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> SPANISH CABINET RESIGNSI

THE THRONE IS TOTTERINGI

Violent Scene in the Cham-

ber of Deputies Led up40 to the Finale

RELIGIOUS ISSUE PROVED THEf ROCK UPON WHICH THE MINIS

TRY FOUNDERED AND THEEXECUTION OF FERRER TENDED TO ADVANCE THE CRISIS

REPUBLICANS AND SOCIALISTS

BITTERLY ASSAILED THE GOV ¬

ERNMENT

By Associated PressMadrid Oct 21The Spanish cabi-

net¬

headed by Premier Maura re-signed

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this afternoon-The cabinet which resigned today

Was formed January 25 1907 with thefollowing ministers

PremierSenor MauraForeign Affairs Senor Allendesala

l earh Justice Marquis de Figueroa

Finance Senor BesadaInterior Senor de la CiervaWar Qfeneral Linare-sMarineSenor Fernandiz

7 Agriculture Commerce and PublictWorks Senor Sanchez GuerraEducationSenor Rodriguez San

PedroRELIGION THE CAUSE

4 Preceding the formation of this cab-inet

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there has been no less than fivej liberal ministries in eighteen monthsj The religious issue had been the rockt on which these ministries were wreck-

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and the accession to power of Se-

nor¬

Maura who had beforo held thepremiership was regarded as a sweep ¬

ing victory for the clericals and onelikely to arouse a revolutionary spir-it

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This proved to be the case theopposition finally uniting against thegovernments conduct a od furtherance-of the war In Morocco The sternmeasures taken to put down the re ¬

cent antiwar demonstrations inSpain tended to inflame the opposlton and the execution of Ferrer fol-

lowed¬

I t by popular demonstrations ofj II disapproval brought matters to a4 crisis When parliament reopened

1 the liberals republicans and socialistsUtterly assailed the government butr the cabinet showed a disposition tofight for its life-

VIOLENT SCENEc There was a violent scene in theI chamber of deputies yesterday whenc the opposition Leaded by Senor Mo

ret y Prendergast the former premierrenewed its attack upon the govern-ment

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Minister of the Interior LaOlerva said that the ministry would

Continued on Page Two4

TRIPLE MURDER

r AND ROBBERYT-

WO WOMEN MURDERED IN

KITCHEN OF THEIR HOME AND

HUSBAND OF ONE IS FOUNDi SOME DISTANCE AWAY

E d By Associated PressKansas City Oct 21Three per

eons were murdered by an unidenti-fied

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man near Kansas City KansasI yesterday Alonzo Van Royer his

wife and a sisterinlaw Miss RosaMcMahon were the victims Thewomen were found dead in a kitchenof their home where they had beenworking Police suspected the hus ¬

band of the crime and began a searchfor him

Late last night his body was foundthree hundred yards front the housecovered with leaves He had beenshot through the head Mrs Van

4Royer had been shot three times andher sister six times Five hundreddollars In cash and a diamond ringthat had been kept in a trunk in theVan foyer residence were missing

I Van Royer Is said to have beendrinking with a stranger TuesdayThe police believe the man learnedfrom Van Royer that he had money-in his house and accompanied him tofcls home committed the murdersSheriff Shecker of Wyandotte coun ¬

ty Kas Is heading a posse that isi searching for the murderer

By Associated PressLondon Oct 21The Bank of

England today raised its minimumrate of discount another full point to5 per cent the highest the rate hasstood since the American flurry of1907 < This Is the third consecutiveweek that the directors of the bankhave considered it necessary tostrengthen the barriers against a fur-ther

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leakage of gold reserves Theinternational monetary position showsno material improvement during lastweek and the banks reserve which isnow nearing was threat ¬

ened with a further depletion thisweek by South American and Egyp-

S

Lovett Succeeds Harriman asPresident of the Union Pacific

By Associated PressNew York Oct 21Robert S

Lovett was elected president of theUnion Pacific Railroad to succeed thelate E H Harriman at a meeting ofthe board of directors today Theexecutive committee was reelectedwith Judge Lovett as chairman towhich place ho was elected as MrHarrimans successor a few weeksago The other members of the exec ¬

utive committee arcHenry C Frick Marvin Hughett

Frank A Vanderlip William Rocke-feller and Jacob H Schiff

PflOSECUTIN-

G1HEICETRUST

PROCEEDING AGAINST AMERICAN-

ICE CO IN NEW YORK FOR VIO ¬

LATING THE STATE ANTIMO ¬

NOPOLY LAW

By Associated PressNew York Oct 21Prosecution of

the American Ice Company the larg-est

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ice dealers in the world for alleg-ed

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violation of the state antimonopolylaw began In earnest here today

The prosecuting attorney statedthat the company had adopted means-to create a scarcity of ice so it couldraise the price in New York city Theidea he said originated with ChasW Morse John R Bennett one oftne corporators was the first witnessand he acknowledged that stock of theAmerican Ice Company had been ex¬changed for stock in other ice com-panies

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POLITICIAN ISIr

KILLED IN IND1

BODY OF ACTIVE REPUBLICAN

WORKER IS FOUND SECRETED-

IN SOME BUSHESTWO AR ¬

RESTS MADE-

By Associated PressGary Ind Oct 21 Murder be-

lieved¬

to have been caused by politi¬

cal fights was unearthed here todaywhen the body of an active republic-an

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worker named Rodoivanlc wasfound hidden in some bushes Hehad been beaten about the head andface with a brick Two arrests havebeen made

PROTEST IS FILED-St Petersburg Oct 21A dispatch

from Hargin says the Manchurianviceroy and the Chinese administra-tion

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at Kirin have protested against-the ChineseJapanese re¬

garding Manchuria-

OLD MINISTER DEADMontgomery Mo Oct 21Rev H

W Lewis oldest member of the StLouis conference of the MethodistEpiscopal church South is dead atthe home of a relative in Callawaycounty near this city He was bornin Jol4

+MCARRENS CONDITIO-NS4 NOW VERY GRAVE

4 By Associated PressNew York Oct 21Follow

+ ing a consultation of physic-ians+ attending State SenatorPatrick McCarren recentlyoperated on for appendicitis-the+ following bulletin was is

41 sued at midnightMcCarrens condition is very

+ grave4 It was stated that he had4 suffered a relapse and it is

doubtful whether he will sur-vive> through the night

+ + + + + + + +

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Bank of England Raises ItsI Minimum Rate of 5 Per Cent

11000000

agreement

tian requirements estimated at 7500000

Foreign exchanges have been stead-ily

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against London particularly Ber-lin

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where gold is badly needed andwhere the next arrival of the meta I

would probably have gone but for theimposition of the five per cent rate I

It is known that requirements fromother centers would soon reduce thereserve to below 100000 unless thenew rate attracts gold

The market sees in todays move-ment

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a general warning againstspeculative operations In conse-quence the bank announcement wasfollowed by a drooping in prices

l J <c l

A L Mohler J C Stubbs JuliusKruttschnitt and William Mali wereappointed vicepresidents-

Messrs Stubbs Kruttschnitt andMahl were also elected vicepresi ¬

dents of the Oregon Short Line Rail ¬

road Company a subordinate companyof the Union Pacific in addition towhich W H Bancroft who was re-

elected to the same office All fourmen are made members of the execu ¬

tive committee of the Oregon ShortLine together with m Rocke-feller and Jacob H Schiff

HISTORIC SITES

ARE PLACARDEDNO-

VEL IDEA IS ADOPTED BY THECITY OF NEW ORLEANS IN OR ¬

DER TO SUPPLANT THE GUIDE

BOOKS

By Associated PresrNew Orleans Oct 21Visitors to

New Orleans during the presidents-visit and the LakestotheGulf DeepWaterways convention beginning Oct30 will have little use for guide books-to find historic sites and buildingsHundreds of notable old landmarks-in the quaint French quarter andbuildings occupying sites where oncesuch historic structures stood are be-ing

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placarded by the Louisiana StateMuseum for the information of thosewho will come to the city at thattime

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GEN HITCHCOCK-

YERY

r

GENEROUSPOS-

TMASTER GENERAL IS NOW

SEEKING BETTER PAY AND

SHORTER HOURS FOR ALL

POSTAL EMPLOYES-

By Associated PressLos Angeles Gal Oct nc P

Grandfield first assistant postmastergeneral said last night at a banquetgiven for him by the postal employesof Los Angeles

Everything possible is being done-in Washington towards obtaining anincrease of salary for employes of thepostoftice department PostmasterGeneral Hitchcock has put himself onrecord as being In favor of better payshorter hours and a thirty days leave-of absence with pay for all membersof the department

We are considering the creation ofa pension or retirement fund so thatthe men and women who have servedthe department faithfully for manyyears can retire on half pay after acertain period of service

HONOR GROSSES

FOR VETS ONLYDA-

UGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY

DEFEAT MOVEMENT TO AWARD

CROSSES TO DESCENDANTS OF

VETERANS-

By Associated PressHouston Texas Oct 21The Unit-

ed¬

Daughters of the Confederacy to ¬

day after a spirited contest adopted-the plan to give crosses of honor onlyto veterans-

A motion providing that crosses begiven descendants of veterans was de¬

feated The climax of the contestwill be the election of general officersand the next conventionSENTENCE OF JNO HARPER

COMMUTED BY GOVERNOR-

By Associated PressAtlanta Ga Oct 21Governor

Brown today commuted to life im-prisonment

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the sentence of John Har-per who was to hang tomorrow forthe murder of Sheriff Keith of Mur-ray

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county committed two years ago

RIZZO CONVICTED OFMURDERING TWO CHILDREN-

By Associated PressUtica N Y Oct 21Theo Rizzo

was convicted today of the murder ofTheresa Procopio and Freddie Infusino and wounding Fannie Infusino all young children He was sen-tenced

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to die in Auburn prison dur-ing

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l the week ending November 21

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TUB RCUlOSIS

CRUSADE GIVEN

H ASS1STANCEA-

ndrew Carnegie Offers theState of Penn Fine Tract-

of Landt-

IT CONSISTS OF 450 ACRES ON

THE CREST OF THE ALLEG

HANY MOUNTAINS AND IS DO ¬

NATED IN RECOGNITION OF THE

STATES FIGHT AGAINST THE

DREAD DISEASEMAY ERECT

2000000 SANITARIUM THERE-

ON

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By Associated PressHarrisburg Pa Oct 21Andrew

Carnegie has offered to State HealthCommissioner Samuel G Dixon a tractof 450 acres of land on the crest ofthe Alleghany mountains near Cresson as a gift in recognition of thestates fight against turberculosis Thetract is offered so that it can be made-a sanitarium for western Pennsylva-nia

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just as Mont Alto la for the east-ern

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section The state has 2000000-to develop a western sanitarium antIto extend the present institution atMont Alto and is expected to build-on Carnegies land which is about2400 feetvqbove sea level

Havin feis property In mind asa possibjS ate for a sanitarium DrDixon rersentrf wrote to Mr Carne-gie

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in Scotland asking what priceMr Carnegie > o ld care to place onthe tract In reply Mr Carnegie said

If the commonwealth of Pennsyl-vania

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will promptly erect and under-take

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to maintain a sanitarium on myland at Cresson I shall be delightedto make a free gift of it for thatpurpose I have had an offer for itand another party is looking at it but1 shall hold it until I hear from you-

I know of no healthier place inthe state nor one more beautiful

FARNUM WINSTHEFIRSgtJ3RIZEB-

xr Assoclatea prsLBlack Pool England Oct 21Hen-

ry¬

Farman was awarded the grandprize of 10000 for the longest flightat the avIation meet here He cov-ered

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47 miles yesterday Rangier wonsecond in this contest The prizewas 360-

0WILL STEVENSONTO HANG TODAY-By Associated Press

Montgomery Ala Oct 21 Denieda stay of execution by the courts WillStevenson was taken to Luverne thisafternoon where he will be hanged atdawn tomorrow for the murder of hiswife and stepdaughter GertrudeVann at Gerady in September

ZELAYA CANNOT

DEFEATREBELSBEL-

IEVED THAT THE NICARAGU-

AN v GOVERNMENT CANNOT

HOLD OUT FOR THREE WEEKS

REVOLUTIONISTS SHOWING RE ¬

NEWED ACTIVITY-

By Associated PressBluefields Nicaragua via wireless-

to Colon Oct Nicaraguan revo-lutionists

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are showing renewed activ-ity

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and it is not believed tnat theZelaya government can hold out formore than three weeks longer Twothousand Nicaraguan exiles in CostaRica are awaiting an opportunity toreturn and join the revolutionists-

A revolutionary agent in Washing-ton

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has advised the leader who hasdeclared himself provisional president-that the United States governmentwill recognize him shortly The Pispis river mining district is in pos ¬

session of the rebels A steamer hasbeen sent to Gautemala for arms andammunition and its return is expected

uaaiiyGUATEMALA RESPONSIBLE-

FOR THE REVOLUTION-

By Associated PressManugua Oct 21It is believed

here that President Barbarra of Gua ¬

temala is responsible for the revolu-tion

¬

at Bluefields and is supporting-it with expeditions It is reported-that a steamer on the way to Guate-mala

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I after war supplies has beenseized by the Honduran authorities-The government is mobilizing troopsbut the rains are impeding activities

NEGRO tS SUSPECTEDLittle Rock vet 21Suspected of

the murder of Mrs W M Cookmother of James M Cook head war-den

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at the tate convict farm in LiBcoin county Will Johnson a negrotrusty was brought to this city to-day

¬

to avoid mob violence MrsCook was found Rear the stockadeyesterday She had beta strangled

l to death with a whip

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Cl S

PLAN TO EDUCATE TEN BOYS

AT THE STATE UNIVERSITYStrong Criticism-

of U S MarineB-y Associated Press

Washington Oct 21While criti ¬

cizing Dr A C Stilles of the UnitedStates public health and marine hos ¬

pital service for defending before theSouthern Textile Association atRaleigh N C the employment ofchildren in the cotton mills of theSouth F C Roberts of Georgia chair ¬

man of a labor committee of the Cen¬

tral Labor Union of this city todaystirred up strong indignation amongdelegates to the United Textile Work-ers of America assembledin conven¬

tion in this cityMr Roberts declared his surprise-

that a public officer paid from th-

eNORDENSKJOLD

IS IMPRESSED

ANTARCTIC EXPLORER BELIEVES

COOKS STATEMENT SINCE HE

HAS HEARD WHAT RASMUS

SEN HAS SAID

By Associated PressStockholm Oct 21Dr X Otto G

Nordenskjold of the antarctic expedi ¬

tion expressed himself today as beingmuch impressed with the wordbrought from Knud Rasmussen theexplorer now in Greenland Rasmus-sen is reported as convinced throughtalks with Eskimos that Cook reach-ed

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the po-

leDIVINE HEALER

kIS FOUND DEAllI

CHARLES MLEAN WHO POSEDI

AS FRANCIS SCHLATTER OF

DIVINE HEALING FAME ISS

DEAD IN NEBRASKA-

By Associated PressSt Louis Oct 21According to lo¬

cal records the man found dead inHastings Nob today is Charles Mc ¬

Lean who posed as Francis Schldtter The original Schlatter of di-

vine¬

healing fame succeeded aboittwenty years ago to the reputation otFrancis Schrader the first divinehealer of wide repute Schrader wasfound dead in a Colorado desert anumber of years ag-

oSTANDARD OIL COREDUCES PRICES-By Associated Press

Pittsburg Pa Oct 21Announce-ment

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was made today by the Stand ¬

ard Oil Company of a cut in prices of1

all grades of crude oil except Ragland The Pennsylvania brand wasreduced five cents and other gradesfrom 2 to S cents The new quota ¬

tions follow Pennsylvania 153Mercer black 4100 Newcastle 197Corning 189 Cabell 107 NorthLima 184 South Lima 79c In-

diana¬

79 Somerset 72 Ragland un ¬

changed

BOOZE JOINT-IS NOW A CHURCH-

By Associated PressEsterwood La Oct ZlThe trans ¬

formation of what was formerly aI saloon into a house of divine worship-has been effected by the Catholics ofEstherwood The congregation tem-porarily

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without a worshiping placerented the building Now an altarstands whera once there was a barand where there was once heard theclinking of glasses there will now bechanted words of prayer

MINISTERS MUSTI NOT USE TOBACCO

By Associated PressSavannah Ga Oct 2ITl1e use of

tobacco by ministers will be barred ifthe wish of the womans board offoreign missions of the Methodistchurch South are carried out by thegeneral conference The question wasthe theme of a spirited debate at to¬

days session of the board and thegeneral conference will be asked toprohibit the use of tobacco by theministers of thedenominatio-

nGORDON BENNETT-CUP TO E W MIX-By Associated Press

Zurich Switzerland Oct 2LJIheSwiss Aero Cub has officially decidedthat Edgar W Mix of Columbus 0is the winner of the Gordon Bennettcup in the international balloon racewhich occurred here about two weeksago The club pronounces the re¬

ports that Mix landed in Bohemia asunfounded C

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of Dr StiflesHospital Servicepublic revenue should appear beforethe convention of employers of laborand undertake to defend the system-of child labor in the southern statesMr Roberts advocated action by theconvention in opposition to any fur ¬

ther attempt to extend and to per-petuate the system of child labor inSouthern cotton mills

1 love the southland said MrRoberts and I would do almost any-thing

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in my power to have the cottonof the south manufactured in aotithern states But there are prices Iwould not pay for such a commercialvictory I would not give our littlechildren as the price of succ-

essMOONSHINER

IASSTRICKENOVE-

RCOME IN FEDERAL BUILD-

ING

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AT GREENVILLE WHERE-

HE HAD GONE FOR TRIALDIED FEW HOURS LATER-

By4

Associated PressGreenville S C Oct 21George

Waters 50 years old who was tohave been tried this week on thecharge of operating an illicit distil-lery

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was stricken with apoplexy inthe hall leading to the federal courtroom yesterday evening and diedabout midnight at Salvation Armyheadquarters Waters was arrested-in June in Oconeo county

TAFT GOES TO

TAFI TUWNr

VISITS THE TOWN WHICH GAVEHIM ITS EVERY VOTE FOR

PRESIDENT AND SEES STEAM

PLOW AT WORK

By Associated PressGregory Texas Oct 21 Motoring

to Taft Town where he was givenevery vote for president Taft todayfor the first time saw a steam plow

lat work in a fieldDuring the day the president iplay-

edI golf being defeated by RobertConnelly the champion of Texas To¬morrow Taft will go to Corpus Chris-ti and adress the Inland WaterwaysAssociation

GIRLS BODY THATOF ANNA LATTER-

By Associated PresHamburg Oct 21Hamburg police

who have been investigating clues inconnection with the finding of thebody of a young woman near IslipL L are convinced that the body-is that of Anna Latter who form-erly lived in Altona Prussia Shewas married to an architect namedMueller in February of 1908 and bothleft for New York Both are miss-ing

4TEN MEN DEAD +

V IN LOUISIANA MINE 4-I

I 4 By Associated Press4 Port Shone La Oct 21

I 40 Ten men are dead two injured-and

4one missing is the result 4

I of an explosion in the mine of4 the Rock Island Coal Mining

Co here today Nine bodies4 were recovered 44 The men it is thought had 44 gone beyond the dead line 44 with lighted lamps the lamps 44 igniting escaping gas 4

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By Associated PressSpartanburg S C Oct 21Dr

James Henry Carlisle the venerablepresident emeritus of Wofford Col-

lege¬

died at his home here this morn ¬

ing at 740 oclock-

Dr Carlisle was born at Winnsboro S C eightyfour years ago hisparents having come from Antrim Ire¬

land seven years before Preparedfor college at Mount Zion InstituteVinnsboro lit was graduated as sec-ond

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honor man from the University ofSojith Carolina in 184 and beganteaching in the public schools Imme-diately

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At the organization of Wof¬

ford College in 3854 he was madeprofessor el mathematics Jihlch poi

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Agricultural Course For Escambia County Farm

Lads

FUND WILLBE PROVIDEDB-

USINESS MEN IN MEETING

HEARD GOOD LECTURES ONf

AGRICULTURAL MATTERS AND

ADOPTED PLAN TO LEARN BOYS

SCIENTIFIC FARMING LEG

TURES FROM MESSRS ROLFS

MQUARRIE STORRS AND

OTHERS

Inspired by the agricultural educa-tional

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propaganda now being dissemi ¬

nated by Prof Rolfs and Prof McQuarrie of the State University andalso taking as conclusive testimony-the expert opinions coming from eachof the abovenamed gentlemen thatthe soil of Escambia county Is capable-of producing rapidly profitably andtherefore abundantly the most valuedof marketable garden and farmingproducts a movement was started bythe business men of Pensacola listnight to send ten apt youngsters ormatured men If advices so justify tothe State University at Gainesville-pay transportation each way and theboard of each student for the periodof a dozen weeks to enable them totake the agricultural course in thoState University Then to come back-to Escambia county and give to thefarmers the full benefit of that ac¬

curate or scientific knowledge thusobtained The course which will betaught will enable an apt student tobe in position when he returns tosoundly and logically advise the farm-ers

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in Escambia county In the matterof crop raising and the farmers andthe city itself will be mutually bencfitted Intelligent selection will bemade candidates

The proposition wasADVANCED AND ADOPTED-

at a meeting of representative bus-iness

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men of the city whlcb was heldat 730 ocIocklaSt nighVin the Cham-ber

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of Commerce rooms PresidentH H Thornton of the commercialbody called the session to orderThere was a good attendance Andafter highly instructive addressesfrom Prof P H Rolfs and Prof C KMcQuarrie the idea of sending tenstudents from Escambia county wasannounced by F F Bingham Hisidea as embodied later in a motionregularly placed before the meet-ing

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providing for subscriptions toContinued on Page Two

PAT MCARREN-

TO BEDEPOSEDDA-

YS OF BROOKLYN MANS LEAD-

ERSHIP ARE NUMBERED AS

TAMMANY IS TO OUST HIM

By Associated PressNew York Oct 31 Patrick H Mc ¬

Carren lying ill In St Catherineshospital Brooklyn is to be deposedfrom the democratic leadership oC

that borough according to a generalreport in political circles last nightTwo Insurgent or antiMcCarrenborough tickets were withdrawn fromthe Brooklyn field yesterday with theunderstanding according to rumorsthat they were to cease their fightagainst McCarren In consideration tithis being ousted

The Instruction it is said came di-

rectly¬

from Charles F Murphy Thisleaves the McCarren ticket alone inthe field of Brooklyn and while themove on one hand is said to havebeen the result of sympathy for Sena ¬

tor McCarren in his illness one ofMcCarrens own lieutenants said lastnight that the concessions made bythe insurgents was the direct result-of a deal to supplant him as leader

Venerable President Emeritus ofWofford College Passes Away

tion he held until 1870 when he tookthe chair of moral and political

I philosophy In 1857 be was chosenpresident of the college and in thisposition continued until 1902 whenha resigned and became presidentemeritus In 1872 the degree otLL D was conferred upon him by theSouthwestern University of George ¬

town TexasFor several years past Dr Carlisle-

was one of the two surviving signers-of the ordinance of secession whichprecipitated the war between thestates He served In the state legis ¬

lature from 1863 to 1865 In 1843 hemarried Margaret Jane Bryce of Co-

lumbia¬

S C and of this union therewore born three children two ofwhom Q liyiaa r I S r f-

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