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EIGH 'EVENING' TIMES.
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KO AUTOPSY ON BRANCB
Ir. tan, af Hm ml Area? at'.
Hay rwia We ta K tVaeaa
Veen I af twain, Tttfc TW V a
fcot iHnrknae ly t hTaUieV
(ftr th AMriiM Ita I
Aaaenulkv Ma, Nov. Tk
and day r Ih roart aaartlal kw
Intra la ItM rasa of MkUtUpenaa Miwr
( Marlaethar. Jr chaise with ansa-
stanch tor and other off at .aaa gtwwtn
' aut of th aealfc. af Mllahlpman Jam
R. Iliuit, hr arcarrwd after the
! had ervgw-wd la a Heat hi which
)tf ti( glovea were 4. wa not Marly
aa avanlful aa tla Brat day, nor waa o
, BMH-a ground cowered. .
. Tha principal Uium railed waa
Purawoa B. P. atone, of' tha Naval
Academy ataff. who waa tha Brut med
ical offlrar ta ec Franca after ha ha4
received hta Injuries, and wha -had
much connect Ion with thf-eea front
that point to hla death. -
, Tha eaarainattaa of Dr. Wona aov.
e red a wide range, tha pcae-ut"a
taking up tha thread of tha matter at
tha point whara Prltrhard. Branch'
room niata, left rfT at tha clnaa oC yaa
trrday'l avaalon. whan, aa ha taattfled,
Branch' condition waa mch that a
tbnucht H tmprrathrely' nnreaaary t
turn him ovr to the modlcat authorl
Uoa. . ,
. H ava ', detail .account , nf
, Jtranch a aymptoma, hla traatmant and
tha cfcangea In hla condition taullns
ip to hla daata. . The death, he aald.
"waa prltaarlVjr dae lo'oedama of the
ewli of I ha brain, though thle wa
TmA. dlnctnaed by the operation, and no
' 'autopny waa performed, aa Branch 'a,
parenta would tiot conaenC ' ' "
' 'The' croat-axamlnatloa of Dr. Stone
V ' Uoutenant Commander . Boblaon ;
cotlnael for , tha defense, waa very
" aearchlnc. and aevorai 'wambcra of the
court elao asked queaiiona on different
; pbaaea of Dr. Stone'e teatlmony. The
defonaa avldently wished to Tales a
doubt as to tha poettlvenoea of the
'proof that Branch's death waa neces
sarily caused by the Wowa received
from - Meriwether, and asked ' many
questions of tha medical officer aa to
, tha poaalblllty of aorae , unhealthful
" condition of Branch' brlnctn about
the death'. Ha was aiao examined as
to the effect of the abeenco of an au
topsy, nd hla ability under the cir
cumstances to testify positively as to
the cause of the death, r 4 ,
A lance part of the time of the ses
sion this morning .was taken up In
reading over and verifying the record
of yeaterday'a proceedings. This la re-
quired by regulations. -'yt ' '
; N ' Vim of Glovea. . .
I A'ceording to the' practice of ' naval
court martlala. further cueatlons are
t allowed to be made of, witnesses who
" ;are recalled, and one o;two Import
" ant points developed In this manner.,
' Midshipman A.' W; Fitch. the referee
' ,of the Meriwether-Branch light,, who
admits to acting aa referee In similar
encounters, waa questioned aa ,totheJ
, uae Of gloves at the academy. These
' glovea art uaed to protect the hands
. when punching' the "bag., but Midship
"man ntch said that there waa no regu
lation M. far aa he knew asralnst their
use lit the friendly boxing matches at
' the Academy gymnasium. -He also said
V that be had never seen them so used.
v. In answer to a question bv a member
of the !tourti FltelHsaJd ha believed
' glovea used lat regular priie - fights
, weighed bout a half or three quarters
of an ounce. '. .. V:-. .'
. The only wttnessea called during the
morning session besides Surgeon, Stone
were 4 Lieutenant Commander, H. .A.
Zlegemelr and hospital steward John
R, Mahnakee.' The .former was called
- to prove that the articles for. the gov-
- eminent of the navy which tohtaln the
' prohibitions against fighting were read
to all midshipmen during the summer
' cruise during which the witness com
manded the Hartford, on which Merl
i wether wrjg stationed. k
i " i Bradi's"Byiintom.V , I
- '., Jlospltalv tiiwaailahnakee .was
aumtnoncd to have his . testimony fill
' ,,the f gap .between Vthe testimony of
Frltchard'v as tp Ihe , .development . of
I Branch's unfavorable,, .symptoms and
hM reception by the. hospital authorK
V ties. He told of being summoned to
', Bancroft Hall, seeing Branch and rec
oEhtslntr his serious condition, tthls
. he reported to Dr. Stone, end was or
, dered to bring Branch to the hospital
1 He had, him carried in an electrlo car-
rlage to the hospital, and delivered him
to Surgeon Stone, The transfer, he
testified, ' was accomplished without
anything to .disturb Branch.
Dr. Stone said In his testimony that
Branch came under his care at the
hospital at about half-past elg.'jt Mon
day morning.', He was absolutely un-
conscious, he said, "the left side of his
, (Concluded on Third Page.)
l la lzia fess
C H. tmm,U Trll a
ttartaa aad Uenr, Wewj Uee las-
tee- aWai ) Mad
aataa li fmtUmrmt,
?r lha IkkIiii
L
aravMod a rprtaa la (In
trial f Va4t4 imimm INaatar J. A.
IWrtM. 4 Kawaaa, raaVf4 wtih W
l tha peM attnr tur a maMv
Una la Bieltare p.int Um
faatuAca trsrtBitatt. T aMdrii
aa a witnaaa to-aay (trW H. UtwAs,
mrwtar aatonl e I ha rnmpaay w hhk
waa tha anaei 'aaor of tha KlaJla
Comiar. aa4 farwtar prlfltt at the
National -arttte Caoipaitr.
tirmAm twtlfl4 that at a vNifar
mm mwtm awoatnr Hurtoo. R. M
Kantor and hlmaalt. Inatar BrtM
a as Intmdarvd by Vast or. Im aa4
tha Proa tor waa willing rtprwai al
Uta Natkaal eoanpaaa. rlrsaka aaM
be did not aa bow tha Breiator cuM
ba of aay aa to hint. -
"Kaatnr rrpllad. roatlaaed tha wit
aaaa, "Hare la tha ma tpoinllag ta
Barton) . who defeated your light
aralnat Major Deanta. prealdent f tha
lUaJto Company, by praveaUng tha
auraa af a fraad irdr by tha Faatof
Bee Danartmaat.' ,
-t raplted that ta that case H might
be wall to employ Praetor Burtoav aa
K actor aoaured via that ail speculative
companies ta t lula wttra under In
vaatlgailoa. and that trouble might be
marie tor ma.
There waa soma general diaruastoa
hctwoea , myertf and Senator , Burton
as to terma and other malUra, hut no
definite arrangement waa reached.''
On croae-examlnalion tha defenaa at
tempted to abow thai tha teatlmony
af Brooks waa eacurad ' by certain
pmtntaea of Immunity made by - tha
Federal authorities. Brook denied
thla.. - . . - :
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riARCIIINQ IIOr.IE
IN THEIR GLORY
(By the AeaoclBted-Press.
Victoria, B. C. Nov. . Great pre
parations are being- made for celeb rat'
In the return of the Japanese armies
from Manchuria,.' according to advice
brought by, the steamship BhawmuV
Major General SakI and tho Tumen
army from Noth Korea were landing
at Vjina amldf great acclaim when the
steamer sailed, and M transports were
waiting at Dalny for other troops.
Traffic on Japanese railroads has been
lnterrunted and oreparatlons - are be
tag' fnade to make a record for cel
erity. ., 1 -
All . the troop are expected to he
home In six' months. Officer of the
rank of major general and upwards
will proceed at once to. Tokio to have
an audience with 'the emperor, while
the different division' Will, be sent to
tha divisional headquarters to be de
mobtllsed, Kurokl' army will arrive
after tho Tumea army.
Marshal Oyama and tatr are jex
oected at Tokio In December. Met
chants of Tokohama have erected
arch costing ,000 at the railway ta-
tton In honor of the troop: ,
DR. WASDIN ON
C -':;t QUARANTINES.
' i(By the. Associated Fress.) . :
MemDhls. TennW ; NdvV S3. t)r.
Eugene Wasdln, of the United States
Phhllc Health 'and Marine Hospital
Service, before the Tri-Medicat Asso
ciation, told of his observations along
the 'Mississippi coast during the re
cent yellow fever epidemic.
He advocated Federal control of
quarantines, and suggested ' an
amendment to the act of 1 8 t, pro
viding for the cession of iurlsdlctlon
to the United States ver ,the Infected
area,, or Infective territory during the
prevalence of disease from which pro
tection may be asked; and giving the
representative of the Federal power
the responsibility of issuing auch or
dinanoos as he may under the higher
nower at Washington. - deem : neces-
sary.
HARVARD'S CAPTAIN
HAS CLOT ON BRAIN
t
(By the Associated Press.) ,.
; Boston." Mass.' Nov. J.-3aptaln D.
I. Hurley, of the Harvard Varsity
football team, who was ordered to th
city hospital yesterday by the surgeon
In charge of : the Harvara tootoaii
squad, has a 'blood clot on th brain,
according to a statement made by th
doctor to-day. ,
Ills condition is not considered at
present critical, but he will be unable
to play Saturday. . ' ,
IN TURK'S NOTE521 E! Ti3 ; l?
Ac:bst ftristo
SITUATION IS MENACING
II la TImM ha I
af MwMlauM .gaiaal tlirtatiaa
ta Omr l akw It Haa IMlraa
AreaiaM'i it of TarklaJi AataxvV
tlra.
, (By tha Aaw ia.lo.1 Prraa
CoaaUatlaople, So 21 fa
altaa to da laawed aa trade ap
pro Vli tha decision af tha coumll
of Btajalera to rirt the drmdi
of the powers for laieraatloaal coa
(roJ of tha fin i araa of Mamdoala.
Whether tha rejnrtloa la .absolute i
or rondltlonal ba Sot boen dfflnttely
aaccrUlaad.
Vloa Admiral Husnl Pasha baa
started la a aporlal at earner for thai
Dardanelles, presumably with la
str actions for tha commander of lha
forts rrgardlog the commander' coa
duct la the event of the appearaao
of the International fleet. Similar
Instructions have been at-nt to the
governors of the Turkish Islands In
tha Archipelago.
Paris, Nov. M -Turkey'e note In re
ply to tha ultimatum of tha powera
conUlna a warning that the action of
tha Mam In reaorttna- to a naval
demonstration may precipitate an in
ternal uprising of Mussulmans sgalnat
the Christian population of Turkev.
Thla ta eonaldered to ba a tnreai, aa
It la known that no ,domoniitraUoB of
Muaaulmaaa agaloat Vhrtalln i e"
occur unleaa It ha Ihejtllmt aoquiea
cena of the Turkish authorities. .
Tha answer of the porta aa a whole
I entirely aasatisfactory. and gives a
eertous turn to the negotiations.
THREE WERE
, BADLY BURNED.
(By the Associated Press.)
Fhlladetphla, Pa.. Nov. 23. -An aged
woman and two children were seriously
burned to-day In a fire at the dwelling
of Joseph Hottlnger, 1542 North Lelth
gow street.
The victims are Miss Annie Hottln
ger, sixty years old, and her two grand
children, Alphonse and Joseph Hottln
ger, Six and eight years respectively.
Mrs: Joseph Hottlnger, mother of the
burned ' children, with an Infant and
another child, were rpRouod with diffi
culty by the firemen. Tlic loss by fire
waa trifling. .
v r i . .
NEGRO KILLED
'.'. AT A DANCE.
(SpeclaJ to Tho Evening Times.)
Concord, N, C, Nov. 23. Tho ne
groes of No: 4 township, just above
Concord, had a big festival at tho
house of W1H Harris. A row arose
among the dancers and Harris tried
to quiet the disturbers, when "Pig"
and Lewis Grlssora opened fire on
Harris; resulting In one shot hitting
him and killing him quickly.
The authorities were notified and
two deputy-; sheriffs j went , out and
Succeeded In arresting Iewis Qris-
som, Vho, it Is alleged, fired the fatal
shot. : 'Pig" Lewis managed to es
cape. k The trial :was put off until
'Fig" can be apprehended. Harris
Was married and has several cnu
dren. . The Qrlssoma are young and
unmarried.
LONG PARADE OF
MOURNING JEWS
1L
the' Associated Press.) .
,'Nw York, Nov. 23.One of the most
peoullar and impressive demonstrations
which has ever , taken place in the pop
ulous east side waa'hold to-daV, when
several thousand Jewish men and wo
men, with bared heads and Hps mov
ing In prayer,' marched In k long pro
cession through the Ghetto as a sign
of their grief at th massacres of their
people and a protest against the hor
ror of their condition In Russia. ,
'.' Following the 'parade a benefit per
formance was given In the Thalia The
atre on the Bowery for the benefit of
the Jews In Russia who have suffered
In th recent outbreak. .,.-vV, '': .f'. .
r Black banners waved Over the pro
cession, which waa headed by a band
playing dirges. Spectator on the side
walks Joined With the marcher in sing
ing mournful chants. The march lasted
twp hours. 1
, ,,
ymM
I la HaM 'iiaiai I H tmt
Illy tha AwwWla 1 )
VWIarlk. It C Wa r ''
mj0m ajaaaaa rmivv br ' h- ataaaa
haaaat rriu Ma ' 1
M1tl Jaa. bawauat i ..a ataa.a4
a awn haa rfca war at m i
AawroJ Twa eat i ' nma
Ha Milttt oarrw.iwvaJ ta ... rate!
ml TeaJa to eaartMala ll. i.mimt tr- ,
!
The aUml, ahw-k mm u. .1 tm a
etnillar aarawao far '
I an. baa tiaaa haaoad
ttaaawaja fatalty af M .. .nia
ahWk fataiUy ha haa antU rfMy t !
rondort aarta tarin.iaar
N,
J. nryaa went from Vkttiama '
attred tb tmrrmvmf. and aak.ro to b
permHted ta at apaa a aaat mi ear
good exaen. No a maoa.
hut mm the story raaa. nt an inro
tried to aarrhaa aa hriil.H.m Aa It
had sanctity la Japanra,. .-y-a ihera
waa only Indignation. Tti- aanera re-
piled Indignantly that th- aar atool i
waa not for aaaa, .
Tha Jijl anlmpo SJO a the chair
Rnally headed aver lo M r Hiyan at
hla aaroeat requoal. nt a family
ronsuMatloa of the ajiaaar. I
Learning after leaving Tokio of tha.
anertal character of the chair. Mr
Hrvan rat n mad It to the mayor "I
Tokio, with' a letter explaining that ha ,
had no Idea af lb atool exceptional
Vlua lo the Ugaiaiwara family.
inrl
not
Hinder tha rlrrunaaajtn-a uuU
think or retaining It,
rata Tokio paper aaya Mr, Bryan
aecured a common- rhair upon which
Admiral Togo at from a restaur
aptaur of Tuyaoo rark.
11
FOUND DEAD
(By the Associated Press )
New York, Nov. 23 The body of Wll
Ham H. Jones, who last night shot and
killed . Harry Brttton and wounded
Frank Britton, was found this morn
ing at the rear of the Baptist Chursli.
near the scene of lust night's murder.
Jones' had shot himself throuKh the
hehrt, a revolver being found near the
body.
The discovery of the body followed
an all nlcht search for Jones, which
began soon after the shooting st the
Britton home. It In believed that Jones,
after - wandering about for several
hours, returned to the vicinity of the
Britton home in the hope of seeing Jes
sie Britton, and not being able to safe
ly approach the house,, decided to kill
himself.
. The murder and suicide followed an
attempt of Jones to see Jessie Britton,
with whom he vr.s Infatuated. Her
brother refused hint admittance to the
house, whereupon he dreW a revolver
and becan firing. ,
At the hospital to-day-It was said
that Frank Britton would probably re
cover. Jones was a decorator, employed In a
painting shop. He was about thirty
five year of ago and claimed to be
a Cuban."; .
DR. CHILES WAIVED'
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 23.Dr. U R.
Chiles and.. James B. Franklin, arrest
ed in connection with the case of Miss
Sarah Atkinson, who died at the Nor
folk Protestant Hospital from peri
tonitis following an alleged criminal
operation, - both waived examination
In the police court to-day,;-, and were
seitt on toy the December grand Jury.
Dr. Chiles, who It i ' alleged - per
formed ; the - operation, which tmsed
the girt' death, was held upon a
charge -of . second degree -murder, ; and
young Franklin, the girl' former
lover, who It : i charged paid Dr.
Chile to perform the5 operation, was
held a an accessory. -Dr, Chiles was
re-balled " befor . Corporation ' Court
Judga Hanckel In the sum of $10,000,
and Franklin was re-balled In the same
court in the t sum of l,Boa vBoth
bonds were renewed with - the same
surety. - 1 1
'v-.- sptf for- Christiania. '
1 (By the Associated Press,)
y Copenhagen, , . Nov.-S3. King
Haakon VIII., Queen Maud - and
Crown Prince Olaf started to-day In
the Danish royal yacht Danneborn.
tor ChrlBtianla. Great crowds gath
ered to witness the departure of the
new ruler of Norway. wv '
Oallrta, HaMM Itaxt
rajMlt mt FrWa
11 "
Flout
IN DANCE HALL1151
Ecw Over Uuid IzM S:!d
13 Es text
ONE MAN .IS DEAD
HaMa hi
IJilae Hara Uaaw Mall la -m
lark TKal 1X1 tier Ham Hmnmt-4
Mh IUnd arrtag (aaaga af
Kldr.
tha Aaaw-taled Pi aaa
Krw Y Nov n-KiaxK frnaaa
ara br!irv4 by tha P"l" to hava
rauaod laa Riurerr laat night af
F Harriaftiia In the Utile Kaptra
danco hall, and alao the pro""0 ,n"
jurtra of AbraJiam Juckarmaa. who
aaa found ntti a frertured skull a
distance easy fro mtb Utile Naples
hall.
The dance hall la at 17 Ureal Jones
street, and ta conducted by Paul Kelly,
leader of an east aide salt.
From papers found on , the dead
man and from Information obtaiued.
from nine prisoners, ta-o of there wo
men, who were a treated after the
murder, the polkw learned that the
quarrel started over election matter.
One at the prtaonere had a
maraea
ballot of the laat election In hla pork-
el. Martinxton waa amen, in me
foom of tho IJttle Naples during a
revolver battle which left the floors
aptHled Hh blood and riddled the
picture on the wall.
Bartender Bernard Eacott, one of
thoae undnr arrest, said that the nght
started when four member of th
Uberty Aasoelatton, whKh I hostile
to the Kelly rang, entered the room af
ter mimnrMr"m of rneae men,
cott say; rh mediately ordered drink
for the whole crowd.
When every one wa drinking he ln
aolently pounded with hla fist on the
bar end exclaimed: "My beat friend
was shot here Tuesday morning. Are
there any of you here who know how
to shoot? If you do I'd like to have
you begin.
TV... , k.lUvn m.aa .MwmtMt mA ttl
i the battle which followed the police
say thst fifty shots were fired. When
the officers arrived Harrington was
dead on the floor and all the others.
I Including "the women In the dance
' hall, had fled after turning out the
llshts. The dead man's dog was
found crouched over his master's body
; and whining.
The police say that the friend of the
Liberty gang whose name was made
the pretext for the flgh is John Ratta,
who was wounded at the Little Naples
last Tuesday morning. The police also
believe that a quarrel over the divis
ion of election money was the original
rauBe of the fight.
THE PAN-AMERICAN
RAILROAD CO.
. (By the Associated Press.)
Mexico City, Nov. 23. J. M. Nee
land, vice- president and general
manager of the Pan-American Rail
road Company, arrived in this city.
and, accompanied by a party of capi
talists, will inspect the road.
The Pan-American line now has
125 miles of track completed and in
operation. There are two hundred
miles more in course of construction,
which, it is expected, will be com
pleted in a few months.
The Pan-American is one of the
links in the proposed chain of rail
roads from the northern part of the
United States down through Mexico,
through Central ' America and into
and through South America.
FIVE KILLED IN
B. & 0. COLLISION
(By the Associated Press. 7
Albion, Ind., Nov. 2I.---Flv men were
killed and one was fatally Injured to
day in a . head-on ' collision one mile
from here between a work train and a
gravel train, otf .tha Baltlmdp Ohio
Railroad. The dead: ' I
KNQINKER ODENSKIRK, of the
work train. ' -; '" 'V:.;-:
FIREMAN BICK of th gravel train.
.. Fireman of th work train, name hot
secured. jvt:; 'A'. i:kv'" - '.''r;:si
Two Workmen, name unknown. 4,
v Fatally injured: . Engineer Strouse, of
th gravel trUn.4ri ''S-s'--,
The trains Collided in a dens fog.
Traffic Is delayed ;: oh account of th
damage to the track. Engineer Strouse
has been taken U a hospital at Gar
rett. ; - -
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TWa KJttialil VUrr I a'aa ira,
ImImu a4 a. ,tmm Tr-1
t nanaaaiag ai iai .
.
tar tae AaHkatra rraa
Wj aaaitaigtaa, h . B
(laaa aatlaasaiM 4 ta
ataflacaawawt aa4 It ii thraa
4 la t
a "Mla-i-a-
aybtaual 4 tha' k wa
(ItM and I.mii .4hn gurtuatax 't
inuM la far aaa la Iba "afiaa-
j ptnra sad I a fut eartkra on tha rar
iuf Oltia all a ad4Hliaal uiati I
L... . tM-,... h... A Att r t ml m U 1
lha a,tiil reruniaiaadalliiaa (a
gannal tt-mr4 of tha nary la Its pro
fikfti 4 oaa finatrai-ttuo In aa aa
Ih.Mlard hr Iba nait IVmsma. a lilrh
la now aridar ronatdaretbia bv tha
IkMirO 4 t'oaetrwrttari.
At Ita maatlng lo-imimiw tha lattar
lwarl t hlii tha rhtafa of tha bu
rraua taT ordnance, ataam englnaarlng.
equipment and construction and re
pair are the members, a III complete
Ita refHt upun the prartwabiuty of
the proposed typea of ant pa raolalnad
In the genetal board's program, and
tha tao reporta a III he forwarded
the eerretary'a for guidance In the
preparation of that portion of hla an
nual report dealing with new ronatrue
tlon. Important subjects whk-h will be
railed to the earnest attention of tha
Prealdent Include the urgency of leg
islation providing for eome scheme of
retirement of officers In grade, that
promotion In the navy may be quick
ened, and officers enabled to reach
command and flag rank at trom ten
to fifteen year younger tnan do the
captains and rear admirals of today.
BALFOUR WILL
' RESIGN SOON
London, Nov. 13. The recent ru
mor of an early dissolution of Par
liament and an appeal to the coun
try are gradually crystallizing Into
more definite form, and while no of
ficial intimation has yet been forth
coming, the Idea is prevalent in well
Informed political circles that Pre
mier Balfour will take an early op
portunity to place his resignation in
the hands of the King.
Should this materialise the Lib
erals will be invited to form a gov
ernment. On the stock exchange a definite
announcement of the resignation of
the cabinet Is expected at any time
and the whole market to-day was
flat in consequence. ,
THE VIRGINIA ON
HER TRIAL TRIP.
tBy the Associated Press.)
Rockland, Me., Nov. 2S. The battle
ship Virginia started on her four hours'
endurance run to-day. From White
head to a point off Monhegan Island,
where the straightaway southerly
course begins the battleship increased
course probably was making close to
nineteen knots.
It wa planned that at tho conclus
ion of the trip the trial boards would
be transferred to a tug off Boston light,
the Virginia proceeding to Newport
News to receive the finishing touches
from the bul'-ders.
ELECTION CONTESTS
IN KENTUCKY.
(By the Associated Press.)
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 23. Forty
suits contesting the recenjt election
of every city and county official in
Louisville and Jefferson county were
filed in the Circuit Court to-day.
The principal suit is that of Jo
seph T. O'Neill, the fusion candidate
for mayor, vs. Paul C. Barth, Demo
crat, who has just been seated.
Charges or conspiracy. Illegal reg
istration, false returns, force and in
timidation are made. The petltloh
asks that the election of Barth be
Set aside; that O'Neill be declared to
have been elected, or that It be de
creed that there has been no election.
M. P. CONFERENCE.
; : (glpeelal jo. The Evening Times.)
- High Point, N. TJ., NOV. J3. This
morning the first session oft the An
nual . Conference of. the Methodist
Protestant Church Was held here, or
ganisation taking up the time of the
morning hour, c ,,.-,, " .
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CLEAN HIE
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aaaaat VaaVrtaka It fur I'
(By the) Aaaactated Free )
New Tor. War. X tllrard B 1
af tha aaad and aaortgag opa'
of th EoattaM Ufa A aeu-a- '
canty, aha araa aa the stand at in- '
)namatanl af tae Inaorax a Iota -Una
committee wwetardar, waa re . I
to-day. , .
He submitted a etajeaoent of tt. I -n
paid to tha Janitor of tha e i. m a
mala building la Utla city. Th a la
ment ahowad that twenty-eight a -a
at a wera paid Out of thla aiiJ '
Janitor racatvad for himself, acoor'tu g
b hla laat atatenaenL. tl.tH a r.
Asked If th care and cleaning of the
building could be dona for lea than
mm annually. Mr. Brown aald he
would not car ta undertake It for th
aam price.
Mr Brown was temporarily eimoed
and George D. Eldiidge, vtce-preei t
and actuary of tha Mutual Kaaerv I. '
laaurano Company, wa railed. He
drat became con Betted with th com
pany May I. ItM. Tb company wa
organised la Itfl and waa known a
an ansa meat company, doing a '
mortem aaaamant bualotaa u I
April. lMt f X
Th varlou change In form of j
cle laaued were taken up with ,
Eldridga, and anaclman pollcle--;
Introduced" and read lor the rw .'
Waa brought out that In 1.SS4 (hi
of aaaaaamant ware advanced.
Hueliaa had th. wVIt nau Im.k er.
over th policy, which wa uaed at
Illustration, and Mr. Eldrtdg !d there
wa nothing In tb policy to assure the
policy-holder . that ' tha assessment
could not ba advanced at hny time. .
OFFICERS GRAND r
HERD OFBUFFALOra
(By the' Associated Press )
Richmond, Va., Nov. tl. The first
annual meeting of Grand Herd Con
vention of Buffaloes will adjourn to
night to meet next August in Cin-
clnnati. The follolwng officer were
elected this morning for the coming
year: z4,"' v'-;
Grand' Bison, Charles T. : Bland,
Herd No. 9, Portsmouth, Va. ; ' Vice
Grand Bison, John' 8. Burnett, of
Herd No. 7, Bluefleld. W. Va.; Grand
Chaplain. Francis W. Lloyd, Of Herd
No. 10. Suffolk. Va.; Grand Scribe.'.
T. H. Clay, of Herd Nti. 11, Huntng
ton, W. Va.; Grand Treasurer, A.
Rosenbaum, of Herd No, t, Newport 1 1
News. Va.; Grand Guide. J. S. Bin- '
stein, of Herd No.,!., Richmond, Va.;
Grand Inside Picket, W B. Savage
of Herd No. 4, Wilmington,' NC.;
Grand Outside Picket, Louis Barde,
of Herd No. 16, Cincinnati, 0.; Past' ,
Grand xhoma A. Gregg, of
Herd No. 1, Roanoke. Va.; Board of
Grand Trustees Grand Patriarchs,
w. w. Greggle, of Cincinnati, O.;
Dr. J. S. Tipton f Roatioke, Frank J.
Korte of Roanoke, J." B. Morgan of ,
Roanoke, A. Rosenbaum of Newport
News. i ' ! "
ELECTION FRAUD . t .
CASES MULTIPLY.
(By the Associated Fress.)
New York, Nov; J. ThV magnitude
of the election . fraud investigation ,
wag Increased to-day by 'several new . .
cases. John Elder, was held In" 110,000
ball, charged with . Illegal voting and
perjury, and James Gallagher - wit'
held In $5,000 bail on v charge of per
jury. ' - " t ' , , ;
It is charged that Elder1 Voted, in an
election district which was not Ills
residence, and that Gallagher swore te
Elder's residence In that district,
Frank D. Batstg, a Tammany mem
ber of a district board of election In
spectors,1 arrested on a charge of neg-"
lect of duty; was held In 15,000 bait
W. B. Hearst's lawyer claimed that
1 voters were found 'in one election
district, .of -the JOth asitembly . district
which., should have been counted for
Hearst and were not. ' 1 . ?
BANK ROBBHr.3
' ' COT U5,CZd.
(By the Associated Press.)
' Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 23. Rob
bers broke into the Japanese bunk
last night and took cash amouuU. j
to 16,000. , i "