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CORONER'S INQUEST BEGINS
Bovertowu. Pa., Jan. 28. Suggestion!
of graft and admissions of neglect,
which it is intimated may result in
. prosecutions, marked the opening ses
sion of the inquest here today into the
horror at Rhoades operahouse on Jan
: uary 13, when 169 persons lost their
l;ves. ' :
It was brought out that the main
.'exit to the hall was blocked by the box
office, and that the stairway anl the
: point of exit and entrance was but
three feet one inch in width, and that
Harry lisher, the operator of thtf mov
ing jicture apparatus, had received but
two days' instruction as to the methods
' of handling the ca cjvim lights, and that
he operated the machine in public for
the first time on that fatal night.
In addition to this Dr. Thomas A.
Khoades, the owner of the building, de
clared that the building had been in
spected and passed by a state., factory
inspector after he had given a contract
for fire escapes to a Reading man. He
added that the factory inspector told
li m who he should buy his fire escape
from. . '. .
. The lessee of the 'operahouse, E. C,
Manger, of Pottstown, admitted he did
not know the location of the fire es
capes. He said he had been told the
factory inspector's name was Bechtet.
It was learned from his testimony
that there were no aisles along the walls
and cnly two narrow aisles to separate
the seats into three divisions, and tnat
the chairs in the outside sections were
not fastened to the floor, so that they
probably fell and caused many to
stumble : and fall in their rush to get
out of the building. Mauger admitted
there were no red lights to show where
the tire exits were, ana no doors tnrougn
which to reach the fire escape had been
cut in the wall.
John Sheeier, who built the op.ira
honse, gave testimony which showed
that the platforms of the Are escape"
were above the floor of the building, and
i that the stairway was only three feet
one inch in width. Dr. Rhoades, in th's
""connection, sal ' he had never been told
. by tho factory inspector to widen the
stairway or exit.
Thu investigation will be resumed tomorrow.
GAHOLINA B. B. LEAGUE
MEETSiyHMQTTE
WINSTON AND RALEIGH BID FOR
PLACE IN LEAGUE DECISION
NOT ANNOUNCED.
Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 28. The appli
cations of Winston and Raleiffh for
places in the Carolina Baseball League
were considered at a meeting of repre
sentatives from the five towns already
members of the league held here today.
President J. H. Wearn, of this city, will
announce the successful bidder between
this data 'and Moiiday.
It was decided that each team shall
play in white on their ; grounds, but
adopt any desired uniform away from
home.
The constitution of the league is in
the hands of a committee composed of
ft. C. Carson, Charlotte; L. J. Brandt,
of Greensboro, and Furman Smith, of
Andersen, S. C.
There are many applications for the
position of umpires, and these will be
! selected later.
The league is composed of Greensboro,
and Charlotte, in North Carolina, and
Anderson, Spartanburg and Greenville,
in South Carolina.
Every city was represented at today's
meeting.
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Increases Limit for Salisbury Building.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 28. The
Senate today passed the bill increasing
the limit of cost of the proposed build
ing nt Salisbury from $75,000, the
amount available for the purpose, to
$125,000.
For Today and Saturday
We have 50 pairs Boys'
$).50 Patent Leather Shoes
in all sizes, from 2 1-2 to 6.
that we are going to sell for
two days only at
S1.95 )
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. , . Greensboro, N. C.
ROBERT "A. SILLS, Mgr.'
HIGH POi$T BUREAU
Subscriptions and News Items
Barnes, Paper Delivered by Carriers
Per Week. Phone 306
HIGH POINT PLEASED
OVER BOND ISSUE BILL
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE
USED TO PAY OFF FLOATING
INDEBTEDNESS NEWS NOTES.
High Point, N. C, Jan. 28. High Point
heard the news' with much pleasure that
the legislature in special session had
passed the bill allowing High Point to
issue bonds to the amount of $60,000,
to pay off her floating indebtedness. It
is expected that the bonds will be float
ed at once so as to get hold of the
money.
Squire W. E. Johns, Sr., and E. E.
Pugh have returned from Randleman,
where they attended the old fiddlers con
vention there, Both are loud in their j
praise for the hospitality accorded them )
by the people of Randleman. There were .
fifty or more fiddlers at the conven-,
tion and two of the prizes were won by
High Point citizens and one by Sidney
Hill, of Progress, fr specialty, using an
old time delsimo. Mr. Pugh won $10, for
best lead fiddle and Captain Johns, $5,
for best second fiddle.
Mrs. L. W. Hazard is still confined to
her room on account of sickness.
Mrs. John Wilborn, aged eighty-three
years, died at her home near Hoover Hill
yesterday and the remains were this af
ternoon interred at Gilead in Randolph
county. She . was the mother of six
children, who with husband survive. De
ceased was an aunt of D. N., C S., John-J
W., and other members of that family.
She was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church south and well and
favorably known. ;
A deal is on here for one of the most
valuable pieces of real estate in the city,
so it is authoritatively stated, and if it is
consummated will mean much to the city
in that it will be developed and substan
tial buildings erected thereon, which is
not the case now. This piece of prop
erty has been much sought after and it
will be good news when the deal has been
finally announced, which is withheld for
the present. 1
It is learned that the People's Banking 1
and Trust Company, promoted by T. F.
Wrenn and others, will shortly commence j
the erection of a bank -building of their 1
own. The company has already leased I
the Johnston building for a period, bnt;
it-will eventually be domiciled in its ,
own quarters. j
Thaw Case to
By Friday at the Latest
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the defendant were fits of temper which
deserved a "spanking," he he expressed it,
rather than scientific discussion. lie
has attempted to discredit the outbreaks
in later life with the suggestion that
they were the result of too much drink j
ana not lung more, ait tne prosecutor
will ridicule the expert testinionv is
generally agreed. Having no experts of
his own, he has a free hand in that di
rection this year. Mr. Jerome's move
today also frustrated a plan of the de
fense to call in sur-rebuttal several of
the experts who testified against Thaw
at his last trial.
Mr. Littleton, in his argument, will
contend that the prosecution has failed
to shake the case of insanity built up
by the defense. He will again call at
tention to the law and the burden of
proof it places- upon the state in a case
where insanity is pleaded as a bar to
responsibility for ft criminal act.' He
will contend that once the defense has
produced evidence of insanity, it becomes
the duty of the prosecution to remove
every reasonable doubt of insanity. In
other words, Mr. Littleton will ask for
an acquittal unless the jurors are con
vinced that every reasonable doubt' as
to Thaw being insane at the time of
committing the homicide has been re
moved by the state's case, i
Mr. Littleton "has made no claim of
present sanity for Thaw.. In fact, the
experts for the defense have testified
that in "manic-depressive" insanity, the
diagnosis now applied to Thaw's condi
tion of mind, the patient is very apt to
have attacks of increasing frequency and
violence. ;. V .
When the morning proceedings were
taken up the state began by calling sev
eral ' eye-witnesses to the tragedy, who
declared Thaw's conduct impressed them
as rational
One of the witnesses was Warner
Paxson, engineer of Madison Square
Garden. He said that iust before ths
killing of Stanford Whits one of the
performers on the stage made remark
bout challenging somebody to duel.
UT. rrancis jucuuire, un ioiudi
prison physician, was called by Mr. Je
rome to testify as to Thaw's conduct!
in jail, but bis testimony was barred
out when Mr. Littleton raised the ob
jection as to professional privilege.
Abranam csnyaecner, . lormer em
ploye of Howe A Hummel, who tes
tified last r year that he witnessed
Evelyn Nesbit's signature to the affi
davit, which charged Harry Thaw with
cruelties, next was called to ths stand.
The affidavit was made by Evelyn Nes
bit in ths Madison Square tewef when
she was in the company of Stanford
White. - - '.'-v x --
When shown the photographie copy
ot the signature, however, the witness
said he could not positively identify it,
although he recognised sis own signa
ture underneath that of the Neabit tirl,
Bnyaeoker swore that the girl glanced
! through the document and declared that
vy vn; wiwiw Mwlruruk, was M
Laxative Rrcmo 03
Received by Our Agent, , Mr. T. B.
to Any Part of High Point, is Cents ,
AN ALL-DAY SESS1BN0F
IP.
OFFICER COCHRAN, OF MECHANICS
VILLE, ARRANGED FOR AS
SAULTING YOUNG MAN.
High Point, N. Cy Jan. 28. An all
day session of court was held here yes
terday, when Officer Cochrane, of Me
chanicsville, was araigned for assault
on a young man by the name of Wil
born. Those sitting on the case were
Magistrate Jones, Dodamead and Bee
son. Lawyer Ragnn represented the de
fendant and Lawyer Roberson was pros
ecutor. Both lawyers consumed more
than an hour apiece in their pleas to
the court. Evidence was adduced to
show that the officer apparently had the
advantage and, therefore, did not need
to flog his man after this was the case.
The magistrates thought the same way,
and bound hira over to the court in the
sum of $50, which was given by, a Mr.
Hammer, of Mechanicsville. The melee
occurred Christmas week, when Wilborn
was arrested for being disorderly around
a place of worship. He was arrested
by Cochrane, when the beating occurred.
Wilborn was tried and bound over to
court and now the officer is in the same
boat. Cochrane was sworn in as police
man the day before the arrest and flog
ging of Wilborn. He comes from South
Carolina.
The Guilford and Forsyth district of
the convocation of Charlotte convened
here today with St. Mary's Protestant
Episcopal church, the first service be
ing for worship at 8 p. m. The Rev. E.
L. Ogilby, of Burlington, preacing tho
sermon, .tomorrow ine oay wui in
taken up with religious worship and
'business sessions. In the morning there
will be holy communion and the Rev.
A. R. Berkley, of Mayodan, will preach
the sermon, "in the afternoon there wilt
be the treasurer's report At the evening
services missions will be discussed, gen
eral subject, laymen's missionary move
ment, etc. A In rce number of Episco
palians are in attendance.
On next Monday morning the harci
some bank and office hvilHing of thf
North Carolina Savings Bank and Trus
Company will be hro-.vn open to the
friends of the inritntion. Invitation
have been sept broadcast asking th
people to come to the honse-warmin?.
mspect one of the finest hank build
iie;s in the south and visit the roof gar
den where a portion of six counties can
be seen.
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its contents were true. .
When the reading of the Hummel
evidence had been completed at the
afternoon session, the affidavit was read
by Mr. Jerome, after Attorney Little
ton had interposed a futile objection of
immateriality. In the affidavit, Mrs.
Thaw, who was then Miss Kesbit,
charged that during ber European trip
with Thaw in 1003 he attacked her
several times without any provocation
whatsoever, and beat her unmercifully.
As the result of one castigation, the
affidavit asserted, the girl was in bed
for three weeks. The affidavit also
accused Thaw of taking cocaine habit
ually. Mrs. Thaw on the witness stand
denied having made this affidavit, but
admitted signing a paper for- Stanford
White, the contents of, which she did
not read. She said she thought it was
some business paper that the architect
wanted witnessed.
More Beatings Alleged.
It was also alleged that Thaw tad
tried to coerce tho girl into signing pa
pers accusing Stanford White of hav
ing drugged and assaulted her. Thaw
beat the girl, according to the affidavit,
when she refused to sign and because
she said the charges against White were
not true. " -
District Attorney Jerome also read the
copy of a note written in court by Thaw
at his last trial and filed in the affidavit
of his former attorney. Mr. Delmas,
when the commission in lunacy was in
quiring into the defendant's mental eon
It was conceded by the defendant that
at a dinner in the Cafe Martin, preced
ing the tragedy, three cocktails and two
quarts of champagne were served.
With this admission the people rested
and Mr. Littleton began to read Thaw's
will to the jury. ')
In addition to setting aside the sum
of $50,000 to investigate the causes and
make necessary prosecution in the event
of his sudden or violent death, at which
Thaw gave his wife $5,000 in lieu of
dower, and $50,000 in trust, he also
ordered that an annuity of $500 be paid
to Howard Nesbit, brother of his wife.
Two servants are left $1,000 each, pro
viding they remain in the family ser
vice until the year 1927.
In addition to the - specific $50,000
trust for his wife, Thaw left all the res
idue pf his estate in trust, directing that
$12,000 annually be paid to bis wife. In
the event of her remarriage the Annuity
was to be cut to $4,000.
When he had finished reading the will
Mr. Littleton announced that the de
fense had concluded, its ease. .
. Adjournment until 10.30 a. m. tomor-.
row was taken. - : ,
To Parallel the B F. & P.
Richmond, -Va Jan. 28. The joint
committee on railroads of the general
assembly today reported favorably the
bill to repeal tne statute prohibiting the
paralleling the K.enmond, jTrclenck
burg and Potomac railroad. ;
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FLEET JEINGv
BUENOS AYRES
Argentine Squadron Sent to Meet
American Vessels Make
Report. ' '
Buenos Ayres, Jan. 28. Rear-Admiral
Betbedor, the minister of marine,
this afternoon received the following
radiogram from Admiral fflpolita Oliva.f
wlin 4 In nnmmnn1 rf t.hfl . ArmMlt.ine '
battleshlps and escort them down the'mat revenues for the fiscal year. The
coast:
At seven o'clock on the morning of
January 20 we had the first radiographic
communication with the battleship Con- wgued, that at the present time there
necticut, flagship' of Rear-Admiral w8 an apparent defioit of $35,000,000
Evans, which we joined at 9.30 o'clock " inquired what prospect there was
at night. The Argentine vessels es- n(U conditions would improve. The in
eortcd the American squadron until ! dustnal condition was not improving,
8.30 o'clock on January 27, when flag
salutes were exchanged with full cere
monial. Having effected tho salute, we
made two runs around the squadron at
a' speed of fourteen knots, ana then left
the. American vessels about 125 miles
from Mar Del Plata.
"Rear-Admiral Evans asked me to
transmit his thanks to the Argentine
government for having sent the naval
division to meet the American squadron,
and begged me to have transmitted to
the government 'at Washington the rad
iogram sent separately."
The officers of the American torpedo
boat flotilla, who arrived here Sunday
from Rio Janeiro, were received today
by President Alcorta and tho ministers
of war, marine and foreign affairs, Gen
eral Frago, Admiral Betbedor and Senor
Zeballos, respectively. President Alcorta
spoke pleasantly to each one of the offi
cers and to Lieutenant Cone, who is in
command of the flotilla, he expressed his
great pleasure and satisfaction in the
visit to Argentine of the American war
ships. BREWERS SEEK TO HALT
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f ttes have provided for the salary of the
Supreme Court of the United States for
the ensuing .-year.' -'The consumers of
chewing and smoking tobacco pay fhe
salaries of our splendid navy. The
snuff consumers maintain the public
health ard marine hosp'tal sen-ice. The
tax on. oleomargarine and renovated but-,
ter pays the expense of. the National
Soldier's Home. Card-players support
the West Point Military Academy. The
tax on the articles named paid 52 1-2
pr cent, of the tax collected on account
of the Spanish-American war."
' fteer thus shares with playing-cards,
renovated butter and tobacco products
the credit of supplying Uncle Sam'l
with funds to keep his tremendous piece
of machinery in motion. ;
: ; Importance of Industry.
The pamphlet of the brewers says:
"The frequent attacks of the temperance
people on the brewers and the product
of their industry, the persistency with
which it is classed as liquor, although
it contains only from 3 1-2 to 4 per cent,
of alcohol, and the incessant clamor for
prohibition almost everywhere in the
rural parts of our country, especially in
the south, are surely a justification of
addressing practical, conservative, busi
ness men, representing the commercial
and manufacturing interests of. the
United States, on the economic import
ance of the brewing industry of our
country." Figures are given showing
the importance of the trade from an in
dustrial standpoint, the number of men
it employs, etc., which may. be sumar
ized as follows:
' According to the census of 1000, the
tctai value of the products of Asrmiean
industry was, in 1860, $1,885,861,676,
and in 1000, $13,014,287,489. Within a
period of forty years American indus
tries increased in capacity sevenfold. The
breweries of the United States in the
same period increased their production
tvrrityfold, or from two million to forty
million barrels.
Good Wages Paid.
In 1900 the breweries of the country
employed SB'So men, and paid them in
wages a total of $25,573,6 12, an average
of $665 each a year. In 1005 the number
of employes in -breweries had increased
to 48,139, the total amount paid in
wages to $34,542,307, and the average
wage to $718. - ':
"Considering 'that the wage mean in
1900 was $43?," say the brewers, "and
that the highest average earnings of
wage workers, those of steel engravers,
were only $o73, it is clear tnat tne Drew
ery workers belong to the class of high
est paid wage earners.
"Every industry benefits other indus
tries, and so does the brewing indus
tTV." ' ' '-'' -' --
Beef is temperanes drink, according
to the brewers. They flie Henry wit
terson in evidence, who said in an edi
torial: "The introduction Of beer in
Americ has done more1 for temperance
than all the temperance societies and all
the prohibition laws combined. '
SEABOARD RECEIVERSHIP
, IN DELAWARE ENDS
' Wilmington, Del., Jan. ,28. Upon the
application of counsel in the suit of tho
Seaboard Air Line Company vs. the Con
tinental Trust Company,' of Baltimore,
trustee under the first mortgage in the
United States -Circuit Court here today,
the ancillary receivership for the rail
way company, which was temporarily
established January 6, was terminated
by order of Judge Bradford.
This action ends the receivership in
this district.'- Ths ancillary, receivers
were Hon. David T.' Marvel of Wil
mlngtonj 8. Davie Warfleld, of Balti
more, and R. Lancaster Williams, of
Richmond.. - ;
New Trial for ths North Carolina.
Washington, D. C., Jan; 28. The ar
mored cruiser North Carolina will un-
aenaiM ner tniro. wiai irmjm to. , mn-toxtMi tbt 0i 4it.
Chesapeakn ttpet February 15 attt, andi!UMOI, TO ... , .- i r , - Sui ...
! ttnlMar ma,rtjmii tnat-a i-art.li, ! vus-"'-- "-. .'V- .
the builders will meantime make i-vtain
ohanges in the valve adjustments, hich
ttiey Deneys will ensure a . successful
outcome.
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Continued from
of life of those not satisfied with any
other name but 'Countess Spaghetti' or
'Countess Maccaroni,' I want to say one
word in tribute to those true American
women . who have spurned the' wiles of
Earls, Lords and Counts for the love of
his majesty an American citizen." .
. Mr. Fitzgerald Pessimistic
Mr. Fitzgerald, New York, attacked
what he said was Chairman Tawnev's
tJi AmericAni"rPeate statement" regarding the ,esti-
people, Mr. Fitzgerald said, would get
as much comfort ut of it as Mr. Taw-
ney and his associates anticipated. He
no aeciarea, because v great numbers of
men were being laid off from work. If
the "Rosevelt policies" were continued,
and there is tariff revision after election,
ho asked how the problem was to be
worked out. A reduced tariff meant!
less revenue, and taking the logic of ,
Mr. Tawney that the country faced a de
ficit of $100,000,000, he inquired, "what
new forms of taxation will the Repub-
lican propose, what additional burden
will be' imposed to meet the growing!
expenditures of the country 1" '. j
Mr. Fitzgerald said that" in the past
me nepuoiican siae ot the House, with ,
some pretense of justification, had been
asserting that Democratic agitation for I
tariff reduction had resulted in business
depression, "but what will Republicans
say in this campaign I" he inquired,
"with not only a Democratic minority
and a Democratic party in tie country
urging the reduction in the tariff, but
with the President recommending tariff
revision, If, after the presidenetial elec
t:on, the Republicans are successful, and
his present candidate for President,
Secretary Taft, still agitates the same
thins."
The eonduct of the administration,
and particularly that of the secretary
of the treasury in connection with the
recent financial stringency, was con
demned by Mr. Johnson, of South Caro
lina. At that time, with an abundance
of money -in the treasury, with millions
of dollars of the people's money lying'
in the banks of the country without in- !
terest, the interest-bearing debt of the!
people had been increased in violation!
pf the law. r-
Attacks Bend Issue.
Mr. Johnson attacked the Panama
bond issue, and declared that the money
did not go for the purpose of construct- i
ing the canal. Mr. Tawney took issue j
with him and said it was the duty of;
the secretary to issue the bonds, for the i
reason that expenditures already made ;
exceeded by almost $50,000,000, ; the
amount r.f tho proceeds of the previous j
bond sal ' - j
"What (lid he do with the money!"!
nsked Mr. Johnson; "did he cover it into '
t he treasury!" - .- j
"He reimbursed t'e treasury for ex-1
penditures previously made," interjected j
Mf. Tawney. - - j
"Ko, he has not vet reported it ns-
covered into the treasury," retorted Mr.
Johnson to the accompaniment of Dem
ocritio applause.
"As a matter of fact," he continued,
"it has not been paid. - The banks that
Bryan Assails U. S.
Supreme Court
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a corporation has the right to discharge
a man because he is a member of a la
bor union, he dictated a statement
which, in part, is as follows!
"The subject is one of vital import
ance, and I do. not understand by what
course of reasoning the majority of the
court reached the decfs'on announced. A
corporation is a cr ure of law. It has
no rights except those given it by law,
and it must not be confused with the
natural men. Man was created to carry
out a divine purpose, the corporation
was created to make money. The cor
poration enjoys many rights and privi
leges which are denied to the individ
ual, and it cannot claim the possession
of any natural or inalienable rights.
The power that creates a corporation can
restrict it, restrain it and control it, and
Congress has plenary power in dealing
with corporations in so far as they en
gago in interstate commerce. ,
"The union is a lawful association,
and if a man can be discharged because
he belongs to a labor union, by the same
logio he can be discharged if he belongs
to a political party objectionable to the
employer, or to a church against which
the employer is prejudicei Followed
to its logical conclusion, .the principle
laid down by the -court, as I understand
the decision, would enable the corpora
tion to set itself up as a dictator in re
gard to the habits, thoughts and con
victions of . its employes on any and
every subject." : . . -.
The House committee on election of
President and Vice-President decided to
flay to hear Mr. Bryan on Thursday
morning next in support ot the Belmont
bill, which makes compulsory the publi
cation of, campaign . contributions from
corporations by amount and name.
Mr. Bryan was again the chief guest
at . a dinner given in his honor tonight
by Senator Newlands,, of Nevada, , at
Woodley. Invited to dine with the dis
tinguished .. Nebraskan wers thirteen
Democratic ' senators and Judson Har
mon, of Ohio. .Toninht's dinner was the
second one given by Senator Newlands
in honor ot Mr. Bryan. Those present
were Senators McEnery, of Louisiana;
McLaurin and Money, df Mississippi;
Martin, of Virginia; Overman and Sim
mons, of -North Carolina; Rayner and
Whyte, ot Maryland; Stonej'Of Mis
souri; Taliaferro, of Florida; Taylor, of
Tennessee; Teller, of Colorado, and Till
man, of South Carolina.' -. . i
Democratic policies in matters' of leg
' West Virginia Legislature Meeti ;
i Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 28. -A special
session of the legislature called by Cov
Marriages 1 ;
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bought the money up," he declared,
"gave their checks and immediately
these Checks were handed back to the
banks and tho government was give-credit.-"
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He spoke of the action of Secretary
Cortclyou in rejecting certain bids for
Panama bonds, and facing the Republi
can Hide, sail that if men wero put at
tho ):.ndb of Ucpurtmcnts to over-ride
the spirit iu:d the letter of the law,
'"the responsibility must rest with you.
with tho final .verdict to be rendered
by tho people." ,
Mr. Hull, of Iowa, said that if the
Republican candidate was elected ' and
tariff was revised' by the Republican
party, it would be revised to meet- the
conditions of the country, whether it be
up or down, and it will not interfere
with the revenues or the great industries
of tho country. Such revision, if made,
would be on the lines of protection and.
not on the lines of free trade.
Mr. Henry, of Texas, spoke on the
subject of limitation of injunctions is
sued by federal judges. -,
An amendment by Mr. Davenport, of
Oklahoma, calling for an appropriation
of $225,000 to defray the expenses of
the elections and the holding of the
constitutional convention in that state,
metxwith opposition' by Mr. Tawney and
several other Republicans. Speeches in
support of the amendment were made
by Davenport, Fulton, Ferris and Carter,
of Oklahoma.
No amendments of any consequence
were mado to the bill, and it was still
pending when the House, at 5.15, ad
journed. ...,:.:-v;V ,
SENATE WANTS PROEE
OF MINE DISASTERS
Washington, D. C, Jan. 28. The
Senate today disposed of a large num
ber of minor bills on the calendar and
resumed consideration of the bill to re
vise the .'criminal code of the United
States. Senator Heyburn was anxious
to continue consideration of -the code
bill, of which he is in charge, until more
pi-ogress should be made, but an ad
journment was taken at 4.16 p. m.
A joint resolution appointing a com
mittee of six senators and six repre
sentatives to investigate the recent min
ing disasters in the United States, was
passed by the Senate. -The resolution
was amended to limit to $75,000 the
amount of money that may be expended
for the investigation.
Ihe fr-Vnate adopted a joint resolution
allowing service in the navy and in the
naval academy to be counted by army
officers in their forty years service
necessary for voluntary retirement. A
till providing that o'TPcers of the army
on tho retired list whose rank has been
advanced by the Haw shall be entitled
to commissions in accordance with such
advanced rank, also was passed.
Among the other bills passed by the
Senate was one granting leaves of ab
sence to. homesteaders on irrigation
lands during per'ods when there is no
wattr, and another providing for the re
organizatirn of tho medical department
of the navy. H gives contract civilian
surgeons regular positions in the mcdi
cal corps.
Similar bills have been pased by tho
Senate in former Congresses, but failed
of passage in the House.
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ernor Dawson convened here today. The
message of the governor to the body was
a lengthy document. The roost impor
tant subject considered in the message
is that tax. revision.
HEARTILY INDORSE
COOPER'S REMEDIES
Dealer and Patient at
Statements
in connection with ths intense in-1
terest manifested by the publio at large I
in tho theory of L. T. Cooper as to the
human stomach being, the source of
nearly all ill health, toe statements of
Mr. W. D. Spaulding, of Hallowell, Me.,
one of the oldest and best-known drng
gists in tost state, and Mrs. Frederick
Harvey, a well-known nurse . living, in
the sanio place, will be interesting to
thousands of persors who - are today
suffering from ailments directly tracea
ble to the stomach. ' The, fact that these
statements We made voluntarily, un
der oath, removes all element of doubt,
the statement followsi
"Hallowell, Maine, July a)" 1007.
"To the, Cooper Medicine Co
"Dayton, , Ohio, '
"Gentlemen The policy at Spauld
ing's drug" store is to gain the perfect
confidence of tho publio oy never recom
mending any medicine or treatment un
til its virtues have been fully estab
lished. The Cooper Kemedles were to
ua an unknown quality, wa were very
skeptical of their medicinal , value, and
it was not until .several of our custo
mers hid .received such beneficial re
sults from their use that we could no
longer doubt their value that we con
sented to take the agency for .tho
Cooper Remedies tn , this"" territory,
heartily indorsing the same. :
"Herewith we give the testimonial of
a lady' whose case came under our per
sonal observation from her being a reg-
bIav ffiiBfaimer - and shii uvst
"Gentlemen of. the Cooper Medicine
Co., Dayton, Ohio; It is with pleasure
1 recommend your. .New discovery mod'
REF0R1.1 PLEA ,
FOR PflESIDElIT
Trust Conference's Suggestions
Are Presented to Mr. Roose.
velt by Delegation.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 2 Tn ac
cordance sith the action of the Nation- '
al Conference on Combinations and '
1 rusts, held in Chicago last October,
resolutions in advocacy of reform legis- '
lation wero today presented to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and to the two houses
of Congress by Seth Low, of New York;
Samuel Gompers, president of ths Amer
ican Federation of Labor, and James
O'Connell, president of the International
Association of Machinists. '
Mr. Low stated that the resolutions
expressed the desire of the trust confer-
ence for legislation and efforts would ,
be made to have Congress take up the
several subjects dealt with at its present '
session. In brief, the recommendations
are for a law permitting pooling agree-1
mcnts among railroads subject to the.'
approval and supervision of the inter
state commerce commission; for the cre
ation of a eommisison to consider the
entire- subject of busines and industrial
combinations and to report its recom
mendations to Congres; to amend and
broaden the Sherman anti-trust law and
to proved for-the examination, inspec
tion, and supervision of great producing
and Manufacturing associations.
It is understood the President made
no expression of his views on the sub
jects deelt with. .
Later in the day the committee vis
ited the cupitol and made arrangements
for hearings bofere the proper commit
tees of the two houses.
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$25,000; Theodore Ascher Company $25,
000. Others who suffered loss, chiefly by
smoke and water, were i Cart Ketchert,
artificial flower dealer, $10,000; Reming
ton Typewriter Company - $5,000, and -John
A. Bryant Company, pianos, $5,000
LIGHTNING CAUSES OIL
TANK FIRE IN CALIFORNIA
San Louis Obispo, CaL, Jan. 23. Fire
; which started late yesterday afternoon
: in an oil tank belonging to the. Union
Oil Company at Port Harford by a stroke
j of lightning burned all of last night and
: until late this afternoon, consuming,
' with their contents, the tank which was
; first set on Are and three other tanks be
longing to the Standard Oil Company,
i No other damage was done, although it
Uvas thought at one time that nothing
could save the Marie hotel, the. Port
Harford wharf and several cottages be
longing to workmen around the oil
tanks. . ; r
All of the contents of the hotel and
the cottages were removed to the decks
of steamers or to surrounding hills and
the inhabitants fled to the hills, scantily
clad, in a heavy rainstorm. A large
quantity of the oil wee spread over the
ground by frequent explosions and ran
down on the waters of the bay, bias
ing fiercely.
Debris from one of the tanks which
exploded this afternoon was blown mora
than a mile away. A desperate . fight
had to be kept up all of the time to save
the wharf and ':he hotels and cottages
and the four other tanks, but tonight
the wind shifted and all danger of any
more destruction passed.
Thirty-seven thousand ' gallon! of oil
were in the tank of the Union Oil Com
pany which was strurk by lightning, but
at least half of this was pumped out.
Half of the contents of the other tanks
also wss saved. The total loss is esti
mated at $150,000.
Hallo well; Maine, Make
Under Oath
icine, of which I hayo taken the con
tents of three botles, and can today eat
anything without inconvenience to my
self!. For a number of years I had suf
fered intensely with severe headaches,
sour stomach, indigestion, pains in my
side, and complications which made it
exceedingly hard for me to accomplish
even my. household work. Physicians
had given me dozens of prescriptions,
which failed to accomplish a cure or
even reliet Your New Discovery med
icine advertisement attracted my at
tention, and I purchased a bottle of the
medicine,: which I took according to
directions, and before it was half cone
I felt very much better; when I had
taken the contents of two bottles
gained courage to eat many things -which
for years I had denied myself,
and -found they caused me no ill effects.'
Today, after having used three bottles
of the New Discoverw, I can eat any
thing and feel that I am a well woman
once more,: and therefore would advise,
anyone to take Cooper's New Discov
ery, for I feel sure it will eure them.'
Mrs. Frederick Harvey, Hallowell, Jtte. .
- "We i indorse the abos-e tesUnwMdaL.
under oath, as being correct.
' ' W. D. SPAULDING.
"Testimony before toe under oath thi .
22nd day ot July, 1007.
' "GEO. A. SAFFORD, "
(Seal) Y ') '.: :':"?;.- - 'Notary Public."
The Cooper; remedies have proven
eminently satisfactory ' wherever Intro
duoed. We will he pleased to explaia.
snow soout viwra. in , ki jtow
HOWARD GARDNER, opposite post s
ofilce, ' i
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