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Weather. Washington, D. C, Dec. 13 Fore cast for North Carolina for tonight and Thursday; Rain tonight and Thursday; rising temperature. ESTABLISHED 1876. OVl SIMTE SESSION New Lieutenant-Governor Cal's Senate to Order at Homing Session DISCUSSION. (IF THE ADJOURNMENT BILL After Much 'Discussion, Pro and Con, Consideration of the Early Ad journment Bill Wm Postponed X.'n tl January 20 Majority of Sena tors. Seem to Favor Early Adjourn- ment, But Some of. Them Are Op posed to Fixing the Exact Time Resolution Introduced to Stop Per IMem February 15. . The senate was called to order by Lieutenant-Governor W. C. Newland at U o'clock. Dr. T. N. Ivey conduct ed devotional exercises. Mr. Basalt, for the committee, re ported the Joint resolution as to ad journment. v 3111s were introduced as follows: S. B. 64. Senator Elliott. An act to require judges of superior courts to remain at county seat during the en tire term of court. Committee on Judiciary. 8. B. 65. Senator Foy. An act to appoint F, C. Fisher a Justice of the peace. Committee of Judiciary. 8. B. 66. Senator Britt, by request. An act to prohibit the taking of wit ness fees by salaried officers In Dur ham county, committee on Judiciary. 8. B. 67. ' Senator Brltt, by request. S. B. 68. Senator Brltt, by request. An act relating to the public officers of Durham : county. Committee on Judiciary. . . ... 8. B. 69. Senator Manning. An act to Inspect meters in certain cities. Committee on Grievances., i ' S. IB. 70. Senator Brltt. An act. to amend section ..... of public laws of 1906. Committee on .' Jud'clary. Senator iravls Sworn In. Senator Travis, of Halifax, was In the chamber this morning for the first tlmn and on motion of Senator Bassett, he approached the president's desk and was sworn in. As to Adjournment. - 8. B. 45. relative to adjournment on February 15, was called up for con sideration and put upon its passage. Mr. Martin, bf Washington, moved that the bm be laid on the table. For ..the purposes of discussion Senator Martin withdrew his motion,' and a lively discuKslon followed. Senator Fry spoke In favor of the bill. . Senator Elliott, who introduced the bill, spoke briefly in Its favor, declar ing that the perfple wanted an early adjournment and that it would be best for the members of the general as sembly to go home as quickly as pos sible. . . Senator Pharr, of Mecklenburg, spoke earnestly and eloquently in favor of the passage of the bill. Senator Martin, of Washington; Sen. ator Long, of Person; Senator Travis, of Halifax, and Senator Ormond, of Leno'r, all favored a short term but objected to the fixing of the date of adjournment for a day certain. . Sen ator Travis urged the consideration of the bill be postponed until January 20 and so moved. ; Senator Martin again took the floor and forcefully reiterated his . position on the bill, declaring that he did not want his hands tied as he had work to do for his constituents and, for ' one, was not afraid of what the peo ple might sa y about the length of the session. . ... t ; 7 Senators Lockhart and Bassejtt spoke briefly, saying that It was tbelr de sire to confine the term within the narrowest limits possible. Senator Gay spoke briefly, suggest' Ing that the bill be referred to, the committee on Immigration and that' all of the senators Immigrate home at the earliest possible' moment. : Senator Latham moved as a substi tute for the adjournment bill that the "per diem" of the . members cease on February 15th. ; Senator Klutta offered as a substitute a motion that the aenata adjourn at the earliest possible moment, -j '. These motion were d'spoxed of with out consideration - , when the senate voted In favor of Senator Elliott'a bill as amended by the motion Of Senator Travis, postponing consideration of 'the matter until January ,20tb. -: - Unanimous consent of the body was asked for the Introduction of the fol lowing b'tls: -vS , .'.- V-' v 8. B. TL '. Sena'to, Jones. An ' But relating to the publlo achools of Ral elgh township. 1 Committee on Educa . tion; : ," .' , ,. 'T t-v.-v-1'' .... 8L B. 78. ' Senator Jones. An act to amend chapter 47 of publlo laws of . 1907, relating , to schools. Committee ;, on Education, ' . ' i-', S. B. 71. Senator Barrlnger. An act to amend section 1042 of revisal, relat ing t the sale of property under mort gage. Committal an, Bevlsat . . ; 8. & 74. Senator Peckery. An sx,t to establish a criminal court tor Lea onnntv. Committee an Judiciary.':. 8. B. 71 Senator Pry, An eoi to authorize the treasurer of Swain (Continued on Paw 8even.) . BILL TO COLLECT ALL SMALL DEBTS Reuse Laughed Over Meas ure Introduced By Tur ner of Mitchell SENT TO COMMITTEE The House in Session Less Than One Hour Many Local Bills, Petitions, and Resolutions Introduced Sev eral Pass Second and Third Read Ins and Go to the Senate For Ac tion Two Thousand Copies of Governor's Inaugural Address Or dered Printed. The seventh day's session of the house of representatives of the North Carolina legislature. .was called to or der this morning at 11 o'clock by Speaker Graham, and Rev. : M, A. Barber, rector of Christ church, this city, was present and lead the house in prayer. .' Under call for petitions and reso lutions and communications the fol lowing were presented: Petition from citizens of Hyde, by Mc Williams, to increase pensions of Confederate veterans. From citizens of Green county to Increase county commissioners in number from three to five. BTUa Reported. ' House bill 75, to allow Ashe county to Issue bonds, was reported . favor ably. Bill 52, to repeal chapter 612, laws of 1905, was reported unfavorably. Resolution asking the general con gress to pension life-savers. Bills Introduced. By Caudle: For relief of J. P. Johnson, of Wilkes. . By Cook: To place SalHe Garring- ton aud Elizabeth Wright on pension list. By Wilson: To allow E. L. Lida to practice medicine. By Sparrow: .To increase pension of J. D. Husky. . By Pickett: To extend time of col lection of taxes by Sheriff Kernodle, of Alamance. By Morton: To validate certain probates and registrations. By Wopten: To amend charter of town of Kinston. By Turlington: To increase pay of Jurors In Iredell county. By Turlington: To allow the town of Mooresvllle to issue bonds, which without objection, went on calendar. By Liney: To repeal sections fand 6, chapter 442, acts of 1905, as to board of education in Alexander county. : By Turner: To enable men to col lect small debts. Without Its being read It created a great laugh. By Lee: To establish different unl form for different grades of prison era. : -. ' . , " ' By Cox, of Ansou: To amend chapter 812, laws of 1907, as to au tomoblles, so as to apply to Anson counly. . - By Shepherd: To allow Robeson county to issue bonds. He asked for It to go to. calendar, but it went to Lusoal committee. , v I By Bryan: ; To regulate the run nlng o( autos in Edgecombe and Nash counties. . Bill by "Julian to appoint certain magistrates In Rowan county was re ported favorably, and went on calou dar. aa did senate bill 30, to establish toll gate In Mulberry Gap, and senate bill 21 to repeal chapter 678, acta of 19.07. ' Harshaw asked that bill to appoint certain T magistrates in Caldwell county be recalled from committee and placed on calendar. ' ' . 4 - -; . BUI. Passed. . i -:V:.r I The following bills passed second and third reading and were sent to. the senate. ... . . ;;. vi':Y.,; To change township line, between Melville and Haw River townships In Alamance county., .1, ' , , To ameod the charter ot the town of ml outi. js, .i-'-i-. '. A ! v.v. . To prevent dumping saw-dust Into the stream In Macon county. . - . To allow count commissioners ot Dare county to meet Tuesdays Instead of Mondays, : ; ' - Jave ol absence was granted Hlas ', (Continued on Pag Two.) . RALEIGH, N. EIRE DEATH Mrs, Biggins, Mother of Sam uel Biggies Fatally Buroed and Many Others Injured CAUSE OF THE FIRE Mrs. Higglus, Mother of Samuel Hlg- Kins, General Manager of the Ncwi York, New Haven and Hartford . Railroad, is Dead and Other Mem-' bers of the Family Are Thought to. be Fatally Burned by the Destruc tion of the Hlggins Home by Fire. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New Haven, Conn., Jan. 13 Mrs. Higglns, mother of Samuel Hlggins, general manager of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, is TERRIBLE CAUSES dead and other members of the fam- norinern anu ceni.ai provinces ily are thought to be fatally burned were reported early this morning, as a result of a fire which destroyed Present Indications are that Italy was the Hlggins home here today. i more or ieSs shaken as far north as Mr. Hlggins' . mother-in-law, Mrs. the foothlns of the Appenlnes. M. B. Cprbin, was turned; his wife, 8trong g!l0ck of an undulatory charac bjs youngest daughter, Mabel, and ter and iagtlng for f0ur seconds was hia son, Harold, narrowly escaped feIt at Genoa at i:3 o'clock this with their lives. 'morning. v Two shocks, probably the A negro cook leaped from the third very same were felt at Venice' be floor and was also Injured although tweon .45 t0 1:47 a m, An undu his hurts are not serious. ilatory shock moving from the north Mrs. Hlggins and her daughter to the 80Utn ,ag reported at Bologna Mabel both sustained broken bones at 1;C0 a m f and a sngat sTiock was 84 a result of their jump from a sec- felt ftt MIlan at ;he game tlra0i Many ond story window. ' other towns were affected, among The injured members of the family , tnem being Florence and Padua. ; were taken to the home of Isaac M.j Dispatches received from Tuscany Dann, where medlcal.ald was ren-report that violent shocks were felt dered. . : throughout the province in the early - The residence was of frame and hours of the morning. Details of tto one of the costliest in the neighbor Bhock are lacking and further news hood. The origin ot the fire was 0f the disturbances are anxiously thought to be an overheated furnace. awajte( jn au part8 0f Italy. The flames had gained much headway; At 2 o'clock this morning an earth before Mr.' Hlggins was awakened. ' quftjie si,0ck was felt throughout Hastily awakening the rest ot the Lombardy, Piedmont, TuBcany, Ven houenol4 no ascended the steps to ice, and especially in the province of warn those on the second and third Treviso. The town of Piedmont is floors. . By the time the flames were ' reported greatly damaged. nhontlntr from everv crevice and cran TVtA rtArtA cant a to1or(i ttl in Vi la no. ny and the greater part o' the lntet- ior was biasing like n furnace. -, , The cries of Mr.' Higglns .aroused tne;hegr,o 600k on the third , floor, w.hp; Jumped from his- window. AK most simultaneously the fire had been j dUooveredi by people on tbe Outside anil Mnnl nollr.eman hurried nil wltn the flrsmen. v.,. i Mr,. Higglns was formerly meehani- cei superintendent t the Southern Company an resUsd: oo,0,C; ', k!r Railroad Washington, C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1909. GRAND MASTER OF N0RTS CAROLINA MASONS Sj HON. S. M. CA T TIS SHAKES ITALY Northern arid Central Italy Shaken By Widespread Seismlic Disturbance PEOPLE ARE OPTIMISTIC Strong Shock Pelt at Genoa, Venice, Milan, Florence, and Other Places. ! Violent Shocks Kelt Throughout Tuscany Details Are Lacking and People ' Anxiously Auwait News From the Disturbed Sections Fopo Sent Telegram to His Native Town, Hut Has Received No Reply. News Conflicting. . (By Cable to The Times) Rome, Jan. 13 Widespread seis mic 'disturbances in many places of tive town of Rlesl aud as yet has re- ceived no reply. The earthquake seems to center in Treviso, where the ehock felt was very violent. Bo far no casualties have been reported, but the inhabitants are In a state of nanle. . Ther have sDent the nisrht In .hunt, kMim, that, a Mnatulnn ot tbe shocks would tumbledown the houses and bury them beneath the ruins. . - . lal" The news received here la ot a eon- , Continued 0a pa,,,-mn.) . - ANOTHER OUAKE MORE ABOUT THE OREGON HATTER Mr. Tillman Replies to li;r. Bonaparte in Regard to Certain Talk SENATOR INDIGNANT; v The allegations in this affidavit introduce the visiting brother. Grand ' make Smith in east Raleigh at 2:30 Master Gattis welcomed Grand Mas- In Regard to Oregon Land Frauds is a, m., while on the other hand, the ter Simpson on behalf of the Grand Not So Good When Senate Rcsolu- evidence at the preliminary hearing Lodge of Nortn Carolina and invited tion Was Placed Before Him As it pointed to the deed having been done him to a seat in the east. Grand Was Avium Bonaparte Recalled between 7:30 and 8 r. m. Master Simpson expressed heartfelt AVhut Senator Tillman Said to Him. j in the pro and con arguments by thanks and appreciation upon such a The Senator Indignant at the Way tne col,nsel on both sides, the alarm- warm and hearty welcome. His Mail is Handled. lng condition of Earle Cotton was' Grand Master Gattis then invited 'brought out. Ine counsel for the de- Deputy Grand Master R. N. Hackett Washington, Jan. 13 In addition fen8e Stated to the court that Cotton to the chair and delivered his annual to what has already been published had been addicted to the cocaine address to the Grand Lodge. It was relative to the matter of the Oregon habit to such an extent that he had one of the best and most copious ad larid frauds Senator Tillman said to- taken as great a quantity as 120 dresses . ever made to a Grand Lodge ay: ' "Bonaparte confesses it was I who took the initiative In this matter, but his attempt to reply satisfactorily as to why prosecutions of the suit in question was not had still remains vague. I cannot understand why the attorney-general's memory served him so well in recalling what I said to him personally, and so poorly when . , . It comes to the real meaning of the senate resolution that was placed be- fore him In the shape of an official document requiring official action." Senator Tillman is Indignant at the manner in which he claims his mail has been handled at the Washington postoffice. He received a telegram today from New York signed by C. W. .Williams. Figures Indicate that It was sent at 10 o'clock last night and received at 12:23 o'clock this The telegram reads as fol - morning, lows: "Watch for special delivery letter nfary a mousana aouars. tne :io- """"""' leicreura io vue uispo Very important inquiry. Requires cttor dld not thlnk the case 8bo"ld f!"0" dPendable children upon answer " I be continued upon the grounds of xn th United SUtes as well as the state At noon today the letter had not Bounced that ha will cull the atf.en.i tion of the senate today to the man- Physician, was sent for. Ho was thanks of the Grand Lodge be extend ner in which he charges that his mall 8WOrn and te8t,fled ,n tho .following ed?rothe; Bingham hy a rising rote, Is held u at the postoffice, and as- manner: Ho saw Cotton two day! Grand Treasurer Heartfs report seru tbat.lt Is being tampered wlti , fter bl Incarceration in Jail and galled for and read .by him, He says that several letters which Iound uIa condition to be exceedingly wn,co shbwed the finance fif fe. he franked recently have been re- nrvous, owing to a lack of stimulant, Urad Lo(Jee was in a One :opdlUpn, tiirmtd trtXWi hnnnoH from tha itaait. . letter 'offtce. Postmaster Barnes, ot tbe Wah. In eton, Dbstofflce today denied that Benator Tillman's mall had been torn-. Ipered with in any tnanner. 'vrjWl TEMPLE IS DEDICATED WM THIRTY GRAINS COCAINE DAILY Was iiie Amount of Dope Prescribed for Earl P, Cct or By Physician HEARING IS CONTINUE ! Afti'r Wann Debate and Interesting Statement L-y the County Physician Judae Lyou Accedes to Defend- ant's Request and Continues Case j Against Cotton, Holderfleld aud Hopkins lTntil March Term De-j fense Will Endeavor to Show That ; Smith Was Alive at 2:30 A. M., and That He Was Last Seen With Fred Miller and Tom Crenshaw After a warm debate, lasting over an hour, between the counsel for the state and the defendants, the case of the state against Earle P. Cotton, Tim Holderfleld and Red Hopkins, was, continued until the March term of the ' i superior court. The grounds upon; i which the defendants as'ned for a con-j I tlnuance that Cotton's physical con-: dltlon was such that he could not give assistance to his counsel, or evl- j dence to the court in an Intelligent of the state. ' -manner, and that a material witness Promptly at 7:30 o'clock Grand in the person of Jones E. Gaster j Master S. M. Gattis entered the hal) could not be found. vand immediately proceeded to busl-' The proceedings were. opened, by' ness.. ,At 8.o!clpclC tae, Dxaniil Master , Mr. Walter X. Watson, counsel toj ; took hia seat in the east, F. M. Win Etoi4 , CottoQ, ,wfco read an Afft , Chester, Junior Grand Warden; W. ithat Jones b. Gastey, whoxould not',T. Aldera&n71ScniWil j be found at this time, would swear A. J- Hall.-Junior Qrand ?Oeacon,r Ithat he was in Kelly's cafe on Uejand R,,H, Bradley, Granijl Tyler, ! night of the homicide; that Dr, E. W. Conilderarle ' Uma: was cvsumed Smith came in there and went to in taking up the pass. :; Aftet ' the; wv. .v v a.u. 11 fiir r i , f , sleep; he awoke about 2:30 a. m. lodge was duly purged the roll or the and asked for a drink of whisky; no representatives of the different lodges one had any and Smith pulled out a was called. ten dollar bill and gave It to Tom The Grand Master was then ln Crenshaw to go after whisky; Cren- formed that Grand Master Henry K. Shaw returned later without the Simpson, of the District of Columbia, whisky; Kelly then changed the bill was in the hall and he appointed and Smith left Kelly's cafe In com- Past Grand Master F. D. Winston, pany with Fred Miller and Tom Cren- shaw. grains in a single day. me county oi nuriu Carolina.. wucuea upou 'physician had found him in this con- every phase of Masonry as it exists dit'.on two days after his incarce.a- at the present time. He dwelt at tion in the county jail, and that he length upon the great and glorious bad been receiving decreased do3es work being done at Oxford Orphan slnce that time' Hls condition Asylum and eulogized the manage- was such that he dreamed dreams, ment of the asylum. The new tempi lmagin0d hlm8eIf up ln the clouds In- also received considerable mention in stead of on terra firma, and that he the Grand Master's report ; and no could not be relied on by the attor- paid the Masonic Temple committee ne'a to Bive them the assistance that a, fine tribute for their able and efft ' only he could' 'i",er.u . ' .', ' . X I The solicitor opposed the continu-; After the usual disposition of tb . nnce gUtlng to tne court that no document Grand Master Gattis in suggestion of Cotton's condition was troduced Past Grand Master ; Robert made to him on the Cth, when he Bingham, the Grand Orator, who read was arraigned. Contlaulng, the solicitor said that the defendant had been 'under arreU since the 27th day of November and that was ample time to break off tbe dope. If the large doses of cocaine were continued his condition would be worse than it is now. A special vtnire of 250 men had been sum- , mohd and tllelr "unions, per diem, ;and mileage had cost the county absent witness, whose whereabouts was known to none. I 9 V - VT. J. w. Mcuee, jr., tno county 4 t . . .. . ... that he was In the habit Of. taking. tnai ne was m tne habit of. taking. Cotton had been receiving cocatne in wer iutroduced and sent to tbe sec arfl . but be was,"1 y s desk. ,. -.-e , Uken to Jail tt was cut off until thoV. Aftor the reading, oX eonitnlfc- found him in the nbov con (Continued on Page bevtn.) 2nd Edition PRICE 5 CENTS Grand Lodge cf Masons Now Id Session in Magnifi cent New Temple MEETING FOR PUBLIC HELD THIS AFTERNOON The Annual Session of tbe Grand Lodge of Masons Comes tojlalelgh and the New Temple Pull Of En thusiasm and Meet in the Grand Building Erected for Their Own Vse Sessions Secret One or More Public Meetings, at Which Outsiders Get a Small View. The North Carolina Grand Lodge of. A. F. and A. Masons is now In ses- sion In the beautiful Masonic Temple in this city. Grand Master S. M. Gat- tis. of Hlhsboro, presiding. The open,ng Besslon was held last night, and this morning at 9:30 o'clock the second session of this meeting Opened in the lodge room on the 7th floor of the Masonic Temple building, the session being devoted to regular routine lodge work, the hearing of official and committee reportB and such matters and things as come in the work of a body of Masons. Last Night's Session. Long before the hour for the pruning of the Grand Lodge the large and commodious lodge room was All- ed with Masons from every section r. i.n: i " r 1 - -. . - " , . 7 Past Grand Master W. S. Llddell, and Past Grand Master B. S. Royster to line grana oration, it was a very m- terestlng and instructive document and was listened to with rapt atlen- tion by the vast and representative gathering of Masons. It treated of the history of the Oxford Orptwn Asylum from the establishment Dt thatlstltutlon to the present . tlm and touched upon the educational and industrial conditions of the school. He also gave some valuable Pr North Carolina. At tbe conolus- j ion of the reading Past Grand Mas- T AH IVl Rift M Ma, a h J II I A k M A K . M " vui uio I A a. a. I " .. 1 1 U1 UIU saverv., resojuttoua - ,teH b Orad Secretary, Job 0. j t (ContlnM 00 Page ;hnii) f jl i.
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