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VOL. XXXII- NO. 501 7.
CHARLOTTE, N..C, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1905. .
PRICE: 3 CENTS.
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NEWS.
BILL TO SIMPLIFY
ENGROSSING WORK
TABLED! HOUSE
Mr, Webb's Senate Bill Provided
That Bills be Introduced in
Type, Written Duplicate so as
to Save Engrossing and That
Number of Clerks Reduced.
A Number of Other Bills are In
troduced, One to Give Govern
or $1,000 for Traveling Ex-
penses. bpeaKer uuion an
nounces Some Committees.
Special The News.
Raleigh. N. C. Jan. 6 In the House
a bill by Mr. Webb of Buncombe, pass
ed by the Senate yesterday was tabled.
Its purpose was to "facilitate legisla
tion an J reduce expenses by requiring
ail bills to be introduced in typewrit
ten duplicate and make unnecessary
the engrossment cf unamended bills."
Notable bills introduced this morn
ing were: By Winborne, Hertford, to
repeal the anti-jug law, "a fraudulent
act of the 1903 legislature." Another to
prevent fraudulent legislation by mak ing
the title of bills a part thereof. By
Koon.ce of Onslaw to make carrying
concealed weapons a felony. By Cun
ningham of Person to provide $5,000 for
a monument to the late Matt W. Ran
som. By Alexander of Mecklenburg to
limit the poll tax. By Boney of New
Hanover, to fix the weight and regu
late trade in corn meal. By Winborne
of Hertford, to provide for new trials
of criminal cases in the event of newly
discovered evidence and another bill
to prevent injury by hasty and im
provident restraining order.
Speaker Guion announced a portion
of Hoise committees with the following
chairmen: Institutions for insane Dr.
Rogers of Franklin. Public buildings
and grounds. Gower of Johnston; Agri
cultureGraham of Lincoln; Judiciary,
Winborne of Hertfud; Claims Biggs of
Durham; Fish and fisheries Woodard
of Pamlico; Oyster interests, Warren of
Jones; Manufactures and labor, Mor-.
gan of Scotland; Pension, Laughing
house of Guilford; constitution amend
ments, J. S. Sunningham, of Parson.
The Senate passed the bill by Duls
.to create the Charlotte Park and tree
commission for white - peoplet - and
also a Charlotte public park commis
sion to maintain a park for the colored
people.
Scales of Guilford introduced a bill to
allow the Governor $1,000 a year travel
ing expenses.
Mr. Webb's bill to regulate the manu
facturing of liquor in Asheville by al
lowing no distillery of less than thirty
six gallons capacity passed its final
reading.
- A charter was today issued to the
State Republican Journal Co., of Ral
eigh to Dublish a paper in Raleigh. Au
thorized capital, $50,000. Claud Dockery
is the principal incorporator. Also a
charter to Ashboro Electric Co., was
issued. Capital $5,000. W. C. Hammer,
principal incorporator. Still another to
Booth Construction Co., Greensboro.
Capital $5,000. R. I. Boothe, incorpor
ator. SCHOONER CASSIE IN STORM.
Towed Into Harbor at Southport
Scakina Condition Bound to N.
in
Y.
From Brunswick, Ga.
By Associated Press.
Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 6. The
American Schooner Casfcie of the Bron
son, 952 tons, from Brunswick, Ga.,
for New York, with a cargo of cross
ties, was towed into South Port in a
leaking condition . by the Wilmington
Tug Blanche this morning. The ves
sel struck on Frying Pan shoals in
Tuesday'a gale off this coast. The
schooner was run ashore in Southport
Harbor to prevent her being water
. logged.
P. O. Fraud Case Again.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Jan. 6. Conrad
H.
Syme, attorney for A. W. Machen and
others involved with him. in the con
spiracy alleged to have been entered
into to defraud the Postoffice Depart
ment, has filed application for a writ
of certiorari in the Supreme Court of
the United States. The defendant's ap
plication is based on an allegation of
error by the local courts in holding
that the defendants were entitled to
only ten challenges collectively and in
holding that no prima facie proof of
conspiracy need be. offered by the Gov
ernment. Fighting in Southwest Africa.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Jan. 6. Four companies of
German infantry, one of cavalry and a
half battery' of artillery in German
southwest Africa, spent a part of New
Year's day in a fierce fight with insur
gents that ended in a bayonet . charge
through the undergrowth and a rout of
the natives, who lost heavily.
Springfield City Hall Burned.
By Associated Press.
, Springfield, Mass., Jan. 6. The City
Hall, valued at more than $50,000, was
completely destroyed . by fire in less
than an hour today. There were prob
. ably 50 people in the building, but it
i? believed all escaped. The police sta
tion and court room was slightly dam
aged. , v
Still on Statehood Bill.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 6 The Senate
continued consideration of the State
hood bill today. . '
THE CURLEYS RELEASED
Massachusetts Politicians Who Took
Part in the Examination Frauds
One Has Been Expelled From the
Legislature.
By Associated Press.
Boston, Jan. 6. Thomas F. and Jas.
M. Curley, two politicians who have
been serving for two months in the
Suffolk County jail for fraud in con
nection with the civil service examina
tions, were released today. Thomas,
who was elected a representative on
the Democratic ticket in November,
was expelled from the Legislature
Wednesday. James was re-elected al
derman on the Democratic ticket in
the city election last month.
MIKADO EXTOLLED.
Japanese "Set Attributes Fall of Port
Arthur to Hi? Illustrious Virtue
Tha.Tk Nogi.
By Associated Press.
Tokio, Jan. 6. The Diet at a special
session has adopted a resolution fe
licitating the Emperor on the success
of the campaigning. The climax, the
fall of Port Arthur, is attributed to
the Emperor's illustrious virtue. . The
resolution also thanked General Nogi
and the Third Army for the glorious
achievements.
TO EXAMINE FRAUDS.
Colorado Republicans Decide to Put
Contest in Hands cf a Committee
of Fiftcer to Rerort January 9.
By Associated Press.
Denver. Jan. 6. At a joint caucus of
the Republican members of the Legis
lature today it was decided to place
the gubernatorial contest in the hands
of a committee of 15. This committee
will make an investigation of the al
leged election frauds in Denver and
report January 9, recommending the
policy to be pursued.
STRIKERS AND COSSACKS FIGHT
An Encounter ir. Trans-Caucasia in
Which Six Strikers and One Cossack
Are Kiiled.
By Associated Press.
Baku, Caucas, Jan. 6. An encounter
between strikers and Cossacks took
place at Balakhany, trans Caucasia,
yesterday. Six strikers and one Cos
sack were killed and many persons
wounded.
VESSEL AND CREW LOST.
Cargo Washed Ashore in Tasmania
Recognized as Belonging to British
Bark.
Bj Associated Press.
Hobart, Tasmania, Jan. 6. A cargo
which has been washed ashore at
Southwest Cape has been recognized as
belonging to the British Bark Brier
Holmes, which sailed, from London
July 21, for Hobart. It is believed the
vessel and crew have been lost. .
Refuse Mexican Money.
By Associated Press.
Laredo, Texas, Jan. 6. Since the new
monetary measures introduced by the
Mexican government went into effect
on the first of the year the circulation
cf the peso has greatly decreased, ow
ing to the prohibitive duty of $10 per
kilo, which the Mexican government
expects for the reimportation of the
peso.
The commercial league today adopt
ed resolutions pledging its members to
discontinue the use of Mexican money
forthwith.
The effect of the present move will
be practically to" eliminate the use of
Mexican money on the border in this
section.
Local banks have discontinued ac
cepting Mexican money on deposit.
Norfolk Invitation to President.;
By Associated Press. ,f
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 6. A committee
from the councils of Norfolk and a
similar hody from the hoard of trade
will leave Norfolk tonight for Wash
ington, where they will be received by
President Roosevelt tomorrow arid ten
der him an invitation to visit Norfolk
on his Southern trip. The corrimittee
from the councils will also present res
olutions adopted by that body thank
ing the President for his favorable
recommendation regarding the- James
town exposition in his message,- to Con
gress. . .
Beautiful Heiress Shot Dead.
By Associated Press. . 1
Chicago, Jan. 6. Miss Muriel By
ram, an heiress and known as one of
the most beautiful women in Chicago
society was found dead in her boudoir
. with a bullet hole through ; her neck.
rne wound was attrioutea to tne acci
dental explosion cf a weapon that she
was cleaning preparatory to a hunting
trip to 'California.
A coroner's jury returne.d a verdict
of accidental death, due t' a gunshot
wound in the neck.
More Postmasters.
By Associated Press. !
Washington, Jan. 6. pAmong "-the
postmasters appointed today are the
following: i
North Carolina Fair plains, Maggie
Hayes; Thelma, Ashley Wilkins.
South CarolinaOak Wood, Paul
Owens.
Cotton Steady.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 6 Cotton futures
opened steady today j January, 6.70;
February, 6.82; March,. 6.89; April, 6.98;
May, 7.01; June, ?.12;i July, 7.16; Aug
ust 7.20; September, 17.25 bid; October,
7.29. , j
Twelve Perscps Frozen.
By Associated Presss'
Berlin, Jan: 6 In jense cold has pre
vailed for the past fe w days in the pro
vince of Silesia. Tw 'tlve persons were
frozen to death. The weather is now
warmer. f
Grounded Steamer Floats. .
Bv Associated Pre. ks.
New York, Jan. js. The , Hamburg
American steamship, Brinz Aldalbert,
from Ttalv. aeroiind; in lower bay ear
ly today, floated safe ly at 5 o'clock this
morning. f .. ,
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SHIP SUBSIDIES
Merchant Marine Commission's
Minority Report Favors the
Discriminating Duty. Policy as
Substitute for Government
Bounties to Merchant Vessels.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 5. the views of the
minority of the merchant marine com
mission have been prepared in the form
of a report which tomorrow will be
made in the Senate by Senator Mall
ory, of Florida, and in the House by
Representative Spight of Mississippi.
The report is signed also by Represen
tative McDermott of New Jersey. Sen
ator Martin of Virginia, is the only
Democratic member of the commission
who has not subscribed to the minority
V1?JVS- . . , . i, several continued. Some of the at-
Representative Spight is the author torneys had told their clients and wit
of the minority report, the principal 1133Ses they might go to their - homes
feature of which is advocacy of the dis- ; and speil(i some time as tne trial of
criminating duty policy as a substitute their cases would not ccme up fcr sev.
for direct government aid for A.meri-!eral d Gn tMs acount when the
can smn owners as proposed Dy tne
bill presented by the commission
In
this bill the minority says: "We can
not help but rscs the 'trail of the ser
pent' that has been over all other bills
'on this subject."
Pointing to the fact that the dis
criminating duty system had been the
policy, of the fathers of the republic,
the minority declares that shipping
interests were marvelously developed
in our early history and that the same
system would bring like results in this
age. It is said that the fear of retalia
tion, consequent upon the necessity of
abrogating treaties', with maritime
countries in order to carry this system
into operation, is not well founded.
On this subject the minority says:
"In our infancy as a naiton we not
only faced this danger courageously
but successfully and our shipping in
dustry prospered far beyond anything
we have witnessed since we bound
ourselves by treaties virtually to sur
render our business on the high seas."
Commenting on the material differ
ence between the cost of construction
in American and foreign shipyards, the
minority ' declares that the hearings
conducted by the commission show
that "the greater cost of labor in the
American yards is largely overcome
by the greater effiqienej; of the. Ameri
can artisan aiid"the use' of improved
tools. The greatest impediment to
cheaper ships in American yards is de
clared by the minority to be the un
necessary and exorbitant tariff im
posed on steel and iron products." The
minority says further: "It has been
conclusively shown by testimony before
this commission that materials which
enter into the construction of ships are
sold by qir factories and . laid down
in foreign shipyards for a price far
below that charged at the mills to our
own people a condition that could not
exist but for the unjust provisions of
our tariff laws." The minority de
clares the testimony "indicates that
the cost of constructing ships in
American yards had, before the advent
of Dingleyism and its brood of cor
morant trusts, gotten down to about
the cost of constructing ships in foreign
yards."
While the minority says "there are
objections to the entire bill agreed on
by the commission opposition is with
held by the minority except to the
sections which provide for direct sub
sidies. The report says these are "so
obnoxious to democratic principles and
to the economic sense of the country
that we are compelled to enter our
i earnest protest against
their enact-
ment.
FIVE MEN IN WRECK.
Freight Train on Balti-rore and Ohio
Road Wrecked Killing Fireman and
Four Tramps.
By Associated Press.
Connellsville, Pa., Jan. 6. A freight
train of forty loaded cars was wreck
ed at Glencos. ten miles east of the
Sand Patch tunnel on the Baltimore
& Ohio Rnilroa'd today, and five men
were killed. One of the dead was -a
substitute fireman, whose name has
not been learned, and the others were
unknown tramps. .
Peabody Gains Victory.
By Associated Press.
Denver, Col.. Jan. 6. The followers
of Governor Peabody gained the first
victory today in the fight over the
canvass cf ;the vote for Governor.
Amid the greatest ; confusion they
passed a resolution creating a commit
tee of 15 members; -12 of whom are
Republicans, and three Democrats, to
canvass the vote and make a daily
report to -the House and Senate with a
final report not later than Monday.
Gans and Gardner Not to Fight.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Jan. 6. A match be
tween Joe Gans and Jimmy Gardner
scheduled for January 27, has been de
clared off. Gardner refused to appear,
saying he had a fight on at Denver on
the 25th. As a substitute "Ffankie"
Neil, of this city, and "Tommie" Mur
phy, of Philadelphia, agreed to meet
at Bantam Weights.
$75,000 Cotton Mill Fire.
By Associated Press.
Augusta, Maine, Jan. 6. Fire in cot
ton mill No. 1 Of Edwards Manufactur
ing Co. Jias caused a loss of $75,000,
covered by insurance. '
Negro Hanged. .
By Associated Press. '
Richmond. Va.. Jan. 6. James Goode
colored, convicted of the murder of Po-
lice Inspector Shinberger, was hanged
in the city jail yard today. There was
nothing unusual about the execution,
i jjeain was instantaneous. ,..
tJKU 1 n b.K rKIVATc SECRETARY.
Governor Glenn Will Appoint James
D. Glenn to That Position.
Special The News.
Greensboro, Jan. 6. General James
D. Glenn, of this city, will be private
secretary to his brother, Governor
elect Glenn. The governor tenders the
office .to his brother in recognition of
his broken health. When seen last
night general Glenn stated that he felt
a delicacy in discussing the matter as
there might be some severe comment
made on account of the governor's se
lecting his brother for the office. Gen
eral Glenn is himself a man of no little
prominence in the affairs of North
Carolina. He has been solicitor-general
and for two terms was Guilford's
representative in the State Senate.
Last May General Glenn suffered a
stroke of paralysis and for many weeks
his life was despaired of, and since
his recovery has not been able to
stand the hard work he now has as
general law agent "lor the Southern
Railway Company. He has been for
many years a close admirer of ihe
governor-elect. -
Quite a large number cf cases on the
civil docket were disposed of before
Judge Shaw yesterday. Nearly all of
the cases were oi small importance,
about ten Ca3es were non-suited and
cases were called vesterdav the de-
fendants were not ready for trial:
The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company will next week
commence work on a new telephone
line to connect Greensboro and Dan
ville. It will be used to communicate
with all the intermediate points and
will be worth very much to the towns.
There is already one line between here
and Danville, but it is insufficient.
FIRE IN IROQUOISE STEAMER.
Vessel Comes Into Charleston Port
With Fire in Hold Panic For a
While Amonp Passengers.
ay Associated Press. .
Charleston, S. C, Jan. 6. -Clyde
steamship Iroquois came into port this
morning with a fire in her hold which
had been burning for five hours. The
fire was first discovered last night in
the forward hold in the cargo and
spread rapidly. The passengers were
considerably alarmed for the time and
many rushed on deck in panic. Life
boats were manned for the emergency,
but after a short time the fire was un
der control and was completely extin
guished when port was reached. The
principal damage to the cargo was
caused by water. The, ship is bound
for Jacksonville and ha(J about 200 -passengers
on board. Capt. Chichester and
his ofiicers say there was never any
danger to the vessel
No Bail for Patterson Woman.
By ' Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 6. Justice Green
baum of the New York State Supreme
Court has denied the application of
Nan Patterson for bail, pending the
new trial on the charge of the murder
of Caesar Young.
National Ho-.se Adjourns.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan.. 6. The House.
passed the fortifications bill without
amendment and adjourned until Mon
day. " :
FFICERS
DECLINE PAROLE
Only 80 Officers Accept the Pa
role Granted Them, Troops
Marched out ofv Port Arthur..
Non Combatants Given Option.
. Mines Removed.
By Associated Press.
Port Arthur, with Third Japanese
Army, Jan-. 6. Only eighty Russian
officers have accepted parole. All the
regular Russian troops marched out of
Port Arthur and will leave for Port
Dalny today. The Japanese troops en
tered. the city yesterday and. keep, or
der. Non-combatants are allowed the
option of remaining at Port Arthur.
The Japanese Navy. is removing the
mines and Japanese Hulks at the har
bor's mouth. All forts have been taken
over by the Japanese.
Refusal of Medical Stores.
Wei-Hai-Wei, Jan. 6. The British
cruiser Remeda, which sailed from
here yesterday for Port Arthur with
hospital stores and surgeons to assist
the sick and wounded, returned here
today, not having been allowed to
make a landing at Port Arthur. The
cruiser proceeded to a small bay, ten
miles north of Port Arthur, where shs
met with some Japanese. The latter
refused all offers of assistance or
stores of any -kind and declined to al
low the ships officers to approach
closer, the reason given being the pres
ence of unlocated mines.
Flagship Net Sunk.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 6.The reports
that Admiral Rojestvensky's flagship,
Battleship Kniaz Souvaroff had struck
rock and sunk are unfounded.
Five Russ-ian Boats Sunk.
. Tokio, Jan. 6. The Navy
Depart -
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ment announces that the Japanese na-, order to make the investment desir
val f orce at Port Artbur has sunk the j able."
following Russian vessels : Torpedo
boats Gaidamak and. Eusatonik; tor
pedo boat destroyers Jetiry; 'Sisk and
Boevi. 1
Armored cruiser Bayan is severely
damaged and gunboat Door is entirely
s burned as a result of Japanese shelling,
General Stoessel. and other Russian
I officers, who will leave Port Arthur on
i parole, will return to their homes via
i A6aoau,
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MRS
MEETTOMORRDW
Many' Mecklenburg Farmers to
Gather at the Court House.
Papers by Local Cotton Men
are on the Program and There
Will be Much Talking
Tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock
at the county court house there will be
a big meeting of farmers from all over
Mecklenburg for the purpose of com
pleting the organization of the Meck
lenburg County Cotton Growers Asso
ciation. At this meeting several interesting
papers have been arranged for, and
several local cotton buyers and dealers
who are in sympathy with the move
ment have been asked to present papers
at the meeting tomorrow.
During the past two weeks, or4 since
the first meeting two weeks ago tomor
row held here there have been meetings
of the farmers in nearly all of the
townships of the coucty,' the meetings
being in charge of committees who
were appointed at the meeting here be
fore Christmas. -
These committees will report tomor
row arid the gathering wiil get down
to business in earnest.
At the last meeting a resolution was
passed that the farmers hold their
cotton for not less than ten cents.
How well this resolution has been
carried out is attested to by- the greatly
diminished receipts at the cotton plat
form here during the last three weeks,
when the amount of cotton recived has
been about one-third to one-fourth of
what the receipts were during the cor
lesponding period last year.
The meeting tomorrow promises to
be an enthusiastic one and the farmers
as well as the merchants and the mill
men are interested in the action of the
meeting to be held tomorrow in the
county and in other counties "of North
Carolina.
DOWIE GOES TO FLORIDA.
Passes Through Richmond, but De
clines to See Any One Waves His
Hand and Salaams. -Richmond,
Va., Jan. , 6. "Prophet"
Dowie, .of; Zion City, passed i through
Richmond yesterday on his A way to
Miami, Fla. He was accompanied by his
private secretary Oran Reece, James F.
Peters, Superintendent of Transporta
tion of Zion City, and Frank W. Cot
ton. He declined to see any one. Those
who had gathered in the station with
the hope of interviewing "Elijah II"
only say him on the rear platform of
his train as the latter pulled out. Pho
tographers, newspaper men and three
women .were "blessed" by him as the
train sped South. He waved his hand
toward the crowd and salaaamed three
times, this being the Zion City form of
benediction, as the train passed out of
sight. ' '
BEFORE MILITARY COURT.
Case of Ninht Editor of Texas Paper
Before Court Martial to bo Tested
in Federal Court.
San Antonio, Jan. 6. The United
States Statute enacted by Congress in
1901, defining the extent and power of
court martial over civilian witnesses,
will be tested in the federal courts in
proceedings which were instituted to
day against Otto Praeger, night editor
of the Daily Express.
Mr. Praeger w&s arrested on a
capias based upon information fur
nished by United States District At
torney Henry Terrell.
The case arose over Mr. Praeger's
refusal to disclose at a court martial
trial the authorship of an article criti
cising the conduct of the recent army
shoot at Fort Reno, Okio. .,
WOMAN UST HANG.
Clubs Will Make No Effort
Her
Behalf. -Pitsburg,
Jan. 6. Friends of Mrs.
Kate Edwards, at Reading, whois sen
tenced to hang on February 16 for the
murder of her husband, need expect no
assistance from the Federation of Wo
men's Clubs of Pennsylvania. An "ef
fort has been made by the attorneys for
Mrs. Edwards to interest the Federa
tion, but Mrs. Kate C. McKnight, of
Pittsburg, president of the Federation,
sai today there would be no move
made by the organization. She said:
"This is not a question of civic in
terest, and therefore not within our
scope."
TO SHARE WITH EMPLOYES.
Big Steel Corporation Will Continue
to Allow its Employes to Share in
its Profits. '
New York, Jan. 6 The United States
Steel Corporation has made known its
intention to continue the plan to share
profits with its employes in the follow
ing statement by Chairman Gary:
"The finance committee of our cor-t
poration has decided to repeat Jthe of
fer to ,the officers and employes of this
ccrp6ration and subsidiary corpora
tions to subscribe for the stock (pre
ferred) of the corporation .on substan
tially the same basis heretofore adopt
ed. The same amount or 25,000 shares.
i The price has been fixed at $87.50 in
JAIL FOR TAX DODGER.
Jersey Man Hade Defied Authorities.
Millville, N. J., Jan. 6. Because he
refused to pay his poll tax of one dollar
William Barnett has been sent lo the
county jail. Barnett had defied the au-
thorities to collect the tax. Special Col
lector Dooling says he will stay in jail
until it is paid. - -
NO SALOONS FOR PIKEVILLE.
County Commissioners Will' Not
Grant License Accident to Hunters
Special The News.
Gold sboro, Jan. 6. A very sad ac
cident happened near Kinston yester
day morning. Mr. Tucker Jarman
and Mr. J. C. Humphrey both young
men living in Kinston went coon hunt
ing, their dogs treed a coon and they
felled the tree for the purpose of se
curing the coon when a limb fell on Mr.
Jarman, rendering him helpless. Mr.
Humphrey went to a colored man's
house and got a horse and cart and
took Mr. Jarman to his house, where
he was put to bed. He soon had two
hard fits and died in a few seconds.
This is the third death in the family
within the last 12 months.
Today the board cf county commis
sioners again refused to grant license
to saloon keepers who made applica
tion from Pikeville. Pikeville is nine
miles north of this city. The people
there have not voted oh the question
of prohibition or dispensary. , Last
July the board refused to grant license
to the saloon keepers there and their
arbitrary action was much commented
on at the time. The question of pro
hibition and the action of the commis
sioners in refusing to grant license td
the applicants from Pikeville, Fre
mont and Eureka had much to do with
decreasing the Democratic majority
in the county about twelve hundred.
With such a warning before the com
missioners, the applicants from Pike
ville this time had reason to hope for
better success. Fremont voted for a
dispensary, and bar-keepers in Eureka
cna net care to be turned down again.
A majority of the voters seemed to en
dorse the action of the commissioners
as they 'were all re-elected, , but by
greatly reduced majorities.
There was a wreck on the Southern
railroad yesterday morning between
Wilson Mills andClayton, which de
layed the early train which should
have arrived here at 1:30 o'clock until
11 o'clock. The' train which left here
in the morning at 6:50 had to go
to the scene and transfer and come
back to the city. The wreck was
caused by a truck jumping the track,
and derailing about 15-cars. The train
which was- wrecked was one of the
through freights going to Norfolk. No
one was injured, but the company will
suffer heavily from the damage dene
to rolling stock, which was consider
able. With the return of Hon. Chas. B.
Aycock to his old home here, after
his four years as governor, of . the
State, the. law co-partnership exist
ing prior to his election to the high
office which he has so signally graced,
will be resumed and the old firm of
Aycock & Daniels will again "hang
out it3 shingle." " All our pebpre will
welcome the governor and his family
home again with sincere pleasure..
CORRUPTION IN INDIANA.
Governor Durbin's Last Message
Says Corruption is Astounding Hits
Lobbyist Hard Blow.
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 6. Winifred
T. Durbin, the retiring Governor of In
diana, in his annual message to the
Legislature today says, concerning po
litical corruption: "The time has come
for the application of drastic remedial
pleasures to the plague of corruption
which is fastening itself upon our poli
tice. We have in Indiana advanced
legislation for the protection of the
purity of the ballot, but the statistics
of political debauchery in this state
for 19Q4, if it were possible to present
them, would be nothing short of as
tounding." As a parting warning to
the legislature the Governor says: "If
reports current can be credited this ses
sion of the legislature "is called upon
to resist the importunities of the most
corrupt professional lobby that has
visited itself upon any general assem
bly in the history of the state."
BRIDAL GIFTS FROM 100 CITIES.
Prussian Municipalities Contribute To
ward Presents to Royal Couple.
; Berlin, Jan. 6. The joint wedding
gift of 100 cities of Prussia to the
Crown Prince Frederick William and
the Duchess Cecilia, of Mecklenburg
Schwerin,, on the occasion of their ap
proaching marriage, to which invita
tions to contribute were sent out by a
committee of mayors yesterday, will
represent about one cent apiece from
each Prussian city dweller.
The present will be a silver table ser
vice for 50. persons and of more than a
thousand 'pieces of original designs,
costing $125,000, or $25,000 more than
the similar gift to the Imperial pair
in1881.- , .
HARVARD GETS $100,000.
President's Class Remembers its Alma
Mater.
Boston, Jan. 6. Following the exam
ple of several of the classes that pre
ceded it the class that graduated from
Harvard in 1880, and of which Presi
dent Roosevelt was a member, proposes
to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary
of graduation by ' a substantial gift to
the college. -'
'ihe class cf '80 will depart from the
usual method of, giving" by raising a
large sum of money and placing it-ab-solutely
at the disposal of the college
management, to be psed as it sees fit.
Tne gross .amount " it is proposed to
raise is named by those who ought to
know as $100,000. .
EAR HELD KERNEL 17 YEARS.
Jersey Woman's Hearing Restored by
Grain's Removal.
,Woodbury, N. J., Jan. 6 A grain of
corn which had lodged in the ear of
Mrs. Charles Umbach, of this city,
when she was a child, 17 year3 ago,
was removed by a physician in Phila
delDhia vesterdav. Mrs. Umbach had
j suffered no pain, but her hearing had
been impaired. Now it. is fully restored.
All previous efforts to remove the corn
jhad been futile. '
ELEVATED TRAINS
"COLLIDE, KILLING
mm DIG
Accident on Ninth Avenue Eleva
ted Road in New York, Caused
by Fuse Blowing Out and an
Electrician Going Under Car io
Fix it.
The Train Which Ran Into the
One Ahead Was Not Warned of
Danger. Fortunately There
Were Few Aboard When Cars
Were Telescoped.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 6. Circus W. Metz.
an electrician, was killed and half a
uozen persons seriously injured in a
rear end1 collisisn this morning, in
which three trains crashed together on
the Ninth avenue elevated railroad
structure at Horatio and Greenwich
streets during the rush hours today.
The dead man was repairing a truck
on a broken down train. The injured
persons were passengers.
All three trains were south bound,
the trains only comfortably filled. An
hour later they would have been pack
ed with men and women. The trouble
was primarily due to a fuse blowing
out on a three car train just after it
had rounded the Fourteenth street
curve. It was brought to a standstill
at Horatio and Greenwich streets and
Metz, crawled under the car truck to
replace the fuse. A longer train which
followed a moment later was warned
in time and brought to a half half a
dozen feet behind the stalled cars. At
moment later a third train which it
is said had not been warned of the ob
struction, swung around the Fourteenth
street curve r.nd crashed into the sec
ond train, telescoping the rear car and
'pwshing the train into the one. stalled
ahead. Metz was crushed to death in
stantly. It is not believed that any of the in
jured are fatally hurt with the possible
exception of Fred Klaus, a driver. He
was terribly crushed and ' was uncon
scious when taken to the hospital.
MORE CHADWICK FRAUDS
Creditors Accuse Her of Spiriting
Away Her Aosets.
Cleveland, Jan. 6. That Mrs. Chad
wick committed several acts of bank
ruptcy shortly after the beginning of
her business troubles is averred in an
amendment to their original petition
filed by Mrs. Chad wick's creditors here
yesterday..
The first of these acts complained of
was the granting to the Savings and
Deposit Bank of Elyria, O., a $10,000
chattel mortgage on the contents of the
Chadwick homestead. The petitioning
creditors say that this constituted a
preference of the bank's claims.
It is further declared that Mrs. Chad
wick rented a safety deposit box at a
Cleveland bank, in the name of Danlci
Pine, her brother-in-law, in which she
placed valuable securities which were
sent to her in New York on December
1. Complaint is made that this was
done to "conceal and remove a part of
her assets with intent to defraud her
creditors."
PREACHER ON GRAND JURY.
Complained of Ease With Which
Speak-Easies Run.
Freehold, N. J., Jan. 6 Three well
known clergymen are sitting on the
Monmouth County Grand Judy, which'
began its work yesterday, and it is ex
pected that there will be something
doing with the alleged proprietors of
seashore speakeasies. The three are
Rev, John .Handley, Rev. J. L. Coote
and Rev. D. B. Harris.
Recently the Ccean Grove Ministerial
Association severely scored Sheriff Bo
gardus for the failure of grand juries
to indict the persons who, it is claimed,
cater to the thirsty at Asbury Park and
Ocean Grove.' The sheriff retorted that
he had done all that lay in his power:
that, if no evidence was presented to
the Grand Jury by the Prosecutor, it
was not likely that bills would be
found. It is believed now that the Sher
iff placed the clergy men on the jury
to let them see how the system oper
ates. DENIES DIVINE ORIGIN OF. -LIFE.
Life the Result of Purely Chemical
Forces, Says Chicago Professor.
Chicago, Jan. 6 That life is the re sult
of purely physical and chemical
forces, irrespective of any divine or
vital force, has been declared by, Prof.
Albert P. Matthews, of the University
of" Chicago, to his class in physiologi
cal chemistry. Prof. Matthews took
the stand that the present creation of
life has been proved the result of -purely
physico-chemical functions. ,r
"Certain chemical substances," he
said, "coming together under certain
conditions, do, and are bound to. pro
duce life. There is no getting away
from facts, and the results of labora
tory experiments in regard to the pro
duction of certain phenomena of li:'e
are convincing." .
Paderewcki Coming.
Mr. George N. Loomis, advahco
agent, cf "Paderewski," the great pian
ist, is m (Jaariotte maxing arrange
ment ior n:s aimearance nere x
ter part oi mis ijioni
February. It will
ance local
of goo
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