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. ;JPAI v - PUBLISHED II J v-tAEN C0ili4W; 2Ae JjWf Adccrilzir.j MleaiuBtin , .... - ... , cr.jPcj:eri.i , .liiililllt , Extern JarfS CeroIjuLj; ( WLIEr Niyrth and 'Development' in Education, Happiness a1 Proypefity Volume 4 No. 64l--:'v.lv .''. NEWBERN, N. G, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5. 1909. Price Two Cent CAPITAL CflY ; Doings of The Legfsld 7, tare In Raleigh ' V . Special to The Sun. - 7 V-", Raleigh, K. C, Feb. 6V-Speaker t Graham la hack In the chair after an ' absence f three days. 'Especially no- ' : table la Governor Kltchln'e message transmitting Superintendent -Mann's letter as to the finances of the State's - . prison, and recommending that some jelity-elght thousand dollars be paid back to the penitentlaxy from the prie ' " on-funds In . the hands of the 'State . treasury, being the money. turned over ; tor the liquidation ot the prison bonds, - and that the State provide other meant !- ,- ' for settling the bond issue. The mes- sage was placed In the hands of the ''committees ah Senate - and House on "'- penal Instltutlons. f -Vt s-i. v? ? v 'Representative Doughton has lntro- t Dl" ProyWm tor ttB npioy-: "-, meut of a, typewriter: to aid the Su " :jrv pretne court Justices in 'their work, -i end . a laborer to carry books to and ' from, "their s. homes. fiThe Alleghany member explained that tW work-had , e been 'done, or some twenty-five years', 4i but by some, oversight had not been ' provided tor in the act of 1907, and v - conseauently' the auditing committee - A had reported' some expenditures not j "wsrranted by the letter -of the law. , 'A bill. by Mr. Morton allows the -i Seaboard Air Line to condemn part ." ol Brunswick street in JVUmington for use in addition to the present ter- -' : jnlnal yards of that -road. ' V' iThat women might be appointed as - .notaries public is the object of a bill 7 ' by Mr. Weaver, of Buncombe, who lao introduced a bill Amending the " ' charter of Black Mountain. -1 : , A .kick . from Alexander county ' ' Against the State prohibition law was 'j. registered in the shape, of . c bill by ' " Mr. lJnney to allow Alexander folks to make and sell brandy distilled from "", fruit grown on their own lands.' Vi'..- The present law against working - .. on Sunday prohibits one from doing 'ny work "of bis ordinary calling" on . : : that day, Tfekvtag4t apparently so that -' " one could work atiuethlng not his ' r usual vocation. Representatfve Dowd introduced a bill to - strike out the words quoted and also to make viola- .. tlon a misdemeanor instead of merely - punishable by fine of on dollar, To prevent a Judge from granting '. an Injunction to Stop- a- Sale- under execution Is the purpose of a bill by . . Representative Grant, of Bavie. . A Representative Murphy, of Guilford ; ltnroduced bill for. appropriations v wanted for -the "State Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients.'- The buildings and. other Improvements fifteen thou : sand dollars each year for the .next two years la asked. ' " A- - The present pilotage law for Wil '' mlngton harbor and Cape Fear bar will not b disturbed.- The Bouse Ju dlclnrv committee' No. 2 voted unani mously to report Mr. Morton's blll .un- . favorably. The present law ; leaves i : : optional with the vessel, i entering or - leaving 'Wilmington to take a pilot on the -river, but compulsory to take one . over' the bar. ". The defeated bill did - not disturb the compulsory . feature . over .the bar, but provided that If any - ... vessel determined to use the services - of a pilot on the river, It must employ v the one that spoke it first at sea and - took It Over the bar. Representative , Taylor, of Brunswick made, a; vigorous ) fight sgainst the bill before the com mittee, and he had. to back him up s ; petition signed by every man, he said, who had a dollar invested in-a pilot bot, the very men, who were supposed to b benefitted by the Morton . bill . and the same men who had opposed the present. law two years ago. Some ( f ti a pilots, it was pointed out, con a ts.elr work entirely to the river, ( t Craig for instance, the; veteran (? then all, who was present, and asequently captains of vessels want- ; iig to be piloted on the river" preferred I j use tholr services. ".'nyor M. C. Ctitbrle, of Bouthport, ).' r of !!ie Board of Commission i " 'ti and' pilotage, ad .iimi.: a ir onHt the I i lie l.sil c"n-iii(ipd his i M that 1 1 V blocked yesterday .by the Hampburn Act preventing the railroad companies from collecting the one cent and half cent per, crate extra with freight to be paid overdo the trucker's associa tion. -' They have agreed on a substi tute bill that provides an appropria tion ot not over $5,000 from the State Department of Agriculture for the purposes of the association and im poses license tax ot S10 per month on' all buyers and solicitors of truck this to "be paid Into the department ot agriculture, accounted separately to -coYjarJhe-appropriation. In paying agents of the trucker's association the president of the association certifies the accounts to: the commissioner of agriculture and he to the State treas ures for payment. This substitute was reported to the House yesterday, and certain to pass. ;' ' . ' The Senate committee on proposi tions, and grievances, decides to rec ommend the passage of thelsmpie bill to protect forests of the State from fire by appointing township wardens who look after endorsement of forest protection laws, having power to press into service citizens for fighting fire who shall be paid ten cents per hour, no township to get more than fifty dol lars In one year on this account. . The wardens are to receive 20 cents per hour for. time actually engaged in of ficial duties. V this committee voted unfavorable report for a bill Introduced by Emple by request to prohibit the exhibiting of moving pictures showing larceny, burglary, robbery, murder and felon- ies; . y : '.. '.'.? The Supreme Court announces 39 successful applicants for licenses to practice law out of the class of forty eight' that stodd the examination Mon day. .The following is the list: Franklin M. Soper, New York; Delos Hammer, Guilford; Thos. G. Wood, Jr., Wake; Buford F. Williams, Polk; Laddin L. Tilley. Burham; Johnson J. Hayes, Wilkes; Ireneus R. Burlesson, Stanley; Edgar H. Wrenn, Jr., Surry; Robert M. Dunn, Warren; Hardle H. DeW. Gelger, Florida; Thos. H. Mc- Diarmld, Robeson; Joseph E. John son, Duplin; William A. Clark, Blad en; John, ajktills, Wake; Maurice V. rnhill, Halifax; Cyrus -C.-Frazier, Guilford; Walter H. Grimes,. Wake; Robert' V.' Howell, Montgomery; ' Jas. L. Morehead, Durham; James T. More- hear, Jr., Guilford; Jno. G. Tooly, Beaufort; Walter R. Johnson, For syth; Walter P. Byrd, Harnett; Mar shall C. Staton, Edgecombe; Albert E. Burgess, Wake; T. F. Williams, Wake; James H. Glover, Granville; Porter Hufham, Columbus; Lloyd T. Everttt, Mecklenburg; Albert S. Guerard, Bun combe; Robert M: Mulllkln, Buncombe James a Recton, Buncombe ; - Ernest Steele, Anson; Lawrence A. Thomlln- son, Durham; Kirby C Slidbury, Ons-1 low;' Samuel T. Stanclll, Northamp ton; Jas. W. Cheesborougn, Buncombe. ' Aluch Interest attaches to the an nouncement by ex-governor Charles B. Ayoock of his intention to move from Goldsboro .to-Ralelgh for the practice of law.' The decision has Just been reached and he is expected here later in the week to complete his ar rangements to open "his law office here. The Raleigh bar has lost several, of its most" jtromlnent members by death, notably Hon, F. H.' Busbee and Col. T. Ml: Argo. .r,VV-&Z?g?J t The companies composing the North Carolina National Guard will be in spected during. February and March, by Inspector General Thomai String- field, the Inspection tour, beginning it Raleigh, February "15th and closing at WaynesvlUe, March , 25th." The dates tnii Raleigh, " February 15 ; 1 Lumber Bridge 18; Fayettevllle 17; WUson 18; Clinton 19 ; Goldsboro 20, 22; Klnston 23; Edenton ?; Washington 26; Tar- boro 26; Weldon 27; Warren ton March 1; Oxford ,2; Henderson; Loulsburi 4 ; Frankllnton 8 ; Durham 6; Bur lington 8; Aeidsvllle. ; Wlneton-Sa- lem 10; ML Aalry 11: High Point 12: Lexington 13; Concord 16; CharWte 16 and 17; Wadesboro 18; Shelby 19; Statesville 20; Hickory .22; Ash vUle 23 and 24; Waynesvllle 25. '.:-.- The much discussed bill by Repre sentative Coxe of Anson, adding his County to (he Pitt county law provid ing tor the working on the roads or hiring Out of prisoners awaiting trial for minor offenses-if -they so desire will : be reported fhvorabIy ' by the House Judiciary committee .No, 2, The vote, was 6 to. 4.r Mr. Grumpier of Sampson has a bill like it, and so many counties desire to be added by aiiK iidments that it is almost a State it '. .1. ..Mr. Grant opposed It in commit- as' he had done on t!ie floor and ' 'r.dot Lockhart be!p"d Mr. Coxe. i; f. :;rntative Gavin's bill to amen 1: n as to r vcd f; ' 1 ii y i y V - r I- 3 f r r unroasonft l t':e party l-!".:!iy. an ;. v ' ii f BANK AMONG CONSUMED Terrible Bre at Cfcar lottesville Today By- Wie to The Sun. Charlottesville, Va., Feb. 6. A de structive fire this morning threatened the destruction of the entire business section of the city. All efforts by the local fire companies to check it proved futile, and by six o'clock large build ings had been wiped out' Several cities were called on for help to fight the flames "; , The Peoples-Bank and several stores were destroyed. - 'The vaults and books ot the bank are said to have been saved. It was feared at one that that the entire west ern part of the city would be destroy ed. Battle Creek, Feb. 6. As result of a fire this morning in the Haskell borne. Seventh Day Adventurist Or phanage, three children are missing. There were many narrow escapes. Thirty-seven children were quartered in the building. '.The fire started about two o'clock, and spread rapidly. The loss is about $60,000. Worcester, Feb. 5. Fire early this morning destroyed two great indus tries here. The loss is $200,000; one was' the stoneworks of George D Webb Construction Company and the Gray Elevator of E. A. Cowe. The cause of the fire is unknown. Damage to the stoneworks is $750, 000, insurance $50,000. . Reporters Under Bond- By Wire to The Sun- New York, Feb. 5. Magistrate Finn held in $300 bond each, James J. Doyle, and Frederick M. Hall, report ers for the New York Press for as saulting Oscar Hammersteln. 'ihe magistrate criticised Hammer- stein severely for writing the letter which provoked the assault PUPIL PROPERLY FLOGGED. Judge and Jury Sustain Teacher hi , His Discipline. By Wire to The Sun, wuKes-carre, ra., f eo. o. rroies- sorWallace F. Ridge, principal of the schools at Centralia, near here, was today upheld by both the Judge and jury in flogging Edward Michaels, an unruly and disobedient pupil. . Professor Ridge' had been arrested and prosecuted at the instance of the boy's ..mother, Mrs. Daniel Michaels. The evidence showed that the boy had been surly and abusive and had left school without permission. Upon his return Professor Ridge had made an example' of him by calling him before his "class jand thrashing him with a strap. The Judges charg ed In his favor," the jury acquitting him and placed-the. "costs of the case on the boy's mother," Boy Dead f Leckjaw. Bjjf Wire to The Sun, , Petersburg, a Va., Feb. . 5. Forest Aiken, 14 yejrs old, son of William Aiken, an employe of the Atlantic Coast Line in this cjty, died this morn ing at the Petersburg hospital from lockjaw caused from , a wound in the leg by being shot with a trap gun, My the bill to amend the charter of khe town of Black Mountain In Bun eombe county, the bond issue bill for Hariett, county an dthe two hundred thousand dollar bond issue for Cabar rus to pay debt and build a new jail me joint committee or senate ana House on Oysters met with State Geo logist Pratt and Oyster Commissioner Webb and decided to name a sub-corn mittee to formulate a bill to' be pre sented by the committee,:, It is under stood" that encouragement "will be giv en to the private culture of the oys- ter.':'-;-:,',A'r"i;;.C:.'; V "The joint eommlttee on penal insti tutions will' "'report through . Senator Dawes a bill .embodying, the recom mendations ot Governor Kltchln aft to the earnings of the States prison, . It will provide for the return to the pen itentiary of, the sixty-eight thousand dol 1 a rs ba! s i n ce froni the , three hun dred and twenty-four thousand turned over to tli) Elaie by thas institution 'rrr,.iltl,, jls enjre earnings for to no)t the bonded in- ' (' . prlnon. The d!ffor- : f .,,,,1 v t i ' !' 1 IVES$5000 " i TO CHURCH fliss Grace L Gordon Proved Generous By Wire to The Sun. Burlington, N. J., Feb. 5. Miss Grace L. Gordon, of New York, prin cipal beneficiary under the will of Mrs Elizabeth A. Ellis, of this city, has refused to accept $5,000 forfeited when Mary's .. Protestant- Episcopal Church attacked her share in the rich Ellis estate. The rector, James F. Olmsted, and the wardens today ac knowledged receipt of the cash, and declared they were led to sue to break the will by maliciously inclined and unreliable witnesses. Mrs. Ellis left the major portion of her estate, valued at $75,000 to Miss Gordon, and her mansion on High street to her executor, Reginald Branch, who two years prior to her death, had made their home with the aged woman and given her the kindest care. For fifty years Mrs. Ellis had been a large contributor to St. Mary's Church and to charity, and the church attacking her will cherged that she had been subjected to -undue Influence, because the will had left the church only $5i000. They said a former will left the entire estate to the church. The court, after taking testimony, dis missed the charges as groundless. Un der the terms of the will,, any heir legates attempting to break the will forfeited- his share, which was to go the residuary legatee. Miss Gor don. There was general surprise to day when it was made known that Miss Gordon refused to accept the $5 000. DUAL BALLOT, IF IT -WINS. One Will Be for PresidenthfTOfrctors, "Straight" By Wire to The Sun. Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 5. Represen tative Dearden's ballot reform bill, in troduced today, would require two bal lots at the Presidential election, one for the electoral candidates, and the other for the remaining nominees. The "straight-ticket" voting except on the presidential ticket, would be abolished, and it would be necessary to make an individual cross-mark for every candidate to be voted for except electors, for whom one mark would do. No candidate s name could appear more than once upon the ballot, but there would be a little square for each party putting him up, and these party names would be arranged according to the sizes ot the votes at the preceding general elections. Widow of Judge Jilcodemus Dead. By Wire to The Sun. Frederick, Md Feb. 6. Mrs. Nico- demus, wife of former Judge A. W. Nlcodemus, died yesterday afternoon her home at Buckeyetown, this county, aged 73 years. Among her surviving relatives, be sides her huBband, three sons and t daughter, are two sisters, Mrs. Fulton Bd Mrs. Lewis, living in Washington Weather Kiosk for Reckvllle. By-Wire to The Sun. Rockvllle, Md., Feb. 6. The United States weather bureau is arranging to erect a weather kiosk in the triangle In front of the courthouse in this town. Eighteen hundred dollars has been set aside for the purpose. Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of thi weather bureau, owns a summer residence near Rockvllle. Superior Court. I Judge C. M. Cook dispatched of the following business at the morning see slon of -the crmlnal term oL Craven Superior court State vs. Frank Gormer, charge, lar ceny, guilty; 7 months in Jail, to be assigned tq the county roads. , State vs Harry Douglass, -charge, forgery, guilty; sentenced to two years oil the county' roads. " , - State vs. Harry Douglas, charge, second account larceny; guilty, six months in county jail to be assigned taUhe roads-t-.!JK'ti';v5iw .- frit State vs. Geo, Shiver, charge, lar ceny; guilty; he was nnea is ana cost, or 2 months In the county Jail, to be assigned to the roads, 'i-vf? ".State va, " Geo, i Shiver, second ac count charge, larceny; guilty; sen tenced to . pay a fine ot $5 and cost, or 3 months in jail, to be assigned to the reads.',-,-',..!'",'1;-? '-. ;' ,-.',. 'J- ' State vs. John," Hudson,' chi . ge, lar- ce"v; jury verdict not guilt. -i vs. r- t Coppag' iinti!, of i Lii-.ii. " WAS A SON OF LATE SENATOR Scene of Rear Admiral Cogswells Death By Wire to The Sun. Milwaukee, Feb. 5. The mystery In the death of Rear-Admiral James K. Cogswell, who expired the night after dinner with friends at Villa Alex andra, near Jacksonville, Fla., was re called today when word was received the shooting at the villa of David Mitchell, the eldest son of John Mitchell, of Milwaukee. Mitchell was shot by a watchman, who says that the wounded man was tresspasses, and that Mitchell was threatening to shoot him when he, Rogers, the watchman, fired. Mitchell will probably lose one of his hands. Mitchell says that he was trying to take possession of the villa which was his own property when he was shot. The ownership of the villa is said by others to be In doubt. The man who placed the watchman there says he bought it under a $10,000 mortgage, which he foreclosed. Mitchell says the mortgage was not foreclosed. The villa was the old winter resi dence of the Mitchell family. Admiral Cogswell was an uncle of young Mit chell, and it is understood was trying to buy the place to keep It in the fam- iiy. He spent several weeks there be fore his death, which was so sudden as to shock his friends. He was well and dined with friends twelve hours before he died without word of pre vious sickness. Doubles Xarviage License Fee. By Wire to The Sun. Harrisburg, Feb. 5. The Senate Ju diciary committee reported out the Snyder bill to advance the price of marriage licenses from 50 cents to $1. He originally wanted to chanrge $2. One Boy Stabs Another. By Wire to The Sun. Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 5. John Callahan, a boy of 15, was stabbed a flght with Charles Fordan, aged Both were employed at the Fos- toria glass factory, at Moundsville. Fordan drew a long-bladed knife and stabbed Callahan in half a dozen plac- Fordan has been arrested. BIG EAGLE SEIZES A BABY. Parents' Cries Make Bird Drop Child, Who Falls Unhurt By Wire to The Sun. Utica, N. Y., Feb. 6. JoBiah Olm- tree, a farmer residing on the edge of the Adirondacks, in the town of Pit- cairn, barely saved his 6-year-old daughter from being carried away by an eagle late yesterday. For sev eral days a huge eagle has been gorg ing itself on food prepared for a herd of sheep. Several times Olmtree tried to get a shot at the bird, but without avail. His little girl was about the barnyard yesterday, when suddenly the father was attracted by the screams of the child. Hastening from the barn, Olmtree was horrified to see the girl In the clutches of the mon ster bird. The outcries of both the parent and the child evidently frightened the ea gle, and it dropped the child unhurt on the roof of a building near the barn. Quickly getting his gun, the father took a chance shot, but outside of the loss of a few feathers the bird flew away uninjured. BITTEN BOY GOLDEN-TOOTH DOG. Distinction That a Pittsburg Boy Does Not Enjoy. By Wire to The Sun. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 5 Not every person has the honor of being bitten by a dog having bridge work and gold teeth, said Alderman Means to Martin Qriese, 12 years old, who preferred In formation against Dr. F. IL. Murphy a dentist, ot Penn avenue, charging him with keeping ferocious dogs. Dr. Murphy Wat held for" court in '$300 baU.rjv.;-.,;,;:" I'-:1;' - The, dog has a number of gold teeth In the front of bis mouta rnd three teeth. '.are bridge workw.,; 9rw-' A... t,."; -:-'".. ":y.i ' .i "Injured byFall la Btevatoii By Wire to The Sun. '4.w?.-:&; t ynchburfcv Va.; Feb. "Stast night while shoeing a friend tht ne build ing occupied by'tlie Strother Drug Company Douk!hs M.'Penlck, the pres Went,' tried to jump, on the paw.iiis vitor and tell. - He was caught be- the ' casing j of, the second "1 was taken to a h'mpltali but M to be crl'.! . I'-'i't-'"!. Commission Report By Wire to The Sun. Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. The commission appointed by the Presi dent last May to codify laws relating to protection of lives at sea, made its first report to the President this morn ing. The Dndlngs are not made pub lic. MARKET REPORT. Cotton: By Wire to The Sun. New York, Feb. 5. First prices cot ton one point lower to two higher. Opening, Mar. 9.48; May 9.41: July .42; Aug. 9.28, bid. Stocks: New York, Feb. 5. Stocks opened Arm tone, fairly" active trading. Prices generally made fractional gains first few minutes, but later developed ir regularly. Denver C. & C. & O. and several others made gains. CoDDer weak, declining 3-8. Grajn: Chicago, Feb. 5. Wheat opened a little lower. Wheat, May 119 5-8; corn. May 63 3-4: oats. Mav 515-8: pork, July 16.97. Goes to Matteawaufl By Wire to The Sun. Arthur Trotter, who killed and de capitated his mother, Mrs. Anne Trot ter on December 30th, was today sent to the asylum for criminal insane, at Matteawan by Supreme Court Justice Dowllng. , Dr. Carlos P. McDonald alienist, re ported to th ecourt that Trotter's men tal development had been arreted and that he was paranoiac and dangerous to the community. Floods In Germany. By Cable to The Sun. Berlin, Feb. 5. Ten persons are re- pirted rowned and many bridges swept away by floods which have been more or less general throughout Germany. The streets of Muremburg are awash today, "Other cities are reported heavy damage. Trains along the Rhine and confluents are at a standstill. CARGO 0 FDEAD CHINESE. Steamer to Carry 5,000 Over Sea for Home Burial. By Wire to The Sun. New York, Feb. 5. Five thousand Chinese corpses, bound for their final resting places in the Flowery King dom, will leave Brooklyn next Wed nesday on the steamer Shimosa. The bodies of the dead Celestials were dis interred from burylng-grounds all over the United States and placed in sealed caskets, which in turn were in closed in pine boxes, each labeled with the name and history of its silent oc cupant, and stored between decks on the ship. When the Shimosa reaches China, the bodies will be sent to the localities from which the dead China man came. JUDGE HOLDS UP RATE LAW. Federal Injunction Quick to Follow State Legislation. By Wire to The Sun. Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 5 Federal Judge John E. Carland today grant ed a restraining order preventing the two-cent passenger rate law. signed by the Governor today, from going in to effect pending a hearing before him on March 1st for a temporary Injunc tion. The order was granted at the In stance of the various railroads In South Dakota. The bill as finally passed by the legislature yesterday contained an emergency clause, mak ing it effective immediately. RAILROAD WILL MOVE TOWN Itegradlng Rendered Change to Site Two Miles Away Necessary Winnipeg, Manitoba, Feb. 5 Cow- ley, in Southern Alberta, a small town mi the Canadian Pacific Railway, will bo moved bodily next week to a now loite two miles south ot Its present lo cation. Regradlng on the Crow's Nost Pass line made the moving ot'th town necessary. The railroad will pay the entire expense of moving. v f i 'f-fi (we Ear la IteiMe ' WhW.; Bv'wirai to Th. Sun. ,;. " VV,'' ,li MUlvllle, N... -U Fab. ; Whirled around a shaft and expecting each minute to be killed, was the terrible experience which .befel HenrjrLober, of South MlllvUle,' at the Menantlco Bleach and Dye Works. Lober's sweat er caught lit th machinery and -he was whirled about at a terrific rate, f .llow-workman; ,. who witnessed the accident shut oft the power, r - One of Lober's ears was torn oft and he sustained numerous brnlsea of V, -t b""d, face and bm-y, but 'will recover. LEAVES MITE; IN EACH BANK Late Call Nearly Drains Deposits '.'J, By Wire to The Sun. Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. Secre- r tary Cortelyou today announced that';.!i he has made a call on all temporary national bank depositories for about $30,000,000 Government deposits to be. paid on or before February 24th.' There are over 1,000 temporary depository banks and the Secretary's call today will leave exactly $10,000 In each, as the Instructions will be to remit every thing above that sum. ' ; ' Calls hitherto made on the regular depository banks have practically ex hausted their . holdings above the amounts actually needed to meet dis bursing officers' checks. These ag gregate about $55,000,000. Th call for $24,500,000 made by the Secretary ear ly in January has been responded to by all of the banks except a few in the Far West, where remittances are ready on the way. The working balances In the Treas ury today were $43,841,000. ROANOKE'S NEW JUDGE. Career of Walter R, Staples, Who Is to Preside Over Corporation Coart By Wire to The Sun. Roanoke, Va., Feb. 5. Judge Wal ter R. Staples, who yesterday ascend ed the bench of the corporation court Roanoke, was educated at Wash- gton and Lee University and the Boa ton Institute of Technology as a civil engineer. His first work was in the engineer corps. United States army, on the Chicago and Mississippi River ' drainage canal. He was Connected later with the coast and geodetic sur very and appointed examiner of sur- eys in the United States land office. In 1899 he was graduated in law at the National University, was admitted the bar, and began practice all Lynchburg, Va. In 1904 he removed Roanoke, and less than four 'years thereafter was elected by the legisla ture to the hustings branch ot that city to succeed Judge J. W. Wood. Judge Staples is a brother of Prof. P. Staples, ot Washington and Lee University, a nephew of the late Judge Walter R. Staples, of the supreme court of Virginia, and a great-grandson of Maj. Samuel Granville Staples, of the Confederate army. Flood of Bogus Silver Dollars. By Wire to The Sun. Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 5. The circula tion of 600 spurious silver dollar coins in Pottsville and vicinity has the local constabulary searching everywhere for a counterfeiter's plant. Weds Despite Lunacy Proceedings. By Wire to The Sun. Fairmont, W. Va., Feb. 5. Dr. Pres ley B. Ogden, aged 68 years, was mar ried yesterday to Miss Alice Sapp aged 30, of near Shlnnston, W. Va., matron of the local hospital. The ceremony was performed at the residence ot Dr. C. F. Bowers by the Rev. W. J. Eddy, of First Baptist Church. Dr. Ogden is a very extensive property owner. Lunacy proceedings were pending against him by his children. is alleged, with the view to pre vent his marriage, but they may now lie withdrawn. SET WATCH FOR DEATH. Timed on Hour Wrong, Fatal Railroad Wreck Ensaed. By Wire to The Sun. ' .-,' & Spartansburg, S. C, Feb. 6fl-Two freight trains collided on the Seaboard vfe Air Line Railroad near. Greenwood to- day, resulting In three mn being kill- '", ed and several Injured. ; v ? t. ; ' The collision was head-on between the regular and extra' freight trains. ' and Is alleged to have been caused by " the engineer -on the extra setting his, ., watch one houe,wrong.fvi1yif-:;v,-:;', , The engineer who made the mis- take and his fireman Jumped and saved their lives. Brakeman :- TiifOB'was . burlap beneath the debris and Engl neer Clyde Moore of Qhseter, and fire man Nichols, of the local train, Were both killed ' :. - V i. .;: ... . . : ' ,- ;'J,!'f ftaapeB Harder Case. ',' : ' 1 ' By Wira to The" Sun.- ' x" vV' f Rochester, N. , ), ?., Feb. S-Wayne county grand Jury this morning com pleted Its Investigation of the Samp son murder mystery. Relatives of ti families involved in the homicide r e turned to their hnmm, p 1 I'm. ( A. Fiimrsim, t!.ar,-l t - r of v i r ' i v ff v .' : : ' " 'VKv.y A' J mm
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