J EL I I : Hot M la je Against Representative From Kentucky De nounced the Steel Trust Today On the Floor of Congress Demands An hwesigation and , That Justice B a Done. . " ;" " AYashington, Feb. 2. Representa tive Stanley, of Kentucky, made o 45 minute plea in the 'House of Repre sentatives today for action on his res olution calling for an investigation of the United States Steel Corporation. 1 io characterized the corporation as "a' lawless, defiant, pernicious monopoly" ami demanded that if guiltyy "no mat ter how high or pdWerfol ft be brought to the bar of justice."' - Stanley declar ed the "steel trust, fearing compete tion from Andrew Carnegie, paid him the colossal sum of, $520,000,000 for a plant rated 000.000. two years .before at $76,- THIRTY KILLED T T Parceloaa, Spain, Feb." 2. 'Thirty j oaple were killed when a passenger train was derailed at-Valencia today, as the result of the : washout ot the roadbed. A wild storm swept the Spanish coast last night. : Scores of fishing craft were dashed upon the rocks, and many crews Iqst. This morning twenty five sailors bodies were picked up .along the coast- SAVED BY SNEEZES Just in Nick of Time Man Escaped En raged Horse. Fort Plain, N. Y., Feb. 2 Barney Kent, well' -inowu " i mdafl8MTeXtm section as a horseman, was danger ously hurt in a fierce fight with an ugly stallion. Kent was'' badly batter ed and bruised generally and one hand as frightfully injured by the animal's teeth. Only by a strange and ''impromptu plan was Kent saved from being trampled and bitten to death. He was in a box stall alone with the enrag ed stallion. The noise of the battlo attracted many persons, who were powerless to aid him. Near , by Gif fcrd Wood conductsa novelty store. He was selling a customer powder such as mischievous boys delight m v-catiering about public places in order to cause general sneezing and cough ing. Withbut realizing what he had in his hands -Wood hastened to the scene of the conflict with a large quantity of the sneezing powder. Realizing the dangerous and help less condition of Kent, Wood scatter ed the powder, through the stall's opening for feeding the horse. r The si anion's nostrils were widely dis-tenriv-d at the time and he immediater ly inhaled the powder liberally with tiie result that instantly the animal was attacked by a tremendous fit of sniezing and coughing, which took its attention from Kent, and he was dragged from a perilous- position. F MEET IN CONFERENCE Washington, Feb. 2. Questions re lating to baling, ginning and, manufac turing cotton were discussed today at the conference of the National Asso ciation of Cotton' Manufacturers and American Cotton Manufacturers Asso nation. Legislation Wag not discuss ed. Tiie conference is devoted to im provement and uniformity of various Phases of the cotton business. A number of prominent growers partic ipated today. The delegates callei during the day to pay their respects to President Taft. Tonightthey give a banquet. Senators Lodge, of Mas sachusetts, and Bacon, or Georgia, ill speak. - II PLACED AT I HUNDRED Manila, Feb. 2. A prolonged earth quake roused the residents of Manila 1;t night. Revised estimates place the inmiber of killed by the eruptions, of Mfunt Taal and drowned in the tidal "'"us at GOO-. Sixty-two bodies were u"ui in a trench today. , PI. BILL - - i - if Would Give PeppU of - Wilmington a Chance to Decide thfc Liquor Ques tion, For Themselves-High License, Urnited, Number of Saloons and Certain Restrictions the Feature of the Bill , (By Llewxam.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 2. The follow ing is the full text of the local op tion bill introduced in the General As N semoiy by Representative Kellum, of New Hanover, county, but to apply only to his county:1 " A Bill to be entitled, "An Act to Provide tFor, Local Option." ' The General Assembly of North Car olina do Enact: Sect6n 1. That upon a receipt of a petition" by the Board of Aldermen. City Council or other-- governing au thorities of any city or town, signed by one-third of the qualified voters of any city or town; calling- for an elec--tion, for the purpose -of determining whether, there shall be open saloons! or bar-rooms in any such city or town, the Board of Aldermen or City Coun cil" or other governing authorities" of any such city or -town shall issue" or cause to be Issued a call for an election in accordance with the petition, to be held within sixty days irom the date of filing' said petition,' and notice of any such election shall be made at least thirty (30) days immediately preceding the date of any such elec tion, by. publishing same in a newspa per published in any such city or town, if one "be published therein, or by posting said call at six public places in any, such city or town, stating the 4ime anf purpose of said election. ; Seetion. 2. Only-; one ; box shall be used to deposit all ballots cast in any such election, any person who would be entiUelpvote $SLr?e$tL TlG'nefaLs'ebly shair have iht right to vote at any such election, any such election shall be held, under the same lays, rules and ' regulations that govern municipal elections in North Carolina. : Section 3. All voters in ' favor of open saloons or bar-rooms shall vote the ticket on which shall be written or printed the words--"For Saloons," and all voters opposed to saloons ' shall vote the ticket on which shall be writ' ten or printed the words "Against Saloons," which shall be the only tick ets cast in any such election and shall Sfee of white paper and without any de- vice. - Section 4. If a majority of the votes cast m any such election, in any city or town be "For Saloons," then the Board of County Commissioners, in which any such town or city is locat ed, and the Board of Aldermen, the City Council or other governing author- of any such city or town shall grant or cause to be granted license for the sale of spirituous, vinuous and malt liquors in arty gtcb city or town to all proper persons" applying for the same according to law until another election shall be held reversing such election, which election shall not ba held "within two years from date ot any election provided for in this Act, provided, that this Section shall not be construed to authorize any person, firm ol corporation to sell, either by retail or wholesale, spirituous, vinuous or malt liquors in any such city or towii, except upon a full compliance with the conditions and requirements contained in" this Act Section 5. That before license shall be issued to any applicant he. shall produce , a certificate showing he has naid to the State , of North Carolina the sum of One Thousand. Dollars, and to the City, or town, in which any such applicant' desires' to do - business, , the sura of One Thousand dollars, as" a license or privilege tax to do a-retail Saloon business and twice that amount if he desires to do a wholesale liquor or saioon oushiusb. Section 6. That license shall be granted to no applicant unless ,he has been a-resideni of North Carolina for two years' and of the city or town in which he proposes to do business lor one year immediately , preceding the date of such apprtcatfon, that all Ap plicants 'shall execute a good and sut flcient bond In the sum of Five Hun dred 'Dollars to any sucb. city or town, conditioned, that any such applicant will comply with Jl laws, rules and. regulations governing J:he sale of spir ituous, "vinbtis' or malt liquors. Section 7. That thereat shall be no ftpA n anv bnild- oiuei uuaiicDo '-"""""r - -r, i irig wher-a saloon is conducted and it shall be unlawtui ion any bucu aa. loon or bar-room" to Ve open or, any spirituous,' vinous 6f malt liquors sold or drank or removea tnereirum uu Sundays, lays of election or from nine o'clock p Jan. until 5:30 o'clock a.. m. i -; " s IK Iftf Three Rigid, Inquiries Being. Made In to New York pisaster Federal Au thorities " Are' Assisting Precis? Number of Dead Stilt Unknown. New? York, Feb.' 2. Three separate 4 investigations were started this morn ing to fix 'the responsibility for the dynamite explosion in New York har Bor yesterday. The coroner's jury, Inspector- "of Combustibles Contio-. ly and Prosecutor Garven, - aided by the police , and Federal i authorities, have taken up the probe. Definite es timates of the number of dead are still impossible. The dead and missing 'is thirty, approximately. It' is the offi cials believe that' most qf thestwenty three menv 'classed aa -missing" were blown to atoms. - The property loss, according to official estimates, will ap proach ope million r dollars. In New Jersey Central "Railway, at whose docks the explosion occurred, is the heaviest loser. The blast was prob ably the largest explosion of dynamite recorded in this country. Fifty thous and pounds went up in a singlq.deton ation. The exact cause of the blast may never be explained. OF POUNDS DF BUTTER SHIPPED TO EUROPE Philadelphia, Feb. 2. C. M. Drake, president of the Philadelphia Produce Exchange, asserts that speculators in second grade butter in- New York and Chicago were unable to find market for their" cold storage holdings and were compelled tp ship three million poufTa WKurope to save themselves from absolute-loss. Sick Inventor in Charity Ward. New York, Feb. . 2. Edgar Von. Hhrenfels, inventor and a graduate of the University of Chicago, is in the charity ward of the Brooklyn Hospital suffering from nervous prostration. That the Board of Aldermen, City Council or other governing authorities of any city or town, in which any license may be granted under this Act shall have authority to .segretate all saloons, in a designated territory to be named by them in their city or town. Section 8. That no public service, corporation, or express company shall in a prohibition town deliver to any person any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors without first having procured a permit or license from the Clerk ol the Superior Coi.r;. to make such de livery in the County in which said delivery is to be made. Section 9. That the number of licenses to be issued shall not exceed one license for each (1,000) one thou sand population of the town or city in which license is applied fof. Section 10. That it shall be unlaw ful for any person, firm or corpora tion, or their or; its employes to sell any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors to a minor or to any person while in an intoxicated condition. Section 11. That the -Chief of Police of any such city or town shall" have the right to enter at any time the premises of any person holding a liquor license and make an investi gation necessary to ascertain if any Of the provisions or . conditions con tained in this Act or any rules, or or dinances promulgated by any such city ot town "governing the sale ol liquor are being violated. Section 12. That the Chief of Police of any such "City or Town shall submit to the maor of any such City or Town under oath a monthly statement show ing if in his opinion any person, firm or corporation holding a liquor license is violatng any of the condtions .con tained in this Act and if , such report shows that the same are being yiolat ed, then the Mayor . shall cause the same to be promptly investigated by a public investigation. Section 13. That the' violations of any of the provisions of -this Act by any . person, firm or corporation, or their or its employes shall work a for feiture of, the bond and a cancellation of their or its license and no further license shaf be granted to any-such person, firm or corporation) and' .also shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. " Section 14. That this Act shall ap ply only to New Hanover Oounty. . Section 15'That all laws or clauses of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are. hereby repealed. .-' -Section 16. That this Act shall be in force from and after its ratification. r Affejjpafl rt te io Raleii: ''Social C!bf lii Ealaiiee House Will Hoki 'Speciaf ''Session For This TonightBill to Relieve Em ployes of Violation When Working Over Time Passed the House Tb--lay Income Tax Amendment Post poned In the House Number of Im portant Measures" Introduced Today In the Senate. r (By Llewxam.) - Raleigh, -N. C, Feb. 2. The House consulted an hour today in discussing the minority report en the Quickie bill, which the majority reported ad versely and finally adopted it and pass ed it on both second and third read ings by 'a big majority: r Representative Kellum was among the advocates of the minority report and who addresswl the House. The new law, if it passes the Senate, which some say is doubtful, amends the pres ent act which makes both the rail roads and other " companies and the employes both guilty of a violation of law when employes work over the pre scribed hours, and releaves the em ployes of all legal liability' or punish ment, but continues the. statutory lia bility against ther railroad or other employing companies. The object is to remove all impedi ment for an employe to sue an employ er for damage for injuries sustained when working overtime in violation of the statutory limitations. Some of the few who cared to light the measure asked what had become of the "safety of fhetraveling public" argument, which t had formerly been the sine quo non when- the original law was passed to prevent "accidents 'caused by inabili ty or disability 'of overworked employ es but no one explained this ieature of "the bill in Its amAdert aspect, w". In the' Hmise, the "Senate's Barnet. bill, ratifying the Income Tax amend SeYelioiYicI Thought United States Gunboat Has Yellow Fever Aboard and Navy De partment Orders Ship to Florida Port One Seaman Died Aboard of That Dread Disease. Washington, Feb. 2. Because the United States gunboat Marietta has several cases of fever aboard, suspect ed of being yellow fever, the Navy Department has ordered- the 'vessel to Key West. She is expected to arrive at the Florida port February 4. Victim of Yellow Fever. New Orleans, Feb. 2. According to advices received, J. H. Miner, of the St. Louis, coxswain of the United States cruiser, Marietta, died Sunday aboard his ship, in Puerto Cortez har bor, the victim of yellow fever con tracted in Kingston, Jamaica. FIFTEEN HUNDRED ME TO THE ATTACK El Paso, Texas Feb. 2. Passengers on a train arriving from the South after midnight say that Pasquel Oroz co, at the head of fifteen hundred men, is within .twenty miles of Juarez, and probably will attack the city some time before night fall. SEPARATES NEWLYWEDS Mother Takes Her Daughter ; From New York Youth AfterCeremony El Paso, Tex.,' Feb.; 2. -After W. W. Crane, son of W. F; "TSraney of New York, comptroller df the El Paso and Southwestejn Railwy, and Miss Eu nice Cunningham, daughter of Mrs. W. W. Tuttle of El Paso, were married yesterday Mrr Tuttle separated them anu ordered (Crane awayfifkeeping her daughter with her. . "The marriage isnt legal," Mrs. Tut tle said. "That boy is only nineteen years old. I suppose he. handed her a lot of stuff about being a millionaire 'and all' that. " She -doesn't know men like I do? - ' The marriage license was secured Saturday afternoon by1 young Crane at County Clerk Petman's 'office. Crane swore he was twenty-two V years old. The Rev. Charles L. Overstreet, Pres byterian, performed me marriage cere mony. Mrs. k Tiittle asserts steps will be taken to annul the mnrrjage if it is legal. menti camd up for final passage, but was deferred till next Wednesday to allow Dillard,;ot Cherokee, to speak. It will pass by a big majority. , A Livery-Stable Lien bill, (with sec tion two stricken out) passed the House. It-gives the liveryNmen a lien on animals for the board of same. Among the new bills .today are: By Cotton, against the use of cou pons, iu' cigarettes ,. To create a new .county to be called Ransom "from parts of Wake and Johnston." Amend ing .section f revisaj relating to fer tilizers. 'To establish recorder's court1 forRobeson county. y " By .Thome, a bill to encpnrage the; manufacture and sale of goads by in-' dependent manufacturers. " Also a bill to extend the right of free transport tation under the existing law allow-' ed the railroads to other common carriers. f "X, The Senate parsed finally the House bill for the Brunswick bond issue. . . The Senate consumed mo3t of the session in argument by lawyers, whom Graham said "never agree," on a substitute to provide a more effective' method of Indexing registration of deeds and other legal instruments. The Graham substitute was finally defeated in the Senate by a vote of 22 to 12, this making the third time essentially the- same proposition has been voted down . . Tonight the "near-beer joints" will get their solar plexus (in all probabil ity) at a special session pf the House, but there willNie lots of hot air dis charged , first and an interesting' con-' tingency Is the probable- : effort - to amend the general anti-beer bill by attaching social clubs thereto and fHlng.thecJu)intleme out of the same spoon. The success' of '"trie latter is doubtful, however.' nou Nip-and-Tuck Down In Florida Over the Senatorship Each Side Claim ing Victory, Though Jacksonville Lawyer Had Small Lead This Morn ing. ( Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 2. Nathan P. Bryan, a prominent Jacksonville lawyer, has a lead ofless than, five hundred votes over his opponent, Wil liam A. Blount, of Pensacola,. In. the United States Senatorship race.. This is indicated by additional returns dur ing the early morning hours. Blount's headquarters adhere to the claim that their candidate has probabl yone thou sand majority. The western part of; the State cast a heavy vote for Blount,: Bryant swept the Eastern and South ern portions of Florida, with heavy majorities. The returns are cowing In slowly and the race is extremely close. An official count vvull probably; be necessary. . ' .. THROWN FROM THEIR BEDS New York, Feb. 2.r-Two hundred: men and women were sent half cloth ed and panic stricken to the streets today, when a bomb exploded at 5a tenement, No. 401 East Eighty Third street. Many were thrown from their beds and were slightly bruised' - Stocks Today. New York, Feb. 2.-7-Some heaviness was shown by an active stock at the opening of the market. The market had a slight setback. The appear ance of large buying orders for Read ; ing, the Hill stocks and the Copper group rallied the list briskly. . Read ing and Missouri Pacific were the pre dominant points of strength ift th.s second hour. , The tone of the general list was heavy. The weakness di3 played by the market was attributed chiefly to a large reduction ia short interest owing to a general covering of recent advances. A buying move ment on Union Pacific and Reading began in the noon hour. ' The meye ments affected the whole list, which rallied sharply. : , , " Trading fell off considerably in the afternoon session. The market con tinued to harden. Fun By the Barrel. Grand has side splitting comedians today. It. - o Mil Man on Trial In St. Petersburg Con fesses and Unfolds an Awful Tale of Having' Made a Business of Murder ing People Inoculated Them' With Cholera perms for Money Believed to Have Caused a Cholera Panic. St. Petersburg, Feb. 2. There was an unusual occurrence at today's ses sion of the murder trial ; of Count 6'Brien DeLassy and the notorious poisoner, Dr. Pantchenko. The Count is accused of employing the doctor to murder his brother-in-law Count Yassilli Bouturlin, heir to the estates valued at $3,500,000 in order that his property might be inherited by the Countess, DeLassy. Pantchenko con. fessed his guilt, but set up the de fense that he committed the crime while under the hypnotic .influence of the Count. The whole Empire is. in. terested in it, because of the -Whole confession made : by Pantchenko. Every mysterious death "of recent -years is recalled. There are rumors that the poisoner may have been en gaged to cause the death of members of the Royal family. He admitted the business of killing for hire heirs, rivals in love, insistent creditors, and any Undesirable persons whose enemy was prepared to pay liberally for their sudden taking off. The poison Doc tor admitted some forty deaths, his fees running as high as $250,000 for a single assassination. 'His method was to inoculate the patient with cholera bacilli, after being called to the bedside in a professional capacity", He Is credited by some with having originated a cholera -epidemic a few years ago. The Doctor is seventy years old.. Count. DeLassy is. a youngy man ! of Irish decent. The'oman in the case is Madame MuraVleff, with whom- Pantchenko. .lodged and - to whonr-h 'says ' heiarrired' -bver'-'his earnings. - She figures in the trial " as aa" alleged accomplice". '' ' Funeral of Admiral Sperry. y Washington, Feb. 2 Full military honors tomorrow wiji mark: the burial m..Arlington National Cemetery , of the body of Rear Admiral Charles. S. Sper ry, United States Navy, retired, who died of pneumonia yesterday. The re ligious services will be'hekLat St. John's Episcopal church.- v PROTESTS LODGED AGIST - W COFFEE TRUST Washington, Feb. 2. The, existence of an alleged coffee trust has been call ed to the attention of the Department of Justice.. It is charged that the mar keting of Brazilian coffee is entirely in the hands of a committee controlling the market and is planning an advance of four cents a pound. The statement tOthe Department declares the com mittee is preparing to market 78,000,- 000 pounds of beans at an additional profit of $3,000,000. V BIG ESCORT GIVEN Funeral Today pf One of the Founder of the Daughters of the American Revolution. , Lexington, Ky., Feb. 2. -Tb.e funeral of Miss Mary Desha, one of the found ers of the , Daughters of the American Revolution, who died - at Washington Sunday, took place here today. Repre sentatives of the Daughters of the American Revolution, . United' Daugh ters of the Confederacy and Sons "of the 'American Revolution "formed the escort. Miss Desha was related to famous Southern families. HOUSEKEEPER SHOT TO DEATH. Brother-ln-Law Has Disappeared and , Is Charged. With the Crime.' Flint, Mich., Feb. 2. Miss Blane, a boarding house keeper, "was shot and killed at her home today. A rela tive charges the crime to Frank -Fox a'Cbrother-In-law, who has disappear edv' - . - - ARCHBISHOP RYAN "NEARING THE END Philadelphia Fe6. 2.'-PHysic1ans at tending' Archbishop Ryap said at noon that the venerable Prelate is slowly passing away. The Archbishop col S lapsed about "10- o'clock' -this morning "Hank and Lank." Great - comedians'' at the Grand to day. , 1 " ' "v , - It veraict Returned,- Shortly Past 10 O'clock and Defendant Will Be Sen tenced to Be Electrocuted Passing y Of Sentence Withheld Until Counsel Gets Back From Raleigh Appeal Will Be Taken Bowman Case Still On Trial. J. C. Holly, white,, was declared by jury this morning to have been guilty of the 'murder fof- young Ed Crom- wen, my inuring oi August lutn last. The verdict" was rendered' shortly af ter 10 o'clock this morning, and" came ' after the jury had deliberated since shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday at- '. ternoon and , as the 'result of tha twelfth .juror, W. B. Sellers; Who had stood , against the other eleven all night, coming over, to the side of con viction. Oh the very first, ballot yes terday afternoon the; stood nine -. ioy - conviction it is' understood. On the second ballot those standing for conviction had been increased to ten and on about the sixth to eleven. It stood eleven to -one all night and this morning the twelfth agreed to a -verdict of murder -in the firs degree, tnat being the only verdict, save not guilty, admissible .under the cfrcum- stances. So It was this verdict the jury returned, and which undoubtedly is justified by the- evidence in the case. The testimony was circum stantial; but was viewed as tho -strongest type of this class of evi dence, and few there were, who fol lowed the testimony,, who did not believe that a .verdict Of guilty should be returned based on the evidence. Holly received .the iVeVdict without sign' of xcltement! ' He stood, when commanded by the court and, of ..v -course, the brier time that elapsed before the verdict' was rendered,-was, (4iv ul4 A OM.U dJV.. . 4 l.U VJ-. came relaxation 'Holly was calm" throughout ' and preserved his Impas sive . demeanor as he was . escorted back" to jail. The Verdict means that Holly will be electrocuted, unless a . new trial is granted," or clemency o some' kind is extended. , C. D. WeeksEsq., of counsel for the defense, was present in court with Hol ly wheiy the verdict was returned, but William J. Bellamy, Esq., has associate was absent, being in Raleigh on busi ness. Mr. Weeks stated to the court that he had several motions to lodge, but would like for Mr. Bellamy to be present.. Judge Peebles' readily as sented to this, and therefore postponed passing the death sentence untiji Mr. Bellamy returns, which'will be either tomorrow or Saturday. Of course, an appeal will be -taken to the Supreme Court. Today is being consumed in the sec- U11U lllal Ul J uuu Dunuiau, xuiuicu, iui th'e murder 'of Eliz8&( Hickman also col ored. It will-consume the, rest of to day. This case is already familiar to Dispatch readers, this being the sec- ond trial at this term. Howevei, now Bowman is only being tried for murder in the second .degree. - IN INS LEffl r . . .. . . eb". 2j-fr Albany, N. Y., Feb. 2 The prolong ed deadlock in the legislature over the Sfenatorship is affecting legislation. Because "of the vigorousi fight between the adherents of William F. Sheehan and Edward. H. Shepard the commit tees have not indicated a disposition to get down ;to 'work. -Governor Dlx. declares he' has no present purpose of issuing another statement relative to the situation. r There was no choice on the four teenth ballot today. , More Fighting Reported. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 2. Several cavalry horses straggled into Jaurez, opposite El Paso, this morning, indi cating there was fighting; near there. The city was , practically i surrounded by rebels all night.- k . OF 1F;; JAPANESE STEAMER - Victoria, B.' C, Feb. , 2.--The steam-' er Inaba Maru, arriving from the Orient; brought news of the loss at sea of the Japanese - steam Trawler Bando Maru, with a crew of seventy-' five -men. The steamer foundered In a storm off Inbaraki .Prefecture NWS BROUGHT LOS