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TO EtlD LIFE
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" WUSua Hib Committed
, Deid in Norfolk Jl V
ILL HEALTH THOUGHT
TO EE THE CAUSE
" - yfn tat JU AirtUs TrU forTlieft
. v r Jewelry Bdj feui Dang
'tr.-'1 Hb frem Cwi Hok, ;
r Yesterday Horning . V
' .DetaDs. -
Norfolk, Va.. April 18. Awaiting
v trial the Corporation Court on a
. charge of grand aroenjr,' William
" . Hlbba, a, Toung white nwnr committed
1 ? aulclde by,? hanging In theV Norfolk
City Jail during last night. With a
- " f atrip from the back of hie ahirt form-
J ng a nooee around his neck his body
was found danglimt from a eoat hook
on the side of f " teel 'Wallof the
- cell by one f the
he, tail hands e&ortly
L i after 6 o'clock. ., It is bat known how
r, ; long he had been dead. , y
-,. While Hlbba had just beetr released
from the State prison at Trenton, N,
. -r.-s' 1: Str serving a term of eighteen
v i :monthf for larceny and ras facing
. another term in .the Virginia pent-
- . . . : tentiary, because he iad already con
' teased his guilt of tbi (riffle for
-iw4V.wMoft; he was to be "tried next week,
; " j it is thought that' iU-health was the
cause of the 'suicide. He was ap
" ; parently victim of tuberoirlosia and
" khad.'lt is ald,, attempted to take his
j i iowd Mfe while a prisoner in the lew
Jersey, penitentiary;' w Where he came
from or-who his people are could not
- - be learned.- It wag said that he tor
v . r nierly lived In, Portsmouth, where he
, . now has relatives, but Hlbba recently
'r , told Deputy ;gherlff Gray that he had
, v ' a mother in Philadelphia, it she was
Mvlng, ahd asked that a letter be aept
' 3TUBDEBED BY BAZEB KOBO.
Lleateaant Walter '"H, Rodney of the
' . Second I'nlted States Cavalry
' ' the YletlBL .
" ManHa, April 18.-LIeutnant Wal
ter H. Rodney, of the Seoond United
States Caval-ry, atatloned:ln the Aa
t:TivVjBarrckB, tttVthe department .of
juudanao, was muraereu yeaieraay
J f by a Mora Juramentado who crazed
f with religious passion : ran ' amuck
thlrstiag lor the blood of a Chriat-
ian.
, - CeUisiea oa Soathern Hallway.
- Montgomery. Ala.. April l8.-rA spe
cial from Russelsvllle, Ala., says:
Northbound . Southern passenger
train coming Into Russellsvllle Sun
d y night at 10:15, o'clock crashed
' into an open switch" englpe -on the
si Ung, demolBhlng both engines, 1n-
statly killig Fireman Douglea White
and sHgl-tly Injuring E ,, inner Bea
v.'rs, f the passenger train. Several
p angers were badly shaken up.
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ARTISTS OF ABOITT ABE
TO 8ISG HXB TBWXt SIGHT
Ne Benivto Enjoy Bare XasteaJ
The iomlng of the English Grand
Opera Company Is an occasion of in
terest in New Bern,' and the cast of
"Cavaleria Rusticana," aa arranged
with the pleAing little operetta "The
Rose of Auvergne," " preceeding, is
certainly ' a combination to 'conjure
an ideal musical 'entertainment ,
U is the first production of grand
opera here.Ja a Wng while,. and New
Bern playgoers, ever appreciative,
will enjoy It greatly. . . ' ,
Among those Included in the cast
of "Cavaleria Rustlcana" are the fol
lowing 'well known artists t.
Oullliame, tenor, who abroad al
ternates with both Caruso and Bond,
is at present n tour in the way of
preparation for Ma next season's
contract in New York.
Bertha Herman, two seasons ago
appeared on numerous occasions with
Hammerstein at the Manhattan and
last year s the coloratura' soprano
at the Rational Opera House in the
City, of Mexico.
C. Pol Pihcon, baritone, sang last
winter with the Grand in Boston. He
Is a. nephew of the elder Plancon, the
basso.
The ladies' orchestra, under Nellie
Chandler, the Boston conductress,
will: render a program of poplar se
lections from New York successes.
WOHAlf "BABBAB1AN.";
Xearer te Savage State Than Han,
Prof. Sargent : Says Wrong to
' Treat Her as Pet ...
iBoston,; April 18- That woman is
a lower order of being than man, and
that she has not developed as rapidly
from: the' barbaric state aa man, Is
asserted !by. Dr.. Dudley A..- Sargent,
head of the department of- physical
culture afHarvard, "director of the
Barxent Gymnasium for Women, in
Cambridge,-and well known as
writer UDon . subjects pertaining to
woman's development.
Woman is nearer the savage state
than: man," says Dr. Sargent "Her
development is more- primitive . than
the white man. . ,
"Woman being biologically more of
a- barbarian than . : man, sne nas
greater-proportion of physical en.
durance. -' She can; undergo .many
strains, that a man cannot.
"Wpmen accumulate energy, while
men expend it. - Women .have .been
developing 'their muscles, while . men
have 'been developing their brains.
"She la nearer to nature. ' She
a. lower type' of organism. ; But when
it comes to a case of withstanding
cold, or hunger, or thirst, or any phy
sical privation of this- sort; a woman
can outlast a man In nine cases out
ot ten, ' - T
"It is foolish to go on the princi
pie therefore that' women must
kept from all labor nd all exercise
and be' taken care of aa though, they
were peU. They should do every
thing possible, obviously, to preserve
the clossness to- nature- of which
have been speaking,'. It is mora nec
essary for the good ot the race for
women to look after their physical
well-being than It Is for men." ,
Mayer's Ceart.
' .Mayor C J. McCarthy disposed of
the following cases in the city police
court at. the noon session:
- John Council, colored, was arraign
ed, charged .with being disorderly
he was found guilty; judgment of the
court was that he pay a fine and cost
amounting to. $15.-75. ;
' Torn- Taylor, colored, was the iext
victim. ' He was charged , with' being
disorderly; he was taxed with, 14.78.
Ed Massey, colored, found himself In
the same predicament; was required
to pay to the city treasurer the like
amount.. , i ,
Davis McCabe ; and Geo Stamps,
both colored, were next on the mourn
er's bench. They were charged with
being disorderly and found guilty.
r.o:h flVfendnnta were required to
pay $2.75 each. - . -
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Serious Qaestion WoiTy-
. ing President Taft
muis
be ura Itl
Xo Reply to President's Warning to
Factions in Mexico Has AdTlsed
Leaders In Congress With
Situation Interven
tion Xeans War.
Washington, D. C, April 18. Pres
ident Taft feels that he has done per
sonally all that can be done by
chief (executive to control the situa
tion along the ' Mexican border. - He
and his advisors believe that now
Congress must say ,,whether the situa
tion is grave enough to warrant in
tervention and its consequences
Through the State Department the
administration played what may be
regarded as its last csrd yesterday.
It reiterated in no uncertain fasbion
epresentatlons made to Mexico
a 'few days back, that the affairs at
Douglas and Agua Prieta must not be
repeated; .
Instead of awaiting the customary
period for a formal reply from Mex
ico the department asked for imme
diate assurances that there be no
more fighting that endangered Amer
icans in the border towns. Informs.
Hon was requested also as to what
measures the authorities had taken
to prevent future combats of this
kind. tew hours after the depart
ment announced that it had issued
this" second demand the dispatches
from Douglas began to come Into the
War Department, showing that the
second battle of Agua Prieta had be
gun. Last night no reply had been
received from the Mexican authori
ties. - -. . ..- .'
. The President Is plainly worried.
The bulletins ! were : taken to him
wherever lie happened to be and he
did not conceal the fact that be was
intensely interested In the news from
Agua Prieta. -
No one' here doubts that Interven
tion, would mean war. War in Mex
ico, the president's v advisers say,
would mean a long drawn 'out Strug-
gle Id which the Mexican Federals
and the Mexican lnsurrectos might
soon 'be -found fighting side by side
and - would dissipate .- all : the good
feeling that years of careful diplo
macy has created between the United
States anil the Latin-American coun
tries. ' '
"A dispatch from Col. Sfaunk, the
commanding officer at Douglas, aald
that the Insurgents without' arms,
"surrendered to us"nd tnat they are
now being held as prisoners, r
TOW SI COCHTEBFEU BILL''
Secret Berries Men Issae Waralag
;'". igalast Bogas Certificate, . ;
New: York, April ll.4Inlted Statea
secret serviee agents, it was learned
today, have notified banks and mer
cantile houses to guard - against a
new .counterfeit 11 bill, said to be in
ctrculatiod in New Y,ork city and vi
cinity. - ' . 1 i, " .
As a result the Interborough Rspld
Transit Company has Issued a circu
lar letter to . Its ' employes directing
attention to the counterfeit bill.
which Is a silver certificate, series of
1899; check letter "C, W. T. Vernon,
Kegister of the Treasury; Charles' H.
Treat, Treasurer of the United States,
and containing portraits of Lincoln
and Crant. ; 1 , ! . -
One of (1 p new counterfeit notes
" '-iiprborough omces a
a 1 ws detected by
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Rer. McFarland of
Meban HasStroke Paralyses
DIED FEW HOURS
LATER AS RESULT
Beloved Pastor Had Just Delivered
Sermon Ising Text "If Man Die
Shall He Live Again. Knell
ed to Pray aad Was
Stricken.
Mebane, April 17. While delivering
his Easter .morning sennoa- in Mebane
Methodist church Sunday, Rev. M. M.
McFarland Was stricken with paraly
sis and died at his bonv! nt 4 o'ciock
In the afternoon. He had been in poor
health for a number of years and re
cently stated to a friend that he would
be compelled to give up active work
if his health did not improve. On
Sunday morning, however, he was ap
parently aa well as usual, and began
his sermon with the announcement
that he would take his text from both
the old and new testaments "If a
man die, 'shall be live again," and
"The last enemy to conqner is death"
After talking for -ten minutes bis
voice began to grow weaker and weak
er, and repeating the words of the
text, he closed the book and knelt for
prayer. The beloved pastor seemed un
steady and was seen to tilt, or rath
er lose his balance as be knelt, and
realizing that he was ill, members of
the congregation rushed to - his side
to And him unconscious and be never
spoke again. The excitement among
the congregation was intense until it
was learned that their pastor was
fatally ill. He was carried to his borne
nearby, where he lingered unconscl
ous until the end came peacefully
severa1! hours' later.-
Mr. McFarland served the circuit
here' with six or seven churches, and
the work was more than hie physical
frame could endure but he never com
plained of hie shore. His was a life
of service to God and to humanity,
and he never failed to give cheerful
words where he saw a frown. He was
a forceful and eloquent preaoher and
a pastor much loved by many congre
gations he bad served In his ministry
among ithem Raleigh, Goldsboro and
Wilmington. He was widely known
-throughout the North Carolina con
ference and bis sad and sudden death
sent a pang to the hearts of many in
his present and former congregations.
Besides a devoted wife, who Is the
daughter of Capt Graham White, of
Durllngton, he to survived by a -son,
William McFarland, a student at Bine
ham school, and a daughter Miss Alice
McFarland who would have graduat
ed this year at Littleton 'Female col
lege, but recently gave up her work
owing to the condition of her health.
The funere). services were conduct
ed Chi afternoon in- Front . Street
Methodist 'tehnrch- Burlington by Pre
siding Eldr H, C. Beaman and ware
largely -attended-1 The floral offerings
were beUht'.''f",'J,?v!',s
Prtaeetoa Coasldera Dr. HAL
New 'Tort,15. April "' U.D. David
Jayne HiU, whose resignation as Am
bassadov to Germany was apdea to
President T-afi on Friday, to take ef
fect July li'next, is being considered
by the, trustees of Princeton Univer
sity for the presidency i of the '-uni
versity, i . .-' , . -
? j".:.'M)Bf)''-ta . 1 Kesank':.5:y
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; Washington, April 18. U la plann
ed by the War Department to. sink
the wreckage of the Maine , lit deep
water in Havana harbor , after the
vp-' I 1; -4 1 ) i -id of iill parts
FARM-LIFE SCHOOL
Public Speakings Will Be Held
Craven County.
Public speaking in the interest of
a Farmlife School for Craven County
will be held at the following places:
Fort Barnwell, Thursday, . April 80,
at 2 p. m.
Bachelor (5th Township), Thursday
April 20, at 8 p. m.
Dover, Thursday April 20, at 8 p. m.
Cove City, Friday April 21, at 2
m.
Havelock, Friday April 21, at 2 p. m.
New Bern, Friday April 21, at 8
p. m.
Vanceboro, Saturday April 22, at
p. m.
Truitts, Saturday April 22 at 2:30
m.
Dr. J. Y. Joyner, Supt. of Public
Instruction, and Dr. H. Q. Alexander,
Prest. of State Farmers Union, and
others, have been invited and are ex
pected to speak at several of these
appointments.
Everybody is invited to attend and
all persons are requested to urge the
people to come out and hear the dis
tinguished speakers.
Wealthy Bride Takes Young Groom.
Paris, April 18. Mrs. Alice Clif
ford Barney, the wealthy Washington
society woman and playwrigbt and
widow of Alfred Clifton Barney, was
married yesterday in the Mairie of
the Eighth Arrondlssement to Chris
tion Hemmick, also of the District
of Columbia. The groom is 30 years
younger than the bride.
Anti-Mormon Riots.
Birkennead, Eng., April 18. The
auti-Mormon congregation led to ser
ious disorders here yesterday. An
organized demonstration against Mor-
monlsm was carried out and an ulti
matum waB issued requiring the Mor
mon missionaries to quit the town
within eight days.
MASKED BANDITS TAKE $20.
Cigar Dealer of Charleston a, W
Held I'p in Street
Vs.,
Charlestown, W. Va., April 18.
One of the boldest highway robberies
ever committed In Charlestown took
place last night, when -Herbert Hen
derson, who conducts a cigar store
was held up and relieved of about
$20.
The robbery occurred at a side en
trance of the Episcopal Church yard
as Henderson was passing. Two
masked men ordered him to throw up
his hands, one covering him with a
revolver, while the other went
through his pockets, taking tha keys
of his store and also his cap.
A policeman watched the store all,
night in the hope the robbers would
try to enter it, but no one appeared
Marine News.
The gast freight boat Arcadia ar
rived in port yesterday morning,
light, from Bairds Creek, to load
cargo of general merchandise. She
is lying at the Independent Steam
Boat Line's dock.
The gas freight boat R. L. N. ar
rived In port yesterday afternoon
from Vanceboro to load a cargo of
general merchandise.
The two mast schooner Ida G. Far
ren, of the Lake Drummond Trans
portation Company, is lying at
Broaddus ft Ives mill, taking on
cargo of lumber for Norfolk. .
The gast freight boat Ruth C. Wat-
son arrived in port yesterday after
noon from Bairds Creek to load
cargo of general merchandised
The two top-mast schooner Sandy
Hook Is lying at the Pine Lumber
Co's mill, taking on a cargo of lum
ber for Chesapeake Bay ports.
The three- mast 'schooner Llzxie A.
Williams left Laurel, Del., 'yesterday
for Rappahannock, ya., to load corn
for New Bern, N. C. '
The gas v freight 'boat Carl - T. ar
rived Ja- port last night from Adams
Creek to load a general , cargo of
merchandise, , ...y-
I The aharple Carrie Grannie arrived
In port this morning-from Beaufort
to load a cargo of general merchaa
' The' aharple Sunny South arrived
in port this . morning from - Adams
Creek to toad a cargo of general
merchandise," She Is lying at Blades
. The schooner rigged aharple Al
fonso arrived In :port tast Bight from
Davis, N. C, to :kad a general cargo
of ttierchandlBe She la lying ;;at
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GET PARDOII
Little Hope of Favorable Ac
tion on Petition
POLICE CHIEF WILL
SERVE LIFE TERiJ
Governor Kiclslon Will Probably
ot Be Olven Out for Several
Bays Thought Governor
Will Not Pardon
Stripling.
Atlanta, Ga., April 18. "This is not
a court of review, and application for
clemency must have features which
were' not in the trial."
This comment was made by Goy
ernor Brown yesterday when 'Ihe pe
tition for pardon of Thomas Edgar
Stripling came . before him for final
hearing. It is the belief ot many here
according to the Atlanta Journal,
that the Governor will shortly de
clare his disapproval of the prison
commission's recommendation and
Stripling will stand doomed to serve
life sentence in the penitentiary,
from which he fled after being con
victed of the killing of William J.
Cornett, in Harrison county, Geor
gia, more than htteen years ago.
It was stated by the Governor's
secretary last night that the Govern
or was still considering the case, and
that an announcement of his decis
ion probably would not be made for
severeal days.
Shortly after the hearing convened.
Governor Brown slated that he saw
no need of extended argument.
1 cannot use this office as an op
position establishment to the courts,"
he said.
"It is not a court of review, like
the Superior Court, and it is not a
court of correction, like the Supreme
Court. 1 cannot retry a case that was
tried upon the same issues in the
court below."
OWNERS HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Proprietors ot Waist Company Charg
ed With Manslaughter.
New York, April 18. Isaac Harris
and Max fifanck, proprietors of the
Triangle .Waist Company, who are al
ready under indictment charged with
manslaughter in connection with the
death of 145 employes by fire, were
found by a coroner'B jury to be re
sponsible for the death of one of the
operators.
The verdict was returned In the
case of Mary Herman, whose escape
from the ninth floor was cut oft. It
is alleged, by a locked door. Harris
and Blanck are responsible for the
death, the verdict reads: "because ot
culpable and criminal negligence la ,
falling to observe the legal precau
tion of leaving the said door unlock,
ed."
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