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WINSTOX-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY .25. 1'IOti. .
JMUOE ") GTS
S MURDERED
K08RE UNLAWFULLY SLAIN EY
UKKNOWN PARTY.,, f
. TToich a Window In His
c-'Soon And Restaurant
' , r'trect .Pistol Fired from
' t-Sc!ievcd to Have Ben
MurdcrecT Man roung wy
ol of Blood by ' Brother.
0f coroner's : Jury. No
: Guilty Pdrty.
Russian .lew, was
..,m1 last- night i
saloon or -u. -n-injic
,nran: conducted by
corner of .Third
:sly.
ovrr t!;c !
I '.v.
s-A, ai li:'
who
a'vouwr brother,
;ih Hmry.-was the first one
!31 i: went, to the room
in o'clock "and was startled
:Kir.ry in ni-M clothes In a
jj-i 1,. ..x .11 his bed and the
,,nv t:1 :hr biiilding. Henry
msi'-jus. Sam rushed our,
a id ili.i.'i Pliuonix and tele
. Kobrc.'sn older brother
of lli i' -prc-r.rietors of - the
U) fi i.iV a at. the corner oi
ml Sixth- srttis. nam
v-Tir: l tin' police station
:. t'.-.c matter' to the offl
of irtom accompanied, him
:ii anil I'.yniim were suin-
,3 fciii as tan arrived mt-
nan -w.i.'i placed upon, his
0 was still flowing freely.
Iccp. scare wound mnicitu
ilcul: r ' '
ii 12 an I 1 o'clock the dying
rerr.ove.1 to I lie Twin-City
ilarc lie expired fifteen
.iter hiri ariival. '
was found in one of the
i'..ihe window,, near which
,3 lung. This luoduced the
u that just, before .retiring
a twist? in- ! lie back lot and,
: window., jr.b.'icd aside or
' curtain and was s'.jot by u
:oin the . outside. Other
teals the brothers to be
wjsir brother was murdered
..as it ss (iairne;i inac ne ui
1 a pursa containing a
o! money;- When found his
orhfr valuables were gone.
merview .Sum kobre said:
brother's- room .about 9:13
Hi' -told me that he would
o the 'fconie of my ' other
M. Kaiire, in a short time.
turned about 11:10 I found
toot Mv saloon partially
e look was prized off. We
tp an him bar across the
k. t'ais wiis not up last
lai;je 'sledge hammer was
niar the door. This belongs
wiinri hi SB! usually kept
icf," . - '
'ill.' lloiiinson, coroner,
a J'in to make. an. mvesti-
-' crime and endeavor, if
Rial a cine to the guilty
j.tr; wan composed of
Ihov.n. .lat-ou Nock, .1.
' 1". Keith, J. I). Jones
Mams. ,
-'o!i;,;-uiiL-d by Dr.
i Manly, who acted
tain Kl,l-r' and two news-
tKHMilvca. visiu.it (ho
liicii Kill,.-,. f., a..
w fiiiv.l all the infor-
ainaba-. "
Autopsy Heidi ' .
"l '4.. Kolo-.
K '-'! -raV in-
Huh::,
were re-establts'a-
Stockton Co.,
a!l-Jl'-iy was lit;!, I t in. an
"' ' piy!icians were
s I'f '111. Manes and
'h i xa.uiiiatlon was
111 h-,1'... .. ' .. ....
"'"i . was loiuid in the
' - 1' I ir.anv tn
Mr. Kobre was
t't-.d in las
t sharp inst.ru-Tiie-
iihysicians.
i :istoi ball, fired
"as responsible
T
fell!
flip!;
'A iL
1 4.
m ih,. .
I t: i-.
rtti!:tK ,
!!
few
';as
M Ihjt .-,
Bjt
4 r.;..'
':' as to what
solved by the
'!' a :i2-calibre
' the. murdered
5 ''!'-:i:-d that a, ball
firams, while
I grains.
.'Ji the" ball
- pei ktly p'lau-
" ed die" skull.
No Monfy. ' '
'as' in faahti nf
1;r'i' r'his pillow,
found, in 0ll3
pocket of these was found the man's
silver, watch. His vest has,not been
lo'ated. Mr. Kobre says that 1U3
brotheti usually carried his .. paper
money In a book in th inside pocket
of his vest and' hln silver lit hs pants
pockets. Not a dollar could be found.
His coat waff hanging up in the
restaurant down., stairs. : ' - ' j -:
Mr. M. Kobre has been'' told by
responsible, parties that" his brother
was at the union passenger station
when the train arrived from Greens
boro last- night. . .
Tie d'-CRas-ii'-hair been a resldept
it this city for two years. He caiue
hers from Walnut. Cove, whercae cdn
iucled a con-foctidncry store for' some
'awfully slain by some one unUuown
ami had roany friends. '
Interment in Danville. : '
The remains will be sent to Danville
on the 10:50. train tomorrow.' The in
terment will take place there tamor
row, afternoon. "
Verdict of Jury.
The jury, after working on the case
from 8 o'clock this morning until 3:45
this afternoon, returned this verdict:
"Htary Kobre came to his death on
the night of January 21 by being un- 1
lawfully-slain by some one unknwon
to the jurors."
. The jury examined several parties
this afternoon and their evidence was
recorded. Nothing was revealed, how
ever, to give :the officers, at present',, a
clue to the guilty party or parties.
Heard Pistol Fire.
The night ckrk In the postollice
t..id one or two other citizens say
they heard a pistol shot in the direc
tion of the building 'where thb crime
was committed. No attention 'was
paid to it. Ono man says ho first
thought it was a torpedo. One of the,
clerks thinks the time was about
10 ; 4o o'clock. ' ' . "
AT THE Rt-UNION.
Earnest Talks by Deaconc,And Very
Fine Music. Building Committee
Appointed Looking to Erection ofa
New House of Worship for Burk
head Congregation. New Pastor at
. North Thbmasville.
Fiom Daily, .Inn. 18. ;" :
The reunion at First Baptist, church
last night was quite a success and the
occasion was all that could be de
sired. The evening's program consisted of
short, earnest talks by the deacons
and very fine music. The solo by Mrs.
T .S. Sprinkle and the quartette by
Mr, and Mrs. Crist, Mrs. Sprinkle and
Mr. Jasper Dean, were exceptionally
good. '
Dr. W. J. Conrad presided bvyeTIhe
meeting. In the. addresses Mr. T. S.
Sprinkle spoke on the work of the
Sunday school. Mr. Fred N. Day dis
cussed "The Duties , We Ofre-to the
Church," while Dr. J. Conrad' Watklns
spoke on the church's financial situa
tion. The pastor. Dr. H. A. Brown,
also made a brief address and, as
usual, his words were. Impressive, as
well as inspiring, ' .
Later in the evening tempting re
freshments ;were served by the young
ladies of the church and a general
handl-shaking enjoyed by all at. the
informal reception hold,
To Build a New Church.
At the first quarterly conference for
iiurkhead M. K, '- church,, held last
night, a building committee' Was elect
ed and authorized' to proceed with the
work looking to the erection of a
handsome brick church. The commit
tee i3 composed of the following nam
ed members: it. K. Carmlchael, J.
W. Carter. J. O. Hipp, K. W. Hedge
cock and K. F. Price. The first duty tp
be performed is the selection of a site.
This committee will meet next week to
organize and proceed with the work
assigned tt.
The conference also elected Mr. J.
W. Carter a member of the board of
stewards. '
New Pastor Appointed,
Rev. J. R.-Scroggs. Presiding Elder
of the Winston district, went to Thoni'
asville today. He has appointed Hgv.
M. D. Hicks, until recently a member
of the North Carolina Methodist Epis
copal Conference, pastor of the North
Thoniasviile church to succeed Ilev'.
R. P. Eubank, who recently resigned,
having decided to rejoin .the Episco
pal church from which ifo was receiv
ed into the Methodist conference at
Charlotte- In 1UU4. . Rev. Mr. Hicks,
who ha3 the reputation of being a
strong preacher and a popular pastor,
will enter uiHin his work at once.
From Dr. Scroggs it was also learn
ed that the Methodists of Thoniasviile
are arranging to build a SlO.ouo
church. Rev. T. W. Watts is pastor
of this charge.
300 KILLED OR DROWNED.
So Says Report from Rio Janiero,
, Brazil, Concerning Crew of Brazil
lab Warships.
RIO JANtERO, Jan. .22. The Braz
ilian, warship Aquidalsban is re
ported as sunk off the coast near here
after an explosion. It is reported
that "on of the crew weje killed or
droWned.
Everybody is well pleased who sells
with John "Simpson at Brown's Wars
house. -'
MUCH ACTIVITY.
ENGLAND, FRANCE AND GERMANY ARE
" STRENGTHENING NAVAL STATIONS "
Strong Naval Bases Are Being Pre-
parepl in New Piaces, Evident inten
tion of Thes.3 Three Powers Being
to Prepare for Any Emergencies
That Way Arise. European Critic
" ism of American Naval Tactics.
. LONDON,- JanA 20. There is a
siinilarn;tf'5j:'nwir!t on the part of the
principal European naval powers to
yrtatly -strengthen their naval ' bases.
Too subject seems to have bi'come
l'ftpoilanu to at least three of the
rowera at the same time and prepara
tions are being made to expend large
sums in strengthening of the impor
tant ports. -
England has decided to strengthen
her pr.sitioiE in the Orient. A new
naval base will be established at
Sin; Spot ; Straits Settlement and
another. at Labora, aa English island
near Borneo. Germany is making
n .material addition to the naval yards
at WUhftlmshnve and Kile. The next
French budget will contain an approp
riation of fifteen million to be used
In extending the -naval arsenals at
Brest and Toulen. I
EUrcpean nuval authorities criticize
the apparent lack of appreciation, by
the Washington government of the inv
Farichce of Kialntainlng naval stations
to their maximum strength. The lark
cf single first class naval depot, of
the United States on the Pacific const
has caused comment to be made that
America's new warships will he like
bluls with wings clipped unless addi
tional naval arsenals axe provided in
the future.-: .
JUNIOR ORPHANS' HOME.
Opposition to ItsEstablishment Ex
pected at Meeting of State Council.
The state council. Junior Order
lniteil American Mechanics, will" hold
its annual meeting in Salisbury Feb
ruary 20. One of the nio3t important
matters to be acted upon at the com
ing session is the question of estab-'
llsnlrig a state orphan's home. A com
mittee was appointed last year on the
subject audi yc: W. J. Bellamy, Jr., of
Wilmington, is taking the lead cham
pioning the- orphanage. A Raleigh pa
per states that the Capital City conn
c II. at ilta last meeting, adopted strong
resolutions opposing building an or
phanage on the grounds tnat the dues
would have to lie Increased, that the
order does not need snch an Institu
lion, and third that. ,the education of
orphans in this State' may well be en
trusted to the Oxford Orphanage and
the orphanages of the religious denominations.'
NORTH CAROLINA NEWSPAPERS.
Some Interesting Statistics Contained
in Report of Commissioner of Labor
H. B. Varner.
RALrElGff, Jan. 18. A report of
Commissioner of Labor H. B. Varner
on North Carolina newspapers issued
today shows that there are ten morn
ing dailies with 40,878 circulation
against 9 9 four years ago with 20,275
circulation; twenty afternoon papers
with 28,754 circulation against twenty-one
with 22,785 four years ago; 174
weeklies with 297,057 circulation
Hgaiast 198Hff 21)3.835 circulation
four years ago; 19 semt-wceklles with
SS.SuO circulation- against the -same
number with 27.480 circulation. The.
total -number of papers published Is
with 751, SlG combined circulation
as compared with 320 four years ago,
with 012,320 cpmbined circulation.
BOSTON MERCHANTS' BANQUET.
Governor Folk, of Missouri, And Sec
retary of the Navy t Bonaparte Will
Speak Tonight. . ' '
. BOSTON, ..Mass... Jan. 20. The an
nual banquet of the Boston Merchants'
Association, which 'Will be held this
evening, promises to be of more than
ordinary interest, owing to the fact
that. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparf
and Governor .Folk, of Missouri, will
bo the principal guests of honor on
that occasion.' Both are on the pro
gram with addresses and much inter
est is -manifested concerning the nature-of
the remarks.
Naval Academy Court Martial.
' ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 19 The case of
Chester A. Bloebaum. on trial before
a court martial for hazing of six mid
shipmen of the fourth class at the
Naval Academy, was submitted to
court this morning. The court reached
a verdict in less than five minutes. It:
is believed they found1 Bloebaum
guilty. Their verdict will be sent to
the secretary of the navy.
Hoping for Clemency. -
ANNAPOLIS. '!..-Jan. 20 Recent
efents have caused something, like a
panic among the midshipmen at the
Naval Acad.-my, who have reason to
fear to be disciplined for violating the
rnle"?piiist I'.azing.- Several have al
ready been dismissed from the Acad
emy, It is said thwi an effort rjias
ben made to intercede in " behi Jf of
the guilty middies and to induclthe
President to treat the ofetider'ith
clemency.
Sell with John Simpson i
Warehouse he will give you
sonal attention."
sale per-
PITTSBURG FIRE
MARKET HOUSE BORNEO TODAY, LOSS
BEING $125,000.
". ' tj "I. .. y ' .
This Budding, Which Had' City Hall
ore Second Floor, Was '.Erected In
' 1852, Money Being Raised by Popu
lar .Sub3criptio.n-Was Scene of
Several Notable Events.
PITTSBCRO, Pa.,' Jan. 20.-Kire
early this tvo-ning .destroyed the
Diamond manust house on Market
strciit containing the historic old, city
hall aud damaged the surrounding
business, houses. The lire starred
from a lighted cigar thrown into a
stand outside the market. The flames
spread with great rapidity and wheu
:ha flnemei:i arrived the fianres had
crowd the street and ignited i-fto-os
on Market. un;t Diamond street. The
ent ire down-town fire department Was
called into service. Jim -fire in the
market house could not be subdued,
however, ar.ii t hp structure, wiih Its
contents, were deaHH))!!1. The flames
were-not under con jtal for two hours.
The market house was built In 1852
by popular subscription and the city
hall,' on ; the second floor, housed
man Important coTuvem ions.' It was
here that Jenny l.lnd held forth .for
many nights and where John Fremont
was nominated.
The lire loss in about J125.000.
MOVING SLOWLY.
' ARE SENTENCED.
Jury Returned Verdict This Morning
In Mulder Trial of Men Arrested on,
Charge of Killing Man , in Depot at
Raleigh During State Fair. Clark
. Acquitted of Murder Charge But
Gets Term oit Roads for Other
Offenses. - '
RALEIG1L Jan. 18. The jury In
the case cf R. if: Lllliston and Harry
Clark charged with, murder of Chaa.
Smith, "was out all night, un
iible to agreo on a verdict, having had
the case since 5 o'clock. By order of
the judgo they were escorted to quar
ters id! Yarborougb. hotel, at 11 o'clock
for the night It is understood that
they stand eleven for acquittal and
one for conviction, the difficulty about
conviction: being the Impossibility of
(tecldliiaVv-feich. it either, : tired the
fatal Lho;.'
Later. The jurr after being out all
night rendered a verdict this morning,
finding R. H. Lilllster guilty of mur
der in the second degree for killing
Chas. G. Clark, of Petersburg, on Fri
day of the State . fair week in the
union depot. Harry Clark; alias Mor
ris, who was tried at the Bame timei
was acquitted, but entered a plea
of guilty in another case for carrying
a concealed weapon ' and assault with
a deadly weapon in the same fatal
affray, and was sentenced to eighteen
months on 'the Wake county roads.
Judge Wad sentenced Lilliston to J
fourteen years in the penitentiary. An
appeal was taken by Lllllston'g coun
sel to the supreme court and his bond
fixed at $15,000, which it is understood
be will give .'through his friends in
New York and elsewhere.
Only Two Witnesses Hsd Been Exam
ined Up to Three O'clock TWs Af
ternoon. These Were 'Asked to
Identify the Handwriting of the De-
' fendant. Wednesday's Proceedings.
GREENSBORO, Jan. IS. The G.
W. Samuels trial in the. federal court
s dragging along slowly. Only two
witnesses were examined today for
:ae government. Mr. W. E. Allen, sec
retary and treasurer of the Greens
boro Loan and Trust Co,, was on tho
Mand nil the -morning, ho being asked
;o testify as an expert In regard to
amuels signature on checks' which
uassed. through the Trust Company's
bank. , .
At th? reopening of -court this after
norm Deputy Collector A. P. Ornco
was called on tho stand to testify in
reeard to the handwriting of the de
fendant. :
. The proceedings1 are uninteresting
nut few visitors were seen In court
room today. Those who called did not
tarry long,
Yesterday's Session.
Many witnesses were examined In
the case against ex-Deputy Collector
Samuels yesterday In tho federa
court here. The government beyond
eliciting from witnesses that Samuels
reputation as an officer was bad
asked but few questions except those
tendU'g to shbw that the officer and
James Combes, a distiller now-lu
cid ed as a coconspirator In fraud
and wiio has absconded, were inti
mate companions 'and associates.
But defendant's counsel gave long
cross examinations, extracting TKom
each witness the fact that there V
isted among rival factions of the Re
publican party in Wilkes county a bit
ter feud between those siding with
Congressman Blackburn, and those
opposed to him. It was brought on
that at the Wilkesboro congresslona
convention In Marr-h, 1904, when
Blackburn was nominated for Con
press after a terribly excited contest.
Samuel and other revenue officers
now indicted were his supporters
while prominent witnesses for the
prosecution In these cases belonged to
another faction which fought the can
didate even to the election. It was
also claimed that another- class
of witnesses for the government were
old blockaders who had been formerly
convicted In the federal court on the
testimony of officer. Samuels, who had
caught them, destroyed their stillB
and testified against them at court.
Connected with the political feud
was the effort on the part of the de
fense to show that all report as to
bamuel s bad reputation began soon
after that convention, and prior to
that he bore a splendid character.
BIDS FOR RAILROAD GRANfTS.
RUSSELL PAGE LOSES A PENNY.
Drops It Buying a Newspaper and
Hunts tt for Five Minutes.
New York correspondenco Philadel
phia Record
An elderly man approached the
newspaper stand of Arthur Hoteling,
at Thirty-eighth street, and Broadway,
early Wednesday morning and picked
up a daily nowspapcr. He handed Ho
teling a -nickel. When the youngster
cave him the paper and fonr pennies
in change a peony fell to the side
walk. ,
The old man lent to look for It. He
searched for five minutes, while an
Interested'. crowd watched him. Then
he gave it up and walked away.
"That was Russell Sage," said a by
stander. ...
NEGRO ADMITS THEFT.
Confesses to Being One of the Parties
That Broke Into Elmore, N. C,
Postoffice.
RALEIGH, Jan. 22. Early this
morning , James Johnson-, a negro
tramp, was arrested by a Raleigh
policeman for heing asleep in a box
car on the Southern freight yards and
whe n Jie was searched at the police
station a postoffice cancellation "and
date stamp of Elinor?,-Scotland coun
ty, .was fou ml in bis pocket, together
with a quantity of posiage stamps.
Elmon postoffice was broken Into
and rsbbed, last Thursday night and
ine negro confesses to having had a
hand in it and implicates a "pal" whom
he says was with him and is now
somewhere about Raleigh.
' a
Thrown from Buggy.
Dr. John Wv Petty, veterinary sur
gvoTi. who resided a this city for sev
eral years before bis removal to
Greensboro two .years ags. was out
driving ,in the latter city Friday
with his wife and baby when his
Jiorse became frightened and ran
away, throwing-the occupants of the
buggy out. The News says: On ex
amination U. was found that, no one.
was injured though all wirffr picked
up rather badly shaken up. and the
baby's ' face was skinned in two or
three places.
Sell your tobacco at Brown's Ware
house snd get t- highest market
price.
Those for Construction of Roads in
Philippines Opened Today.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 The new-
bids for the concessionary contracts
or grants for the construction of rail
roadts In tho Philippine Islands, which
had been submitted to the Secretary
of War, after the bids submit ted in an
swer to the previous call for proposals
had been rejected, were opened this
morning at ten, o'clock and submitted
to the bureaus of 'insular affairs for
computation. The former bids had
been rejected because of departures
from the terms of the circular calling
for proposals. Secretary Taft, after
a. number of conferences with Govern
or Wright and Mr. Forlxn. of tho Phil
ippine Commission, and Colonel Ed
wards, chief of the insular bureau,
rejected all proposals and readvertis
ed for . bids. . Tho terms of the "pro
posals were somewhat modified.
It. was decided that, whore bidders
propose to construct the road without
guarantee; they be limited In their
bids only by Hie terms of the Philip
pine government railroad acts of 1902
and 190;:. But, where bidders wish to
to take advantage of a guarantee of
certain interest on their Investment
they can vary from the original invi
tations to bid only in point, of time
or in the cost of construction per mile,
as affected by contractors' profits. As
to the latter the, Philippine govern
ment reserves the right to fix the max
tmum cost of the road-. The time' In
which the road can be completed and
the con tractors' profits will be impor
tant considerations in making the
awards. It is understood tlpit the bid
ders who have sent in proposals this
time are practically 'the same as those
who sent in bids' on the. previousocca
slon. '..-..
TOOK A RECESS
Their Evidence Related to the Opera- .
tioa of the McEwen Distillery Near -Wilkesboro
Which the District At
torney Is Trying to Establish Was
Notorious. Friday's Evidence,
GREENSBORO, Jan. 20, Thero
wefe only tinea witnesses examined
It? tho Samuels case on trial In the
fedeial court, their testimony belug In
refereuco to tha operation of the Mc
Ewen illicit distillery near Wilkes
boro, which District Attorney Hollon
la endeavoring to establish was notor
ious. Nothing sensational developed.
Court took a recess until 'iinday
morning. The governnwut's evldewce
wilt not bo concluded before Wednes
day and the trial of Samuels wtll last
at least two weeks longer,
Friday's Session.
Testimony of government witnesses
in the Samuels case, in the federal
court yesterday was for the prosecu
tion. After concluding the Identifies
"thm of reports and diaries filed by
Samuels In the revenue agent's office.
Chief Clerk Grace testified that these
reports anil checks In payment of In
formers' fees showed that Samuels
had endorsed for other parties and
collated informer's fees on owe hun
dred and twenty distilleries as de
stroyed from July, 1903, to April.
1905. The next witness, who had been
reported as Informer, and whose col
lected check was signed in Saimioln'
handwriting, testified that he reported
a still to officer Bryan, but never mada
any written report, was paid four uVjI
lars by him, but never heard of any
ten dollar check nor had authorised
Samuels to sign for one. ' ,
' At the afternoon session C. W. Win
ter swore ho took an order in 1904
from Samuels to James Combs' block-ade-stllt
for two gallons of liquor and
brought liquor to Samuels' room tn
Wilkesboro.
W. N. Anderson testified that he
worked for Jim Combs, making block
ade whiskey In winter of 1904 at two
places, both being steam dlstillorles
of one hundred gallons capacity each.
Jonah Myers testified he worked at a
saw mill iu quarter mile of one of
Coni'b's distilleries eleven months,
that it was run by'steain and was not
concealed except that it was off from
the public road.- Other stills near by
were bwlng constantly cut up but that
was not until sometime in 1905.
Many witnesses testified to good
character, as others who had testified
for prosecution, but that Samuels rep
utation as- an officer was bad. Mr.
Watson, for the defense, tried to'
show by all these that the bad namo
which had been given revenue ..offi
cers In Wilkes, Included only those
who belonged to the Blackburn fac
tion In the political feud among Re
publicans over olflces. Many dated
the time of first hearing complaints
Rgnlnst officers as soon after the Wil
kesboro convention in I.iurch. 1904,
when Blackburn, after a big conven
tion row, was nominated for Con
gress. '
K. OF P. LODGE REORGANIZED.
The Phoenix Instituted at Mt. Airy by
Messrs. Nutt, Vogler, Crist And
Royster.
The Phoenix is the name of the new
lodge. Knights of Pythias which was
Instituted at Mt. Airy last night by
State Deputy Grand Chancellor J. D.
Nutt, of Wilmington, assisted by Dis
trict Deputy F. H. Vogler. Mr. W. C.
Crist, of the grand lodge Judiciary
committee, and Mr. Geo. H. Royster,
of the endowment rank, Greensboro.
Capt. S. G. Pace was elected chan
cellor commaeder of the new lodge,
which has a charter membership of
twenty-six. ''
. The -charter of the old lodge, which
bore the name of Mt. Airy, was taken
up and a new one Issued. ,
WANTED Men in each state to trav
el,, post., signs, advertise and leave
samples of our goods. Salary $75.00
per month. $3,00 per day fer expens
es. Kuhlman Co., Dept. S., Atlas
Block, Chicago.
Vou get the highest market average
when you sell with John Simpson, at
Brown's Warehouse, ,
. A BIG TRANSACTION,
Several New York Factories Leased,
This Lease Involving Aggregate
Rental of More Than $3,000,000.
NEW YORK, Jan. IS Papers wore
exchanged today in the blggeat sin
gle transaction In factory property
ever closed In this city. Through
tho ngoiicyiof Easton & Co., real es--late
brokers, the Hlggins Carpet Fac
tory property was leased to a client
for nlncty-nlne years. The lease In
volves an aggregate' rental of mnro
than $3,000,000. The property Is own
ed by Eugene Hlggins anil comprises
twenty-four factory buildings, occupy
ing all but four lots of the entire
block bounded by -West Forty-third
and Fouity-frjiirth streets and Elev
enth and Twelfth avenues. - Tho
buildings have a floor capacity ot
more than 400,001) square feet. Eas
ton & Co. hav already sublet more
th.n 100,000 square fert of this space
for the new lessees. Until a year ago .
tho property was occupied by the
Hartford 'Carpet Corporation.'.
Scranton Mayoralty Contest.'
SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 18, The Re
publican primaries for mayor are be
ing held here today and there will bo
a lively contest for the nomination for
mayor. The number of candidate is
unusually large and the candidates
are. as a rule, men of high standing.
J, Bmjamlu Dlmmlck represents the,
reform clement, although the Munici
pal League, through its head, E, B.
Sturgis, disclaims the assertion that
Mr. Dinnnlck Is the candidate of any
faction. He lias not been connected
with politics except as a member of
the school board. He Is one of the of- .
fleers of the Alliance Franchise and
is an accomplished French scholar.
Another candidate Is Mark K. Edgar,
director of public safety- tinder the
present administration. He is a young
man of ability and has been successful
In his present position. Banton J.
Jayne. director of public works, and
one of the leading members of the
Board of Control, Is also a candidate
as Is F. L. Wormser, ex-Director of
Public Safety.
WANTED District managers to post
signs, advertise.aiwl distribute sam
ples. Salary $18.00 weekly, $3.00 per
day for expenses. State age and pres
ent employment. Ideal Shear Co., 39
Randolph sL, Chicago.
Your tobacco sells high at Brown's
Warehouse. John 8impson follows
the sale every day.