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'4rV 7"" times ii 111 iiiiiniititl Associated Press Strvla ' V . . . . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . . . " " , iitJiMlM 1 Vol LXX. No. 149. WEATHER Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1911. LAST EDITION PfilOE HVE XSZZZX Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper "" - . . . ' ; . . . r- .' : r -: " ".' V 111 - 'ti .; C0LTH0S.S.M IS DEAD Veteran Clerk to Supreme Court Passes At His Dome After Brave Fight With Disease The Funeral Tomorrow BRAVE OFFICER OF Fought Gallantly for Cause He Lov ed and Served In Capacity of Attorney-General and Clerk to Su preme , Court Since 1 878 Des cended From Statesmen, He Was Marked for High Position and Al ways Measured X'p to Require. mentK All State Mourns ,: His ftentlt -A Sketch tif His Career. Col. Thos. S. Kenan, . whri. nohle presence has graced the supreme court Imllillng since 1S7S, will -lie Keen no more In his -office; After .1 brave light with disease for several years, he succumbed quietly at his home on North Wilmington street this morning at seven o'clock, at the age of 77 years. The end was ex pected at any time, for his condition had been critical for weeks, biii. his death Is no less mourned on this ac count. ' It can be said with truth that no man In the state of North Carolina was more beloved than he. A brave leader In the war between the sec , tions, a noble Christian gentleman, he was kind and charitable, loved his friends and cherished no bltter jesjt.tpward his enemies. So gTeat people of North Carolina and so well did he perform his duties as clerk of the Rupreme court that when the Republicans came Mnto power in 1896, they did not offer to remove him from his office, though there were clamors for tile position from the mountains to the sea. It has been said that this was the greatest , test of his sterling character and . : worth. Building In Mourning. The supreme court is draped in mourning in honor of Colonel Kenan and his chair, which he occupied for so long, is wreathed in black and white and the officers of the court speak in'subdued tones. The flag over the capitol is at half-mast and the offices In the supreme court building closed at noon out of respect to his memory. Funeral Tomorrow, i The funeral services will be held from Christ Episcopal church to morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, con ducted by Rev. Milton A. Barber, and interment will follow in Oak wood cemetery. His Career. Had Col. Thomas Stephens Kenan lived until February 12 next, he would have been 77 years of age. He was born at Kenansvllle, Duplin county, February 12, 1835, in auc tion settled by his ancestors and In a section where the Kenans and their relatives are living today. A more courtly gentleman never graced a court than Colonel Kenan. . Tall and v handsome, he was conspicuous in any gathering for his physical beauty; in tellectual and with a kindly humor, he was admired and loved by all who came to know him. He was a worthy descendant of the Scotch and Irish. It was natural that Thos S. Kenan took to politics. An ancestor. Thomas 8. Kenan was a member of congress In 1805-1811, and his own father. WALTER BROOKIHS IM FLY 111 CITY Mr. Romoio A. Fancialli of New York Is lit the city today in the in terest of. Walter Erooklns, a pupil of the Wright Brothers, and is Boeing officers of the chamber of commerce with reference to an aviation 1 meet here early In January. Mr. Brook ins will give an .exhibition .in Wil mington January 1, and his manager hopes to: have, him come to Raleigh. Since the Wright brothers perfected their first heavler-tban-alr - machine in North Carolina, there la much in , terest In the- airships built by thm. Mr. Brooklns is flying a Wright bi plane. J' IN RALEIGH Owen R. Kenan, served several terms In the general assembly and Was a member of the Confederate congress, The subject of this sketch was pre pared for college at Kenansvllle and at Selma, Ala. He entered Wake Forest College and completed the freshman course in June, 1854, and .then entered the sophomore class of the University of North Carolina, graduating three years later. He studied law with Judge Pearson at Richmond Hill and located at Kenansvllle in 1800. The degree of master of arts was conferred on him by his alma mater a year after gradu ating.- ;. -.'. Had War Record, The young lawyer did not gelnn opporlunily to pursue his profession. The call lo arms wast already sound Ing, and he was elected raplain of the Duplin Rifles,;' and this company was assigned to the First, or Hot hel regiment: nfterwards to the Second Virginia regiment. He soon became a lieutenant-colonel and declined the office of colonel of the Thirty eighth regiment, and on April 24, 1862. was elecied colonel; of the Forty-third Colonel Kenan was in the thick of the fierce fighting at Gettysburg, Seminary Ridge and other places, and was severely ' wounded while leading a charge at. Ctilp's Hill. Here lie was captured and remained a prisoner ' on Johnson's Island until March, 18C5, when he was paroled. Move to Wilson. Returning to Kenansvllle he was elected to the legislatures of 1805-66 and 1866-67. In 1868 h'.v made a gallant : fight for congress, but the tremendous negro vote defeated him. He moved to Wilson in 1869 and served that town as mayor from 1872 to 1876. Col. Kenan was nominated for attorney (Continued on Page Seven.) CHINESE BRIGANDS GET NEARLY A MILLION Harbin, Manchuria, Dec. 23 A band of Chinese brigands attacked the imperial convoy en route to Kirin, with a large amount ot bul lion. The robbers secured eight thou sand and fifty dollars. The number of brigands has greatly increased since the beginning of the political disturbances. XEW MONEY FAMINE Supply in New York Kxlmtisted No More For Gifts. New York, Dec. 23. On the lust business day before Christmas, New York discovered there was a "fam ine" in new money. At the sub treasury 'it was said the supply of crisp, unused bills and shining coins, usually distributed at this time of the year to persons and institutions using them for Christmas gifts, have been exhausted. MORSE IN BAD -CONDITION1 Must Regain His Freedom Soon or ' Will Die. Atlanta, Gn., Dec. 23. Charles W., Morsei the banker, must regain his freedom soon or he will die. ac cording to a report sent, to Wash ington . after a conference of sur geons at Forth McPherson, where Morse was removed from the federal penitentiary for treatment. Big Peace Dinner. New York, Dec. 23 More than fif teen hundred persons have purchased tickets for the peace dinner to be held here next Saturday night. Presi dent Taft will be present and the principal speaker. . 1 Cuban Ball Flayers. , New York, Dec. 23 John J. Mc Graw, manager ot the New York Na tionals Just back from the invasion of Cuba, saj-8 Cuban ball players are fast runners but poor thinkers and can't bat. Six Miners Killed. . Dortmund, Germany, Dec. 23 Six miners were killed In a fire damn explosion, last night in one of the, pits of the Colliery near here. ' s NEWS Shoppers Busy Today Sunday and Monday at Postoffice Handicapped for the past four days by unusually rough, weather the people of Raleigh and this sec tlon were making the Dost or it io dy and as a result the slurs at stieets were crowded with shoupcis Every, dry goods store, jewelry store drug store and other business places were thronged today-and the post office seemed to be doing the best business in Its history. Monday practically all of the busi ness places will be closed. The banks freight offices, state and comity of ficers will obse-rve Christmas day and special hours will oliialn at the post office... Postmaster 'Rriggn and lun force will wail on (he patrons of Hie post- office tomorrow between two and three o'clock; During this hour Hi carriers' window, the general de livery, stamp and registry windows will be open. On Monday, Christmas day, the rural carriers will make their regular rounds, but the city carriers will make only one trip thai in the morning. Even if : the postoffice authorities should have more than one delivery in the city, the pafrons could not be served by carriers in the afternoon for the reason that all trains will be late and the mail would not reach the postoffice in time. Wagons nufflclent to deliv all mail up to this time will lie put in.o service. Monday morning the general de livery, stamp and registry windows will be open until 10 o'clock. Since everybody else will be ob serving Christinas; The Times force will -join in the procession, and the paper Will not be issued Monday Christmas is the one holiday in the year that this paper suspends. COXF.KRKNCE A lWIM'RK Seems That Nothing Will lie Ac compllshed By Chinese Conference, Peking, Dec. 23 There seems lit tie doubt that the conference at Shanghai between representatives ot the, imperial 'government and the revolutionary party will prove a failure. The belief prevails that the revolutionists are planning an ad vance to the north via Pukow, which is in their possession. COAL M 1 X E FLOODED Two Hundred Miners Endangered But Brought Out Safely. Wigari, England, Dec. 23. The Cross Tetley coal pit. was flooded by a sudden inrush of water. Two hundred miners were below in the workings. Many latilitles are prob able. ; Jitter -in' the day all the miners were brought safely io the surface. PRESIDENT PI.AVS SANTA CIjAI'S Policemen, Clerks, and Secret Ser vice Men Remembered. Washington, Dec. 23 President Taft played Santa Clause to two score of policemen, more that 20 clerks,, secret snrvlce men on guard at the executive office and dozens of white house employes. To each policeman and married man em ployed about the while house, out side of the office force, the steward was presented a fat turkey with the NEW YORK WANTS DEMOCRATIC MEETING New York, Dec. 23 Subscription lists were opened here today for a hundred thousand dollars fund with the aid of which New York hopes to land the 1912 democratic convention. The money will, bo In the hands of the state committee before the na tional democratic committee meets in. Washington January 8. . Prominent Manufacturer Dead, i Buffalo, Dec. 23 John W. Dan forth, a prominent' manufacturer, dropped doad while reading a peti tion to a publio service commission here late yesterday, compliments of the president and Mrs. Taft. Each clerk found an en velope with a five dollar gold piece in it on his desk. The president himself acted as Santa Clans for the secret service men who have traveled with him from Boston to Seattle, from Washington to Panama and many other journeys, Each guard was given gold stick pin. One pres ent for Mr. Taft himself that readied the white house cauie from Post master. Douglass,'. at Tuscaloosa, Ala bama. It was a 45-pound turkey, one of the biggest, cvei- sent 14 grace the presidential Christ insts Owner. ITALIANS SEIZE BRITISH VESSEL I.onflon, Dec. 23 Tlio Khedivial Mail, Steamship and Dock Company, owners of the British steamer, Men zaleh, which was wyed yesterday in the Red Sea by the 'Italian cruiser Puglia, made representations today at the foreign office, 'regarding.! no capture of their vessel by the Italian warship..' The steamer .captain. cabled here that .besides the, hundred :i 1 1 l fifty 'thousand dollars aboard in "thu course of transit from one bank to another Hi" lialiann possession of a lai'2c- amount of 'linUish parcels and goods; The .foreisih office will not take act ion. until I lie nfllciiil re port is received from I lie Hriuuli eon Sill ill 1 lodeiihl. ' .'! ' sf 4 S if - Words by H..W UNQFELLOW. tJ Moderato years like a t we look fchall no --.-.. .' .J nn ' I 1 1 t m 1 i T 1 1 1 ' .reace up-on earuiatmto men goodwill, ; .-.GIo (Tistruethe pinaV'andlho myrVtle bough, Ere Veacernp6n earth andto'men good will, And Glo' ' w . - ifnfaZUmpo w ' '-111 pjlf i. ' - .( " - - . , ' '. f H'j1 rj jpjg j-p JJ j jJ ' J. j jjj"'' Jf ' r'jf arth7andjto;mengood ' wiil, , ; Glo-ry to God we are sing-ing still. ' -' ; - -SA'; jsnnhine .of I Christ-mas' day Is fair-ar 'to ' us" than the light of May'. . " V '' '' Arth,aad.tp .men; good wiU, And Glo-ry to God we are sing-ing Willo j - A - ' T ' POSTOFFICE WAD Three Tramps Are Believed to Have Robbed Postoffice At Benaja ISifr'iil fi Tin' TiliH'H.) tlrecnshoi-o, N. C, Dec- 2,1.-The )ia;. seiigcr . null inn, o f the Sou l liei'ii liallwaj in tiiwiiKlmro presented ;m aniniiiied scene yesiiirday iilieriiiion. Practically', every train was late; there were crowds' and crowds ol people.' in and around the station including ninny dainty school girls, there wore old men ami old women; children and . light-lingered gr.tits. One ladv was al lle station to meet, her. ' two ' nieces. Sue hadn't seen tlietn lor years, and when she last saw them they were children. Nat urally they .had. grown some, hud iho ItMty-'wifH nnaliie to locale t.iiom. She wiis- in nviii'li disiress. , Anollier lady dropped .'her hiuidsotnf , jnulT in a liuddlo ol inn. I and Deeaiue peeiisli; still anoiiier lady lust h-i' ufiihrelUi in the stat 'inn and ine train was liei,i 9 -moment fir f WFi.iuii il she ciiujil de tr:iiu tiiid get, 'ii-,' -Oiie:' iftaii was n real ior.nr. .- He eillier ;iosr .nr. was 1'olViieii ol' Ms phcl.ef lioolc t;fn i :i ifiiijf A Christinas Song. The" Angels Sang In Silent Night, A V (Christinas Soug) .' t Tne an - ffe-' sang; . intho si - lerft niWWtothe shop'- ncrd3,ratbhfd ajad-'the ieaven?wert' MAal vThey her - aid-e4 in thc joy - fol . morn, When tt Prince of Teice. as' a. chndHwaB orn ndl." NSo will v wej - come Thee year by year, - So ehatt ThouygrOw "to - Mt'hearULnq' - jfaar) fSq ri - ver have flowed a - long:, back thro' the a - g-es dim taint of the worlds al toy ... ' il .. -J. uXTT' -J. I V 1 1 1 "i ii mwu m :'Jl Oopightid:anaPubnkihed bLEO-lPSIS'r.FeBt Btulding,' NewlYorkandnaja'l J.lhU. Altogelher it was a day o trial and tribulation for those trav eling. The postorilce at. llenaja, twelve miles ironi i.ieenshoro, was robbed Tuesday nigiit, presumably., by three tramps, who had : been loitering about tin; place lor a day or two. '1 he mail ironi Irani No. 43 was looted; nianv letters were opened and (hen huriK one box of cigars was (alien fro. sack. In addi tion to roliliiug i.'" 'il the tjiieves robbed tilt- store :iir is located i he. postoffice, til king Sv.j,,' razors, a gold watc.i and about, if 0)"asb. , -riex YOUNG GIRL BRUTALLY ATTACKED AND KILLED .. Morgantowii. V. Va., Dec. 2:!. The ..young,-, da lighter -of X. U. Peters .was .assaulted, shot, and killed at her homo - in Cascade, u mining town, by an unknown negro today. ' T.ie au thorities and a posse are trailing the murderer wit. i . bloodhounds in the mountains. Tne murder, one ot the most brutal .in the stale's history, whs cpiiitiiil.t oct early in the (lay. The negro-; canie here from the mining coinnry ot western Pennsylvania, where, ao, it is saul, knew Peters' l.-iiiiih. wen, to Peters' house iiinl oidi-reit awiiv yesterday, Hut liner secureil j.eriiussion io sluop in rhe; lUtcUen Re fore., rtu'. family v.ar. oji. lie ro-e, nltiir l;e. nod killed the ; - - . ; Yet we are sing-ing We And come, like the shep-herds " to" - Shadow the light of one . ' - .ry to God weare sing-; ing worn in Gar-lands to meet Thee - ry to God we arfe sing' -ing . I . . ''. " . - - ' THE COST OF il U. S. SE What It Cost to Elect Senator Stephenson and How Money Was Spent CLOUD ON TITLE Committee Appointed to Make aU Investigation Will Submit Ita Re port Some Time Not IiOoj .Ater The Holiday Recess Closes Sen ator Stephenson Spent More Than $107,000 Report Xow Being Pre pared anil It Is. Said Will Be In. Favor of Senator Stoplienon, to The Extent Tlwt So Fraud Wa Vsed. Washington, Dec. 28-Sonle time not long after the holiday recess of ongress the committee on privileges and elections will submit to the sen ate a report upon Its Investigation of the circumstances and conditions siii rnundings the election of Senator (Continued on Pag Klv.) if sf sf sT 6. EHEKSCn .an -.feek oag T' wor-tshipf iimi " Chris - mas (joy. WSiS still; , Peace'i-Ort now,. And' few stmWWlePettoeipoBi rfergjitgfa NATQR
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