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IV; MADRIZ FORCES : BOMBARD A GITY Attempt to Re-Captura Ma tagalpa and Defeat 'Revolutionists. THE E Tense Situation at Managua Com . mander of Squad Who Executed . 'Americans, Killed Want X Peace Negotiations. Managua; Nicaragua, Feb. 14. Hea. v y field guns posted on the hills by the Madriz forces yesterday n began a bombardment of Matagalpa, which on February 1st was taken by the revolu tionists under -General Chamorro. Prior to the opening of . the bombard ment, the government notified the American consular agent at that city, William HX DeSavigny so that, the non-combatants could withdraw.X Mr. DeSavigny protested against the bom bardment, which nevertheless was car ried out.' V'.'.. X ' C ':" -"" The Madriz troops were under com mand of General Lara. Subsequently the attack upon the city was abandon ed, but It is likely, to be presumed at any moment The extent 6f the dam age has not been ascertained. The ' situation in Managua Is tense, and no one can say what is likely to happen in the next few days, particu larly in the event of the government forces failing to defeat the revolution ists. To add to the serious aspect of affairs at the capital It is known that there are hundreds here ready to take part with General Estrada and the other revolutionary, leaders the mo ment their success is assured. Xv Captain' Constantino Saenz, who was commanding the . firing squad at the execution of the two Americans Gr'oce and Cannon, !was 'shot to. death in the streets this afternoon by a Nicaraguan sojdejj , Theexcitement following this tragedy was intense4 and ItXbe came necessary to call out all the po lice and to order reinforcements of 60 police from Leon. '--; ' . A large number of additional politi cal arrests have been made. - Among the new prisoners is Alfonso Solore zano, who was Mexican vice . consul here, but who'yesterday was removed from that post. Vice Consul Henry Caldera has re ceived a telegram from Consular Agent DeSaviginy, at Matagalpa, transmitting the following letter from General Chamorro: , "You know of the battles fought dur ing the last few days by my command in Sal Ramon and the taking by my troops of Matagalpa and Junotega and also six hours battle of the 11th, in which so much precious blood was shed on both sides. Being desirous to stop further bloodshed I authorize you to convey to Madriz my readiness to re-open peace negotiations. If he accepts notify me and I will notify General Estrada." - So far the only comment President Madriz has made on this message was that DeSavigny' was active in behalf of Chamorro. Rear Admiral Kimball has notified the belligerents on both sides that they will be held responsi ble for the persons and property or neutrals in Matagalpa.- , The American consul at Managua, Jose Olivares, after riding all night, arrived today at Metapa, 12 miles from Matagalpa. The consul is accompa nying a courier who came here re cently and appealed to him to prevent the destruction of American property. Mr. Olivares at once decided to inves tigate the conditions for himself. HANCHETT CONFESSES CRIME. Boy Admitted Horrible Murder Girl at Deland, Fla. of Deland, Fla., Feb. 14. Request for a special term of court swas made to Judge Jones, of the circuit court, today ior the trial of Ernest Hanchett, charg ed with killing Cleavie Tedder, the 14- year-old daughter of Perry Tedder, whom he had waylaid while on the road to the postoffice near her home. After Hanchett was secretly hurried out of the county by Sheriff ' Smith yesterday, he is said, to have confess- d. Hancnett 13 being held Ins jail at Orando, Fla., 50 miles south of here. where he is closely guarded for fear or mob violence. , . x ' The Tedder girl was killed late Sat urday afternoon after she had been 'lagged from her bicycle. Sixty-three Knife wounds were found on the body; the clothing had been stripped. Orlando, Fla., Feb. 14. -Sherlc Gor don emphatically denied today that finest Hanchett, the . young white boy iirrested in connection with the as sault on a girl named -Tedder, nea. DeLand, had been brought here and I'laced in Jail. Newspaper men here were allowed to search the Jail, and this disclosed that young Hanchett i? "ot a prisoner here. : madison Hotel burns. Fifteen Guests Have , Narrow Escape Lots Is $15,000. ' Madison, X C.,' Feb. 14. Fifteen quests had. a narrow escape early this morning when the Hotel - Madison, with all its contents was destroyed by ire. The loss is $15,000 , insurance ,VVV. ,. . . ; , ... XX WILL TRY HEIKE FOR FRAUD .' ; 'x',: ' i ' ' X. , : Secretary of "Sugar .Trust" Ngt Enti X tied to Immunity Is Opinion of 4 '.;' Court Entered ' a Plea , 4" ' of Not Gulltyy - V New , York, Feb. ll-KJharles k. Heike, tlecretary of . the American Su gar Refining Company, the sugar trust, la not"untmmune", he must" stabd trial beginning March 1st. next-on in dictments charging him with other em ployes of the . company; of conspiring to defraud the government by under; welglng imports of sugar. ' s For weeks ;past counsel for Heike have attempted to prove before a jury In the United States Circuit Court that Heike should not be prosecuted In view of the testimony he gave be. fore the grand Jury,-which returned the Indictments.- It was ruled this af ternoon that in the court's opinion the defendant was hot entitled to immuni ty and -accordingly he Instructed the jury! to bring in a formal verdict dis missing the plea interposed in the sec retary's behalf. In arguing 'for immunity 'counsel for Heike admitted his guilt, but "main tained that though' guilty . his. grand jury, testimony was a bar toprosecu-4 tlon. This led ' the government law yers to rescind their announcement that if the plea was not sustained the government would move for immedi ate sentence on the ground of admis sion of guilt No such action 'was taken today, -however. Heike's law yers changed the plea to "not guilty" and time for trial was fixed. In ruline against Heike todav Judee Martin . referred . to the danger that would 'follow if . indiscriminate pleas at 1 bar were entertained or allowed and the opportunity if would giye rich men to avoid the administration of justice." There , has beep no dence,. he said, to show that the gov- ernment was animated by bad faith n bringing the defendant before the grand jury' or that any effort .'was made' to extract any testimony from the defendant that "might be used against him. ' - ' ) X: CHANZY'S TERRIBLE FATE. ' Sole Survivor of Steamer Tells a Thril ;- ling Narrative. - - . '? CiudadelaBaleric Islands; Feb. 14 Marcel Rodel,-'the sole Survivor of the steamer. , General Chanzy... .whlclL -was wrecked ThUrsdayXpit - a,' reef off i-the. sland of Minorca, told a thrilling' nar rative, . prior to his departure for France this evening, of the terrible expenses on board. ' - ' "When the Chanzy left Marseilles she encountered a rough sea and a northerly gale. - The passengers were not apprehensive, however, and all re tired on the night of the 9th in good spirits. At 5 o'clock the next morning I was awakened by a splitting crash, as if the ship's flank was being torn on a ledge. I dressed partially and hur ried out of the cabin.- Sailors were trying to. re-assure the passengers,' but their words had no effect on the crowd of men and women, many of whom were dragging children. "The darkness added terror, to the frightful scene. Enormous seas -were breaking over the steamer. One' sei ripped off a railing to which a ecore of women and children were clinging. Their shrieks as they disappeared were drowned by the roar of the storm. : ' "I saw that it was death td remain and being an excellent swimmer, I al lowed myself to be carried off by the qgxt wave. At, the moment the sea swept shoreward, the air was rent by violent explosion, : the wreckage shooting over my head. I turned to look but the General Chanzy had dis appeared. The horrible confusion was soon ended and the cries silenced, the beating storm alone remained. Evi dently I , lost consciousness, f dp I re-J membered no more until I came to on tjie rocks." . - v Rodel took refuge in a grotto at the base of a high cliff, where he passed' a day and a night. With the wreck age he' built barricades to keep-off the sea and appeased his hunger with raw potatoes which had been cast in his cavern. . ' ; -; On the morning of the 11th he scal ed the cliff and wearily dragged ; him self to the nearest habitation. The recovery of bodies continued and they, are buried as soon as they are photographed for identification VESSEL BOUND HERE LOST. Schooner J. &. Hoskins, Sprung Leak, Abandoned at Sea Feb. 8th. v New York, Feb. ' 14. Another wreck at sea' has been written in .the . lcs of marine casualties from the. Winter's storms by; the sinking, of 'the schooner J. S. Hoskins, which was abandoned at sea on, February -8th, . while bount from. Baltimore to Wilmington, N. C. Capt. Griffith- and six -sailors were taken off the Hoskins by the steamer Rhine which .'came, into port - today from Trinidad. - The Hoskins, loaded with fertilizer,- passed ; out; of -Cup Henry on January 25th and ran into. stronz seas and succeeding gales. She sprang a leak for seven cays ana an hand 9 worked at the . pumps to Kee the vessel afloat. .:; ..;,x. HARDY WITHDRAWS SPEECH. Criticism of Senator Bailey Blotted From the Records. " X Washington, Feb. 14. Though main talning the right of a member of the Senate or House to comment upon the remarks and acts of a member of the other body, by Congress, RepresentaThe plant was located in the suburbs tive Hardy, of Texas, today withdrew from the record his speech .criticising Senator Bailey which had been deliv-, ered by him at Cameron, -Texas, and put into the .Record , without having been actually. -delivered lnXthe House. A FEARFUL WRECK NEAR M AGON. GA Eight Reported . Dead and J,. Many Injured in Crash X of Trains. COACHES ARE DEMOLISHED Occurred on South Georgia & Florida Railroad Mistake in Train Or der the . CauseSeveral 1 . - - Known Dead. - . Macon, Ga Feb.. 14. Eight persons are, reported dead, four, probably fa tally injured, their , deaths being . ex pected before sunrise, and 20 more or less ; seriously hurt" as a result f a head-on collision between southbound passenger train No. 5, and northbound train No. 2, on the Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad, 19 miles south of this . city, tonight ; at 6 o'clock. . Among the dead are A. R.-Johnson, of "Macon,, and -Conduptor Dupree, .of train - No. 5, of Kathleen, Ga. It is stated; that the wreck was caused by the crew of No. 2 mistaking orders and running by Bonaire, where the train was ordered to meet No. 5. The trains met with an awful crash, the , two locomotives baggage and ex press cars being totally demolished. Much trouble was experienced iiL ex- tricating .the bodies of . the dead and evl-unjured from the mass of wreckage. ITwo relief jrams went from this, place, X'lt is known that one mail clerk. was killed and two other members of. the crews. X It. is stated that at least-four-white passengers were killed.. X : Train No. 5 is a local train running between Macon and Valdosta. No. 2 Is a ' Jacksonville-Macon train and is said to have carried , a heavy, passen ger list. The only means of commtml catin&r with the wreck is hv means ot. a telephone two miles distant' X.' X .A Later Story of Wreck. X Five -persons were Instantly, killed,; eight seriously In juredx and', a. i'sqore lightl4njured'Wbehpa3senger;'t rains No. 2 and No. 5, on. the Georgia South ern & Florida Railroad met head-on this afternoon at 5 o'clock, 19 miles below .Macon, between Webster ana Bonaire. The dead are .W. J. Yates, Macon, engineer on train No. 5;, Flagman A. R. Johnson, Macon; Conductor I. B. Ingalls, Macon, traveling as passen ger;, Conductor Durpree, of Kathleen, Ga., traveling as passenger; one un known white man. ' The Seriously injured, are Leroy Fuss, . engineer train No. 2. badly , cut on head and chin; Robert Williams, colored, mall , clerk, Macon, hurt in back; W. M. Elder, Worth, Ga.. bruis ed in back; W. L. Wheeler, Wellston, bruised about trunk; J. F. BlounL Or angeburg. S. C, traveling salesman, painfulfy -.hurt about hd; George Bernhart, flagman, painfully hurt on head; W. H. Carson, newsboy, cut on head; Loretta PutnamT colored, badl hurt in head and side. It is said the accident was caused by the crew of train No. 2 misreading orders to meet train No. 6 at Bonaire. The relief train sent from here got back at 11 o'clock with the dead and Injured. . Both engines, the mail and baggage cars and two day coaches were com pletely , demolished. The trains met on a curve. The wreck occurred in Dismal Swamp. Several hours elapsed before medical' aid .reached the scene. . Many women passengers bound the wounds of the , injured with bandages torn from their clothing. The body of Engineer Yates still lies; burled beneath his engine. X LOWER COURT SUSTAINED. Two Decisions Handed Down in ' Cir ; cuit Court by Judge Pritchard. Richmond, Va., Feb. 14. Twd opin ions were handed down by . Judg5 Pritchard, in the IJnited States CJrcuit Court of Appeals here today, which sustain the lower court' in the case of the Columbus (Ohio) Iron & Steel Company, appellant, vs, the Kanawha I & Michigan Railway, , appellee; and iue xiousion uoai & uoKe uompany, appellant' vs. the Norfolk Western Railway. appellee.-.:i.-:-'iXi;'-;.':X.- ' : .The lower court's1, ruling was that courts of equity have no right to fix a maximum. - rate, "either upon an inde pendent consideration of what is a rea sonable charge, or by-relation to some other rate theretofore in.' force, ; and thereupon enjoin the carrier from de manding :,more than the rates estab lished,' Inasmuch as . such an order ef fectually deprives an interstate carrier of the right, to fix . its, rates in the first instance and to change ' the same, which, power as it' seems, is conceded by the Interstate commerce act'" FMRE AT GREENVILLE, S. C. -h Damag S30,000 to Plant of Virginia- , Carolina Chemical Co. Greenville, S C, Feb.' 13. Fire, breaking out at an early hour tonight, dld -about $30,000 damage to the $100, 000 plant '. of. the s. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. The loss is uhder- stood to be fully covered by insilrance. The blaze was spectacular the fire having originated in the acid chamber of the, main, building, and while it, uurnsu me explosion ot lanKS-oi -sulphuric acid attracted great crowo from the citjr. ; - v ;-v x ;i'.: Xft' lillii&i His Denunciation1 of Federal Officials Caused Deni- RESENTS VERTREES'-GHARGE Declared If Land Office Letters Were . Found In Hi Belongings "Frame -. ' Up" Has JBeen repard ,-, . Against Hm. r ' -4 1r Washington, Feb. lL-The . Ballin ger-Pinchot Congressional 'inquiry be gan , to bristle - with ; interest today when John J. Vptrees, 'counsel for Secretary Balliuger, X undertook , the cross examinatioaVcf . Mr4 ; Glavls,' wit ness for f theX'prsecntiorir V - The climax of ie day was reached late in the .afternoon 'w.hen Mr. Vet rees announced tsat a box belonging to Mr. Gravis at left', int the grand jury room "at-Seattle -had. been broken open a-few days iago and that a num ber of letters : missing from the ftjes of the land office in . Seattle, ; copies of TV'hich have recently Ibee'n published in - a weekly paper, were' found - there in: -. r . J' ' i-' Glavis angril.v, declared that if any letters had been found in his. belong ings, a Vframe np'i had been prepared against him. : His Renunciation of "Fed eral ofucials, who would stoop to such; a trick to win th favor'of their su periors,, called outia demonstration of applause from ; the spectatoi-s. which caused Chairman Nelson ito announce that a repetition v of the t outburst would result in the room' being clear ed... :.;;-".,,'...XVr::S';"-rl:: A Mr.' Vertrfees announced that C A. Christiansen. Glavis' - .successor as chief of field division, Xwould be call ed tcr testify to the finding of the let ters. v, ; 5 , ;: ' ;; - i-- ; 1 At the morning tssiou Mr, Vertrees drew from -the TrKoesa. the fact that he-mad Atf vor-eorruptioh" against any one Jn.the land office or the Department of the Interior. r Glavls declared that if he had found evidence of corruption, he would have taken the matter to a grand jury In stead of to the President. Through a process of . elimination the witness cleared all of the oflieials of any wilful wrong doing. He assert ed that he was fully convinced that the facts he had offered in evidence warranted the judgment ; that neither Secretary Ballinger nor . Land Com missioner Dennett was fit to hold an office of public trust. As to- Assistant Secretary of the Interior Pierce, Glavls declared he had rendered an erroneous Interpretation of the coal land law of Mayl908. and that this decision while not an act of wrong doing, indicated that he was not fit to, fill the office he now holds. Dennett, Glavls declared, was nothing mere than a "tool" for Ballinger. At the afternoon session Glavia. in response to 'a question by Mr. Vet ress, summed up the specific acts of wrong doing, -which ho-charges against Secretary Ballinger,. . . Hia- statement was a long one, .but was. -listened .to with intense interest and ; really.- for the first time..gave definite statement of the prosecution's case.-. , 'J " X "Mr. Vertrees indicated - today that his cross-examination will be a thor ough one. X The inquiry will proceed tomorrow morning and.it is expected that for some time to come early sesr sions will be held. ; Chicago, Feb. 14. Stanlaws Zbysc ko won a handicap wrestling - match from YusiflXt Mahmout .tonight, when the latter failed to get a fall ln one hour. According to the terms of the match Mahmout was to throw Zbysc ko twice in 60 minutes or forfeit the purse' and side bet. . X . OUTLINES. Eight persons are reported killed and 20 injured in the wreck of two passenger trains near Macon, Ga., last night on the Georgia Southern & Flori da Railroad Speaker Cannon voic ed his approval of the rivers arid .har bor ; bill yesterday from the floor of the House and founded a note of warn ing to his colleagues The Ballin ger Pinchot inquiry . was resumed -yesterday i with Mr. Glavis on the stand. He received the applause of specta tors when he -denounced Federal offi cials The Madriz; forces-yesterday bombarded a city held by the rebels in Nicaragua, A tense situation pre vails throughout' that country -Jas. 'R. Keene. .millionaire . horseman and stock exchange member, yesterday ex plained his part in the Columbus and Hocking Valley Coal & Iron pool A. R. Marsh, president , of the New York Cotton Exchange before, the House Committee yesterday declared that Herbert Knox Smith's report was worthless The schooner J. .S.' Hop kins, bound from New York y to Wil mington, . was abandoned . at sea1 New York - markets:. Money on- call easy at 2 3-4 to 3 per cenL,' ruling rate 2 7-8, closing bid 2.3-4, offered at 3. Spot cotton closed quiet, middling .up lands- 15.15, middling gulf 15.40;,Flour firmer with a moderate inquiry.'1 Wheat spot-firm. No. 2 red 1.29 bid elevator and 11.29 nominal f.o.b. afloat X- Corn spot steady No. 2, 72 1-2 elevator do mestic, 73 delivered and.71;f.o.b.afloat nominal:..', Oats spot firm. Rosin stea Turpentine quietv;i..,. x '.V;- ES RIVERS Speaker Cannon Favors Mea ; sure in' Speech From ? . Floor of House. NOTE OF WARNING -''--;x '5' v;,.,,.;:, . . , ' . .) . . Tio Republicans in Regard to Nec'essi ty For Orderly Procedure Incl- . dentally Directs Remarks ' at ' Democrats. X Washington, Feb. 14. After . consid ering the Rivers and Harbors Appro priation bill for about seven hours today the House succeeded In dispos ing of 70 of the 1 1 00 pages of that measure without making any import ant changes. " A unique feature of the day's proceedings was a speech ; by Speaker Cannon, who gave his ap proval to the pending bill. Incidentally telling the Democrats that if they should ever come into control of thu House they -woukl realize the neces sity of providing methods Cjf proce dure that would allow them to trans act business, or by inaction disap point the people who had "placed them in the majority. t -V . "If we Jose sight of our own indo pendence . and of oiir . own position for the. time being there will come fti our places better and wiser men, who will not lose sight of the neces sity to provide for an .orderly) proce; dure under which a majority can work its will." -; '' : - ' X "Uncle Joe" Cannon." layinjr aside his gavel anil speaking ; today ' from, the floor of the Hotise merely as the gentleman" from, Illinois, "sounded the warning to his", colleagues. ' ,v X Representative' Cannon arose for the rpurpose.. of . lending his approval Appropriation bilL bit ..dpfitig ' his y to 'magazine and : newspaper criti cism and to remind the minority mem bers that the. power or' the majority was futile, unless enforced by. well oiled machinery and a well oiled ma chine. It was while Representative Fitzgerald. Democrat New York; had the floor that members were surpris ed to see the Speaker rise from a seat in their midst and inquire: "Will the gentleman from New York yield to me?" ' . -- 'I will yield to the gentleman I be lieve from Illinois," replied Mr. Fits gerald Smilingly. ' . , Mr. Cannon told the House ho whe had voted for a river and harbor- bill during Arthur's administration and ex plained that he had voted to ' pass the measure over the President's veto. He said he had had some , trouble in justifying that vote before his con stituents but he had done so. Referred to his trip down the Mississippi 'with President Taft In connection with newspaper attacks at that time, 'Mr. Cannon said:. ' '' ... - "When I turned to come bafik from New. Orleans, the criticisms.. I receiv ed and that many others received not founded on correct information, made me wonder whether I was afoot or horseback; whether I was I or some body else. ' ' v '" "I expect we will continue . to : re ceive all kinds of correct and fake information that is fished . for ; here and ' there," continued tne . Speaker "in . order that, our 5pat metroixlltan journals may- continues;.. some of them, to : make their Daners' from day" to day; like the Yankee made his raz ors, to sell. But I desire : to say to the gentlemen on both sides of the House ? that in the ' last analysis. outJ OI une iwq giea.1 ui gtiuii minority from time to time putting the majority on ' its 5 good : behavior, seeking to become the majority, wil' come correct legislation and. correct appropriations, for the greatest good of the people of the republic.''.' .( . .- - r- V'' '.' ' ' ' ' " ' EXPOSE TILl,IVrAN SPEECHES j. : - - x: ;-.-; v" " ',-: Senate's Order For Secret Letters In Case, of Negro Collector. . Washington. Feb. 14; Senators Till man "pitchfork" eloquence in condem nation of former President Roosevelt s appointment of ' a negro - collector of customs at Charleston S. -'C which has lain in the Senate closet for execu tive secrets for more than two years, will be gi,veri" to the public. ? The Sen ate today ordered the injunction of secrecy removed from -all of its rec ords in the case of Dr. William D. CrumX ;'X -':'' X'- "X "' - '-X'" The fact of the" case Is" that "all of the known records were ' given " to. the nubile at the time Crum failed, of con firmation..' The speeches by Senator Tillman In oppositfon to " the nomina tion were never taken-; down by t the Senate stenographers. Mr.';: Tillmap, however, has copies of . his speecnes. and he desires very much to use them in forthcoming public utterance on the race Question. He has hesitated to do' so for fear that he would -be charg ed with disclosing executive session oroceedings which he IS, barred from tdoing by his oath of office. X X , " r -The order issued Dy tne senate to day therefore is a mere' formality, which gives to the South Carolina Sen ator the right .to Jire at the, public a canninade of. oratory which " was .vol leyed a,t his colleagues; behind closed doors.-;-hv;' 'v Xv'-,-'.l: ?:-'x '-.: APPRQV AFFAIRS AT STATE CAPITAL ,! ,-. ' ii ' i a ' . ;-.. v .' h . ; ,i - . , '; ' : Annual Inspection National Guard. Charters Granted Commutations by .Governor W. L. Williams, Jr Resigns as Examiner. (Special Star Correspondence.) , Raleigh, N. CrFeb. 14. The annual inspection of the companies constitut ing the North Carolina National Guard is to. begin in Raleigh Tuesday with the . inspection- of Company ; B., Third Infantry, and the; Third Regiment Band. -Colonel Thomas Strlngfield, of Waynesvllle, Inspector; General of the North Carolina National Guard, 4ms al ready arrived here and some officer of the United States Army is expected to arrive in time to. make, the rounds for the inspection appointments.' The .J. H. Wearp Co.; Charlotte, is chartered with $125,000 capital for lumber, building material, hardware anS other lines of business, the incor porators being W, R. and J, H. Wearn, K..R. Trotter and others. Other char ters are to The New Supply Co., Mur freesboro, capital $3,000 by B. B. Win borne, Jr., and others formercantile supply business, and to the Brevard Light and Power Co.,' Brevard, N. C, capital .$40,000 by J.W. Chapman and others.' - -r'.-".- , ' ' The P. H. Hanes Knitting Co., Win ston Salem, amends its charter so that preferred stock slmll have equal vot ing power ..with common stock and deferred payments of dividends on preferred stock, shall bear 6 per cent, interest and so that the directors shall have power to change by-laws at will. P. H. Hanes Is president of the 'company- which recently more than doub led its capital by Charter amendment and decided to erect an additional cot ton mill at Winston-Salem. . . Frank Purdee a young white man of Raleigh who was sentenced last July to five, years In the penitentiary on the charge of systematic stealing from freight cars on the yards of the Sea board Air Line here and of being the leader of, a; namber of confederates while , he was himself in the employ of the Seaboard- as car inspector - receives-from Governor Kitchin a "com mutation of sentence to two years' onJ tne grouna tnat tne evidence in tne case does . not Justify the conclusion that he was the leader' of any band of, car-breakers and that two 'years is suf nclent" punishment. 'Over 300 citizens si en ed tetlti oBv.f or. n ard nnl . ' i Another commutation granted Jsxfor Colie Fisher, Rutherford county,! serv ty serving four years for manslaugh ter. This sentence is reduced to' two years from April 1909 the commuta tion being at the request of the trial judge who imposed the four-years sen tence. - - As a delegate on the part of North Carolina to the American Confedera tion of Medical Licensing Boards, Chi cago, March 3rd Governor Kitchtn commissions Dr. J. L. Nicholson, Kicn-. lands, N. C. W. L. Williams Jr., has tendered to the Corporation Commission his resig nation as Assistant State Bank Exami ner, effective MaTch 1st to accept a position with the Erwm Cotton Mills Co., of Durham. - He has been assist ant bank examiner for four years and a most efficient' and satisfactory offi cial. , The Commission will elect his successor within two weeks. ( X Lieutenant Butler of United States Army, stationed at Fortress McPher- son, arrived tonight under orders from the War Department to make the an nual inspection of companies compos ing the North Carolina National Guards. -. MARK O'BRIEN PASSES AWAY. Official of -Southern Express Company ' - Expired Suddenly.' New York, Feb. 14. Mark O'Brien, of the Southern Express Company., nephew of the late president of the company, Michael F. , O'Brien, - died suddenly in this city last night of apoplexy. X Mr. O'Brien . returned only yester day from Augusta, Ga., where he had accompanied his wife and children on a visit. tHe was ta-Uen suddenly ill and died almost instantly. Mr. O'Brien, who acted as . assist ant to President Leary of the South ern Express Company, was 45 years of age, and leaves1 a wife and two children. He had been in apparent'.y good health up to the time he was fatally stricken. . .: ADVANCE IN HOG PRICES. V Agitation Against Mead Does Not 'At feet Prices. of the Packers. Chicago.' Feb. 14. The widespread agitation against the high . price of meat has failed to check tne advance in hog prices, live hogs at the stock yards here selling today at - the high est' mark with one exception of the last 40 yearsr The new high point re corded today was $9.27 1-2 per:,10O pounds and predictions were freely made that within a few weeks the $10 level' will have been passed. " Continued : light receipts of hogs at all western packing centers and an unusually active ' demand by Eastern shippers are the reasons -for the per sistent' upward trend. '. - ? TAR HEEL A SUICIDE; ' Son. of Rev. T. J. Allison of Charlotte, Found Dead in Philadelphia. -Philadelphia, Feb. 14. The body of the young man found dead yesterday in a cave .in Fairmont.; Pslrk yvlth his face pillowed on a pile of cotton, satur ated with cloroform, was Identified, to day as that of Wilbur Allison, son of the Rev.-T. J. Allison, of Charlotte, N. C. An empty bottle which had contain ed chloroform was found near the body and -the' police, say Allison committed suicide. - He had been missing from his boardliis house tor ft yeek, v v Wilmington Councils Enter ; . tain in - Behalf of ; State ; -x Jurisdictioti. x DISTINGUISHED ? VISITORS Supreme Regent Clovis , H... Bowen Re cipient of True Cape Fear Hospi tality Oyster Roast Ban- : v quet Last Night. V. ' : Unquestionably the greatest event in Arcanian circles in the Grand juris- j, diction of North Carolina in many a X year was the official, visit to Cornelius and Carolina Councils, this . city, f of Hon. Clovis H. Bowen, of Pawtucket, " Rhode Island, the Supreme Regent of the great and rapidly 'growing order, anL his coming was made a State oc casion an occasion, for the gathering around the banquet boards in the ball room of the Masonic Temple last night . of some of the mqst prominent memk bers of the fraternity, .in North Caro- ' lina. x ' ' ; ' : -- ' : . 'X .xV; .' " In he entertainment of the Supreme Regent The ' traditions of true Cape Fear hospitality were fully exemplified ' and judging by the comments of con gratulation ; and thanks expressed lr the various visitors, it is beileved that they will long remember the City of Wilmington and the? hearty reception they received.: 'An automobile . ride . about the, city and over some of the roads of the county in the morning, a. , bounteous luncheon At The 1 Orton at 1 o'clock, followed by a trolley ride to x Lumina, ,Wrightsville Beach, .with an oyster roast at the Northrop Cottage a reception and an elaborate banquet In the Masonic Temple last night were , -the main features of the -day; - It was on the 8th-da?: of January, 31' : years ago" that : the.. Royal Arcaniuni . ' was introduced in iNorth1 Carolina' andX the ..first? council wast. Cornelius -Hdr- -4Jietfc, thiseity.o-tb .si-of'the'UV''-' preme negeni was regaraea rapnerasa ..... belated celebration - of the 31st anni- X versary of the introduction of the. great fraternity in this State. Arca- nianism was brought to North Carolina . ' largely through the Instrumentality of the , the lamented Nathaniel Jacob!, a prominent business man -of Wilming ton, a man : known and x belovtd throughout the State. The speakers at the banquet last night frequently re ferred to Mr. Jacobl and. the mention of his name was the signal for demon-. stration. - The Supreme Regent came to Wil- V mington upon the invitation of Grand Regent H. E. Bonitz pf the jurisdiction ' of North Carolina to whom is due as much if hot more than to any other- member of the order the elaborate and most pleasurable - entertainments pro- vided for the distinguished guest. The Supreme Regent was invited to . be here on the night of January 9th but he found' it Impossible to leave his business at that time so requested that the date-be changed to February 14th?v He arrived on the train from the North at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning and was met at the station by the recep tion committee composed of Grand Re gent H. E. Bonitz Deputy Grand Re gent James S. Hooper Rev. Dr. S. Men- ' delsohn secretary of Cornelius Har nett Council . and' Mr. LX D. Lattfe the .retiring Regent of Carolina .Council, and escorted to The Orton, where an informal reception was held. A short' , time later .the 'visitor was taken for an automobile ride about . the city and over some of New Hanover county's fine roads, returning to the hotel about . 1 o'clock for luncheon, t' r Among those who had luncheon with the Supreme Regent were: Grand Re gent Bonitz, Wilmington; S. M. Brln son. Supreme Representative, New-x bern; John E. Ray, Raleigh; C. A. ' Johnson, Raleigh; Geo. M. Reagin, Al- . bemarle; B. -F.. Warsley, Rocky Mount; W. P. Wootten,' Wilson ; F. W. HanT cock, Oxford; E. T. Stewart, Washing ton, N. C; E..L. Harris, Raleigh; T. C. Powell, Raleigh; S. M. Haughton, Leaksville; Rev. Dr. S. Mendelsohn and L. D. Latta, Wilmington; Thos. P. Johnston, Salisbury; W.-H. Robbing, Raleigh; Dr. J. Howell Way, Grand Secretary, Waynesvllle; Col. H. C. Dockery, Supreme Representative, ' Rockingham;" J. '.Weil, Wilmington; Theodore Buerbaum, Salisbury, and J. D. Parker, Monroe. " - At 3 o'clock the" party named and some 50 or 60 other ' members of the order and visitors boarded a ' special suburban car at Front 'and Princess streets and went to Lumina Wrights ville Beach - where some time v was ; spent in- viewing the great Atlantic- While grouped together at one of the finest pleasure resorts In the 'Sotfth p the pleasure seekers had their photo-, graphs taken by Mr. J.. W. Buck. Leav-. ing Lumina the Arcanians went to the . Northrop .Cottage, where, they enjoyed to the fullest extent an oyster roast. Another photograph of the group was . taken while gathered around the tabje -partaking of the luscious bivalves. They returned to the city .about 5 o'- ' clock in the afternoon. , v " . V .'' ' ' X Candidates' Elected. -jr'V Early . last evenings Cornelius Har- I nett and Carolina Councils held brief sessions at :'hich the applicants forf- membership recently secured "'by both . codncils were dulytelected, . Just after -the receptionUast night and preceding the banquet these candidates were ob-' T llgited and instructed by Supreme Re-; gent Bosim members of the or ; , l. h '-i. ! ,i tx ' i'.i k1'i I- m; 1 1, i. i. 1 h Xf "vi & til 14 ' . I I t , I. 7' I. .1." '4. : 4 .1 I 4 i i; 1 1 f-4 v ' .; . :X'X i ".
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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