. Pa.. July 17.—,1. C. ("Bud"!
Mars, who was hurt when he fell with
his aeroplane here last Friday, Is rap
| idly rerovering. Yesterday lie sat up
j for several hours, was able to eat well
and as he Is now out of danger. It Is
I expected will be able to leave the hos
pital in another week'
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I* KILLED BY BROTHER-IN-LAW.
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Indianapolis, Ind., July 17.— White
his wife lay at the point of death
of ] '®n adjoining room, Victor R. Eas
prl day. aged 24, a saloon-keeper, i
1 shot to death yesterday by his bn
will
of
com
er-ln-law, Henry C. Gordon, a cri]
Gordon was locked up on a ebarg
murder. The ahoottng Is said to I
been the result of a family quarr«