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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN so THE WEATHEfii -FAIR. The Want Ad Phone VOL. XXV. No. 102. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY. MORNING, JANUARY, :t(), VMl IMilCE FIVE CUNTS. VAST SUM TO BE SPENT FOR CP. TAFT ASKS MR. RAINEY FOR IS IT LOADED? MANY SAID TO IRREGULARITIES IN OFFICES MAY BE PASSED OVER I Miff That No Aetion Will Result From Commit tee's Investigation. HAVE PERISHED INAUGURATION Estimated That $100,000 RETRACTION Denies That He Ever Had IN EARTQUAKE Several Towns in Spain De Will Be Expended for March Celebration. Any Business Associa tion With Cromwell. vastcd, Says Special Dispatch. $85,000 ALREADY IS CONTRIBUTED Plans for Impressive, In spiring and Brilliant Cer emonies in Taft's Honor (BY TAV ) (Rrc-cial Correspondent of The Citizen) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 If tne ex ' tr.-.vagant use of money will make the Induction Into office of William How ard Taft and James 8. Sherman im yitsslve, inspiring and brilliant, then the Inauguration ceremonies on ftiarcn 4 will so be. Indications are that no ltss than 1100,000 will be spent to loakt March 4 a memorable day. Never before In tho history of ln augtratlons has the local committee hart so large a fund in its hands to frame up the ceremonies. Already IRn.OOO has been contributed by more tiiaii 200 persons and corporations, and there Is little doubt but that the guarantee fund will reach 1100,000. It U expected that from the revenue of the inaugural ball, the sale of priv ileges, and that from other sources this fund will be returned to the sub scribers and a comfortable balance l.ifi to charity, yet the committee al way makes IU preparations In the l.tfht of the guarantee. Prim ely Kxpendlture. At the last guarantee inauguration tin guarantee fund was 162,380. The total disbursements were $150,220. This sum Included the return of the guurantco fund and the turning over of marly $4,500 to the District of Co lumbia Commissioners for the poor of Vcffrlngton- The actual cost of the ceiemonles was a trifle over 183,000- A conservative estimate made today from the figures now on the 'books of t','. various commute, added to those which may be expected, gives a total of 100,000 to tie In the line of inarch. Including the personal escort t the jgresldent made up of the vet eran iwdles of Washington and other cities, and the marching column. v!i!rh will follow President Taft from the capltol to the white house and paps in review before him at the man sion. M I. Weller. chairman of the com mittee on public comfort, said toduy tout military and civic organizations In the East and Smith are showing preat Interest In the inauguration, hut t'T.'. for some unexplained reason the Wst Is behind. Up to this time Mr. Weller has re ceived no applications for quarters for i.ny bodies west of the nhlo. The or. mission of applications from this t-iritory is a surprise to the commit tee. Outside of a small delegation from Oklahoma and an expressed In t"?itmn of two or three companies of the Texas militia to come to the in auguration, the whole West is as yet s-iint on the subject. To Hp IVanl From. K( wever, there Is j et six weeks he fore the Inaugurating big day. and In that interval many more organiza tion, both military and civic, will be liuird from- There Is no go.nl reason to doubt that the quadrennial pageant v I'l Include one of the longest and mat interesting parades that ever n, arched through spacious IVnnsl-M-nia avenue. Tlu Yale Taft club, of tin class of '7S. will be given the right or line in the division that is being set apart for the civic organizations. It Is cx-p-eted that they will be followed by a')out 2,000 Yale men, who will thus lonor their distinguished alumnus They will be followed by the Cltlz-ns' 'laft club or Cincinnati. Mr. Taffs borne town. After the latter will come the Utlca (N. Y.) Unconditional, a famous organization from the home or Vice-President elect Sherman. Alsi fionr. Utlca will come the Sherman fjoouts, a uniformed organization, and 100 lousiness men of the city Inaugural Ball. Speaker Cannon has appointed Id p-rcrt-ntative Burke, of Pennsylvania. Young of Michigan, and Mains of Tennessee, members of the Inaugural ceinmittee on behalf of the house of representatives. The house commit te on the District of Columbia ap-pio-es the granting of the use of Pen sion building for the Inaugural bull Hnd an appropriation of $2;i,00 for the govt rnment share In the ceremonies Representative tin-en, of Massachu setts, favors ceremonies, but Tew mem- (Continued on page four.) SENATE COMMITTEE PROBES MERGER OF TENNESSEE CO. AND U. S. STEEL (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 29 The tneiger of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company and the United State Steel corporation was probed by the senate c.rr.mlttee on Judiciary today, two New York bankers being examined In an executive hearing that continued thiough two long sessions. The wit I, esses were Oaklelgh Thome, presi dent of the Trust company of Amer ica, and George W. Perkins of J Pier Int Morgan and company, who is also a member of the finance board of the steel corporation. 2 be testimony of Mr. Perkins seem ed to op-hold President Roosevelt" contention that the absorption of the RAINEY READS TAFT'S CABLEGRAM Says Has Not Slightest De sire to Controvert Taft's Statement. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Hepre sentative Kainey, ,of Illinois, today read to the house a cablegram he re ceived from Charles P. Taft, In which the brother of the president-elect de nied yiat he has ever had any busi ness association With William Nelson Cromwell or any Interest at any time In the Isthmus of Panama. He asked Mr. Rainey to retract his statements regarding himself. Mr. Rainey said that he had not the slightest desire to controvert the statement of Mr. Taft. but that It was not necessary for him to retract any thing he said In his speech, from which he quoted his reference to Mr. Taft. The country will be glad to know that Mr. Taft's name Is being used there without his consent," he said. 'I desire to say In this connection that Mr. Taft could render a great service and his denial will be of great value, if he should without delay ad dress a telegram to the general as sembly of Panama, denying his con nection with the scheme I have de scribed, and repudiating Mr. Cromwell on the Isthmus of Panama with as much enthusiasm as he has In his tel egram to me repudiated all connection with that gentleman." Cromwell's letter. Representative Loverlng of Massa chusetts read the following letter to him from Mr. Cromwell, under the date of New York, January 28: Although the affairs of the Pana ma government are not properly a subject pf consideration by the. Araert-. can congress, I wish to waive all technicality and say at once that I never have had and have not now any Interest of any kind, direct or indirect, present or prospective, In any conces sion, contract, proposition or other business affair, an any part of the re public of Panama, save only a small stock interest in the loeal electric light company of Panama City, which I Joined some years ago at the request of Panama citizens to encourage n loeal industry, the conditions of which investment were fully stated by me before the so-called Morgan inquiry." Mr. Covering said every one knew that Mr. Kainey "had been tilled up with material from a well-known source." Mr. Rainey demanded what thir source was. "The New York World." responded Mr. I.overlng. Mr. Ialney stated that he bad never received from The World or any other newspaper assistance In bis search for Information regarding the purchase Tf the canal. AIMS AT SHERIFF; KILLS MOONSHINER Second Bullet Shoots Pistol out of Sheriff's Hand -Third Enters Fat e. (By Associated Press-) CHAKLOTTl;, X. .. Jan. Jil. In o battle between federal officers anil moonshiners near Mortimer, Caldwel' county, this afternoon, W. W. Honey-' cult, whom the officers had under ar rest, was killed by n. bullet through the. heart, Ilrcd by Dolph Prltchard. The bullet was fire, from ambush and Prltchard aimed to kill Deputy Sheriff Oarland, to whom lloneyeutt wai handcuffed. The second bullet from I'ritchard's gun shot Deputy Slo-iif! Smith's piHtol from his band, while the third took effect in ii (fleer clar land's face. The sheriff of Caldwel1 county left Lenoir loniKht with a posse of six deputies to tiring in th defiant moonshiners. The men Impli cated, including lloneyeutt. have de lied the law for years. Tennessee concern was necessary to rol: ve the panicky condition of sc cu' ities In November 190". Mr. Thorne de-nled that the Trust company of America was Interested In the deal in Tennessee Coal and Iron stocks and declarer the merger w not necessary to Bave his institution lit; gave the names of many of the persons who were Interested In the syndicate which obtained control of a majority of the Tennessee stock No ue. islon has been reported by the com ii irtee to subpoena Judge E. H- Gary and Henry C. Frlck. The examination of both witnesses iv a conducted by Senator Culberson- SEES MR.R00SEVEL1 ABOUT LIBEL SUIT U. S.' District Attorney May Turn N. Y. World Case Over to Jerome (By Assoclstea Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 211. That the government's investigation Into the publication of alleged libelous am ies in The New York World and The Indianapolis News, In connection with the purchase of the Panama anal, has about reached a focus was made evident when It became known that United States District Attorney Stlmaon for the southern district of New York was a party to important conferences today at the white house and at the department of Justice. These conferences Rave rise to va rious rumors in regard to the in qulry. One of-these was to the effect that the libel case in New York, so far as the federal government Is con cerned, would be abandoned ana would he taken up by District At torney Jerome in the New York state, oourts. Another had It that Douglas Rob inson, President Roosevelt's brother-in-law, practically had decided to be omo one of the complaining wit nesses in the case, both in New York ind In the district courts here. The participants in tho lirst confer ence, In addition to President l'.oose-vn-lt, were District Attorney Stlmson Attorney-General Bonaparte and Douglas Robinson. The most Important development efore the federal grand Jury today as the refusal of-J. Angus Shaw, secretary-treasurer of the Press Publisl. ng company of New York, publish -rs of The World, to testify because h: might Incriminate himself. BRITT IN FAVOR OF RAISING SALARIES Makes Fight in Senate for Increase in Compensation of Henderson Officials. (Special to The Citizen.) RAI.Elfall. Jan 29 Advancing the irg.mcnt that the payment of low aal .riea to county officials was produc tive of f.oor public service, Senator J. J Frltt. of Buncombe county, mail" xn eloquent address Jn the donate chamber Oils morning, Serator lirltt's speech was In sup port of his amendment to Senator Kay's bill, placing tlu- sheriff of llen-lersi-n county and the register of '.wills on salaries of 11.000 and $1,200 n spect ively. Senator Uritt's amernl iMi nt raised the sheriff's salary to $1. 200 and the register of de-c.jH to tl.iitiO the latter amount providing 400 for in assistant register. t-erator liritt contended that $1,000 as not commensurate with the digtii .y f the sheriff s office. ('Iiwip wages tie Kaid, produced cheap service. Sen ator Hay. the author of the original t ill opposed the amendment, which wan lost on being put to a vote. IFAIR WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. Forecast: North Carolina. Generally fair and much colder Saturday and Sunday, oold wave in west-central and south portions; high west winds, v. , MAN AND WIFE APPFTFIl FOR DARINGHOLDUP Are Charged With Robbing Young of $5,00 at Point of Revolver. FORCED TO WHITE ORDER, HE CLAIMS Outcome of Recent Business M'istmfler.ttia:hig3rlt Is Said. (By Associated Prsss.) MOIIII.E, Ala., Jan. 29 . Fleetwood Lester, traveling salesman for the Southern Supply company of this city and his wife are In Jail charged with holding up llardaway Young, presi dent of tin- company, at. the point of a rivolver I robbing him of $f,,6U0.- The alP-K'd robbery occurred at tho bono- of the I-iesters' Oiis iifter n .on and ,is i-eiimtional In the i- tleme. II is charged that Lester telephoned to Young t no- out to his home on I ItSlni'SS collie iled With tile Hille of -to-k which I - -tor owned in the corn Ian). A soon as Young entered the I,ei-ici bom. it is alleged Lester held him uti at lie point of a revolver and forced blin I write an order to his cashier din-i ng him to pay .Mrs. 1-s-ter $r,,i;!ui -T, ihe amount of stock hii b I,i st- r Cie ilo if 1 1 iii ii Olllel to Hi ll c ti.ee h for II A. rs. I,i xtcr i lied tor au-l said have owned In Mrs. Lester took the .ushicr, who wrote out amount. u i iuiipiiiileil - the bank mid ldentl ihe check was cached. Mif- l.e.-tei- Hi. n return's! to her home uiuie Vouiik lileges he was held at ai point ol ,i i volver during lo r lib s' in e, ;nid c.i,- t lie money to le r hus band, wlio lien advised Young that ho could d' . n 'i WO llOill ; rr:i ntH a r ' i i ha'-ging Hi i v i le lodf -I I., ster -in I I- .1 ke utr. s!.i iter Younk' sAore out ! Mr. and Mrs. Iet. r, -- ith robberv. and they the county Jiil. Lis wife d- i Imc'l to nient. 1 In- iiI'iii said to I.- tie- oul- f otii of !-.i;t inisiinder!. milium -twe. r. I.esi- r nd Young "ic erimig rettaln l,n- i - transactions OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILL IS PASSED (By Associated Press.) WASH I ' . I "N Jan. -!. The s, n at' to,l;r ..i i the omriil"is ilitins 1,11! alter ! -i i.oura of deb.it- li-.ir-i i s an ;i o.i -i-i iation of aboiif $ '..'oi'i. ele. Tie !! having b- en fa'Tntd;. ai l-d upon l - the house vvill now e., i 1, ! n i. '-'1th the man.' am-nd-i . been pin- - 'I upon it 'milting either le-us-- of r-ter civil war - l.iiins to ' i ialmv for adjuti- ntion d In amendment adopt , 'I- becomes a l iw Th I i ovldes that such r- f l" made until January s- nator Fulton in charK" t. announced that It w;ui "f tho oomrnlltcc on ' r proha-bly I'.OOO claims mttoea files to the court 1 1 ill tli.i' I j-y t r,' h n i ' h." ; f "TlpT' S to thf f 'Mitt will b- r i" ttl ,i t!i- ai M r ln' i t -rii'' rn.r. 1. 1M0 firi') oT III tJ'-:r lh" piirp'-'" c'ainiH t' r fn t h' r.rtfii of claims. SAW MILL BURNS; $90,000 DAMAGES (By Assoclstea Press.) VORII-K, Ala., Jan. 2. The saw mill plant of the Alabama Lumber company three miles north of the city, was totally dstroyed by fire this aft- tnorn. entailing a loss of $75,00 on tne plant and (15,000 on lumber, with no Insurance. Panned by a westerly gale blow-In; thlrty-flve miles as hour, theTe Is a t-'lid wall of fire advancing eastward across the marshes four mlk-e wide, endarferlng the home of many truck Cardenera GOMEZ AND ZAYAS FEELING HOSTILE President nnd Vice-President of Culm Fight Over Appointment. (By Associated Press.) HAVA.NA, Jan. 2 The relations between President Oomex and Vice President Zayas tweamo seriously strained today over the appointment of a man to 111) the post of chief of tho secret police. The friction Is so t cute that It Is rumored that Benor Zivvas has threatened to tender his resignation as vice-president should I'rntldent Comer Insist on tho ap pointment of his (Cornea's) nominee for the posltlun. This afternoon Jose Jerea, the chief of police tntderctl -he -resignation" m response to a demand of the secretary of government Nicolas Albvrdl, who explained that President Homer had r.l pi InUsI as his successor Hleardo Arnauto for "political reasons-" Arnautu has been editor of a long sin i ssloii of publications, most of which have been suppressed. Undel the first period of American Inter Million a paper of which Arnauto w.isOic editor was suppressed for at tacl,: on tlie wife of llrlg. (Jen. Wil liam I.udlow, -tho military governor ii. I other American ladles. General l.iidlow at tliis time, ordered the police to hi rest Arnauto. dead or alvc. )i as given Immunity under a pledg. that never again would he publish s newspaper In Havana. Almost all the secret police tonight t- n-b red their resignations, declining to servo under Arnauto. V ce-Presldent Zayas tonight told the Associated Press that he had not r- iK-ld- red the ipiestion of resigna tion A wholesale discharge of em ployes In all the department of the govi rutin nt was made today, and tn these vacancies, It said; liberal per souk will lie appointed. A para.de of rural guards and of the Infantry and i rtlll-tv of the permanent army, In i -iiiiinaiid respect Ively of Oenera! l"ii.-rnl Moiitoagndo and Ocncru! i jin-i riiiiii, marched down the Prude -oitay and was reviewed at the Male 'on by I'rl-sid' iit i;,iii-k and Vice .'r : id' lit Za.vas. Two thousand men of a'l arms and w-!l i snipped, wer In line. APPOINTMENTS BY Col. Thomas Ntringfield, of Wayncsville, Kc-ujfoint-cil Inspci for ( Jcncral. (Speclsl to The Cltlien.) ! . . I.l .li ; 1 1. Jan. I'll Oovcrnoi 1. it- bill alinoiin- es the following ap-,'UIitlli- nts ll.M-ector K'deral 'iT the niitloiial 1-u.ird of th. state, Col Tlioma i 'i -ingtl- 1-1. of Wayn-m Hie; reappolnt---'! with rank of copoiel and surgeon gem ral Or. John A Pollock, of Kins t -n. with rank -if colonel; aides on pirx-n.il staff, Alex. J. I'ell-I, of Kal-i-lMiit iirhHt-- seeertary Charles K.John M.i- of Ital'lgb, Klnl'-y I,. Wll lliirnr of Hurlirigton, C H Armstrong, of (,,'i.stonia, H. W. fVioper, of Kay etteville, M. Montague, VV'IristoM-Halcini and naval aide. Henry A flrady, ol !int'-n. and I. Ij. Ward, of Newbern, ail with the rank of colonel. No more military appointments will he ui nounced until March 1. $50,000 FOE MONUMENTS (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. t. In a bill Introduced today by Kepreeentathre Edwards, of Georgia, fifty thousand dollars Is appropriated for the erec tion of monuments over the graves of General Daniel Stewart and General James Screven, who fought in the Revolutionary war. The graves art located In the old- cemetery at Mid Oa . . . TIDAL WAVE AND (IRK AT LANDSLIDE Fearful Panic Among Peo ple on Promenades in Tarrassa. (By Associated Press.) LON-JJON. Jan. JO. A special (lis patch received here from Ban Hobaa tin, Hpaln, says that a terrible earth 'jua.ke has devastated several towns and villages In south and southeast ern Spain. A tidal wave partially submerged the coast near Barcelona and a great landslide at Ceuta burled tho village f Homam and several hundred In habitants. A dlepatrh from Tarasen says that Barcelona has been overwhelmed- by a tidal wave. The loss of life la un known. Subterranean roarings pre ceded the tidal wave, causing a fear ful panic among the people on the promenades and in the buildings of the city. News from Malaga says that many houses were damaged In tho town of fotana and several villages in the province of Murcla. Tarras, whenca comes the report f i great tidal wave at Hanelona. I fifteen miles distant from the latter city. Barcelona is the second largest city in Bpaln, situated on the Med iterranean, in the northern part of the ountry. It has a population of (50,000. Murola, where tho earthquake Is also reported to have been felt, la in southeastern Hpaln. Malaga, where a shock was reported early today, I In extreme southern Hpaln, on tho Mediterranean coast. The meagre advices thus far received Indicate that the earthquake' was) felt along the en tire Mediterranean coast. rURKEV-BULGARIA ON POjNTOF WAR Note to Representative! of Powers Complaining of Turkey's Attitude. (By Associated Press. ) HOFIA, Jan. 2. The Bulgarian (overnmnnt tonight delivered a note ,o the representatives of the powers, oiuplaitiing of the irreconcilable and inc. liipromlnlng attitude of Turkey md declaring that tho port iur lie responsible for the consequences. The note does not solicit the Inter--cntion of the powers but draw their '.Mention to the tension of the situa tion. For several days plod the relations between Bulgaria and Turkey again ae been exceedingly strained by reaw n of the fact that Bulgaria had 'lobMlzed h-'r reservi-H and brought up o Hit war strength of W OOO men Ihe Ightb division of her army on Ihe "urklsh frontier. The present Kltuatlon Is a result of he failure of Bulgaria and Turkey to eai h an amicable agreement concern ng the amount of tho Indemnity Bul garia hIiiiII pay to Turkey for her In- ' in r.deiice, which she proclaimed last October, and for the seizure of a por ioii of the Orlentar railway. Turkey -i fllllng to accept $2Ti. 000,000 as ompensatlon for all her loaaeM, but I'ulgarlri ha offi red to pay only about 16,000.000- SOME REPORTS ON COTTON EXCHANGE (By Assoclsted Press.) NKW YORK. .Inn. ;.- The Inv.-Btl- rating committee appointed ,y i;oer-; lor Ilugb-'M to In-iulre Into ci-ml It Ions ml i-UKt-iriiM prevailing at Hie different ' 'Xchungi-H i -.iiipl-I' d their work at he New V-rk cotton i-x hange Pi lay. Several --ffii lals appenr-'d be-j 'ore the , onitnlttec t- give test Ini'oiy. ' The committee will meet again next! fuesdsy at the chamber of commerce. TWO MORE COOPER TALESMEN FEAR (By Associated Press.) NAKII VIIXK, Tenn , Jan. 29 The ninth day of the trial of Col Duncan H. Cooper, Robin Cooper and John D. Sharp, for the murder of former sevfctor E. W. Oarmack closed with tvn additions having been made to tlin Jury, which now numbers nine. The two recent acquisitions are Gus K'nlper and V. O. Belrman. Up to tonight 1,1 tS taleetnon have been examined In an effort to got the tweive men. Of those who qualified the state challenged thirteen, the de tense challenged twenty-three and the court summarily excused two after they had been declared satisfactory to both sides. it Is conceded that th action of the stata In charging two talesmen MAKE NO CHARGE OF DISHONESTY Rut Legislative Committee Unearths Some Startling Negligence. (Special to The Cltlien.) ItAI.KKllI, Jan. , That the led committee which la now Inveetl gating- the report of the legislative ommlttee of 1D0T. dea)in( with the insurance department and othar 4e partments of the state, will exhon orate the department affected la tha opinion of those who are attending; the meetings of the select committee now being held at th stata capltol. While it Is generally conceded that some of the criticisms of Insurant) commissioner Young's department' will be allowed to stand, th report of the old committee will be largely modified and a clean bit of health given to the office of th state treas- urer and state auditor, The feature of today' hearing wa the passing of th II between T. W, Clount of Washington county and In surance Commissioner Young, -Thl somewhat sensational occurrence fol lowed th statement of Mr. Blount to the effect that, while investigating the insurance department, Mr, Toung told him (Mr. Blount) that no raonrdl itf securities had been kept other than some private vest pocket memoranda. the same being kept In lead penoll entries. Mr. Young. Jumpiosr to hlr feet, disputed th truth of th stat ment, saying - that th record had boen kept in a Vllttle black book, ser- en Inchs long and three inch wide.1 you told me at the tlm," ald Mr, Hlount, 'Hhat you kept no books, and that It was a great Impertinenc on my, part to express a desire to see your book a W war aot looking for evidence of flpfslratlon, -W dcrnot suythere ha ben any dishonesty, but our investigation ha been conducted along lines of duty, which w fe w owe to .the poopl of North Caro lina" - " - No lUvord of 8rmrltl. Mr, Blount said he was prepared to statu! by bl committee's report,- showing that mora than a million dol lars' worth of securities filed with :. the commissioner of Insurance to pro tect policyholder In th atat hav no permanent record in th offlc and are an tangled with other clasec' of securities, soniu of them of doubt ful iiunllty, such its nursery and cot ton mill stock, as to be almost unln-' telllglbln. - , "Insurance companies," said ' Mr. Iliount, "had not been Investigated as the law requires, neither was th finalities of securities such as th law ileum tided." Mr. Blount's address to the committee was frequently inter, rupted by Mr. Young wltih explana tions of various transaction during his term of office. Mr. Blount stated further that he round notes for which mortgage were given us security at varianc with tho date of the mortgage, and when In- asked Mr. Young to prodiKO the mortgage he was told that It was in th- register of dned's office. Itom oe W. Turner, chairman of th 1907 Investigating committee, fol lowed Mr. iliount. saying that he vie oroualy resented the insinuation made by Commissioner Young during the morning session, to the effect that the report of the old investigating committee had bean colored by hi (Mr. Young's) enemies. Not Colored. "Our report." said Mr. Turner, "whs not prompted by malice. It was iiuide conscientiously and with out prejudice along the lines of our duty to the people of N'orth Carolina, our duy to ourselves and to our Ood. We have conditions In this depart ment which no business man would tolerate, and we do not believe that the biisliiexK -if a great state ilk N'orth Carolina should be run on such a li.ials We mako no charges of graft or dlnhonesty. but we do stand by our report to the effect that a loose arid negligent method of ac- (Continusd on pass five.) JURORS CHOSEN; PERJURY CHARGES with perjury has greatly reduced th c hances of getting a Jury at one. Mi-ny of those summoned say they may have expressed an opinion at th time the murder occurred, and for fear of an Indictment, they disquali fy themselves. Judge Hart has ordered a fresh virire of live hundred more name. This will exhaust half of th name In the Jury wheel. After hearing testimony tn th cas of Juror Whltworth. whose health la said , to be such that hi lif would be endangered by the confinement In . cldent to th trial of the case. Judge Hurt was disposed to excuse him at on-v, but the Mat asked that a de cision be withheld until th next panel was exhausted. , , ,
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