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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-12
.SU|C|DEO At ;
F|ANCEE'S GRAVE
Both Buried at Same Time
Woman Died From Driving
Accident

Bethlehem, Pa. June 12.-Brooding
over the death of his fiancee, Ray
mond Heintzellmann, aged 20 years
old, of Bowman Stone, Pa, swallow
ed poison yesterday. and then hur-
rying to the cemetery, shot himself
through the heart at the grave dug
for Miss Florence Rebrig, aged 10
years. On Memorial day the two
were out driving and met with an
accident which caused the young
wonlan's death on Wednesday OF this
week. The double funeral will take
place on Sunday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-12
Boat Sank.

Ashtabula, Ohio, June 12.-The pas
senger steamer Arundel, carrying 200
excursionists to Port Stanley, Can
ada, from Ashtabula harbor, went
aground at Amboy, ten miles east of
Ashtabula last night on the return
trip. The passengers were rescued by
the crew with the small boats.
Women fanted but no one was hurt.
Many missed trolley cars and slept
in barns and fence corners all night.
The boat was badly damaged.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-12
NO COMBINATION

Chicago, June 12-Oficial announce
ment was made today by Ira NJ. Cobe,
Samuel ". insult and Emile X. Boi-
sot that the plan to merge the four
elevated railroads of Chicago has fail
ed. 1t is said that the positive refusal
of the South Side IL" to enter into
the plan and a reluctant attitude on
the part of the Metropolitan road,
caused the cessation of endeavors to
form single company to operate the
lines
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-12
TWO BOATS SANK.

Philadelphia, June 12.-An explo-
sion in the engine room of the steam
boat Spearwater on the Delaware
river off this city today imperiled the
lives of about fifty persons, most of
them young women. They were taken
from the disabled vessel by the Phila-
delphia fire boat. The Spearwater
sank,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-12

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t. TIE WEATHER. 4
North Dakota cloudy
tonight and Sunday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
A DASTARDLY CRIME NEAR
ASHEVILLE.
John Hamilton Seriously Wounded
by Unknown Party-Missing Stu
dent Found I'm Philadelphia.

Asheville, n. c., Oct. 2.-John
Hamilton, a highly respected young
man of the Reems' Creek section,
lies in hispital here, with a dan
gerous wound in his back, near the
spine, as a result either of a DELHI
crate attempt at assassination or a
practical joke, while returning TO
his home on Reems' Creek road. ten
miles from Asheville, near midnight
last night Hamilton, accompanied
by two Heron boys, were fired upon
from Ambush. following a fusilade
of rocks, thrown at them from a
wooded embankment above the road.
The boys had been to a box supper
at Hemphill school house on Reems'
Creek, and after escorting their girls
home from the function we're on
their way home.
Chief of Police Chambers this
morning received a message from
Philadelphia to the effect that Alex
ander Gray Churchward, the Ashe-
vile school student who disappeared
from the school September 18th
had been found, and to cease search
for the boy. The message gave nc
particulars as to where the boy was
found, but 1t Is presumed that he
was located in Philadelphia.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
SUFFRAGETTES TRYING TO
STARVE.
Put I'm Jail for Assaulting Member
of the British Goyernment-The
Women Forced to Take Food by
Use of Stomach Pumps.

London, Oct. 2.-Writs In an ac-
tion charging assault were issued to-
day against Home Secretary Glad
stone and the governor and physician
of the Birmingham jail at the insti-
cation of the suffragettes who are
raging because the officials are COM
pelling the imprisoned suffragettes
to eat food while they are apparent
ly desirous of becoming martyrs to
the cause by starving themselves to
death.
On several previous instances suf-
fragettes were released from impris-
onment when they refused to eat,
but the women arrested in Birming-
ham were forcibly fed.
Ellen Barnwell and Hilda Burkitt,
who were the leaders in the attack
on Premier Asquith's train, this
leading to their arrest, fought des-
perately to prevent taking food, but
they were held while a stomach
pump was used to force them to take
beef tea. The women have resorted
to violence, smashing the Jail win
dows and breaking all the furniture
in their cells. They scream "votes
for women" until the rules-abiding
prisoners complain bitterly.
AS a result of their violence the
rights of the suffragettes have been
forfeited in part. No one is allowed
to visit them. Miss Christabel Park
hurst, desirous of interviewing one
of the women upon legal point, was
refused admittance to the Jail
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
MARY RILEY MURDERED IN DUR.
HAM.
Woman Had Been Missing for Fear
Days--Everctt Leach In in Jaii
Charged With the Murder.

Durham. Oct. 4.-The Coroner Z
inquest this morning in the matter
OF Mary Riley. who was found dead
near Sheriff Markham's home place
yesterday morning. resulted In bind
ing over Everett Leach. the negro.
charged with her murder.
The woman had been missing four
days. Saturday afternoon the neigh
bors gave the officers the first clue
by asking IL she was In their custody.
She was found yesterday morning.
her neck apparently broken. the
clothing torn of and dragged IS
yards. She was little marked save
the skin on her back. There had
evidently been a fight. Leach left
the dance hall with her Wednesday
night. The cries OF the woman we're
heard after midnight and near the
scene OF battle was found a button
torn from the mans clothes. Ii took
enough cloth to mark him and his
clothes had the missing button and
the clinging goods. He was bound
over without bail today.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
Very Unfavorable Report
Issued by the Department
of Agriculture.
REASONS FOR A SHORT CROP
Official Report Indicates That on
September 35th the Condition of
the Crop was Only $50 per cent
OF Normal-Exeessiye Rainfall In
Srping, Followed by Drought,
Damaged Crop-The New Orleans
Storm and the Boil WeeviI Got In
their Wordsworth Carolina Has
Ten Year Average.

Washington, D. c., Oct 4.-The
most unfavorable report on the con-
dition of the cotton crop issued by
the Department of Agriculture at
this season of the year for many
years, was made public to-day.
Financial and weather conditions
combined to make the report un-
favorable.
Today's official report indicates
that on September 25th the condition
OF the cotton crop was only 5S5 per
cent of normal, as compared with
63.7 per cent on August 25, 1909,
69.7 on September 25, 1908, 67.7 on
September 25, 1907. and 67 per cent
On the average for ten years on Sep
tember 25. 1909.
After the announcement by the
Department of Agriculture of the
figures recording the average for
this month, DR.. S. A. Knapp, chief of
the cooperative demonstration work
for the Department of Agriculture In
the South, after a conference with
Secretary Wilson, said that the Sc
rious falling off in the figures, es-
pecially for Louisiana and Mississip-
pi, were due to two reasons.
One was, the excessive rainfall In
the early part of the cotton crop sea-
son, followed by a serious drought
and the second was the failure of
cotton planters to obtain advances
on their crops from bankers. The
latter reason forced the planters to
dismiss considerable part of their
labor at time when the boil weevil
was a most serious pest.
DR.. Knapp stated that another
reason which induced a falling off in
the general average of Louisiana
was that there was practically 80
per cent less of acreage in cotton
than in previous years
The boil weevil did serious dam
age during the past year in the
southwestern quarter of Mississippi.
sIn my Judgment said DR..
Knapp, "the really serious trouble
which applies to all of the cotton
States, was brought about by the ex,
cessive rainfall in the early part OF
the season and the excessive drought
| in the latter part. In some of the
| States planters scarcely could obtain
| water enough for their live stock
This was particularly true of Texas
and Oklahoma. What is known al
the New Orleans storm, which pass
ed up through portions of Louisiana
and western Mississippi, blew out
immense quantities of cotton, ant
served seriously to detract from the
excellence of the CROP
Comparisons of conditions BY
| States follows:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
A Concord Woman Makes Serious
Charges Against Rocky Mt. Man.

Rocky Mount, Oct. 3.-Upon a
serious charge preferred by a Con-
cord woman, Mr.. L. D. Pullen, a
young man Of this city and an en-
ploye Of the Atlantic Coast Line,
was placed under $1,000 bond for
his appearance in Concord at the
next term Of court. The warrant
was sworn out by Miss Smith, of
Concord, and four of the most prom
inent lawyers there have been re-
tanned by her. Miss Smith visited
here about ten or twelve months ago
and after her return to Concord the
young man has married young
lady of this city, the time of the mar
riage being about the time appoint
ed for the marriage to the Concord
young woman.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
NEPHEws FIGHT 4 DUEL.
Fatal End Of n Family Feud I'm
Georgia-One Killed and Two Are
Wounded.

"Ouuucu.
MouItrie, Ga. Oct. AT the old
homestead of the late Nathan Flow
ers In the lower part OF the county.
Bert Williams is dead. Wright Flow
ers is dying and it is believed Will
liam Flowers is fatally hurt tonight
as the result OF terrific six-handed
battle with rifles and pistols. news Of
which reached here to-day.
The trouble occurred over a dis
pute about the division of an estate
of Nathan Flowers. He died, leav-
ing no children, and since his death
John Hart, who married a niece, has
been living on the home place of the
Flowers. The Flowers boys are nep-
hews, while Williams married a
niece. Since Nathan Flowers' death
there has been a wrangle over the
estate, 1t is alleged, and trouble has
been feared.
1t is stated that the six men met
at the homestead and the quarrel
was renewed, the shooting ending
the dispute.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
A HORRIBLE EXECUTION
Pretender to the Throne Of Morocco
Put to Death by the Sultan.

Paris, Oct. "A dispatch to The
Matin from Fee says that inquiries
show that Ell Roghi, the pretender to
the throne of Morocco, who was ex-
ecuted at Fee in the middle of Sep
tember, was put to death by Sultan
Mulai Hafid himself under circum-
stances of revolving cruelty.
According to the correspondent
the monarch, assisted by his cham
berlain, dragged the pretender into a
cage of lions and then provoked the
animals, which leaped upon the man
aeled captive, inflicting horrible
wounds. Then, as Ell Roghi fell to
the ground motionless, the lions left
him alone, despite the goadings of
the Sultan, who thareupon pulled his
still living victim outside the cage
with hooks, emptied can of lamp
oil over him and set him on fire.
feeding the flames with oil-soaked
rags until nothing but the charred
bones of the pretender remained.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

A Durham negro finds himself
leading a double 1ife-he is out on
pond, yet he is in Jail. Solomon
Shepherd, the confessed murderer
OF Engineer Holt, is held without
bond in that case, and allowed bail
in the sum of $4,000 on a burglary
charge. The burglary occurred while
Shepherd was in another State, and
yet he admits the crime and exhibit.
ed bunch of keys belonging to q
person in the home that was burg
larized. Shepherd is either crazy ol
is willing to pay a dear price fol
some cheap advertising. His ceunse
will ask for his commitment to al
asylum.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

The Winston-Salem board of trade
made no mistake in electing Judge
H R. Starbuck president of that
body. He is a deservedly popular
man, CONSCIENTIOUS in whatever he
undertakes and is all round qualified
for the position. Judge Starbuck
was elected a member of the last
State Senate by the Republicans Of
Forsyth, and was recognized as one
Of the most able men in the Senate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
South Carolinian Dies of a Very Rare
Disease.

Rock Hill, S. c., Oct. 3-Mr. M.
A. Johnson of the Highland Park
mill village, died Friday afternoon
and was buried here Saturday. Mr.
Johnson was affected with acromega-
ly disease of the giants), an affec-
ton that causes an abnormal en-
largement Of everything about per-
son. Mr.. Johnson's entire body was
enlarged, his hands, nose and ears
being two or three sizes larger than
the average. Very few cases of the
kind have ever come to the atten-
ton of physicians at large although
am reliably informed that it has
been known to medical science since
1886. Mr.. Johnson has been afflict-
ed with this disease for a number of
years, and has a son who shows some
affection of the same disease by en-
largement of his jaws.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
WANTED TO BE A DESPERATE.
Goldsboro Youth Winds Up I'm Jail
Result of Reading Trashy Liter
ature.

ature.
Goldsboro, Oct. 2.-After reading
the adventures OF Nick Carter and
how he finally succeeded in landing
Bloody Pete in Jail, after a long
chase around the world, Cat"
Snipes, youth OF this city, was ar
rested and lodged In jail on the
charge of stealing pistols from sew
eral parties in this city. The youth
full criminal informed the authori-
ties today that he stole the pistols
for the purpose of holding up some
one and relieving them of their val
uables and then see il he could have
better success than Bloody Pete"
When arrested he had four pistols
on his person, all loaded, and SEEM
ed to think that he was a hero, but
when he heard the heavy iron door
Of his cell close, and realized that
he was in jail, between sobs he stat
ed that he was satisfied that Pete's
profession was not the line he was
looking for.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
GOV. SAYS SHOOT NIGHT RIDERS.
Chief Executive of Kentucky Says
Farmers Have a Right to Protect
Their Homes.

Frankfort, KY, Oct. 4.--Governor
Wilson is advising the independent
tobacco growers of Kentucky to
shoot the night riders to protect
their homes. Piles of letters are
stacked on his desk, the governor
says, from tobacco growers asking
him whether they must pool their
tobacco. or whether they will receive
protection from the militia IL they
do not pool it.
Organize liberty leagues and kill
the nocturnal invaders" is the ad-
vice that the governor gives In a
statement Governor Wilson says
that no man should pool his tobacco
unless he wants to. and that he will
pardon any man who resorts to meas
| ures to protect his home. The feel
| ing is intense and the crisis for the
| independents of the organization
men will be reached within the next
| few days.
Bloodshed is feared.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
Winston's Tobacco Sales Beat All
Previous Records.
winston-salem, Oct. IA ga

Winston-Salem, Oct. IA gain of
nearly four million pounds Of manu-
factured tobacco shipped by firms
here In the first nine months of the
year, as compared with 1908's SINH
lar PERIOD is the record-breaking
statement compiled from the inter-
nal revenue Office The local manu-
facturers have paid the government
Golfers already this year on tobacco
stamps $1,952,350.06, an increase OF
s217,336.36. 1t may be estimated
that manufacturers here have re-
ceived for this huge output nearly
thirteen million dollars.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
CORN FAMINE IN MEXICO.
Import Duties VIII Probably be Lift
ed to Relieve Suffering.

Mexico City, Oct. 1.-Mexico faces
a corn famine which will require
the lifting of the import duties on
that cereal, according to Louis Bal
esteir, Secretary of the Sociedad Ag-
ricola Mexicana-
The recent frost which worked
damage to the crop estimated at NIL
lions, is but the eliminating blow of
a series of disasters to the farmers
of the republic.
Ninety per cent of the vegetable
crop has also been destroyed and
prices are rising, In some instances
doubling.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

The Durham Herald thinks if the
Democratic party ever hopes to ac-
complish anything it had better pull
itself together and let the country
know where it staads on the tariff
question The trouble is the crit
ter" doesn't know itself.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
Destructive Fire at Jacksonville,
North Carolina.

Wilmington, Oct. A destructive
fire visited Jacksonville, Onslow
County, early yesterday morning, the
aggregate loss being in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000, partially covered
by insurance. The fire started in the
living apartments of Mrs. Mary Will
liams, over grocery store belong
ing to T. W. Brock, opposite Court
house Square. The origin is sup
posed to have been a defective f1ue.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

The press dispatches state that
the Democratic ring in New York has
nominated a reform Democrat for
Mayor. There must be some mis-
take about that, as a reformed Dem
ocrat is afterwards known as a Re-
publican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

Some of the Virginia papers state
that Henry st. George Tucker, the
defeated candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor,
made a "rousing speech" at Staun-
ton few days ago. He had prob
ably forgotten the serious charges
he made against his Democratic op-
ponent in the primary.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
Bristol, Va, "Wet" Again.

Bristol, Va, Oct. AFTER a
drought of more than eighteen
months, Bristol is once more wet
twelve saloons having opened here
this morning. Others will open
Monday, and it is said the number
NAV increase to twenty-five. The
license is $4,000 annually.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

the arrangements for the general
public were not satisfactory.
The Portland Tribute today was
one OF the most enthusiastic he has
had. His ride through the city was
made the occasion Of military dis
play by the United States forces sta
toned at Vancouver barracks, the
troops being reviewed by the Presi-
dent ct the conclusion OF their escort
duty
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

The news comes from Texas that
all her public money has been spent
for "other purposes and there will
be no salary for school teachers until
November. This is not an enviable
record for the biggest Democratic
State in the Union.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

A Baltimore lady, who is can
didate for the legislature in her
State, says there is crying need for
the legislation she advocates. And
it is quite possible that there is a
crying need for her at home.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
Now Holding Their Meeting i'm Ashe-
ville.-Speeches by Governor
Kitchin and Others.


Kitchin and Others.
The Southern Appalachian Good
Roads Convention, met in Asheville
Tuesday and will be in session
throughout today. The meeting is
attended by delegates from the sew
enty-fve counties Of North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Tennes-
see, comprising the Southern Appa-
lachian country.
Governor Kitchin and others de-
livered addresses before the Con-
vention. The meeting will adjourn
this afternoon.
The object of the convention is to
provide ways and means for the con-
struction of five hundred miles OF
improved roads in the Southern Ap-
palachian mountains with connecting
roads leading to the Piedmont region
of Virginia, North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Tennessee.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

They must have had a lot of sick
ness over in Greensboro during the
past month. Over one hundred gal
Ions of whiskey was prescribed dur
ing the month for medicinal pur-
poses.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

Senator Bailey has Invited Mr..
Bryan to stay out of Texas if he
wanted to help the party. 1t will
probably be very hard for Mr.. Bryan
to take that view of the situation.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
One Cent a Year Carrying Mail.

Galena, ILL.,, Oct. 2.-Star mail
route No. 39,125, between Dodge
Vile and Mineral Point, a remnant
of the line between Milwaukee, and
which was established in 1885, has
been discontinued. It was cut down
to eight miles in 1881. For four
years the compensation for carrying
mail ever the route has been one
cent a year. The carrier has been
offered as high as $40 for his gov,
ernment order as a souvenir.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

An exchange says that Mr.. Bryan
now has the interest of his party at
heart We had not noticed any
statement to the effect that he had
refused to accept another nomina-
ton
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
Federal Prisoners Carried to At
lanta.

Winston-Salem, Sept. 3O.-J. w
Pruitt, white, aged fifty years, and
Prince Mcbride, colored, aged thirty.
five, were escorted to Atlanta to-
night by officers. to serve one year
and one day each in the Federal
prison.
Pruitt was convicted in the Wilkes
Circuit Court for counterfeiting, and
Mcbride for Illicit distilling.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
Wright Breaks Record for High
Flight.

Potsdam, Oct. 2.-Orville Wright
the American aviator, today broke
his own and all other records fol-
high flying. He reached the unprec-
edented height of more than sixteen
hundred feet, although an official
measurement was not taken.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
A Suicide at MeckIenburg County
Home.
Charlotte Observer. ]

Charlotte Observer.
While watching the burning OF a
barn near the county home at an
early hour Thursday morning, Super
intendent Holton, hearing the groans
of dying man, went TO the bed OF
Roland K. Roberts. claiming to be a
native of Utah, writhing in blood.
having inflicted fatal wounds with a
razor across his neck and the large
arteries of the wrists. Although the
despondent man slashed himself al
three spots which constituted the
most vital parts OF his body. he lived
for "a hours, dying at an early hour
Friday morning.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

Some of the papers in this State
favor re-establishing the whipping
for we need them to help build good
roads throughout the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
Cherokee Indians Starving on Ac.
count of Drought I'm Oklahoma.

Muskogee, Okla, Oct. 3.-John D.
Benedict, Superintendent of Indian
Schools, who returned last night
from the Flint Hill district, reports
that several thousand full-blooded
Cherokees are facing starvation be-
cause of the unprecedented drouth
this year.
The Indians have scarcely any
thing to eat and say they cannot send
their children to school because they
have no money to buy clothing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

1t is a little strange to hear a
Democratic Solicitor in North Caro-
lima proclaim that corn whiskey is
one of the requisites for the cure
Of pellagTa.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

An exchange says that Democrats
fight better when fighting each
other" They probably know each
others record, which is sufficient
ground for their fights.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

The Democrats have placed a num-
her of laws on the statute books that
have never been enforced. The laws
should be enforced-or repealed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07
Another Good Democrat Gone Wrong
Charlotte Observer

n. Peoples, former collector Of taxes
in District, No. 8, that embracing
the townships in the lower sections
of the county. will be panied to learn
that he has been called upon to give
a deed of trust to his entire proper
ty, including fine farm in Steele
Creek township and other valuable
holdings. to cover discrepancy in
his office, as result of taxes paid
but which have not been accounted
for, and the failure to take receipts
for moneys which he has paid out
but for which vouchers are not held.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-07

Has Greensboro an epidemic of
pellagra, or why did the physicians
Of that town prescribe more than one
hundred gallons of whiskey the past
month?