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NUMBER 4437 WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 8 1906 PRICE ONE CENT

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Staff moors an departmentof the G A R by a large

majority indorse th recent utterancesof Corporal CommanderlnChlef Tan-ner that the passage by Congress of anact abolishing canteens from nationalsoldiers homes after next March was

unwise and a blow at real temper-ance besides a restriction of the per-sonal liberties of veterans of the civilwar that ought to be resented

A number of prominent officials of theorganisation have written CorporalTanner of their intention to bring thjmitter before the national encampmentwhich meets next week in MinneapolisThe resolutions censuring Congress anddemanding that the old soldier betreated as able to care tor himself willdoubtless cause a hot light as there

number of officials who approve the

Letters Asked Views

After the interview with CommanderJnOhlef Tanner appeared in the news-papers letters were lent to staffofficer and departmental commander ofthe organisation asking his views on thequestion Of thirty answers that have-

n received twenty are strong in theirapproval of the attitude of the Commanderinchief five favor the abolition oftIe canteen and live are noncommittal

Benjamin A Hamilton assistant adjutant general of Tenneeeee says he is ateetotaler himself but If a man willdrink he believes in giving him the best

of swill that Is possible andhim of the teraptatiosL to hunt a

lew claw of brutes to mf what hewants

George A Harman dcpansMNt com-mander of Ohio says he is not com-petent to judge the question but he be-lieves that the officials of soldiers homesare the who knew most about it

Vets v Young Lawmakers-

J H Thacher assistant adjutant genoral of Connecticut announced himselfemphatically with Corporal Tannerand says the old soldiers will try to con-

vince the young lawmakers of theirerror and persuade them to nullify thewhole scheme

Charles A Suydam assistant adjutantgrneral of Pennsylvania writing fromPhiladelphia says I have always beenof the opinion that the abolition of thecanteen from the and sol-diers home was a mistake

Tanner Issues OrderFor Big Encampment

CommanderlnChief James Tanner ofthe Grand Army of the Republic in ageneral order just issued makes im-portant announcements in reference tothe meeting of the national encampmentwhich will be held in Minneapolis begin-ning August IS Mr Tanner left

this afternoon for Minneapoliswhere he will establish headquarters atthe West Hotel

On Wednesday morning August 16 theday of the great street parade CominanderlnChief Tanner will establishnew headquarters at the intersection ofPark avenue and East Fourteenthstreet He directs the commanding offi-cer of each department to report eitherin person or by a staff officer at national headquarters immediately uponhis arrival at

The headquarters of the chief marshal-of the parade will be located in room

l Andrui building corner of Fifthstreet and Nlcollet avenue where allinformation and instructions relative tothe grand parade will be obtainable bydepartment post officers

In addition to the aidespointed on the of the commander

the following names have alsoben announced Anaelm Smith Post9 Y A R Pot 808New Brighton Pa Abram Myers Post8 D C Fred McCausland Post 10 Providence R I

THE WEATHER REPORT

Local rains and thunder storms havecontinued over the greater part of theregion east of the Rocky mountainsand temperatures have fallen in

visited by rain At many points Inthe central valleys anti Middle EasternStates the rainfall has been heavy Thetemperature commits the sea-sonal average from the Mississippi val-ley to the Atlantic coast and is alsoshove the normal In the extreme

raTa and thunder storms willcontinue in the Middle Eastern andSoutheastern States the next twodays with no decided change in temperature

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Both rivers muddy this morning

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PANAMERICAN RAILWAY TAKES DEFINITE SHAPEWILL BE THE LONGEST HIGHWAY IN THE WORLDRo-

ute of the Proposed PanAmerican Railway Connecting New York and Buenos A res and Members of the Conference Committee

Andrew Carnegie

Mutilated Bodies Buriedand Leader of Mob

Is Captured

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SALISBURY K C Aug iTbaRowan county situation la brighter tidemorning than at any time heretoforeSalisbury is under martial rule andstreets adjacent to the jail are keptclear Two sailing suns stand In theyard where men forced an entranceMonday night and two military compa-nies ordered here under command fGeneral Armfleld of the First NorthCarolina Regiment at the instance ofGovernor Glenn patrolled the yard allnight so that there was not the slight-est evidence of further trouble Threearrests were made last night followingInstructions to keep the Jail clear MayorBoyden ordered a man who sold he didnot care If there was trouble put mprison and later a drunken man washauled out after threatening to kill any-body who attempted to arrest him whenhe vaulted the fence

One Mans InfluenceThe cause of military force a hundred

men being sent here waa the arrest ofthe leader of the mob who is a formerconvict a notorious retailer and dis-tiller He was recognised Monday nightby Solicitor Hammer while attempting-to batter down the jail door and en-couraging the mob to great violence ata time when it seemed that it woild

He is known to have participatedin hanging men Rumors that a mobwould rescue him caused Judge Longto take alt precautions and furtherfear that the processes of the courtwould be Interrupted increased the deter-mination to proceed

The mob has idea that JailerKrider shot Engineer awlhas sent threats against him

Try the Lynchers FirstTho court met at 1040 oclock this

morning The first thing taken up wasthe case ot the lynehera who will nowbe tried while the indicted defendantnot lynched are sent to Charlotte untila subsequent Rowan term of court isheld the last of August The remainingthree will than be tried

Present Investigation of the lyncherawill continue as long as any evidencecan bo found against those who tookpart In the hideous orgy of crime andmutilation The dead bodies were buriedat the county home yesterday Thesavage crowd had mutilated hands earstoes and fingers until the corpses

a fearful sight

BATHER SCANTILY CLAD

IS HERO AT A FIRE

VINKLAND N J Aug a While Alfred Clogs a paper lax manufacturer-was taking a swim in Parving branchhe saw a distant farm house burst intonames Dressed simply In a pair oftights Clogg ran half a mile and arrivedjust in time to make a hero of himselfm the eyes of the farmers

A De Palma the owner of the housewas away and when his wife realizedthat the building was on fire she gatherol up the deeds and other legal papersand on reaching the door promptlyfainted away Clopg found her uncon-scious on the steps with thn flames

toward her Not being alloto lift the woman who was veryClogg rolled her down the steps which

Farmers were slow to arrive and inthe excitement includinghousehold furnishings wasThe loss z of 2000

Reduced Rates to MinneapolisVIA Pennsylvania railroad account GA R Encampment Ticketssold August10 H and 12 good returning until August31 Stopover at Chicago returning Fur-ther particulars of agents Adv

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President A J Cassart of the Pennsylvania Railroad

Members Declare Workof Committees Is Mov-

ing SatisfactorilyT-

he impression produced by the de-

cision of the board of directors of theJobbers and Shippers at itsmeeting Monday to upon anumber of recommendations made bythe publicity committee that the wholeassociation was suspending its activitiesfor a month is resented by some of thassociations leading members

They say the association only desiredto be sure it is right before going ahead

Monroe Ixichs acting cnalrman of thefreight committee said this morning hiscommittee is far from Inactive A subcommittee consisting of Charles WSemmes Edward H Droop andHerrcll lc now engaged in a patientand rigorous effort to determine the ex-

act freight situation in Washingtonwith the object of discovering wherediscrimination amp inequalities exist

and of fixing the responsibility for thedelays that have disturbed business heroIn the past

Committees Information NecessaryThe this subcommittee

Is engaged In collecting said MrLuchs this morning Is absolutely nec-essary to the successful prosecution ofits work cannot correct dis-

criminations u flit we definitelyJust where the are we cannot remedyconditions that result in delays untilknow Just what is responsible for thesedelays-

I consider that we shouldget our house in order before wo reachout too widely after new business Suchchanges for better n the freightrate and freight facilities situation asare possible should be made before weurge our friends in the country to giveus a more generous share of their

We our it to know exactly whatour resources we and what we aregoing to strive for before we begin ourcampaign

Preparation Before BusinessThat is my own reason for delaying

for a brief space the actual and activeprosecution of the campaign notconsent to the delay because Mr Bollthe president of the association Is outof the city but on the grounds I haveoutlined I believe we should be prepared to support the movement andhandle the business it will bring beforewe begin It active V

The campaign for members still continues and will receive a new impetusin the course of tie next dayswhen the membersntp committee willget down to work The chairman ofthe committee is Frank P May whohas been authorized to name his associates Mr May Is now engaged in

his list He is anxious to namethose men who are in a

give their active andwho will do so

The first Issue of the Jobbers andContinued on Ninth PogeJ

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TO TRY ICE

Jerome Insists on Workat Full Shift arid Pushes

Prosecution

NEW YORK Aug 8 Determined upon prompt action in connection with thecharges that the ice interests in thiscity are engaged In a criminal

to keep up tbe price of the productthe grand jury today is hearing evi-

dence on which It Is to determine thetruth of the allegations Its sessionswill continue both morning and afternoon until the case is determined

This action U due to the action ofJudge Otto Rosalsky In determining tohold both morning and afternoon sessions of his court This Is a departurefrom the parallels of summer precedentresulting from the declaration of District Attorney Jerome that the courthad no right to run on half time whenthe stress of public business is so great

The wholesale and retail business ofthe Ice men will be gone through ex-haustively and as rapidly as possible-It is declared by those who have madethe charges to the district attorney thatthere Is no doubt Indictments will bafound If the Jury does its work thor-oughly

President Wesley M Oler of the Coneolidatud led Company was subpoenaedtoday

DEPORT LEPER

After considering statement of factsby the board of health of West Virginia the Department of Commerce andLabor decided today that It could notdeport George Rossett the Syrian lepernow at Hlklns W Va It was admittedIn this report presented through theMarine Hospital Service that Rossottdid tot develop the disease within twoyears after coming to this countryOnly In this event could he have Wondeported

The West Virginia officials will bonotified that the Federal Governmentcan do nothing to assist them in thedilemma

GUMMELL GETS CONTRACT

FOR WATER STREET SEWER-

The District Commissioners todayawarded the contract for constructing-a new sewer in Water street southwestbetween Seventh and Fourteenth streetsto E G Gummell upon the recommend-ation of D E McComb superintendentof sewers The contract bid was 11735

But one competing bid that of 17035by Jwnw A wu received

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Be a Good One

BRKNTONS REF R I Augsmashing twentyknot southeasteracross the Atlantic this morning kicking the tops of the curling waves laicsmothers of spindrift as the fifteen con-testing yachts for the Kings Cup

and bucked a heavy sea on the waythe Brenton Reef lightship

Weather Conditions FavorableOverhead great black clouds

filled driven In shore by theblow and intermittently

showers fell Off shore It was thick amnasty and the fishermen made heavweather of it In the holing sea It waJust the day for the schooners and JRogers Maxwells scboner was the favorite for the race

The contest was scheduled to start10 oclock but It could not be startedthe minute

The icings Cup was presented to t1New York Yacht Club by Kingof England who Is an ardent yachtsmanThe conditions of the contest are governed by the racing rules Qt theYork Yacht Club The Kaisersrace last year over the Atlantic wasyachting success and King EdwardQuick to learn that his nephew the German Kaiser had made a hit HenceKings Cup from Uncle Edward

The lace today will have none ofhazardous and perilous features ofKaisers Cup race over the uncertainAtlantic but there will be keen saJkwcraft shown In todays contest over theBrentons Reef course The race withits fifteen starters will be as muchtest of skippers as of boats

Charley the skipper of the re-

cent Americas Cup defenders is sailingCornelius seventyRainbow today while Harrywas at of YankeeThe schooner Queen sailed by J RogersMaxwell was especially built for thisrace And her performance today Is be-ing watched with more usual interest Sail was made early In theharbor of the yachts and by 9 oclockthe boats were under way for BrentonsReef lightship the starting point

Distinguished Men ThereThe Interest in the Kings Cup race

was not confined alone to the yachtsmanwith the fleet of the New York YachtClub Newport is en fete this week andhundreds of visitors swarmed to Commercial wharf and boarded excursionboats which followed the racers over thecourse Sir Mortimer Durand the British ambassador saw the race from thedeck of tht North Star the guestof Commodore Cornelius

Former President Grover Clevelandwho when he goes yachting alwaysWishes he was viewed the racewith his old friend E C Benedict

the steam yacht O eldaThe quarter deck of the myriad of

steam yachts which poked their nosesout of Bay to the

sparkled with pretty girls in souwesterns

The rock bound shore of Newport toowas filled with fancy dressed women

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Rio Congress ReceivedReport on Proposed

10700Mile Road-

RIO DK JANEIRO Aug SA railway1 miles long to connect New Yorkwith Buenos Ayres the capital of theArgentine Republic South America isentirely feasible according to the reportof the provided for by thelast conference in Mexico

When completed the railway will bethe longest in the world surpassingfamous Siberian road

The project has been before all of thePanAmerican conferences but it rawshows more promise of completion thanever before The report of the committeewhich has Just been submitted to theconference is very optimistic

The committee makes every effort topoint out the great commercial value ofthe Pan American railway It is shownthat regions of great wealth may bepierced and the riches carried away Thecourse Is through Mexico into CentralAmerica and down tbe side of the AndesInto Argentina Everywhere there willbe and running tothe seacoast if the main line chances-to be inland or into the Interior if thePanAmerican is following the coast

Personnel of CommitteeThe committe which prepared the re

port is composed of Henry G Davis ofWest Virginia chairman Andrew Car-negie J D Casasus ambassador ofMexico to the United States Charles MPepper and A LazoArriaga

The distance from New York to Bue-nos Ayres along the line of the pro-posed railway Is 104CO miles According-to the report there are not more than j

3700 miles of Intercontinental railwaynot specifically provided for On thepoint report

committee under whose directionthe intercontinental surveys were madeand of which A J Cassatt wag chair-man annroximated the cost at about

ri wile butestimate for railway constructionwhich is 9WC00 per mile this would I

mean that the expenditure of U6 X CO

would insure of all thesesections

Carnegie Indorses PlanIn the course of the report it is saidIt is noteworthy that the feasibility-

of a through Intercontinental railwayline received the indorsement ofleading capitalists representing manyforms of suet as AndrewCarnegie President Cassatt of thesystem and Thongs F

Mr Carnegie the report states hassuggested that the United States Gov-ernment give H M 090BO to the ifthe other countries interested pledgethemselves to an equal sum

The actual mileage unprovided for l-tae diivded as follows Peru Uftmiles Ecuador 460 miles Colombia Stfmiles and Panama and Central Amer-ica 1MO miles

Lumber Trust BrokenSSOO Flooring now J250 per 100 ft

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the Sealing Law

QUESTION DELICATE ONE

Revenue Cutters in Seal

Territory Ordered to RunOffenders Out

Vigorous action win to taken by theUnited States government against theJapanese poachers arreat in theAleutian Islands has Mea reported tothe Department of Commerce and Labor

Solicitor Sims who was seta toAlaska some time ago to investigate thegeneral subject of seal fishing

Government Will ProtestMr Sims report of the killing of five

Japanese poachers and the arrest ofothers while they were making

a raid Oft the seals has been turnedover to the State Department theTreasury Department and the Depart-ment of Justice Thw State Departmentwiil formally protest to tbe Japanesegovernment against the continuation fthe poaching raids la Alaskan wattfa-by Japanese fishermen The TreasuryDepartment will order the revenue

M CMUoch to return at once t tlCto make every effort to run

m aay remaining raiders in the viIiSty

b Ipirtment of Justice will tak6 tt r uf prosecuting the prisontrsJ hell It is desired also oy th-

t jiQt of Commerce and Laborsj IT pinion from the Attorney Gen-ial R whether raiding schooner 3-

itH threemile can bei piracy

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A resoi of the killing of v Jafiii-shermen and the capture of tvolw

prisoners on Attu Island tn-

raternmost of the Aleutian grouphaving been taken by the

nue cutter McCulloch commanded yJ C has been

of Commerce and I at ry Edwin W Sims solicitor t r

department who is in Alaskaenforce the new law prohibiting all p rone not cltiEcna of the Suit

fishing In Alaskan waterkilled were shot by Amiinrs

Attu Island before thearrived

Will Notify Japanese AmbassadorLawrence O Murray acting B KT tary

Commerce and promptlyturned the cable dispatch over to

Bacon Acting Secretary of State4r Bacon will immediately communi-

cate the information be has receivedp the Japanese ambassador cud willxi res regret that the Japanese poach-

ers were sothe Americans at Attu Island

There Is no reason to expect interna-tional complications as a result or tineincident but there Is no question thatthe situation in the Aleutian Islandsespecially as it affects the Japan la-K one and that numerous

are almost certain to be enountered in enforcing the laws protectingAmerican citizens and their rights

Discovered by LookoutsDispatches from Dutch Harbor say

that the raiders were discovered bynative lookouts of the North AmericanCommercial Company which leases theseal privileges from the governmentWord was telephoned to the nearestpatrol station toward which the raiderswere heading and Special Agent Limbkey reached the spot as the Japanesecame in shore

He ordered the boat crew to aurrender which they did Then from thetop of a cUff a second schooner wasseen dose inshore her deck covertdwith seals When called on to urren

they tried to make off with theirin small boats The agent

ordered his native guards to tireif the Japanese tell dead a fourth was

overboard and afirth body drifted in later Twelve

were captured The Japanese hadlltHl more than 200 seals most of them

cows Those who escaped carrie oft20 skinsAt least eight or ten schooner be

leved to be Japanese are sailing Inclose proximity to the Islands

taken on the cutter Mto Kodiak and after hearing

before the commander were h ldand taken in charge by the

The charge probably bepiracy

BRIDAL COUPLE KILLEDUNDER WHEELS OF CAR

ST JOSEPH Mich Aug SVhiledriving from St Joseph to Benton Hi

on one of the first rides pi nee thmarriage two weeks ago Hiram II IInlck his pretty young bridecllled beneath the wheels of an lectric

Tuesday evening The motormanthrew the reverse but it was too lat

The couple were wellknown rsitlf nts-f the districts near Ilinchman

MRS KINANS MOTHERPLACED IN SANITARIUM

NEW YORK Aug 8 It was 1

today that Mrs Louisa M StentunmoUser of Mrs Alice C D Kinan whovaa murdered underumstance in the Bronx two months

was taken to a sanitarium againstwill

Richard J Klnan husband of the murreceived letters of ad

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