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't'i EALEIGII HAS; A' TBAGEDY DOUBLE ' SUICIDE1 IN lT3?!TDEItL01N iVV. II. Hood, a Merchant and Sou of ExtRegteter ot Deeds W. II. Hood, " and Violet Page, an Habitue of the Red Light District, Iie Locked 'VM' Otliera Anns After Taking Lf' Two-Ounce Bottlea of Lauda ' Mifim Mood. Who Waft'k none Fiend, Had 'Been on JSpt-oe : Since ! f lirlstmaa Eve Left Insurance 1 I'ollcy to Wife and Watch and Ring : ' . to- ' Little Girls Curious Throng ; ,Viewr i:kKUea as They Lay Side by i Side in Undertaker's Shop. k I! ,l i"'';A Observer, Bureau-',." ' '. ,', cP& South Dawson Street,5 ' , ''V.i'vV 'l V Baleigh, Jan. ,7.,;, . '' Violet face, one of Raleigh's tender ' loin women and W,, H.' Hood,' a WU known young matt of this ity, com- .' jmltted ' suicide together to-day by " taking laudanum and died In a close r embrace, the "deed, bavins' been done la a hause In a Questionable quarter ;: : of the city, owned by a negress, Jane , . Beasely. 'Hood rented the room last ' night and' later took. Violet there.Ths Womaawho own the nous noticed nothing unusual until - about noon when her attention was attracted by -heavy 1 breathing In the room,', She - knocked at the door and window but ' -received no response.-, She tben.tele1- phoned f or policemen and '. relatives of ood; - Mernbfii-r -of te nolle ' , fore i-espondedut once and hroke open the ; I doot to find the oman dead and the v i Aman drawing his last gasp- : ' ' : f , NINE EMPTY BOTTLES. ;Nlne .empty laudiura- bottles on a T table. In the. room told the tale; they were two ounce bottles and, bore the label ot'a Greensboro drug store. ; Be ' aide the mpty laudanum bottles, on . , the table was found a note, from Hood to his wife, enclosing a, ting, and ; - watch for hla two little girls and" a 12, - 000 life, insurance, policy ;v for herself, ,, The note, gave nor reason for", theter HOOD , A "DOPE FIEND. V.M Hood had been on' af debauch since Chrlefmae-eve. He was a, dope fiend i Ha had become Unratuated with the. ', .' woman and only recently hi? wife and .(relatives had persuaded him 'to leave her. His father, Mr. W. H. Hood, is ' one of the best known cUfssens of the ' county and was for yeara register of . .-deeds. He is a one-armed Confederate veteran. His son, the' suicide, had for years been chief clerk to his father but had recently , been engaged In the mercantile business, hii this city. He . u, quit Work Christmas eve and had been .w.-if on -a -spree since.?. The woman's real t, ' , name was Bessie Fendley, aged 22 :'. " - years. She was formerly an Inmate of an orphanage,, later went to Durham, where she wuiked la a tottou mill, ' and came here soma time ago with a 1 'i 1 woman of notorious reputation, with - , whom sbO'Vyed until recently, when they parted. , "' " --' j' .The bodies of thff suicides Jay all 'jS;.. ''during theafternon. side by side In the J dead room of an 'Undertaker's estao- Hahment, where' they were - viewed by large number, of carious spectators. .- ,- To-night' Hood's - wife, after refusing c . -c - for hours to permit hla body to be ;;.' taken to her home, gave her consent V":'' v ana tne .Doay or the aeaa roan was re- ftX- noved from the undertaker's shop to 's t his residence. The women of the ten i - v derloln section of the city WIH bear the funeral expenses pi the dead-wo- man. , . V"5 , 'MANY '. PEOPLES ' VIEWED BODIES. VV,. fWs affair created quite a sensation rv In ibe' city and .xnany people visited vit: the house whefb the Suicide occurred, ; while- many others viewed . the bodies i' at th undertaker's. The woman was l alender and rather graceful, of. figure, iTwith"an( attractive face which looked Quits childlike rt -death, though there xi, ! were purple splotches on her; throat - and breast. Her marple-llka face was ' framed in a mass of auburn hair. - t Coroner jordart held an Inquest over '. the bodies and pronounced death" due K t to iaudanutp. Hood leaves, besides a - " wife and two children, a mother, three .' sisters, And-, three brothers, all of t-' whom reside' here.-" He had received Vv- $ treatment' at a number of Institutions , for 'the whiskey and drug habits. The w V. 'woman was .one of the unfortunates $ iV-tvhowas removedTby Dr. Massee from ;;i a den of vice li) Cast Raleigh recently. 'i'.a interview with, Slrt JT'llagadale, a tobacco planter In thta tection, haa been ;' :' puDUtiietti in wmcn na ttatea tnat ne vat lore front what be learned in- the atern tobacco (ectin of the State that the - acreage will bu cut thU i-ear from 30 to ' -w oer cent. .''. Thii news It confirmed by tho repre ' tentative of the American Tobacco Com. v pany here; who lays that the high prios of -cotton will, In all probability, bring -about thhr reutlrln the territory eait of v. , .HRieign. , nicxi - oi xne iana m nsiturany cotton land- any way, and matt of the , ': :; farmer reailr prefer cotton to tobaoco j : Then, too, last summer wa very wet and. In Comequenoe, .the tobacco, in that tec tion of the Stole, was inferior in quality J; and little of - high .grade was produced. 4t-$. mots- -aava Hen ana are good,' out in . v r, the assregate, of course, tliq crop gave no great return, compared with what it ; , ; ivouia -nnvo oone in . a ravoraoie year, . -wnne ror cotton tne price ootainea is quite S fancy-one. , ,','! . ' Mont or the tobacco grown In tbb satt- v ern nwtion lt Orlgtit but la thinner and , ? lichter Uian that jrrown to the weatward , 'of Raleifch and. the American Tobacco . , Company'ha ied it Very largely, hot' for i'l'f: noma onumption,' out- iot in oriental trade, being made tij In tho malo Into a speeial brand' of cigarettes, sold in those , . ountrle.-. It 'iroRy be- fully . expected, ' therefore, - that if cotton stays at good f v'i Jirlces there will be. a heavy ' reduction of -yjNnn varonna acreage, ii air that sec- ifl-U''n' of ; th State east of, Raleigh, known hiiZf new -tohaoco beltt end in which 77 IT, f some Of the largest Southern leaf v-marKets, sucn .a Kinston ana ureenvnie. 7 The hlah nrioe of cotton with thnrefn ' have no littla bearing upon the outlook of t j-euow teoi of im year seems certain. .'.,,;': '..V ...tl rt..a-rt.,1". !','" I' il l.i III. I' jil, HI tr,...-4,,". ,v. .Vincent T.'.Sanord to Again Answer ' to i liarjpre or, , Kiaing -ueorge Wright, i.-j':i,x't'j- v"f. , ' Rome; Oai ,Jan . t. yineent T. San i ford' WIVJ too-placed on trial again to , morrow for; th'' Killing , of . George , Wright. Th is .W111-4X) Hie second trial ' of Sanford fof the killing 'ot Wright It wilt be remembered that the-Jury In the case, when It was tried last fall, failed to agree and Judge Wright de clared a -mlstrlaL Sauford .recently filed suit, against his wife for total divorce.' , , Russian Dowagor I.mpn3 Purchases - Daiilnli ltatt. .- -Copenhagen, Jan.. --T.-The DowHitr tTmprem of Rusula Is purchiti!fiig a bea'utifu! - cttate In Denmark with a Vlw Jo a lengthy reil.lfuJi, but Hi rumor that has hpeii in circuluiluti tliHl she will ot re turn to husiU4 Is without buala. AKTS ACTION ON TBEATY PRESIDENT ' RILED . AT,, SENATE Rejection of, San Domingo Arrango - mcnt Preferred by Chief, Execntlv ', to Continued Jfullure " tq Act Senator Tillman to Press ' Resolu ' Uon of Inquiry ililp Subsidy tBiU and Treaty Ceding Isle of Pines t ' Cba , Also , Coming' Vp During ' .VtVcek .Date of Final Adjournment . Already Under Htaonssloiw- ,"Jf- Washington, Jan.; 7-Tlia -fienats ,wlll begin the week with the considoratiori ot the question oi the relations beiweett this country aftd Sanr Domingo. ' Tna subject will ba brought .up on Seaator Tillman's resolution -calling upon the President for Information relative - to the status of affairs since thevfilght of Morales, and if the Senate does hot take .up that resolution. ; Mr. Rainer will .address the Senate orJ the- generaH Dominican question.. It is senator Till man'- intention to press hla resohttiont and unless it is accepted by the Senate he wUl - probably talk on- It,- If not to morrow them on someother- dayrdur ing the week. With the subject once opened up, considerable debate may he expected, for the Republican Senators are. prepared t defend the. attitude of the President In the Dominican matter. It Is not expected that the treaty with Morales -will ' be presented for some time, but Republican Senators say they have1 no Indention of letting- It go by default -. ---i - . ; '' ;. 1 Vjj" 1 The. President, It Is pointed out, .fa anxious for action ajid prefers rejectioa tn- failure i to act, - His friend iiu the Senate cite, the course 'of events Id the present revolution, whon -the ' flnanclal affairs of the country - have been less disturbed -than tn previous uprisings, as sustaining! the President'atWude to ward , the little republic. On tho other hand, the revolution 'has had a tend; ency to . solidify the- Democratic Sen ators j against the agreement, and If they hold together, they will be able to defeat ratification.' - , . Senator tiaWnger, chairman Of the merchant marine eommission, has giv en notice of his Intention to call up the commission' shipping bill ' to-morrow; and: if he does so, that measure, being the- unfinished business will supplant the. Dominican question. If. through' courtesy, he should give, way to Sen' atore who desire to -discuss the outer questions, he will bring up the shipping bill; later, ywhen the -tsommiiwion's bill is taken up. oaiunger ,-wni open tne debate on tht measure. He will be followed, dater by Senator Lodge, In support of and by" Senator Mallory'in opposition 'to the hill. The measure will probably be before the Senate tor sometime, but. Senator Oalltnger wfrl urge a vote as soon as possible. , It is expected that the treaty with Cuba relative to. the-Isle of Pines wilt be discussed during' the week, butt It deferred, -the discussion will be had in the near, future. ThiS treaty is in the handa of Senator Foraker, and he will make an effort to. secure pytion at the first practical moment. The treaty will not be ratified without opposition. Sev eral Senators have expressed them selves of f opinion that the Americana on itie..isie or nnet acquired wm no-ht. an aunh' under nromtsOs made .v. " v.. . ,fQn... A tw- o-nu. them bv reoresentatlves of their gov eminent. - Many Pennsylvania peopia are on the Island and- Semvtor-Penroas has announced his Intention of aiding them In maintaining their status. ' There is po expectation of being able to. take up the rauroaa rate question fori several weeks,-hut the Senate lead ers sav the consideration of that sub ject will-not he unduly postponed. v They re already discussing? the pos sibilities of the final adjournment of the session, and a conference on that subject with Speaker. Cannon has bsen held. The Speaker assured the S?n ators that it would he possible to get all the appropriation bills through the House by the first of June, In that event, adjournment by the 10th of that month .will be nosslWa: for. the Senate managers express confidence tnat tna. railroad, statenooa ana -niuppine questions, will have 4een disposed of by that time, and It 18 mot their intention to permit Other subjects to hold them in session late in the summer. The ' emergency appropriation bin, which , the Senate expects, to receive from the House toward the end of this week, will carry ft much larger amount than usuaL Ordinarily, only the press ing deficiencies are proviaea tor in tnis flctency hill," the last Important meas ure to be considered; before adjourn ment. - It . has been found,, -newever. that this nlan. often leads to aetay. ana the, nresent noiicv 1st to get the Import ant items on 'the early billleaving only new and small deficiencies to pe taaen care of on tne later mur - . . --, j PJHtAl'PlAilS BHA FTpST. V Pmnosal to' Sidetrack Tariff Rcduc- . tlon Measure Falls 'to. I1td Favor statehood Rill .Next1 in oraer. ' " Washington ' Jan. t.-After , con temrjlaUna tv plan " to displace the PhtMnnlne tariff bill with -the state hood measure,. In' the Blouse , this week, the leaders arrived at the con clusion Just before aajournment at- urdav that, ; the present ' order , of bualnesB should not he dtsturbed and the list of speeches which Is to oo cupy" at least the first hal t of, the week on the revenue measure will be v undisturbed. - Mr.-. Payne, In charge of the bill, estimates that the discussion on' the ' subject next wee 1c wHi occupy tne ..urst ' tnree ? or ' four days.. After the Philippine- bill ..Has been disposed of the statehood- bill. which ' the committee, on Territories has i still lit preparation, will '-be brought, forward immediately and that Question discussed and acted upon 'without interruption. !'' No appropriation 'measures wn b taken up until the statehood bill had been , disposed; of; : hut' the, i regular supply- measuresr i tire' expected ,to Come In With regularity,: thereaaef. -v. .' yj,iii'ii.ii.ii-i iii .1 . 1. 1, mi- i 7 y i WTTHEnSPOON'S COXDITIOX, Victim of Dr.- McDow'a Bullet C at Iiancastcr Resting WcllCrlslaNot Yet; Reached. , ,t I' k.a 1A, Special to The Observer. , - Lancaster, S,. !., Jan, t. J,: Hasol WHherspoon"-wio , 'was "desperately wounded by one of Dr. , 8 McDow's bulleW In yesterday' ' difflculty.trested very wUl last flight, and there f has been "no change In his tondlIoji to day, except that he has ceased to spit blood, a favorable eymptom. The phy slolans do not look for a cWsls'under three or four day. - , x , . y,'.i:Vte.,A',..f,.Hi'i'i'iiWii iliiliH'w.i i.ii'i.-i-i'iii'n,iiMi"'i i d .,-i;.ji,i,i:i-;'r.'.-..l. I'cuador RevolutlonlKts Gah llwrults. Guayaquil, Jan" l.- A body ; of re servists attacked the 'police - station- here this afternoon. ' The police fired, dispersing the reservists, one of whom was killed and two "wounded. Part, of .. Colonel 'i La rrea's troops have gone over to the revolutionists. Col. Larrea has returned to-Quito... , .. . . , TWO BATTLESHIPS COLLIDE MISHAP OX XEAVLVG JfEW YORK In lower Harbor, the Kearsnrge and y Kentucky Were fcwopt Slightly Out ;0f ,niclr Course land tirounnwi, .- Tie; Strong - Hood Tide Carrying K the- Alabama, -Jfext, In LlneT Into the Kentnclut With , a -Crash ' Blow Fortunately Glancing One, ; hot Did Serious Damage Above - Water IJne Injured Vessel Ordered ,,,r , f. , -New York,' Jan, v7. While the bat tleshfp squadron v under command f of Bear i Admiral 'Rpbley TJU Evans was proceeding to sea to-day, the battle ships.' Kearsarge and Kentucky 'ran aground In the .lower harborofl the West Bank light;',, The Alabama and Illlnftla wnr fnlfnvtrtno- tiatt tn Una and Mfore they! ould alter, t their courserthe Alabama collided with the Kentucky, striking' her a glancing; bldw.'-The Illinois Just got clear of tangle "and ' proceeded down the pay, anchoring outside the bar with? the flagship ,ifa,w.i.,l The ' accident ; ocm curbed shortly 'after I o'clock, -j'V" The Alabama remained by to ren- ,jar assistance to the Kentucky wand Kearsarge, and wireless messages Were gent to the Brooklyn navy yard for tugs.- . -v ,Af 1.48 o'clock the Kearsarge and Kentucky ..both ' were floated and started for sea. acoomnanted bv the fAlabama. '-.The Kentucky, however, was ordered - back, and returned to Tompklnsville, where, she anchored late-this afternoon,- -. s The Maine,. H.lnols, Alabama and Kearsarge remained off the bar until 6.H5 o'clock,- when they weighed adi chor -and proceeded to sea. - X wireless message was received a't the -Brooklyn navy1 yard to-night from the Kentucky, stating that the starboard 'side of the vessel, above the water line,' had been quite badly damaged In the collision with the Alabama. It also was stated that the .Kentucky Will come up to tho navy yard to-morrow for repairs. The sduadron ot battlethloa waa bound for Hampton Roads, where the aeveral divhiont of the North Atlantic Feet now irt home waters are to be ajuembled under Head Admiral Evant preparatory ) to sail. ma.ior wmi lnauin ana Houtii American Waters for the annual winter manoeuvres. The battleahlp had gathered In New York harbor after undergoing extensive, repairs, nme-'at the Boston and tome at the Brooklyn navy yard. The. fleet had been iVvided ' following the -vltit or Prince Louis of Battenberg to New Tork. rne outtiegnipa ancnorea off Tompklm Vtlle, "-Btsten Island, last -nhrht "under orders to proceed to ea touy. It waa 1 O'clock -tbla afternoon before the entire quadron - was under way, The flaghlo Maine;' with - Admiral Evans on board, headed the column, the Kearsarge and Kentucky followinsr. These flatter were slfghtly out of their course' ana, being deep In the water with heavy supplies op board and coal bunkers full, rrounifotl Just oft the West Bank lightship. The: navigating emeev at tna. Aiftbama nvaaa 1". e. ? swing wide or the ground rea snip, out tne sween of the strong flood Has -tnat- was running carried '.the Ala, bamft Into the -Kentucky with a crash. Jbucklly, the blow wiu v glancing one. It fell on the starboard-.side. The Illinois barely misted colliding with the two ves sels already m trouble. , iThere was a rnDid exchange -of signals, the Alabama, which had not been serious ly Injured, being ordered to stand by to render aaslsta nee ltd . the Kearaa rge an d Keirtaciy.w When -the navy yard tugs ar rived tne tmtuesnir were soon puiied in to deep water and both started tor sen, Admiral Kvans, howwer, ordered , tho Kentucky to turn back and proceed to tne navy yard for repairs, which, was done. The Alabama, Maine, Kearsarge. and Illinois should arrive In Hampton Roads late to-morrow, night or early Tuesday morning, - . . As -soon os the Kentucky Joins the fleet Admiral Evans Drobablv will order s court of Inlulry to investigate the ground ing of , the iwo ships and the subsequent collision. PLAN 1 FOR ll-CENT COTTON, Mississippi, Delegates to New. Orleans ' Oonventlon. Will Vrge Formation of Buying and . Selling CorporaUon , cspltauxed-ae ftlo.ono.poQ. -;, , Jflpekson, Mist., i JaO, t.-Th .Mississippi dels rates to 'the J7ew Orleans cotton oon ventlon,' which will be held this week, will go with Instructions to. try to secure the crtion' by the convention of what-is known as the witherspoon plan, This olao. In brief, fa that a oorooratlon to be known as -the Southern Cotton Com pany shall be formed,, with a capital of ilo,ooo,OW to- begin business as soon as the capital is paid 'in. The shares are. placed at liou each, and are payable In cash.'W cotton at 159 a bale. -The corporation Is to purcnaae siuv.uw.uuv worm or cotton at ten cents per pound, regardless of the market price,, and is not to sell till the price shall have- reached eleven centsv when, It shall M soicyior eleven centvne. more, na less, ADVANCING TO COMPLETION, New. Fort Works at Mansanlllo, Mcxl. , cortW1en Completed, ;WUI Work Transformation in , Coast Trade. ' 17,000,000 Already Expended. , ; Mexico" City. Jan.' T. Advices ' from Mansanlllo' report- a long, advance" to ward .the completion of the new -port works , which haVe already cost the government some $7,000,000, The' trans formation of Manzanlllo into a modern port,' with safety guaranteed to ships and steamers,, will mark an epoch In the development of that portion of the Pacific -coast of .the republic.--The great-' Sea-wall.- extending alonii! the .habor. front for a kilometer, and a' big Dreakwater are . among the principal portions' of -this work. 'The Mexican Central Hallway, which Is extending its an to Mansanmo, has purchased land,. for terminal purposes, ' ' ; 5i DEAD IN POUCB STATION; Vs. 3t Cv Henion Aged 70, at One. Time irominont cotton Shipper , of Kastom Carolina, Sncmuibs to Heart, Failure In Norfolk,. - ,t t Special to The Observer, ' :- ' Nnrraiic. vsu. .lAn, l m r TMn vn ysars oi aga,,oi sunmiry(t N., c died In the central nolle station, vetriav aft. noon shortly after he. had hew brought irom w Burner ui vuvo. ana VUmDerlnnd streets,--where- tho- old man had 'fallen. Death was due to heart fairure. The rs niHln will be sent to Sunbury. . There wer few-farmnrs in thn at.rn snctlon of North Cnrollna better known than Mr. Benton.. lie was -ni ma iim. ons of the It-ading cotton snippers and auo gm on extensive proouce nualnmM. At one time h was well-to-do. . lis hud been living at a boarding house, on -church street. The friends hers of tile olil man h4 the remains prepared for burial And the funeral, will take pince at his home at Bunhury. Uates count v. whr.r (t i said Mr. Benton has relative. - - v Mexico Cottort Crp Rather Vndcr , , . 0,OO Ilulfti. Mexico CIty, Jan. T.-Tlie v cotton erop for the year is now estimated nt loss than VO.Otrtl bales. The loss in tho Laguna district by heavy rains Is not so great es was at first thought. ' ' - r'TC UNCLE SAHANU GJSBMAKY $300,000,000 ',: TRADE , AT 'STAKE In View 'of flunked States Second ; LorpMt Customer's Announced In- 1 ton Uon to Withdraw Most Favoml - Nation- Treatment Unless Granted - Similar Concessions, Department of ; Commerce and Labor Issues Report on ..Trade Relationa-Exports to ' Ctarmany -.' $14,000,000, Including V, $87,000,000 Haw Cotton, and Im- I ports $ni,oo,ooo other "rlnci. pal. Items..." . , ' .r f 5,'Washington,. Jani. 7, Trade between the-United States and Germany, whose trade relatlonea are now the subject of negotiations between the two govern tnentjr, ,' aggregated in the flsal,,, year 1906 .over $300,000,000. , 'j "A1 report issued' to-day by the Bu reau .of .Statistics .of the Deparment of Commerce and Labor says; ' "The Imoprts front"- Germany were $118,000,000 in vafuo and exceeded ilH ports front that, country In any earlier year. ; The. exports .to Germany were $194,000,000; and exceeded our exports to . that: country in any earlier, year ; except )904, in which the total was a -little over 9214,000,000. this de crease In 1005, compared with 1904, having occurred tn raw cotton and being altogether due to a fall . in price,-1 since the quantity. in 1905 was greather than In 1904. "Vermany stands second in tne oraer of magnitude of our trade with foreign countries, both as to imports and ex ports. ' "Manufactures are the bulk of 118, 000,000 -worth of merchandise Imported from Germany. These manufactures include cotton goods, about $i4,oov,ooo In.i-vsJluerti ' "Raw cotton Is by far the greatest slngla item la our exports to Germany, amounting In 1905 to 8T,000,000 In value as compared with exports , of f 43,vuv, 000 In value In 1895. The Increase, however) Is due 4n part to the general advance in-the price of cotton. "Breadstuff s form a less Important factor, in, our "trade with Germany than formeriy.'owlng to the great falling off bf the. quantity ' which!, the United States is able to spare to the world. The va we of cotton Seed oil exported from the . United States to ; Germany practically reached 1 million dollars and oil cake 6 millions, against less than one million dollars and lees than i millions, ' respectively, a decade ago." " , GATNOR-GRKENE CASE Tl'ESDAV Trial of Four, or Perhaps Only Two, DeJeAulants xn Cliargo of Derrand ing tiovernment Out of $a,000,ooo on Savannah Harbor Contracts, About to. Begin ix-Capt. Carter Not t be Tried Again, t , Savanah, 'Ga.,i Jan. 7. The cases against John P, Gaynor, Benjamin Uroene, Witk Gaynor, Edward Gaynor and .former Captain Oberlln M. Carter will. ha. ealled..ln the. United States Court for the southern "district of Georgia, -on Tuesday, Jan. - I.' t Judge Emory Speer, who is to preside, and the prosecuting officers and. court of ficlala are expected to arrive, to-morrow from Macon and all Is In readiness for -the opening ot the; cases of the defend ants, who are charged w)th having de frauded the United States- government out of some $3,000,000 in carrying out of Savannah harbor contracts.'-' Garrard Meldrlm and Osborne ft Lawrence, of this city, represent the defendants and James Gaynor, of New York attorney and brother of the de fendant Gaynors Is also here, iSpeclal Assistant United States Attorney Gen eral Marlon Erwjn, assisted by, Assist ant District Attorney Alexander'Aker- man, will prosecute. It s, understood that both sides will announce readiness for trial, though demurrers to the in dtctments recently-found against the defendants' will he submitted by the defendants' attorneys. The defendants will seek to have the court admit -them or their-attorneys wnen ine names oi jurun i ir iiia cases 'are drawn from the box. The court is yet to pass upon' the petition to secure this concession. It- Is the hope of the defense that Jurors may be secured from this division of the dis trict, their Idea being to obtain Jurors who may In some measure ba familiar with harbor work, , .The summoning of the Jurors will consume-several days, sa that it Is be lieved that It will be the tatter part of this week or tha-first of next week ba fore the cases coin t trial. It has been admitted by the special assistant United States Attorney General that former Captain carter will", not be brought to trial again," and there Is nwnis.tion as tn whether or not wll Uam and Edward Gaynor will berried. It - 1s possible that the indictments against them will be 'dismissed-and that John F. uaynor ana .ureens win he the sole defendants. , 1,600 BALES, BURN AT CHESTER. Cotton Warehouse of Eureka MID la ! a Blase Adjoining", ' Warehouse ' Containing Two or Three Thousand ..Bales Threatened. ..... . i Columbia,-Sv C, Jan. T.A Special to The State from Chestef gays: , k irire , which, started In the. cotton warehouse' of the Eureka Mill "at ,f o'clock to-ntght has already, destroy ed 1,900 bales pf cotton,' resulting in' a loss of between $80,000 and $90,000, Is still burning flerjjely, afidat'tliSO-p, tn? threatens to spread to an adjoining warehouse In which Is stored two or three thousand1 bales ot icotton. The foss la fully covered by Insurance." ; ; The' Eureka" Mill is located about a quarter of a mile .outside the corpor ate limits; of 4he city, and Kttle aid can t be rendered by the city, Are de partment'. The company , Ms Its, own firs apparatus '-and Is t fighting the flames with all Its force.-,;, , BONAPARTE TQ CHARLESTON. f . ' 4 - ' " ' " I " f'M ft , ' ' -S 1 Secretary of the Navy'. Leaves to At' tend Ceremony r rc-eaenurrg silver Service to Cruiser Charleston will Arrive, on the ..Vessel, v- i Baltimore;; Wr'., Jan,, 7.Serretary of the Navy Charles J.' Bonaparte to-day left on -t Jhe .United" 6ute; -dispatch boat' Dolphin4 for - Hampton Roads, where he will board the United States cruiser - Charleston . and ' proceed to Charleston, S. C, ' where ' the citizens of Charleston are, to present a silver servli-e to th cruiser. , . Secretary Ifonanarte Is expected to reach Char. lf'ston In time -to attend a reception on Tuesday evening ..f The v presentation ceremonies are scheduled for Wednes diiy and It Is expected that Secretary 'rHrRrta will leave the next mom li'j by rail for Wushlngtotk LESS WAR TALK IN FEASCE HOPId fjtQ OUn'OTFf v-lsjERSIANx- Italian Government's Selection of Pro - French - Statmman te" Hcatl Its Delegation., -Gives ; Rise .to 'Belief rJ That . German ' Influence: -Will be . : Outwelgtted In '- Aloroccan , Confer eticcM-Xeed of Completing Military , 1 "reparations 'Still - Discussed . France's' Relation to Morocco Like That of United States to , Pnba. Pfls. Jan.l.i'7,i-Publlc uneasiness over the Moroccan conference has un dergone a distinct improvement.- This Is. due mainly to the confident attitude of the officials of the Foreign , Office, Who onslder the selection of the' Ital ian government of the Marquis Vicon ti Venosta to head Its delegation as strengthening the position ot France, It Is evident that the officials hold the view that : if -France han . secure the support of the great powers having tangible Interests in - the Mediterra nean and in Morocco,, It will be .diffi cult for Germany to stand, against the force or this moral' influence. Thiere forei; Italy's cholce-of Marquis Vlcontl Venosta who was: one of the earliest advocates or the Franco-Italian en- tents, strengthens the government's expectation of the,, united- support of the leading Mediterranean powers. The martial tone of the press has conslberably diminished, and the sen sational branch of it no longer prints alarmist reports of the frontier prep arations. None the less, the public, and -the press continue, though with great calmness, to discuss the Impera tive need Af completing - military preparations. Now that the French delegates are preparing to start for Algecieraa, there is . evidence of the great firmness in. upholding the French position, the es sential feature of which is that France through her geographical proximity to Morocco, which Is analogous to that of the position of the United States toward Cuba, and through her ' vast AJgerlran borders, Is Justly entitled to have a privileged position In Morrocco. vuermany.. while yielding much, has never clearly yielded the claim of France to a special position in Mor occo, This is the, vital issue, and the minor questions regarding police, pus tomsv finance and contraband can be adjusted, once It-Is-definitely settled Whether-'France has or has not a special, and privileged position In Morocco. -If the French position 1b upheld,, the! conference, it Is expected, will charge France with the police, customs and other duties. Against this, Germany wilt seek to secure control of the po- i nee. -tne. customs, and. other matters, thus gving all nations, including Ger- msnv., t.hfli Rama otatna In tn.non na that, of France. 9 ; The French delegates will start without the slightest thought of yield ing or compromising the essential principles of France's privileged po sition and therein lies the danger of the Franco-German, outlook. ' The Berlin correspendent of The TeiupS stays that Germany, fallowing the action of the United Sitates and Great Britain, Is sending a squadron to '. Algedras. The paper says that Isanoe, ;thus ar, - ha not ordared m squadron, 'to the neighborhood of the conference. It adds that three British squadrons, comprising the Channel, home and cruiser spuadrons will 'ren desvojus liv Cadis Bay, near Algecrlas, In the middle of February. . - T WITTE; THINKS KAISER PACIFIC. Russian Premfcir Expects no Trouble i, Between France and Germany Says Russia Will Emerge From Her Crisis Rejuvenated. SC. Petersburg Mnv 7-tntA..imi i the Oft'lcSal TeleeruDh Aarencv tn.riav fCount Wilte declared he did not Relieve imw. mat. ueriupuy wuuia resort to an aggressive policy in the Moroccan conference at Algeclerru. Throughout Emoeror William's reniarlcnhl relirn ha mnA , Xa-manu'. ,!!.... I '2' ' . . .t iin j unu VOI181H- ently paciflo. .He believed It wouTd re-main- so and that tho conference would .terminate without any untoward IncBent, particularly between Vl-anoA nni hjany It was his belief that the rumor. to the Contrary were snrem! tar tha r,n.n,.o wt ifiuutsiiuiiis;. ins uourwM . '' Turning to the situation in Kussla, Count Wltto- protested .against' what he characterised as the unfounded and sen sational re Wirt, tiirond IA l.a press, and expreswd th conviction that Ruasla would emerge from the present crisis rejuvenated. He concluded by de claring that France continued to display towards Russia sentiments of frlendshln and good will, which Russia reciprocated HOTEL BURNS AT ELYRIA, a - ii i nun .i! 4 j Including Adjoining Business Build ings Destroyed, the Loss is $120,000 No FatallUcs. - A' s- Elyrla, O.. Jan. 7.The Hotel An drew and the block In which it was lo cated was destroyed by fire this morn! ing; xne loss is estimated at $120,000, the bulk of which Is sustained by the hotel property.- Half a dosen small business stores , were burned, as was also the Bell Telephone exchange and the-Loratne County Bank. The Insur ance is only partial. Help was sent from Cleveland and Loralne. . - , The hotel waa. located at the corner of Broad and i Court streets, - There were no fatalities, hut Miss FJtsgeraldj a waitress,- in, whose room on the fourth floor the Hre caught from agas Jet, sustained serious burns about ths face and hands in attetnptKng -to secure personal savings of $800 which she', had in her room. She was carried tinsc lous front the upper- floor by . Clerk O'Hara. - The ' Elyiia - Block, on tho west, and Turner Block, on thn sooth. both office buildings were In serious danger- from tne fire. ; There were only" twelve guests- at tne not el and all sot out aafely.-; - j K '' . 'SIHP IN DISTRESS. ttJ . . . .iiiM'ii. . i.i IB; ... Capt Ifowatt, T, of - the . , ui me - iMiawmuc, Sights Dlsa bled, Brtdsli Itark Which Shawmnt, Declines Assisiatice . -Philadelphia, Penn.. Jan. 7.--CaDtaIn Mowatt, of ths steamer. Shawmut. which has - arrived hero from port Tampa, reports that at 4 p. m.,' Janu ary 4.- nine -miles south of Frying Pan lightship, , he spoke, the ' British bark Robert 8. IJesrrard, from Montevideo, November S, for New York with-mainmast and hi Is sen topmast and all yards above the ; lower foretopsall yards gone, - The Besnard Is under, fors top salt Jlh and mlxxen,staysaiis.vCantai Andrew of the bark declined assist anca. He said he Would work the ves sel into the nearest port, t w , - t y'-lX '' '- - . i ' J "t i 'i -r; 4Wr- Conntry Seat Near Ricbmomf Burded x w itn $ioo,o. umm - t Richmond) Vri Jan,. 7 Ths Vtxi dence . at "Laburnum," - the - splendid country seat near Richmond of Joseph Bryan, ' proprietor t of Tlw ' Illchmond Tlmfts-Dispivtch, and a director in the Equitable , Llfo Asnuranve Society of New YorK, was destroyed bv flr at an early hour thii moriilmr. "The Ions win approximate iioo.otio. -i h iiisurance la about $Jd,Ov0. , - - f ., . BBIIISH LIBEBALSJOLiqi PREMIER' SCORKS 'PROTECTION Election Address of .Head ot New Government Attacks- Predecrssors ' for ReckJess Adventures -Abroad ' , and General ' Mismanagement . at ' Home Itectton Tenets of Union Vlsts Fraught - With Incalculable Mischief to Nation , and Umpire 1 V) ui Jiout fast to itmc-iionoreu - f Principles of British Liberalism. London.- Jan. .: 7,-JThe aiectlont ad dress of Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man the Prlmler, ta wholly devoted to a severe Indictment of the late govern ment's record and Its policy on, protec Uon and to "refer "the electors td bIB public declaration on assuming1 office for tho expesltlon of his government's Intended policy, . . The Primler declares that ' the , last decade represents a well-nigh f, un broken expanse of mismanagement and legislation continued for the bene fit of privileged classes, ot wars and adventures abroad, hastily embarked upon and recklessly pursued,' and that the legacy the Unionists bequeathed to their successors Is. In the main legacy of embarrassment, an accumu-r latlon of public mischief and confusion absolutely appal Ing In Its extent and ramifications. He declines to regard Mr. Balfour's free trade tents as having more than a nominal place In the estimation of the majorlay of the Unionists, whose fiscal reform policy he holds. Is fraught with Incalculable mischief to the na tion and the empire. . He character ises protection as Immoral and oppres sive, based, as he says it must be, on the exploitation of the community in the Interest of favored trades and fi nancial groups, and. declared that the policy of his government would be to hold fast to the time-honored principle of Liberalism, peace, economy, self government and civil and religious lib erty, and to pursue a substantial con tinuity of the foreign policy without departing from the friendly and un- protective methods adhered to by pre vlous Liberal administrations. CHRISTMAS IN CZAR'S PALACE. Russian Sovereign Presides at Tree for His Children and Later ls trlbutCH .Presents to "Guanl Day Quiet in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, Jan. 7. Fine snow sifting down from a cold sky furnish ed Ideal weather for- - the Russian Christmas, so far as St. Petersburst was concerned. All the theatreir and other places of public omusement, ev ert the restaurants were closed, and tho day- was given up to the proverbial Russian hospitality. The dissensions which have torn and distracted the in try seemed to have disappeared for the moment and even the radical newspapers, animated toy the senti ment of peace and good Will to all, silenced their guns. The day passed quietly and without untoward incident. The religious ser vices In the churches word largely at tended. At the palace at Tsarskoe-Selo, the Emperor : himself presided at the Christmas tree. Later, accompanied by the Imperial children, his majesty visited the quarters of his Imperial Cossack escort, to the - members ot which he distributed presents. - RUSSIANS AND ITALIANS' FIGHT. ChrlNtmas Celebration of Csar's Ex Subject) Took Form of. Selling Off Dynamite and Kiot Kesuits. Washington. Jan. 7. Celebration of the Russian Christmas by miners of that nationality at the Meadow Lands Coal Works, four miles from . here. caused a race riot this evening- ba, tween Russians and Italians In which one man's skull was fractured, a wo man with a baby in her arms knocked down with a brick, and others recelv. ed serious injuries. The Russians be. gan their celebration of Christmas last midnight by setting oft dynamite. The explosions were so heavy that several windows In the homes of itallnns were shattered. The Italians rushed the merry-makers, capturing several, whom they bound " and placed In va cant houses,- where they, were found by friends this morning. r , This evening the , Russians armed themselves with bricks, ' stones and clubs snd attacked the Italian quar ters. Few of the belligerents escaped unhurt and about a dosen, chiefly Ital ians, received serious Injuries. About 200 men engaged In the rioting. -Slight Falling Off In Russian Rcve- - St. Petersburg, Jan. 7. According to The Novoe Vremya,v the revised budget as submitted tothe'Kmperor makes the revenues forTDOB $1,014,000, 000, as against $1,027,000,000 for : last year. FRENCH SENATE EJECTIONS, ContCHt for One-Third of- Membership . Rcanits in fiovirnment victory. Paris, Jan. 7. Tn tri-ennlal' elec tion for one-third of the membershlD of ths Senate has resulted In the; re turn of most of the former Senators, The supporter of the government in many instances received Increased ma jorities. M. Faltleres, president of the Senate. and M. Bourgeos,- former Prl mler, both of whom .are mentioned In connection with the presidency of the republic were re-cted, as also - was Senator Chaumle. Minister of Justice, . M. Troulllot, Minister of 'Commerce, heretofore a member of .the Chamber of Deputies, was elected a Benator, , " ' ,i i.i I, j.ilimtri i,ii.-,,h . ' , SHOt BY. JEALOUS ,wqMANV 4". 'v- r.'." " '.''',tiiL y Fatal Affair ' In Restaurant at Troy, . Nv -VWaa to Have Married An- t , otber. ,,:v rf; - KikyfAjt-t TroyN- T., Jan. T. Herbert D. Ash downs, collector fot a local clothing house, is dying In the Samaritan Hos pltal. having been shot in a restaur ant this "evening, It la alleged, by Mrs, Jennie PurketL ; Ashdowna was short ly to have , been married to another woman and Jealousy, on the part . ot Mra . PUrkett- ls eupposed ,to - have prompted tho shooting. Mrs. , Purkett'a husband Is a. wire worker, living In this lty.' -' " ' , , Ashedowne at first .shielded Mrs. Purkett. but ,' lit his - ante-morletn tn detail ,of the Lstatemcnt , h& told shooting. King Edward - to Attend , , Games. - - Olympic "London, Jan.- 8. A letegram to a news agency- from Athens says: - "It is-announced th.it King I'M ward will come to Athens In tho spring to attend the Olympic games." ONE; MILLION ANKUALLY SALISBURT'S - WHISKEY .TR-IXI. Subject, of Raising Liquor' License , From $00 vto 1,000 Annually to '" be Settled. at Special Meeting of Aldermen This Week 'Town'- Uqnor ; Business -v Amounts to a Million' a -Year i-Novelty Factory ', Gets ' Orders - for 1 Product Before . Factory Begins ; Operations Grip 'Lifters, at. Work Poultry , Sliow i Closes Dance for iVIsItlng 5 Youn? i Iiadies News Notes ; and Personal, Special to The Observer. - Vv i ' Salisbury, .JanrT-4-ThO muchdebated question whether , Salisbury Is to" re ceive' $1,000 : license tax from , saloon men and other -whiskey .dealers, or retain the low rate of $600, will be set tled at a called meeting thla week. Tha aldermen . will fight the matter ' out among themselves, so far there having been no petitions to them to act other wise than they see their way clear to do. .The. difference In revenue between the present rate and the proposed one will -amount f.to . $8,000 or more,? It Is : freely conjuctured that : the ; higher license men will .-win. ; Certainly .that sentiment .which your' correspondent haa met, favors the change and should the matter resolve kselt to, tie, , evr erybody knows the way Mayor Boyden would cast his vote. Salisbury does annually more than $1,000,000 business ' in, the wriskey traffic and tho belief nil t mnttfi tnvaci sa V-t.ii I A Kia Mmnuk n vt wv' wsaisu wv.lvuiim gasxo grown in favor and the men who vote the wet ticket are those who are agt- tating tne matter moat. ' ' f.. , ORDERS MONTHS AHEAD, i ill . Two and a half months before at wheel is turned, the "Dixie ;Noveltvt Company has an order' for . ten car roads of the company's goods'. ; ; Theso are to be delivered in May,, ' Mr.-W.'C. Kueseii, manager of tbe works, expects , f- hOtVa thtt vtdAhliAW',ASilie.,-AM, ; eratlou; by March IS and this order.' whteh comes from the H. K-, Carter ' purehaslng , Company, Pittsburg, Pa., Is the first. ; The stockholders feel sura that this, 'the first manufactory ot It kind in .the whole South.. will have a. fine market for Its goodst.and they; are much pleased. ', . , ' ij V '.', The Professional grrin-llf ters , have at last struck Salisbury and the owners -of the articles are clinging tightly to them, Thursday night Frank Stead- man, a news agent of Atlanta, left hla valise long enough to have It stolen. . After reaching the' vlace he sent a description which did the work hand somely. Officer Poole saw a negro yemcn-any .woo laiueu nanusomeiy. wim me Kino w meal, aoo quenuotw revealed Ms crookedness. When ar rested, the .negro had several article'' mf-ntlonori In tha nHm T4a wan ,i- : South Carolina - man t- and the first charg& against him, waa vagrancy.! r Before Mavor Rovcron hA vns triad ' and bound speedily over to court to await Superior Court In February' ; , The ofWcess- yesterday arrested her ' Alex Truesdale, a negro man badly , wanted In Lancaster. - South Carolina. Ifhii .wa.Munl Jilnui, wit. mmj.Is a charges but says ha 1a much wanted.' south Carolina officers ' will he. here to-morrow to take Trueedala , hack with -them. - .- . . . a . POULTltY SHOW ' CJ-OSTCflL ' ' ' Tfie Piedmont Poultry Show closed last night at midnight after four days , exhibiting. In point of spectators, the shot? was not w to the standard! but .-: the fowls were fine ones. At th for; m, ti m.j f t n tru Tf,nrlAi-tillt tam -S-ttA. Interested exhibitor, having generally , . fls mnnv a IRA -nlrnsi .,; Trii. vm ttm , did not contest for prises. The'tner- ' chants gave liberally to the prise list and many ' poultry men .were paid' handsomely for their trouble, ' Char' " lotte'a birds did wall and there were several enthusiastic chicken raisers ' It..! -..i.,, ' IMi:'.anAl.tt., VUIA ... only one short business session ' and the matter of deciding 'next year's meeting placed did not come up. : It la not ueuiea tnat tnis rair, wmcn - naa been designed tor the largest In t the n a...ln ll' 4.1 , mm. Jli.iA... j-mIa...,. BI.I.ULISIIUII. IIII-IUI j , . 1 VVV ij - .vim, " j.v. luwtun ... .- . T,. ...i .' ' . A ninn or film nrisn wtnnsrs. WAM,,fli' . following from Charlotte; ' B 8.'. TMv1a...1T. l Khfl.nnr,nhritisSL::;-Tnit S ; Green, George L. Dooley and W. B.' , Alexander. - Wednesday night of this week, the- young men win give a dance -to the young ladles visiting Jrt "Salisbury, especially to Miss Grace Brown, f t;oncoru, wno is:, visiting aiiss ? itosa ' Bernhardt, Miss' Mary Carlton, of Statesvllle, and Miss ' Elisabeth Crump's guest . and Mlsa ; Catherine -Cartmell, the company of Misses Ma rlon and Llllle Helley. It la httended further as an honor to Miss Fan Mc- ; Neelv. who has spent IS months in the far West and whose home-coming yes- ' icruay orougiu naiinness 10 an oaua- in,,. vri- xc lrAXT.,i.'.,-..u.i.,'i. her sister, Miss Mary; her sister, Mrs... v. u. uixon. and iittie daughter,' ana ner mother, tars. a. u. -Mo-Neeiy. xnia . party has been together all , these: months at Whipple Barracks-. Arisona. - and White Rock, Utah, where two of the maiden McNeelys . married r lieu . tenant in the United State Army; It ! has been a ceaseless picnic to. them all and Salisbury has greatly missed them. ' ' . - ' - j i f ' , The recent promotion of Mr. J.1 8. : 7 Parker, whose home ts In Salisbury, . to the chief clerkship m Superintend ent Land's off k-e In Norfolk, wilt, take. his delightful family from this place to the Virginia - ly 4 ' Th pleasuie ' Salisbury finds In' Mr. Parker a fortune Is almost - lost In the t announcement ' that he ceases to Uv with" us, Tl-. graded school resumes work to-morrow after a fortnight's shut down. All of the .teacher have returned to their . plan' and. the school opens with a larger ; enrollment than, it - haa yet claimed. 'The faculty lose one of its real momenta Mt&s SetbeUe.Boyd, who has visited and taught, so. wag that no ' other . city had barely tha nerve . to claim her. Mrs. W. A, Chapman, of Anderson, South Carolina; ia the guest ot her sister; Mrs, w. 11. Overman. Mlssea Elizabeth Bingham and Marion Mallette are home from a Metropolitan. , trip ;of two weena j . ; FXUOT DANFORTH DEAD." f Fornte Chairman 'New York .Ixeeu tlve Committee Expire?, Aged 55. "New York. Jan. 7. Elliot Pu.' i tl. State', treasurer from 18S9 to l1- : : r- mer chairmsn. of the Democratic; ; i committee and DemcKTanc for Lieutenant Govcn- r I i 1 to-day &i his luii no lit . . Datiforth was brn l. ." Y, March , 1" Sails to inlH.m, 1'.' II P!ilt , f ! i: Ii' . I 1 l.-.,ilis, 6 i ak.
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