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CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. A. TIIAYT CASE JUBOE ILL NO ABEANGE.MENT MADE StJESCItlPTIOlT PIHCH: C3.00 PER YEAR. END OF THE DISPENSARY ADHERENTS YIELD GRACEFULLY VICTORY FOB OPPOSITION GOV. GLENN AT SALISBURY WILL NOT J5BJ INCAPAOTATED Tlmw Reports to Attorney That , Iron Trying Ordeal on Stand Wife ) In Had Condition and Cross J lamination by District Attorney May Not, Take Place Before Wednesday Mr. Dclmas Beta About to Re-arrange Plana W M to Pre nt Calling of Mrs.' Thaw To-Day 'V,' Day Thaw's Beat Sunday to the v ,nbt' . , f.. :;' .r ',y ;f V New York, Feb. . iO.Evelyn ' Nes - tit Thaw probably wilt not, si had teen expected, return to the stand to morrow ; morning when the ; trial of her husband for the murder or Stan ford Whit Is resumed. . . .. 'M-K The strain of the last . few, days. ; In which she has been made to live again . the hours ; when. according; to the confession she has sworn that she made to Harry K. Thaw, she was the victim ot tne. architect s. caprice, nas told severely on the young woman. and ; to-night ; it: was stated that the prisoner had come to her rescue and demanded a' respite for : his wife. ' Upon her visit to the Tombs Sat urday, Mrs. -Thaw told her husband that she had suffered greatly during the ordeal when her association with White was laid bare and Thaw com-' munloated the fact to the attorneys. He told them that his wife was in a bad shape, and requested that she be given an opportunity to recover her self, Attorney- Delmae set about to re-arrange the plans of the defense so that Mra Thaw's presence in court as a witness would not be required until Tuesday. ' . f. v it to-mgnrs pians ao not miscarry Mrs.' Thaw will not be recalled until Tuesday . and her cross-examination by District Attorney Jerome will begin ' Wednesday, a day later than had been anticipated. " L. A JUROR REPORTED ILL. , ' Another development to-day that ' Startled those directly concerned In the case was the reported illness of , V Juror. v Visions of a mistrial were ' noon dispelled, however, for it was ,'. Ascertained that the illness of the Juror was not such that threatens to ncapacitate, him. Wilbur F. Steele, feO years old, a, manufacturer of gas ' Appliances, has contracted a severe cold, but It is expected that he will be ..- feble to go into the jury box when the ;t,rial . is resumed. The other Jurors, ill of whom were reported in good condition,' took a drive in Central Park. I To-day may be said to have been "Thaw's best Sunday in the Tombs. He rose after what he declared had been a restful night, In good spirits with a hearty appetite. He did not attend services in the chapel, but he pent the morning with the newspa pers and in reading the many mes sages which were brought to him. Of these one read: '"Brave." Late to-night is was said that Mrs. : Thaw -vas anxious to have the ordeal over m . soon ' as possible and had asked that she be permitted to- re sume the stand to-morrow. This was ot premised,' though It is said that fKwrtbly Mrai'Thawmight be called. Mr. Deltas direct examination of fclra. Thaw will probably consume come hours. The district attorney i has been making the most minute preparation for his cross-examination ) and was in conference to-day with several persons who it Is said, will be called as witnesses. A LIVELY TILT LIKELY. When the trial is resumed to-morrow morning, there is likely to be the 1 frailest tilt between the lawyers that is yet marked the trial. The de- snee will call to the stand F. C. Per :1ns, a lawyer of Pittsburg, who drew up Barry Thaw's will. Mr. Perkins arrived neve to-night Mr. Delmaa tad kis associate counsel have been figuring out a way by which they eaa have the will introduced and they are confident they will be successful. On the other hand Mr. Jerome will strtve to keep it out, and a battle will be the result To-night Captain Rlckletts, who is now In charge of the Jurors, ennounc- rd that to-morrow no women would e allowed in the court room, except (hose who had been summoned as Witnesses. He said that this would te dene because of the teatlmony and Added that he would have an extra detail of court officers on hand to en force this rule. tllE PENROSE COURT MARTIAL. Expected That Captain Macklln Win . ) Also be Tried in Connection With Brownsville Raid and Will Go on y, Stand During Week. '. Baa Antonio, Tex Feb. 10. The Pen 'rose court-martial will be resumed to morrow and it Is expected the testl Jnony this week will bring out the ' Tanny tea" ot tho case. i J It & expected that Capt E. A Mack tin, who is also to be tried In connec tion with the Brownsville raid, will go f em the stand during the week. Aside 1rom Cap. MaoklTn. other wltneeae . ; prom the army will be Second Lieuten ants Ukwson ana .Brier, Twenty-win .Infantry, and Bergeant-Major flpotts Wood N. Taliaferro, of the Twenty-fifth f Infantry, who was the only negro ata ' (toned at Fort Brewn not dlecharged. Major Combe, of BrownavUle, who did fiiuoh to pacify the feelings of the peo ple the morning after the raid, Is also expected to ge on the stand this week. . Felled by unknown assailant ' Wife of Memphis Fireman Die as ISResult of Blow by Highwayman on , tbe Neck. Memphis, Tenn., " Feb. 1 0. Mrs. lleercedes Dorpvas, wife of an of ficer of the Memphis flro department, was gelled by an ' unknown assailant ast nlgSt by a blow which brok her Leek .while returning . from a shop Ing tour, " accompanied :by several ihlldrea. Tn eattack occurred near itr. Donovan's home in ' a thickly populated secttoq of the city. She died Uhln a short time after being re 'flA 4 to her home. . Whether - the Jil dayman was a negro or white, baa not been , established. . Several aspects were arrested to-dsy, Rdb iery is thought to have been the ob ecC , ;; ,y SYealdent of Rondures Broke Treaty. Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 10. Ad vices received here are to the effect fitat It was President Bonllla, of . Honduras, who broke the. treaty of Oortato (Wnlch provides for the artd ration of questions In dispute be ween the Central American repub res), and that as a result ef this the rlbansi which was sitting at San talvador In an endeavor to settle the iffereaceo bet wen - Nicaragua and londuras was dissolved. , ' BaaanaaBMaaaMaeaaaabBsaaaaaMaaBMBasaaaaa : j Mayor Tmlt, of Kingston, Dead. Klngaton, Jamaica, - Feb. l ft. Charles Tait, mayor of this city, died this afternoon at the public hospital Js a result of Injuries sustained at be time of the earthquake, H was tnen conducting a - meeting of the founafl end the building collapsed, fftyor Tait was II years old, and f co tea descent 1 EXCLUSION ; OFJATS DEMANDED Mayor and Members of San IYnnclsco . School Board Now at Washington to Confer With rresldcnt as to ; School Situation Refuse to Make Statement as to what Position They Will Take -Slany Telegrams V Have Been Sent Mayor Schmlti, ' . Among r Them One Declaring Pa pers Have Announced Under Big Headlines That He Has Deserted Labor for Japs. v; Washington, " Feb. 10 Mayor Schmlts and the members ot the Ban Francisco ch,6ol, boarft were in con ferehce -twice ; tp-day v and toriatXly agreed on the poUcy they wlU pursue in connection with "the quesUoni of the Japanese and l;h i 8aFrnclsco schools. The mayor and members of the board have refused 'to make any statement i as to-'' what posiUon they will take' when they caU a the- White House to-morrow, to1 'nfer with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root In a telegram; however, to the California Exclusion League to-night Mayor SchmlU .declares the delega tion has "not made any arrangement up to date of any kind:" i h , . More than three hundred telegrams were received by Mayor Schmlts and the members of the board to-day urg ing them to stand firm for the exclu sion of the Japanese coolies from the United SUtes.- : '.: -a A telegram- (received to-day. by Mayor Schmlta from the i ' President of the California Exclusion League, in part reads;-f. . " - ' - r- "Morning papers announce In big headlines that 8chmlU deserts labor for . Japs, mayor and school board make complete surrender. We can not and will not believe It . Exclusion League demands exclusion by act of Congress, treaty, will not exclude. Sovereign rights must not be bartered away by promises and should not be basis tor compromise. We will . not yield one lota of our rights as a sov ertgn people regardless of cost or consequences." Mayor Schmlts's reply to this tel egram,. In part follows: "Telegram received. Announce ment of morning papers absolutely false. Have made no arrangements up to date of any kind. Story false like all other statements made about me. Have .refused to give any state ment to reporters. President has re fused also until conference complet ed, and is' showing friendly spirit I am a Callfornian trying to do my duty to my State. Cannot succeed if hampered by hostile press of San Francisco." At to-morroW's conference the Callfornians will present their views to President Roosevelt In writing and a final definite agreement probably will not be reached until Tuesday. Secretary Root spent two hours at the White House to-nlgnt discussing the Question - President and trsw IwwwutliortlaUaotv-statea- tha4 tne resident to-morrow will assure Mayor Schmlti and the school board if i u may. win agree to eaa tne agi tation by abolishing the Oriental schools the President will in turn use his Influence to secure a treaty with Japan that will exclude the coolie from this country. -At, midnight Mayor Schmlta said: "It can be stated positively that President Roosevelt has made no definite proposition to us. "We discussed the matter with Mr. Roosevelt yesterday and he under stands our position. There has been no change in the situation since then and cannot be until after to-morrow's conference." ADDRESS OF THE EPISCOPATE. The Terapta, of Paris, Prints What It Declare to be True History of Ad drees Proposing Model Contracts for Chutohea. ' Paris, Fsb 10. The Temps to day prints what It declares to be the true history of the address of the French Episcopate proposing model contracts for onurches. According to this account which bears inter national evidence of being authentic, the ultramontanes, who are in the majority In the Episcopate, favored the maintenance ef the status quo, but agreed to submit to the Vatican the question of contract which the Moderates proposed, in the belief tn at It would not be acceptable there. Monslgor Dadolle, Archbishop of Di jon, and piahop Touchet took the minutes to Rome and Cardinal Merry Del VaU Papal , Secretary of State, told them the Pope was willing to accept the principle of the contracts If absolute solidarity was shown, but that this decision must come osten sibly from the Episcopate as he could not publicly Intervene. Taereupon, The Temps says the address was drawn up and submitted to the Pope, who, with- his own hand, supplement ed th clause specifying thai the con tract must be accepted everywhere with "or we do not wish It anywhere." The document the paper says, was tnen brought to Paris and Issued In the name of the entire Episcopate, al though many of the bishops never saw it until It was published. JUDGE A. H. HANSELL DEAD. Weil-Known Georgia Jurist Dies as Result of a Fall Received Several ' Days, Ago. , ThomasvUle, ' da.; Feb. 10. Judge Auguetln II. Hanaell died In this city todajr at the age of years His death' was due to a fall he received several days ago. v Judge- Hansen -was born In Mil ledgevllle, .Oa. ,tie ' was the oldest nembsr of the order of Masons In Georgia. He was admitted to tas bar in lilt, was elected solicitor general of tne Southern Circuit in 1147 . and Judge of that circuit In 1141, a posi tion which he served In with the ex ception of the period from 1SEI to ltll, when he declined appointment, until 1101, when he declined to serve. He was a veteran of the Indian wars. :;The funer-'-f ' -.wl" ' t place fcere to-morrow, six ot his grandaor.a t.'i...f..'k.j. MANY VDaTORS AT MARDI GRAB. principal Events of Occasion Occur To-Day and To-Morrow. '. . , i New Orleans,' La.. Feb. 10. Visit ors from all parts of the country have arrived in New Orleans to attend the Mardl Gras celebration, the principal features which will occur to-morrow and Tuesdsy. Two speclsl train loads of visitors, one from New York and the other from -Philadelphia, Balti more and Washington, arrived to-day. Among those expected to-morrow are Trueman H. Newberry, assistant secretary of the navy, and a party. Including Mra. Newberry and Mrs. Victor II. Metealf, wife of th Secre tary of the Navy. WEEK'S NE W8 FORECASTED ARMY. BILL TO BE CONTINUED. Senate Will Devote Monday for the : Legislation of the District of Co lumbia and W ill Not Resume Work on the Appropriations Until Tnes I day with Present Matter Disposed of Bill Will be Speedily Passed Senator Lodge Will Make Effort In Benatr Tuesday to Secure Consid erntlon of Philippine Agricultural vAt fne close of last 'week in Con gress the nayal appropriation bill was under consideration in the House and the army bill In the Senate, and both Will be proceeded with at the earliest opportunity 'by the 4 two Rouses ; re spectlvely.- The Senate will continue Jtsjwork on the army bill Monday, but the House will devote Monday to legislation for the District of Columbia and will not resume work on the ap propriations until Tuesday, when . the army '.bulls' again taken up. Too first subject of consideration will be the amendment authorising army of ficers, and the government to accept reduced or free transportation, and it Is expected that the debate on : that point will continue. With that matter disposed of, the bill will be speedily passed. The general debate In the House On the naval bill will give place In Tuesday to speeches under, the five-minute rule, and It fs not expect ed that tne measure wjll consume much more time. In the House the postofflce appropriation bill will be the next to receive attention, while in the 8enate the District of Columbia bill will follow the army budget and it in turn will be imlo wed vby . the ag ricultural appropriation bin. Senator Lodge will make an .effort In the Senate on Tuesday to secure con sideration of the Philippine agricul tural bank bill. THE ,THAW TRIAL MONDAY. Monday morning the trial In New York City of Harry K. Thaw will be resumed, wit)n the defendant's wife on the stand. District Attorney Je rome probably will begin his . cross examination of Mrs. Thaw on Tues day. Lincoln's birthday, February 12, will be observed throughout the coun try, a number of notable dinners havi lng been arranged. Vice President Fairbanks will speak at the Lincoln Day banquet In Baltimore. - v In Boston Tuesday evening Repre sentative Julius Kahn. of California, will discuss 'The Japanese Question," and will argue In favor of the exclu sion of Japanese coolies. The British Parliament reassembles February 12 In (he presence of King Edward and Queen Alexandra at a full State ceremonial. The reopening has aroused intense interest in Lon don, as the government Intends to Immediately inaugurate measures to dheck the powers of tne House of Lords. The government's determina tion to make the tight now is due to the defeat of the education bill by the upper House last year, and the prospective defeat ot all other features or tne "Ministerial programme. King Edward has insisted that the speech from the throne be kept strictly se cret and while the address will doubt less refer to the long list of pending parliamentary measures, it is prob able, that . some reference to the House of Peers may be Included. The Irish question also la likely to oc cupy fne attention of the session, the government being about ready to submit the proposed reform measures. Elaborate preparations have been made for the street pageant and the goregoul ceremony in the Hotue of Lords. MODUS VIVENDI TO BE DIS CUSSED. The modus vldendl arranged last year between Great Britain and the United States will be discussed at length In the Newfoundland Legisla ture February II, when Premier Bond will make an address on fne subject to the. British Secretary for Colonies. The motion will permit of a full discussion of fne entire issue, the gov mnreenna t t which Includes the difficulties be tween the government and the Amer ican fishermen. The arrangement Is unpopular In Newfoundland, and has been much criticised since its promul gation. On Tnursday the National Ameri can Woman's . Suftrags Association will meet In convention In Chicago. The same day the National reform convention will meet In Harrlsburg, Pa. COL. HENRY P. FARROW DEAD, n Closely Connected With Most Stirring History of South Carolina and Georgia In 7Srd Year. Atlanta, Oa., Feb. 10. Col Henry Patlllo Farrow, who was closely con nected with the most stirring political history of South Carolina and Geor gia, died here late to-day, aged 71. Colonel Farrow came to Georgia from South Carolina In Hit and In I860 was a delegate to the national Democratic convention In Charleston. During the civil war he was superin tendent of the Confederate Stats Nitre and Mining Bureaus In Geor gia, South Caroline and Alabama. He was attorney General of .Georgia during the reconstruction government and was later appointed United States District Attorney for Georgia by Pres ident Grant which " office he held eight years. Since then he has held many other public offices. . v , SMALLPOX STOPS lCTURES. ? " -" v " ' a. .ejeaeaesBBBSBsSBBW ,.,..., AJttf-M . Student of William , and Mary Col ' lege Suffering From . the Disease .Taken to Infirmary., .. - v ;i.-,r Richmond,' Va., Feb, 10. Lectures at William and Mary College, Wil liamsburg, have been suspended for a few days because of a case of small pox which has broken out on one of the students, J, H. Bowden, of Zunt, Isle of Wight county, who had Just entered the colleg for his second term, now opening. Bowden was prompt ly taken to the. infirmary, and the whole college has been quarantined by the town health authorities. It is tbuoght that the disease ' will - not spread, except probably to Bowden's room . mate, whose name Is ; Snipes. He Is expected to fall a victim, and has been placed in quarantine, along with Bowden, from the rest of the stu dent body. Bowden's case is a very mild one, . : ' v "; ' V'r -. CiV '.. " .-.I ' ' i ,; . ; Found Dead In Lonely Sppot, ' ; Montgomery, Ala.,' Feb. The body of John A. Ftnley, a well-known young man, of Montgomery, 44 years old and unmarried, was found earlv to-day In a lonely spot In the south western edge of the city. The throat was cut and there were 41 gashes In the face and neck. Robbery Is be lieved to have been' the motive for the crime, ss Flnloy's pockets had been emptied. Five negroei are held by the police as luapoots. , T1IAW CASTAS WAKNIKQ A MOST SENSATIONAL SERMON Allegheny City, Pa Minister Preaches oa the Subject of "The Blessings and Curses of Wealth and Home," '.' Citing the Thaw Case, and Urging ' It as a Warning in Rearing of Clul ; drirn "Wealih Need Not be a" Cor- rnpter of Morals," He Says, "It Is the Vulgarity of It That the World . Recoils From." Pittsburg, Pa., Feb: 10, Taking for his topic "The . Blessing and Curses of Wealth and . Home," the Rev. Dr. C W. Blodgett at the North Avenue Methodist . Episcopal church, one of the largest in Allegheny City to-day preached a most sensational sermon, citing the Thaw case on trial in New York, and urging It as a warning in the Tearing of children. -,f ''Wealth need not be a corruptor of morals,'' he said,, rit Is the vulgarity of it that the world recoils from, v "No child should be trusted with a dollar until he has learned the vatue of . the same by earning It by the sweat of his brow.- This country la reading of the tragic scenes In the court of Justice In New York with in tense 'lnterest;r;s''V:'' "Pittsburg is ' deeply ' interested. Here on the streets of Allegheny the poor unfortunate wife of the chief actor played when she was a girl. Across the river, the husband now on trial for murder of a man in New York, from the revealments of whose life you shudder with horror, spent his boyhood days. They both came from respectable families. One knew what poverty was hunger for bread the other, when a mere lad, spent enough money in a year to keep a doxen families. They both go wrong. "One, seemingly by the cruel hand of fate, the other through love that was blinded. ' All our hearts bleed for them. - Will the fathers and mothers of this and other cities take any warning? ; "We sing, .'Where Is my wandering boy to-night V but where is your girl? At the place of amusement, then de coyed Into some gilded studio then sorrow and a life worse than hell. No higher virtue should be demanded of women than of men. The same code of ethics should apply to both. '"A lecherous scoundrel of a man, poor or rich, should have the same treatment as the abandoned woman. Poor Evelyn Nesbit Thaw la not the only girl that has been ruined aa ahe says she was. ' "Of the outcome of the trial of Harry Thaw, the reckless and unfor tunate boy of ohe of our most respect ed homes millions are Interested. What of the outcome of the lads and lassies not grown to manhood ? Hearts are still to be broken and homes made desolate and some of them may be yours?" COMPTROLLER MAKES REPORT. More Than $5,000,000 In Stamm De stroyed In Process of Manufacture or by Actual Burning Without Adequate Record or Supervision. , Albany. N. Y., Feb. ' IsV-Comptroller Martin H. Glenn made publio . -.to-night the results of an investigation which he haa been making into the condition of the atock tranafer tax bureau of his office with reference to the handling and disposal of aeven million dollars worth of the stamps Issued by that depart ment for uaeNn the transfer of stocks under the act of 1906. According to th oomptroller'a atatement more than five million dollars worth of theae stamps have been destroyed, either in process Of manufacture or by actual burning without adequate record or supervision In the two years since the act waa pass ed and there la only the personal word of a single clerk, salariea at $3,600, and not under bond, to certify the fact that they were destroyed at all. The total amount of stamps recorded aa destroyed at different times between June 2. I, when the first iaaue nf stamps began and December 29, 1906. (two dayabeore Comptroller Glynn as sumed office) waa $S,S11,CU. Two lois reported as actually burned represented respectively PT4.000 and $2,288,107.40. An other lot said to have been deatroyed at the time of manufacture becauae one or more stamps in each sheet was de fective, amounted to $993,042.60. The balance of the vast total of over flv millions sre recorded as destroyed In some stage ot the p recess of making. According to Comptroller Glynn the entire bualneaa of printing and caring for the stock transfer tax atampa was In the haads of Charles M. watklna. ?f Penn Tan, chief clerk In the atock ranafer tax bureau, who was superadd ed early in January by an appointee of Mr. Glynn's snd It waa In the process of checking up the atampa on hand that the alleged state of aafftrs was discov ered. The stamps were printed by Quayle at Son, of this city, at their plant on Green street. The plates were In the custody of the comptroller's repraaentn tlve and each day or wek were deliver ed to Quayle. The paper drat used waa of an ordinary commercial sort which Comptroller Glynn said was stored In the Quayle ahop, under an ordinary lock tn an ordinary room and while the sheets were counted out before print ing there was no safeguard to pievent their being abstracted. Moreover, the Comptroller declares the count of ahet does not tally, the explanation being that some of It waa used for other pur poxes. The first bsun of stamps was found to be sueceptlhlo of counterfeiting anl the removal of cancelation marks ami in May or June of laat year the print ing of theae waa stopped and a new la sue was begun, on patent paper. "When the new paper, which wss to defy counterfeiting, came to hand." saM the Comptroller, "It received no better safeguard but was left In the Quays shop. And the comptroller's seal with which the bundles were sealed, was ap parently as carelessly treated."-' The finished stamps wer stored In the safe deposit of the vaults ef the Al bany City Safe Deposit Company under a sfne-le Key system. - O fthe first Iaaue. fl.Ml.OM are record ed as having been destroyed In manufac ture. Aboat October 1, lftft, Mr. Glynn said, the record shows that a lot of 1174.000 wnloh had - been' accepted and sealed as good ana placed In the deposit vault where the stamps were kept were temoved and recorded as' "burned" and the statement was made that they had been "replaced by the printer. aa not having been up to tbe standard of workmanahlp, but the eompt roller said there was no record to this effect A statement wss made to, him hy Watklns, the comptroller said, adding: "He says that early In October he took all that remained of the old lasu. of stamps from the vaults down . to Quayle's shop In Green street boned them up and they remained there with out guard or watchman at leatt one "'fhere Is a conflict of testimony' on this point. The safe deposit people say they were not returned until December "There were over two millions In this toat-4.S64.ni. which had been returned by the Hank of Manhattan Company, ths fflrtnl distributors of the 'atampa. and J,!7J1 which had never been Is sued. I do not know how long thay re mained at the Oreen street shop, but according to Watklna' statement, thay were brought ' hack here in the State house and on December , two days be fore I assumed offlee. they were burn ed In the furnaee down stairs, without being counted or checked tip, and with out witnesses, save a elerk who waa In no way legally responsible for their cars. The reeord of the burning of !. Mitibor f waa pot entered pnttl Decem ber tl the day before I took ofttoe. , "These stamps ar practically eastv The Carey-Cothran Bill Practically a Law, Though the Legislature Haa - a Few Amendments to Add to It Looking to the Winding Up of Its V Affairs -DlHpcnsary Adherents Ac cepting Defeat Gracefully and no Attempt Will Likely be Made to Take the Matter Into the Courts . Leaders Pointing to Commissioner " Tattun as the Man Who "Killed Cock Robin." Observer Bureau, ' : 1208 Main Street, - Columbia, S. C, Feb, 10. " The progress ' the Legislature , has made toward enacting a local option law to take the place of the present State dispensary has been seemingly slow to many, but it has certainly been: steady and uninterrupted The local option people have been criti cised 'by some of their friends for not being aggressive enough, but on the whole the generalship has been ex cellent At the 'outset the danger of haste was shown In the House when the friends of the Carey-Cothran bill tried to force the House to vote on the, famous Smith prohibition substi tute without debate. This motion from Mr. Carey was voted down by as a large majority the Smith sub stitute was killed with. South Caro-, unman sre a people oi senumeni, ana it Is a dangerous undertaking to even give the appearance of attempting to ride over either branch of the law making body. A square deal Is the unwritten law in this State. Since then the local optlonlsta have moved forward slowly, but without losing a single battle, gaining steadily In votes as well as In confidence as they went. The other side has stuck to the firing line doggedly, giving 'way Inch by Inch as they were compelled to yield one stronghold after another. But they have behaved throughout like men of courage and sense. It has been a beautiful game of brains throughout every battle ending with credit and honor, and reflecting the superior quality of this new Legis lature In the matter of Intelligence and control. This Is the twentieth century Legislature in which brains and character weigh tn their proper proportion. There has been less buncombe and more business about this Legislature that in two decades. And yet strange to say, it has shown a disposition to be very radical. So far, however, It has not succeeded In doing anything very radical. LOCAL OPTION BILL. The Carey-Cothran local option bill Is now practically a law, a few amend ments to be agreed upon between the two houses. Bills are following close behind It in both houses looking to the winding up of the affairs of the State dispensary by a commission of five to be appointed by the Govern or. Now whether there will be any at tempts on the part of some of the never-surrender State dispensary peo ple to carry the matter Into - the courts tn the hope of maintaining the State dispensary, remains to be seen. For several months before the Legis lature met there was much talk on the part of dispensary leaders about any county dispensary local option law being unconstitutional, and that If such a law were passed It would be held up and tested In the courts, the State dispensary to continue while the case Is pending. However, there has been very little of this talk In dulged In since the Legislature met. The State dispensary people have con tented themselves with predicting direful calamities to following the op eration of the local option law, and have oalled the Carey-Cothran bill also sorts of bad names, Inoludlng "Infamous," "corrupting," "Iniqui tous," "vllalnous," "patent medicine connection," etc., etc. There has been a significant tendency on the part of some of the dispensary peo ple to prevent the bill's pending for winding up the State dispensary car rying any provision for the sale of the State dispensary real estate. But on the whole the State dispensary forces appear now to accept the situ ation philosophically. 8ome of their best fighters, Including Representa tive Richards and Senator Raysor, have acknowledged defeat and are showing a disposition to devote their talents for the remainder of the ses sion to perfecting the Carey-Cothran bill. e If the State dispensary psople do hold up the coming local option law In the courts, and suoceedlng In stay ing the decision off for a year or more, ss they Intended doing some time ago, there will hardly be any State dispensary to take Ita place. The results will be State prohibition, as the bills to wind up the State dis pensary affairs will become law, and there Is ao State bosrd of directors to continue the business. Perhaps the almost eertatnty of prohibition fol lowing any move to throw the matter Into the courts has been' the controll ing factor In discouraging talk along this line. AS TO COMMISSIONER TATUM. Many of the State dispensary lead ers are pointing to Commissioner Ta tum as the man who "killed cock rob In," through his selfish ambition to become "the whole thing" at the State dispensary. They say they lost the votes ot four men they were counting on when Mr. Tatum's letter came In exposing the board in overstocking the State dispensary. They put this down as an effort on the part of Mr. Tatum to get on the band wagon with the purification scheme, which they were counting upon forcing the through the Legislature. Senator Raysor and Commissioner Ta tum ' In addition to being from the ' same county have been close personal friends for many years.1 Mr, Raysor's purification scheme does away with the board ot control and largely Increases the pow er and authority of the commissioner. An Interesting eleventh-hour scheme to save the day for the State dispensary , was the effort put for ward a few days ago by some ot the more Influential State dispensary, peo ple to have the Governor appoint ex Governor Hayward and General Wllie Jones and one other to succeed Messrs. Rawllnaon, Black and Wylle, but though Mr. M. F. Ansel Is new at the Governor business and he Is not known as a quick-witted man, still he Is showing that ears and caution and good Judgment that will make his administration a success. He nev er bit at this bait for a minute. This would have given the State dis pensary advocates a splendid talking point ' But ft fatally weak feature of this scheme . Is the practical certainty that Oovernor Heyward would not have served. ' Though elected - on a State dispensary platform Governor Heyward long ago - resisted any ef forts to have his name dlreatly con nected with the management of (he Institution. '. ELECTIONS HELD IN ; RUSSIA In Accordance With Ideas Counting of Votes to Show Results In - the ' Nine Large Cities, Where Elections '. Were Held, Hare Been Postponed Until To-Day and Definite Results Are Unknown Indications Every where, . However, Point to Victory for Opposition Premier Stolypln, In Spite of Opposition, nope to . Nurse Along Until Summer. St' Petersburg, Feb. 10. Elections were held to-day In nine large cities (Moscow, Odessa, Tlflis, Kazan, VII na Yekaterinslav, Astrakhan, Kishi nev and Yaraalav) of the 14 which sead members direct to Parliament Moscow having, four membors and the other cities one each, In accord ance with Russian Ideas the counting of the votes has been postponed until to-morrow and definite results of the elections are. unknown, but the Indi cations everywhere are of a vlctoty for the opposition. In several cities, notably Moscow, the question Is whether the election has been carried by the Constitutional Democrats or the Socialists. The chances of the Socialists in Moscow are favored by the results of the workmen's elec tions, in which 19, Social Democrats were chosen. , Elections of peasants, land-owners and workmen were also held to-day In several provinces, but no results have been received that change fore casts sent in these dispatches last night, the figures of which are con firmed by the statistics showing op position victories. Tho Recti, the Constitutional Democratic organ, claims 10S seats in European Russia, not counting four . in Rostov-on-Don City, Semipalatinsk. Turgnt and As trakhan, which were included In the forecast of The Associated Press. V In spite of the evident opposition character of Parliament, Premier Stolypln Is quoted as saying that he hopes to nurse along until summer before a dissolution Is necessary, but general opinion Is that the Constitu tional Democrats will be unable to hold their radical colleagues in check and that the new Parliament's life will not exceed two months. The ex pectation that the dissolution of Par liament would be followed' by a change In election laws is denied by Premier Stolypln, who says he be lieves this would be unconstitutional FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL. Body of Man Supposed to be W. G. Tucker, of raoi aiounuun in raw field, W. Va, Hotel Indications of Suicide. Special to The Observer. Roanoke, Va Feb. 10. Th dead body of a man believed to be W. G. Tucker, of Pilot Mountain, N. C. was found in a room in a uiuenoio, w. v hot.! teat nia-hL The body had been AJt nrohahlv . ten. or twelve hours. An empty four eunoe lauaanunt doii tie on a table ny tne oca lnaioeiea that the man had committed suicide. The man Friday night bought four ounces of laudanum at a Bluefleld drug store and signed the following entry In the poison register: "G. W. Tucker, Pilot Mountain, N. C, four ounces laudanum for sister, habitual user for rheumatism pains." (Signed) "O. W. TUCKER." The body is being held and parties at Pilot Mountain have been com municated with, j FAMILY HAD NARROW ESCAPE. Fire, Believed to Have Been tbe Work of an Incendiary, Destroys Home of Atlantic Coast Line Offi cial at Wilmington. Special to The Observer. Wilmington, Feb. 10. The resi dence of Mr. A W. Anderson, gen eral superintendent of the Atlantlo Coast Line, was gutted by fire early this morning on South Front street members of the family having a nar row escape: The fire started on the rear porch In some excelsior, and Is believed by some to have been of in cendiary origin, suspicion pointing to a butler discharged the day before, or a workman about the house, with whom Mr. Anderson had some words during the week. The loss Is several thousand dollars, partially covered by Insurance. ' -inur i j ' FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON. Body of Representative Rlxey to be Taken tot Culpepper, Va Accom panied by Delegation From Senate and House. Washington, Feb. 10. The funeral services over the body of Representa tive John F. Rlxey, of Vlnrlnta, who died of consumption yesterday were conducted this afternoon by the Rev. Dr. Page, of Brady Vs.. at the resi dence of the Representative's brother, Admiral P. M. Rlxey, surgeon general of the Navy. A large number of Senators and congressmen attended the services. Accompanied by a large delegation from the Senate and House of Representatives, the body will be taken to Culpepper. Va., to-morrow morning on a special train, where the burial will take place this after noon. - Editor Kills Gambler. Pendleton, Ore., Feb. 10. John P. McManus, editor of The Pilot ock Record, shot and killed Robert Estes, gamblsr, In the Pullman saloon oq Main street yesterday afternoon. No motive Is , known to exist for the shooting as the men were not ac quainted. It Is presumed MoManus took Estes for another man, whom the editor believed had robbed him last week. ' A Noted Editor Dead. ; London, Feb. 10. Sir William Howard Russell, editor of The Army and Navy Oasette, la dead. He was tl years old. He was a famous war correspondent and In that capacity, served The London Times at the battle of Bull Run. ' -v ( No Guilty of Murder Charge. Oreenwood, Miss.. Feb. 10. James D. Money, Jr., a nephew of United States Senator Money, .was to-day de clared by a Jury not guilty of a charge of murder In killing J. L. Hender son recently. The two,, had qusrrell d. ;" - ..!.',k.v-;V'f.i- t( ) l .., .1. .. t-4 Explosion Wreck Woolwich Arsenal, i Shattering All Windows ot Town, London, Feb. It. A terrifies ex plosion at 1:10 o'clock this morning wrecked the chemical research de partment ef the Wootwlch arsenal. All i the windows in the town were broken. It Is believed no lives were lOSt '!' !-ii'-V.ftS-l ;!--'- ll f HOLDS RELIGIOUS 8ERVICE3 The Chief Magbttrate Fills Two Dates m the Baptint Church and Speaks to Young Men of Spencer Mr. Burton Craigc Returns From Gran ville Court With Hefty Legal Vic ' tory Against Boaton-CaroUna Cop- , per Company Messrs. . W. IJ. ,: Smo'ot and Bismarck Capps, Gradu a tea University Law School, Hang " Out Their Sliingies Shows ' Close Contract ; Special to The Observer. ' 1 Salisbury, v Feb. ' - lO.-7-Governor Glenn, arrived here last' night and was one of the busiest men In North Carolina to-day,,, in the campaigns last, fall Governor Glenn told of tbe many roles that he had playe.l since he became Governor and mentioned preaching as one of them, ."when a preacher becomes halt or blind," he put It He filled two .dates in the Baptist church, but he addressed the young men of Spencer this after noon and was Invited to speak to the Baraca classes In the First Methodist church in the afternoon also. " Tho Methodists deferred to the Baptists and to-night that congregation went' to the Baptist church to hear the temperance lecture. Burton Cralge, Esq., has returned fiom Granville court at Oxf-.rd, and brought a good-sized legal . victory with him. As counsel for the plaintiffs in the suit against the Boston-Carolina Copper Company, he secured a verdict of $13,900 on an actlou for $15,000. This was the third tim) the ease had gone to trial and each time Mr. Cralge won it once asking that the verdict be ret aside because he thought It was excessive in it al lowance of damages, At another 'Imo the presiding Judge took the same action. Judge Justice presided at this term and his rulings were with Mr Cralge in all the matters. The suit was brought for the pur pose of collecting a note, foreclosing a mortgage and cancelling a lease. Appearing for the defendants was Judge A. W. Graham, the well-known ex-Judge. Messrs. W. B. Smoot and Bismarck Capps, two licensees of the recent Supreme Court have formed a co partnership and It will be known as Smoot & Capps. The two young men will apply for the oath at the coming term of Rowan court and will begin active practice at the earliest date. They are especially well equipped and at the University Law School both men took high rank. Mr.. Smoot Is a merchant and Mr. Capps has been a railroad man, but both have a natural inclination towards the law and will succeed finely. They will locate In the annex to the court house, a law office building 0hat the county built for rental purposes. Senator Whitehead Kluttx Is at home and will Be here through the sittings of court ' He has a number of cases and will be quite busy. tnrougnout tne wees. Mr. Klutts won additional praise yesterday In the Senate by his strong argument and effective reply to the speeches of Messrs. Clement Manly and F. H. Busbee, who, as repre sentatives of the Western Union Tele graph Company, opposed the tele graph bill that Mr. Klutts Introduced In the Senate, penalising the negli gent delays In transmission and de livery of messages. The committee had reported favorably upon Mr. Kluttx's bill, but he graciously al lowed the telegraph company's repre sentatives to open it again and then icplled to their arguments . The Coney Island t'nlted Shows bave closed a deal with the Fulton Heights Park Company and In April will come here and play a date of one week. This company waa formerly the Barkoot Company and has played 8peneer a week. The street railway gives them a fine opportunity that they did not have before and It Is likely that they will have a great time here. The oompany has the reputa tion of being honest and decent Governor Glenn at Spencer. Stvectal to The Observer. Spencer, Feb. 10. Governor R, B. Glenn visited Spencer - to-day en a re ligious campaign, making an abht gos pal address at the Young Men's Chris tian Association nere. am wmm swi by a large crowd of railroad mea, tbe value of an association in the Co som us ing taxed to Its utmost by those eager ' to hear the Governor, who spoke on the value ot an Association in the oommun- L Ity. He recited the growing wealth ef North Carolina, called attention to the Increasing demands for stingy, upright young men. and emphasised the duty and capability of the Y. M. C. A. to produce thla type of manhood. He an- : pealed to hla hearers to use ail their powers In the cause of rlghteousneas. In closing his address he urged the young men present for the sake of their mothera. for thetr own Bake and for Christ's sake to yield to Christ aad be come Hie followers. ;. CHURCH OF THE HOLT APOSTLES Again Packed to the Doors, But There Was no Repetition of Last Sunday's . Dlaajracefnl stones, - . Paris, Feb. ll. The Church of the Holy Apostles, 'where the French Apostolic . Cathollo ,' Church was In augurated last v 8unday. was again pscked to the 'doors to-day, but there was no repetition of last Sunday's d!s . graceful soenese. ' ' Police in plain clothes were stationed at the doors and only once was the service inter rupted. This wss when a young man shouted "Sacrilege." He and elnghteen companions belonging to the society of "Young ' Royalists' were , ejected , and arrested oa a charge of impeding liberty and worship. , - - . , Archlblahop Vliatte, head of the In dependent : Cathollo -, movement M America, - announced that trW ' hereafter would be ready to ofilcitfe at baptisms. , marriages and deuths and masses would be celebrated daily, IAIRRILARD, JR, TO MEET GOULD Final. Round Reaohed in Court Ten- i Ms r uoiu itacquru - Tuxedo Park. K. TH Feb. II. The nrnn Brother ftf the Kew Yerk Tennis A Racquet Club., reached tho semi-finals m the ' amatuer racquet championship for the gold racquet at the Tuxedo Tennis iiacquei viui to-day, and- Payne Whitney, of th same club," by defeating Milton s. Barger, of New York, and Oeore ir. Brook, the former champion cf t' i Philadelphia Racquet Club, aio q .wi lled .for the eetnl-flnal rounds. The final round al wn f h X In the court tennis for the M.1 1 -quel, leaving Pierre LnrlKai i, Jr , i f the Tuxedo Tennis and Hnrfjun .'H; to meet Jay Gould. Of Gor;Uu Court, LaXwvi. en Tj''", ',6 ;.'i'?;r'. -.K'-y-'i":''' . , ,1,
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