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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-08-31
Smiths Popular Majority 4,47S.

Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 26 The
Journal says that with only Tatt-
nal county to be heard from Off
cial returns from Tuesdays prl-
mary give Hoke Smith a popular
majority Of 4,478 over Governor
Joseph M. Brown. The toTal vote vo
was Smith 5,878; Brown 81, ,595.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-08-31
nr. ReIl's Pima -Tar-Honev

is the best for coughs, colds,
Group, grip, whooplng cough,
bronchitis, asthma aud all throat
and bronchial troubles. Sold
every whero. Look fer the bell on
the bottle.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-08-31
Struck a Rich Mine.

S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala i,
says he struck a perfect mine of
health in DR.. Kings New Life
pills for they cured him of liver and
kidney trouble after 12 years of
suffering. They are the best pills
on earth for constipation, mala-
ria, headache, dyspepsia, debility,
25c as all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-08-31

If taken just when You feel as
though you were going to be sick
YOU will never know what serious
illness is. PARTIES the blood,
drives out disease before it gets a
fcothold; such IS Holllster's
Rocky Mountain Tea. None other
40 effecti, and sure. 35 cents, Tea
or Tablets. Cornelison & Cook.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-08-31

DOWNWARD REVISION PROMISED.
Promise OF tariff revision on the
basis Of equalization of cost of
pr oduction at home and abroad
plus reasonable profit was equal
to a promise of a big revision
downward.
Mr.. Taft, however, affixed his
sig lature to bill which revised
the existing tariff upward on an
average of approximately III par
cent. Because of the failure of
the President to make his promise
good, 90,000,000 people are forced
to stand an increase in the cost of
living
DIvERTING ATTENTION..
The. he.Taft-Roosevelt-S h n u
side show in New York has taken
on resemblance to three shell
game. Just at the moment the
public thinks it understands the
situation, and begins to feel that
Roosevelt will endorse Taft, O,
that he will refuse to endorse him
the men managing the show bring
forth new interview which al
Iahch as says to the public
'You see you were wrong again
the plea wasn't under that shell.
at all-guess again."
The question has been raised il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
SUNDAY SCHOOLS CLOSE
OWING TO EPIDEMIC
Dozen Cases of Infant Paralysis
and Two Deaths Reported in
Middletown, Conn.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn.,, September 49,
The five Sunday schools of this city held
no sessions yesterday because of the
prevalence Of infant paralysis. a dozen
cases have been reported, six of them
within the last two days. The local ply
sicians have said they were unable to
diagnose the disease in its earlier stages
or give a reason for its spread.
Two deaths have resulted. The victims
were girls in the senior class of the
high school. The baby daughter Of w. 8.
Mcintyre. an instructor in the high
school, has been stricken and is seriously
i'll.
Because of the fact that the disease
has developed In the high schools MEM
bers OF the board Of education and physi-
clans met yesterday to consider the clos
ing of the schools. Prof. w. A. Wheatley.
the superintendent OF schools. condemned
the lack Of sanitary precautions in the
schools. He said high school pupils were
compelled to use a common towel and
drink from a common cup. After discus
sion the majority voted to keep the
schools open to avoid widespread and
needless alarm.
There Is great fear of an epidemic and
parents undoubtedly will withdraw their
children from the schools. The matter
was mentioned in the pulpits yesterday in
connection with the announcement OF the
closing Of the Sunday schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
GETS $4,000, 900; Is BORED.
Youth Who 1nherits Fortune Will
Only Talk of Tennis.

NEW YORK, September 1s.-An heir
to 100000 fortune, George Myers
Church, an eighteen-year-o schoolboy.
refuses to wax enthusiastic over his great
legacy. but thinks only of tennis and
athletic sports.
"Poof!' replied young Church today
when asked what he was going to do with
the $4,000 900 left him by his grandfather
George S. Myers of st. Louis, who made
fortune in tobacco. "Say, you should
see the way 1 finished that game of ten
mis-. / am not interested in the money,
but I'm ready to talk about tennis, foot
ball and hockey"
Church told Of his tennis game with
Beals Wright at Newport, when that ex-
pert defeated him in the national singles
He spoke also Of how he came out vic
torious in the Princeton interschola site
singles and later in the Bronxville tour
nament, but to question him on monetary
matters bored him dreadfully. Church's
grandfather died in Redland, Cal, re-
Gently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
COUNTESS ILL, IN WANT
ONCE THE WIFE OF HEIR PRE-.
SUMPTTVE TO A THRONE.
Her Fortune Dissipated, She Is
Often Without Enough
to Eat.

BOSTON, Mass, September 19.-In a
boarding house in Rutland, VT, depend
ent upon the infrequent charity of neigh
bors, and at times without even enough
to eat, the aged Countess Nicholas,
daughter OF Sir James Dawson. and a
cousin of Ewart Gladstone, is dying.
The countess, who, as wife of an heir
presumptive to the throne Of Greece,
seemed destined to a royal palace, Is
living her last days crippled and friend
less.
She is the mother of Sir Washington
Irving Bishop, whose death twenty years
ago stirred two continents.
Half a dozen years ago the last vestiges
of the sprendor in which the countess
once lived disappeared. The magnificent
estate in Montpelier, VT, had been dissi-
pated. by. her husband. and both were
turned out Of their home. Since that
time things have gone from bad to
worse, until, today the countess. at the
age Of sevehty-six, is In dire need.
Twenty years ago New York, and later
the whole country. was startled at the
court proceedings Instituted against three
physicians for the death of washington
Bishop, and charges against them were
made by Mr.. Bishops mother, the mind
sicians performed an autopsy on Mr..
Bishops body after his death at the end
of one evenings entertainment at the
Lambs Club, in New York
The story Of the life Of Countess Mich
olas reads like romance. She was the
daughter Of Sir James Dawson. a de-
scendant Of the secretary to Queen Eliz-
abeth. Through the medium Of some Of
her family, she met M. L. Bishop, a
wealthy banker and an associate in busi-
ness with Drexel j. Gould and William
H. Vanderbilt The wedding was one Of
the social events of the times.
After the death of her husband and the
loss of her property she married Count
Lucas Nicholas, a New York banker. He
was the son Of Prince Anastasius Mich
olas, who was killed during the war be-
tween Greece and Turkey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
WIDOW UNDER SUSPICION.
Man Painting Her House Found II
Have Been Shot in the Back.

Nuremberg, VT. September 1e.-An
autopsy having disclosed that William
Heath. a painter, who was supposed to
have committed suicide Saturday, was
shot through the back, the authorities
have placed Mrs. J. NJ. Dodge. a prom
inent resident. in custody in her own
home.
Heath had been employed for several
days painting at the Dodge residence.
Saturday Mrs. Dodge ran out Of the
house. exclaiming Heath had shot him
self while at work In her bedroom
The revolver with which the shooting
was done was owned by Mrs. Dodge,
according to the on1cers. Mrs. Dodge Is
about fofty.etEht years old. widow,
and active socially In the town.
Heath was forty years old. and leaves
q family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
IN HONOR OF JUAREZ.
President Diaz Unveils Monument
at Mexico City.

MEXICO CITY, September 19.-In the
presence Of large crowd. President Diaz
yesterday off1ciated at the unwilling and
dedication of great marble monument
erected to the memory of Benito Juarez,
the man who separated the state and
church In Mexico when he occupied the
ONCE of chief executive of the nation
The monument stands in the Alameda
fronting Juarez avenue, and is one of the
most imposing and costly in the capital
Another feature Of the Mexican centen-
NAL Of independence celebration program
was the delivery of the keys of Mexico
City to the government by the French
ambassador. The keys were carried to
France when the French soldiers return
ed to their country after the French oc-
cupation ended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
PROGRESSIVE IS NAMED
POSTMASTER BY TAFT
Appointment at SaIina, Kan.,
Made Day President Said He
Would Be Impartial.

SALIVA, Kan, September 19.-George
M. Hull, progressive republican, to-
day received letter from the first as.
sistant postmaster general notifying him
of his appointment by President Taft to
the position Of postmaster here.
The appointment was dated September
Il. the day letter was issued from
Beverly saying that the President in
tended to be impartial in his attitude to.
ward progressives and regulars in the
matter OF patronage
The President had reappointed T. D.
Fitzpatrick, the incumbent, as postmas.
ter. but the Senate failed to confirm the
appointment Representative W. A. Cal
derhead, who recommended Fitzpatrick
for the place, was defeated for renomi-
nation by q progressive at the republi-
can primaries. .-...
This is the home of United States Sen
ator Bristow, who recommended the ap-
pointment of Hull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
BALLOONS IN ENDURANCE
CONTEST LAND SAFELY
Three Come Down in PennsyI-
vania and One in Ohio
Hours After Start.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, September 10
Word was received here today that the
balloon Indiana II. one of the starters in
the American championship race from
the speedway last Saturday. landed al
Pittsburg. Pa, Sunday evening at $40.
Carl G. Fisher, president Of the speedway,
was the pilot, and George L. Bumbaugll
was the assistant. The Million Popula-
ton Club landed at Trafford City. Pa,
Sunday afternoon.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, September 19.-John
Berry, who sailed in the balloon Uni
versity City. in the free-for-all race from
Indianapolis Saturday. afternoon, landed
safely at $3.50 o'clock this morning five
miles from McKeesport. Pa. according
to message received from him.
- Heavy Rain Encountered.
PHILADELPHIA. September 1e.-The
balloon Pennsylvania II, which left In
dianapolis Saturday In the endurance con-
test for the American championship, land
ed near Dexter. Ohio. yesterday. The
balloon was entered in the race by the
Aero Club Of Pennsylvania. and the fol-
lowing telegram received at the head
quarters of the club today tells of the
flight:
Left indianapolis, Ind, Saturday at
5:3s. landed one mile north of Dexter,
Meigs county. Ohio, Sunday 1890 am.
Time. 16 hours 80 minutes. Approximate
air line. 30 miles. Heavy rain during
Saturday night"
The balloon carried Arthur T. Ather-
holt and c. B. Graham, both Of Phila-
delphia.
TNDI MA, Pa. September 19.-Balloon
No. g. the Centennial, carrying Anots
Honeywell and Lambert, landed near
Hershbon, this county. at $50 last even
ing. According to the pilots, the trip was
made without incident. The air craft
was shipped to Indianapolis this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
UPRISING IN TURKESTAN.
Chinese Provincials Believed to Have
Murdered Government Official.

VICTORIA. B. c.. September 19.-News
was brought from Peking by the steamer
Empress Of India OF an uprising in Chi
nese Turkestan. Many shops were burned
at the provincial capital. The provincial
treasurer is missing and Is believed to
have been killed. All convicts have been
liberated from the prisons.
+: Great agitation prevailed in Toxic when
the Empress Of China sailed over alleged
bribery by the promoters Of the elevated
railway for Toxic. Indignation meetings
were being held. Opponents Of the scheme
quote Mayor Gaynor Of New York as
stating to them that he would not permit
the construction in future of elevated
roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19

IL will be. 1t looks as though II were
one OF the ultra-microscopic organisms In
the class with yellow fever. rabies and
some other diseases. whose poison will
pass through q stone filter, but whose
bug" cannot be seen.
Ii seems also to be a disease affecting
exclusively, as heretofore supposed. man
and monkeys. The infection Is I'm the
discharge from the nose. and this dried
and ground will produce another case
while a drop Of the solution made from
the spinal cord of a fatal case Will also
produce the disease.
This much has been learned by observa-
ton and experiment. Ii has been found.
however, that while monkeys are suscep-
tible to the disease IL has never been COM
municated to horses, dogs. chickens or
pigeons, so far as known. The surgeons
of the marine hospital service are study
ing the disease that has been killing the
chickens in the Bethesda region. but this
In slow work and so far there are no
definite statements that they feel war
ranted in making.
Similar Outbreaks Elsewhere.
At the same time there have been sew
eral reports of chicken epidemics stimuli
taneous with outbreaks OF infantile
paralysis. One of the first epidemics re-
ported from Pennsylvania some weeks
ago was accompanied by spread Of SINH
lar disease among the chickens. Then
there was an epidemic at Richmond, Va.
with q simultaneous outbreak among the
chickens. One of the victims at Rich
mond was also a chicken fancier. many
Of whose chickens were i'll before he took
the disease.
1t was stated today by DR.. Charles E.
Emmons that he had noted the appear
ance Of animal paralysis among house
hold pets preceding infantile paralysis
among children in the same family. He
said that In two cases he had observed
that cats had been affected with paralysis
prior to the appearance of the disease
among the children Of the family. An
other case. he said, was that of dog
owned in the family of lawyer in
Washington. He said that the dog was
affected with paralysis in the hind quar-
tiers. and partially recovered. but that
his sickness was followed by the death
from infant paralysis of two children in
the family. The dog. he said. is to be
sent to the Department of Agriculture
for observation today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Theater Manager Accused.

ST. LOUIS September 19.-William
Garen. manager of a local theater. was
arrested today and charged with en-
bezzlement.
soon AFTER the arrest a suit Of attach
ment for money said to have been de-
posted in Ave banks by Garen was filed
by the st. Louis Theater Company. 1t is
said there is a discrepancy of SCI. $40 in
Garen's accounts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Girl Getting Drink Shot for Burglar,

UN1ONTOWN, Pa, September 10
Anna Cole was mistaken for a burglar
and perhaps fatally shot by her friend
and neighbor. Charles Kindrew, early
yesterday. The young woman tres
passed upon the kindrew lawn to get
q drink Of water from a hvdrant Kin.
drew. having twice heard BURGLARS
during the night. shot at the dark
form. One OF the bullets entered the
girls abdomen. and it is doubtful IL She
RECEIVERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
TRAINMEN KILLED IN WRECK.
Operator Charged With Neglect Of
Duty and Arrested.

CAIRO, ILL.,, September 19.-Four train
men were killed and two were injured
yesterday in head-on collision between
a Mobile and Ohio ana an Iron Mountain
freight train near Beech Ridge. Ill.
The trains were going thirty miles an
hour.
Both locomotives and twelve cars
loaded with lumber and coal. were de-
molished.
Witnesses testified before a coroners
jury late yesterday afternoon that Tele-
graph Operator Charles e. Clark. who
was on duty at Beech Ridge. had been
drinking and failed to transmit orders.
Clark was arrested. charged with re-
sponsibility for the wreck, and lodged in
jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
TWO DEAD, THREE HURT.
Result Of Crash After Auto Operator
Loses Control.

EASTON. Pa, September 19.-Two are
dead as the result of an automobile ac-
eident late last night on the road between
Nazareth. Pa. and this city. John Fry
was giving a party Of four friends a ride
in his new car and when he reached a
stretch Of fine road he put on speed. Fry
lost control of the car and smashed into a
telephone pole.
The party was thrown out and Miss
Ruth Seiple, OF Bangor. Pa, was instant
ly killed. William Walker. also of Ban
gor, was brought to hospital here with
both legs broken and suffering from in
ternal injuries. He died today.
Two other girls In the car and Fry
were painfully hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
LABOR LEADERS WILL SPEAK.
Convention of Plumbers and Gas
Filters in St. Paul

ST. PAUL, Mimi, September 19.-The
seventeenth biennial convention of the
United Association Of Journeyman Plum
bers, Gas Filters. Steam Filters and
Steam Filters Helpers Of the United
States and Canada began here today.
President Samuel Gompers Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and John Mitch
ell, vice president Of the federation, will
make addresses during the convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
MANY FORGERIEs CHARGED,
W. H. Stratham, Arrested in Colo.
RADIO, Wanted in Eastern Cities.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. Septem-
Der 19.-W. H. Statham, the alleged
forger, who is wanted in Jefferson City,
Mo, and numerous other eastern cities,
has so far recovered from the nervous
breakdown which he suffered after his
arrest last Tuesday that he will be
taken to Jefferson City today by Chief
Of Police Richter of that city.
Each day brings added reports of al
legged forgeries of the prisoner. The la
test information is from Richmond, Va.
where the authorities are said to want
Statham as soon as the jefferson City
police are through with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
MAY CHANGE TOWNS NAME.
Residents Of Elizabeth City, N. c.,
| Voting on the Question.

NORFOLK. Va, September 19.-The
people Of Elizabeth City, N. c., a thirty
ing little city Of $4,000 people. just across
the state line. are wrought up over q
movement to change the name OF their
town. An election is being conducted to
decide the question.
In the event Of a vote to change a re-
ward of 500 will be given for a new
name that is more acceptable. Advocates
of the change say the present name is
long, awkward and leads to confusion,
mail often being sent to other places with
nearly similar names.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Death Of Mrs. Edward Robv.

CHICAGO. September 19.-Mrs. Ed
ward Roby. founder of the national
branch of the Ladies' of the Grand
Army OF the Republic, and a member Of
the Daughters OF the American Revoiu-
ton. died at her home hero last night
survived by her husband. Edward RafSI
founder Of the town Of Roby. Ind,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Money Troubles Cause Suicide.

NEW ORLEANS, La. September 49,
The body of A. T. Marshall, aged
twenty-five, a well known athlete, and
son OF K. c. Marshall, editorial writer
on the Kansas City Journal was found
last night in a room at a hotel. with a
bullet through his brain. He represent
ed q sporting goods concern and was
on his vacation Financial embarrass-
ment is supposed to have caused Mar
shall to commit suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
HOLDING SPECIAL SERVICES.
Observing Centennial Anniversary Of
Methodisln in Detroit.

DETROIT, Mich. September 1e.-The
centennial anniversary Of the founding Of
the Central Methodist Episcopal Church
here. which marked the first establish
ment OF the Protestant religion in the
northwest territory, 10 being observed here
this week. Special services were held at
the Central Church yesterday. q baladust
will be given at the WAYNE pavilion
this evening, ana the celebration Will
continue until next sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
B0THA TO BE PREMIER
Boer General Retains Post Despite
Reverses in Recent Election.

PRETORIA, Union OF South Africa,
September 19.-It was officially announc-
ed today that Gen. Louis Botha will re-
tain the premiership. despite the losses
sustained by the nationalists in the re-
cent elections to the new federal assem-
bly,, and his own defeat at the hands of
the unionist candidate. Sir Percy F'itz-
patrick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Shot Fired ct Austrian Official

VIENNA September 19-As Count
KiSlnhanseGg. governor Of lower Aus
t1iA. his wife and nephew were motor,
ing home from an aviation meeting at
WieAsr.Nsustadt yesterday, where the
ef1paror ana Archdukes were spec
tAtprs, z shot was fired through the
hurt, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
CHICAGO CLUBS OPPOSED
FROWNED ON NEW GOLF ASSO.
CITATION PROJECT.
Conciliatory Attitude Of the Ma
tional Body Checked the
Movement.

CHICAGO, September 19-Secretary
Willard OF the Western Golf Association
today expressed himself at loss to ex-
plain the recrudescence of gossip con-
corning a possible new golf association in
opposition to, or to absorb. the United
States Golf Association, which governs
tournament play in this country
According to Mr.. Willard. campaisn
looking to new organization took some
form at the annual meeting of the West
ern Golf Association last January. Mr..
Willard was instructed to prepare cir
cular, without comment. to feel out SEN
ument as to the proposition
week or SO later the meeting of the
United States Golf Association was held
w. A. Alexander Of Chicago was chosen
vice president, and a disposition was
evinced to grant the fullest recognition
to western golf clubs and associations.
Checked by Cancellation.
In view Of the conciliatory attitude of
the big organization, directors Of the
western association without formal ac-
ton are said to have agreed to drop the
new movement. Formal action to this
effect, it is said, will in all probability
be taken when the Western Golf Asso-
citation meets here next January.
Owing to the disposition displayed to
get together" Mr.. Willard delayed in
sending out the feeling out circular un-
til two months ago, when, he says, he sent
it perfunctorily. because the directors at
their meeting last January had ordered
him to do so.
The east was not alone i'm Directing to
the formation of q new association Sew
eral of the more prominent Chicago clubs
frowned severely on the project and were
influential in checking its development
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Schools Closed Owing to Diphtheria.

wESTFIELD, Mass, September 10
An epidemic Of diphtheria in the Polish
section of this town has become SO
serious that the health authorities and
school commissioners have decided that
the largest schools should be closed
this week, giving an enforced vacation
to 1900 pupils. Thirty-five cases OF the
disease have been discovered thus far.
from which Ave deaths occurred within
q week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Records for Twenty-Four Hdgrs.

thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures IS. pm. 81:
pm. e. - midmtsh e. sn npop sG. -;
pm, e. Maximum. 50, at $3.50 pm.
September 10. Minimum. IS. at am.
September 10.
Barometer--4 pm. 5000; s pm, 1905:
* y "A f'G nns,n 5000: nm. 1881 81 allie
Maximum temperature past twenty.
four hours a.: q year ago. l6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Tragedy Startles Throng.

VERNON. Tex. September 19.-In the
midst Of a throng waiting for the Sun
day mail at the post ONCE here yester-
day morning DR.. A. p. Howard, a prom
inent physician, shot and killed H. A.
Burns. The cause Is not known. DR..
Howard surrendered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
Prussian Officers Released.

MOSCOW, Russia, September 19-The
Prussian lieutenants. Heinze and Wenzel,
who were arrested charged with being
spies were released today.