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TlVE DOLLARS A YEAR. .? '''-,,; ' v vr v CfiARLOTTEN. C, SA1 foAY CENTS A COPY.
MANY-
General Assembly is Get
ting Down to Work in
EarnesC 1 ;
rnEPARATIOXS BEING MADE -
FOR KITCIIIX'S IN AUG UKAXi
Bills Introduced In the Senate to En
jarpro Powers of the Attorney Gen
eral and Give Him an Assistant,
and to Hare All Executions in the
rcnltentlary and by Execution
Man j- Bills of a liocal Nature In the
House Re-Election of Overman
. t -
Committees Announced -Ar
rangements for the Inaugural.
Chronicle Bureau,
Raleigh, Jan. 9.
Senator Barham Introduced a bill
troduced in the Senate to-day a bill
designed to enlarge the power of . the
Attorney General, giving, him .'power
to investigate corporations as to vio
lation of the State anti-trust t" laws
and making him counsel of record
for the Corporation . Commission. . It
also providing for an assistant at a
calary of J 2,5 00. . -
Senator Ormond offered a bill
amending Section 2777 of the RevisaL
allowing fees for sheriffs seizing dis
tilleries in enforcing State prohibi
tion. Senator Barha m In troduced a bill
to have all executions 'in the peniten
tiary and by electrocution.
Senator Bassitt is the author of a
."bill to aid in the erection of a mon
ument to Henry L. Wyatt. The stand
ing committee on public buildings and
grounds was announced as follows:
Hajkins (chairman), Long, of Per
son; Means and Starbuck. , . .
A bill by Senator Kluttz . to-day s
for the Senate and House to ballot
separately on United "States Senator
January 19th and to hold a joint ses
sion next day for the result. in is
means the formal re-election of Sen
ator Overman and a minority com
plimentary, vote probably to Adams- if
Jhe is not made judge.
Speaker Graham In the House an
inounced a number of committees, the
chairmen of which are as follows:
Fish, Hooler; oyster, Parker; health.
iHoIton; ImmigratJon, Mitchell; sala
iriea and fees, Wooten.
Only one bill was passed, that to
ichange the July law in Pitt county.
iMany local bills have been Intro
duced.
The House committee on privileges
and elections, Barnes," of Hertford,
chairman, sits next Wednesday after
noon for hearing- the contested elec
tion case from Dare. The seat of
C. T. William Is being contested by
D. M. Strlngfield, who failed to get
the nomination before the Democratic
convention, then went before the Re
publican convention, failed 'there, and
Chen ran as an independent Democrat.
At a Joint meeting of the legislative
committee on inauguration and cham
ber of commerce committee, the band
of the Woodmen of the World at
Concord was. on motion .of -Senator
Paul B. Mears, unanimously desig
nated as the band to head the . civic
procession. It was agreed that Wake
Fst College students participate in
the procession. ' ' '
The legislative committee on the
Inauguration of Governor-elect Kitch
in fixed for 1 o'clock next Tuesday, to
meet with the chamber of commerce
committee. Senator Dong presided.
President Johnson, Secretary Olds
and various sub-chairman of the
chamber reported preliminary ar
rangements made.
Chairman Long was instructed to
invite the cadets of the A. & M. Col
lege to participate. Frank Stronach,.
of Raleigh, was elected chief marshal.
Arrangements were made for a re
ception Tuesday evening in honor of
the new Governor and for an inaugu
ration ball under the auspices of the
chamber of commerce, Representative
Alfred L. Cox, chief manages. The
Inauguration will occur at the east
front of the Capitol ' if the weather
Is fine, otherwise at the Academy of
Muic. - '.
The following are appointed to go
to Roxboro to meet Kjtchin and bring
him here on a specrai train arriving
at noon: Senator Dong, chairman;
Manning and Starbuck; Representa
tives Cox. chairman; Murphy, Harri
son and Campbell.
COTTON FIGURES-. , .
FOR THE WEEK
"elpts Show 203 Bales Against 143
for Same Week Last Year. .
The receipts at the local' platform'
for the week ending with Friday were
202 bales against 143 bales for. the
eame week In 1908. 1 The - total -re-eipts
for the present season upto
this morning were 14,112 ' b'ale3
against only 12,055 .bales for the cor
responding portion' of the preceding
eason. These figure show" that the
receipts this season are still ahead of
last season's figures fy 2,057 bales. .
Rev. R, T. Colt to Boys. , . ,
Rev. R. t. Colt, who sails for Korea
Jithin the next two weeks.- will ad
dress the Boys' Sunday Club oT the
i oung Men's Christian Association to
morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. The
oys will greatly enjoy listening to
ir Colt, as he Is a very fine speaker
jo boys and will have something of
V!Leit to to-morrow.. All boys
the city are urged to be-present. -
"BIELS-
SENTED
PRESIDENT WILL. -REORGANIZE
NAVY
It Was Not Successful, and Roosevelt
Determined Upon Another Scheme.
Washington, Jan. 9. Convinced by
a very brief experience that the plans
of Secretary- of the Navy Newberry
for reorganization of the Department
along general staff lines and for the
elimination of the bureau system wjll
not produce - satisfactory results,
President' Roosevelt is determined to
appoint a -commission of distinguish
ed naval and military authorities and
eminent, civilians to investigate the
whole question of navy organization,
and recommend the establishment of
a general staff. -
It can be said on the highest au
thority that this decision has been
made final. The President was prac
tically determined on this step two
months ago. Then- Mr.- Newberry
presented a scheme of reorganization
which he thought practical, through
the Increase of membership ' of the
most important! naval boards and the
addition of new members of the gen
eral board, so that all . , the minor
boards should be represented on the
general board. This was designed to
make the general, board practically
the same as the general staff would
be.
The President- agreed to let Mr.
Newberry, have a chance at his plan.
and it was inaugurated the day after
Mr. Newberry became
Secretary of
the Navy. The " statement is now
made that the new plan has encoun
tered difficulties which seem insur
mountable, and, the President has re
turned to his .original Idea.
,
AFTER MANY DAYS
GILES MILES CAUGHT
He Winged a Colored Friend by
Shooting Him In the Heel Found
in Concord.
During the past week the local po
lice force has not only located a num
ber of prisoners in the city who were
wanted elsewhere but they have 4 been
kept busy on the trail of other crim
inals who were wanted here and who
have been picked up In other towns
and dispatched here for the disposi
tion of the courts. - ,"?'
Among - the latter ' class is Giles
Miles,, who has been wanted for sev
eral months by the ' Charlotte police
for shootine Will Brvant.- colored." in
the reel last . October. . The prisoner
evidently sought tne most vital point
the anatomy of the human target at
which he took aim, but Bryant aid
not - suffer any serious consequences
following the Iniction of the wound,
and in the meantime Miles skipped
out, and nothing was heard of him
until about three days - ago, when
Chief ' Boger, of Concord, Informed
the Charlotte authorities that he
thought he had Miles in custody.
Miles was brought down to XHiarlotte
following the infliction of the wound,
tween the officers of the two towns,
and this morning he, was given a pre
liminary hearing, and as a result, he
was bound over under a bond of $100
to the February term of criminal
court.
FOR BENEFIT OF
SOLDIERS' HOME
Two-Thirds Proceed of Auction Sale
at Poultry Show Will be Devoted
to Worthy Cause.
The management 'Of the Charlotte
Pnniatrv show.v which will be held In
thlu elrv on Jan. 16-20. inclusive, nas
oi ot o vrv imnnrtsnt conci-
sion. namely that two-thirds or tne
nroceeds of the auction sale of poultry
which s held towards the close of the
show, shall go to the Old Soldiers
Home in Raleigh.
A meeting of the association was
held last night and plans .for, the ap-
proaching show were thoroughly dls- I
cussed. One of the matters or .im
portance that' was definitely':-' settled
was the place for holding the show.
The exhibits will be placed In the
Wittkdwsky building on West Fifth
street.- This location Is not - opiy
spacious and large, but Is very ;con
venlently situated. The outlook for
the show this year Is usually pro
mising, and Uhose interested in the
annroachlng event declare" hat the
exhibits will be better and larger than
ever before.
ilTH Ti
dr. s:
TO-MORROW.
President of Davidson College Will
Address Meeting for) Men at. x. M.
I C. A. at 5 O'clock. ' ,
The meeting for men at the Young
Men's Christian . Association to-mor
row afternoon promises to be one of
unusual interest. '.---. "-."
The speaker of the day -will be the
president -of Davidson. College, Rev.
Henry Louis Smith, T. D., who will
speak on the aubject "A Victory of
Faith."- Dr. Smith Is so well and. so
favorably known in Charlotte that he
will doubtless.be greeted by" a-large
-audience. The Tenth Avenue Pres
byterian ' church - orchestra will - fur
nish the music for the occasion. The
service will take place in Hanna Hall
at the usual hour, 5 o'clock. 'AU men
are Invited. - '- . -
A NEW MACHINE , SHOP IS .
' CHARTERED FOR CHARLOTTE
" '
Has Capital .of $20.000 Several Big
v. -Concern cnartereo. ,
; Chronicle Bureau,' 1
' Raleigh, Jan. 9.' :'
.The Charlotte Macnine -.sjnop
oanv Is chartered with, $20,000 capl-I
tal, F. I. Osborne. T.' M. Costello A
M." Gulllet" and. others' incorporators.
f .Charters are ' also granted, to the
Ramsey-Bowles-Mdrrison - Company,
Statesville; capital $50,000. M. E.
Ramsey and others; Asheville Whole
sale Drug Company, capital $100,000.
A' W. Deland and - Others; Home I
. . -, . I 1
Balding and ReaHy Company. Wash-
Ington,vcapItal $125,000, W. E.Jones I
and others. -, . iira. ; . -. .;" .-; ..r
A:1" ...:i:-..v:5...
. .... or,.
Mrs. de Blanck; who was Miss Mav-
riKa .i'ersizKy. a Deauuiui Kussian
girl, 'who has Just arrived, in this!
country, isne is me nnae or wuiiam
de Blanck Chancellor of -Paris. . .
LEFT WEALTH
TO EMPLOYES
Three Hundred Bequests to Men
Who Worked for Him In
Chase's
Will.
Boston, Mass., Jan. .9. Caleb
Chase, for forty-threfe years senior
partner of the tea and coffee house
of Chase & Sanborn, died in Brook-
Iihe, Mass., recently. During -his en
tire business life he had been a kind
and considerate employer,, ' always
xeady to do what he could to .nelp
those who worked for him. -But "none
I of them had any Idea of the length
to which he would carry his consid
eration for their welfare, and his
gratitude for faithful services render
ed.
When the will was opened : and
read it was found that he had . left
something to each one of his em
ployes who had been with him a year
or more. The firm has. fifty-five trav
eling salesmen. Each - of them re-
o KAmiAcf r 1 AAA . wTyr r Via
widows of four deceased traveling
9iim9n fi. isft k nan uiii
Every member -of. the sales and of-
flee, departments received $500; every
one employed in - the shipping depart-
ment and fctory J200. ' '
There have been instances before
this of men dvinc and leaving-be-
quests to a few individuals' who had
served them lonr and faithfully, but
there is nother-4nstanron -record
of an employer jmemberine in this
manner all of his emptoyes,-of what -
ever station and degree of . Import-
ance.
PLANS FOR THE NEW
ME. ORPHANAGE
'
Flrst Buildings for Institution Will
Cost $60,00 tt--Stato Secretary of J.
O. U. A. SI. Preparing Report.
Special to The Chronicle.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 9. State Sec
retary Vance, of the J. O'. U. A. M.",
is . now preparing his annual report
to be read at the State Council meet
ing, which will be held at Elizabeth
City in February. The report will
be the best in the history of the or-
der and will show a larger increase
both in the number of members and
in the number of councils instituted
than ever before. There is a grow-1
ing sentiment In favor .of he State
council electing a State . secretary to
devote his entire time to the office.
it is estimated that the Methodist
to be built near . the Davis school
property," will cost about $60,000. Dr,
Detwiler, who is acting superintend
ent, attended a meeting of the build
ing corammee nere, reiurnea
Charlotte yesterday afternoon. - He
siaiea , mat, . it --nas oee ..aeciaea . 10
nave arcniiects suumu pians 10 db
ready for
inspection by the
board, - which : will
entire I
orphanage
meet
in this city March 4th. The building
committee -is. anxious to see - active
work on the building in progress, and
they hope to be able to award the
contract in the 'early spring. - "
jiayxaRD WORKS FOR
EXPOSITION PURCHASE
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Norfolk Delegation in Consultation
' . To-Day in Regard, to .Sale... .. ..
'i - Washington, " D. C, Jan. ,9.- Alvah
H.t Martin, T. J. Wool and E. T.
Lamb,- of Norfolk, -are In-Washington
to-day working for the passage of the
Maynard bill to have the government
buy the property.. of the Jamestown
Exposition for a coaling station. -
They have been in consultation with
members of the naval affairs commit
tees of the House and Senate and
other members of , Congress in refer
ence to thematter and . are hopeful
of having the -.bill passed possibly at
the extra session this spring. .
Representative ' Maynard is sure it
will be a big. thing for Nprfolk.
SUFFRAGETTES
GETTING WILDER
Leader Declares It a-Duty .to Disobey
the Law Some Warm . Times
Promised for Old England.
LondQn Jan. ' 9. Disobedience, to
law: 1o nftpn th hlff-h Aat . rlutv rf. riti-
.Anakln . .H.Ma.ojl PVitt.lAtta naano.il ' I
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v
V
.;-r.
acui3iii uv.aua VVt waxAawo- ab43fjVtU . - w
nt the oDenlntr session of the Woman'sTPatrick's ! relatives ; here, and further
Freedom League, composed' of Suffer-1
aggettes to-day. (The audience wildly
cheered. . - - . I
The attitude taken indicates that
the present year will witness the most
the 'history . of English" politics
V
' To-Morrow's Vesper Services.
' Rev. F.. Dudley Jones, pastor of j
WestminsterPresbyterian church,' In
Dilworth, one of the leading - and
mnat frl fluentla t Tn at rtrm gt -ttie' fttv
om-iwiu to-morrow afternoon address the
members of the Young V Women's
Christian -Association at' their regular
vesper .services to : 'be held ; at' 6
o'clock, in the associatIon;parlqrs on
North Church -: street. Special music
will also be provided. . Mr. Jones', sub
ject will be "Mary of Bethany.7
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Bomb Explod'es ' Near Czar's Palace.
St. PetersburaFr Jan; 9.' The second
wmu explosion occurrea ciose i mc
w M J t a a.iA
ceo : No
tails were -given- - .No 'one- wail1 in
THECOMiG WEEK ?
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FROM DAY TO DAY
New York, Jan.r9. Among the lm
. portant news - events scheduled - for
nexr week ;arevthe following:;
. Vi ,-' ' . Monday. ' . . .
Electors of each State will. meet, at
their respective State capitals to cast
tneir votes for President !and Vice
President of the ; Ignited. States, certify
tne results,, ana select, messengers .to
taxe -tne, returns to - Washington,
where they will" be formally 'canvassed
. Coogress-on the second Wednesday In
.A.eDruary. r? "--v-- '
Executive committee of the Amerl
can Federation of tLabor will meet in
-t Washington and agree on -plans; for
the defense of ; - President Samuel
Gompers. Vice .President. Mitchell and
Secretary Morrison, recently c?mvicted
ox. contempt of -court and -sentenced to
. wui fct-m uo il jail. . . - f - :
eortv f cktTn a 4 4 nil j ' . I- t. . .
- Committee recently appointed by
Governor Hughes to Investigate Wall
street conditions will hold -: another
session In New York.-
William H. faft will begin the week
!by addressing the .banquet to be giv
en by the Bar' Association of Augus
ta, Ga. . : -'
New?- Governors will be Inaugurated
! in Missouri, . Kansas ' and . Indiana and
j legislative sessions will begin in Ar-
kansas and South" Carolina.
. ..r, . ,.v. . Tuesday. - . ; . -
Ohio . Leglslaturt will begin ballot
ins forUnited States Senator to sue
ceed Joseph Benton oFraker, who re
tires on ' March 4th.
Monster meeting to protest - against
theC sentencing : to . Jail of the leaders
of the American . Federation of Liabor
will ' be . held in ' Cooper-; Union, New
York. s-: ' " : i
Governor-elect 'Kitchin will be in
augurated as Chief Executive of North
Carolina, succeedlng: Governor Glenn.
J. Itier Hardle.'M. P., chairman of
thoUabor- Party, in the British House
of Commons, - will address the' Civic
Federation of New York.
'Battleships Ohio' andV Missouri
of
to
the Atlantic fleet are ; scheduled
reach Athens.' ' . . ' " t
United Mine Workers of America
begin annualsession, in Indianapolis
I -- . Wednesday..-'
,SI?tieth, conference or the Foreign
Mission ; Boards of .the United States
and Canada' will begin in New prork
with forty-seven denominations repre-
I sented. i ' -v ;
Battleship Kentucky of the Atlantic
fleet is scheduled' to reach Tripoli
r .Thursday.
tMls!BeatrlcBiHeaughter..oC.Mr
land Mrs. Ogden Mills, will be married
I to "the "Earl of Granard, a British no-
I bleman In: New York.
Col. .George H. Torney- will assume
the- post of surgeon : general of the
United -States army, succeeding Sur
geon General R. H. O'Reilley.
President , and Mrs. Roosevelt will
give, a formal dinner at the. White
House to' the principal foreign envoys
anl their wives. ;. -
National Wool Growers Association
will begin annual session in Pocatiilo,
Idaho,
j Friday.
National Association of Commission
ers of Shell Fisheries will meet in New
York to devise plans for the protec-
j tion and extension of the oyster Indus
I try. : i -
I Technical Society of the Pacific
I Coast will begin annual session in San
I Francisco,
- Saturday.
- Association of Licensed Automobile
1 Manufacturers will. ODen. annual exhi
Ibition of motor cars , and ' accessories
at Madison Square Garden, New York
National Electrical Exhibition will
open in Coliseum,' Chicago", to -con
tinue through the month. -
Western Golf Association will, con
vene in annual -session In Chicago.
jrrrt nn , l- A nr T1
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lAilUO JPAIjXiO
OF COTTON GINNED
. . " , .
Nearly 300,000 More Than Last xear
North Carolina
.KeportS .040,731
Bales.
Washington, Jan. .9. The census
bulletin, issued to-day, reports 12,-
470.226 bales of cotton ginned rrom
the growth of 1908 to January, 1st
Lear . year for. the .same -time,, the
number was 11.741,039. x
North Carolina reports 646,731
bales ginned; and South Carolina 1,
176,743, bales. V - -
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CONFESSION OF VALET - '
TABOOED BY PATRICK
Alleged Slayer of - Rice Says ; He
Doubts That Jones Has Made Dying
Statement.
New York. Jan.' 9. -Humors thai
Charles F Jones, -who was valet 3 14
William Marsh Rice at ihe time of
his death in 1900, for -which Albert
T. Patrick" is serving a life sentence
in Sing Sing, . Was dying in Texas and
was anxious, to retract .the confession
upon which - Patrick , was convicted,
are given little credence by . Patrick
himself. In his cell at Sing Sing yes
terday" Patrick said to the : warden
that he placed little or 'no value - in
any possible statement or confession
coming from Jones. He was unable
to confirm Ahexeport-that his brother
in-law. John T. Mllllken, of this city.
had been - . summoned to Texas ." by
Jones. ' V; '..;', '-' -v, .;' I.
It seems likely that the talk of r. a
nnnf ftsfon . bV Jdnes orittlnat'eSr;!with
efforts looking tp his release through
habeas corpus proceedings L are to be
made soon
JTTQ KILLED-IN
s '
AUTO WRECK
Three Others -Injured When ; . Wheel
: t - Supped .from rAxie;. c t
New York. JaW , g.-Ed ward V.Colt
and- Oilman' Flushing were killed and
Miss- Jeannette-McKinv Miss- Dorothy
Whittle, and ""James " GrannOnt' were
badly, injured .in' ah. autotnobile.. wreck
early j to-day. . '..:' .r-K .: . : -
The occupants 'were thrown against
a tree -when a. -wheel .or the -car.-sup
ped from .the'-axle.r " ' . r V " fe -;
Another Writ . of. .Habeas Corpus, For
-.-.i . ' ..'''-.vHarryv' r.
Poughkeepsie, . -N- Y., Jan. 9.-
Harry TJhaw, andLawyer Morchauser
left Mattewan" f or New York', to-dky
where a new 'writ -of ' habeas corpus,
obtained 'by Mrs.- William Thaw, is
returnable before - Justice H0Pklns.;--7;
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t John Dunville, an English aeronaut shown on the left in this picture,""
recently made a flight of 500 miles
the cup offered. by:Lord Northcliff
a . "balloon. . . ;
Several Thousand Lives
Rome, Jan. 9. -The red ' tape of the
Italian bureaucracy Is responsible for
thousands of deaths In the quake zone
according to charges.
The charges would have been made
at the public opening of the session
of Parliament yesterday .but the lead
WRIGHT REGARDS
IT-AS. A; JOKE
Family of Mme. Coujart Say There is
No Grounds for Bringing ante or
American Aviator' Into the Scandal.
Paris." Jan. .9. While . confirmingTi
the reported .mention of Willbur
Wright in connection, with the ; di
vorce troubles of Lieutenant Coujart,
the family of Mme. Coujart, to-day
deny there is ground for naming the
American aviator in the scandal.
They assert that Wright will prob
ably be called as a witness.
Wright regards the affair as a joke.
He attributes the mention of. his
name in the case to the fact that the
real participants in the case frequent
ed the same hotels at Lemans and
Paris as he did. -' ,
It is believed that Lieut. Coujart,
who to-day stands by his ; original
story, will be convinced of his error
before making a final move in tne qi
vorce proceedings.
DEVELOPMENTS ARE
LOOKED FOR TO-DAY
- - .
Authorities " Bending All Efforts to
Find Rev. J. H. Carmichael,4 Insane
Murderer. ' '- :
Hort ' Huron, Jan. 9. St. Claire
county authorities are. using all their
energies to locate Rev. J. H.- Carmich
ael." A description of- theVxmissing
man was sent broadcast this morning.
The - nolice, are. proceeding on" the
theorythat Carmichael was'the. mur
derer and Browning the victim! . v -
Evidence . i3 accumulating 'to '"show
that Carmichael -was insane and kill
ed his . chum in ; Battle Run', church
after a quarrel over- tlfe : plans' the
men had secretly laid stoe time durr
Ing the previous. week. Developments
are looked : for? to-day. i, ?
EARTHQUAKE SAVES
MAN FROM CHAIR
Witnesses Needed by Prosecution In
TVfnrder Case Said to 'Have -Been
" Lost. " ' " ' :. ' ';';v.--.
New- Brunswick;- N. "J., Jan. .9.-
The, Italian earthquake may ,aaye. th,e
Hie or jrasquaie- aeisu, tyuv-e. . vm"
vlcted of murder in : the first , degree
and about to be put . on trial again.
If is believed that unless :, witnesses
wanted by' Prosecutor Berdihe ; were
on the ocean before the. quake they
maV "have"been- lost and that Delisso
may go-free. , - k .. " : v.-........
' Prosecutor Berdine - had just set
about getting I witnesses for a second
trial of Delisso when he found that
Josenh Tenade: the principal witness
and' -brother or ..the man wno was Kill
ed, hadgone to Italy. , .
Three' weeks ago; word -'; was -re
ceived nhat Tenace "would1 cross the
ocean io' ds on: nanu.: tui -;iuo hu ik
Delisso' next Monday. f He -was in"' the
soiltherhpart of Italy. -Jk f:
AntomobiHsts Prepare Their Own Bill
. JluH.liy, ,0 0.11. a. liio auiuniuuiiiow
of this State are preparing a. bill" for
presentation in xne. taie .ljegisiaiure
curbing "reckless ;' driving" and unnec
essary automobile noises," and prq-
vldintr a license, tax. on '.different
weight machines.' "Automen say they
would rather make their own bill
than "to have it tn 'the hands of those
urfriendly to therri. It Is-thought the
bllL will pass. -
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Customs s Hearin g. . .
St.! Paul. Minn.; Jan. 9.' A . classi-
fica-tion andreappraisement ; hearing,
one- of the first ..to.-.be held. In- confor
mity with the , customs regulations of
1 9 08, was convened to-day in -the of
fice ' of the colector of the port of St.
Paul.--- Under, the 4 new regulations,
these hearings are ; held at ' Western
ports Un order. o..accommoua.e .uu
nortem and . their witnesses - who do
not care, to Journey to New- Tork.c . i
in 13 hours. He is a contestant for
for :a ..long distance and, speed flight, in
,- ' .
ers .were persuad to postpone the
attack on account of the public tem
per.1 . - ' ; - '
. The ., delay . in rendering, assistance
to the stricken region was wholly due
to . the , cumbersome methods of '.the
different departments. y v
SENATOR TILLMAN
IiOADINGlfflSNM
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South 'Carolina Senator 5 'eparing
; His Reply to the; Charges - f Presi
: dent Roosevelt Important Papers
. Missing from His ,Desk. " ' ,
' Washingto, Jan. 9. Senator. Ben
R. .. Tillman Is to-day ? preparing his
reply to the President's letter to Sen
ator "Hale charging the Southerner
wiih attempted use of ' office to fur-r
ther personal Interests. The reply
takes' the form of a speech to be de
livered in the Senate. It is expected
M-
Senator Tillman said that some im
portant documents bearing on his re
ply: had been . taken from his desk.
He does not charge that his desk was
broken into but merely states that the
papers are how missing. ' - s
WORRIES 15 YEARS;
; IS RAVING MANIAC
Former - Train Dispatcher, -Indirectly
Responsible - for Brother's Death,
Goes to Asylum at JDanvllle.
1 " Sayre",,'Pa.i Jan.; 9. -Raying that he
had killed; his brother, .who died in a"
railroad, collision fifteen- years ago,
B.' Frank Ashton, of this town,' was
removed to-day - to 'the State insane
asylum -at Danville. , , ; ,.
Ever since his brother's death, for
which' he was indirectly responsible,
Ashton has . been ; subject to fits of
melancholy. Lately these have be
come more" frequent, until two days
ago, when- he became -violently In-
isane; rushing about -screaming that
he- had killed his. brother and threat-
enihg those who jatterhpted to calm
him; Twice' .he attempted suicide.
Fifteen years vago c Ashton,' his fa-
therv and - his onlyi brother were em-
ployed on "a railroad' passing through
Lamoille,' ,NeV. . The father was an I
engineer, the;; brother, was a brake-
man-and the'nian. who has just been
taken to a nasylum a train dispatcher,
Orders were Issued that trains carry
Ingi; the father and" brother were to
passT at "a-" point several ' miles from
LamoiUe, but' later a "lap" order was
sent ' which -Dispatcher, Ashton tried
vainly to intercept or, correct. .
' " In the collision l four men - were
kitted, among them being the brother.
The father.' "escaped unhurt. Ashton
came east, obtafning . employment on
thei Lehigh Valley Railroad. -
STATEPPORTIONS
SCHOOL FUND
Meebaenburg Gets Greatest Share of
First $100,000, -the Sum Being
$2,768.
. ,v Chronicle Bureau,
..' ; Raleigh, Jan. 9.
The- apportionment of . the-- first
$100,000 among, the counties for pub-
Hc- schools Is just .made in the De
partment of Education, the basis be-u
ing '.about "14 cents ' per caRita. The;
amounts -received; by some, of the
most notable -counties -are Mecklen-
trnfg, ;$2;768; Wake second with
$2,82a;-Guilford,. $2,508; Buncombe, I
2v27l; JNew tianover ?x,oeo.
;There Is a second i $100,000 to be
distributed, this to be in such man-
ner.as to assure four months school
n. each county not already enjoying
this. It will be two months or long-
er -before this is made.
"' - 4 ' I electors of President and Vice Presl-
Result-of -Christ, LIfev Is Gratifying, dent, chosen at the November elec----niVAinnil
janH; 9. The most trmti. I tnn ' assembled In the Senate cham-
fvlnr rn1ta nf the fint WMlr Af fha
Christ life is"experience, according to
promineni cnurcnyeaqers xo-aay. ... i
The " movement is spreading like
wild fire. '-: - -
A-week-from to-morrow there will
bea great -mass 'meeting when rep-j
resentatives.i of ; other denominations I
Willi report thelrsJexperlences. r J
NEW BATTERY
WONDERFUL
New Invention-by Edison
WiU . . " : Revolutionize !
Street Railway Tranlc; j
MEANS THE LAST OF THE " '
; HORSE CAR LINES' IX N. Y,
Newly Prected : Storage Battery to
: , be Tried . in Metropolis Receivers
. or . Third Avenue , .Railway Has'
' Great HopesNew Battery Will '
Run Car AH Day 'Without Re-,
charging To Do Away With" Pow ,
- .er Plants. ... - .. . . ;
New York, Jan. - 9. Thomas - .A.
Edls.on, .aud . F.re.d.exick.'A.",WbUridgefc :
Federal receiver for the Third..
Avenue Railway, . have had their' " '
heads together, and ' Mr, ' Edison has ' ;'
announced that" he had brought his;,'
storage battery to such a stage of'(. .
perfection-that -wlthht two" "months 'he-
would 'run. an experimental storage
battery car over the ThiYid avenue
surface lines In this city. -' -'- - 1
'I-have made -no -changes in the'
battery which I practically .perfected ;
years ago," Edison 'said.- "The ele-r. .
ments ' are the same, nickel, .with an
alkali- reaction. -.However, ' I have'
made "those improvements that are '
bound to follow steady , experimenta-".
tfon, until nowI'ani convinced that I' ; '.
have a batferv that is needed. . I am
satisfied, that I c&n- put; a. car in ser- -x
vice to-day that willvrun a whole day:
without recharging,1 but -there will be
no practical test for.' a , couple of
months." - rl ''
, .... . Makes ,Trafilc Simple. .
Edison expressed the opinion that , -
use of his battery"w6uld revolutionize :
surface car traffic, ' construction and.'
investiment. . He asserts If his battery
does what he , thinks ..it .i will do the
trolley line plant of the future will '.
consist ; merely of cars equipped with
his ; batteries, tracks . without over- .
head or underground wires or chan- i -nel
rails' for- the transmission of cur
rent, and comparatively cheap sta-.
tions where the" storage 'batteries may '
be charged after they ; have exhaust- '
ed-their stores of .current. , Profit- .
eating power, plants will be done. .
away with, entirely. if his ambition,
13 realized." ' " ' " , '.
-There, are many horsecar lines In'
New York which :alsO may be equlpp-.
ed-.with ,the- batteries .if the testa are ' :,
successful.;:. - " , . v V-.
President IsTold Just How Jungle
Nlmrods Hunt -When Bagging Afi
rlcan Game. - - t.
London,. Jan. 29. Selous, the. Hon
killer: explains that while he has col- ,
lected camp and other equipment for 4
Roosevelt's hunting expedition and
will go with him to Mombassa, they, 1
will not. shoot together In East Africa
and Uganda. Mr. Selous points out.
some of the dangers the President wlll
face in hunting. Says he:,. y
"You go out on horseDacK eany in
1 the moraine on a hljrh plateau In the
hPe of catching a lion whfen delayed ,
too long feeding and cannot get back,
to cover. When you are overtaking I
the beast he generally comes,to a halt
growling.. . .
"At the first moment you slfpffr
your horse and shoot him. .
. "Sometimes the Hon will charge at s
you. If he does, you gallop out of ;
the way and wait for another, oppor
tunity. If he charges you while you ,
are off your horse and you fall. to hit,
him, it may be awkward. . . ' ,
"When you - wound an elephant it -often
will make a savage rush at you...
While you are shooting one of the ,
herd, too, you , may not notice another '
among the trees which may make 'a
sudden dash.
HOUSE WILL PROBE
P0ST0FFI0E FUND
Committee Begins Inquiry Into Ex-
pendlture of . Annual Appropriation. , .
Washington, Jan. 9 With a. view to
ascertaining how the $222,000,000 ap-'
propriated annually for. the expense .
of the postal service is expenueu, ,
House committee on postofflce 'expen-
ditures has started its probe. t
Chairman Wagner's committee is
engaged In examining conamons in
the office of the purchasing agent, it
has -been ascertained that a . large i
quantity of supplies has been purchas-
ed by the officers entirely maepena- ,.
ent of the annual contracts, dui so
far as the committee has. gone, the
acting purchasing agent has been able .
to give a satisfactory reason, it is saia,
for the' 'purchase's: ' ' ' ,','
BARNEY'S ESTATE y
WORTH $9,500,000
President of Knickerboeker During
Panic Leaves Two Million DoUars
to His Wife. ' '
New York, Jan. 9. Charles T. Bar
ney, who was president of the Knlck- .
erbocker Trust Company . during the '
panic of 1907 and who died from' a
DUllcl wu"" , ' '
aoiy seii-mniciea, leu property. vaiucu
at nearly 9,500,000, accordlnlg to the
appraiser's report,.' ; which has Just ,
been filed, fixing the Inheritance tax
on the estate. Instead of his widow '
being left -almost . penniless, as ha;s
been reported on several occasions, he
leaves $2,000,000 in rouna numucrB,
above all liabilitiesall of which goes
to 'Mrs! "Barney."
The total taxable transfer, accord- .
ing to the appraiser's report, is $1,-
800,000 or aevenue to state oi
ooo. Mr. Barney's liabilities, when he
AieA. -weYe supposed to- aggregate $7,-..
500,600.
. '
. n.. state Electors. '
nnatnn Jan. 9. Massachusetts .
W.'nf 1i fltate HOUSS tO-day and
elected Hon. John -L. Bates as presid-:
ing pmcer. Aiwr viBa...-....
electors adjournea uni .ioauj, vo
date chosen for tne meeting w-
tors in ' all the States ana territories.
of the Union. A hot contest is prom-,
Ised in the election of a messenger to
carry th returnj to Washington.