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CHAhLOTFE. N. C.. WEDNESDAV EVENING, APRIL 12. 1911
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es Hisjife Today
Alf-^Vi}>ta, Va.
liv'twceii l.ynohbur^- and Danville. This
lulll is now ill construction. A niun-
bor of local business men were asso-
ciatel with Mr. Hutchison. The under-
taiiinfi uas a biji one, requiring much
outiav ot inonev and iihysical energy.
, Mr. Huicl)ison spent the greater part
, o\ his time at Aha Vista. For several
I montlis his tariiily :nul intimate friends
, realized that Mr. Hutchison was giv
ing way under the strain, and they
frit ripi)i*'h.'usivo alu). t him.
'! hat tlif break down would result
in sMcli a iragedy was not to be
tiiought oi.
j Mv. Hmcliison wa ■. prominently
ji'Ciiowu ill mill affaiis through the
j South..
-Mr. Hutchison was universally es-
I u I tiled in ('liatiott(>. He was a tnati
at ’ 1 of reco^uiziHi integrity, of high ideals
A’Ui ^ Isia Qf earnost pui pose to attain unto
The jury.riiem,
iii«r fi'Miid j xvjis hones! and upright, devoting
his liie to In': wife and children, mak
iri>^ e\ery sacriiice tor their ideasure
ai'.d ailvaucfmeu: ia life. He gave him
self units>.-‘rvi dl> to them, and their't;
indeed was a 'nappy iiome.
He was a member of the Second
Prcsbyinian church and was for years
oecretary in ihe Sunday schooi. He
v at: h.'ld in atTei tionate esteem' b>
ihe cov.gr^ g:.''ion ol the Sccond -hiirch.
Mr. M.utchistni was married October
I'Th. 1.''>■'! To Miss .\nnie Kislier. nie( e
of the la'e Mr. John W. Wadsworth,
Mrs. Hutchison and four -hildren—
Mr. A. C . .jr.. Mi-. .lohn. Miss Annie
IX’ isc Htnf .Mr. .lames Hutchison - sur-
vi^■^^ Hes’ce tliese .Mr. Hutchison is
survived by his aged mother. Mrs. M.
Flutchison. who lives in Green-
\ille. S. one sister. Mrs. Chas. El-
iis. of Greenville, and two brothers,
Mr. Kgbert HuK'h'son, of Mt, Holly,
unu Mr. John Hutcb.ison. of \orfolk.
Mr. Egbert iluicluson. ana Mr. T. \\'.
Di.xon. a devoted friend of Mr. Hutch
ison. will go to Alta Vista this evening.
i{is i^ead And
-hot While SeU
' \'sk in Bis Oj-
ista.
s Reached Here
^■ock Financial
Mill Caused
!k>:owr.
Mr. A, r.
Einost
soi..n ..f-
'ast and
'.'und jnst
;r.g a
i.ew :'2 call-
d .^niiroiy
.r.£T a vail
was ’' > n d-
nurk. nf
■ had the
'on Mill
y SilTlGLES TO
B£ PLAGE DON
TIE FREE LISI
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-.t^e
!-'und a
fu' mpted
Milfssed “My
;.!• ,write you
rause is
• V ng known
i.nunion stock
i The building
siior- lime.
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\ew- York*
.0 dr-ei. I
iicoasion Is I
; ro Aforneyl
■7CT ?') bluoj
urain liimsclf. j
i
-ison. sr.. onej
.- men of the
"saMy popular.
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John Winthrow Doomed.
By .\s.sociated Prt ss.
.Atlant.a, (!a., April 12,—John With
row, The yottng Fai'.nin county wife
murderer, must hang unless the gov-
ovnor iuU r( odes in his l>ehalf. The
i-ui’remc court ihis morning: affirmed
tii'' decision of the superior c'urt C'f
I'atinin county, where he was con-
VK red and .given the death sentence.
Wi.hrow was one of five prisoners
w'.tn some time ago escaped from Ihe
her ! and was caught in DeKalb
I. Tiiity.
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Nor-
ONE Killed in wreck
OF FRIGHT TRAIN.
By Associated Press.
Waycross, (Ja.. Ajtril 12.—One man
was killed and another seriously hurt
about S o'clock tl'iis morning wlien a
frciiiht train on the .\tlantic C’oast
Lin“ crashed into the rear of another,
whici; '.v:i • on -i sitiin'i near iiere (,'on-
(• iH tO! III t ies Vn'. Hi lidrick. of Hrun.s-
(ia., was l%i!l.’d and Fireman
.iiiii I’rowii. C(doi'ed was injured.
ixdidr h 1; was in Mie caljoose of his
!:"i i, '.v'Mcli wa from Brunswick,
'.vjMU i!;e ;'hei. f.on; S:*va!ir.ah. ;'ow-
ed it' ''Va, thuMiiih. Fl:ii;m:in S. H.
I-M. :iricl(l wiio W...S wiUi iiini. w;is not
1 :-:nuiiUM'r A. P. Dnu^ie. cf the
r-'var.ti.ib ' p.in. iunii'fd and w:is no’
i i V’i’vi.. Hi' rnc’v.an. FVi'own. remair.efi
It! tie (-(h. The e’\.-j;ine was lieralled
nv.ii t.::;|ly drvr.a.ged. Six cars of the
i’.rr,ns\vi! freight were demolished.
r?;",!lr>on Sighted.
!'-. ,i:f lilted Pr'ess.
ii(i- S,.i!!igs .\i>ril 12.—A balloon
1 ; ,c(l ut iiavf' been the one manue.i
1 H. K. Honey.vell and J. W. Toiland,
W].‘; h s»ari';'d ironi San Antonio .Mon-
rl.t' niglit, in an effort to break the
wo'i r-- record for long distance flight,
J. W. BPYAN ANO GOV, HARMAN
Snapshot, taken in Washington of J. Bryan and Governor Harmon
of Ohio. The fir,st session of the new democratic congress has brought
thousands of .prominent democrats to the capitol from ail over the coun
try. One of the main topics of conversat'on that can be heard discussed
by the parties of Jubilant democrats i?; who will be the democratic
presidential nominee for 1912; and Gov. Harmon appears to be one of
the most probable candidjites.
R. M. Miller Ji. One
Of SpeakeisAt Big
Boston Meeting
National Associatwn of Cotton
Manujactuiers Holds Annual
Convention in Boston-'Many
Mill Men in Attendance—
Charlotte Man Speaks,
'Misery Loves Company” Says.^"^'-
President Hobbs And Pro
ceeds to Show How Mills m
England Share in General
Depression,
the American prodtiction could be
doubled if ))roper methods were used,
and it is along such lines that our
friends in the South must work to fce-
cure The best results for themselves
and the spinners.”
Following President Hobbs’ address,
Richard C. McLaurin, of the Institute
of 'I'echnology. and Theodore H, Pi ice,
o^' Xe-'V York, spoke to the^ delegates,
who wei c mueli interested in a ’(ieni-
onstration of cotton picking by niachiu-
ivt'ii hv a Xew York man.
B.v Associated Press.
Washington, April 12.—Tw-o of the
tariff measures which the democratic
house expects to pass in advance of
any general legislation were introduc
ed today by C’hairman Fnderwood of
the committee ou wa.\ s and means.
They are Canadian reciprocity, fol
lowing the identical lines of the McCall
bill passed last session, except for
a clause authorizing the President to
continue negothitions for reciprocity
with Canadian articles not covered b}
the pending agreement, and a bill to
put on the free list about 100 articles
now dutiable under the general tariff.
Both acts will receive early consideia-
tion. The free list bill is designated to
pljicate farmers for agricultural losses
which they will sustain imder the Can
adian agreement, but it contains also
i ome foodstuffs and boots and shoes.
The list is as follows:
Plows, harrows, headers, harvesters,
reapers, agricultural drills and plant
ers, mowers, horse rakes, cultivat
ors, threshing machines, cotton gins,
farm wagons, farm carts, and all other
agricultural imi)lenients, including re
pair i)arts.
Bagging for cotton, gunny cloth and
fabrics suitable for baling cotfon; bur
laps and bags for sacking agricultural
l)roducts; hooper hand iron or steel j
for hailing cotton, wire for bailing hay,
straw and other agricultural products,
(irain leather, buff, split, rougl^ or
sole leather, bend or belting leather,
1)001 s and shoes, harness, saddles, and
saddlery, and leather for manufactnred
articles.
Barbed fence wire, wire rods, wire
strands or wire rope, wire w’oven or
mantifaci iired for wire fencing.
I:5eef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork, and
meats of all kinds, fresh, salted, pick-
led, dried, smoked, dressed or un
dressed, preiiared or preserved in any
manner; bacon, hams, shoulders, lard,
lard compounds and lard substitutes
and sausage.
Buckwheat tlour, corn meal, wheat
and rye tlour, bran, middlings and oth
er offals ot grain, oat^ meal and rolled
oats, and all prepared cereal foods,
i)iscuits, bread, wafers and similar ar
ticles not sweetened.
Timbers, hemn, sided or squared,
round limber nsfd for sjiars or in
building wharves, siiingles. laihs, fenc
ing liosts, sawed boards, planks, deals,
aiid other lumbei, rough or dressed,
except ebony, mahogany, rosewood and
al! other 'c-auinet woods.
Sewing machines and salt com
pletes the free list,
j ‘AVe expect to call up the reciproc
ity FridaV,” said Chairman I'nder-svood.
•‘i;nd will seek to pass it as soon as
possible. Then will come the free list
lill and following that the bill provid
ing for statehood for Xe\v Mexico and
Ai’izona. Re« Pi’>>intiiieiu will come
huer."
What Will the Senate Do?
Washington, D. C,, April 12.— Cncer-
Testimony Against
Ed. C. Caton Is
Being Oj^ered Now
Shannonhouse Repre
sents Sharon Township Peo
ple Who Petitioned For Re
vocation of Conditional Par
don.
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♦
♦
♦ Fd, Caton, placed on the
♦ stand by his attorney, became
♦ confused when pressed by ques-
♦ tions from Mr, Shannonhouse
♦ and so palpably told incorrectly
► of thin?:s that hajtpened at his
♦ home on the Sabbath of the
♦ chicken light, that cross exami-
♦ nation ceased in a little while,
♦ At,2:;:ii o’clock the investi-
♦ gation was ended and witnesses
^ who had testilied were told to
♦ come back Friday and sign
their statements, stenographi-
♦ cally taken by .Mr, C, O. Mc-
♦ Millan. Mr, Smith, acting as
he does as commissioner or ref-
♦ eree, wiii forward the report of
♦ the testimony to the governor.
♦ and Attorney Shannonhouse will
^ give a resume of it in his own
way. as will also .Mr. Adams,
♦ who represents Caton,
The most iniiiortant feature of
the inve."ligation came after two
o'clock in th.e afternoon wiien
C, A, Xi\. n and Fd Caton went
!> on tlie si:uui. The former has
only lecently been employed by
>• ChIoii and was in former .veats
convicted in the recorder’s court
^ upon a charge of selling whis-
^ ke.\', ,\Ir, Shannonhouse was
the recorder. On the stand the
vviiness said he only sold ‘ Hop
Ale," and that the conviction
♦ should not have been,
♦ "God being your helper, can
♦ you give the name of one man
who will say (’aton’s reputa-
#>■ tion is good?” aslced Mr. Shan-
♦ nonhouse of .\iven,
♦ "1 heard a ttian say some of
the i)eople who wanted his i>ar-
♦ don revoked were almost as
♦ mean as Im' was,” was the eva-
♦ sive answer.
♦ ('aton's answers were a denial
♦ of the-ntore s«'iious chari;es.
♦ but a substantiation of the
♦ chargt' that he knew of the
chicken fighting on the Sab-
bath.
By Associated Press.
liosuui. April J 2.—"Miser.v likes
couuvan.'.' saiii I'resiilent Franklin \\ .
SEiTENCE
MILLEH Tfl-Oliy
EXTENT OF 13
By Associated Press.
Xew ^ ork, April 12,—Three Involun
tary petitions in bankruptcy aggre-
tainty exists as to what course j gat ing .$1 :i,.")00,000 were filed here to-
1 in the senate with.jdav aeainst three officers of the fail-
traveling in a northerly di
a'-s* d '
: \esierda
■ have rcetion.
.a* i'he balloon was moving at a rai)id
t> to-' rat'. Only one nu;n was seen in
i the basket.
thrai-,
for I Bad Fire in Alabama.
Bv .\ssf)ciated Press
By A.ssociated Press.
Aberdeen. Miss., Ai>ril 12,—Jtidge
Xiles, of the United Siaies district
Hohb^'. in his address to the Xational (.(jjjv-i ]>as not yet pronounced sen-
.Ksscria'ion of Cot ton ?*Ianulac’.urers, j^nc-e on J, H. Miller, T. C. Steele
in this iity today, in referring to th.e],gj;,} (] Clide, members of the
fact thai t'le Laucashite cotton 'nilis, cotton firm of Steele, Mill-
had l»eeu havin.g ’ hard sleduing as'^ ^ _ who yesterdav acce'P^cd in-
wel: as tiu;se in tiie I nited States, ihe structed .it'f.v verdict.s of .guilty on
con .-euiion hi Huntingau! liiiil, Mas>a-1 conspiracy to defraud
chtisetts Institute of i'echnolog.\, v, IIP (j-jj ough the misuse of .the mails.
The court Avill reconvene late to
day and it is exi)ected that sentence
v.iii then l,>e i)assed.
It is possible Judge Xiles may de
fer semenc('s umil the ad.journment
of the district court the latter part
of the week.
this city at M:4r> o'clock | a.lso be in session tomorrow. The dele-
i,-i.>wn
ni intimate'
a loui mm.'
a cot-'
■ .rtiou !lt
t silent and
':.n^'nitud-' of
. ill}; a large
.'i Mr. Hutch-;
'ical ability.,
' ;iired. He i
■ u.- Mro.=ttra-;
Charlotte I
H>'t Sitrings. j
intensified I
1’ is thought'
;i 'umstancps'
rrt'ssing, ap-j
■ ’ hi.si.n w'as
Holly. X. C.
• ■ ^^'On. one
I ’'in county.
I. ■ came to
: ' -ition ill
! ,1-iin W.
' w.1- i,iiick-
'OT'ii. :.i.d .Mr.
one of iiis fa-
witli .Mr.
ti:-. ont- of the
■■■ ine: s |i|eu
Birmingham. Ala,, April 12, Fire
this mottling destroyed almost the en
tire business section of Leeds, .\la.,
a cfMiient manufacturing town, eight:
miles east of Birminghatn. Whitmire
gates v.ere welcomed by Governor
Fos^'., R. ,M,'.Miller, jr.. of Charlotte,
X. C., repl.\iii«,.
'I'he associi'.t ion medal for i;i10 was
awariled to Chailss i’. Miin, ol Boston,
in recognition of his contributions to
textile publications.
In his annual address President
Hobbs said;
"Lnst September I remarked that
the coiKm manufacturing industry had
been in troublotis times since we met
in .\pril last and I regret to be cimu-
&■ Sons general merchandise dealers, j ppiied to state that the troui)ious
were the heaviest losers. The total [times have been continued. The cot-
damage amounts to $27,500 with less j ton crop has been a disappointment.
TO-
v.ill be pursued in the
reference to the Canadian reciprocity
bill wiien it reaci'ea the ut>l'(-"i' house,
possibly next week.
Senator Penrose, who will become
tiie new chairman of the committee on
finance is friendly to the bill and will
uige favorable action.
Senator Bailey will make an efi'ort
to have it amended. Senator Ctnnmins,
who probably will have one of the
pdaces to be assigned the insurgents
on the committee also will seek to
have the measure amended, but he
will approach the subject from a
firendly point of view.
With the bill once before the sen
ate a fairly long contest is expected.
It is believed that in the end it will
pass.
Wanted To Sell
Iheir Blood
Mr. W, M, Smith Appointed
by Governor Kitchin to Hold
Investigation, to Submit
Stenog r a phi c Report of
Evidence.
l’'d, C. Catoii, a Sharcm township
man, against whom allegations of im
morality were made by his neighbors,
who prayed a revocation of a condi
tional pardon granted him by the gov
ernor, is on trial today before Mr. W.
■M, Smith, who was especially api)oiitt-
ed by (iovernor ivitchen to take testi
mony in the special investigation.
Attorney Frank M. Shannonhouse
is conducting the i)rosecution of the
I people's petition, while Mr. Theo.
I Adams is rejjresenting the del'endant.
I i'he lu'aiing is being he id in the office
! (if Mr. Adams and a crowd of more
jthati 50 has been assembled all the
; forenoon.
I A stenographic report of the testi-
I mony will be forw arded to Governor
[Kitchin along with such recommenda
tions as Mr. •Smith, who virtually is
the court of inquiry, may see fit to
made. Cjion this lestimony rests the
freedom or liberty of Caton for the
next 14 or 1,'> months, he having only
served a short time of the 18 months'
sentence imposed upon him wiien the
conditional i»ardon was granted.
Witnesses tiiis morning looked
across the table at Ed. Caton, who sat;
behind his lawyer and declared une
quivocally that his reputation in the
communily In which lie lived was bad.
They grai)hically described the great
(hi(iien ftgiit 'hat took plae on the
man's land ou a Sabbath and which
was in reality the straw that broke
Ihe camel’s back, to use a figure of
speetii.
Insiiiriations were made that offens
es much worse than cock fighting
had been committed by (!aton. By clev
er questioning of witnesses Mr. Shan-
nonhouse deveh)]jed tesrimony that
l']lla Brewer, the woman in the case
hen f'atou was sentenced to the
roads, iiad remained ai Caton’s home
since his conditional pardon by the
governor. Iiiiii recently she was there
alone, but witiiin the last montii other
l)eo])le v.ho claim to be her relativeb,
are there.
,\s st(ncal as an Indian sat Caton
tlirou.gh tile tukiiig of testimony. T Ife
tieigiibors who testified against him
knew him j+ersonally aiiu one or two
spoke to him as the.v took the wit
ness stand. And yet these neighbors
ed Cartiegie i'ri'st ('omi'atiy, now 'n
(lie hands of the states uperintendent
of banks.
The respcmdents are William. J.
C’ummins, jiresident of the trust coni-
])any; (’haiies Arihur Moore, Jr.. and j said his reputation was bad and b.y
Mav(in .1. (’ondon. directors. Thfiritiieir evidence asked a revocation of
financial slams is given in the poti-jthe conditional pardon. ,A.ttorney .‘\d-
lion as; lams cori'estcd everp oint. He object-
(.’ummins, liabilities $5,000,000 and : to any qaesllon as to the rei)utation
By Associated Press.
Xew' York. Ainil 12.—Two hundred
men called at Alount Aloriah hospital
here yesterday in answer to an adver
tisement offering ^25 for a quart of
human blood. Most of them were pen
niless and all declared that the mone
tary reward was their sole consider
ation in applying-
c;. J. Alfen, a stiapping sailor was
selected and for half an hour last night 1 on f .^n,i
blood flowed from his arteries into the over th.- prenpice by he fai uie and
A,Ire Pn=,'o Rpisler Allen indictment of Jo.se).h G, Robin, pies-
asf.ets :f}i(t,('00,
Moore, liabilities of $2,000,0u0, and
as.sets of $100,0(i0,
Condon, liabilities $fi,r>00,000, and
assets .$.‘i0t),00n.
Payson ^!errill was named receiver
for all three under bonds of $100,000,
Only three petitioning creditors are
nametl, wiiiii is ail the law' requires,
but their law^yers said that many
moi’e are associated with them.
The creditors who appear art :
Hermann C. Brewsier, $HO,JO>; Her
bert Hatfield .S9,fi4I, and James S.
Watson $80,00(1, all for money lent.
They allege against Cummins in their
jietition that jireferential i)ayments
liave been made since he became in
solvent ami that there has been trair -
fer and concealm'etif of considerable
prc-perty with intent to hinder aiul
defraud creditors.
The actions were not brought
agaist the respondents as directors
in the Carnegie Trust Conii)any, but
as indivi(i ials.
The Carne'^ie Triisr Company, long
the ed.ge of failure, was thrust
than $10,o00 insurance.
Tf.fi HEELS NOT
curtailment has continued and a mosi
unsatisfactory condition has restilted.
Buving is on a hand-to-mou^h l.asis.
(BY H. E.
Washington,
News Bureau,
Congress Hall.
C. BRYANT.)
/\pril 12.—Three
By Associated Press.
Des Moines, Iowa, Aj)ril 12,—The
Iowa legislature v.ill adjourn sine die
Added to peri)lexing business condiiion j at 2 o'clock this afternoon, probably
has been the upset political situation j ^vithout having elected a successor to
and the uncertainty due to expected | (late United States Senator Dolli-
decisions of the supreme court w hich j 7],^ usual ballot will be taken
will have far reaching effects, W ith ■ j. expected that opi)ohents of
these two factors removed, we | .judge Kenyon, leading republican can-
know w here we stand and be prei>ared ; didate for the toga will fight a mo-
to go forward. I tion to continue ballotting. The house
"Misery likes company, and it H^ay j in the senate adjournment
interest you to know that for the .'ear, morning.
ending November 30, 1910, seventy-j
three concerns in Lancashire with a to
tal paid up capital stock of $12,>'00,000
and an added loan capital of $5,400,000,
showed a loss of $1.-’IS,000 after pa,\ ing
interest on loans and allowing for de-
jireciation. These figures are the worst
for 25 years.
Conductoj Bell
Shot by Hoboes
It is undougtedly true that the con
this ! sumption of cotton is steadily increas-j
By Associated Press.
Greensboro, X. C., April 12.—R. C.
= «i-:anized
■ii tary and
••Resolved,
is IS
W Itixon ov-
' iwnre Coiii-
II 'eTeta; y
■ ral year^ h'
'-•.iine
■ hell
M :', hi,-;on or-
• rM-tion ( f
u ' Va.—
North C’arolinian, W'ebb, Gudger and
nought on. will not be bound by the
caucus action on recir>rociay,
1 iiiLiit Webb introduced
^ Mnp- pacli vear anu il 1 ■ , ^ ^
io,. 10,. „.,s inceaso in consu„^aio„ | a-.o. was^sho
''‘■■mTinc7eases of .machinery whioli I temilted to put o# his train. The shooi-
h-,vo een made, it is .'Vident that Ihe oco.irml between this place an',
fonsnmiiiiun of the tuiils ofthe wotld High Point about midnight and as
o7full lime would be not less than soon as the news %vas received iiosses
twenty million bales.
••Then querry thus arises;
will the additional amount of cotton
needed for the -world and its increasing
nomilation come from? . , -4- •
• I think I ani too optimistic to be-j one in each leg, though it is
. lieve that Irom the present acreage, believed iiis wounds -vs ill prove fatai.
I'hat
this caudts that a n^w section to be
Xo 2 should be added to the Cana
dian rcciptoeit.v treat y, placing on
the free lisT the following articles.
.\|l agiicultu’-al implements, in-
jilows. harrows, harvesters.
M'eciai I f apers and mo vers; also boots,
a big -i-,()«s, saddles, saddlery, wire fenc
ing. barbed Avire, hay baling wire,
for cotton, ties for cotton, sac.\S.
lipriap, flour, dressefi meats of
kinds aud salt.”
VI/.;
ciuding
all
left from this city and High Point
Where ior the scene.
Bell was carried to High Point and
there .given medical attention. He
has two bullets in his abdomen and
not
veins of Mrs. Rosie Reisler. Allen
wanted to depart when the operations
was concluded, but surgeons detained
him until he recovers his strength.
Mrs. Reisler, who had lost blood
through an internal hemorrhage, is on
the road to recovery.
Wants Play Giound
Over Hts G 7 a v e
By Associated Press.
Cleveland. O,. April 12,—“When I
die, 1 hope the people will make a
playground over my body, I would
raiiier have the children romping over
my grave than a hundred nKniuments.”
This was the statement made by
former Mayor Tom L, Johnson, who
died Monday night, to his friends
wiien men in public life died and mon
uments to their menujry were being
planned.
A mass meeting will be held today
or tomorrow to raise funds for a mon
ument to Mr. Johnson,
The body of the former mayor will
be sent to Xew York this afternoon to
be buried in Greenwood cemetery,
the pall bearers named for the funeral
in Brooklyn w’hich will be held ptob-
ablv Thursday afternoon are William
J Brvan, C, M. Bates, Ben T, Cable,
Lincoln Steffens. A, J. IVIaxham, Hen
ry George. August Lewis and Phillip
A. Brennen.
ident
Bank.
of the Washington Savings
Noted Counterfeiter Taken.
By Associated Press.
Washington, 1). C.. 12.—.\fter a
search of two years secret service men
arersted Harry Porter in Denver last
night and chaiged rim with making
the best counterfeit silver dollars ever
circulated in this countr.\.
KENYON ELECTED
F
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By Associated Press.
Des Moines. Iowa, .-^pril 12,—Judge
William S, Kenyon, republican, was
elected I'nited States senatcjr to suc
ceed the late Senator Jonathan P.
Dolliver. on the sixty-seventh ballot
in the Iowa legislature this afternoon
The victory came with the second
ballot of today’s session and following
a stormy session. He received TX votes,
just emnt^h to elect, against 2fi for
sui)reme court justice. Horace E,
Deemer, his republican oj)poiient.
of the man and when his objections
were overruled he noted an ex'ception
in each Instance.
Commissioner Smith allow;d a lit
tle freedom to the witness(‘s and they
told of the circumstances leading up
to the chicken tight tm the Sabbath.
Catcm was cau.ght with a 'uag in hl3
hand and In the bag were tw'o dead
game cocks. (,)ne's head hau been pull
ed off and the other showed the signs
of Ihe g.xffs in his neck.
DciJUty Sheriff l"(jrt-r pictures(iuely
told of going to Catoii's home and find
ing the chicken fighters in session, lu
compaii,>' with Mr, X, W. Wallace, jr,,
he went to the i>lace Sunday some
'.V'-eks ago between i2 and 1 f)’ch)ck
in tiiL- vehicles were fouml
in front of tlu; home and no man
was around. After waiting a little
while, so said the witness, Caton was
seen coming across a field with a bag
in iiis hand.
Mr. Porter asked “What does this
mean Catonw hereupon Caton hanfi-
ed over the bag with the two dead
chickens and remarked, “Sec for your
self.' Leputizing Mr. Wallace to re
main \vith Caton and the vehicles, Dep-
11 tv P(jner followed a freshly ma.de
path t(j the woods not far distant from
Caton,'s home and there found 40 or
50 people huddled around a pit. I. pou
either side of the ))it men were fixing
gaffs on the legs of the fighting chick
ens,
(Jommandin^!; all to consider them
selves under arrest the deputy sheiiff
proceeded to gather 11 () the parapher
nalia, WIiijc he v. as getting this pat a-
phernalia all save three of tlie great
liirong ran. He took about a. dozen
chickens and the gaffs to the house
with him and waited ontil each man
(•ame to get his vehicle. As they ar
rived he would summon them to
court, i h*-‘\' were tried -il of them
before Squire (!obb the next day and
were fined $5. Caton was one of the
number, and a record of this convic-
lion is a I’art f)f the testimony against
him the governor will consider in
rea(iiing a conciusion as to the final
disposition of the man.
i'estimony that Caton had sold li-
fpior is not sjrtmg against him, btit
\he cireumstar'ices connecting him wi^h
immoral relations witn Klia Liewei are
verv incriminating, .^ir. i', B. Brown,
who lives le.-^s th-^iU a mile from Ca-
ton's home ler-tified that he was dis
turbed early in the morning of the
,Mai'(ii Sabbath by vehicles passing
I Ills place en route to Caton’s home,
i He learned there v. as a Mg chicken
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