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1M0RIS1 ' STATE : ; HAPPENINGS Occurrences V Interest Gleaned From All Scctiou cf the Busy ; . : '' Tar Heel State v ' : .. :" Thirty Years for Jap. Newton, Special. Henry Yaino kuchi, the Japanese snowman 'who killed his fellow showman and countryman in Newton October 11th, was found guilty in Catawba Su perior Court of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced by Judge Murphy to thirty years in the peni tentiary at hard labor. Sympathy was very strong for the accused man throughout the trial on account" of the general belief that the quarrel which brought on the homicide was over the cruel treatment of the two little Japanese girls by Kikuchi, the man who was killed. The bearing of the little Jap on the witness stand also helped' him. He did not plead self-defense or endeavor to explain how he came to shoot the man in the back, only claiming that he was so much excited that he could hot remember how the killing occurred. He was ably defended by W. C. Feimster, of Newton, and W. A. Self, of Hickory. . Lonnie Rader, who killed Miss Ballinger in the Start own Baptist church in September, was declared insane by a jury and sentenced to the department of criminal insane in the State penitentiary. The Governor's Thanksgiving Procla mation. Raleigh, Special Governor Glenn's Thanksgiving proclarculion was is sued last week as follows : "We have much for which to be thankful ; no pestilences or famine or other dire evil, save rains and floods in certain districts, have visit ed our people; but with this- one ex ception our crops have been abund ant, bringing fair prices; and in spite ef a panic producing distress in other States North Carolina to a great extent has been entirely free from want, employment paj'ing profit able wages, . Not a single instance of mob violence has occurred during the year, but all have acquiesced in and' obeyed the law. Tremendous progress has been made along all lines of in dustry and thrift. The State is out of debt and prosperous and aggressive in business activity. Educatninally we have made greater advancement than ever before and are spending in the education of our youth as large a per cent., according to the value of our property as any State in the Union.' ' A Good Showing. Raleigh, Special. B. C. Beckwith, of the State board of internal im provements, the duty of which is to inspect and report upon the various State-aided institutions, railways, etc., says that everything is progress ing without trouble at these and that there are no complaints as to manage ment. Most have ,been inspected and all will be by the end of the year. The number of pupils at the State school for the white blind . and the school for colored blind and deaf mutes reached 350, 25 more than ever before. Next Thursday the contract will be let for the 5,000 library building at the school for the white blind. It will face' to the south aiid willbe between the main building and the auditorium. Handsome Building for Fayetteville. Fayetteville, Special. At a meet ing of the executive committee of the Southern Life Insurance Company here last week, it was decided to im mediately erect a handsome build ing for home offices of the company at the corner of Hay and Burgess streets. The building will cost $30 000, and will stand directly opposite the Federal building to be erected soon. North State Notes. Charters are granted the Burgra haw Company, capital $125,000, the North State Realty Company, $150, 000, and the Burgrahaw Inter-urban Company, $500,000. - All these com panies are intended to develop the three towns of Burlington, Graham, and Haw River. The purpose is to connect these by an-electric railway, furnish power and heat and to de velop real estate at all the points. R. W. Bishop, patent attorney, Washington, D. C, reports the issue of the following patents on the 10th instant to residents of North Caro lina Mail box, J. T. Denny, Cromar tie; safe, L. N. Davis, Charlotte; cul tivator, Al J. Compton, Cedar Grove. The Governor offers two rewards, each of $50, for murders at. Durham where there have been four homi cides in the past three months, one" being for Charles Merritt, who killed his wife with a razor, and the other for Susannah Hinton, alsias Ray, who killed Poena Harris, colored. Seven citizens of Washington, N. C, have been appointed delegates to the Atlantic inland waterways con vention, and it is intended to have a special car for them and the other delegates. This car will be 1 gaily decorated with streamers bearing the words "Washington Boosters." Fol lowing are the delegates: Mayor E. T. Stewart, Dr. J. G. Blount, N. S. Fulford, W. E. Stubhs. R. A. G. Barnes, J. G. Chauncey,' C. H. Ster- Four Convicts Pardoned. Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn pardons conditionally four convicts as follows: Edward Horton, larceny, Durham county, nine years, the Gov ernor, not believing him guilty ' and having no confidence in the prosecu tor; John Atkins, larceny1, Stanly, one year, on account of his age and good behaviour in : prison ; William Davis, Beaufort, larceny, one ' year, he having been seriously and perman ently injured on the chaingang; Wil liam Wilcox, secret assault, , Mitchell, four years, because if guilty he had great provocation, the prosecutor having wronged him fearfully, caus ing him and his wife to separate. The Governor refuses pardon in six cases: William Lay. larceny, Cataw ba; J. C. Black, Jr., forgery, Colum bus; Charles Horey, larceny, Bun combe; Ernest Murray, assault, Dup lin ; Horace Welton, highway robbery, Buncombe; William Zeigler, gamb ling, Mecklenburg. Thanksgiving Day Orphans Day The good people of North Caro lina have chosen Thanksgiving Day as a time for special off eiings to the orphans' home of our State. We have abundant cause for grati tude to God. Can we in a better way express our thanks to Him than by heartily joining in to care for and train aright homeless, orphan children? When, impelled by a spirit of grat itude, we do for those little ones, does the great Father of the father less not accept it as done for Him? At present the demands upon and needs of the orphans' homes of North Carolina are unusually large. The Thansgiving offering will be a great factor in enabling these institutions to continue tlieir beneficent work. The cause appeals to our sympa thies, to our reason, to our sense of justice. We hope even a larger number of our people will unite this time in the interest of this work arid that the gifts will be, in all respects, greater than any of the offerings of former years. We believe the in terest of our people in this cause is deepening and we look for even more liberal support to our orphanages. Apology Met With Bullet. . Asheville, Special. James Moody, son of ex-Congressman Moody, shot and probably fatally wounded Dave B. Vaughn, a traveling salesman, at jWaynesville early Thursday evening. The affair occurred on the main street just at dusk. The , difficulty leading up to the shooting is not definitely known, but is is stated by eye witnesses that Vaughn stopped "Moody on the street for the purpose of apo logizing for an alleged insult that Moody called Vaughn a d d rascal and immediately shot him, and then made his escape before he could be apprehended. The bullet penetrated the abdomen. Bystanders picked up the wounded man and medical aid was given him. Later several physi cians were called to the wounded man from Asheville. Big Snow in Haywood. Waynesville, Special. Sunday morning Waynesville and' Haywood county are in the grip of another seemingly premature snowstorm. It commenced Saturday about noon and continued until about 10 o'clock p. m. when it turned into a rain. For two hours the rain . came down, when it turned into a regular northeast snow storm which raged the remainder of the night. Sunday morning it was snowing fiercely with about three inches upon the ground on a level and some ten inches in the mountains. ' Big Fire at Henderson. Henderson, Special. The. second largest fire in the history of this town for thirty years occurred Sun day morning at 4:30 o'clock, when Parham Bros.' four-story brick build ing bagging factory was totally de stroyed, with its adjoining buildings on Wyuder avenue. By strenuous efforts the residences on the opposite side of the street were saved. Receiver for Daily News. Greensboro, Special. In the Unit ed States Court Judge James E. Boyd named W. I. Underwood as receiver of The Daily Industrial News, the appointment being made on the petition of. certain creditors presented to the court by G.' S. Bradshaw ass attorney! The receiver is ordered by the 'court to continue the publication of the paper, and he is "directed to employ any and all necessary help in the advancement of his trusts. " The subpoena on the bankrupt corporation is made return able next Saturday.) W. N. C Conference at Asheville. Asheville, Special. The Methodists of Asheville have completed arrange ments "for the entertainment of .the annual session of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference. It is J expected, that there will be between 400 and 500 ministers , and lay dele gates and convention visitors pres ent and homes for all this number have been secured. , A number of: the delegates will be entertained at the various hotels in the city. A PLAIN CASE OF MORDER Investigation Into Death : oT E, W.. Smith, Whose Body Was Pound In Old Rock Quarry V at Raleigh; Shows That He Was Foully Mur dered, Being Drugged and Robbedi First.;, : '..:JV : , Raleigh, Special. Much interest centered in the case of E. W. Smith the man ' whose hody was Sunday af ternoon found on one side of the State granite quarry, a mile east of the Capitol and directly in front of the National Cemetery. .The inquest was held by Coroner Separk and the jury went to the quarry. It 1 was found that when Smith registered at the Yarborough House Friday even ing he had over $60 including three $20 gold certificates ; also a gold watch and a diamond ring, and that on his person when, the bod3T was found there was only $1. It was as certained that he was at the hotel Saturday evening and got his room key and this was found in the pocket of overcoat, which, with his coat, was found on a bush on the south side of the quarry, high above the level of the water near the edge of which the body . was found. There were footprints near the place where the body was found and these were not made by such shoes as Smith had on. The body had been in water for it and what clothing was on it, name ly, underwear, shoes, . trousers and shirt, were wet, while the coat and overcoat were dry. ' A- police officer was accosted by Smith Saturday night near the Baptist University; and Smith asked to be shown the way to the Capitol, saying he did not know the town. The tenderloin dis trict is between the city and the quarry. The prevalent belief has all the while been that Smith was dop ed, robbed, taken to the quarry and thrown in to give the impression that it was a case of suicide, this idea be ing further carried out by the placing of the coat and overcoat upon the bush. . The coroner's jury has not return ed its verdict, but its members think the ease unquestionably one of mur der. They found the tracks of a one horse, carriage within a few yards of where the overcoat and coat were on the bush. There the vehicle had been turned. t The order book of Smith was found by the jury. This had evideutly been put at the place for it was not there Sunday, where hundreds of in cmisitive ueoble were lookinsr every where for anything. It is suspected that one of the numerous hackmen, the "night-hawks" as they are call ed, can tell a story about this affair. Private Teachers Gather. Wilson, Special. The fourth an nual meeting of Primary. Teachers Association of the State commenced here Thursday, over one hundred members being in attendance. The morning hours were devoted to obr sevation of the Wilson graded school and the work in the various grades there was watched with much inter est. In the afternoon in the audi torium, Mr. F. A. Woodard deliver ed an address of welcome in a most f elicit ious and happy manner. The response was made by Miss Bettie Sands, of Greensboro. Annual Library Meeting. Greensboro, Special. The first ses sion of the annual meeting of the North Carolina Library Association was held in the Carnegie Library here last week. In the enforced ab sence of the president, Mrs. Annie Smith Ross, of Charlotte, the meet ing was presided over by the vice president. Miss Annie v Petty, libra rian at the State Normal and Indus trial College. The address of wel come was delivered by G. A. G rims ley, chairman of the board of trus tees of the Greensboro Public Li brary Association. Yeggman Wants .Pardon, . Raleigh; Special Attorney J. C V. Harris, representing J. T. Leonard, one of the five men convicted in Fed eral Court here last May. of dynamit ing and robbing the postoffice at Dunn, will attempt to secure his par don, claiming that the other four men have confessed in the Atlanta, penitentiary and said Leonard was not with them. State . News Items. Monday night an unknown negro was shot five times in the abdomen on the outskirts of Wilson by an other negro, said to be George' Ruf fin. The wounded man is at a hospi tal here but is not expected to re cover. His assailant escaped and has not yet been apprehended. The shoots ing occurred over a woman. A father and two children from Johnson county went to Raleigh to be treated by Dr.' Shore for mad dog bites. - Cne child was thrown - down by a dog and its face bitten in a terrible manner. . - John W. Wellman, a Gaston county farmer, was' adjudged' a voluntary bankrupt, and the case was referred by Judge Boyd to D. B.- Smith of Charlotte, referee in 1 bankruptcy. The liabilities are scheduled v at $1, 000 with assets amounting to about $10,000. , , ; - . . The new . European hotel at Char lotte, The Stonewall, finds . itself crowded within one month after opening,- and a large addition is being erected to it. ' FAVOR: FREE SUGAR Tariff' Commission ,May Make V Philippine Product Free BEET SUGAR GROWERS OBJECT Secretary of War Wright Goes on Record Before House Ways and Means Committee as Favoring Free Entry Front the Philippines. 1 Washington, Special. The allega tion that the so-called i' sugar trust" controls the -price paid to the grower and ' the price charged the consumer of sugar, the Secretaryiof War put ting himself on record as a champion of free entry for Philippine sugar, and the general "stand-pat" attitude of .the beet-sugar growers who ap peared before the ,ways and means committee of the House, were the features of' Monday's hearing on the revision of the tariff as it would af fect sugar. - Secretaryof War Wright was pres ent at the hearing. Chairman Payne asked Secretary Wright if he cared, to make any remarks. : "We are. now having an investiga tion made in the Philippines regard ing the 'cost of production in the islands and other matter relating to the .question," said Mr. Wright. " From what I have heard, the prin cipal objection by the beet-sugar growers to the admission free of duty of Philippine sugar lies in the danger that their market will be inundated by the Philippine article. "It is not possible that the Phil7 ippine islands could supply the actual increase in demand for sugar, year by year, in the. United States." Chairman Payne indicated that the possible action of the committee with regard to the sugar schedule would be to recommend that a certain amount of Philippine sugar be admitted free of duty each year and that the pres ent tariff be imposed on any above that amount. He said that the men ace, if -any, was from the Cuban su gar, which enjoys a reduction in the tariff of 20 per cent. "The beet sugar people say that the American Sugar " Refining Com pany has no interest in their fac tories," said the Secretary, referring to the so-called 1 1 trust. " "Yet three years ago they salu a trustee under stood to represent the American Su gar Refining Company, owned 51 per cent o fall the beet sugar factoiies That may be the reason why the beet sugar industry in this country has not grown, rather than the importa tion of Cuban sugar." Col. D. D. Colcock, on behalf of the Louisiana cane-sugar growers, said that the methods by which "the trust" names the price which it would pay the grower were unfair and "damnable." - Says Carmack Did Not Shoot. Memphis, Tenn., Special. Will A. Percy, a well known lawyer, makes the startling statement that Senator Carmack never fired the pistol he carried on his death walk and that young Cooper, who is alleged to have been shot by .Carmack, was in fact wounded by bullets from his father's revolver ' intended for Carmack. Percy says the son was behind Car mack and the father in front, each being, so near the other that their victim was powder burned by the father's shots. That the charmbcrs of Carmackfs pistol had been fired means nothing, says the lawyer, for the weapon was in the hands of his enemies for two hours before it was turned over to the officers; and be sides, carmack 's hand still held a cigar he had been smoking1. Ser vices were held in honor of Senator Carmack Sundav in many churches throughout the State. " Persia's Constitution. ; St. Petersburg, By Cable. The reported promulgation of a rescript abolishing the constitution of the Shah of Persia is . not credited.- A petition for such a rescript has Deen presented to the Shah, but it is thought that he will not ' issue it, thereby precipitating the country in to a revolution. Captain and Three Men Perish. Norfolk, VaT, Special. The four- L masted coasting barge Independent lies sunk near Hog island, off the Virginia Capes. The disaster' was re ported by the Merchants and Miners' Steamer Gloucester, in , from Provi7 dence. .The crew of the barge is re ported lost. The Independent sailed Thursday from Newport News, Va., in tow of a Lmickenbach "tug for New England. She was coal laden: Captain Burnett, .; of Norfolk, and a crew of three men. are those suppos ed to have perished when the Inde pendent 'went down .Saturday . night. Come Before Supreme Court. Chicag-o, Special. District" Attor ney Sims served notice on counsel for the Standard " Oil Company, of Indiana, that on November 30th the government will apply to the Supreme Court for-xi writ of certiorari bring-, ing the record of the famous rebating case before, that tribunal! " This is the case in cwhich the Court of Ap peals reversed Judge Landis, who re corded a fine of $29,240,000 against the corporation. COUNTRY LIFE IMPROVERS Meet in" Washington ard Will Soon Start on a Tour in the Southwest. . Washington, Specials President Roosevelt's project for the ' f uplift' of the farmers and the improvement' of country life will receive an im petus from the meeting here of the members of the 1 1 uplift ',' committee. The 1 uplifters ' ' have already , spent some time investigating rural con ditions in the States south' of Wash ington and east of the - Mississippi river. The committee " will leave Washington for the Southwest, their itinerary including stops in Tennes see, r Texas, Arizona and California. Both the Northern , and .Southern States of the Rocy Mountain group will be visited. Returning eastward the " uplifters V will hold hearings in nearly all the States of the Cen tral West. The committee - will re turn for a final hearing in this city on December; 18. . Monday the com mittee met with the delegates of the thirteenth annual meeting of" the American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers. Some of the lead ing agricultural ; authorities r .of the country are in attendance ai. the con vention and they will probably be able to give the "uplifters" some valuable pointers. ' The sessions are fceing.held at the Nationnl Hotel. The New Stamps Are Now on . Sale. Washington, Special Uncle Sam 's new issue of postage stamps 'was placed on sale Monday at many post offices, but the demand has been so great that at some offices the old ( sc ries will still be sold until the sup ply is exhausted. Stamp books con taining the new stamps have been sent to all the large offices. The de nominations of the new stamps, which are officially known as the "series of 1908," are of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15 and 50 cents, and $1. The Postoffice Department says that the $2 and $5 stamps will be discontinued after the present sup ply is exhausted. On the one-cent stamp is the head of Benjamin Franklin in profile from Hbudon's bust. AU the other, denominations bear the head of George Washington in profile from Houdon 's bust. The border designs of all the denomina tions are identical, the head being an ellipse on end with laurel leaves on either side. Above the head are the words "U. S. Postage," below it Ihe denomination. The size of the stamps is the .same as .that of the stamps formerly on sale. Seven Perish -in a Burning Dwelling in Manitoba. t ' Swan Lake, Manitoba, Special. The home of EVW. Carey, a farmer living a few miles south of here, was destroyed by fire and Mrs. Carey, five children and a Miss Grace Pierce, a school teacher, who was staying over night with the family, perished in the flames. Mr. Carey was so baily in jured that he cannot recover. The fire was caused,by Carey lighting the kitchin Stove with coal oil. The oth er occupants of the house who were asleep were suffocated in their beds. Credit Bureau Organized at Wilming ton. Wilmington, Special. There was a meeting here of a large number . of the Wilmington jobbers in the rooms of the chamber a commerce for the purpose of organizing a credit bu reau and clearing house to be affili ted with the national organization with headquarters in Chicago. The object of the organization is the in terchange of credit information be tween merchants of other cities. Sa vannah, Charleston, Jacksonville and other leading Southern ports have already organized similar bureaus and write that they are working well in those cities. v , . , , Big Iron Sales After Election. Birmingham, Ala., Special. Ala bama iron manufacturers sold 50,- 000. tons of pig iron in the first 24 hours after the election and inquiry for a large tonnage is in 'hand. The iron sold x is to be delivered during the first quarter of the coming year. Six Deaths Result From Accident. Pittsburg, Special. Six men were instantly killed, another was danger ously injured and three others had narrow; escapes from injury or death, in a mine cage accident at Ellsworth mine No. 1, located in Washington eounfy. The mine is owned by the Ellsworth Coal Company, of this city. Because of a. break in the machinery the cage, occupied by ten men, sev eral of whom were mine officials, plunged from nearthe outlet to the bottom of the shaft, a. distance of 2S5 feet. -.- ' -:v Forger Gets Swift Justice. . ; : Chicago, Special. Peter Van Vlis singen' a rea-1 estate dealer for years classed among the first of Chicago's prosperous and : reputable r business men, confessed to having ' obtained through forged deeds and notes more than' $700,000 and a few hours after his arrest, on his own urgent appeal to be punished, was sentenced to the penitentiary, the confession '! arid the sentence were the work of less than four shours. IS AFFLICTED Emperor and Empress Dic On Same Day THE PEOPLE TAKE IT QUIETLY Shortly After 5 O'clock, Saturday the . Emperor Breathed His Lag "Prince Chun, His Brother, Now fce, . gent. May Be Accepted as Sncce "- stir. " "r Pekin, China, ' By Cable. The Emperor of China died shortly after 5 o 'clock . Saturday evening, early as 3 o'clock in the afternoon, it was, reported that the Emperor was' so low that his death was re. garded as imminent. The Foreitnl oard of the government has con firmed : the report circulated Fril day that the Dowager Empress is also mortally ill. - The Emperor had been ill f0r a long time and during recent audi ences with foreign representatives he was unable either to sit up on the throne or ven in an erect position. It was evident for a long time that he would be unable to withstand a. crisis which sooner or later must de velop in the disease from which he was suffering. Recent climatic ex tremes caused the develoment of fatal complications that resulted in his death. At the moment of death the Em perer, the Dowager Empress' own death chamber chair was waiting in the courtyard. She, too, had been in a serious condition, and word that was brought her - earlier in the day that the Emperor was dying, caused her to collapse. This has prevented her from assuming the relationship of grand mother to the successor to the throne, which, according to the Chinese system would enormously augment her authority. There is little indication of emo tion among the -people over the events which have , been transpiring. The Emperor's death and the prob able death of the Dowager Empress within a very short . time have had but little . effect . upon the Chinese, who are pursuing the even tenor of their way without signs of mourn ing. Kuang-Hsu 's later life was a pit iable Spectacle to his attendants. His feebleness had rendered him a mere puppet and he had suffered long from ill health, which was combined with fear and despair. Latterly he showed marked signs of mental dis turbances, and even went so far last August as to declare himself mad. . The foregoing dispatch from Peka sets at .restthe conflictingrumors at , the past two days that have origi nated in Pekin and been published around the world. The Emperor of China is dead. The report from London of his improvement probably referred to a temporary ?.v.ditiou only. The Pekin message is the first unqualified statement to come from the Chinese capital and' it specifi cally gives the time of the passing away of His Majesty. ; The regent is Prince Chun, the Em peror 's brother, and if he is accepted by the government before the Dow ager Empress dies, the likelihood of any revolutionary outbreak in China will be materially -reduced. Dowager Empress Dead. Pekin, By Cable. Tsze Hsi An, the Dowager Empress of China, the autocfatic head of the government, which she directed without success ful interference since 1861 and with out protest since 1SS1, died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The announcement of the Dowager Empress' death was official and fol lowed closely upon the announcement that Kuang-Hsu, the Emperor, had died Saturday at 5 o'clock in the af ternoon, but it is believed that the death of both the Emperor and the Dowager Empress occurred a consid erable time before that set down ia the official statements. An edict issued at 8 o 'clock Sun" day morning placed upon the throne Prince Pu-Yi, the 3-year-old son of Prince Chun, the Regent of the Em pire, in accordance with a promise given by the Dowager Empress sooa after the marriage of Prince Chun in 1903. An edict' issued on Friday made Pu-Yi heir presumptive. Prominent Confederate . Veteran Dead Washington, Special. Albert & Holland, a member of the first com pany organized in '. Washington t fight for the Confederacy, died sud denly in. this city Sunday. Mr. Hol land took part in the first battle of Manassas, fought valiantly until captured and sent to Camp Chase, where he was released at the close of the war.! He was a member of the firm of Copeland . &Co., and it was said manufactured flags for the Fed eral government while it was his aim to destroy them during the war. Morris Haas a Suiciie. San ' Francisco, Special Morns Haas, who shot Francis J. Heney, committed suicide, at the county ja by shooting himself through the head. One report says that the pistol with which Haas shot himself was con cealed in his shoe where he hid it be fore, shooting Heney. Another re port says the pistol was secretly passed 'to Haas by a friends since his incarceration. CHINA
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