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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09

The state of unrest and semi-an-
sr,ay that has existed in Russia for
years has recently broke forth in open
violence. Rioting has been every
where since before the closing of the
wal with Japan. Strikes and labor
demonstrations have added to the COM
Ron Danger and unrest, so much so
,ha, the Gar has been almost a pris-
oaer N lis own palace. The termina-
ton Ut these troubles is told in the
following graphic account of the lib
era measures now being adopted by
tn Russian government:
s.. Petersburg, By Cable.-The au-
toeracv Of the Romanoffs, and the old
order OF things ceased to exist in Rus
sIa.
Emperor Nicholas has surrendered
AMI Count Witte comes into power as
Minister President with an imperial
mandate which will enable him to con-
vert the farcial National Assembly
into real Legislative boldly, elected by
greatly extended suffrage, and to con-
fer upon the people fundamental civil
liberties. including free speech.
These welcome tidings reached St.
Petersburg shortly before 6 O'Clock
Monday evening. Count Witte had
spent the day with the Emperor at
Peterhoff. going over the final draft of
~ 1x-l,aL Lo .-~:~%oJ
that minor notifications be made, and
before taking the train for St. Peters
burg he telephoned to a friend that
the Emperor had affixed his signature
and that the imperial mandate COM
prising the conditions upon which he
had agreed to accept Office was in his
pocket. These include freedom of the
press. the right of assembly and the
immunity of the person, including the
right of habeas corpus.
Russia s Magma Carta.
I'VE. Nicholas the Second, by the
grace of God Emperor and Autocrat
Of all the Russias, Grand Duke of
Finland. etc, declare to all our faith
Iul SUBJECTS tIsll Tic lIOuUlCS ouu 0$A>
tation in our capitals and in numerous
other places fill our heart with ex-
eessive pain and sorrow.
The happiness of the Russian SOW
areign is indissolubly boundd up with
the happiness of our people. and the
sorrow of our people is the sorrow of
tie sovereign.
From the present disorders may
arise great national disruption. They
Menace the integrity and unity Of our
empire.
Tho supreme duty imposed upon
Us by our sovereign Office requires us
to etface ourself and to use all the
force and reason at our command to
hasten in securing unity and co-ordl-
nation of the power of the central
government and to assure the success
Of measures for pacifcation in all cir
eles Of public life, which are essential
TO the well-being of our people.
1--WE therefore direct our govern
merit to carry out our infexible will
ii tie following:
Privileges and Immunities.
First. To extend to the population
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
A Smooth Cheat.

Salisbury, special.-Henry : mold,
a negro. while selling bibles the
streets of Salisbury was apr 'ached
bv a respectable looking whi., man
who bought Scent testament, prof
ferinc what appeared to be $40 bill,
which the negro changed. Later it
was. discovered that this bill had been
raised from 81 by the, pasting Of the
figures $40 over the Il mark
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
Twelve Dead in Wreck.

Kansas City, Mo-, Special-At least
y persons were killed and 80 others
;n ;ured in the wreck of one OF the
fastest regular trans on 'ne A''n'
con. Topeka g. Santa Fe Railway the
california limited, which left Chicago
IN o'clock Monday night for the
e.. ,vest. The train was ditched one
III cost Of Sheffield, Mo-, SIX miles
from the business center OIL AaiiSas
City.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
WORK AT WHITNEY
Largest Power Development in the
South, Aand Second Largest in the
World.

Largest Power Development in the
South, Aand Second Largest in the
World.
Whitney, Special.-One Of the most
remarkable transactions that this
country has ever witnessed is now in
progress at this point, the cause being
the enormous dam the T. A. Giles
pie Company is constructing for the
Whitney Company. Whitney is new
town building as fast as it can to
accommodate the hands now employed
but it cannot keep up to the require
ments, because the requirement move
away from it.
The Whitney Company, headed by
Geo. I. Whitney, if Pittsburg, Penn,
has given the Gillespie Company, of
Pittsburg and New York, a contract
amounting to approximately two and
q half million dollars, which is one of
the biggest contracts ever awarded
for development purposes in the
South. This contract includes the
construction of dam across the Yad-
kin river at the falls here, and a canal
some four miles long to carry the wat
er from the dam to set Of steel pen
stocks that will direct the water a.
galnst a battery Of turbine water
wheels, to develop $4,000 horsepower.
The Gillespie Company has the
work we'll under awy, employing for
the prosecution of the job IL locomo-
tives to haudle the material, and near
ly six miles Of trackage to include
all points on the job. The dam will
reach across the river at point where
it is 1000 feet wide. At the base
/ the dam will be substantial granite
wall sixty feet thick, the granite COM
ing from the Whitney Company's
quarries up near Salisbury. 1t will
stand fifty feet high from the foun-
dation, the top rising 40 feet above
low water in the river. To build this
gigantic structure will require the
placing of $4,000 cubic yards of ma
sonry, involving the use Of 100000
barrels of Portland cement and
hundreds Of train loads of sand and
granite. The whole structure will be
solid wall of concrete and rubble
work backed and faced by wall of
cut granite blocks several feet thick.
When the dam is finished it will raise
head Of water sufficient to give a
fall at the foot Of the rapids of $50
feet, or almost as much as is available
at the great cataract of Niagra:
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
Wreck Near Durham.

Durham, special.-An extra freight
train on the Seaboard Air Line road
was wrecked at the junction of the
Oxford and GAINESVILLE, some four
miles from Durham, Thursday morn
ing between 4 and O'Clock. The
train was coming from Henderson to
Durham and the wreck hooked both
the Seaboard Air Line and the Oxford
and GAINESVILLE for something over
five hours.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
President Reaches Home.

Washington, Special. = President
Roosevelt reached the city on Tuesday
without accident of incident. He re-
CARDS his Southern trip just ended as
a most enjoyable and profitable exper-
fence. Particularly did he enjoy the
sea voyage and the President express
ed himself in the most enthusiastic
terms regarding the ships. officers and
men of the squadron.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
A Dead Body Is Found.

Asheville, Special.--The sheriff s
office here has received a MESA ge
from Morganton, stating that man
who fills the description of John Pate,
Of Madison county, the murderer who
broke Jail here some time ago, has
been found dead near that place. The
message further stated that the death
was believed to be from natural
causes. and that the man had been
buried. and it was requested that the
BODY be exhumed for the purpose OF
Identification.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
Armored Cruiser Sinks.

Ferro, Spain, By Cable.-The Span
ish armored cruiser Cardinal Clsneros,
sank near Muros, province Of Corun-
ma after striking rock. The crew
were saved. The cruiser struck a
heavy fog on Point Mexedos, which IS
extremely dangerous to navigation
Her crew, numbering $40 men, I'M
mediately took to the boats. Ihere
was great excitement over the accl-
dent on shore.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
A Huge Rope.

The biggest rope ever used for haul
age purposes has just been made for a
district subway in Glasgow. It is
seven miles long. four AMI five-eightll
inches in circumference and weighs
nearly sixty tons. 1t has been made in
one unjointed ard unspliced length of
natent crucible steel. When III place it
will form a complete circle around
Glasgow. crossing the Clyde in its
course. and will run 1T Il speed Of
fifteen miles an hour.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
DAYS Of Training Ship Ended.

Especial interest attached TO the re
cent distribution of prizes on board II
NJ. S. Britannia. at Dartmouth. Eng
land, as it xas the last function the
decks of the old cadet alp will wit
ness. The cadets. after the holidays
will be housed in tn new Naval col
lege. erected at Dartmouth at cost
of nearly eco Gee
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
Size Of Indian Territory,

The Indian Territory is nearly as
big as Indiana. 1t has O,OOO,OOO acres
of arabic land. 100000 acres of good
timber, 100000 acres under which
there is oil and gas, and 100000 acres
of coal. 1t has not much less than
100000 people by this time, large
and growing towns, well-tilled farms
and a good railroad system for haul.
ing their produce.-St. Louis Repub.
lie.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
Live News Items.

\ special board of engineers who
investigated work on Philadelphia s
liberation plants and boulevards de-
clares the city has lost $6,33O,00O
through alleged irregularities.
Leading men of both big political
parties in New York have Informed an
association to prevent the corrupt use
OF money at elections.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
The Wilson Case.

Washington, Special.-The supreme
court Of the United States refused 10
advance on it's docket the case OF War
'en r Wilson VS.. Leslie NJ. Shaw,
secretary of the treasury. The pro
ceeding is an effort to enJoln the Sec
retarv from paying out money for the
construction of the Panama canal on
NO Ground that the act of congress
authorizing the payment is uneonst'-
+utional
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
Met Death Between Cars.

Winston-Salem, Specialist Laid
a white man, who had only been IN
the employ Of the Southern Railway
a few days, was killed at Sloan, on
the Wilkesboro division, about noon
Saturday. Ladd was brakeman and
was caught between two box ears and
crushed to death. His home was at
sRoarine River and his leaves family
He was 43 years of age.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
Tarheel Topics.

Preparation is being made at
Wadesboro to lay the foundation for
the Confederate monument, which will
stand in front Of the court house.
Rev. John F. Butt, one Of the old
est. best known and most useful
Methodist ministers in the State, died
suddenly at Charlotte on Thursday
morning. He had been a minister
over sixty years.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
Road Building Active.

Good roads conventions have been
held in twelve Western States, and
forty-six good roads associations have
been formed during the year. Reports
which have been gathered show that
where these campaigns have been car
ried on great impetus has been given
to public road building. In the States
visited during the year and in the
States traversed by the good roads
trains previously sent out over the 1lli-
nois Central and the Southern Rail-
way systems, about S34O00,OOO has
been raised by bond issues and direct
taxation, and is being expended in
permanent road construction.
Never since the days Of national
roads and turnpikes, the report says,
has there been so much active road
building accomplished in the United
States as during the last few years.
Several of the States within the year
have provided highway commissions
and made liberal appropriations for
the support of their work. Among
these States are Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Illinois, Iowa and Washington.
Many of the other States have taken
advanced steps looking to the utiliza-
ton of convict and county prison labor
in road building and the preparation
of road material for distribution to
the several counties and districts.
Many, also enacted that road taxes,
or at least a portion, shall be equally
levied on all property. and further,
that the labor system be abandoned.
and all such taxes be collected in cash
and expended under expert engineer
ing direction.
There is healthy, substantial ana
widespread sentiment in favor OF a
permanent system of public roads in
this country, including State and
county roads connecting the cities and
towns and the rural districts. There
is a growing ard favorable sentiment
also for the principle OF national aid
for the building Of permanent postal
and interstate roads and national
trunk line highways.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
GREAT PUBLIC REJOICING

Recent Peace Envoy Holds an AL
Day Conference With the Hum
bed Sovereign and Finally De-
parts With Signed Manifesto
Granting Freedom of the Press.
Right Of Assembly and Immunity
of the Person, Including the Writ
OF Habeas Corpus.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09

There is a fish n Hawaiian waters
which is known by the native name OF
Neutrality-suspicious. -
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
STATE NEWS
Items of Interest to North Car.
Dina People
Charlotte Cotton Market.

These figures represent prices paid
to wagons:
Good middl;ng.. 80. .1O3-S
Strict middling.. .. .. =. 90. 10 3-3
Nlddllng.. =. .. .. go. 10 IA
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09

i Harbors and Good Roads.
HE advocates of the Brown
lOw-Latimer Good Roads
bill are not afraid of criti-
cism. In fact, it is exactly
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
The Presldent Ilack to Wnshlngton.

The presidential vacation has
come TO a close, and although the
storm period seems to have struck
the Rocky Mountain section at
-tebout the samed inns the president
t arrived there, his hutting exploit
I-Was Mccesslul; %i'it' lie returns to
the-Iut ties. of -govtr1nheiL affairs
at Washington refreshed and re-
invigorated. =
Nobody who believes in a.square
deal will begrudge the president
the peace and solitude he has en-
joyed in the wilds Of Texas and
Colorado. He had earned the
right to tackel another Kind Of
game. Aftor .thrge land a half
months OF hand-t0-hafd encolln-
tiers with the gray wolves of flIe
senate the sYleaarS hadcs of the
panhandle doubtless fell gently
upon tired soul There, where
prickly pear and mesquite weave
a checker Of shade over SegueSted
water holes, and the dappled wild
Texas shoat calls to his fellow,
the bowling and snarlrng must
have seemed to the "StFenuOuS'
president far away, aS~tai a.drea4n,
Bobcats with taSseled ears,
bears Of assorted sizes and divers
colors, Mexican jaguars,. pecea-
ries, and two distinct varictieS.of
rabbits are. citizens, Of. the uneX-
plored country into which the
president retired. There, .nlSp,
are to be found Turkeys, quail,
rnuskrats. and: small deer. But
there are no wolves.
'-.lInless'the law of compensation
was sadly out of joint, the presi:
dent baggcd a; l?t oGganie." When
a spitting 'bobHat scattered, the
gravel IN response to the sting Of
the presidential bullet, did it. not
go far Notwithstanding the MIN.
tfod' Of The. WEftS Flonse for the
ae8s:,el the. arbitratit1 trc'4t ies7
Disappointment ovtr the rosfpon.
mont. of railroad rate Legislation
ina5Thaie. heon assnaged by the
cXtintfloh Of Il compile of&llaggy
beg.rSS say or n%he@r With foam
ng-tuskS::- for the 1ap$tt oi
the SAINTS DGniingo tire atty ,per-
hays thdte wds'no solace, slrott Of
/ the. capture or 'tlestructinp,, sll: 4
massive and .s2ngglrin5agry :.9rrx as
rabbit. But SURELY, III THOSE pop.
ulous SbIAs; there Was,a diversion
and obliNion:..
Th1rs;' ii .flie ily bic clarparral
sootlied'"by the mystic cries OF
night .tho .:Rre$ident gathered
strength fox Guntests with more
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
The Pay OF School Teacher.

1t is not ipfrequent that we are
furnished with some striking
figures on the pay Of public school
teachers. They are more than
striking. They touch on the in
justice of system that gets all
it can and pays as little as possi-
bic for it. -5,i
~'"ft-is fft5t denied that teaching
MISUNDERSTANDING wcari,t&s
The teacher, man ds woman, Who
has served a long period iii The
| schools, is not wQith much for
F'ahy other -N.esat ion, at The end Of
that service. And the job, or
profession, calls for'iot only years
Of preparation, but tact, patience,
tile highest order of intelligence,
and that something WHICH. has
| not been named, but is the ability.
to get along i'll the face of count
less Worries and obstacles. -
Now, lfow about the pay? e. A
coachman- AN average, conpe-
tent coaehman, who can drive
| and who knows something about
llorSes-is better paid thar the
average school TEACHER, for in the
whole United States the avera gt
E.pay OF womeiN teachers is under
IlS40 month. lin certain local.
Eity of North Carolina man who
| trains puppies for quail hunting,
draws better salary than any
school teacher in the community.
Are the people of the United
States in earnest about their de
sire for thorough education ?
And if they are, cannot they rea-
lie that while some-perhaps
many thousands of good teachers
will work for a pittance because
they must, the highest talent will
get out Of the business when OPP
portunity offers, and that there is
and will continue to be, scarcity
,of the best teachers because of
the scant salaries paid and oI1ercdE
Modern education will not pro-
gress as it should, or produce the
results desired, until there is more
| justice displayed in dealing with
those who do the work and bear
the burdens.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

on money he was compelled to
borrow to improve his farm,
whereas money today is cheap.
The carly settler struggled under
new conditions of soil and eli
mate Ile-+t4ndr The experiments
which have been marked out for
the benefit of the new conner.
The pioneer was far from market
and from schools and churches.
lie was isolated. The new set
tier has none Of these disadvan-
tagcs.
It is also pointed out that land
is still cheap in many of the west
ern states and may he purchased
for a small payment down. Any
one who has had experience with
western land agents will bear
witness to the truch of the state
mcnt, The writer argues from
these facts that there is a larger
and better chance in the west
than there was 80 years ago,
Perhaps he puts the matter too
strongly in this. But it is IN.
doubtedly true that despite he
rapid growth of population and
the shrinkage of the public do
main there yet remains an open
door of opportunity TO the ener-
getic, thrifty settler in the west.
The time will come and be
fore many years when the open
ingS will BE narrowed. But that
time has notyet come.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

Representative James of Ken
tlcky, has caught something OF
President Roosevelt's own spirit
when he declares that he cares
not who says he, democrat, is
following the president in the
matter of railway legislation.
lie is ready to follow such lead.
lie claims that Mr.. Roosevelt's
plan has been taken from the
platform "tlfat bears the blood
stains OF Bryan's, faithful feet.
On the other, baud, the president
cares little which party leader OF
publlcist may have FIRST urged q
larger government control OF cor
porationS. lie believes the thing
Is right and cXpedieut and he is
for it. He will probably have
quarrel with Mr. James as to Mr.
Bryan's claim of priority. Aut
it would be we'll if there were
more of this sort of spirit on the
two sides OF congress. TO OPP
pose or favor Il measure merely
because OF it's party origin is not
10 enforce the principle Of gov
eminent hy the people. Presi'
dent Roosevelt has done man,
things to give strength and pres
tige to the spirit of political in
dependence, aud it is to be hoped
that his administration may
mark the beginning of broade,
practices on the part of the grea
political organizations in admin
istrative, and particularly in leg
islative, affairs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
Suffering oT.i.ange Cattle.

The real facts Of the great loss
of range cattle. during the severe
cold weather of. last February are
just beginning TO come to light.
It caused tremendous losses in the
Panhandle and other parts Of the
west, and the reports of suffering
are little short Of hcartrending.
In time, however, if the recent
~ introduced system Of providing
shelter ~ enforced, there will BE-
the minimum Of disaster on the
plains.
In the days Of the ..unlenced
range, before the settler took up
land along the water courses and
forced the breaking up of enorln-
Gus herds, stockmen figured on
an annual loss of from 10 to 20
per cent. owing to winter storms.
Sometimes entire herds would be
destroyed. owing to the totailaCk
of shelter. The cutting up of
the range, however, proved a
blessing to the cattle, even if it
was hardship to the men who
had made fortunes in the days Of
cattle kings. Today in Wyom>
ing or Colorado, or any. other
state that was once the feeding
ground of vast herds of range
cattle, the aspect of the. industry
is entirely.changed. :.
In place Of thousands of cattle
belonging to one.outft the cattle
are divided among the settlers.
Each settler has hundreds ..of
CATTLE where the .old-time out
fits had thousands: These cattle
are provtdcd. with: Some, Sort Of
shelter and provision: is made for
winter feeding. Consequently,
there are as many cattle III th e
west today as iu"the old days. Of
the, big ont1A;. ind tie: gpttle a ~
better Cared f4r." -, i;?.!1 t..
In, those parts of the G1tintry
when there' is"stil ppnslderable
'PSh i"h}S thI' ''I'' ANitrs' Nl W '
prevail to a certain cXtcHf GsBut
it will be only matter OFFS short
time until all thSacattle Tp!tntry
will be broken up tfhto tolnphra-
lively small ranches, and the di-
vision~.of the herds will be com
pletc. The result of winter feed
ing and winter tarcN will Be', a
stronger, harder, more Waltz ble
breed Of cattle, and at the 81 me
tti'nc the losses owing td.seyere
winters will be reduced t0'H min
imulll. And not the least Nf the
advantages of the new |ofdeEo OF
things will be the decrease, = Of
suffering among the animals.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

savage foes. His veins filed with
health, and pursuit OF the iaguar
and razorback- has frightened his
tagged sinews like the cord of a
well strung bow. When October
comes, and the wolves gather in
the shadowy rccesses Of the capt.
tol, there will be Iight-a fig hit
that might easily scare the whole
Texas nenageris, with a unani-
nous howl and detected tail, into
the deepest shadows Of the wilder
ness.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
[ hancCs in the West.

In one of the leading maga-
zines appears an article from an
able pen in which is rc-eclroe d
Horace Greeley's famous advice,
$50 west, young man" The
writer says it is a mistake to con-
cludc that the western lands are
all occupied. TO get a farm in
the west nowadays it is true, a
man must have little money,
whereas the western pioneer got
his land for nothing, But there
are compensations. For instance
The pioneer paid big interest
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11

No country in the world pos
sesses a larger measure of relig-
ious liberty than does Japan.
That is one of the secrets of her
success and progress during these
latter years. 1t will perhaps in
terest "A great many people to
know that General Nogi and
General Kuroki are members OF
the Presbyterian church, as is
also the wife of Field MARSHAL
Oyama, while Admiral Togo is a
Roman Catholic.