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suLsc: :ir u 0:7 vines-, aco a yeah. ciiaklotth, ir. a, Thursday corning; ; November 28, ico7. prich nvE cEir.. orflCIALS ABE CONFIDENT 0 DOUBT OF BONDS' SUCCESS ioasury Department Vc?U No Doubt ns to Suitress f l'anuma Bonds and One-Year Treasury . Certificates C alculations Belnz Static as to Con ditions In Money Market 'Next Snrinir and Ability to CaU In Part ' of Certificates About $17,000,000 Will Be Added to Treasury's work- Jug Balance, Retained From Rale ot.' Bonds ana AX-rtincates ,ncourag ing News From the West - ' Washington, Nov. 2?. The, altua tlon at Jlje Treasury to-day was such that . there ,1a no longer any doubt felt among Treasury officials of the sac cess of both the loans the Panama canal bonds and the one-year Treas ury certificates. If considerably, less than 1100,000,000 is allotted in 14a certificates, it will 'not be because the subscriptions are not large enough to cover the amount. Calculations are Already being made as to probable' conditions In th money market next trprlng and the ability to call In tart . - of the certificates. If the amount ls- Bued should be only $50,000,000, and v tialf of these - should be- paid off - In ' six. -months, the Interest s charges would fall materially- below, thej 33,- 000,000 originally calculated upon, the 1 uU issue for one year." The sum of . 116,000,000 for six ? tfaontha . would : draw Interest to the amount of 3375, ,000 and an additional amount of $25, 000,000 for -one ' year would . draw . 17(0.000. maklna- a total of 31.125.- : 000,. This would, be at . the rates of less than one1 cent and - a half per '.capita lor the people of the.country. V JUSTIFIED IN ADDING TO BAL- -The-Treasury wilt. W Justified, In 1 im ttiiiiitiii 111 ii in umuiti.19. in auuiua ' to Its working balance as oon u as tnoney market t conditions , permit. ADOUt iii.uuu.vuw prooaoiy ,u . do , added to this balance by the propor ' Hnm rfttfllned from th nala of bonds vand -certificates next week, --but the - exact' amount depends .upon ' the Amount and term of, the allotment of the one-year certificates. ; ;. J The nominal cash' balance of the vmwiy.tjr:-wft;$i.S93,sii. but this was aubjeet to the deduction ' of $IS4,9S9,58I in banks and else where, leaving only. $8,463,028 as the . apparent working balance. The .cash ' actually held in th Treasury stands at $119,4$8,01i; butsthla i offset by outstanding checks and other demand liabilities amounting' to . $112,984,313. Receipt continue to fall below the t averages of a year ago, but were a . little, better to-day .than for the.eor fespohding day last year.-. The month of November thus far has shown a ". aurolua 'of receipts of $2,931,645 as against a surplus in November, 1900,1 or $4,7M47 t . ;v i.t i s - A letter has been received at tha Treasury Department f rom i one? of the leading bankers in Chicago, con ..talning BComraging - Information " about the efforts that are teingf made la ;th West for the resumption ; of . rurrencr navmenta. i Cash faymeoU When New Xork He- i ' Ne Orleans, NpV.27.twa3. an : nounced at the new -Orleans clearing house to-day. that all banks here will resume cash payments Just as sopn as New York does. s Clearing house returns show that - wew Orleans-banks, have cash bal- - ances ' On deposit in New . York y amounting to - more than "two and a man muion aoiiars. . Serip Refused; Miners Strike., ' cause the merchants of fit. Clairsviu. - O., It Is said, refused to accept scrip HHoa wy me rroviaence Coal Com Jany, oyer 25 0 miners struck to-day; M ; ; lr'ENIRJB SET ASIDE. '' ffudge' Morris Sustains Motion ' to Set Aside - Venire From Grant County jr ruwera xnaj.-,v-.;,-K;:-.:-,ci -v i-::.- sSforfotoVo,':: -lCy; Novi'!' 27Judge MOrrlS tO-HaV SU9talDl1 a mrVHrln nt L. vcicuBB iu iub ruu OX kJSUvo rOW' . - rs, to set aside the, renlre from Grant county. Judge Morris expressed sur prise at the .' manner- of summoning the prospective Jurors. He said it was - unprecedented for a sheriff and his deputy to toe followed , by. a crowd of tnen purporting to- represent two po- ' lltical parties. "Had the court been ap"" Jirlsed of their acUon at the time the psrtf i went 1 into Grant county, i would have ordered trie arrest Of all, f them,'' Judge Morris ald.i;7-?'v; u - The; court then , ruled : that all . the names of the venire be put in a box and a Jury drawn .from the whole. - The results of the day's proceedings ; were Jn a measure unfavorable? to -. . Powers. He lost an accepted Juror, a Republican., who was excused by the court. This left but : three1 accepted Jurors of whom two are Republicans and one a Democrat. Seven of the nine that were qualified to-day are x Democrats ' and two are Republicans. CUTS GIRL'S THROAT. - . - Enoch Sanders Ota Young 1 Lady's , : Throat With Rasor and Then Turns on Girl's Mother, Inflicting Serious 1 1 lithoala,"; 6ri.Norr xtooca Bandera, a bachelor, 8 J years old, who . lived at - the , ;home :of his sister-ln law, Mrs. ' Alice Sanders, near tierer early to-day aelzed his niece. Bertha, before her-mother ;$ could inter ;Xjre,'cut the glrrs,thrQat,with a razor. tie then turned on Mrs. Sanders, and Jn the struggle wblch followed 'she - wss also seriously 'Cut. Sanders final ly turned the knife on frimself, ln- i flictlng .wounds which the doctors say wHl sprove fatal. Mrs. Sanders and lier daughter jwlll recover. . '- . Mother, and daughter told the same rtory, , saying Bandera attempted their - lives and later cut hi own , throat' : Sanders .denies that, he la' responsible for the cutting. J i. . : -f, ;)' Tried to Kill Sleeping Son. ? ; ' St. Louis, Mo Nov. 27 Mrs. Ellz , abetl) D. Smith, a widow suffering ? ffonv mental trouble, slashed to-day the throat of her 1 22-year-old ! twn Philip with a tazot aa h'..tIept.Witn blood streamhig from the; gash ha elzad his mother as she was about to Jump into a cistern." . Assistance "ar- rived Just as he was fainting from loss of blood. He la expected to re cover. , ' , - ' Pleads Guilty to Murder Charge. ; Columbus. Ga Nof.1. 27. la the Superior Court to-day Frank Reed, a young white man,' pleaded guilty to , murder, and was given a life sentence In the penitentiary, oseverar months ,ro Reed shot and tnortally wdunded John Bellamy, another young . man. 'rho subsequently died at his faema at GAMBLING Toil OFFICES THAT COIX-TOSoIXG AFFAIR Row the PresiJerit Settled the Fac- tional Dispute Over iho South Da kota plums by Means of Paper y: Balls and a Coin The Antagon-1- istlc Senators From the State Line t'p Before the President Md Settle the "Scran" by Takina Chances For" the Privilege of Naming the candidates Which Will Be Sent to . th Senate The People of, the State Not Considered In the Deal The President Enlarges Ills Circles of Conferees Upon the - Financial . Situation. . , - f , The" Observer Bureau, r -, - ' . 13 Post Building,' , '. Washington,-Nov., 27,, .That was a rather unique, way the President of the United States select ed men to perform the solemn and aa- cred service of- a great State, when he cast lots, drew' straws and tossed a eoin,; to" determine who should hold tbe offices In South. Dakota. ;As on ly the meagrest reports are going out by the regular press associations, and hls on of the most remarkable per formanpes..' which ever took 'place (n any executive office in this : country, let alone the White House.! further details are not out of place. . Seven teen Federal offices In South' Dakota were disposed of by a mere gamble by the i President and Senators Kit tredge 'and Gamble. It happened this The President ' i decided 'ht ould settle a "acrap,, as he called it, Tie two South Dakota Senators have been bo antagonistic to each other that a big bunch of Federal jobs could hot be, settled between them, it , toeing customary for the. President to allow the Senators to determine , who shall hold these joba . The two Senators have scarcely been on. sneakihr terms. and the -phly way they could be got together was by Ee President's send ing for them both to meet him at the White House at the same time, with out, letting either know that he had sent for the. other.' .'When ;they got there this, morning, the, - President faced them and saldi "I . propose to settle thl thins here an J now." Hold- lngip two slips of paper, one a long frk& la nrl 4-Kak nf Vt as & ahAi4 . Aiaa a waa.w WUH S S OUU1 L VU?b 11V rolled them teach 'Into :a little -ball. to Senator .Kittredge, , he aald:"Kit trAge, what is - it, long . or ihort V indicating- his right hand. v . 'i ''Long,'' said,. Senator. Klttredge, ana long it waf , . . v ? V A GAME OF CHANCE. 'Then name the man for the first of these lobs," , aaid the. President: und Senator nam&vnlm.l - . The papers were rolled ud araln "Which Isyit. Gamble, ' long or .k-!-"Lon,g.,:.'sa'Id; Senator Gamble. But r ne lost; it was short, 'and; hia antag onist . had . the . choice again and aam ed the man for the next lob on. the llt. ' t. :a2vLLJz :.: T-V-:,". Kittredge 2 waa'-. likewise he ? iucky man In the., next i, choicer f winning three; hand running.- So the casting 01 jots proceeded until; twelve ; land agents, the district attorney, the mar ehal and two or three other: Jobs had Deenraisposej or, leaving- the gfand prize,- the bank examiner only. . 1 The papers being badly damaged, and the game 'having' become a little monotonous, the . President ' decided to change It slightly. Reaching into his pocket Tie. produced a com. , ,, " "Which is It.: KlttreJge,i heads, or .tails?";- ;v i V:,- .' I - "Heads.? said 5 Senator KJttredge. He was lucky again, It fell heads, and Jre named the bank examiner. r When.it was all over the President declared he would send in the names so decided Tupon to the " Senate for confirmation, and the Senator agreed they would, abide by the result and kIIow the appointments to be con firmed, " " - i , -. The people of Dakota? .Where do they come in? Oh, they are a small consideration; the Senators must have their ouarrel and the President must have his game. - . . - Still, that, after all. may be about as good a way to decide It as the usual way. . V PRESIDENT . AND FARMERS. The President has' widened some what his circle of conferees upon the financial situation, and besides J. Plerpont Morgan and other . bankers and financiers, ; he has ; invited to Washington certain representatives of the farmers. These have been asked to make suggestions as to what the government -might . do tto relieve the financial" stringency stnd assist in the movement of the cropsi The Jegis latlve i committee of s the Farmers' Union,' consisting of B! .T Duckworth, chairman,'' of Georgia; B. L.' Griffin, of Arkansas; Campbell Russell, of Oklahoma, and the attorney, for the union, C T. Ladson, of Atlanta, have been in Washington during the past two days." To-day they - ended ' a series of conferences at the White House with the President and Secre tary Cortelyou. , They left ; to-night, expressing themselves assured " thdt the administration ' would deposit in Southern banks a full proportionate share of the money realized from, the Panama canal bonds and the 3 per cent..' and that", the President nd the Secretary -of the Treasury would do all in '.their power to send money lntottte" cotton-growlngA States v'for the movement of the crODS. niacins U in the' national banks - so that it will be available for loans to far mers. ' , ZACH M'GHEB. MrRPHY DISCUSSES PLEDGE. Says Hagan' Had No Authority to ;. Pledge . Support, of . Tammany , to Bryan Will Support Nebraskan If : He is Nominated. - , , - . ' New York, " Nov. 27.Charlesv T. Murphy, t leader of Tammany HalL .declared to-day that James 3, Hagan had no authority to pledge Tammany Hall's support to William J. Bryan for the ' Democratla nomination for President, as he did at the Bryan din ner in Washington last night. - When Mr. .Murphy's attention was called to Mr. Hagan' action, he said! ' ' ."Ttairan ' nok fnr -Haran tiAt In. -Tammany: Hall. No one Is author lyd to pledge the Tammany delegation.- ytlf Mr. 'Bryan is the nominee of the Democratic party for President Tammany will support him with loy alty; but we are not' pledging our pelves to any candidate at this time." Mr. Murphy's attention - was also called to ' the declaration of . State Chairman W. F. Connors In favor of Lieutenant Governor Iewls S. Chan-, ler ior me presidential nominee. , "Mr, Chanler Is a ston and popu far young man," said Mr. Murphy. He added fiat it Was too early tt de ride , whether .the . New ,Tork Stat Jelenatlon to the Democratic national onventioa - would ' be - instr acted - er not 1 BATgHEABISQISBESU!IED CLERK BROWN FIRST WTTXESS LitUo of Profit to Either Side Devel ops at First Day's Hearing, But the Session is Made Interesting by the " Personal Statement of standing Master Montgomery. Who Explains Why He Has Made the Several Con tinuances Garbled Reports In Ral eigh Newspapers, Which ' Placed , .Him in False Light. Inspires State ment Snprcme Court" Opinions rr- . . . . iiciuuu iniurn uumpany.cn uot ernor Raleigh News of a Day. : Observer Bureau,' The Hoileman Building, i , '.' " , , lUleigh, Nov. 27. '- A company has bee organized at weKion and tendered to the Gover nor, to take the place of Company. K, Second Regiment, which was disband ed last week, t Aa jyu the Governor has mot acted in the tnatter.f. r f The Oayernor ts taking very great interest in the railway' rate hearing wmen was resumed to-day before Standing .Master Montiromerv: and he has canceled f ny and all engagements so as to foe here as long as it lasts. It was agrecd-thls morning that the hearing should be at the office of the corporation commission ;' and Wt in the United states court room. - Chief Counsel iAlfjred. i P. Thorn, of Mj, the Southern, came in this morning," and the various lawyers for the State and the corporation commission were on hand, E- Jrr Justice t arriving from AshevUle half, an Hour, before the hearing began; Last vnight-tt'!;:-,wa talked abput.the streets that the hear ing might Mast ; only to-day ' and then there would be. a postponement until after Thanksgiving.. . Several people expected something to ''drop," as they .put it, yesterday or last night; in fact' developments have been look ed for any tlme.;-?;. L CAPTAIN HARRIS PROMOTED.' ; Captain. Ceburn D." Harris; of ; Ral elgh, who for several yea-s has1 been the commlsaryof the Secoad,; Regi ment of infantry, gets a weu-'deaerved promotion, being made assistant com missary general and assigned to the first brigade chief commissary, with the rank of major, U succeed R. p. Hackney, of j Durham,,reslgned. . v 'The Clayton ManuSacturlna-1 Com pany, which makes cotton jams and gooas, is authorized to Increase . Its capital stock to a hundred thousand dollars, .56, ;,, ' .y -xj-j tyrrqrf-: PROH IBITIONMSTS. TICKLED. . The prohibitionists are delighted at the success of their big rally at the Hall of the House of Representatives last night, at which speeches j. were made by Governor Glenn President O; T. Winston. N. B. .Broughton, Jose phus ' Danlea. Richard H. i .Battle, Rev ; Sylvester J.'. Betts, Seymour W . Waiting;. Maxor J. : I. Johnson, Alfred A . Thompson and President Wesley N-; Jones. j? The election is to he held December lth. ; The speakers de clared j-that ithe idlspensary.waj Aft makeshift, but was better than the sa loons, but that prohibition was a cer tainty. The, sum of 3880 fwas raised to push? the -work. 'Pflealderit I-Jone was re-elected. Alfr-d. A. Thompson was- maae vice presMent, Rev. Mr. Best ' treasurer, Edward. LC Conn and Joseph - H. . -Weathers, . - secreuf leg. Pastor Maasee,- of the BaDtist Taber- nacle, followed Governor - Glenn irf endorsing the plan of having - Rev Mordecai Ham, who has been at Wil mlng ton, come, here and lead In the campaign, V Mr. Ham is at his home in Kentucky, resting for a few days dui win ne here early next week. t T EXPLAINS CQNTINUAKCES. Standing Master Montgomery be fore he proceeded with the taking of the evidence in this case of the South ern Railway, against the corporation commission and the Attorney General. made some remarks, saying these were to i make plain his position re garding the several postponements of the hearing and the reason- for such delay. He said that yesterday while on tne streets tie met William ; H. Day,vEsq.; ,who; had asked him about the continuance of the case until to day; that he had) told Captain Day that ne ; nad seen the statement In the- newspapers 'that the continuance was the cause of the aJbsence 'of At torney J3t. j. justice, one of the coun sel for the State: The standing mas ter had said to .Caiptain Day that if he had known this It would not have (been postponed.; , He said a reporter of The Kaieiga Times was present and heard) the remarks, and asked if he might , print the story, the stand ing master said he could; ' provided he did not place him in a false posi tion. The standing..' master to-day said', that the story, thus printed was made the subject of a personal attack upon him and ? his temper - by The News and Observer. ;:, He then . ad dressed Mr. Justice saying he had made no reflection on the matter: that he, would have said the same thing1 had the person concerned been his best friend f that he thought there should not have been a contin uance'1 under the! circumstances, jand said so, and i had no apologies s (to make. He went on to say that there were several well eauipped attorneys for the State, oner of these being Mr. woooaro, ana that a numtoer of these were present In Washington with Mr. Justice. ;" He ; considered that these were . amply aible ; to look v after : the State's .Part of the case, ami said he would only be following' a-rule adopt ed oy supreme court judges, this be ing that wheneverthere were sew rat attorneys In a case, to deny a equst foi contlnuatice mad by one' of them. He believed, and has said so a hun dred times, and knew that hundreds of Intelligent North' Carolmlani'. had the same opinion, that he would not MPain be called on hto preside over this .hearing-, a a number of confer ences between the State's representa tives and the railways had been held and f there were very apparent efforts to settle the matter out of the court, i DENIES NEWSPAPER TALE. . The standing master then went on to speak about a statement mads toy The-News and Observer this morning to the effect that the Southern Rail way also had a' hosttot attorneys in this, case, and .remar&d that If ex Judge Avery-had anything to do with the 'case-he : had "hever i heard of. it; that he was not aware that James H. Pou ihad anything to do with It, and that Mr.' Hine's connection wfth it ended;: at. 'Washington .? ';, Attorney Thoan had, he declared, borne the en tire burdfen of the case, and that the standing master might 'therefore, at the request of Mr; Thorn,' put off the hearing. He salf that F. H. Busbee had occasionally assisted Mr, Thorn. Th standing master declared he was glad of an opportunity to sav what he had said,' so -that. his nositlon would ; ne maoo ciear; that he desired to be on friendly and proper relations with all the attorneys la the case,-- He d clared his entire wliunpnes to stand' by what he had done and said, and repeated that he had no apologies to make.. Before he thus addressed the attorneys he had' dictated to the stenographer- for the two sides a statement as to the reason why all the "several continuances . had been granted, saying that they toad been granted at the request of counsel for tooth the State and the .southern Rail way, and that he, had not knowledge of the reason for salting such continu ances. : ' - . ... , CLERK BROWN A WITNESS. ' 'I , Clerk Brown, of the commission, made an Interesting -witness. Attor ney Woodard read to him' a very long question, intended to oring out . his knowledge both of inter-State and in trastate business done by the South ern, and as to whether or not ita acts in these two classes of business could toe separated . one from another.' At the request of Attorney ' Thorn the very lengthy , question was re-read. Clerk Brown answered : affirmatively. Then followed a long series of tech nlcal questions, to wrnlch Mr. Brown. who has been clerk to the commission ever since its creation, in 1891 ? an awered. A-v :- '" .? - --. . -' v Governor .5 Glenn's Thanksgiving pardons to lone term convicts of good penitentiary . record go to Edward Martin, colored, Rockingham -county, sentenced for life for- burglary, and Lee Bennett, white, Stokes county, twenty years for murder. .Both were sentenced In 1901, 1 ;-r SUPREME Q OUJtT OPINIONS. Supreme Court opinions were hand ed down to-day as follows: Jenkins vs. Railway, from Cleveland, new trial; Hamrick - vs. Railway, from Cleveland, new trial; Guanq Company vs. sowers, from Halifax, reversed; State rvs. 'Carmon, from Rowan, no error;' Lumber Company vs. Smith, from' Harnett, no error; ' Rollins vs. Railway, from Chatham, - no error; State vs.' Guthrie; from 1 Durham, no error; Crltcher V vs. Watson, from Granville, no error; Card well vs Rail way, from Alamance,, no error;; Mor ris vs. Express Company, from Ran dolph,1: ho error; Dobler and Mudge vs.- Varner, from, Rowan, no error; state vs. Tuttle, from Forsyth, no error; Phillips vs. Iron Works, from Forsyth, hew trial ; State vs. Lord. from Mecklenburg,, error; Cashmer vs. Dowd, from Mecklenburg, new trial; Wootton vs. Smith, from Meck lenburg, no error; State vs. Wright, from ) Catawba, .no error; Davis Vs. Davis, from Watauga, no error; Lum ber Company vs. -vs. Smith, from Caldwell, no error; Bernhardt' vs. Dutton, from Wilkes, modified and affirmed; Miller vs. Railway, from Mecklenburg, : per curiam, affirmel; .Delllnger, vs Trffutman, from Lin coln, per curiam; affirmed; Jones vs. Smathers, - from Buncombe, dismiss ed under rule No. IT. , '' The "Supreme Court will -call ap peals from the nrteentti district as follews: State vs, Bosses ; State vs. Phillips; SUte vs. i Strickland; Tuttle vs. Tuttle; Bo wen vs. Harris ; Brad burn vs. Roberts; -.Lambert; vs.-: Ex press Company; Kinslad . vs. i7rtm. haw; Duckworth vs. Jordan; Kels lerson vs. ttauway; 1. liOites - vs, Duckworth- Lea vs. Baird: WhJte vs. Railroad; Brooks vs. Shook;' Davis vs. Recksford; Ashevllle vs. Weaver; Land Company . Vs. Lang; Neal va Owens. . . - WILL SETTLE IT AT ASHEVILLE. Decreo in Virginia Passenger Rate Cases AV111 .Be Sent to Judga Pritchard at His Home For His , Opinion Hlness in His Family the .Reason Both Sides Determined to Carry Case on, Whatever the De- cislon. s Special . to The Observer. v' Richmond, Va., Nov. 37. It was learned this morning that Judge Jeter CV PrltChard, of the United States Court, who left for his home In Ashevllle, N. C. last night, will not return to Richmond on Saturday, as had been expected wien the final decree in the Virginia passenger rate cases, , now pending before him in that court, will be filed. The attor neys 'who are now in the city for the purpose of arguing the case will agree upon the decree and forward same to him at his home In Ashevllle for his consideration. , A telegram from Ashevllle to-day states that three members of Judge ,Hnitchardvs Immediate, . family Cii daughter, , Mrs. Thomas S. Rollins, and husband and their little child, are ill with typhoid fever, their sickness being of sufficient seriousness to make it necessary that the JuJge stay with them.' Whatever may toe the decision of Judge Prltchard in these cases. It has already been determined than an appeal will be taken by eit.ier the State or the railroads and the case carried for final argument to the United. States Supreme Court of Ap peals,. V! ,W ' ; - .if Z&ae ara hot , only important L hto-Stf.t but J'very State where railroad, litigation is pending In the matter of passenger rates. The 2 cent rate promulgated by the State corporation commission is now In ef fect under protest , of the railroads pending the outcome of. these cases, tne roads having hn fn, maxe sucq concession by threats of an extraordinary session of the Legls- !h.Url.n0r .th?'pttr,Me ot "forcing ter - People in the mat- r ;S Mrs. Rollins Sllrfltlv Imm-n. 4 G...I.I 1. m 'V. . " ' 1 - Asheville, Nov. 37. Mrs. Thomas oD?,.1g nlht? "np'O'eJ to-day. Mrs. Rollins. Is slightly ill with ty pholl fever whfs Mr fimii.. 1. .u. "flJ t;hl bed by lllneas, The it--"r ."Jugnier.Qi Mr. and Mrs. Rol lins Is ; dangerously ;. til with sea rlet Mrs. Rollins, is expected here to rn or ro w morning from Richmond. w ; 'V.' ' ' EdlUor Arm Dead. 1 Nr Orleans, La.;- Nov. 2 7. WII Ham. E.iArm8, night eJltor of;The New Orleans, Times-Democrat, died here to-day. ? He was operated on .d'ay" ? ,,'or a complication dflseasos. Mr. Arms, who was a ia.lLvf A.,abm had been identified ffi- fftouthern wpPw. for more than 30 yara.v.V'i- . - , ' ' - t f . tiRaton ' ilougei $ ; Nov. S 7 J-For' wia oenent or xn cotton ahdf sugar cane fields, finvum a ni.nn. . ..... u ..imii nam t(, . day, sent instructions to every sherlft i. ijuuwana strictly , to enforce the yangrancy aw. . This ' means that idle men will be forced to seek work or leave the community. Agricultural laborers are much needed. JMiy Wedding Was ToHlpoped. Vienna. Nov, 27. Members of the Kzechenyl family neciare that the postponement of the : wedding of Count IjiwIo Kzerhenyl to Miss Cladys vanneroiu is au oniy o me desire nft the ounl truUier to atUndth eri tnony, , . ..... . . ' - m - BAD DAY FOBHBS.BKADLEY BIUCH DA3IAGIXG TESTDIOXY Government Has Its Inning and Many Witnesses" Offer Damaging Evidence hi Bradley Trial News paper Men, Police Officials, Doctors, . Prison1 Attendants and Others De clare That Mrs, Bradley Has Been ; Rations in Manner Dramatic Des V eriptlon ot Encounter v; Between iMrs.' Brown and Mrs. Bradley at Hotel in Idaho Senator Brown ' Came to Sirs. Bradley's Rescue and ll?rcely Denounced His Wife No ' Court-To-Day. . , .Washington, ' Nov. . 37. Throughout to-day the testimony offered (in the trial of Mrs. Anna M.; Bradley, chnrg ed with having shot and killed former; Senator-Brown, of Utah, In this city last December, was most damaging to the' defendant. !. There ' were many witnessesr who had' seen her shortly after the shooting and others who attended her: while she was In Jail here, ' but none of them had at any time doubted her sanity.5 These wit nesses had been called by the govern ment in - rebuttal. They Included practically every one who had come in contact with Mrs. Bradley after the shooting of Senator Brown. At tendants at the hotel where the shoot ing occurred, officials at the police sta tion and at the House of Detention, Inv which she was at first confined, newspaper men, doctors and attend ants at the jail declared their belief that she was rational in manner and coherent In language when they saw and , talked to her. Several other witnesses who had talked with her In Salt Lake City and elsewhere prior to the shooting gave, evidence to the same effect. ; . ENCOUNTER AT HOTEL. A dramatic feature of the day was the description by S. S. Chrlatenson, of Salt Lake, of an encounter between Mrs. , Bradley and Mrs. Brown at , a hotel in Pocatello, Idaho, in the sum mer of .1906. - On that occasion Mrs. Brown ; discovered Mrs. Bradley In' the hotel with Senator Brown and at tacking her, attempted to choke her and asked to be allowed to kill her. The Senator came to her. rescue and then: the entire party. Including the witness, turning fiercely upon Ills wife, denied that he was the father of her son, Max Brown, and at the . same time admitted that he was the father of two of Mrs. Bradley's children. An outburst of denunciation by Mrs. Brown followed, after which the" Sen ator, and the defendant went to an other hotel, where they called for drinks. ; '. ' ' - The witness gave a graphic descrip tion of the meeting of Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Bradley at the hotel In Pocatello. He said 'Mrs. Brown told Mrs. Brad ley, she wanted to say something to her. Mrs. Brown advanced towards Mrs. Bradley arttr took her by the throat and she seemed aa If she was going to-do her violence. They sep arated! amoment -and then Mrs. Brown , again took hold of Mrs. Brad ley. -Mrs. Brown said: "Let me kill .JK'-V'--"''-74 TALK OV DIVORCE. "'Mr... Brown was ln a room about six feet away- and Mrs. Bradley called to htm: ' ' "'Come here, Mr. Brown. They are trying to kill your darling." - She rushed to Mr. Brown's door and asked to be let in. The door was opened and Mr. Brown came out. They all went In a small room and sat down and had 4 conversation last ing several hours. - "At the end of the conversation," said the witness, "Mr. Brown denied that he was the father of Max Brown and said he was the father of two of Mrs. Brad ley's children, Thera were suggestions about get ting a divorce and Mrs. Brown said she would grant a divorce if the Sen ator would deed the farm In Idaho and the house on Brigham street to Max Brown, keeping the rest of his property. The Senator said he would not do that aa he would not have left enough money, to pay his debts. She then said he could keep the farm and the house and deed the rest of his property to Max, but he refused to do that During the conversation Mrs. Brown, told s the Senator he could go, but that she never wanted ttf see him com back. , LEAVE HOTEL TOGETHER. After leaving the hotel at Pocatelio where this meeting took place, Brown, Mrs; Bradley and the witness went out to another; hotel, where the Sen ator and Mrs. Bradley had a cock tall or two. r "What was Mrs. Bradley's demean or ' on ' this occasion." asked the as sistant district attorney, , -"Same as ( hav always, seen her The witness said that In all hi ac quaintance with Mrs. Bradley she ap peared to him perfectly sane. : v A new phase of the testimony to day was the admission of Archibald Llyingston, the Senator's stenog rapher,, that he had often told false hoods to Mrs. Bradley in order to quiet her and to avoid trouble for, either th Senator or hlrasielf. ? Justice Stafford rebuked a couple of spectators, a man and a woman in the' court room, who brought with them a young girl of about ,11 years of age. When th Justice saw the child he stopped the proceedings and ordered . an attendant to escort the child from the court room. A the day wore on Mrs. Bradley .appeared to feel the fatigue of her long ...trial.:; It, was. with, more effort tnan usual that she gave attention- to the: statements of witnesses.' - Sh closed her eyes ? for several minutes, leaning her head on her right hand. - It -X was expected that all the testi mony In th case would be in to-day, but at -the la. momenr th district attorney subpoenaed additional - wit nesses in rebuttal.- Another witness is now. on his way here from - Utah to testiry for the government. -It Is now almost certainty that the testimony wUI be concluded Friday, to which day the court adjourned at the close of to-days aesslon. - 1 ' - Tug Damaged by Fire. ' Norfolk, Va.. Nov. 37 The " big Brooklyn tug Walter , A- Luokenbach took fire at a coal pier in the eastern toranch ' of Elisabeth river- her early 'to-day - and narrowJy escaped destruction. : The, flame which start ed in th engine room, er eiUn gulhd.by stream frona tug which was alHO coaling at th same ft pier. Th origin of th fir lit not known. The damage was not serious. . ' II III, ' I WW .1 1 I II ' ' J '; V . Ievre Board Investigation. ' Raton Rouge, L., Nov. 27 A bill providing for investigating the fin ances state levee board was pass el by the Houneyof Repreaentatlvea . to-day. Chirges have been made that lomi-kvM- loar4 finances have not been properly administered. CLOSE RELATION S EXIST VICE 1 PRES. HILL ON STAND. Official of American Tobacco .Com pany Testifies as to Relations With " United Cigar Stores Company No -' Direct Admission of Absolute Con ' trol But Unusually Close Relations Exist Between Two Companies ; Vlgar Company Given Regular Pin counts Allowed Johbers Who En courage Buying of Company's Pro- : tluots Personal Letters of, Mr. Hill : RelaUve to Plan For Maintaining Prices Introd uceu. - - - ' iNew Tork, Nov. !7. The nature of the relations existing between. the American .Tobacco Company and the United' Cigar (Store Company, which has a large number of retail stores throughout, the . country, -was ; inquired Into at to-day's session in the hearing. in the -x case of -the United States against the sO-called tobacco - trust The hearing Is taking place , before United, States Commtssloner. Shields. While it was not established by di rect admission that the relations were absolutely controlled by the American Tobacco Company, much of the testi mony was to the effect that unusu ally close relations existed between the two companiea -s.- HILL ON STAND.'; . P. O. Hill, vice president of the American Tobacco Company, was the only witness examined to-day. ,, ; He said that while he never knew of a specific denial of the resort, that the United Cigar Stores Company -was owned by th American Tobacco Com pany, he did not recall that such ownership had ever , been: admitted. He said he had very little knowledge of the management of - the United Cigar Stores Company. He did know, however, that for several months past his company- had been selling goods direct to the United Cigar Stores Company, giving it the benefit of regular trade discounts given to job bers who encouraged the use of the American Company's product. These discounts amount ; from 7 to 10 per cent, besides the usual discount of 2 per cent. for cash. , i ' Mr, HIM said the American Com pany sells to no other retail tobac conists In New York. Asked who fur nished the money to start the business of the United Cigar stores Company, Mr . Hill said he did not know. Ask ed as to the ownership of the jobbing concerns by his corporation, through out the country, Mr. Hill said It had an interest In only one and that was in New Orleans. Whether the United Cigar Stores Company had an Interest in a concern In Chicago, Mr. Hill did not know. A dozen concerns of more handled the company's product In New England and got the same allowance, he said. Concerns which handled the American Company's product ex clusively, however, got an additional wlowance. - '''- , 4- -frs-t LETTERS INTRODUCED. : Several letters from Mr. Hill' personal letter book related to a plan to maintain prices of imported goods It provided that importers, including Park and Til ford and' Acker, Merrall and Condlt, of New York, were " to sen Havana cigar to retailers and Jobbers at the same price. This might cause a demoralization of business for a time, the letter said, but in the end ' it would result In forcing the Im porters' into an agreement to main tain prices. Mr. HIU said the Ameri can Tobacco Company owned a small amount of stock in the Acker Mer rall and Condlt Company, but none at all In the Park and Tilford con cern. -. , ' Another letter, written to the Amer ican Tobacco Company's confidential agent in California, said a company was to be formed In California in .Conjunction with Bktsskover,, who al ready was doing large business there, to push the . American Company's goods in that market. The American Company's connection with th com pany was to toe kept secret Mr.' Hill said to-day that that plan was carried out but that eventually- Blaaskover took over the ownership of th entire business, That thSiAmerlcan Com pany In 1904 owned a large Interest in a factory In New Orleans operated as Craft it Co., and kept th fact of its partial ownership secret, was dis closed by another letter.....:.. . . . The hearing will be continued on Friday, w DAMAGED OFF HATTFJUS. SteamNhlp Admiral : Schley Return , to Philadelphia For Repair Suf fers Arcldent Off Cape Ha tt eras ; and Drifts Around For Ten Hours. Philadelphia, Nov. 37. During th storm which swept along the Atlantic coast last Saturday night and Sunday th steamship Admiral Schley, bound from5 Philadelphia for ? Port Antonio with 10 passengers on board, flv ,of whom were women, sustained damage to its machinery which caused-th vessel to drift about for 10 hours. The accident occurred off Cape Hat teras, and after temporary . repair had been made Captain - Jenson, - of the steamship, decided to return to Philadelphia. The Admiral ; Schley reached port to-day. v During the height of the storm th air pump of th ship' engine gav way and a fewmlnutes later the- eccentric rod, unable to withstand the pounding It was - being t subjected to, also gave way. Outside the damage, to th machinery, th vessel, beyond losing several awning and port light,- sus tained no other injury.-; The return trip to this city -was mad at, about t mile an hour. . UCOHICE APPEAL FILED. Two fomnanic Convicted of Corner ing Trade in Licorice File Appeal in Supreme Court Fine Amounting to 118,000, Imposed hjr Circuit Court. Washington, NovV 37. Th appeal of th MaoAndrewa and Forbea Com pany and th ,J. S Young 'com pany in the prosecution of those cor poration by the government on the charge of cornering th trade la lico rice used In th manufacture of cigars and tobacco was filed to-day In th Supreme Court of the United etates. Thts two firms manufacture about 85 per cent-of th ltcorioe -paste used jy tobacco, manufaaturera - and they were fined 311,000 by the United State Circuit Cturt for the Southern district of New York, on the charge of violating the Sherman anti-trust law in an effort to prevent competi tion In thl indutry. v? 1 -' v Senator ltacotr Appoints Sccrc(iy. Macon, Ga., Nov. 37. Senator A. O. Bacon has 1 annolnted John t f Bolfeulllet, a member of The Micon;,5 On-tbe unofficial returns the TVm Telegraph staff ,y ,and, v, clerk of , thojocrata claimed a plurality for SN-n 2rgis.Uoiisri rl vato. aeci-Ury of . U 85... Tha ,Repubi!oat:s c ;. to auccec-d Calvin Hitch. 'ed a small plurality fr ViUnwu. AMZI HELMS confess:-, SAYS HE KILLED ELLA TRIO ; The Young Fellow Charged Wi i Shooting the Hopewell Girl A,l m,U That He Did it. But Did Not 1nowTht the Gun Was Loadl The Only Way Out or Very tloo Quarters Attorney Retained to ?iak Uie Fight Helms Thought the Gpjlad But a Single Barrel and Re Unloaded That Before Ho Jr!ted Ko-Ide !! Hnd hot the GlrL Amzl Helms, who was cast into the Mecklenburg ounty jail Tuesday night by Sheriff Wallace, on a charge of murder, has confessed to the killing of Ella PryOr, .n 'old sweet heart of his. -He declares that he t knW the un " loaded, and when he pointed it, did so to Y lTl ior the amusement SS. i U'd att0T- Ho h" em ployed Stewart & McRae, attorneys.' c?urt -th 0,189 . throu t.Jhl0fCerS M pretty rtaln that . they had lande,! the right man. but he statement of the prisoner, made to; Deputy sheriff E. O. Johnston. " without solicitation, came as a url' prise. (' i ' .... n.Beforeu Helms has cleared hlmse'lf Si 'if.. C.arf Pre"ed against "hto conrtnA- 10 Proe evidence to Ho say that when h. -Un. hlrehh.e the un l lnJJlck, lt P. nbreeched 1' 5fmovd . nell. which he , out inaDoertu . Sf tha un snapped it at the second n,rWnn h.01 door' whom he took to baMra. Pryor. -Tyhls great surprise the a-un flrail i,h h. . yi 7. 41, gt vat BUI Jh .pnflred and the woman ithf, dar .He,m cllms that ha : 7, '"ri way. was fooled. mt iLth hab,t ' Project- mg with the Pryora and that is wW he pointed the gun. " ' ? uThU !f,f JX interesting story. If will have x to explain further why. faL;he had "hot th woman, " h tarried long enough to unbreech the gun and throw out the empty shell which was found on the ground sev eral hours later. Those who believe thar the young fellow Intended to : shoot the girl say that a more plausi ble theory is that, when he fired the gun, he broke it and took out 'the loaded shell to keep any one from using the gun on him before he could get away. If Helms is guilty of wil ful murder he is taking the only way out of it, and has a fair chanc to win. ... 1 The case promises to be very in teresting. Taere Is this much in Helms' favor; He did not go to the home with the intention of kill ing any one, for he carried no weapon. He told hta fallow aii oners Monday night that he thought Mrs. Pryor, came to the door aftef" Becky had gone back. . He declared that he did not know that he had killed any one, , , . 'The tragedy has attracted much attention.. Many ' believe that the slayer should be hung, but ther are others who are inclined to accept his statement, Jn the absence ; of : any INDICTED FOR FRAUD. Grand Jury ltetnrns Many Indict nuuts Against Virginia Distiller Caspt-r Held Under $3,000 Bond. Danville, Va., Nov. 27. Indict ments returned by the Federal grand Jury, which la now on' th third week ot the Investigation of government frauds by bonded distillers, against office!, director and stockholders of; the Dry Fork Distilling Company, in corporated, became known to-day when the case of T. M. Angle, man ager of the concern, wa called for trial. Those indicted are: R, : L. Farrls, president; Charles-, McCoy. secretary and treasurer; J, 8. Evans, J. W. Brjant, O. A. Stroupe, S..W. Jones, John L. Casper, C. T. Owens, J. A, PrultVM. J. Jones and W. T. Turner, It is alleged th Dry Fork Company has defrauded the government out of 3200,000 in taxes during the past twelve months. J. S. Evans Is mayor of th town of Dry Fork. Casper Is a larae wholesale whiskey dealer of Roanoke, and was, brought here to night Ho furnished bond in th ium of 33,000. He denies that he la con nected with the Dry Fork Company. Many other indictments returned ar being kept secret until th arrest are effected. The motion of the de fense to quash all of the Indictments on the ground that Chief of Revenue Agents Gates and SpeclaJ Employe Drakesford were In the grand Jury room aiding In the questioning of wit ness will be argued to-morrow. h WILT SAIL DECEMBER 16th. ''You Can Bet Your North American Life on it." Ray, Admiral Evans . Fleet Will AsHembto at Hampton 1 Roads on the th. Washington. Nov. 37. "You can . bet your North American llf that the battleship fleet will sail from Hamp ton Road on its way to the Facifla on a the morning of December Ith. The vessels will set under way 1uit as soon as I receive th President's orJer to e the sall.,..i'Wv:;-l-?,c', In this characteristic manner Ad-: hiirat Robley D. Evan answered th reports recently -eurrnfr -that there would be a delay in the asaemblying and ; consequent departure of the fleet from the date , originally set. The Admiral'1 orders contemplated th assembling of th fleet in Hamp ton .Road on December 3th, It Is possible that alt the ships may not b ther on that date. - At the Bureau f Navigation It Is sal J there may be possibly a triflinr delay In the arrival at Hampton Roads of the batleshlpa iMInnesota. Kentucky, and Vlnglnta which yet have to be docked and their sea valves overhauled bfore they are ready fnr a lenr' trip. Admiral Evans will be the guest of President Roosevelt t dinner at the White House to-morrow night ..t,,,,- Elected , by Nine Votes. Providence, R. I Nov. 37. Ralph O. Watson, of Warwick. Republican, was elected Lieutenant Governor of Rhode laland by a plurality of 3 vote, -over ., Charle - H. Sisawn. th Democratic nominee, at a recent State election, , according to the ofSi. 1st count which was completed by the State returning board to-day, Thj v.e wa: Watrous 31,216: Si.xsm 31.- 207. w '
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