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f ; i . Delivered anywhere , in Citj 25c per montiu .: ,v Bent anywhere In the Country. I Ay. Jk 'THE WEATHER. -Un8ettled- weather "with rain ' to night otsThursday.; Warmer- tonight. "Moderate east; to ."south wind3. V 1- ' ll , .1 " . : : Si1 lj ! : , - I Ml J g. in r i i 7fl iTT VOLUME SEVENTEEN rhu iwiPi iffisifiis ' . , -. , ic .. t' Eot Blown to Pieces Number o! Deaths A .2 iM'f 1 i Explosion Resulted From a Dynamite Charge at Railroad Pier and Was .of Most Terrific Nature Gotham and Vicinity Felt Crash, and Heavy Fi. nnncial Loss Entailed Windows Smashed and Other Damage Done. N umber of Panics Occurred Loss of Life Not Known As Yetf But Searching For Bodies Is In Progress. NVw York, Feb. , .dynamite ex ih;sion of titauic foree; on Jersey City u aitM- frooit No, 1 tcday caused an un known, as yet, lose o life. ' TheCx jiiosum shook NowOfork city and vi cinity for miles aroand to the very inundation and caused a heavy finan cial loss. The explosion occurred as t!n dynamite cargo of a lighter, moor ed, at a Jersey Central railroad pier, v. as being unloaded into a freight car. The explosion wrecked everything in the vicinity of the pier and - shook Manhattan Island, Brooklyn and -the (0'ini.ry within twenty miles of Jersey ( ny. The window glass was smash ed in thousands of skyscrapers in .. York, including the financial dis tncr. Panics followed in a score of ) bmkliiigs. No casualties from this ;vw;vr have been reported: The dy i.:i:i.it boat is believe'd 'to ' he the Catherine C. and blew up from some unknown cause. The pier was com I'Mely wrecked. - ' . ; ' T. ' Many other boats lying by were bad ly damaged'.-' Hurry calls weresent I in for all ' available ambulahcesand ( tors. The force of the explosion; Mew out glass windows .and" doors -tn) 2 large number, of ;' buildings from (ortland street '46wn"td th"ecI PROTEST AGIST S, i t, GOES TO THE ; Washington, Feb. ' 1. The contrb versy over freight rates on citrus iraitu and vegetables between C the railroad commission of Florida and the Seaboard Air Line railway was referr ed to the Interstate Commerce Com mission today in a complaint filed by the Florida commission, j Its avers that the Seaboard Air-tine exacts cer tain rates from Florida producing points then charges certain other rates from the basing points to the destina tions in other states. This combina tion of rates it is declared bj the Flor ida Railroad Commission to be unreas onable and excessive. t . Stocks Today. ( Xow York, Feb. 1. Wall Street- The stobk market showed more strength and breadth, at the opening than at any day, in several weeks. .The; pronounced strength of the -market during the morning session indicated that improvement projects were un tb rtaken by the Harriman companies, and Chairman Gary's utterances regarding- Steel trade conditions were accepted as events o usual import ance. Bull operators had as complete control of the market and punished the shorts severely. , ER'S OPPONENTS II BLOCK LEGISLATION Washington Feb.. 1. Unless the Senate votes at this session on Sen ator Lorimer's rsf th resolution pertaining to the election of Senators by the people, the bill to create a per manent tariff board, and the general service pension bill, Senator Norris I'lown, of Nebraska nd some xxt his colleagues who favor the measures named, are determined that the appro priation bills also shall fail. The fail-, '.re of any one of the appropriation bills would necessitate' an extra- ses sion ol Congress. Fatal Railroad Werck In Canada. Montreal, Feb. 1. x'he Grand Trunk Hail way's Rutland express was wreck--d at IAcadie, Quebec this afternoon, 've persons were injured, three fatal ly. "A Great Ballad." nhen I Dream Ini th ainamlns- nf yu" Mr. Morgan. and Unknown at ill Show-cases wefe shattered and flying glass blown upon pedestrians. As soon as the news of the location of the disaster reached the authorities, the police and fire boats were hurried to the scene to recover the dead and in jured. Following the shock of the ex plosion there was a rush for the" ele vators in; several big office buildings. People who witnessed the explosion from the office buildings fronting tho harbor saw an i immense black cloud show up at a height of several hun dred feet. This cloud reached its hetght before- the terrific crash of the explosion was heard. It was "fortunate- th era were no occupants in tha immigration station at Ellis Island, not far from the scene of the disas ter. Three large, holes were blowti into the station building and the win dows and roof shattered. Concussion set ofE the fire alarms in many parts of the financial dis trict. The clatter of the firp appara tus and the shrill shrielcs of engine sirens added to the confusion. Men and women swarmed from building?, some by the fire escape route. -The streets were dangerously crowded. The shock caused trouble in the tele phone exchanges; resulting in difficul ty in ' transmitting accurate hews of the- disaster' The damage is heavy in many" sections, of Jersey City. .-The result of the explosion resembled the visitation of an earthquake. Glass was' blown out of the windows of bus iness pracesT and private houses. The dynamite boat Catherine , C. was un loading at Jer&ey Central pier when the explosion occurred, . What caused WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE r 'ELECTS 'THEM II Charleston, W. Va., teb. 1. For a second time the West Virginia legisla ture today elected William E. Chilton and Clarence Watson, Democrats, "as United States Senators. In joint ses sion the members of the two houses cast a majority of their votes for these men and since Republicans also, took part the titles of the new Senators are considered clear. " PRESENTS THEIR CREDENTIALS. Those of Senators Kern and Johnson Duly Filed. ; Washington, Feb. 1. Senator Hale, of Maine, today presented the creden tials of his Democratic colleague. Sen ator Charles J. Johnson. Senator Shively presented the credentials ' of JohnW. Kern, the newly elected Democratic Senator from Indiana. TED TODAY OF HEW JERSEY Trenton, N. J.vFeb; 1. John Sears, a negrowas convicted today ol first degree murder, forStilling Rev. AnnK L. Armstrong,! atDutch Neck Thanks giving eve. MrsA.rmstrong was kill cd at the same time. Pennsylvania Road's Regular Dividend. Philadelphia, Feb.' lr-The Pennsyl vania Railroad directors have declai ed the feguTar quarterly "dividend of one and one-half per cent - "! 1 TODAY London; '' Feb, 1. The Thunderer the seventh' British dreadnought '.and is fourth of the super-dreadnought type, was successfully launched today. Fifteen thousand people witnessesth-e ceremonies: . The Thunderer : has a dispjlacement of 22,680 tons and will be eiutppedl'with turbines, with a total of 27,000 horsepower; the , vessel 584 feet in length and Is armed With ten 11 inch guns andv. twenty-four four, inch guns.VTv Expert Cutter at J. W. H. Fuchs for three days."," . " Buildings Vrepkcd: MINISTER DREADNOUGHT KUNDEREH WAS AUNCHELI WltMlNGTON, N. BILL UD V K r. Kellnm Presents Sncli life in It Would - Allow the People of ' Wil mington to Vote: On the Liquor Question Wilmington's . Commis sior JForm of Government Bill Comes Up Tomorrow More ; Peti tions Against the -Near-Beer Joints ' and "Social Clubs" New Bills In troduced Today. v i . ! ' (Oy Llewxam.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 1. Representa tive Kellum states that the Wilming ton-Comriiission Foraiof Govern"hxeiu bill, which was expected lo be reported by the commmittee todayrwill be -re ported favorably tomorrow and that probably the House will act upon it before the close" "of the -Thursday ses sion. If so, it may becotuo law byv o: before Saturday, likely parsing Sen ate -Friday, as the calendars are not congested at this time. The hill providing for the licensing of saloons in cities or towns of New Hanover county with a tax-of one thou sand dollars for retailers and two thou sand dollars for. wholesaler was pre sented in the House today by Mr. Kel- lunu Mr. Kellum states tm your cor respondent that he bejieves that thc provision of the measure will meet the views of a majority of the people in Wilmington, but that if any have sug gestions to offer as to any changes, he will gladly hear them. The bill re- i quires the Aldermen, to call an election when ne third or the voters of tht town so petition and that the ballot shall read: ,rFor Saloo" and "Against Saloon;" that the, decision reached at such election to remain undisturbed for at least: two- years;! On thethet hand, there was a flood of petitions f o ; the repeal ' of" the law licensing near beerjoints "and; protests against tht handling . of liquors by clubs Scores or so of Senators and Representatives presented1 them in both houses, v TftT'llbkel5otol)ilI (after amend ments were all rejected) passed ov final reading and now it goes to tlw-4 House. J Speaker Dowd announced that h had received a petition signed by ai the clefUs and ninety members of th House calling for appointment of an other colored laborer in the Hpuse, bu. that he was compelled to deny it be cause the full quota has been reached and he was sure another laborer wa not needed. Not a new bill was presented Jn tht ; Senate, the first day such a condition has prevailed this session. New bills in the House were not oj general importance, with few excep tions. Doughton offered a resolutior appointing a committee to ascertain the need of feeble minded and report. -By Ray, relating to insufficiency o notice in the case -of trespass. To Increase Pay of Legislators. The bill by Senator Graham tc amend the Constitution of North Carp lina, provides lhat Section 28, ArticK 2, be stricken out and following in serted in lieu thereof: "Section 28. The members of the legislature for the term for which tney are elected, shall receive as com pensation for their services the sun? of five hundred dollars. They shal" he entitled to recover ten cents per mile both while coming to the seal of government and when returning home, the distance to be computed by the nearest line or route of travel. "The compensation of the presiding officers of the General Assembly shall be ten (10) dollars per day, and mile age. Should an extra session of tlr General Assembly be called, the members-shall receive one hundred (100) dollars, and the . presiding officer a like rate of compensation, as provided above for each, day of the session. "That this amendment submit ted at the next general election to the qualifiedT voters of the State," etc. Two Very Important New Measures v r Pending. 'iFpUowmg is tne . text of two very important new' hills just presented in the Senate: By Senator Brown (Of Columbus) A Bill to be Entitled An ct to Pro hlbit the Sale or Handling of Intox icating Liquors by any-Club -or -Associations , - ; The General Assembly of ' North Carolina do enact: Section i.l. THt ' any corporation, club, association or person who shall directly or indirectly keep or main tain bv Itself or himself, nr hv nssn elation jith others, or who shall in any vnannei aid, assist or abet in keeping or maintaining a club'room or other place where jntpxicating iiqours are received or kept to be drunk or for barter or sale or distribution Or for division or use among themeir bers of "any club or association by any means whatever or where the idoas . . . . . - C.;. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 1, 1911 Arkansas Congressman Opposes ' i " v CaiePbWefs iBeing Given ' Seat: ' " . i . . ' :- MMEmowmm -" z:h- ; wfci'nrifinriia''jJ-vwMtTaHjf " Jtv -. . immmmakmfmmz& w. A new. opponent ia Caleb Powers L - 01 representauOMiE Powers was secietary of state lii Kentucky eleven S ears ago when Governor Ltoebel was slain, the shot being fired from Powers' office in the statehotise rit Frankfort. Powers was tried four times for the murder and convicted three times and was pardoned in 1908. Since then he has campaigned for vin dication through an election to congress.. This he won last fall. Congressman Macon declares that if the Kentucky delegation does not take action against Powers he will present a resolution to have the matter taken up. "If the Ke publicans-could not sit with' Roberts of Utah because he was accused of beins a polygamist" says Mr. Macon, "the Democrats certainly cannot sit with a member convicted on the charge of murder and who is enjoying his liberty only by favor of a partisan executive " ' " TOOK FATAL LEAP Young New York Woman Plunged From Sixth Story Window Lifeless Body Dcovered on Ground. New York, Feb'. 1. Leaving the stye of her sleeping sister, Miss Nellie Rut kay, a comely woman, aged twenty sis years, went to a rear winddw of her home, in West One Hundred and For tieth street, and leaped to the ground, six stories below. Her lifeless body was, discovered later. FIRE IN A HOSPITAL. Nurses and Patients Were In Danger of Losing Their -Lives. Alioona, Pa., Feb. 1. The lives of a score of nurses and patients were imperiled when fire partially deBtroy-H ed Mercy Hospital here today. A do fective flue started the blaze. members are allowed to -keep intox icating liquors in lockers or in stor age divides of any-kind, shall be guil ty of a misdemeanor. -That this act shall be in force on and after July first, nineteen eleven. , . , By Senator London (of Chatham) A Bill to be Entitled An Act to Codify the Law as' to Mental Anguish- from Negligence in the Transmission of Messages. - . - - x The General Assembly . of Nortb Carolina do. enact: 1 Section : lii All telegrapli companies doing business in North Carolina shall be liable in damages for mental an guish or suffering even Inthe ab sence of bodily injury, for negligence in receiving, transmitting -or deliver ing messages. N '. . - .' ,N Sec. 2. That nothing contained In this act ' shali abridge the rights or remedies now, provided by law against telegraph companies and the rights and remedies provided for in this act shall be in addition Vo those now ex isting. ; : v Sec3. In all actions under this act the jury may award such damages as they conclude resulted from, negli gence of said" telegraph companies. Sec. 4. This act shall be in : force from and after its ratification 1 "Special Music." x By that classy Grand orchestra. r; 'A 1 ' "erf - being given a seat in the-national housV en, ia.Cani'esssaan, Robert . Macon of Arknnsafi. DIES SUDDENLY Rear Admiral Sperry Passed Away Today After Three, Days' llinels Not Thought to BeDangerous Washington, Feb. 1. Rear Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry, United States Navy, retired, who commanded' the Atlantic battleship fleet on the last leg of it's 'round the world cruise, died suddenly today at Garfield Hospital ol pneumonia. - - Admiral Sperry bad been , ill for a couple ofi days. He was sixty three years bid, and 1 a nattap 1 of J Brooklyn, N. Y. He entered tne Navy in 1862 and reached a Rear Admiral's - rank in 190G. lie retired in 1309. I INJURED WHEN FST TRAIN A PL Calgary, Alberta,Feb. 1. Nine per sons were seriously injured when westbound; Canadian Pacific train No. 1 was d er ail ed near . Gloichen last night. The train, traveling fast, struck a broken rail. The engine and fouij cars plunged down the embankment, landing in deep "sndw. ;- THE OLDEST SPINSTER. In the United States Died Today Inj Minnesota. Duluth, MJnn.; Feb. l.Miss Victo ria Kuschura, aged 'one ; hundred and sixyears, believed to be"the! oldest Spinster in the United States, died today.'-"She was" a Polander; and re tained clear mentality to' the endv TEN BODIES RECOVERED. Victims of i-ast Night's River Accident Found' Today.. ... .- -. Newark, ?N. FebA l.f-ltescuei'l succeeded in recovering-the bodies of ten negroes who last night lost their lives in - the Caisson accident in the Passaic river. , ' - Expert Cutter at J. W. HJFuchs' for three days - . ' It . Assailed the Honor of ml Trial pf the Man Who Qirculated Pa pers Which Attacked In Shameful 1 Manner the Honor of the King-rThe Charge Proven False and -the Cul. prit Sent to Prilon. London, Feb. 1. After brief proceed ings a special jury before Lord Chief Justice Alverstone today cleared King George of the imputation? against hia personal character by findings Edward F. Mylius, guilty of circulating a libel. Mylius was sentenced . to one year's imprisonment. He was charged with distributing in England copies of The Liberator, a Paris publication, Jn which it was alleged his Majesty, while Prince of Wales, contracted! mori ganatic. marriage -with the older augh ter of-Admiral Sir Michael Seymduir at Malta,4n 1890. Sir Rufus for the .pros ecution said the alleged libel attacked, the King's honor, charging him; with: contracting' a shamerut marriage -af Malta,, with Admiral Seymour's daugh ter, and that his Majesty "foully aban- doned" this lady in order to marry the Princess. . - The article, which it was charged, constituted libel, was entitled "Sancti fied Bigamy," It read: "We were of fered a spectacle o immorality in it's sickly, beastly, monstrsity. The King has committed crime of bigamy with complicity or Prelates of Angllr can Church. He had a superfluity pi wives like a Sultan." ; - .-i The Attorney General raising his voice to dramatic pitch asserted there was not a vestige of truth In? those fitatements.Sir Rufu said JieeetTj ted the disadvantage his Majesty -guff fered in not being able under the con stitution to appear in court and answer the allegations under oath. The Crown called Admiral ceymour as a witness; Seymour testified that the daughter in tog LQu?stion, nqWtae Iwif e of Captain jqa-j.at anh the King Until 1898, -When the King called upon the witness at Portsmouth, He testified that the-King had not visit ed Malta, while his daughters were; there. Mylius had no counsel, and con ducted his own defense. The defend ant sought to haye the King summon ed, but this was refused on constitu tional grounds. - Sir Rufus in conclud ing his speech for the prosecution, said the suit was not 'brought to - protect the monarchy, but King George sought the protection of thV court s a man, a husband and a father. The jury reach- ed at verdict, after retiring, and the court forthwith condemned him to one year's imprisonment : The proceedings closed With reading by Sir Rufus of a letter from the King in which the latter said he never mar ried any one but Queen Mary and he would have appeared -in - court y and given testimony but. for advice of offi cers ol , the Crown; whoheld ' It would be v contrary to the constitution. INTEUSE HEAT WAVE DOING MUCH DAMAGE IN TEXAS Dallas, Tevas,, , Feh. ; 1. A blazing sun's hot rays have brought suffering- and have menaced, the future of Spring crops in the southwest. The heat wave is unprecedented for. this1 season. The thermometer has reached ninety three degrees at Fort Worth. ,: mh. i',i-r ,., , AGED LAWYER PASSES. Norfolk Loses,, Oldest Member of -Its 3ar. , . Norfolk, Feb. L Richard -H. Baker, aged 84 years, a'eading citizen and the oldest member of :the Norfolk bar, died today after a. brief illness. ! , Same Old Deadlock. Albany,; N Y, Feb". 1. There was no change on the 13th ballot for United States ? Senator today. . Thfete was o shifting of -votes-? from yester- day.-ii; :r"-.t:u,. - ' ;.- -. ASA ED Stanford,' Ky., , Feb. 1. Mrs. ' H. 'M Harrison, known as. Mrs Amanda Gil more, charged with being ' one of the persons who Monday night attempted to' rob the grave of v George BSauf1 ley, - a wealthy attorney, is . , , beings sought by the authorities. Expert Cutter at J. W. H. Fuchs' for three days. It WOULD n PRICE FIVE CENTS iriiT No Verdict Op to 4:30 Jury .Got the Case. Shortly Before Two and Up. to. 4:30 O'clock Had Not s Agreed Two -Able Speeches This Morning and a Fine Charge By the -Cojjrt Stephens Case Continued For Lack of Time- John Bowman Now on Trial For the Second Time. f The fate of J. C. Holly, charged with murdering young,Ed Cromwell,- is now With the; jury.) ThelScase went to the ; jury, following a clear and nine charge by Judge ; PeeWes,v shortly before 2 oQiofc?t'tl4 afternoon. ; The jury went to'dirinejj 'drid afteards started in to consider the casei 'tip - to 4: 30; o'clock this afternoon !np vercrct had; been. re -turned . -I i Court isi inow , engagsdi :is4 ' .the trial of John Bowmafi, Jbl6rgd; Chatgbd with killing. 'HKza! .Hickman, alsd ftcolcjjed:. tK at thi$; terttli tife qne- -ai e'ejilhnf in ' . be en 1 H mistrial;. .ty wpj1 la i how only being tried for murder Vn the sec ond degree, the Solicitor having tateh a nol pros as to murder in the first degree.- The case pf murder against Joseph Stephens wenl oyer this morning until the April term of court, being set for the first Tuesday of the term. It. was recognized that there was not sufficient time left of this term for the trial.:: . When court convened this afternoon the work of -selecting,' a jury .for the Bowman case was. commenced and the jury as finally constituted is as fol lows: , : W. X. MeredithiClis. i Summerlin, B.vM.chulkentilUcan, Wm. j. tlull, John B. Mines,-R L. Johnson, N. T. Maxwell, W-P.; SllGloughanV H. F. qtten, W. H. 33festf J3 T.Eagles. y? . When i curt opened I this morning Solicitor -Shaw commence"! the clos ing speech, fpr theState. He spoko iSl " e resentedir"nlasferiy array . of deductions and logic for. the - State, , and .ended in most lhipressivefc strong manner by declarjtdk .'that as surely as he believed - in j a hereafter; in the .t-e'stirrecUon, in bd; thSat- he believed EdCremwell. was:ipoisbyed and that J. C. Holly did the deed. He viewed the testimony 'from various sides and reasoned it out clearly . with the jury, in bearing out his contention that -Holly , was guilty. He argued that all circumstances pointed to Holly as the guilty man and declared that although the defense had a big array of wit-. nesses summoned had not placed a single one on the stand; that the de fense had. made much of having an expert present in court to hear the testimony of the State Chemist and , of the State's experts, and although they had ' had a physician in court for this reason had not placed him on the stand, because. K .tjiey , could .not contradict the testimony pi. the Stated ' '"Witnesses. He argued that the testi mony of all witnesses shpwed that the body was stiff and; cold with fingers clinched, such as conies from the-ef- , fects of stiyehniheM-poisoning; tiiat Holly had ' purchased "strychnine - and that strychnine Was found in the stom ach of the dead ' youth and that the experts' testkndny "bore out the theory of .strychnine poisoning; ahd that Hol ly i was the man who did the poison ing and that the State's expert testi-; mony v(uncontfadicted) showed that the boay -could not have stiffened, or been cold for three hours after suffo cation,- which would have 5 put death some time before the fire even start ed; that Holly had been shown to have the poison, the chance and the motives He dealt with both the life . insurance motive and . the fire insur ance motive. Her alo laid particular Stress upon the declarations that Hoi- x ly made before Justice Harriss and Constable ' Savage, that only "I, : the boy and God know how it happened." He analyzed the evidence in able manner, and eloquently urged protec tion of the fireside and called for .the -assertion -of .truemanhood in the -performance ofduty. The Solicitor was highly praised for his able speech. Following the Solicitor William J. ; Bellamy; Esq.," leading kunsel for the defense, closed the argument Mr. Bellamy is a brilliant ' - talker and a splendid reasoner, and he' was in fine itrim this morning. He is ah orator of muchSkower, .which always lends impressiveneSs to . anything he may say. He is also decidedly zealous in an-effoH to present things in a fair light, regardless of his ardor. He pre- ' faced his real argument by showing that he and his associate, Mr. Weeks, w ere really court officers, because they hadheen appointed by the court, -to defend the' accused. Then he de- v clared that ' what the Solicitor called -j ton he sought-- He wanted the fire- - I -.V (Continued on Third Page.) his 16M .M-'Uf - " It ?! 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