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WATSON OH STAPABD OIL SPEAKS IX . dSSOIiCTIOX SCTT. Attorney, Who Jtepreeeoied the Gov . iirmnisjfc la tbs "Jfeettoeen Secorl- ties" Cue, Say That Case Against - Standard Oil to Totally Pitterent - From TIwU -Says Defendants Can , no Be Held For Their Conduct In - ; the Faat Claims That Rockefeller , ao4 Ilia Aseo-isios Had Legal Rlht . - to Combine John G. Mllbara (' didM Kta Argiuaeat Morris Roa entttal Will Speak Tto-Day. fit Lonia. April 8. The temporary 'Indisposition of the Standard t SI. 000 ' a day lawyer MoriU Roaenthal, o( Chicago, Interfered slightly with the ; case of the defense in the afternoon i In the presentation ot tta reply to the government's suit to diaaolve the Standard OH Company, of New Jer sey, for alleged Sherman act vlola- ciiAXGEs tobacco schedcubJ x IJTTLE BED SPOT. One Amend mem Provide That To bacco Grower Shall Be Exempt From Payment of Manufacturer' License For Sale of Tobacco in! a peculiar feature about Lr -Duty on instemmed riiier.the new skin discovery, is Word Experiment by Which It May Be Made to Disappear. '. John G. Milburn. of New York, the Standard's chief 'counsel, completed his opening argument commenced Tuesday afternoon, at noon. Mr. Rosenthal will make his argument to morrow. Lawyer David T. Watson, now one Of the Standard's attorneys, In this case, represented the government la the "Northern Securities" case and in credited with having won that suit far the government. In hia interpre tation of the decision in that now oftquted authritj. Mr. Wat son insisted that in the present rase and that suit, two sepa rate and distinct principle of law were Involved, and that under no stretch of the imagination could they be Identical. The crux of his argu ment was that the defendants could not be held for their conduct of year past, and that the only point the court could consider was whether It was acting In restraint of commerce, en gaging in unfair competition, or doing any of the many other diverse things alleged on the 15th day of November,! HO, the day the petition in tne pres ent case was filed. Touching upon the history of tho Standard's past. Mr. Watson claimed ' Mr. Rockefeller and his associates had the legal right as citizens to com bine, as they did. under the 18(52 agreement, a right denied the two competing roads not citizens, In tha Northern Securities case. Tobacco Raised. Washington, April l.--Two impor- j tant amendments to the tobacco schedules of the Payne bill were de cided upon by the ways and means committee to-day. One of the changes la embodied In a bill that has beeni passed by the House twice, which pro-1 vided that tobacco growers shall be exempt from the payment of the man - j uftcturers' license for the sale of to- f fcacco In the leaf. The amendment was made to tho P ths oslara. at no one is asked to buy It without first sending to the Emergency Labormtor-j les -No. J2 West Twenty-fifth street New York City, for an experimental sample and applying same to an af fected part of the skin, about the size of a silver dollar. It wilt clear the spot so treated In twenty-four hours a remarkable visual demon stration of Its powers. WhB poslam has been mentioned principally In connection with the cure of ecsema, the most stubborn of skin diseases. It must be remembered paragraph placing a duty of 35 renUjthat when used for Itch, hives, plm per pound on uhstemrned filler to- I pies, blotches, acne, itching feet, bacco and 50 cents a pound on stem- scaly scalp, chafing of Infants and med filler tobacco. To this a proviso similar minor skin troubles its action was added which makes the duty Tills all the more pronounced, results cents on the former and tl on the ! being seen after an overnight appli latter, when It Is the product or is Imported from a country which pro hibits the Importation of American filler tobacco. This amendment is aimed at Tur key, which bars American filler to bacco. This class of tobacco Is used in the manufacture of Turkish ciga rettes and it Is contended competes with the bright tobaccos of North Carolina and Virginia. It was claim ed before the ways and means com mittee during the hearings that 90 per cent, of the importations of Turkish tobacco Is controlled by the so-called "tobacco trust." BRYAN MILE AWARDED. MVLLAHS ARB RESTLESS. Show Further Signs of Cnrewt and Are Massing on Northern Boundary of Kenya Province Protection For Roosevelt and Party. Mombassa. British East Africa. April I. According to native reports the Mullahs of the Somalia, inhabiting the desert country north of the pro tectorate, are showing further signs ef ;nrsst ond are massing on .he northern boundary of Kenya province. There Is to-day some local anxiety, particularly as a ma'orltv of the pro tectorate troopa are at Berbers, in British Bomall'and. It la said here that the colonial or Esmeralda County, Nevada. Wins Animal. Having Shown largest Democratic Inrreatte In Election. Lincoln, Neb . April 8. Announce ment was mad to-day nt the office of William J. Bryan that Esmeralda county, Nevada, having made the greatest Democratic gain In the elec t on last November, had beeu award er the prize mule. The mule, Major Minnemascot, was presented to Mr. j Bryan during the campaign by Min- retota admirer? and Mr. Bryan offer ed It as a prize to the county making the greatest Democratic gain. Esme lflda county r.howed again of S94 per mt. cation. As only a small quantity of poslam Is necessary to cure such cases, a special fifty-cent package, usually sufficient, has been placed on sale at R. H. Jordan A Co.'s and other leading drug stores In Charlotte and throughout the country. CAN TAKE BODY TO RUSSIA. No Objection Will Be Offered by Rus- hlan Government to Interment of Noted Actress at Cracow. Washington, April I. The decision to take Madame Modjeska's body back to Poland for Interment gave rise to the quektion whether the Rus sian government would permit this ir, view of the debarment of the ac tress from her native land and the fact that the obsequies might Incite a national antl-Russlan demonstration. At the Russian embassy here to day it was said no objection would be made by the Russian government, so far as I known here, to the interment of Mad&me Modjeska's body at Cra cow. It will be necessary, however, tc secure the ususl permission to allow a body to enter the country, i BROKKK AWAY FROM TOW. Feared That Barge Beacon Has Been IoM With Her Crew of Three. New Iondon. Conn., April 8. While coming up Long Island Sound last night, the tug R M. Waterman, with five barges from Perth Amboy for Now port, R. I., broke away from her to v and owing to the terrlrlc iu only two of the barges "Are picked up, although the crew or a flee In London hss Issued instructions third wss rescued. The hawser part to tne uovernor oi int proin-iiip ei a mile soutft or Race Slip and a to surround Mr Roosevelt on his search this morning failed to locate hunting trip with every possible pre-, the missing barges Hrunswick and caution for his safety. It has been de-: Beacon. There was a crew of three cided that Kermit Roosevelt is to on each barge. taks a number of short separate hunt - Harare Brunitwlck Picked Up. Ing trips with a Portuguese guide Newport, R. I.. April 8. The tug named 8Uva. For the first fortnight of ! John Scully, towing the barge Bruns thelr stay the Roosevelt party will be wick, which she had picked up, pass the guests at Athl river of Sir Alfred d hy here late to-day an dwerf on Pease, a well-known hunter, wno nas I to t-roviaenre. it was then feared a large estate at Klllanl. The eecunt fortnight they will be the guests of George McMillan at Ju Ja ranch. ENJOINING ORDER SECURED. Petition For Injunction Charged Kims Bottling Works and Express and Tel egraph Company With Conspiracy ti Violate Prohibition Lawn. Natchez. Miss.. April 8. State At torney General Stirling to-day procur ed an orjer from the Supreme Court Works and enjoining the A. P. 81ms Bottling Works and Sims Express and Te'.e graph Company from doing business in this State. The petition for Injunc tion alleged conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws of Mississippi Sims formerly conducted a saloon In Natchez anil when prohibition be came operative he opened a saloon In Vlladla. La . across the river, or ganized hie telegraph and express company and applied to the State for a charter. The application was reject ed by Governor Noel Sims then ob tained a charter In Louisiana. He Is charged with bottling liquors and la bslllng the bottles at his plant In this city. thst the Beacon hud been lost. ' " ' V7 BOY CHARGED WITH MX'RDER. Colonial parade May Be a Fine Fea ture. The committee having In charge the arrangements for a colonial parade in di rection with the 20'h of May cele bration aims to make this one of the iustlnct features of the occasion. Rep resentative young men from every section of Mecklenburg and many from adjoining counties and through j the State will be asked to Join In ths parade and be clothed In the fine costumes of the long ago. Arrange ments are being made now to secure this clothing at a minimum cost and It is likely that several hundred young people will be plsced In line on this occasion. Increased Women Protest Against Duty. Washington. April 8. Armed with the text of a petition of 260,000 per sons In Chicago, four women, repre senting the women's clubs of Chicago, called upon Speaker Cannon to-day to protest against the proposed increase In the duty on womena' wearing ap parel. The delegation was introduced to the Speaker by Representative Foss, who will present to the House to-morrow their petition. NEW RECORD FOR HIGH WIND. Air Current Arrows New England Dragged at Velocities Raivgtng From 69 to 13 Miles an Hour. Boston. April g. The hurricsne from the middle West, passing over the St. Lawrence, dragged an air cur rent across New England to-day at velocities ranging from 60 to 92 miles an hour. Such a gale has not been ex per le need in this vicinity In many years A little sloop was driven on the end of Cape Cod and many vessels lost sails and other gear. The highest wind velocity that has been reported in New England for six teen years was reported from the Blue Hill observatory at 8:S0 a. m to-day. when the register recorded ti miles n hour. Six-Year-Old Fred Bell Shot and Kill ed KUiel Tliomsti, Three Years Old, In I'uloii County, It Is Alleged. I'nlon, 6. C, April 8. Though only six years old, Fred Bell Is a prisoner In the Union county Jail with the grim charge of murder resting against him. It is charged that the child yester dav afternoon shot and killed Ethel Thomas, who was only three years of age, and because of this the murder charge was brought to-day It is al leged, when the accusation was made. ihHt the boy tried to hide the body of the little victim. In an apparent effort to rover up the argedy It was said that his efforts had fail ed and discovery of the dead baby girl caused the boy's arrest. He Is the youngest prisoner ever cnmmitte.l to the pall In this county and probably holds the record for the State. Troops Guard Avery Blount. Amite City. La.., April 8. While State troops continue to guard the Jail here. In which Avery Blount, con victed of the murder of "Buz" Bree- land, la confined, following the rumor that Blount's friends would make an effort to take him from the prison, the situation here late to-night is quiet and there is no Indication of any im pending trouble. King Menellk Kwiously III. Jibuti. Africa, April 8. Reports re ceUeri hers state that King Menellk. of Abyssinia, Is again In a serious con dition from angina pectoris. The re ports further say that the Emperor's taltaou, who Is greatly opposed to for eigners, is taking advantage of the King's Illness to bring about the with drawal of concessions to Europeans. Seventh Day Adventlrt Killed. Washington, April I. Rev. J. D. : Rees. of Parkersburg. W. Va., died i to-night at the Emergency Hospital from injuries received to-day in a : street car accident near the Capl j tol. Dr. Rees was president of the Seventh Day Adventlst conference of I West Virginia. Application for Injunction Denied. Roanoke. Va . April 8. In the cir cuit Court nt Tazewell. Va , to-day. ap plication for an Injunction to slop damtige suits brought against the Po cahontas Collieries Company by fam ilies of miners hurt In the mines of the company was refuse! It Is said the sultK total about a quarter of a mil lion dollars. Two suits for $1 0,000 each already tried were won by the defend ant company. REPORT IS ENDORSED. State Board of Control's Request to Make Statements About Cruelty to Insane Asylum Iatieiits is Denied. Dea Moines, Iowa, April 8. The House to-day endorsed the special In vestigating committee's senatorial re pert on cruelty to the inmates of the State Insane asylum and denied the formal request of the State hoard of control to make a statement as to the facts. The report states that women were huddled in a room naked: that others were plunged into cold baths and that one woman was assaulted by a negro attendant. Other acts of wan ton cruelty are also reported. Doty On Long Staple Cotton. Washington. April S The demands of the Florida Senators for a duty of E cents a pound on long staple cot ton; In ordsr to protect the Sea Island cotton Industry, have occasioned con siderable proteet from the manufac turers ef Egyptian cotton goods. It Is asserted that If this protection is given, the paragraph might be inter preted to apply to the bulk of the cot ton raised In Mississippi and Texas, which is long staple, as compared with the short staple cotton of other cotton growing States. Wants to Increase Pension. Washington. April S. Survivors of the Indian wars now receiving the pension of IS a month will have that amount Increased to J18. If the bill recently Introduced by Representa tive Sparkman, of Florida, is enacted into law. Mr. Neal Elliott, who has been for several weeks driver of the police patrol wagon, has been promoted to the place of regular policeman and was on duty yesterday. Mr. J. II. Orr succeeds him. The Best c c MEDICINE To Wake uo vour fiver and Purify your Blood TAKE IT NOW TMC CtMUINI has Mi RIO I M tks front ! Holt seeeaee sad lonaturs and seei J. H. ZIIUN A OOm sn the aMa, IN RID. Eating Lat all you want it'i good for you. A three -times -a-day molasses treat to coax any appetite. That's ft4& Old Fashion Molasses Get a tin to-day and see how differ ent it is from the other kinds. Mark the, genuine cane flavor the velet smoothness. A first grads mo lasses of absolute purity. Uncqualed for eating and cook ing. So good that it is sold only in her metically sealed tins. At grocers', PlNICKsVFORD. Cro. New Orleans, La. CLING FAST K PLASTER "Second to Nona" An editorial In The Char lotte Observer of February 11th shows the danger of ceil ings falling. Use Cling Fast and avoid ths risk of being killed. Cling Fast never falls off. Ask for prices' and book let. Get our prices on Cement. mmmmm SUTKYllif PIASTER i CEMENT CO. STATES VTLLE, N. CL NORFOLK A WESTERN RAILWAY Schedule In eect March tth. 1908 11 00 am Lv. Charlotte, So. Ry. Ar. 6:50 pm 2 50 pm Lv. Winston. N. A W. Ar. roo pm 4:58 pm Lv. Martinsville. Lv. 11:46 m 7:25 pm Ar. Roanoke. Lv. I:g)aia Connect st Roanoiu. via Shenandoah Valley Route for Hagerstown, and all points In Pennsylvania and New York. Fullman sleeper, Roanoke aad Philadel phia. Through coscn. Charlotte to Roanoke Additional train leaves Winston 7 j('. m. dally except Sunday If you are thinking of taking a trip yoa waat quotations, cheapest rates, rallable and correct Information, as to routes, train schedules, the most comfortable and sutckeet way. Writs snd the Information is yours for the ssktng. with one of oar complete map folders. M. P. BRAGrQ, Trav. Pass. Agent. W. B. BEVILL. Geni Pass. Agent. Roanoke, Vs. SACO AND PETTEE MACHINE" SHOPS COTTON MACHINERY Pickers Revolving Flat Cards Railway Heads and ! Drawing Blubbing- Intermediate and Boring Frames ' Spinning praine Spoolers and Reels I Frames A. H. WASHBURN, Southern Agent CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA Malaria Make rale. Sickly Children. The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTE LESS CHILL TONIC drives out ma laria and builds up ths system. For grown people and children. 60c Southern Railway K. B. Following scnedule Qatars pub Dili Ml only as Information, agwl erv not guaranteed. Jnuuiy 17, tfO l:ta s. m.. No. 80. dally, tor Washington scd point North. PulUoan drawing loom sleepers tu New York, Day coaches to WasiiUigtoa- T tQ i. m . No. 3). dally, rue Columbia. 8evaanah snd Jacksonville, Pullman Jrawiiig rooui ilet-ners to Augusta and Jacksonville. l'y coacaas to Jackson ville. I. at) a. m . Mo. I, dally, lor Richmond and local points. a m . No. 44. dally, tor Washing ton and poirte .'on li. Day eosches Char lotte to W:iinmuo. Vuilmas eleeper Atlanta to RslelfL ft (.30 s. m . No. , da!:y, lor CWumola and local points. 7:15 a m., Nr It. dally, for Atlanta, day coaches Charlotte to Atlanta. Id lope at principal poiati en route J;6o a. m.. No. 16 dally except flundsy. tor Stateavllle, Taylorsvllle and local points Connect! at Moore vllle tor Winston-Salem, and at St a lee villa for Ashe vi'.le. lO.Ot s. m.. No. 3s, dally. tr Washing ton snd points North. Hiienan drawing room sleepers to New York. Lay csaehas to Washington, inning ear servlo. 10:-X a. in.. No. IT, daily. New Kors and New Orleans Limited. Draerlng room sleeping cars. Observation and c)u ""are. New York to Nev tatieans. Israwlng room sleeper, New York to Atlanuv. Solid Pullman tralu. Dining car service. U 0O a. m , No 2a. daily, lor Wlniton aalem. Roanoke am", local points. 11:36 a. m . No. li. dally, lor Atlanta and local polnti, 1:00 p. m , No. it, dally, for Greensboro and local points. 4:36 p. m.. No. V, dally, for Columbia and Iocs.! po:ms. 6:00 p m Mo. 41, dally exoept Sunday, for Sentcn and local poln .0 p. m., No. u, dany, lor Richmond and locsl points Handles Pullman sleep er, Charlotte to Washington, and Char lotte to Richmond : p. m , No 14. dally except Sunday, for Statsevllle. Taylorsvllle and local points Connects at Statesvllle for Ashe vllls, Knoivile snd Chattaaeoara. I p. m . No. 18, daily, Now York and New Orleans Limited lor Waebwgtoa snd po nls North. Drawing room sleep ers, observation and club cars to New York. Dining car service, Solid Full man train. . p. m.. No 35, dally, for Atlanta and points South. Pullman drawing room sleepsrs New Tork to New Orleans, New York to Birmingham. Day owaches Washington to New Orleans. Dining cat service. 10. 2t p. m.. No. 43. fast mail. Pullman sleeper, Raleigh to Atlanta. Tickets, sleep. ng car reservations snd detail Information can be obtained at ticket office. No n South Tryon street. O. H. ACKERT. Vice Pres. and Jn. Mgr., Washington, D. C 8. H. HARDWICK. P. T. M.. W. H TAYLOE. d P. A.. Washlagton. D. C. SL L. VERNON, TP. A., Charlotte. N. C. "I Consider It the Most Wonderful Remedy Known." My bby suffered for months with a terrible run ning sore on the eyelid, which, after being treated by our physician, failed to heal. 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Trains leave Charlotte as follows! No. 0, dally, at 4:30 a. m., lor Monroe, Hamlet and Wilmington, connecting at Monroe with 33 lor Atlanta, Birmingham apl the Southwest; with 38 for Raieign. Weldon and loitsmouth; witn W at Ham let for Kaleigh. Richmond, Washington. New York No. 138, dally, at 10:0 s, tn.. for Lla colnton, 8helby and Rutherlordcon. No. 4A dally, at S:08 p. m., for eloaroe, Hamlet. W ilmington, connecting at Ham let with 43 for Columbia, Savannah snd No. 'or Raleigh, Ricbtjond, Washlna ton and New York. No- 1- P- 'or Monroe, conne-ling with 41 for Atlanta. Blrrnina ham, with train 84 at Hamlet for Rich mond. Washington and New York, with No. 32 at Monroe for Raleigh, Ports mouth and Norfolk. Trains arrive in Charlotte as follows- No. 133. 10:06 a ra.. daily. Mo. 46, dally, U.rt a. nv, from Wilming ton. No. 132, daily. : p. in., from Ruther fordton Shelby, Llncotntox and CAN W. Railway points. No. 39. 11 80 p. m.. dally, from Wtlmlnc ton, Hamlet and Monroe. For information, time-tables, reserva tions or Seaboard descriptive literature apply to ticket agents er address: JAMES KER. JR., C. P. A.. CI Belwyn Hotel. Oiartotte, N. 42. Presbyterian College for Women CHARLOTTE. N. C The Second Term of this old and reliable institu tion began January 6th, 1909. Special rates given to those who enter the Second Term. For rates and catalogue, address REV. J. R. BRIDGES, D. D., President. Body o f Unknown Man FYmuwI. Birmingham, Ala.. April 8. The bod yof an unknown man has been found at a point on Shades mountain, south of the city, known as "Lovers' Leap." The body Is badly decom posed and Identification baa not yet oeen poewoie. tne uooy was areasea In stylish clothes. The coroner be lieves the man was murdered as the body was partially concealed in a crevice of Che mountain. Womam Meed Choice Cut Flowers Bridal Bouquets, Floral Designs, Cut Flowers of all kinds a specialty. Decorations solicited. Write, telegraph or telephone. 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