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RALEIGH, W. C.; IICITDAY, APRIL 25, 1910. PRICE 5 CENTS; Double' the Number of Paid Subscribers iri the City of Raleigh of Any ther Newspaper. ESTABLISHED 1871 TFII7 PTm AW I? AtlJU JU I LZJMOIWJU HYDE STRONG ' - ' ,- ? '" . flcre Damaging Evidence as to the Use of Poison WOlbeGven NURSE ON STAND Young Tom Swope, the Defendants' Brother-in-law, Will Give Sensa- tional Testimony Found Cyanide of Potassium Which Dr. Hyde At-J , tempted to Destroy Story He Will ' Tell on the' Stand Saw Dr. Hyde Trying to Destroy Something In vestigated and Found the Deadly Poison tHad Grown Suspicious of the DoctWV (By Leased Wire to The Times) ': Kansas City. Mo.. 4pril 25 While a woman's wit was set againBt the Bkillfu.1 efforts of an attorney to break her story down, as Miss Anna Houlihan, a nurse, was furtaer cross- examined today at the trial of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, accused of the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, it be came known : that "young Tom" Swope, the defendant's brother-in. law, will give sensational testimony. He will, it is known, testify to find ing a capsule of cyanide of potassium one of the most deadly drugs known which" pr. ,Hyde attempted to destroy Here Is the story of young Swope practically as he is expected to tell it to the Jury in a few days;; A" f ' U IV LITWUiUQl (O, i uut withstanding alt, of the. strange and unexplalnable ' circumstances at my mother's home I was in no way sus picious of Otv Hyde, My mother by that, time had become . suspicious of him and the matter had been Jalked over. - ' ; "That night I had taken my sister to the bouse of a neighbor, 'where she was to remain all night. At 8:30 o'clock' I was on ray way back to my mother's home. r-' "On Pleasant street I noticed a man coming towards me on the same side of the street. There was snow on the ground. The man was about a block and a half away. He crossed to the opposite side of the street. Under an electric light so that I could see the man plainly, he took some thing from His pocket, dropped it on the ground and stamped upon it with his foot. , V "I recognited'the man as Dr. Hyd3. my brother-in-law. He coughed and used his handkerchief to wipe , his mouth. He passed on without hav. ing seen me. I did not speak to him. "'I crossed over and struck a match . to see if t could find what Dr. Hyde had dropped. I found one-half of a (Continued on Page Five.) IMEOEAHSWEEP 'By Leased Wire to' The Times.) Washington, April 85 That the democrats-will have , a maorlty Of 301 in the house next November, If the' rate of gain shown by three Special congres sional -election! in different parts of the country continues, IS the belief of .Rep resentative 'Sherw6od, of Ohio. ; The aggregate gatp in these three, the sixth Missouri-, fourteenth M'sseachu 'Betts, andf thirty-second fJew fork dis tricts, according to General Sherwood Is 38.28S orv an average gain of each dlBtrlct of B.780. He stated that he had examined the official ' figures - of every congressional district In syery -state , that elected, re publican congressmen in 1908, and said that he found that only forty-five were elected by more than 10,500 majority.'.'. " The Ohlolan declares that -should the rate of gain continue In November an shown In thev districts where special elections were held. '. the , democrats ' 1.4 .lwl Qtll fiir .uutl I cl 1 1 irou U ,1 rl th HVUIU 0IVV IIVWVHM..,, - republican!! 45...' The three districts mentioned, , said General gherwood. probably represent the average opinion of the lecors of the. United States of all classes. ' - Citing figures Of the 1808 election, he Bald: .'! 1 . .". .' r- "There aw tel members in this con gress and the republicans now have 217 members and the democrats -I?. Taking these three' special elections for a basis. 'of . estimate, how many: con gressional districts will the republicans carry 1n Win. and how many will the democrats obtain?" , ' ISTDR IIEAVYSi;07I!IS0UTII April Snowstorm on Record Georgia, Alabama, North ami South ; Carolina and Tennessee Iteport Snow Heavy Damage to Crofts in Sonth and Middle West. - y (By teased Wire to The Times) Atlanta, Ga., April 25 Snow this morning fell to the depth of one to two inches throughout north and cen tral Georgia, Alabama, parts of North and South Carolina and .Tennessee. It was the worst April snowstorm on record, the nearest approach being in 1861. ' i - Reports from Anniston, Ala., Ma con, Ga., Chattanooga, Tenn., and Talladega, Ala., report a regular old time blizzard. - Fruits, vegetables and crops have been greatly damaged It began snowing about 12:30 to day again. The planters report that their cot ton crop has been ruined by the show and cold weather. ' The fact that most of them sold all ..their surplus seed on account of high i prices last fall will work an addltionaal hard ship. Fruit so far throughout' central and southern Georgia is believed to be safe. , Heavy In Tennessee j (By Leased Wire to The Times) Nashville, Tenn., April 25 A heavy enow storm Is raging through out Tennessee today and it is feared that damage of many millions will be inflicted on truck farms and fruit crops If a freeze follows. ' At 6 a. m. two Inches had fallen and the tem perature was 32 above zero. Cotton Badly Hurt. (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Montgomery, Ala., April 25 Late reports .today received by, the state; department or agriculture' indicate that the cotton crop" has been badly hurt by the fold. In many instances the plant has been' killed and replant ing will he necessary, out the largest injury Is in the stunting of the stalk. Much fruit has been killed and in many cases young vegetables have been ruined. Snow in Birmingham. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Birmingham, Ala., April 25 Snow fell in Birmingham this morning for the first time on record this late in the month. A heavy frost Is ex pected tonight and there is much damage to fruit and truck gardens. The snow melted as fast as It fell. Worst in Years. (By Leased Wire to The Times) ; Chattanooga, Tenn., April 25 - The .worst snow storm and blizzard in this region in years is now raging. It has been snowing since midnight. Temperature is two degrees above the freezing point. All growing veg etation and fruit is undoubtedly des troyed and many fruit growers will be practically ruined, Strawberries which would have been ready for shipment today are all killed. The railroad yards were full of cars to commence shipping this week. The loss will amount to hundreds of thousand of dollars. " Freezing at Now Orleans. ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Kew Orleans, April 25 Big dam age to fruit and crops from frost and snow is indicated in reports from the interior of Mississippi and Louisiana this morning. In the trucking dis trict of Tanglpahat parish strawber ries and garden crops are said to be completely ruined. This, means extreme prices for these products In northern markets. blanket of show fell all througn northern Mississippi ' and the early cotton has been killed. The crop was damaged in northern '. Alabama. The cotton situation is Alarming be cause of last year's, meagre yield.. Word from Mississippi cities say that they are arranging to plant a fresh crop ' of. cotton Immediately. However, the business outlook is dis couraging. , '.. ' ' . New Orleans was frozen up this morning. ; The cold began, with the storm Saturday night, the tempera ture rapidly falling to., below the) freezing point on the coast. -' ,' Dainuke In West. By Leased Wire to The Times.). .. -,i Chicago, April 25 With the worst of the blizsard believed to be passed and the temperature hovering within a few degrees of the freezing point more ac curate figures o the losses to fruit and crops based upon - met are being re ported from the stor'mjswept sections of the middle west todW. The most conservative estimates toptce the loss at 838,000,(100 while others declare the loss will be at least aB0.6oo,00. Those more . . . (Continuod on Pngo Six.) ? THOMAS TAGGART. Thomas Taggart, former chairman of the Democratic National Commit tee, Who has Inst announced that, lw Mill be a candidate in Indiana next year tri succeed Albert i. Bcveridge in the , I'ulted States Senate, If the coming Democratic -State Convention of Indiana endorses a candidate f the senate, Mr. Tuggitrt's nume will be presented wm placed, ON TRIAL TODAY By Leaned Wire to The Times.) New York, April 25 After a delay of two years and a half, F. Augustus Helnse, the associate of Charles W. (Morse In many of the letter's financial operations, was placed on triial today In the United States circuit - court on the charge or misapplication of the funds of the Mercantile National Bank, while he was Its president between March 14 and October. 14, 1907. Helnze has been indicted four times on an aggregate of 78 counts, but 33 of these counts have been thrown out by the courts. . '. ,'..' On the 45 counts remaining, however, Heinxu., can,, be sentenced to -a maxi mum of 225 years In prison and fines amounting to J226.000. . v . , TRADE WITH CANADA. Joint Resolution Before the House Calling For Closer Commercial Relations. : .-"''".:' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington April 25 There is now pending before the house ways and means committee a joint resolu tion that has for its object the se curing' of Closer commercial and greater free trade relations between the United States and Canada. Rep resentative Butler Ames, of Massa chusetts, author of the' joint resolu tion, says that he ' feels quite confi dent that It will nass the house with out provoking serious opposition or opening up the' tariff question.. The house, Representative Ames explains, la merely to express an opinion that there should be closer commercial and greater freedom of trade re:a- ttons with Canada and that a copy of the Joint resolution be 'forwarded to the president. . , Such action on the part of con gress, Mr. Ames says, would no doubt, in the light of recent events be con strued by the president as an invita tion to negotiate with Canada for a new commercial treaty that would result in an extension of our trade with that country. The joint resolution was introduced in the house March 31, but the ways and 'means committee has taken no action on it for the reason that Chair man. Payne "is apprehensive that it might prove to be the entering wedge for a tariff debate, but Mr. Ames, who haa been making a canvass of the house,' asserts there 1b no dan ger of such debate, and he has se cured the signatures, of nearly -lpO republicans calling upon the ways and means committee to report' the Joint resolution to the house without further delay. YOUNG AIKKN KOl'Xp. Had Stopped Off in Richmond For a -oh'1-' ' Few -Days. '. ! (By Leased Wire to The Times) " Washington, April , 25 Represen tative Wyatt Aiken, of South Caro lina, has received a letter from his It-year-bld son, Barnwell, who was sunuosed to be mysteriously missing. dated Richmond. Va., Saturday last, announcing that he was In that city and safe. Young Aiken was On his Way home' to . Abbeville. S. C. and stopped orf at Richmond for a da or two without notifying his father. . :i. '?, .' vHetirjr Barbonx Dead. (By Cable to The Times), ,! . Parle,. April sfS--Henry Barboux, famous lawyer and 'a member of the Pronob Academy, died today, agod 7d. RCDSM CITY OF PARIS Places His Name on Roll With That cf the Monarchs and Famous Visitors OFFICIALS ENTERTAIN . ' :.. 'r With Honors Re'rved for Kings and Eni)erors Colonel Roosevelt Was Received at 4lie Hotel e Ville Where He Signed His Name in the Book of Gold .With tlx- Names of the World's Famous Men Who Have Visited the City in Recent Years Received by the Officials and Addresses Made Ijum-heon at Which 200 Covers Were Laid, iBy Cable- to The Times. Paris, April , 25 Theodore Rosevelt today became the guest of the muni cipality. With the honors reserved for Kings and Emperors, he was received at the Hotel De Ville, 'and there signed his name in the famous "Livre D'Or," Book of Gold, in which are the autographs 4f all the monarchs anil world-famous men who "have Visited Paris In recent years. The ceremonies opened with a special solemn session kof the city council at 11 o'clock at which addresses were made by the foremost men In municipal af fairs, including M. Caron. president of the council; M. Deselves, prefect of the Seine; M. '; Lampue, president of the general council of the Seine, and M. Leplne, prefect Of Police Then came, the luncheon at which 200 covers were laid. , .....' . ... .',- :.-'; The guests included many political leaders whom the former president had not previously had opportunity to .meet. Among those present were members of the cabinet and the presidents of the senate and chamber of deputies as well as many Americans, including Ambas sador Bacon. Mr. Roosevelt's program for this evening Included a dinner given by the members of the ftochambeau Mission, who went to Washington In 1002 to attend the unveiling of the monument In Lafayette Park, opposite the white house, to Rochambeau. That .mission was headed by General Brugere, com mander-in-chief of the French army, who has been much with Mr. Roosevelt since his arrival here. Other members were the ' Count De Rochambeau; M. Robert De Billy: M. Legrave, who was a commissioner to the St. Louis exposi tion: General DeChalnadre; Lieutenant Colonel Hermite; Captain Poillon De StMars; Captain . Lasson; Admiral Fournier and M. Jean Gulllemin. In the evening.' the presidential box at the opera will be occupied by the Roosevelts. Much comment has been made In the Parislen press on the fact that the original bill, "Salome" was Changed to "Sampson and Delilah when it became known that the former president would be present. Colonel Roosevelt's address at the (Continued on Page Six.) Many farmers MOVE TO CANADA By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, April 25-Morton K. Crane, secretary of the Joint congres sional Immigration commission, an nounced today that the commission's report on Canadian immigration, which has already been sent to congress, will be printed within a few days. Advance sheets of the report shows that during 1909 approximately 60,000 Americans im migrated to Canada. There came from the border states. The great majority of them left the United States to take up farming lands In Canada, which are offered under very favorable terms to settlers by the dominion government, and . various Canadian land and railway companies. Immigration from Canada Into un united States during the same year was approximately 53,000 so- the bal ance in favor of Canadian population was not so large as has been supposed. Immigrants of both countries, accord ing to Information gathered by the Joint congressional immigration com mission, was of the best, classes, being mostly fanners. ; , Secretary of Agriculture James Wil son, who has Deeu taxing greui in terest In the subject, of immigration of American farmers to Canada, be lieves that something should be done to Induce American farmers along the Canadian border to remain , In the. United States. This, however, does not seem possible, owing to the fact that on the American side there Is no more government land1 which can toe entered, while the liberal Canadian public land laws, and the virgin soil of the farming provinces of Canada.l offer, alluring in ducements to American agriculturists. MRS. DRK8MOXD HVSfPHnKVS. I ' v-''".v'"'':-' ''i' ' i fll ' '"I , hi itt lit Mrs. Desmond Humphreys, better known ns "Rita" the Kng'ish critic and writer who is on her wav from London to X- York t: stuilv Amer. lean - women for her woi-U.- : COTTON MARKET OPENS EXCITED By Leased Wire to The Times.) iew i-oi-K, April 'Zn widespread re ports of crop damage, by the cold wave sweeping the south, together with ag gressive tactics of southern buljs ami efforts to many of the bears to cover their shorts led to an excited opening in the cotton market this morning with the prices all up and October registering gain of SI points, $1.65 per bale, be fore 11 o"clock. The old crops started in from 45 to ,5a .cents per bale higher. hentlnient on the exchange this morn ing was all in favor of much higher prices. Crop damage reports on top of th,e prej ous.3stlmate jjf a crop way below the actual trade demands .have made the position of the bulls seem ing invulnerable, any of the. big houses urged their clients to keep off the short side of the market and ad- sed those already so committed to work out on every dip. The market gained In strength as the session continued until shortly be fore 2 o'clock the October uption had scored a rise of 42 points,' 'or t.in a bale over Saturday's final quotation. The December option went to 12.6'i, an increase of J2rt5 per bale. In the older months, May was na cents, up ami JUiyi. ,... of otnf,va bave hefm nulled 80 cents. The general state of thel market continued marked by excite ment with the undertone remarkably strong. . . . ALBANIANS CRI SHK.B. Turkish Troops Drive Them In the Hills. Constantinople, April 25 In terrific battle, . the Albanian rebels were crushed today by a heavy force of Turkish troops in the - Demnlczn district of Ablania. The government rmy attacked first, and led the fight ing. The Albanians' were driven to flight into the hills. Many Were cap tured. The regulars continued the pursuit after the rebels ranks broke. Seviitor Smith 111. Baltimore, Md.,Aprll 25 United States Senator John Waller Smith, of Maryland, is ill at Haddon Hall, At lantic City, N. .1., as the result of a severe attack of rheumatism and ner vousness. ' It will be several weeks at least before the senator will be able to attend to his duties in the senate. Airship a lei'eliet. Berlin, April 25 Tile latest, dirig ible of Count Zeppelin is a derelict in the airj and its destruction is feared. Troops today began a general hunt for it. Anchored at. Weilbnrg, where it descended on the trip from Ham burg to Cologne It was lorn loose by a gust, of wind and driven off by a gale.. ..- .. Lecture by Henry Mount. Wadesboro, N. C, April 25 A small audience enjoyed very much the lecture of Henry Blount, of Wil son, N. C, at the graded school, aud itorium Friday night" on the subject, 'Beyond theAIps Lies Italy." Mr. Blount is remarkable for his word painting and the humor of his lecture adds- very much to the enjoyftient. New Court Met Today. Washington, April 25-The new court of customs appeals met today for the first time to transact business, with. Chief Justice Mohtgomery pre siding. Clerk Arthur B. Sheiton took the oatii of office and was directed to notify the United States circuit and district courts and the.United States board of general appraisers that the new court is ready to receive customs appeal cases, CHINESE HOLY Many Thousands Joining In War Against Foreigners Every Hour llrinus News of Fresh Atrocities and Situation Is Con. stantly Increasing in Seriousness;. Terrible War Against Native Con verts. (By Cable to The Times) Hankow, April 25 Many thous ands of Chinese are daily? joining the holy war being waged against the foreigners and native Christians. Rioting in the province of. Hunan continues and has spread throughout many districts of Hupeh. Pillage and slaughter were kept up today.' Fugitives are pouring from various districts with tales of horror. While the safety of many Caucas ians, for the most part missionaries is in doubt, the trouble has generally settled into a war of extermination of native Christians, hundreds of Whom have been tortured or slain. Every hour brings news of fresh atrocities. There is even some disorder within the city of Hankow, refuge of the whites forced to flee from the remote districts. The situation is constantly increasing in seriousness. Refugees arriving today brought word of the terrible war against the native converts. The hatred of the renegades of the new religion gains full sway, the mob have exhausted even Chinese in genuity in torturing the native Christians. Every punishment jiof criminals known. to Chinese criminal lore is practiced by the mobs, and tortures never before used, some of them unspeakable, as well. In some instances the victims tongues have been torn out by the roots, and they have been set loose, often blinded, and mockingly told to preach the new creeds Bound till they could scarcely move a muscle, others have been tickled continually till their brains gave way. The water '..torture the steady dropping of water oil one spot of the body, has been frequently employed by the vengeful mobs. After the 400th drop, this torture is excruciating.; in one instance re ported today, more than 3,000 drops were used.. In one instance a Christian, an old woman, was bound and her teetri filed away to the gums. Finger and . r,,t ,,-, ji many missionaries in the remote parts of the province is still lacking. It. is known that orders were sent to nearly all the stations advising them to flee to points of safety at their dis cretion. Some, however, are believed to bo in danger. ISKKAK WITH POI'K. Monaco Severs nil Relations With the Vat lean Anti-Cleric als Pleased. (By Cable to The Times) Rome, April 25 The break. be tween:. Pope Pius X ahd the Prince of Monaco was made complete' today when the ruler of Monte Carlo reached Rome. The Monaco minis ter to the Vatican, Count Wagner, was notified that he was no longer persona grata. This led to the defi nite severance of ail relations be tween . Monaco and the church. Count Wagner will leave at once. The prince was received with royal honors by the quirinal. King Victor Emmanuel paid him a formal call. The anti-clerical press gives promi nence to the failure of the prince to visit, the vatifan, boasting that the quirinal has won another victory, cit ing the Roosevelt incident as the 'St. Liverpool Finn Pool Cotton. (By Cable to The Times) Liverpool, April 25 The leading .Iverpool cotton firms today decided to pool all cotton arriving against bank acceptances, in the Interest of all concerned. This, according to the leaders of the movement will materi ally assist the firms hard hit by the Knight, Yancey failure to weather the storm, tiding over the-period in which the; genuine bills of lading from America are heing weeded out from those alleged to be false. ' Military Airship Wrecktl. (By Cable to The Times) London, April 25 British aerial forces suffered a heavy loss today when the military airship, while pre paring for a trip at Farnborough was caught by a gale and overturned. The gas bags were split and the frame work smashed. Many of the attend ants and aviators narrowly escaped being dragged to death or injury when the big ship was torn loose. iioPES JACK WILL WIN THE GREAT MILL Negro Bishop, In Durham Pul pit, Expresses Hope That Johnson Licks Jeffries THE SUN IS DELAYED Bishop Dillard Createst Great En thusiasm in Negro Presbyterian .Meeting by Declaring That "Uif Hopes Jack Johnson Will Knock Out Jeffries Meeting Closes liy Taking on Some Funny Aspects - Daily Sun Did Not Make Its Ap . peaiance as Hrheduled on Account of Absence of Linotye State Auditor Dixon Spoke to Y. M.C. A. Yesterday. (Special to The Times) Durham, April 25 The Yadkin Presbytery, colored, closed here last night, after five days of deliberation in which the meeting took on some funny aspects, as written up by a col ored newspaper man. , Saturday morning there was some hot debating. The lower house of the Presbytery, the woman's mission ary element, wanted to get outside the convention and the president left the chair to join the insurgents. In one of the decisions of the chairman she had to rule against her own mother, while the convention was in an uproar. .One of the delegates spoke of the convention being fixed and was told, by the chair to shut up and sit down. So warm did the de bate become that the stenographer left off taking notes and got. into the debate on her owh hook. ; With, all of the excitement the thing ended in laughter, so that Sat urday night, when the business part of the Presbytery was adjourned, a job lot of tabled motions was left as the reminder of the row. f Saturday night the address of Bishop Dillard, of Columbia, was the feature. He told a good story upon himself when hitting the blind tigers. He said that very day he called upon a religious looking member of the Hayti settlement and asked how whiskey was circulating. In ten sec onds the bishop had a pint in tne ecclesiastical pocket. Bishop Dillard was the sensation of the meeting. It was he who set the convention wild with enthusiasm when he expressed the hope that Jack Johnson will whip Jim Jeffries. Nothing more characteristic was ever done by'-a colored ecclesiastic and the next morning all of the colored folks were up town buying papers that carried the; story of his speech. 11c (Continued From Page Six.) CARRAWAY CASE FOR WEDNESDAY (Special to Tile Times. New Bern, April 2r The ...United States Circuit 'and District Court con vines here today, Judge Henry G. Con nor, of Wilson. N. C, presiding. The court will be in session for at least two weeks, the first week, will be given to the trial of criminal cases and the second week to olvl! cases. The trial of J. R. B. Carraway alleged defaulter of the National Bank of New Bern to the extent of $116,000, is set for Wed nesday. Carraway is Indicted as prin cipal ami C. L. Stevens and J. F. Taylor as accessories. The bill of in dictment covers 45 counts and is a document of 30,000 words. It is thought that the case will consume the larger part of the week us they will be bitter ly fought for the defendants, by some of the best lawyers In eastern Carolina. The case has been postponed by ,thn government once or twice and it has been 14 months since the - ullcgnd '-defaults t ion was made public. Can-away is charged with embezzlement, fttlse en tries and misuse of the funds of the Bank. There Is much interest in the case and It will be watched closely by the general public. . ;. Death of MIks Dixon. (Special to The Times.) j ' Wadesboro, N. C, April 25 Miss ' Delia Dixon, a' young girl, daughter of Mrs. Mary Dixon, died at he,r home In North Wadesboro yesterday after a long illness. The funeral services were -conducted this afternoon by Rev. T. W. Chambllss. . - '
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