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j HIT WE4TMM TO-DAY: | ♦ For North Carolina: t FAIR. I VOL LIV NO. I*7. Leads ail North Carolina Dailies in lews and Circulation RODE INTO OFFICE ON A SPLIT HI Tillman's Resolution Con cerning Crum. THIS MATTER AGAIN UP The St. Louis Exposition Amendment to the Urgent Deficiency Bill Still Before the Senate When That Body Adjourned for the Day. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 4. —The resolu tions introduced by Mr. Tillman making inquiries of the Secretary of the Treasury ■concerning' the appointment of W. D. Ci urn as collector of the port at Charles ton, S. C., and directing the Senate Com- n-ittee on the Judiciary to make an in quiry as to what constitutes a recess ap pointment to office, were taken up in the Senate today and Mr. Tillman took the N floor to speak. Mr. Hale, who was anx ious that the Senate proceed with the Ur gent Deficiency . Bill, suggested to Mr. Tillman that his resolutions might he passed without debate, but the South Carolina Senator deelai'ed that he did not want to send “his baby out mto the world without any cioihes ’ and pro ceeded with his speech He give way temporarily, however, to permit the read ing ot a statement by Secretary Root concerning recess appointments which was presented by Mr. Proctor. Mr. Root recognizes that the manner oi mending the n\o sessions of Congress nec essarily brings forward contrary view, as to their having been a recess between the two sessions and he says m .< involved “not merely the proposition that there was an end of a session of Senate within the meaning of the Constitution, but also the proposition that there was a recess of the Senate within the meaning of the Constitution, for there can be no cr.d of a session until a time is reached when there is no session, and the time when there is no session is a recces. The recess may be called ‘constructive,’ but it is po more constructive than at the end of a session which is assumed to hap pen. A constructive end involves a con recess. A real end involves a real recess.” Mr. Tillman claimed that the records show that on December 7 last, Mr. Crum was both nominated and appointed, and be declared that such a course had been without previous parallel. Mr. Tillman declared that there no interim be tween the two sessions. Mr. Lodge said that after adjourning the extra session the President pro-teni. bad left the chair, returning af’erward v, r :th the chaplain who had offered prayer ai the first sitting of the new Congress. Mr. Tillman declared in response that the presiding oib.er had not gone thre j feet from the chair and said that he had returned immediately to call the Senate together ::i regular session. To say that there had been a recess was like saying that there had bei n an interim between the last second o* December 31st, 1903, and the first second of January 1, 1904 He challenged some Senator to say that there had been a recess on December 7th and the challenge was responded to by Mr. Piatt (Conn.), who said that “if there had been no recess in December the re cess appointments made prior to the be ginning of the extra session did not go over into the regular session.” Mr. Tillman did not accept this theory and replied that while there had been no recess the records show that this had b:en an end of one session and a begin ning of another. “This,” he said, re ferring to Mr. Platt’3 suggestion, "is a very attenuated thread for a great con stitutional lawyer to hang a commission on—quite as unsubstantial as the spidtu’s web of which Mahomet’s bridge was built.” Mr. Tillman also spoke of the propriety of Crum’s appointment saying that he was not a fit man for the position and that the community had made many protests against his selection. Mr. Hale ‘suggested the amendment ot the Judiciary Committee resolution so as to relieve that committee of the re cersity of deciding whether commissions are held as a result of “unlawful au thority of the executive.” Mr. Tillman assented, saying that he was willing to have the committee “wras tte” with the question. The resolution as amended was tncn .agreed to. The other resolution was ip. Viefinitely postponed. The House Grows Somnolent. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 4. —The animation of yesterday was completely lacking in the proceedings of the House today. Debate which was to last for hours dwindled to nothing in half that time, and sneakers pursuing political topics were allowed their own way without opposition- The diplomatic bill, carrying $1,996,600 was passed without amendment. Every thing but the bill was discussed during its consideration. Mr. Morrell (Pa.), led with an argument for some system of building up the American merchant ma rine. A Democratic political speech by Mr. Hamlin ot Missouri, followed and re ceived a brief reply from Mr. Fuller, of Illinois. Mr. Lind, of Minnesota, spoke for Canadian reciprocity. An answer to J. Adam Bede's invitation THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. lo the Democrats to “join the Republi can party and make it unanimous” was made by Mr. Hamlin (Mo.), who pre faced a political speech by declaring that When the Democrats got control of the government as they would, at the next election, Mr. Bede would be the first to “tome over and join the Democratic party/* The House adjourned until tomorrow. The Exposition Loan. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 4.—The Senate chamber again was the arena of an in teresting political debate today with the provision in tlie Urgent Deficiency Appro priation Bill for a loan of $4,600,000 for the St. Louis Exposition the basis for the discussion. The controversy was precipitated by Mr. Lodge, who quoted many official figures to demonstrate that Republican policies had not been a failure in the United States. He also charged Mr. Gorman with hostility to the navy. Mr. Foraker ai>u spoke devoting himself largely to a com parison of conditions under tho Harrison administration and those under the ad raini.-tration of Mr. Cleveland, to the ad vastage of the former. On the Democratic side Messrs. Gorman and Bailey were tho orators. The exposition amendment had not been disposed of when the Senate adjourned Commenting on the present condition or the country’s finances, Mr. Gorman said that it was due to the immense expend! tures made in preparation for war—sß”,- 000,000 last year for the navy, and sllß.- 000,000 for the army, in a time of pro found peace. He denied, fs Mr. Lodge had charged, that he had been an enemy of the upbuilding of the navy. On tin contrary he would have a navy ample to guard American interests everywhere But he had had no idea of a navy to compete with that of Great .Britain or Geirr.ar.y, because our conditions did ect require such a navy. He did not want a navy for display, but for service. “I want economy in it,” he said; and ho called attention to the effectual aid given to Venezuela during the administratlo of Mr. Cleveland. “We lid that,” he said, “at the cost of $16,000,090 a year, and now wo pay $82,000,000 for a navy with which lo threaten Colombia.” He would reduce the expenditures of the navy, and he would scaie the army down from 100,000 men as now authorized, to 50,000. He did net hesitate, he said, to con fess that he would be willing to take money from the excessive expenditures for the army and navy, and give it to the St. Louis Fair, the success of whTh was pledged by the United States. . Mr. Lodge’s proposition, said Mr. Gor man, was that not only the Fair should be neglected, that the harbors should fill up and needed public buildings be denied, but that preparation for war must go or indefinitely. Given tho great fleets desired the navy was apt to find away to make trouble. In this connection, Mr. Gorman com minded the removal of cur fleet from the scene of trouble in the Orient by order ot the President, as the brave commander of the fleet would like to take part ir. any trouble. It was rumored in high naval circles that the United States was marching around the globe with a chip on its shoulders with a taunt to Ger many to knock it off. That country was, he went on, giving us trouble in compet ing with us for trade, but he contended that we had a sufficient navy to protect cm flag and our commerce everywhere and we did not need more. Our high tax ation had caused discrimination to be made i gainst us and he would have this removed. Mr. Gorman admitted that a general change in the tariff was not desirai.h cause of its effect on the business affai v of the country, and he was sure that it be were a member of the majority he would not want to go into that question. But he thought some of the schedules could be remodelled to advantage. Mr. Foraker attributed the hard times oi 18C3 to the election of a Democratic President and Congress, and the prosper ity of the last few years to Republican supremacy. Mr. Patterson asked Mr. Foraker how he accounted for the cut in the wages ot textile and steel workers, and the miners of bituminous coal. Mr. Foraker replied that the reduction of the wages of textile workers was due to the advance in the price of cotton. As for the other reductions, it was no un usual thing to make changes in wages. Mr. Bailey r:plied to Mr. Foraker, say ing as a matter of fact no one party, was responsible for all that was good in the times —that was the joint product ot Gcii and man. It was not true, he aid, that the Democratic party was the party of hard times. “No more calamity cry fer us,” he said. Mr. Bailey said that Mr. Foraker s ex planation of the reduction of the pay-roil of the textile workers did not explain the falling off in the pay of steel _work ers. The Senate adjourned until tomonow. Insane Negress Kills Her Child. i (Special to News and Observer.) Columbia, S. C., Feb. 4.—A negress liv ing near here, Patsy Eligan bv name, choked her daughter, Anita Eligan, to death and then forced her daughter.* t) remove the body. The negress, commit ted to jail, said she had not killed her | daughter but had slain the devil at the | command of Christ. The woman r.l ecurse insane, and it is claimed that h. j daughters are also insane. Rayner is Senator. (By the Associated Press.) [ Annapolis, Md., Feb. 4.—ln the Man'- i land Legislature today lsidor Rayner of Baltimore, who was nominated last night r by the Democratic caucus, received the • unanimous vote of the Democratic cfajor f ity and was elected United States Senator ? to succeed Louis E. McComas. The Re publican minority voted unanimously for i McComas. RaLKIGH, NORTE CAROLINA, t’HjIHV HORNING, t'KB. 5 l»<>4 'ALL ARE FOR TEDDY ! | N, . - Such Was the Outlook at Greensboro. To-day the Republican Executive Com ■ mittee Sets the Date and Place of the State Covention. Some Favor Raleigh. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. .C, Feb. 4.—The meeting of the Republican State Executive Com mittee here tomorrow promises to be very largely attended. Tonight every member of the committee from the East is present and nearly every one from the West- B. F. Mebane, of Spray, and J. T. Wilson, of Charlotte, alone being absent. Chairman Thomas S. Rollins arrived from Washing ton at midnight. Among prominent mem bers present are: D. W. Patrick, E. C. Duncan, H. S. Harkins, Claudius Dockery, W. T. O’Brien, W. A- Bailey, E. S. Black- j burn, W. P. Bynum, Jr., W. A. Bailey, C. G. Bailey, treasurer, and R. H. McNeill, j secretary of the committee. While there is no apparent heat over j the matter there is evident divergence be- j tween the individual expression of opinion tonight as to the time of the convention. By a strange coincidence, almost all the j Eastern members seem to favor as late a convention ns possible, the latest that could be held under the rules, being May j 21st. thirty days prior to the national ; convention. Western members appear to 1 be decided in the opinion that one con vention should be held and all State can didates be nominated then as well as se- j leeting the delegates to the national con vention- These advocates of early con- 1 vention mentioned April 6th as not a bit too early. Eastern members say they fa vor that date only with the understand ing that a convention will be held late in the summer to nominate State candi dates. They think it best, however, to j have only one convention, and this as late ! as possible before the national convention. When Chairman Rollins arrives it is presumed the matter will be settled with out further parley, and it is generally understood that he favors one convention, and that just as early in April as it can be pulled off. Ex-Congressman Black burn will introduce a resolution tomorrow endorsing Roosevelt and pledging the State ; to his nomination and indications arc fa vorable to its unanimous adoption. It also j develops tonight that Eastern members j favor Raleigh as the place for holding the I convention. Western members favor Greensboro. The strong backing for Ral eigh is a surprise to those who had under stood that a majority had favored Greens boro a week ago before Raleigh had been seriously considered. Among visiting statesmen are: United States District Attorney Harry Skinner, ex-Judge Timberlake, John Underwood, of ; Fayetteville; J. Wiley Shook, of North j Carolina: ex-Senator Marion Butler, Henry S. Dockery, Theophilus White, A. T. Grant, Sam Holton, T D.. Hewitt and others. Butler is said to be here to induce the committee to endorse Russell's law part ner Gore, for the Wilmington postmaster ship- Prospects tonight are that there will be a harmonious, but interesting meet ing of the committee tomorrow. BOY GETS HEAVY DAMAGES. Judge Allows $12,500 and North Carolina Railway Appeals. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham, N. C., Feb. 4.—The Superior court came to an end this morning am! Judge C. M. Cooke left for his home at Lcuisburg. The last case tried by the court, many being left over, was one in which ihe jury allowed R. H. Ciaytor, a boy yet in h* teens, damages in the sum of $17,500 against the North Carolina Railway Com pany. The suit was brought by his lath er, David H. Ciaytor, as next friend, and v.as for $30,000. As scon ai the jury an nounced ith verdict Judge Cooke reduced the amount to $12,500, and the company gave notice of appeal to the Supreme court. | Young Ciaytor was hurt while at work | .it the company’s shop at Spencer. It j was claimed that he went to work with ! out the consent of his father, that he was ; put to work on a dangerous machine, and that while trying to do this work his foot was caught in some of the machinery and the result was that his leg had to be amputated between the knee and thigh. This was the largest verdict for per sonal damages awarded in tho Durnam courts since the trial of C. H. Norton against the North Carolina read in which he was awarded $20,000 for injuries he re ceived. The uext term of Civil court will be held here beginning March 21st and there will be another large docket. Among the cases to come up then will be the tl» suit of Mr. B. L. Duke to remove bis wife's interests in his real estate. Dur ing the recent term of court the defend ant was given ton days in which to file a demurrer and thirty days to answer the complaint already filed. Receivers' Bonds Fixed. (By the Associated Press) Houston, Texas, Feb. 4.—The papers in the receivership eases of the Kirby Lum ber Company and the Houston Oil Com pany were received today by the clc'rk of the Federal Court at New Orleans and duly filed. Tiie bonds of the four re ceivers were fixed at $50,000 each. These were made and the properties turned over to the receivers. FOR STOLEN BONDS BENCH WARRANTS ISSUED J. L. Godfrey Swears it was Conspiracy. Extor tion and Blackmail. HARRIS GIVES BONO. Efforts to Find H. P. Dortch and C. C. Jones Fail in Goldsboro—Trial Here Before Judge Brown on Fifteenth of Feb ruary. The matter of the Godfrey stolen bonds case took another turn yesterday. Three bench warrants were issued, these for the arrest of C. C. Jone 3, of Golds boro, H. P. Dortch, Jr., lately of Ral eigh, and Col. J. C. L. Harris, <q Raleigh, the member of the Wake C ur.ty Bar, through whom the stolen bonds were re turned to Mr. Godfrey for SI,OOO. The only one of these in Wake county was Col. Harris. He learned that bench warrants had been issued and at once went to Sheriff Page and gave bond in the sum ot SSOO, Dr. J. R. Rogers going on the justified bond, not waiting to have the warrant served on him and the ar rest made. The bench wararnts were sent to Goldsbpro to be served upon Jones and Dortch ana to place them under arrest, but neither of the parties could be found. It is learned from Goldsboro that C. C. Jones has disposed of his pool room there, and that after drawing out the money he had on deposit in the two banks left for parts unknown. Mr. H. P. Dortch, Jr., was not to be found either in Wayne or Wake- After his resignation of his position as a clerk in the A Department here he left for Atlanta with the hope of getting work with the survey party on the ex tension of the Seaboard Air Line road from Atlanta to Birmingham, and failing in this, it is said it was his purpose to seek a position at St. Louis in connection with the exposition. It is known that he did not see Mr Lewis, son of the late General Lewis, of Goldsboro, of the sur vey party and did not obtain ebployment at Atlanta, arid it is said he went on io St. Louis. There is also a report that he spoke of joining his uncle in China. Besides the bench warrants issued there were also subpoenas issued for a number of parties as witnesses in the case, which is set to be heard at Chambers before Judge Geo. H. Brown on the 15th of Feb ruary. The parties subpoenaed are State Treasurer B. R. Lacy, who is expected to give testimony concerning the coupons on the bonds, Mr. Joseph G- Brown, pres ident of the Citizens National Bank, the institution through which the succeeding coupons were paid; Mr. Henry E. Litoli ferd, the cashier of the same bank; Mr. W. B. Snow, whom it is said was ap proached in some matters regarding the bonds; E. W. Pace, of Wilmington, con cerned in the alleged reference of “Staunton'* to C. C. Jones; Henry Mc- Kee, and W. J. Blow, of Goldsboro, re ported to have been witnesses lo the transaction between Jones and “Staun ton;” W- E. Murchison, of Jonesboro, the attorney of Mr. J. L. Godfrey, and Mr. J. L. Godfrey, from w hom the bonds were stolen. Mr. Godfrey was here on Monday of this week, and in person received SSOO from Jones, the payment being made ! through Messrs. Pou & Fuller for Jones. Previously, during the session of the court, after the matter had S een taken cognizance of by the court, Messrs. Har ris and Dortch had each returned $250 to Mr. Godfrey, thus replacing the SI,OOO he had paid Col- Harris for the return to him of the stolen bonds. Solicitor Armistead Jones, who had been investigating th*> records in the case and the evidence taken before the grand jury had a conference with Mr. Godfrey while he was in Raleigh on Monday, and as the result of this Mr. Godfrey signed a complaint, setting forth that from knowledge and belief it was his informa tion that Jones, Dortch and Harris, ! knowing the bonds to be stolen, had en tered into a conspiracy and had used ex tortion and blackmail to get .SI,OOO in cash from him for his bonds. Upon this complaint being made Solic itor Jones sent to Judge Geo. H. Brown, at Washington, the forms for bench war rants for Jones. Dortch and Harris, it having been stated by Judge Brown that he would issue these on the request of the solicitor. These bench warrants for the arrest of the parties named were received here Wednesday evening, being made for both Wayne and Wake county, and one set being placed with Sheriff Page of this county, the other set was sent to Golds ! boro to the sheriff of Wayne, the sub poenas for ° lJ t of town parties being sent to the sheriffs of the various counties. the COMPLAINT. The complaint on which the bench war rants were issued is as follows: North Carolina. Wake County. J L Godfrey being duly sworn depose* and says that the store house of Watson & Godfrey at Jonesboro m Moore county, (Continued °n Sixth Page.) OUT RE THE PRISON Mrs. Maybrick in a Quiet Country Home. Free Subject to Conditions Governing Ticket of Leave Convicts. She Owes All to the Duchess of Bedford. (By the Associated Press.) London, Feb. 4.—The Associated Press can announce with authority that Mrs. Florence Maybrick is now’ in a home in a distant part of England and under the care of the members of a religious sister hood- She has not been released and she is kept under surveillance, but to all in tents and purposes her life now, compared to her existence i Aylesbury prison is that of a free woman. She will remain where she is util next July, when her punishment will be ended under the spe cial license, and she will be allowed to go free subject to the usual conditions gov erning ticket of leave convicts. The transfer of Mrs. Maybrick from a penal prison to a quiet country home con stitutes an almost unprecedented action cn the part of the authorities. It was due- to the mediation of Adeline Marie, Duchess of Bedford, who, as a visitor to Aylesbury prison fore many years, has taken a keen personal interest in Mrs. Maybrick and finally succeeded in obtain ing the miligation of her punishment to the extent of being allowed to spend the last six months of her confinement out side the prison walls. The Home Office, several ninths ago agreed to meet the re quest of the Duchess of Bedford, although . imposed a pledge of secrecy. There fore, in order to permit her hair to grow out again and for the recuperation of her health, Mrs. Maybrick w’as quietly trans ferred to this private institution, where, although she is still actually a convict under a life sentence, she lives* in a free dom that belies her real status. The mystery with which this change in Mrs. Maybrick’s situation was effected, ex cited the keenest interest here and gave rise to numerous stories that she had been released. These, as previously stated in these dispatches, are utterly without foundation. Her exact whereabouts is guarded with extraordinary secrecy, chiefly for the pur pose of preventing criticism of the gov ernment for having taken the foregoing exceptional steps in her case. Washington, Feb. 4—ln view of the suggestion that has been made in the press to the effect that Mrs. Maybrick, when released from prison, will not be permitted to land in the United States on the ground that she has been a convict, it is learned that that issue probably will be avoided by the simple device of taking out a pass port from the United States Embassy in London. While the doctrine is not abso lutely settled, the State Department prac tice lias been to admit the right of an American woman who has married an alien to regain her citizenship in America upon the death of her husband hv a here assertion of her desire to do so. So Mrs. Maybrick, being released, may come into the United States as an American citizen and as such would no* be subject to the operations of the exclusion laws which apply only to foreigners. OFFICERS OF SECURITY COMPANY Modern Fiais at Greensboro. Ben bow's New Brick Block. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., February 4. The methods of C. J. Compton, who was placed in jail here last night and taken to Reidsville thi3 morning, charged with embezzlement, are alleged to have been to sell casualty insurance policies, collect the premiums, issue the policies and de liver to insured, never making any kind of remitttance to the company. He is said to have done this in Reidsville, and later in Winston, where he had recently extended his field of operations. Joseph D. Smith, the fire adjuster, com pleted the adjustment of the loss by five ,f King Bros, in the Katz building last week and allowed the firm $2,167.36 and the damaged stock. G- W. Kelley, the Superintendent of Construction, of the St. Vincent Hospital, now being built here,-has the distinction of having been a member of (he celebrat ed Board of Boodle Idermen of St. Louis. He also has the proud record of an hon est member, for cut of the twenty-four members composing the board, eighteen were indicted and convicted. Mr. Kelley was one of the six whose record was clean and above reproach. The Retail Clerks’ International Union, No 954 of Greensboro, at a meeting last night elected the following officers: Pres ident, V. J. Parker; Vice-President, Jno. H. Rankin, Jr.: Financial Secretary, J. A. Hodgin; Treasurer, D. C. Leonard; Guardian. C. M. Holt; Guide, W. A. Me j Night. In keeping with the improved modern I store and semi-public buildings being | erected here, are the new class of flats foi residences just completed and under con j tract. Two of these flats have just been 1 completed. Both are within two Mocks jof south Elm street. One belonging to | Dr. W. A. Lash contains four residences i of 3ix rooms each, pf two stories. They are thoroughly well built of brick and have every modem convenience. A little nearer the Benbow is the new two story brick building just completed for Mr. W. D. McAdoo. This contains five resi dences of six rooms each; is nearly as handsomely equipped as the last describ ed, with every modern convenience. At the annual meeting of the policy holders of the Security Life and Annuity Company in their offices here last night, Messrs. P. H. Hanos, Alex Hanes, of : Winston, and Col. W. S. Thomson, of : Greensboro, were elected as members of ] the board of trustees. The board is di- : vided into classes of three, three mem bers being elected for each year. The j terms of Messrs. Hanes and Thomson cx j piling at this time, they were re-elected, j Subsequently the trustees met and elected s he following oflcers for the ensuing year: President, J. Van Lindley; Viee-Presi dent, P. H. Hanes; Treasurer, Lee H- Battle; Secretary, G. A. Grimsley; Med ical Director, Dr. J. T. J. Battle; Assist ant Medical Director, Dr. E. P. Michaux; Counsel, King and Kimball. Secretary Grimsley made his report as made up by the companies actuary, R. E. Forster on his recent visit from New York showing premium receipts for the year of $65,723.99; expenditures, $30.944 95; excess of receipts above expenditures, $35,799.04; total assets, $149,163.13; sur plus to polio holders, $100,133.13. A committee of policy holders examined and verified the secretary’s report. The company wrote one million dollars of new legal reserve business last year, and its affairs seemed to give great satisfaction to its policy holders who were heard to express themselves last night. Hook and Sawyer, the Charlotte archi tects. have sent in the plans for Mr. C. D. Bcnbow's splendid new brick block to be erected on South Elm street, oppo site tlie Benbow Hotel, a part of which will be on annex of that famous hostelry. These plans have been drawn in accord ance with Mr. Benbow’s designs, after months of careful study and points of ex cellence which a modern business block should have. The new building will have five stories and a basement. Exclusive of basement the building will have 120 rooms, baths, private telephone ex change, steam heat, etc. It will match -in height and general appearance the main body of the Benbow Hotel. Work on the building has begun in earnest. The foun dations are being excavated and 200,000 brick arc already hauled ready for the masons to begin. Mr. Benbow’ is going to try to get the build]ng completed near enough to accommodations for the large numbers of delegates expected liert at both the Republican and Democratic State Conventions which are expected to meet here in the latter part of May or the first of June. BELIEVED WITH BARNUM. 4 Mr. Starkey Heard Mrs. Post Say Peo ple Liked to be Humbugged. (By the Associated Press.) Jacksonville, Fla-, Feb. 4. —Mental science as a healing power had its inning today in the trial in the case of Helen Wilrnan Post in the United States-Court. The government charges that Mrs. Post’s scheme was a fraud and that in sending her advertising matter through the mails and receiving from her patients she used the mails ior fraudulent purposes. The government has been trying all the week to prove the fraud of the alleged treat ment sent by transference of thought. Today the government closed it 3 case and a half dozen witnesses from various parts of the country testified to the benefits they and the members of their families had derived from Mrs. Post’s alleged treatment Mrs. D. B. Ricker, of South Lake Weir, Fla., testified that she paid Mrs. Post six dollars per month.for two mouths to treat her sister who lived in Cam bridge, Mass. The sister had lung trouble and was to be treated through the witness and without the patient’s knowl edge. E. E. Starkey, of Chicago, testified that in talking with Mrs. Post at Sea Breeze, Fla., he had heard her say that people liked to be humbugged. Mrs. Alice F. Mitchell, of California, testified that Mrs. Post treated her sister for lung trouble, and that her sister w r as cured. Mrs. Sidone Guthrie, of Sea Breeze, said she was out on the pier once when Mrs. Post was out fishing. She spoke to Mrs- Post and the latter told her not to talk as she, (Mrs. Post) was treating her patients. This was to show' that it made no difference where the defendant might be, she could carry on her treat ment. D. G. Stephens, of Richland, Iowa; Dr. W. H. Feurt, of Proctorville, O.; Mrs. Helen M. Oliver, of Marblehead, Mass.: Colonel John McWilliams, a banker, of Odell, Ills-, and Mrs. Susan Silver, of Urbana, Ohio, testified to treatment and cures by Mrs. Post. TEACHING AT OXFORD. Part of the Seminary Pupils are Back at Work. (Special to New r s and Observer.) Oxford, N. C„ Feb. 4. —We opened our school yesterday, Wednesday, with four teen of the Oxford Seminary girls. We will have twenty or twenty-five Monday, about one-fifth of the school. Each of the four classes is represented. To all the letters we have written we have received affectionate replies, expressing loyalty and love to the “dear old Sem.,” and the hope and intention of returning in the fall “if it is rebuilt.” The rebuilding seems now to bp assured. With God’s blessing, most if not all of the teachers and students (we pray that it may be all) will be together again next year. Some of the girls write that they have been sick, others that their heavy losses prevent their return. One dear child writes: “Papa died yesterday morning.” Some, whom Mr. Hobgood was generous ly aiding, find it impossible to meet the expense, arid we, in our crippled state, are unable to help them. But the sun is shining and God is good. MRS. M. A. LACY. Ginners Report on the Ninth. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 4.—Announcement was made today by the Census Bureau that a cotton ginning report will be issued Tues day, February 9th. I Thl WEAVboCt m-' v . \. FAIR. FI V fc (IKM>S. RUMP WHIFF BLEW COTTONOFF And Such a Tumble, Oh, ly Brethren. ALL SHRIEKED SELL At the Close in New Orleans Prices Were 147 to 168 Points Lower on this Report of a Declara tion of War in the East. (By the Associated Press.) New Orleans, La., Feb. 4.—About the worst break in the history of cotton fu ture trading in New Orleans occurred to daj when on vague war rumors prices went down until they were from 166 to ISO points lower than the cloeie of yes terday and May was $'J a baie cheaper. -tOtWiins.andicg this break mere was iit tie excitement aooui trie cotton Excnarige Ji the cio&t and no rear was expressed tnat any local cotton nrms wou.d tail. -Ct tne opening prices broke sharply, March going on too points ironi yesier uay s close to 15.50, out prominent bulls supported the market and prices recov ered. Toward neen the mferket became quiet and unchanged. The general opn ion was that the general trend would continue * upward, boon alter the noon hour and wmle many brokers were at •unen a telegram was received from Chi cago by a wire house shying that cables _iad been received there telling ot the declaration ot war between Japan and Kussia. Values commenced to 3lide swiftly downward and in five minutes’ time the ring was in a panic. The general desire was to sell, no matter vnat price me cotton ottered for sale brought. The combination pit and ring at the Cotton Exchange was an amphitheatre ot struggling, yelling humanity wad with anxiety and then fears appeared to be all the greater because they were not exactly aware of what they wore atraid of. Hundreds of thousands of bales ci cotton were thrown into the ring and the sellers exceeded buyers ten to one. This mad scene lasted until well on toward the close of the market when the ring finally had a sold-out appearance. Ac this stage the bull leaders again took a hand in the operations and by buying everything offered and by s-trenuous bid ding quickly sent prices up fifty points. The market, however, had a weak un dertone and prices again sagged toward the close. At the closing prices were from 147 to 16$ points lower than the close of yesterday. On the curb the weakness continued and at the close of the’curb trading prices were again at about the lowest levels of ihe day. At the lowest levels March was loti points lower than ihe close of yesterday at 14.00; May was 168 points lower at 15.40, and July was ISO points lower at 15.70. New York, Feb. 4. —The utmost coniu sion and excitement attended the open ing of the cotton market again today. Inc bullish utterances irom New Orleans yesterday and the report that New Oi lcans bulls had placed unlimited buying orders in the local pit just before the clo.v of business last night had led many to believe that today would witness a re sumption of the recent upward trend of values. It seemed, however, that it was New Orleans against the world, for this morning Liverpool instead of advancing as expected, reported a decline of 20 to 2G points under Egyptian end continental selling. This led to a w’cak opening here w r ith first prices at a decline of 47 to 59 points on the old and of 15 to 20 points on the new crop positions. After noon the market was much less active alter it had rallied a little more than halt a cent on the active months. The New Orleans crowd seemed ready to suppoit prices on any signs of returning weakness but did not appear to be oper ating aggressively tor a further advance. Shortly before the close there was an other violent break in prices, the May option selling down to a price 116 points, or more than a cent a pound below’ last night s close. The late selling was pre cipitated by rumors that war had actually been declared between Russia and Japan, ibis rumor caused the utmost confusion and its effect showed the extremely sensi tive state of the cotton market at this time. Liverpool, Feb. 4.—After opening quiet touay the cotton market began to give way under pressure of sellers. Sellers ot ders came jp. from practically every pint O' world and a large and excited busi ness was done. The greatest changes be tween the highest and lowest were Feb ruary 10 points, March and April 43, April and May -iS, May and June 50, June and July 46, July and August 49, August and September 43. In the afternoon the market was at times lively and excited, fluctuations were not so great as during the early session, but there was more excitement. It was reported that 10,000 bales of May and June changed hands in one transar ticn at 7.89. In the late trading the mar ket steadied and advanced, and closed very unsettled and excited, with prices 1> to points lower than the previous days. The Atlanta Constitution says that plans have been perfected whereby trams of Louisville and Nashville Railroad will be running into Atlanta by the first of July.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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