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.. ' ' ' " ! - '' "" " 'v ' '' " i v "-' "' 'i ' ' '. ' . " - " . V.it ' " ' " i- '." " - '. l '"' , i . " ' ' J. . . ' ', ' "'.;' .', i FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. charlotte; . O.T FIVE CENTS A COPY. NEW MEN CITY'S HELM Messrs. J. K. Wolfe, G ,A.Wmam$, M. M. Murphg, Herbert Irwin and Jo Garibaldi Named ---Mr. W. C: MaxwM ana Mr. John M. Wilson Tax ' Collec tor. The election of : the" new ; executive board of five citizens to have powers equivalent to those of the public ser- vice, public safety and health boards, vas accomplished yesterday afternoon -after a lengthy argument, and many motions by the new board of alder men at their first meeting.- " The new mayor, Mr. T. W. Haw kins, and twenty-one aldermen were $ worn in shortly after 3 o'clock, in the mayor's office, at the city hall." Immediately after the new officials jiad been inducted formally into their new offices, the choosing of the multi-. powered executive board was gone through with and those elected are: Messrs. M. M. Murphy, J. K. Wolfe, Herbert Irwin, Joe Garibaldi and .C. A. Williams. The election of the city tax collec tor was also held, and somewhat of a surprise was created by the .ousting of Capt. W. B. Taylor, who has for ciany years served the" city effective ly, and the choosing in his stead of OJr. John M. Wilson, of the Long Tate Company. Captain Taylor has made a ood officer, performing his duties faithfully, and .satisfactorily to ell former administrations under irhom he has served. 1 , He is also a Confederate soldier..-..; Mr. Wilson," his successor, is a young man, thorough ly postedin business and will 'be'. able to take care of his new work. ' Col. W. C. Maxwell was honored by the board by being chosen city attorney." This election' was some what in the nature of a surprsie also as it was pretty generally thought that Mr. Brevard Nixon would be the man to get this position. In fact he was believed . to have practically had enough promises of support to win the place. Colonel "Maxwell, who has served as alderman in the out going administration, is most happily, fitted for this work, and his services to the city in this capacity wilt be invaluable. . - The re-election of Mr. Arthur H. "fleam as city clerk and treasurer, 'as accomplished without opposition, his excellent services in the past hav ing: been so well accomplished that there was no disposition whatever to make a change in that office In the election of. city attorney -Mr. Maxwell received 11 "votes and Mr. Brevard Xixon received 9 votes, so that the vote was very close in this instance, attesting to the fact that both these gentlemen had - many friends on the board. ' Voting For Executive Board. - When the matter of electing the ex ecutive board of four was taken up there w ere some seven or eight-nominations, and when the vote was counted the result was declared ; as follows: ' C. A. Williams, .J.. Wolfe and Herbert Irwin, were elected, receiving !2, li and 10 votes respectively; others receiving" votes being M. " m! Murphy, 9 votes; W. A.. Bell, 8 votes Joe Garibaldi, 4 votes; J. H. Phelan, i votes; J. a. Jones, 4 votes; D. P. Hutchison, 4 votes; P. M. Cave, . 3 votes; John Todd, 3; T. J. Davis, 3; E- W. Thompson,' 2; C. B. Bryant, 2; P .Cannon, 2; A. M. McDonald, 2, and the following named one vote each: R. a. Lee, Thomas Stewart, W. J- Fite, E. L. Sargent', Sam Bennett, J- H. Little and John R. Pharr. ; . Three members of the .executive committee having been chosen, the aldermen prepared to vote-for two ad ditional members. The second vote showed that Messrs. Garibaldi and Murphy had ten "each, so that there was no election. ; Other ballots fol lowed and the vote narrowed down to Messrs. Garibaldi, Murphy, Hutch Json, Xeal. The next ballot showed that Messrs. Garibaldi and Murphy had received- 12 - votes' each; -others falling below this number and they were accordingly declared elected. .J The election of this executive board w'hich will prove to be a very pow erful municipal body, in the handling ! f the affairs of the city, having been finally disposed of the aldermen pro ceeded with the election of the city : attorney, ;ity recorder, city clerk and treasurer, and city tax collector. The Recorder Re-Elected. The election of a recorder, as fore casted in The Chronicle, resulted -in re-election of Mi. D.. B. Smith, 0 Was appointed several weeks ago the mayor, to serve, until the end f the outgoing administration. . ?r ; . At the meeting of the board of al- AT V as Executive Board dermen yesterday thefe was no op position to the re-election of Mr. D.. B. Smith as recorder, and he was chosen without opposition on the part of an,y member -of the "board. -. , . Caucuses Were Held. The' most sensational portion of, the meeting-occurred during the election of "the executive board, when the charge , that a caucus of some of the new aldermen 'had been held and a slate arranged, was made by Alder man "Ernest Williams.' The- charge was apparently aimd at Alderman W. I. Henderson, who replied neither way, thus not denying the charge that a caucus was held. The so-called caucus succeeded in . electing four of their choosing from among the most available, it is claimed, while the election of Mr. Garibaldi was accom plished in a sort of re-alignment of forces after the caucus vote had found out that it was about to be beaten In'the election of one of its men named. ' Hence the vote ' was thrown to Mr. Garibaldi, and he was elected, j" ' : ' . The Meeting Spirited. ' The; new board afjter being sworn in as; aldermen ot the City of Charlotte, were addressed briefly by ex-Mayor Franklin, ' retiring, who , spoke briefly of the past,' and wished for the new board "a successful and harmonious administration,:.. .-.,--""'.. The. board; after jorlef delay assem bled and were, called together forthe first meeting, by Mayor T." W. Haw kins, who stated , the object of the meeting to elect the vaFious. city ffi clals who are according to the char ter elected by the board. As soon as the election of the ex ecutive board . was proposed, Alder man Williams offered a resolution that the board should name a num ber of citizens who were suitable to the members and then submit this list to the mayor and ask him to name the executive committee therefrom. This plan was opposed by Alderman Henderson and Alderman . Ste.wart .likewise offered some remarks to the effect that he vigorously opposed the plan, and thought that the mayor should not be asked to assume so much responsibility. Mayor HawkHns stated that he was also opposed to the mayor's assuming so much power th,at It might cause antagonism and disapproval, and said that if the board should decide' on this plan, it should also name a committee to co-operate with him in making the selections. This was but the beginning of the debate on the method of electing the new executive board but after much more talking and several more reso lutions, during, which time Alderman Williams moved to, adjourn and was ruled out of order, the board finally vote JL1 to. 10-on a motion to proceed with, the election, and this carried, and the balloting began. The New Mayor Firm. - Those who attended the first-meeting of the board were very favorably impressed with - the manner in which the new mayor indicated th-at he would conduct .this office during hia term of administration. i . While it was apparent that the mayor will not .waste any", time on peanut politics, if that article . shall obtrude itself, and . while it was eas ily deduced, that he would rule with a firm hand, always with the view to the accomplishment of some definite purpose, it was also, apparent that Mayor Hawkins w411 give both sides plenty of . time .to, talk when there isfhere next week for. the benefit of . the a debate, -and that he will not permit anything to get through without both sides being" heard. The new mayor impressed , thejfooard as a man who will not abide trifles or listen to pur poseless propositions, but that he will hold to the straight . course " and ' will keep - the board - always within the bounds of a strict parliamentary law without splitting hairs . over fine points,; and. making decisions on tech nical grounds ; when the ", practical grounds seem to be; the more -weighty. The new board -likewise appears -to have within its ranks all the elements that' will furnish abundant; debating and hot contesting of points and the outlook is that the new board -will be able to furnish something interesting at every-occasion on which they get themselves together. - The board as constituted is believed to be a safe and sound body, able to cope with anything that may .come up for disposition, and that the board will keep things'on a' plane ' where interest never lags,'twas decidedly ap parent from the first meeting of yes terday ! afternooa, " ; ';7;..i";i ; . Of al " the' sad words that mortal ever writ, 'tis these three, you are it. JAMES F. BOYLE FOUND GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING Man Who Stole Willie Whitla is Found Guilty After '. Trial Lasting - Liesa Than a Day Willie Whitla, the Kidnapped Boy,- the First ' Witness Identifies the Prisoner Court House. Crowded at the Opening. ' MERCER, PA., May 6. Boyle was found' guilty this afternoon .of the charge of' kidnapping Willie ' Whitla,' after, a trial ; lasting less than' three days. V r-:-- " - . , ' I The ; penalty.; tav :tdnkviiii&T&4tiiriV thtejihip;. represented i ex- Pennsylvania' is Imprisonment of from one year to life." , - .": ' ' - - " . '-; ' ' ; a"'' ' MERCER, PA., May 6. -Thetrail of James F..;Boyle, charged with the kidnaping of 'Willie Whitla, T ' began here to-day. An Immense crowd poured into the court room when doors were : opened. The Whitla party came from Sharon in automobiles. . ' ? As soon as Judge Williams 'arriv ed, Mr. 'Whitla asked him if" he thought the house v was safe with so many people In it. The judge said it was alright with the number in it but ordered the doors' closed 'and no more people were admitted. Boyle entered a plea of ' not guilty and Attorney. T.' C. Cochran , for the prosecution , made . the, opening ad dress. " - . " ' J ' Whillie Whitla was the first witness. He' Identified Boyle as "the man'' who called at school and took him, away. Boyle said ,he-had been sent , to take him away on account .of smallpox. ' WANT $100,000 FOR MODEL BUILDING Andrew Carnegie Adds v $15,000 to $20,000 Given by State to Winthrop College $65,000 Now in Sight. . ..' Special to The Chronicle. .'; . ; ", j? ROCK HILL., S. C, 4 May 6. Mr. Carnegie again remembers Winthrop College in a donation of. ,$15,000 to' be applied to the model school fund. The State of South Carolina1 appropriated M2Q.O00 for this school, provided Pres ident Johnson should raise $25,000. more. - President Johnson . has . suc ceeded in raising $65,000. It is his in tention to secure a total of . $100,000, with which he proposes ao- make a model school that shall -be excelled by. none. Several years ago; Mr. Carne gie gave $30,000 for Winthrop .Col lege's library. This building , is the pride of the college. "-' ' ' ,. - ' . Three young ladies of Winthrop Col lege were graduated in -" nrusic last Monday night. They, were Misses Jes sie Rivers and Elizabeth Wilfong, 'of this place, and Miss Lucille "Dandle. Tha TnVinnv TntiM 'fa'rri'vnl ' will iA Hamilton-Carhart Band. ' .- .; i The young people of this place, con template having -a moonlight ; picnic at the Southern , Power Company's plant next Friday nighty : " ' GOVERNORGUILD A LA HOBSON Massachusetts : Chef V Executive . ' Says the United States, is Practically 'De ' f ehseless . Before ; j Japan-y A : Dan gerous 'Situation.. . " v, ' MEDFOR0, MASS., : May ; 6. Gov--erhbr Guild In an; address - to -the fac- ulty and "students -of Tufts College, to day said that . theuUnited States is to day practically defenseless before the . Japanese. Hesaid he"xealiz'ed that there, was a steady moyement't toward peace "in this . country . butiCdisarma- me'nt by one country' wassuicidalHe said that one nation " having -interests In the (Pacific is . preparing - for war with some one Her- arniy is three times the size of - ours.'-heispies are stirring s up revolt in' the Philippines,' J and working on the Panama ' Cahal. Our sol4iers of f peace, ' the- State mil i JtiarTeheuld; "be mdg'::''' h; UNUSUAL PROGRESS IN 1908 $125,000,000 Worth of Ships launched Longest Step Forward Wal Taken by Germany Plans for Ma- ; . ' noeuyres of : America's Fleets Target Practice - -. ;"Will he Held Off Coast of Virginia. . WASHINGTON, Maf . 6. Someth ing: Uke.'ilZ 5,000,000 worth of ': war ships, were launched by . the principal nations in V'thfe ' of J 0 8. .vIn displace actly 2& 9ft $0 tbnaThis--aftplat-rtttfent iVrepresented bSr. twenty- vessels, thus difitributed:.;' .Ten battleships, 174 ,400 tons; one coast defence" battleship. 3680.tons;- five, armored cruisers, 58, 700 tons!, four nrotected cruisers. 12.- rl 50 'tons.' The nations . which have launched these vessels number nine, as follqwsr Germany Four battleships,' Nas sau, Westfalen, Rhelnland, and Posen of -18,000 tons each; .one: armored cruiser, Blucher of 15,000 tons; two protected cruisers, Emden, 3600 tons, and Kolberg, 4300 tons; total, 94,900 tons. : , England Two', battleships, Colling wood and St. Vincent, of 21,000 tons each; one protected cruiser Boadicea, 3400 tons; total, 44,500 tons. Austria One battleship, Erzerhog-Franz-Ferdinand 14,600 tons. Brazil One 'battleship, Minas-Ger-aes, 20,000 tons. , Denmark1 One coast defence bat tleship, Peder-Skram, 3680 tons. United1. States Two .battleships. Michigan and South -Carolina, 17,900 tons each; total, 35,800 tons. France One armored cruiser, Wal-deck-Rousseau, 14,000 tons. I. Italy Three armored - cruisers, Amalfl, 10,100 tons; San Georgio and San Merco,.'98Q0 tons each; total, 29, 700 tons. ; - Japan-One protected cruiser, Mayami, IS 50 'tons. " ' 'In this list it will be seen that; Ger 200,000 Workmgmeti ; Strike at Buenos Ayres 'BUENOS' AIRES, May 6. Two hundred thousand workingmen, em bracing all -branches, of the public and all. trades are on strike here to day and business -is practically at a standstill. " v . , At Rosorio, the second city of the republic, between 25,000 and 50,000 men -are' out and' trouble has begun at La Plata. y' The condition has been effected, as a protest against occurrences of May..l, when in a clash with the authorities a number..: of persons were Kuiea aim wuunaeu. , - GreM Opium 'ot is B PI '.SAN.7$"RANCISCO, May 6.- Secretservice men and revenue agents are , scouring y-the" coast to-day in an effort tojIIscover the rendezvous of f opium - smugglers involved ' in a plot disclosed ; to-day, and said to. be the ' biggest ;ih. the history : of this port. Big operatives in China and the Unit ed. States are said y to; be involved.' .: J' - "V t ; The plot was revealed by a Chinese merchant who feared the' stock of ''opium -th bring, jthe original cost price with the smuggled product coming ' in. .'' . ; - '; AERONAUT HURT; -V : MACHINE WRECKED lieutenant t Calderara, . an .Italian . Pu- - pU of thd sWright9,. SUUy. Injured ; Etagine Stopped. . .and . Machine . Dropped. ' . . .'. . . .. ... . ROME, May 6. LJeutenant Calder ara, a pupil of - the 'Wright . brothers, in aeriar'navigatlon, . was . perhaps fa tally injured' to-day - - in , making a flight He stopped he. car;' hung: sta tIonary ;for a .moment and1 then drop ped like a shot.-. ' ; - ' " - . -; ..-; 4 The., car. was almost totally wreck ed' and the aeronaut: was cut, "bruised and unconscious. ' '-' ' : The, ascent was made easily enough and no cause for,, the accident Is yet known. 1-" Calderara ; was 'one of the TatfatomlBpagtWtii'a pVpils and was 'intensely interested Ui aerial nav- igation, " A it V : I many is an easy first, having launch ed considerably .more than; double the ; tonnage that : England has the j fii'st; occasion on which the . German shipyards , hAve; turned iut;:m.ore than ICavy Department- officials not only refute tne stories tnat . nave oeen printed in the last few days to the effect- that the American battleships are practically useless as a result of the long cruise around the world, but are most emphatic in saying that the country is, to be congratulated on knowing that it has such-tremendous-fighting machines that are capable of standing so much wear and tear and demonstrating to thhe world the superiority of American workman-" ship and genous. The statement of Secretary of the Navy Meyer that the cruise probably cost this country in the neighborhood of $1,500,000 more than If the ships had remained at home does not mean that this amount of money had to be put into repairs occasioned by- the around-the-world cruise. In . fact, very little of that amount of money is being spent in repairs. Officials of the different bureaus of the Navy Department unite in asserting that most of this money has been spent in coal and oil which were consumed on the trip. The bureau of construction of the Navy Department reports that there is very little excess of repairs that can be charged solely to the cruise, and officials say it won't amount to but a few dollars and probably rfot as (Continued on Page Five) Smuggling eind Uncovered SOME CLASS TO THESE ROBBERS Ransacked. Sporting Goods House, Dynamited and Fired It and s ; caped ,With , Stolen: $1,500 Trotting Horse. - '"'.- f - ransacking. C. ?F.; Senhenborn's sport ing goods - house and robbing it of more than- $100 wb'tih of - firearms, robbers early to-day blew up the store with dynamite and set. fire to it, es caping 'in a wagon' to which they , had hitched iHummlng, Bird, - a trotting horse worth ' $1,500, ; which : they had stolen from John Line, a commission merchant.- 1 --v . ' lion. W. C. Maybury Dead. DETROIT. MICH., May 6. Form er Mayor Tand dongressman William C. Maybury. died at his home here today "of ; -jreamic poisoning. i-. r ' ';,", ; ' v; " ":' y i1:: 1 '; , ; k . - NAVAL THE RALEIGH BONDS Supreme Court Gives Decis ion in Municipal Build- ing Case. MANY SUCCESSFUL IjOCAD SCHOOI TAX EliECTIONS Opinions Handed Down In 18 Cases, , One ; . from Mecklenburg Meeting at Washington, N. C. in" Interest- of . Waterways Governor - Kltchln States His Reasons for Pardoning . Maj. Martin-A Respite for Junius : McLoy and a Commutation ' for Zeke Austin. : . - T CHRONICLE BUREAU 7 , RALEIGH. May 6. In the batch of opinions "delivered this week by,. the Supreme Court was one, Hightower vs. . the city of Ral eigh, involving the legality of the'issue of $125,000 bondfi authorized by the last Legislature for the erection of a hew municipal building and audito rram the supreme Court affirming the ruling of. the lower, court by Judge Lyon that the act authorizinzlng'the issue without the question being sub mitted "to a vote of the people was constitutional. This means that thero is how no obstacle to the sale of the bonds at the highest market-price and the erection of the much needed city bonding and auditorium with the least possible delay. It is probable that the new building will be complet ed within the next 18' months at the furthest and that Raleigh will be m a position . to call for . the next big State ; Democratic and other- conven tions. ; ; ' . :, - N Opinions Delivered. The delivery " of opinions this week by the Supreme Court: Involves JL 8 ap peals from various parts .of the State avfollows i..,.. . -. a- Norris vs. Laws, Wake, new trial; Hightower vs. Raleigh, Wake, affirm ed! Battle & Clark s. Lacy,; Wake, affirmed; Baker vs.; Railway,, Arispn, reversed:' Richardson vs. Richardson,' AABogi .aff'irKied tate ysj. fPaviJ Qas 'niUietffl vhVaid,. sa vs Railroa, Lindoih; affirmed in bothup-' peals; Whitlock yi ' Dixon, 1 Meckfen burg,' affirmed";! Pekr8pn.ya.;.,ireleiap;;i Company Caldwell, affirmed; Webb vs Lumber Company, Caldwell, affirmed; Booker vs. ; ElTer, ". Wilkes',; affirmed ; Williams . vs. Casualty. CO.,; Wilkes, ' af firm ed; Garrison' vs.; Railway", Bun combe, affirmed; Hauser vs. Western Union Telegraph Company, Alexan der, new trial; Manufacturing' Com pany vs. Rowe, Pender, per curiam, affirmed;' Raynor vs. Railroad, Lenoir, perv curiam, affirm-ed; State vs. Logan, Rutherford, petition for tertiorari de nied. I- - -' i Several Successful Elections. - Reports of successful local tax elec tions for the improvement of schools are coming in to the State Department of .Education rapidly now and there are still probably 75 of these, elections to be held within the next 30, days. Among those, just 'reported are-Mourit Holly, bond election and increase of tax rate' from 30 to 45 cents; Wash ington, N. C, local tax by overwhelm ing majority; Morven, Anson county, local tax; Hamlet, school bonds. in Interest of Waterways. ; L Col. J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, has gone to Washington, N. C. to participate in a meeting there fori the purpose of allowing citizens in the j territory affected;, to express to Engi neer Earl I. Brown, of 'the engineer corps, their views on tne question of deepening Pamlico river to Washing ton, NC, and Tar river up to Green ville, the idea being to get a depth, of. 10 feet as high as Grimsland and as deep as practicable- . from there t6 Greenville. Col. Grimes isalso inter-, ested in a. notive he has just re'eeived from engineers carrying, out the sur vey that it seems now that it may be necessary for the the course of the Intra-Costal Waterway, to include Hol ly' Shelter; Bay," Pender, county in get-' ting a course from New ' River to Northeast river. ; . - Governor Kltchin " made public - to day his reasons for. pardoning Major W.. H. Martin, who embezzled $19, 000 from the State Treasury while" in stitutional, clerk to State ). Treasurer Worth. After stating the fact that Martin had served eight years and four months of his ten'years sentence, the Governor says: "He has been, a model prisoner. The solicitor and trial judge and many citizens recommend the pardon. Owing to his commuta i tion for good behavior, under its con tinuance, he would have buf a few months more to serve. He is in his 69th' year.; The physician at the State prison says he isvery feeble, has spent niuch time in bed this year,: that he seems to be going down the hill all the time and T further confinement would endanger his life. His offense was great; his' punishment has been great, LEGAL Owing td his age and the condition of slaughter,; receives from the GovtVnor his health, with the danger to hlj llfeja commutation --of sentence to three from further confinement, , leniency can now-be extended without violence to justice. " And therefore, with the unanimous iconsent of, Jhe Council of State the pardon is granted." Zeke Awtin, who ia serving? four', MRSREILLEY PRESIDENT ' 'V 1 . . . State Federation of Wo men's Clubs filects " ' .'Officers.;: V ' ; DILI STILES DELIVERS r : , INTERESTING ADDRESS : ; - ,-'.. . .' , i ; Charlotte Woman, Honored at Meet ing of Club Women at Raleigh The Other - Ofltcerft ftxpetrt in United . States Hcpit4l Service Talks on "The Condition of Wo : men and Children Among . Tenant Classes" San itatlbn ' is . Impdrtant. CHRONICLE BUREAtT, RALEGH,, May 6. ' .: The North Carolifla:,Feaeration of Women's "Clubst this af ternoon - elected officers for next year-as follow; President, - Mrs.'- E-lgeAe ' Relltey, of Charlotte. '- ' . ' - ; Vice ; presidents: Mrs. ,661 Weil,' of Goldsboro arid Mrs. JimeS Briggs, of Raleigh. . ; . . .. .. ; Recording Secretafy Mrs. w. C. A. Hammel, of Greensboro. Corresponding Secretary Miss C mile Holt Hunt, of Lexington. . ," Treasury Mrs. Alice Field, of Kin ston. , . '. General' Federation State Secretary Miss Margaret L6veil Gibson, of Wilmington, retiring president. ' Auditor--Mrs. Harris; of " Hender son. . ,-. . : ; ' ' "The Condition of Women and Chil dren Among Tenant Classes," was1 '.he' subject of a -lectur before" the Feder- ation of Women's Clubs to-day by Dr. C. W. Stijes, chief of' the division of geology,' United -, states . Public Health, Marine Hospital Service, in which he treated effective1 means of combatting germs of malaria, typhoid and, especially- thehookworm that has come so much in the limelight of late.' He de clared., the responsibility for, the bad conditidns he "pictured very "largely .with; the lardlqrds in that they fall; to provide ordinary sanitary " conditions f c the , premises rented. An.' inquiry as to what remedy coiild be'applied iSest 5 check hjkwerms. Dr.' Stiles sid"thiym tients and' thevproyiaihg of sanitary closets . would eradicate the disease:.' ' - -He declared that an w invesrigition by himself 'as t6 the ' sanitary : con d i tioris had . ..shown : . -an astOuh'dinjfly widespread lack of sanitary ; closets, bne large Southern college evenf being found lacking in this respect.' .A dec laration by Dr. stiles that the personol worth of the saverage Southern girl of the tenant' class to which he referred was a thousand ; times better-than .it was generally -reputed to be and that" they would measure up well with thfjir sisters iny more favorable - environ ments elicited applause-from the la dies. ' ' '", . :' ' ;' ' ' 30,000 DEAD; - ; " . 35,000 HOMELESS . ;. ' : - This in the Adana District 'Alone Lawlessness . Continues Several Killed There Yesterday. -CONSTANTINOiPLE, - May . A" dispateh from Adana, Asiatic Turkey, dated Monday says that Adana is still lawless. , More people were killed in the city yesterday. . There are 30,000 dead In Adana provinces' as a result of the massacres and 35,000 homeless and penniless refugees are wandering in-the .villages.: . The deaths' in Adana city alone are estimated at 6,500. - Adna is terror ized by four thousand soldiers, who are looting, -shooting and burning. No respect is paid to .foreign. prop erties. . Both the French - scho61s have been' destroyed, and it is feared that theArnerlcan school, commer cial and missionary interests in Ada na are totally ruined. The new. vali has not as yet. inspir ed confidence. There la. reason to believe that . the authorities still in tend to' permit the extermination of all Christians. The troops here are making a pretence- ofthrowlng "water" on- the flames; instead, of water ; they .use ke rosene and ae thus purposely adding to the conflagration. . Apprehension is felt here . regarding the American missionary: stations at Hadjip arid Tarsus. - All . letters - and ..telegrams sent .out through . Turkish channels are censored;;. PARESIE GERM V CWI SAVE HIM Chester Jordan,' Under Sentence to the Electric Chair, Will be Oper- ated On. . . ' - -. - -BOSTON,. MASS., May 6. The de velopments,: new in -criminal, history, in the case of Chester Jordan, convict ed of murdeV in. the first degree for the killing -of? his, wife; may save him from the electric chair. ' An operation known as , "lumbar puhcture;? , haa-been decided upon in his case. V A. quantity of ,the spinal fluid will s be drawn from his spine and tested' for" the presence of a paresis germv . If it is revealed that he is suffering-, from paresis he will likely escape. the: electric chair. - j years from Buncombe county for man- 1 years," so that his,' term will expire in ApriK 1910, The commutation is on recommendation of' many citizens and because there .seems to have been con- slderable" provocation in that the de- ceased had insulted his -wife. r - -' "- .. 'rt - ,.'f .
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