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o if t ; - ' L u ' i 1 i s . i . . i v.. ' " YT 0 I -Today ' , il j P"V I ' Fair Friday; Satur- W IV - I !ay fair.t , waamer, I I U-t t- fresh north- 1 - . ? "" v t wlnds.1 1 M Fair1 Frldccs Satur day fai.. . light to Jresh , aorth- v ei winus. . . . , VOLUME XSXXV NO. 78 EALlEIGII, N.. C., FJIIDAX MOHXIG,' FE3HU VRY 2 1; 1908. PUIC 5 OCNTS III News amd .v rr r-v:rv xi xiI j t . Li ti L tl Q : ' . ttv x p tip J 5 aMoraii aroooa itHines UireiuiMMoini ; , .. ... - . i . ' . , , . , . mm. cahih FIGHT IS Boom is Shaking Band Wagon: the SOME HOT LETTERS Major H ! Grant, One of the Cannon i iioomers Writes a Letter Which I ! Prints Warm Response From W. ) i: G. Bramham, a Taft Band I ; r Waon Passcncer. f ' (Special to New and Observer.) 1 Durham, N. Feb. 20.- The fight l)etveen those of - the i Republican ra nks who favor ' Taft for the Pres idency and those who -favor Cannon . Id now , on . In earnest In this State. There Is a determined effort being made by the friends of Mr.' Cannon t .capture' the ' State Convention for 1,1m and throw Mr. Taft overboard It looks now, from . all that can be learned here, that the fight will be a warm one. ' So far have the friends of Mr. Can non gone that headquarters have been openei In Greensboro and let ters are being sent over the State, these to prominent Republican : lead ers, with a view of capturing the con vention for Mr, Cannon Those who favor - the- present speaicer 01 , me House are , not only fighting the na tional administration, but are - up in arms against the State. Republican organization. ' ' - ' ;,! ';":-'.;';i' y One of those who are fighting to lauuch the "boom for Mr. Cannon' Is Major H. L. Grant clerk of the Unit ed States District and - Circuit Court for .the Eastern District of North Carolina. He .has sent, put .to tne Republican , party leaders ' of the throughout the State a circular let tenia. wMch he hands out. a olar; olexus to the national adrajnistratlon and, to the State Republican r organif 1 zatipn. v Among those receiving tnis;i letter 3ent out by . Major Grant, was Mr. W. i G. Btamham. in this J city: The letter was datedyesterday, came to hand today and a warm, re- j r iy , wa soon on Its way back to j Raleigh.; T: '' " C ; ' Mr. Bramham.,who is secretary or the; local county organization,. s ; known as an '.ardent party man and sut porter of the present national ad ministration. .! He , Is also . unquali fiedly for Mr. Taft. He has led the partyln this county In three hard fights, and In all of the fights for the last few years he has been the lead ing spirit wfclch has kept the fight , goinn 'and push forward the interests of his party In this county. . But the t most . interesting partof the entire story is the letter sent out by Major Grant and the characteristic -roTPly sent him by Mr. ' , Bramham. Thee letters show that there Is a bad split and wide difference of opin ions among some of the leaders ' of the party. Here are the letters: ' , . Grant Fights Admin !stration. -Raleigh. N. C.. Feb.. !, l0SrT "My Dear Sir: There Is now going , on In this State a revolution in sen timent and a vigorous campaign to . secure delegates to the St-te. Conven v .tlon in favor of Horn Joseph G. Can non as a candidate , for President -of the United States. An offl e has been opened in Greensboro and headquar ters established with a friend of , - Speaker Cannon from New; York In charged i was at Greenboro last right Ijn consultation with him. and there learned that the eighth district , will be solid and a majority In the fifth district and In Guilford' county (Adams' home) tfjll be their unani mous choice. The movement Is gath- . erlng strength every day and It seems to me that this will be the most dl- rct way to rebuke the two bosses. I m willing to admit I have some sen timent with the candidacy of Mr. Cannon. " Seventy year- ago his fa ther started a school at New Garden, which is now Guilford College. This has been, and Is, a great educational institution from whose class rooms have gone the equal of any of our citizenship; If not the best For the first time in my knowledge an oppor tunity presents itself to honor in this high position a native of Jsrorth Car olina. . I'.woulJ like to, see the Re publicans of this State, rally around 'Ms standard and honor one who lt rre-emlnentl3. quallf ed and who a the full and unqualified confidence of the whole country. If we can dem- onstrate to the administration that the self -constituted "guardians of our political rirhts rannot deliver the del egation solid for Mr. Taft, even with the promise of controlling the Fed eral patronage In North Carolina, this 111 be a revelation long hoped for. Even If we feel friendly towards Mr. faft, :in common decency . .and re fpect j for our Intelligence, we ought o resent the egotism of presumption 't these two men to speak for eighty thousand Republicans in Nrth Cy- . Una. They have even published to the world who will be f four delegates at large in the State ' .Kh 'crolln months be- f k for tVft meeting V the PUte Convention. jjp. i" What meat re th8 Caesarsfed hat they s-hould be so great?) I .'am U favor of coming outand by reailu- nors enaorsnr the. candidacy of Mr. vena gooa men not instructed. Eni i-i? V-.YH?ee"" nls- TtAai A am A T- . . MM III man. to deal with the President or his representatives and pledge the dele gation from their State to the National Convention. Willyou not consider this: In the light of good pollUcs and freedom, from bosslsm fof us In Northi Carolina? Of course. tfee-ofHce- holders will look to- their doss forla- structlons, but ahall we let them long er dominate the mass of : the. Repub lican voters in North Carolina? Please write me what you taink of this anlTthe prospects of carrying out this policy in your county. ". ' A Warm Reply., Mr. Bramham, who never, riats to horses . at one time, did not mince words in his reply. ' He is ; for Taft and against the policy that is sug gested by Major Grant and this af ternoon the following letter was sent in replyto the one.above quoted: j ,' Durham. N. C, Feb. 20. 180i. Hon; H. L. Grants ; i ; . Clerk United States Court, ;, j, 'A $f.:;: Raleign, N.C. Dear Sir -Your letter of February 19th to hand and I have giVen It most careful consideration of its contents. My poltcy has always been in poli tics, as .well as all the, walks, of life to deal fair and above board, letting both my friends and my enemies kaow where they, can find me. Financially - and politically, it has not always ; proven - good method, but it does away with taking of any tonic to aid my sleep. ' '-' At the outset I want to say I have no- patience with the fight f made ? on the State; organization or the present national administration. ; I am al ways in the fight when the j chairman ship ' of the State . is at stake to the end that a good man may be named. If my man is defeated, I bow In hum- ble submission and immediately hitch my .mule. to the wagon and help pull for Republican unity and Republi can success. This is my idea of Re publican loyalty as well as Republican SUCCeSS. - . " 1 I think the present State organiza tion" has been used for . the upbuild ing oK the Republican ' party in this State, and for its ultimate success. It has met with many . stumbling blocks,; and be it said to the discredit of the local party, and especially to those from whom Ingratitude should be least expected, it has been repeat ed ly - help in disrepute by those who have . been partaken of Its bounties, j - As to the present. national, admlnfs- tratlon, I say without fear of present nistonans, or rniure mscoraim,-.uenii. It has been , the greatest administra tion th!siovctry i has ;Jbnd; sinCet lt Inauguration and .he w no "attempts to attach .discredit " to , li rgues hl. own Ignorance. I' ; That- you may know exactly where j stand I -wish to say I am for William h. .Taft first., last' and all the time f or . president; ,T : enaorse " ; without reservation v the present national ad- mlnlgtfati0n and the present State ad ministration.;: I : ,; . . .:, , These personal views are j not gtr. you in confidence, as I speak them on all occasions, and you mayi use them as you desire. Tours truly," : 4 ' WILLIAM G. BRAMHAM.' Guilford Republican Exe cutive Committee En- dorses, Cannon By" ANDREW JOYXER. (facial to NewJ and Observer. )j ' Greensboro .N. C, Feb. 1 20. The Republican county executive commit- tee in session here this afternoon fixed March- seventh . as date for county convention. By a vote of Hen to five resolutions endorsing Cannon for president were adopted. t ; : i ',. Significance' to" this action, conies from the -fact that State Chairman Adams, supposedly for Taft, lives here, while ! Adams' friends explain that Cannon was born in this county, r SOUTIIBOrND RAILWAY. Stockholders and Directors Hold An nual Meeting Old Officers .He-Elected. (Secial to . News and . Observer.) Winston-Salem,- N. C, Feb. 20.- fhe stockholders and directors of the Southbound Railway Company held their annual meeting " here today. Various matters relating to the roaa f;?d the present financial situation were ! discussed. Reports made I by the officers showed that everything possible is being done to keep the or ganization intact, and to push the work as rapidly as conditions , would permtt. ,. It was agreed that con struction , work cannot be., resumed until the present financial clouds dis appear. The men behind the enter prise have faith in it. and are confi dent tbaf the Southbound! will be built, and that construction forces will be placed all alone th iin nnm i TAFT ... .- : ' as soon as normal conditions are ' tomorrow;, , realized In the financial world The In the House Mr, Flnley. of South offlrer were re-elected they! betn as CaroI,na. feelingly referred to the follows: President. H E- Fries- death of Senator Latimer. He offered vice-president, W. T. Brown; secretary resolutlon of : regret, which were un and treasurer. W. F. Shaffner.. The I a"lmou?lf adapted. towns along th proposed line f thl CmttUet Attc"d ietuFun,:TaL Southbound were represented it the . Tn Speaker announced thef olio w. meeting today. Mr. S. HvIIearn; bf Alb-narle: Capt Frank nbblb.i -. is her winning I ways that often LATTiMEfl IS DL'i Senator from South CaV olina Dies in Washington Was Known as One of the , Most Earnest and Consciensoous Connlt ftee Workers In Congress -Had Appentllcitls and Compll- i V,- ' cations. .' ' t (By .the 'Associated Press.) . j fr waeningion, u. v,., reu. w. ocu- ator Asbury C. Latimer, or South Car olina, died at Providence Hospital at 9:15 a. m. today of peritonitis, j He had ' been, at the hospital since Sun day last,' whenv he underwent an .op eration for, appendicitis. It was then discovered that he was suffering with a ! far more serious ailment. The bowels had become twisted and ! his condition was found to - be such that surgeons held out little hope. for his recovery. He rallied however, and his progress was satisfactory until 7 o'clock last night, when steadily he began to grow worse. At midnight it appeared that recovery was impossl- . ble. The members of tbe Senator's family were with him; when he died, having been informed that there was lltue hope that he wou d survive the nigtt. Colonel Ransdell, sergeant-at- arms of the Senate, at once made ar rangements for the removal se v" i v t a the Lattlmer home atBel- ton, S. C.i ttlmer was .57 year of age. He was.bne. of the most, earnest an j conscientious t committee workers In Congress, . being, a. member of the Committees on Agriculture, immigra tion, Manufactures, - Public Buildings and Grounds and Census, as well as others of less ; Importance. He was especially Interested In good road and - protably did more ito promote the national- movement for govern ment building of good roads than any other , member f Congress. ,, He was the author of the "Lattlmer Good. Roads bill." As a member of the : Manufacturers' Committee : he gave much attention ' to the prepara tion, of the Pure Fool law and also played a prominent part in drafting the rending copyright bllt . Durtn I last- summer he. visited .Europe jis a meiUMr ot me immisrawiia Miiamu- si on and was preparing an ' elaborate report "covering . immigration, condi tions 1n the. countries I assigned to him. V .. . ' ;. . .. ; " ' '-; . Mr. Lattlmer had been a . Senator since 1903 and. had served flre terms In the House, y V , No Offlcial . Services . In Washington There will Je no offlcial services in Washington. .T The funeral party Jeft here tonight on , a , special train oyer the Southern "Railway, kwhlch Is -dte to arrive .at Relton at noon tomor-1 row.. The funeral services- will be held at 2" p. m., '. ,' ' . Prayer by, BIr." Ilale. ;; 4' f ; -As'a . ' ;- :-v" ' la Penator th" was an-unusual attend ance in th? enate today when the Vice President" sounded the gavel and Rev. Edward Everett-Hale, chaplain, opened the proceedings with' prayer n vi . rfTred with much feel ing to the bereavement that had come to the country In . the . death of a member who only a few days ago had been on the floor of the Senate, saying: ' . .- . ; V "Father,, thou art pleased to. show to us day by .day, month .by month', hour ; by j hour that we are in . thy presence always and . that we pass from .this life to that larger life, yes In an Instant, in the twinkling of an eye. Come to, us today as we learn that another ras gone from1 this cir cle and that here and there thou art r 'eased that he shall be serving thee ,n nlarf!r ". 1? er, and lead us by thine . own care and love that we may learn the lesson of life and of what, we call death. "We ask' for ourselves, we ask for those who are nearest and dearest to u, we ask for the State, that he has served and for the nation, 'that he may come nearer to thee and! enter Into thy divine life." Upon the conclusion of the readtng of the journal. Senator Tillman arose announce the death of hls col league: ''''." ' -.' ' '' ! Senators In the Chamber," he said, "were startled Monday morning with news that a surgical operation was to be performed upon ray col leasrue. Mr. Latimer. It 'is now my painful duty to anounce that -he never sufficiently rallied to make any head way and that he died this morning at 9 o'clock.. ' Mr. Tillman then offered a resolu tion declaring the Senate's regret, which was adopted. ' r, Senate Funeral Committee. ; An additional resolution authorizing the appointment of a committee of ten Senators to arrange for and at tend the . funeral was adopted, and Vice-President Fairbanks designated the' committee as follows: Senators Tillman; South Carolina: Proctor. Vermont; Frazier.. Ter s see ; - Foster, Louisiana; Overman. N. C-; ! Johnston, Alabama; Carter, Mon tana:' Dillingham, Vermont; Dixon, Montana, and Smith, Michigan. The Senate then at 12:20 o'clock as a mark of respect, adjourned until V'S 1' P!T0 Rodenberg, .Illinois; i Hlnhaw. and Pollard. ... Nebranka: L ci Dermond, Mlraouri; r Webb, North : (Continued on Page Five.) I HE - - Injunction Against Harri man Peopls Dissolved ! FISH THEORY DENIED t naer the Ruling the Stock in the Illinois Central Owned by the Union j . Pacific and the Railroad Secur ities Co. Can Be Voted at An nual Meeting. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago. Ills., Feb. 20. Judge Ball.! of the Superior Court, today jdissolved; the injunction secured 4 last j October! by Stuyve sant Fish, by Virtue of which the Harriman Interests were; restrained from 'otinf ' 8Sl,.2i lshares; of the capital stock of lthS Illinois Central Railroad at the annual meet-S lner of the company. The eory oni Urhictt counsel ;for Mr. v Fish based! their arguments In support of. the in- Junction that it was contrafy to thei laws and public policy of the State of Illinois to allow foreign corporations: . - . a v-fe.he stock ofldomestic! corporations was denied fby . the ; 1 Under the ruling of the court the : . . . fctock which Is held by. the Union Pacific Railroad Company and by the Rallroadj Security Company: of New Jersey, can ibe voted at the annual meeting of the Illinois Central which - sito: be. held in this city on March 2.'- ..h ' ':.,.:- !-:' :; There is no appeal from the decision handed down today by Judf e Ball, but it is considered probable jthat Mr. Fish wi il lak e further legal j steps to regain possession of the Illinois Cen tral . Juge E.. E Farrar, bf. New rleans, who baa acted as leading coun sel: for: Mf. Fish throughout jthe 0on troversyt f aid today after thef render teg" of. th- decision at the iase will now be tried on Its merits, f .$ Nor. j of the principals in me case were in court, both Mr; Fish land Mr. Harri mar- being In NewtTor. : Pres ident, Harrahan, of the Illinois Cen tral came In while the" decision was being - read. When the conclusion had been reached, he raid: . , ;; "My head is too full of tat de cision, to allow me to say anything, but to say that I am highly jpleaied, and more than highly p!easedi is put ting it mildly." Judge Ball, who is of a. somewhat' frail physique,, turned over to his. son, the task of 'reading hte decision which contained almost 10.000 words.' . The cevrt . declared that Mr. Fish had not been able to prove any of his contentions. - that the domination of the Illl-ioie entral by Mr. Harriman would b, to its detriment and had also failed to show, that the interests of stockholders wouldj be injured thereby..'.,-- ,.-..:.'..'.''. . V j ' The Union Pacific and th Illinois Central, he said, we-e not competing, btu are connectig lines ad . the one could ot be a commercial rival of the other In such a sese as to fall within the scope of legal decisions against the alliances bewteen competing rail roads. The two roads, the court de clared, were not so situated as to make it roasib'e that they eould com? bine to monopolize traffic in any sec tion of the country. The court further declared that If the nam of Mr. Harriman Was not a name to conjure with,., many of the allegations made in the cas would not be "considered seriously. He was .compelled to act, he said, .on fast al leged and proved, and not fears, "or supposed prophesies Peth of Mr. Ilerbertli. Gjreen. Wllkesboro. N. C. Feb. 20. Mr. Herbert L. Greene died at his home here last Wednesday after tvfo years rt Htc from a hopeless malady Of the brain. tlr. Greene was educated at. the State' University, studied laif under Col. Folk and was admitted? to the practice of law In 1887. He eminently inentlv succeeded In his profession and at the time he was stricken by the malady he stood in the class of the most prominent lawyers of this section. He was a man of splendid native ability and. possessed sterling and attractive personal qualities. FIFTEEN HUNDRED CHILDREN Public SclioeTs of JscksonvlUe Ad journ to Hear the 'dansntan," (Special to News and Obsefver) "Jacks' nville. Fla., Feb. 20.. The "Clannnan" enraement at th4 Duvall Thtatre, on this, its fare-veil tqur, was t-e very succe-ful chlldren'sijiatlnee. The public schools were adjujrned at 1 o'clock and fifteen hundred boyg and. girls apr lauded the play. 4ccupy lg the entire orchestra and balcony. The board of education jvoted a resolution . of tha'ks to Manager George H. Brennan, for the airrange- ments made for the convenience and cntertairmet of the children. 1Hz WEATHER, Fair. Fri "ay; Saturday fair, warmer, light to fresh northwest to north winds oming variable. : . , , -Thf Weather Yesterdayi Maximum temp rature degrees; minimum temperatcre 83 degrees; rtal rrcir Ration for 24 hours end- i I ir.g t p. jn,. 0 inches. K.0FP.ORPHANAGE MOYemBnt UBtS Ennniir. ww. W W M agemehtiat Durham Address of Dr. C. Alphonso Smith - Death cf Mrs. Tilley Inventory of . -' M '. .. t I- i Jones and Frasler Bualncae f Can't ; klhi! -J Discrimination. ' ; : j : (Special to News and Observer. 4Uiham, N. f C Feb. 20. The movement looking j to the establish ment of an orphanage by the (Knights of j Pythias atomej point, in the State is j receiving encouragement here.' A site has been offered on' which, to lo cate, the orphanage, this by the East Durham Lodge tof ePythlansJ This lodge decided that the orpaanage, was the proper thihgKahd .to show that: it believed In this work offered to give to the grand lodge such land as are needed for the erection of the build ings, play grounds ;f or . the hildren ana ior garaenjng work. . At an early date the other two lodges here, Dur ham Lodge No. 31. and the West Durham Lodge will take up'the matter and will- probably jioln in the propo sition made by the East Durham Py thians in an effort to get the orphan age tor this cltyUi! :; ;:r ,; ";;f- But it has not been fully decided, aa j yet. what li to i be done about the matter and will not be decided until the Grand Lodge meets in Raleigh in J une. At the last meeting of the Grartd Lodge the matter was fully dis cussed1 and a committee was appoint edfto look into the entire matter and formulate a report fot the next meet ing, j-. This committee is composed ot Mij. peorge L. ; Hackney, of AshevIHe, chairman; Messrs. Thomas D. Meares, Wilmington; Earl McCosland. Char lotte J. D. Pridgen Durham, and Mr.: Be'l, Concord. ? This committee has been; working on the proposition and there will be a meeting in April, thia meeting to be? held in Charlotte In all! probability, at which time the mat-' terj will be gone over and the report prepared for the Orand Lodge. J : ' In j order to get the jenument ot thef great: mass; of Pythlans through out the State the committee recently sent ta each of the subord i nate lodges aitst or ouestionri te be. answered, these; questJona being if ; a nature to see; '."how badl the orphanage was wanted, - as . Committeeman Pridgen expressed It The Questions - asked haa caused the - lodge to - get to work and has resulted In thev offer of a site: being made, by the East Durham people.;. . . jv ; j . . !- When this matter first came tip there were those who argued that the orphanage was' not j needed and - that there were but vry few. orphans In thej State. The eommittee In its in vestigation Dnds J: that there arev a large number of orphan Pythlans" in the; State, probably; close to one hundred-! The question of a Pythian or phanage will be a; live and interesting onfe; when the drand Lodgenneets. i ;f t -Bible in :I.lteratnre. There was a j delighted audience 1 at the i First Pfesbyterlan church- last night when Dr.lC.j Alphonso Smith, of the I University, i delivered an address on 'The Bible fin! Literature.' The church edifice waa filled and the lec ture was learned and eloquent. There was an elaborate musical programme. Thej jecturs f rjr.SYnlth was in keep ing with a'cMsiornfthat has been in vogue in this church for some . time. Each Wednesday evening is the time for the brotherhood; meeting, and. on each: j fourth Wednesday evening1 the brotherhood has some one from the outsfde to deliver an address. Dr. Smith returned! to; Chapel Hill this morning. ... p " ..' " " ' ' . : SI Deatli or A&ed Lady. i , Mrs. Mary M. Tilley, wife of George W. Tilley, who lived In the northern part of the courityj died yesterday and the funeral and burial was this after noon, She was; 68 years of age and had been ill for some weeks, her death being expected.! jShe left five chil- 1rnJ twn nn nnd J threw da.tie'hterfl? ij y and 8 q. Tilley are the sons iad Mrs. N. E. iCouch, Mrs. A. L JHolIoway and Mrs. John L. Scott, the i daurhters. Mnr. Couch an 1 Mrs. Hol- . Hollowav live In Ithls citv and the Others In the country. The burial was at ML Lebanon i church this Afternoon at 2 b'clock ! U.iAb 5 5 1 Taking Inventory. : Mr W. a. Bramham, the new re ceiver, for the Jones & Frasler busi ness, I is now ttkl- 'i'j inventory. A He was appointed as, receiver by Judge Purnell on application of creditors who asked that the business be placed in the bankruptcy J court. The rm failed In November j and Mr; W. J. Griswold Was named as trustee. Then came the application of creditors ask ing for the bankruptcy proceedings. The ifirm has never been Insolvent, but simply closed lin order to protect Its creditors. The! stock of goods In ventoried aboutf J3O.009 and the in debtedness wasshown to : be $13. 437.73. . The cred ltors, , however, were mostly small oea and the amounts Within the jurisdiction of magistrates Courts. Out- of fifty-five creditors there , were forty-one who could have Secured judgment In the magistrate's courta In order tp protect the j larger creditors equally j with! the smaller ones the trustee was appointed. J ' j Willing! But Unable. ! I In the fight against the. freight rate discrimination being made on. th Norfolk" and : Western Railroad, the city aldermen were asked by the busi ness men's committee to assist and if possible to. appropriate money with which to push the fight' 1. This matter Came up at the; last! meeting of the board and was referred to the Mayor and city attorney, Mr. R. O.j Everett as to. the legal ilde of. the quesion. .... "si i , - j This committee has decided that un fder the charter the city can not ap ) propriate money for this purpose. The board .was willing but unable. When thef matter was before the aldermen a motion was made - and seconded mat the city appropriate I500 for the purpose of employing an I . -J . facts as to the discrimination, these to. be presented to the Corporation Commission and then to the Interstate Commerce Commission. . This would have been done but it Is not legal. However, there will be private do nations of money to be used If neces sary In this fight .Durham business men will do their part in showing up the unjustness of the entire' matter and In getting things adjusted on an equal basis. ... WHY BRYAN WILL BE' NAMED, It Is Because Four Fifths' of the Democrats Desire His Nomination. United States Senator ,W. J. Bryan, of Florida; Is visiting relatives in Charlotte. A reporter of the News asked, him who would be the Demo cratic nominee for President,- and he said: - - " F: j. s A: 'v 1 "I will answer that question by ask ing one In return. Whom do ; four fifths, of the Democrats; in the United States faVor as their first choice? As things look now, at least that propor tion of the party favor the nomination of v William Jennings : Bryan; of Ne braska; and In air human probability he will be the choice of the Denver convention. - ; The - Democratic masses have 'already signified . their will In this matter, so that he who runs may read, and ought they .not to f have their way?" - Tho Dofendcr of Port Ar thur Condemned to Dto HAY BE CODUUTED Lieut-General Stoesscl .Who . . for, Weeks Held the Russian Fort, to vr rr. I :..; ? tbe Ainazement of the World, ; Against the Japanese and. Is j- ';: ;" - ' As a Traitor.: . ' , .Treated , by His Country !' ":'. ': "''''' : ' v:.. ".' "''-ja 'k-"-.' f :: (By the Associated 'Pres.) ' I -' St Petersburg, I'eb..; 20.--LUruJt en ant General Stoessel wa s condemned to death this evening by a military court for the surrender of Port Arthur to the Japanese. - General Fock, who commanded the Fourth East. Siberian division of Port Arthur, wm ordered reprimanded for a; disciplinary ' ' of fense, which,' was not connected with the surrender, and General Smirnoff, acting commandant of the ..Fortress and Major General Reiss, chief of staff to General Stoessel, were, acquit ted of ViU charges against .them tor lack of proof. The court recommend ed that the death sentence upon Lieu tenant General Stoessel be commuted to ten years imprisonment . In I a fortress and that he is excluded from the service. 1 - . 1 General Vodar, president of -the court read the sentences amid a tense silence. By a great effort of self-control General; Stoessel maintained a rigid soldier-like Impassivity. Gen eral Smltnoff also was seemingly un moved, but there were tears In the eyes of General Relsa:..:;.;'.-;::;::-, j.;-.jri The sentence of death was pro nounced upon - General Stoessel "for surrendering the fortress before all the means of defence had been ex hausted, for failing to enforce his authority and for military misdemean ors." "; ;; ' :.:: i ':'-:' J ' . Commutation of the sentence ." was asked, on the ground that "Port Ar thur, beset by overwhelming ; forces defended Itself under General Stoes sel's leadership with unexampled stub borness and filled the world with as Its garrison; that several assaults had tonishment at the heroic courage of been "repulsed with tremendous losses on the part of the enemy; that Gen eral Stoessel throughout the siege had maintained the heroic courage of the defenders, and, finally, that he had taken energetic part in three cam paigns." ' ; :' ; -':; H 'r . Before the sentence was read meas ures were, taken to prevent a demon stration in favor ot Stoessel by a num ber ' of the younger officers and wit nesses who were present These later sent a despatch to the Empress say ing that they would humbly bear tes timony that General Stoessel was the. soul of the defense of Port Arthur; that : he .had always encouraged and put heart in the garrison, and that in case of war. they, would wish to serve again under such a hero. They asked the Empress" graciously to bespeak from the Emperor a full pardon. ' There was a dramatic moment after the reading, of the sentence when a detachment of soldiers filed into the halt1' The spectators, thinking, that they were about to seize General Stoes sel, displayed great excitement several women fainting. It' developed, how ever, that this was nerely a guard for the; dlsposalivOf i the court General Stoessel, who was accompanied :by, his son,: was the object of. a sympathetic demonstration, friends kissing - and shaking him by the .hand, and as he left the court leaning on hisv ; son's shoulder. .. , . ' . ' ? A public festival Is being organised by the municipality of St Pete-?burg . (Continued on rajo Five.) IATIN17THE HEAD HI SHAI FAKE WAV BILLS III EVIDENCE Inter-Statb Commcrco Commission Probe: Rebating BYCHESAPEAKEcOIHO Way BUla Produced Covering a Car of Grain Shipped From' Richmond ' But Purported to Have Been Shipped From Orange at .t , c lbrousrh Rate South, K (By the Associated Press.)- f Richmond Va.,' Feb. 20.An In vestigation of railway rebate charges was : resumed - before i Commissioner Lane, of the Interstate " Commerce Commission, today, the case of the' Chesapeake and Ohio being still un der consideration.. Much testimony was introduced coroboratlve of that ad duced 'yesterday.'- . rApi:-1;:- -1 . The; principal witness was O. , D James, auditor of (freight receipts of ' the Chesapeake and Ohio- He identl-" fled papera" shown; him by Special Counsel 'John IL Marble as records from his' of flee. They covered a car actually In Richmond ; but purported to cover a car of grain routed through from Orange to a southern city at the through rate. Several of these batches of - documentary evidence were pro duced and identified and showed tha In making out of false way billsmaay, of the false numbers- used on care forwarded . covered cars , laden with iron casting, cases of medicine and other odds and ends of merchandise. Mr. James .stated that he wa3 famil iar With the handwriting of A. I. Gil bert and E- D Hotchkls and ldenli fledtheir -0, IC,s".isn2d j--Initials, on several of tha ill 3d.' .vay bilia. and expense bills put. in, iha tsc orda yesterday, as thai Jones shibi. 116 : failed ; to recognize the' initiate signed "E.-D. IL" as the sisnaiura of E. D.' Hotchkiss. The. commissions.: "Do you say that is not the rimnt ture of E; D. Hotchklss?'; Witness: , -; .; . - - ; , ' -;r;;:Mt ; certainly Is hot --his :-ius'i6ria signature. It looks like Mr. ?Hb3rir writing." :Th Commissioner: "Caa iou ": duce -half a dozen examples, o!? Ivir. Hotchklss signature?" . V , -Yes, sir." - Very well, then: please do It developed at this point that 'J.er were three different . handwritings.-., ar. one of the alleged j false Avay-biib ? evidence. - V. ; '". ; ; ' IL .L. . King, freight : agent 01 en Atlantic Coast Line, and IL R. Phin ney, Richmond agent of the Seaboard' Air Line, testified that roads accept ed the way-bills' of the other roads without question and in this cons; dence had been destroyed. BASEBALL MASS-MEETTXC. To Start the League Off in Good Shar M Chapel II1IL ... (Special to News and Observer.; Chapel Hill, N. .C, Feb. 20. Ths initial mass-meeting of this s-a'sor was held In- Gerrard Hall Tuesda'r hlghtfrom seven to eight-thirty. The purpose of ; the meeting as expressed by. President J. J, Parker was to starO the baseball season off In good shape, and show the' team that the studer.L body was behind it from the outcei. Several speeches were made by dif ferent members of the' faculty anc, student body, and the cocxh and cap tain, all of whom j - expressed them ? selves its highly pleaded at the pror-? pects for a good team, and a prosper 1 ous season. " Coach Stocksdale, who made hlC first appearance before the student body here, said that in his opinion tho outlook was very promising. He talkec to the men in a plain business-like way, and made a very good imprse sion oil his hearers;- w ! s ' On the whole the meeting "was c great success, and! will ho doubt bo reductive of 'much good in .that ita tendency is to arouse interest and en thusiasm In both players and student body from the very beginning. ! Thus far seventy-five 4 candidates have presented themselves, and gone to work in dead earnest to make the team! . This speaks well for the spirit of the' players, and shows conclusive ly that a live interest Is being felt In the team.. " . . : ; . Funeral of Mr.BenJ. D. Black. Fayettevllie, N. C, Feb. 20. The funeral; of Mr. BenJ. D. Black, w ho died Tuesday afternoon, was held yesterday-afternoon at four o'clock from the residence .on Person street Ha was 58 years of age. - , . Killed a. Catainout . - (Moore County Nep.) i Last Friday John Go!ns ran '"dowti and killed a wild varment that th3 knowing ones' ; pronoencet: a catc mount It was a powerful and virior.s brute, and whipped parh'ens a clr;r. dogs before It was kiil3T-. :: m: ured thre feet and al.ia Inches :r leneth. It was killed !r CrcrjL .Jmi;' field. ' . , oe-irawe. but re-! enable aT-woman to get-the better of a sent the recognized efforts , of W man in the matrimonial game. v,.:-',;. ' '' "'.;.- -'- ? -v'.iv.. iy- ' i" . ' . ' '. " T ...
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