THE PUBLIC CAN RELY as a rule
upon the statements of an advertiser
being more trustworthy than those of
a non-advertiser. Constant appearance
before the public makes the former
more circumspect he feels a greater
public responsibility and by that token
is sobered into greater truth-telling.
THE MAN who thinks to win out by
dispensing "hot air either in his ad
vertisement or his place of business
is going to find out that the public
will not stand for it. Honesty of
statement is the best policy.
rrn
CHA
,OTTE
VOL. XXIII
CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4. 1903
NO. 5488
NEWS.
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DEADLY TOY GUtIS
Bill Prohibiting Them, Also
Fire-Crackers, Spring and
Air Guns Passes The
House Today
THE WATTS BILL MADE
THE ORDER FOR TUESDAY
Durham Depot Bill Set For
Next Thursday- Proceed
ings of the House and
Senate Yesterday
Raleigh, N. C. Feb. 4 The House
today passed a bill prohibiting three
itK'h Are crackers, toy pistols spring
uu i air guns.
The bill abolishing kissing the Bible
5 1! raking the oath passed its second
ic. ling in tire Senate.
Fuller introduced a bill to include
: wis in the term stock. The Watts
bill, prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of liquor outside of towns, was re
ported favorably to the House and
made the special order for next Tues
day. The Durham depot bill is set for
February twelfth in the Senate.
THE SENATE, FEB. 3.
The Senate met at 11 o'clock with
President pro tern Brown in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. M. M. Marshall.
Under report of committees the com
mittee on railroads reported unfavor
ably the Justice bill requiring rail
roads to give warning of the approach
of trains while a minority sent a sub
stitute with a favorable report.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Temperance petitions were present
ed by Senators: Richardson, Marshall,
Hicks, of Duplin; Reinhardt, Lamb,
Warren. Blow, Beasley, Travis, God
win and Spence.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
MeByde: Amending act of 1901, for
the relief of certain Confederate Sol
diers and widows, increasing the ap
propriation to $300,000. Baldwin: To
regulate the contracts of laborers and
renters. Godwin: To amend the law
regarding rebuilding depots destroyed
by fires. Woodward: To incorporate
Wilson Savings and Trust Company.
Spruill, by requenst: Abrogating the
penalty for not listing polls for taxa
tion. Spruill: To amend Chapter 9,
Laws of 1901. Burton: To repeal the
charter of Piedmont Literary Club Co.
of Reidsville. Baldwin: To repeal
Chapter 17, Public Laws 1887 to aid
Forsythe to promote internal improve
ments. Baldwin: To prevent ob
struction of the view of persons in
theatres and public halls where an ad
mission is charged. McMullan: To au
thorize Elizabeth City to make con
tracts for electrict lights, sewerage, etc
and to levy a special tax. Travis: For
the relief of Miss Matinet Peaco, of
Halifax. Griffith: To provide a bridge
of spruce pine in Mitchell county.
THE CALENDAR.
The House bill for the railroad com
mittee of the Legislature to meet with
the representatives of the Chambers of
Commerce to discuss freight discrimi
nation was tabled on motion of Mr.
Baldwin. Senate bill: To amend chap
ter 398 Laws 1899 was explained by
Mr. Lamb, its patrons, as being de
signed to remove certain trustees of
the colored school at Fayetteville for
their participation in politics. The bill
passed.. The Senate adopted a substi
tute to the Baldwin bill so that a sub
committee of the Legislative railroad
committees shall meet the shippers and
discuss discrimination.
PASSED THIRD READING.
House bill: To relieve G. T. Garner,
a school teacher of Randolph. Senate
bill: To amend the charter of Shiloh
Institute. House bill: To relieve Walter
(Continued on Second Page.)
ANTI-TRUST BILL
WILL SOON BE LAW
It Embraces Three Features
and Sleepy Attorney Gen
eral Knox is Expected To
Wake and Enforce Law
Washington, Feb. 4. Within three
days, it is expected, the entire anti
trust programme recommended by the
President and the Attorney General
will have been enacted into law.
It includes publicity of the details of
the business of corporations, prohibi
tion of granting rebates or other fa
vors by carriers in order to gain the
business of large shippers, and the
adoption of legislation which will en
able the Attorney General to exhibit
though the courts the cases brought
against corporations for the violations
of ante-trust laws.
TABOOED
ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT
Chamber of Commerce Wishes to Com
bine with Industrial Branch of Club.
The annual meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce was held last night
at 8 o'clock. The secretary and treas
urer, Mr. A. G. Craig, submitted hia re
port. The Chamber is in good financial
condition and has 82 members now as
against 80 of a year ago.
A resolution was submitted and pass
ed by which a proposition will be
made to the Manufacturers' Club that
the Chamber unite and operate In con
junction with the proposed industrial
branch of the Manufacturers' Club.
This would not only be a wise econo
my, but the connection would prove a
strong auxiliary to the Chamber in its
work of advertising Charlotte, etc. It
is confidently expected that the sug
gestion will be found acceptable by the
Club.
The matter was placed in the hands
of the executive committee to negoti
ate with the Club and consummate the
arrangement. The two bodies will un
doubtedly be able to cooperate to great
advantage.
The promise of renewed interest in
the work of the Chamber was made in
behalf of the members. Our people
realize now more than ever before in
its history the inestimable value of the
Chamber of Commerce and the pros
pects are that during 1903 increased
enthusiasm and zeal will be shown.
Well Known Teacher Dead.
The Rock Hill Herald of today gives
the following account of the death of a
well known teacher at Winthrop Col
lege: Miss Sophia Whilden, first assistant
teacher of music in Winthrop College,
died in the college infirmary yesterday
morning between four and five o'clock
of pneumonia, aged 44 years. Her sis
ters, Mrs. Charles S. Hard of Green
ville, and Mrs. A.. Mclver of Charles
ton, with their husbands, were with
her when the end came. Last night
her remains were taken to
Greenville, where the burial was ap
pointed to take place this morning.
Services were held at the college yes
terday by Rev. W. E. Thayer. Prior to
this, however, a meeting of the faculty
and students was held in the audi
torium, when suitable resolutions of
appreciation and sorrow were adopted.
Out of respect to the memory of the
deceased exercises were suspended in
the college yesterday.
THESE ROBBERS
HAD MUCH NERVE
Bound and Gagged Aged Wo
man and Sat Her on Porch
While They Ransacked
The House
Cumberland, Md., Feb. 4. While
Mrs. Sweitzer, an aged woman, was
alone in her home at Dumas, Pa., fifty
miles west of here, masked men tied
her hands and feet together, then sti
fled a pillow case over her head and
carried the woman out of the house
and sat her on the porch.
The robbers then ransacked the
house, securing considerable booty.
When the other members of the
Schweitzer family returned home they
found the woman nearly suffocated in
almost frozen. She had remained in
this position several hours.
Kills Himself and Wife. '
Winston-Salem, Feb. 4. Banks Mil
ler, a young man, shot his wife last
night and then killed himself. Both
died in a few minutes.
Miller and his wife had a dispute
Monday and decided to separate She
left her husband, taking their two chil
dren to the home of relatives. Last
night Miller called to see his wife and
after talking over their misunderstand
ing, the wife consented to live with her
husband again. As he started to leave
the room he asked his wife to come to
the door and kiss him good night. She
complied with the request. Miller im
mediately thereafter turned around
and fired at her, the ball taking effect
in her right breast. The husband then
placed the pistol to his head and fired.
When the officers arrived at the house
Miller and his wife were lying on the
floor dead. There were two eye wit
nesses to the tragedy.
Asks Hobson To Reconsider.
Washington, Feb. 4. Secretary
Moody today wrote a letter to Captain
Richmond P. Hobson, asking him to
reconsider his resignation. The secre
tary compliments Hobson highly upon
his brilliant record at Santiago and
tells him the department needs his
services.
Want An Eight-Hour Day.
Asheville, N. C, Feb. 4. The Ashe
ville trades union has issued an ulti
matum to the contractors of that city
that, beginning May 3, all the crafts
men represented in the union shall
work only eight hours per day for
which, they shall receive nine hours'
pay. No reply has yet been made by
employers of labor.
Plot Against Paraguay , President.
Asuncion, Paraguay,. Feb. 4. A plt
has been discovered here against
President Ezcurra. The principal pro
moter of the conspiracy has been arrested.
BOWER'S STRATEGY
Manner in Which He Has Put
the Allies on the Defensive
Has Ruffled Their
Tempers
EFFORT WILL BE MADE
TO ELIMINATE BOWEfl
Germany Does Not Seek Any
Trouble With Uncle Sam,
Realizing Cost Such Con
flict Would Entail
London, Feb. 4. The allied powers
are greatly disconcerted over the abil
ity shown by Minister Bowen in con
ducting Venezuela's cause in the ne
gotiations for a settlement with the
powers.
When they opened negotiations the
powers had an idea thaty could check
mate him and his familiarity with in
ternational law accordingly, has come
as a shock to Europe.
The manenr in which he put the allies
on the defensive has considerably ruf
fled the tempers of the latter and ef
forts are now being made it is reported,
by members of the cabinet in the al
liance to eliminate Bowen from the
negotiations, the powers thus hoping
to get better terms.
A despatch, from Berlin today quotes
an editorial which appeared in Tag
blatt and which is the official temper in
matter. That paper says it is becoming
more and more evident that the powers
could have found no more unwelcome
agent for Venezuela than Bowen, as
he is seeing to Castro's interests in a
way which shows that yankees are en
tirely disregarding the rights of the
powers.
Not Seeking Trouble.
London, Feb. 4. Col. Millard Hun
sicker, European manager of the Car
negie Steel Company, one of the lead
ing financial and commercial experts in
this city, said today that it was non
sense to suppose that any European
power is scheming to get into trouble
with the Unitetl o'.ates In the western
hemisphere.
"There is no country in Europe,"
said Colonel Hunsicker,"the responsible
statesmen of which would undertake to
finance such a war without consterna
tion. However ambitious and spirited
the Kanser may be, the more he knows
of the pecuniary cost of war the more
he is likely to know that a conflct with
a country like the United States
waged on the other side of the Atlantic
would be more expensive than an ordi
nary enterprise of this kind. Indeed, I
think such a war would be a financial
impossibility in the condition of Euro
pean exchequers.
"Look at the vast outlay required to
conquer the Boers. More than a billion
dollars a regular Gulf Stream of gold
yet Great Britain was not compelled
to convoy a single transport to South
Africa. Soldiers, provisions, horses,
mules, everything needed for the hige
business in hand, crossed the seas
without a gun to protect them. This
could not happen in the case of a Eu
ropean nation which looked for a con
flict with the United States. Uncle
Sam's warships would cruise the ocean,
and woe betide any transport belong
ing to the enemy that was inadequate
protected!
Careful On Blockade.
Paris, Feb. 2. A Matin special from
Caracas says:
The English Consul at La Guayra in-
RUSHED BLINDLY
TO THEIR DEATHS
Four Men Are Killed in Chi
cago As the Result Of Ter
rific Storm of Sleet
and Snow
Chicago, Feb. 4. The severe storm
of snow and sleet which prevailed here
last night, is responsible for four
deaths.
Gustav Berg, an oiler, employed by
the Illinois Central, walked in front of
a train at the foot of Adams street du
ring the storm and was instantly
killed.
David Ramsey foreman of the Og
den Gas Company, walked in front of
a train on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul at Willof street crossing and
was killed.
William J. West, a fireman of the
Chicago, Grand trunk railroad was
caught beneath his engine in a wreck
at Forty-seventh street and scalded to
death. The collision was the result of
slippery rails and the snowstorm.
An unidentified man was killed by a
Burlington train at Lincoln and Six
teenth street. Two others were injured.
ANGERS
POWERS
formed the authorities that the cruiser
Tribune was going to enter the inner
harbor of Puerto Cabello to clear her
hull, and requested them to inform the
population of Puerta Cabello there was
no reason to be alarmed at the Trib
une's approach to shore.
Reports from Puerto Cabello state
the civil Government has prohibited
popular manifestations relative to the
suspension of the blockade and recom
mends that the people remain orderly
and circumspect. All is quiet in Car
acas. English Newspaper Defends Bowen.
London, Feb 4. The Westminster
Gazette today defends Bowen's offer
that all the Venezuelan creaitors share
alike. The paper says this is thefoun-
dation of the English debtors law ac
cording to which, no matter how few
creditors there were when th3 suit be
gun, the general body of creditors, for
eign or domestic, share equally. The
law, the Gazette continues, is just the
opposite. It gives German creditors
preference over foreign creditors
the paper points out and this indicates
that Germany is tire real director. "If
present deadlock continues why should
we risk a missunderstanding and a
possible quarrel witu the United
States by insisting on a demand which
w should reject as between creditor
and debtor in this country?"
WANTS TO CURE ROCKEFELLER.
Woman Says She Can Have Him Eat
ing Beef and Cabbage Soon.
New York, Feb. 4. Mrs. Anna Mar
tinoni, a middle-aged woman, who is
a renovator of ancient tapestries, liv
ing at 541 Gardner street, Union Hill,
N. J., is positive that she can cure
John D. Rockefeller of his long-standing,
stomach trouble with a remedy of
her own invention. Today she wrote
to Mr. Rockefeller, saying that if he
would consent she would call at his
home and give him a course of her
treatment.
She avers that she can give him re
lief in one day and can thoroughly
cure him inside of a week. She wants
no pay if the cure is not permanent,
and after he is cured he can pay her
whatever he sees fit. She neither
operates upon the patient nor adminis
ters any drugs, she says, and the
treatment is pleasant, harmless and
inexpensive.
What the mixture was she would not
say, but admitted that its principal
ingredient was the whites of fresh
eggs. She names persons she has
cured, saying they can now eat
corned beef and cabbage and sour
pickles afterward without ill effect.
PROCEEDINGS OF
HOUSE MiD 11
College Professor Wants Phil
ippines Investigated Lit
tlefieldBill wi'lCome Up
Tomorrow
Washington, Feb. 4. In th3 Senate
today Mr. Hoar presented a petition
from 29 professors of Harvard, Yale
and other leading colleges asking that
the Senate committee on the Philip
pines, during the approaching r3cess,
fully investigate the conditions in the
Philippine Archipelago.
The House today, in committee of
the whole, recommended consolidation
on the post office appropriation bill
by unanimous consent. The general de
bate is to close at three o'clock and
the bill will be read for amendment.
The Littlefield anti-trust bill will be
considered after the disposal of the
postoffice appropriation bill, which is
now' before the House, probably tomor
row. This decision was reached by the
House Committee on Rules today.
TO RELINQUISH THE STATUE.
Citizens Ask War Dept. to Take
Charge of Miss Liberty.
Washington, Feb. 4. The commit
tee of citizens in charge of the State
of Liberty in New York harbor today
formally asked the War Department
to assume control of it. Liberty Island
is a military reservation and the com
mittee told Secretary Root they
tnought the time had come for the
Government to exercise full control
over it and the Bartholdi Statue. They
are ready to turn over the fund of
$40,000.
Mr. Root favors the suggestion and
will urge the passage of a special act
of Congress, which is necessary to exe
cute it.
One result of the change may bs the
discontinuance of the steamer now
running between the Battery and the
island.
Nebraska In Blizzard's Grasp.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 4. The worst
blizzard in many years raged through
Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyom
ing last night. Business of all kinds is
suspended today and all trains are
snowbound, street car systems tied up
and telegraph and telephone lines
paralyzed.
Danny Duane Wins Bout.
Boston, Feb. 4. Danny Duane, a
clever New York lightweight, met Dan
Hawkins of San Francisco, at the
Criterion Athletic Club last night in a
12 round bout. The bout was a puz
zle to Hawkins. In the last round
Duane cut loose and played tattoo on
the Californian and won the bout.
T
OUTSIDE FRIEND
FREED IMUROERER
Man Entered the Jail and Re
leased Utley, Threatening
to Kill Any Prisoner who
Gave an Alarm
NEGRO PRISONER GIVEN
$50 TO KEEP QUIET
Slayer of Hollingsworth Still
at Large and No Clue To
his Whereabouts-County
Comm. Investigating
Fayetteville, N. C, Feb. 4. There is
no clue as yet to Utley's whereabouts.
The County Commissioners are still
investigating the escape.
A negro prisoner says that Utltfy
was let out by a party who entered the
jail and that he (the negro) was
threatened with death if he gave the
alarm.
He says Utley gav-3 him $50 to keep
quiet. This amount was found on him.
Story of Utley's Escape.
The Fayetteville Observer contains
this account of Utley's escape:
"E. L. Utley in jail awaiting appeal
under a twenty years sentence for kill
ing Mr. T. B. Hollingsworth quietly
walked out of the Cumberland county
jail some time during last night, and
is now at large.
"The following is the statement of
Jailor Pate, who sleeps on the first
lloor of the jail:
"I lieard nothing unusual during last
night. When I went to feed the pris
oners about 7 o'clock this morning I
noticed that boards Under the steps
had been broken away, and concluded
that an escape had been made. I went
at once to Utley's cell ,and saw what I
supposed to be the prisoner's form un
der the cover. I said nothing to him.
I went upstairs to the cage cells and
found all the prisoners intact. I then
came down stairs again and went into
Utley's call, and found that instead of
Utley in bed it was the boards broken
from underneath, the stairs, wrapped
"around with "some" of Utley's "clothing
to resemble a form, with the bed cov
ering pulled up over it. I then notiried
Capt. A. B. Williams, charman of thp
board of iounty commissioners, of the
escape. It' was about 8:30 o'clock when
I notified;. Capt. Williams. The door
leading to the tier of cells in which
Utley was confined was left open. It L;
never locked. One of the padlocks on
the door to Utley's cell was locked.
How he got the keys I do not know.
The outside iron door leading from
the second floor to the steps on the out
side of the jail, was also unlocked. This
door is also never locked."
"Utley was confined in the northeast
corner cell on the second floor. The
door of the cell had two padlocks. One
of these was found locked this morn
ing. After getting out of the cell the
rest was easy enough. The iron door
to this tier of cells being open, and
the outer door being open, according
to Jailer Pate, all the prisoner had to
do was to crawl through the hole
(frcm,which the boards had been torn)
underneath the iron steps leading to
the third floor, and just above the steps
going down to the first floor, t let him
self down on thse bottom steps, ascend
again to the second floor, which was
said to be open, again descend by the
outside steps to the yard, open a gate
in the northwest corner of the high
board fence, and he was free. Only one.
locked door between the prisoner and
liberty, whereas, in the natural course
LSST witness
K HEARD TODAY
Anthracite Strike Commiss
ion Will Remain in Phila
delphia Despite Reports
To the Contrary
Philadelphia, Feb. 4. The Anthra
cite Strike Commission will remain
here until their labors, other than the
mere consideration of testimony in ex
ecutive session, is completed. Final
arguments of counsel will be heard
next week. This statement was made
by Judge Gray, chairman of the com
mission this morning and puts a
quietus on rumors that the closing
arguments, would be heard in Wash
ington. At this morning's session rebuttal
testimony was temporarily shelved in
order that Darrow might cross exam
ine statistician Newcomb, the last wit
ness called by the Reading company on
the voluminous tables of census figures
and comparisons which was offered
when on the witness stand two days
ago.
of things, there are four doors throush j
which one has to go to get to this cell, j
"There were two padlocks on Utley's 1
ceil aoor. une of these Jailor Pate says
was unlocked, while the other one was
locked when he went to the cell this
morning. This must have been locked
by the prisoner, or some one, after he
had escaped, and the -boards placed in
the bed.
"Deputy Sheriff Monaghan, when he
arrived on the scene had all the pris
oners searched. On Delia Waddill. a
negro woman who is in jail for selling
whiskey, and who occupied a cell ad
joining Utley's, he found a ten dollar
bill, a bunch of keys belonging to Ut
ley, and a note addressed to Mr. Her
bert Lutterloh and signed -by E. L.
Ujtley. This note asked for a loan of
$20,000, and bade his uncle good-bye.
"On Geo. Maxwell, another prisoner
who had access to the corridor in which
Utley's cell was located, was found $50
in bills. Neither the woman nor Max
well would say how7 they came by the
note or money.
There is a rumor afloat that Utley
really made his escape Friday, but
there is no truth in this, as- deputy
sheriff Monaghan says he saw and talk
ed with him yesterday, and that Utley
asked him "what he was hanging
around his cell, for that he was not
trying to escape."
"The county commissioners have of
fered a reward of $400 for Utley's ap
prehension. 'J
i YOUNG HUNTER ACQUITTED.
Son of Former Minister to Guatemala
Sends Message.
Louisville, teb. 4. "Acquitted. Con
sul-General McNally, chief conspira
tor. Thirty-six witnesses implicated
him in the conspiracy. (Signed) W.
Godfrey Hunter."
This is the full text of a cablegram
received last night by William Hunter,
the elder son of Dr. W. Godfrey Hus-
ter, former United States Minister to
Guatemala.
W. Godfrey Hunter, Jr., killed Wil
liam A. Fitzgerald, of Michigan, in
Guatemala in November last, and his
trial has been in progress for some
time. William Hunter declined to dis
cuss the cablegram. He expects his
father and brother to return to the
United States at once.
ES
OF
FOUR SAFE-ROBBERS
All Circumstaniial Evidence
j Points to Them in Each
Case - May Be Brought
Here For Trial Soon
The four men in jail at Monroe who
are charged with a number of rob
beries in this immediate section, are a
non talkative set, though Chief Irwin
feels that he gained some information
from his visit there yesterday.
It is a fact that these men have been
hanging around Charlotte for some
time and it is also a fact that a five
cent piece found on one of them, Mr.
W. G. Shoemaker is prepared to
swear, came out of his safe that was
blown open last Friday night.
Up to yesterday afternoon, late, all
efforts to ascertain the men's names
proved futile. Chief Irwin, however
managed to put some facts together
and just before leaving the jail in
Monroe- he found out the names of all
four. From best information obtainable
the men are: J. H. Lang, E. Rogers,
Walter Woods and Louis Spencer.
The first two were registered at the
Falls House in Gastonia last Friday
morning and the latter two were guests
of the Leland hotel in this city the
same day.
The Shoemaker burglary was com
mitted sometime Friday night and the
supposition is that the four met in
Charlotte Friday afternoon or evening
and did the clever piece of work at the
Shoemaker store.
From Charlotte, these men are sup
posed to have gone down the Seaboard
Air Line Saturday morning probably
remaining in Matthews Saturday after
noon and making their arrangements
for the Heath, Barrett and Grier rob
bery, which was successfully carried
out Saturday night. From this point
they took to the woods and the next
heard cf them they were in Monroe.
Chief Irwin, Mr. W. W. Irvine cbiet
of the fire department and Mr. Shoe
maker returned from Monroe last
night. They feel confident that the men
nabbed by the Union county officers
are the ones who have been doing the
work of safe cracking in this and
other sections.
Chief Irwin informs The News man
today that all of the four are a hard
lot and their appearances would indi
cate that they would not stop at any
thing to accomplish their end.
Recorder Shannonhouse will try to
have the men brought to Charlotte for
trial. If he succeeds, the preliminary
trial will be held in the city court
room. '
Mr. Long Better.
Boston, Feb. 4. The eleven-thirty
bulletin says: "Mr. Long had a quiet,
restful night and seems distinctly
stronger this morning."
Fire Wrecks Grocery.
Richmond, Feb. 4. Fire last night
wrecked the wholesale grocery of L. C.
Yonger. The loss is $100,000 and the
insurance is $90,000.
Nil
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LATEST FOREIGN
NEWSAIID VIEWS
No Improvement is Noted in
the King's Condition Today
and Physician is Now
Close at Hand
ENGLAND BUYING HER
BEEF FROM ARGENTINA
Ship Wrecked ,and Crew is
Drowned - Shamrock Will
Be Used as Trial Horse
For the Challenge
London. Feb. 4. Kine- RdwnrH'
condition today, according to infor
mation received in Court Circles, is
about the same. Sir Francis Laking,
His Majesty's physician, is in close at
tendance on roval natient as the fpnr
of complications which often follow
an attack of influenza is not yet "ban
ished. Mother Love Stirs Her.
London, Feb. 4. The Central News
states that the Crown Princess Louise,
or baxony, has asked permission to
return to see her son. Prince Frederic
Christian, who is ill.
Pope Stands Pat.
Rome, Feb. 4. The PoDe. to show
his determination not to appoint as
sistants without the rieht of succes
sion, has refused the request of
Archbishop Brunehesi, of Montreal for
an auxiliary bishop.
Shamrock As Trial Horse.
Glasgow, Feb. 4. The final hull
plate this morning was fixed on Lip
ton's new racer Shamrock III. Work
on the deck will now begin. A start
was made this morning to fit up Sham
rock as a trial horse for the challen
ger. No More Embalmed Beef.
Liyerpool, Feb. 4. Large shipments
of beef from Argentine Republic are
expected here shortly. It is expected
this purchasing from other countries
will cause a big drop in United State's
beef.
'Whole Crew Drowned.
Glasgow, Feb. 4. Dispatches from
Dunkirk report that sailing ship Van
Stabel, cf Glasgow, for San Francisco,
was wrecked off Lomas Island and it
is believed the entire crew was
drowned.
Big Liner Is Ashore.
Aden, Feb. 4. The Norddeutche
Lloyd liner Freeburg is ashore near
Mocha but is not in a dangerous posi
tion and it is believed will receive no
serious damage.
Eloping Couple at Geneva.
Geneva, Feb. 4. The Crown Prin
cess Louise, of Saxony and Giron, ar
rived here today. The Princess will not
go to Dresden as reported, but will
shortly visit Saalsburg where her fath
er resides.
$2,500 For Roosevelt Portrait.
Washington, Feb. 4. President
Roosevelt will have his Dieture Dainted
I at Government expense. In the Sun-
"Maintenance of the Executive Man
sion," appears an item of $2,500 "to
procure for the Executive Mansion an
oil painting of the President."
Snake-Eating Barred by Law.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 4. The Senate
passed a bill today making public ex
hibitions of snake-eating a misde
meanor, with a fine of $100 and a jail
sentence of three months for snake
eater, manager and the public official
granting the license.
DRIZZLING Mil
DAMPENS MILI1
Cars Started as Usual On All
Lines Much Speculation
As to Effect of Weather
On Riotous Crowds
Waterbury, Feb. 4. A drizzling rain
which set in this morning, was a dis
couraging condition for the Con
necticut militiamen, who are stationed
here in connection with the strike.
Cars started as usual on all lines.
There was much speculation as to the
effect of the rain on the gathering
crowds. Military officers were of the
opinion that it would produce little
change in the situation in this respect.