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Elizabeth City. N C.. says that Col R. c. Creecy. said to be the o dest man In eastern North Carolina. and one of the oldest newspapermen in the coun- try died at his home in Elt2ab tn City today, aged s6 years He had been an editor for B5 years.
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centrnI Amerlean FIooaa.

Panama. Oct. 22.--Advices reeelvsa hare from San Salvador state that tor rentiai rains for the past four aays throuehout the republic have caused inc rivers to overflow and have se- riousiy damaged the telegraph mes, similar reports have been reeeiveo from Guatemala and Honduras. t,
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Creighton Girl Shows s Class tn Thnrsday's EUents

as in the second but slower. When nearing the half in the fourth heat the sulkies of Gallagher and HehnieK am roHnd cod put. fortunately not hurting him sert. ousiy. Red Beay won this heat with John shelton second, Clinton e. third, iowlns low I # on % account s of the the unavoida- and . half seconds faster than the sSSrS so snt Red Tss ssay sa' hsa ths o% speeS S c ton C., gnishing second. John shelton third. and Mary Direct fourth. , st.. Abe won the five-eighths mile the judges disqualified Grenesque. who finished first but placed the mare ahead of Tom. KearnY. MT. WE Garth; of of Pensacola, reached the city yester- judges ih fse Afternoon.
 The summaries for Thursday were:
 2;16 trot three in five, stake. $500: Creighton Girl, b.m., by Ashland Egotist Belle. b.mr by Eeotist. :. ward. S.s., by The Baron (Een: :. palsas. pl;. b.s. by Egotist tAbsslj ] [ {
 ..i!s li. l;s: !-i I. ,.,i 'l' s''Is. H!'',
 sss $ = i:Ss i:Ss i:sd i:s5 s::iiss ss.tt ss.tt Red Beay, s.s., by IAwarf, :, Clinton c. blk.h.. by b Guato lGaflagher). ....2 John shelton, b.g:, by The
 Mary Direct. b:m.. by Di- rect. fRennick).. :. ..s ( Time:
 ssiii!i ,.el-s ,:sssS E.. .lis Mil'.
 ss i-t 1;Sss lSs i,:t2 l-s BIS II-ss
 ss ss ,.s i:as i:as i-s i-s i:ss i:ss i,a ssiis ,s Running race. fve-eighths mile, purse st50-St. Abe. 1l2 tDarla) won; Billy Strong, 1l2 tFinley) second; Morning, Light. lt2 tKohnl third.
 Running race. seyen-e -eighths mile. | purse s1s0--Ran After, ii2 (Collins) won; Grenesque, 1i2 tConieyl second | Tom Kearny, i12 (Hlsle) third. St. Noel and Amber Jack also ran. Time l 1:29.
 l Grenesque won but was disqualified kand placed secend Instead of last. | Leslie Waterman, chg. by Oso | ftSchwhrtz) to beat 2:iO. pacing: | Time:
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WATSON IN GEORGIA.
PopuIisf DweIIs On south,s Loss
 nnAwAa~-A

PopuIisf DweIIs On south's Less Of
 Prestige.
 Thomasville. Ga. Oct. s2--Spea Ing to large gathering here tod y, Thomas E. Watson, candidate of the Peoples Party urged his hearers to show the northern Democrats that the Democrats of the south were not politi- cal slaves.
 He said the South would never have It's former influence in the national government under present political conditions.
 He was given a noisy demo- stra' ion when he urged his audience to support . native Georgian for president.
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srANDARD OIL CASE.
Hearisg Ends In Chicaso To Re Re- stunned in New York.

stunned in New York. Chicago. Oct. 22-Judge Frarklin Ferris today concluded the taking oe testimony in Chicago in the railr ad phase of the government suit to dis solve the Standard oil Company and announced that the hearing will be re- snmei Tn New York next Tuesday morning.
 There are a number of witnesses who will be called by the defense to testi- fy at the adjourned hearing. All the testimony of the defense must be pre- sented before December 1. and fhs government will be sflowed until the first of the year to rebut such pa sts of the evidence as it wishes to com hat
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NO BILL AGAINST MBRoHANr.
Florida Grand Jury Falls to Return In-
 dictment.

Columbus, Ga, Oct. S2.--,(Speclai. )-- Jep Merchant, of Columbus, against whom a charge of murder was brought at Apalachicola Fla, some months ago will not be placed on trial. The grand jury there, after an investigation of the case. did not return a bill.
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last anrinK. the toll house is nooded; tba hridse approaches are .inundateo band the iowlands for a mile back are flooded. A heavy rain fall bet~een Tulsa and Hartlesville last night erip' pled oil field operations.
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rIood. Gu OIkIahoma.

Tulsa. Okla. Oct. 22.-Flood condi- tions in this vicinity are rapidly grow inv The Arkansas river is rising a foot an hour, Bird Creek Is twenty inches above tho high water mark of
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KlIIeA In Tornado.

Ell Paso. Tex, oct. 22--c. r. Ander- son. who resided near Hartford. N. M.. was killed in the tornado that swept Tucumcari and vicinity in New Mexico Tuesday night The dead so far re- ported number five and the injuShS fifty.
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rnr stntue ,of Gen. !s. D. Lee.

Atlanta. Ga, Oct 22.--At It's annual reunion here today the Georsfa DtyisS, ion of the United Confederate Veterans adopted a resolution appropf'iating s5oo for the eerction of statue at Vicks' burg to the late stephen D. Lee. F
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JUDGE IS REMOVED.

Supreme Court Denies Him Writ of
 supeFsedeas.
 Little Rock, Ark. Oct. 22--The Su- prerne Court today denied the petition of Judge O. H. Sumptef of Hot Springs for a writ of supersedeas in the ease where the Garland county circuit court
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-23

B.. Redd, sahib: J. H. oGwnn. satrap: B. D. Balibery. Secretary; W. A. Gii- der treasurer
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The Union Bank & Trust Co.
Located at Montgomery, Ala. AtMe Close Of BpsineSs
 Oct q, 1908.

RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts -. ......si55, orc. eS Demand Loans .s.' .... A,0V0.VO Sosds Is and Stock: owned by the ,'o Farnitnre it and Fixtures ........ s,sSO. .tS Other Real Estate .... ....s... 997. 3S Due from Banks and
 State .... .... ..ss6sso.2e Currency .... .. 1i.e25.eo sIss sslSsr : ;;Nleit;ols and -.
 cSesRa sRa'sa and Cash Item: iis. SS slss4.4O
 Tetal ...s. ..., ....ss2s,t4s. % LIABILITIES.
 Capital Stock Paid in .... ,. .s1oo, DOC % Undivided Profits less Current
 Expenses and Taxes Paid .s.. 2e,tio.e0 individual Deposits sub- feet to check ....s 19,0il.02 Savings Deposits 16e.070.S4 Demand. Certificates. 2,l05.0o
 Time Time certificates :. i,sSi.s5--iss. sss. .oI Bills Payable .... .''.-..s. 1e,0oo.OV
 Total :. .. =. .ssas. 44s. % THE STATE OF ALABAMA. MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Before me cahle J. N. Winehester, Cash Ter, of Union Bank and Trust Co, who De- ing duly sworn. says that the above and foreEolnR abatement is 6 true condition of said Bank. as shown by the oooks on file | in said Bank . Sworn to and subscribed before me, thts i 22nd day of october, isos. CLIFFORD w. STEWART, Notary Public. ATTEST: E. LOBMAN. J. L. GAsToN.
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RRs0URcEs.

M RESOURCES. I,oana ana Discounts ..... .sssa. .ess. Bl nsrnand Ioans .... e5, ,t70. 90 Overdrafts .... ., .......... 9,ooe. .es Bonds and Stocks ogned by the. ,s.s xa Fmrniture and FIxttres ........ 4,2SS.as Due From Banks and
 Bankers in this '=s Due from Banks and
 states ....: 37,sss. 78 Currency .., . .. s5, 081. 90 sA4-. Gold A1SoV Silver. nickels and
 isennIss . 2027a.1S checks and Cash Items 2.sos .ss--iss.Tts. Il
 Total .... ..-. ..ssss'ats'os
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION or
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LIABILITIES.

THE ALABAMA COUNTY: .. ..,:.t camF who
  said swornto oand before of ATTEST: J. HOLLOWAY Notary Public R t L. IT 
 Director
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-06-18
DREAM Of THE
WIFE CAME TRUE
HER LETTER BEGGING HIM TO RE.
TURN HOME AT ONCE FOUND
ON BODY OF GREGG.
HAD BEEN LURED
TO THE HILLS
Scene Of Murder Had Been Depicted
SO Clearly That Woman Identifies
the Murderer According To Her
Dreams.

Chattanooga, Tenn, June ia let.
ter found upon the body of A. G.. Gregg
ot Mt. Vernon, Tenn, travelling sales.
rian. who was murdered and his body
hidden in a lonely spot in the hills,
discloses the fact that his wife had ac.
curately forecast in a dream two
weeks previous to his death the fate
that awaited bin and warned him that
he would be enticed to remote place
and shot to death. The letter begged
him to return home to her.
There vas also postscript from his
little daughter Mary begging him to
prepare to die, warning him that her
mother had dreamed he would be
killed
The letter from the woman relates
that on the night previous she had
seen him decoyed 10 a spot on the side
of creek, which she described. and
there shot and killed by a man who
disposed Of the body by throwing 1t
into the water.
The woman asserted that the scene
had been depicted to her so clearly
that she was certain she could identify
the murderer IL his death occurred nc.
cording to her dream.
When Mrs. Gregg arrived in Chatta.
nooga to attend the funeral of her hus.
band she was asked about her remark.
able vision by the officers who had re.
covered the letter. She again related
the circumstances Of the dream. de.
scribing the murder as she had seen 1t.
The surroundings were identical
with those in which the body OF Gregg
had been found Her description OF
the murderer Tailed with the descrlp.
tion Of Lon Hatfield. whom officers had
placed under arrest on the charge OF
the murder of Gregg, circumstantial
evidence having pointed to him as the
guilty man. Mrs. Gregg al that time
had never seen Hatfield. The officers
decided to put her to a further test.
Placing Hatfield. dressed as he was
when captured. inconspicuously among
dozen other men, Mrs. Gregg was
brought into the room and asked TO
pick out the man whom she had seen
in her dream. Mrs. Gregg scanned the
assemblage of men before her careful.
~ and without hesitation, pointed her
niger at Hatfield. and related again
the incidents of her dream in the pres.
ence If Hatfield, who was visibly af
fCcled by the recital.
Mis-. Gregg says that practically all
the important incidents of her life
have been disclosed 20 her in dreams
previous to their occurrence. She mas
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POWERS AND HOWARD FREE
ooV WILSON GRANTS PARDON
TO THE TWO PRISONERS.
This Brings to a Close the Most Ora.
matlo Political story in the An
nails Of Kentucky.

Frankfort, KY, June 13.-Gov. A. Il
Wilson this morning granted par
don to Caleb Powers and James How
ard, both convicted of completely in
the murder of Gov. Goebel.
Powers has been tried for the al
legged crime on four different occasions
This brings to a close the most dra
matte political story in the annals OF
Kentucky. Factions have resulted
from the tragic death of Goebel. Feud:
have risen up. Friends of former days
have become enemies for life. The
state has been split asunder by this
one tremendous incident in the state
that once was known as "The Dark
and Bloody Ground"
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THREE MEN
Required to Drag Woman Ashore After
Injured Companion Rescued Her.

st. Louis, Mo-. June 14.--Mrs. Vic.
tCria Meters was probably fatally in.
JLred Sunday when a frantic team,
h!tched to a buggy in which she was
riding with j. T. Pierson, plunged from
The ferry landing at the foot of Market
street. A deck hand slammed the gates
as the noses Of the horses touched the
boat. Pierson and Mrs. Meters were
wedged underneath the buggy and
were dragged into the Mississippi. The
man, though imself injured, extricated
himself and swan to the shore with
the unconscious woman. Mrs. Meters
weighs 325 pounls, and 1t took three
men to drag her from the waters edge
after Pierson had swan ashore with
her.
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fidelity and patriotic devotion to the
interests of the. state. l trust that you
will not suffer any III effects and that
you will soon be restored to your full
health and vigor. With assurance OF
my high esteem and best wishes, | am
Faithfully yours,
CHARLES +. HUGHES"
There was no surprise in the vcte
of Senator Wallace, who from the out.
set had been definitely pledged to the
support of the governors recommends
tion in this matter. Every other sena.
tor, including Foelker, voted as he did,
pro or contra, when the bills were be.
fore the regular session in April, and
they passed by the precise constitu-
tional majority of 26 to 25--not one
vote too many or too few.
Bets and Arrests at GraVesend.
New York, June 13.-Between 10,
900 and 10000 persons journeyed down
to the Gravesend racetrack Friday to
see the horses run and, II possible, to
make a wager on their favorites. Hun,
dreds Of gaily-dressed women were in
the crowds In the grandstand and the
held stand.
Six races we're run according 10 the
schedule, but, not according to sched.
ule, six favorites won. There was bet
ting, too, on every race, despite the
fact that the new Agnew-Hart anti
gambling law was in force and that
John Cavanaugh, the master OF the
betting ring, announced that no specu
lation should be INDUCED In. Nine
persons were taken into custody by
the police authorities. who in uniform
and plain clothes circulated In large
numbers among the crowds in the bet.
ting pavilion. The prisoners were
charged with violating the new anti
gambling law, and each was held in
$500 bail.
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poInas Of iowa Rankers.

Sioux City, Ia, June 13.-The re-
fusal to 90 on record as favoring the
enactment OF state law guarantee.
ing bank deposits, the passage Of a
resolution in favor of placing bank
examiners on salary, the election OF
officers and the selection Of Waterloo
as the next meeting place. were the
principal features Of the concluding
session of the Iowa Bankers associa.
tion Friday. The new officers are:
l.. T. Brooks. Hedrick, president; ].
II. Ingwerson. Clinton, vice-president;
j. M. Dinwiddle Cedar Rapids. secre
tary; ID. l.. Heinsheimer. Glenwood
treasurer.
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NECK Barred FOR THE MOOSE
WHEN CHEERING NEWS OF A
STAY REACHED BlLLlk.
Tinkle Of Telephone Sounded In Jai
Just as Death Msrch To
Gallows Began.

Chicago, June 13.-Herman Billik,
the clairvoyant, condemned to die at
II o'clock Friday, was granted re-
prieve as mis- neck was barred for the
moose and his guards we're ready for
the dead march to the scaffold. Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Landslide fed
eral Judge who fined the Standard OIL
Co. $29,240, ,000-ordered a stay Of ex.
ecution at 11:l0 o'clock Friday, there
by giving Billik time to carry his case
before the supreme court Of the
United States.
The Incidents attending the stay
Of execution we're dramatic in the
extreme. Billik was snatched from
death almost at the foo; of the scat
fold He had received the rite OF ex-
IRENE JUNCTION. With Father O'Cal.
laghan he had uttered his last prayer.
His neck had been barred for the moose
and the jailer was forming the march
tt the scaffold.
Outside the Jail, Dearborn avenue.
Michigan and Illinois streets were
packed from curb to curb with people.
Father Vatmann, a priest of vii.
mette, ILL.,, was one of the crowd out.
s'de. He presented his card at the
door OF the jail. but was not admitted
Then a telephone bell in the sher.
ms Office rang so sharply that in the
tense stiffness Of the jail II seemed
to have been heard in every corner
Of tn building, although 1t was not.
II was message telling the sheriff
that the execution had been post
poned. Father Vatmann heard It at
the inner Jail door He leaped to the
guter stairs of the building in full
view OF the thousands packed in
dearborn avenue.
"Billik lives" he shouted, and RE
prieved!" waving his Panama hat
around and around his head. and
jumping up and down in excitement
and joy.
"Hurrah!" shouted Father Vatmann
and many of those near him, but their
word. Of cheering was drowned by the
inarticulate cry that went up from
hose further away who could not
hear the priests words, but saw his
gestures, OWNED their meaning and
shouted without taking time to form
the word "hurrah."
Then when the cheer had been
taken up by the prisoners within the
Jail one of the most dramatic episodes
Of the day occurred. The crowd out.
side surged up close to the doorway
and to the windows letting into the
basement, despite the opposition OF
the police. All were wildly yelling
yet, throwing hats in the air and wav
ing handkerchiefs and hands.
SuddeAly these crowding closest to
the Jail heard the echo Of their cheers
Inside and stopped TO listen. In q
moment the vast crowd was silently
listening.
"iurrah, Hurrah!" then broke OH
the shout anew outside.
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Jumped To His n.ath

Watertown. N. Y. June 13.-Chas. r
Mccormick, aged 3S, attorney, brother
OF Henry j. Mccormick, the former
New York Central claim agent, nov
under arrest on charges of forgery in
Volving enibezzlement of railroad
funds, committed suicide by jumpins
from the top OF five-story building He
was picked up, but died later. McCor
mick was arrested on a warrant charg
ing him with grand larceny in having
participated with his brother in an al
legged fraudulent settlement. but wal
released on $1,000 bail.
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TWO DIE IN S35O,OOO FIRE
PACKING ROUSE IN KANSAS CITY
SUFFERS IN BLAZE.
conflagration Follows an Explosion
Which 10 Felt Over Both the
Neiahborlng Cities.

Kansas City, Mo, June 13.-Two
laborers lost their lives. two others
were seriously injured and property
loss estimated at between S250,00O
and s85o.000 was caused by two
explosions followed by a fire In
the packing house Of Morris &
Co., at the riverside in Kansas City.
Kans., Friday. The force OF the ex-
plosions, which was felt all over both
Kansas Cities, ruined the cold storage
building. and the fire that followed
destroyed the smoke house with its
contents
An explosion of sewer gas resulted
when a water man in one of the cold
storage departments lighted a match
This was followed by another and
much more serious explosion caused
by the igniting OF quantity OF
ammonia, and a stubborn fire soon
started.
The Morris plant is located near the
channel of the Kaw river, and being
in the center of the flooded district is
In swift current OF water from six
to eight feet deep. This condition
made the task of fighting the fire
most difficult and 1t required FIVE
hours to place the flames under con-
troll. For a time the entire plant
seemed doomed. Fire apparatus was
transported to the scene after much
delay by fat cars. There were so
men in the plant when the explosions
occurred. but all except four escaped
Two Of these were instantly killed and
others badly mangled.
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THEFT RETURNED FouR-FoLo.
Man Sends $4,000 to National Treasury
Conscience Fund.

Washington. June 13.-Secretary
Cortelyou has received. in an envelope
postmarked Jersey. City. a conscience
contribution of $4,000, which has been
turned into the conscience fund OF the
treasury In an unsigned letter the
sender says that many years ago he
and another man took a considerable
sum Of money belonging to the gov
ernment and that this $4,000 makes Q
total OF $4,000, or four-fold the
amount originally taken by himself
that he has returned to the treasury
from time to time.
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OLDEST Ex-coNeREssMAN DIES,
John Vines Wright Passes Away al
Washington.

Washington, June 13.--John Vines
Wright. who was the oldest living ex-
member OF congress, died Friday at
his home in this city. Although near
so years old, he had been regularly
at his desk In the general land Office
until two months ago. when he had a
stroke of paralysis. He held the
unique distinction of making more
treaties with the Indians than any
other man.
Mr.. Wright had been a confederate
oficer. Judge of the supreme court
Of Tennessee and chairman of the
northwest Indian commission.
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Teachers, Examination.

the Highland County Board of School ex
aminers hereby gives notice that examina.
tiops of applicants for certificates will take
place in the Washington School Building
Hillsboro, on the hrst Saturday OF each
month rl
Patterson examinations will be held on
the third Saturday of April and on the Sec
ond Saturday Of May aT.If.. g. .-L..
Applicants for examination in special
branches muse notify the clerk at least two
weeks before examination day.
AS prescribed by law the fees for TIE eachers
examination will be so cents, while the Pat
terson examination no fee is charged.
r.. p. TOE, Pres,
N. ID LAMONDA.
II. d. GALH1ETr, Clerk,
Board of Examiners
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ROBBED OF HIS YOUNG WIFE.
South Carolina Man Relates Strange
Experience In Mountains.

Spartanburg, s. c., June 11.-W. F.
Burns of Jackson county, N. c.. while
on a bridal trip across Panther noun
ain, in Greenville county. says he was
robbed Of his pretty young wife by a
gang Of six men, after he had been
bound, beaten and robbed. He and
his wife stopped at cottage in the
mountains and during the night the
men entered the room of the couple.
attacked Burns and took his wife
down the mountain. He says he has
not seen her since. The authorities
are investigating his story.
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Gen. Evans succeed. Gen. Lee.

Birmingham, Ala, June 11.-With
the selection Of Memphis as the place
for the next reunion and the election
OF Gen. Clement A. Evans Of Georgia
as commander-in-chief to succeed the
late Gen. Stephen d. Lee. the United
Confederate Veterans adjourned their
annual convention late Wednesday
afternoon.
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Petition Erom ltalN.

Denver, Col, June lS.-The mayor o
Palermo. Italy and so citizens OF tina
place have sent a petition requesting
the governor OF Colorado to inquire
into the sanity OF Giuseppe Ala, th'
assassin OF Father Leo.
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Nine Livea ost.

Winnipeg, Man, Jan. ia prema
ture explosion OF dynamite, which oc
Cured at Chamber Bros camp. eas
OF here on the Grand Trunk PasifI'
railroad, killed nine members OF sta
ton gang and injured several others.
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new YORK race
BILL NOW LAW
PASSED BY THE SENATE AND
SIGNED PROMPTLY BY GOV.
HUGHES.
Not One Vote to spare-senator Foel.
ker, Near Collapse from illness, and
Senator Wallace Decide Issue Of
Remarkable Struggle.

Albany, N. Y. June 12.-After 9
struggle, the like of which no man In
or about the legislature has ever seen
or expects to see again, the famous
Agnew-Hart antiracetrack gambling
bills are now laws of the state of New
York.
Gov Hughes, by his signature affixed
to each of the bills at ABS d. m.
Thursday crowned legislative vic
tory, the brilliancy of which, equaled
only by its unexpectedness, is con
ceded even by those who fought him
In the matter to .he last ditch.
A few minutes before two p. m. the
truly extraordinary session of the leg
islature of 1908 adjourned without
day.
The decisive votes, which passed the
bills, we're cast by Senator Otto G.
Foelker Of the Fourth senate district
of Brooklyn, who crawled from a sich
bed and made 60-mile railroad jour
ney to do It, so weak and distressed in
mind and body that he seemed on the
verge OF utter collapse. and by a new
SeudtOT, Wlllldm y. WALLACE OI M
asara Falls, who was elected at spe
cial election, in the campaign preced
ing which the governor himself toured
the district speaking in behalf of his
election.
Governor Thanks Foelksr.
Gov. Hughes late In the afternoon
recorded his appreciation OF Senator
Foelker's action In the following let
ter:
my Dear SENATOR desire to ex
press my appreciation OF your heroic
action in coming to the senate this
morning. Your courageous perform
ance OF duty at so grave risk de
serves the highest praise and will long
be pointed to as a fine illustration OF