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iViISSlOiiARIES REPORTED
MASSACRED IN CHINA
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TILLMAN 15 m SsmNOiANIMNJONCTION
IRVBUCIiCEIlii
IN GllEEIiSGOuO
lib Uti I fd E;i
Hi ON DECK ai? .J LEAGUE IS OFF
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J-J.1' C!i
FDOB EKGLISH 5JLID
' TO Mil fiEfj KILIED
(wl IWdg ag MtaagUal Cat Am
MUate Ik-fartSM-ot Tba I Ik Klsf
kM InJally, Twa Adalia M Twa
tJfcMresw are tUymiri kilk-
Aaareiraa Uaaboat in Cm Or-aWr-d
I Frarerel to tiM klakUag.
TroabW a 400 Miles l Yaagtar.
R)r Iks AaaoctalM Preas )
Weahlngtoa. Feb. S Consul Uewrl
Bodgem, ( Phaachai, ruble h atslr
derailment undrr today's dale Ihil tie
American eniaalon ttkllona al Nan
kbaag la I be ai vines of Klimn hav.
been destroyed. The piobubhi cause U
local.
-.Telegrams received from those points
lata that tb fourteen American mla
atoaarle at thone ptnet eeriped, but
toe Klngham family. F.ngnah. two
adults and two rittldraii, are reported
la have boon billed. v
The American gunboat El Cann al
Nankin haa been aiders! le prnort
Immedlalely Ha KtnkUng whrre ah
will .probably arrive by Wednesday.
The -arena of the trouble la about four
hundred miles' op IbeiYsngtse silver. '
A atlll Inter dlapatch from Mr. Ru.1
gets received today at the state depart
ment aaya that the inland nrltir.h m'u
stona ara reported to be safe.
- lb officials here accept consul
Ceaoral Rodger' suggestion that the
trouble at Nsnsbang is local, as baa
been the case with the last two pre
ceding-attacks upon foreign' missions
In Chins: Therefore there Is little
apprehension that the . trouble ' will
Spread. floweTer.-U la realized that
the Incident Itself appears to Justify
. BITCD 111 H11A1 MLlUflB MB HIV 1IUW UUUUI
.way irom a military puini 01 view.
v .The report that English subjects
hams been klllod la the- most serious
phase of the affair, tor it Is Bald that
ths fact, may be made the basis of
forcible measures on the part of the
British government that might In
flame the whole Chinese population.
' NanchangV where the missions were
destroyed, lies upon ; the shores of
Iake Poyang. In the northern portion
of the province of Klangsl,- and the
Yangtse river Is navigable iip to that
point, aa well as the lake Itself, for
warships of considerable else.
Now Tort; Fob. 2.-Reports of riot
ing at the American mission stntlon
at Nanchnnfc 'and the- escaped. eiRht
American mlsslmiarles stationed there
were received here today by cable at
tho J Methodist board or foreign mis'
elans.1 The Methodist board has a ml
etoa station at that ploce, Thoicablo
(tram, which, was sent by Bishop. J. W.
Bash ford, j Methodist Episcupal bishop
. riinnt at Khnnirhal. and' made public
by'.Dr, II.: K. Carroll, of the. Methodist
board, ,1s as fol'ows: . . ' ,r - .v
rMisslon Nanchang Tinted Methodist
- missionaries escaped on boat." .
' The names of tha Methodist mission--
arles at .Nanchang ale as follows: ltev.
JSdward James an wife, of Wisconsin;
V Dr. M. Charles and wife, of Ada. p.;
and four American women, Gei trud
HoWf Genevieve Hughes, Alt Newdy
board had one Chinese woman, Ida
- KahtT. ettatloned at Nanihang.
'-Washington, Feb. .26. A cable
gram tromCommander" Fletcher, the
senior officer of the . Raleigh, at
' Shanghai, received at the navy de
1 partmnt today, confirms substantlal
; ly Consul General Rodgers' report,
i
' : Washington, Feb. 8. A later cablo-
f gram trom Mr, Rodarers . tayB-. .mat
the reporlB of tho Nanohang; trouble
- are cohnicting. It Is now reported to
have . 6rlglnated In a dispute between
ha French Jesuits and Chinese offio'R's,
X Chines? magistrate was at first, re
i 'ported to have been stabbed by a Cath
olic: missionary, but it Is how claimed
; that the magistrate stabbed himself.
In the v riot,' which occuvrcd . yesterday
six, Jesuits and , two : members of the
?Klngham family wore killed.' Chinese
troops- were, protecting.- The refugees
-are aolllr,LO Alumnus,. iiib aiuoiiuuii
I mission building Is understood to have
"" beh saved and order Is bow .restored.
Mr. Rodgers adds-that all is quiet In
Shanghai. " ,' ' t -
. The ' American Methodist htts a sta
; tlon at Nanchang. No news of thb
mlsslonnrie . has been received at Pe
kin ; It l supposed that they escaped
: to ICIuklang. $ v . . ,
GREAT FIRE AT
. BEIIILEllL'i!, PA,
Jlcel fccsjiaifs Office 2nd
Steps Earned
M
THE VAULTS CRUMBLED
ValaakW Itrvixaa fur MtlMarj KaJp
BMrst awl (NW Pii1ara liiaau
A.hMKt 'a.fMM Wonb mt rmpiT
ly IVlrrd. -Drafthm lttua on
r oarth tltme Total I'M.
(I); Ik AMHialnd I'rrka)
South ItriuMicai. Ia.. Keb. ZC
The geaeral ulBre building and part
f Number 3 bum bine shoe of the
Dethlehcm filei-l Company were d
atroyod by Are early today, coialllng
a loaa or" about l.lOS.nOo tp properly
and valuable rrcorda. The flr orig
inated la tha kitchen of tha dlnlag
cafe on tha aveond floor of tbo office
bulldlBg. and aproad ao rapidly that
(he building was soon enveloped In
flames. The offlro building was a
four atjry brtrk aad frame structure
204 by SO feet in dlv nslons.
Tbo large drafting rooms were lo
cated on the fourth floor, la the
vaults of which were kept the valua
ble designs for . military equipment
and other products of the works. The
vaults crumbled In tha blase and all
their valuable contents were de
stroyed. Tbo Insurance was IIO.OO.
OKKMANY WILL MAKE
. . 7 sTnTKKR CONCKSHIOS,
(By the Associated Prese.)
Berlin, Feb. 18. Tho German govern
ment has decided' to make a further
concession to the French views on tha
Moroccan question, piovldcd Francs
will also yield something. The extent
of Oermany's proposals will become
Itniiwn only at Alircclras. where they
will be communicated to tho Frenrh
delegates. Emperor William and Chan
cellor Von Buelow, It Is understood,
;ould rather make another effort to
reconcile tho French alma and Ger
many's interests than allow the serious
situation to drift. 1
Soino effort lias been made here, by
certain small financiers to create a war
scare out of the emperor's reply to
the congratulatory address of tha gen
erals yesterday on tho occasion of his
majesty's silver wedding, In which the
emperor remarked that ho prayed Ood
that war' would not come, but If it
came lie was convinced that the army
would acquit itself as efficiently as
It did thirty-five years ago.
i Tho tone of the bourse was not af
fected by. theso efforts, although tho
tnarket was weaker owlrgto tba un
certainty over thS effect of ithe 1 hew
German tariff and the commercial trea
ties' gt-lng Into effect March 1. ;
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44 VICAUS' CONTINUOUS SER- v
' ' VICK IN ONE SUNDAY1 SCHOOL.
' (Ry tho A'ssclated Press.)
Chicago, Feb. 26. Arthur Dixon;
president of the Dixon 'Transfer
Company, was awarded a gold medal
yesterday for forty-four years con
tinuous attendance! at tho Sunday
School of tho First Methodist Episco
pal church.
- For forty years Mr.. Dixon has
been teacher of what is known as tho
"Strangers class"- at .-. the Sunday
school. It Is a Bible class of young
men. : In lhat time he has taught
some o f the now prominent men' of
Chicago. Ills former pupils aro scat
tered1 all over the world, v ,
CROMWELL MAKES A
LONG STATEMENT
(By the. Associated Press.) .' ,f
.Washington Feb. 26. William
Nelson Cromwell appeared ,;- boforo
tho senate committee on inter-oceanlc
canals today and made a lengthy
itaternent' detailing ; hl connection
with . the canal enterprise, and . as
scrtlfig that "hiB pattioipation ln Its
affairs since the purchase by the Uni
ted s States had' been by invitation
The only compensation hft littd re
celved.from the United States' was
that as attorney for; i the Panama
Railroad a pqsltioh he held before the
United States acquired the road. -
B4 Atarax W
ad ka tuif m Iw
(I f law Awt W I'm )
New Ttk. rk Hikbii ml
taa Bisi uf Kaha. U A Cm. ba
aWratla4 la retire frws ail rail
mad boards la kkrk tbe grca la rrm
fwaiatad. It m aaaoaatwd tuday
The ream glvca for tbla mum at a
steadily lacraaalM dilnralty aktrk
the aaoaslwra ml the ftraa ha bera
etnwVwtaa la axwonf the aVn4
of tbrlr a bM4aa aad at lb mw
time gtrlag Ike avreweary time aad
alleailoa la tba prt t urananc ef thHr
SUe aa dlrariora of corpora! loat
Jacob If. 8. hit la the bead of U
ria of Kaka, Ixieb A Company,
1'nrsaaat of this poie aiemUrs
of (be Bras on Wadarmday laat K
signed from Ibe !olbwio( boards:
tnloa rine Railroad ('4aipaa,
Balllinora & Oblo Kaitroad. Haiti
more ft Obio 8oulhwurn. ChlraKO
t AHon. IH-nver Rio Uraade,
Northern Securlllea Company; Ore
ten Hbort Une Railroad, Oregnn
Hall road A Navigation Company. Rio
Grande Wetern Rallroal. Houtbcr-t
Pacific Company, Parllir Mall Steam
ship Company and a number of sub
sidiary corporations.
It la understood that members of
tbo firm of Kuhn, 1-oeb Company
have not retired from the boards of
the varloiia banks, trust companies
and similar corporations with whkh
they are, now Identified.
FRUIT CASES REVERSED
Railroads Finally H'in Over
Carriers Majt Ifcrsignate Route for
Fruit Fliippod East from Southern
California Proceeding, Begun In
1800 Circuit Court Decision and
Comni Iftlon's Order.
(By" the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 26. Tho ( suits
known as the "Citrus Fruit" cases, In
which all the railroads of southern
California were Interested. Were today
decided fa.oVably to the railroads by
the supreme court of the United States,
tbo opinio? being by justice Peckham,
The casc.i Involved the right of the
railroad companies to desigante . the
route for frrilt shipped cast after their
Own lines. The decision of the circuit
court tor the southern district of Call
fornia and also the order of the com.
mission wero reversed by today's de
cision.
The proceeding was begun by the In
terstate commerce commission to test
the legality of a Jooint order Issued by
au the railroads or southern Califor
nia in l$9g fixing a through rate of
1.26 per hundred pounds on oranges
from southern California points to the
Missouri. liver and further east, in this
order the railroads reserved the right
of routing the freight east of their own
terminals. The commission raised the
question that the ' routing provision
was, virtually a contract for pooling,
and the railroad companies justified
the requirement by saying that it was
necessary to prevent the making of 're
bates. The circuit court sustained the
government's contention, and also held
the railroad circular to be in general
violation of the 'spirit of the interstate
commerce law, --
KILLED BY FALL
Otf SCHOONER
'. (By the Assoqlati-d- Press.) v.:
; : Norfolk, ' Va., Feb.' 26. Honry J.
PI pi of Newbedford,; Mass., steward
of the schooner Loring C. Ballard,
from Bjston to Norfolk, to load coal,
fell through the hatchway of the Bal
lard while that vessel was at anchor
ofp the ( Lambert's Point eoal pters
here la it 1 night and was Killed".? A
ccjroner's Jury rendered- . a ,verdlct of
Hiiciueui-ii ueaiu. j , '
PRESIDENT DAVIS :
DIED TODAY,
(Special to The tevtsning Times ) -
LoulBbttrg, N. VC.,- Fteb. 36 M.S
Davis, president of the Loulsburg Fe
male college, died this morning at' 11
0 clock in his 75th year. ,:
- Me was an alumnus of the University
Of . North Carolina and had spent his
entire lite in educational work. He was
III only a few days with pneumonia,
-The tUheral will be held here Wed
nesday morning, -,
iwraai mmkm
It Erpcrtsl tie lite tin
(MERSON SUBSTITUTE;
UlkrV. Wrr fe-l
hmtur Ikaa I aaal la TUr kH-ala.
TUIaM Mmtkr He U
lint fear rarUeat
lSmH4r. THa Kl
illv the Aaajlale4 !"' I
H Khii.i.. avtraary l"i-. In,
a l-inm dlaRSUMSaa mn (tor kc"
l- Mi Tillmaa r tr Hituiii iU
t cMtd ! MM the nlln ihr Ma
lta (tiaintrr were -I'-a ohm lr-
iy m iM-Mna aa rand ofder An
(Hiasually larga (uaila i f rnaturs
atwi rrr la their ml
A mmtn mm Ibe flee pr-i-nl tailed
fur reiH.rta uf atauainc
ininiiirva a
oumkr f arnainrs uw l ul Mr Till
man remaalaMl. He announced
that he had beea tnatrurf-t l- the com.
mil I or on Interstate fnnimrnt. lo re-
IN.rt houKe bill ,m7 lth..ut amend-nx-til,
and ha frad tt rr-lutl-n
atloptrtl.
After a dlacuaalon -wi.-intn tho
lirlutlns of the taatttnotiy taken by Tti
romnilltee .an ordar wan m.nle (or the
publication of 10.0(0 oopl--- Mi. Till
man gave notice that hi uld press
Ihe bill to the earliest ..t)l.h rtton.
lie aaid that Dturh of Hi.- teatlmnny
taken was Irrelavent and that the
committee ha4 employed two rerta,
Measra. Neweomb and Adnma. and they
had made an epltoaie of the tcnttmony.
which also will be printed.
Mr. Tillman announced lhat as soon
as possible he proposed to digest the
testimony and to submit a formal re
port on the bill., Re said jthat within
two weeka he should move to make the
rate bill tbe unfinished business and to
displace tha atatoaual WM If, that meaStJ
una was not disposed of or rora that
time. The transcendent Importance of
the rate measure and the wide Inter
est In the -SabJ"i t throughout the coun
try, ho said, mailc It desirabta that the
bill should be o.nsidcred without- delay.-
As soon as hi- had concluded Mr.
Aldrlch was rr-inKnizcd and said:
"A majority ni th- republican mem
bers of the commltoic did not Join In
the favorable report which has. Just
been made by the Senator from South
Carolina, for (lie reason that in their
Judgment an attempt should have-bcon
made by the committee to remedy, by
proper. amendments, some .of the ob
vious and admitted defects and omis
sions of the limisc hill, and that clear
and adequate provision should have
been made for subjecting the orders of
the commission affecting rates to ju
dicial review."
Mr. Culberson said:
, "I take it that in a- large degree the
committee's action to be no snore or no
less than a transfer of a controversy
from the committee to the senate cham
ber. Therefore, I offer a substitute for
tho bill just reported. This substitute
Is In effect the bill on the same sub
ject which I previously introduced." -
The bill was ordered printed and to
lie on the table until the rate bill 1
taken up.
At 2 o'clock the statehood bill was
taken up, and Mr. Dick resumed his
Speech in Its favor.
The senate concurred in the house
amendment ,to, the Gillesple-Tlllman
resolution for the investigation of rail
roads ahd their relation to coal and oil
producing. Tho resolution now goe3
to the president.
MASKED MEN MADE
HIM OPEN SAFE
(By the Associated Press.)
; . Millvllle, N. J., Feb. ; 26. Two
masked men, 0110 white and one col
ored, today" seized Frederick Radel, a
baker, while ho was In the stable
near ,hls house, and after gagging the
baker, marched him into his home at
the pofnt or a pistol. The, men com
pelled Radel to open "his safe, from
which they took nearly ; $i, 000 in
cash. , The robbers escaped.
SCHOONER SUNK ,
TO QUENCH FIRE.
,Xi J H;C?f;4vf,,,; ;
. , (By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 26.-The
schooner John Howard, . Captain
Morse, from Wlllcox ; Wharf, . James
Rlyer. Va v to Portsmouth, Va., with
bed straw In bales, took fire, at Park
era Wharf la Portsmouth this morn
ing, and to save the vessel and her
cargo she was sunk In the Elisabeth
RIVer. - " - -' V
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U Ttat Ckj la-aaa M Iwi aW
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(r Mm a aiatfs rtwl
V 1t. Tmm I - iumm Mm
i-bK. praatsaat ml the I alias Mia
w lata ml Aaterknaa taasy aanra4
lb eilataa taat tae-es a til mm mm
terel strike of eoal Bfttkera aa April
1 arat. akkb aa g1aa Ml la at
Btkt la ladLaaapulU by Viva Praat
T L Leals ml tba l altaal Mtae
Wutkera Prealaaal MltraaJt aaa
above tbe vkna prwISrat a La Lean wit.
In abirk the latter aaid. la additloS
t thr aaatrtlna Ik ere attl mm mm gea
rial artaa la Ike tnlalag laduatry
A pitl I. lhat oixx ,lra will rratore
the r dm tion awpted by tha sulaora
to i a(o and rrhpi more, and
that aa ria of peace sill be nslablUh
ad for aoothrr ierlod of years
After bcarins this tatrnM-Dt Pieai
deat Mill hell aald
"I gseaa that la light '
Franrii 1. Robblna. prealdant of
tbe Plttiburn Cual Company and
chalrmaa of the mmmltlee of the
bltnmlaoui operator!, aaa la New
York today and dlmuaaed the atalo
ment of Vice Prealdeat lewla aa fol
Iowa:
"There la absolutely no change In
tha soft coal altuatlon I see no
prospeK't of averting s atrlke on
April 1. Because" the mlriera are all
ling to accept the 1 101-1 04 scale
that Is no Indication that the soft
coal -operators are willing (o yield."
BIG FIRE AT HIT. OLIVE
Hatch Hotel Partially Destroy
ed Last Night
.Scarrelr Anything but tho Hall Left
of the Rullding, Which Was a New
One, Owned by C. B. Hatch Dam
age Covered by Insurance.
(Special to The Evening Tlnujj.)
Goldshoro, N. C, Feb. 26. News
reached here this afternoon by peo
ple coming from Mt. Olive that the
Hatch Hotel was partially destroyed
by fire last night.
The hotel la a new building, and
is owned by C. B. Hatch. The fire
started In the third story of the
building near the roof, and is sup
posed to have originated from a
stove Jlue. There is scarcely any
thing left -of the building but the
hull. The damage to the building
and furniture will be considerable.
and it is understood that it Is cov
ered by insurance.
TTho whole town turned out to help
fight the fire, but as they had no
water works their 1 efforts did not
amount to much. An old chemical
onglne which the town bought from
this, city several years ago did very
effective work, and saved the utter
destruction of the building and its
contents.
CAMPAIGN TALK
HAS STARTED.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. Feb. J6. Tho Demo
cratic campaign for the 60th congress
is to be .started In the near future.
A call was- issued today by Secretary
EJwards of the democratic . congres
sional campaign committee for a. meot-ing-of
the committee to be held on the
evening of March 6, In the minority
committee room of the house of rep
resentatives. It Is stated that Ithe
meeting Is called fdr the purpose of
organization that the details of the
campaign may receive Immediate and
systematic attentions .
CASTRO AY CALL ON :.
-.".UNCLE SAM TO ARBITRATE.
,(By the Associated Press.)
, Wlllemstad, . Island of Curacao, Feb.
26. It is learned from official sources
at Caracas, Venesueia, that President
Castro's next mdve In the French' ques.
tlon w4U be to call Upon the United
States to arbitrate the question of the
amount of damage done by France Id
permitting the fitting out of the .fill'
busterlng steamer Ban: Righ at Fort
DeFrance, Island of Martmdue, to prey
uport Venezuelan commerce ahd trans
port troSps during the Matos revolt.
The United States claim .against Great
Bt-ltain in the case of the .Alabama
wilt ba-elted as a precedent. , , '
Qkzim Ijpts Cell ca tl
Ui:r lc!::s
'WRITS DURING STRIKES
III' Ik A.xli4 C I
Chkaso rek It Aaalbf Ike i-o
twtatlna af all Ike lanni vkkoaa 4
lbs rmtatr). T) ir.h al l akoa.
No I. iear laakd aa aatl
lajaaitkua kaagae. lifc the iniipoee
of ouealnf a gnaeral Bgbt against
tbe lasaanee of meiialalni roart
write darini times of atrlkea aad oth
er labor truublna.
Tbe Federation of lhK a III be
asked to promote tbe league and. If
poaable. make It national la Its
aropa. Aa a preliminary alep. how
ever, the printers anlhorlaed a com
mittee of Be to draw up a plan of
action It la probable that the move
ment will follow political lines
Tbo league will atari. It la eipert
ed ,lth a membership of 76.000
trade unlunUta In Chicago. It was
declared by Ihe printers that more
than fifty iter ni of the labor orgaa
ltatlona In he country have been en
joined during strikes. These have a
membership of rloae to a million men
aad women. Allied In action. It waa
aald, a strong political force might be
exerted against tbe Issuance of labor
Injunctions.
K.NGIM.KRN Bl'HY LOCATING
LIXK OF HOt'TH at WESTERN.
(Special te The Evening Ttmea.)
Rut herd ford ton. N. C, Feb. M. Tbe
South A Western Railway people are
quite active In this vicinity now and
are busily engaged In pushing the work
with a view of locating the line ao
that tho construction work can be be
gun in the early spring. They have
three engineering corps in the field,
one at this point, one south of town
and the other north of uo locating
the line by this place and making the
Seaboard Air Line connection.
That the line will now come by
Ruthcrfordton is almost a foregone con
clusion. Division Engineer Daniels Is
here In charge of the work, and will re
main until the route is finally and per
manently located. We also learn from
a most rename soutc mat me &ea
board Air Line will at a early date
begin great Improvements on their line
between this, point and Wilmington
preparatory to making this Important
connectlorfwlth the South & Western.
Our author says lhat this company will
put In new and heavier Iron bridges,
reduce the grades and starighten the
line. This work will all be, done by
the time the South & Western hopes
to reach this place.
THE CLAICHE
TRIAL BEGUN
(By the ASKOclated Press.)
New York, Feb. 26. The real
work in ihe trial of Bertha Claiche,
the young French woman charged
with the murder of Emil Gordon on
July 8 last, was begun before Justice
Davis and a jury In the criminal
branch of the supreme court today.
Tho jury was completed last week.
The Claiche case has many fea
tures peculiar to itself, and it has
been prophesied that more than the
usual amount of sensational testi
mony will be heard before the trial
is concluded. Tho fact that several
policemen have become Involved In
charges growing out of the case has
contributed to the interest. One of
these officers now is on trial before
Police Commissioner Bitigham.
The Cotton Leak Bill.
(By the Associated PreRS.)
Washigton, Feb. 26. The Judici
ary committee of the' senate today
authorized a favoarble report on the
so-called "cotton leak" bill. The bill
provides for the punishment by fine
or Imprisonment of all officials and
employes of the government who
take advantage of any. information
obtained directly or Indirectly by
reason of heir position, affecting cot
ton . or other grown products.
Messenger Boy Hbrt.
(Special to The SJVenlng tlrrietO ,
, Charlotte, N. C, Feb. t 2.-Glles
Ratehf ord, a Postal 'messenger boy,
had his -noqe broken and qoth bones of
his left forearm fractured in a head
on collision with a wheel and wagon
at the intersection of cast Trade and
College streets.'
L . . I
nraar la T ftHm a tavtal rkffal
AgBMn4 laaaaaav af lUaaeaanaag
rt ra ka Ttaae ml Imtmm
llaUi Is-mtwr m Imri Mk
a SL .n'i L..-l ts
BOXD RIED AT ?I,C:3
Tr.ai wid as A lb alias aat JeWkaa
IVaaea aaaartal Teraa Amm Mk-
(Rr ik Aaaaxtelad Ta
A abet 11 W. N r rVfc. II.
giman K K-ar bUackkara mt
tbe eighth dbMrtrt af North Car!laa
eabatrlted btsseelf la tks- yarta4VcUo
of tbe I' ailed aHataa district oaart ta
aay la answer la tba ladtetsaaat ra
eeatly returaad agalast bias oa tba
charge of having araetieed before
tbe treasury eiarlneat as 4 receiv
ing fees ihei ef roaa la viloaUoa of tba
federal law.
Judge Waddlll !ea.t a
traasferring tba eaaa la Urevosboro.
North Carolina, oa tba applies tkno of
Jadge W. P. Byaaam, wko appeared
for Mr. Blackbara. Tba trial will
t beld about Us middle of April,
at which Una a special term of tba
court will be called. Mr. Blackbarn'a
bond was iad at 11.000, and was
algned by C- J. Harris, former candi
date for governor. ,
He Haa NeOiIng to Bar- '
Aabevllle. N. C. Feb. II. Tba
trial of Congressman E. Spencer
Blackburn. Indicted by the .federal
court grsnd Jury bars last week.
charged with practicing before tba
treasury department, will be beard
In Oroenaboro. Tba data for the trial
haa not been definitely determined,
altaoagb aa sgj auaientLbetiraaa -counsel
for-tba deffhse aad. District
Attorney ? Hoi ton I sad' tha time at
about tba middle of April, A special
term of court will be necessary .40
try the case. - ,. -'.vjiLv. ' 1
Bond for the congressman's ap
pearance was liked, by, udge Wad-
dill at 11,000. Charles J. Harris- of
Dlllsboro signed the bond. .Tba for
malities this morning, Including tha
making and the signing of the bond
consumed less than half an hour.' -
There was a. great ..crowd;. In the
court room this, morning when ' Mr.
Blackburn, accompanied by ex-J udge
W. P. Bynum, his counsel.. G; Sam
Bradshaw of Greensboro and Charles
J. Harris of DRIsboro entered. Judge
Bynum shook hands with many Of
his old friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Blackburn was the central figure.
He was smiling. He Is confident.
Asked If he had anything to say for
publication he smiled and declared
there was nothing to say at this time.
Judge Bynum stated to the court
that Mr. Blackburn desired as speedy
a 11 mi ojs was cuavenieui, luav we
prosecution had stated it could be,
ready by the middle of April, and
that the time suited the defense, An t
order was then made transferring);
the case to Greensboro, and the trial k
set for some time In April.
Mr. Blackburn and party left this
afternoon. Mr. Blackburn returns.
to Washington.
No intimation was had this morn-i
ing that an effort would -be made to
have District Attorney Holton in
dicted.
TOWN TOPICS ROAST-,
ED COLLIER'S FATHER
(Bv the Associated Press.) , w.
New Tork, Feb. 2i-Rohert J,-.CoUler, V
publisher of collier'a Weekly,' went, en
the witness stand today In the hear
ing of Colonel William D. :' Mann. .
editor of Town Topics, on a charge of
perjury.
Mr. Collier said that .the ' and bis
father. Peter F. Collier, expect to pays
the exposes of the prosecution of Colo-'
net Mann. 1 ( k
, .Ttl. I.Ml.k -i 11. ... AlUnitilV.. t
aib .. uaun . uwau-. vn ' aiiatiu uii
Colonel Man in IW,. he said, following ;
the publication ih Town Topics of ah
Article reflecting on the private life and
annlat arkAl tit hlM fatHal. IT. Pni. i
list. t v c.' .'
PEARSON NAMED V , 1 (
. FOR MORGAltTON.
' , (By the Associated Press.) '
Waatilfivtnn FaK 9 ft .t-K
IdfJnt ' today sent to trie senate the ,
nomination of D. C. Pearson as post
master at Morganton, N. C. 1 . ,
alW of Aprs) UI aW Catte4 Has.
rv hi ain t sadiala a Otii.
awar. aase4 ttav Hi an.