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Va!- i v Jan.. 31. Several persons
wviv kiiif.i and many injured in en
fimnifr with troops and police yester
day. !;. order of the Chief of Police
the (Im)i.s of the houses are kept closed
ami ir.- opened only to admit people
iiviiu ia the premises. Additional
iRiu;;.:- luive arrived.
Idle Thousands Threaten Danger.
t. Hi.'i . rrg. Jan. 31. The latest
report- ;roia Warsaw depict the situa
tion ili'M v.iihout Poland as increasing
ly struts. .Minor collisions between
trooi ? and police and the populace con
limi. Ti s.veli the numbers of dead.
Tniii' and industry are completely at
a standstill, and the presence of thou
sands of idle workmen who are starv
ing and desperate adds a factor of the
grvatost danger. It is estimated that
the killed and wounded at Warsaw
murder about one hundred. ' ,
RIOTERS ARMED.
Guns of Uniform Pattern Found on
Them Not Half Has Been Told.
By Associated Press.
Warsaw, .Jan. 31. Bakers being on
strike, bread is at famine prices at
Warsaw, and attempts to break into
stores there have caused numerous
collisions with the military. The find
ing of reolvcrs of uniform make on
many of the rioters arrested affords
confirmation of recent reports, that
revolutionary agitators have been
smuggling arms in anticipatioirtpi -ati fsKs3
outbreak. It is asserted that the-traldaTp1
tale of the dead through the recent
conflict between the strikers and troops
at Riga is far short of the actuality,
many having perished in an attempt
to cross the river on the ice when the
soldiers opened fire, the ice breaking
and the water engulfing the fugi
tives. RAILROAD PRESIDENT RESIGNS.
Important Changes in the Vanderbilt
Railroads.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 31. At a meeting of
ti e bunds of directors of Vandcrbilt's
lir.es. President Ingalls, of the 'Cleve
land. Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis Railway, and President Ledyard,
of the Michiuin Central, resigned. W.
H. Xewpian, presiderf of the New
York Central., was elected president
ot the Michigan Central, and also of
ti e Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago and
St. Louis. Mr. Ingalls was elected
flairman of the board of the Cleve
land. Cincinnati.. Chicago and St.
I. uiis. and Mr. Ledyard was elected
chairman of the board of the Michigan
Ceivial. Son at or Depew, the former
cl.ainm.Ti of the Michigan Central hav
ing resigned.
NAME OF COTTON POOL.
Southern Planters Commissions
and
Holding Company.
By Associated Press, i
New Orleans. Jan. 31. The legal
name 0f the cotton pool formed by the
comnnttfe of the Southern Cotton
growers' association has been fixed as
"The Southern Planters' Commission
and Holding Company." Headquarters
win
tive eonrmittee of the Southern Cotton
urowe, -s' association is expected to en
dorse i';)f. conmletefl rletaila nnnl at its
mwtui,; in Atlanta Feb. 7th. W. P.
tfrowne!!. cotton speculator, will be
President. .1. H WhitP nf Npw DrlAjms
will
'a- secretary.
THREATEH RUSSIA'S
iiSSyiN PARIS
Bomb Deposited on Door-Step of
Russian Representative Causes
Eighteen Arrests and a Speci al
Nl.e Surveillance. Charged
to Social Revolutionists.
Bv Assn..io'j
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I.d ' !.'.). r..n,l ? J .S.
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Police
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"wing of a bomb at a group of
iiid Ittpublican guards after a
'A Ot SOf-ial l'OirlntirTiiisa loaf
. i 1 wedve navo been, released
u tae "tilers arc- hcla on suspicion,
uuuysis shows the bomb was de-
W ! -lhe (l00IsteP of Prince. Trou-
e.i.(j, of the Rn'jpi.ir. fimhassv vps-
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Mr. Williams Again Takes the Part of i
General Miles.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 31. After a spirit
ed debate over the details of retired
officers, the house sent the army ap
propriation bill td the conference. All
the amendments were non concurred
in.
In the course cf debate Mr, Hull said
it was unfortunate that this legisla
tion was made to appear as being di
rect at General Miles.
Mr. Williams, .of Mississippi, ' spoke
of placing the shackels on Jefferson
Davis by General Miles during the civil
war and said he shared the feeling of
all Southerners concerning that action,
but if it was intended to? punish Gen
eral Miles for what he did in those
days, this was not the time to do it.
AGAINST PARTISAN PAP.
Order Forbidding Postmasters to Pay
Delegates Expenses is Approved.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. "'.The action of
Postmaster General Wynne in notify
ing Republican National Committee
man Capers, of South Carolina, that
Postmasters will be . dismissed from
service if in future they pay the ex
penses of delegates to political conven
tions was approved by the President
and cabinet today.
The decision grew or:t of a complaint
that it was the custom 'for postmas
ters in.Sfuth Carolina to pay railroad
and other expenses of delegates to
political conventions. In the complaint
two postmasters were named: C. J.
Mulky, of West Minster, South Caro
Lma' an J',.M' stewarL ot Lancaster,
South Carolina.
MORE TROUBLE AT FALL RIVER.
Meeting of Textile Council Called For
Tomorrow Night.
By Associated Press.
Fall River,; Jan. 31. In view of the
continued refusal of manufacturers to
agree to a conference with the labor
secretaries for an adjustment of alleg
ed grievances in the mills, a special
meeting of the Textile Council has been
called for" tomorrow night. It is
thought that the intercession of Gov
ernor Douglass will be asked. .
TO CALL A CAUCUS.
Republicans to Confer on the Railroad
Rate Matter.
By Associated Press.
Washington, -Jan. 31. The Republi
can leaders of the House have decided
to call a caucus of the Republican
members of thaf' body to decide on a
program for railroad rate legislation.
Postmaster afNew Orleans.
Bv Associated Press. .
"Waashington, Jan. 31. The Presi
dent has decided to appoint Thomas G.
Woodward postmaster at New Orleans,
La. Walter L. Cohen, a negro, will
be reappointed as register of the land
office at New Orleans.
! Hobson's Father Dead.
Greensboro, Ala., Jan. 31. Postmas-
er James M. Hobson, father of Captain
Richmond : P. Hobson. died here to-
day; aged, 68.
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MISS! IS OUT
The Mann. Bill Giving the Chief
Executive Entire Control Over
the" Construction of the Canal
is Reported Favorably by the
Committee.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 31. The House
fcimmittee on interstate and foreign
commerce today authorized a favorable
report on the Mann Bill, abolismn;
the Panama Canal commission, and
placing the government of the Canal
Zone and' the construction cf the can
al entirely in the hands of the Presi
dent. The bill also provides for acquisi
tion by the government of 1,300 shares
of stock in the Panama Railway Com
pany, now held by private ownership.
Mr. Shackelford, Democrat will file a
minority report representing his views
and Mr. Adamson, Democrat of Geor
gia, reserved the right to file the mi
nority views regarding the condemna
tion of railroad stock.
A NORTH CAROLINA BOY.
Has Been Missing From the Kersarge
For Several Weeks. .
By Associated Press.
Washingt&i, Jan. 31. The Navy De
partment, has instituted search for
Midshipman Milton. W. Arrowood, who
bas been abscr.c for ceveral weeks
without leave from his station on the
battleship Kearsag. The Department
Las applied to the young man's father
who livos in Norta Carolina, for in
fomiatiou on the subject.
Tho case is a most unusual . one.
For private reasons the young man
cesires to leave the navy. He tender
ed his resignation a short time .ago.
but the department refused to enter
tain it on tho groiii.d that the govern
ment, after having educated him, is
entitled to the benefit of his services
for a few years at least.
It is intimated that when the young
n-sn found that he could not get out
of the navy in th.3 regular "way, herre
iuined to his home in' NorJb. Carolina,
where he is now said to be.
Midshipman A'ro'ooil passed the
requisite academic course, and ha;
nearly complctsj lhe regulation two
years service at sea, prior to his final
graduation.
In case he fails to return to his sta
tion he will be dropped as a deserter.
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One of Sulley's Partners Relieved.
By Associated Press.
New York, "Jan. 31. A discharge
frcm-bankruntey has been granted to
S. F. B. Morse, one of the partners of i the continuance of such favorable con
the firm of Daniel J. Sully and Com- tracts. Senator Bard quoted from a
pany, cotton brokers, which failed, by circular issued by M. K. Sniffen, secre
Judge Hclt in the United States Dis- tary of the Indian Rights Association,
trict Court. Mr. Morse is relieved of charging that discrimination in favor
partnership debts of $4,599,302 and in
dividual debts of $21,500.
H I J (J - A hUUL IVlUKUtH.
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Columbus County Far
mer.
Special The News.
Wilmington, Jaii. 31. News has just
reached here of a foul murder near
j Armour, Columbus county, which oc
curred on January z-fin on cue piaina.
tion of J. W. Collins. The murder
came to light in the finding of the
body of Jeff Davis, a 16-year-old white
fcoy, in the Collins mill pond. t
The coroner's inquest found that the
boy's ivtck was broken aiid returned a
verdict of murder at the hands of an
unknown party.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Collins, who is suspected of
the crime. He has skipped out to parts
unknown. From the evidence thus far
obtained it is believed that Collins mur-
tiered the boy and threw his body in
the pond to conceal the crime.
TRUSTS MUST OBEY.
Unless "Beef Trust'.' Obeys Injunction
Individuals" Will Be Prosecuted.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 6l. It can be said
by authority that unless the corpora
tions consituting the alleged "Beef
'lrust" shall heed me injnnciton made
permanent yesterday by the decision
cf the United States Supreme Court,
the government will institute proceed
ings against the individual members
of the corporations to enforce the de
cision of the court. The proceedings
will be under criminal law, if such
' can be instituted.
Senator Baird Brings Some Inter
esting Light on the Subject of
Distribution of Indian School
Funds. Quotes Letter Suggest
ing President's Favoritism.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 31. Sensational
disclosures in' relation to the alleged
use of Indian trust funds for the sup
port of Sectarian Schools were made
today by Senator Bard, in a statement
to the Senate committee on Indian af
fairs. In addition to the charge that
Roman Catholic schools haave received
98 per cent of the money epended un
der the contracts made by the Indian
commissioner, the Senator said he had
been approached by the representative
of a aCtholic Association with the
of a Catholic Association with the
of districts in California for him in re
turn for his influence in bringing about
of Roman Catholics was by direction
of the President.
CHiCllO STlTE
II INDIAN FUNDS
THE INTENSE COLD .
CHECKS MOVEMEHTS
Reports From Russian Headquar
ters Indicate That Fighting is
Not Over in Manchuria. Japan
ese and Russian Reports Do
Not Exactly Tally.
By Associated Press.
St. ' Petersburg, Jan. ' 31.
Kurcpatkin, in dispatches d
-General
ted Jan
uary 29th and 30th , reports that the
Japanese losses in the recent fighting
were very heavy, many being bayonet
ted and sabred.
General Kuropatkin says the Japan
ese offensive will be indecisive and the
Russians, who are in excellent spirits,
continue to Occupy the -villages on their
right flank captured during the recent
fighting. The Russians continue to
successfully bombard Ssndapas, where'
many Japanese have frozen to death.
Although the Russian?, have . aban
doned their advance,, the latest official
advices bus indicated that the fighting
is net over. The Japanese iesumed the
offensive January 29, and desperately
assaulted the Russians., but were ev
erywhere repulsed.
Cold vv earner Steps IViovements.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 31. Associated
Press telegrams from Manchuria do- not
indicate important developments since
General Gripenberg's order to abandon
the advance. The Japanese yesterday
made a demonstration in the East dis-
trict, but apparently it was not serious, igatm iay night. He continued to grow
Dispatches from Mukden says th'e cold.!worse until'last night when he died.
is mere intense, tnus rendering the
movements of large bodies cZ either
side well nigh impossible. The bitter
cold has greatly increased the mortal
ity among the wounded.
Left Over 1,200 Dead on Field.
Tokio, Jan. 31. Manehurian Head-
quarters reports that in the fighting
since January 25 at Lakajentan, Chen-
chiehpao and Heikoutai, the Russians
left over twelve hundred dead on the
field.
Another Sritish Steamer Captured.
Tokio, Jan. 31. The Japanese yes
terday captured off Hokkaido Island,
Ncrthero. Japan, the British steamer
Wyeeld, loaded with contraband for
Vladivostok.
A Clever Scheme.
Mukden, Jan. 31. The Japanese
daily are throwing letters within the
Russian lines declaring all "Russia is
aflame with riot and revolt, arguing
that the soldiers are shedding their
blood in vain and are calling on them
to surrender or desert.
Russian Lost 10,000.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 31. A telegram
from Schiatun States that the 'Russian
lcsses from January 25 to 28 were 10,-
"COO, but : the percentage cf dead is
small.
The Japanese loss- was ' very heavy,
Over 300 made prisoners. :
JERMAN.
Before Marriage She Was Miss Isa
bel ie Montgomery of Conocrd.
Charlotte people will learn with deep
sorrow of the death in Raleigh last
night of Mrs. B. S. Jerrnan, who before
marriage was .Miss Isabelle Montgom
eiy, of Concord, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Montgomery, now of Annis-
ton, Ala. .
The end . came last night at 10:45
o'clock, 'after an illness of only a few
days.
The' deceased was a grandaughter of
the late Mr. A. B. Davidson, of . this
city, and has many relatives and
friends in Charlotte where she was well
known and greatly admired.
The following notice of the death of
Mrs. Jerman was taken from the
News and Observer of this morning:
Mrs. B. S. Jerman, one of the most
beautiful, attractive and well loved
women of Raleigh, died at the home
of her husband, on the corner of Wil
mington and Polk streets at 10:45
o'clock last night. Mrs. Jerman
was a daughter of C. J. Montgomery,
Esq., formerly of Concord, now of An
nistcn, Ala. She leaves two children
and a husband to miss the sweet influ
ence of her life. Three children born
to her in the past several years have
died. The people of the whole city will
sincerely mourn the death of this wo
man, who laid hold on the hearts of all
with whom she came in contact.'
Engineer Horton Dead.
Railroad people here will learn with
deep i egret of the death in Raleigh last
night of Mr. W, J. Horton, who for
years has been one of the most trusty
ed engineers cn the Seaboard Air Line
I raiiway.
He started out to make his regn.nr
trip south on Saturday morning, but
on reaching Harnlet became so ill that
he was forced to return to Raleign
Mr. Ilcrton had an acute case ot pneu
monia which developed so suddenly
that it was impossible to arrest
course.
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Warmer Weather Tomorrow.
Observer Obarhclzer predicts warm
: er weather for tomorrow. In his corn-
; ments today he spas:
Colder weather followed yesterday's
etorni eastward over aie Atlantic
States, and readings from 4 to 2a de
giees below freezing are found in ihis
section this morning. Zero tempora
ries are found in the upper Lakes,
and the upper Mississippi Valley.
Snow fell during the past twenty-four
hc-urs over the middle Siates, the
Great Lakes and tne western plains.
U continues m the lower Lake region
tins morning, and much cloudiness is
found throughout the remainder of the
ccuntry.
A Small Fire.
A two-story frame building on West
Fourth street, the property of Mrs.
Laura Brown and occupied by Mr. R.
R. Pendleton, caught fire this after-
noon. The nre companies answerea
: the alarm promptly and ;tce fire, which
was a sugnt maze cn me rooi, was
j quickly extinguished.
j The damage was slight.
DEATH OF MRS.
Bill Passes House to Grant New
Trials in Qase of Newly Discov
ered Evidence. Senate Passes
Bill Regulating Catching of
Shad. Many Bills Infroduced.
Mill Men Gather From All Parts of
the State to Oppose Ch'ld Labor
Bill. .Democratic Caucus to
Consider Bill About Division of
School Funds.
Special The ..News. '
Raleih, N. C. Jan. 31. The House
passed the Winborne bill tc allow new
trials of criminal causes on newly
found evidence by a vote ci 47 to 48,
and the bill went ever until tomorrow.
The Senate, after a long discussion,
passed the Vann bill regulating the
catching shad in Albemarle Sound,
by a vote of 26 to 16.
Bills introduced were: By Crisp, Re
publican, to repeal the act for the de
fense of the State election officers in
dicted in in Federal court; by Elling
ton, to make possession of a deadly
weapon in the ease of homicides, evi
dence of premeditation.
After a lively debate the Senate
passed the bill to extend the incorpo
late limits c; Monroe.
Long, of Iredell, today withdrew h.'s
bill to prevent the manufacture and
s-ue ol Lquor in towns of less than 200
voters, and will support the Ward bill
instead.
In the Hc jse bills weie passed auth
orizing special taxes in Casweil, and
Davie ccunties, and Sparta to issue
bonds for g;aded schools; Spencer au
thorized to issue bonds fcr graded
schools; Sampson county to erect a
new court house; to increase the num
ber of tiustees of Morganton graded
schools. Winborne introduced a bill to
allow the allotment of hoaiosteais on
lands held in comjnen: Harrison one
to amend the act establishing graded
schools in Weldon; Murphy, of Bun-
conibe, one to amend the charter of i
ftutherfcrdtcn, Hickory-Mountain Gap
&,Asheville railroad; Graham, of Lin
coln, one to encourage books on North
Carolina history for use in the public
schools. " - .-- . -
There was an extensive bill author
izing the Supreme Court to order a
new trial in the case of newly discover
ed evidence in criminal cases, as is now
the case in civil causes. Argument is
still in progress at this hour, 2.30 y. m.
Caucus on School Fund Division.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 31. Chairman
B. B. Winborne of the House Demo
cratic caucus, announces that there
will be a caucus tonight, the Demo
cratic members of the Senate being in
vited to attend. Among the matters to
be considered will be the Winborne bill
which provides for fou.- months school
annually for all the childrden of school
age, and after that the legislature may
discriminate between the race3, or may
permit either race to levy a special
tax upon its property for the benefit
of the race so taxed.
Opposing the Child Labor Bill.
A large number of cotton mill men
are here to appear before the joint com
mittee on manufacturing and labor to
day in opposition to the Cunningham
bill raising the age limit from twelve
to fourteen years the bill being urged
by Dr. A. J. McKelway.
Among the manufacturers here to ap
pear before the committee in opposi
tion to the bill are S. V. Tanner, presi
dent of Henrietta Mills; W. S. Malloy,
of the Louise Mills, Charlotte; R. R.
Ray, McAddenville mills; J. S. Dur
ham, of the Bessimer Mills; S. J. Pat-,
terson. of Roanoke Rapids; O. R. Cox,
of Cedar Falls Mills; David Clark, of
the Jonesboro Mills; R. M. Miller, Jr.,
of Charlotte; S. G Vann, of ICranklin- '
ton: D. Y. Cooper, of Henderson; J. S.
McAllister, of Spray; D. L. Royster, of
Odell. and E. C. Royster, of Charlotte.
These gentlemen claim that the bill
would work incalculable harm to the
mills of the state as nearly seventy-five
per cent of the spinners in the state are
between the ages of 12 and 14.
The mill men declare that they have
lived up faithfully to the agreement
of two years ago, and that they are sur
prised that the matter should be agi
tated again this legislature.
E CALLED
No Foundation for Report That
I Maxim Gorky May be Hanged.
Grows Brighter for Assembling
of the Old Land Parliament, Like
"States General."
By Associated Pres3. '
St, Petersburg, Jin. 31. The report
H at Maxim Gorky siay bo hanged for
high, treason is without the slightest
foundation. , The expectation is that
be will be released within a fev
weeks. Tha Associated Press is in
formed on exceedingly high authori
ty that the chances of the j govern
ment's meeting the present cituatlon
by granting a sort cf Zemskyzabor
(old Russian land pailiamanl) is grow
ing hourly brighter. ,
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