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1 P' v , 4 X - I ' , , ? V , f ' . TT- " t ) l 1 V ,i N ! ft "H ' X t i''"'if;H m 1, mJ',!," v i ji I r , ' "is tVW(! cr JI , 0 ''if ' " ' " "''" ' ..,, , .i. i . m .m. n I,,.. , m. ivi, -.,.' ... ,;,l..i ,,, i..,n.r,.' i :,,.,? , ..', ' .,.., 1 '1 A f , , MURDER IN DUBHAM JOHN" tL HODGES' BRUTAIi DEED JOngged From Kick Bed by Infuriated . Man and Hep Left Arm. Broken in ' the Scuffle Mrs. Mtttle Uodge U - Hbot Tlirouffh ttie. Heart While - ' Jjying on the ;FloOf. at Husband's - , 'ieet I-Vear.OId Son e of . i the - Conrxle Knocked Down on Attempt ' I tnjr to Interfere- Wife Was Seeking ' , yiiww jiutucttt tmcwn. ; , ' Special to Til Observer; r i I ' Durham. Feb 2ft.i On 'of the ffnttl '! . 4ot and mot , $rotal nurder ever coitunltted tn tola aection cf in -tbe . fitata -was done at West Durham- last night at midnight," when John H, Hod J . ge dragged his .wife .frpm her .iclt ir ed ana sbot.iiar io death,'. .z. " : ? The lx children .of the mother .wit neased the jnurder and were afraid to r ' peak ?:-wheo 4 ithe,f,brwtaii fathe' and nosoana drew Mm jflatoi and nrea ,tb fatal ahot into tha, hear of hla wife ' and jehrtwhile ,companjoo. Qne . iron, i. twJ th oldest, did enter, protest, and -dfd . what h could to prevent the tefrlble , v, "Stand back andf ehnt your mouth; '''ald the brutal demon. "If you. eajr word I will kill you." With thla the t ' " father and husband knocked back the . f J eon and he felt to the floor, 'Shis was .'" ,tefore the murder,; but while Hodges y-' T "I knew when I deeded this bouse euxd.lot to you, Miss Mattle," alc the , ; demon, 'that yon would, kick me out.' ..' '1 did not,: pleaded th helpless , "I have been very eick and am - alck'now. All I want Is for you to fee good and do right. Ton can have ' ' thb house 'and lot," ahe said, this be v'.lng according to the statement of her '" 'eldest eon, who heard the entire mat- tax. ' -' . . . :'!.'. , r, v "Too can take thU," be hissed. The ' Iajhot red. A life ended. , ' ? Within two hours he was arrested find locked Up in the police station He -was arrested on Duke street by fiergeant - Aldridge and (Policeman Carte.-. When first -"."arrested he ad" . " tnltted the terrible crime and said he was glad of It. i Soon after the arrival of the core z liier a Jury was summoned and an in- , J vesugation heia. it was a anert in vestlgatlon, becanse nothing further ' waa- needed. One witness was exam- Jned. That witness was EVed Hedges. on of the murderer and murdered wo- man. He was in the room when the atniggles began. In fact the six chtl dren. four daughter and two sons. ' 'were au in the room at tna tune. ' Sired Hodges told his story.' He caid that re was n bed sleepng, and ,' that n the room was his mother and v " one brother and four sisters.. He 1' a" ' years of age.-' H dM not know t i Sovhlsfattaerentei';th4miy' ;i tim- first na'isfcmwaaidt; witness, "was When I heard my father talking. ' He was sitting on the side of - . tne Dea. i neara aw say -Miss Mat tie, X knew when I deeded you this . i tionse and lot you would kick me out. ; Mother'pteaded. She said: 'I did not . , klckpyou out, I have been very sick ' ; and am aick now.. I want you to be .3 good and do right. You can take back your house and lot.' There was then :-lk a - struggle. Father was dragging my ' ' mother from her bed.. She was strug gling. I was In another bed and Jump- t ed out. I grabbed the hand of myJ , father ana tried to take the pistol - from hlm He turned and knocked me - back and I fell to the floor. He then turned and grabbed my mother again. They were struggling when I ran out towards the door to get help. -I heard father say: 'You take this." , The pistol, flred and the struggle ceas i. ' ed. In a few moment he ran from the house bare-headed and went Into ""rthe back yard add disappeared. One ' man saw. the man a he left the house, .' bare-headed and went out Into the y darkness. , ; Hodges told the correspondent that tie had been twloe married. He mar C rted first In Danvnie, but later there ' was a divorce. He then "came to Dur ' bam and married Miss Mattle High, ', the woman last night cruelly mur- dared. This was 20 years ago. He has . bad eight children. Two are dead and 'tux are living. . Frequently he ha been In court for "I . mistreating bis wift and several times ft the woman has withdrawn- warrants ' that were against him. Recently, how ' ever, Mrs. Hodge Instituted suit for :;J divorce and. that case is now pending in . s- the court. He was also under peace warrant and had not been at his wife's 7 borne for some time. . "'j, C3LEAUS UP N. & W. FORGERIES. t fi 1 ' . ! Alleged Accomplice Humnbrers Re- v . , , Arrested and Another Arrest Made '. 57 ,000,000 Scheme Netted Only - - as,wiu io swinaier. -. - f Douglas E. Smith to-night on the eve .v , pt xne oay wnen cnanes A. Beton w to - be sentenced for swindling a Texas ralU -way, the notorious Norfolk A Western Railway forgeries are believed to- have . seen -cleared up. , i '' Mystery was thrown, around the ease by the .detectives. Humphreys himself 'Tombs -and: ;V"kcen .. his tnnuth , mhnt ma uv. ima i onmai to ma th Smith has .not appeared In the case be- ipre, oiii- mere was a. mysterious "B. I ' Oreenfifor whom the police hav been looking. Humphreys was sent back to ' th Tomb ptt the charge of breaking his iroleiwhll Smith .wa held on a short . affidavit charging 4 him with complicity m enarp ey or a cleric of a mpany prevented perhaps the swiHuiins'iora-ery ever attemptea COUJltrV. Th awlnriUr-a thrnncrh , , forged letter purport ln; to come, from inn pcTHunui vi tu norioja m western f Hallway, ; obtained, from a reputable en. y fravlng - company a fae-slmUe of the Korfolk .. Western certificates, except , that they used "railroad" for "railway." They contemplated - selluig some and ; hypothecating other for loans. They a would bave netted, , nearly . 57,000, if 1 in5 - successful, out omy realised 13,000 before 4 captured, t .ii4wf - , i-i Defeat Raomiee Cluunploii- : Boston, Feb. 5.-Catchlng the Utle bolder, Ijawrence Waterbury. of Kew York, off hi gaona, Percy . D. Haugh ton,v of Boston, ,, won (. hi way Into the - flnai of the nation -racquet cham pionship at the Boston Athietla Assc- , elation to-day and will - meet Payne Whitney, of New York, the winner of th other- eirrf-flnal match, ' for the championship to-morrow., ;' , , Duo to Disease, Not Old Wound, Tampa, Fla., Feb.'' 2BL By order' , of ;, Circuit Judge Wall, an autopsy was . performed to-day by County physi- rian Hamblln and other on the 'body ' of trap tain C. X Parks, who died ud- t'fnly yesterday,' Th jrhytfoaln ' de T iared that deafh waa due to - acute Bright' disease and not to the bullet wound indicted by Harry Bomford lant tlay. . JilSEBS' STBIKE AVERTED " I lr ,tl j. III ...l.li.M.,. J ( I 'lAl, . t open Trvr?a tv ntT'crrtnip v ci t 8 i i t, i " 1 1 , nT r i S: ? ? Vice jpfesldent of ITnlted Miner Work- , ers of America ISHue Statement to the Effect That the. Operator Have noraieu iroiH iwir rosiuun ana ;: That ; the - Ktrlkev Scbedoled for April t Will Kot- Tak Place Says - Oram Adtance, in View of . Bitn- v. jnlnous Operatoirs' ' Action Publ Not- to Suffer Much. , - v Indianapolis,, Feb. ?5.-In a statement issued to-night to the Associated Press. Vice - President T.. Lwl. .. of i the United Mine Workers of America; del ciarea thor win iu ,k- united Mine Wmiii in aWhi theonerWn!. tS?" tlon accepted by the Twiner, two vi ago, and perhaps more. , J - "Tm . a. fixed frctfthat general strike to the mlnlna-' industrv r;ductioTXTrtRt 1 years ago, T and perhaps moVe. F. Robhlns, of Pennsylvania, and ' Mr, Taylor, of Illinois, leaders of the oper- atorfc recognise their untenable no sltlon at Indianapolis and have grace. luuy submitted to the inevitable and will pay an advance to the miners. A general - strike wlU be averted. Busi ness, win not foe paralyzed by indus trial strife. -An era of peace will be estaonsnea for another period of years and-the trade agreement method of ettUng labor dlspntes wUl win new frienda to it standard. "The anthracite operators must now grant an advance in view of the-ac tion of the bituminous operators. !The details will b mrvn t i tr and probably, through a special nation al convention of the mine workers. nil nrnhniiiir mH . practically ..an of our aKreements expire March SI next. Bv virhm nf this arrangement the mine worker of the country are now in a position to compel operator to deal with us Just ly. "The iron and ateel Industry and the rauroaa oi tne country the verv large consumer or coal were never more prosperous than now, Developments will Drove:' first, that some of the large corporations repre - seniea at tpe recent Indianapolis joint convention, were net, in . position to make a successful ' renin tnnno of th miners' demands, and second, that the J great coal consuming Dublin win nnt materially suffer by reason and the ad- Vance wokiu -wui oe gran tea to tne miners. T. I. LEWIS, Vice Prea, "junitefl June Workers of America, UNCHANGED, SAYS OPERATOR, In Remark Before Statement Miner' Official , Had Been Given Out, Agreement is Said to be Far Off. PlttBburiC. Feb. SB. Francla T. nnh. bins, chairman of the executive board one of the operators who was af'rrtv the teterTate aemenl'fJ ineltF''iilg&''tTr'1 kSSaMt nie m-:ii'13 .v-v situation betwenWtTmfn. coal operator ana the United Mine Work- SXPVZLZ Ktnrtinc Anrii I ' ul no compromise offer to the miners! witnout a l mMMnir nt ti nn,n)AMr who are agreement, and no uch meeting has been held nor haa-on iSrJ been held nor has one been called. The dispute between the miners and the operators remains Identically as it has been since the adjournment of tne joint conference In Indianapolis." THREE FEUDISTS GET DEATH. Old Sore Break Out In Cannon Conn- ty, iwnnessee, at Young People's Candy Polling One of the Injured oiio i rxnir limes in tne stomach, wooaoury. Tenon.. BVh. ss Th. jonnson-Aiotiey feud in this (Oannon) county broke out afresh last nlsfat axuf as a result the following are fatally ivuuuuou; Sam Bladr, shot four times in. the, scomacn. Bob Motley, shot twice In groin Richard Johnson, throat cut. The trouble between the Mnttava o-nA the Johnsons, two large families- of the Pea Ridge, neighborhood neap thn tw. Kalb county line. orli ated vearo aa over the operation of an- illicit distil lery, wtoen, blood was shed, and has oroxen out intermittently since. Last night' renewal came at a young peo ple' candy pulMng, where It 1 satd some liquor had been drunk. Both, Motley and Blair were shot by John son, but who cut the latter throat ts unknown. The sheriff baa gone to the scene, which Is in a wild, mountainous (Ms trlot, and bopes to prevent further trouble, although it to said that con siderable excitement prevails. GOVERNOR TO SEE HANGING. Arrangement for Execution of Negro Whose Crime InforlatMl Slu-evenm One of Four Military Companies I Relieved Front'- Duty, Shreveport, La,, Feb. t5. It Is prob able that Governor Blanchard will wit ness the banging of Charles Coleman, the negro murderer of Margaret Lear, in the parish Jail here next Thursday, The hanging will tak place between tne nours ox u a. m. and Z o.'m. Oov. ernor Blanchard left to-day for Baton ROUg and Will return to Hhrrnrirt Thursday mornin, accompanied bv assistant secretary of State, who will -prong- in .,Diais Bear, wiittv mm. im mediately after th Governor' arrival her no will sign the death wasrant. , mama w?uin uwwnit vif unuUH7 company from Monroe, which has been her guarding Coleman, " wa relieved from duty bo-day and ordered home, leaving the city this afternoon. Three companies are still at the Jail and will be Kept until after th banging. : :t.:. iiiiiiiiiui I ini-i i ii i in In . CASTRO DEFIES WHOLE EARTH. Though Venezuelan - Dictator' Sub jects Yearn for - American pro , teotoratr, H fa Reported as Saying That Ha Win Hniuble France and Then Pitch Into Americans, English and German x t'V, -rS $ Tt'u ' WUlemstadt Curaoaa. Feb. " 2S.Ad. vice received here from Venezuela are to the effect that . President Castro say he will humble Franc break op tn Monro oocione,,. . ciear out the French from. Venezuela, and then atari on Americans, Englishmen and -German, who, he declares, are worse than the Chinese. H Is reported as saying cnat ne whi cier ins couniry or, for eigner. -He- Is very ' bitter against Americans who, he says, r after his country.' , i - v " , The populace m - yearning - for an American protectorate, and the better else of Venezuelan are reported as saying mat the situation demands im mediate ntervention by ,v the United etates for th tak of humanity. . , AVEEKISEWSFOBECASTtU ' If f f f ( H,. 1 ' 1 ' wrc-c rm n n f . ;.. Wliat i rnlversally Regarded fbst Important Question Before the Present Session of Congress WIU be i : -iteacnea i in Senate c--To-Day, -but j' Position of StatelioodL Bin on Calen 1 i dar Will Umlt , Debate Minor Measnre in House Kaiser's Seo ond Son to Wed Duchess Sophh , wuriouB uperator ana , Miners' J Conference Tuesday,- - . '. - From the time that Senator Tillman present Ms report on- ihe railroad rats Jhaii TJt 1 m ,ur ha have finally, been dis n?ea ,or 5T the eenate. that bill twill " " technically, occupy the r'E.Sa! lna calendar. t&'ZZ I cedved eager, attention whenever the " "u""nal. t na? I Portmg of the meeeure ,nece68,lnly mtens! the Interest . ' AfJSj " Pffspeot of Immediately WPlaolng the statehood bill, but there J?" r?n ma"y 'nttmatlon that u?h J iragni do pursuea ir mat WIl Continue to be unfejeted on when. a few cHay later, Senaitars generally find themselve prepared to enter whit all have believed from the beginning would be the real contest -of the ses- SArtiIena ' 7,tMXl& r' ,n vlewv4unite J considerlnng the railroad question as the most Impor tant before Congress and friend and opponents of the Hepbum-DolUver bill alike unite in the desire to have It en up as promptly as possible. There will be a lull, however, after the format report is made, because all Who expect to oartloiDSite In the de. bate feel the necessity for sufficient time to prepare for the conflict. With this preparation once made, it now look as if no other subject less seri ously, considered would be allowed to tana in it way. r FIRST SKIRMISH TO-DAY. It 1 not at all improbable that the presentation of the report to-day will I develoo dehatn. ami tt la 1 understood that several members of the committee on inter-State com merce. by which the bill has been un der consideratloh, will take thi oppor tunity to i explain their votes in com mittee. This line of proceeding will not be nennltted to a-o bevond 2 o'clock. I nowever, for et that hour the state- hood bill will have the right of way, and cannot be replaced except with the consent of Its friends. On Wednesday Senator Foraker will take the floor with a prepared speech on the railroaa question. So far as an Denouncement lias been made, the Ohio senator stand alone in opposing all railroad legislation long the lines of the Hepburn-DoIUver bill. It is under stood tfhat bis speech Is intended to be a legal exposition of the reasons for his attitude. Th moBt generally accepted view Is rate bill wflll be amended by J"1 om paruculars. Most of the Democratic member of the in- ter-State commerce Committee, e well "J fS!iS " iV, -S T ii Ti "'t gtt VJ- "tCr I minds eimply because the considera- "ST FItyl' rou! 'i1 me commiciee room io ine Lr" ,.,"epu"ca" mem-oer or tne committee who reported against re porting the bill, and other Republican Senators. It is already apparent that the crucial amendment wiill be the ad dition of an appeal clause, and over that there will be unquestonably. be de termined conflict. Friends of such i modilflcation ctaim 33 Republican. Sen provision, and eome of the Democrat have in the past stated that they would regard such a clause with favor. HOPE FOR STATEHOOD BILL. Senators Beveridae and Nelson, who nave the statehood bill in charge, will not admit the possibility of displace ment, even in tne remote future, end they will do their utmost to cress Its consideration Mr. Beveridge is temporarily absent, but Senator Nelson will Insist Monday that nothing shall stand In the way of Senator Dicks' proceeding with his speech In support of Joint statehood. Mr. Dick will be followed by other Senators. , ' Senator Foraker will press his amendment for a separate vote for Arizona on admission and Will .try to secure an agreement to vote1 at an early day? but the friends of the bill as it stand will not concede that point until after further discussion and probably not at any time unless there is an agreement to vote on the bill at the same time. The fortifications appropriation bill will be reported during the week and probaoiy taken up for amendment. and Chairman Hull says there will be no effort to hurry the consideration. He predicts that it will pass Thurs day. ' A compromise on the provision aDousDing ins graae or lieutenant gen eral in the army has been practically agreed upon whereby General Corbiu and General If cArthur will he allowed to reach that rank before, their re tirement. - i .... .' Monday wUl be devoted In ' the House to the consideration of legis lation for the -District of Columbia, and then. If there, is time. Mr. David. son win vail up tn Dalsell bill for 'the Incorporation of the Lake Erie V Ohio Ship Canal Company. Test vote in dicate enoagit to pass the latter bill "The Indian appropriation bill may be brought forward for-consideration tne last of the week , when the lesis, lative, executive and Judicial appro priation -bill will be reported.; " - v The feeling of unrest In the-deliberations -. of the 'Algeclraa ' e&nferenc on Moroccan affairs the past week seems to nave, neen at least tempor arily :' suppianiea . y . a t . more hopeful - and conciliative atti tude ' or tn delegates, i The formal debate and the . sessions of tne special committee on the ouestlon of the Moroccan . Bank will continue this week, and dispatches tend to create th Impression that with the adjournment or this point th aiElm. portent problem of the policing of Mo rocco will com to th front ' again with " better chance A of n . amicable ettiement. - - a . . PRINCE " EITEL - FRITZ TO; WED, Th wadding, of Prince Eltel-Fred-erlck, second son of Emperor William, of . Germany, - to th Duchess Sophie Charlotte, - oldest daughter- of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg,- will take place in Berlin on Feb. 27, . -j----.. A meeting of tha Joint committee of seven coal operators and seven miners to discus the demand of th miners is expected to occurron Tuesday. fTh scale committee of the anthracite iiu wrn uu ramieu ins scned- ul of demands, Th demands, are be lieved to be In brief, a full recogni tion of the union: a, general fs-ht- no hour wdrk day; an advanc in wages, CONGO AFFAIRS KOT OURS NO RttiHT TO PROBE CHARGES Complaint of Gross Evils Tnder Belgian Monarrbfs Administration of - Central African state Ijead Sctretary Root to Define American Position tn Letter to IUprrcntatlve . . : I jienoy inder Berlin Agreement Actual jKxercise or Power l Con fined to Country's Possessing Terri ? tory in Africa-HShould Remember Diflicultle In Philippines and Have cnarity. . Washington, Feb., 25.-The attitude of the American government toward the conditions In the Congo Free State and the American desire for some plan for the administration of all of Central Africa by the several powers ruling or. exercising a' controlling influence there, are stated in a letter sent by Secre tary Root to Representative Denby, of Michigan. Secret ary Hoot says this gov- ernmont -bus' no Opportunity or power to InvenUgule Congo condition. His letter in part f allows ";'. ' "VVe are parties t a generul act for ins Buppresison -or (ne siuvc trade ana the regulation of the tlrn nrms :mrl ll.niiir traffics In Central Africa, but that act regulates and confines all power and luncuons to tnese ends to the several powers having1 possessions or uiiera nt Inlluence In Africa. . The United State has neither, and it narticlnatlon m the general act was on the distinct under- stanaing mat we nao no territorial or administrative Interest In that quarter. Our only potential function is in relation to the search, and capture of slava v. sels within certain -waters of the African coast, and no occasion has arisen to exercise that lunctlon. "Our treaty relations to the Congo State Is that of one sovereign to another, wholly Independent .-of Bnv reltiilm m. atea oy or oeducim -from the seneral act of Berlin, which applies only to Its signatories. It 1 ; questionable whether the treaty rights of -the-signatories ex tend to lnterveatlon. br any one or more of them In the Internal affairs of any ot them. The Congo State absolutely da mns uny risni on, Tnsir part to intervene In its affairs,' and I none of the other -signatory poweres ,-apptars to contro vert that dehlaL" The Secretary says' that, .moreover, we are wiuiout opporLUBity or power to ln vesitisaU conditions ; la the Conno. not having dlplomatlo o? consular represen tatives m tnai -country, ana aaas: "Whenever complaint has been made by American Interests In the Combo that me administrative sonattions there im pair American right or endaneer Ameri can establishments,' the matter has been brought, promptly , and forcibly, before the Congo government and has been met with due assurance ef investigation and. If substantiated, full redress. In taking in in tuuno wo acs wjimn our sovereignty rmiiuj. aireotiy ana witnout suimrdtnut- Ing them to the Judgment of nnv third parties. So far as we have rights of our own m tne uongo, u would be Impos sible to submit them to an International conference, . . " "I most slncsrelv wish that some wnv could be found by which the whole Central Africa could be rightly adminis tered by the several powers ruling or ex ercising a controlling influence therein, so as to realise the Intention of those powers when they framed the general act of the Congo. ; Much may be and doubtless Is desirable In the wav of eoad government in that Vast region elsewhere man m tna ongo.. ji tne united States had happened to possess in darkest Afri ca a territory fl; times as. great and populous as the pMipplnes, we too might find good government difficult, nnrf ccme in for our share' of Jst or unlust criticism. No such responsibility falls upon us. That pertains to the powers who have assumed control and under taken by mutual agreement to regulate Its exercise." MR .TILLMAN'S PROGRAMME. Floor Manager of Rate Bill In Senate Says He Expects to Report It To Day, Together With Data Gathered by Committee, Without Comments Recovering From His Cold Washington, Feb. 25.--Senator Till man, who was designated by tha Sen ate committee on inter-State and for eign commerce to report the railroad rate bill to the Senate and who was confined to his home yesterday suf fering from the effeet of his recent severe cold, was considerably im proved to-day and was able to go out for a walk. If the Improvement con tinues the Senator will be on hand promptly at the meeting of the Senate at noon to-morrow ana at the first op portunity will report the bill and have it placed on the calendar. Accom panying the measure will be the mass of testimony token by the committee during Its many session of hearing on tne rauroad rate question, together witn me aigest ana conation of the material gathered by the exnerts em ployed by the committee for that pur pose, -mis inrormation, Senator Till man said to-night, cost the govern ment $30,000 to obtain and he says he tninxs it right ana proper that it ehould be presented to the Senate with the bill. Senator Tillman, In discussing the subject this evening, said that he did not expect to-morrow to make any re mark wnen presenting the report of the committee, nor Would there be any formal written statement of rea sons by the committee in support of the measure, which Is the course or dinarily followed by committees of both bouses of Congress when report mi a. measure or great importance He pointed out that he has been busv seeing members of Congress and oth er Interested in the action of the committee and has not bad time to prepare any speech or report. He ad ded that he will make an early effort to nave the bin caned up for consider atlon and when this Is done will In corporate In his remark what report mere may pe to max on the bill. Meantime be said that In all probabil ity opportunity will be taken advan tage of by vartoua Senator ; to make speecnes on the subject. -,n ' " '.mo ' Want 8-Hour raw Retained for Canal - Employe Birmingham. Ala Feb. 2S. Aetlns- upon a resolution adopted to-day, a telegram was sent to President Roose velt to-night by officers of the Birm ingham Trades Council urging him to veto the urgent deficiency, bill, now.' before him. embodying a repeal of the B-nour law so tar as it applies to em ployes ct Panama Canal cone. The revolution sets forth that this bill Is "considered a step towards revoking tna law as it applies to an govern ment employes." Killed In Quarrel Over Moonshine t - . Whiskey. Canton, Ga., Feb, - 25.-Cleveland Plcklesimon shot and killed Thomas Grey in tbs road about eight miles from her to-day. It 1 stated that the men quarreled over some whiskey they naa roaae togetner. , urey leave a .wife and several children,.- :, c, . to b brought about by re-ad lust. rant of the present scat, , and a re construction, of .the rule .governing th conciliation board. i, , ' The international convention ef .ths Student Volunteer Movement' will' hi. held in Nashevllle, Tenn., Feb. 28 to Marcn . Many , prominent1 peakr will. attend, .'ft' - . ' j. ; Th American Inter-collegiate , -font." ball rules committee, which meet in New York' on March j, will discus th revision lit .football tactics effec tive next season, v. - CHINESE fiULERS IN FEAR PALACE GUARDS ARE DOUBLED An Pekin Was Never Quieter, Many - Rumors Are Afloat to Explain Taking of Extraordinary "Preeau- , tlona, the Most Credible Being Tliat the Revolutionary Element Wag, Reported to Have Chosen Saturday for , Disturbances No Indications Wliatever or Aati-Forelgn Feeling New of American Preparations Against Chin Produce Bad Im pression. Pekln, Feb. 25. The guards around the Forbidden City have been doubled since yesterday and all the palace and residence of high officials especially guarded. The police, who have hither to carried batons, are now armed with rifles. All the officials that are acces sible either refuse any information or profess Ignorance of the reason for the precautions that have been taken, and a . result many rumors are afloat. The chief of police and other officials were telephoned yesterday to report to the palace, and the dilsnlav of force immediately followed their conference. Possibly the only cause is the alarm of the Empress Dowager over the prevalence of revolutionary rumor re cently. The Chinese minister at ToWo a few day ago telegraphed the government. warning it against several revolution ary-etudents who are departing from Japan to China. Two packages of dy namite bave been found In the street outside the gate leading to the palace, Apparently they were dropped by some one afraid to -carry them. One report finding credence a that there is quarrel afoot within the palace be tween the partisans of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor over the selection of the heir to the throne, but it is not confirmed. All the Information obtainable lndl cates that the military measures at the palace were only precautionary and were taken because of the widely cir culated rumors that there would be trouble here Saturday. The finding of the package of dynamite outside the palace gates, which is somewhat mys terious, probably caused uneasiness, as the court ha been nervous since the outrage in the Pekln Railway station on Sept. 24 erf last year, when a mis sile was exploded Inside a private car on the train carrying one of the four missions ordered abroad to study for eign polltiical methods, killing four per sons and wounding 20 other. The report of trouble wKhin the palace cannot be corroborated, but they probably are founded on gossip or are based on the strengthening of the palace guard Tbe police to-night appeared without their rifles. The ctlty was never quiet er. There bas not been the slightest sign of feeling shown against foreign ers, nor have the foreigner here any apprehensions. Several parties from the foreign legations ore taking ad vantages of the mild weather to make long excursion Into the country. The canard' that' Saturday had been designated as th day tor rdleturbances appears to nave emanated in the unit ed States. Telegrams descrltxlng the military preparations of the American government for trouble In China have been widely published in the Chinese newspapers and are considered decid edly unfriendly. Germans and French on Watch for Bandits. London, Feb. 26. The correspondent of the Tribune at Pekln says that since the reported appear-rce of Chi nese bandits in Tsln.wan.tao, the Ger mans and French have been kept at arms at Shanhaikwan, Tslnwantao and Tongshan, while the Germans are pa trolnng the villages, with order to shoot all suspicious Chinese. The German officers who formerly dined at the hotel at Shanhaikwan, the corres pondent adds, are now con find to bar racks after nightfall. EX-SPEAKER HENDERSON DEAD. Nine Months' Attack of Paresis Ends In Death of Former Head of House of Representatives Unconscious since Saturday Afternoon Funeral Under G. A. R, Auspices Thnraday. Dubuque, la., Feb. 25. David B. Henderson, formerly speaker of th national House of , Representative, dJed this afternoon at Mercy Hospital of paresis, which attacked Mm nine months ago. Col. Henderson began to sink Friday afternoon, rallied Satur day morning, but In the afternoon lap sed into unconsciousness and failed rapidly until the end came. All of his family except a son tn California, were at the bedside, but Col. Henderson was unable to recognise anyone but his wife since a week ago, except on Fri day, when he partly regained bis men tal faculties. Colonel Henderson was stricken with paresis last May, and his condition grew so grave that he was removed to a hospital in Septem ber. Hi condition remained uncban ged, except for the usual period of such a disease, until a week ego last Friday, when he suffered another stroke whdeh resulted In total blindness. The former Speaker failed rapidly physically and mentally until Friday, when hi mental powers returned for a few hours, fol lowed by a relapse which resulted In deatn. The funeral will be held next Thurs day, with service In the Episcopal church under the auspices of the Grand Army. Former Congressman George D. Perkins, of Sioux City, will deliver an eulogy. Th body it to He in state on Thursday at th church. Washington, Feb. 25. Former Speaker David B. Henderson, who illil TlnhitAii Taws jatt ' kua for many year a prominent figure in tn councils or ni party ana had a host . of friend among both Renubll- ean and Democrats In Congress. in succeeding Speaker Reed lq the chair, Mr. Henderson carried out vigorously the rule adopted by .t hi predecessor for the expedition of the business of th House, iie was , twice elected Sneakers his last term In that offic closing a 20-year service in that branch or congress. - The ending of nil political career bv hi withdrawal' from the campaign for re-election to th - Fifty-eighth Con gress, after he had been nominated to succeed nimseir, caused a sensation tn thla - city ana -widespread speculation as to the reasons that actuated his m. tirement, which b ' at th urn de- cllned to discuss- Several Tlionsand Present at Conse- ,' ,4 "i . crauoa of Bishops, . ,,( Rome.' Feb. 2S.-Th consecration' hv Pods Plus of the i French " bishona who were created last Wednesday took place afthe Vatlpan to-day, with sol emn -" ceremonlaU Several thousand persons were present,-' most of - them French, The " new . bishops, dined i to night In the Borgia apartments with Cardinal Merry del- -YaL papal . Secre tary or estate. ', . r , W SUIT WILL' GO TO TRIAL NO OLIVE BRANCH FROM DUKE Frlcnd of tlie Tobacco Magnate De clares "His Infatuation for His Pretty Wife Is Dispelled and Ho U Done With Her Jbrner"- Case to be Called Anrll 23 Mr. James B, Duke abd Ills Brother and Family Planning a Long Trip Abroad as boon as the Trial Stall Have Been Concluded. Special to The Observer. Somerville, N. J., Feb. 25. The r port that a reconciliation la about to be effected between James B. Duke. president of the American Tobacco Company, and his wife, Lillian N- Duke, whom he Is suing for a dlvoree, is emphatically denied by Mr, Duke's close friends here to-day, Richard V, Llndebury, Mr. Duke's counsel, also states that he has no knowledge of any Intent on the part of Mr. Puke to settle his differences with Mrs. Duke out of court, and he Is quite positive mat tne divorce trial will go on. "Mr. Duke's infatuation for his pret ty wife has been dispelled and he is done with her forever," said a close friend of Mr. Duke In discussing the case to-night. "Since his separation rrom nis wire Mr. Duke has taken up nis abode with his brother, Benjamin in. uuke, in fsew York, making occa slonal visits to his estate here." FAMILY OPPOSES RECONCILIA TION. It is well known that Benjamin N Duke and his family are utterly op posed to a reconciliation between Mr. Duke and his, wife and It la believed that the tobacco magnate's suit for di vorce will proceed without delay on April 23, the time set by the Chancery, Court. Immediatly after the trial Mr. uuKe and the family of Benlamln N Duke will start on a four months' trip to Europe. Extensive preparations ror mis tour are now being made at the Duke estate here. The party will tour Europe In four automobiles which are now pelng put In shape at Mr. Duke's garage. On the return of the party to this country Benlamln N, Duke and his family will take up their abode at the country place of James B. Duke here. During the absence of the owner, the work of making th uuke piitce om or the most magnifl cent In America, will continue- 1 work ot excavating for two large ar- tinciat taxes is going forward 'now. PUSHING SOUTH & WESTERN. That the New Line Will Touch Rntlierfordton is Said to be a Fore- gone Conclusion Two New Rural Routes Personal and News Note. Special u The Observer. Rutherfordton. Feb. 25. The South & Western Railway people are quite active In this vicinity now and are busily engaged in Dushng the work witn a view of locating th line so mat tne construction work can be be- gun In the earlv SDrlnir. Thv hava three engineering corp in lh Ueld uno at mm pomv onwoutn or sown and the other north, locating the line by thl place and making the Sea board Air Line connection. That the une win now come by Rutherfordton is almost a foregone conclusion. Di vision Engineer Daniels is here in charge of the work and will remain un til the route Is finally and permanently ocatea. i aiso learn from a most re liable source that the Seaboard Air una win at an early date begin great Improvements on their line between thla point and Wilmington, prepara tory to making this important connec tion with the South & Western. One authority says that this company will put In new and heavier iron bridges, and straighten the line. This work will all be done by the time the South & Western reaches this place. Two new delivery routes have lust been established to go out from Ruth erfordton, which will cover the west ern and northern portions of the coun ty and will be started up April 3. These routes make four to go out from this place and a total of 18 in the county. The salary of each carrier Is 1720. which makes quite a neat sum to be distributed In the county. ur. Henry worris and wife, of Phlla- pelphia. spent several days here this and last week. The returned to their home yesterday. Mr. Thomas P. Rey nolds, a former citizen of this countv. who Is now engaged in the Insurance business at Ashevllle. spent several days here this week visiting friends and relatives and Incidentally looking aiter insurance matters. Ex-Sheriff Ed Beam, who has been residing at Rutherford College for i number of years for the purpose of ed uoatlng his children, has purchased half Interest In the general merchan dlse establishment of C C. Reld anri will soon return to Rutherfordton to live. Mr. Beam was one of the county's nest citizens ana tpe people hers will be glad to know that he Is to return. turn. ATTACK SLEEPING SOLDIERS. in uinaii -i own or Gnanalacoa SO Rioters With Rifle and Revolver lire Into Dormitories of Rural Guards Two Soldiers Kilted and voor (Minoon. Havana, Feb. 25. The nunHnrn town of Guanabacoa, occupied , by 23 uius wum nitacaea early this morning by about JO , rioter, smmt with rifles and revolvers, who sudden ly; entered ftom the rear and began ahooUng indiscriminately Into the dorn miiones ot ens sleeping soldier, hout Ing, "Long llv - the y constitution," "Long Hv th Liberal party," "Doan wjui uie rural guaros. A soon a ths daaed soldier rii th situation they aelsed their arm and bgan to return the fire, whereupon me notvrs nu. eion ox tnern na been arreatea. . t . it was loiuia in-ragnt ntt a. geant naa been Killed In hi bed and that a corporal on guard was also kill ed, while rural guard were wounded. Nothing took place during Satur day' celebration of Independence day to cause tha attack except that rural guard .prevented a group of striking baker Interfering with work In a local bakery. Th rural guard say that th leader of th rioter wore a policeman' uniform, and tbey claim to have recog nised som of the others. The rioter dropped a few weapons and other ar ticle in their flight. -Government se eret soldiers are searching for the culprits.-, .a'.;,;i-v :a' ';?!, v.i f ,., i ii i " ' . f Death of Mrs, Emm Whlulngton. Special to Th Observer. , ' t '"f " ' ' Greensboro, Feb. 25. Mrs. Emma Whlttlngton, wife, of Mr, John A.' Whlt tington. died at o'clock last aventnsr at her home three mile southwest of the - city, , The funeral services ino'jc plac this afternoon aft o'clock at the residence, lotiowea.py the burial In Greene Hill Cemetery her an . hour later. The deceased had been in feeble health ifor- some time, v She Is survived by sv husband and sU. children. v f SUPT. HENDRICKS REPLIES ' , ,. ... u , ) V jt i INSURANCE INSPECTION: KN0TTT - h' - " New York: State Official ' fames Answer to Criticism of Legislative ' Committee and Declare That $300, 000 to $400,000 a Year Would be . Required to Do What it Is Said Ho . Should Have Done on $40,000 ' Would Make Him Virtually Man aging Director of AH State' Com panies, Which Ho Deems t Unwise Plan. . ,( -. - ? f- Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 25. Francis Hendricks, 4 state superintendent , of Insurance, to-night Issued a . stat. menfc relating to the recent report of the Armstrong commlUee of th -Legislature, with, special reference to that portion of the report which criticises tha.' administration of th" insurance department He dwells r length oh the manifold duties of b department.'-, ... -;V; -.- ,.- This department has no newer to. punish or remove directors lor-to, proper acts. Mr. Hendricks ay$- . "I doubt if It would be wise to hv?- vest any state official with, the power and responsibility of overseeing any-. aumimsiering or the details of the f business management of insurance V ' companies, as in certain quarters It . Is now being claimed he should -- ' Some of the recommendation ot the V" Armstrong committee and many of . " the suggestions being made now else- , where. If carried out. would make him, in effect, a managing director - ' , of all the insurance companies In tha - , State. I do not believe that this , I 1 .1 V n , ., . . . ... -1 -:.- w,.v UUb I J. ID Ml deemed wise, there must be an entire ' "' re-organization of the Insurance da-,' ' ' partment. clvlnar thA Increased power arjd ah adequate , supply of force and money to do this.'' ' i ' "While It is a matter of mer stl-V mate, I am sure that It would require i : an appropriation of from fSOO.OsO to'" $400,000 a year for a department' t . do tho things which It is now said : should have been done by my ad- . ministration unon an innnfiri.tiM ; W-hit.ch.evral hM averaged ; ""j i.vuu per year. "Notwithstanding all that tin. K... " said, it still seems to me that th! administration of those details of; business which Involve ordinary buai.f " -ness honesty and competency must' with m oireouy entrusted . with the management of innMrnM ' . companies, rather than to a Star de- - rMUQJIU fit t. MARION HAS WHOLESALE STORE Bids lair to Becnmn an Important Establlsbrnent Italians Acquitted ui isuming Uarn. Special to The Observer. V,2 ' Marion, Feb. 25.-Mr. J. D. Ledbet-"' ter has opened up one of the largest i - wholesale general mh.Mi T y In western North Carolina on Depot street, In the Buffain t.niMin. 1 completed. Although oniv ..t.Kii.i; " ' or this new firm men An int . .- ffUnln 5 ott"aa,ad .bid ,fajr to become one of the leading whole ' kw of the state. , A"i. , J"!?.,"'-. -Wt. RaHwai.y 5 Company has closed out with very;., nearly all of the property owner St i ' this COUntV for rltrht. ' 1 a result some fifteen or twenty thou- " sand dollars have been placed into J circulation In the immediate vicinity ' of Marlon, which is being ttt 1 - commercial life of the town " ' ' ' McDowell county Superior Court,,. met last Monday for the dispatch ot , : criminal and civil causes, with Judgn , , O. H. Allen. Of Klnatnn ' The most Interesting case on the crlm- 5 ...n diue vi tne aocket was that of tha State against five Italians who wr)U' charged with burning the barn of one '- or the wealthy farmer nn tha f4 tawba river. The Italian were em-.' ' Ployed as laborers on the South at " Western Railroad and hA k- Marlon to spend their coin and on th ' way back to camp happened to atojsl., In this barn for protection from th t , oold rain. There were two nr k. ' native boys In the stable who wer drinking and smoklnv cinntiu pw ' , " Jury did not hesitate very longm find- fi niti iimians not guilty, although they were prosecuted by the State and ' 1 " the property owner. , , J EIGHTH WEEK AT SAVANNAH. . Counsel on Both Side In Gmwhw. Gaynor Trial looking Forward to 5 ' Judge Speer' Decision on Right to ' - 1 Cross-Exanilne Brunswick Man. .i' Savarmah. Ga.. Feb. 2S. ThA ''" ' and Gaynor case enters to-morrow up on Its eighth week. Judge Speer. on " ' adjournment of court yesterday, ex-?Vt pressed saUsfactlon with the progress' M made during the week and the hope t - '. that th coming week would witness 4 great expedition as the counsel for tho government and the defense had shown during that Just passed. - A With much Interest counsels on both - sides are looking forward to Judge" t 8 peer's announcement to-morrow of , hi decision as to whether the defense' should be permitted to crosa-cxamin J -C. P. Goodyear, of Brunswick, touch i Ing the dynamite blastings of th har-' bor bed of that port. Suota cross-ex- ', 1 aminatlon was begun and promised to : be Interesting, but was irrterrupted by "' the court, who ruled against Its adi ' mlsstblllty. Subsequently; he announe- -ed the suspension of his decision and that he would tak matter under ad visement and render a decision pon ' th convening of court on Monday; -. - 1 '" Vn,li I . 4t . STUDENT VOLUNTEKn MEETING. Great Body of 4,009 to 8,004 Dele.' gate to convene In Nashville ' Wednesday Afternoon Great For eign Worker Expected. !;,, t,' Nashville. Feb, 25. The flfth oiMrt- rennian convention of the Student Vol unteer Movement will assembl dV Nashville 'Wednesday.' th session to extend 'over five day. Chairman John ' R. Matt,: or tn.executiv,eommttf will call this great body io order r S o'clock Wednesday-afternoon) In tl.3 Rytrem Auditorium, when tt is'exnect. ed that between 4,000 and 6.000 dele gates will be present. A number of t!-. delegate are already here, but t: main body will rach Nashville to-mor. rowj Included in those rrlvlng to-morrow will be th executive commttt. and Sir Mortimer Durand. British am bassador to tha, United States, . Aran - -th foreign missionary ecretarl- pected : rei ' Rev, , George Hobon, v Edlnburg. Scotland:, Herbert -I-tin!--ter,- M.r D., of -London,'. England; Karl Fries, Ph., D., of fcio Death of an Infant. Special to The Observer. ' Greensboro. Feb. 2 liessie n. rts, th tx-montha-old son of : Mrs.-J. A. Norris, died nt C this morning at tha 'home of ! rents, -io North Elm stre-t. f remain. -wer. shipped tn:.j i to Iunn for - lntcrnu-Mt l morning. ':
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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