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CHARLOT NEW U R business 11 will not ran 5t o self. Advertise! H 11 Jill V lNWWo pie who read "h TITT T Id ft laLJtld mm m VOL. XXIX SELF-DEFENSE IS BISHOP'S PLEA: DEFENDANT OH THE WITNESS STAND CHARLOTTE. N. C, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16. 1903. he Murderer of T.J, Wilson Swears That Wilson Struck Him Three Blows With a Stick I HE DEFENDANT TELLS HIS STORY WITHOUT FALTERING i ; O i Meyer Testifies to Have Seen and Felt the Welts on Bishop's Head -Usual In terest is Manifested F:mi the viewpoint of the specta today's session has been decidedly . most interesting since the Bishop :. :-ogan. Court opened at 9 o'clock . ;. as at the previous sessions, every K'.able space in the courtroom was ;:piod by the great throng of the was the defense' inning; the r: .'. rested its case Saturday after- r, and this morning the defense : r.ed with its testimony. As has intimated in the News, the de : has set up the plea of self, ', : nso and all the testimony offered y B-.shop's counsel will be directed to var .1 supporting that plea. Mrs. Meyer, at whose home Miss S huitz and Miss Wilson first met the irr.dant the evening of the murder, 'vas the first witness, and there was a ot suppressed excitement in the otmroom as Bishop's name was called t foliow her. Bishop made a good witness that is -o say he told his version of the trag- !y without faltering and without hes itation, and he bore the ordeal of a ' -lions cross-examination without wakening. The feature of his direct t -liniony was his declaration, under oath, that Wilson, his victim, struck '. :ra three blows on the head, one of i.om bringing him to his knees, before i.o i Bishop) fired the fatal shot. U is quite certain now that the jurv ' i!! not get the case before Wednes i.!a v. Mrs. Amelia Meyer, wife of Mr. Avob Meyer and sister of Miss Lena .-chultz, was the first witness examin- i this mroning. She stated that she lived on Oak street and that her home was 24" feet from the Wilson home. She had seen Bishop twice before the night of the tragedy; once at her mother's home on East Ninth street, and once at her home on Oak street. Witness saw Bishop the night of the tragedy. Lena Schultz came to witness' house the afternoon before the tragedy that night. She arrived at witness' h me between 5 and 6 o'clock. Lena Aas to stay with Ada Wilson that rdght. She intended staying at the v.tnops but Ada Wilson asked Lena to s tay with her. Witness did not know why L?na had changed her mind. Ada V.'ilson came to witness 'house and in-i-ted that Iena remain over night with her, saying: "You let her stay w;th rn? tonight and she can be with y:u tomorrow night." About 9:30 Mrs. Schultz, (witness' mother) came to her house in company with Bishop. Mrs. Schultz asked whrre Lena was and witness told her ha: she was at the home of Ada Wil-- n. The three. Mrs. Schultz, Bishop .'-r.i witness took seats in the Meyer H;ing room and it was only a short '"nilr, before Lena Schultz and Ada -'Mson came in. Lena introduced TMrhnp to Ada. We all sat down when Bishop said: "Let's all take a drink, witness said she procured five ordi nary glasses and sat them on the table Bishop took a bottle of wine from his overcoat pocket and attempted to open it; seeing that he could not, he asked witness for a cork-screw. She got one and the cork was pulled. Bishop then poured out five glasses of wine in five ordinary wine glasses that witness had gotten for him. When witness re fused to drink. Rishnn ir.clotprt Ok still refused and Bishop then said, uiuiK a giass or water just to be so ciable." Then Bishon astpH ie Meyer, witness fifteen year old daughter. She a glass of wine. About this time Ada W'ilson stated that her mother had tnid ho- cv.Q only stay a few minutes, and that she would have to go. Ada Wilson and Lena Schultz were then standing out in the hallway. Ada Wilson said come on, and Lena and Bishop started out the door. Before going, Bishop turned to Mrs. Schultz and asked her to come by the Wilson house when she was ready to return home and hp wmiM accompany her home. Witnooc o, mother then remained in witness din ing room a short while. Before Bishon left she saw a pistol. Bishop handed it to witness' mother and asked her to take it but Mrs. Schultz inmned hant a,r , . - " IT" vv " OltJ i"S. io, no. bne could not take it." Bishop then put the pistol in his hip pocket. No one took a drink nf u-hicVov while at witness house, sn far as aha knew. The three. Bishon. Ada wiisnn and Lena Schultz, went out the door togetner. Mrs. Schultz staid about 20 minutes after the three left. When wit ness' mother left, witness retired Witness stated that she saw Risfinn again that night while she was in bed, me aoor Deu rang and she asked: "Who is there." Lena Schultz said: "Sister, open the door." Wit nss ask ed what was the matter, and Lena Schultz again asked that the door be opened. Then Bishop called witness' name and as quickly as witness could dress, she opened the door and Bishop and Lena came in and Lena rushed back into witness room. Witness triod to find out what was the matter, but neitner tfishop or Lena answered her. Said Bishop was quiet but Lena was excited. Both were very pale. When witness again asked Lena what was the trouble, she replied that she could not tell; witness then repeated her in quiry to one and then the other. aisnop started out and just as he four or five years. I am married and have a wife and one child. I lost one ui my cnnaren. "met Lena Schultz about the last of October or the first nf Mn, Leon Caldwell, an electrician, intro- unueu me to ner. I have seen her seven oi eigm times since we first met. I mr. acnuitz. Iena's fathom t met him several times. I think I "first met nim in the Buford saloon. I am sure we had a drink together. I have gone to Mr. Schultz's home with him. ilThfr ni ht of the trasedy, I went with Mr. Schultz home. Before going puKjuasea a Dottle of Echo Springs whiskey. I Intended going to Monroe the next morning on the early train and I knew the bars would not be "Pt;u so i got tne liquor before I went Before leaving the saloon, I borrowed a pistol from Mr. Bert Asbury. I put the gun in my right hip pocKet. Then I went with Mr. Schultz to his home on East Ninth street. I got the pistol ucldU8,e 1 tnougnt 1 might miss the car and as I have been robbed once I thought I would take it for protec tion, i got the iiqUor because it was cold and I had to catch an early train the next morning. "Before leaving the Buford saloon Mr. Schultz told me that Mr. Goodman m Union, S. C, had sent him two bot tles of wine and that he would gladly give me a bottle of it, if I would go with him. I accepted the invitation. VhiIe I was standing in front of the Buford Mr. Schultz came along and said he was ready and we went to his home. J caught hold of the door knob he said MRS, ROOSEVELT BREAKS DOWN UOl Suffering From the Nervous lapse That Was Due to the Severe Strain of Social Duties ""'hington, Feb. 16. Mrs. Roose I' ha.i succumbed to the long strain i'-nt to her social duties, and has n ordered by the Surgeon-General 'ho Navy, Dr. P. M. Rixey, to keep ! f r bed for a few days. Just prior 'he dinner tendered Saturday night 'be German Minister and Baroness i Hamburg, Mrs. Roosevelt became it and was obliged to go to her She did not recover sufficiently Hj)pr-ar either at the dinner or at the ; ''nio which followed. In her ab 1". Mrs. Hay, wife of the Secretary -'ate. acted as hostess, 'is. Roosevelt today felt very weak, ' while there were no serious symp there was every indication of a "'na collapse similar to that which ' f-kfui her last spring. For the last :: days intimate friends of Mrs. 'vfit have noticed her lassitude : 1 'anguor. She was warned by Dr. " 'hat she was overtaxing her 'tli. i "This is what I eot." fnointi ner to hia head). Witness held the lamp in her hand and examined Bishop's head. There was a mark on the iert side of the head just above the temnle. Wit ness asked Bishop if he wanted some thing to put on it, Bishop replied: "Never mind, that will be alright." Witness stated that Bishop had no hat when he came to her houe after the tragedy. On cross examination by Mr. E T. Canaler, Mrs. Meyer stated that she had seen Bishop twice before the night of the tragedy; once at her mother's and once at her own house. The time was about six to eight weeks apart. Witness did not know Bishop was a married man. She had accused him of being married and Bishon had teaspri her about staying away from her children so late at night. When witness accused Bishop of being married, he put both hands over his face in a jocular way. Witness had frequently accused Bishop of being married, but he never said yes or no. Witness was positive that Bishop put the pistol in his hip pocket after showing it to her mother. Witness again described the scene when Bishop and Lena Schultz return ed to her home after the tragedy. She had never told any one that Bishop had told her that he had killed Wilson and intended to do it. Witness had told Mrs. Caton, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Tillett and Mr. Guthrie of Bishop's coming to her house the nieht. after the trae'erlv She did not tell Officer Earnhardt or any other man in police uniform that Bishop was at her house, after the tragedy. She had never seen Bishop since and was not a witness at the coroner's inquest. In answer to a question by Mr. Guthrie, Mrs. Meyer stated that she was a German and that Germans did not consider it wrong to drink wine in their homes. At this point, Messrs. R. E. Young, A. R. Willman and Capt. F. W. Ahrens were sworn. As character witnesses each eave Mrs. Mever a enorl character. All had known her for the past 20 years. THE PRISONER'S STORY. After a short recess, the defendant. Arthur L. Bishop, was placed on the stand. He testified as follows: I am the defendant in this case. I was 30 years old the 15th of last October. Petersburg is mv home. I havft heen living in Petersburg since I was eight years oia. At tne time or tne tragedy I was traveling for a shoe house in Manchester. N. H. I have been in the shoe business since l was 12 or 13 vpam nlrl T first heeiin as a nnrter sweeping out the , storeroom, cleaning out cupsiuors. i worKBQ iur my nrst pmnlnvpr for nine vears and advanced from porter to salesman and then to -r i i head-salesman, l leic my nrst empioy cr ond wnrlred for another man for two and one-half years and then went back to my first employer ana conduc ted a retail shoe store in Petersburg, for him. I have been on the road for the past "On arriving at the Schultz home we walked in. Mr. Schultz asked where Lena was. Mrs. Schultz replied that she was at her sister's, Mrs. Mey er's. He turned to me and asked if I would go around and get Lena. I told him I would not by myself. He then fcaia ne would go with me. Mrs Schultz snoke un and said nc t,. band was deaf, she T x 1 J 1. t- U HiC I told her to get her hat and cape and c wumu go. "Mrs. Schultz the car line and waited three or four mmutes Derore a car came along We boarded the first. Mrs. Schultz' went inside the car and I stood out on the mcuiorm, smoking a cigarette. "On reaching Mrs. Meyer's home Mrs. Schultz asked where Lena was. Mrs. Meyer replied that she was at Ada Wilson's. It was not long before Lena Schultz came in with Ada Wilson, iena bcnultz introduced Ada Wilson to me and we all sat down and con versed for a few minutes. Then I sug gested that all take a drink of the wine Mr. Schultz had given me. Mrs. Meyer got some glasses and all drank except Mrs. Meyer who said she did not care for any. I told her to take a drink with me as I was going away in the morning and might never come back to Charlotte any more. She still re fused but said she would drink water. "I did not know there waa ennfT a i Pin in the world as Ada Wilson until Lena Schultz introduced me to her at the Meyer home. "While at the Meyer home I asked for Rosalie Meyer. I had seen her once before. I considered her Dut a cniid with short dresses on "After we drank the wine Miss Ada Wilson said that she would have to en 1 i . . ume. &ne and Lena Schultz went out in the hallway and Mrs. Schultz, Mrs. Meyer and myself remained in tne room. Ada Wilson then invited me to go alone with them, savin? 'vnn oil come along up to my house.' I turned ana said, it it was agreeable with Miss Wilson I would go. I then addressed myself to Mrs. Schultz and told her not to leave me; that when she ?ot ready to go home, to call by the Wil son home for me. This she promised to ao. "We three went nut nf tho Mover bouse and just as we passed through Uie eate. MISS Ada Wllsnn rpmnrVcrl mat sne was cniiiy. 1 slipped my over coat off and threw it around her shoulders. At the time, the pistol was in my right hip-pocket and there was a bottle in both my right and left over coat pocket. When we reached the Wilson home Miss Ada still had on the overcoat. We walked into the parlor and Miss Wilson put my overcoat on a chair near the window and T nia pd my hat on the overcoat. Miss Wilson tnen took the bottles of whiskey and wine and placed them nn t.h finnr saying that she did not want to put mem on tne tame as ner mother might see tnem. "We remained in the Wilson parlor aDout zo minutes, when Mrs. Schultz came. I asked her if she was ready Jto go and she replied that she was. I picked up my overcoat and hat. when Miss Lena Schultz remarked that her mother was not afraid to go home and tnat we would see her to the car and would then return. Miss Ada Wilson spoke up and said: "Yes, we will go and put Mrs. Schultz on the car and return.' Before going I suggested we an take a drink. Lena Schultz took the bottle of wine and while Miss Ada wnson field a small glass pitcher. Lena acnultz nnnrpd the wine nut T said as we were all going we should take a drink. 1 don't remember wheth er all took a drink or not. "We four, Lena Schultz, Mrs. Schultz, Miss Ada Wilson and myself, went out tne wnson home to the car line which was about a block away. I put Mrs. Schultz on the car and gave her 25 cents. As she left home hurried ly, I did not know whether or not. she Drougnt any money with her. I took my hat with me tn the car. Tt was a cold night and I am certain that I took my nat witn me. we returned to the Wilson hnuse. T nut mv nverrnnt that was still lying on a chair near the winnow, we had been seated in the parlor about 214 nr 2 minutes whpn Mr. Wilson walked in. If the door was locked l did not know it when Wilson COLD WAVE IS DUE HERE TONIGHT Charlotte Destined to Get a Taste of the Blizzard Pre vailing Now in The Northwest SNOW AND SLEET FROM TEXAS TO THE LAKES Trains Snow - Bound, Cattle Freezing and Humanity is Suffering- Deaths Ensue From Exposure The weather in f!ha cloudy and disaereeahln sinpfi Satur day. This city experienced nnlv a vo small section of the condition that prevailed in the Southern portion of the United States since Th Charlotte was fortunate, however, in not getting the exceedingly heavy rains that the cities in the lower Mis sissippi valley experienced. The Weather Bureau did not report any Well developed Storm till tndav whnn reports showed that two well defined centers nad tormed one over Vir ginia and another over Alabama, caus ing rain from Mississippi to New York, and snow in New England, Tennessee, Kentucky and the lower Lake region. What is of particular interest to this section is that the cold weather that covered the Dakotas and the JXorthwest is moving Southwest. The Weather Bureau has thn cold wa vp signal flying since this morning. Ob server UDernalzer says that a fall of at least 30 degrees is exneeted in thp next 24 hours, giving us freezing tem perature by tomorrow; this will con tinue for several days. Bismarck. N. D.. renorts nfficial readings 40 degrees below zero and even as far South as the Texas Pan handle the mercury went below that point. The following are some of the low temperatures reported : Huron S. D., 12 below; St. Paul, 24 below;' Davenport. 6 below: Omaha. 10 be low! Dodge, Kas., 16 below; Kansas City. 4 below and Amanlln. Try 9. below. The weather was freezing in Northern Mississippi and in Ken tucky this morning. The cold area is extensive. There was frost to th', ! immediate Pacific coast last night. Blizzard Weather General. Chicago. Feb. 1fi. Snnw slp.pt nr blizzards are reported from widely separated points. As far south as texas heavy snow is reported. In Illinois all small towns suffered and in some of them street railway traffic was practically suspended. In Indiana the same conditions nre vail and in Northen Utah, Southern Wyoming and Idaho, thousands of dol lars worth of stock is lost. Idaho ranchmen shot many cattle in order to save the hides. Several trains are snow-bonnd in Kansas and on one near Hardin, the engineer is said to have died from com. At one-thirtv this mnrninir a man was tound in a snow-drift nn Hlark street m this citv. When the bndv was searced letters addressed tn "f?nl. Clark Geib. open board of trade." were found m the pockets. Dr. Montgomery Preached Last Night To a Crowded House. The revival meetings conducted by irs. Detwiler and Montgomery in the First A. R. P. church, were attended Isst night by a crowded house. Dr. Montgomery preached a plain, pointed sermon on "The Wages of Sin." He bum in part: "Men do not rebel atrainst Ord nnd serve the devil for nothing. Wages are paid. He promises life, pleasure dim pront, nut when pay-day comes he laughs with hellish e-lpP at tho dia " C3"- - MilV J1JVUU1 lunure oi nis dupes when they dis cover that the wages is death, sorrow and eternal loss. Snmc wnnii f0;n -n believe In the wages of sin. They wuuiu magniry God's love and mercy. But they foreet fhat. Ond ha a mo Dei fied His love and mercy in the gift of His son to save sinners frnm thp wages of sin. maenified these attrimoc, or His as no man could have dreamed oi tnem being magnified. The fact is that God is doine. and has all ainnw been doing, that infinite wisdom could devise, infinite love could suggest and infinite power could execute to save man from reaniner the wsps nf o- Try to deceive ourselves as we may on uiis suoject, the plain declarations of scripture are. "The wss-ps nf ci ; death; the soul that sinneth, it shall die." The whole scheme of redemption is built upon this assumption. Christ came to conquer death and hell. The history of multitudes . of individual men and women in this life is nathetip evidence of the truth of this state ment. "The justice of the wasres will ho nn- parent when we consider that sin is a crime a crime against an infinite, good, loving, gracious and merciful God. The higher the person sinned against, the greater the crime. Sin denies God's authority ! si r UVIUVO Christ; sin spurns God's mercy in the gift of His Son; sin tramples Jesus Christ under foot. 'The wiflrpd eT-mll be cast into hell with, all the nations that forgot God,' and all heaven and hell will say it is just. How sweeping mis statement! "Ihe wages of sin is death" not the waees of the murdpr- er, the adulterer, the thief, the liar, the profane but the wages of sin, and 'we have all sinned. The carnal mind is enmity against God. We have all gone aside; there is none that doeth good, no not one.' "In his effort to make vivid to us the awfulness of this death, which is the wages of sin, the Lord Jesus seems to exhaust language and is most prodi gal in his use of figures of speech. He describes it as eternal separation from Lroa, everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His power;' as the lost soul plunging into the 'bottomless pit,' from which there issues 'weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth;' as " 'a lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, whence the smoke of their torment as-' cei'deth forever and ever; as an eter- -e.m dying -vhere the worm dieth not ana tne nre is not quenched.' These words of the Lord Jesus should serve to impress us with the terriblencss of the doom of the sinner and cause iir tn shudder at the bare thought of contin uing m sin and reaping its wages. 'The wages of sin is death.' 'but. the gift of God is eternal life through Je sus Christ our Lord.' " In the closing appeal, four rose for yrayer. Dr. Detwiler will preach at 7:45 to night. The public is cordially invited. ITInToFFERs ipilf AMEHDMEHT TO HIS LIQUOR BILL MRS. WOLF TALKS. ON A PLEASURE MISSION. The Scope and Purpose of the Rescue Work. Mrs. M. Mitchell Wolfe, who is to speak at the Second Presbyterian church this afternoon, in an interview with a News reporter, gave the follow ing interesting facts regarding the pur pose of the rescue work. She said: "Vast sums of money are annually solicited, contributed and expended for the cause of foreign missions. Not only do foreign missions appeal to the missionary spirit of the church, but home missions are established and ear nestly supported. Our rescue work, under the direction of the Florence Crittenton Mission, is emphatically a missionary work. In support of this assertion we call attention to a few of its phases. "1st. It is edneatinnjil Too c-nov n " . I , ocA LVJ awaken and to bring into positive ac tivity an the latent, quiescent forces and influences which make fnr a high er and better public sentiment relative lu social purity. With thi3 purpose we would enter everv home in thic ,tt,r and in this State and plead with every pdieiiL, witn every young man and with every youne woman to -Vo high and decisive stand against im purity in all its various forms. Pub lic sentiment needs tn h cenfcrated and directed 11 nnn th ia enh . u , ' I U 1U U ject. This is an important feature of our worn. "2nd. Our work is reformatnrv So ciety has denounced the victim of so cial impurity as irreclaimable so long that we must, with ereat em-noctnoca seek her out and tell her nf tho nrtcsi. bilities of yet living a pure, upright life. By all the means In nnr ropV wo appeal to her; we take her by the environment, teach her how she may lead a better life, reeain her self ro- spect and win the respect of the pure ttUU goou. "3rd. Our work is on gospel lines. Profoundly impressed with the truth that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ presents the only adequate rem edy for sin and its direful consequences both in this life and that which is to come, we go forth to labor in His name. But few girls deliberately and willingly enter upon a life of shame; hence the greater numher are found readily responsive to those influences which promise escape from the conse quences of their first step aside from rectitude. "Ours is a wide field. We need friends for the work; we need their prayers, their counsel, and their material help. We are persuaded that the missionary spirit in Charlotte will bring us the hp we need and that our rescue work will be recognized as being at least worthy of aid, as practical in methods and as fruitful of beneficent results as any other line of home missionary work." It Will Be Taken Up By The House Tomorrow, HavingB Made The Special Order For Saturday BILL ABOLISHING BOARD OF STATE EXAMINERS Senate Passes Bill Incorpor ating the Alexander Rescue Home-Number of Im portant Bills Introduced Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 16.-Mr. Watts onerea an amendment i: bill today, enabling towns to vote once V? years separately on licensing diperfsaHes83 n establishinS The Senate passed the bill abolish ln ?Ooard of examiners of State in stitutions and the bill incorporating the Alexander Rescue Home in Meck lenburg. The following bills were introduced: HlCkS. far the pnvprnnr fill i . ' r - - i iiu Hit" V ell;- ; cancies on boards of State institutions, appointing not more than three from f te same couty; Fuller, to revise the I State guard ljftv; Norris, appropriating w....tj-ocveii mousana dollars annual ly to the A. & M. College; Glenn, au thorizing the Durham , and Charlotte railroad to extend from Chatham to Greensboro; Love, to allow Gaston county to vote on the removal of the court house from Dallas to Gastonia. The Watts bill has been made the special order in the House immediately after the morning hour tomorrow. GERMANY ROASTED. BIG PYTHIAN MEETING. SPEECH RETURNED AS NESAIO GRACE The Late Jonathan Bowser's Beard Turned From Red to Gray and Black-Autopsy Explains Phenomena (Continued on fifth page.) Williamsnort. Md.. Feh. 1fi. The autopsy upon the body of Jonathan uowser, wno was buried yesterday, only partially explains some of the phenomena of the twenty-one years he was an invalid. For eight years he was dumb. His speech was restored about seven years ago, while he was asking a blessing upon his food. The sound nf his I'nice at. first frightened him, and then he exclaimed "Praise the Lord, I can taiK. ' With the return of his voice came a renewal of general health. Mr. Bowser was hnrn in 1828 in Leitersbure. and his wife was a mem. ber of the Leiter family to which the Chicago millionaire belongs. He had a handsome red heard which reached below his waist. It changed gradually to gray and then to black. When he died half his beard was gray and the other half black. The autopsy revealed a Dartial solidification nf the lungs, the heart small and atrophied, tne leit Kidney and spleen greatly en larged and a malignant tumor of the size oi an egg was found in the stom acn, Mr. W. B. Bradford Leaves Tonight for Philadelphia. Mr. W. B. Bradford, nf this Htv leaves tonight for Philadelphia, where he will be married Wednesday evenine- at seven o clock to Miss Grace Zeigler, of that citv. The marriasre will occur at tne nome ot the bride on Windsor avenue and will be nerfnrmed hv nr Piper, pastor of Calvarv Methodist church. Mr. Charies Zeigler, brother ot tne bride, will be best man and Miss Hettie Zeigler maid of honor. The marriage will be a very swell affair ano win be witnessed by quite a num oer oi mends or tne voune neonle Miss Zeigler is a dauehter of Mr P. W. Zeigler, the well-known book publisher, and is a verv nonular and attractive voune ladv. Shr has visit ed different pleasure resorts in North Carolina a numher nf times hut has never been to Charlotte. Mr. Bradford. formerly with the News, but now with r. ti. wnite & (Jo., is one of the most popular young men m Charlotte and is deserving of happiness and prosperity. Mr. Bradford and bride will leave Philadelnhia Thursday morning for Washington. The'y .will spend a few aays in tnat city and will reach Char lotte the first of next week. District Meeting March 19th To Be Followed by a Reception. The Pythians of Charlotte are ex pecting to have a big time here March the 19th. There will be a great dis trict meeting which wil be attended by Supreme Keener of Records and Seals, R. L. C. White, of Nashville, Tennessee. On the night of the 19th Rathbone Lodge will 2-ive a rerentinn tc all Pythians and their lady friends. VERDICT FOR SOUTHERN. Westminster Gazette Says She Got Little End of the Stick. ! London, Feb. 16. The Westmin j ster Gazette, in an editorial on the Venezuelan affair today, points out that Germany lost far more than she gained in the matter. The papers says: "The chief re sults at the end of the Venezuelan af fair is that the Monroe Doctrine emerges with immensly increased au thority. Germany has her 68,000 pounds, but she has been made a party to principal -whichBhe would -willingly have spent a hundred times that amount, in resisting for she ac cepted the American veto against her landing troops or taking territorial guarantees. There must be irony for German statesmen in the reflection that their eager desire to fir::re amnnc the creditors of this insignificant lit tle state should have entailed conse quences so entirely beyond their calculations.'' Judge Purnell Decides Against Dur- nam in Depot Matter. Raleieh. N. C. Feh. 1fi. .Tndfrp Pur. nell today decided against the city of Durham and for the Southern Railway in the depot suit. OUR ENGINES COST TOO MUCH TO RUN English Midland Railway Of ficial Says They've Been Tried and Found Wanting in Economy QUAY s STATEHOOD M ORITf NOW 23 Leaders in the Senate, Much Alarmed, Hasten to Make Fresh Efforts For a Compromise For Concealing Smallpox. Ben Davis, a neern vhr livod n&ar Hickory Grove, is almost in the clutch es of the law for concealing a case of smallnox. In fact all that at nrpsent stands between him and punishment is confinement at the house of deten tion for smallnox susnects. Last week it was discovered that. Davis wife was suffering from a case Of Smallnox. RefnrA thp authorities could take the proper steps Davis car ried her away m the dead of night and brought her tn !harlntte This oc curred on Wednesday night. Saturday sne was discovered here and again her husband moved her this timp tnlrinc ner back to the country. Sunday Dr. jviciaugnnn, the county physician, went to the negro's home and nabbed tne wnoie Duncn. The woman is now at the nest house and the remainder nf the r'amilv is sareiy neld at the house oi detention. Their home is also safelv rmarantinpd As soon as the negro is dismissed trom the house of detention he will be prosecuted. London. Feb. 16. An official nf the Midland Railwav locomotive denart- ment says in an interview in tho New castle Daily Leader: 'The tremendous cost of un-keet; is against the American engines, not nnlv as fuel burners, hut. alsn with resnori to maintenance. The Midland Railway engineers have given them a frer- hand, but nract.ical exnerienee has re vealed nothing to demonstrate the su periority or the American over tny home-made article. Americans ran- not build an engine suitable to the HinellSh railroans. That i nnw admit ted by the most important of our engi neering experts." The Midland Comnanv has had sev eral American engines, hut nnw is manufacturing a three-cylinder com pound engine of its own pattern for which an economy of 30 ner cent, in fuel is claimed. THE WEATHER. Forecasts for tonight, and Tuesdav For Charlotte and vicinity: Rain or snow tonight; Tuesday fair, much colder, with a cold wave. Washington. Feb. 16. The Remihli- can leaders of the Senate have started another effort looking to a compromise on tne statehood question. Some of these leaders think a compromise will be arranged within forty-eight hours. The leaders have been aroused to sudden activity through proof furnish ed by Senator Quay that when there i3 a further test of strength on the omni bus Statehood bill in the Senate he will show a clear majority of twenty-three for the measure. Senator Quay's first test vote on the Statehood Dill indi cated a majority of twelve; the next vote indicated seventeen. The Senate leaders are alarmed. It will be difficult to satisfy the country that the leaders are not the obstruc tionists instead of Senator Quay and his followers. Senator Quay took a new tack this morning. He introduced a rpsnlnfinn declaring that as the Statehood bill had been before the Senate since Dec. 10, the sense of the Senate is that a debate and hour prior to March 2 next should be fixed for a final vote. f This resolution will come up for ac tion today. If permitted to reach a vote it will indicate to the country that a large majority think a vote shouid be had on the Statehood bill. The Re publicans must either discuss the res olution indefinitely or stand convicted of being the real obstructionists. AH of the old and some new sug gestions regaruing comnromise arp now under discussion. It is believed that nothing but a three-State plan will be accepted. This mav be in the shape of permitting the admission of eacn lerruory wnen certain condi tions shall be found to exist. Tt is vir tually certain that th.e two-State plan cannot De successful.