otHJ/l DLiaJrBunb p Rev. Mr. Bmltji comes to Washing Ion bearing with film 'a moat enviable repataion aa a speaker and a man. He has filled some of the most lpa, portant appointments in the gift, of the North Carolina conference . The ? In having him here this week asd to him Is extend ed a warm welcome. Mr. Smith la a guest of Mr. Plyler at the parsonage. Everybody cordially invited to the services toalght. J 1 i H OAIKTY THKATKR TONIGHT. The following procrtite has been arraaged for tonight: The Clolater'a Touch, a Olograph film; The Poat mistress, a Pa the picture. The IV luatratad song will be "To the Knd of the World With You." Doa't forget the Blegraph Tuesday night. "The Flaal Settlement," this Is one of the best Blographs that kaa been her* for tome time. Also re member the Johnson-Ketchell picture /for Wedaeaday night. This la decid edly something out of the ordinary, aa It Is a reproduction of the famous fight between two at the leading lights of the prise ring of today, and the fact that Jobneon will soon fight Jeffries add> to the attractiveness of - Shis plsture aa It glYea you a chance to see the preeent champion In action and rob can Judge for yourself the meritsfcf the two mea In the coming firthr-^vent which la at present the talk of the country. Save your coupons for prlte nlghta. Doo't miss the Gaiety 'a single night this week. Oood music and new son* every evening. v Harris found the maa In the bouie. dressed, but ulNp. The man upon being questioned dented any knowl edge e? the affair- He. gave hja name to theoAcer u Charles Johnson. He rn later identified ae George Fore maa. of this city. A warrant charg ing him with trespass was sworn out an# ha was lodge* la fell. * I'M J He waa given a hearing this morn-* 4n# before, acting m/or Qaarga j' Studdert. at 16 o'clock. * at ' the city; hall. Mr. Havens waa the only wit-; ness. On the stand he gave In ert-, deoce practically the facta aa above stated. ? Mr Havens requested the court to be as lenient with "the, de fendant as possible, as he did not care to hare him proeecuted) as he did not think he entered his home with any felonious Intent. The de fendant upon being questioned stated hd'fcad no knowledge of the occur rence, that he *'ar?Q drunk he knew ^nothing.. Did not remember anything that happened at. the Havens home. 8aye he got his liquor from a friend and before he knew it he was so drunk he was craiy. The fathor of the young man ma?e a plea to 'the mayor for mercy, iftomtslng that his son would npt he guilty of such con duct again. It was proven before the court that this Is Foreman's first of fense. The warrant waa first drawn for forcible trespass, but the Mayor at the solicitation of Mr. Havens, amended the writ and only charged Foreman with trespass, and then fined hlnx $10 and the cost. . ' ? ARE BARELY SAVED Four Children Have a Narrow Escape, HORRIBLE FATE AVERTED t Jo Batcher HI, Fo?r ChU-" ? avWwitt mju f laiittyp lMr fMaaghteg Whea Police I>aahed Upon the Hceae aad KmcbmI Tbfm ? Ravings Awful. CUTTING Hartford*. Conn., March 26. ? An insane father was prevented from butchering his four little children on the banks of the Connecticut river to day by the timely arrival of the po lice. When located back of the boshes his four boys, were partly dreeaed and were lined in a row, the maniac father standing over them with uplifted ax. , 'A boy ot ' tout was to have been the first victim, "the Child was stand ins.- beneath the shlnfag blade with' a crucifix in. one hand calmly -awaiting his fate. The dtheflfc'^mder afders oL the madman; had? 4 partly- removed, their clothing snd were terri&ed spec tators. ;; X The police dashed through the un dergrowth, threw the madman aside and fcsve their Inland la te attention to the children. . The father was then tsken to. the pollee station and locked in a padded cell.. He* Is a Pole, Valente Chongle. He has been dispossessed by h!s land-, lord. ^fitandsy morning about 6 o'clock [Dr. Nicholson waa requested to go to kpowle Memorial Hospital to attend a colored man cut When he arrived Ihe found two men sitting on the [steps, one of them bleeding profuse lly from a three Inch gaah'on the side of the head. To use the physician's expression, "He bed nearly bled to | death" as tho temporal artery had Ibeen severed. Both- of the men were In their night clothes. The Uoctor rendered the necessary medical *ld. As to how he was cut or where he jcame from, the negro would not dl-j vulge, he, however; told that his name was Percy Lewis. He stated he must have run into a window When Dr. Nicholson returned to his home he received- another message calling hln$ to see a colored woman | on Washington street who bad beenj [hit with a brick. , v# ' - iThe occurrence to<4( place, it | seems; at the home of Emma Dunn. Washington street. George Doughty. Percy Lewis, Wllma* peacoek. Em ma Dunn and sister Klneey w*re In the house and from all reports win dow psnes suffered snd swearing and cursing wss iadulged in. Things were more than lively In that part of out second b?t. WW the j New .York.-Mirih far change, m tb, S3S ?& ^*.'' **7, dMk,e'1 upo11 tv tho St****" Ruin Com mittee at the cIom of ,t?a imf mi 'hi. city. the change. out. ' "'"T" of ?? requirement fjjl ,k who "**''? the b.ll ??> Ave yards to 'either side be tare advancing. ?? A requirement that seven men he maintained by the o?ense on the lint of Krlmniife. ' J" 01 ',he ?*'?>* tackle ' ?< "?Vme Into fonr periods .or 15 minutes each. 6. No p tubing on pulling of the runner lo be allowed." Onalde kick must strike the ground at least* " 0 nrti beyond the line of xrlmtnage. falling which the members ot the a? kicking the ball are offside The problem before the committee was to eliminate ao far as possible the danger* which In the part hare attended the game -while preserving Us fascination aa a spectacle and Its dlsclallnary and educative elements to' young men of strength and cour age. It was felt that the next sea eon will, bo-cructal; Blther Injuries muat be fewer or there would be 3e rtouit hazard ot a widespread move ment to abolish football J altogether The steps decided upon to effect necessary reforms will result In weakening the power of the ofTense materially that It was necessary to devise means to ofreet the acquired Strength of the defense. In this pur pose two general plays are under con Meraflon. in the in tervaL before the ?< meeting of the commfttee which will be held at the UntVeMjftr' ciiik In I merits will be eatrledoi^yeMfi' member of the committee at his pirn college and on the results of these experiments depends the plan which shall prevail. Briefly atated. the changes so far adopted will result In the elimina tion to a large extent of maaa plays, and ea are aald to be not e upon this informa tion. cdme statement* from several that the war against "Cannon Ism" la to go on to the extent of ultimately causing the dethronement of Speaker Cannon, \he election of hla successor and the complete reformation of the rules of the House. The overthrow of the Speaker and the taking away from the speakership of all power to Influence legislation unduly are aim ed at. Some of the insurgents dis cussed these subjects freely today. - Make Hinds Speaker. A 'proposition to remove 8peaker Cannon by means of the combined vote of Democrats and insurgents and substitute In his place, Asher C. Hinds, tire parliamentarian of the House, Is one of the plans which sev eral insurgents advocated today. The idea qf placing In the Speaker's chair a pure parliamentarian, not a mem- . ber of the House, who would be en- [ tirely uninfluenced by consideration of partisan advantage, was pointed out by Repres^oMjliv^. Poindexter >of Washington and others as the logical agd proper course. .Under the con Btiution. the House may choose a Speaker who is not a member of the body. Representative Poindexter. who is one of the prominent members of the insurgent body, said: "When the House'adopted the Nor riB resolution the other day, it was a Tote of *no confidence' in Speaker cunn agd_hf rt&qfe'haVe resigned. As- he did notao 'so, shonld dsfc pose him. *. .? "With that accomplished. I think we should elect Mr. Hinds. 1 believe a majority of the House would vote for It." ?' U Is ce/taln thst a number of the leaders of the losurgents have In qiJnd .st least two things for. this see-, slon: "First, thedeposltlon of*fipeakcr Cannon, unless he voluntary re tires; second, the establishment of-'d commitie^pn committees, '/flf of tftd Insurgent# expresf?? themselve^' as jenrlng to see^tJto Preslde^|> legis lation. out of thorway before boun ties broke out again. One Insurgent"' said: ? "ttftitesst Speaker Cannot^jraslgns. we will de pose him before this session' Vn MlesJsU* ftae Marab, of Bath, la l? tbe elty, the neat of Mr. and Mrs. r pr; Uere, however, we can furnish suf ficient apparatus to maka it attrac~ tlv?<*and helpful to our young men. We aball he glad alto to furnish our. library and readint room with m large number of books and periodi cal literature as possible. We shall greatly appreciate an? donations of books, magazines or aewi papers. Wo believe that a large ni.mber of our friends will be glsd to contribute books. If only a few of our friends gire a book tech. It will amount to a large number In the aggregate. We have already commenced to re pair the walls and give the room r? thorough cleaning and make It ready for use. we hope, the A rat Monday In April. Wo have already secured about 125 members who he vj promised to con tribute 50 rents each -month towsrdi the support of /.he LiSgde. Our run ning expenses will be quite consid erable. and for thlB reason we shall need all of our monthly Income to keep up rent, lights, and gradually better our gymnasium, library and reading, room. In view of these facts It will be easy to see we shall need the amount of money mentioned above at the start in order to put the League in good running order. Messrs. M. F. McKeel and Colllr. Harding have been requested to aollrlt subscriptions from our mem bers and friends. These gentlemen are well known In our city, and their reputation for integrity and good Judgment is a Kuarantee that any j money coming Into their hands will i be wisely expended. Mr". John Bra Ijgaw Is treasurer of the League, i Any contributions will be tftknk I fully received. N. C. NEWBOLD. Pres. NAVAL WEDDING A Son of Mr. U . M. Krar Weda An nn|x?ll* Vounjj Udjr. Miss Helen Hear, daughter of Mr. W. M. Kear. la expected home" this i evening from Norfolk and Annapolis. >?* r?*t is _ Lleut^C'arletoh R. Kear. of tin N., to BtfssEleanor Dent Pettlt, Gem Theater. ? ? Gaiety Theater. * ? 8. R? Fowle & Son ? Collars. ? ? Jas. E. Clark Co. ? Indies' Suits ? ? and Dresses. ? ? J. K. Hoyt? Wash Suits. ? ? Wm. B. Harding ? Pictures ? ? Framed. ? ? Wright's Tailoring Parlors. ? ? ? Clothing . ? ? Crystal Ice Co. ? Ice. ? ? Haaaell 8npply Co. ? Buggies. ? Gosran's Pneumonia Curs. ? ? Paso Olntamt. ? ? ?. U O'Quinn, Florist? Mba. ? ? Hyomel. ? Woods MiAl ? j ' >W V 'i Vrtl