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n MEW J f THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOL. XXXV NO. 6237 CHARLOTTE, N C, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1 906. FRICE: 3 CENTS GHAE D H . 3 GILLESPIE OF TEX, SAYS Representative Gillespie is the Author of Resolution Regarding Alleged Combination o Certain Railroads. Says President's Answer is an Insult to House. Mr, Gillespie Makes Several Grave Charges Against Rail roads. Says President Should Have Made Complete lnvestiga-j tiun of Their Condutt. ! By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 6. Mr. Gillespie (Texas), author of the resolution re garding the alleged Pennsylvania Rail read combination which was answered yesterday by the President declared i'uat the arswer was an insult; that with the great machinery at hand, a complete investigation of the actual conditions should have been made. He c:;i,i such investigation would show that the railroads carrying bituminous coal to rfce Atlantic ports are the Pennsylvania, New York Central, B. & 0., X & W., and the Reading. He, re cited the facts developed concerning the relations of four of these roads which were named in his first resolu tion in regard to their having the same stockholders and directors. He assert ed that an investigation would show there had been an allotment to each ccal-carrying road of a certain terri tory to prevent competition in mar kets by means of rate adjustments, agreements and combinations. Also that the Pennsylvania and the New York Central, by means of their stock ownership arrangements hae prevented coal from the territory of the Norfolk & Western, and the Ches apeake and Ohio being offered any where above the Virginia Capes; also that the Pennsylvania Company has power to curtail shipments from the territory served by the B. & O., and the C. ib 0., and the Norfolk & West tern; also that the B. & O., declines to allot a fair proportion of cars to in dependent shippers or to allow "inde pendent companies to open up new mines and become shippers on the line of the B. & O. Also that an investi gation would show that the Pennsyl vania Railroad and its officers- were interested in coal companies shipping over its lines. Mr. Gillespie has prepared a reso lution, which he will introduce request ing the President to direct the Inter state Commerce Commission to make an immediate investigation of all these charges. To Close Debate. Agreement was reached in the House to clcse the debate on the Railroad Rate Bill at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Gudger Speaks. Representatives Burnett, cf Ala bama; Lewis, of Georgia, and Gudger, of Ncrth Carolina, delivered speeches in favor of the Rate bill. IN THE SENATE. Senator Tillman's Resolution Atfopted. Patterson Postpones Speech On His Resolution. By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 6. Senator Till man's resolution directing the Com mittee on Immigration to make an in vestigation of the Chinese Boycott of American goods, was adopted by the Senate. Senator Patterson's resolution relative to the recent Democratic cau cus was laid before the Senate and Patterson stated that he would net apeak until tomorrow in order to al low Mr. Bacon to speak today. 3Ir. Bacon proceeded with an argu ment on his Moroccan resolution. The speech, was. in the main, a plea for the risht of the Senate to "advise and consent" in the matter of negotiation of treaties and was largely a reply to Senator Spooner's recent speech on this question. Senator Foraker sought to divert Mr. Bacon into a discussion of the action of the Democratic caucus of last Saturday pledging the Democratic Senators to vote against the Santo Do mingo treaty, but Mr. Bacon refused to anticipate tomorrow's proceedings, saying only that the Republican Sena tors were, bound by a stronger influ ence than' the order cr a par:y cau cus. Bacon on Treaties. Senator Bacon said it had been the practice of Secretary Hay to confer with Senators at all stages of the ne gotiation of treaties, even before en tering upon the negotiation. He in stanced especially the Alaskan and General Arbitration treaties. Senator Bacon said everybody knew ti at the most influential part of the Legislative power was in the White House and had been for ?. generation, though the tendency toward tho White House influence never had been more pronounced than it was today. He said he had recently read that the stock market had either gone up or down in consequence of the " announced po sition, of, tho President; on some par- PRESIDENT INSULTED HOUSE JLiHia measure: " GREENE GAYNOR. Letters Read5 Government's Conten tions fh Case. By Associated Press. Savannah, Feb. 6. The Greene and Gaynor trial letters from Captain Car ter to the prospective bidders and the Savannah Harbor contracts were read. The Government contends that Car ter's practice was to send but one spe cification to each contractor who was not in collusion with him, thereby giv ing Greene and Gaynor an advantage because it would be too late for the "outsider" to get in their bids by the time the two other conies necessary to enable them to prepare the bids ar rived, i FINLAND PREPARING FOR WAR. Paper States That Vast Preparations ..Are Being Made to Support Next Outbreak of Russian Revolution ists. By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, Feb. 6. The Novoe) v remya connued its revelations in regard to the importations of arms in to Finland, the paper declared it had evidence that the radical organization in Finland was preparing for an open war in support of the next outbreak of the Russian Revolutionists. Not only were the well armed infan try forces being drilled, but the horses were being trained for cavalry and ar tillery service and shells for the field artillery were being imported. SMILEY FOUND GUILTY. Jury Returns a Verdict of Murder in the Second Degree. Special to The News. Asheville, Feb. G. The jury in the case against John Smiley charged with, the killing of Rudolph Caldwell on Christmas day, which has been on trial in the Haywood County Superior Court, Judge McNeill presiding, re turned a verdict of murder in the sec ond degree this morning. The sen tence has not as yet been pronounced. Smiley is 22 years of age, married and hag one child. Miss May Courtney Oates left last night for New York and Washington. She will be gone lor some time. PASTOR-BANKER , . POND DEAD Rev. Geo. H. Simons, Bapt-st Min ister, Banker and Politician is Found Dead in his Bed. Com mitted Suicide because of Jm pending Disgrace. By Associated Press. Peoria, 111., Feb. 6. Rev. George H. Simons, pastor of the First Baptist church, president of the State Savings Bank and the People's Savings Bank, and recently appointed manager of Mr. Yate's Senatorial Campaign in Pe oria county, was found dead in bed this morning. He has been the object of an investigation at the hands of the State's Attorney, the two banks and the congregation on the gravest charges and it is presumed to be a , case of suicide. Writes While Dying. A letter found beside him showed that death was premeditated. The last line of the letter saying, "Time fails me should I attempt to write personal messages,"- indicates he was dying as he brought the letter to a close. The People's Savings Bank did not open this morning. ' There was a run on the bank yesterday and today a large "crowd surrounded the building. The Inter-State Savings Bank,' of which Simons was president up to yesterday, when his resignation was accepted, was also the object of runs yesterday and today. Stories affecting Dr. Simons' morals were-recently cir culated. The State's Attorney, yesterday secured some sensation al confessions from boys of his con gregation. Dr. Simons was '40 years old and leaves a widow. He had held charges in Texas, Jackson, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky., before coming here LAWSON ARRIVED. To Have Conference With Governor Cummins. Prominent Men Accom pany Him . t By Associated Press. Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 6. Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, arrived here for a conference with Governor Cummins in regard to the insurance investiga tion in Iowa. , F. A. Monett, former Attorney Gen eral of Ohio; N. B. Brown, Governor of Florida; Freemont Older, managing editor of the San Francisco Bulletin and several Boston newspaper men, ac companied him. Gov. Cummins met the party at Rock Island depot and drove them to the Chamberlain. . Members of Committee.. Mr. Lawson invited Governor Gum mins to serve with four other dis tinguished reformers on the committee to which he will turn' over his New York Life and Mutual Life of New York proxies, and which he asks to attend the coming annual meetings of these two companies for the purpose of electing honest and sound business men as directors. Other members of committee will be Governor Johnson, of Minnesota; Senator La Flollette of Wissonsin; Gov. ' Broward, of Florida and Former Attorney General Mon nett, of Ohio. - City Delivery Established. By Associated Press. - . Washington, Feb. 6.--The Postmas ter General has ordered the establish ment of city delivery jat Greenwood, South Carolina on May nrst. .. , i y FREIGHT A E Most Disastrous Train Wreck tor Manv Years' Near Helena Won tana. Freight Crashed into Passenger, Wrecking it Com pletely and Setting Fire to It. Four are Known to be Dead. lo More Thought to be Burned in Wreck. Passengers who Es caped are Uninjured. List of the Dead. By Associated Press. Helena, Mont., Feb. 6. The most disastrous railroad wreck for many years occurred here shortly before mid-night, two and' a half miles West of Helena, A runaway Northern Pacific freight train crashed into a passenger train, wrecked it completely, set fire to it and four persons are known to be dead, with a probability of two more, kwhose names it is impossible to learn, may have been burned in the wreck. The known dead are: B. N. Robinson, of Missoula. Charles Brickie conductor of the passenger txain. J. A. Jessup, an express messenger Foster Senegal, a merchant of Ellis ton. None of the passengers who escaped were seriously ; injured, although of eight passengers on the train, two are unaccounted for. MOODY CALLED UPON. Asked to Admit the Authenticity of a Letter Written By President Roose velt. By Associated Press. Chicago, Feb. 6. Attorney General Moody was called upon by the attor neys for the packers, to admit the au thenticity of a letter ""written to him by President Roosevelt, in which it is stated that the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce and Labor were working together on the packers case, and with the permission of the president. The Attorney General declared he would admit the authenticity of the letter, subject to its verification by his private secretary. After reading the copy of the letter produced the Attorney General said: "I feet it my duty, upon reading this letter to say in regard to this sentence which it contains With my permis sion, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Commerce aid LaborIt is not correct." YEARS EXPERIENCE WORTHLESS. Former Chief Engineer of Canal Before Committee. Says Secretary of War Didn't Want His Experience. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. John F. Wallace, former Chief Engineer of the Isthmian Canal, was again before the Senate Committee on Inter Oceanic Canals. Wallace said he did a year's work and that his successors had the benefit of his analysis or recommendations, "because," he said, "The Secretary of War told me he did not want it and had no vse for me except on the Isthmus as directing engineer. He was so angry in his treatment that he all but cursed me." TWO MORE DISMISSED. Midshipmen of the Third Class Dis missed From Naval Acadmey. By Associated Press. Washington, Feb.6. Two more mid shipmen of the third class were dis missed from the Naval Acadmey as a result of the court-martial findings on the charges of hazing, Secretary Bona parte having signed the orders of dis missing Midshipman Richardson T. De Saussure, of the First South Carolina District, and Midshipman . George H. Melvin, of the Fifteenth Illinois Dis trict. ' THE LEARY CASE. Alleged Issuance of $30,000 Worth of Bogus Drafts o Be Investigated. By Associated Press. New York, Feb. 6. The alleged is sue of $30,000 worth of bogus drafts on the Hanover Bank, of Boston, will be investigated in connection with the arrest of William Leary, of this city. The prisoner is said to, have made a confession to the police that he has issued 30 bogus drafts, having a face value of $1,000 each. He was formerly a Wall street broker. POSTMASTERS APPOINTED. The President Sends Several Nomina tions to the Senate. By Associated Pres. Washington, Feb. 6. The President nominated the following postmasters: Alabama William H. Whitehead, at Rogersville. Florida Sallie J. Perry, at Rochelle. North Carolina Charles L. Perkins, at Sligo; Lillian T. Scriven, at Tar Heel. South Carolina William G. Goodin, at Cummings; HiJliard Hall, at Samaria. Virginia Henry J. Gard ner, at Bruhe; Caleb C. Cooper, at Cob- Delila. . . Mr. . Charles " Caldwell; - of Sugar Creek, is still quite sick at his home. RUil CRASHES TO R SALISBURY' NEWS ITEMS. Fire in Speneer Shops -Other News Arot?s of Interest. Special to The News.. " Salisbury, ST. C, Feb. C Fire' broke oiit at the Spencer shops last night at 7 o'clock and for a while it seemed that it would consume a number of j the Vnain buildings. Dozens of engines on the Spencer yards sounded an alarm by the incessant blowing of whistles, and from the greatness of the alarm and the brilliant glare of the light from the fire, Salisbury people realized that it was one that threatened serious destruction, and the street cars were crowded and made fast round trips to and from Spencer. The fire was in the blacksmith department and the build ing and machinery in it are a total loss, the damage running up into the thous ands of dollars. One hundred and ten men were employed in this department and they will be thrown out of work until another building - can be erected and machinery placed. In addition to these many other employees will be affected as their work will be indirect ly interefered with. The fire apparatus cf the shop was brought into use and the Salisbury fire department vfras called out and took a portion of their apparatus to Spencer and rendered val uable aid in checking the spread of the flames. The fire originated in the crematory and gained such headway that it was impossible to get it under control until the entire "building was in flames. This structure was built principally of iron and steel, but being one of the largest buildings the group contained a sufficient amount of wood work to make considerable fire.s The greatest loss, however, will be that of the employees, who are paid men, and who will be out. of work for several weeks or longer. It became necessary to discontinue the night work in every department as the electric current had to be cut off and this also put the Sal isbury depot and transfer shed in darkj ness, as the power for the lights at these places is furnished from the shops. , The body of Capt. Lester Aldrich ar rived in the city this morning from Middleton, N. Y,. and was taken to Asheville for interment. Mr. Aldrich was 91 years old and for a long time was an engineer on the Western North Carolina Railroad. He was the owner of the railroad shops at this place before they were taken in charge by the State. CONDITION IMPROVED. Condition of Senator Heyburn Greatly Improved. By Associated Press. . Washington, Feb. . 6.: It is stated that Senator Hepburn's condition is greatly improved. IT LOOKS BLUE FOB THE BJJSS TIGERS Judge Bryan, it is Said Makes it Rough Sailing for the Violators of the Prohibition Laws. He Will Preside at the Criminal Term that Meets M on day. What promises to 'be a very interest ing court proceedings will .be trans acted in Charlotte next week. At the present time there are about 30 persons in jail .charged with sell ing liquor. Judge Bryan will preside at the criminal term of court next week and if he follows up his sentences on the violators of the liquor laws in Cabarrus, there is rock-breaking ahead of Charlotte offenders. A prominent lawyer who has-"been retained in 30 liquor cases was say ing this afternoon that he ' has com menced to tremble in his boots. Since the Cabarrus court, be has not made up his mind as to which judge he had rather trv his clients Judgo Shaw or Judgo Bryan He feels that some great surprises are in store for the blind tiger aggregation. At the present time there are 65 persons in the county jail. Of this number one half are charged with vio lating the liquor laws. Besides these, a largo number who have been sent up on the charge of selling whiskey have furnished bond and are now enjoying their liberty. THE BREESE CASE. U. S. Circuit Court Reverses Decision of Lower Court Dickerson Releas ed." ' Special to The News. Asheville, N. C, Feb. 6. Attorneys of William E. xBreese have received a telegram announcing that the U. S. Circuit court of Appeals at Richmqgd, this afternoon reversed the decision of the Lower Court sentencing Mr. Breese to prison for seven years for alleged embezzlement of funds of the First National Bank of Asheville, of which he was president. The ground was that one of the Grand jurors who indicted Breese. had not paid his taxes and was not Qualified to sit on the jury. This decision carries with it the release of Joseph Dickerson also in dicted for alleged embezzlement. The case has been tried four terms. EMEDJO DEATH Early this Morning Frame House and All its Inmates but One was Burned. Nine Negroes Suffered Awful Death From the Flames. By Associated Press Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6. About four o'clock this morning at Sturgis Bay; in Anne Arundel county, a frame house was consumed by fire in which eight persons, alL colored, "were .burn ed to , death. Only one inmate escaped. Ill NEGROES WERE THE GIL CLEAN SHEET BY ! T Dispatch States that Georgia Travelling Men Yesterday Be gan a Crusade for Clean Sheets. Bi'l Drafted to be Introduced in Legislature. To Require Hotel Keepers to Change Sheets Befoie Assign ing Room to New Guess. Claim Some Only Make one Change'a Week. By Associated Press. Chicago, Feb. 6. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Columbus, Ga., says: , "The Georgia traveling men yester day began a clean sheet crusade by drafting a bill which one of the mem bers of the Travelers Protective Asso ciation, who is a member of the Legis lature, will introduce requiring hotel keepers to change their bed linen be fore assigning a room to a new guest. "It is claimed that in some of the smaller towns, the sheets are changed but once a week, no matter how many persons occupied the rooms in that time." , k COMMISSION RETURNS. Reports Train Service and Road Con . dition Bad. Special to The News. . s Raleigh, Feb. 6. The Corporation Commission returned today from a trip to inspect the branch of the At lantic Coast. Line Railroad from Rocky Mount to" Spring Hope, about which' a complaint; has been filed,1: .They, re port they found both train service and road bed conditions bad. A complaint was lodged by Judge Hoke today as to car delivery on the ' Seaboard road from Charlotte to Rutherfordton. The appeal of George A. Bummers, cf Greensboro, was argued before the Supreme Court this morning. He was convicted in Guilford county court of the embezzlement of $1,400 from the Singer Sewing Machine Co. while he was agent there. The sentence from which he appealed is five years on the county roads. Four charters were issued this morn ing with authorized capital aggregat ing $160,000. Home Investment Co., Burlington, $100,000" capital, by R. L. Holt and others ; Burlington Lumber Co., $50,000 capital, L. C. Christmas and others; Withers Brown Drug Co., Chadburn, capital $10,000, R. E. L. Brown, S. E. Withers, of Charlotte. No capital stock. , An order making perpetual the in junction restraining the Runkle Re petcire Company from producing in the State again "Reconstruction Days," on the ground that it infringes the copy right of Thomas Dixon for his famous Dlav. "The Clansman," was made to day by Judge Thomas R. Purnell in the Federal Court here. "Reconstruction Days" was presented on the stage in Raleigh, Louisburg. and Durham. 500 MEN ON STRIKE. Over 1.500 expected to Strike Em ploees of Virninia-Carolina Chemi cal Company. Bv Associated Press. "Charleston, Feb. 6. The strike of the phosphate hands in the mills of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany here has rendered the three mills idle and it is unlderstood that by to morrow it will have affected the whole system of plants in this city. Five hundred men have gone out and it is believed 1,500 will quit work. The men are getting one dollar a day and demand a dollar and a quar ter. Nearly all the strikers are ne groes and the trouble affects all de partments of the works. THK CORONER'S VERDICT. Murder Charged to Occupants and Em ployes of ' Boardins House. Bv Associated Press. Norfolk. Va., Feb. 6. The corner's ju ry in the case of "Walter P. Thurman who was murdered in M. F. Garret's lodging house here last week and the body packed into a trunk, returned a verdict charging the murder to Leo. Thurman. alias Charles F. Taylor, who is still at large. The jury recommended that M. F. Garret. Wm. Kerr and Mrs. Emma L.. Griffith be held as witnesses. Garett is the propritor. Mrs. Griffith is house-keeper and Kerr is an employe at the boarding house. Mrs. Griffith and Garret both said their homes were in South Carolina, but the woman said she came here from New York. Another Blind Tiger. John Key. a well known negro painter of this city, was arrested .this afternoon by Patrolman J. E. Hunter for selling liquor. Key was caught in the act, the alleged sale taking place in, the rear of Ayers and Baker's livery stable on East Trade street, , ; Cotton Receipts. The receipts of cotton at the city platform today amounted to 7 bales and the best price was 11 cents.; For the same day last year the receipts amounted to 13 bales and the best price was 7.50. ' - -LThe Crittenden Circle will meet tomorrow afternoon at' 4 o'clock in 'the Methodist Church;,, - : C SO L MEN HOUSE PASSES THE ! MORGAN BILL-DIS- ! I PENSARY IS KILLED, i Special to The News. COLUMBIA, S. C, FEB. 6. THE i HOUSE PASSED BY 23 MAJORITY ! THE MORGAN BILL ABOLISHING! the state dispensary, the bill has already passed the senate'. STOLE $2,000 FROM S. A. L. Young Man Giving Name of Walter E. Bowen Confessed to Theft. By Associated Press.. Louisville, Feb. 6. A . young man who "gives his name as Walter E. Bow en, and who says he is a son of former the Mayor of Pelham, Ga.; was arrest ed last night suspected of a felony. He later confessed he had stolen about $2,000 worth of goods from the trains on the Seaboard Air Line, while he was employed as baggagemaster on the run between Atlanta, Ga., and Mon roe, N. C. The alleged stolen goods were received by the police in the room on West Broadway. " SENATOR PETTUS ILL. Aged Alabama Senator Has Attack of Illness, But Soon Recovers. By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 6. Senator Pettus, o Alabama, had an attack of illness in the Democratic cloak room early this morning but soon recovered and took his seat in the chamber. Senator Gallinger, who is a physician, attended him. The Alabama Senator is 84 years old. WARY OF INDIAN CATTLE. Government to Inspect Animals Brought From Asia. Washington, Feb. 6. A citizen of Texas, having gone to India to import a herd of about 100 Indian cattle, known to be immune from the fever producinj? tick, which he will introduce in his herd in Texas, the Department of Agriculture has sent a verterinarian to to India to inspect the cattle with a securing: their entry into this country free from any other disease. WHILE HE SLEPT An Incident that look Place Aboard a Southern Railway Train. A Young Virginian who Could not Keep His Fingers Out of Fat Man's Pocket. - A well-known railroader, who makes Charlotte his home, was telling The News man this morning of an incident that occurred on a Southern railway train a few days ago. There was a big, fleshy traveling man aboard who after eating his noon meal in the dining car, tarried long over the cup. After he had imbibed quite freely, a dandy looking young man came in and took a seat on the opposite side of the table from the fat traveling man. The two held a short conversation when the fat man, with the assistance of a waiter, got up to go to his section in a rear Pullman. It was not long after the fat man was seated before he was fast asleep. The young fellow, who spoke to the fat man in the dining car, went back and took a seat 'beside the healthy looking traveling man. ' Now the young fellow had no reser vation in the Pullman and in his hat was prominently displayed the con ductor's check, indicating that he was a day-coach-pasenger. The Charlotte man, who was sitting opposite the fat man and his young companion, noticed the young fellow going through the fat man's pockets. He suspected everything was not all right, so the Pullman conductor was notified. As soon as the young fellow left the sleeper,-the Pullman conductor shook the fat traveler and asked him If he had lost anything. After putting his eyes through a severe rubbing and yawning several times, the fat man said that a $10-bill he had tucked away in his pocket had taken its fight. As the Pullman conductor was the first to say anything about it, the half-drunk, half-sleeping, big, fat traveling man, suspected the conductor. When told by the Charlotte mail what had happened whiile he was asleep, the fat traveling man called in the youngster and, mildly accused him of picking his pockets. The young man commenced to shed tears and be tween his sob he said: "I am from Old Virginia and this is the first time I have ever been accused of any crime." The fat traveling man pulled himself together and prefacing his remarks with a big yawn, he said: "My friend, the fact' that you are from Old Virginia don't count for a d . I am from the same. State. All I want of you is my money. If ybu have not taken it, say so and I will say nothing more to you." Now the train was nearing Lynch burg, Va.', and the young fellow under suspicion had a ticket for that city. Just as the cars pulled under the shed the young fellow pulled out a $10 bill and between sobs said:, "I had rather give you $10 than for you to think I picked your pockets. Here is your money. - Take it. And the fat traveling man says that the $10 bill the young fellow returned to him was the same bill he had when he took his nap, and alter and drink ing on the dining car; The Charlotte man isays there is no doubt in his mind hut that the young fellow picked the fat man's pockets. ' DEAD F IT TO BE S, C. ARMSTRONG -. Decomposed Body of Man With' Bullet Hole Through Head Found in Thicket Near Roanoke. Thougbt to be Former Bank Cashier. Armstrong Had Mysteriously Dis appeared Jan. 2. Bunch of Keys Gives Clue. Bank was in Good Condition. His Wife and Children are Prostrated. By Associated Press. . Pittsburg, Feb. 6. The badly decom posed body of a man with a bullet hole through his head Was found 'yes terday in a thicket on . the outskirts of Roanoke, Va., and it is believed ta be that of Sturley C. Armstrong, ' cash ier of the Washington National Bank, who mysteriously disappeared from this city January 2. - The number 243,241, attached to a bunch of keys, found on the body was designated as the number of the acci dent insurance policy carried by the missing cashier. Armstrong's wife and four children are prostrated. Notwithstanding the fact that Armstrong's accounts were found to be entirely correct, many for eign depositors, becoming frightened at his prolonged absence, withdrew their money, but deposits from others far exceeded the amount withdrawn and confidence was quickly restored. Mrs. Armstrong declared she believ ed 'her husband's mind had become deranged from o1erwork and anxiety. PROF. PRESTON W. SEARCH. On "Music in the Fatherland" at Eflz- . abeth College Uast Night. Prof.' Preston W. Search,' the noted lecturer,; delivered.a jJte'ry. entertaining lecture at Elizabeth College, last "eve ning his subject" being "Music In the Fatherland." " ." . " ' " . PrOi. Search comes, from the Uni versity of Worcester, Mass; He is the author of the popular book, entitled "An Ideal School," which " Prof. Clax ton of the university of Tennessee says is the ablest book on education written in the last quarter of a cen tury. A large number of friends and pa tons of the college atended the lect ure last night. A DANCE AND RAZOR. Caused Trouble Down On West More head Street Last Night. " Escorted by two officers, John Durln, stumbled into the police-station la3t night about 11 o'clock half . exhausted by the loss of blood which flowed freely from two terrible wounds that extended from ear to' ear. Durin mumbled the usual tale of "dance, ra zor and scrap." Durin said he was sitting in a wo man's house on Morehead street warm ing himself, when Jim Clarke came in and started a fuss. One word led on to another when Clarke pulled his razor and commenced slashing Durin, the sharp blade inflicting two ghastly wounds on his face and cutting the back of his coat into threads.- The wounded man who had but one shoe on, ran and on his way to the police station met the officers whom he told of the assault. Officers were at one dispatched to the scene to arrest Clarke but when they arrived the man had departed for" parts unknown. Dr. F. O. Hawley, city physician, was sum mond and Durin's - wounds were dressed. FRAME LOVE-MAKING RULES. Tells Girls to Allow But One Call of Two Hours a Week. Wilkes-Barre, Feb. 6. Father Ber nett, of St. Nicholas German Catholic Church, of this city, today advised the young women of the congregation to allow no young man to call cftener than once a week; to limit such visits to two hours; to allow no male caller to remain after 10 at night; to dismiss any man, who pays attention to them for six months without proposing mar riage; to permit no engagement to last longer than six months and. to avoid forming acquaintances with any young men who are not properly introduced to them by persons they can trust. BOY MADE BLIND. Oculist "Declare , Aniline. -Compounds Affected the Optic Nerve. ; , New York, Feb. 6. "Rendered blind by eating candy," was the, verdict pro nounced yesterday by eye experts who have been treating the little son of John Schmidt, a Paterson musician. . The boy has always had n abnormal appetite for highly colored candy. The dQctors say the child's, eyes were weak, and the quantity of anniline compounds he had eaten had affected the weak part of the optic nerve. ; Two months ago he was totally blind, but 'the sight is being gradually re stored. Japan's Naval Tonnage. Tokyo,. Fen. 5. At a meeting of the sectional budget committee today a delegate representing the government said ..that Japan , expected to in- , crease the tonnage of. her navy to 400, 000 tons by the end of the fiscal year . 1907-08. s . BODY III! THOUGH r
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