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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
A CONFERENCE HELD
Between San francisco People
and the President
ON EXCLUSION OF THE JAPANESE
Now Remains For Us TO Modify
Views to Reach Agreement With
President. or for Mr.. Roosevelt TO
Modify His Views to Rsaeh Agree
ment With U.s.

Washington. Special.-As a result
of an hours conference at the White
House at which President Roosevelt.
Secretary of State Root, Mayor Sch
mitz, Of San Francisco. and the mem
bers of the school board of that city.
participated, Mayor Schmitz made a
statement summarizing the situation.
When asked the direct question
whether the proposition submitted by
the San Francisco delegation called
for the exclusion of Japanese eoolie
labor from this country Mayor
Schmitz replied:
1--WE are not making a treaty and
have not discussed with the President
tn, question Of excluding the Japa-
nese from this country by treaty. On
Saturday we heard the President s
views and we presented our side of
the question at issue. 1t now re-
mains for us to modify our views
III order to reach an agreement with
the Presidentfi or for Mr.. Roosevelt
TO modify his views to reach an agree
ment with us. The conference ad-
Journed, subject to the call of the
President, and | do not believe that
we will be called to the White House
again until Thursday or Friday
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Charlotte Produce.
New York Produce.

NEW 1oTk produce
New York. Feb. 12.-Flour firm.
but slow; MINI. patent $40 to -. 10
winter patent $500 TO $3S5.
Rye flour quiet: fair To good $3.50
to $3.50; choice To fancy $3.50 to
$420.
Buckwheat -four dull, $40 to 500
Buckwheat nominal.
Cornmeal steady; fine white and
yellow $l.20 to $l.25: coarse S1.10 to
SIP: kiln dried 500 to $2.7J.
Wheat, spot steady; No. 2. red
81 l-2 elevator; options unchanged ;
May Sc 1-2: July So 5-S.
Corn. spot market barely steady
No. =. 56 elevator Options lac. net
lower. May 53 ID: July 53 3-S.
Oats. spot firm; mixed 46 1-2
Beef firm: family s15.00 to $3.50;
mess $500 to $3.50: beef hams $3.50
to $500: packet $1I00to sl2.00:
city extra India mess S2l.00 to $23.5
Cutmeats steady; picked bellies
10 IA to II: pickeled hams II.
Lard strong; western prime SOLO
to 5000 Refined strong: continent
| $10.45; S. A. $11.00; compound s L.
to 8 3-4.
Pork firm; family $3.50: short
clear $500 to. $19.25; mess $3.50
to 1925.
Tallow steady, city 3-4; country
1-2 to Z.
Petroleum steady: refined New
York $7.75; Philadelphia and Balti-
more $7.75: do in bulk $4.45.
Rosin steady strained common to
good $40 to .s445. TIrpantne quiet
"a 1-2 to IS. Rice steady: domestic
fair to extra 3 Is to & 3-S; Japan
| nominal.
Molasses steady: New Orlenas open
| kettle, good te choice 81 to 4S.
Sugar. raw steady: fair refining
. 1892: centrifugal 90 test } 7-16
molasses sugar 2 1882. Refined
steady.
Coffee, spot steady No. Z. Rio &c.
Santos No. 4, Sc. Mild coffee steady
Cordova to lbs. Futures ) to 1C
points higher.
Butter firm; dairy common to fin.
est 20 TO 30
Cheese firm, unchanged.
Eggs easy. nearby selected white
30: brown and mixed extras 2S to g
firsts to extra firsts % II to - IL
Western firsts 26 1-2; seconds % tc
26.
Freights and peanuts steady, un.
changed
Potatoes firm, unchanged.
Cabbaees steady. unchanged.
Naval Stores.
Savannah, Ga., Feb 12.-Turpen
tine firm 20 81: sales Sc: receipt.
none: shipments l,120.
Rosin firm; sales none: receipts
234: shipments 3,l30: stock 16.707
Quote: 4 B c S4O0 to $3.50: d. s4.05
to 40: f $40 to S4.15: +. $4.15
to S4.20: FL 81 to S4.45: | $50
X $500. NJ 1926 \ $500; "
$6.25: " " $3.50.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Execute Required Contract.

Washington, Special.-Officials of
the Jamestown Exposition filed with
Secretary Shaw a contract providing
for the disbursement of the 81 .O0O. 900
loan by the government to the expo
sltlon company. Under the act pass
ed by Congress, the loan is to be Sc
cured by the receipts of the exposi-
ton at the gates and from eonees-
sions. The act requires that the ex-
position officials execute contract
with the Secretary of the Treasury
binding the company to the terms of
the law. Alvah Martin, first vice
president; I. ]. Wood, general coun-
sci; c. Brooks Johnston, chairman of
the board of governors, and Barton
Meyers, governor Of ways and means
and exploitation, called at the Treas
ury Department and executed the
contract required by the law. Secre-
tary Shaw accepted the contract and
the appropriation of s1,0OO,OO0. for
the construction and completion and
opening of the exposition will be made
Immediately available.
The money is to be disbursed by
the exposition officials under the su-
pervision of an official of the Treas
ury Department. To supervise the
disbursement of the fund, Secretary
Shaw has designated Frederick Gross
cup, of Charleston, W. Va. The ex-
penditure of the money will begin
as soon as Mr.. Crosscup can reach
Norfolk, Va, which is to be his head
quarters during the exposition.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Reward For Whitecappers.

Atlanta. Ga. Special.-Acting up
On petition fled about 10 days ago
by prominent officials and citizens of
habersham county, asking that a re-
ward be offered for the apprehension
o. unknown whitecappers in that
county, Governor Terrell offered a
reward of $50 for the conviction of
sach person implicated In the affair.
1ae petition sets forth that several
te-lable. honest negroes were warn
ed last December to leave their farms
and that section of the State. As a
I7Snlt a general exodus Of negro Ia
DoferS has taken place from that sec
Ion and the lack of labor IS serious.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
MANY Visitors at Mardi Gras.

New Orleans. Speeial.-Visltors
from all parts Of the country have
arrived in New Orleans to attend the
Mardi Gras celebration. Two special
train loads of visitors, one from New
York and the other from Phliadei-
phia. Baltimore and Washington. ar
rived Sunday. Among those expect
od Sunday are Trueman Il. Newber-
-,y. assistant secretary Of the navy,
and a party, including Mrs NewserrV
and Mrs. Victor Ell. Metcalf, wife OF
the Secretary of the Navy
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Earthquake Felt in Virginia.

Charlottesville, Va, Special.-An
earthquake of considerable violence
was felt through this section at S:23
O'Clock Monday morning In Char
iottesville dishes were ratified at the
breakfast tables. The shock was re-
ceived at the University of Virginia
by Frederick W. Reed, assistant to
President Ormond Stone, director Of
the Leander Mccormick Observatory.
The tremor lasted 20 seconds.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
J. FankIin Rlxey Dead.

Washington, Speeial.-Representa
i've John Franklin Rixey, of tn
.iehth Virginia district, died shorti,,
efore 9 o clock Saturday ct the resi-
ence of his bhrother, Surgeon Ger
ral Rixey, Of the navy, IN this eat!
IS death being due to tuberculosi
{ the throat and lungs. Represei
tive Rixey has not been IN his sci
is session. He was second II Il
t of minority members of the NJ;
Il affairs committee. Mr. Rlxe
tered the House with the 53th Co
-ess and has been continuously
member OF that body since that tims
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14

New York, Special.--An announce
meat was made late Wednesday that
John d. Rockefeller has given the
general education board $32, 900.
lie had previously given the board
Sl1 100000. The Gift is intended to
assist IN the work throughout
the ouatry. The education board is
designed to help educational insti-
tutIon~.
The gift is in the form of thirty
two million dollars worth Of income
bearing securities, the largest single
prize ever handed out for educational
purposes. Mr.. Rockefeller con-
tubutOns to the work now amount
to $43,OO0,000. The general educa-
tion board apparently was not pre-
pared for this gift. which was an
nounced simply in this letter:
New York. Feb 6, 1907.
"General Education Board,
a William street, New York City
Gentlemen: My father authori-
yes me to say that on or before April
lst, 1907. he will give to the general
eduaetion board income bearing Sc
curlties, the present market value Of
which is about thirty-two million
dollars ($32.000.000), one third to be
added TO the permanent endowment
of the board, tw0-thirds to be applied
to such specific objects within the
corporate purposes of the board as
either he or | may from time to time
direct. any remainder not so desig-
mated at the death of the survivor to
be added also to the permanent en-
dOwment of the board.
Every truly.
"JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. JR."
Most of the members of the board
were surprised at the announcement
and amazed at the size of the gift.
DR.. Buttrick, the secretary, said he
did not know the gift was to be made
until he received the letter Other
members did not know of the dona-
ton until the letter was read.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., acted for
his father, appeared shortly after the
meeting was called to order and
handed the letter to the secretary,
Dr.. Wallace Buttrick.
John d. Rockefeller remained
throughout the session Of the board.
Asked if he had anything to add to
his letter, he replied that he did not
believe he could add anything of i'm
portance TO il, as the letter explained
itself.
Members of the board. when asked
what the "specifc purposes" referr-
ed 10 in Mr.. Rockefeller's letter
meant, said that it was in the line
Of educational work, and was intend
ed. in their opinion, to give Mr..
Rockefeller the right to direct the
disposition Of the fund TO such IN
stitutiOns, within the province of the
board, as he may deem proper. The
elder Mr.. Rockefeller is not mem
her Of the board, but his son is a
member and the actFe direction
doubtless will come from him.
The board voted to accept the gift,
and in appreciation, drafted letter
of acknowledgement to the elder Mr..
Rockefeller.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Probing Turnpike Trust.

Savannah. Ga, Speeial-The Fed
sIsI grand jury for the southern dis
::Elet Of Georgia began an inquiry
.lIo the methods of the so-called
turnpike trust. Assistant District
attorney AckeTman presented a mass
commentary evidence IN support
u alleged violations of the Sherman
iIl-trust law. In addition to this
:. "anber Of naval stores men of this
y and Jacksonville were examined.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Given a Life Sentence.

Gainesville, Ca. Speeial.-Afte<
deliberating since 3 O'Clock Wednes-
day afternoon, the jury returned a
verdict Thursday morning finding
Mrs. Sue Brooks guilty of being ae-
eessory to the murder OF Jack Col
Inns. former court house janitor, last
November. The sentence Of life I'M
prisonment was imposed. Her son.
Foster Brooks, who was convicted of
the same crime about two weeks ago.
was also given a sentence of life i'm
prisonmsnt.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Naval Stores.
Judge Pritchard's Decision Affirmed

Richmond Va, Speeial--The I'M
ted States Circuit Court of Appeals
reconyened with Judge Prliehard
Waddill and Dayton sitting, The
court announced and handed down It's
opIu,on in the following case: No.
6G3 the United States, Leather Com
pany. plaintiff in error, vs. T. u.
Howell. defendant in error. In error
TO the Circuit Court at Chariite. y =:
opia;on by Judge Pritehard affirmed
with costs.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Editor Kills Gambler.

Pcndlcton, Ore, Special. John F.
McManus. editor of The, Pilot Rock
Record, shot and killed Robert Estes,
gambler, in the Pullman saloon on
Main street, Sunday Afternoon. No
motive is known to exist for the
Shooting as the. men &c not ac-
quainted. 1t is presumed MeManus
took Estes for another man. whom
the editor believed had robbed him
last week.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
A MUN|F|CENT GIFT
Rockefeller Contributes Thirty
Two Million Dollars
TO THE EDUCATIONAL BOARD

John D. Rockefeller Gives to General
Educational Board Largest Single
Prize Ever Handed Out Fof Educs-
tional Purposes Announced in
Simple Letter From Son, One
Third to be Added to Permanent
Endowment, Two Thirds to Such
Specific Objects Within Corporate
Purposes of the Board, as He or 7
May From Time TO Time Direct"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Found Dead in Lonely Spot.

Montgomery, Ala. Special
.odv of John 4. Finley. a We
-nown young man, of Montgome
4 wears old and unmarried,
ound early Sunday in a lonely 5
n the southwestern edge OF the c.
he throat was cut and there "
= rashes il the face and neck. Il
crv IS * bslievcd TO have keen the !
we for the crime. as finley Fss
cts had been emptied. Five nerr
are held by the police as suspects.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14
Bronze Statue Of Capt: John Smith.

Norfolk. Va, Special.-It was an
nounced from the jamestown Exposi-
ton officers that Mrs. Jos. Bryan.
wife of the owner of The Richmond
Iimes-Dispatch, has given the bronze
statue of Capt John Smith, which
viii be erected at Jamestown Island
Under the auspices of the Society for
the Preservation of Virginia Anti
eulties, of which Mrs. Bryan is q
FADING member.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-14

The people Of the Farce Islands
thatch their houses with turf, where
brilliant emerald green grass grows IN
luxuriance, and is used as browsing
ground for the goats and sheep.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-22
rOLER OFFENDs LtBOR AGAIN.
tsphaI Work ers Suspect That Nsn-t 'nlOn
Politicians Are Ru1cOlng Them.

Bird Coler. the friend Of the ~peepul. "
has again managed to get on the wrong
side Of the labor unions Delegate Wal
lace Of the Asphalt Workers Union said at
yesterdays meeting of the Central Fede
rated Union that the municipal asphalt
plant at Sixth street and Gowanus Canal.
BROOKLYN. which was being superintendent
by Mr.. Coler, had eighteen union men
and eighteen non union men who are sup
posed to be working.
This is bad enough" he said. but the
eighteen non-union men are paid FOR doing
nothing and our men are doing all the
work. The n%on-union men first got less
than the union men. but now tney get the
same wages. and they are there beclus,
they are politicians am in a quandPry
whether to order a strike or not. "a they
are all there under civil service rules. and
for anything I snow | might be arrested
il I ordered the strike. II is all mp 10 Mr..
Coler. The non-union men admit that
they have neither 10 handle pick nor shovel. 4"
A delegate remarked that Mr.. Coler n
a queer bird. II was decided - write 30
him and ask him what he means by allow
ing such things,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-22
YOB ,CCO SUIGGLERS CtTGHT.
Driver of a Van They Hired Tod the Police
--Olpp Pounds Of Leaf seized.

Two men hired a truck from the D.. Fitz-
gibbons Trucking Company, al 1852 Sixth
street. Jersey City. on Saturday night.
saying they wanted TO move some house,
hold goods from the coal boat Excelsior.
Of y xth sire ct after discharging a cargo Of
coal al the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Line piers
in Ho5oken. They paid $3.50 for the Use
Of the truck and accompanied n. Hickey.
the driver. to he boat TO see that he handled
the goods with care.
T~wenty-four forty pound packages Of
Sumatrd lea tobacco wrapped in rubber
cloth we're loaded into the truck, and the
driver suspected hat he would implicate
him self in q smuggle plot unless he took the
police authorities into his confidence. he
Told Special Officer Ratchford. who does
duty al the stock yards, that he didn't
like thc looks Of the transaction, and Ratch-
ford tooa all hands TO the Second precinct
station.
Sargi. Foley decided that the tobacco
was O. Itraband and locked up tho two
men. rnsy described themselves as Henry
Roberts OF IS Hudson street. hoboken. and
Arthur Eadcs, who said his home was al
The foot OF Sixth street. Jersey City.
TN" police learned yesterday that the
csplan of the Excelsior Is Emil Erickson.
They kept a watch for him along the river
front Yesterday. but he dent appear.
They want him to explain how such a large
quantity Of c~ontraband tobacco got aboard
his boat.
Chief Of Police Monshan said last night
that his men had been unable TO find out
to whom the tobacco belongs or how il was
shipped into tho country. He expects that
some light will be thrown on the mystery
TODAY
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-22
VIM STOP PRIZEFIG HING.
San ErsnciscO's New Mayo Won Recos-
niye sport That's Crook pd.

SAN Francisco. July 2I.-It looks dark
for professional prizefght promoters.
Mayor Taylor says he will do his utmost TO
stop fights in San Francisco, and Detective
Burns declares that the graft prosecution
will soon be ready to try them members Of the
local prizefght combine for bribing Super
visors to grant their fight permits. Mayor
Taylor says:
have never attended a prize1ght myself.
but | have no fault TO find with The man who
does. l can understand how men. vital and
alive. can be attracted by an exhibition Of
the physical mastery OF one man by another.
IT'S a primary and elemental instinct.
Personally. however. ] am opposed TO prize
fighting, beca use l believe the public has no
assurance that the contests they pay TO see
are contests in fact. ! believe there is no
honesty In the game as il il played in and
around san Francisco.
think no executive of n municipality has
a right TO decree against proper sport or
amusement. but | do think II il the duty Of
an executive 10 protect the public against
palpable swindles.
Carey. Coffroth. Willis, Britt and Morris
Levy are prizefght promoters who are
liable 10 prosecution. They imagined the
graft prosecution would ignore them in
the interest Of larger game.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-22
JOIN ~. SITPHIN DEAD.
Was clerk Of queens County for Thirty
Years and q Political Leader.

John II. Sutphin, for about thirty years
Clerk Of Queens county INC leader there Of
the Democratic party died yesterday after
noon at his home on Fulton street. Jamaica,
Queens borough. He had been ailing for
two years, but had been confined to his home
only a short time. He was unconscious
for some hours before his death.
Mr.. Sutphin was born nj Hick sville. l.. J..
in August, 1885. On his fathers side he was
descended from a Dutch family which came
10 this country early and on his mothers
side he was from some OF the original
French Huguenot settlers.
In 1884 Robert Borroughs. then Clerk Of
Queens county. which at that time included
all of what ia now the Borough Of Queens
and Nassau county. appointed MIR. Sutphin
deputy County Clerk. He served three
wears and was then nominated and elected
10 succeed his chief. The same year he was
made chairman Of the Queens county gen
ernl committee of the Democratic party.
In 1897 John p. Madden wrested the leader
ship from him and replaced him as County
Clerk. After Madden came Cassidy and
more recently Bermel as the party leaders.
Mr.. Sutphin fought both Madden and Cas-
sidy inside the party.
Mr.. Sutphin was president OF the Bank Of
Jamaica and Of the Jamaica Savings Bank.
He il survived by five children. Mrs. Stella
Bowden, Harry Sutphin. Mrs. Annie Gran
ford. Howard Sutphin and Mrs Nina Steel,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-22
"SIX SHOOTER EDDIE" CtIGHT.
West Orange Lad VINO stole \ Horse Has
Something Coming to Him.

ORANGE. N. j.. July IL Edward Nc
Loughlin. II years old. OF 20 White street.
West Orange. was arrested to-day on the
charge Of stealing the horse and runabout
Of Peter Burns OF Mount Pleasant avenue.
West Orange.
Burns drove down from his home this
morning TO attend the service at st. Johns
Church. He left his horse hitched out in
front. McLoughlin, as soon as Burns go,
inside. unhitched the animal and drove of
He got a companion Of about his own age
and the two started out for a day Of pleasure.
The police were notified and they sent out
an alarm with the result hat the outfit
was captured in Bloomfield by the police OF
that place about noon. The horse was re-
turned TO Burns and Mclaughlin was locked
up at police headquarters in Orange.
DO wild me a. you will" he says with
an air OF Western defiance in his weather eve.
Never shall IL be said that Six Shooter
Eddie. the terror OF White street. took water
when de Sheriffs guys nipped him wild der
goods"
The police expect to deliver the Terror
OF White street" over to his father. who. il
is understood. has some goods he wants "a
deliver to Eddie.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-22
BAD BLOCK on THE ELEVATED.
Trains on I'd Ave. Lines Held Up 40 Minutes
Platforms Swamped.

The motor car OF a Third avenue City Hall
elevated train dropped a brake rigging as IL
was pulling into the Forty-seoond street
station last night. The rigging thumped
the ties and the bottom of the car until IL
had knocke ed a hole in the latter and twisted
itself out OF shape. The accident put all
South Ferry and City Hall trains out Of
commission for forty minutes.
The break happened at $40 p. NJ, when
the heavy crush Of people returning from
outings was at its height. The motorman
succeeded in setting his other brak es before
serious damage resulted. but the crashing
CT the broken brake frightened the crowd
in the car. They rushed pellmell for the
platform and many climbed the iron gates
before the guards could throw them open.
After the train was emptied 10 was
shunted to the uptown track and the motor
man. operating IL from a middle car. ran IL
back TO the yards at 10th street. The
temporary repairs at FOrty-second street
consumed forty minutes, and during this
time the agents continued to sell tickets
until the platforms were packed with
people.
The worst trouble was at Forty-second
street. where the crowd from the disabled
train was swelled by other prospective
passengers who piled upon the platform
from the street and the shuttle train from
the Grand Central depot. They rushed
at the ticket Office several times In efforts
10 get transfers or their money returned.
The ticket chopper finally had TO take refuge
in the office. but the agent continued to sell
tickets when the crowd would let him
At the Brooklyn Bridge the dispatcher
ordered the sale Of tickets discontinued
after the platform had ecome packed
with people. Then the bridge balcony
itself began to fl with people coming home
from Coney Island and other resorts, all
anwinta 10 fnrnA chair NAV mat thu finlAf
choppers, while those on the platform tried
to force their way out. The two crowds
met in a surging mass. and il was half an
hour before the bridge policemen straight
ened out the tangle and sent the people
To surface cars and the subway.
The track was cleared at Forty-seoond
street shortly before o o'clock and an hour
later the trains were reduced to u six minute
Roadway which was continued for the rest
Of the night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-22
4. ~. MtCDONOyGH DEAD.
Son Of Commodore NacsiOBOUx h. Who Died
In Is2y-l.OnE Secretary Of Erie u. u. 90.

Son Of commodore MacdOnOUx h. Who Died
In IszS-l1OnE Secretary Or Erie u u. 90.
Augustus Rodney Marlborough died yes
terday morning At his nome in the Kenmore
apartments. $50 West Fifty-seventh street.
Mr.. Marlborough was 80 years old and was
born at Midd letown. Conn. His father was
Commodore Thomas aodonough. victor Of
the naval engs cement on al Champlain
in the War Of 1912 and aide to Commodore
Decatur in the ~latter's Mediterranean cam
paign. The Commodore died AZ sea eighty
Two years ago,
Mr.. Macdonough's death was due prac-
tically TO o d age. He had been very feeble
for several years. He was graduated from
Yale in 1899 and then took up the study of
law. He went to st. Louis and practised
for a short time. coming to this city about
fftv years ago. He had not been in active
practice for a number Of years. Six years
ago he retired rom the secretar yship Of the
Erie Railroad, a post he ha ! held for twenty
five year ~.
He was a member Of the Century club.
the st. Nicholas Society. the Civil ServNNn
Reform Association ana the Veteran Jorps
Of Artillery Of The War Of 1872. He trans
lated several operas from the German and
the French. He was a widower and had
no children, The funeral will be at his home
at 4 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, and the BODY
will be inferred ut Middletown on Wednes-
day