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VOL. I, NO. 717
CITY EDITIOIC
REENSBOEOXITPAY, JANUARY 2, 1900.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
CITY EDITION.
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DR. MATTHEWS, INSANE OR
FEIGNING, CALMLY TALKS
OF HIS WIFE AND HOME
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Slave to Morphine Habit, Now Occupying Cell in the Guilford Coun
ty Jail, Whence, if Living, He Mut Go Forth to Face the Charge of
Causing His Wife's Death by Injecting Poison Into Her Veins,
While Aostensibly Praying at Her Bedside, Spends His First New
Year's Day ia Prison-Prisoner jk Mental and Physical Wreck.
New Year's Day the day of prom- j vilely murdering spoke of lior n.s alive
isc and hope for the. future, of amend-(and near him.
meat and good resolutions, the day of j "She is coming tomorrow to take me
the putting oft" of the old year's sins to 1 for a drive,'' he said. "1 hope the weath
begin the. young new year in imioeence !er will he fair and warm, for I need 1 lie
this day was spent in a prison cell by I fresh air. 1 haven't been out for some
Dr. Matthews, morphine fiend, would-be-I time." .
suicide, and accused wife-murderer. ; i Dr. Matthews was suffering from
When seen by a Daily Industrial New. rheumatism, his ankle being badly
reporter yesterday in the office of the jn ft swollen. lie spoke of Jailer - Bush-It's
Dr. Matthews had not the appearance ij'f I kindness to him and told how he had
a, man for whom there is any "new1" j come to be where lie was. 'T was taken
vcar, with us fresh buddmss of hove 1 ill in the street,' he said, 'and car-
ami ambitions, its ieelings of life begin
ning anew, with better and firmer foun
dations, and a surer outlook on things.
Tor him time has stopped with the ,'ld
year the year of succumbing to temp
tation, the year of abject slavery t, a
drug, of total relinquishment of (he
SUICIDES OF YEAR
BREAK RECORDS
Homicides and Deaths by Violence ;
Number 9.212 Against 8.482
in 1904.
MURDERS BY HIGHWAYMEN
SHOW LARGE INCREASE
! 4 Mi. li,.'i..b.'a U. n.,.l 1.... ..
been unable to be. Mr. F.mick has
treated me very, kindly' .indeed and has
saved mv life mailv limes,"
Then the prisoner spoke of freedom..!
not with despair, nor with feverish;
hope, but with calm certain! v.' ' "!. have
cins of self-mafterv into the hands: of j been ill so. lung," he said, "so very long:
his slave-driver, Morphia. J -.-'tor two hundred, and forty-four days, i
The man who greeted his guest in .the' but "scum 1 shall bo able to go home. :
oftice of the prison had gone "far bevimd I l'robably, if I am very much belter
the wrecked condition described in these j 'llpn "'' wile comes tomorrow, I shall ..
columns at the time of his hearing, be able to go home with her. I hope
Here was naught but a shrunken, warn-.;' smin, w, ior j naio imposed on .ur,
. ed hull to be blown by each nerve temp-1 Uusiclc much too long
Jealousy Prompted 579 Murders; Li
quor 642, And 51,111 Were Ordinary
Manslaughter Physicians Lead Those
Who Take Their Own Lives.
Chicago. III., Jan. 1. Unofficial statis
tics of the year show that the number
of murders and suicides in this country
has greatly increased, and that there
has been a decrease in the number, nf
legal executions, compared with the
number of homicides. The homicides
and deaths bv violence total .0,212, a
I shall
all tliosi:
( vhercvei- it l.utiul t. 4 In. Ml ..'rmost I JlllllllrrtiW Ot days
h,ni,u nf i,iiv . OjucerniiiL' his aiipelite, the uiaii who
His eves were abided in no direction i lla", been Steadfastly refusing I'uod in his ' compared wit If 8.482 last year. ',",,'
by a stead v wiiC but rolled aimh'Fsiy ; courlship of death, said with a touch ! The startling feature of the record is
., nil wildh his hands; stretched 'out to I "f comedy ahi;ii as gay as the grin ; the increase in the number of .murder
touch anything, trembled iike a shrunken j "" kl'". " oiu!o.;eat. anything but i committed by highwaymen, being 5S2,
leaf in an irv blast, and on hi face the! nothing else satisfies my .appetiie against -Kit during l!Mi I. Four years
vcliow skin "h mm in fold.' ad lirmness "!' "PpeuN ' my t.istc. . I cat lilleeu 1 ago the number was only 10;!.
and color gone i -oni it The man may j P'1" every night, and am very fond of ; Jealousy provoked .7 imirdcrs and li
M'ill Ji.:vo .'ibont : 'nini . Morphia's pall of 1,1 ":i because t hey are sweet. 1 ra cat ipi ir M2. Homicides grow ing out of
weary indillepfiice, but (the tired. wreck-j lls, "'any pics as any four men.'' V'iiiarrcls number -5.111, 'The record of
P.t life spirit within him is clamoiing fori Toiii-Iiing his nir ntal condition,-, lie , sclt'-deslnic.tioii is one. of the most do
freedom from : this profitless and numb' sn'': ." ani ('r' ml"''' troubled about I'ploraMc of the year, the number of
,-lay. . , !'".' mind. Many si range things have prominent men being much larger than
llis.iwr liii is in iiibevancc lintil a .' roo i u many srrange tilings nave inllicrlo. the total is !),!W-. an increase
8,G52 SHAKE THE
PRESIDENT'S HAND
New Year's Day Reception At-
tended by Nearly 2.000 More
Than Last Year.
.n ... .
LARGE NUMBER OF
CHILDREN IN THE LINE
; Little Ones Constituted a Feature of
; the Day First to Greet the Roose
velts Were the Vice-President and His
Wife The Story of the Day.
PREPARING FOR HIS BUSY SEASON.
8-HOUR DAY A
IWATER WAGON TRIP RUSSIA GRUSH1MG
KM
GEERIL STRIKE! A 1IERI BRIEF DIE! THE II
r him rest until,
is in iiibevancc lintil a
(in i ios tniM.-f t
;Vle, his 'lod given di
ance until Hie hingoiu
ji.'ppv shall have wrn
dung hini 'aside and h
.;'roni som"whi ic ill 1
and mercy shall gise
beem ugain.
'I'lm Inn n vli.'iw.i !'.l!ffci a ii-ill nrrtlio Kl ,
" .1 .. '. . i . . ,.' V one
- ineie or.i ueniii jo eiii'i 11 ne lives long
enough to come beUfr
the man. who is ci'iirt!
i.aii dcfuie his ':" "P1"1 J"!"71' : :-.'ver the list ..f the; preceding : international Typograplcdl Union Foreigner Writes of the Ouaint Announcement mai uueruw wui-
'UIIV n !l itU" i. I ' ' " . Jt iii nu iiuni' -'n i liii: iiumi la (
:is liei.d of liie:r'";'(', yh''" 1 v . very, young man 1 indicate,! in the following table: I ... -Will FOfCC l!l6 ISSUC
ig him drv and
tried lu t;.,,c my own lite. Jle slioweu in isil!), 5.:i40; 11KNI, 0.775 ISW1, 7,
j the wrist, still band.iged. that he had oi-. . iim ss.-.ot- villi 0!ii- lun.-. o.
,e uuiwrse. pity ;"f 1,18 alm t",.''1PP Jdgm,M.!. ..
him strength to ! N""': 'ar! , m'xn- cAp.ai.ied. The propon
j - , ..uld take a .J,i! non am- cut. .h, aml wJmo'H ,.
. . ,. . , i.'irm like t!in(. I U.d not do it. Some- ,,,.i. ..:-
himself from that tribuiiinl. spoke in lov
ing tones of the wife
their' (ribunal-
elsc that
appear as if I hail been
i commit suicide."
tion'of suicides 'huinng men
emains '.::'iHi:t th" -siin'c.
u. oome- n,.n,.i.,,? ,,.:. j,. i.i.ii,,.- n,r,i .1 ,vrt,i..n
to try t make t taking their own lives: l'hvsicians head
irvin" i.o
Today.
FIRST UNIVERSAL MOVt
. c i , : ,.,,
CUSiurn oi Jueii in ivew i ui j
on New Year's Eve.
A,
fare Would Be Carried on In
creases Severity.
MYSTIC CEREMONIES
DISORDERS CONTINUE ON
SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION
death to save! n of
ic is accused of
rse," said Dr. Mnt-
(f'oncluderl on I'acre Kiglil. Col. 3.)
M'GLELLAN BEGINS
HIS SEC0D2D TERM
BERLIN DISCLAIM
This Probably the Last Public Of
fice He Will Ever Fill. He
Declares.
HIS AMBITION IS
CITY CLEAN
0 GIVE
ALL IDEA OF WAR
What Could Germany Cain by
It." the Query of the Fore
ign Secretary.
THOUSAND REASONS
tlie list of professional men, the number
being 041.'. -;' -..- - . ' . ' . .- ''
The causes were despondency, domes
tic infelicity, disappointment iii love, ill j Several Sectional Strikes Have Been De
neal in, , liipior . ami business losses,
i'eison was re-orlcd to in t.7."2' civs,
shooting in 2,8(11 cases, hanging in
and drmvning in . SOS. .
'leu blew themselves up ''.with dyna
mite and three starved themsehe.
The legal exeeiitions numbered IX), of
c'arcd Which Er.iployrs Have Won
More Than Quarter of a -Million In
Treasury Fund For Impending Battle.
MARK ELEVENTH HOUR; LINE OF SIBERIAN RAILWAY
After "Swearing Oft" All Around Jour- Wit te Urges Czar To Promnlgate a
ncy to the; Aquarium Begins With ; Moderate; Constitution And It Seems
Much Hullabaloo, But Only Thirsty Likely That the Emptor Will 'Acqui-
' ; Driver Completes the Trip. ' cscc In the Sugcction.
If
which. 51 were in the North and 8 in
the. South. Seven! y-thi'oe wore negroes,
a!) while, men and one a Chiiiamnii.
lrs. Itogers, of Vermont, was the one
woman executed. Showing the relative
changes' of murders mid executions
ma v be said that in 1SS. 1,81)8 inurder-
: were reported while the number el
I hangings was 108, wdiile this year 1:1:'.
(Were hanged or electrocuted for 0,'JI.'
murders committed.
The number of lynclnngs was fill. ilic.
smallest number reioiled since 1 .",
i when stilt intics were lirst gatlierccl by
OVERNMENT ! AGAINST HOSTILITIES ,,' 10 -S , t v :';
i ; . lvncheil lor murder, I.j tor eninmal as
i ..-.. ; sault and l.'i for mi
at the End of Six iears He Can ; British Influence, It is Declared,
.Ne
I have endciwored to set forth in let-1
Icrs hitherto on.o -habit, ami I ! , ;rrorists is known to beat worU here
of dwellers in the citv of New York that
I
cllaneous nason-
i!i-'c.".Tan. 1. l or the first time
since org nization of ! ht Interna-,
ii'inai -j.'V'pogiuphieiil I'l-ioii, a general
Mi!;.v wiii into ciVed tomorrow in
cM'tv slu'p,: in the United Suites and
Canada, nl ere the employer refuses to
grant an eight-hour day.
s.i-i.,:-l iliiio-i holnve tlie union m-irit.
crs in vauous parts of the eoimtrv have appear curious ami -in nmi iii i- "' SPnr,,1Pi, for suspi.(.i
.. 1 . .. ... . r.. ...... ,.(,- T l,i-o in mvr I..,-. .
..i.lcvc ! strikes to entoree a ueurrnifm " - "..
of their comlilimis, but these strikes I We .way, described to you the iron nne
h.ne al vnys been sectional and in a few : of. the janitor, the impcriousuess ot the
ii,,lnn.-es have been won bv the em- i surface and snb-siirlace conductors and
" iLMinrds anil the -huiiuddy. .'.cnieinor il
V ... ...m. . i v..,i to hat A tt'irimone i-iris. aim J ' lrnt
.M)H . W 1 L II il II l .t BUI IUIH1 t'l I
lie, ii a ouarter of a million dollars, ob- i they were ot interest to you
laiii.d liv assessment on every
-' Washington. -.Ian. 1.- Xew Year's Day1
;was 'di-erved at the White House to
day with all the traditional brilliance of
;l'ic I'resident's reception, Crip, sun-
I shiny weather brought out. crowds, and
. ' by actual -count O.OovJ people shook tlifi
: lVeident' liiiud. Last year 7,115 were ..'
.received. .Mrs. Roosevelt remained until
! tin- end of the reception.
i A feature of the .-public reception was
I I lu- large number, of children who passed
! the rccciv ing line.
Jliss Koosevelt and Mr. Lorgworth
- -miiiglcd with "the guests in the Kast
:i. mi. Tvliss UooHevi It wore a gowu of.
-!.:! b!oe cliil'on omT pink, silk.: cut.,
' h.w. She .alsii wore; n- dinniond neeklaco; '
and peuilunt and a huge bunch of or-
''cilid-. -' - ' ;.'--'.'-'-
; Mrs, lloosevclt worn a gown of jwlo-.i
hi ne chili'on Imilt .over wliHe cilk. The
iicli skirt nil' trimmed with rr.--vs of ruf
lies -winch' fil . f-vota 1 he. Shirred girdle,
't he wai.-1- was ( i-iiiimci! with white luce ,
mid her only orniiments ycre :i ti-w dia--liioiuls;
sin I'-nr.ried , ii both-piot of roses ,
and liijcs of tie: valley. . .
- Reception 'Begins.
' '. -. Siior'.iy before J I o'clock the Tresi-.
' -dci.it i-nd M's. KoofcieSt, ' proceeded br
1 he - inilil ai'.v and iiaval aides U tier
I'lvulciit aid the several White House
aiih-, ;ifl in S iei-ial full dress, descended
I he . ivarhle - stairway .leading from tiui
i-i-oii,!: ;i,ir.:- Kntering the bhu; room
' hey took, up tli ir -.positio'u to (he light
mi tli.-". d.irif leading if :,-. lh" lied room,
. 'l'iic t'u-v 1,1 v-'i-'i iliein a h.'ppy new
year -ven:' the N ice-Pi"sidei( and Mrs,
l-'airbaii';.-. , t ho parsed bchinil the re
caving line unci stood to the right of
Ic.o-'i.'it. Ncxl (itrnc Secretary
.it a ! '-!'!'. ', R;iot and te re'iiaining mem
liers'. of tli'- abinct. Who v.-ct behind
'.f i -c. '-I-, i i. e. . -
: At liii: r - ilcj't'- left was bis mi l
tary iii.h'. Col. Churlcs S. lironiwcll. who
maile ihe presenlal ions to the President.'.
N earl a was the : rrcMde-d. 'jjdvi:1 aide.
l.i".:ti iui nC .AlhC'V" 1.. Key -' (:pposilo -I
:- --' .!-- M,' !-v C'uii-les !.;
' Mel'ii'w'ley, I'liife;! States maril'Cs, who
a.:''le th; preseiit a'iriu to her. In single
.line lai:ig tlir .fresident ain't the reeeiv-
big party Vcie mcii.iicrs of (ho "Pres.1
i;('s slaff, young ofiieers of the army,
:. .ivy and murine .rp. ..'Th oi-.les were: '
aptaul .V. K. Uaruni2, I nilcd Mat;
marines; Captain Dan T.Moore, of the
nrt.illc.rv5 Captain f ltzhr.gh I-e, of tho
New York. .Ian. 1,-Corrcspoiidence of Si. Veter.-l.urg. dm. 1, The policy of :
a traveller in a forcisrn counirv to his repressing the revolutionists continues;
friend s i'.d' former teacher at home: ; : j with a .engeaiiec. Titeir amionncement c,,viry; lienleiinnt Robert L. I'.erry, of
... , , , , i- i , i : that tliev pri'posca to carry "ii a gin ni-
Lst-rmed and lll.is.r.ous Friend and ,val.-ri' a ,,,.,,,.,,,1 armed levolt
; ia ..i-i.ii.i ...I, l l w Mlo,inLili' l he .m.-el'll-
I I'""' " - -
lie navv: l-ienienaiit t nssyes urant.
Ihird; ef the ensiiieiT corps: Lieutenant;
T'hilip H. Sheridan, of the cavalry and
tnent to redoubled ei.eigy. A band of Knsn Ad'dplius Andrews, of the navy.
mid last night there were j-'-wIxdcmtlc
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Leave New York Better Than He !
Found Her He "May Feel That Six-
Years Hard Work Was Not in Vain."
New York, Jan. I.-- Mayor Ceorge B.
McClellan began today his second term
Largely Responsible for the Feeling of
Uncertainty in France as to the Atti-,!
tude of the Kaiser Toward Republic'
The naners publish terrible pictures
of the conditions picvailiii1" along the
SilK'iian -'.railway. There arc no railway
liberals-on duty and on Ihe section as
far as . t.'heliabinsU.v. : . govennucnt. of
iKn..l... ..11 I... .i 1,'ii-A ,., ii nil-
'" I 1 i v.,,.. .1.,!.. ..,.;.l.. nii.v.U nl
union these, however, I assure you.mnk Int.) : -fVkutUlc;' ' .vriit l'nilifarv trains -are1 ru.i-
nnter ft determined effort is to be matte 1 involute tminess ana inaniiy eompan i , . .vitllo11, nnl. r or proper en'jineers.
. . . ... . . I 'il. i.n i.i.i niimiiiinv fir tilili'll
m establish the eight -Hour day miner- ";
x.,-ily' - . . . . : - i l was this night o! December .11, liltU,
' Out of the sW thousand members of iln-ss. In brief, il was, in the pai--Tvpogniphieal
l uion No, 6 in New ! lnnce of its participants, -a ceremony of
. - ' r. . . . . ni:..-.l.: m. ii-., Ur i-.,rrnn no linn r'h
V...-L- il- -w elimntef rotllirlil. I, ,fi.l tewer coiuuini; w,, . r---
Baron Hengelmuller Heads Line.
The iiiembers of the diplomatic body
were iieaded by Baron Iiengelmuller,
acting dean of the corps. An innovation
was i he 'presentation of the embassy and
legation stiilVs by the anibassadui's and,
ii!ihi-i.M-v "liii i" I lie 'ii-loni at. other
eapilil1-. F"i' the lirst'. -time-in'-flve ycaM.
the tauiili.ir linure of Count Cassini, the
former tiu'Mau ambassador was missing,.
Tlii- v: the third New Year re
ception, attended by the. ambassador
.from, l-raiicc
an I ST:id.an:'e- -.dusscvaiid, '
who '.Mi'e nex.r... presented.
Berlin, dan. 1. The German foreign !
office has been n ware for some time that,-
as mayor, this time foi four years. A i nervousness existed
number of new heads U f departments among the Cabinet ministers and wo-
France bo't ic Attacks New Ministry as DepeivJ-
ina Udoii the Irish Vote for
were sworn in includim: General Theo-j ple over the possinility of a renewed ijo Cinnnrt
dore A. Bingham, the new poiice com- j controversy w ith Germany. , ,
uiissionor. I Baron von ItiehthofT, the foreign sec-1 : . ' '
After they had taken th'ir oath May- retary, was informed a fortnight ago! Loudon. Jan. 1. Joseph Chiinibeilaln
nr McClellan called them ani i told them that the French Cabinet had serious issued his election manifesto todav.
his ambition is to give the city a clean,' . rirmnnv'i in(e..ti...,. ti. After vigorously Htlncking the ne'w
eincieni, aim. nonesi ge.veruiMciu. ar - .
A man w ho has, utt retiiriicd hero
from .Moscow aecou ills for tne great ox-;
aggcrafion in the .reports ot slaoirhter . " I 1 1 sr- :aii!;i;isadci' from nenriiuir and
there by the fact thai, Ihe troop a ml a i- iy;u'on,-s Stcriilidg . ".returned from
illerv gcnerallv ncd . Mank' eiiri ridges 'iv,.n, s. C, where they siii-nt, the holi-
se ot . liiglilenmg tlie-; dav", m tnao !" nti'end iodav s reccp-
strikers and revolutionists...... tion. .The piefuresiim! tniiforni -of Uaroit
It is learned from a high source that Sicrnbcrg, of sky bine cloth, with silver
Premier W ide is agaiii strongly urging "trimmings 'w i: li the tartar cap and Whita
Z c' V u l icitvnien particularlv are 'wont, for about the Kmperor -.immediately, to proniul-: aiureilc was perhaps tins most iinniua
Fatal Wreck On the Big Four Railway : 3(,j 2:j.24javi 0 t'(. year to go about ' gale a moderate constitution. -f.r the,' worn av the rccep:i.iti.
their affair punctuating their walking . double purpose ot reassuring Die j.in- tc.iiiig ici, uniy oeeoranons con-
Column ?.)
Uhan !H)0 will be obliged to slrike to- the pronunciation usually was, Climlmi . . f
morrow. . ' " ' " ' -
' . ,'-,' ',-' ; ' The Usual Custom.
I THREE KILLED; MANY HURT. ! v,m must know tint in Xew York
Near Columbus, 0
j Columbus, Ohio, .Ian.' 1. Three per
! sons are reported killed and a number
'injured in a wreck on the Big four rail
j way near Columbus.
; o details vet obtainable.
'('Concluded on Vage
(Continued on I'age -J, Column !.)
(Coiiclndcd on 1'age 2, Column 2.)
juae to nu present oiiice as " m -, ... ,, . ,.ssi.ntialv a "llome Uule, Ultle Eng-
public office w-hu h, in aI probability, t i iresh fnim Pans, that such iipprchen-! hmder Government, Depending for Its
sdiall ever, fill," and aid: . isioih were wholly without cause, add-' Existence On Irish -Votes." he devotes
-.government, which he describes as being
jl hi. ina rmi oi . i wi.s n. i .v.. ,
t llf 1 O-
mavor i can rtirc iiu,u -"rnni'- mv w
Dia Receives Diplomats.
.Mexico Cily. Jan. T. President Diaz)
today received the congratulati'Ui of,
the members of the diplomatic corps. r
magistrates ot the court, .-members ol :
7
THROUGH IB-INCH J. J.
ILL JD BREAK -:JML ASST. BIST. ATTORNEY
E
L UI
E
! himself entirely to nu cxositinn of hU-j tbe'chamW of deputies, government of
occn jn vain. '""" .call"- t
At uio inUallalion of ,tn '' ! slightest iudicalion
of Aldermen today Clurencfe J. -Sprn . Government content
"Wlinl ..Anlit f li.vnn, n. rr,,Ii, ' lur
ucious that tho city I his advnneed in ; W1)r.,.i '
i;ood government ana Itl ww. rigiueous- lnonbies -erc mado here bv f-ren,.!. 41.,. n .i
nee, that miinlcipal atl.rJaHM ht.yc. beer, fimin,.itl, illtl.rrst, ,!Ht week i.'s to the ,;rammc f .). Cioiiist nan v. tlTU-'
"S wi- rt T fi;7l, . r.i ,v -'"',8i,,ili,irS "' -provokliiR a llld i(,.m. elosdv connected wild the
r ll , IhP&t'- -V !""' i"rma" hB"km being the poliev of re. .at ion.
feel that six years of hard worlc has not . vir,.mptv un srnrmiKi .miiti. ... r!. ... .:.
v .... . i"". , .uiu uiuing an. v niiniocrmiii i s :
"l believe our objects can lie tuny at
tained by a moderate general .tariff,'
scientifically adapted to the existing
conditions of our trade and so arranged
as to secure the largest amount of em
ployment at fair wages for our people.
I'lt would necessarily provide for the
free admission of raw materials nnd oi
articles which we do not make ourselves,
while it would place a toll on the man
ufacturers of those countries which do
not treat us fairly. : I
"Our policy is constructive and practi
cal, while the policy of our opponent is
destructive mid theoretical." i
:. - - - '''.
item in Utc constructive firo-; (. at the National Palace to pay their
respects to mm;-, r i ne .( rcsiucm. was ui:
evcllcnt. health. ''
Nine by Twelve Inch Hole
and Escape Prison.
Harkins Olilce by Miss Lcet.
Formerly Asst. Casriler.
there was not tho
that the German
.,4.,1 - rt.f: .-.!-. th .entinff .v.s. .......... s... -..v..v av-
"1 itr . j iVi-T -- . n tion towards France.".
of President H trti" th" ! It was pointed out by one powerful in-
Democratic, ticket , Mr . Shearn acted in . i ..ft tlm,a-d r(,aJona pxistcd
MIIOIIOI J.U. riicip?5VOK,inBmu....y .n. ... ....,.!,.,. for
t1 ownership candidate cx that of
lice. " - " .. '- I .
'Mr. Shearn said he hopfs by the pro
test to get a writ of eertifnri f"" the
courts to offset the ruling! of the board
of canvassers of elections wMeh seated
the men whose offices ho contests. Mr.
Smearn is counsel for V. S. Hearst. ;
GENERAL BINGHAM
V STARTS "ON LEVEL"
w York, Jan. 1. William McAdoo,
today retired from tho oflico of police
1 his siieci'ssor, General
Theodora A. Bingham, fornhll.V assumed
eommand of policp force cj tut greater
(Concluded on jPage S, ttoluun 5.)
it." '
The apprehensions in Franco appear
to be due to a reasonable certainty that
Germany will oppose France's Position
at the Moroccan conference, now only a
fortnight off, and also to the feeling t nat
Frances yellow book on Morocco went
rattier too far in accusing (ienn.my of
assuming a provocative attitude and
charging her with bad faith.
British influence, it is said in Herlin.
is known to be adding to the feeling of
mistrust of Germnnv :.;-' in France.
Hut in every well-posted quarter here,
diplomatic, financial, and military, the
statement is mnde that war between
lpV-.anv pml FrniH'e; 1 Incredible
less France has dcslfrnv Wdich so iar
have not bven discloseivH ;,
-1
Yale Meets First Defeat.
Tiiiminghaiii, Ala., Jan, l.Thc Yale
basket ball team met. its first defeat I
since coming South hero tonight at the
h
Club,
Atlanta, fia, Jan. 1. After digging h i Special to Daily Industrial News.
hole nine inches by twelve through an Ashevillc, X. t'.. Jait, I. .Miss I.ei
,b. the score being 24 fo 18. :Twety. '"T , , 1 uU " e lOdlector llarkin's onice. has bee, r
seven fouls were recorded against Yale ; a-mlln,cr phllni ,ade their eseape. ,'tcd to cashier to succeed J. J
and manv charges of "roi'ghmg it.
were made against the visitors. The
Yule teani goes from .here ; to Cinciu
pro-
llritt,
nat i.
Punishing Him for Pro
fane Words.
j , SI. Louis. Mo.. 'Tan. 1 .-St retched upon
t. a cot in the observation ward at the
u -City Hospital is Fritz Iiorehart, a grave
digger, ;! years old, employed at ot.
Slatthew's cemetery, evidently driven in
sa c by ti e. giuesomeiicss of his occu
lta! inn. V..
He would work for hours in silence,
stopfii'i' now aid t'.en to turn an ear
Mississippi Legislature Meets Today.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 1. Thn tytissis
Bippi Legislature will convene tomorrow
in special session. Among other im
portant legislation to be considered are
a new code and a bond issue, of a mil
lion dollars. . ftoveninr 'nrili)iiiiii!i bus
$150,000 Fire at Hagerstown.
llagei'stown, Md., Jan. 1. Fire to-nii-ht
destroyed tlie large four-story
'pliml- of, tlii" . Hagerstown Storage &
I nui"ler oinpauy, ciiiaiiiii); 11 loss 01 .
bc'wccn i-li.i.O' i) and iM.i(),U(K), mainly, wn , died Saturdav,
011 g'ods stored 111 the miiuung. , . j 'clock yesterday
t hapel,
Craw line through the small -opening! who today received his eimmnsion as
the prisoners scaled the wall surround- Special As-istant Jtis: net Attorney fur
ing the jail and left, Two of them I tlie Western District of: Xorth -(.'rdiin.
were cant tired later, but the others arc! 11. R. iloberls, who was an rpnlicant
i still at large. i for the Ashevillc postmaster-lnp, has.
: 1 IIC IllSOll llllS OCCIl Il'ai'U'U m .'il.' ; ..m-.-I1 ICIlilt-ini III." i.ssinniin. . ,-tisiiM, r
nf liie niimt secure in the entire South. ! nlaee. a tnuisfer -from tne held service.
. . . '' '!: The Board of Count v Commissioners !"-'l',"r"- . , . ' . ' , ' ,
r.....i sti' , !.' 4-1.S- .f4 ,r.,..,'.. 1;,.,.,.. ii..,.,. .. Hnnharl s hallucination has been com-
The funeral of Mrs. Manila Miller, to K. .1. Sherrill and W. Hawk, les-
Z MZSJZZ wt S:iNegro: Prisoners Crawl Out of He Is Succeeded in Coiector: Believed Spirits of Dead Were
.1. ... .. ...j ... - . .... ....... . .i... . ... s- ............ i . j . :.. I " ! ' . . . . ... . . 1 n il: e r-..
xpcclHiilly, r.s it afraid ot some unseen.'..-.
oicc. ami at .oliier limes acr.inc as ir
he were listening to word? from unseen
upon biir fvr some. time. : Several
oecurivd at 11 sees of the Ulcn lb ck Hotel mid Hotel . ' spK.;ii ..1 1 av g converseo
merning at Holts IJerkley. -vim 111c spnos 01 ine ucuu, nuerreu mr-
Tho services were conducted; These were the two ho.els out of 'ne ceincieiy vwiere no wivs empiojeu.
Leonard Knocks Out Gardner. k.. . . .1.1, l!w!es. : commission last week beeau-e of linuorl". Kccently he believed lie had commit-
-UnlTnlo. X. Y Jan. 1,-r.Joe Uonnrd 1 'Mrs. Miller's death came as a shock law violations while under the manage- rtP'! om sacrilege in using a profane
of Ihttfalo, todav knocked -out - -'Glial to- her .-family and friends, for she inenL of Mr. Iioughrnn and Mr, t.ange. I word while nt work, and for this he was'
(Jarilner. 01 I'tiiladelohia. in the sixth was not considered as damrermislv ill. I he commissioners refused to grant- any warned by the spirits that as a pimaiicfl
Mnnouneed thrtt. lin u ill nln.'.o n limit 1 rriiinil of what wu to be a liftccn-rouiid 1 lour ibiuirhtevs survice her mid they : relief .to. the oilier four saloons out ot ; " nmA letrain liom tAlMiis .lot t
vu the tnuo vt tho sesmou.
italUe.
' all live iu the cty.
- business.
period of sevcu days,