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CHARLOTTE, N C, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1906.
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SM, SENTENCED
TO 20 YEWS LABOR
After 13 Long Hours of Delibera
tion the Jury in Matthews Case
Return Verdict of Gui'ty of
Second Degrte Murder this
Morning.
Judge Ferguson Sentenced Prison
er to 20 Years Labor in Peni
ter.tiray. Counsel for Matthews
Announce that Appeal will be
Taken to Supreme Court.
Special to The News.
Greensboro, X. C, March 9. At 9 : 50
this morning the jury in the case
against Dr. J. B. Matthews, returned a
verdict of guilty of murder in the
second degree and Judge Ferguson sen-
ttnccr him to 20 years at hard labor in
the State penitentiary.
A large audience was present when
the jury filed into the court room.
Judge Ferguson finished reading the
evidence and gave the case, to the jury
at eight last night. The defendant ap
pealed. By Associated Press.
Greensboro, March 9. After delib
erating for 13 hours,, the jury in the
case of Dr. J. B. Matthews, the phy
sician charged with the murder of his
wife, December 1, 1905, returned a ver
dict at nine-fifty this morning, of guilty
of murder in the second degree. Judge
Ferguson sentenced the prisoner to the
penitentiary for twenty years. Counsel
for Matthews announced that an ap
peal would be taken to the Supreme
Court.
Matthews relied upon the plea of in
sanity. There was expert testimony to
support the contention J The prosecu
tion established a motive, however, by
introducing evidence to show that Mat
thews had threatened to kill his wife
on a former occasion, when he claimed
she had been unfaithful.
The most sensational allegation was
that Matthews had injected strychnine
into his wife while she was ill and
while pretending to be offering prayer
at her bedside. Witnesses from Rich
mond, testified that the prisoner had
made an unsuccessful attempt to com
mit suicide fourteen years ago, because
of the death of his sweetheart.
At S:C0 o'clock Thursday morning
the next to the last act in the Mat
thews murder tragedy 'was played
when Judge Ferguson began hischarge
to the jury. He began by saying: The
prisoner, J. B. Matthews is indicted for
the murder of his wife. You alone are
the judges of the facts, the credibility
of the witness, while the court is tne
judge cf the law governing those facts.
Judge Ferguson here defined homicide
and its different grades, saying that
felonious homicide was divided into
three grades, man slaughter, murder
in the first degree, and murder in the
second degree, and explained the
grades thereof. It is the duty of the
jury to find the grade of the homicide
ii om the weight of the evidence. Thej
mer is on the State to satisfy the
jury by the evidence beyond a reason
able doubt that defendant intentionally
committed the crime. In case of death
oy poison it is not necessary to prove
the kind of poison used nor the quan
tity given. It is sufficient if the jury
find beyond a reasonable doubt that
sufficient poison was used to kill. The
statement satisfy you beyond a reason
able doubt that poison which killed
was administered by defendant intent
o kill, and it must so satisfy you that
the cause of death was poison admin
istered by the prisoner. It is your pro
duce to determine whether the pris
oner had a motive and having such em
braced the first opportunity to carry it
ut. In consideration of this case it is
proper for you to take into considers-,
"on the prisoners declarations and
S'-ve it such weight as in your judg
ment it is entitled, considering the conr
tiition of the prisoner at" the time the
declarations were made. The prisoner
ls entitled to have you consider the
w.ole of his declarations, the part
nich tends to acquire as well as the
Part which tends to convict. You can
relieve a part and reject a part, or if
jot satisfied from the evidence you
nave the right to reject every part of
declarations. ' .. . "
The judge here detailed the evidence
egarding prisoners . account of his
es sickness and his declarations
niarie to Policemen Skeene and Nesley.
1 Jou find that prisoner administered
orphis or other poison in sufficient
tr?n-nty to 1m and with the PurPse
but f anrl which would have killed
ut tor the assistance of physicians,
that !n in deIayins her" death you find
vhi ,p?ysicians administered poisons
men hastened her death, you will find
her ?rflsoner SuUty, or if having saved
in m .r,risoner administered poison
whiWl!' of nis original purpose,
"ich killed, then he is guilty,
thp i,u fiud that Prisoner committed
thP , .omicide- but at the time under
not Ration of God. his mind could
you X nnish between good and evil,
J0U will find him not m ,
Voluntary incapacity to distinguish
between good and evil would not ex
cuse the crime, if you find that pris
oner of hisWn volition rendered him
self incapacitated to distino-nicv. h0.
tween wrong doing and right. Judge
Ferguson here detailed the evidence
bearing on this case stating that they
should give full and fair consideration
to the testimony of experts learned in
science and with practical experience.
Should you find that under continual
use of drugs and with a prenatural in
fluence, that had rendered prisoner to
tally unconscious if his acts or their
results he was incapable of knowing
wright from wrong, then you would
return a verdict of not guilty, or he
would not be guilty if you, should find
that the deceased took poison in an
overdose and without an preconceived
puropse to kill, prisoner administered a
wrong medicine or too great a quantity.
Judge Ferguson completed this por
tion of his charge at half past nine
o'clock, and then proceeded to read the
testimony, which covered 385 pages
of typewritten legal cap, being from
stenographic notes taken by court ste
nographers, Mrs., Clara Stewart Ritter
and Miss Bessie Boyd.
At five o'clock Judge Ferguson was
still reading the evidence.
It is tjie universal opinion that there
were too many very long speeches
made by the lawyers in the Matthews
case, just closed, for the good of the
case, the jury, the correspondents, the
tax payers, the legislature ought to
pass one or more law and that a law
to give the judge the power of putting
a limit to the mostly consumption of
time in any trial. There is also an
un amity of opinion that every one of
the speeches made to the jury in the
case was of high order of argument,
legal ability and declamatory excel
lence. The court room was crowded
Wednesday morning to hear the argu
ments of Mr. Foushee for the prosecu
tion and Mr. Cooke for the defense,
but it was suffocatingly jammed Wed
nesday afternoon with people intent on
hearing the concluding arguments of
Major Steadman for the defense and
Solicitor Brooks for the prosecution.
Theirs were remarkable declarations
and deductions as to the real truth and
status of the prisoners responsibilities
to the law of God and man in this
"weirdly contorted monstrosity of a
Continued on second page.
iWIOENTIFi
Mr. and Mrs. Brown of London
Arrive in Paris and Recognize
Woman as Their Daughter.
Was Mistake.ily Supposed to
be American.
By Associated Press.
Paris March. 9. Mr. and Mrs.
Brown of London arrived here last
night from, Eneland and recognized
the body of Ethel A. Brown which
was found recently in the river Seine,
as their daughter, thus terminating
the police inquiries as to the identity
of the deceased, who was erroneous
ly supposedly to be an American girl.
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WOMAN SHOT HEI SISTER.
Mrs. Standifer Went to Home of Her
Sister, Miss Whisenant, and When
Latter Appeared Fired Four Balls.
By Associated Press. .
Atlanta, Ga., March 9. Mrs. E. M.
Standifer, of this city, shot her sister,
Miss Chappel Whisenant, killing her
almost instantly.
Mrs. Standifer, who is about 25
years old, went to the home of her sis
tPT nnd when Miss Whisenant appear
ed fired four, bullets. The cause of the
shooting was not . developed, mrs.
Standifer. is under arrest.
Fourth Class Postmasters.
By Associated Press
Washington, March 9. The follow
ing fourth-class postmasters were ap
pointed today: For Alabama, at Addi
son, Richard H. McPherson; for Flor
ida,at Rocky Point, Adolph Hunziker;
for Georgia, at Halciyndale, Thomas A.
McGregor; for North Carolina, at El
mer Alpheus D. Masters; for Virginia,
at Greendum, Whit. T. Firesheets.
ADOPT MINORITY REPORT.
House Delegates Follow Example of
the Senate in Adopting Report.
By Associated Press.
Richmond, Va., March 9. The House
delegates following the example of the
Senate, adopted the minority report
of the committee charged with investi
gating the Corporation Commission
trouble. . ; .';
Ship Was Stranded.
By Associated Press. .
. Norfolk, Va., March 9 The ship
Clyde from Barbadoes for New York,
in ballast, stranded last night at Chi
cami Comico, near Cape Hatteras. The
crew were saved.
' Condition of Miss Anthony.
By Associated Press.
Rochester, March 9. Susan B. An
thony passed a fairly comfortable
night The patient's exhaustion, how
ever, is still the source of great danger.
Cotton . Receipts.
mi. - -.ir4-c nf nttnn at the Dlat-
form today amounted to 48 bales at 11
. . J n ir loaf vaor tnA
cents On tne same uj j
receipts amounted
cents.
-.The friends of Mr. S. J. Torrence
will be glad tonow that he is some
better today. ..He is still at St. Pot
ter's Hospital. -
BATTLE BETWEEN
HOSTILE MOROS
The Engagement Between Moros
and Americans Near Jolo Re
suited in Death of 600 Moros.
Americans Suffered Several
Deaths and Much Injury.
Gen. Wood Gives Report of En
gagement Which Lasted Near
ly Two Days. -Officers Injured,
Mount Dajo was Captured.
Out-Laws were Routed. .
By Associated Press.
. Manila March.' 9. Important action
between American forces and hostile
Moros has taken place near Jolo. Fif
teen enlisted men were killed, one
commissioned officer wounded, four en
listed men wounded , and the naval
contingent operating with the mili
tary sustained 32 casualties. The mo
ros lost is 600 men killed.
Gen Wood's Report. '
Major General Leonard 'Wood, re
ports as follows from Jolo. Capital of
Sulu Islands: .
"A severe action between troops,
a naval detachment and constabulary,
and hostile Moros has taken place at
Mount Dajo, near Jolo! The engage
ment opened during the afternon of
March G and ended the morning of
March 8. The action involved the cap
ture of Mount Dajo, a lava cone 2,100
feet high with crater at its summit
and extremely steep. The last 400 feet
were at an angle of 60 degrees and
there were . 50 perpindicular - ridges
covered with a growth of timber and
strongly fortified and defended by an
invisible force of Moros.
"The Army casualities were 15 en
listed men killed., a commissioned of
ficer and four enlisted men wounded.
The Naval casualities numbered
thirty- two. -.
Ensign H. D. Cooke, Jr, of the Uni
ted States Steamer Pampanga, Com
manding Pampanga fort, was severely
wounded and Coxwain Gilmore was
severely wounded in elbow.
"The Constabplary casualties were
Captain. John, R. White, wounded in
thigh, severely; three enlisted men
killed and 13 wounded.
Captain Tyree Rivers sustained a
slight flesh wound in the thigh; Lieu
tenant Gordon was slightly wounded
in the right hand; Lieutenant, Wylie
T. Conway, of Six Infantry, was slight
ly wounded in the left eye. All the
wounded are doing well.
"Colonel, Joseph W. Duncan, of the
Sixth Infantry, directed the opera
tions. All defenders of the Moro stronghold
were killed. .
Six hundred bodies were found on
the field.
"The action resulted in the extermi
nation of a band of outlaws who,
recognizing no chief, had been raid
ing the friendly Moros, and owing to
their defiance of American authorities,
had stirred up a dangerous condition
of affairs".
Artillery Lifted 300 Feet.
The artillery was lifted by a block
and tackle a distance of 300 feet in po
sition on the lip of the crater. "Briga
dier General Bliss and myself were
present throughout the action."
North Carolina Victim.
The report to the War Department
While Terms of Surrender Being
Carried but Revolutionists
Acted in Bad Faith. . Fight
Ensued. ; Two Officers and Six
Men Killed. Fled to Bushes.
By Associated Press, y '
Washington, March 9. The State
Department received a cablegram
dated Monte 'Christ!, San Domingo,
yesterday, saying that on the preced
ing day while terms of surrender were
being carried out between the govern
ment forces and the revolutionists, the
latter acted in bad faith and there was
a fight in which two officers and six
men were killed, including j General
Cepin.
The revolutionists escaped to the
bushes.
RECORDS BROKEN.
At Tournament of National Bowling
Congress All Records Are Broken.
By Associated Press.
Salt Lake City, March 9. At the
tournament of the Western Bowling
Congress, Kuppinger and Ellwert, of
Denver, broke all National bowling
tournament records in the two men
team race yesterday by piling up a to
tal of 1251 points. , ' '
MORE TROUBLE IN
SANTO DOMINGO
regarding the Moro fight says First
Lieutenant, Gordon Johnston, was se
riously wounded in shoulder. He was
born in North Carolina in 1874. He is a
graduate of Princeton and an honor
graduate of the infantry and Cavalry
school in 1903.
He first entered the army at the
outbreak of the Spanish War and was
'appointed from Alabama as . sergeant
in company M. Second Mississippi in
fantry. -
In 1S99 he became Second Lieuten
ant in the Forty-third United States
infantry. In 1901 he entered the regu
lary army as Second Lieutenant in the
Tenth davalry. In 1902 he became Lieu
tenant of the Fifteenth Cavalry and in
1903 was appointed First Lieutenant
in the signal corps.
QUESTION OF QUARANTINE.
Representive Wagner Submits Report
of Committee on Amended Quaran
tine Bill of House.
By Associated Press.
Washington. 'March 9. Representa
tive Wagner, of Pennsylvania, submit
ted the report of the committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce on
the amended Williams - national yel
low fever quarantine bill to the House.
,The report concluded with a discus
sion of the constitutionality of the com
mi tee amendment designated to grant
the United States authority to abolish
the shot gun quarantines by the va
rious States.
Before giving the extracts from the
court decisions in the defense or the
right of the government to control in
terstate quarantine, the report says :
"It is deemed important to prevent in
terference with the instrumentalities of
commerce engaged in the transporta
tion of passengers . or freight between
the States, as it is known that heed
less persons (including State and mu
nicipal health officers) have greatly in
terfered with such passengers and com
merce and that it should be a misde
meanor." Representative Bartlett of Georgia,
is preparing a minority report setting
forth objections to the committee bill
on the ground that it is uncenstitu
ional. The new furniture of the South
ern station has been placed.
WILL THERE
D DRY ELECTION?
It was Rumored V'Tdrday that a
Petition was On the. Wing for
Such an Election to be Held in
July. The Promoters Could
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Not be Located.
Around and about in spots today
The News' man heard that a petition
was going about asking for a wet and
dry election in Charlotte in July.
The writer went forth to ascertain
the truth of the rumor, but failed, ut
terly. Several places were visited
where such a rumor might eminate,
but the frequenters of , these places
wrere" dumb as a last year's oyster.
On the streets one could hear that
such a petition was on the rounds, but
as to who was the bearer or the sign
ers there was absolutely no informa
tion available.
One prominent citizen said that he
had. heard that such a petition would
soon be sent forth, but he did not
think the saloon advocates would start
so early.' He thought if such an elec
tion would be petitioned for the peti
tioners would not start before the first
of April and probably would wait until
the first of May. -
An ardent advocate of prohibition
said that while he would deplore any
agitation of the subject this year, if
the fight was made his side was al
ready lined up, ready , for the affray.
Said he: .
"Two years ago these same fellows
said that by taking whiskey out of
Charlotte it would ruin the city. What
do you find today? This question is
best answered by the splendid ac
tivity in real estate.. There was never
a day in history of .Charlotte that the
city was on such a splendid financial
basis as now. . There is progress in all
lines of business and few there are
who will gainsay this.
"The fellow that stands up today
and says that the going of the saloons
out of Charlotte has hurt the city, sim
ply says it to hear himself talk, for
there is not a word of truth in it."
The words of the gentleman quoted
above will be echoed by a large ma
jority of the business people of Char
lotte. "Yes, Charlotte has ousted the sa
loons, hot for two years, but for many
years yes, all time4o come, we hope,"
said a prominent ."business man' this
afternoon.
GOES TO. SEE THE POWERS.
Postmaster Patterson Takes His Trou
ble to the Department.
The Concord Times says that the
postofnee situation remains the same
as we left it in our last issue v Post
master Patterson and his attorney are
leaving no stone unturned thai; will re
sult in retaining Mr. Patterson. His
friends have circulated . a petition
among the banks and merchants, near
ly all of whom have signed. The pe
tition has been sent to the Assistant
Postmaster-General." On , the . other
hand the other aspirants for the office
are as industriously at work in their
respective interests. Mr. W. G. Means,
atorney for Mr. Patterson, returned
Wednesday from several . day sV; ab
sence. Yesterday Mr. Patterson went
North in his own behalf. Neither will
talk for publication. . - ,
BE WET
Remarkable Gathering of Life. In
surance Men in Connection
) With Hearing of Pending
Amendments to Insurance Law
Before Committee.
AH Companies, Great and Small,
are Represented. Their" First
Opportunity to Express Them
selves on 10 Bills Presented by
Comnrttee to Legislature.
By Associated Press.
Albany. March. 9. Probably never
before-has a more remarkable gather
ing amendments to the insurance law,
bled under a single roof than that
which met in the state capitol in con
nection with the hearing of the pend
ing amendments ao the insurance law,
before the joint special legislative in
vestigating committee.
Todays heaving was the first public
opportunity of the insurance compani
es to express themselves upon the pro
vision of the ten bills presented by
the Committee to the legislature as
a result of the investigation and great
and small companies concentrated a
powerful personnel upon the occasion.
Many radical changes in the state
insurance law and kindred statutes
are proposed in the ten bills under con
sideration. -
Paul Morton's Opinions.
President Paul Morton, of the Equi
table Life Assurance Society, said se
rious evils had crept into the insurance
business and assured the committee he
vas in accord with its general pur
poses. ;
He said, however, if these bills were
enacted without changes it would se
riously injure the insurance interests
of the State.
He took up the changes in the bills
ho would suggest. In brief, he believed
with certain qualifications the insur
ance companies should be allowed the
same latitude in the mater of invest
ments as heretofore.
Squire Long Better.
Squire W. M. Long, of Berryhill, was
in the city today for the first time in
several weeks. He has had quite a se
vere attack of the grip. His many
friends sincerely hope that he is now
on the high road to recovery. Squire
Long is one of the most popular mag
istrates of Berryhill township.
Stricken With Paralysis.
Mr. W. L. Brown, one of the most
respected citizens of . Berryhill town
ship, was stricken with paralysis the
first of this week. He is now in a criti
cal condition and his friends are very
anxious concerning him. Mr. Brown is
wrell known in Charlotte where he has
many friends.
N. Y. Life Agents Entertained.
Mr. W. L. Wilhoite, agency director
of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, entertained a number of the
agents of the company, at dinner today
at the Hotel Buford.
. Mr. Wilhoite succeeded Mr. 'L. L.
Harris as agency director of the New
York Life, several months ago.
Notice of Suit Filed.
Mrs. Maggie Pendleton and W. G.
Ppndleton todav eave notice of a suit
they will bring against the Virginia
Life Insurance Company. Tne case is
made returnable at the next term of
the civil court.
GOVERNOR OF OA,
Governor Glenn Issued Rsquisi
tioji or Wi A. Gantier. An in
cendiary Fire. Loss $2,000.
High Point Firm Chartered at
$100,000 Capital. ; V
SPecial to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, March 9. On appli
cation of Solicitor Rudolph Duffy, of
the Fifth Judicial District, Governor
Glenn this morning issued arequisition
on the Governor of Georgia for, W. A.
Gautfer, wanted to answer to 'the
charge of the murder of Deputy . Sher
iff B. G. 'E. Daiightry, . of Sampson
county December 15th, -1903,' while the
officers were arresting him for the vio
lation of the postal laws.
He was sentenced to three years for
the postal law offense. ; His 'sentence
expires April 8th. He will b brought
back to Sampson county to b$ tried for
his life for the killing of DaugbtrjO
In an incendiary fire at the stables
of John S. Jones, city collector, this
morning at 4 o'clock foru fine horses
were burned. The : barn of J. Stan.
Wynne, was also destroyed. The loss
is about $2,000. ' : .V?
The Manufacturers'' and Merchants'
Cooperative Agency of High Point,
was chartered today at $100,000 cap
ital,. The incorporators are H. rA.
Mills, G. T. Penny," and J. S. Griffin.
The principal purpose is for mutual
protection and the promotion of the
business interests of High' Point. .-
SALISBURY HAPPENINGS.
Richardson's Orchestra to Furnish
Music at Bernhardt Performance
Condition of Engineer Roueche A
Carnegie Library Fawned Five Dol
lars For One. "
Special to The News.
Salisbury, N. C, March 9. Richard
son's Orchestra, Charlotte's crack
musical organization, will furnish
music, at the Bernhardt performance
tomorrow evening, x
Messrs. B. N, and J. B. Duke and Dr.
Gil.' Wiley were' the guests yesterday
of Capt. E. B. C. Hambley. The party
spent jfche day at the Narrows inspec
ing the Whitney works.
Engineer Rouche, who was so. badly
mashed up. in the head-on collision at
Black Mountain several weeks ago,
was in a critical condition, yesterday
afternoon. One of his legs is slowly
rotting off, but the doctors say that
amputation would mean certain and
instant death. The veteran railroader
will hardly survive.
An operation was performed -on Mr.
Robert L. Julian yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Julian is a son of Sheriff Julian
and is assistant foreman at the Spen
cer round house. Thursday he receiv
ed severe injuries while at work and
one knee was bruised so badly, as to
require an operation.
It is learned that Mr. Ed. Miller will
be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Register of Deeds of
Rowan to succeed Mr. A. Lee Smoot.
Mr. Miller is a brother of Chief of Po
lice J. Frank Miller, has been princi
pal of the city graded school and is
eminently fitted for the position.
Your correspondent saw a fellow
pawn a $5 bill several days ago for a
dollar. It seems like the act of a
crazy man, but this is the reason he
gave: "I want a dollar and if I break
that $5 bill I'll blow it all in. Keep it
and I will redeem it this evening or in
the morning." And the next day he re
turned and got his five.
Work is being pushed on the $12,000
Carnegie library at Livingstone Col
lege.. This library is an unconditional
gift from Mr. Andrew Carnegie and
was secured through the efforts of
President W. H. Goler, of Livingstone
and Booker T. Washington, both of
whom personally called on the Scotch
philanthropist and urged such an ap
propriation. IS, CAMPBELL MET
A TERRIBLE DEATH
Lady of the Fort Mill Section is
Roasted Alive. While Stand
ing Before an Open Fire Place.
She was Seized With an Epi
leptic Attack.
Special to The News. -
Fort Mill, March 9. News reached
Fort Mill this morning of a horrible
death which occurred in the Gold Hill
section of the township early yester
day morning.
Mrs. Mattie Campbell, wife of Alex.
Campbell, a tenant on the plantation
of W. H. Windle, .was the victim.
Mrs. Campbell often suffered from
epileptic spells, and while standing
before an open fire place, was strick
en with one of these attacks and fell
forward into the fire.
The woman was alone at the time
and her awful plight was not discover
ed until attention was attracted to the
house by the smell of burning cloth.
A sickening sight meet the gaze of
parties who entered the house. )n the
hearth lay the body of Mrs. Campbell.
All of her clothing and hair had been
burned and the body, with the excep
tion of one foot, was literally roasted.
A hole was also burned in the floor
and had not , the fire been discovered
just when it was, the entire building
would soon have been ablaze.
Mrs! Campbell was 38 years of age,
and was a Miss Crump, of Union
county, before marriage. Her hus
band is a hard-working man and the
people of Gold Hill deeply sympathize
with him in his sudden and sad loss.
MRS. WHITE'S WILL
Was Filed for Probate in Clerk's Office
Today.
The will of the late Mrs. E; J. White
was filed for probate in the office of
Clerk J. A. Russell today. The docu
ment is conspicuous for its brevity,
being written on a single half sheet of
note paper.
Mrs. White bequeathed two and a
half shares of her bank stock to Miss
Bertha Walker and the same amount
to Mrs. Mary Pharr. -
There are several other minor be
quests mentioned in the document. Mr.
W. O White, son of ; the deceased, is
named as executor of the will.
The document was written last fall
and Mrs. J." S. Spencer and Mrs. Cal
vin Scott witnessed the signature of
the will.
STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET.
The Question of Building New Cattle
Sheds Will Be Discussed.
- An" important meeting of the stock
holders of the Mecklenburg Fair Asso
ciation will be held this evening for
the purpose of awarding the contract
for the erection of new cattle sheds at
the fair grounds. The sheds, which will
contain 175 stalls, will be built to the
rear of the floral hall and the present
ones on the far side of the race course
will be turned over to the farmers in
order that they may stable their horses
and mules on the ground instead of
the city livery stables. The cost of the
new sheds will be about $1,500.
The choir of the , First Baptist
Church, will meet for practice tonight
directly after the evening service.
M
IT D STATES AND
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Maj. Gen, . Corbm Arrived From
Orient and Says he Thinks the
Reported Disturbances in China
Have Been Grossly Exagger
ated. Says Anti-Foreign Feeling is no
Stronger Against Americans
Than Other Foreigners. Thinks
Feeling is Strongest Against
the Missionaries. '
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, March 9. "There
will be no war between United States,
and China," said Maj.. Gen. Corbin,'
upon his arrival from the Orient yes
terday. "So far as I have been able to ob
serve, the reported disturbances in
China have been grossly exaggerated,
and conditions are not nearly so alarm
ing as one would be led to suppose
from the - reports published abroad
throughout the western world.
"The feeling against the Americans
in China does not exceed that enter
tained toward all other foreigners,
and as I understand the situation the
entire anti-foreign feeling is due to a
large measure to 1 the -exploitation of
business enterprises, which the Chi
nese feel sure should be controlled by
their own people.
" "Aside from this chief source of anti-foreign
feeling, the troubles in China
are due to the presence of the mission
aries. The Chinese resent the efforts
of the missionaries to force a ot of
new creeds, upon their people.
"The Chinese look upon the religion
of the Western World with scant fa
vor." . ..
7,000 GALLONS SEIZED.
Savannah Firm Has Big Bunch of
Liquor Seized in Columbia. '
By Associated Press.
Charleston, S. C, March 9. United
States Marshals have seized 7,000 gal
lons of liquor at the State Dispensary
at Columbia on the report, of the. ."reve
nue collector's office that it was im
properly - marked" and branded.' f '", "
The goods will be advertised for
sale at once.
This is the largest, single seizure
made since the dispensary became
operative. The liquor, which is said
to be valued at $10,000,-was shipped
by a house in Savannah, which claims
only technical violation of the law and
the firm will make an effort to recover
its possession.
GREENE GAYNOR.
To Be a Continuous Session Until
Reading of Cross-Exami nation of
Late R- F. Westcott Is Concluded.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., March 9. :Judge
Speer announced that it was -his pur
pose to hold practically a continuous
session until the conclusion of the
reading of the cross-examination of the
late R. F. Westcott in the Greene and
Gaynor case. The reading was sus
pended in order to hear the testimony
of Henry L. Stimson, who was attor
ney for Westcott in 1897.
WALKER WAS HANGED.
Confessed to Crime, But Said His
Father, Sentenced for Complicity,
Was Innocent.
By Associated Press.
Birmingham, Ala.; March 9. James
Walker, Jr., was hanged for the mur
der of William D. Hill, a prominent
citizen of Jefferson county. Walker
confessed. He declared his father.who
was given alife sentence for compli
city in the murder, was innocent.
DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED. ,
Mrs. Antoinette . Tolla Gets Death
Sentence.
By Associated Press.
Trenton, N. J. March 9. The sen
tence of death was imposed upon Mrs.
Antoinette Tolla, ... the Bergen county
murderess, for killing Joseph Spnta,
and who was committed to seved and
a' half years' imprisonment; by the
court of pardons. Mrs. Tolla was to
have been hanged March 12th.
Sunkhouser President.
By Associated Press.
.Harrisburg, Pa., March 9. Dr. A.1
P. ! Sunkhouser, of Harrisonburg, Va.,
was elected president of Lebanon Val
ley College at Annville. . Dr. Sunkhous-.
er founded the Shenandoah Institute '
at Dayton, Va. He will take charge
at the spirng -opening of the college.
More Improvement At Buford.
Workmen are busily engaged today
constructing the arch that leads from
the main lobby, to the Jadjoiningi room, '
which was formerly., occupied ' as a
barber shop. The construction of this
arch will aid materially to the general
good looks of the Buford's office,
A Helpful Talk.
Rev. H. M. Pressleyof Sugar Creek,
preached at the second Presbyterian
church last night to a' good size audi
ence. All enjoyed the helpful talk.
Major L. Leon , has rented the
Smith residence . on ' East Morehead
street and will move there in a few
days. He nas been living on South
Tryon street. l . .j
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