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CHARLOTTE; N C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1 906.
HRIGE: 3 CENTS
REFUSES
AH 10 SOME
QUESTIONS ASKED
Testimony of Cromwell Continued
Before Senate Interoceanic
Canal Committee, Senator
Morgan Fires Certain Questions
and Witness Becomes Mum.
Afraid of Divulging Professional
Secrets. Morgan Insists and
Committee Decides that Crom
well Need not Answer Hypothet
ical Questions Unless he Liked.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 28. William Nel
son Cromwell continued "nis testimony
be-fore the Senate Inter-Oceanic Canal
Committee, declining to answer a num
ber of questions asked byMr. Morgan
because professional secrets were in
volved. Mr. Morgan requested a ruling as to
whether the witness should be com
Itelleil to answer hypothetical ques
tions. The committee, by a vote of 4
to 2. decided that he should not.
DECLINE IN STOCK MARKET.
Heavy Liquidation in Stock Market.
Not a Sufficient Demand to Arrest
Decline.
By Associated Press.
Xew York, Feb. 28. A very heavy
liquidation was precipitated in the
stock market by the calling of loans
and forcing out speculative holdings
by large pools. There was a conscpicu
ous development in the situation out
side of the city in the money market
to account for the weakness but the
feeling of distrust over the speculative
situation which has been growing for
some time reached a sndden culmina
tion. The declines were violent and prac
tically no support developed in that
way, of a sufficient demand to arrest
the decline. Fears over the failure of
the supposed plan for the purchase of
the Great Northern Ore Lands by the
1'nited States Steel Corporation ac
counted for the special weakness in
Hill Stocks.
The distrust over the copper merger
rumors played havoc in the metal
sjroup, but weakness became very gen
eral with losses of 3 to 12 points re
sulting in a long list of the most prom
inent stocks in the market.
SOUTHERN TRIP PLANNED.
House Committee on Rivers and Har
bors Plan to Make Southern Trip of
Inspection.
Ev Associated Press.
"Washington, Feb. 28 The House
Committee on Rivers and Harbors dis
cussed its proposed Southern trip of
inspection and March ' was agreed up
on as the day the committee will leave
Washington for Augusta, Ga., where
the party will arrive March 8.
Columbus, Ga., will be visited March
9 and the committee will start that day
down the Chattahoochee river for
Appalachicola, Fla. The party will go
to Carabelle, Fla., March 12,and thence
to Tallahassee, Fla. from Tallahassee
the party will go to Bainbridge, Ga.,
and then to Pensacola, Fia., arriving
there March 13.
Mobile will be visited March 13 and
14 and from Mobile a revenue cutter
will take the party to Scranton and
Gulfport, Miss. On March 15 the com
mittee will start by train from Gulf
port to Washington, making no stops
on their return trip.
It is doubtful whether -all the mem
bers of the committee will be able to
make the trip on account of important
pending legislation.
MAY END MURDER MYSTERY.
New Evidence in the Bedford, Ind.,
Teacher Case.
Bedford, Ind., Feb. 28. The grand
jury met yesterday to consider new
evidence in the case of the murder of
the young Latin teacher, Miss Schaf
fer. Much new testimony is in posses
sion of the State of which the public
has been in ignorance.
A portion of it is known to refer to
clothing which was thrown in a sink
on the night of the murder, which con
cealment was witnessed by a woman
and her son, who were threatened with
death if they ever betrayed the men
concerned in the concealment.
Afterward there was an attempt cfti
the life of the son, and this deterred
both woman and son from speaking of
the affair till recently. Attorney Un
nerwood has spent much time and
money on the case, and he is hopeful
of success.
HELD ON MURDER CHARGE.
Virginian Kills Man Who Refused to
Go Hunting With Him.
Uxington,Va.,Feb.28. Jas. W. Wil
cher is in jail here, charged with the
murder of Henry J. Smith. The trag
edy occurred Saturday night on Walk
er's creek, some fifteen miles from
Lexington. ".' ...
Wilcher called at Smith's home and
invited him to go hunting, but the lat
ter declined. Wilcher then picked a
quarrel with Smith and, after upbraid
ing him for interfering with Wilcher's
attention to Smith's sister-in-law, shot
him in the' breast witht a shotgun.
Death was almost instantaneous.
CROMWELL
SANTO DOMINGO TREATY.
Senate Committe on Foreign Relations
Decide to Report Favorably on
Treaty Different Features of the
Treaty.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 28. The Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations, by a
party vote, agreed to report favorably
on the Santo Domingo treaty. A num
ber of amendements were adopted.
Two sections were added to the
treaty intended to more definitely pro
tect the United States in all monetary
dealings with creditors oi the Domini
can Republic. They made it plain that
the United States shall not be liable
for any claims against Santo Domingo
or any award which results from the
adjudiciation of any claims.
Raiiroad Rate Bill.
Mr. Foraker addressed -the Senate
on the railroad rate question. He con
sidered that some evils exist in connec
tion with the railroads, but urged that
all these could be more effectively met
by amending the Elkins law than by
passing the pending bill. He announc
ed nis regret at differing from the
President, but said he could not see
his way clear to pursue any other
course. -
HURT IN CLASS SCRAP.
Locked Up on Third Story, He At
tempted to Escape, Falling to the
Ground.
By Associated Press.
Schenectady, N. Y., Feb. 28. Wm. F.
Collins of Petersburg, Va., a member
of the freshman class of Union college,
during a class scrap Wednesday night
was locked in his room on the third
story of the dormitory, the door being
secured from the outside. Collins at
tempted to escape by means of a
clothes line from the window of J,l
room. The rope was not stout eno jjjh
to bear his weight and he fell tkrae
stories to the ground. He sustained a
broken arm and severe injuries to his
spine but will probably recover.
THE MAYNARD BILL.
Secretary Shaw Opposed to Coinage of
1,000,000 Two-Dollar Silver Pieces
For Jamestown Exposition.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 28. Secretary
Shaw appeared before the EJouse Com-!
mittee on Industrial Arts and Exposi
tions, to discuss the Maynard bill pro
viding appropriations for the James
town . Exposition. The Secretary ex
pressed emphatic disapproval of the
provission ot the bill for a coinage of
1,000,000 two-dollar silver pieces, upon
which the exposition company desires
to realize $800,000 profit on their cost
of seignorage. ' ":
Sitting of United States Courts.
The House passed the bill providing
for a sitting of the United States Cir
cuit and Districts Courts at Miami,
Fla.
The House resumed its considera
tion of the Army Appropriation Bill.
TERM Of COURT TO
Two Big Railroad Cases Set for
first Day of CJvil Court Next
Week. The McKelway Case
Will be Called Monday Week.
Judge Bryan to Preside.
The bar of Charlotte met this after
noon at 4 o'clock to prepare a calendar
for the civil term of court that con
venes at the court house house Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock. Judge
Henry R. Bryan will preside and the
term will coyer a period of two weeks.
Two very important cases have been
set for Monday, the first day of the
court. - These are Samuel Hayes
aeainst thp. Atlanta and Charlotte Air
Line and Mrs. Bessie Shaw against the
Seaboard Air Line.
Tn the cas of Samuel Haves against
the Southern, damages to the amount
of ?10,000 will be asked. The piamtitt
is represented by Pharr & Bell and
Col. W. B. Rodman will take care of
the Southern's interests.
In the naso cf Mrs. Bessie Shaw
agairfst the Seaboard, the plaintiff will
ask, for $40,000 damages. News read-
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eis win recan me cause ui wis atuuu
against the Seaboard. The trouble oc
curred near the station at Matthews,
and the plaintiff claims to have been
seriously injured.
Monday of the second-week of court
the now famous suit of Dr. A. J. Mc
Kelvey against the Observer Com
pany will be called. This is an action
for damages to the amount of $50,000,
because of a certain article that ap
peared in the Charlotte Observer and
Evening Chronicle, which the plaintiff
contends; did him great damage.
Such an array of counsel as will ap
pear, in this case has never been wit
nessed in Charlotte and it goes with
out saying that interest will be kept at
white heat during the progress of the
trial.
DISASTROUS GAS EXPLOSION.
Reported That 12 Miners Are Dead,
Seven Fatally Injured and Others
Badly Injured.
By Associated Press.
Birmisgham, Ala., Feb. 28. Passen
gers arriving from points near the
Piper Mines, where the gas explosion
occurred late yesterday afternoon, re
port 12 miners dead, seven fatally hurt
and a half dozen dthers badly injured.
Dr. Edwin Mims, professor of En
glish at Trinity College, Durham, and
author of the "Life of Sidney Lanier,"
.will address the mens' mteting at the
Academy of Music Sunday at 5 p. m.
BE MEMORABLE 0 E
THE TRUST BUILDING WAS TODAY SOLD
MR. CLARENCE GRESHAM FOR $130,000
Charlotte's Handsomest Office
Building,' Also the Academy of
Music, Passes Out of the Hands
of the. Piedmont Realty Co., the
Uonpany that Built It.
Mr. 0. Gresham has an Abiding
Faith in Charlotte and will
Concentrate Most of His Real
Estate Holdings in the Queen
City.
The Trust building, Charlotte's hand
somest structure, was today sold to
Mr. C. Gresham. The purchase price
was $130,000.
Mr. Gresham will pay $120,000. in
cash and the vacant lot on West Trade
street, between Mrs. Stonewall Jack
son's residence and the corner lot,
known as a part of the Fox lot, will
represent the remaining $10,000 of the
purchase price.
This transaction represents the lar
gest deal in real estate that has ever
been consummated in Charlotte. In
fact, it is possibly the largest single
deal that has been made in city real
estate in North Carolina.
The building known as the Trust
building was erected only a few years
ago by the Piedmont Realty Company.
It is modern throughout and is 'Char
lotte's pride. Mr. George Stephens is
president and Mr. J. E. Davis is secre
tary and treasurer of the company who
sold the property to Mr. Gresham.
The News learns that Mr. Gresham
is to retire from active business and
that he will concentrate all, or most
of his real f estate holdings in Char
lotte. '
This fr.ct is but another straw that.
shows which way the financial winds
are blowing.
Mr. Gresham is one of the shrewdest
business men in the South. He loves
Charlotte but unless he had an abiding
faith in the city's future, he would not
put so much money in a real estate in
vestment. This goes without the say
ing. The building that will change hands
tomorrow is, from an architectural
standpoint,-a thing of beauty .It is one
of the most complete office buildings
in the South and besides, under its
roof is Charlotte's pretty play: house.
For years Charlotte people talked and
dreamed of a new. opera house. The
men who vmt their money in this
Oil THE REVENUES
Supposed Moonshiners Fire from
Ambush on Revenue Officers
Who had Completed a Success
ful Still Hunt. Over 75 Shots
Were Fired.
Special to The News.
Greenville, S. C, Feb. 28. Yesterday
afternoon in the Dark Corner, near
Glassy Mountain Church, a posse of
revenues w'as fired upon from ambush
by supposed moonshiners, which fire
was returned promptly by the officers,
more than 75 shots in all being fired.
No member of the party of revenues
was injured, although the bullets
whistled close by,in fact so close that in
one or two instances the men said they
felt the wind of the whizzing lead. The
officers do not know that any of the at
tacking party were injured.
The officers had just completed a
successful still hunt in that section,
destroying two steaming plants near
the North Carolina line, and were oa
their return to the city. In one of the
roughest places along the descent of
the mountain they were attacked by
the band of moonshiners, wko .were
cleverly concealed among the crags
several hundred feet above the rev
enues, who rode on horsebdck.j The
officers were on a stretch of road that
wound about the mountain side and it
was 30 minutes before they were out
of the range of the moonshiners' bul
lets. ,
The officers are frequently fired up
on in that region and when they are
making raids thereabout they expect
nothing less than a fight. . They are
well prepared, but the mountaineers
have long odds against the officers
when it comes "to snooting. They can
conceal themselves where it is impos
sible for a horseman to reach and the
revenues are not inclined to take their
lives in their hands and go after the
moonshiners afoot. . - , -
The i officers fired upon yesterday
were Depty Collector Aikeri, Deputy
Marshal s McDaniel and , Constables
Charles, Cooley and Bell. ';
CONFERENCE OF MINERS.
Meeting Called Tor Purpose of Avert
ing General Strike To Meet in In
dianapolis, March 19.
Bv Associated Press." . .
'Pittsburg, Feb; 28. The bituminous
coal operators of Western Pennsylva
nia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois decided
to: call a general conference-of operat
ors of those States at Indianapolis,
March 19, to"' consider the question of
averting the threatened general strike
on April 1; r - -
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THe TRUST BUILDING WHICH WAS
' GRESHAM
building met the demands of the city
and erected one of, the prettiest opera
houses in. the South. , -
Besides the Academy, there are two
handsome apartments, to the right and
left of the main -entrance, to the build
ing: One is "occupied by , the Southern
States Trust Co. and the other by Mr.
Stuart W. Cramer. The remaining five
stones are divided into numerous offi
ces that are now. for the-mcs't part;
occupied. :
The location of the building is one
of the most desirable in the city. It
stands on South Tryon street, mid
way the second block from Jndepend
ence Scuare. j; one . .side . stands the
Piedmont Insurance Co's building and
on the other, the home of the Char
lotte Consolidated Construction Co. In
SPINNERS TO VISIT SOUTH,
Commission From Manchester Named
to Investigate Conditions on Cotton
Growing. - :
By Associated Press. ' .- .
Manchester,' Eng., Feb. 28. The cot
ton spinners' of this city have ap
pointed a commission to preceedto the
United States and. there investigate
the methods cf baling, making and
transporting Taw cotton, which, it is
contended, is unsatisfactory. The com
mission will also ascertain the actual
cost of growing cotton on a commer
cial basis in the United States. The
commissions "will sail March 20,
and expects to be joined by American
spinners. The 'members by American
spinners. The members of the com
mission will attend the conference of
planters and spinners to be held in
Washinton., V
TRIAL OF BERTHE CLAICHE.
Patrolman Was Witness in the Noted
Trial.
By Associated Press.
New York.. Feb. 28. When the trial
of Berthe Claiche for the murder of
Emil Gerdron was resumed, Henry
Broueck, patrolman, said Berthe
Claiche met him in the street a few
days before the shooting and- asked
him to arrest Gerdron on the charge
assault. i
She told him Gerdron had beaten
her and threatened to kill her. When
the officer told her Gerdron might get
a six months sentence for beating her
she said, according to the witness,
"'What's the use of that for when he
comes out he will kill me. I had better
kill him." '
DIED UNREPENTANT.
Negro Says He Is Going To Be Pun
' Ished for Horrible Crime.
Winston-Salem, N. C. February 28.
Smith Martin, an aged negro, has just
died at the Stokes County home. His
last words were a confession of hor
rible crime. ;" Martin told his friends
how he killed a white man many years
ago, saying iie cnt his victim's heart
out and burned it ya. the fire.
The old negro, who years ago bore
the reputation of being a gambler and
a bad character generally, died unre
pentant, saying he was going straight
to hell for his sins ,
PRESIDENTS' PROCLAMATION
Impost Rates of Duties Upon Imports
From Germany.
By Associated Press. -
Washington Feb. 28i. President
Roosevelt issued a proclamaton, im
posing rates of. duties provided by
section 3 of tnV;Dingley Act upon im
Dorts from Germany in return for Ger
many's concession of a minimum-tar
iff rate on United : States products
Mr. H.JVIiller, the tailor, former
citizen, but now of Norfolk, is in-the
city. Mr. Miller is now engaged in the
liquor business. . His tailor shop m this
city is being conducted by his son.
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SOLD TODAY TO MR. CLARENCE
FOR $130,000
ether words the Trust, building is ' in
the midst of Charlotte's handsomest
block and it is by far the largest build-
! ing of the group.-
Mr. and Mrs. Gresham will arrive in
Charlotte tomorrow, morning and the
papeis transferring the ownership of
this building will be filed in the Reg
ister of Deeds office at the county court
house. ., - "
! The Piedmont Realty Co.,-the build
ers and owners of the Trust building
own a great deal of real estate, -both in
the' city limits and in the suburbs.' The
company in parting with the Trust
building has sold its, jewel but there
may yet be recorded even greater tri
j. umps for this great and progressive
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CAPT, T, F. SCHLEY
GUEST OF HONOR
.
Second -Regiment Band Preparing
Elaborate Concert for; Occa
sion of Visit of Capt, .Schley.
To Inspect Naional Guard at
Wilmington. v ,
Special to The News. . : k . .
Raleigh, Feb. 28. The , 'Guarantee
Loan and Trust Company, of Salisbury
will change its name to the MdQubbins
Harris Co. J. S. McCubbins;'is presi
dent. The second regiment band of this
city is arranging for an elaborate con
cert here on the occasion of the com
ing of Capt. T. F. Schley. He will be
the guest of honor for the evening. He
begins an inspection of the National
Guard at Wilmington on March 5. '
SIX MEN KILLED,
An Explosion in the Little Cahaba
Mine in'the Blockton Field, Xlalmed
Many Victims. "::;'
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 28. Six men
were killed and 12 so .badly injured
that most of them were expected to di
before morning by ah explosion in Lit
tle Cahaba mine No. 2 at Piper, Ala.,
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. "
The dead: Peter Costello, Steve
Memeth, Matt Eltz, John Stdne, Louis
Yanko, Rich Smith (negro)! ;.
The mine is owned by' the Little Ca
haba Coal company, of which ' J. R.
Smith of this city is president. Piper
is in Bibb county, in the Blocton field,
about 60 miles south of Birmingham.
THe. Little Cahaba settlement is on
a spur track of the Birmingham Min
eral railway and is difficult of access
by wire communication.
Lecture on "Satan."" '
At the request of his class, " Mr. D.
W. Fink, teacher of the Baraca class of
the Ninth Avenue Baptist Sunday
school, will deliver a lecture on "Sa
tan," in the lecture room of the Ninth
Avenue Baptist Church Thursday even
ing at 8 o;clock. AH are invited. Pews
free..-- . "'. X
Mr. Chambers the.Purchaser. .,
The, interest of the late W. H Clark
in the Carolina Grocery Co. "has been
purchased by Mr. W. J.'- Chambers. At
the time of Mr. Clark's death he own
ed 10 shares in this company.
A. wedding in Greensboro: this week
in which the friends of the' bride, who
formerly resided here, was" that of Miss
Nell Halladay to Mr. Arthur1- Wood, of
Detroit." 'The ceremony was celebrated
yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the
home of the bride's-parents on Gaston
street. ,
TO SUE VIRGINIA LIFE.
Mr. Sikes Claims Back Premiums and
'.. Interest, Amounting to $200.
Suit will be instituted-against the
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
by J.-;w. "Sikes, of this city, for the
recovery of $200 which, he claims, is
due him under the promises of the
company' wlien his policy : was issued.
The plaintiff alleges that when he
took out a' policy ten years ago the
company, through its representative,
promised him that at the end of ten
years', if he were still alive, that he
could receive back all premiums paid,
together with the interest, which in
this" case amounts to $200, as above
stated.
The case is an interesting one. It is
made returnable at the March term of
court, but may not be tried . until a
later term. The plaintiff is represent
ed by Stuart & MacRae.
The amount of the policy held by Mr.
Sikes is not stated. The company will
deny the allegations and fight the case,
it is understood. 1
BOARD OF MISSIONS.
Resolution Adopted in Opposition to
Secretary Root's Statement as' to the
Congo Free State.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 28. The open
ing session of the secretaries confer
ence of Foreign Board of Missions
was held here yesterday. Reports were
made showing that the total increase
of the work in the fields by the 23
American leading missionary boards
was 126 per cent. The disbursements
for foreign, missions increased more
than $2,000,000 and the native support
more than doubled. '
The association, which represents all
American foreign mission boards, at
its meeting tonight heard read a mes
sage from a conference of Protestant
missionaries field in the. Congo Free
State, January 15 last. Th message al
leges that "abuses exist under King
Leopold's rule, threatening the exter
mination of the native people."
The 'association adopted a resolu
tion declaring that it "cannot accept
Secretary Root's statement that the
American' nation, which led in respon
sibility for the "creation of the Congo
State, must be silent, while these atro
cities continue,' 'and urging that "some
form of protest or influence shall be
isought and' used for the deliverance
,of the Congo people." ,
Filed" With Clerk Russell.
The articles of incorporation of the
English-McLarty Co., were filed in the
office-of the clerk of the court today!
The incorporators' are: F. S. English,
Howard McLarty, W. F. Stevens and
;W. H, Belk.. -. ; . . ..
i. ue corporation nas an auinorizea
capital of $50,000 with $10,000 sub
scribed. :
Miss Ida Sloan, of Dixie, is spending
the week with Mrs. W. P. Smith on
East Fourth street.
President Jordan Says. Present
Method of Trading in Cotton
Futures Will be Discussed at
Big Conference. May 1,
Methods are Desired.
Better
By Associated Press.
Atlanta Gai, Feb; 28. President Har
vie Jordan," of the Southern Cotton
AssNociatiori in "an interview said: "The
coming conference between represen
tatives of the various Spinners Associ
ations of this country and Europe with
reprtsentatives of the Southern Cot
ton Association, to be held at Washing
ten, May 1, will discuss thoroughly
the present methods of trading in cot
ton futures in New York, New Or
leans and Liverpool.
Representatives of these exchanges
have invited to attend the " coming
conference as better methods in the
exchanges are greatly desired both by
the spinners and producers,,.
HAZING MAKES STUDENT CRIPPLE
He Will Sue Faculty of Crighton Col
1 lege for $50,000 Damages.
: Omaha, Feb. 28. Everett W. Hatch,
whose- parents live at McCleland, Iowa,
is a cripple for life as the result of a
hazing at Creighton Medical College.
Forced by sickness to be absent from
school during a greater part of his
first year. Hateh reentered last Sep
tember, but was compelled toLremain
with the first class. He became
Known as "the cowboy stndent," and
was singled out by his former class
mates for, hazing.
i Two dozen young men dragged him
from the class room intendingto throw
h'im down an elevator shaft. He fought,
but was overpowered, and in the strug
gle was kicked in the back many times.
The spihkl nerve was injured so as to
cause paralysis of the back and lower
limbs, which the doctors say will
spread until the entire body is affected.
It is understood that he will . sue the
trustees of the college for $50,000 dam
ages. -:'; .' ' : '' ! '
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Senator Tillman Here.
; Senator B, R. Tillman, of South Car
olina, passed through Charlotte this
morning on his way to Trenton. "
J The distinguished South Carolian-
ian left Washington last night and wilt
will spend three or four days in his
native State. ,
Many fruit trees in" the -city were
in full bloom when. the freeze came
last night but it wili be several 'days
before the damage, if any, is known.
CREW WERE RESCUED
T Oil DECK
For Hours Members of Crew of
Schooner Were Forced to Wait
on Deck with Death Starng
Them in the Face and Little
Hope.
Schooner Went Ashore at Cape
Henry and Norfolk Tug Finally
Rescued Crew. Siorm Still
Sevare arid Wind Blowing at
; Great Velocity.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Va., Feb: 28. After a har
rowing night on the deck of their ves
sel with death almost staring them in
the face for hours, the crew of the
four-masted schooner George M. Grant,
from Brunswick, Ga., to Perth Amboy,
N. J., lumber laden, which went ashore
at Cape Henry, were rescued this
morning by the tug Jack Twohy, which
started - to Norfolk with the " ship
wrecked men.
Indications are that the vessel will
ibe a total loss.
The storm last night was the sever
est in many years. It has abated to
some extent, but the wind is still blow
ing 46 miles an hour at Cape Henry.
COMPELLED BURIAL AT SEA.
Children of Millionaire Waited 'n Vain
t-or Arrival ot Body.
New York, Feb. 28. The nine chil
dren of Anderson Fowler, a millionaire
who died at Genoa, Italy, were stunned
yesterday when the steamer Carpathia,
of the Cunard Line, docked here, to
learn from their mother, who had
started for home with their father's
body, that It was buried at sea six days
ago, because of the demand of the
ship's officers. Arrangements had been
made for funeral services to be held at
the Madison Avenue M. E. Church to
day. . - -
Mr. Fowler died on the White Star
Liner Republic at Genoa on February
9, while on a tour to the Holy Land
with Mrs. Fowler., He was apparently
in perfect health' until a few minutes
before he died. His body was taken to
Naples, embalmed, and then, plated on
board the Carpathia. -
.Mrs.Fowler said that the body, after
being Embalmed, was , placed hr a her
metically sealed casket, and that she
was amazed when officers of the ship
told her that it would be necessary to
bury the body at sea.
KNOCKS EXPRESS TRUST.
Texas Decision . Makes Companies
Liable For Millions.
Austin, Feb. 28. If a decision hand
ed down yesterday by the' Supreme
Court of Texas is . sustained in the
United States Supreme Court, the Pa
cific, the United States, the American
and the Wells-Fargo Express Com
panies, and fifty railroads in the State
will have to pay $5,250,000 or more in
penalties for violation of the Texas
Anti-Trust law. -
The1 Texas Court holds that the con
tract which the American Express
Company had with the "Katy" Road ta
operate over its lines in Texas to the
extelusiofi of all T other express com
panies made both the express company
and the railroad liable to pay the State
$50 a day from March 31, 1903, up to
the time, of the final termination of the
suit. - Forty-nine similar suits are
pending and penalities are running
against all of them.. ; ;
Ex-Governor Hogg is organizing an
independent express company to take
the place of the others, which are ' ex
pected to be driven from' the State if
the Texas decision is upheld..
ELOPED FROM WASHINGTON.
Minister Kept Waiting Until Girl Man
aged to "Steal" Away. ' '
RockviHe, Md., Feb. 28. Henry Lee
Neely, of Hinton, W. Va., and Miss
Lally Chisholm, of Washington, were
married here Saturday night. They
had made arrangements with Rev.
Thomas H. Campbell, nastor of the
Baptist Church, to have the ceremony
take place at 3. 30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, but they failed to put in an
appearance at the minister s home un
til 8.30 P. M. It was explained that
the young lady was' unable to "steal"
away earlier. ,
The party returned to Washington
immediately after the ceremony, their
stay in Rockville being exactly twelve
minutes. The only objection : to the
marriage is understood to have been
the age of the 'couple, thfe young man
being but 21 and the young Jady 19..
LA FOLLETTE'S MEMORY.
Senator Uses a Card Index and Read
ily Recalls Voters.
Sheboygan, Wis., Feb. 28. Sheboy
gan High School was the scene of the
disclosure of the real secret of Senator
La Follette's marvelous memory for
faces. ' ' ' .
Marie Thiesen won the debate for
her team on the question that La
Follette is a politician, not a states
man, by declaring that the Senator has
always carried around witu him a card
index of the persons he ought to know,
thereby making it possible for him to
recognize men he has seen only once
before, and to converse with them on
the intricate details of their business,
family affairs and their political" be
liefs. This ability has won hundreds
of votes for him. LJtk ,;, . ti