North Carolina Newspapers

ALL THE NEWS | WHILE IT 13 NEWS. | VOL Q lITNEf COMPANY UCJOGRESS Will be Ready to Furnish Power in 18 Months. Re ceivership Against Gold Hill Mine Dissolved. New Bank Established. Salisbury. \ T . C., Dec. 18. —The Cam- , tin Iron Works, of Salem, Va., who 1 we're awarded the contract to build Rowan's new jail have given bond in t!\ :...m of $9,500 for the carrying out oft I ', contract. The new prison is to 319.500 and will be located on t'linri h street, in the rear of the pres ent jail. . T!i.» 255 pension warrants have ar riv. i and will come in handy at the Chi' si mas season. They range from j io sdo each. (\ loneV John S. Henderson who has bun in charge of the general of the Whitney Company since the' doatu of Capt. E. B. Hambley, states that the plant will be in readiness to supply power in about 18 months. Col oiu 1 Henderson has for a long time Uvn attorney for the Whitney Com-' pany and is only temporarily in charge of : Vie great plant, although he will in i ali probability be retained permanently | in charge of the offices of the company | in this city. K. B. Miller. Esq., who for three' rears has held the receivership of the Gold Hill Copper Company, has made settlement of every outstanding claim i against the mine and the receivership [ has been dissolved. The mine has been ; almost constantly in operation all the ; time and work will now be pushed vig- j t.rou.=ly under the management of Mr. i !.. W. Hagarty, a mining man of wide ! experience. It is said that this proper tv is now paying handsomely Mr. Walter George Newman, the New York financier who holds large mining interests in Gold Hill, is pre paring to operate a bank in the pros perous little mining village. Prcf. A. Lee Smoot, who for the past six years has held the office of register, of deeds for Rowan county, and who, abiding by a rule of the county Democ racy that no man shall hold office for more than three consecutive terms, stepped down and out this month, has taken charge as manager of the cloth ing firm of Smoot Bros. & Rogers, of which he is a member. During Mr. Smoot's term of office Mr. E. Walter , Tatum was in charge as manager, and still holds a responsible position with this prosperous mercantile establish ment Information comes from General j Manager Ackert of the Southern Rail way. that there will be some delay in ■ the building of Salisbury's new depot, as the Southern is to locate superin-j tendent's offices in this city and the' plans for the new station are to be al-j tered and provision made for quarters j for the new offices. Through the euorts of Rev. Dr. W. ! B. Buttcra. pastor of the Reformed Church in this city, and the generosity 0! the Southern Railway in» donating a valuablesite, a Reformed Church is to be built in Spencer. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Fisher was held at Grace Lutheran Church in the' county Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Fisher was the widow of Capt. J. A. Fisher, of this county, who died in September at 1 an advanced age. After her husband's death she went to Newton to spend i some time with her daughter, Mrs.' Smyre. where she' was strickea with pneumonia. She was 73 years old and leaves eight children, among them Messrs. John B. and George A. Fisher, Tv; o prominent liverymen of this city. Captain and Mrs. Fisher were among the Lest and sturdiest citizens of the county. Captain Fisher being a pros- ! ps-rous farmer. -ur. T. H. Vanderford, Sr., a director the North Carolina Railroad and aj leading citizen of this city is going to make an effort to have the schedule of the Yadkin road, which runs to Nor wood. changed so that one of the trains will leave Salisbury about three o'flock in the afternoon in order to ac commodate parties along the line who wish to come to Salisbury in the morn ing and spend the day. He is now cir culating a petition to that effect. Rosewood Camp, No. 175, Wood men of the World, have elected the following officers for 1907: W. M. Ruth, consul commonder; S. J. Horton, advisor lieutenant; A. M. Bassinger, banker; J. F. Martin, clerk; Dr. H. G. L' ilig, physician; W. A. Caudle, es cort: Samuel R. Bradshaw, watchman; y ,T " Shulenberger, secretary; M. G. dcCurdy, manager, representative to' 'h( Head Camp, GGeorge F. Wise. The: members of this camp went to Ad vance, Davie county, Sunday to unveil; a monument over the grave of Samuel j'ickler, a late member of this lodge. TARIFF WAR AVOtDED. Spirit of Harmony Shown by Tariff Commissioners. Berlin, Dec. 18. —The spirit shown by IK- American Tariff Commissioners in 'n i;» inquiry into precisely what the ■ rnian government desires and its; i (, ;>sons therefor has caused the Ger |'mn commissioners to feel confident • hat an understanding, so far-reaching 1 at the idea of a tariff war must be excluded, will be reached. NEW FISHING RIGHTS. ' ftuGso JspaR SSe Affairs' Are Now Satis c factory. &>t. Petersburg, Dec. 18.—The Russo • apanese negotiations status which, we ek, was entirely unsatisfactory, lave entered upon a favorable stage nu a rupture is no longer anticipated. »s oelieved that new and satisfactory •u ipiigenients will now be made re panimg the fishing rights on the Si berian coast. THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT mwim Wake Forest College, Dec. 18.—Dr. 'J. L. White, of Macon, Ga., an alumnus of Wake Forest and well known in North Carolina, has tendered his resig nation as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Macon to accept a. call to the First Baptist Church, Beaumont, Texas. Dr. White gives up one of the best churches in the Southern Baptist Convention to become leader of one of the most promising churches in the State of Texas. Dr. White was once pastor cf the First Baptist Church of Asheville, this State. He takes charge at Beaumont January Ist. The most successful term in the many ygars of Wake Forest closes this week with the last of the examinations Friday. There has been marked im provement and.faithful and effective j work along all linss. Every contest | entered, both by the literary societies and in athletics, has b«en won by Wake [Forest. The new alumni building and ; the infirmary have been added during the past term, and are valuable acqui sitions to the effectiveness of the great work the college is endeavoring to do. Besides the two buildings other mater ial changes and improvements have been made on account of the increased number of students. The prospects for the opening January Ist of the spring term is good, to say the least. Students are leaving cn every train \ for their hemes to spend the Christ- i mas holidays. When he stands his last I examination each student is allowed to' igo home when he pleases. The exami nations of some happen to come ear lier than those of others, some having to remain until the last day. Prof. Darius Estman and Mr. Hubert Poteat have gone to New York City for the holidays. Dr. Charles E. Taylor has been in New York for some days with his sister, who is sick, Messrs. W. Harvey Vann and Elliott B. Earnshaw, of Raleigh, leave Thursday for Phila delphia and New York for the holi days. GREENSBORO NEWS. Judge Moore Wants Legislture to Pro hibit Garbing Those Convicted of Misdemeanors in Convict Uniform. Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 18. —In the United States District Court this morn ing Judge Boyd adjudicated M. A. Les ser, merchant of ,Greensboro, a bank-, rupt and the matter was referred to J. R. Alexander, referee in bankruptcy. The procoedings were brought by At tornies Boyle & {Sure in behalf of credi tors. Judge Fred Moore and Solicitor Brooks left yesterday morning for Dur ham to hold a special term of Alamance Superior Court, called by Governor Glenn to try two negro women, alleged accomplices with the negro men under sentence of death for the burglary of the home and shooting of L. Banks Holt on the night of November 7th. It is rumored that on ac'count of the ser ious illness of Mr. Holt, an important witness for the prosecution, the cases may have tc be continued. Last week, in sentencing a young man from High Point to the roads, i Judge Moore said it was very strange :to him that the legislature or the county commissioners did not provide a convict uniform for misdemeanor cases, distinct from the hated felon stripes of the criminal. This morning at a meeting of the lawyers of the city Ito fix a calendar for January court, ' Mr. G. iS. Bradshaw introduced a reso lution which was unanimously adopted requesting the legislature to prohibit the use of felon uniforms for persons j sentenced to the roads for misde-; meanors. This ought to make ex-Representa-1 Jtive John D. Waddill, of Forsyth, feel I good, for he vainly but earnestly sought j jthe enactment of such a.law at two dif-! ferent sessions of the General Assem ! bly. Despite the fact that there was a week's term of Criminal Court last week, and not a moments time was wasted, when the jail has given up I those convicted and sentenced to the roads, the work house or the peniten tiary, there will be left 16 inmates to await the next court, a one week's term beginning February 27th. Of these 16, five were not reached last week. One sentenced for obtaining money under false pretenses, and for murder at the September court, and one for murder last week are waiting for appeals to the Supreme Court, two are to be hired out by the county commissioners and six have been jailed since Saturday morning. The county will not only have to continue boarding them until March, but by that time probably fifty more ; will be in jail awaiting trial, most of j them for some petty misdemeanor ov |er which magistrates or the mayor, have no jurisdiction except to bind over. Tradesmen \ Displaced, Japs ! ' j Yellow Men Filling up all Lines of Work in Hon olulu. Other National ities Being Displaced. Portugese Immigrants. San Francisco, Dec. 18. —Frank P. Sargent, Commissioner of Immigration, who has just returned from Honolulu says the Japanese are fast dis displacing all shopkeepers, and con tractors, carpenters and tradesmen generally, of other nationalities in the islands. • He spoke in praise of the Portugese I immigrants. jjL L AT SUNDAY SCHOOL. Mine Explo Many Injured Thomas Wright Carrying Candle and Dynamite in Hand Causes Explo sion and May Die as Result. I Lexington, December 18. —Yesterday I at five o'clock there was an explosion-i of dynamite in the Emmons Mine of | the Hercule Gold Copper Co., owned ; by New York capitalists, and located 15 miles from Lexington in Davidson county, in which Thomas Iv. Wright lost one eye and his left arm and was otherwise badly injured and Wal ter Hughes was also severely hurt. John Gallimore, Millberry Hill and Leonard Wite-on' were badly shaken up. , Wright was on the 400-foot level,; main shaft. He was walking along the top to put a charge in for a blast, car rying the dynamite with cap and fuse and a candle in his left hand. The candle set the explosive off. Wright's chances of recovery are doubtful. The others will live. Thomas King, colored, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon at Thomas ville by James Earl, in self-defense. King was from Conova, Catawba coun ty. • AMBITIOUS JAPANESE. Plan to Raise Supply of Wheat and Cotton for Eastern Markets. San Francisco, Dec. 18. —United States Consul Jones at Dalny, who has just arrived here, is quoted by the Chronicle as sa"ing the Japanese are carrying out an ambitious plan, which, if it succeeds, will close Asia as a market for American wheat and cot ton. The Japanese, he says, are colo nizing Manchuria with the idea of raising sufficient wheat there to sup ply the needs of Asia. In Korea, they are carrying on elab orate experiments in cotton raising. It will be seme years, Consul Jones thinks, before Manchurian wheat or Korean cotton will seriously menace the market i'or thj American product. NO APPROPRIATION. South Carolina Pays No Bonus —Mat ter Will be Referred to the Pres ident. Columbia, S. C., December 18. —Mrs. T. J. Christopher, of Florence, has written to the Governor, asking if there is an appropriation for triplets. She is the mother of them The babies are five months old, and j she has three other children and is a \ poor woman. Governor Heyward said that he has I no appropriation for this purpose but will refer the'matter to President Roosevelt, under whose universal ju risdiction such matters come. CORNERED COAL LANDS. Mr. Clark Reiterates His Charges Corporations and Railroads. Washington, Dec. 18— Interstate Commerce Clark, be fore the House committee on public lands, reiterated his charges that the great corporations in league with the railroads, have "cornered" the coal lands and forced prices up to an un leasonably high point. Mr. Clark said that, in his opinion, i shippers are as much to blame as I carriers for the present car shortage. Jary.es Thomas Dead. Allentown, Pa., Dec. 18. —James Thomas, of Catasauqua, president of | the Davies and Thomas Company ' died today, aged 75. He was general manager of the Irondale and Eureka Iron Co., in Alabama, in 1871, mak ing first coke iron produced in Ala bama. Left $1,000,000 to the Pope. ! Rome, Dec. 18. —The d«ath Is an- I nounced of Mgr. Adami, one of toe most wealthy Roman prelates. By his will he left ?1,000,000 to the Pope. HICKORY, N. 0., THURSDAY DECEMBER 20, 19Q6, ■" • - ' Ji ~ - jL; i - --- GEORGE HALL THE LYNCHER MUST SERVESENTENGE Decision in George Hall Case Handed Down this Morn-j ing by Supreme Court. No Error Found and Must Serve Sentence. \ - i ; New Trial Allowed in Case 1 of Helms Against Westernj Union Telegraph Com pany. No successor to J. Crawford Biggs. Raleigh, Dac. 18. —George Hall, con- ] victed of being implicated in the lynch- J ing the Rawon county negroes, charg- j ed with the murder of. the Lyerly fam ily, must serve his sentence of 15 years in the State penitentiary. The Su preme court handed down it decision in the case this morning, finding no error. This brings to an end one of ( the most noted cases in the State and 1 it is presumed that Hall will begin j serving his sentence at once. Decisions were given in 19 appeals, j In the case of Helms against the Wes- ■ tern Union Telegraph Company, from j Mecklenburg, a new trial was granted, i 1 This is a mental anguish suit in which J M. A. Helms was allowed damages by j' the lower court. The message which J caused the trouble was sent from Pine ville to John Helms at Charlotte. The ( new trial is granted on the grounds , that there is no evidence to show the } connection of M. A. Helms, the man ( who brought the suit, with the case. , In the case of Hodges from Durham, for wife murder, there is no error. In the case of Bohannon, charged j with the murder of R. E. Beatchman, 5 from Guilford, the decision of the low- ] er court is affirmd. The court announced that the selec- i tion of a Supreme Court reporter 1 to succeed J. Crawford Biggs, resign- ' ed, would be deferred until February. A charter was granted today to the » Rapid Transit Company of Asheville, I .at a capitalization of $500,000. i Martyrs These? ' London, Dec. 18. —Eleven more fe male suffragists elected to spend ' Christmas in jail rather than pay 1 small fines for creating disturbances ' within the precincts of the House ( of Commons. \ Mormon Curse Not Mag Is Worse Than Slavery, Declares Mrs. Du Bois. Says President Would Change his Mind if he Would Visit Idaho j Washington, Dec. 18. —"Mormonism 1 is a greater curse to this country than ' slavery," declared Mrs. Fred T. Du bois, wife of the Idaho Senator, in an address in this city on "The Ef- • feet of Mormonism on Education." , She said that should President; Roosevelt make a trip through south- j eastern Idaho he would no longer be ! willing to declare that there Is noth ing in the Mormon question. Six Unit ed States Senators, she said, owe their: election to the influence of the Mor-' inon church. • ' AND PRESS Balloting Insurance In Both the New York and Mutual Life the Proxies and Votes for New Officers are Com ing In. : By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 18. —Balloting for new officers of the New York and Mu : tual Life Insurance companies began I promptly today. ; In the offices of the New York Com pany nearly 200,000 ballots were turn ed in before the end of the first hour. I Representatives of the "Administration j Ticket" turned in 115,000 proxies. The Ahti-AdffiiAii-trp.tion party han«led in 35,000. The latter have not yet been accepted, as the question is raised as to their legality because handed in by , private parties. State Superintendent I of Insurance Kelsey holds 190,000 bal i lots sent him by policy holders, which I he will turn in. 1 At the offices of the Mutual the first | ballots deposited were a lot of about 30,000 representing foreign proxies. HASTY CASE AGAIN. Is Now Before Supreme Court of South Carolina on Appeal. Columbia, Dec. 18. —The celebrated case of George Hasty is now before the Supreme Court on appeal. Hasty shot and killed two actors at the hotel in Gaffney of which Hasty was the proprietor on the 18th of December, j 1905, just a year ago. He was tried in ! February and convicted with recom | mendation to mercy, which meant un ! der the law a sentence for life. The ! appeal has not been pressed until re-, icently and meanwhile Hasty has been in the Cherokee county jail. The appeal is taken principally on two grounds; first that the indictment was not properly drawn, in that it did not contain, fis the law stipulates, a clause providing for the charge of car rying concealed weapons; and second, that the Court of General Sessions for Cherokee county expired on Saturday night at midnight of the week begin ning on the fourth Monday of Feb ruary, and that the jury's verdict, ren dered on the following Tuesday morn ing was a nullity and his honor was without jurisdiction to pass sentence. There are also many exceptions on ac count of certain evidence being ruled out which would show the relations al leged to exist between the two actors, Milan Bennett and Abbott Davidson, and the two women of the theatrical company, Misses Sheridan and Bishop. The killing excited much interest at the time and the trial was a hard fought legal battle. T&e appeal was ar gued for Hasty by his attorney, Mr. H. K. Osborne, and for the State appear ed Solicitor Sease and Mr. J. C. Jeff ries. PROBABLY WIFE MURDER. Slavonian Arrested in Charge of Being Implicated in Barrel Mystery. Hazelton. Penn., December 18.—So berta Enaslack, a Slavonian, living at Jeddo, Pa., has been arrested on the charge of having been implicated in the Hazleton barrel mystery. It is alleged that the woman whose j charred remains were found here was his wife, who disappeared from home several weeks ago. It is also reported that the marriage of the couple which took place a year ago, was opposed by relatives and that : after the wedding they had frequent quarrels. A description of the victim tallies with that of the missing woman. I Want Immediate Action. ! Chicago, Dec. 18. —The Record-, i Herald says: "Fearful that the Con -1 go Free State has been annexed form ally by Belgium, the leaders of the Congo Reform Association rushed to Washington last night, prepared to I urge immediate action by the United ' States* SHELBY STATUE . NOW IN PLACE Shelby, N. C., December 18. — Cards reading as follows have been issued: "Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon Lineberg er request the pleasure of your com pany at the wedding reception of their daughter, Ethel, and Mr. Julius Albert Suttle, on the evening of Thursday, the twenty-seventh of December from eight until eleven o'clock, East Warren street, Shelby, North Carolina. Cere mony at half after seven o'clock." Both parties are social favorites. Until recently Mr. Suttle has lived here. The marriage is looked forward |o with much interest. After a long delay the monument to the Confederate dead has been erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy and has been in place some days. The monument is 27 feet high and has on top a bronze statue of a private sol dier in uniform, life size, with a gun in his hand, awaiting an order to fire. The inscriptions are as follows. On the west side: "Erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy, Nov. 21st, 1906." On the west side, "in honour of the Confederate Heroes of Cleveland coun ty, 1861-1865." Above this is "Lest we forget." Near the top of the monument there is a furled flag. The monument ife situated on the west side of the court square in the middle of the sidewalk. The unveiling will probably take place next May. The monument cost $25,000 and Cleve land county owes a debt to the Daugh ters for this faithful work. The marriage of Mr. Fred D. Ham rick, of this place to Miss Natalie Rose Harris, of Fredericks Hall, Va., which was to have taken place at Fredericks Hall on the 12th instant, occurred on Monday night, the 10th instant, at the home of the bride's uncle in Richmond. Just as the groom and a number of friens who were to have been grooms men were ready to leave here Sunday a telegram came, saying that the wed ding must be postponed on account of illness. However, the groom, accom panied by his brother, went on to Rich mond, and there he met and malried the bride. It is thought the illness re ferred to was smollpox in the neighbor hood. Mr. and Mrs. Hamrick are ex pected in Shelby next week, and will for the present take rooms at the Shel by hotel. Mrs. L. ,M. Hull and little daughter, Mildred, left this week for a visit to Richmond. The outside work of the First Na tional Ban»k building is complete. This is a very !handsome building. It hasi a stone fif>nt, and is painted yellow. The walk >i front of it is being paved anld will ajfid greatly to its appearance. This bank , has been chosen as United States depository. SHAH REPORTED DYING. No Opposition Expected to Successor. I Russia and Great Britain Acting To- 1 g ether. St. Petersburg, Dec. 18. —Despatches from Teheran say that the Shah is at the point of death. The accession of his successor, Prince Ali Mirza, is ex pected to pass off quietly without oppo sition. Great Britain and Russia are acting in concert in this connection. Later. ' The health of the Shah shows some improvement. THREATENED WITH FREEZING. People of Northwest Can't Get Coal or Food—President Interested. Washington, D. C., December 18.— That the President has taken a de termined interest with a view to find ing a legislative remedy for the car shortage in the northwest, which now threatens people with freezing and starvation because the railroads are unable to transport fuel and food, was indicated by his conference at the White House with Senator Hans brough. The President promises to give this question his personal attention with a view of dlleviating any immediate suffering and said he desired Senator Hansbrough to devote his time to preparing some legislative remedy. Fear Mair.e Disaster. Honolulu, Dec. 18. —The Japanese consul says the visiting squadron, which will arrive at Honolulu in February, will not proceed to San Francisco, as originally intended be i cause a repitition of the Maine disas ter is feared, owing to the alleged overwrought condition of American feeling. Seaboard Elects Vice Pr L. Sevier of Alabdma Be comes Second Vice Pre sident of That System, Succeeding Mr. Cost Resigned. Norfolk, December 18.—It Is offi cially announced that L. Sevier of Birmingham will become the second vice-president and traffic manager of the Seaboard from January first to suc ceed E. F. Cost. Mr. Sevier is now general freight agent of the Alabama Great Southern - railroad at Birmingham. His formal election by the Seaboard directors will occur in New York Thursday. It is also announced that O. B. Bid well, freight and claim agent of the Seaboard has resigned to become au ditor for the Merchants arid Miners Transportation company. THE BEBT JOB PRINTING Of> ALL KINDB AT THI3 OFFICE. CUT MACHINERY TOO PONDEROUS > / Takes Longer to Try Trivial Case Than' Felonies. Guil ford Needs Police Judge Revolting Case of Arson. Wiilij Woman Involved. Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 18. —Last week's term of superior cottft here served to convince every one who keeps up with such matters, that the ponderous and expensive machinery of the superior court is entirely out of date for the disposition of three-fourths of the cases tried there. The few fel onies tried, and necessarily belonging there, consumed but little time, it tak ing much less time to try a case o.f murder and two cases of arson than it did to try one man twice during the week on indictments for selling whis- key in prohibition territory. In every case there was in additipn to a big bill of costs which the county has to foot for board in jail, since no case where defendants were out on bond could be tried, the jail cases taking up all the time of the court. It is enough , to make able an excellent officers like Judge Moore and Solicitor Brooks, sick to have to go through a week of trying innumerable cases of negt'o women for running blind tigei-s or bawdy houses, negro men and boys committing petty larceny, gambling, selling liquor, etc. It is pretty certain that the next Raleig legislature will be asked to enact a law modelled after the Asheville and Raleigh Police Court law to dispose of all misdemeanor ca ses in Greensboro thereby saving im mense court and jail costs besides try ing cases speedily and thus relieving the congested court dockets. The county of Guilford could well afford to pay the salary necessary to secure a good police judge for both Greensboro and High Point to hold these courts every day in the year, for it would not amount to half what the witness and jail fees do under the present system. It is understood that the Greensboro Bar Association will, at an early date, recommend the es tablishment of a police court for Greensboro. A prominent judge said some time ago that he would not be surprised if the legislature did not pro vide such courts for Winston-Salem, Durham, Salisbury, -Wilmington and Greensboro, for since the constiution ality of the Raleigh and Asheville courts have been tested, he believed it was the solution of the present con gested docket, and of pety crimes in such places: Saturday afternoon before court ad journed Judge Moore sentenced Fra zier Jones, convicted of murdering his wife, to be executed January 15. Jones took his sentence perfectly coOl, al though the judge told him he need place no dependence on getting a new trial. Saturday morning a case of arson was tried, in which there were most revolting features. A white woman, Minnie Ozement and a negro man, John Ward, were put on trial for burning the barn, and seven horses and cows belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Newton Leonard in -Summer township last month. The evidence was 'cir cumstantial. the officers testifying that the man and woman were are3ted to gether iir a house in which the woman lived, and that tracks leading the burned premises .lead to tfreir house, and certain, peculiarities the track- exactly fitted the shoes *»f* the defendants going and-coming fj-QQi the burned barn. The State showed .as a motive for the alleged crime "that the woman, Minnie, had' become hos tile to her sister Mrs. Leonard and her brother : in-law, because' hfer moth er who recently died had left mo|t;of the estate to the Leonar&s, she get ting only a small house and an afife of land on which it stood. It was also shown that tho female defendant had made threats of damaging the Leo nards so that they, would - never enjoy their legacy, and that she had, by her disreputable life, forfeited her claims to any consideration in the will of her mother. On cross examination of the prosecuting witness, Newton Leonard, he was asked if he had not been criminally, intimate with the woman, his- sister-in-law, himself,, and he admitted such to be the fact, but said they had not been friendly for two years. .The evidence in the case was complete, having been worked up by Mr. W. A. Scott, assistant .to Insur ance Comniissioner Ycung. The defen dants did not put on any evidence, their attorney, G. S. Bradshaw, "having the la6t argument and insisting that the State had failed to Show-any mo tive for the crime, and that the testi mony of tracks was too uncertain on which to convict: , N • , , The case was "giVen to the jury at 1:30, when , court adjqurrted for pin ner, leaving .the clerk to take* the ver dict. In fifteen minutes the jury re turned a verdict of guilty. Judge Moore sent the man and' woman to the penitentiary for five years each. For Small Distillers. Washington, - Dec. 18. —Senator Hansbrough today introduced an amendment to the ffee alcohol law, authorizing the commissioner of in iernal revenue to make a special ar j rangement for denaturing alcohol dis- I tilled by persons in such small quan i tities as not to justify additional I expenses of individual warehouse for ' each distiller as required by the law. New York, Dec. 18. —Bishop Mc -1 Caba is gradually sinking. He has I i:ot regained consciousness.