North Carolina Newspapers

if. it ii .' -H-H I-M"M"M-I: TEN PAGES. TEN PAGES. THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. v0L. XXX111--NO. 6195, CHARLOTTE, N C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1905. PRICE: 3 CENTS -.1 I THE ; : r V. - -- r -V nr 07 ATf ni III ! v I I L t II I la vnriloiour oihil JICID FOR COS i Hosts From Four Cor- The Bapi: 31 of State Gathering at Ral- 'ners 500 Delegates nveJ and That Many More Expected pev. F- D. :i 3 ' e to Preach Open ing Sem on this Evening. To Honor Sieved Dead. Many Suggested for Moderatorship. Ga!a Day for Wake Forest. fecial to Tho News. VileUn. ivc. t.;. The Baptist hosts irui m A 0rV - I Till lUIUlllia die goiu- lure m attend the State-Conven- donomination which meets rioil of in tue nine 5at:,i?t raoernacie iuis eve- 7.;','! o'clock. Tin? .inntial sermon will he preached In- Rev Firs" Hap is After the !-. 1 Hale, n. D.. of the ' church of Wilmington, mon, the convention will rrc.:::-t bv tae election ui uiuceis. : 1. .. 1, ,,1 1 i Itn PtV K. H. jiarsil, wiiu iitriu iGfit it'tt "t president of the Convention tor a.'. tlcCtieli. tis stt-a-.' 14 years, has declined re ji.iir "ho "-ill be named in H a matter of conjecture. Sevt ral prominent tsapusis nave ueeu mentioned in connection with the po sinon and any one of the 1,000 delegates who are exnected. would consider it a great licror to be called upon to preside over the convention. Tomorrow the members of the con Ttiinoii will leave on a special train for Wake Forest, where they go to attend the inauguration of Mr. Poteat as r.resulent of that institution. The exer cisesat Work Forest will be taken part in by a large number of the prominent Baptists of t'ne State. During the last year, the Baptist de nomination in North Carolina lost four of its most distinguished min isters. They were Rev. A. C. Barron, of Charlotte: Rev. Thomas E. Skinner, of Raleigh; Rev. X. B. Cobb, of Samp son county; and Rev. L. R. Carrol, of Duplin. As the delegates begin to gather the following prominent names are men tioned in connection with the Conven tion: T. M. Arrington, Moderator, of Xash: E. T. Ayydlett, of - Elizabeth City; Judee R W. Winston, of Dur ham: Noah Biggs, of Scotland Neck; Ex-Governor C. B. Arcock of Golds boro and W. C- Dowd of Charlotte. MRS. BARRY REMOVED. Had Had Officials at Bay Since Friday. -Smoked Her Out. In Pitiable Con dition. By Associate Press. Girard. Kans., Dec. 6. Mrs. Ina Ber ry who since Friday had held the town officials at bay from her effort in the toilet room of Frisco Railway coach on tracks here, was removed shortly be fore noon, after she had been partially overcome by fumes of amonia. A bundle of rags saturated with the drag had been pushed through the win dow of the toilet room. Before surren dering, Mrs Berry fired one shot at her captors but without effect. Mrs. Berry was removed to jail and placed under the care of the city phy sician. She wis made confident that tae attendants were working in her be half and riiieted down and talked ra tionally. Emaciated by her long fast and wakened from loss of sleep and from txposure, the woman presented a pita 'e appearance. Her clothes were torn, face and hands badly soiled and w nan- disheveled. Mrs. Berry will be delivered into the custody of the Pro bate Court. A WOMAN CONFEDERATE. New York p0!ice Think Woman Help ed in Big Theft. Associated Press, ew York rif.f f: tv, v, i,.,t. Portion of the 5200.000 worth of jewels Jien from a Paris traveling sales man m Birmingham, England, last -uarcn were disposed of it the South Stnt, Western cities in the United rnhi a won'an confederate of the police1"55 1S lhe opinion of the New York tw' nG'klaces valued at several w.san(1 dollars, which were identified of th7 ViK'tim o the robbery as a part shrnt pIund(lr- '"'re found in a pawn 6U0P here vesi(.r,io t : i 'sons are vami ,uv. tlie robber,- , v' VUUllCV, LlVill Willi ami nothing will be made PUlJl until the;, are apprehended THE ADMIRAL'o REPORT. Says "Military &!imin!cr,i... rr- '.ty" ls Necessary, " WW 18116,1 J'". 1 a.hington. Dec. r.-Kp j g.-UUVC nULIIUI - 4.1 no r,(c G. Necessary to cmrnenr-y if Ihf American Navy, fin!.;.- A. rw" eai l"mu t Hear Admiral r.Pnr?P Xavit ,1 ". chlit )f the Bureau of the w... V. Uie introduction' into 'bauun, is tary admin- 1 mtnt of some "mili 4at SS! . 0n ai!thority" to co-reaus- to i leclmial work of the'bu tai'yf'orthP resiJ0,lsi'le to the Secre nss of the a gamzation and prepared ffiilitarv m-et an'i to advise in all ry maters. That vy G;nelr Ration by law of a Almiral f0"ns the feature of maae Public todarSe'S anUUal report TO ( The Frightful Death of Consul General Parsons. By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 6. A dispatch to The Iribune from the City of Mexico gives further details of the accident in which James Russell Parsons, United States Consul General, lost his life here last night. The open carriage in which hp was driving with Mrs. Parsons and their son, was struck by an electric car. Mrs. Parsons was slightly injured. The boy escaped- without a scratch. The accident happened while Mr. Parsons and his family were going to the Central Station to bid farewell to their friends. The coachman tried to cross the street car track in front of a rapidly moving car, which struck the carriage with terrific force, crushing it against a trolley post. Mr. Parsons head struct the post, the whole top of the head being taken off. The motorman and. driver of the coach disappeared after the accident and have not yet been arrested. THE INAUGURAL EXERCISES. State Board of AgriculturefAccept In vitation to Attend Exercises at Wake Forest. Special to The News. ' Raleigh, Dec. 6. The State Board of Agriculture in its annual session re ceived the reports of Commissioner of Agriculture Patterson and State Chem ist Kiigore and accepted the invitation to attend the inaugural ceremonies at Wake Forest Thursday for tne induc tion of W. L. Poteat, president of the college. The report of Commissioner Patter son showed $96,525 sales of fertilizer tags for the year. They decreased about S2.000 from last year. It is re ported about $12,000 additional will be required for the equipment of the ag ricultural building of the A. & M. Col lege. A committee was appointed to invite Gov. Glenn to meet witn the board. The Governor signified his intention to at tend tomorrow especially to urge that provision be made for sending an ex hibit illustrative of North Carolina re sources through the Eastern States. WAREHOUSEMEN JIEET. Annual Convention Now in Session Many Subjects Discussed. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 6. The American Warehousemen's Association met in an nual convention. The session will last through Friday. President W. T. llob Inson, of Philadelphia, culled the meet ing' to order and reported a very pros perous year for the Association. In his report Secretary Iieid called attention to the growing need of sys tem for warehousing cotton, cement and a thousand other staples so that the receipts issued shall actually rep resent the goods described therein and that such goods - will be delivered promptly on demand. . If, he said, the integrity of these re ceipts could be guaranteed by the body of National standing those efforts may be crowned with success. Recommen dation was made that an appropriation of ?6,U00,000 for the Department of Ag riculture be made by Congress for the establishment of Government cold stor age plants. It was decided that the by laws of the Association do not coninct with the warehouse business of South ern men who may join the Association and whose business requires the han dling of large quantities of cotton un der conditions peculiar to that product and section of the country. TUBERCULOSIS BILL. Introduced By Representative "Wiley of Alabama. Bv Associated Press. "Washington, Dec. 6. An appropria tion of $100,000 for the National Tuber culosis Sanitarium is provided for in a bill introduced by Representative Wiley of Alabama. The bill provides that the sanitarium is to be open to indigent persons of both races who are suffering from tu berculosis of the lungs and is to admit all persons of the Army and Navy as well as those honorably discharged from the service. viorala. Ala., is designated as a site for the sanitarium and it is provided that the Surgeon General of Public Health and Marine Hospital Service is to" have full charge of the sanitanumv STILL REFUSES FOOD. Mrs. Berry In Undisputetl Possession of tli Hnilroad Coach. Bv Associated Press. Giriard, Kan.. Dec. 6. Mrs. Iren Ber ry todav still held -undisputed possesion of the " railroad coach on the tracKs here in which she has been barricaded since last Friday. Early . today she went from the toilet room into the car aisle to set a drik, the first she has taken in four days. She still refuses food. ODESSA STILL OPEN, i All Communication .Between .onuo and St. Petersburg Has Closed. Bv Associated Press. London. Dec. 6. Although public tel egraphic communication Deel"T don and Odessa has entirely stopped, the foreign operators are still at their kevs Tn the Odessa office and. inform their riends in London daily that they are perfectly safe and so far no dls7 turbance has occurred. Suoreme Court Decisions. SPPSeWh 5hC.NDWec: 6.-The Supreme Burke vf Johnson From Cabarrus, affirmed: Brown . KalTroad. from McDowelL new triaL wamrick vs. Western Union leiegrapn ?c rom Rutherford ton. new trial ;Sprm Wo M lbourn. from Wilkes, no error and Snow vs. Railroad from Hender son ner curiem affirmed. -public Asso- fifth annual sessiu" ciation of county superintendents ch convenes in """"I ,nth nnd 14th. i in this city Decemeber 13th and 14tn. . .u. v, 1 1 rT rpnreseiai.ii " ' tfl..oo 3'roa eVatonal .Jhey'ea" the counties and progress of the year. Chnttanoogra the Place. By Associated Press. V The Executive Norf,? yfVvC Southern Baptist con- vention Qa h t, or the J. tun,, the place r' viwed that next convention. the 1 nfi i.- .ftTivpniiuu " " "Norfolk or Richmond UUI...B v.. ---- Asheville, N. C, and l?SZV;v.. were candidates for the 196 Convention. ; ; HEAD KNOCKED OFF. PENITEKTIARY MAY BE USED FOR THE RELIEF OF INSANE rr i -- -- j Governor Glenn Announces his In tention to Hve Architects Ex amine Penitentiary to Find Out if it Might be Used for Relief of Insane. Hospitals at Morganton and Ral eight Over-crowded. Prison Authorities Say Convicts Can be Kept Cheaper on State Farms and Public Works. Special to .The News. . Raleigh, N. :C., . 6. Governor Glenn announces his intention to have archi tects examine the penitentiary build ing here in view of ascertaining the practicability of adapting it for use as a hospital for insane relief owing to the over-crowded condition at the present at the Raleigh and Morganton hospitals. He takes this action so he may form ulate a recommendation to the next Legislature. - He says that the prison authorities favor this and assure him they can much more - economically keep con victs on State iarms and public works. LITTLE -BREAD EARNERS. Pennsylvania "Pubfic Education Asso ciation Supplies Money in Lieu of Their Earnings. Philadelphia; Dec: 6 At the season's first meeting of the Public Education Association at the Acorn Club, Miss Dora Keen secretary of the organiza tion, spoke of the new plan by which the association hopes to cope with vio lations of the child labor law the scholarship idea as applied to the lower grades in the public school. As outlined by Miss Keen, the so ciety has awarded scholarships to four teen children upon " whose earnings families were dependent. The children have been obliged to return to school by the child labor law, but the sum of their earnings goes as before to tliose dependent upon them. Careful inquiry into eighty-six cases which at first appeared to demand scholarships narrowed the actual in stances of want to fourteen. Other cases will be taken up this winter. Doctor Joseph, Swain of Swarthmore College, who is president of the soci ety, presided" over the meeting. Doc tor Carl, Kelsey of. the University of Pennsylvania spoke on "The Problems of Relief Raised by Compulsory Educa tion." Benjamin C. Marsh, secretary of ( the Pennsylvania Society to.. Protect Children from Cruelty, addressed the meeting on "The Best Methods of Deal ing With Truant and Undisciplined Children." GREAT YEAR FOR MOOSE. All Records Beaten With the Excep tion of That of 1902. Bangor, Me.; Dec. 6. All records save that of 1902 have been broken by the moose hounters in Maine this sea son. The open time on this game closed last Thursday nisht. The total number of moose brought to Bangor up to that date is 214. Probably -enough more killed in remote placed and yet to be brought in will bring the-total up to 230 or more, as compared with 221 in 1904. The receipts of deer to date have been 4,204, as compared with 4,295 in 1904. As the season has nearly two weeks' yet to run, it is likely that the total for this year will be about 4,500. The record year for deer at Bangor was 1902, when 5,295 were received here. This is not likely ever to be equalled. Game Commissioner Carlton thinks that the moose-shooting season, now from Oct. 15 to Dec. 1, should be short ened to one month from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15. and that the deer season, now from Oct. 1 to Dec. 15, should begin on Oct. 1 and end on Dec. 1. . Severe weather is now driving the visiting sportsmen out of the woods, and what little hunting is done from now on will be done by natives. MAY STRIKE AT MIDNIGHT. Demand That Death Sentences Be Re versed. Poland Free From Military Rule. By Associated Press. Warsaw, Dec. 6. The executive com mittee of the railroad employes union has telegraphed all station of the Rus sian railroads urging the men to begin a general strike at midnight unless the death sentences . passed by the court martial at Samara oh Sokoloff, an en gineer, and other local leaders of the recent railroad strike at Samara, are reversed before that hour. The abolition of the minor- state of martial law was gazetted to-day and Poland is now completely freed from military rule. DEPEW RESIGNED. Senator Depew Resigns His Director ship of the Equitable. Bv Associated rPress. Washington, Dec 6. Senator Depew of New York has tendered his resigna tion "of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. - " . ROY AIi MARRIAGE. American Heiress Joins Britisn Peer age. Bv Associated Press. London. Dec. 6. Another American h.,rwsa has loined the British Peerage : ' - - . . . : this afternoon tnrougn . tne marnu.se of Eloise, daughter of the lat W. L Breese of New York to Lord Willough by de Fresby, heir of Earl Lancaster. THIS WAS BUSY IN SUPERIOR T Sam. White, Colored Charged With Burglary. Mr, McRae to Defend Him. A. Number of Smaller Cases were Disposed of During the Session of Court. This has ; been a busy day in the Superior court and a lot of business has been tranacted. One of the most important cases that came up today was that of the charge of burglary against Sam White, a ne gro of the Huntersville section. The prisoner was arraigned this morning and ?s he was unable to employ coun sel, the court appointed Mr. John A. McRae to defend him. North Carolina is the only Southern State in which burglary is a capital felony. Owing to the circumstances in this case, it is highly probable that the Solicitor will not ask for a con viction in the first degree; and it is also probable that counsel for White will enter a submission for burglary in the second degree. In this case the sentence will be for a term of from 5 to 10 years. , A very interesting case was that of Henry Johnston, colored who was charged with an assault on Officer Christenburg; also resisting arrest. The jury found the prisoner guilty and the sentence of the court was that John ston serve eight months on the county roads. Frank Barret, charged with retail ing, was made to pay the costs and he will be required to appear at court from term to term to show that he has not violated the liquor law. Will Jackson one of the 'bunch of gamblers who was caught on East Sixth street several days ago, plead guilty to gaming" and was sentenced to serve a term of four months on the county roads. ' ' ' Jim Philips, colored who was charged with larceny and carrying a concealed weapon -vas sentenced ' to 12 months on the county roads. , Earnest Neal who was originally charged with larceny was sentenced to four months on. the county roads. The bill was changed to forcible tres pass. Frank Couser, the little negro .boy, who has repeatedly taken different articles of merchandise from the Bee Hive, was sentenced to serve a term of six months on the county roads. Son Barbour, charged with larceny, was given 12 months on the county roads. Roy Monroe, charged with larceny, was convicted and sentenced to four months on the county roads. Charles Ross, charged with stealing was sentenced to four months on the county roads. Charles Williams and Esther Alex ander, charged with fornication and adultery, were each given five months on the county roads. The case of Lee Duran and his wife Beckie Duran, charged with retailing liquor was tried this morning. The jury had not reported at the hour of going to press. HAIR TURNS WHITE IN NIGHT. Young Clerk Accused of Robbing Mails Has Session of Horror Behind Bars. Philadelphia, Dec. , 6. Whether it was worriment, a wig' or poor hair dye, the fact remains that John G. Waters' hair turned white overnight after he had been arrested for stealing from the mails. Waters, who lives in Jersey City, was a mail clerk on the Pennsylvania Rail road. He took money from five test let ters, and subsequently confessed that he had been stealing for four months. He was arrested and put into a cell in the Harrisburg jail. When the iron barred door was locked on him, his hair was dark brown. In the morning it was perfectly white. It has not the appearance of hair that has been dyed, and the police are sure that the clerk did not have a wig, and that even if he had, there would have been no op portunity for him to dispose of it. United States Commissioner Wolf held the man in $1,000 bail for trial. NOT KILLED BY FOOTBALL. Son's Death Due to Meningitis, Broker Seymour Announces. Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 6. Believ ing a mistake was made in saying that William Seymour, who died October 12, last, died as the result of inquiries received in a football game, his par ents have had an autopsy performed, and last night his father, Frank Sey- Imoura New York broker, who lives at Goscob, issued the following state ment: The death of my son was not due to any injury he received in a football game. He died in convulsions which resulted from spinal menigitis brought on by an operation for an abscess on the .brain. The operation was per formed a year ago in a New York hospital. The general press announced, in Oct. 13, that William's death was caused by injuries he received playing football, and I wish to correct this er ror." ' - Owing to the absence of several members the meeting , of the School Commissioners was not held last night. The meeting will be called by the chairman at a later date. Mr. E. Nye Hutchison, Jr., wras indisposed today, being confined to his room at the residence of Mr. McD. Watkins, on Elizabeth Heights. Mr. George E. Wilson left this morn ing for Raleigh, where he goes on business. OR HOUSE FAVORS BILL PROVIDING LARGE AMOUNT FOR CANAL Unanimous Consent of House Given for Consideration of Bill !.,.'. tic Knn nnn i Appropriating $16,500,000, for the Panama Canal. Mr. Wil liams Opposes Bill. The Esch-Townsend Railroad Rate Bill is Reintroduced. Is Broad er Than Before. Corroborates President's Ideas. Senator'this Popular young matron were con- scious that the death angel was hover- Lodee Introduces Tariff Bill. mg near. w I By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 6. Unanimous consent was given in the House for the consideration of a bill appropriat ing $16,500,000 for the Panama Canal. Mr. Williams claimed there should have been an itemized account of the expenditures. Mr. Hepburn made a general speech on the canal and the progress of the work. Answering questions as to ca nal salaries, Mr. Hepburn said he could make a general statement that there were 26 salaries over $5,000, 6 between $4,000 and $5,000; 55 between $3,000 and $4,000 and 136 between $2,000 and $3,000. These included the engineers of the high scale. Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, said he had been informed that $10,000 a year was being paidto a press agent, but Mr. Hepburn said he knew noth ing about that report. Mr. Williams declared the canal a non-partisan un dertaking and said no one could claim credit for it. He intended to offer an amendement to reduce the sum of $15, 500,000 to an amount actually neces sary to carry on the work to January 1 next. Mr. Williams said he would object to the issuance of bonds as long as there were $40,000,000 on deposit in the national banks without any inter est. Esch-Townsend Bill. The Esch-Townsend Railroad Rate Bill, which passed the House at the last session, has been redrawn and was reintroduced in the .House today by Mr. Townsend. The bill embraces all the features of the former measure, but specifies the particular things which may be done by the Inter-State Commerce Commission. In addition it has a pub licity feature ana gives the commission jurisdiction over refrigeration and terminal charges. It also directly prohibited the car rier from granting any shipper the privilege oi collecting -is product and and then getting a special rate under the short term provision for changing the rates. As explained by Townsend, the "bill expresses the ideas of the President in his message." A number of the annual reports of public officials were laid before the Senate and this was followed by the presentation of a number of petitions and bills. - Senator Lodge introduced the max imum and minimum tariff bill. SENTENCED FOR 162 TIMES. Cell Thomas Sheridan's Home for Quarter of a Century. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 6. Thomas ("Hooker") Sheridan was returned to the county jail to serve his one hun dred and sixty-second sentence. He has spent more than twenty-seven of his fifty-six vears in jail and almost whol ly for drunkenness and allied misde meanors. Sheridan was released, found intoxi cated and again sentenced to thirty days in jail. The cell which Sheridan has occupied for a quarter of a cen tury is reserved for him, no other pris oner being given lodgings there during Sheridan's brief liberties. TREE GROWS ROUND SHELL. Eight-Pounder Fails to Prove Fatal to Monarch of Dry Creek, Virginia. Lynchburg, Va., D6c. 6. J. W. Hud dleston, operating . a sawmill on the James River and Kanawha turnpike, about three miles east of Dry Creek, re cently struck a piece of shell, weigh ing about three or four pounds, which was in a large oak log and so smoothly grown over that it was not noticed. The saw cut into the shell two and one-half inches, and sustained no dam age, except requiring a new set of teeth. There were thirty-eight growths of wood over it. It was the but tend of an eight-pounder, with a heavy band of copper around. This shell was fire i into the tree at the battle of Dry Creek, August 23, 1863. COWS' TAILS TO MAKE ROPE. California Sheriff Notified of Inhuman Docking of Stock by Ranch Thieves. Redding, Cal., Dec. 6. W. B. Elam, an extensive stock raiser of Tehama county, ' came ' to 1 Red Bluff and com plained to the Sheriff that parties un known to him were cutting the tils off the stock on the ranges. He thinks there must be as many as a hundred bobtailed steers and cows on the range about Hunter's Station. Mr. John M. Craig returned to the city last evening after spending the Thanksgiving holidays at ; Hartwell, Ga., where he was the guest or Mr. Julian B. McCurry. . . . DEATH OF MRS. WEDDINGTON. The End Came At Crewe, Va., This Afternoon At 2.10 o'Clock. A long distance message from Crewe, Va., received this afternoon, states that Mrs. Clara Weddington, wife of Mr. Graham Weddington, died at her home at that place this after noon at 2.10 o'clock. The body will be prepared for burial at Crewe and will be brought to Char lotte, either tonight or in the morning. The funeral will take place sometime tomorrow afternoon, the hour to be named later. Ane Qeaxn oi Mrs. weamnston win bring the keenest sorrow to many homes in Charlotte. For several years she made Charlotte her home and all who knew her were bound to her by the tenderest ties. Mrs. Weddington had been in failing health for nearly two years. She re turned from the West where she went in search of health some months ago and went to her home at Crewe, Va. From day to day reports were received in Charlotte that she was growing weaker and the family and friends of O A-F-T.- Tnnnmnn-n lr.H "TTT J JZ L - I was Miss Clara Davis. .She was about 23 years old and was one of the most! lovable young women in Charlotte The hearts of many people in Char lotte will bleed when they learn that the gentle, spirit has passed into the Beyond. GOATS HOLD UP CAR. Glendale Line Is Path of the Billys and Thev Refuse to Give Trcllev Right of Way. Los Angeles, Cal., Dee. 6. The Gkn- clale electric car leaving the Casa Ver- dugo at 12.45 the other afternoon stepped on the high trestle at Ivan- hoe just in time to avoid a head-on collision. Two billygoats, north-bound, had reached the middle of the long span, and in spite of all signals persisted in keeping to the left track. The car came to a stop twenty feet from the goats with the air brakes hard set. , "Too-o-ot, too-o-o-ot, toot-tooot!" shrieked the whistle. The derelicts shook their heads to e wind and braced themselves for the shock they expected. ' Several passengers left the car and proceeded cautiously ahead. One of the goats weakened in his purpose and made to the edge of the trestle. He peered over and observed that it was about fifty ;feet down, and that the water in the Los Angeles river is not deep enough for a high dive. . Deliberately and with remarkable presence of dignity the goats proceed ed on their original course north bound on the south-bound track. The motorman yielded the right of way and did not proceed until they were past, cn their way to Tropico. DANGER OF REPEAL. Of the Law Giving $100,000 to the Pub lic Schools. State Superintendent Joyner has sent to the various county superintendents a letter of instructions with blank ap plications for and from the second hundred thousand dollars. It is said that something is radically wrong when the wealthiest counties apply for aid from this fund, and if the county board of education and boards of county commissioners would co-operate with the State Superintendent in the strict enforcement of the law, a rich county would not secure money from this source. Superintendent Joyner says there is danger of the repeal of the law. He writes to the county superintendents: "With the increase in taxable property and in the assessment thereof in every county in the State, the legal demands for aid this year, ought not to be so great as last year, and will not be, if the law is obeyed. If I can secure through your co-operation a strict com pliance with the law, I believe that the appropriation will be more than sufli cient for all legal demands this year. Unless I can secure a strict compliance with the law in the apportionment of the second hundred thousand dollars, there is great danger of the repeal of the law." Counties having more than' a four months term in any township, and less in others, must use at least one-sixth of their county fund to aid all their school districts to have a four months term before they -will be entitled to aid from the second hundred thousand dollars. Cows Tails to 3Iake Rope. Redding, Cal., Dec. 6. W. B. Elam, an extensive. -stock raiser of Tehama county came to Red Bluff and complain ed that parties unknown to him were cutting the tails of his stock on the ranges. He thinks there must be as many as a hundred botailed steers and cows on the range about Hunter's Sta tion. - He says the mutilation is done by thieves who want the hair to use in the manufacture of hair .ropes. Mr. Elam claims that the men who rob the cattle of their tails slip up behind them while they are lying down and with a sharp knife do the work quickly. Ross McRaye of Payne Craek also in Tehama county, went to Red Bluff and swore to a complaint charging that a neighbor had stolen seventeen hogs from him. Later sixteen of the hogs turned up at the same place, but all of them had been clipped clean of ears. These two complaints coming so close ly together, are a novelty in criminal proceeding in Northern California, Meeting of Congregation. There will an important meeting of the congregation of Calvary ' Metho dist church tomht at 7.30 o'clock. The ladies of the congregation will have an oyster supper at the residence of Mr. J. J. Shuman at No. 634 South Church street tomorrow night., The receipts of cotton at the local platform today amounted to 43 bales at 11 cents. On the same day last (year 55 bales were received at 7 j cents.. GENERAL CHAFFEE PREDICTS WE ARE TO NAVE MORE WAR At a Public Reception Held in His Honor Last Night in Los An geles, He Predicts that the United States will Again Go to War. Gen. Chaffee Says that When that War Does Come the United States Must be Intelligently Prepared to Prosecute it .to Bitter End. By Associated Press Chicago, Dec, 6. A despatch to the Chronicle from Lcs Angeles, Cal., savs: At a oublic reception in his honor last night, Lieut. Gen. and Chief of Stalf Adna. R. Chaffee, of the United States Army, predicted that the United States will again go to war. This prediction was made in Gen eral Chaffee's address regarding the work of the army. He said: uentiemen, war will come aeain. There are iilenty of men ij this room who will see our country at war again; not on our own soil, perhaps. You must remember that we have now become one of the nations of earth. We have reat interests to defend. "When that war comes we must be intelligently prepared for it. 'Modern war is not what war used to be. No one is now fitted to command troops who is not a scientific and well trained man. Modern war must be scientifical ly treated to save human life. .The Japanese are a military neonle. but we are not. We do not get on with military preparations as they do, but we should be ready for conflicts." LONG SPRINT AT MIDNIGHT. The Six Day Racers Take a Livelv Contest At Midnight. By Associated Press. New York. Dec. 6. After a heart breaking hour of long sprint at mid night in which the Bedell Brothers forged to the front with a lead of one lap the riders in the six day bicycle race contented themselves with a slow steady plugging for the remainder of the night. ' Hall-Doney and Trousselier-Decaup teams were worn out by the . terrific struggle and at midnight withdrew. At eight o'clock only ten teams remained in the race. The Hall-Downey team withdrew from race when it was found during a spill in the midnight sprint that Hall had broken his collar bone. IRISH CONVENTION. John Redmon President. Resolution to Be Proposed. By Associated Press. Dublin, Dec. 6. The Irish National Convention was opened at the Mansion House this morning under the Presi dency of John Redmond. Special inter est was taken in the advent of the new liberal administration at West Min ster. In this connection a resolution wil be proposed, saying no new system of government in Ireland will be accepted as satisfactory .except the legislative assembly be' freely elected and repren tative of the people with power to make the laws for Ireland and an ex ecutive government responsible to that assembly. The resolution was introduced and carried unanimously.. THIRTY DEATHS IN NOVEMBER. Interesting Report Made By City Physician F. 0. Hawley. The report of City Physician F. O. Hawley for the month of November, shows there were 30 deaths in Char lotte. Of this number. 5 were whjte males; 8 white females; 11 colored males and 6 colored females. The following quarantined diseases appear in the report: Diphtheria, 4; scarlet fever, 1; measles, 2; smallpox, 2. Total, 9. The report of Mr. N. A. Barnhart, superintendent of the crematory is as fellows: Number of horses cremated, 8; mules, 3; cows, 2; hogs, 28; Dogs, 20; cats, 22; chickens, 139; ducks, 4; turkeys, 10; rabbits, 12; O'possums, 2; boxes fish, 4; barrels night soil, S05; leads trash, 414. JURY CAN'T AGREE. (in Case of State of S. C. For Damage of $2C0,CG0 Jury Fail to Agree. Bj Associated Press. Columbia, S. C. Dec. 6. After being out 36 hours, the jury was unable to agree on a verdict in the siut of the State of South Carolina for $200,000 damages alleged to have been received on the State Capitol by defective con struction under direction of F. P. Mil burn. GINNERS' REPORT DELAYED. President Taylor Orders Delay For Purpose of Revision. By Associated Press. Dallas, Texas, Dec. 6. The National Ginners' report has been delayed by an order of President J. A. Taylor, who claims that revisions are to be made. President Taylor is in Oklahoma City and has advised Secretary Blackwell by wire to delay the report. Washington, Dec. 6. Postmasters ap pointed for North Carolina: At Dod son. Lettitia. V. Harkrader; at. Wallace, R. B. ColwelL j I , f" ' ; i: i- : ' :: , 'Hv II' ' 'Ih - .-t&Vfei i 4 S'. n. - ' u . , ' IS ': 1 - --JI -. I f -.1; W- it. I it .. -St? it