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Vol. VIII
RALEIGH. N. C, 1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1905
No. 36
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Military and Givic Honors
ing Chief Magistrate Vast Crowd Hears
Inaugural Address Ovation to
Retiring Governor
Hon Robert B. Glenn of Winston-Sa-fi,
the choice of the people of North
rviolina for governor, was yesterday
rd'Ktecl interoffice with an enthusiasm
: fitting the. magnitude of the occa-
'presence of sixteen military com.
v -:ji-s nnd I'Miids, the thousands of vls-r,.;-,froni
every quarter of the state,
i i the joyous reception accorded the
y- '. rl magistrate of . the commonwealth
i i l, j to the effect of a ceremony in
p. hi'vh every citizen of the state feit. the
. r ! ?t interest. :..'
The day dawned cloudy and sombre
b ;t the ardor of the Tar Heels was by
Tir.ea.ns dampened. A new governor
v a- to be initiated into office and the
shouts of praise and the sincere trib
i;r. of admiration for the Hon. "Robert
t'.. Glonn mingled harmoniously with
he popular exclamations of "well done.
hou good and faithful .servant," for
!oh. Charles ' B. Aycock, the retiring
gnvrenor.
The capital city. was in holiday at-
re to receive the new chief magistrate
bf tlie. state. From the' moment when
his special train' reached the union de-
it, arid two hundred patriotic citizens
bf Raleigh stood waiting to receive
im, until the curtain fell at the Inau
gural dance, closing the "festivities of
he memorable day, there was one un
broken round of honor and praise for
hivernor Glenn.
Elaborate preparations hacl been made
the inaugural ceremonies to take
place on a platform, erected at the east
portico of the capitol, facing the statue
!f the lamented Vance. Two thousand
-op.le had" assembled at-12:40 to wit
5P3 this event and hear the initial ad-
iress of 'the governor.
J But scarcely had the special train aiv
rived, and the governor-elect and his
party of relatives and friends from
Winston-Salem, and their escort of the
Eeldsviile and Concord bands, the Con
federate veterans of Winston-Salem,
niiiknry companies and the reception
committee, 200 strong from the Raleigh
chamber of commerce, wearing badges
end waving flags adorned with a por
trait of the governor-elect and the
V.ords "our1 choice," marched from the
Jdepot to the Yarborough-hotel, when
a cold drizzling rain set in.
Even in this steady shower the crowd
remained on the capitol grounds and a
'ea of umbrellas appear beneath the
r piker's stand.' Rut the rain fell with
nereaslng force and Mr. Frank Stron
inch and Mr. J. S. Wynne soon relieved
the situation by making the announce
ment that on account of the shower the
inauguration would take place in the
Lu-ademy of Music. When the cornet
Jband from the institution for the -blind
here concluded, the selection being
p'.ayed at the: time and the crowd
erasped the meaning of the announce-Mf-raVa-rush
was made tot the Academy
of Music. ; . 1 -
This hall was soon filled t.6 overflow
i; Messrs. A. H. Arrington", Percy B.
Fleming, Val Perkins and Chas. E.
Johnson Jr. were the ushers. The front
fats werereserved for the members
of the . general assembly, which was
P'vppo.eed' to be in joint session, while
the state officials took their oats of
iffice.- The students from the schools
for young ladies had soon paciked the
?Hileries, while on the lower floor there
was barely standing room. Above the
;;atter of a thousand voices. rang out
rom rime to time'"This way for mem-
rs of the legislature," "Please let the
' '..iators pass" until at last the 'law
:n )rs had gathered, the bars' were
' ' djr.vn, and the crow surged in and
upied the few remaining vacant
Us near, the front.
The box on the left was reserved
rr the immediate family o'f Governor
-ern arid lady friends. In this box
Jas I Mrs- -Glenn, the mother of the
, f i thy statesman who had been called
v i:is How .citizens to the highest
"ntion. in their gift. Well might she
'' ust pride on this day when' "the
iny" the loved so tenderly. Who .had
'-iPteied unto her since she was
f-ed by the death of her gallant
t.rin. on aVirginia field while bat
;fS' f'?r the "cause of his dear south
! to accept an honor bestowed
:r; o .f?n- 0f his fellow citizens. Be
this proud mother were Mrs. It.
; ''f;nn, a happy wife who has shared
joys and sorrows and inspired the
y r- and courage of her noble hus-
'i: Miss Rebecca. Glenn, the lovely
-"ehter of the governor; iMiss Annie
'.enn of Greensboro; MrsV J. Bryan
rirnc-s
Mrs. Ed. Chambers Smith,
R. Lacy and Mrs. Franklin
HI of Raleigh.
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:i$usural ceremonies were pre-
I V(
v by the president of the sen-
t.-Gov. W. D. Turner, and
h Guion, speaker of the house
h seat -at. his right. The
s 1 istily draped wiih an
'flag, and adorned with a
1 1
J'-au'J.s'ome roses sent hv Mr.
ei vv.ood llififis, chairman of the citi-
Heaped Upon the Incom
zens, -committee on arrangements. It
was 1:50 when Lieut.-Gov. Turner
called the vast audience to order.
Just in the rear of the two presiding
officers sat the governor-elect, attend
ed by the retiring chief executive, Hon.
Charles B. Aycock. On their left was
Senator A. H. Eller of Winston-Salem,
the warm personal friend of the new
governor, the chairman of the joint
legislative committee on the inaugural
ceremonies,' whose pleasant privilege it
was to introduce the" state officers
elect before they took their oath. Chief
Justice Walter Clark of the supreme
court, who administered the oath, sat
on the right, attended by Col. JP. M.
Pearsall, the .private secretary- of. the
retiring governor. On the left sat the
venerable Rev. J. D. Hufham, D. D..
of Henderson, who was to offer the
invocation.
Other seats on the platform were oc
cupied by the state officials, the offi
cers of the Grand Lodge of Masons
of North Carolina; the legislative com
mittee composed of Senators A. H.
Eller, D. L. Ward and W. R. Odell and
Representatives Walter Murphy, J. J.
Laughinghouse, T. D. Warren and J.
R. Gordon; a committee from the Ral
eigh chamber of commerce ra.nd indus
try, consisting of Hon. Jas. R. Young,
W. W. Robards, Mayor At' M. Powell,
Col. T. S. Kenan, R. M. Phillips, J. S.
Wynne, Judge T. B. Womack, J. W.
Thompson, F. H. Busbc-e, W. B. Jones,
Alfred WTilliams, Sherwood Higgs,
Frank Stronach, Joseph Daniels, H. E.
Litchford and Jos. G. Brown. . Then
there:;were President Charles D; Mc
Iver of the State Normal and Indus
trial College, Prof; J. B. Carlyle of
Wake Forest, and the staff . of Gov
ernor Aycock, in their full dress uni
form, hamely, Gen. B. S. Royster of
Oxford, Col. Jno. S. Cuningham of
Person,-. Col. Wescott Roberson of High
Point, Col. J.' T. Michie of Durham,
Maj. A. E. Lloyd of Durham, CoL Wm.
Landis of Oxford, Maj. W. E. Massen
burg of Oxford, Maj. W. H. Smith of
Goldsboro, -Col. Sol Gallert of Ruther
fordton, Col. Francis Macon of Hen
derson, Col. R. S. Young of Concord
and Col. C. J. Cobb of Lumber Bridge.
On the rear seats was a large delega
tion of friends from Governor Glenn's
section. His son, Mr. Chalmers Glenn,
of High Point, and his wife, and Gen.
James D. Glenn, of Greensboro,
brother of the gpvernor and his pri
vate secretary, and- wife were in the
party. Then among those from Winston-Salem
were Hon and Mrs.
Clement Manly, Mrs. W. M. Reynolds,
Mrs. John Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Ludlow, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. , Brown,
Capt. J. E. Gilmer, Mrs. A. H. Eller
and "Misses Hanes.
At ten minutes to two o'clock the re
tiring president of the senate, Lieut.
Gov. W. D. Turner, as president of the
joint session of the general assembly,
arose and "said: "The joint session of
the general assembly please come to
order. Rev. J. D.. Hufham of Hender
son wijl offer prayer."
-Dr. Hufman's invocation wras simple,
beautiful and touching. He prayed in
part, as follows:
"O, Lord! ' Most merciful and gra
cious builder and ruler of nations,- we
pray Thy Messing upon us here as
sembled and our commonwealth. We
render thee thanks, O Lord, that the
foundations of our government were
laid, on the principles set forth in Thy
word. We render Thee thanks that
Thouhast helped us through the years
arid brought us. through every trial to
peace, prosperity and happiness. We
bless Thee for the -men Thou hast
given us to rule us and serve us.
"We bless Thee for this, our servant!
who nows lays down the responsibili
ties of office and for those who were
associated -with him. We bless Thea
for the -man who comes to taka hts
place, and for that Thou hast given
us a God-fearing man. .
"Guide us now, we pray Thee, into
increasing prosperity and usefulness.
Guide us to the perfect day."
Then the band of the institute for the
blind played, and at the close -of the
splendidly executed piece Governor Ay
cock started the applause.
Next Senator A. H; Eller arose and
said: "Mr. President I have the honor
to present Hon. Samuel I Rogers, cor
poration commissioner-elect, who wil:
take the oath of office."
Chief. Justice Walter Clark of the
supreme court of North Carolina ad
ministered the oath, which was signed
by Mr. Rogers amid applause.
Then ther other officers were present
ed and sworn .in like manner, as fol
lows:' Hon. Henry B. Varner, commissioner-elect
of labor and printing, Hon.
S. L. Patterson, comrrtissioner of agri
culture; Hon.. R. D. Gilmer, attorney
general; Hon. James Y. Joyner, super
intendent of public instruction; Dr. B.
F. Dixon, state auditor; Hon. Ben. R.
i,acy, state treasurer; Hon. J. Bryan
Grimes, secretary of state; Hon. Fran
cis D. Winston, lieutenant-governor.
Hearty applause greeted each, one ot
the state officers as he signed the oath
of office. . Mr. Lacy's answer to the "do
ycu swear," according to the formal
oath, was particularly audible, . as he
said, "I do," very distinctly and smil
ed. Uproarious applause greeted him.
Immediately after the applause that
greeted Lieutenant-Governor. Winston
had died away, thei e wer i calls for
"Glenn. .Glenn, Glenn."
'Governor Aycock," said President
Turner. The retiring gpvernor arose,
and then the vast assemblage simply
went wild. The people on floor, gallery
'and platform howled, clapped and
stamped. It was a great ovation to a.
retiring governor. When at last he
u v i a
could be heard, Governor Aycock said
simply:
"I have the honor to present to you
Hon. R. B. Glenn, who, having been
elected, is now present to take the oath
of office to whose high duties the pjo-
ple have called him."s
Then came the roar from that great
houseful for the incoming governor,
Il Y I oil a frtoa n a Ann m n.v tiVi $ 1 rv Tit A rrA.
niav u nnL
cheering broke forth again as Gov.
Glenn took the pen and signed his
name, and the band played "Dixie" as
the whole house roared in time with
the tuneful air.
Then Hon. Chas. B. Aycock arose
again and said: 1'Ladies and gentle-
men: I ha.ve the distinguished honor
ana tne nne pleasure of presenting to to declare that in hls judgment the av
this audience the governor of North erae Mormon -ag a better legislator
Carolina; Hon, Robert B. Glenn." ! tnan the averag.e Gentile in Idaho. He
Another great roar burst from that praised the Mormons highly for their
mighty throng, and this time it. was frUgaiity and home-making aualitit:
meant for both governors, for both Une of nis admissions was that whilo
men do the people of North Carolina governor of Idaho he had appointed.
love- j William Budge, a notorious polygamist.
just as Governor Glenn began his
Inaugural address, Col. P. M. Pearsall,
private secretary to the retiring gov-
ernor, tooK the handsome gold pen
with which Govrenor Glenn had signed
his name t,o .the oath, and which Col.
Pearsall had purchased for the pur
pose, and presented it to the new gov
ernor's daughter, Miss, Rebecca Glenn,
who sat with her mother and a num
ber of friends in the . box to the left
of the stage. It was very quickly,
quietly done, without a word being
spoken on. either side, and some there
were who did not notice the srraceful
little courtesy of the retiring private ence with members of congress on the
secretary. " i subject of tariff revision and of legis-
Then Governor Glenn, at a quarter ! lation providing for an increase of the
past two o'clock, began his address, powers of the interstate commerce
He looked bigger than ever, as he commission.
stood on the elevated stage, with the One statement which stands out al
glare of the footlights on him (for it most -with the prominence of an official
was a dark day), and clad in his long ; announcement is that unless congress
frock coat. His powerful, heavy frame, at the present session should enact leg
massive head, strong, clean shaven islation looking to a regulation of rail
face, with its prominent features, bald, road freight rates an extraordinary ses
shapely crown, realized the type of the sion of the fifty-ninth congress will be
American statesman. His deep, reson- called by the president to deal with
ant-Vblce ir&s In excellent order," and that problem.
his every word' was distinctly heard) It can be said that the president re
in every corner of the building. He sards the interstate commerce ques-.
looks unusually well, his step is light tion as the paramount issue now before
and springy, his mariner buoyant. Al- the American people. At the confer
together he seems to enter into office ence last Saturday he informed those
in the prime of a vigorous manhood, j whom he had summoned into consulta-
He was liberally applauded at in- tion that in his judgment the question
tervals all through his address, which of railroad freight rates was far more
was listened to with the closest atten- jimportant than that-.of th tariff,
tion all through the 45 minutes its de- The work of ascertaining the senti
livery consumed. When, turning to mept of the Republicans of the House
Gov. Aycock, he said: "The state can " the question of tariff revision, which
say to the retiring administration, was commenced yesterday, continued
'Well done, thou good and .faithful ser- today. A man in each state delegation
vant,' " the cheering was tremendous, i was told off to personally interview his
Much cheering also greeted those colleagues and obtain their views. . Only
portion of the address touching upon partial reports have been gathered up
the liquor question, the divorce laws, , to this afternoon, as some delegations
mob law and lynching, Ithe education : are undecided and still discussing the
of the negro and the proper distribu- Pros and cons of tariff revision,
tion of school funds. ' I In the Pennsylvania delegation, how-
' J i v. j a
The peroration was a magnificent
bit of oratory. Laying down the
manuscript, which he had followed
closely all through with hardly a ges
ture, Governor Glenn, in deep tones
of the greatest solemnity, looking up
ward, grandly, eloquently invoking the
support and prayers of all good peo
ple, and, putting his trust in the sov
ereign ruler of the universe, solemnly,
sacredly vowed to discharge , the high
duties ' to which he had been called
by the people, to the best of his"
ability. ..
Then came the rush, the hands ex
tended to congratulate' the new gov
ernor. Leaving the hall Governor, Glenn,
his party and the state officials and
committeemen re-eneterd their car
riages and Were, driven to the Yar
borough Hotel, where from the balcony
the new governor watched the troops
pass in review.
The Military Demonstrations
At the station to meet Capt. Glenn
iiTM-n ths rf-rrival rf the snecial from
Winston were the two military com-
panies from this city, the Oak City
Guards and the Raleigh Light Tnfan- sian member of the international .corn
try, the Carolina Concert Band of n tQ , jre intQ tne North Sea
Concord in. green and gold, the Reids- , M
ville Band in blue, a corps of Confed- incident, in an interview to the effect
erate veterans from Winston and the that an honorable peabe between Rus
citizens reception committee with !Sia an(j Japan is likely to be made, is
flags. considered highly significant. Hereto-
A carriage drawn by four white ' fore the members of the Russian em
horses was ready for the governor- bassy and all the other Russian offi
elect and in this he was seated with ciais here have resented suggestions of
Mrs. Gfenn, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward peace' as humiliating. There is reason
Glenn of Georgia. This carriage wes 'to believe that these were expressive of
driven at once to the hotel, where the personal views before hearing from St.
governor-elect has a suite of rooms, j Petersburg, whereas Admiral Doubas
Following were nine other carriages SOff has just arrived from St. Peters
containing the following persons: burg after a lengthy audience with Em
Second carriage General and Mrs. peror Nicholas following the fall of
Jas. D. Glenn, their daughter, Miss
Annie Glenn, and Miss Rebecca Glenn,
daughter of the governor-elect.
Third carriage Judge T. B. Wo-
mack of Raleigh, Senator D. L. Ward plete the rehabilitation of the navy. "I
of Craven, Representative C. H. Has- am convinced," said Admiral Doubas
ttn of Forsyth, and Editor R. M. Phil- soff, "of the immediate necessity for the
lips of The Morning Post, members of reconstruction of our fleet at all the
the committee that escorted Governor j Russian and foreign shipyards for the
Glenn from Winston. I purpose of securing strength sufficient
Fourth carriage Senator A. H. El- j to command supremacy at sea. This is
ler of Forsyth, chairman of the legis- absolutely indispensable if we., are to
lative committee on inauguration, , expect victory in the next war with
(Continued on page 2.) j Japan. The remnant of our fleet is
DEFENSE OF SMOOT
Two Witnesses Minify the
Dangers of Mormonism
Washington, Jan. 11. The defense in
the case of Senator Smoot began its
case today before the committee on
privileges and elections. Two witnesses
.were examined, both Republicans, o;
Idaho, and the general trend of their
testimony was in relation to the a-.lege i
interference of the Mormon church in
T- 7. nor
Lnited States Senator W. J. McCon -
neli and Representative Burton L.
French were the witnesses, but indi
cated their belief that the Mormon
hurch did not as an organization in-
ferfere in politics, and that imagina
tion, against Mormonism was created
by Senator Dubois and his friends with
a view to making it an issue in the
next senatorial campaign and uniting
Gentiles in the Democratic camp to re-
si st the alleged encroachments of the
Mormon church. Representative
French, however, admitted that if he
were ,to prosecute Mormons - for un
lawful cohabitation the result would
probably be injurious to his political
fortunes.
Former Senator McConnel went so
far m the defense of the Mormons as
to be a regent in the university, al-j
though the state constitution prohibits
polygamists from holding office.
TWO LIVE QUESTIONS
Tariff Revision and the Regu
lation of Freight Rates
Washington, D. C. Jan. 11. President
Roosevelt continued today his confer-
; ever, mere was no inuecision. a paper
was passed around, headed by the sig-
Talk : of -P
a String Tie
Admiral Doubassoff Thinks
Russia Will Stop Fighting
to Get a Breathing Spell.
He Dreams of Another
War and a Differ
ent Result
Paris, Jan. ll.-The declaration made
by Vice Admiral Doubassoff, the Rus-
Port Arthur.
The admiral, who is chief of naval
construction, says he submitted to the
emperor last Thursday a plan to corn-
nature of Representative Dalzeli of
Pittsburg, pledging the signers to op
position to tariff revision and announ
cing their belief that agitation the
auestion at this time was neither advis
able nor necessary. It is probable that
all the Pennsylvania representatives
will sign the paper.
Cotton Buying Scheme
Mobile, Ala., Jan. II. At a monster
meeting of cotton planters held today
at Meridian. Mich., a resolution was
adopted unanimously favoring the for
mation of a $100,000,000 corporation, to
begln business when $25,000,000 is paid
in. . to buv in cotton when the m-ioe
in, . to buy in cotton when the price
gets too low and to hold it to await a
rise.
More Sunken Ships Found
Tokio, Jan. 11. Commander Tanaka,
of the Japanese navy who is investi
gating the sunken Russian warships,
at Port Arthur, has discovered that
the cruisers D-jikdit, Rasboynik and
Zabiaca, which had hitherto been un
accounted for, were all sunk, the Ras
boynik apparently by the Russians
themselves, and the other two by
Japanese shells. Commander Tanaka
has also located five torpedo boat de
stroyers and two gunboats that were
destroyed.
Arrested for Arson
Suffolk, VkM Jan. 11. Special. Ac-
cused of arson in Onslow county. N.
C, an aged white man, Furney Jarman.
was arrested here this afternoon.
Shortly after Jerman's arrival at a
local hotel, he was followed by two de
tectives, but Police Chief Brankley
preceded them with the arrest. Sheriff
Middleton of Onslow county wired
Brinkley to hold Jarman, saying there
was $juu reward tor nis capture ana
COnvictiOn. Jarman told the local PO-
lice that he fled for fear of lynching.
Halifax Farmers Meeting
Halifax, N. C, Jan. 11. Special.
Last Saturday there was an enthusi
astic gathering of the farmers of this
county. Wilson Whitaker of Enfield
was made permanent chairman and J.
H. Fenner was elected secretary. Dele
gates were appointed to go to the, state
convention, and were instructed to use
their influence towards holding the
present crop for the price of 10 cents
and to reduce the acreage for the next
crop. The meeting adjourned to con
vene again the first Monday in Feb-
ruary. '
Persia Pays Indemnity
Washington, Jan. 11. United States
Minister Pearson at Teheran has ln-
formed the department of state that
he, has forwarded to the department
the check for $30,000 he received from
the Persian government as a pecuniary
indemnity for the assassination of
Rev. Benjamin W. Labarbe, an Amer-
ican missionary, who was killed by a
band, of fanatic Kurds in Persia last
March. The leader of the band is
r-i4 y-V VtA ' "1 rt flOQPOn lint f T 4VtA
Bx.u , u.s.u.... .
prophet, and as such was exempted
by the Persian authorities from the
death penalty. The financial indem-
nity was offered in lieu , of .the death
penalty m the case of the leader. The
... w . ...
demnity. As has been already stated, Mr. Andrews a copy of the commit
effective and swift punishment is to ment order. In the affidavit, uoon
be meted out by the Persian govern-
meilL in iut? taw ui nil ikc uiciuuui
of the band except the sacred leader.
With
eace
It
hardly more than debris and entirely
unequal to Japan's naval strength."
The admiral further said it was neces
sary to recognize these conditions, how
ever painful it might be to national self
love. "Therefore," he added, "I do not
hesitate to say that we tend towards
not far off peace. We will leave the
Japanese Port Arthur and the territory
they now occupy in Manchuria. We
will set ourselves resolutely at work to
prepare a powerful and invincible navy;
as this peace will be but temporary, and
the next time we shall be amply pre
pared.". Return of Rojestvensky Improbable
St. Petersburg, Jan. 11. The admiral
ty has not given the slightest official
confirmation to the report of the recall
of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's squad
ron. On the contrary, the officials
point calmly to the preparations being
made to reinforce the squadron with
a division of the third Pacific squad
ron as sufficient evidence that Rojest
vensky will not return to European
waters.
The reports of the arrival of Japa
nese warships at Diego Garcia, Chagos
Islands, are not credited at' the admi
ralty, though there is reason to believe
that armed Japanese colliers may be
cruising as far west as the islands, but
there are no regular warships there.
Botrousky's Divission Enters Suez Canal
Port Said, Egypt, Jan. 11. Rear Ad
miral Botrovsky's division of the sec
ond Russian Pacific squadron entered
the canal at noon. Its destination is
nnpertain hut it is nrobablv Madagas-
nr Ktr t.-qv nf JihiiHl. French Somali -
d to
land The war ships were only permit- said today that the latter would accept ' opened tomorrow at the navy depart
ted to ship a thousand tons of coal .service of the papers in this suit and in ; ment for armor plate for the battle
among the seven ships, besides taking all others in due time, but he declined i ship New Hampshire and the cruiser
on board provisions.
I . m
AnottMer
iE tie IMKe Affair
Private Secretary Barham
Institutes Habeas Corpus
Prociadings and Talks of
More Plots Than One.
Relatives Say Bredie
Is Insane
New York, Jan. 11. Two proceedings
were begun today to get Brodie L.
Duke into court, and in one of them
his sanity will be passed upon by a
sheriff's jury. The woman he mar
ried In' December has nothing to do
with either of them, although she is
threatening proceedings on her own
account. W. C. BariEfai, Duke's, pri
vate secretary, came uiKfrom Durham,
Mr. Duke's home, and :ot a writ of
j habeas corpus, on 'which Duke will be
'taken before Justice Gaynor in Brook
j lyn Friday morning. Mr. Barham says
' llA Viol i O ' tl-TdM- TVlL-o- io oor-iA n v-, 1
j knows that Duke has for some time
feared that his relations would like to
! have him put in ward. Duke entrusted
'Barham with the iob of rescuing him
should occasion arise. So Barham
came up, engaged C. S. Andrews as
counsel, and got the writ. . Duke was
still . in the Flushing sanitarium to-
i night when the writ was served upon
j Dr. Brown, the superintendent. There
: nad been reports that it was the in-
! Pntlnrwtn -sTirl hJm tA th T nnir Tclanrl
Home at Amltyville, another private
asylum, but Dr. Brown is now re
sponsible for producing - him in court
Friday. While Barham was busy in
Brooklyn, counsel acting for Duke's
relatives late this afternoon secured
an order from Justice- Greenbaum,
directing Mrs. Duke and any persons
interested to show cause why Duke
should not be adjudged insane and a
committee be appointed for his person
and property.
Duke will, in the ordinary course, be
examined on this order by a commis
sioner, the testimony to be heard by
a sheriff's jury. This order was made
j returnable January
20. It was said
I tociay by some of the lawyers that
imueas curpis wouia nave no-enect on
the other proceedings and that it would
still be necessary for tDuke to submit
, to a trial of his sanity : : fcef ore" vthe
sheriff's jury, provided Jtistice Green-
baum directs such proceedings,
j Mrs. Duke got basjy herself today
; by hiring John M. Gorham and Levy
j & Unger to look out for her interests,
They have not don& anything yet.
According to Mr. Barham, Mr. Duke's
affairs have been" in his care , for the
last five years. When he heard of !
; Duke's being taken to Flushing Sani-
X 1 1 J. 1 1 1
, ianun e iosi n9 time m corning nere.
; and Tuesday he and Mr. Andrews went
. to Flushing and demanded to see
, Duke. Barham said he wanted to. see
him in regard to a very important
business affair. He had no authority
. - " -
; which the writ was asked for today
liuiii ousLiie vjra.v , paiuani
i his visit to the sanittfriiStn and said
i ue u auuwvx uuuu
;body and was bemg detained unlaw-
j fully. Barham said -he had seen Duke at
! Durham December 26 and 27, which was
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then all risrht.
"As his secretary," said Barham, "I
! know that Mr. Duke is not Insane. If
he was insane they .would not be try---i
ing to spirit him from one place to an
other. Mr. Duke wants. to. get out. He
has had trouble with his relatives ba
fore. I don't care to discuss tne mat
ter now, but I want it understood that
I am not co-operating with "them nor
with Mr. Duke's alleged wife. . I arm
Mr. Duke's business representative,
and it is absolutely -essential that I
should see him. He is in just as good
shape as you or I, and he would be out
this minute if he could set out. Ho
has been on a spree before, but that
is all. I don't care to say anything
about, this woman business, but when
his relatives are talking about plots
I want to say that there is not only
t-ne plot against him, as will be shown
later."
The lawyers who are acting for Mr.
Duke's relatives did not seem' to be at
all worried when they heard of Bar
ham's actions. The lawyers for the
Duke family said today that they had
just three objects in view. One was to
annul Duke's marriage to the Webb
woman, another to have a committee
appointed to take care- of his proper
ty, which was rapidly being dissipated,
and a committee of his person, and a
third to prosecute the alleged conspira
tors whom the lawyers believe plotted
to separate Duke from all he has left.
According to the firm. Duke has left
now only $250,000 out of a fortune of
$3,000,000. They want to save this if
i tccikIa Thpv allesre that Duke was
a habitual drunkard, that he waa in
sane and incompetent to look after his
estate, and that on December 10 he had
gone through a form of marriage not
knowing what he was doing. They also
obtained an order today restraining R.
H. Kaufmann, the broker, from dis-
(posing of three notes of Duke's that he
.holds.
i Lawyer Abe Levy, for Mrs. Duke.
to disclose the
whereabouts of bis
client. "All we can say in regard to.
Mrs'. Duke's probable action," said Mri
Levy, '-is that something will be dor.
by us in a very short time to show taat
Mr. Duke is very capable of taking
care of himself and was capable to
marry. Mr. Barham's action we res.ir.l
as. friendly, as we would any proceed
ings to show that Duke is sane."
District Attorney Jerome fs still -lcoV-'
ing into the circumstances surrouncHr.i
Duke's marriage, and today Assistant'
District Attorney Lord had before him'
a masseur who attended the women,
who were with Duke during their spree
in the Harlem-hotel, Maurice A. Stum,
the physician who says he treated Duke
for a bad cold., and C. W. Thompson,
and two witnesses to the-marriage per
formed by Rev. Mr. Coe.
New facts have com' out ' In thj'
case concerning the financial plans of'
Miss Webb with Brodie Duke and hor;
marriage to Duke December 19. Mr.:
Duke footed tire bills for the continuous
jollification of Mrs. Duke and her.
guests at the Winton Ho. 'el. He also!
made out two notes, one for 58,500 ps.y-;
able in four months, the other for $8,000!
payable, in three moi-ths, signed by
himself and Alice Webb Duke. These
are supposed to have represented the
purchase price of the Texas-Cuba To
bacco Company's 750 acres at Nacagdo.1
ches, Texas, and were to be raised on;
the $40,000 (face value) of securities that
Duke brought from Durham. j
The notes were taken to Charles H.
Treat, who refused to handle, them, andi
then to Richard S. Kaufmann of 42 1
Broadway, who arranged with a bank I
to discount the notes refusing to take!
the securities till he had concluded th&
arrangements. Then came Duke's ar
rest.' Mr. Kaufmann savs that Dut
was in his right mind, and having
given his receipt for the notes, refuses'
to surrender Ihem, j
The district attorney is-said to hava
learned that , the land for which Duke1
was to pay $16,500 was worth about $350, i
and had been sold already on a sheriff's
execution. Dispatches from Nacogdo-j
ches add that Miss Webb and her part-(
ner left Nacogdochejs leaving nothing
but a small crop of tobacco.
Good Roads Movement r
Asheville, N. C, Jan. 1L Special.
The good roads association of this" city
met last evening" and unanimously;
adopted the bill that had been prepared
fchd. which will be introduced in tha
general assembly allowing Buncombe
to vote on the question of issuing $250.
000 in bonds for the building- of good
roads. The section of the bill providing
for 5 per cent, interest on the bonds
was ordered changed to 4 1-2 per cent,
by one majority. -
Of Interest to Poiicy Holders
The State Agency of the Washington.-
' Life Insurance company of Cavan.augh,'
& Moore of thig city has been aiscon.;
tinued.. Because of the resignation oft
thia firm the renevval8 wiU be collected1
, the future from the Ric-hmondi Va.,
.office. The official-force of the-companjr
has been recently reorganized and the
capital stock of the company lncreasect
Viv a rli tinrrn 1 srnflrhnMpru in "VW
york Thg company is ln b?tter shap9
than ever to care for its numerous pol
icy holders. It is probable that tha
agency will be reopened in North Caro-
- as
, ; e e y
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adjusted.
Homicide in Davie County
Winston-Salem, N. C, Jan. 11. Spe-
i clal. At Advance, Davie county, last
night, Bob Williams shot and klllea
Lewis Laird. Both are white and mar
ried, about twenty-five years old.
The trouble occurred at. the home of(
Williams. It appears that Laird went
there, for the purpose of creating a dis
turbance. He had a pistol and fired
twice at Williams, but both balls went
wide of the mark. Williams, In order
to save his own life, "took his rifia,
which was ne.ar at hand, and fired upon
his antagonist, "the ball taking effect in
the head, just above one eye. Laird fell
and died without uttering a word.
Williams was arrested, carried to
Mocksvilte and committed to jail. Ha
was brought back to Advance this af
ternoon for a preliminary hearing ba
fore a magistrate.
. Watir-powtr Development
Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 11. Through
Capt. E. B. C. Hambley of this city,
manager for' the Whitney Reduction
Company of -New York; an Immense
contract has just been awarded J. A
Gillespie & Co.., also of New York, for'
the construction of a huge dam across ,
the Yadkin river at the "Narrows,"
eighteen miles from Salisbury. Tha
work will include "cutting a large canal
on. the same premises. No less than
$1,700,000 is- involved in the contract
and much more will be extended in tha
development of the power plant at tha
narrows. About two years will be. re
quired for the completion of the con
tract, after which the Whitney Com
pany will be prepared to furnish elec
tricity and power of various kinds tx
all cities and towns within eighty
miles of this "place.
Washington, Jan. 11. Bids will bt
North Carolina and MontsJia,