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Senators Flint and Fulton, of Cal- Jr.ia urged that the Congressional Keation from that State use their deles11 ;c. wlolntinn that fllienCe agaiUSV irwv rw1 T-vir Tnnfln - -The ?.? of dead resulting from the hurn ..-rrhf LIB lCBCUlvu j " the wooden ctid m me lante, uu l0re of South Chicago, will pro 7lf nnmnnc A jng balbly te increastm .L0 H onatch from Constantinople reports fit destruction of 600 houses yester iflv at Phocaea by earthquake shocks. Jtp people have deserted the town and are seeking refuge in the moun-LZ--3. J. Weaver, indicted with tJree others in Atlanta on the charge it issuing bogus clearing house cer tificates, yesterday j?lead guilty to the varKe Three children were killed vpsterday at Johnstown, Pa., resulting from the explosion of a keg of pow V" The mid-winter Handicap Trap noting Tournament began yester dafat Pinehurst,, N. C Three wit nSsses were examined in the nignt Ser trial at UuiOn City, Tenn., yes . rday The Seate amends and pas ses the bill increasing salaries of Fed eral Court Judges r-It is stated au .inritntivfilv -that W. A Garrett will not go to the Cincinnati, Hamilton & I.UU11V- Dayton Railroad senator , of Montana, proposed yesterday that the Government build a highway from the Capitol to Gettysburg" to be known as the "Lincoln Way' Senator Mc Laurin, of Mississippi,' suggested Ma nassas in place of Gettysburg, remark ing that at one time such a road would have been very useful to the Government The Senate Commit tee on appropriations strikes out the $12,000 for the President's automo biles, placed by the House in the Ur gent Deficiency Appropriation bill The General Staff says its proposition to fortify San Pedro harbor, Cal., has nothing to do ifittbthe Japanese situa tion; but that it is made as a general precaution New York markets: Money on call easy at 1 1- to 2 per cent., ruling rate 1 3-4, closing bid 1 1-2, offered at 1 3-4. Flour firm. Wheat steady, No. 2 red 1.08 1-8 to 1.09 1-8 elevator. Corn steady, No. 2, 68 1-2 elevator. Oats firm, mixed 54 to"54 1-2. Rosin steady. Turpentine firm. Cotton quiet, 10 points higher, mid dling uplands 10.00, middling . gulf 10.25. Governors Kitchin's prompt ordering out troops saved Sampson county from having a lynching. It is a pity Tillman did not know said- enough -and-had Nle he had stopped there. According to Kern the Democrats in the Indiana Legislature are a set whose promises can't be relied on. With three citizens on national tick ets which were unsuccessful Georgia now claims tha man from Ohio who captured the prize. It is said the Tennessee blockaders and moonshiners are lunanimously in favor of Slate-wid-3 prohibition. , It is natural to suppose this to.be so. Did anybody think the Legislature would adopt that resolution to adr jouru on February 15th? The pay oes not stop until sometime in Marchi It looks like the louder the peo ple cry out against the divorce evil the more inclined are their Legisla tors to make securing divorces easier. The people of the (South "ought to know Taft's attitude towards our sec tion by this time; that is, those who expect his acts to tally with his words. Of course the Government will pay the expenses of the newspaper men "otbers in vthe Taft party who be sent to Panama on the cruiser Montana. Penitentiary Superintendent Mann stems to have taken to the tall timber with his plan to make the counties Pay the State for the use of their own nvicta. ' i is said by some that Taft's trip to Panama is for the purpose of gather in? material for arguments against the rapiaiy growing sentiment in favor of a sea-level canal. Sea well may ,be the best man for lhe Judgeship, but it Is strange the publican bosses" did not think of hi'u until they had failed on the man thy had slated for the place. y tliotight Judge Pritchard said e was not going to have anything to ,l0 with the selection of Judge Pur nell's successor. It seems ho was rikt ia With the jing.. omce Taft has been in Augusta the eorgians kave addressed him on eve subject Wer the sun but that of ar beer. W wonder why some of aem have nk called him out on that cij ""Portant subject. suppose the;pending amendment ' our Legisikure to the divorce law S for v - - . .. 1 t. - puriose ot aiding some par coJ r person wose case does not within ek provisions of the prerf- en3 statute. DIVORCH BILL AGAIN Change in Pres Law Subject of Controversy V House of Representav s. . V A LIBRARY COMMISSION New 'Department ProposedNumber - of Bills of More or Less Import anceSenator Empie's Game Law to Comtnittee Notes. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 21. A sharp de bate today In the House on the di vorce bill ended by-a decisive vote to refer the substitute by Speaker Gra ham repealing -entirely the 1907 act to the judiciary committee. The 1907 act allows divorce after a complete separation for ten years pro vided there ara no children. The bill introduced amends that to permit di vorce provided the children are over 21. The Speaker today offered a sub stitute repealing the act of 1907 en- tirely. This was adopted 57 to 34, aaid the fight was whether or not the bill submitted should go back to tha com mittee before final .action by the House, which it did. When the matter was disposed of Mr. Kitchin introduced a bill to put man and wife on an equal footing be fore tba law on the auestion of di vorce. Among new bills in the House were: Mr. Gordon, to protect laundrymen by establishing a lien upon wearing apparel; to establish a library com mission to run the public library busi ness all over the State, with an appro priation of $1,500 to the commission to consist of the Sunertntend'ent of Public Instruction, Stato Librarian two other persons appointed by the N. C. Library Association, and one other by .the Governor, to employ a secretary 'not a ineftkiber of the com mission, to "give assistance and advice to all libraries and communities pro posing to establish libraries. , sutler, to allow, two years m wmcn fto bring cWott gainst telegraph com- Speaker Graham, to expedite trial of capital cases and reduce cost by allowing courts to summon special venire from any county in the same or adjoining districts. Hayes, to fix a time when agricul tural leases expire. Passed third reading; to amend the Revisal . relating to powers and duties 6f county commissioners, allowing e tablishment .of tuberculosis dispensa ries and sanatorittms; Repeal. Chapter 202. Laws 1907, fees officials John ston county. In the Senate, the Manning bill for the enlargement of the powers of the Attorney General, was ; reported un favorably for the iudiciary Oommittee, but Senator Manning was recognized and stated there would be a minority report so the bill would be placed on the -calendar, instead of going to the table as bills generally do having un favorable reports. V Among bills introduced were: Manning, to promote more efficient municipal government. ' Manning relating to 'the discharge of witnesses before the grand jury and the certificates of attendance filed. . Bassett, to provide better protection for earnings of railroad employes and others engaged in interstate business to assure the benefit of the exemption laws of the State relating to personal property. Long, of Iredell, to prohibit issuing franks for service by telephone com panies in North Carolina. Bills passed final reading: To drain White Oak Swamp, 'Bladen county to amend Section 3241, Revisal, relate ting to witnesses before the grand jury providing that witnesses shall not be subpoenaed to appear upon bill -of indictment earlier than the second Or third day of court; the joint resolu tion to embrace the University . of North Carolina in the benefits of the Carnegie foundation fund. Consideration of Empie's Senate bill to- prohibit the ; sale of quail and grouse for two years ' came up. It provides that owners iand renters of land may capture such game for the purposes of propagation upon the written permit from the State Audu bon Society. Finally action on the bill was deferred to next Tuesday and an order made that the bill, providing that non-residents, guests of land own ers may hunt upon lands in this State as though they were residents, be- set as the special order for next Wednes day at J.1 : 30 o'clock. - New bills out of order" were Intro duced as follows: Barringer, to create a new , judicial district to be composed of Guilford and Alamance counties. : Ormond by request: ;; Provide, for creation of the new . county of Mosely of territory taken from Lenoir, , Wayne and. Green if the voters so elect , 1' Anniversary exercises in k honor of the memory of General Robert E. Lee were heldthere tonight in the hall of the House of - Representatives . Ad-. dresses concerning General Lee i were made by Commissioner of Agriculture Graham, Secretary of State Grimes, State Auditor Dixon, and Mr. RV D. W. Connorl The. hall was;crqwded.v the decorations were'bf Confederate flags and fine music "was rendered. RAILROADS ASK BELIEF Conference of Officials of . Leading North Carolina Roads With'Gov ernor Kitchin in Raleigh Yes terdayRates. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 21. The presi dents and "other high officials of the Southern, Atlantic Coast Line, Sea board Air Line, Norfolk and South ern and other railroads doing buisi ness in North Carolina laid before Governor Kitchin today the situation as they see it in the matter of the North Carolina passenger rate, outlin ing the course they desire the present Legislature to pursue in making it possible for the railroads to be re lieved of confiscatory rates in the event that if at the end of the proba tion year, April 1st, it shall appear that the compromise rates are confiscatory. In the delegation of railroad officials were Presidents Emercon, of the At lantic Coast Line; Finley, of the Southern Johnson, of the Norfolk and Western; Garrett, chief executive of the .Seaboard AirLIne; Receiver Fitz gerald, of the Norfolk and Southern, and others. The railroad officials ex plained that they had gone ahead and put iito effect the compromise rate rather than throw any obstacle in the way of an amicable settlement of the rate trouble as it existed, simply put ting the rates into effect for a trial period and trusting to the present Legislature to provide for relief if it is shown to be needed. They contended to Governor Kitch in that the result of the trial had thus far been disastrous to theiiv revenues and expressed a wish for the Gover nor and other officials to examine into the merits of their contention and sug gest some appropriate method of pro Ocedure. They urged that they be not left for two more years without an opportunity for any relief in the event they establish the injustice of the present rates. Thy declared their purpose purely to secure the co-operation and friend ly support from the iStrfte in an effort to conduct their properties in the Jn terest of the public as well as the own ers. . . . JPartrcipatlng with the Governor In the discussion' on the part of the State were Attorney General Bickctt, Speak er Graham, of. the House, of Represen tatives, and Senator Manning, for the Senate, Governor Kitchin says that in reply ing to the statement of .the railroad presidents that the compromise rate was unremunerative and their want ing legislation at this time, h-a staed he had said in his inaugural address, that there wvuld probably be no agita tion for a change of passenger fares during his administration; that the people were not expecting such agita tion; that he could not encourage any porcedure, but hoped the railroads would try.; the rates during a normal year when no panic conditions pre- vaited; that he had no information to Justify him in suggesting any chang es; that if the railroads decided to ag itate matter, the proper committees in the Legislature Nwould give them careful consideration, and that the for mer Legislature had declined to give the power or review of the rat& to me irporation Commission. He ex pressed the belief that a trial of the present rates under normal financial conditions would show them remuner ative. January 30th is fixed upon for the next conference. JTS ANNUAL MEETING. Wilmington Homestead & Loan Asso ciation Stockholders in Session. - The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Wilmington Homestead &v Loan Association was held last night in the office of the Association in the I. O. O. P. building. The pres ident submitted his annual report, which coupled with that of the sec retary, shows the affairs of the Asso ciation in healthy -and flourishing con dition. , The Association now has loaned tor the purpose of home build ing $94,079.91 and has made stock loans of $8,947.40, making a grand to tal of $103,027.31 loaned to its mem bers. The showing in all respects was highly gratifying to the shareholders, who expressed satisfaction with the splendid management of the affairs "of the institution The following directors were elected to serve the ensuing year: J. G. Bar entine, H. C. McQueen, William Good man, J. Hicks Bunting, J. R. Hahby, W. C. Peterson, C. C Brown, W. B Thorpe, C. W. Polvogt, J. H. Hardin and C. H. Dock The directors subse quently met and re-elected Ulr. J. G. Barentine, president; Mr. H. C. Mc Queen, vice president; Mr. I C. C. Brown, secretary and treasurer, and Hon. J ohn D. Bellamy, attorney. Funeral' of Mr. Isaao Northrop. v FtinefaL services over the: remains of the late Mr. Isaac 'Northrop- were held yesterday aftertioon at 3 o'clock, from the residenoer of his son-in-law. Air. uames ml ioiton, on j Fourth street. A concourse of . friends of the deceased attended the 1 funeral which wasconducfced:by Rew Mr. Matthews, of St James. V.The pall-bearers were Messrs. W. M. Cummihgj -A. J. "Howell, George Harriss, Jos. D. Smith," R. C. DeRosset and Colonej Walker Taylor. Clearing Sale l-rbegins? lHondayV at Rehder's,- RECORDER'S COURT Senator gtnpie Will Introduce a Bill to Apply to This County. .-IS STOCK LAW FOR THE STATE .km- Will Probably Develop Strong Fight in Legislature One bf,New Han , over's Representative i n 5en : I era! Assembly Here. State': Senator Brooke G. Empie, of this; -district, who arrived home yes terday; evening from the General As sembljf.at Raleigh tq look after some caseS .which he has in Superior Court, is mosl pronounded in his advocacy of a. recorder's court for Wilmington and stated last night that it was his pnr- pose to Introduce next week soon after his jeturn1 to his duties . on Monday morning a bill in the General Assem bly to this effect.' Mry jmpie stated that he-had given the subject some considerable thought and that while he knew his colleague in the"" House, Representative George L. Morton, was opposed to such a measure, this would not deter him in putting, such a bill through the (Sen ate. It is his idea to introduce for Wilmington and New Hanover the same bill which "establishes the pres ent police justice's court in Raleigh and the constitutionaliity . of which, with the amendment of 1907, has twice been assed upon by the Supreme Court. '4; Mr. Empte says that while there is considerable sentiment in fa vor of. 5 an increased numbed of . judi cial districts and that some increase will no doubt be made, a court with some enlarged powers over those del egated to magistrates, with both crim inal and civl jurisdiction, would afford locally-all the court relief that is re quired. - It is his idea to give the pro posed court for Wilmington jurisdic tion imeases in which the maximum sentence is two years and civil juris diction, say up to $200. This would fle'.SuperiorCourt-docke . of mucnftVelr congestion and' would work well as a tmatter- of economy. Prefacing the remark that he was not a candidate for tha position, Senator Empie stated that the presiding officer of sucli ia court would be elected by the people. He says that he will pre pare such a bill and introduce it in the Senate within the next ten days. Asked as to the probability of the passage of the stock law for "the en tire State, Mr. Empie states that it will engender a considerable fight and that there will be applications for the exemptions of many counties from the operation of such 5a bill,, but that he thinks the measure "wTlT pass in some such shape as will considerably make for the conservation of the forests and forestry in North Carolina, He says that since his introduction of the bill, i he has received num'erous ' tele grams congratulating him upon the step and that strong pressure will be brought to bear upon the Legislature to enact it into law. One, telegram he received yesterday morning short ly before he left Raleigh was In these words, "Best bill introduced in the Legislature since the - Constitutional. Amendment; push it through!" The bill provides for the going into effect of the law in 1910. ' Mr. Empie is also much interested in his bill to prevent the sale of quail and grouse for a period of two years. As will be seen by reference to the legislative proceedings published else where in today's paper,the bill is now before the committee and Mr. Empv& says that he thinks without a doubt it wiill receive a favorable report. Senator Empie is well pleased with the progress of the Legislature thus fa and speaks of it as being a very conservative and able body, compared with those in " which he has before served, and like Mr. Koonce, of Ons low, Mr. Bmpie is one of the "Patri arch a " THE WATERWORKS DEAL Committee to Negotiate Purchase Will Probably be Completed Today. . The joint committee from the Board of Aldermen. Board of" Audit and Fi nance and one member from the Wa ter, and Sewerage Commission to con clude, if possible, -the negotiations for a purchase of the plant of the Clar endon s Waterworks Company, will probably be completed today upon the return of Chairman McQueen of the Board of Audit and Finance, who has not yet named the two members from that body to act with the other mem bers ! of th'd committee, Chairman Worth, of the CommisfJon, and Mes srs. Bolles and TWood, of the Board of Aldermen. The committee from the Board - of Audit and Finance has not been named before from the fact that the chairman i has been absent from the city, since the other boards accept ed -the suggestion ..of -tha Board of Audit and , Finance, to conclude the matter in this way. , ' , All the- $400,000 bonds for, water works and sewerasre have; now been signed up by Mayor Springer and City Clerk and Treasurer Fowler and have been placed in. bank .for delivery to the nurchasers. N ' W. Harris & Co.. of New York, Vhdtchiaye t honored a . draft for tha amount. - s , SILVER TEA AT ARMORY Young Ladies of Daughters of Confed eracy Scored Splendid Success With Their Benefit Entertain ment This Afternoon. The Silver Tea given last evening from 8 to 11 o.'clock at the Wilmington Light Infantry armory by the younger members of Cape Fear Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, for the benefit of a. fund which will be used in providingthe company with a hand some new silk flag for its inauguration trip to Washington in March, proved a most delightful social as well as a financial success. The apartments of the armory were prettily decorated and the young la dies were most happy and gracious, In entertaining their large numbeif of guests during the, evening. No ad mission was charged but a receptacle at the door afforded an opportunity for all who desired to contribute to the benefit for which the tea was giv en. The officers of the company, Capt. Wm. F. Robertson and Lieutenants T. J. Gause and Louis E. Hall, with Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Hall and Col. and Mrs. Walker Taylor composed the re ceiving party and the guests wer most hospitably bidden to the ple& sures of the occasion. Dainty refresh ments were served and during the ev? ening there was a programme of mu sic and recitations. The programme,1 included a trio by Masters Fenley, vocal solo by Mrs. T. M. Green, Miss Alice Borden and Mr. James Wesley White; piano solos by Miss Julia Post and Mrs. W. A. French, readings by Miss Frances Hedrick, Florrie Nor throp and Mrs. Hammer, all most charmingly rendered and encored time and again. But the piece de re sistance of the menu was the decla mation of Master James F, Woolvin, Jr., whose rendition of "The Sword of Lee' on Tuesday in the Academy brought forth such applause. . Last night' he gave "Stonewall JacksonPs Way" and it proved no less a triumph for the clever ami talented young gen tleman, whose composure and delivery was pronounced by all who heard him perfect in every respect. The affair was such a splendid suc cess that the young ladies in- charge have decided to repeat the entertain ment, for the -young" folks this afterr nOOn from 3 to 6 o'clock and all are cordially invijted. While the after noon will be- for the little folks, older persons will be welcomed as well. DON'T REALIZE THE DANGER. Children on Velocipedes, Bicycles and Baby Autos Throng Streets. Recalling the narrow escape of two ladies and a child from serious injury by a runaway at Second and Market streets yesterday morning, a gentle man who usually takes note of such things said that public mention should be made of the great danger to which hundreds of children are subjecting themselves, daily in nearly every part , of the city. On . upper Market street, for instance, every afternoon the narrow road ways between the plazas there are usually thronged with little Jlolks on velocipedes, bicy cles, tricycles, . baby automobiles and other, vehicles and it is fearful to con template what would be the result, should a runaway come dashing around a comer or down the street into them. The gentleman who re ferred to the matter said that it was a pity there were not playgrounds for children or other places where they might seek recreation, but that he had no doubt if the parents of the little ones knew to what danger they ere subjected; they would certainly 'take some steps to correct the condition's as they exist at present. Railroad Employes Here. A delegation of 24 blacksmiths,. ma chinists and boilermakers, represent ing the united organization of these trades on all divisions of, the Atlantic Coast Line from Richmond, Va., to Tampa, Fla., are in the city for a con ference with the superintendent of mo tive power "and other oUFcials of the railway in regard to the working agreement of the allied organizations with the A. C. -L. The visitors are stopping at The Southern Hotel and expect to be here for several days. Mrs. Howell's Funeral Yesterday. The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Lavina Howell, whose death occurred Tues day night, was conducted from the home, No. 711 Castle street yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, by Rev. Thos. P. Noe, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd. Following the im Dressive services the "remains were conveyed to Bellevue cemetery, where thy were interred. The pall-bearers were Messrs. J. G. Walton, J. B. Fales, J. F. Littleton, J. F. Everett, J. 1. Holton and.T. J. Vann. Cases Before the Mayor. Two defendants, both colored, con stituted the docket at the session of the . Mayor's court yesterday : noon- Will Richardson for disordely -conl duct was given , a term of SO days on the . county roads. John Howard, an old colored man, arrested. forbeing. ft nuisance, was given 30., days on . the roads but. judgment was suspended on condition that his people care for hrm and keep him off the streets. ' "-' - $25" suits for $12.50 next Saturday. . J; W. H. - Fuchs. v: Ja 22 2t I : " - ' Clearing Sale "beginsMonday-; at iRehder's- GRIND OF THE COURT flfand Jury Fails to Find True Bill in Jamaica Ginger Cases. DRUG CLERKS EXONERATED Nol Pros With Leave in Case Of Ne gro Epileptic Negroes Who Stole From Railroad Sentenced. Other Proceedings. The failure of the grand jury to find a true bill against young Messrs. Adrian Elvington and B. J. Cottle, drug clerks for Mr., R. R. Bellamv. charged with violation of the State prohibition law in selling Jamaica ginger to George Silvia, a young white man who was later arrested for intoxication and testified that his "jag" was produced by the ginger, was the feature of yesterday's ses sion of the Superior Court. The action of the grand jury is a ielcir exoneration of the young men, "' felt the charge very keenly and ' 1 prepared through their employer, Jght the case to the last ditch. The .ot a true foill" was returned to the vcourt by Foreman Louis H. Skinner shortly before the. recess for the day and the clerks were congratulated by many of their friends at the store last night when the news Of the termfaa tion of the affair became known , on the streets. The failure of the case to get to judge and jury in open court, still leaves the status of Jamaica gin ger and kindred preparations undefin ed under the new law I and while no 01H" believed that the defendants in the present case had any purpose to violate the law, it was hoped by many that their case would serve to settle the matter once for all before a court of competent jurisdiction. Among a batch of other indictments returned yesterday, the grand jury found a true bill against William Nix on and Joe Shepard, the colored ex-saloon attaches ,charged with selling liquor from the home of one of the defendants in the vicinity of 13th and , Market streets early in the month. Both defendants are but on bond and their cases will come up later in the court. They are represented by Her bert McClammy, Esq. The (case of Ed Willis, the negro epileptic recently returned from the criminal insane department of the State penitentiary, to stand trial at this term of court on a charge of ar son, was nol prossed yesterday after noon with leave. This disposition of the case ,was after a consideration in open court between Solicitor Duffy, Judge Alien and Marsden Bellamy, Jr., Esq., representing the defendant It was shown to the court that Willis had been -in the criminal insane de partment of the State prison for seven and a half years and that at, the pre vious trial the jury had found him in sane at the triar and thatNvith all the facts and 'circumstances developed , at that time, a similar verdict would no doubt have been returned as to the mental condition of the defendant at the time of the alleged crime. - This disposition of the case seemed to meet the ends of justice and the negro, who s both an epileptic and a para lytic, was discharged from jail to the care and keeping of his mother who resides here. I Robert H. White, the negro shop keeper, and his wife, convicted tha day before of larceny and receiving, respectively, were 'sentenced to 12 and 4, months on the roads and coun ty farm. They were found-guilty of larceny of goods and receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen from the Atlantic Coast Line,' the wo man having been arrested last Novem ber at Dillon, S. C, and brought back to Wilmington by Special Agent J. F. Stallings, of the A C. L. detective' force. The last case tried before a recess for the day was that of Christine Nix on, an old-time colored woman, charg ed with forcible trespass upon the premises of another woman near whom she lived. The defendant, was represented by L. Clayton Grant, Esq., and the Solicitor was assisted in the prosecution by Woodus Kellum, Esq., The jury returned a verdict just af aer court had adjourned and when the foreman had said "not guilty" in res ponse to the formal inquiry, the old woman threw up her hands with the exclamation, "Thank God Everybody!" Charles Burnett, a well known col ored man, custodian of the baseball park during the Summer, was given trial during the afternoon on a charge of being a nuisance in that a number oft obscene pictures and post cards were found on his person when he was hauled 1 up in police court for a fight with t'Kid Lloyd," a colored pugi list He was represented by, L. Clay ton Grant, Esq., and the jury was tied up. until? nearly, 10 o'clock" last night when a: verdict of not guilty was re- turned, the. point of division having been as to whether or not the cards were f kept for sale or distribution as the act requires. - :-.'- ; : Another case of some interest yes terday, was one in . which;; Chas. Car toIL a white man arrested during the , recent Elks' carnival- here charged with attempting to . pick the pockets of Mr. J. D. .Edwards, forfeited '.cash ; bond of 75 and failed of appearance. "(Continued : from page 4.) Si? Ill ; 5 Y -ft V -
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