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The Rain Does Not Fall in St. Peters
burg But the Sky is Black With
Gathering Clouds and Throughout
the Whole of Russia Revolution
Seems Brewing.
Circulars Distributed Called in
Jest "Swallows" Turn Out to
be Fires of Revolution. The
Appearance of Things at. Mos
cow and Elsewhere is Grave.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg. Jan. 24, 2:30 p. m.
While the city is quiet, there is still
extreme tension in St. Petersburg, but
from .Moscow comes the news that
disorders have begun mere, and the
lull here may be only a precursor of
aunt her storm.
Not a single mill or factory has
started up. This is very significant,
as indicating that workmen are be
ing supplied with the sinews of war..
The crowds in the streets are sullen,
and several thousand additional
tioups were brought in at daylight,
uini housed in barracks. Machine gun
liatterics were also placed at several
points lor emergencies. The authori
ty s Insist thai the situation is exagger
ate'.!, continuing to scout the idea of:
revolution, and maintaining the ability
of the government to meet all emer
gencies. Cossacks Wound Several Men.
The lower section of Nevsky pros
pect, including the winter palace dis
tiict and the quay where the embassies
are located is hi darkness and there
lias been a resumption of the panicky
fading of yesterday. Nevertheless the
authorities express increasing confi
dence that the backbone of the strike is
h: oken.
Cossacks while dispersing a crowd of
strikers at 4 p. m. drew their swords
v.i-d wounded several men.
At 2 P. M.
"Swallows" is an allusion to spring,
v. hicii has become a synonym of revo
lution. A proclamation dated January 23
f.j.ys:
"Who directed the soldiers to aim
their rifles and fire ballets t't the
I leasts of laborers?
"It was the Emperor, the. Grand
Dukes, the Ministers, the Generals,
the Nobles of the Courts. They are
nu rderers, siay thf m.
"To arms, comrades.
"Wo must throw down-the Emper
or and the Government and must have
cur own government.
"Long live the Revolution."
Father Gopon's popularity is un
impaired, out it is already evident
that Social Democrats are getting thej
ciMier ii. mu, ami inej' art: urging uiw
people to violence. From a trust
v orthy source it is learned that Father
Gopon sent the following letter:
"They have fired upon and massa
cred us, tut we aie not vanquished,
i1 ml the clay of our triumph is nigh.
Do not spoil our triumph by taking
up arms and resorting to violence.
Content yourselves with destroying
the portraits of him who is no longer
vorthy to he our Emperor."
This pacific admonition irritated the
Social Democrats, and does not meet
vith response from the workingmen,
v ho apparently are thirsting for ven
geance, and are clamoring for their
kacUrs to distribute arms.
The revolutionists seem to have bro
lcn completely with the Zernstvoists,
horn they trcct with contempt on ac
tr.unt of hat they call their "truck
ling" to autocracy
Work Stopped at Kovno.
Kovr.o, Russia, Jan. 24. (2 p. m.)
Petersburg wears a less material
aspect. Everywhere troops have been
drawn into the court yards. Only pick
Pis are left outside and small squads
of Cossacks are patrolling the streets.
t ne stores along the principal through
fares are mostly closed and barricaded.
The fronts of stores in Nevsky prospect
etc more damaged than appeared last
i-'ght, a large number of business prem
isrs being wrecked .
Enormous crowds of, strikers and
sightseers were promenading the side
valks this morning. Street cars are
aain in operation. All has been quiet
P to this hour. The correspondent of
the Associated Press noticed several
i; f n distributing proclamations. People
formerly were shy in accepting such
'locimunts, now they are eagerly ac
cepting them and have nicknamed
them "Lastctich," ("Swallows).
Strike Also at Vilna.
una, Russia, Jan. 24 The strike
nas commenced here. The town is
timet.
500 Workmen Join By Force.
-Moscow, Jan. Z"4. Strikers at noon
iorcert vheir way into the firm of Hop
per and company and compelled 500
t!f'n to join strike. Simultaneously fac-u-nes
and other works were closed.
Editors Will Defy Censorship.
t. 1 etersburg, Jan. 24. The editors
t,our newspapers, The Russ, The
Viedomosti, The Kovosti and The
rasndanm declare their intention as
the 3S Printers return to work and
n are able to resume publication,
openly to defy censorship in the mat-
- i suiKe news and Sunday's affair.
J-ney drew ltp a letter to the censor
tooay -saying they felt the gravity of
fact & .;V,on tlpmanded that they print
thn lthout minimizing or grossing
"lom over. The Novoe Vremya and
other papers, however, refused to join
them and the latter was not sent, but
the editors of the four papers named
agreed to adopt the course indicated.
Night Was Quiet.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 24. The night
was quiet. There are no signs of un
due excitement this morning although
thousands cf workmen are strolling
the streets. A number of government
printers resumed wor.v this morning.
Printing Stopped in Moscow.
Moscow, Jan. 24. The strike is
spreading rapidly. All printing works
have boon stopped. No newspapers
will be issued tomorrow. Thus far
there have been no collisions with the
police.
Arms Removed From Windows.
The police have ordered all arms to
be removed from the windows of gun
smiths, a majority of whom have
closed their shops. At noon the strik
ers numbered in all ten thousand.
No Collision Yesterday.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 24. The official
account cf yesterday's events says:
During Monday there was no eollic
ion between rioters and troops. In
the course of the day an attempt was
made to attack Gostinny Dver Mar
ket, but it was repulsed.
The workmen at the electric sta
tions joined the strike in the evening.
Some groups taking advantage of the
darkness began breaking the windows
in the shops, but order was every
where quickly restored.
No person was killed or wounded
iuonday. The "(exact numbef- killed
Sunday was 96; wounded 333, of whom
53 were treated at ambulance stations.
RADOM IN SEIGE.
Report Comes to Breslan of Turbulent
Situation in Russian City.
By Associated Press.
E:eslan, Jan. 24. Special telegrams
from Radom, European Russia, de
scribe that city as being in a state cf
siege, with military patrols in every
street. Soldiers occasionally fire cn
gatherings of people who have returned
the fire, killing three officers. The peo
ple are also said to have blown up
several buildings with dynamite.
STRIKE AT MOSCOW.
1,000 Workmen in Metsl Works Join
Other Strikers.
Moscow, Jan. 23, 8 p. m. Employes
of the Bromley Metal Works, to the
number of 1,000, met this afternoon
and declared that they were unable to
continue at work, because their St.
Petersburg comrades had asked them
to strike. They immediately left the
works, formed a procession, marched
to the streets and begged their fellow
workmen in all industrial establish
ments to join in the movement. A ma
jority of those who were thus request
ed to quit work complied afterwards
with the strikers. The works closed
at 5 p. m.
SEiTE ORGANIZED
TO TR? SWAYNE
Chief Justice Fuller Appears in
Senate Chamber at 2 O'clock
and Swears in Senators as
Members Impeachment Court
to Try Florida Judge.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 24. The managers
cn the part of the House in the im
peachment proceedings against Judge
Swayne, appeared in the Senate to
day. Of the seven members, only five
appeared, Messrs. Powers and Olm
sted being absent.
Mr. Palmer, their chairman, read
the articles of impeachment. Immedi
ately afterwards the House managers
withdrew and Mr. Fairbanks present
ed the resolution providing for an ap
pointment of a committee of two sena
tors to wait on. the chief justice and
ask him to appear in the Senate
chamber at 2 p. m.' and administer
the necessary oaths to the Senators
as members of the impeachment court.
The resolution was agreed to and
Messrs. Fairbanks and Bacon were ap
pointed to perform that duty.
At 2 o'clock the Senate organized
as a court of impeachment. Chief
Justice Fuller in his official gown ad
ministered the oath to the senators.
President pro tern Frye and Senator"
Platte of Conneeticutt, were the first
sworn. A roll of the Senate was call
ed and the senators in groups of ten
were presented at the desk and sworn.
As soon as the Senate was organ
ised ns a court, a resolution was pass-
jed informing the house that the Sen
: ate was ready to receive the impeach
ment managers at the bar oi tne sen
ate. Senator Piatt of Connecticut,
who was called to the chair as presid-
fRnaf rf tli dftiirt ctnttrl that, dnr-
: 111, uiixvci ui tuc win k -
jing the impeachment trial all sena
tors who had been sworn ought to be
, in their seats. As soon as the House
could be informed the managers of
the impeachment were announced and
demanded that a process be issued
against Judge Swayne. A resolution
was passed directing that the order be
issued for Judge Swayne, returnable
on Friday at 1 o'clock. The Senate
as court then adjourned and Mr. Frye
resumed the chair, the Senate pro
ceeding in regular session.
Yesterday Afternoon.
Concerning the endowment cere
monies Mr. Smoot persistently declin
ed to describe saying repeatedly "I
prefer not to say anything further."
"Do you know why the oath of se
crecy was imposed?"
"It is purely a religious ordinance
refers absolutely to a man's hereafter,
and has nothing whatever to do with
anything other than man's relation to
his God, and I suppose that it is an
ordinance in the Church, and the rule
is that it be not revealed."
"Do you know how much money is
paid into the Church annually in
tithes?" asked Senator Overman.
Mr. Smoot responded that the
Church income was seme years more
than a million, and some years less.
The Church, he said, has capital in
vested in industrial institutions, but
in nearly every case a minority of the
stock. -
Chairman Burrows asked: "You
heard the testimony of President
Smith, that he is living in defiance
of the laws of the land?"
"Yes, sir."
"And that he is also living in de
fiance of the Divine law?"
"Yes, sir; and I heard the qualifica
tions he made."
"Has the Church proceeded against
him because of his violations of the
laws?"
"It has not."
"Has there been any attempt to try ;
him because he is living in polyga
mous cohabitation?''
"There has not."
"Did you see him after he testified
before this committee."
The Senator said he had seen the
President of the Church, both in Wash
ington and in Utah, after his testi
mony, and had made no protest to
him concerning his manner of living.
"You have nGt sought to bring him
to trial in any manner?" asked the
cnairman.
"I have not."
"Do you intend to?"
"I do not."
Mr. Smoot admitted he sustained
President Smith, but only as President
of the Church.
"Do you teach polygamy?"
"I do not."
"Do you preach against polygamy or
unlawful cohabitation?"
"I never have. I do not knew why
I should. It is not a tenet of the faith.
It has been suspended, and I think it
would not be proper for me to bring
it up."
JOHN HOTCH THE WIFE TERROR.
Said to Have Married 13 Wives and
Poisoned Six of Them. .
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Jan. 24. Information of
more alleged victims of the supposed
Bluebeard John Hoch.. has been given
the police by John Prick, employee
of the Nickel Piaie Railroad. Frick
has reyorte.il to the police a charge
that his sister. Mrs. Mary Schultz,
married Hoch, who then called himself
Albert Muschburg, at Argos, Indiana,
in 1900. "I am under the belief that
my sister and her little girl were done
away with. Mr sister had about $1-,
500 at the time, of her marriage," said
Frick.
Relatives of six of the thirteen
wives credited to Hoch have expressed
their belief to the police that the six
women died from poison.
COTTON MEN CONSERVATIVE.
Representation to Be On Basis of Cot
ton Grown Large Attendance.
?y Associated Press.
New Orleans, La.. Jan. 24. All ele
ments apparently are working to keep
sensationalism out cf the cotton con
vention, which besan its three days'
session here today. There has been
apparently some apprehension that
the convention would take radical
steps along lines of the destruction
of cotton. No such intention is evi
dent amenfr the delegates. Prelimin
ary conferences have decided that the
representation of each Stata shall be
cn the basis cf cotton raised, as shown
by Secretary Hester's last report, one
ote to be allowed for each one hun
dred thousand bales or fraction there
of. RETAIL GROCERS MEET.
Annual Convention of Many States
Meets in Cincinnati. '
Bj. Associated Press.
Cincinnati, O.. Jan. 24. The retail
grocers from many States met in an
nual convention vliere today. About
300 delegates were present. A. W.
Farlinger, of Atlanta, Ga., president
of the Association, concluded the open
xirg session with his annual address.'
PEABODY BOARD DISSOLVES.
$1,COO,000 Given to George Peabody
School at Nashville.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 24. The trustees
of the Peabody education fund held a
meeting here today and voted to dis
solve their trust. A vote also was tak
en upon a proposition to appropriate
$1,000,000, for the George Peabody
school for teachers at Nashville, Tenn.,
and it was carried. President Roose
velt participated in the proceedings.
LA FOLETTE SENATOR.
Governor LaFollette Wins Out In Wis
consin Both Houses Vote Today.
By Associated Press.
Madison, Wis., Jan. 24. Both houses
of the Wisconsin Legislature voted
separately for United States Senator
today. Governor La Follette was
named.
The Bricklayers and Masons Inter
national Union has chosen W. J. Bow
en, of New iork, as president.
VICTORY FOR ATLANTIC COAST
Eastern Cities Given Advantage in
Grain. Traffic.
Chicago, Jan. 24. In the contest be
tween cities on the Atlantic Coast
and those on the Gulf of Mexico for the
traffic in the rrain crops of Nebraska,
Kansas and Iowa, the Chicago gateway
and the Atlantic coast secured a vic
tfay, when traffic officials of the East
ern and Western Lnes reached an
agreement to meet any competition of
the railroads leading from Omaha and
Kansas City to the Gulf.
The Western roads were given full
authority by the lines from Chicago
to New York, Philadelphia and Balti
more, to make rates on export grain,
which woud bring the traffic ibis way.
In other words, the rate making power
on Western grain for export was
parsed over to the Western roads by
the trunk lines eastward.
The Eastern railways have only to
accept the. rales made by their West
ern connections and haul the freight
turned over to them. The agreement
is without time limit, and may con
tinue so long after the competition of
the Gulf remains an active factor in
the traffic. The rate from Omaha to
New Orleans by the new tariffs cf the
Missouri Pacific is 13 cents per hun
dred pounds.
HIS CANINE MAJESTY.
Do Not Know Don's Grandparents,
So Assess Him 20 Per Cent.
New York, Jan. 24. Because of the
lack of evidence concerning the pedi
gree of his grandparents, Ellwyn
Straightaway, an imported collie
owned br John Dunn, Jr., of Philadel
phia, will have to pay duty to the
United States on the basis of 20 per
ccat of his registered value. This is
the conclusion reached by the Board
of General Appraisers in an elaborate
op inion written by Judge Waite.
No question was ever raised in Eng
land to Straightaway's patent of ca
rine nobility. His name, and pedigree
are duly entered in the official books
o the English Kennel Club, which en
joys the' patronage of King Edward.
It was therefore with the utmost as
tonishment that the dog and its owner
learned on arrival at Philadelphia, that
the bars were up, a.nd that unless a
canine's blood was voliched for in of
ficial papers describing his grandpar
ents' lineage, he. must be assessed like
common dogs as a "live animal" under
the Dingley tariff act.
Both Straightaway and his master
took exception to the assessment and
appealed to the board of appraisers
on the grounds that Stvaigntaway is
a "pure bred animal, imported es-'
pecially for breeding purposes."
Straightaway's grandsire was Dcon
Emperor and his grandJam, Montgre
ncn Neil.
Judge Waite says in his brief that
i emulations of the Treasury - Depart
ment req.;:iro that the certificate of
the pedigree of an imported- animal
must show that its sire-nnd8uin "and
grandsire and grandd;ims were, ali re
corded in a book of record established
for the same breed.
"While it may well be," the judge
remarks, "that Lug animal is of su
I trior breed inthc estimation of those
qualified to know, it is enough for the
purpose of this ruling that its pedigree
1 us not been proven in the form re-cuire-d
by the statute and regulations."
PETITION NEGRO LEADER.
Eocker Washington Implored by the
Whites Not to Invate Exclusive Sec
tion. Mobile, Ala., Jan. 24. Booker T.
Washington, principal of the Tuskegec
School for Negroes, has an option on
150 acres of land about five miles
iicm Montgomery, and it is said he
will establish thereon a school .farm
or experiment station for negroes.
Since this has become known white
icsidents of the vicinity are up in
arms against the sale. Every resident
of the vicinity has signed a petition
redressed to Booker Washington, ask
iiig him not io consummate the. pur
chase. This petition has been for
warded to him. Many of Montgom
eiy's most prominent citizens live in
the vicinity.
GERMAN MINERS MAY WIN.
End of Strike Seemingly in Sight
Owners Alienate Government.
Berlin, Jan. 24. There are unmis
takable indications that the end of the
g'cat German strike is nearly at hand.
The chances of the success of the
men are largely enhanced by the aiti
lude of the government, which has
withdrawn moral support from the
mine owners, owing to their deter
mination to refuse mediation.
The Haniel group of mines, employ
ing 2,000 men, have granted he de
mand of the strikers, 2nd the men
have returned to work in their work
ings. TO CORNER TOBACCO.
Kentucky and Ohio Interests Combine
to Corner Burley.
Cincinnati, January 24. The 40 or
50 prominent tobacco men from Ken
tucky and Ohio, who have been meet
ing at the Grand Hotel for the past
two days, with a number of eastern
capitalists, in an effort to form an as
sociation to corner the burley tobacco
crop, have practically completed their
business.
Although the plans of the associa
tion are not entirely perfected, it was
gien out on authority that the Grow
ers' Association was an assured fact,
which means that several million?, of
c ollars of eastern capital will be in
vested in this section ot the country
fo: the purpose of corr.erin:; the lur
iey crop and to compete with the
tiuet.
No papers have been signed, and
none will be signed until the eastern
financiers have positive news that the
1E,000,000 pounds of tobacco, which is
said to be still in the hans of the
farmers, has been subscriDed to the
association.
ILL TO ERECT
GRANITE BLDG
COSTING $75
For Records, Hall of History and
f
Various Offices. Introduced in
Both Houses of Legislature.
The Measure Recommended by
Governor Glenn.
House Has Another Long Discus
sion of Embezzled Funds.
A Number of Other Important
Matters Up Before the Legis
lature. Special The News.
Raleigh, N C, Jan. 24 A bill intro
duced in the Senate by Eller and in the
House by Cofield, appropriates $75,000
for the erection of a five story granite
fireproof building for records, hall of
history, State library, offices of the su
perintendent of public instruction, in
surance commissioner and a number of
other State officers. Gov. Glenn sent a
special message urging favorable ac
tion on the bill which has the endorse
ment of the State board on public
building and grounds.
There was another lengthy discussion
in the House of the bill to reimburse
Si ate Treasurer Lacy $385 embezzled by
Martin, clerk in the treasurers office
under Worth while assisting Lacy's
clerks, the result being that the bill
finally passed the caucus tonight. Sev
eral leading Democrats opposed the
biil as a bad precedent.
Bills were introduced in both
branches to relieve the State board of
agriculture of contributing further to
Current expenses of the A. and M. Col
lege. They now contribute $10,000 to
this purpose.
Senator Sinclair introduced a bill to
provide a meeting place in every county
for Confederate veterans. Odell's bill
increasing fourth-class pension bill to
$20 is the special order for Friday.
In the House, Graham, of Granville,
introduced a bill to extend the time for
settling and commuting the State debt
to January 1, 1907.
Passenger Fare Bill.
Senator Forshee's bill for the regu
lation of passenger fares on railroads
is one of the briefest introduced this
session. It stipulates that passenger
fare on railroads in North Carolina
shall- be three cents unless otherwise
fixed by the corporation commission
and that second class fare shall be
abolished.
The Ward Liquor Bill.
Senator Ward's bill to amplify the
Watts Act is understi od to have the
endorsement of Senator Simmons and
other party leaders. It forbids the
manufacture (not the sale) of liquor
in towns less than 1,500 inhabitants;
no saloon to be permitted in any town
where no municipal government is
maintained and at least two policemen
employed, these policemen to visit sa
loons at least once a week and inspect
with a view of ascertaining whether the
law is being violated, policemen mak
ing reports irr writing to the Mayor,
who in turn gives them to the solicitor
at each court. Also that in towns where
liquor is not allowed to be retailed it
may be sold not only on prescription
but on certificate of the head of the
family that some member of the family
is ill, it being a misdemeanor for the
Lead of the family to make a false cer
tificate. Mr. Harrison's Two BUis.
Representative Harrison has intro
duced two bills in the house that are
of considerable note. One is intended
to require every wholesale dealer in
cider to take out license costing $100
and give $1,000 bond. The cider must
not contain over 6 per cent of alcohol,
must have no preservative or injurious
substances.
Harrison's other bill is intended to
stop the sale of alcoholic drinks under
the guise of patent medicines. It pro
vides that every manufacturer who de
sires to sell any patent medicine in
the state must pay $500 license and give
$5,000 bond.
Samples of medicine must be filed
with Secretary of State and submitted
to the State Board of Health for their
approval. No patent medicine contain
ing alcohol, opium or other dangerous
drug must be sold without this license
from the state .
Corporation Commissions.
Forshee's bill in the Senate to amend
the Corporation Commission Act
makes addition to section 23 that if no
appeal is taken from an order of the
Corporation Commission but the com
poration fails to put order in operation
the Commission may apply to the judge
riding the circuit in Wake county on
ten days notice for a peremptory man
damus enforcing the commission's or
der and the judge shall issue such man
damus if he finds the order within the
scope of power of the Commission.
That in all cases where a judgment, of
the corporation commission is affirmed
in whole or in part the appelate court
shall embrace in its decree a mandamus
to the appellant to put said order into
force or as much thereof as shall be
affirmed.
Would Repeal Distillery Towns Char
ter. Taylor, of Brunswick has introduced
a bill to repeal the charter of the town
of Myrtle in Brunswick, one of the dis
tillery towns chartered by the last leg
islature, and says he Is assured there
will not be a single vote cast against
it.
South Dakota Eond Matter.
The joint committee on claims was
to have held a meeting last night to
consider the bill pending for the ap-
j pointment of a commission to take un
der advisement ways and means of set
tling the South Dakota bond judgment
and also the bonds of similar class held
by Shaffer & Co., of New York. How
ever a quorum failed to respond to the
call for the meeting and another call
will have to be issued. Mr. A. G. Ric
aud, the New York attorney here to
look after Shaffer interests, says he is
not here as a lobbyist but merely to
give any information that may be de
sired by legislators, to make any fair
concessions or if need be to assert the
rights of his clients in a manner that
will develop in the event the legisla
ture does not take steps to settle the
claims.
SUIT AGAINST 4C'S.
Growing Out of the Killing of R. S.
Bennett Last Summer.
In superior court this afternoon, the
case of J. A. McRae, administrator,
against the 4 C's Company for $20,000,
was expected to be called.
The case grows out of the killing of
R. S. Bennett, a farmer of York county,
South Carolina, who was run over by
a car on the night of the 27 th of last
August in Dilworth, the accident occur
ring near the main curve in the Boule
vard, near Euclid Avenue.
It will be remembered that Bennett,
who was a farmer from York county,
S. C, came to Charlotte, and on the
night of his death became intoxicated.
He, with R. A. Ozment, were ' at the
park until near midnight, when the
former got aboard a city-bound car,
and it was the supposition that the
man who was killed had started to
walk to town, but became overpowered
by the liquor and laid down on the
track.
The car was in charge of Conductor
Powell and Motorman Crump, and
when the car reached the spot where
the man lay, the motorman stated that
he did not see the body until the fen
der was over the prostrate form of
Bennett.
The suit will likely consume several
days.
The plaintiff is represented by Mr.
Crawford D. Bennett and the 4 C's
Company by Biirwell and Cansler. A
hard fight is expected over this case
which is one of the largest damage
suits on the present calendar.
NATURE'S KINKS CAUSE WONDER
Reproduces on New Ice All Markings
of Harvested Crop.
Washintgon, N. J., Jan. 24. Nature
has performed some freak stunts on
Silver Lake, near here, and aroused
the superstitious ones of the vicinity.
A week ago icemen harvested the
ice from the lake, using" horses, plows
and saws in the usual manner. Anoth
er sheet soon formed, and this is now
six inches thick and very transparent.
Although no workmen have been en
gaged upon the new ice the latest coat
ing is full of lines in the forms of
squares identical to the cuttings made
in the first crop.
When the first crop was harvested
one of the horses cast a shoe, which
laid several days and became imbed
ded. On the new ice the mark of tne
shoe can plainly be discerned. One
man says he has discovered in the ice
a shadowy form, which to him re
sembles the late John Kelley, who was
drowned in the Jake last summer.
This story, however, is not given much
credence.
HUSTLING FOR COTTON.
Local Buyer Offers 5-8 Above Market
and is Downed.
A well known local buyer for the
mills today was hustling to get a con
signment of spot cotton for immediate
use and offered for spot cotton 5-8 of a
cent above March futures for the
fleecy staple and received a wire in
response from New York offering him
3-4 cf a cent, or 1-8 more than his
own offer for spot cotton.
This is an indication of how difficult
it is to secure cottcn at any price now
and buyers for the mills are doing
some difficult stunts in their efforts
to get cotton for immediate use when
those who have the staple are hold
ing on to it with a tenacity that has
scarce been equalled before.
CAN'T GO HOME EVEN IF FREE.
Euciid Avenue House No Refuge for
Mrs. Chadwick.
Cleveland, Jan. 24. Should Mrs.
Chadwick bs liV;-ratod or bail she v.il::
rot be permitted to go to her Euclid
Avenue home bj' Receiver -Nathan
Loeser until her right to do so shall
have been passed upon by Federal
Judge Wing.
Should she be aMowed to go heme
s.be ull not be permitted to have
possession of any of her house furnish
ii. gs, which are in 'hcrge of either the
Federal authorities or the receiver of
the Chadwick assets.
' SAYS BEEF TRUST RUINED HIM.
'Stock Buyer Goes Into Bankruptcy
With $86,000 Debts; $10,000 Assets.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 24. "Ruined
by the beef trust." is the explanation
of John Greff. who has gone into vol
untary bankruptcy. He owes $86,000,
and has about ?10,000 assets.
Greff was a big stock buyer, feeder
z-nd shipper. Among the creditors are
the German Savings Bank, of Des
Moines, ?5,000, and Cary & Co., com
mission merchant?, Chicago,. $20,000.
Wcrk of Civil Court. x
The $5,000 suit against the Dover
Yarn Mills, of Pineville, brought by J.
M. Pressley, for the loss of a thumb,
j took up the time of the civil court this
i morning and part of the afternoon.
The plaintiff is represented by Bur
well and Cansler and the mills by C.
W. Tillett and Thos. Ruffin. .
Thp rasfl ctf Pnrtia Heffner asainst
the Highland Park Company, was con
tinued to the next term of court.
j The case of W. L. Bailes against G.
S. Inscore, waich was set for Monday,
has been continued.
In six more ballet boxes opened at
Denver, the exnerts found 437 ballots i
fraudulent out of 1330 cast.
TENNESSEE'S CHIEF
MAGISTRATE URGES
SOWS
mm
James B. Frazier's Second In
augural as Governor of Tennes
see, is an Address to Whole
South to Stand Firm in its
Position. s 7
But, says He, All This- Talk
About Force Bills, Reducing
Representation and so Forth i
Inconsequential. Let us Stand
Upon Constitutional Rights.
By Associated Press.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 24, Governor
James B. Frazier was today inaugurat
ed as .Chief Executive of Tennessee to
serve his second- term. In his inau
gural address, Governor FrazierNsaid:
"Notwithstanding the South's indus
trial resurrection its progress, its
growth and unwavering loyalty, . there
are those who still persist in looking
on the South as a section apart; who
still prate of Federal election laws
applicable 'to the South; who still talk
of reducing Southern Representation
and who would still press upon the
South, political, if not social equality
of the races. First of all, let us be pa
tient and keep; our heads. Upon the
supreme question which toucnes our
radical integrity and supremacy let us
give all mankind to understand that
there will be no compromise nor
shadow of turning, and that the white
people of the South must and
will preserve that civilization
which has made them a race
and a people strong and great
Let us, with patience bide our time,
and if the issue upon these questions
comes and I pray God it may not
come then let us calmly andvith
dignity and firmness stand uponY'it
constitutional rights and demand tha
whatever is meted out to us, shall be Vv
given in like tenor to all other sections
of our country.
TO 4
IVIDE CANADIAN PROVINCE.
Northwest Territories to Compose
Them Regina and Edmonton Capi
tals. Winnipeg, -Manitoba. Jau. 24. It is
rnnounced at Regina, the capital of
Northwest Territories., that the terri
tories will be divided into two prov
itit.es, with full power of other prov
ince. At present liie Dominion prac
tically administ3r3 the government.
The dividing line is midway between
the Rocky Mountains and Manitoba,
fiom the international boundary line
to the Arctic Circle. Regina will be
the capital of Saskatchewan Province
and Edmonton the capital of Alberta.
The northwest mounted police will be
abolished.
BLIND WIFE'S DEATH VIGIL.
Sat by Corpse of Husband, Believing
Him Asleep.
Trenton, Jan. 24. Frank Horner,
an old man. and his blind wife, have
been in destitute circumstances, at
their home cnVrocni street, for some
time. Mrs. Cummings, a neighbor,
v. bo has beeo locking after them,
d?opped into the house last evening
and found Mrs. Homer fritting by the
couch, where th-i old man lay very
still.
"He's been asleep for a long time
r.nu I don't like to awaken him," said
toe unfortunate woman.
Mis. Cummings went to the couch.
The man was cold in death. "Dead!"
shrieked the blind woman; ''Oh, not
tlst!" end she fell in a swoon.
Colt'; Freak Appetite.
Swedesboro, N. J., Jsn. 24. Louis
Schoener, a farmer ne?.r heie, has an
eight-months'-old coit that Vis devel
oped a freak appetite. The animal
takes ve;y kindly to bread and butter,
is very, fond of mashed potatoes and
g:-& vy, dotes on cake and pie, rovels
:n pickles, -smacks its Hp3 ever saner
kraut and pigs' feet and takes ceffee
like a veteran. Schooner h;s not
tried it on limturger cheese.
ARRESTED III I Y
I
Wife of Brodie L. Duke Charged
With Making False Statements
Which Cause Stockholders of a
National. Bank in Texas to In
dorse Note for $20,000.
By Associated Press. - '
New York, Jan. 24. Mrs. Alice .
Webb Duke, wife of Brodie L. puke,
was arrested at an office in Broad
street today on requisition papers is
sued by the Texas authorities. Mrs.
Duke has been indicted by the grand
jury at Nacogdoches, Texas, on the
charge that she and Chr.rles L. Tay
lor, of Chicago, h?.cl made false state
ments in an instrument cn the
strength of which a stockholder in one
of the national banks in that place was
induced to endorse their notes for $20,
000. '
ALICE w e
DUKE