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Tolstoi Reported Ill.

ST. PETERSBURG. March 19.-Reports
of the illness of Count Leo Tolstoi have
been received at Moscow. 1t is said that
he tainted yesterday and remained un-
conscious for a considerable time He is
quite weak as the result of an attack Of
influenza and his condition excites alarm
Two physicians have left Moscow for
Yasnaya Polyana. where he resides . The
counts daughter-in-law is in st. Peters,
burg She said today that she had re-
ceived no notification of her fathers i'll
ness and that she thought the reports
were exaggerated.
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THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. March 19-The opeping in
wheat today was firm on moderate ad-
vance in Liverpool. but the market weak
ened later on general selling May opened
AaSs to 3sa1s higher at 961s to 96lsa96k
sold at 965s and declined to a7a.
May corn. after selling at "A new high
record point. 677s. eased, off to 6tiasa66s4
May oats opened shade higher at 543s
and sold at 54L.
May provisions opened active and weak:
pork unchanged to 2lsc lower at 1247laa
l2.0: lard. az lower at 7.95, and ribs
down 21ac al 6.S7l2.
The wheat market was firm during the
latter part of the session on additiona
green bug reports from the southwest
The close was firm, with May a,a1S high
er at !Gla.
There was quite bulge in corn during
the last fifteen minutes or trading due
to active covering by shorts May adj
vanced to 6Sls. The close was excited
and strong. with prices at the top May
was up "a at 6sa.
-Wheat-May, o6l2; July. 9O7s:
September, IS
Corn-May. 6s1s; July, 65a65ls; septem-
ber 6ih.
Oats May. old. 547s May. 53Ib: July,
old. 1919; July. AIS: September. 39a4.
Pork-May. 1850: July. 1921.
Lard-May. 1917: July, $40; Septem-
Der. S.i21z
Ribs-May, 6.s71a: July. 117ls
Rye-Cash. S21a.
Barley-Cash. 7JasS
Timothy-March. 4.75
Clover-Ma rch 20.S.,.
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THE FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, March 1.-THE weekly state
ment of the Bank of England shows the
following changes:
Total reserve increased G7SS.OOO; circu-
lation decreased G173,OOO; bullion in
creased G6l5273: other securities de-
creased G727OOO; other deposits de-
creased G272.OOO; public deposits in
creased G3O6,OOO; notes reserve in
creased s73s, 900; government securities
unchanged
The proportion of the banks reserve to
liabilities this week is 81 .26 per cent, COM
pared with jO.O1 per cent last week.
PARIS, March 19.-The weekly state
ment of the Bank of France shows the
following changes:
Notes in circulation decreased 1925
coo francs: treasury deposits Increased
3.S75.OOO; general deposits increased A.
325 600: gold in hand increased 3,775,OOO;
silver in hand increased :.325, 600: bills
discounted increased 100000 advances
decreased 100000.
Closing: Three per cent rentes, 81 francs,
90 centimes for the account.
Exchange on London, % francs 1917 CEN
times for checks.
BOMBAY. March lathe Bank of
Bombay has lowered its rate OF discount
from . to per cent.
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Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
Sl.741.119. Government re-
,eipts: From internal revenue. $JS2. S2;
customs SSH ,O76: miscellaneous, *llS'9io
S201O.OO0.
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WASHINGTON Stock Exchange.

Saes.-Reguar call. II o'clock noon-Potomac
Electric Light IS 81 900 at low. $500
Washington Rwy. and Flee pfd., % at 691a.
at 20.
Mergcnthuler Linotype. 10 at 123
Greene Cananea. 100 at S11.
American National Bank, 10 at $50. 3 at 1i9
Traders National Bank, 10 at 40, 10 at 10,
10 at 10. -
After call Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd.,
10 at 20, at 20.
Lanston Monotype. 100 at o.
Capital Traction, : at 11Si2.
Washington Gas ~ at 81 Y.
Washington Gas, 81 at 61@, q at 6lss, 70 at
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Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
following stocks had changed in price
since above quotations, there being nj
change in balance of the closing prices:
Amalgamated Copper, 81.
Am. Can Co. 47A.
Am. Ice Securities, 1Sh.
American Locomotive 80.
American Smelling, 6Sk.
American Sugar, 100.
Anaconda 31h
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe, 72H.
Baltimore and Ohio SO9s
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, an
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul, 10.
Chicago and Northwestern. 146.
Col and Hooking Coal and Iron, 173s.
Corn Products. r.
Erie, Common 1Jla
General Electric, 1227A
Great Northern Ore, J6A
Great Northern, pfd., 121L
1nterboro Metropolitan, pfd., 49,.
Kansas City Southern, %
Louisville and Nashville, 96L.
Mexican Central, 17A.
M. S. p. and S. S. NJ, 1O47s
Missouri Pacific. 37a4.
National Lead, 81
New York Central, 96A
Norfolk and Western. 81
Northern Pacific, 1253s
Pennsylvania r. r, 116K
Peoples Gas of Chicago, IS.
Reading, 10o7s.
Republic Iron and Steel pfd, 72h.
Rock Island, COM, 14%
Rock Island. pfd., %
Southern Pacific, 73A
Southern Railway. lbs
Union Pacific, 123.
L. s. Steel, 334.
L. S. Steel pfd, 81
Utah Consolidated. oSk
Wabash, S7s.
Wabash, pfd.. 161s
Western Union, 80.
Wooden Goods, H.
BONDS.
B. r. T. As. 7O7s
United States Steel SIS 92ss
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Government Securities,

MONTGOMERY. Ala. March 19-S. RI.
Smith. a student at the Alabama Poly
technic Institute. who was struck on the
back of the head by a thrown ball in
game yesterday afternoon, died early to-
day
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CALUMET. Mich. March 19-One man
was killed today and two seriously In
jured in No. 6 shaft Of Old Osceola mine.
a cable breaking and precipitating a car
and its contents on to three men work.
.elg several hundred feet below.
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The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & CO.. bank
ers and brokers. 1919 + street. members
New York Stock Exchange, Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of
Trade
Omen. High. Low PAS.
Anal Conner 5liiS 30 .J57s J6L
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Status Of Dulaney.

AS messenger Duaney was not eligible
to transfer to the classified civil service
without special order of the President or
examination of the usual sort for promo
ton. Nothing is given out as to how
Dulaney was put in the clerkship rank
from the messenger force
Subdivision f of depa rtmenta1 rule 8
Of the civil service regulations formerly
provided that an employee might be
transferred from the White House office
to a department without examination
on requisition from the head Of the de-
partment after two years service in
the White House office Immediately
preceding transfer. Secretary Doyle of
the civil service commission said today
that on the simplification of the regula-
ton this provision had been omitted
but that the Presidents wish virtually
continued it.
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Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL. March 19-Closing:
Wheat spot steady; No. =. red western
winter. IS 312d March nominal; May
Is I'D: July, IS 2hd Corn spot firm:
prime mixed American. new. 5s 4Ad:
prime mixed American, old, IS I'd {: fu
lures. steady. March nominal; May, 5s
esd.
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ECHOES OF THE OUTBREAK
EXPULSION OF GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY PUPILS.
Action by President Buel After Con-
ference With His ConsulterA
Junior Glass Censured.

President Buel of Georgetown Univer-
sity, as stated in The Star yesterday,
took drastic action as a result of the
taking of French leave" by boys of the
college last Tuesday. he expelling several
of them and suspending others. 1t is
stated. without verification from the fac
ulty, that Edward G. Mccormick of AL
bany. N. Y. of the first preparatory class.
and John p. Kephart of Charleston. w.
Va, of the third preparatory class. were
expelled. Both Of these boys are said
to have gone to their homes
1t is suggested the worst is yet to
come. and that the cases of seventeen
members of the academic department are
still before the faculty. each charged with
participation in the act of disobedience.
1t is not known whether they will also
be told to take their trunks and go home
or whether they will be suspended.
Nineteen Alleged Leaders.
A conference was held yesterday, it is
stated, Father Buel calling his consulters
together, when the names of the so-called
ringleaders in the outbreak were secured,
and from the $50 participants in the pa
rade the names of nineteen were picked
out as leaders. 1t is said that it was
first planned to expel the entire nine
teen. but later that decision was recon
sidered and only the two mentioned were
told to go.
Later in the day the entire student body
received its punishment, with the excep-
ton of Father Bailey's class, the mem
bers of which are less than fourteen years
OF age. and did not take part. With the
exception of these boys. all students were
deprived of extra privileges and will be
denied every allowance save the privilege
of going downtown on the usual holidays
There will be no extra holidays.
After sitting the matter thoroughly the
rector and consulters decided, it is said
that much of the blame for the outbreak
rested with the junior class. Every men,
Der of the junior class was summoned to
the rector's Office. He censured them Sc
verely. it is understood, saying that as
they are considerably older than the other
participants in the outbreak, and were
looked upon as leaders by the younger
boys, they should be more careful of the
good name of the college.
As to Extra Punishment.
ira punishment he will mete out to the
juniors. but it is said he will furnish tasks
that will give them opportunity for soli-
tary reflection In their rooms.
1t Is stated that during the outbreak
Tuesday several Of the boys endeavored
to gain entrance to the Convent of the
tering by the sister superior This phase
of the outbreak is also being Investigated
by the faculty, and 1t is stated that If it
is true, and the names of the boys re-
sponsibe are obtained, they will be ex-
PEELED from the institution.
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Shaved President Every Day.

Dulaney has been the Presidents per-
sonaI messenger and barber ever since
Mr.. Roosevelt entered the White House.
He Is an intelligent, unobtrusive. quiet
man who is highly regarded by his chief.
Dulaney shaves the President nearly
every afternoon before luncheon. perform
ing his duties while the President re-
ceives some cabinet officer or personal
friend.
Dulaney is from Alexandria, Va. and
was barber before going to. the White
House. His appointment in the Office of
the auditor for the navy will make him
a bookkeeper there. employment which
he told the President he would like to
have. He Is a graduate of business
college Of this city. and for some time
studied in Howard University fitting
himself for special business course. In
his final course through the business col
lege he is said to have attained 100 per
cent in mathematics.
There is some speculation as to why
Dulaney was not given a clerkship in the
force of executive clerks. but there has
never been a colored clerk in the execu-
tive offices, and this precedent seems to
have stood in the way of Dulaney remain
ing at the White House, although it is
stated there was no vacancy on the staff
there and no prospect of one. 1t was for
this reason that Dulaney was transferred
to another department.
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CURB QUOTATIONS,

Quotations furnished by z: F. Hutton 4 Co..
members New York Stock Exchange; q. Bowie
Chapman, manager 1901 st. NV.
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Bar silver. steady. 25ssd per ounce.
Money. 34a3a per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills Is per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for
three month bills Is "a per cent.
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GETS A $1,000 POSITION
PRESIDENTS BARBER GOES TO
NAVY AUDITORS OFFICE.
William Dulaney Lays Down His
Razor for a Pen-Shaved Mr..
Roosevelt Daily.

William Dulaney. the Presidents color
ed messenger and barber. has been trans
ferred to the office of the auditor Tor the
Navy Department and promoted from
81 200 to 81 900 year When the Presi-
dent goes to Oyster Bay this summer
Dulaney will assume his duties I'm the
auditors office, although he is now on
the pay rolls of that official.
There has been much comment over the
fact that DuIaney takes the place of
white cleark. who was reduced from $1,6eh
to $500 a year. but Ralph w. Tyler. the
colored auditor for the Navy Department.
declared that no injustice had been done
the white clerk. whose habits were such
that he had often been warned that he
must sooner or later lose his position en-
tirely or be reduced
This clerk, Auditor Tyler said. had been
fndulgently treated for many months. The
clerk was not reduced to make room for
Dulaney, the auditor said. as Dulaney
would have been placed somewhere else
In the Treasury or other departments If
vacancy had not existed in the auditor S
of3ice
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The business at the meeting OF the
Stock Exchange today was small IN VOL
l1me and without any special significance
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18

Cadillac. Mich. June I3.-Eight
persons. all Of the family Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Cooper. With the ex-
ceptIon Of one son. were murdered
some time last night. probably By
the wife and mother. who has been
insane.
Ia every instance the victims we're
killed with d bullet through the
head
When Mrs. Cooper's mother and
other neighbors entered the home
on Chaplin street this morning about
Ave o'clock there were no signs OF
life. the bodies OF the victims we're
scattered all about. Some were In
their beds and others on the floor.
Mrs. Cooper lay across the body of
baby on the bed. with an emptied
re yolyer beside her.
II is believed Mrs. Cooper commit
ted the murders and then killed her
self. She was once confined In an
insane asylum. and for some time
has been brooding over the fact that
Cooper was out of work. A few days
ago she is reported TO have said she
would lend Ii ALI"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18
CHANCE FOR REPUBLICAN VIC
TORY IN FIFTH DISTRICT.

If the Republicans will nominate
a good man for Congress in the Fifth
District this year there is reason to
believe that the party can carry that
district.
The Democratic Congressional
Convention held in Greensboro some
days ago, when Brooks was nomi-
mated, was one of the most bitter con-
ventions ever held in that district,
and some of the Democratic delegates
said at the time Brooks was nominat-
ed that the district would be lost to
the Republicans.
While all of those dissatisfied
Democrats in that district may not
vote the Republican ticket this fall,
yet the probability is that they will
not vote for Brooks. The fight be-
tween Col J. Allen Holt and Col. J.
R. Webster at the railway station at
Greensboro a few days ago will not
have a tendency to mend matters be-
tween the factions.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18
An Engineering Problem.

1 do not know enough about the
local conditions to say how far
drainage bitches would have to be
cut before they would empty into
some of the streams flowing in
southernly direction more or less pa
rallel to the Mississippi and empty
ing into the Father of Waters
through the Yazoo River; but pre-
sumo that that sort of drainage will
have to be resorted to. Only a civil
engineer who has run the levels can
tell how the outlet can be got to the
best advantage. After there are
good main drainage bitches, bitches
can be cut near the levee to catch
water that may seep through the le-
wee. These levee bitches would empty
into the main bitches, and the whole
field could be well drained. 1t would
also then be easy to make other
bitches to carry off excess water from
rains, and wonderful yields could be
made almost every year.
Drainage done by communities CO.
operating will come into favor fast.
Those who have put through or who
are putting through drainage enter
prises will confer a favor by report
ing how they have gone at the work,
how they have Organized--in short,
how they have got results. Such in
formation has been requested several
times recently, and it will be all the
better if it comes from men who are
working out just such problems as
others have to meet.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18
THE FOURTEENTH NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The Republican National Conyen-
ton met in Chicago Tuesday at noon.
The Convention was called to order
by Chairman Harry S. New. after
which a speech was made by Bur
rows, the man selected for tempo
rary chairman of the Convention.
The candidates for President and
Vice President will probably be
named to-day. IL now tu0:s as
though Mr.. Taft will be nominated
on the first ballot, but there Is a
great demand for Roosevelt. There
is still much doubt as TO whom will
be nominated for second place on the
ticket
The first Republican National Con-
yention was held in Philadelphia on
June II, 1856. John c Fremont,
OF California. was nominated for
President. and William l.. Dayton,
Of New Jersey, Vice President. But
the ticket was defeated that year by
Buchanan and Breckenridge, the
Democratic nominees. In 1860 the
Republicans nominated and elected
Abraham Lincoln, the rail splitter
from Illinois, and the party has been
in power in the nation ever since
with the exception of Cleveland's
two terms.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18
Young Woman Kills Her Fathers
Slayer.

Tunica. Miss. June 10. 7.
Lowe. and attorney, was shot and
probably MORALLY wounded in a
street to-day by Mrs. Jacob Vein
stein. On March 31st, last, Lowe
shot and killed Perry NJ. Houston,
father of Mrs. Weinstein, In street
fight growing out of Houston's cleo
ton as secretary of the Yazoo levee
board Mrs Weinstein, who is nine
teen years old, was married last Feb
ruary TO a merchant of Charleston.
Miss
Mrs. Weinstein passed Lowe in a
street near his Office to-day. After
the attorney had passed she turned
drew a revolver from her waist and
fired. Lowe fell with bullet
through his back AS he fell he
drew a revolver, but turning and see
ing that his assailant was a woman
he made noattempt to discharge his
weapon.
Lowe was wounded between the
shoulders, the bullet passing entirely
through his body. a study in his
shirt front was struck by the bullet
and forced out.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18
EVANS HEAD oF VETERANS.


Birmingham. Ala. June ia.-~Wlth
the selection OF Memphis AZ the place
for the next Reunion and the elec-
ton OF General Clement 4. Evans, Of
Georgia. as Commander-fn-Chis 10
succeed the late General Stephen ID.
Lee. the United Confederate Veterans
adjourned their annual convention
late this afternoon.
The selection of the place Of meet
Ing aroused great rivalry between
Memphis and Atlanta. these two ei-
ties being the only ones put in nonii-
nation. Strong speeches were made
for each place. but when Virginia
came over 10 the side Of Memphis.
the Atlanta supporters realized that
the fight vas lost
General Clement A. Evans. the new
Communicated Is one Of the
most loved men In the army. He Is
a native Of Georgia and born of North
Carolina and Virginia Revolutionary
parentage.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18


Generally one landowner cannot
afford To do the draining himself
even though be should possess sew
eral thousands OF acres The drain
age should be an enterprise organ
ICED. put through and paid for. by the
community. Every person "ho "oa'a
benefit by the drainage should De AS
sessed In proportion TO the beneht en-
loved. A number of drainage projects
are under way or In the process Oh
organization in the Delta. Missis-
sippi has Law TO further just snch
enterprises. that has go good results
The best course for one desiring
drainage on a large scale land IL Is
presumed that a large scale Is neces-
sary here) is for him to interest as
many landowners as possible and 70
consult some reputable attorney
about how to put the enterprise
through
After a landowner has suffered
from poor crops several years he viii
feel rather doubtful about assuming
another burden for the purpose OF
drainage But in a great many IN
stances the value OF his land will be
doubled, his crops will be surer and
better: and he can do far more than
make back the cost of drainage. In
deed, his future would, In many
cases. be brighter il he sold half his
land in order to drain what he had
left. 1t will not be SO difficult TO
sell his land If it has been drained
or If it is known that it will be
drained.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18

the year. Ce~taan nsapaai
that aesesop il soil mast es aeas y
ave N abundance OF air before snes
ga GROW. Th~y cannot nase Aa@s
air IS long a. the snail Toaas e
.w~~n the npll particles are allied sta
wa.er. This posas l. eron1hs -
eauws il shows more n@ed Tor dFaan-
=w- than IL generally eoasassFsss-
Coed drainage In thv soiation- AID y
can probably be made very pFontae's-
II certainly will De highly pronta0's
II an outlet for water IL not too haFa
20 get and TO keep In gooa ~"f s''s
order
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18

- al, eoaser favor 81 fcp
-. srpersence for pueissa''oa-
...x~~nm~nt Expert sssoufa fs
prainaxr and Growing H'ee
...nwhIle. IL might be eel ior
,w..rn of xuch land 10 tAke %
,helr coaxreazmen the matter % So.
to a.. Halted States Departments "
Adventure send = representative y
en,..~.sxnt. and report on shs pfas-
,,~.hg,lfx Of using these wcs iAhas
for rice growing. II might oe eAAe
an the expense Of irrigaiing the crop
coula be avoided: IL not all the eA-
u~nm~ can be avoided. possibly
larr. mart of IL could Under s"en
circumstances. rice growing might De
very profitable. II rice had 10 %
harvested In mud. IL would only DC
what "a done In a very large number
of cases i'm the Gulf Coast praiFies OK
Louisiana and Texas. aud hence tue
necessity OF harvesting it while the
aarth was soft with water should not
be considered Impractical. IL may De
that the excess OF water can De turn
ed into a valued asset. instead OF
handicap; but = careful study oil 10
cal conditions by one capable OF ue-
Gliding wisely on the problems OF rice
growing will be required before any
safe conclusion can be reached. Good
drainage would be preferable Tor
rice field; but what have proved 20
be good crops OF rice have been
pIanted on rather soft land.
The Mississippi would be low al
harvest time, In ell probability: but
the field might have an excess OF
seepage water at blowing and plant
ing time, and for this reason drain
age might be required then. Later
seepage water might be used to keep
the land wet enough for rice growing;
or water might be brought from the
river over the levee by siphons, as Ii
done elsewhere. 1t is not likely that
il would be permissible to have pipes
running through the levee for draw
ing water from the river. None ol
these suggestions are intended FOL
recommendations, but merely as
something to investigate. II rice
growing is practical. the saving OF
the big expense OF irrigation would
give the grower a big advantage.
The Department of Agriculture
would probably give valuable assist
ance in the form of advice both or
the drainage problem and on rice
growing; and as considerable delay
may be experienced in getting thai
assistance, applications for assistance
should be made as early as possible
Whatever reports might be made by
| the specialists representing the De
partment would give something def
| mite to reckon on.-Southern Farm
| Gazette
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-18

The Durham Herald says that if
the Republicans would take advant-
age of the opening every time the
Democrats let down the gap that it
would not be long before there would
be something doing in the old North
State. We feel sure of that fact
ourselves, and few Republicans
are taking advantage of the open
ing, but they can't do it all. If we
had the right kind of a State chair
man that would put his shoulder
to the wheel the result in this State