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Hosts of Witnesses Say
ro. Bradley Was Sano .
SCENE DESCRIBED
nator Rrown Told, Ills Wife in tho
Presence of 3Ir. Bradley That lie '
. Was the Father of tlie llat-
.ter'a Children and Denied
r the Paternity of Son. '
x (iy the Associated Press.) ;
"Washington, D. C, NoV. 27.
hrouffhout tbday ( the testimony of
red in the trlaj of Mrs. Anna M.
Eradley, charged with having- shot and
filled former . Senator , Brown, of
tah, in thla city last December, - was
host damaglns . to the . defendant.
here were many witnesses who had
.en her ahortly after the shooting and
hhers who had attended "her . while
ie was in jail here, but none of them
ad at any time doabted her anity.
hese witnesses bad been called by
Ke Government In rebuttal. They ln-
Cuded practically every one who had
t)me in contact with Mrs. Bradley af-
r the (shooting of Senator Urowr:.
ttendanta lat the Hotel, where the
Jiootlnic occurred, . officials at - the
lice station and at tne nouse 01 ae
ntlon in which she was at first con
ned. ncwBDaoer men. doctors and at
tendants at ;th Jail declared their be-
lef that she was rational in manner
fnd coherrent in language when they
iw and talked to her. Several other
itnesses who had talked with ner m
alt Lake City and elsewhere prior to
lie .shootlne. eave evidence i to. the
(tme effect. . ' . ?
A dramatic feature of the day waa
e descrlDtion bv Soren S. Christen-
m, of Salt XAke, of n encounter be-
iveen Mra.-Bradley and Mrs; Brown
h a hotel in Pocatello. Idaho, la the
Iimmer of 10C .On tMat ocdkslon.
Lrs. Brown -discrovered ilrs.- Bradley
n the tote! With Senator-Brown and.
f.tackirvT her, attempted to choke her.
id askid to be allowed to TUli ner.
he Senator came to her rescue and
en the ,T entire, party, ljtclualng .the
tnew, had an all-night discussion ox
e dimcuity aunng wnicn uruwo,
rnlne. fierceir npoa his wife, denied
iat he waa the father of her ; son,
dax Brown, and at the same time ad
mitted that he was the father of two
If Mr. Bradley's children. An out-
iirst of denounciatlon by Mrs. Brown
t her husband and Mrs. Bradley fol
,wed, after which the Senator and
ie defendant Went: to a noted hotel,
t here theycaHed, for. drinks.
The witness-feiave a graphic descrip
f on of the meeting of Mrs. Brown, and
Lrs. Bradley at the Hotel in Pocatel-
h. H said Mrs. Brown tola Mrs.
Iradley- she ! wanted to say sometmng
h her. i, ' MrsL Brown; advanced toward
fers. Bradley and took her by the
hroat and she seemed as If she was
oing to do her violence.v They separ
ced a" moment and then Mrs. Brown
rain took hold of Mrs. Bradley.
ILUOTWO!,
Mrs. Brown said: "Let me kill her."
; Mrs. Brown was In a room about
Ix feet away and Mrs. Bradley called
him: Come here, Mr. Brown, tney
e trying to aiu your aaruns. snvi
shed to Mr. Brown's door and aak-
1 to be let In.' The door was opened
hd Mr: Brpwn came out. They an
ent in a small room and sat down
Lid had a conversation lasting sev
Iral hours, t
1 -At the end of the conversation,"
id the witness, "Mr, Brown ; denied
at he was the father of Max Brown.
id , said that he waa tne rawer ; or
vo or Mrs. : iJraaiejrs .cnnaren, Mrs-
rown turned' to Senator Brown" and
fainting tO iMrs. radley said: 'you
pw, vile degenerate. Thiitk of a maririeased from quarantine larger than
fho would deny his own son and ad.
hit he is the father of these bastard
(hildren." y -tr-f
There were suggestions about get
ng a divorce and Mrs. Brown said she
ould grant: divorce If the Senator
ould deed the farm in Idaho and the
ojrse on - BMg-nam , - street- to Max
frown, keeping the rest of hla prop-
;-ty. The Senator said he would not
o that, as he would not have enough
ioney left to pay ;s debts. 'She then
tild he could keen the farm and the
ouse and deed the rest of his prop-,-tv
to Max. but, he refund to do that.
luring the conversation Mrs. Brown
ia tne Benatgr no couia go, out sne
ever wanted to see him come back.
iter leavings ire tjoici at I'ocateuo,
fhere this meetlnc took Place, Mrs.
tradley and the witness went out to
iothr hotel,- vhere the Senator land
irs. Bradley -had 4 cocktail or two.
?What was Mrs. Bradley's demeanor
In this occasion?" asked the assistant
istnct attorney. -ame as i r.av ai
ays seen her," calm." The witnesj
irl that in-all hi "nuaintane with.
f rs. Bradley, she appeared tq him
lerfectly i-ane. - '-. ;:
,V new -phase- of the testimony today
jas tbe; adm
Vgton." - the
innfrm" of -Archibald t.iv
Senator's , ntnographer,
often told faNei''iols to
r. Bradley iln orfler to quiet her and
! avoij trouble for the Senator or
itmself.
. Justice Stabrd rebuked a eounle of
1 .nectatrcs a (rji sr.d a woman in tbe
purt room, , who - brought with them
I little pfrl - f-ahoMt eleven vears of
(re. Whlfi5 JuVflce saw the child
stopped the proceeding and order-
51 an. atteM.t'.t! escorete couple
nd the child; from the court room.
As the day-bore on Mrs. Bradley an-
ared to feJ the fatifrue of her lonr
f al. . It wa with more ffort th a n
I mal that he gave attention to the
(qtementi of witne?e. She cIosm
It tycs for several minntes. leaning
fir head on her f!rht hand.
It wa isccted that all the tes
fmony In tho. a -s v.-ouid b in today
f it at thf lat foment the dUrict
t torney fvbrpenaed additional iit
l xsp? fn rebuttal, .nother wltn?s is
iw on his way from I'lah. to t ify
r the government It l3fnow almost
a certainty that the testimony will be
concluded Friday, to which the day
cqurf adjourned ,ei ' the close of to
day's session. , . ' .: - : . A '
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l.y A.UXST CAXXOX. ;
111 lte-Kletion As Speaker of tl
JiouHe uui Be Strongly Fougm
; lly FederRtlou of Labor.
Washlnirton. D. C. Nov. 2.
Copies of a. proclamation addressed td
all organized labor and designed to
defeat the. election of Joseph Q. Can-f
lion as speaker of the House! of Rep4
resentatlvei in the 60th congress has
been sent to trades unions in every
section of the country. The proclai
mation is signed by Samuel Gompersj
President, and attested by Frank Mor4
rlson. Secretary; John B. i Lennon.
Treasurer, and the eight vice-presM
dents, of the Federation of Labor. ' i
The hort comings of Speaker Can
non during the three congresses he haj
served' In that position as charged in
this proclamation, are set forth at
length, and each instance whereby his!
vote ruling he has acted in a way that
seemed inimical to the' interests of
labor is given in detail. Chief of these!
is cited in his action in regard to the:
labor amendments to the Sherman!
anti-trust law, he emplayees liability
bill, .the project of creating a depart-!
ment of labor with a secretary in the
President's cabinet, the i eight hour
labor: bill, the abuse of injunctions
measure, and the bill relating to alien;
labor on the Panama Canal. Mr. Can-
non Is ch-arged with having voted or
ruled against the interests of organized;
labor in the consideration of each of
these measures. The proclamation ap
peals .to organized labor to strike for
the defeat of Mr. Cannon as speaker
of the 60th congress by requesting all
central bodies and local unions to pass
resolutions asking: the representative!
of their respective district to vote!
abainst his re-electlqn and to appoint
committees to wi upon these mem- j
bers and present the need of, his de
feat. 1
LIFT 0UARAHT1HE
-r " sssHMssssMass i o . !-"
From Counties Defected
Dy Cattle Tick
Ten Are FYoed KnUrely and Nine Will
Be Cleared of the Incubus
;: " 1 Upon Their Cattle Indus-
' 1 try Tiext oar. 't-; ;;?-
"lit. Tait Butler," State Ivelertnarian,
announced yesterday that tht counties
which will be released this vear from
the quarantine against the festlferous
cattle tick that has wrought so much
of injury to the cattle Industry of the
State and South are Stokes, Rocking
ham, .Caswell. Person- Granville;
Vance. Durham, Orange,- Alamance
and Guilford.
Several other counties arc being
worked tby the . Department of Agri
culture's: agents under Dr. Butler, and
those which In all probability will be
cleaned;, and taken i from under the
ban next year are Warren, Franklin,
Wake, Chatham, Randolph, Montgom
ery, Union, Stanly and Anson. -
Dr. J. A. Kiernan, who has charge
of the eradication of the cattle tick In
Virginia and North Carolina for the
National Department of. Agriculture,
will move his office January 1st, from
Lynchburg, Va., to Kaleigh, and he
will have an office In the North Caro
lina agricultural building. i ;
There is no other curse to the cattle
Industry in the South so great as the
cattle tick, and during the pat few
years the National Department of
Agriculture has taken a lively Inter
est in Us extermination. Last year
Congress appropriated JISO.OOO tor
tick eradication work in the Southern
States, and .this year the South will
ask through the Association of Com
missioners of Agriculture of the South
ern Saea $500,000 for the further
prosecution of this important work.
During the two years that the govern
ment ' and the States have been co
operating In i the eradication of the
tick an area has been cleared and re-
North Carolina and South Carolina
combined, being more than 85,000
square miles. In addition to tht
area a much larger territory has been
partially cleared and will doubtle-ts be
released from the quarantine next
year. - ; . - - ;
"TOUt CAN IJKT "VOClt LIFE."
Admiral Kvans SaiM rlcctAVHl Bail on
December lo. i
By the Associated press.)
Washington, D. C, Noy, 27.You
can bet yoilr North American life that
the battleship fleet will twill ; from
Hampton Roads on its. cruise to the
Pacific on the morning of December
16th- The vessels will get under way
Just as coon a I receive the j Presi
dent's orders to Bet sail." v j ?
. In this characteristic manner "Ad
miral . Robeley D. Evans answered the
representation recently current that
there- would be a delay In the assem
bling and consequent departure! of the
lleet from the date orilnally set. The
Admiral's orders contemplated the as
sembling of the. fleet In Hampton
Roads on December tth. It l possi
ble that all the ships may not be there
on that date. t
At the bureau of navigation It is
said there may possibly be a trifling
delay in the arrival at Hampton
Roads of the battleships Minnesota,
Kentucky and Virginia, which yet
havo to be docked and their sea valves
overhauled before they are ready '-for
a long trip.
' ALABAMA'S PISITCIIARD,
Judge Tltomns Jones tsite Tnjnnclon
Against the State l'jforc lug Its
Law As t'i Railroad
Itate. -- ! .
(By the Associated Prcrs.)
Montgomery, Ala.. Nov. 27. The
Louisville and Nashville.-.. -Nashville.
Chattanooga and St. Lot?is the Cen
tral of Georgia and the'Western Rail
way of Alabama, .have been rranted
a temporary Injunction by Fe leral
Judre Thomas Jones, against the state
of Alabama preventing enforcement
of;ny of the laws parsed, by the ex
tra session of the legislature
HILL'S LETTERS
TELL SOI TALES
Secret Work of American
! Tobacco Co,
I0W CONTROL TRADE
"flie Company's Relations With the
United Cigar Stores Company, and'
, O tlier fIndcpcndeiitT Con- ;
ccrns Are Houglit Out
In lie Hearing, i
' (By the Associated Press.)
New York, Nov. 27. The nature of
the relations existing . between the
American obacco Company and the
United Cigar Stores Company, which
Has a large number of retail stores
throughout the country, was inquired
into at today's session in the 'hearing
in the case, of the United States against
the so-called Tobacco Trust. The hear
ihg is taking place - before United
States Commissioner Shields. While
it was not established by direct admis
sion that the relations were absolutely
.controlled by the American Tobacco
Company, much of, the testimony was
to the effect that junusually close re
lations existed between the two com
panies. . . -.,.. j - .
P. O. Hill, vice-president of the
American Tobacco Company, was the
only witness examined today. Herald
that while he never knew of a specific
denial of the report that the United
Cigar Stores; Company was owned by
the American Tobacco Company, he
did not recall that such ownership had
ever been admitted. He said he had
very little knowledge of the manage
ment of the United Cigar i Company,
giving -it tho benefit of regular trade
discounts given toi Jobbers who en
couraged the use 6f the ; American
Tobacco Company products. These
discounts amount to from seven to ten
per cent besides' the usual discount
of two . per cent for cash. Mr. Hill
said the American! Company sells to
nb other retail tobacconists In. New
York. , Asked , who furnished ; the
money to start the business of the
United Cigar Stores! Company, Mr. Hill
said he did not know. Asked, as to
the ownership of the Jobbing-concerns
by his corporation! throughout the
country. Mr, Hill said it had an Inter
est in only one and that was In New
Orleans, Whether! the United Stores
Company had an interest in a con
cern In Chicago, Mr. Hill said he did
not know. A dozen Concerns or more
Handled the company's product in
New England and ; got the same al
lowance, he ' said. - I Concerns which
handled the American Tobacco Com
pany's: products exclusively, however,
got an additional allowance.
I Several letters from Mr. Hill's per
sonal letter book rolatfng to a plan to
maintain prices of imported goods
Were read. It prot Uled that! Importers
Including Park and Ttlforr, and Acker
3Icrrali and Conditjof New 1'ork, were
to sell Havana cigars to retailers and
Jobbers at tlie nsune price. This tnbrht
cause a ilemoralizatiot of business for
thne, tlie letter said, bat lit the end
It would result In forcing tlie Import
ers Into an agreement U maintain
prices, i Mr. Hill said the
American
Tobacco Company
owned
a small
amount of stock In
the Ackef. Merrall
Cbndlt Company but none at all in the
Park and Tlirord Company.! AnoUier
letter written to ttiej American Tobacco
Cornwall's confidential agent In Cali
fornia said . the company was to be
formed in California In conjunction
with lilaMtkotcr t-o already was do
ing a large btrsine there to push tlie
American Company's goods lu tliat
market, i Tlie American Company's
goods in that market., Tlie American
Ctimpanys connection with tlie com
pany was to be kept secret, k i
( Mr. Hill said, today that that plan
was carried out but that eventually
Blasskdver took, ownership of the en
tire business. - -j----
4Tliat! the American Tobacco Com
pany in 1001 owned a large Interest
iii a factory In New Orleans operated
as Craft and Company and kept the
fact of its partial! ownership secret
Was disclosed by another letter.. ....
UiThe hearing will be continued on
Friday. ! , I
APPEAL IIS FILED,
ij Andrews' Torbes Co. and J. g.
1 otutg Co., the Licorice Trust. 1
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(By the Associated Press.) -
Washington. D. C. Nov. 1 27. The
appeal of V' 4.dreivs & Forges Com
pany and J. s. Young Company In
the prosecution of those corporation
by the government! on the charts of
Cornering the trade In licorice used
In the manufacture of cigars and to
bacco, was filed today In the Supreme
Cfourt of the United; States.' These two
firms manufacture about 5 per cent
of the licorice paste1 used by manufac
turers and they were fined $10,000 by
the United States i Clrtult court for
tne! Southern r district of New York
en the charge of violating the Sherman
Aiitl-tmst Law In an effort to prevent
competition in tm$ industry. '
n Mount Airy News Ilndget.
( Special to j News and Observer.)
Mount Airv: X. ! C Nov 37 f J-
Annie IJ2nner left: vesterdav fnr v,..
nersville. N. C to be present at the
marriage of hey friend. Miss Edythc
Ierner. .; .- - . . ,
1 1 The number of men employed at
the Mount Airy granite quarries has
recently been increase 1.
it An order has been placed! for ma
chinery doubling the capacity of the
ice factory at this place.
; Married, in I this cltv. on the 26th
Inst.. R. A. Jarvls. Eaq- officiating.
Joieph Holder to Miss Bessie York.
' As tomorrow Is Thanksgiving, this
writer will noi send any Items to Tlie
News and Oliwrvcr for that day. He
trusts that very reader of this paper
has been abundantly blessed during
trje 'pas't year and that God will. In Ills
mercy, take ear Of HJs creatures and
load them by j Ills council, supplying
their every need and Inspiring In every
heart a desire to do something dur-Irje-
the nest year for God and his
fellowrr.an. ! . 1
HElWIS ciiifesses
Says Hb Killed Ella Prior
Accidentally!
Found tlie
iGun Leaning Against the
House) When H Went Tlicre, "j
and Snapped it, Thinkbiis
It Unloaded.
( Special to News
Charlotte; N. t C.
and Observer.)
Nov. 2f. Amzl
Helms, the young .white man arrested
last night in Long Creek township by
Sheriff N. W. Wallace on th charge
of shooting! Ella Pryor Monday night,
confessed this. morning to Jailer E. O;
Johnston I that he killed the girl. H
claims thati the I affair was accldenul
and in numerous points his story
seem to be plausible, although It 13
difncult to reconcile;
statements With! the
some .of nts
facts In the hor-
rlble tragedy. I I
-I went to the huse of Mrs. Prv
or." he began, "about dark j Monday
evening and noticed a gun standing
against the wall an4 picked It up. . I
thought that it! was a single barrel
and I unbreeeched It and put the shell
in my pocket I knocked at the door
and some one came towards It and
went back and then another person
came, f snapped the gun believing
that It was unloaded and It went off.
As soon as I fired I took the Shell out
and leaned the gun against the house
and then ran. I was terribly fright
ened and; ran a hard as I could go
out through the cotton patch! by the
spring and j on across the fields. -1
staved out all night t and went to Mr.
Hilton's about 10 o'clock the next
mornlngvv )'
I
VISIT TO MONTPEIJEIL ;
President i Roosevelt and FamQy Will
Make a Tript Today to the Farmer
Home of President Madison. ;'
- (By the. Associated Press.)
Washington. D. CfNov, 27.r-PresI-dent
Roosevelt,' accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, Miss Ethel and Quentin,
will go by a special train tomorrow
morning to Montpelier, Virginia. Ar
riving there a call will be made at the
former home of President Madison,
located near Montpelier and now occu
pied by William Dupont. The trip was
arranged by the President to complete
his visits f to the homes of former
President iwho resided in the South.
The call at the Madison home.' will be
purely. Informat anfd brief. -'a"ha trip
Is to be made by special train over the
Southern' Railway and will occupy sev
eral -hours ' In the middle portion of
the day. rj The White House JwllI be
reached In ample time for tha family
Thanksgiving dinner In the evening.
TtiESIDENCE BUIUfED DOWX,
'Vi.- I-- - , S - 1.-,:, .1'v'--
nelleved to liave neeri Work! of Fire
Bug Mrs. 6umner and Children
R .- .,: Barely Escaped Deatlvr:: i
(Special to News and Observer.) '
Ashevllle, N. C Nov. 27. The resi
dence of Jessie IL Sumner, In . Lime
stone township, twelve r miles - from
Af hevllle. was burned to the ground
this morning and Mrs. Sumner and
her children -barely escaped with their
lives. Mr. i Sumner
and Jus son.
Francis Sumner,' are
Una. '-. .i. ' h- . - (
In South Caro-
Francis Sumner Is the boy who shot
and killed Charley Powers at Arden
New Year'a (Day.! He was convicted
of manslaughter and sentenced to the
chain-gang a term of years. He ap
pealed and the. case. lis to bei argued
before the Supreme $ovlt next week.
The origin or the nre 19 not known,
although t la believed to have been
the work t of a fire-bug. The mem
bers of the househ6ld lost everything
they had. Just time to leave the burn
in g structure after th'y werei awak
ened. , j I ' !
USED; IT WROXG WAY.
'I
Prisoners Given Carbolic Acfcl to Xse
for Klltlna Vermin Came Nearer ,
i j Killing Tueniselves. : j
(Special td News and Observer.)
Ashevllle, Nr. C. Nov. 27-rTwo men
prisoners in j city lock-up. who were
severely burrted this week by the use
of a disinfectant Ifor I the destruction
of vermin, are recovering at the Mis
sion i Hospital. The raen Instead of
spraying themselves ith the disin
fectant which contains considerable
carbolic acid i saturated their clothing
with .the , fluid and then put on their
clothes. i I . ''i
: The men suffered greatly from the
turns, but tt waa from inhaling the
fumes of the r disinfectant that came
rear costing one lof the men's lives.
The man was literally jblue in the face
for a day and it was! feared that he
would die. lie. with jhls companion,
however, Is reviving.
TAJ OI AX Y HEAItD FROSf.
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If Rrynn Is Nominated Tammatty Will
Support lllin. : j
(Bv the! Associated Press;)
New York.! Nov 2)ii---Chares F.
Murphyk leader of Tammany Hall, de
clared today that James J. Hagan had
no authority to pledge Tammany Hall's
support to William J. Bryan for the
Democratic nomination for President,
as he did at the Bryan dinner In Wash
ington, last hlghL! When Mr Mur
phy's attention was called to Mr. Ha
gan's action, he said: j - ; I
"Hagan snoke for Hagan.'not for
Tammany Halt. No one Is authorised
to pledge the Tammany delegation. If
Mr. Bryan Is the romfnee of the Dem
ocratic party for President. Tammany
Hall will support !h!mj.wth loyalty:
but we are not pledging ourselves to
any candidate! at this time." j
; MIRACULOUS ESCAPE..
; . :-:-v 4 j j - :: ? :f r-
Capt. J. J. Sir Comes In Contact With
10.000 Volts of lectrlclty.
Special to -News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C-. ! Novj 2 7.
Capt J. J. Slgg, manager of the local
Street .Railway and Electric f Light
Company, had a miraculous escape
from death today by coming- In con
tact with ten thousand) volts of elec
tricity. His left hand and face were
badly burned and he va- rendered
senseless for a few seconds.: i
He Is unable to explain how he es
caped. The power plant was shut down
for a few minutes as a result of the ac
cident. ' !
HEW BUILDING FOR
THESTATENORMAL
4-' '
$100,000 Structure for
Scientific Purposes
JONES VAI1TS TO KNOW
Ills Life Now Hangs on tle Governor's
Action G uilf ord Superior Court
December 18 Instead of
9th Judge Fcrsnson "
to Preside, f
Greensboro, N. C, Nov. 27. The ex
ecutive committee of the State Nor
mal and Industrial College was In
session yesterday. This committee Is
composed of Hon. S. M. Gattis, chair
man, Hillsboro; State Superintendent
J. - Y. Joyner, Raleigh: Hon. J. D.
Murphy, Ashevllle; and ilon R. ; T.
Gray, Raleigh. The meeting was held
for the special purpose of auditing the
accounts of thfr treasurer. The com
mittee examined all the vouchers
showing the receipts and disburse
ments of the institution j during z the
past year and found them correct and
In excellent condition. ' i
A business session of the commit
tee was held at the college yesterday
afternoon when the official architects.
Messrs. Hook and Rogers, were - in
structed to prepare at once plans for
tne erection-of a Science Building, it
Is the purpose of the college authori
ties to erect Xioo.000 Science Building
on the site of the old brick dormitory
which was burned four years ago. It
will not be possible to erect the whole
building during the coming year, but
the architects were reouested to pre
pare plans. for the building complete
In every detail. The last Legislature
made available for this purpose by
special appropriation ; and otherwise
about 159.000 With this amount it
will be possible to erect the front of
. W II Jl m m . m ' '
ino ouiming ana nave 11 ready ror oc-
cupansy at the beginning of the fall
session of I08. After the plans have
been prepared by the architects there
will be a meeting of the full board to
consider them and to give definite dt
rections to the executive i committee:
T During theast suaimer an exten
sive addition was made to the Spencer
Building.: thus 'materially.' increasing
uie capacity 01 we college r or tne ac-
jcommodauon of, students' This 1 in
crease In the number of students has
taxed to the utmost the present Ad
ministration Building, which la used
ior recitation purposes, and conse
quently the new building will meet a
pressing need of the college. -
It was very gratifying to the com
mittee to find everything at the insy-f
lution in good condition. The college
nas ane earnest, serious-minded stu
dent body that will do much for the
up-bullding of North Carolina as the
great majority are preparing them
selves to become teachers in the
schools or the State. ' ; "
1 ,'X: Superior Court Jostponed.
The regular term . of the Superior
Mun-ior uuuiira. due to begin De
cember 9th. owing to Judge Council's
cicxness win not be held. Judge Fer
guson, Instead, will provide for a sne-
lal term of one week beginning De-
wmwr icui. , inere are now twenty
five prisoners in jail awaiting trial
ror principally petty offenses.
SLUG FIVE Wi5f $ 7890$.!. U
Frailer Jones Waiting to Hear.
1 Nothing has yet been heard from
the Governor relating to carrying out
tne aecinon or the Suoreme Court, af
firming the judgment of the Superior
vourt, senxencing Frarier i Jones, col
ored, to be handed for thei murder of
his wife. Application has, been made
to the Governor to commute the sen
tence to life imprisonment.! When the
decision of the Supreme Court was
first announced to the condemned man
he expressed a desire to be hanged as
soon a. possible, saying he had been
ready and willing all the time to. go.
Jones now seems anxious I of the - ra-
sult of his application for commuta
tion, and is much depressed over hU
slim prospect of a much longer lean
on life. ;
I The Federal Court at Ashevllle
seems to be .doing a great deal ' of
business. This makes the fourth week
of Judge Boyd's absence there" presid
ing over the ourt. and officials in the
marshal's office today said that court
would probably continue the whole of
this week. Being a criminal term the
oply one of the marshal's force : pres.
ent is Deputy Joe Millikan.-
I ; Railroad .Mania,
A Moore county officer was here last
night with Claude Meaweli. of - High
Falls Mills, who was being taken to
the State .Hospital at Morgariton.. The
young man's form of insanlty.is aji ex
cessive admiration for railroad trains,
although, last night it required ; three
men to get him aboard No. 35 bound
for Morganton. Ordinarily he not
onjy discusses the subject of trains but
imitates their various noises in a per
fect ; manner, newer seeming satisfied
unless going through some form - of
railroad exercise or signal .'-
: : - Big Tobacco Breaks.
The tobacco warehouses! here have
had the biggest "breaka" 1 yesterday
and 'today that 'have been; known in
years. Farmers generally j who sell
seem to think that prices are going
lower than they now are and in rush
ing their product to market are con
tributing greatly to bring 'A the low
price -predicted true. - CoI.t John S.
Cunningham, who was here Mondan
declared that farmers this season
ought not to sell a pound of tobacco
for an average of less than fifteen
cents; that It cost that to get it to
market, considering the light," weight
crop, and price were bound to go
higher before the season closed. -- or
the American Tobacco Company and
itsi aiHed trusts would - have to quit
filling orders for the manufactured
product. - , . - .
j Evidence of 3loney . Stringency.
Today Is the regular auction 1 horse
and mule sale here. Evidence of the
"mdney Stringency" Is: plain. Horses
which, six months ago were knocked
down at $200 or-$300 now go-at $7 S
to $ ISO, and go begging at that The
season of the year, of course, has
something to do with these prices.
Another "sign of the times" is the
price iof turkeys. They " were ' selling
at 20 1 cents a pound two weeks ago.
They 'came in by thousands and to
day preceding Thanksgiving dinner
they are gladly swapped for 15 cents
a pound. Quail sold here at auction
ten days ago for IS cents apiece. To
day Game Warden Weatherly sold one
hundred at $1.20 per dozen. They were
captured at the station, last night, be
ing shipped in a trunk from High
Point ; to a destination out of I tne
State, contrary to the Audubon law.
$10,000 FIRE IX TWIN CITY.
Damage to Stock and Building of A.
. .F. Mesflck Grocery Co., and Hotel
' Winston, .
' : ;si :-T; ' i- " ' Y: f -(Special
to News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C Nov. 27.
President A. F. Messlck. of the A. F.
Messlck Grocery Company, places the
damage to his stock and budlinlg in
cluding the Hotel Winston, 4 at not
less than $10,000 as a result of a fire
which ! started after three o'clock this
a. m., on the second floor of the com
pany's , handsome 1 five-story - brick
building. The -origin of the -fire Is
not known though It is thought by
some that rats and : matches were responsible-
for it. - f --
The company had 'a car,1 load of
matches stored in the room In which
the fire started. The greatest dam
age was done by water. The com
pany carried Insurance -to the amount
of $25,000. ' i
I BIG TUG FIRJEL
Lukenbach ' 'Narrowly Escapes
The
Destruction..
- ;;- - y'-l ' :
(By. the Associated Press.); '
Norfolk, Va, Not. 27. The big
Brooklyn tug, Walter a Luekenbach
took lire at a coal pier today and nar
rowly escaped destruction. The flames,
which started in Che engine room,
were discovered In time and extin
guished by streams from the tug- Edna
V. Crew, which wac also coaling at the
same pier, ' The origin of the. fire ts
not known.' The damage Is not serious.
PLillliTiFF'fJHIS
-' I -' '.. . !
005,000 Awarded Ccfin
McDonald. .
Conclusion , of the $$00,000 ' Suit
: Against Charles R. Flint, ; Whose
Hanager ls.A12cjcL toi Have
' ' Said; 'We Can Buy Your '
. 1 Courts and Juries.' . t
t (Special to News and Observer.)
Ashevllle, N. C, Nov. 27. The three
hundred thousand dollar damage suit
of Coffin and McDonald against Chas.
R. Flint; the big lumber exporter of
New York," which has been on ' be
Ifore Judge Boyd in United States
Circuit V Court ? here" tor" more than a
week, ended at-S:30 o'clock this even
ing in a verdict for the plaintiff, i The
urr awarded Coffin and - McDonald
damages in the sum of eighty five
thousand dollars. ,
The case was hard fought through
out. It grew but of an alleged breach
of contract. - An Interesting -" feature
of the trfal was the .introduction of a
bit of teetimony for the plaintiff eon
necting Flint with 'the contracts held
by Coffin and McDonald. There was
testimony to the effect that Flint's
representative sought to Interfere with
Coffin and . McDonald contract, that
Coffin said he had a contract and
would carry it out. that Flint's repre
sentative declared "Well, you have the
contract but we "have the money."
Coffin Is alleged to have' stated that he
would g-i ' Into the ' courts whereupon
Flint's' j representative or manager Is
alleged! to have rejoined, "God d
your courts, we can ' buy your judges
and your juries." It was Cis alleged
declaration that Speaker E. J. Justice
in 'arguing to the Jury for the plain
tiffs made ' the most of. The Speak
er's argument was brilliant. ; (
STRIKE CALLED OFF.
That. of 750 Employes of The Lonis
. ; ville . Railway Company . . ,
-' Louisville, i Ky., ". Nov. , 27. The
strike Of 750 union employes of the
Louisville Railway ;.- Company ' was
called off by a vote taken by the men
this evening. " The company will re
employ! the strikers who apply, as in
dividuals and who have not been Im
plicated in acts o fyiolence during the
strike. .1 . .
During -the strike, which . lasted
twelve days, and was marked by two
serious collisions .between -large crowds
of sympathizers and -the police.' The
strike was caused by friction over the
Interpretation of an-agreement signed
after the first strike which occurred
last April.
. v Cornell Wins.
? (By he Associated Press.) ;
' Princeton. N-- J. Nov. 27. Cornell
won. the inter-collegiate cross country
run this i afternoon. Pennsylvania
second;! Yale third. ' Points: - Cornell
39; Pennsylvania. 61; Yale, 1 $5. V The
lowest score winning, r -.
I Crushed to Death.
High i Point. Nov. 27. Mr. C; H.
MeCutcheon, who. Is. interested in a
good many enterprises In and around
High Point - was killed at Pittsburg,
Pa Saturday by : being caught by an
elevator; He started to go out of an
elevator, In - que. of. the skyscraper
buildings and was caught between the
door and shaft and crushed to death.
Eleven More Indictments.
'. By the Associated- Pres.)
Danville, Va,, Nr4r. 27. The Fed
eral grand ; Jury today returned elev
en more Indictments against bonded
distillers for violation 'of the Internal
Revenue laws. '
WE WEATHER.
Washington, D. 'C." Nov. 27 Weaher
forecast; North Carolina partly cludy
and warmer in east, rain in west por
tion Thursday: Friday rain and colder,
fresh south .winds becoming variable.
! , r Weather Yesterday., -;
Maximum temperature, .58 degrees;
'mlnfulvm temperature .35 degrees; o
tallprilpItatlon for 24 hours ending
8 pm. yesterday, .0 Inches. -
TH E LQ A SF1S SUR E
-Yi Y: :, . . - , :-M : v t. --
That's the Way It Looks
to Treasury Officials
THE CASH ON HAND
Subscrlplons More Than Sit isHenit to
Cover the $100,000,000 of Treas
. nry . . Cerificaes Calcnlaions
Now as o Abilly o Call in .
Nex Spring. . - r
: (By the' Associated Press.) If
Washington D. C- Nov. 27. The
situation at the Treasury today wa
such that there is no longer any'tfo'utt
felt among Treasury officials rof j the
success of both the loans the Panama
canal bonds and the one-year Trea
ury . certificates. If - considerably e$-s
man iuo,ouo,qoo is allotted tr: 4. the
certificates it will not be because th?
subscriptions are not more than suf
ficient to rover the amount. CalcuhH
tionp are already being made as vi
probable conditions In the money mai -ket
next spring and tile ability to call
In a part of i the certificates.. If ' th
amount Issued should be only $50. -V
000,000. and half of these should m
paid off in six months, the' interest
charges would fall materially below
the $2,909,000 originally calculated
upon tpe ful Issue for one year. . Th
sum of $25,D00,0C0 for six montbJ
would draw interest to the amount ot
$276,000 and an additional amount of
$25,000,000 for one year would draw
$750,000,000, making a total of $1.
125,000. '.This would be at the rates
of less than one cent and a half per
capita for the people . of the. country;
The Treasury will be Justified.! in
the opinion of the officials, in adding
to .Its working balance as soon l as
the money market conditions permit,
About .$17,000,000 will probably lba
added to this balance by the propor
tipns retained from the sale of bonds
and certificates next week, but the
exact amount depends upon the
amount and terms of the allotment of
the one-year certificates. '!
The normal .cash balance Is" of the
Treasury today, was $241,393,217. bat
this - was subject to the eductlon o
$234,939,589 in banks ami elsewhere,
leaving only -f 6,463.628 as the appar
ent working balance. r:--r: jf
- The actual cash held In the Tres 1
ury stands at ill 9.438.011, but this is
offset by outstanding checks and otbe
demand liabilljes amounting to $112.
984.383.? Receipts htinue to fall be
low the average of a, year ago, but
were a little better today, than for the
corresponding day ;. last year. The
month of December thus- far - has
shown a surplus-of receipts of $2,391.
45 as against a surplus in November,
190$. of $4,799,147.
A letter has been received at the.
Treasury Department from on; of the
leading bankers in, Chicago containing
encouraging information about- the
efforts that are being made in the
West for. :the rsumption of currency
payments.
BACK TO PIONEER DAYS.
Citizen of Thirty Years Ago ReTlsita
. lilsii Point Henry Blount to i:
. bpeak Old Fiddlers Cotf- .
' , - i vention. .
i . , . ,
" . (Special to News and Observer.)
High Point, JC. C. Nov. 27. Mr.
Frank. T. .Baldwin,, of Winston, was a
visitor here yesterday, and his visit was
a pleasant one. for it carried one back
to the pioneer days of High' Point
thirty yeara ago when . Mr. Baldwin
was the leading lawyer .of this city,
later mayor and who with Mr.E. D
Steele established tha Pioneer which .
was later named the Enterprise, whiclx
name, the paper carries today. Mr;
Baldwin was taken to the Enterprise
office where years ago he took , part
in the management of the paper. The
outfit then consisted of a case or two
of type and a Washington hand-press.
. An Old Fiddlers Convention is to be
pulled off here about the middle ! of
December for the "benefit of the fire
men,, and best ot all the services of
trtoz, vvnitager. or Winston, wno
so successfully worked up the .Vinston
convention, have been secured for tae
High Point event! Substantial prises
will be offered and a.; big attendance;
rrom all parts &f the, surrounding ;
country Is,, expected.; .?.vV ;.;.
Monday evening. December 2nd, the
well-known North Carolina hu'''3rlst
and Impersonator, : '; . Henry Blount, i of
wiison,. win. give an.entertainmeBC-oo;
the Jamestown High School oidlt
num. . i-', -.i - . . i;
Last evening at her apartments in
the Reading? flat, Misa Cecil a Woody
entertained in honor of her class. Oth
er, guests-were Mrs. J. B. White. I and
Misses Jones and Boyd - The evening
took the form of a Thanksgiving par
ty and games and beautifu lref resh-.
men ts were -the order; of the eveaihg. t
Tonight at the home of Mrs. W ;B. I
Snow, sister-in-law of bride-to-b. Miss.;
Winifred Snow, who marries Mr. Alvls ;
Barnes. . of Atlanta, the first day rof t
January; gave a shower in view. of the'j
forthcoming event. Quite a number of
people were present. , '- - . . .
Rev. -Wm. Black. ' the well-known
Presbyterian evangelists who . will ; as
8lst In a" meeting at the First Presb- r
terian . church, ; commencing Sunday, ,
will arrive- here tomorrow. . i 5 .
An important hotel change' will take
place, here first of the week, the par
ticulars of which will be'given C'kt
ANOTHER BARN BURNED V
IN MlXKLIvRl'RG.
The- Eighteenth' Inceinliary of
the
Kind in Nine MonUs.
Charlotte, N. C. Nov. 27. In less
than nine months eighteen barns have
been burned in .Mecklenburg ".01 at. v.
The last was mat of ir. j. w tt no
of Matthews, who lost his stab last
night about eleven o'clock-and-a cc j
siderable part of the contents, his lot
probably amounig t--,C much ; as
$1,300. The- .a no clue to the lm
cendiaries, 1 ' . nh doubt rests.tn tljs
minds of. f s people. In fit sctka
that It v.- . l ie worv of a fire-buj. i