, CIRCULATION EDITION of the
, ws will be issued tomorrow. A
; Vy will go to every home in
i i'arlotte.
U M. tut A TOY onPHnTC irnrTcy r t
i "
VOL. XXIX
CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1903.
NO. 4333
" Ek. 1 t il n V V J O I Tomorrow.
vm of Thomas J, Wilson
round Guilty of Man
slaughter and is Sen
tenced Today
: JURY WAS OUT
WIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
,e Neal Imposes Sentence
lay-Surprise Expressed
t the Light Punish
ment ;i- L. Bishop is sentenced to a
. :' riv.j years in the State peniten
. ,-t nte;ice was passed this morn-
'ght o'clock. Col. Jones, counsel
defendant gave notice of ap
:ating that he did not know
t r it would be taken up or not.
will be determined by consulta-,v:-h
the prisoner and remaining
t j iry reached an agreement yes
.: :it 12:30 o'clock. Judge Neal
tined and court was convened
:.: o'clock yesterday afternoon,
hour the twelve men with the
; Bishop in their hands filed
: into the court room and took
a e? in the jury box. A few
- later Judge Neal came and
i- place. The sheriff called the
order. The verdict of the jury
- n ;aken. Manslaughter was the
!. The jury was discharged and
was dismissed until eight
this morning.
: withstanding the early hour set
ivning the court, the court
-.vps comfortably filled. As early
' o'clock people began entering
t house. A few minutes before
t Air. ana .Mrs. liisnop came in1.
k the seats they occupied dur
t rial. Then the Judge came in
his seat. "Call the court to
.Mr. .Sheriff," was the order. In-
the room was perfectly still.
the Court J. A. Russell, then
e minutes of yesterday after-
s session. The solicitor asked
ni'.ment in the case. Mr. C. W.
Tt. nf counsel for the defense, then
to plead the mercy vf the court,
s of intense feeling he said
defendant's counsel had done
i 112: they could do for him and
v their only recourse was to
v mercy. He cited the good
" "nr. that Bishop had borne in
i: house and said that the city of
:-:'.;:;; was making this appeal. I
h has his faults, many of them
.!' bur this fiery ordeal through
h" has passed will purge him of
f them. He spoke of the father
wLr'c. of the prisoner and said that
punishment to Bishop was also
roshm'mt to the wife. He stated
'I vfn of the jury had signed a
r the mercy of the court in the
That they did this, however, not
:':ry but as individuals. He said
a yf-ar in the penitentiary was an
ml asked that the sentence
i :- as light as possible in order
i'r-hnp might yet have time after
nil bar expired to redeem him
r''.il live down the faults of his
While Mr. Tillett was speak
: wre pars in his voice and
in his eyes, showing how
y ;vlt. In the court room filled
'. ..'i r k nrr men. save for the one
woman by the side of Bishop,
v-ic many evidences of tears.
Mi -hop bowed her head upon her
r'ol. Jones said that it was the
ay of punishment that hurt and
ih tho shortest time possible in
''r.itentiary Bishop will have been
i'or Webb then arose and said ;
ousands Attend Funeral
of Ernest Haywood's Victim
igh. N. C, Feb. 33. The one ab-
topic in Raleigh is the tragedy
o'lay afternoon when Mr. Ernest
vl killed Mr. Ludlow Skinner in
the postoffice. The entire city
r: enveloped in the. deepest
Without mentioning the tragedy
the preachers yesterday offered
for the stricken families. Mrs.
Haywood, ager mother of Mr.
Haywood, is almost crazed by
1 of her son. Mrs. John C.
'. mother of the young widow,
onie by the loss of her son-in-i
her daughter's distress. Mr.
' 1 is still in jail. He was visited
i ty by Col. T. M. Argo, his coun-
,- yr.ral relatives and friends. A
s 1 if."; n fitted up specially for
'he second tier. He refuses to
y statement about the killing,
his lawyers declared their line
i-e is complete but declines to
' hf-ir course.
; 'r'st. facts developed show that
'niKT had not left home since
'i'-'i's funearl Friday until he
the office Saturday afternoon.
plead him not to leave1 the
that whatever his Honor saw fit to d
in the matter would be perfectly satis
ractory to the State and he left it en
tirely with him.
Mr. Guthrie, of counsel for Bishon
then said a few words citing the fact
mat tne prisoner came back volun
tarily to stand trial, that he was not
arrested and did not have to be extra
cuted. that this was evidence that
Bishop himself did not regard his
crime as a very heinous one and tha
there were palliating circum
stances connected with it. That
punishment was an example and that
one week or one month would serve
the ends of the law. With Mr. Tillett
he asked that the sentence be such
that the prisoner would have time to
redeem himself and be of use to his
wife and child and to the world.
With these appeals everything was
lett m the hands of the judge.
Judge Nebl said that he didn't wish
to wound the prisoner; that he would
iiul muict pain on a man that was
down but that he thought the verdict
a correct one. He complimented the
jury on its patience and the strict at
tention that each member of it paid to
the evidence and the speeches of the
counsel. He then read the followin
paper:
"Feb. 22, 1903 We, the jury in the
case of the State vs. Arthur L. Bishop
hereby humbly recommend his cause
to the mercy of the court in pronoun
cing sentence.
(Signed) "C. B. Flournoy, foreman
G. L. Sadler, S. L. Cowan, J. L. Carter
J. B. Black, M. J. Short, G. W. Lawing
C. G. Elliott, G. F. Dunn, L. P. Hunter
F. M. Bisaner."
Judge Neal said that he had given
the matter every consideration, and
then passed sentence cn the prisoner
five years at hard labor in the State
penitentiary.
Bishop did not wince when sentence
was pronounced and so far as his ex
pression showed his feelings one would
have thought that the words were un
heard by him. Mrs. Bishop also made
(Continued On Fifth Page.)
TO PROHIBIT SALE
OF "COFFIN TUCKS
Mr, Kinslan Introduces Wise
Measure Senate Honors
the Memory of George
Washington
Raleigh. N. C, Feb. 23 Mrs. Kins
land introduced a bill today to prohi
bit the sale of cigarettes and cigarette
paper in the Siate; Mr. Self, empower
ing the Corporation Commission to fix
mflling and transit rates.
The Senate passed the bill legalizing
all special elections held to impose
school tax.
The Senate adjourned at one thirty
in honor cf George Washington's
birthday.
Three Children Meet Death.
Guthrie, Oklahoma, Feb. 23. By the
burning of the residence of William
Adams, at Millside, I. T., last night,
three of his children were killed. Two
were burned to death in the house
while their mother rescued two more,
one of which, died afterward as a re
sult of its injuries.
Aged Man Killed.
Manchester, N. H., Feb. 23. As
Emanuel Haynes, aged 60, was rolling
logs in the mill of Fred Noyes, his
hook slipped and the handle flew back,
striking him in the forehead and caus-
ing instant death.
office until her uncle could reach there
and see him. However, he remarked
to one of the clerks that he was going
for the mail and wouud be back in a
few moments. As he left the south door
of the postoffice Haywood approached
from the court house. No one was near
enough to hear any . words betvreen
them though hundreds were on the
street. The report of a pistol was heard
and Skinner started hurridly across the
street. After going a few yards he
turned, looked back and Haywood fired
again without moving in his tracks.
Skinner staggered, ran around a ve
hicle, making a semi circle and fell
dead in the street car track. Haywood
was immediately arrested, and later
placed in jail without bail.
The funeral of Mr. Skinner was held
this afternoon at three o'clock from
Christ church. Rev. Dr. Marshall read
the Episcopal burial service. Thousands
of people attended, lineing the side
walks near the church. Mr. Skinner was
a mild, amiable man, always kind and
obliging. He leaves a wife, one child,
two sisters, Mrs. McGhee and Mrs.
Snow of New York, one brother and
his father, Dr. Thomas E. Skinner.
FREIGHT RUNS AMUCK.
Wreck Blocks Track and Delays Many
Passenger Trains.
Cheraw, S. C, Feb. 22. Through
freight, number 11, southbound, run
ning several hours late, from Hamlet
to- Columbia met with a serious dis
aster yesterday at 9:15 p. m. one mile
north of Kollock Station, at the 15 mile
post. The train was a heavy one, coal
being the main make up of the train.
As the train was going at a very fast
rate of speed, coming down a grade,
one of the heavily loaded coal hoppers
jumped the track, and was carried near
four hundred feet, between the other
cars. After going about one hundred
yards, other cars sprung off the track,
and the train came to a quick stop
with eight large coal hoppers in one
heap. The cars were spintered, and
turned, some completely over, the bal
ance on the side, and the track was
thrown some distance, curling the
large 90 pound rail as if it were a piece
of wire. The trucks sank in the deep
mud along the side of the track. No
one was hurt, it seems. The fast vesti
bules from North to South and South
to North could not pass the wreck un
til this morning at ten o'clock. The
passengers were taken to the wreck,
and the mail, express and passengers
were transferred. The Seaboard have
tw-o wreckers on the scene, and by
Tuesday morning all will be cleared
away. A temporary track has been
thrown around the site, over which
the trains have been put in temporar
ily. Trainmaster Winters and other of
ficials are at the wreck attending to
the clearing up of same.
FIFTY YEARS BEHIND STYLE.
Village Character Declared To Be In
competen .
Sodus, N. Y., Feb. 23. Sarah Adeline
Beebe has been declared incompetent
to manase her own affairs This wns
the decision of a jury of twenty-four
men. Airs, iieebe years ago was ac
cued of witchcraft, and was known by
the name of witch. She wears grotes
que costumes of fifty or sixtv vears
ago, and she goes daily to the post
office 'for letters that never come. No
body can remember the time when
Sarah got a letter.
At one time she had considerablp
property, but it has dwindled until
there is not much left. She recently
signed a deed in the belief that she was
parting with a small amount of swamp
land worth about $10, but instead the
deed covered fifteen acres of good land
and a house.
At the examination it. was shown
that she frequently produced monev
from most unexpected places, some
times digging gold pieces out of a bar
rel of corn or a bin of oats. Once she
lost $160 while crossing: a field to a
neighbor's house.
OLD BEAR COMMITS SUICIDE.
After Hammering His Head Against
His Cage He Drowns Himself.
Dallas, Tex.. Feb. 23. Old "Choctaw
Jack," the big black bear of the Dal
las Zco at the City Park, committed
suicide this morning. After beating
his head against the stone walls of his
cage and tearing himself with his
claws he deliberately plunged into a
large water tank, placed his head un
der the water and stubbornly held it
there until he had drowned.
Old Jack was undoubtedly insane
For a dozen years he had lived with
his wife, "Queenie Choctaw," and sev
eral litters of cubs were born to them.
Two years ago the last litter of cubs
four in number was born. Jack sud
denly changed his nature, and when
the four little ones were two days old
he ate them.
About a year ago in what was re
garded as a fit of anger, Jack attacked
Queenie in the night and beat and lac
erated her until she was helpless. The
keeper arrived just in time to see Jack
push Queenie into the water tank and
hold her head under the water until he
had drowned her.
Jack had been sullen, snarly and
generally unpleasant ever since.
Seminole Was Unsuccessful.
Halifax, Feb. 23. The American cut
ter Seminole, which was sent to a bay
of the islands of New Foundland to
endeavor to release the ice-bound Glou
cester schooners arrived here last
night, having been unsuccessful in her
mission. The official report says there's
little hope for the schooners escaping
before spring. The Seminole coaled off
shore, and started Bostonward today.
OUS DISEASES
'aris Physicians Claim To
Have Discovered a Sure
Treatment For Some
Malignant Ills
Paris, Feb. 23. Doctors Hetter and
Soloman, attaches of a Paris hospital
claim to have discovered a new silver
treatment which v.ili eradicate the
most serious disease if applied in the
first stage and if not applied till later,
assures a speedy recovery.
The treatment consists of a special
preparation of collodial silver mixed
with vaseline. This preparation is rub
bed into the skin, thus entering the
circulation. It has already been suc
cessfully tried in cases of typhoid,
diphteria, scarlet fever, cerebro
spinal meningitis, tubercular pneu
monia and other diseases.
EW S
SEfil
DCIETY
III SESSION HERE
Society ot the Cincinnati As
sambled This Morning in
Charlotte For its Annual
Meeting
BANQUET THIS AFTERNOON
AT MANUFACTURERS CLUB
Before Session is Concluded
Members Will Make a Pil
grimage to King's Mtn.
Battlefield
The North Carolina Society of the
Cincinnati met in the office of the
county superintendent of education in
the county court house this morning.
There are present the following mem
bers of the society: Messrs. J. O.
Moore, of Cincinnati; J. B. Lord, John
C. Davis, of Baltimore; Charles L.
Davis, of the United States Army;
Wilson G. Lamb, of Winston, N. C;
Benehan Cameron, of Stepsonville, N.
C; Rt. Rev. Joseph B. Cheshire, of
Raleigh; Walter D. Carstarphen, of
New York; Dr. R. J. Brevard, Heriot
Clarkson and B. S. Davis, of Char
lotte. All these are members of the
North Carolina society. Mr. E. C.
Gregory, from the Virginia society, is
attending the meeting as a visitor.
The society dined at the Manufac
turer's Club at three o'clock.
Tonight they will be given a recep
tion by the Colonial Dames at the resi
dence of Mrs. B. D. Springs in Dil
worth. The North Carolina branch of
the society was organized at Hillsboro
in 1783 but it was allowed to lag and
was not revived again until 1896. Mr.
Wilson G. Lamb was elected the first
president of the society which position
has has held until the present time.
It now has a membership of more than
60 members.
The society was organized at the
close of the Revolution and only offi
cers or their decendents could became
members of it. It was looked upon as
a dangerous organization in its early
history, such men as Franklin and Jef
ferson being opposed to it, and some
States passed laws disfranchising its
members.
The meeting of the society was for
the purpose of transacting general
business. The officers of the society
were formerly elected in July but at
the last July meeting the time was
changed to February. However, they
are elected for a year. So the present
officers will hold over until this date
next year. They are: Hon. Wilson G.
Lamb, president; (vice presidency va
cant by death of Major Graham
Daves) ; Brigarier General Charles L.
Davis, U. S. A., secretary; Mr. Mar
shall De Lancey Haywood, assistant
secretary; Mr. John C. Davis, treas
urer; Mr. Walter D. Carstarphen, as
sistant treasurer, and Right Rev. Jo
seph Blount Cheshire, chaplain.
A committee of three members of the
society was appointed to see the mayor
of Charlotte and citizens with a view
of interesting theme in donating a site
for the erection of the Davidson mon
ument. This committee is composed of
Messrs. Heriot Clarkson, B. S. Davis
and Dr. R. J. Brevard. A second com
mittee was appointed to select a site in
Raleigh for the location of the monu
ment to be erected to Gen. Nash. This
committee is composed of Benehan
Cameron, Bishop Cheshire and Mr.
Sanders of Raleigh.
It was the unanimous sense of the
society that the Davidson monument
be erected in Charlotte and the Nash
monument in Raleigh. It will be re
membered that Congress recently pass
ed a bill allowing $5000 for each of
these monuments.
Resolutions were adopted expressing
the condolence of the society in the
death of Nicholas Fish, president of
the New York society. It was intended
that the society visit the battlefield at
King's Mountain tomorrow, but owing
to business engagements of a number
of members this was found to be im
possible at this time.
One of the most distinguished of the
visitors is General Charles L. Davis,
of the United States Army. He is an
old member of the army. He served
through the Cuban war with distinc
tion and has lately returned from the
Philippines. He was recently appointed
a brigarier geenral by President Roos
evelt for gallant conduct in the Philip
pines. He is secretary of the society.
Mr. Lord is visiting his siter, Mrs.
John Watts. He is accompanied by his
wife. They will leave tomorrow for
Wilmington to visit his brother Mr.
F. A. Lord.
Mr. Lord js a lawyer of prominence
in New York. His wife, by thq way, is
corresponding secretary of the Sorosis,
the oldest woman's club in the country.
It is an enviable position and speaks
for her popularity among women.
Shipping Subsidy Bill Killed.
Washington. Feb. 23. The House
committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries, by a vote of 10 to 7 today
refused to renort the Shin Subsidy bill.
This action disposes of the matter so
far as this session is concerned.
I " . .
L AnnnllC C
raviuuo
POLICE COURT.
The Usual Number of Monday Morn
ing Cases.
Tomorrow the Recorder's court will
be the centire of interest. The trial of
the alleged gamblers is scheduled for
tomorrow morning.
There is a relieved look in the
faces of people of all shades of senti
ment in regard to the Bishop case.
They are glad it is over.
John' Hall and R. A. Beattie were be
fore the Recorder charged with disor
derly conduct. Not guilty, was the
judgement in regard to Beattie. Hall
was found guilty, judgement suspended
on payment of costs.
John Gabriel was given 30 days on
the gang for an affray.
Harry Nolan for assault was fined
$3 and costs.
Ed Russell, for an affray, paid the
costs.
Tom Harvey, affray, paid costs.
Jim Mosely, for carrying concealed
wreapon, and for assault, was bound
over to court in the sum of $50 in each
case.
Lee Henderson for disturbance was
given 30 days on the gang.
Will McLellan for being drunk paid
the costs.
W. T. Lasley and L. L. Rogers were
charged with being drunk and disor
derly. Lasley was fined $1.00 and Rog
ers was sent to the gang for 10 days.
BLAMES DIVORCE COLONY.
Judge Burns, Of South Dakota, Re
plies To Cardinal Gibbons.
Deadwood, S. Dak., Feb. 23. Judge
John H. Burns, a member of the Law
rence County bar, is out in an open let
ter, replying to recent statements by
Cardinal Gibbons in a sermon deliver
ed at Baltimore concerning the divorce
laws of South Dakota. Judge Burns
declares Cardinal Gibbons, if correctly
quoted, has slandered the laws and the
people of South Dakota.
"A more misleading statement the
distinguished prelate could hardly have
made," the Judge says in his letter,
"Common fairness and clerical care
fulness dictated that he should have
found that there are but six grounds
upon which a divorce can be granted in
this State.
"The fault lies in the innate cussed
ness of human nature as it exists in
the titled foreigners and shady adven
turers and adventuresses, which other
States turn loose upon us.' Begin re
form there. I think it is time the
slanders should cease."
STATE FINDS GOLD MINE.
Illinois Will Demand Millions From
30,000 Corporations.
Chicago, Feb. 23. Millions of dol
lars will be demanded from Illinois
corporations in fines under the anti
trust laws which were declared consti
tutional by the Illinois Supreme
Court on Wednesday. , More than 500
cases awaited the judgement in the
Butler Foundry case, in which the is
sues were presented.
Thirty thousand corporations whose
charters were wiped out must obtain
the reinstatement of these charters and
each must pay $20 to the Secretary of
State before March 1 next. Each cor
poration will be asked to pay fines due
when the cases wei-e started. They may
be sued again to recover fines of $50 a
day for every day that has elapsed
since the commencement of the suits.
"God's Will," Says Condemned Man.
Stroudsburg, Pa., Feb. 23. When
Charles Grether, the condemned mur
der, was told today that he would have
to die next Tuesday, Gov. Pennypack
er having refused to interfere, he said:
"If it is God's will, it will come to
pass."
She Poisoned Herself.
Davy, W. Va., Feb. 23 Mrs. Walter
Dykes is dead, having been poisoned.
She and her husband have been sepa
rated a few weeks. Neighbors say she
administered the drug rather than al
low him to secure possession of her
children.
Two Deaths From Plague.
Mexico City. Feb. 23. There were
two deaths from bubonic plague in
Mazatlan in the last few days. There
has been 13 cases in that time and 41
patients are now in hospitals, but only
two are in a dangerous condition. The
health authorities now regard the situ
ation as hopeful.
ANOTHER SIX DAYS
RACE BEGUN TODAY
Winners of Former Races
Are Favorites With Crowd
and the Pace is
Terrific
Philadelphia, Pa.. Feb. 23 The
championship six days go-as-you-please
race began in Industrial hall at
twelve thirty this morning in the pres
ence of five thousand people. There
are thirty-three contestants.
The two favorites being Pat Dineen,
winner of the race last year and the
present holder of the Western cham
pionship belt, and Chat Cavanaugh,
winner of the race in this city two
vears as-o. were iace-makers during
the early hours, each striving to kill off
the other by setting a terrific pace.
At noon the score of the five leaders
was Dineen 72 miles; Cavanaugh 68;
Trainer 66; Fahey t5; iieiigman xa.
R. W.SMITH; LUCKY ONE
o
H .H. KOHLSAAT RETIRES.
Chicago Editor Announces the End
Of His Newspaper Work.
Chicago, Feb. 23. H. H. Kohisaat,
for years one of the foremost active
editors of Chicago, has retired from
active newspaper work. His farewell
announcement was made this morning
i nthe columns o fthe Record-Herald,
with which paper Mr. Kohisaat had
been identified for several years. It is
as follows:
"On Jan. 17, 1802, it was announced
in this column that I had turned over
the entire editorial management of the
Record-Herald to Mr. Frank B.
Noyes. The success of the paper has
justified the purchase by Mr. Noyes of
all my stock on terms that are mutual
ly satisfactory.
"In thus severing my connection
with the Record-Herald I wish to make
full acknowledgment of the gracious
consideration which I have always re
ceived from its readers and readers of
the Times-Herald during the past eight
years."
Daughters Of Revolution.
Washington, Feb. 23 The Twelfth
Continental Congress of the Daughters
of the American Revolution opened
here this morning, Mrs. Fairbanks,
wife of Senator Fairbanks began her
address of welcome at ten thirty and
was heartily applauded during the de
livery of the address.
Prairie To Hunt Alexander.
Washington, Feb. 23. Rear Admiral
Higginson, commanding the North At
lantic Squadron, cables the Navy De
partment from San Juan that he has
sent the Prairie in search of the Col
lier Alexander, lost at sea about a
week ago. She was- last reported from
Darien, Ga., Feb. 19, making her way
northward in spite of the broken shaft.
TRIBUTES TO THE
GREAT WASHINGTON
Anniversary of His Birth 0b
. served Fittingly Today in
Both Houses Of The
Congress
Washington, Feb. 23. Washington's
Birthday was duly but quietly obser
ved in the Senate today. The opening
prayer contained a fitting reference to
the "father of his country" and his
personal characteristics, truth and
greatness, which, it was noted, were
inwrought in our national history.
According to long established custom,
immediately after the opening, Wash
ington's farewell address was read.
Senator Dubers being called to the
presiding officer's chair for that pur
pose. There was a large representa
tion upon the floor during the reading
and the galleries were crowded.
Rev. John Wallace, of Winchester,
Mass., offered prayer when the House
met today. Referring to the birthday
cf Washington he prayed that the gen
eration of today be guided by the char
acter of the "father of his country."
Whether or not the extra session of
the Senate is probable will he deter
mined by developments of today. The
fate of the Panama canal treaty, the
Cuban reciprocity treaty, besides the
question as to whether any new stars
will be added to the American flag by
the admission of new territories- to
statehood, are also in the balance and
will probably be known before another
sun rises. The anniversary of Wash
ington's birthday promises, therefore,
to be the most memorable one in the
country's history.
English Colonies Want
Voice in the Government
London, Feb. 23. The Birmingham
Post states that an important govern
ment announcement is pending con
cerning the new relationship between
the imperial and the various colonial
governments. The home government,
the paper says, has admitted the prin
ciple in justice of the demand made by
the colonies that they be given some
actual voice in the expenditure of their
naval contribution. Should -the an
nauncement prove true it is not proba
ble the colonial government will be sat
isfied with the tactics of the admission
of the justice of their demands. It is
likely the matter will go further and
arouse colonial irritation and protest.
King Edward held the first levee of
the season at Buckingham Palace to
day. Among those present in diplomat
ic circles were Ambassador Choate and
members of the American Embassy
staff. Third Secretary Wadsworth of
the Embassy, Governor Francis of Mis
souri, John Parrott, Commissioner for
Asia of St. Louis Exposition, was pre
spntpd to his? Maiestv. Some excitement
was caused outside the Palace by a
collision between the Earl of Arran's '
Those Close to Pritchard Say
He Has Fully Decided the
Charlotte Postoffice
Matter
HE WILL REPUDIATE
THE LOCAL COMMITTEE
Mr. Newell and His Friends
Arrive on the Scene-Appointment
Will Probably
Be Announced Tonight
Washington, D. C, Feb. 23. After
hearing J. F. Newell in the Presi
dent's room at the Senate Chamber
this afternoon Pritchard informed him
that he would give the office to Smith.
He said he could not turn down the
choice of the Republican nominee for
Congress in his home town.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 23. Sena
tor Pritchard will probably announce
the appointment of R. W. Smith ag
postmaster at Charlotte tonight.
J. F. Newell and Mr. Ray did not ar
rive unutil one o'clock this afternoon,
and, while they will be given a hear
ing, those close to Pritchard say he is
fully decided on the appointment of
Smith and the efforts of Newell, his
friends and the Mecklenburg Republi
can committee will be in vain.
Senator Pritchard's Senatorial days
will be short and full of trouble. IIi3
entire tenure has been strenuous, but
the closing days of it will be filled to
the brim with tribulation.
He is right now between the devil
and the deep blue sea on the Char
lotte postoffice. The established prac
tice of the department is to recognize
the choice of the party's Congres
sional standard-bearer. Mr. Hiss being
the man, he having been offered the
office, which he declined, and then
told to name the man, it would appear
that his selection would go. He in com
pany with a fw other Republicans
at a sort of star chamber conference
picked Mr. R. W. bmith for the place.
Instead of Mr. J. F. Newell, the other
claimant, "laying down" upon his an
nouncement ho simply put forth re
newed exertions to secure the prize.
Mr. E. A. Smith, the former county
chairman, who is, by the way, a sup
porter of Mr. Neweirs aspirations,
resigned his position, to take effect
at once, consequently the county
executive committee was convened
Saturday and Mr. Newell was not. onlv
elected county chairman, but endorsed
for the postmastership.
This action was a repudiation and a
rebuke of the work of Mr. Hiss and
his confreres and they indignantly
withdrew from the meeting.
So after much geeing and hawing
the matter is finally up to Senator
Pritchard and the other powers that
be in the difficulty to dispose of it. He
must throw down either Mr. Hiss &
Co. or the county executive committep.
There are at least two horns to the
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
horse and cab. The Earl was thrown
off, but escaped with a shaking up.
Beaver Line Purchased.
Liverpool, Feb. 23. It is reported
that a million and a half was paid by
the Canadian Pacific for the Beaver
Line. The sale includes fourteen steam
ers in all.
Liverpool, Feb. 23 It is officially
stated that negotiations for the sale of
the beaver line by the Elder Dempster
Co., to the Canadian Pacific railway,
which have been pending for some
time past, has been concluded.
Here's a "Mew Comet.
Nice, Feb. 23. Astronomer Sixcolmi
has discovered a new comet, which he
says will be visible March 1st in the
constellation of Pegasus.
London, Feb. 23. In the House of
Commons today Viscount Cranberone,
Parliament of Secretary to the foreign
offices, said that according to infor
mation passed by the British Govern
ment the American claims against
Venezuela would be submitted to tht
tribunal at The Hague.