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Volume LVI. No. 131.
Leads all Worth (Carolina Dailies in Wews and Circulation
BRYAN SET THIS
WHEEL IH MOTION
Democrats Fathered Ef
forts to Regulate Rates
*-
DEBATE IN THE HUUSE
McCall Strikes a Discordant Note.
Intimating That the Supreme
Count Reflects in Its De
cisions the Policies of
the Party in Power.
(By the Associated Pi ess/
Washington, I). C., F* b. *• —l he
feature of the debate in the House to
tla> on the freight rate bill was the
speech of Mr. McCall, of Massachu
setts. who in opposing the proposed
legislation declared that it was not to
be imagined that the Supreme Court
would stand between the government
and its victim, following that utter
ance up with the statement that the
courts usually reflected the policy of
the party in power. The views of the
rptak rs to legislation needed were!
ma.'V and varied, but with the ex- j
ccption of Mr McCall and Mr. Sib-(
ley. of Pennsylvania, all were agreed
that the time had arrived for the
granting of relief.
Mr. Richardson (A!a.‘. discussed the
legal points involved. It was. he said,
in the Federal courts that the rail
roads get their protection. The spe
cial court proposed by the Townsend
bill he characterized as a fifth wheel
in the judieia! wagon, with no neces
sity for it except to embarrass the
movement for equalizing rates.
Mr. Adamson (Ga.*, took issue with
Lht statement of Grosvenor yesterday
and said all the world would give the
i> moerats credit for forcing action,
v.hether they claimed it or not. If
the Republicans did not complete the i
le-Mution now he predicted that the
i >unti-y would damn them for tri
lling with so important a matter and
preventing action.
• Both parlies want it.” he said, "the
i'rMdent now wants it. The man who
ought to huvn. been President for the
last eight years wants it. All who
wish to be Prevalent want it. and
even the railroad presidents want it.
and are invading the capitol, White
House and public prevs to make known
their anxiety."
H • urged his colleagues Pot to stop!
at Speaker Cannon's adjuration to
pa-\« "some kind" of a bill only, but
»o r s the substitute of the minor
ity.
The Sentiments of lliyaa.
Mr. Shacklefoi ; 'lO. i. said the]
v oi ds of President Roosevelt, in his |
m«>.sage on the subject, were hold
on*--, spoken in behalf of the people, i
bui they were but a reiteration of the
: ciiilmuilH of iir. Bryan and of the
declarations In three Democratic plat
forms. Since then, he added, there
ha.l come rm the decree of a stren
i* u.- executlx
Mr. Shncklefotd then referred to
the t -• •id remark of Mr. Williams
(s?;>-.). the minority leader, that the
Dt-moem ».** woub. "toe-mark” tne
Pr-Mdci't on this question. It was
not. tu- #aid. with some emphasis, a
• jin• -;i..• i f to -marking the Pr**i
dent. "it is a question of marching
should* r <> shoulder with the Presi
dent o long .is he is toe-marking the
declarations of the three last Demo
cratic platforms. It was also a
• lUcM'on with the Democrats of Prewi
tt M it**os**v **!t "marching shoulder to
'liouM r vith the great Nebraskan,
who taken the lead in this great
«}U xtlon.
T.< first voice raised against rate
l< xi >l.l lion va- that of Mr. McCall
• Mas.'.) who maintained that it was
o.i-i.ji [.,i • i 01. v ith the fundamental
m ;ii<-ipi*-' of private property. The
granting of authority to the Inter
s at*' Commerce Commission to fix
u*t*-s. In said, was crossing the line
J.* tv ecn regulation and confiscation
a manner that outraged the most
P Rent principles of justice and he in
• iuit• if am ope could imagine a
iikm' ideal method for the destruction
• r private property and on*, more
lik-b to corrupt the American people.
The powers vested by the bill, lie said,
wen too vast and dangerous to he
ui* filed by any political government
'cl > ere likely to lead to the d**stru
i . n *>f cities and to gr»vernment own
• rvhlp of railroads over the pathway
of uniiv ation. Th*. very air. he
-aid. vibrated with the demands of
• n aroti-ed public appetite; "But who
im igir.'s." he inquired, "that the Su
preme Court of the United States
will stand between the national gov
ernment. and ft- victim.” He de
i ,ii <1 immediate!' afterward that un
fortiiiiately 11* ♦ r«* was a disposition on
ill- part of the courts to uphold the
potiey of the partv in power.
Mil all's Words Condemned.
• xpr* ssions of Mr. McCall met
*• th «-<:id*mnation at the hands of
Mi l,a mar (Fla.) who charged thar
M« Call's views were those of the
■ complete reacttouarlcK of the
tnnent against regulating tie*
, ( j; «j\ Mr MeCall. he sabi. had
; : , * ti •'•arc K anything but vile
• ■..'ileirpt for tip- voice of the people
lien in art cried that they did not
kij.i • T*hal tiny wanted.
In.-*MisMng the proposition itself.
>t i„i n r claimed for IV. J. Bnan
,i),| lb** D»tnocrati'- party the credit
f** first stirring ihe people to action,
if . | not President Roosevelt thrown
p question of regulating freight
rates into Congress like a bombshel 1 .
h* is; erted. th*' House would have
-ai for tuenis years I** come without
H i ion upon it. Mr. Lamar vas
;■ jking of th<* Hearst bill and was
i.i*< riuptcd by Mr. Sullivan
with an inquiry as to why Mr. Hear,A
di*' not explain his own bill, remark-
The News and Observer.
I Jng at the same time that he failed
|to note any elucidation of it. Mr.
I Lamar tartly replied that he was un
j able to furnish elucidation and corn*
[ prehension at the same time. Imme
diately thereafter Mr. Lamar was
forced to admit in answer to Mr.
Williams that neither himself nor his
minority colleagues on the Inter-State
and Foreign Commerce Commission
at any of its conferences had pro
posed to put private car lines in the
bill they Were trving to report
Brief speeches were made by x
number of other Representatives in
support of the bill and the House
adjourned.
WATEIC, LIGHTS AM) ICE.
Oxford U Soon to Supply Her People
With AH Three.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Oxford. X. <\. Feb. 7.—Oxford is
soon to have electric lights, water
works and an ice plant. Last Octooor
a franchise was granted to Mr. H. L.
Millner, of Morganton, X. C„ by Up
town of Oxford, to build an electric
light, water-works and ic«* plant com
bined. to be operated -y the Southern
Public Service Corporation of Wash
ington. D. C.
The machinery is all here and work
commenced today. It is now only a
questi *n of a few months before * will
be completed. The water will be sup
plied fro.-n a well 500 f*et deep, giv
ing the reservoir and -tnr.d pipe a
total capacity of 200.00*) gallons.
Pumping stations will have a capacity
of sop gallons per minute.
The electric light plant will have a
capacity of 80*. incandescent lights
besides 21 arc lights for the streets. In
addition to these they will install an
ice plant which will have a capacity
of 15 tons per day, thereby supplying
Oxford and surrounding towns.
READY FOR TRIAL
Co-education of Races at
Berea College
Constitutionality of the Law Prohibi
ting This in Kentucky is In
volved. May Reach Su
preme Court.
(By the Associated Press.)
Lexington. Ky.. Feb. 7. —The first
criminal prosecution under the re
cently adopted State bill prohibiting
co-education of races in Kentucky. Is
on at Richmond and the whole State
is watching its progress because the
constitutionality of th** bill is involved.
Judge Benton at Richmond. Ky.. to
day overruled the demurrer of Berea
College to ui*. Indictment charging a
violation of the law by enrolling white
and colored students at the present
(••rm. The court holds the law valid.
The case will now go to trial on the
question of the fact which is practi
cally admitted by the college. The
penalty fixed is a fine of SI,OOO.
Th*- college is represented by John
G. Carlisle, of New York City. Guv
Madon, Cincinnati, and Curtis F.
Burnam. of Richmond. The case will
probably go to the Supreme Court
of th- United States.
TO PROHIBIT DRUNKENNESS.
The Aldermen of Durham Make An
other Move to Enforce Prohi
bition.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. <\. Feb. 7.—Durham's
board of prohibition aldermen are
still the drunks and thos** who
sell to make drunk. At a meeting
of th** board last night, which did not
adjourn until near midnight. the
board decided to ask th*- legislature
for a law that will prohibit Die soil
ing of cider within a. mil** ami a half
of the city limits and another law
that will prohibit drunkenness within
the same distance of the city.
J"WT; Evans. colored, has instituted
suit against the Southern toad for
for personal hinnies. Evans
was at work for the Southern road
some tiiii'- las; ‘year and while unload
ing ears* at the eo.nl shutc was thrown,
to th* ground, some fifteen or twenty
f*>* t, and was hint. 11»- claims that
the company was negligent in tin- ar
rangement of affairs at the shute.
JOSEPH li. MAMA DEAD.
A> Private •secretary to Blaine He Be
came Well Known.
(By the Associated Press.)
Augusta. Me.. Feb. 7. —Joseph 11.
Manly, former «hairinan of the Na
tional Executive Committee of- tho
Republican party, died suddenly at
his home here today.
As private secretary to the late
James Q. Blaine, (luring the in<>sf im
portant uart of the career of Mr.
Blaine at Washington, and as the
manager of Mr. Blaine’s campaign
for President, Mr. Manly became one
of the best known men In the Repub
lican t arty. His t*-r«n *>f service as
chairman of tin- Maine Republican
Committee covered a period «>f twenty
\>arr. He had been a member >f
i*oth branches <>f th# legislature and
was a speaker of the House at til •
last session. A son and three dujeh
teis survive him.
\V. B. Comstock Dead.
(By th* Asso#*iat*-«I Press.)
Detroit. Mich.. Feb. 7.—William B.
Comstock, a prominent lumber man
and bank"!* of Alpena, Michigan, died
here today, aged sixty-two years. He
was associated with his brother. A.
V . Comstock, in th" lumber business,
and the firm carried on operations in
Canada and Mississippi as well as in
this Flute.
No one needs to t>it still while wait
ing on the Lord.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1905.
EKES OF RUSSIA j
TURN TO'D PEACE
Press and Public Opinion
Set That Way.
AUTOCRACY SAYS NAY
Yet M. Admabaza is Believed to Have
Gone East to Report to the
Emperor the Possibility
of a Compromise
With Japan.
(By the Associated Press.)
Ft. Petersburg. Feb. 7.—7 p. m.—
The renewed peace talk finds not the
slightest echo in official and diplo
matic circles at Si. Petersburg, where
Emperor Nicholas oft-repeated dec
laration that the war must be carried
to a satisfactory conclusion remains
the keynote of the situation. The
prevailing opinion among diplomats
in St. Petersburg, is that Japan and
Russia would choose France rather
than the United States, when the time
arrives to discuss terms of peace. It
is difficult if not impossible to toll
when this time* will come.
The present current of press and
public opinion in Russia appears to
be setting towards peace. The
newspapers no longer proclaim the
necessity of continuing the war at all
costs. Articles appearing in the Rus
and th.- Xovoe Vremya over the sig
natures of well known war corre
spondents who have just returned
from Manchuria criticise the conduct
of operations there in unmeasured
terms, while these papers editorially
declare that hopes of victory are re
mote.
Th** wai never has been in the full
est sense of the word, popular. The
present distress and discontent of the
working class and the general de
sire for reform evinced by the upper
class may develop a strong peace
movement with which the movement
may have to reckon, but on tin- other
hand it is generally admitted that if
j,eae, shond be concluded under dis
advantageous conditions it would ma
terially strengthen the enemies of
the present government, which will
not not fail to keen this fact in sighi
and bore; that some means can Tie
found of reaching an adjustment sat
isfactory to Russia and Japan. This
places special importance on the mis
sion entrusted to M. Admabaza. di
rector of the committee on the Far
Fast, who is believed to have gone
hither in order to report to the Em
peror the possibility of reaching a
compromise with Japan without ma
t-rial prejudice to Russia's interest.
POSITION OF UNITED STATES.
It Will lu<-ist That Bns-ia and Japan
Lite Up to Any Agree men Made.
(By tlie Associated Press.)
Washington, D. *'.. Feb. 7. 11. view
of tim revival of reports from Euro
pean capitals to the effect that there
ia« b*en a renewal of efforts on the
part <>! th*- powers to find some basis
for intervention In the Interest of
peace in the Fat East inquiry has
been me 1" he»*e in of’icted #irc|e* t<
ascertain the position of ’his govern
ment respecting s-uch ;• movement. The
State Department hag made no over
tures recently to either of the int r
est<-d powers, nc; does it knov offi
cially of any such movement in Eu
rope. The position of this government
ha- n<*i chang* <1 in any resr- ct and it
would welconn a settlement v £» the
present disastrous contlic. either by
means of direct negotiations b"t\.* n
the belligerent poweir v through the
medium *>f an international c*»nf* r*
• nc--. But no matter whir h course is
followed in arranging the terms o> .
| peace. th<* one i oint upon which th<- J
j United Slates government • vHI insist.
•. that both Ru.-.-i." and .hipen sh 11.
!in tin- settlement, live up t<» tin* term;-
of the undertaking to which both of
:him have subscribed, that the integ
rity o! China shall b<- respected arid
the equal right of all powers in China
recognized including distinctly "the
• pen door."
rOHE ni l 111*- LEU.
|Da\i- Struck at a Suirrel When tliej
(inn W'a* Di-cl larged.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Salisbury. N. C.. Feb. 7.—Marvin
Davis, a young man of Rowan county.
Incidentally shot himself with a shot
j gun while out hunting yesierdi . The
••I'tire load plowed through one of his
' low*-!* limbs, practice.l!y tearing it off.
I The young man was after a squirrel
which he had crippled . nd was in th*
at of striking it with iiis gun when
j n was discharged as aboie state l.
A VOting Him Badly Burned.
_
(Special to News and Observer.)
Salisbury. X. #'.. Feb. 7..--Ne«s
| r**achcd this city last night of s rious
j burns sustained by Mr. Amos Hou
■ bins, of Rowan county, on Saturday,
j While on a visit to a neighbor a i.j
j standing near a burning bru li h an
his clothing ignit**d ami lie was . <>o i
enveloped in llamcs. The young man
is still in a precarious condition 1
though it Is hoped that he will re- j
<o’ r. Three other pt rsons have be.*a |
j burned lo death in thia section with- .
in tin past few days.
You cun always tell a liaeltelor by
the button# that arc not missing from
his clothes.
TWO MORE STARS
TO GEM THE FLAG
Indian Territory and Ok
lahoma One State.
NEW MEXICO ANOTHER
Arizona Still Stands Without the Gate.
Like Moore's Perii, ‘•Disconso
late.” This Statehood Bill
is Passed by the Senate
Without Division.
(.<p *cial to News and Observer.)
Washington, Feb. 7. —Tho Senate
has passed the Statehood bill without
division. It provide* for statehood
for Oklahoma and Indian Territory as
one State and New Mexico as a State.
For a while today a listener to the
debate on the Statehood bill could
have shut his eyes and imagined him
self in the legislature of North Caro
lina. The Senate was debating an
amendment to the prohibition of
liquor in th" proposed State of Okla
homa for twenty-one years. This
amendment was adopted by a very
largo majority, our Senators voting
for it.
The bill now goes to conference,
] and there is great doubt of an agree
, ment between the two Houses this
session.
j An amendment to create a State
j out of New Mexico alone and leave
! Arizona as a territory was adopted
I forty-two to forty, both North Caro
-1 lina Senators supporting it. Muph of
th* 1 credit for the success of this
amendment is conceded here to be due
j Senator Simmons' recent speech in irs
favor. In fact his has been one of
* the very ablest and most effective of
tho manv speeches on the Statehood
bill.
Representative W. W. Kitchin has
returned from Jackson, Miss., where
he was a witness in 4h" Redd*>ch tri (1.
He was at the High Point banquet.
Senators Simmons and Overman re
turned from High Point this morning
from the banquet there.
; Representatives Sruait and Page
have not yet returned. Mrs. F. M+Sun* j
mons arrived tonight and will remain !
until after the inauguration.
Representative Pou will speak <m ,
the Railroad Rate bill tomorrow.
FOUNDERING OF A
GREAT STEAMER
| The Domara Strikes and
Springs Aleak.
LIFE BOAT MISSING
i
Aboard of It Are the Captain. Three
Passengers and a Number of
the Crew Whose Fate
is as Yet Un
known.
(By the Associated .Press.)
Halifax. N. S.. Feb. 7.—Word ]
reached here t**night that a large j
I steamer is ashore off Mu.squodobli |
Harbor, about sixty miles to the east- j
ward of H.i.ifax.
It is thought the steamer Is on Egg
Island.
Communication with that part of
the coast is difficult-
The steamer has been sending ut* !
signals of distress for some time, but
the weather is thick and she r-umioi j
be made out.
| Later reports say the steamer is th • !
Damara (Br.) t.’aptain Gorst, fr*m« |
! Liverpool via Ht. Johns. X. F.. foi
j Halifax and that she has since foun-
I dered.
The chief officer, with I*l members
of the crew reached shore in a life
boat. The captain, with three pa *
senders and the balutice of the crew
also left th<* steamer at the same
time but are still missing.
The chief officer of the Damara re- J
ported that the steamer struck som** |
object about 5 miles ott short; earlv !
today and at once sprang a leak and j
began to settle. A blinding snow storm ■
was raging at the tinv. "When the j
life boats drew away the steamer was |
| deep in the water. Captain Gorst aiiQ
i the others who were in the se«-on I j
j boat, stood by the steamer and noth- i
Ing has been hoard of them sine**.
The Damara left Johns. N. F.. |
las’. Saturday v Pit t)01* tons of csfig*».
Th»* weather is stormy along th* 1 coast
and a heavy sea lias been running all
day. Tugs left here tonight to search
for die steamer and the missing lit *
boat.
Hindered by lee.
(New Bern Journal,>
The steamer Nenso did n*»t arrive at j
lo t dock Sun* ay until half-past no.v <
at night, more than twelve hours over
due. She wen * ashore n.t Long Shoal
Jin e’urritu* Sound, t-kut got’oft hi- :*
shot time. Ice and low water hinder
ed her progress considerably.
RUMBLING OF THE
I RUSSIAN VOLCANO
{Strikes and Collisions in
Poland.
I
AID IN THE CAUCASUS
(Violent Proclamation Issued in St.
Petersburg Calling the Workmen
to Assemble Beneath the
Blood-Red Flag. Organ
ize is the Cry.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg, Feb. 8.—1:25 a. m.—
(Wednesday.)—For the moment the
startling crime in Helsingfors ha*' w ith
drawn attention from the strike situ
ation throughout Russia. Today's
events in Poland and the Caucasus,
however, ate quite serious enough in
i themselves. Disorders in the smaller
Industrial towns of Poland have added
more than a score to the total of the
killed and troops have been sent to
Warsaw and Kutno (83 miles west or
Warsaw) to quell uprisings there. The
strike conditions m the Caucasus are
becoming worse and traffic on th**
■ trans-Caucasian Railway is iuter
j rupted.
The men employed in three St. Pe
tersburg factories threatened to walk
out yesterday but the grievances in
this instance, which was over strike
pay, v.a=? settled at a conference*.
A large nail factory in the V&ssill
I OstrotT section was burned yesterday ,
I and reports of Incendiarism were cur
; rent, but appear to have been based
| on presumption rather than proof.
No money that is borrowed by an
The Central Committee *>f the Rus
i sian Social Democratic Workmen's
I rat ty has issued a violent proclama-
I tion which had been widely circulate*!
! in the factories of St. Petersburg, cull
j ing on the * perutives to ari.iv them
j*« ives under the rtu flag of the Social
Democracy and prepare for an armed
renewal of the January demonstra
tions. Th.* proclamation bitterly as
; ,sails church and Slat*; and the higher
j classes ami concludes.
"In order to gain victory we must
j organize a vast workmen’s army,
j Then again P** will start for the pal
i co to present our demands not with
\ out weapons, not with ikons and not
with supplications, but with arms in
our hands under tlit? blood red stand
ard of th** Russian Social Democratic
I arty.”
Twenty Killed or WomiulcU.
(By the Associated Press.)
Warsaw. Russian Poland, Feb. 7.
j According to a report from I lad oin
I twenty workmen have been killed or
! wounded in strike disorders there to-
I day while at Skarzysko twenty-four
I have been killed and forty wounded.
| Grave trouble is also reported at
> Kutno today. Troops have been sent
j to Kutno fiont here.
Several men were killed here today
! by strikers in bakeries and elsewhere
I where attempts wer made to resume
woik. Many arrests bwe been made.
The prices of provisions have gone
up. The peasants are afraid to bring
!in tlielr produce. Strikers today at
tempted to bring out the employes of
i the electrical plant ot the asylum for
lunatics, but the doctors succeeded in
pacifying the men
From Bad to Wor-c.
(By the Associated Press.'
Lodz. Russian Poland. I'* b. 7.—Th*
factories wer* opened today but
scarcely any of th* workmen appeared.
At mi*- factory th<* men worked untii
lunch time anu then l*-ft six! refused
to return saying thev did not want to
nc killed by a bullet from the street
fired through the door. Another fac
tory abruptly ended work.
The situation appears to be growing
worse and a "rllJeal tint** is expected
Febrilery D, the date *>ti which some of
the largest manufacturers have decid
ed t<» pay their employ#.* the balance
*d (heir wag**s. dismiss them and shut
the mills ind finit* !y. The strikers tire
b# -omiug more aggressive. This morn
ing they forcibly entered a mill and
{destroy.**.! the machinery.
A Daring Rus-iaii Raid.
(By tli*- Associated Press.)
Tsinket •h* n, Fel». 5. (Delayed in
transmission.)-—A *letaehment "I
wouts am! ;t company under command
i f Urine* MugulofT #-ai rl**d out a daring
raid beyond the Taitse.lliver tin* night
iof February 4. They attacked the
I Jupanes#* post at L'gonadze. The
| scouts bayoneted the Japan#"*#* pick
jets and then entere*! 11 1* * tiling*- and
bayom-ted the garris‘>n. The Japanese
I were panic-stricken; straw signal fires
I were ligh»**<> in all directions, strong
re-inf ort ements came up aml the
scouts, without firing a -lie t r«*tr«*at**d.
They wen- supported energetically by
j ?h<* company which \va.; belated by th*
j difficult)' of crossing tin.- Taitse River,
j Th*- Russians return#*#! without loss
I Dri aging i non*- prisoner. The Jap i
nes#- lost more than fifty killed.
Ihe A-sasstti Identified.
i
tßy tli*.* Associated Press.)
i*e 'ingfors. Finland. Fe b. 7.—The
j.ssa.* «*f Hoinincn, procurator gen
eral of Finland, who was .shot and
: killed yesterday at his resident «. by
i young man dressc#! in an officer's
| uniform, has been identified as Karl
Lenard Hohenthal, formerly a stud
ent fit th** Imperial Alexandria Uni
versity here. Hohenthal. who latter
ly had lived in Stockholm, returned
to Finland, January 13. He main-
tains obstinate silence under examin
ation. Senator Akerman, who has
assumed the duties of procurator of !
the Senate, is directing the investiga- j
tion of the crime. The wounds in- j
flicted on th## assassin by the son of
Hdininen, aye not df a dangerous
character.
Food Becomes Scarce.
(By the Associated Press.-
Batoum. Caucasia, Feb. 7. —The
strike situation here is growing worse.
Business is practically at a standstill
although some steamers have succeed
ed In getting away. Food Is becoming
more scarce. The military governor
has issued a proclamation warning the
inhabitants against assembling in ;
crowds.
hPEKCKK IS EBULLIENT.
Jubilation Over Bond I*wu<* That j
Means a Number of Municipal
Improvements.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Spencer. X. C., Feb. 7.—A1l of Spen
cer is jubilant today over the pros
pects for an issue of bonds ($70,000)
for street improvements, water-works,
electric lights, and increasing the
school facilities of the town, a bill
providing for such having passed the
Senate yesterday. The charter of the
town has also been amended the one
adopted now being considered one ofj
th#* best in the State. The board ofj
aldermen anticipate no trouble In *.iis-j
nosing of the $70,000 of bonds, as a |
bid of considerably more than par has 1
already been made, The town is com-!
posed entirely ot White people the j
average wages is much higher here)
than in any other city or town in
North Carolina, and the municipality
does not owe a penny,
MRS. DUKE IS FREE
~ /
Texas Announces That It
Gives Up the Case
Fresh Interest Aroused by the State
ment of Mrs. Duke's Counsel That
She is to Become a
Mother.
(Special to News and Observer.)
New York, Feb. 7.—Mrs. Brodie L.
Duke was discharged from custody
today because of the failure of the
Texas authorities to send on requisi
tion papers. When Mrs. Duke was
arraigned the district attorney called
the court's attention to a letter he
had received from District Attorney
Imboden. of Texas, in which Mr. Im
boden says that he would not insist
on the prisoner being held <Shy long
er. Magistrate Poole said: "These
Texas people have been trying to
trifle with the Distiict Attorney's
office and the New York authorities
too long. There is something strange
about the way they conduct their
criminal prosecutions in Texas. I
will have to discharge this woman. J
am free to say that I think she has
suffered a great hardship. I am in
clined to regard this Texas indict
ment in the same light as Mr. Levey
has referred *o it as a fake.”
Upon leaving th** court Mrs. Duke
went to her counsel’s offiefe to confer
on what steps she shall take to be
reunited with her husband.
Mrs. Duke has aroused fresh in
terest in her ease by the announce
ment made through her counsel that
she is to become a mother.
Mr. Levey made this announcement
when Mrs. Duke was brought into
court in an effort to secure her free
dom, The lawyer asked that Mrs.
Duk* l be paroled In his custody, de
claring that her being kept a prisoner
was a. plot on the part of th** relatives
of her husband t** keep hgr out of
Hi** wav until Brodie L. Duke could
be subjected to ihedical examination.
"They don't want me to be present
at the medical examination of my
husband.” said Airs. Duke. "Only
today l received another letter from
him telling me to keep up tny cour
f?
Mrs. Duke’*# Partner Arraigned.
(By the Associated Prrss.)
Chicago, Feb. 7.—Charles F. Tay
lor. business partner of Mrs. Alice
Webb-Duke, was arraigned In court
here today charged with swindling E.
A. Blount, of Nacogdoches. Texas, out
of $3,000. Fending the arrival of olfi
eer« from Nacogdoches the ease, at
the request of the police, was eon
tinned until February 14.
DREAMED I'll VI HE \\ \s ROBBED
$
Dreamed Also tin- Identity of flu* Man
)\ ho RolJx-q Him—\n#f Behold,
it all Came True.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Washington, F* b. 7.—A <iu*'*»r !>nt.
tru*- stoiy mnauates from Aurora,
Washington’s prosperous n'-lghfi«»r.
Mr. F. F. Cherry, on*- of the leading
merchants there, dreamed r* *cntly
that liis st* re wax broken into >nd
robbed. Th«* dream was a. very reali--
ti«* one, oven tin* identity of tie tiiicf
being discover##! to him. The morn
ing .after In- went to tie* store with
th#* spell of th* dream still stro ig **n
him and to hia ui'er amaze found his
* Iren no a realization. A number f ar
ticles had b'***n taken, including sev
eral watches and a suit of # loth**.
Jso stronglv impressed was h-* by the
virion that he got *ut a search war
rant which was served on the man #>f
whom h** had dreamed. The sutqvet
protested but bis trunk was search ]
and therein were found the stolen ar
ticles.
Ibis unusual story is properly
vouched for.
Sacrifice demonstrates sincerity.
f THE WEATHER TODAY' X
the C tv,
Rain or Snow, *
?rice Five Cents.
FAVORS A BUREAU
OF IMMIGRATION
Governor Transmits Im
portant Message.
THE MANY SUBJECTS
Several Important Bills Passed by
both Branches of the Legis
lature. and New Bills of
Wide Influence Were
Introduced.
Governor Glenn transmitted a im*s
.sage to the legislature at yesterday's
session, in which he urged upon that
body the establishment of a properly
equipped Bureau of Immigration, and
this- subject was dwelt upon earnestly
in a brief but thorough statement of
existing conditions in North Carolina
which make relief imperative. The
Jamestown Kxposition was endorsed,
and an appropriation recommended.
In discussing the vast amount of sup
plies purchased bv the various insti
tutions of the State, educational, char
itable and penal, th< Governor sug
gested that a Purchasing Agent should
be appointed to buy for all State In
stitutions. The message related also
to the divorce evil, the vagrant law.
the jury system and the judges’ sala
ries.
The following Is the full text of the
message'
“Jn my inaugural address I briefl
referred to matters relating to the me
terial. educational and moral deve
opment of the* State. I now desire t
emphasize certain recoil mendntloi
then made and add to them other
that in my judgment, would Increa*
| our prosperity. A State cannot .sum
i still. It either goes forward or back
| ward. A narrow policy only ret art
i progress, while a liberal eneouragt
! ment of all enterprises Increases ov
j wealth and develops our r source
I Dining the laD administration, Prt
I gross was the watchword, and gnu
improvement was made throughot
the State. We must, therefore, not r«
trograde, but do all in our power t
bring more capital and a higher ord*
of labor into our midst. The Fxen
tive though held responsible forth
administration, can only sugge:
methods. > Your honorable body mm
creatb; therefore, without vour e«-oi
eration, measures deemed essential t
the State’s advancement must fai
Under the Constitution, I lay mattet
before you that 1 think of specie
benefit, arid trust to your wise and cos
servativo consideration to pass sue
laws as you deem best. Once again
urge upon your honorable body th
establishment of properly equip! *
Bui-hu of Immigration, a bureau m
for the purpose, as some a'em to fee
of bringing the “rift raff” of societ
and pauper labor into the State, !»t
one capable of guarding against sue
objectionable per.-oi»f, and seekin
only laborers of Industry and charm
ter, financiers lo*>king for places so
Investments and farmers wanting goo
homes. Our people cannot be ih*d
own immigrant agents, but must liav
some agency through which they ea
act. In order to make known the kin<
of lands, minerals, water powers ,im
oilier r*-sources they have to sell, am
thus through this channel be brough
In touch with persons desiring to buj
The same is also true of individuals o
corporations desiring laborers, —ther*
must i*e sjnie common source througl
which employers ami employees e«*u
b<* brought together. What North
j Carolina needs Is more people w ith
; money, brains, industry and willing
| hands, to th- end that markets may
I be established, our waste places built
| up. <>ur farms properly cultivated, our
mines opened and worked, and our
untold and hidden resources brought
to th<- attention of the world. In
North Carolina our people live chiefly
by agriculture; about SO per cent, of
our total population are owners or
tillers of the soil; they pay a largo
proportion of the taxes for the support
of the State government, and yet what
acta arc passed looking to the present
great need of these people, and wbut
appropriations are made directly for
their benefit.? It Is a fact staring our
people In the face, that owners and
tillers of the soil arc now in mm-h
distress because of the lack of labor
at reasonable prices.—or In fact at
any price, and the stern reality faces
our agricultural interests that want of
hands on the farm. Is bringing our
lands to prices far below their proper
lor proportional value. Taxes taken
I fro u this class of people should be r**-
| turned to them as far as possible, and
! j respectfully suggest to your honor-
I able body that while we do so much
for others, ,vp should use at least a
small portion of the taxes that this
deserving class pay In establishing an
| agency that will enable them to get
suindent help to cultivate and pre
serve tio ir lands from waste. What
tiie land owners need are more t-u
--anb and laborers and this Bureau of
Immigration by seeking honest, indm--
trlmi.s white farm hands coinpet*-nt
tenants and farmers wanting small
mrel.-:, would te of invaluable help to
our people.
“Another way by which wo can
make known oui great resources, i
for our State to take part 1u the ex
position to bo opened at Jmnestov,n
May 13th, IM*7. The United States
Government will make a great di -
play it this Fair, and the tremendous
crowds will be there, looking for
places for homes and investments. Be
ing on our very border, this exposition
is almost u Home enterprise, and the
money spent in creditably advertising
our State by a splendid exhibit, will
I (Continued on Page Three.)