North Carolina Newspapers

Cljatljam fUcorb. H. A. LONDON, Editor and Proprietor TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. Strictly in Advance Columbia, S. C, Merchant Is Killed on His Way Home BLOODY DEED NEAR SHANDON c 3 Green, Suburban Merchant, ' Waylaid and Killed Saturday Columbia. S. C, Special .Charlie Groen. a suburban merchant, was tvavkiiu :U1 killed, and bis assail ant. Kdgar Marshall, son ; of P. G. Marshal!, was also killed in Shandon' in sight of Green's home.' Their lead bodies were not found for sev fihi jicnis. S. far as eyewitnesses are con-f-.irr..i. the tragedy is a mystery and o;,iy (imimstances tell the tale. iHr,v Kiiwortb Orphanage about and they walked two blocks toiher. when Green turned down block In1 was accosted and the posi tion of the hxiies and other circum stances ii create that Marshall at tacked liim with a heavy si a shot that Given tired at Marshall at close nr. l;o 1 . i that Green was himself tired upon either by Marshall or a confederate of Marshall. Three shots penetrating Green's body, and two of them were hred as he was falling to his ki C'. s. Before being wounded he had doubtless given Marshall his death wound, the ball entering the riglit chest, and two others making tkV.i wounds on the face. Missed at 2 O'Clcock. AY hen Mr. Green had not come home by 2 o'clock Mrs. Green arous-e-i a neighbor and a search was made. The two men were found in the street, lying with their feet together as they had fallen. Green's pistol, with lour chambers fired, a 32 ealibre mith & Wesson, was at his riht hand. At Marshall's right was a :$S-calibre Smith & Wesson, which had not been fired, and "near Iris left hand was a 41-calibre Colt's, of which live chambers had been fired. Under Marshall's body was found the regulation highwayman's slung shot, and his face was covered by a Mack .cloth mask, while a woolen comforter enveloped his throat to complete the disguise. The young nan was unknown in Sbandon - and was not identified for several hours until his . father was sent for and recognized in the would-be robber his voting son. J. Alexander Dowie Dead. Chicago, Special. John Alexand er Dowie died at 7.45 Saturday morn ins at Shiloh House, Zion City: There iveie present with him when he died 'rdy Judge D. X. Barnes and two personal attendants. It had been Dowie 's custom, summer and winter, 0 hold religious services every Sun day Eiieriiooa in the parlor of Shiloh House. About 350 of his original followers remained faithful and at tended these services,"" Dowie always wore bk apostolic robes and made a characteristic address. Five weeks ago these meetings ceased, and Dowie appeared no longer in public. Three Killed in a Boat. Sargent, Ky., Special. Thacker Riee and Speed and Elijah Bailey, brothers, were killed in a desparate fieht in a boat crossing the Ken tucky river, 20 miles below here. With them was J6hn Ellsmore. A dispute arose between Ellsmore and Riee, whereupon the Bailey brothers took sides with Rice. Ellsmore, with out warning, 'struck Rice on the head with an oar, and then a fight with pistols and knives followed. Ellsmore, himeslf badly wounded, finally reach ed shore with - his companions, but they died soon after. ' Stock Specialist an Embezzler. Scranton, Pa., Special J. T. Havi land, of 20 Broadway, New York, who says he is a stock specialist, was n rested here on a charge of embez zlement. Pie is accused of embez zling $22000, trusted to him by Scran ton people for investment. " He waived a hearing and was placed un der the care of two constables for a hearin-?. President to Attend Opening. AYsshington, Special. It is prob able that President Roosevelt will make the trip to Jamestown to attend the opening of the exposition' there f n April 26 on the exposition yacht MayUower or on the Dolphin. In that event he will leave Washington ("i the afternoon of April 25 and Meam down the Potomac and Chesa peake Bay, reaching Jamestown in the morning. President Tucker, of 'ho exposition company, was at the AYhite House to consult with the of- finals about the the trip. arrangements for Should Pay Share of Taxation, New Haven, Conn., Speelal.'A ftprnand that public service corpora tions should pay their jut 'share of the burdens of taxation in municipal ities was made by former Mayor J. M. Head, of Nashville, Tenn:, in an address at Woolsey Hall as guest of Yale University and before the As foeiatietL Civics Societies. He spoke after the general subject of "Civic Betterment.."' President Hadley of iulo presided, ' 11 ns on VOL.XXLX. PITTSBQBO. CHATHAM DOES NOT APPLY TO HAYVAI Recent Decision of Attorney General Under Law Prohibiting State Pay ing Passage of Foreigners Has Al ready Caused Considerable Agita tion on Island. Washington, Special. It was au thoritively started Friday that the re cent opinion of the Attorney General in which he held that it is "unlaw- ful under the recently enacted im migration law for a State to pay the passage of intending immigrants or to assist immigration except by ad vertisement will not apply to the Is land and Hawaii. In that country the decision has already caused consider able agitation under the auspices of the Territorial Immigration Society immigrants are being brought to the island from Europe and the Azores to take the place of Japanese labor era on the sugar plantations. This has been sanctioned by the United States government and a ship load of immigrants recently brought from the Azores islands have proved very satisfactory. A conference was held Friday at the Department of Commerce and Labor the President by Attorney General on the opinion recently sub mitted to Bonaparte on the ' South Carolina immigration case. It is. not so clear, however, in the view of the officials of the Department of Comerce and Labor, that the Attor ney General's opinion sustains the opinion of the Department that the immigrants landed at Charleston, S. C, last November are legally in this country. It is so clear, however, that, under the law, other immigrants whose passage to this country is paid by either States or individuals acting for States, may be landed in America before July 1 next, when the provision of the new immigration law goes into effect. Operatives to Be Deported. Greensboro, Special. A message was received here from Attorney General Bonaparte to whom Judge Boyd and Marshall Milliken appeal ed for advice as to what disposition should be made of the English people who have been kept in custody for nearly four months in order that they might appear as witnesses in the case against the Charlotte mill men, which' ended -so abruptly Thursday evening. The Attorney General -directed that all of the aliens I l i i . I who desired to remain in this countrv shall be allowed that privilege and that arrangements will be made to deport those who wish to return to England. Several will return to England, but the greater number pre fer to remain in America. Marshall Milliken will leave as soon as pos sible for Baltimore with those who want to return any they will be placed in the care of the immigra tion officials there. There are 20 of the English people here. Others are at work in mills and several have previously returned to England. Gets 825,000 For a Guess. St. Louis, Special After two years of litigation a decision was ren dered Friday by Judge McElhinnery, in the Circuit Court at Clayton, awarding to M. Logan Guthrie, of Fulton, Mo., the prize of $25,000 in a contest to the person who entered the nearest guess to the total num ber of paid admissions to the ,WoId 's fair. Guthrie guessed 12,804,616, which was announced as the exact number of admissions. Several oth er claimants appeared and payment of the prize was help up, pending settlement of the different claims. Guthrie instituted suit in 1905. Fin ally the other claimants dismissed their claims and the court awarded the money to Guthrie. Fires Bullet Into Brain. ' Cleveland, 0., Special. Repulsed by the woman with whom he was madly in love, Henry De Burt, a prominent contractor, fired a bullet into his head while standing in the doorway of the woman's home, 1410 Prospect avenue, one of Cleveland's fashionable residence streets Friday afternoon. De Burt was removed to hospial in a dying condition. Marvin Child Kidnapped. Dover, Del., Special. After a seach, in which the fields, hay stacks and long grass were raked over, with the faint hope of discovering the body of Horace Marvin, the 4-year-old child of Dr. Marvin, who' dis appeared Monday last from the Mar vin farm near the Deleware bay shores, no clues were discovered which would in any way lead to the where abouts of the child. There is now no longer any doubt in the minds of the family or State detectives that the child was kidnapped and every move by the authorities will be on that theory. Decision Against McGlellan. New York, gpeeial.-By a unani mous vote the appellate division of the Supreme Court Friday decided against Mayor George McClelian, in his legal fight to prevent the quo warranto proceedings for a recount of the votes in the New York City elec tion of 1905. " There was added to the decision a recommendation that ihe Questions involved be passed up to the' Court of -Appeals for a final ruiiaj. TAR HEEL LAWMAKERS What Our State Lawmaker are Do ing Raleigh. As the past week drew near to its close both branches of the Legis lature seemed to realize how short the remainder of the session was, and dispatched business with a rush. Thursday! was a strenuous day in the senate! and a multiplicity of bills, of general and some of great importance - to the people and the interests of the state, were passed. The compulsory education bill was voted into law, after the adoption of amendments which left the question of voting compulsory attendance upon the schools which the,, school district or .township as the unit in stead of the county, as the original bill provided. ' The a High school bill ' also passed the senate, carrying with it a modest appropriation for the establishment of the Eastern Carolina Training School to be located in the Eastern town which offers the best induce ments. Uuder this bill the County Board of Education may appropriate a sum for the maintenance of a high school, arid does not make it compul sory, so that only". Mhose counties nrhiAh 1 J! . a 1 a wsk mots aet. ! ' The Buxton-Preston immigration bill passed the senate and carries with it an annual appropriation of $10,000 for five years, half of this amount to come from the state treas ury, the remainder to be taken .from the state department of agriculture. The bill creates an immigration bu reau, whose exforts to secure immi grants shall bo limited to the United States, Canada and nations of Celtic or Teutonic oiigm, except in the in stance ot i, lew Eastern counties. which will be permitted to seciue im migrants from Northern Italy. ihe usual excitement which at tends the senate debates on vital is sues was observed during the dis cussion of Mr. Reid's substitute anti trust bill, and the lobbies and gal leries were not disappointed if they expected to hear something inter esting and hot. The Revenue Bill.' Consideration of the revenue bill was resumed. Mr. ebb proposed an amendment to section 23 which struck out the last paragraph and inserting after the word "dollars" in line 4 of the section the words, It so, what was that excess." The amendment would do away With the income question blank, which the .- . corporation commission has, "during the years 1905-'06 sent to tax payers and restores the revenue act to what it was in 1903. - The amendment was adopted,. Mr. Webb also offered an amendment to section. 55, to re-enact section 55 of the revenue act of .1905, on "state banks, private 'bankers," etc.,. the committee having recommended the adoption of that section. The amend ment was lost by a vote of 15 to 19. Mr. Buxton's amendment to sections 53, 70, 71, 79, SO, 81 and 82, adding thereto the words: "Provided noth ing herein shall prevent any city or town from requiring license tax not to exceed $25. annually,'-' was adopt ed. The amendment of Mr. Turner to section 75, ; adding thereto a provis ion merchants or dealers who sell eye-glasses the same as itinerant oc culists was lost. The amendment of Mr. Webb .to seetion, 83 to strike out the word f 'banks" in line 27 of that section was Iost.' V - , Mr. Odell called - the previous ques--tion, and the motion prevailed. . The -revenue bill! was .then put W its third reading as amended and carried; "-(frj I The Machinery Act. The machinery act,1 to provide for the assessment of property and the collection of taxes, was taken up on its final reading, amendments to sec tion 91 and 92 were given by Mr. Webb striking' out in . the house amendment all relating to New Han over and Cabarrus county, relating to sheriff's, collecting taxes and re ceiving 5 per cent taxes, the " house amendment allowing the sheriffs - of those counties to receive one hundred per cent or more than the sheriffs of other counties receive for, collecting excess taxes. The amendment"- was adopted. " - t i Mr Webb offered an"- amendment to section 92 by striking out subsec tion 3 and inserting "the commis sions allowed by law." The amend ment was adopted. Mr. Bellamy offered an amendment to section 91 allowing the "sheriff" of New Hanover county to receive 5 per cent on all county and special taxes and the amendment was adopted, i ? ; Mr. Odell moved the previous ques- tion, and the bill then passed its final reading. ; . .t I ' ': - ... ' Corporation Commission's Powers The bill to enlarge the powers' of the North Carolina corporation com mission, being a substitute ' to the house and senate bills, was passed on its second and third readings and Avas gent to the house: for concur rence in the senate substitute. Compulsory Education. The compulsory education bill, to provide for four months' school, was considered on its third reading with the Webb amendment. Mr. Aycock -said with the Webb amendment there should be no ex emptions of counties from the bill, as the amendment provided for k vote of the preeinctor township on the ration cf compulsory education ... COUNTY. N. C THURSDAY. M ALRCII H, Mr. Hicks amendment, which kill ed section 3, this providing that boards of education in 1 townships where 60 per cent of the children of school age " are not attending school, and where 35 -per cent of the, enroll ed scholars do not attend,' may order compulsory education, had already been adopted. - A There was a compromise . on the bill, and it was re-referred . to the committee on education, which ' will report a substitute to provide for an election in the school district or town ship only, and report the substi tute bill. . , Other Matters. The bill to protect the strawberry growing industry, by providing a tax of one cent a bushel on strawberries, to pay for an officer to inspect the fruit and look after cars, was op posed by Mr. Williams of Duplin. He said the bill was gotten up. by the truckers' association, which did not represent one-third of the strawberry growers. The object of the bill was to make a Democratic legislature endorse a tax by this association on which' a Republican congress had declared was unlawful. Mr. Laughinghouse advocates the bill, declaring that the Truckers' As sociation was a Ged-send to the farm ers and . truckers in Eastern North ! saiv . association the truckers would have lost $300,000 by failure of the rail- i ii.ixiiiiii ill' i i iii'u h r-w ui fill in no u roadsto furnish cars year before last. Mr. McCracken, of Columbus, strongly urged the passage of the bill and Dr. McNeill, of Cumberland, stat ed that unless the bill beeame a law, he feared the strawberry industry would be killed. Mr. Morton explained the bill, say ing it was badly needed, and was ab solutely necessary for a continuance of the strawbery growing industry. Mr. Williams, further opposing the bill, stated its only object was to give offices to men who had been put out of business and had lost their jobs by the passage of the 'Hepburn bill. Not one strawberry grower in fifteen had anything to do with the Truck ers' Association, and this association was preparing to tax every grower to keep some' of their promoters in office. The following counties were ex cepted from the law: Pender, Scot land, Wayne, Robeson and Duplin and so amended the bill passed its final reding. - To increase the pay of clerks and employes of the house by allowing them mileage, and the pages ten cents a day in addition to their salary. " To establish the Stonewall Jackson Training school. (This is an appro priation of $7,500 for the substitute institution for a -reformatory. It pass ed by &n unanimous vote.) The bill to take Surry county from the Eighth congressional district, and attach it to the Fifth district, came up. Manning,' of Durham, Royster, of Granville, of the fifth district, and Harshaw, of the eighth district, op posed the bill, -"- '" Mr. Doughton favored the bill, -stating it was a, plain proposition as to whether the eighth district should have the .-.probability of a Kepublicau member of congress two vearg hence, He said he did not blame Mr. Har sbaw for opposing the bill for he knew that if a clean, honorable man like hihv war the next candidate for congress, he 6tood a first class chance of being congressman himself; Mr. Hankins,'of Davidson, and Mr. Dowd, of Mecklenburg, favored the, bill, - declaring it was necessary for the election of a Democratic , con gressman in the eighth , district, and wouid not endanger Democratic suc cess in the fifth district. The bill passed its second reading by i a vote of 62 to 41ry Objection being made to its third reading a motion to suspend the hides was adopted and the bill passed its final reading. : The billT-egulating the investment of the reserve fund of inusrance com panies doing business in North Caro lina, being reported unfavorably by the committee, Mr. Lockhart, its au thor, brought it up on a minority re port; - .- .-," After Mr. Lockhart had spoken a few minutes in support of . the bill, he agreed- to have further, considera tion postponed and the bill was made a special order. . " . -, A joint resolution that the' general assembly adjourned at 12 o 'clock Mon day, provoked" much discussion. - Mr. Justice, from the floor, called atten tion of the bouse to the many very important bills which had not been passed. Ho said that unless the sen ate moved faster than-it was doing, and this house passed a resolution to adjourn Monday, the probability was that members would go home dis credited by not having fulfilled their pledges to the party and to the peo ple. Mr. Blount, and other members spoke on the: same line, declaring that it was the duty of the members to stay here a month longer if it should be necessary 'to carry out Democratic pledges, or to enact laws necessary for the good of the state. ""'-- Mr. Clifford, the introducer, of the solution, withdrew, it. - American Belt for Russian Army. The technical commission of tha Russian General Stag has -recom'mendv ed the adoption of. an -American mlll tary web cartridge belt and rersack for the Russian army. This equipment, which is pat on in one piece, is far lighter than-the pres ent Russian pntnt, each piece of which is donned p.nd dofted separately. The" American 'equipment also costs 20 cents less per rasn, Arm,? find tr I on THE STROTHERSACQUITTEO "Unwritten law" Frees Brothers Who Defended SIsUr. Virginia Judge Sajriy American Jnrics Will Not Punislr Men Who Up hold Sanctity of Home. Culpepei, Vai James and Philip Strother wen acquitted of the mur der of William F. By waters, whom they shot to death as he was fleeing from the rooni of their sister the night of the day they had forced him to marry her. The verdict was regarded as a prac tical application of the unwritten law. This was tome out by the comment of Judge Harrison, who said after the jury caiaa in: "GentlemeD, I am glad to hear you say that our women must be protect ed and that no punishment shall be meted to those who deal with a man who invades the home. I have no censure for your verdict. Go to your homes and 1 hops -you will find them as you left them. " Your verdict, gentlemen, has fol lowed the precedents of American juries generally,' so far as they have come under my observation Law books may lay down correct doctrine, but American juries will not punish a man who kills another if that other, by aggravating and base treachery invades the sancity of his home cir cle and destroys its peace. , "You have listened to this evidence with scrupulous care. You have been assisted by able and eloquent repre sentatives of the commonwealth and defense to reach a righteous verdict. I know you to be men of high char acter and high purpose and the ver dicc is in accordance with the dictates of your conscience... This is all the Court could wish, and with it the Court is satisfied." X poll of the jury showed that every man voted for acquittal on the very first ballot. The jury was out an 1 lur and a half. James Strother burst into ' tears when the foreman announced the verdict. His wife also wept. Lawyers Moore and Lee, for the defense, sprang to the jury box, and shook the hands of every juryman. Judge Harrison could not keep or der in the courtroom. . A roar of ap plause greeted the verdict, and the hand clapping lasted more than a minute. Evidently the verdict re ceived general approval. "It is just what we expected," said Philip Strother, his brother James concurring. "We kenw that we had not done wrong," they stated, "but we had to wait a long time, to know that the jury believed it. " Judge Harrison was deeply affect ed as he expressed his thanks and approval to the Sury. The story of Mrs. Violr, By waters, -.7idow of the murdered man, did much to exculpate her brothers. By waters, a handsome, dashing, fox hunting Virginian, was her cousin. He took her to Washington, where she nearly succumbed from tns ef fects of three operations. Her brothers, becoming cognizant of her plight, demanded an account ing from By waters. He promised to marry Miss Strother. The ceremony was performed ' while the girl was dangerously ill in i bed. Under the: Virginia law a mar riage is void if the bride and the bridegroom do not remain in each other's company, Bywatera taunted the Strothera and a bitter quarrel ensued. He in sisted upon leaving the house, and they declared he should not. Their story was that Bywaters dashed out of the window of his wife's room to a porch, evidently intending to flee. They shot him, and he died instantly. Within an hour after the verdict telegrams of congratulation began to come so fast that the newspaper men were forced to file a continuous story In order to hold the wires. The tel grams seemed to come from every where. John L. Jeffries, senior counsel for the Strother brothers, said: "It means that the traditions of the past in our State are adhered to and that no man who in good faith defends the women of his family, even to the taking of life thereunder, need fear condemnation from cur juries. SUGAR CO. SUED FOR $30,000,000, Alleged That Is Pat a .Rival Concern Out of Business, j New York City. A complaint in an action for $30,000,000, with costs and attorneys' fees, was filed In the United States Circuit Court hare against the American Sugar Refining Company by the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company, of Philadelphia. The latter is the company in which Frank Kr Hippie, president of the Real Estate Trust Company, of Phila delphia, held 26,000 shares of stock (the controlling interest), and which in turn he hadrplaced in the hands of Adolph Segal, the Philadelphia promoter. " Hippie killei himself when his en terprises went to smash about a yea. s.go and the trust company of which he was president went into the hands of a receiver. Conspiracy to ruin a rival concern is alleged in the complaint," and the $30,000,000 is fares- times the amount-of damages alleged. Green Stuff Scarce. The season has been so cold in the South that-hardly any green stuff is being f grwarded from there. Germany Announces African Peace, Her? Dsrnburs anneuMfd in ta$ Reichstag th&t the Otrman Govern ment expected to deejare psac es tabllshed in Southwest Africa on March 31, and to adopt the conscript system in the colony. - " Honduras Gained Victory. Advicss froai Honduras confirm-th ft reports ot & racaraguan d.eieat at Haraasiquo, and sa.y that .the Hon durans were victorious in 'an action Tuguare, . - " ' . ' 1907. NO.-.31. FLAGS -WERE WW WHEN CONGRESS ENDED Onusul Scenes at the Adjourn ment of jhe Two Houses. SHIP SUBSIDY IS DEFEATED Hallway Employes' Bill Passes Ap propriations Aggregate S920, 000,000 Surplus of $20,000, - OOO Instead of a Deficit. ESTIMATE OF WHAT COXGRKSS HAS Agriculture, ... Army. ... Diplomatic and Consular... District of Columbia Fortification '.v. . . Indian ., Legislative Military Academy Navy Pensions '.. . PostofKce . Rivers and Harbors direst.. SPENT. f-9.500.000 7S .500.000 I 3.000.000 1 . 10.500.000 7.000.000 I o.2.'n.ooo i S2.1O0.0O0 2.000.000 T-9.Q00.0OT. 1J6.000.000 212.000.000 37.000.00ft fbundry Civil lVion.ooo I J Jeuciencie8 - v Miscellaneous. . . . Permanent anuual . j2.5-W.000 1.000.000 li9.000.000 Total.... ..S.920,000,000 ! Washington. D. C. If any Con gress in the history of the Govern- ment ever bad a more picturesque wind-up that the Fifty-ninth, it is not remembered by the leeislative veterans, or by the oldest inhabit ants of "Washington. There alwaj;s have been happy speeches and song's, and other thing?, which have come to be taken , as a matter of course, but on this occasion, just as the members of the House rose in their places to sing, under the leadershin of Representative Watson, of Indi ana, the Republican whip, "My Coun try, 'Tis of Thee," every man pulled a. good-sized American flag from un der his desk", unfurled it, and waved it over his head. And as very few of the 386 Representatives in Con gress were absent, the result was picturesque and beautiful. As a result of strenuous work, business was in pretty good shape. Consequently there was plenty of time for the usual formalities and unusual informalities of the closing hours of the session and of the JCon id of the JCon- gress. Iu the lobby of the House there was on view a massive majiog any chest containing an elaborate silver table service of over 300 pieces, the parting gift of the mem bers of the House in the Fifty-ninth Congress to "The .Sase of Athens, the Ohio political wheelhorse," Gen eral Grosvenor. The Senate, in the closing hours of the Fifty-ninth Congress, was the centre of interest for hundreds of L1 - ovOr.n rl, rr oII,Mn nch of space in tho galleries and verflowed all the corridors. - The attendance of Senators on the floor represented about two-thirds the membership of the upper House. President Roosevelt's arrival at the Senate wing was indicated when the ..,. -, . , -r,. sergeant-at-arms summoned the ice- President from the rostrum, as tho hands of the clock touched eleven J At the same time, the' President's daughter. Mrs. Longworth, came in- j to the President's pew In the re served gallery. 'Many Representatives came over from the House to look after pet measures. They, too, sought Mr. Spooner, to tell him how sorrow they were that he is'sto quit public life. The occasion was not without Its pa- i thetic features. For example, Sena tor Berry, the one-legged Confeder ate who; for twenty j'ears, has repre sented Arkansas, was kept busy tell ing his associates "Goodby." He yields to Jeff JDavis. Others who were enjoying their last hours of legislative experience were Mr. Mill ard, the Omaha banker; Mr. Dryden, of New Jersey; Mr. Allee, of Dela ware, and Mr. Mulkey, the Oregon bachelor who enjoyed the novel dis tinction of a month's service. On the Democratic side the outgo ing Senators, besides Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, were Mr. Dubois, of Idaho; Mr. Patterson, the Denver ed itor, who gives way to Mr. Guggen heim, of the smelter trust, and Mr.' Carmack. from Tennessee, who f yields his seat to Fiddling Bob Tay- lor. At 12.05 o'clock the committee appointed to wait on the President reported that the President had no further communications to make to the Senate. Then Mr. Blackburn, the Democratic leader, made a little speech complimentary to Vice-President Fairbanks and offered a resolu tion thanking the Vice-President for the impartial and fair manner in which he had presided over the up per house. Senator Frye, president pro tern., took the chair and declared the resolution carried unanimously. A minute after he dii so the tall form of Mr. Fairbanks ascended the i rostrum. In measured terms he de- ( livered a brief speech and then de clared the Senate adjourned In the upper house Senator Alli son and in the lower Representative Tawney, of Minnesota, as chairmen ; of the respective committees on ap propriations, made financial an nouncements concerning the final session. It was shown that, instead of facing a deficit -iathe Treasury at the lose of the fiscal year of 190S, as once seemed imminent, there would be a surplus ot , $20,000,000 at that time. The total appropria tions at the present session of Con- Tew Brunswick's Governov Bead, Lieutenant-Governor Jabes Bunt, ing Snowball, the chief executive of the province, dropped dead at St. John, N. B., whUe on his way to church - High Priced Wool. ' inne unwashed Ohio and Pennsyl vania fieecres are in somo inquiry at-twenty-sis cents to tv.enty-seve.i cantC Unvashed delaine is quoted at twenty-nine cents to. teats . Cit Chatham ttecorfr. RATES OF ADVERTISING, One square, on iasertlea 11.00 One square, two insertion l.M On square, one month 2.50 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts Will be made. S.- EDDY'S SIDiE STATED Her Attorney Tells Kow She Views " Proceei!ins-to Get Money. - Enemies Ilaik of Riiif, Belief of . the 0 rounder of Christian Science -Church Fauds $12,000,000. ConcorJ, N. II. Christian Sclen- ' tisls were startled by a statement coming from personal counsel for j Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy in which it was declared that the suit Insti tuted against the mapagers of her property by her son, George W. Glo ver, and other relatives is an act of persecution. The impression was al?r given that Glover is inquired in the m-o-reedings by enemies cf - .Christian Science, who have a large amount of wealth behind them. Another surnrisins declaration was that, just before tlie suit was filed by Rev. Irving C. To'mlinson. a member of tha Board ot T,ecf."reahi of tho Christian Scienco Church, was sent to find Glover, and that he car ried wiih him sum estimated at be tween $J00,Gn and S250.000, which was to have been given to Glover provided he agreed to drop h-s pro ceeding? P.pfora he was found word that the suit had been.Hle'l was re ceived and tho offer was withdrawn. Hereds the statement in behalf of 1 ' wmcn was Klven out ljy nniin uaj jiiui unit, I ntMlL to Mrs. Rduy a rouy of the bill in equity as published, ant-no, yet servad upon any of the defendants so far as I aui informed. I have sines had a long uersonal conference with her, at which this proceeding and matters connected therewith were fully discussed. In common with her friends, she believes that the initiative in these proceedings was not taken by her son or other relatives, but by others, who, iu a markedly unusual manner and by unique methods, are undertaking, under the guise of court proceedings, to continua the persecution begun , some time ago. . . "From my conference with her at this time "and on other recent occa sions, I am able to speak definitely and positively. Her clearness of umu .uu purpose nave . ji t j m m I J respecc impairea oy ner t advanced years. Her capacity to think clearly, and to deal accurately and justly with important business affairs has never been more perfect- j ly demonstrated than in her confer ences and acts within the last tw6 weeks and in numerous business let ters in her own handwriting which I have received from her during that time. The amount of Mrs. Eddy's prop- 1 .ni X. 1 , ii! , ; , .... : .KI"b?iy, I UUIUi: BUU .UUiUUUUCU reports. OH! ntot P?sess of large wealtn as !8! Js,"aia:,M".- Ed2y relves no income from the church nor from the publication society connected with the church. Her sole income for many years has been from the the amount from this source has b grossly overestimated. -j , , , L, . , hp! e.en, Jf"" Y Jx "f'J1'; Jf' :o?0 personal audit of another gentleman, whose name has not been mentioned, but who stands for all that is honor able and of good repute in financial circles iu Concord. . ' "Accurate accounts ot all her prop erty and investments as well aa of her annual income and expenditures have been carefully kept and frequently audited." Details In regard to the $250,000 offer show that it was intended that this sum should be invested as a trust fund, the income to be paid to Mr, Glover during his life, and after his decease in equal shares 'to his four children three sons and one daugh ter. In consideration of this gift Glover Bnd his heirs were asked to agree to three stipulations: First, That they would make no further demands upon Mrs. Eddy of any kind; Second, that they would make no objection to the probate of any will Mrs. Eddy might leave; Third, that they would take no steps, to test the Regality of any gift, deed or conveyance Mrs. Eddy might make or might nave made during Her life. Boston, Alfred Farlow, the recog nized spokesman of the Christiau Science Church, said that Stephen A. Chase, of Fall River,' treasurer 'of ttao Christian Science Church, unbonded, has custody of between $12,000,000 and $13,000,000 church funds. When questioned concerning Mrs. Eddy's wealth various leaders in the Christian Science Church gave out es timates. Alfred Farlow said her es tate was about $150,000. Editor Mc Lemau. of the Christian "Sclent- Monthly, said that $1,000,000 was a fair estimate of Mrs. EddJ's property. Fred N. Ladd, treasurer of the Loan and Trust Savings Bank, of Concord, and Mrs. Eddy's personal auditor, as serted that the famous founder had les3 than $300,000. ILiri'iman Makes Promises. E. H. Harriman, in Washington, D. C., promised members of the In terstate Commerce Commission to aid in enforcing the Rate law. Governor Swettenliam Resigns. Governor Swettenham has re CONVICTED OF BRIBERY. Pittsburg Councilman Gets Jail Sen tence la Tube City Case. Pittsburg, Pa. W. A. Martin, a Common Councilman of this city, con victed of soliciting a tribe in connec tion ;with the proposed granting of a franchise to the Tubs City Ra'.lroad Co:irany. was sentenced by .. ddz Kv.ins, cf tho Criminal Court, to pay i fine of$500 and undergo three years' imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary.