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fir in HWi I - TEN PA'. O TEN PAGES. r THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE: VOL. XXXV NO. 38 CHARLOTTE, N G., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7,: 1906. PRICE: 3 CENTS GOV. GLEHHSftYS ID !I0 HAND III FIGHT OFRADS Governoi Declares That Report is False That he is Taking" Hand in factional Fight ot Republi cans. Says he Favored Hol ton. Explains Wh This was. Says he and Blackburn are Friends, Gov. Investigating Hospital at Morganton. To Give Report on Three Hospitals. Fpecif.l to The News. Raleigh, Feb. 7. Governor Glenn says the report sent out from Wash ington that he is taking any hand in the factional fights of the Republicans of the State over the Government ap pointments for the State at Washing ton are absolutely without foundation. He says he did give Attorney General Moody the personal endorsement of Holton for District Attorney for the Western District and spoke to Presi dent Roosevelt in his behalf but this was purely on personal grounds. He had known Holton from a boy, both being from Yadkin county, Holton had succeeded him (Glenn) as District At torney and had shown ability. The Governor says his relations with Congressman Blackburn are entirely friendly and that the statement that he and Blackburn are not on speaking terms is false. That Blackburn called on him at the Executive Office when he was last in Raleigh. Governor Glenn left this afternoon for Morganton to complete the inves tigation of the Western Hospital for the insane and on his return he will publish his report of the condition of the three state institutions for the insane at Morganton, Raleigh and Goldsboro. TWO MORE DISMISSED. Two Midshipmen Given Until Six O'clock to Make Themselves Scarce. By Associated Press. Annapolis, Feb. 7. Midshipman Laurens C. DeSaussaure, of Charles ton, S. C., and George H. Melvin, of Geneseo, 111., were formally dismissed from the Naval Academy at noon and given until six o'clock this evening to get themselves and their belongings off the government reservation. The two vouths. both of whom are members of the Third Class, were recently con victed by court martial of hazing a number of Fourth Class men. COMMISSION IN PHILADELPHIA. rhmp imnerial Commission Arrives From New York Make Several Vis its By Associated Press. , Philadelphia, Pa... Feb. 7. The Chinese Imperial Commission which is in the : United States to study Ameri can custom arrived here from New York. Escorted by Mayor Weaver.- tne members of the Commission visited a number of industrial establishments and the League Island Navy Yard. KEITH TO BE COLLECTOR B. T. Keith Appointed Collector of Customs At. Wilmington. Military Nominations. By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 7 The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to be Maj. General Brig. Gen. Fred D. Grant; Lieut. Cols, to be Brig. Generals William E. Birkhimer; Artil lery Corps. Palmer G. Wood, 11th In fantry. Henry A. Reed, Artillery Corps. Collector of Customs, Benjamin F. Keith, for District of Wilmington, N. C. DActrMaeterS. Postmasters: Georgia Mr. Waksr man, at Cartersville; J. S. Garrett, at Columbus; H. D. Busn. at uoviugiuu, J. E Poche, at Washington. North Carolina M. Ferguson, at Littleton. . South Carolina P. B. Conner, at Greenwood; C.J. Purcell, at New berry. GREENE GAYNOR. Defense Cross Examines Witness Ster ley in Famous Trial Today. By Associated Press. - '.' Savannah, Feb. 7. Witness Sterley was cross examined by the defense up on the resumption of the Greene and Gavnor trial and it was brought out that there were not infrequently ade quate explanations for Carter's failure to get the specifications to "outside contractors sooner than the evidence presented by the Government showed he sent them. NAT. CONVENTION CONVENED The 20th Annual Convention of the National Brick Manufacturers Asso ciation in Session. Philadelphia,. Feb. 7. The 20th annu al convention of the National Brick Manufacturers' Association convened. The annual reports of . president I. H. Blair of Cincinatti, and Treasurer John W. Sibley,; of Birmingham, Ala., were read. - . ' . ' ' ''" . Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Morrison have returned to the city after spend ing several ' days at Wadesboro and Rockingham,. ' GASTON I A NEWS. A Couple "Wert Personal Notice 11a e 111 Prowueeto Change in UusinesK Other Sews. Special to The News. Gastonia, N. C, February 7. Mr and Mrs. Ii. C. Adams. Mr. Will Glenn and Mr. Howard Glenn left here Saturday morning for southwest Cali fornia, Mr. Adams and Mr. Howard Glenn going for health. Both have been in very poor health for the winter. Mr. Adams has been for the last four years manager of the Adams Drug Co. here. He sold his interest to Mr. J. I Adams. Miss Lottie Biake spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Pearl Dixon of Bes semer City. Mr. Gilmer Wingate of Columbia, S. C. is visiting his parents here, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wingate. The Gaston county physicians will enjoy a banquet at the Falls House this evening. Mrs. J. B. Thomason left last Satur day for a month's visit to her sons in Donald, S. C, and Cordele, Ga. Mr. J. B. Long wno has been spending some time in Union, S. . C, returned last Friday. Mr. J. Holland Marran. one of Gas tonia's prominent young men, will be gin work with the West Virginia Land Co., as salesman of lots. Mr. James Stezer, of Maiden, and Miss Jessie Brown of the Old Mill here were married Sunday morning by Rev. J. A. Hoyle at his residence. The baseball prospects are very poor here for this season. People are so busy they, haven't time for it, but we are going to do our best. Mr. Marsh Morrow, of Columbia, is spending a few days with relatives here. Mr. J. S. Whitfield and son, Master Stafford, left last night for Peachland. Miss Katie Gattis has accepted a position with Thompson Co., of York ville. - Mr. Eli Kendrick is bookkeeping at the .Arlington Cotton Mill, filling the place of Mr. Will Glenn. Mr. Howard Riddle, of Bethel, was in town Monday night to meet several friends who came to take a few days' hunt with him. : The oyster supper given by the libra ry Friday night was quite a success. The receipts were over $40.00. Mn J. A. Gibson and Miss Bertha Probst were married at the Lawray Sunday. Messrs. V. E. and It. E. Long, two brothers, happen" to have the same birthday and it came this year on Sat urday. They invited a few of their friends and had quite a pleasant time Saturday night. E. C. Adams received a message from his brother R. C. Adams Tuesday night from Elpaso, Texas, saying that the crowd 'en-route to California were get ting along fine. PASTOR'S BODY IN" WELL. Plunged to Death After Deliverins Ser mon on Uncertainty of Life. Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 19. After preach ing to a large, congregation Rev. J. G. Norton, leading Baptist minister of this section of Georgia, went home, ate din ner and shortly afterward committed suicide by leaping into an unused well a short distance from his home. Be fore leaping into the well. Mr. Norton tied about his neck a piece of iron weighing 150 pounds. The body was not discovered until today. Search had been instituted for the missing man. And by chance his son 'looked into the . old well and saw an object. The son was lowered and found that the object was the body of his father. . ... In his sermon Sunday, Mr. Norton dwelt much on the uncertainty of life, and urged the congregation to be ready for the linal summons. His closing sentence- was: "Prepare to meet thy God." Norton had accumulated a modest fortune. It is supposed he became af fiicted with sudden aberration. Colorado Senator Speaks in Sup port of his "Insurgent" Resolu tion and Confesses Warm Friendship for President. Says - Roosevelt Deserves Support. By Associated Press. x Washington,' Feb. 7. Mr. Patterson addressed the Senate on his resolution declaring against the policy of caucus dictation in disposing of treaties with foreign nations. He confessed to warm friendship for the President and felt in the struggle he was making on eco nomic lines that he deserved support. "I admire" and commend him for. his brave position," he said. Mr. Patterson said he expected to vote for ttie'-Santo Domingo treaty, but that he expected the treaty to be amended. Discussing the Democratic caucus binding resolution, he said: It strips Senators of every element ot indepen dence and is liable to force them to disgrace their high offices or go into oblivion." ' He had always believed that in pub lic office, men were more important than platforms. He especially com mended the Republican party for not having "Whole states bound and gag ged by the unit rule in National Con ventions. "The Democratic party has been out of power for many years. Will my Democratic friends not concede that its arbitrary methods are responsible for that fact?" H . - Still i a - Democrat. , He concluded substantially as fol lows: ' , "I have no 'regrets for the course I have pursued and shall continue to pursue it. It is true I may not be ad mitted to the councils of my party in the Senate but realizing that I am ex cluded because I am striving to per form my duty as i have sworn to exe cute it. I will, bear the exclusion in perfect .equanimity, simply saying to my Democratic friends that I expect to meet them in the next Democratic convention, where I hope we will nomi nate a candidate for President who will be eaually as brave as Mr. Roosevelt in fighting the fight of the people." Bailey followed Patterson. He said the Democratic caucus had defined the duty of Senators as members of the Democratic party. It was for Mr. Pat terson to determine his duty as a Senator in contradiction to his duty as a Democrat. . " . HAS FRIENDSHIP FOB PRESIDENT HEARINGS IM CASE OF SEIJATOB SMOOT Committee on Privolegesand Elec tions Hear Case of Senator Reed Smoot. Prof. Wolfe Fiist Witness. Said he was a Mormon no Longer. Explained Oath of "Vengeance.1' Said' he Believed This Oath was "Seevd of Treason.'' Thinks Polygamous Combination has Increased in Late Years. By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 7. Hearings in the case of Senator Reed Smoot were resumed before the Committee on Privileges and Elections. The first wit ness was Prof. Walter M. Wolfe, for merly the teacher of geology- in the Brigham Young: ' College at Logan, Utah, and an 'apostle of the church. Polygamy Increasing. Prof. Wolfe testified he had been a Mormon until January 1 when his con nection was severed through i failure to comply with the demands for the tithes. - He said he had been through the temple twelve times, taking the obliga tions of chastity, sacrifice and ven geance. In regard to vengeance, the witness said this oath had been: , . "You and each of you do covenant and pray, and never cease to pray, God to avenge the blood of the prophet on this nation." "To the best of my knowledge," said Prof. Wolfe., polygamous cohabitation 1 has increased very materially since j Utah was admitted as a State. Prof. Wolfe said he believed thej "Seed cf Treason" was sown in thel oath of vengeance. He described the interior of the temple. Among the pic-! tures was one of Senator Smoot. I SCHOONER ARRIVED. After Fierce Experience on Carolina! Coast in Storm, Schooner IsTowedj in. By Associated Press. ., Norfolk, Feb: 7. The three-masted schooner "Joel "F." Sheppard, Captain Megee, from Savannah, Ga., to Wil mington, Del., lumber laden, arrived at Hampton Roads today after a severe experience in the recent storm, which swept the Carolina coast. She lost both anchors and hadto be towed in. She will await good weather before proceeding for Wilmington. OFFICERS RECALLED. It is Stated That All German Officers in This Country Have Been Recall ed. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 7. The News Scimitar says a German officer, first lieutenant in the Kaiser's army is passing through this city and is au thority for the statement that all Ger man officers on. leave of absence in this country have been recalled. MAKES LIGHTNING CHANGE. Bride-Elect Concludes to Wed Gray Haired Uncle of the Man to Whom She Was Engaged. Worcester, Mass., Feb. 7. With her wedding only one day away, Lena Markowitz has changed her mind and tomorrow she will be led to the altar by Rudolph Libby, the gray-haired uncle of William Libby, her first choice and for whose wedding the guests had been invited. The marriage license was taken out last week by William, with the confident expectation that tomor row he would become the husband of his long-time sweetheart. Yesterday he learned that his uncle is the favored one and now William is packing to go back to New York. ; Rudolph is the happiest man in the city today, for he he says that in spite of his gray hairs he is still young enough to win the sweetheart of a much younger man. He says he came to realize without a spoken word that Lena loved him although she had promised to wed another; For the sake of the woman who he believed loved his nephew,, he remained silent . until convinced that she was saccrificing herself for the sake of the young man. Then he declared his love. She told him she loved him and never wanted to leave his side. - Examination For Midshipmen. Major J. G. Baird is today holding an examination for midshipmen, in the office of Supt. R. J. Cochrane at' the court house. Five Charlotte boys, Messrs. Eugene Oates, C. B. Elliott, Wallace Long, Ernest Pharr and Richard Gresham, and five out-of-town boys are standing the examination which they claini is the hardest thing they ever tackled. Forged Check For $10. ,. A very clumsy, but successful for gery was commltteed yesterday by a negro signing his name as Sam Harris. The forgery was a check drawn on Mr. McD.: Watkins for $10 and was cashed by T. H. Miller, the grocer. The matter has been placed"in the hands of the police. v " . x - Mr. Cutler Coming Tomorrow. Mr. J. H. Cutler, of the American Forestry Association, will come to CharlOtte-Jtomorrow to confer With the local committee in regard to the big convention to bo held here the latter part of the month. Venezuelan Government Makes Request of Uncle Sam. By Associated Press. " : Washington, Feb.1?. The Venezuelan government has requested the govern ment of the ""United States to take charge of its Consulate in France. Sec retary Root has decided to comply with the request. : REPRIEVE EXTENDED. Antonette- Tolla 1m Granted Re prieve - of CO Days. Mrs. By Associated Pres.' Trenton, Feb. 7. Gov. Stokes granted Mrs. Antonette Tolla, the Hackensack murderess a further reprieve of 60 days in order to allow the presentation of further evidence for the new trial. All the Sunday school superinten dents in the city are requested to meet in the Sunday school rooms of the First Baptist church tonight at 9 o'clock. .. ' Mayor McNinch Says that the Dil worth People, ' Many of Them, Are From South Carolina and they Detest a Dili' Time. An Interesting Interview. Any amount of talk could be heard on all sides today because of the ac tion of Dilworth people in declaring for a separate municipality at a meet ing held last night. The business men of Charlotte in their clubs and in their several' places of business have been busily engaged in .talking over the ac tion of our suburban neighbors. Mayor McNinch was seen this morning- and asked for an interview as to what he thought cf the. meeting held at Dil worth last night.' He said : "Oh, it is simply history repeating itself. A number of: South Carolinians live ' there, and they are the leaders. ! Wherever you find-South Carolinians you find live politicians. You will re call the secession , of South Carolina - ' V . I from the Union in 1861; and if they ) lpavft nnwP mnst. .n with them and IDEA jW ask to be permitted to become one - of I hundred yards away. On the road, an the smaller boroughs of Dilworth. i unknown negro leaped from the under am one of the same stock, and, know-! brush and caught her. She gave strong ing them as I do, there will be no peace now, until th?4ri plans are car ried out, and for peace's .sake we. must go with them; "This is not the . first effort at . se cession from our city. The first was at Belmont, but not having the right political material (South Carolina poli ticians) , that Belmont effort resolved itself into a debating society. Not so with this newer effort of the Dilworth people. We can only have peace by joining in with them as . a smaller borough. ; : : . .; "Seriously all of -us: love Charlotte, and this is a prosperous community. We cannot accomplish our best results as a city if we cannot be one in unity of purpose' and ; spirit. - That spirit has taken hold on almost all of our citi zens, and it will be soon the pleasure of the Dilworth-ices to say that they are Charlotteans, living in the Borough of Dilworth. "FOr years Charlotte has been pulled for taxes to build macadam roads and run schools for Mecklenburg county and Charlotte township, which town ship includes my friends in Dilworth. This condition has caused the city proper togo into debt for everything it has needed for 25 years back. Had the money collected in taxes from Charlotte citizens which . has been spent for roads, schools, school houses, etc., outside of the city of Charlotte, been spent within Our city, every street could have been macadamized, every walk way cemented and our main" streets-laid in vitrified brick or other-high class pavement. "No legislative officers or county commissioners should - be elected by the citizens of Charlotte,, no matter LUC Citizens Wlcli iulic, lij uiauci what their politics or principles, who will not promise to see that Charlotte gets her fair treatment in the matter of her proportion of taxes. "No wonder all the suburban sec tions desire to fight shy of us. They understand the situation: "We have done our duty . by the county and township. Yes, -more than our duty. "We must, as citizens, 'demand that the milk from the good old cow be kept where - it belongs. Then there will not be the same desire to avoid us." The 38th Annual Convention of the Woman Suffrage Associa tion Began To-day. Will Con . tinue Until Feb. 13. Larges Attendance Yet Known. By Associated Press. s Baltimore, Feb. 7. The 38th annual convention . of the Woman's Suffrage Association bean here and will con tinue until Feb. 13. t- The-meeting is one of the most num erously attended gatherings ever held bv woman suffragists in this country, nearly all the prominent leaders being present . . .- ' .- . ... ." , IS Two Engines and Caboose Col lide with Extra Freight Train at Rippon, Va.,' Near Hagersfown, Md., Last Night. Most Serious Wreck. ' ' - Engineer Orion P, Hendrickson was Caught Under Fire Box and Crushed to Death. Found With Hand on the Throttle. Fireman Seriously Injured. By Associated Ii ess. v Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 7. Two en gines and a caboose collided with an extra freight train on the Norfolk & Western Railroad at Rippon, Va south of this city at midnight last night, causing' a serious wreck. One man, Orion P. Hendrickson, en gineer was instantly killed and Harry L. Wood, fireman was badly in jured. Hendrickson's engine was overturn ed after plowing through and smash ing six cars and he was caught under the fire box and crushed. The wreck caught on fire and Hen dricksen's body was nearly consumed. He was found with his right hand gripping the throttle. FOUGHT OFF NEGRO BRUTE. People of Canton Community Much Wrought Up Over Attempted Crim inal Assault On Young Lady. Canton, Ga., Feb. 7. The people of this community are much wrought over an attempted criminal assault made by a negro on a weir known white lady. - 1 ne v'rctim or tne negro s attack is mi . a m , 1 . - . I O i XT ' T-k 1 juaa. iaucy jjawson, wno is staying with the family of Mr. comb. . James Hoi- Early this morning, she left the I house to go to the ' spring, about two resistance, ana Degan to scream. Al though badly frightened . and suffering the loss of nearly all her clothingrshe escaped, the negro - fearing capture, taking to his heels. . . An alarm was given, and a vigorous search at once begun. All the boys and men of the neighborhood formed into a pbsse and are scouring the country. All are heavily armed,1 and if the brute is caught, there is little likelihood of him ever reaching jail. One white man with his face partly blacked was arrested, but later releas ed. Louis Bates, a negro, is under ar rest, but he claims he can prove an alibi. SERVANT GIRL PEEPED. Annie Testifies She Saw Her Rich Em ployer Hugging a School Teacher. Pittsburg, Pa:, Feb. 7i Mrs. Mary Weeden, of Pittsburg; is suing her hus band, Hugh H. Weeden, the wealthy publisher for divorce,. Miss Eliza Barr, school-teacher of the Pittsburg public schools, is named as a co-respond-dent. . ' , It was ; asserted today by Annie Schuette, who had formerly been em ployed as a domestic in the Weeden household, : who gave the day that in the absence of Mrs. Weeden, Miss Barr had come to the Weeden home, and with Mr. Weeden had remained in the parlor the greater part of three hours. Miss Schcuette confessed that' she had "peeped" and . had seen Weeden with his arni around the fair schoolteacher most of the time. . ' Weeden took the stand himself late in the day and . denied that he had hugged Miss Barr on this occasion. "I -- " j i.'J Ifit,., Oorr had a sore Jhroa asked Miss Barr to look down my throat: She was per haps doing this when the servant saw us," he said. MURPHY WANTED JEROME. Refuses to Say Whether McCIellan Kept Hiii Off Ticket. New York, Feb..-7. Charles F. Mur phy declared today that he had been in-favor of putting District Attorney Jerome on the Tammany county ticket at the last election. , iut Mr. Jerome did not go on tne ticket. Does that mean that while you were personally in favor of his nomina tion, you opposed the nomination for political reasons?" it was suggested. "No, it. was the other way," Mr.; Mur phy responded. "Personally, I was against Mr. Jerome.- but favored his nomination for political advantage.. 1 had no love-for hi n but I had fear of hi When Mr.' Murphy was asked if the report circulated by a newspaper was true that Mayor McClellan had opposed the nomination of - Mr. Jerome, he re- Rl'" have no thin to say about that. I've said all I've got to say." - - Mayor McClellan, following his rule to make no comment on political mat ters, refused to answer any questions bearing on the statements made by Mr. Murphy. - .:..-? ; : Senator Heybnrn Worse. Washington, Feb. 7. Senator Hey burn, of Idaho, is seriously all with appendicitis- at -his- apartments-in Stone leiffh Court. Symptonms of peritonitis developed . yesterday, - and the patient was in a stupor all the afternoon . H; family is; alarmed, and out-of-town rel atives have beeitrsummoned by wire. , Senator Hey burn had a recurrence of appendicitis a f eWdays ago. -. The dis ease attacked- Mm first in November. He was-unwilling to undergo an operation, the: physician treated him accordingly, and : the . symptoms disappeared. He was again attacked by the disease last week, and the physicians found' other coniplications which :made-rifii operation impossible. ENGINEER FOUND DEAD WIT HMD Oil THE THROTTLE 4 - WIFE BEATERS'- WHIPPED. Oregon's NeW i,aw for Bail Husbands Said to Worts Well. Portland, Ore., Feb.7. The whipping post law enacted by the Oregon Legis lature of 1905 is believed by its friends to have accomplished its purpose. Wife-beating-, they say, has almost been stop ped in Oregon. The law went into effect on May 18 last. . Twenty lashes is the maximum penalty that can be imposed. It is op tional with tha court whether convict ed wife-beaters shall be sentenced to the whipping post or confined to jail. There have been only three inflictions of the punishment since the law went into effect. A month after the law went into effect a Portland waiter was ar rested for beating his wife. He was sentenced to receive twenty lashes. He was taken to the Mulnomah' County jail the upper part of his body was bared and his hands were hand cuffed together and tied to the top of the cellar door. Then the jailer struck him twenty times. The whip used was a short cowhide stock-with four buck skin thongs. This made -every lash really four blows on the body. The whipping, the first of its kind in the West, attracted widespread atten tion, and it made troublesome husbands fearful. The man whipped left Port land as soon as, he was at liberty. An employe of the Southern Pacific car shops in Portland was sentenced in August to receive ten lashes. His wife sued for divorce while he was in jail awaiting trial, but after he had receiv ed the whipping and was at liberty he effected a reconciliation and: the wife withdrew her complaint. . The wife beater was discharged from his em ployment, and being unable to get oth er work left the city. .; The only other '"man to be whipped was a former postmaster of Baker Ci ty, Ore., and the penalty was imposed in Baker county He received twentv lashes. - An attempt was made under the terms of the iaw to whin a man who had assaulted his divorced wife; but as the woman was not then his wife the courts held that the penalty could not be inflicted. He was sentenced to one year on the rock pile. Judge George J. Cameron, of the Mu nicipal Court of Portland, says that men were frequently charged with wife beating a few months ago, but now it is a rare occurence. He believes the whipping post law is responsible for the change. AGAINST BOXIXG CLUBS. Decision Expected to Put a Stop to Prize Fighting; in New York. ' New York, Feb.; 7. A decision which it is believed will put an end to the practice of holding prize fights before so-called "boxing-clubs" in New York was rendered Monday by Justice Olm stead in the case of John Donnelly, president, of the Colma Athletic Club, charged with violating the section of the penal code, prohibiting the giving of prize fights where an admission fee is charged. A detecjive testified that on the occa sion of a fight on January 23 he stood inlinewith other men and pkid'one dol lar, for which he received a member ship card entitling him to admission to see the light. . His ticket was numbered &00, although the club only claimed a membership of 100. According to the constitution the , uujCT.io ui uis i-iuB, were mutual ad f. vantages to be gained by the cultiva tion ot ainieuc sports and-for the hold ing of literary exercises, to increase a taste for reading, to hold debates, and increase the knowledge of parliamen tary procedure."' . ' ' Donelly was fined $25 and the sen tence was suspended.' . Clyde Steamship Company Incor porated at Capital of $14,000, 000, Concerning Reported Negotiations for Purchase of Present Clyde Line of Steamers. By Associated Press. Augusta, Maine, Feb. 7.-The Clyde Steamship Company filed its certifi cate of incorporation today with the Secretary of State. The authorized capital stock; is $14,000,000, all com mon stock, with a par value of $100 per share. " The incorporators of the new com pany claimed to know nothing of the reported negotiation for the purchase of the present Clyde Line of steamers by Charles W. Morse who now controls the Eastern Steamship Company oper ating a line between Boston and New York. .. . BODY IN WOODS. Remains Of Wei l-Dressed Young Man, Evidently a Suicide, Found In Woods Near Roanoke. ' . Roanoke, Va., Feb; 7 The body of a well-dressed, unknown man, was found in the woods near Roanoke today. The head Tiad been gnawed from the trunk by carnivorous animals. The skull was found nearby with a pistol wound in the forehead. The revolver by the side of the body had one empty shell and four loaded cartridges. A gray wig. lay near. In the : pockets were found $65 in money, a railroad ticket from Charleston, W. Va.. to Bristol, Tenn., dated - Jan. 4, a razor, a gold watch and an alumnium tag stamped "Prefer red Accident Insurance Company, Nw York, 243,431, if found return to B. D. Clifton, manager, 1205 Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa," The euspenders are marked "Pittsburg; Pa." A coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide. From the condition of the body; the deed was committeed -0 days ago. - ' ' ' ' MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION. Dickson ' Ordered to Send Vessels- to Celebration at New Orleans and Other Cities. - " By Associated Press. ' , Washington, Feb. .. 7. instructions have been given Rear Admiral Dick ens, comnranding the coast defense squadron which is about to make a cruise from Charleston,. S. C.. to the Gulf of Mexico, to "send "vessels of his squadron to the Mardi Gras celebra tion at New Orleans, Mobile, Natchez and Pensacola. The distribution of the squadron among the cities named is left to Admiral Dickens. ; - TBoSd COCHRAN DELIVERS A Mill SPEECH Oil TIE BUTE BILL Says the History of Railroad Man agement in this Country is the History of Favoritism, of Cor ruption arid of Fraud. A M ag nificent Effort. - Says Northern Securities Decision Added $240,000,000 to Wealth of the Conspirators, Their Stock Jumping From $100 to $160 Per Share, By Associated Press. " Washington, Feb. 7- The House re sumed the general debate on the Rail- road Rate Bill which will be concluded today, Mr. Bankhead delivered a short speech in 'favor of the bill. ; Mr. Cochran's Speech. Representative Cochrane followed . with a speech favoring the measure. He gave a" simple analysis of railroad' favoritism and discrimination to show its inherent injustice.' Favoritism was always granted corruptly. "Sir," he continued, "the history of railroad management in this country is the his tory of favoritism, of corruption and of fraud." In spite of this he would not say the railroads had not rendered an enormous service, but they had not been as efficient as they should be. His next assertion was that railway in-. fluences predominated botii the politi cal parties. , Illustrating this, he showed how rep-, sentatives of wealth isnored the courts and dominated state administra-' tions. ' He reviewed the Northern Securities decision which he said declared, crim inals and conspirators, those respon sible for that combination. . "What is the result?" he asked. "It was to reduce the control of these properties from two to one. When.they' came to distribute stocks, Harriman had been eliminated, Morgan was su preme. A more perfect conspiracy was perfected through the decision of tne court- itself , :. and the stock, which was" selling at $100 and $102 when the de-. cision waa pending sold for $160 after, it was announced, thus enriching: the ' conspirators who walked out of the court just $240,000,000 richer for hav ing been convicted." I Mr. Mann, of Illinois, followed Mr. Cochran. - Mr. Mann Explains. Mr. Mann explaining why. the bill contained nothing relating to passen ger and sleeping car rates, said: "We do -not want to array the South ern Senators against the bill, and open up inT.his body the question of separ ate Tcars for the whites and blacks of the South." ' , Mr. Williams, the Democratic floor leader, followedMr. Mann. MR. KIRKPATRICK DECLINES. Will Not Make the Race for State Senate. Mr. T. Li. Kirkpatrick informed a representative of The News this morn ing that he would, not be a candidate for the State Senate from Mecklen burg. ' ';. : .. - - , , The friends of this popular .young attorney have tried;4h vain, to induce him to be a' candidate in the coming primaries. . ... ! Hit. Kirkpatrick states that - hev. ap-t predates, the kindly offices of ' his friends, but that his business interests will not ' permit his making the race. To Form County Association. ' All the ministers of the county are invited to attend a meeting that will be held in the parlors of the Y. M. C. A., Friday, Feburary 16. The object of the. meeting is to launch a Ministerial Association which will include all the pastors of Charlotte and Mecklenburg county. The meeting will convene at 12:30 o'clock and at the close the party will repair to the Denny Cafe, where a din ner will be served. " Dropped Dead on' the Stret. Monroe Williams, a young negro boy about lY years old, dropped dead on the street last night at about" 7 o'clock. He was going home ! from his- wort: with a companion by the name of Jas. Hall, when he -complained of ' being weak. ; Hall placed his arm around him and, tried to support him but the boy sank "to the ground and life was extinct in a few minutes. 'The police patrol was summoned, and the noy was taken to his home beyond Dilworth. ; The boy worked ' at the Southera Cotton Oil Company, ' Death of Mrs. Mary W:' CarverV . Mrs. Mary. W. Carver died this mom ing at 10 o'clock at her home at No. 409 East Avenue. The body will be taken to her former home at Fayette yille tomorrow morning. Mrs. Carver lived 'with her daughter. She was 75 years old. " Cotton Receipts. Two bales of ' cotton were" received at the city platform today at 11 cents. On the same day last year' the receipts araonnted to one bale and the best price paid was 7 1-2 ceDts. ' "