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v '1, y Delivered anywhere, laJJItj :.,UV THE WEATHER., 25o per month v GelieVany;;eioudy:tonU urday.'Not" much change in temper- Sent anywhere In the. Country. ature. - Moderate-winds. 1 wf LMlNGjfON N. : . d(jbAYr: FEBktTARY 3t 1911; PRiCEf' FIVE CENTSt , ..v. A. -rau c.f.::fe7fnrM 1 ' - - ' .1- " -fc ' r - r- ' VOLUME SEVENTEEN .''.--, V 'S,.' . -. .--. . " - . - -.. . "v .a- -, . . .. ; . . . . ... r7 "V .. . . , - 1' ' . j .mi , - ; iT "'-S At ,.. -,. . r-, iiiiiiriu iii.iiii' mum in1 I'm iiih : j i Mrt n n w nr. i n M Its Fate s: Nil li I-lliillKI iili mm f iiMi ; aiiiiiis' Vill Probably Not Be Tdken Up in the Senate Before Next WeekNew Counties Hold Center of Stage For Special Ord8r--3eneral Carr Infro duces a Banking Bill Measure Push, cd by North Callna" Merchant Association Also -introdiiced-Oher Matters Today." " ' " (By Llewxam.) llaloigh, N. ,C, PeSruary 3; 1911. The Kellum Commission' Fbrisi of dove; -anient bill fot Wilmington pass , il its linal readings in the House today n::il was sent to the Sepate, Where it may not be acted" oft ferially before n. xt v.eek, as the committees report 1 w bills on Saturdays. The vote was r.r;rt!inious in the.Ifouse. In , the shape, it liaised, the biir is ri6t cha'ngedi f rom nam f efrteres." heretofore printed. r. rn-.iary 22d is the date' set for tho m to on the adoption of- the commis si . m form. Then" the fite commission- I'ls (one representing, eaclrwrird) are tn bo tiiosen at a primary election orr tli1 second Tuesday before the first .Monday in May the five being voted for by all the city wards. Mr. Kellum, from the Judiciary committee, reported fayorablyhrea 1 ills presented by Mr. Conner, or Wil v.n. which are regarded a very im ik rtant, as f ollows r J To inake an u'n form law relaUng to chills, of , lading, and it was then fixed as the special ord. r in the Mouse' '"for; next' Friday, tic tenth; also relating to . change in v. iM'.e of actions, and for the protec tiiia of the 'employes of common car riers. Great ihtfiVest attaches to each of l!i ese measures. :' . V'hen the Dilfafd' (Cherokee) bilf to1 r. i oal the law allowfhg the, sheriff of: t tin t county f 20 - each for destroying an illicit still was up this afternooir; Speaker Dowd - (Ray in the Chair) taking the ground that a county jte-. resf ntative. should be allowed'- the r-onrtesv of directlne local lefeislati6n The bill was finally postponed till next Wednesday. : ' The House bill ein jiowering Southport to isue bonds 'in H e aid of a railroad passed its; final rr-adingNn the Senate and Was brder ed enrolled for ratification. - The gen eral insurance bill (by Pharr) and the l)roposed amendments to the "stock law, took up a lot of time of the' Sen ate, the discussion finally resulting in recommitment -Of both billsi for fur ther investigation and report. Ewart's, Republican, anti trust Res olution was made the special order for next Wednesday night. Senator. Boy den presented a minority report favor ing the need of Piedmont covmty bilf and it was made the special order for February 9. Avery County (with fav orable, report from- majority commit tee) was set for next Wednesday, ' . The bill to change the pfesent meth od of naming the board of directors of eortain state institutions received -its death warrant through an adv'ef e re port. Among the new bills' toiday are:. V.y General Carr, to ajnend law and regulate banking in state, v ' Uy Devin, amendatory of the' land lord and tenant act. ; By McPhaul, relating to the trans portation of dead bodies. Also to pro vide free anti-toxin, etc.' Also to chang ethe law relating toft: statistics1 of the State Board of Health. I ! By Mease, to prohibit persons CQn virted of mere misdemeanors. fipm be ins: compelled to wear convict stripes. By Taylor, (BrifhsWickK to lacc eertain widows of Confederate soldiers' on tho pension roll. . . By Turlington, to amend ' article" tejil or the Constitution and allow the waiv er of the right of exemption. 'The bill is pushed by the Merchants State As-s-ociation. . ' ' J . - The House last night- passed the Kent near-beer bill, which banishes near-beer from the borders North Carolina. Ttfe law gd4s "intd'eff e'et me 1st, the change of date" from -March 1st being adopted on an. amendi nient by Mr. Kellum. H6iBiade?t tiong speech for locat" self govern ""f 'lit. and presented Jfs local option bill for Wilmington, bufe it was ;decia-r-(id out of order fpr the time. ; i? Two Important New Billsi- "yt Two bills one of them aimed es pet ially at the trusts and particularly tho American Tobacco Co, iiave jvjt 'een presented in the Senate by, Sen :Uor Thome, of Nash- f 1 ' The antitrust measured en titled' an An Aft to Encourage Manufacture a''d Sale3 by Independent Companies "'e bnj js in lille With that feature f,i f'.ov. Kitchin's message which rec foriniionds that the State instituttow?, in making purchases, shall give pref- "ie to the products of independent ftnncerns and that they discriminate against the pfoducts of trusts and ee? f,Uvers of Mrs. Schenk Also " Discussed Reported There Will Be No Dispute Over Amount of Alimony. i U Question Comes Up Tomorrow. 4. Wheeling' W.: Va., Feb. Counsel for Mrs; Laura Fafps worth Schentc and her husband, John O. Schenk, the millionaire packer, held a joint meet-J Ing .tbd,ay to f consider the matter 3f fflinYony . and. counsel fees for the. wof man. Mrs. Schenk was charged with poisoning' ber husband and the jUjfy, after a sensational trial, disagreed;: 11 to .1 in ' Mrs. Schehk's favor. Shel was then released on 'her own redog hizance; as 'will be" remembered. Ac cording to report there will be no ar gument . or t dispute as to the amount Of adimbiny.! The" question will be' tak en bfif or a ' .Tiid TP T T C!: Hsrvpv: in thW itcuit Court, tomorrow. " Cahville, Ky., Feb. 5. MrsAmanA Harrison; alias Mrs Gilmore. 'charged with being ohe of the persons who at tempteifto rob the grave of G. B.'Skuf leya. in the Standford, Ky., cemetery Monday Vhigbt; "was arrested in a re mote section of Casey county today. The warrant for her arrest was sworn out by a, brother ofSaufiey. A young maif is 'Said to havo assiKfid this wOtn- an ih taking the body from its grave. but ' the;hody v wd not 'disturbed. HV ty- iueiciusi- ui iu, lourae uiu ms rnkkn a detailed reDort to thia Govern or DecemJrtfr 1st, 1912, statjng id what extend they have complied; with the new law, ana ih. case of non-com' pliance the reasons therefor. The several reports of! the various insH tutions, together with the Governor's recommettdatiohs thereon are to "be transmitted to the General Assembly at its next session. Exchange of Free Transportation. The til le and full text of the other Thorne till referred to above, are as follower 1 - '" A bill t6 be entitled "An Act td Amend Section 1105 of the Revisal of 1905 Of North -Carolina, soas to ex tend the privilege Of exchanging free transportation therein conferred upon railroad companies in this ' State to other' common carriers subject to the laws of this' State? "The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: x , ; ' "Section 1. That Section 1105 of the Revisal of 1905 of North Carolina be and the same is hereby amended, by striking out the word 'railroad' in line! 23 and substituting therefor the words 'common carriers' ; by striking out the words 'railroad company' in line 25 and-substituting therefor the words common carriers,' and by striking out 'the' words 'railroad companies in lihe 26 and ' substituting therefor the words 'Common carriers and also by adding the' word 'franks' after the word passes' ' and before the "word 'or' in line25 of said section, and by add ing the words 'and members of their families after the;' word 'employes' Jja line ?6 thereof."; t 'As the lawr now stands no common - - . - i"- -. - .. : m .: ui.l PCarrier except rauroaas ians wjuuu I .i. S.--i. ctoiito me meauiuB ji "V"1- ' - Doa-Fall For Piedmont A very wins. Last evening (Thursday; tne oen- ateConimlttee on Couaties, ernes ana Towns held a long, meeting and final fv5 art&d-to- report ' today the" new nbufifr proposition!, adverse- iy. TIle(Jte;HU)ou i-vw-ui "TIT Strict pifedmoni1 Avery cbuKty, bill fafrer better -with the ienate commu teeVahd itTwilP'today be reported fa vorablyi '' The vote in. committee " l&t evening was twelve to two. -i Piedmont : county won out in tbe HStfre1 ebmmittee : last": evening, the final vote being ten td five in its faVof. So it wm be repoftedfav0rahTn ffie Hcmsevand may at hodp The Vi-n- nn -means abandoned the fight and they have wageda pfet- httt -TteM ;alF aloti?.s''Atitnis writ ing, however, ' its .;- chances Tiannot i bs eaM-1 ha verv bright in the Senate. ;v Special Music and 'orchestra forTl Trovatore, uraira vpi, uyvi "v." II .Trovatore - today. Where? Bijpu, ot course. ,.Fve cents. - ' '" HLTd 7X ; I1 TrovMore todayT Bijod, 5c. .' 11 it. ALIEGED WOMAN GBAVi , .. ROBBER CAUGHT TODAY . . : - . .... ,- . . .y I; . Ac Result of Inquiry. Twb' Railroad Men and a Dockmart Served With ' VVarrants. Today Irivestidati&n Con tmues. o .. Uevr York, Feb'. 3. Efforts of the NetKJersey officials to place the re sponsibility for the explosion of dyna mite in the harbor Wednesday, caus ing over thirty lives and a million dol lars property loss; resulted in the ser vice, of warrants this morning, as the 6u$growth of an ihyestigation . among thofee i bf ughtr, into the authorities' drag'netr ' .pe.aested're 'LouiS'V'Fr Calidetta, dboknjaster on Pier '7, of the Jersey Central Railroad, jvhere the Katherine V. wit a load of dynamite exploded; GeneraT Freight r. Agent A. Hamiiton, of tfio Jersey, Central i and J." Sf. ilorrisi freight agent of the same une. NO ATTACK MADE Ineurfectps Failed to " Attajck the " , Town As Expected. El Paso, Tex.,Feb.3 The thrcaten ehed attack oh Ciudad by the Insurrec tos' forces, under brezco ahd Glahco, anticipated for eariy this morning fail ed to materialize. Everything is now qliiet There is no sign of an Insurrec tos advance. ' BANK TELLER ENDS HOPELESS "- - - 'V- - -..... LIFE BY SUICIDE ROUTE PVv. M2aston, Pa.,Feb. 3. William Hack- off ngv!n (Atlor rilfio at nn 'Wn t Inn. f mmself Yfith a revolver. Hackctt was I ajgfed fbfty' years. The cause was; ill health Blirxard Causes Great Suffering. Montreal, Feb. 3. Great suffering was caused' by a blizzard which raged the past sixteen' hours. Normal con ditions were restored today! HO MORE WHIPPING POST WIFE BEATERS Salem, Ore., Feb. 3. A bill to abol ish the whipping post for wife beaters in Oregon has been passed by the State legislature. The law was en acted four years ; ago Since enact ment.-wife, beating cages have almost disappeared. t GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS TOT- TERING. , Washington, Feb.! 3. The Govern ment of President Davila, of Honduras, in the "opinion-of this Government, is tottering. Upon the arrival of General Bonilla, at Puerto Cortez, the United States wilt' tender its good offices to the Revolutionary commander in 'an effort to bring about cessation of in ternal strife on Honduras. DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT A HOUSE DE "Washington,- FebV 3. Democratic leaders in the House are arranging la canvass on the congressional re apportionment proposition. The Re publican if Representatives in cauch last 'nightagreed upon the plan of Representative Campbell for a con tin nance I of the' present House member ship' of 391. Champ Clark, the Dem ocratic leaderi 1 is emphatic in favo ihg' a ' greater House, stSeh' , as shdwn by the Crum'paeker plan, which is' bas ed on 433". a3 the lowest number in the light of . the latest census returns The Campbell plan is based on a ratio: of 234,522 population to each Representative, i The following would have theirs representation reduced- un der the .391 plan : Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, . K&n sas;;"; Kentucky, Nebraska, Norths Carolina, . South Caroling, Ohio, Terfhessee : Virginia, Wisconsin and Maine, , One each, and Missouri two, California, If-New York, Oklahoma and HVvashington would gain two each and Arizona, Montana, New . Jersey, New Mexico Oregon,. - Pennsylvania : and Texas one each. II Trovatore1 today, s Bijou, -Sc. : It. OREGON jt r' S ' ' V . VXTTT , , ...fT.-.-....-svi'-. rr.-:, . . . ,t , . V . "'! . '"V. .; p. li U vt ,r,k x . H mm Mm 5- There is a possibility of Chicago following the example set by New Jersey In elevating an "educator to- high office. Though there is bo governorship at stake, the prize is worth wintilng the mayoralty of the' nation's second lar gest cit v. with Its four year term and $10,000 -innual salary. Charles E. Mer riam,' member of. the facultv of the' Univei-sity of Chicago and an alderman from the ward in which that Institution, is situated, will this sorlucr nttemut ' lb duplicate the feat of Wdodrow WUsom . lie must capture the Republican f u i i 1' -i. .:.s.. '.. l . i, . - f k ..' -fci' m . - . " iL.! - '". defeat his Democratic and other opiouents early in April. Professor Merriahi I .won his spurs during bis first-year In' commission that investigated municipal several specimens of contract grafting leal figure at once. BLEW OPEN VAULT Masked Men Make a Raid on Bank In Illinois Town Made a Small Haul, But Were Discovered When About to Blow the Currency Safe. - ' Davenport, Iawa, Feb. 3. Three masked men blew open the vault (if the Farmers' Bank, at Sherrard, 111., this morning, worked the combination oh a silver. chest, and obtained a huri dred dollars. The robbers were? dis . covered while they were placing ni trogjycerine in the currency safe con taining four thousand dollars. 1 IMORE BIB LOSS BY Baltimore, Feb. 3. Fire of unknowh origin today damaged the piers jof the Baltimore Steam -Packet Company "(Old Bay Line) on Light street wharf to the extent of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars? The loss is" insured. S LIKE 8 S'E Jacksonville, Fia., j?eo. 3. "Nathan P. Bryan, the Jacksonville lawyer, has six hundred votes lead; in the Unite' States Senatorship race over W. A. Blount, of PeBsaepia. -Unless some radical reversal of opinion Bryan will win the i toga. Many isolated towns and preclnets are yet to be heard fi-bhi. ;Of the entire vote cast about thirty-five' hundred votes are still un accounted for. Bryan, ,;however;5 Is confidently expected tO" maintain - his strength in the missing" districtsTThe completevtrtt! will not be knownsuhtil an official! canvass is , made. Nathan P. Bryan is a brother of-the late Sen ator William James Bryan, of Flori da, whose eath occurred about three years ago, only a few', weeks Rafter he took his seat in 'the United. States Senate, - Bryan is a native of Kissim-4 mee, Fla. , He was educated at the Washington and Lee University, of Lexington, Va. ' "The Time." to 11 p.sm. at the Grand 11 a., m. Theatre. , HAS ANOTHER . ,- FIRE FLORIDA NATORSHIP IroIsonJoiCGHic ."i.w-. ! 'JP!-:i"ii'"? the city council by being chairman, of a expenditures. This probing turned np and made the young educator a pOUt-. ROOT AW! ATTACKS New York Senator Comes Cut Strong Against Lorimer Made Extended Argument, Which Was Closely Lis tened To Galleries Were FifiedV whinp-inn vh a Thf,t Honatrtr f Will, Iorinw. of Illinois, holda -hfjluSPme Court was given, seat as the result of bribery. and it should not he permitted to continue in the Senate is the conclusion reach ed by Senator Elihu Root, of NeW York, as announced in argument by him on the floor of the Sefaate today. Root held the undivided attention of his. colleagues as he discussed the Privileges and Elections Committee's report, by which Lorimer was exon erated. There was a large attend ance of Senators' The galleries -Avere all filled. i ; i; '" " ' ". - Senator Root asserted it. Was "Per fectiyimmaterial" ! whether seven "tainted" votes disclosed by investiga tion were deducted froiri' l68'votes. re ceived by Lorimer, or deducted also from 202 votes cast on the joint ballot:- "The latter method," he said, "still would leave "Lorimer; a majority.; What difference doeft. make t- he de manded, "whether Lorimer tn6heyrwa used to gain a LofimE- majority' Or to reduce a total vote, when either is accomplished by means' of corrup tionThe argument of the' support ers ot Lorimer is if tainted votes afe deducted from the Lorimer' vote" of ins tfiAv p.hnnld also fr dfeductfed from the. total vote of 202, which -would ifiavf a total of 195 ' votes, bl' which Lorimer would -have 10i ;. When Senator Root concluded. Sen ator Hale, the venerable Sepublicaii Senate leader, asserted, that some one should come totherescue or tne.Tataie of Illinois, and say whether; the ar raignment of her name ahda fame was warranted. Replying" Senator Bailey said if Root's proposition is accepted then there - has not been an honest election in Illinois in many-years. TRAIN HIT WAGOM MD FAMILY OF THREE- Rochester. 'N. Y., Feb. 3. -Hezeklah Riggi, 'hfs wlfe and three 'year old son, were instantly killed last' night near Alton Station, when a. westbound Borne, Watertown and .Qgsdenburlj train struck" the wagon they were driv- ing In. KILLED tJ-i"-rrt.:i";"-j tximmmmmmm m-r-. m W ' ' WU 111 vf I ' U " 1111.' v i ri t- : - f ' m m m m nr Ull IH L H Witf,6iit Show of Feeling Heard Judge Peebles Pronounce the Death Seiv : tepfce Declared "V Am Not Gditty' Judge Commends the Vefdiit Appeal Taken to, the Supreme' "Cdurt JoHRv Bowman Declared Not Guiity Last Night. . : ; ' At 3:33 o'clock this afternoon John C. " Holly, white, tried" and convicted at' the present term of Superior Court for the murder of Edward Cromwell J pa white boy. bv strychnine noisoninir. - - - - - - . - was sentenced by Judge R. B: Peebles to death by electrocution in thei . State penitentiary at Raleigh, Friday '-'April 7th, 1911 Holly received th : seui tence in thej&me'" imperturbable ahll calm -inanher which hel throughout the investigation of ; f-iha inhuman crime of whioh hesiah convicted. At only one stage ' of 1 the final proceedings which' kfen teheed ht to death as penalty for; his crime; did the prisoner at the har,, utter a en-! tence. This remark was in reply to the query of Judge Peebles just be fore sentence was passed, "Have., you anything; to csaytL' Holly replied iri a clear tone which penetrated evey pection of the stilled, - -court room, "Nothing, "except that t aih not guilty." Holly was brought into court t a; "few minutes after . 3 O'clock In the custody of court officials. He took his seat in the prisoner's box. A 3:15 o'clock Judge. Peebles stated that he was ready to) pronbiince sentence.-' C, D. Weeks, Esq., of' Holly's counsel , was not in "court at the time and Judge Peebles- sent a messenger for", the attorney. Mr. Weeks entered in ' a i4 'mihutesr He ; stated that W. J. Bllnay; Esq;j 'associate, counsel for the prisoner, was in- Raleigh and d - A Judge Peebles tneh asked J tor": copy , of the statute passed "in 1$Q9 providing . for execution by electrocu-! tioh. The presiding judge then made a written copy of the statute. Before sehtenBe "was 'passed HoHy signed a petition asking for an appeal Jto the Supreme Court in forma paueris, stat ing that he was not able to paycosts of the appeal, and saying that his at torneys advised that he" had good ground for the appeal j -This appeal was later signed by the court. . The usual ! motion for ;a ' new triaT' was then made disallowed by the court, and lormai notice ...ot- appetu , W iu Holly was then told to stand up by Juage reeDies. ueaimy. sueuw reign ed throughout "the court room. The prisoner at the bar stood -flrmlyp on his feet and did not evince the. least nervousness. Judge Peebles then., di rected his remarks-to Holly, lie torn thA , Drisoner that he had " been well defended by attorney appointed f by the court, and that they had 7 taken advantage of every lggil step to help him. The judge then stated that HOI Iy had been convicted by; a jury ,ot murder, by poisoning Edward ; Crom well and that no other verdict could bave , been justly rendered. The jftdgl stated that the last link in the chain of circumstances 'u was 5 Welded bv Holly himself when he ' told the witness Matthews theday following the crime tbat he '(Holly) had ' been in the iom -with the boy Cromwell at the- time the witness, heard groans Judge Peebles thn proceeded ; fbr mally to sentence'1 Molly td deaths by electrocution. The court read the written copy-as prescribed,; in the stat utes. The sentence was formal in na ture; In "fihishingi the judge , ordered that ; the prisoner. De remanaea imu the custody of .the sheriff .of . New ttanover county and he carried to the authorities of " the- State penitentiary -n . tjirfpti i FHdftV . Anrir TtE" 1911 where the said Holly snail be electro cuted and killed by, leetridityf as .pro vided by the . statutes of Nor$h Caro lina: ,"God havq mercy upon you," shf emnl v Concluded Jtidge ' Peebles ih divine- th sentence of death.. The court then direqted ithe 'sheriff to take the prisoner; back to jail. Hol ly was escorted out of-the court room at-3 : 45 o'clock showing the same1 un concerned manner which he had when lie entered -""The" 'appeal-will "bd carried ' tcf the next term of , the . Sapreme Court, which meets. March 7th: The appeal will be heard a few weeks after court convenes. Last night there were all kinds o: rumors abroad .itt the land about an alleged confession made by"Holly, - in which others' had been implicated,-as has been suspected and ; talked . of by many ever since tpe nre occurreq. une riimor had the rapidity of - a nieteor and pretty, well covered the city, in a mm ussian Cte rntlt Details Tells How He Obtained His Treacher . ous Instruments of Death For His Basiness bf Mlirdering ' People For FeesExperts V Tell How He Ak pllld to Them and Was Given Dis- - eae Germs. - ' St; Petersburg; Fe63. Dr. Paht chenko, whose specialty he admits, has J been, ih " renovar oy poisoning . o ufadesfrabie1 " relative's" and enemies of those whb could pay his fee, told at today's session of the murder trial how 1 he secured his instruments 65 death. ;pantch'enke, wJtbiXftfuttt iO'Brieir Del etdd Sine toj-ty! victimsi ( ttteidhj k I ol$oner twice- m I IpJolfefdrK"- where? ' he' bhtainear feeveral f tubes - ;of cholera Ondo-Toxine. Pantchenke ex plained to the 'court thatTDeLassy ftfr- nished him the money for hijs trip to Kronstadt and added that he gave- the Tubes of : poison to the Count. Dr. Zabelotny, a plague expert, testified Oiat Pantchenko applied to him for diphtherial, toxlne: ; The witness gave I diphtheria" culture fluid. A mi sco'pieal examiflatioh of Ihteral or gans from the body of Bouturlin was aid bef ere jthe court. . short time, while it grew like a-snow-balL However, there was no truth in Holly had fioV': confessed-ft was said that Holly's, mother had made the statement that some one else was im plicated' in the affair, and the rumor went so far as to have it that arrests Were .being madeVThis mornitfg the. rpmor;haceenTe.miJeredjBomewhat,iA thotigh it was stated that Holly had said that the insurance policy was to be turned over to' some1 one else after the fire Yesterday, after hearing the verdict of. the jury and' yhile leaving the court house oh his way back to jail. Holly declared that the jury had found him guilty, "but he was innocent. The verdict of the jury was borne out bv the evidence, and was what, a ma jority of "those who followed the testi mony thought was right: An appeal will now be taken' to the .Supreme Curt, and if - that tribunal affirms the lower court's decision there will be little hope for Holly, as bejiig a poison case.one that has to be premeditated, fi there is guilt, there could hardly be av commutation, unless there were; other developments. There could only be a pardon or the. one punishment for the crime ' committed.! ; '.' .:;h.v - ! Bdwman Goes Free. ' The negro ' John 'Bowman, charged with -slaying -Eliza Hickman, was de clared hot guilty by the Jury - in his case last - night. ' The verdict came somewhat as: a surprise,- but It follow ed a. mistrial made' in the same: case, though the accused.' was thefr charged with murder - in the -first degree, in stead of murder inithe second degree, last week,, when the jury stood eight for-acquittal, and four for conviction o'f murder In the second degree. The jury deliberated -on the: case for, five Or sli hours . It was composed of W. J.' Meredith, Cha. Summerlin, . R. W. Schulken,, J; R; Mlilican, Wm. J. Hull, JohnE. Hlhes, R. L. Johnson, N."-T. Maxwell.W. P, McGloughan, H. F. dt fen, W : H. Best, 1 T. Eagles. Solicitor Shaw yc5mmenced - the elds- yL. Clayton G-rant, Esq., . jdef ended owmah f and ;cbhducted an able de fense. He was warmly congratulated on the-vefdlctespeciSlty ftS it was a big uphill fight, c - r . . -- t -: This mbrning Judge Peebles made liassi; is ichargedJjwith' 'murdering Uass3?'s btoQieHiflawi - 'GMiillVs& Bcdtt-lIh;rleir?tb, aevsriif ttillMnS-.; mm m in wa-iijassx y fofi ; - nj: wiei rrnemoqor(i0Sesd fucat jtiouuu'nniwas t&efin6sUJceni several sharp comments on the verdict, ' declaring among other things that tt as'on of. the"; wofst verdicts he had evT heard of, saying that , for a mis- -carriage ot Justice it was surpassed py only, one; other murder case tried" by , him in the past eight years. His ar raighinent of the' jury was most bitter indeed and was pronounced one of tho mdst scathing critic' sms of a verdict reer hearfd in' the county court hojise : ?? here. , T - "'..' It is reported that. yesterday Judge pgeblesuggested to 'the county com-v. miBloners that the jury list be revised -and" also4 that the" iulmeS ot the eight jurors who wanted to' acquit Bowman on-the first tHal be obtained. ' "The Place." ' "" , ; Right at the "Grand," to be sure. lt,i ' - For Latest Styles Krahnke & Sons. v" go to F. IL ' ' . - . ,2L. .-;:;. Sheclal Music and orchestra - for 11 I Trovatore, Grand Opera, Bijou 5clt. 1:1 w. UK V S'.lMbV MM to ii ihi 4" f : 1') ii . i ; ' VI ! I !:!'; j! k '.r. " mm 11; -fVi.:.r:sijj f, : m til' H :U'i i3 s-4 !..( i' hU; i 3 ::;: :.;.; i ) .: ' 1 A ' 4- rr:. t..,V.W
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