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I Health Officer Doty, noUfied the of ficials of the Hamburg-American tine that there was no longer' fea from in fection among 'ittMt' 891 cabin passengers on the Moltke, and that tbey would be-! released as soon ss transfer boats could be sentt'forttetol.iC?" .i& j(ustJTcelYi ; of FJtoor Oil esTCcially, repared fdr'store.iloors. rPhoneS 67. Front St: -- J '.. ; q-y-f' iii.;.niii. i '' , ''.-Ex-Senatof' Bnuer tonight. '- Tba first speech of the? campaign ' in 'this eity ; wlU be atthe eourt honss to night, and Ex-Senator Butte the speak' : Mr. Butler spoke at Washington yes- terday and will speak at Vanceboro this AaoUter Hani Accident; Clataia Two ..-w asnmEwn. & uc v oiw . men .go dead and one seriously injured as the tresult of an explosion - In the Wgh ex plosive building of the Washington navy yand shorUy before' g o clock, this ai- ternooiuR'yX.?.ll-'.V The dea are: John Cademartori and James Griffith, both first class ordnance meniv The injured man. '- is' Charles Scheide. , Cademartori wai Instantly killedVg Griffith ?was ; so; badly. Injured that he died shortly after the accident ; The three men were the paly ones at Special to Journal New York, Oct. 6.-Ths cotton mar ket was strong today on unfavorable weather advices and reports of an early settlement of English labor troubles. Spot sales none, quoted five points high ri vi-5 ''' 'fvf :- -'.i" M-- LATHABttVALEXtNDJER 4Ctt;f y.f-f "i:, c?- o . - .. --. f tepubUcan' Senatorial Con ventlon. ?', Monunauona , r The Republican Senatorial Convention Of 8th district, composing counties of Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Le noir and Onslow Was held here Thurs day. ' . ::- 4 r,..' . : ';' .... '"-:-: ! Every bounty In the District was re presented.' George Green .was elected Chairman of the convention and Chas. B. Kill, was elected Socrt-tary. - ," r'(imfnaf.ions bring in ordcrr Kathnni'l ?r. i ... :i (,r citorct,. t. b. r .-('.' if, : 1 -1-..: ore put cvn 1 1 r XJ. J. J01 rf f in l" At! r C work jn the shop at the time. yp, ICottoaiiaAetiBtr V FQUIID GUILTY Of Murder In "The Second Degree. lrge" Crowds Attends ; f ' -'Trialf 'iS "jT k:r. -"Hf :-m.- 'riv ''if- ,J" a 1 r As s always the case whenever there Is a trial of unusual Interest to be held the court room at the court house was packed to Its utmost capacity yesterday morning when the trial of RuffiS Mid gettej alias Bryan, who' was? charged with the murder of Clayborn Kennedy at hisiiome No.', 21 Cypres street on Sunday morning September 11th. f ..? At 9:80 o'clock he day's session con vened and the prisoner who was loot' tag rather emaciated after his long con finement In. the county jail, was brought ih, Tbe court waa called to order and the work of selecting the jury -was be gun. Put; little time , was taken' p with this and 10:30 the attorneys were ready, to go ahead with their case. The'defendarltirasArepresented by Messrs.,Matt Allen and J. Leon Wjl- uams vwnne-'solicitor -Aoernawy wps assisted by Mr, D, fi. Henderson. t : lt vaa.i forseen. that ttiere, would doubtless be many sensational revela tions made by some of the witnesses in giving their, testimony and all through the iria, 'although the large auditorium was crowded to Its capacity a murmur. was scarcely heard. . It was also seen thajt the lawyers on both sides intended to pat np . a liard fight to prove their cases..-cr.H ,.' ':.. i -Policemen P.. P. Rowe was called to thev stand . andi-told '', of going to Kennedy's . -home; -early Sunday morning tat company with officer Bryan and finding Kennedy's body v lying on who killed er husband land she told him that . she did ;.not know, that she was not at home when the murder was committed, Later she ' aaid. that Ruf- fin Midgette was the man. who had dealt the fatal blow.. He then-took her and Mary Gardner into custody and carried: them to the city hall where the coron-4 era inquest was hbid aunaay morniijg. if cAcn raemDer of vjtno unroner s jury wm then called to the stand and .testi fied tliat Mary Gardner had sworn that Baffin Midgette, "berself, Henry Ker- man' and Clayborn Kennedy were in the room playing cardi. . That Kennedy and Midirette became ehirsfredio an a'ter- eatlonand that after KeDpedy had at tempted to strike Midzette with hatch et he (Midgette) grabbed op a 'shotgun Which was standing in one corner of he room and'strnck': him over th head three times. She also I testified ihat Kennedy and Midgette had some trou ble 'vtmiy!iJH;"X'i.;- Mrs. 'J. H. Stanley, who lives near the scene of the murder, .told of seeing some one run out of the house In which Kennedy lived, and when, in front of her residence say that he would kill the d-- negro.' litter she saw tba man return and dodie behind the house. " Heard no other eommotlcjj nntu it was discofer ed that Kennedy had beerkjlled,. .Ruffin Midgette; vai. theni- placed; on the standi .He said that he had' gone to Kennedy's hom about 11. o'clock and that they had all become engaged in playing' a game of cards. There was a bottle of whiskey In the crowd and all of thenf drank freely except Keiine dy's wife, He,. (Midgette) offered her a drink and Kennedy objected He then asked him If ha was not yilllng fo his wife to drink anything that, he would. Kennedy did nbt like this and picket) up a hatchet and attempted to strike him. At the- time this 'occurred they We both sitting on the side of the bed,' and Kennedy had him by the throat. .While this was going on some one 'struck Ken nedy 6ri the head. Did not know who it wss that delivered the blow aa 'Kenne dy's coat was covering his hesd and he was not able to see what was going on id the room. ; He' felt the body give way and after throwing it aside . went on home, ; Next morning he heard that he was wanted by the police and came to the city hall and gave himself up. Stated that he had iome difficulty with Kennedy in regards to his wife at previous date. f ,,;,'.n v ;f O'hrr witnesues were put on the stand by both the prosecution and thedefanee but their testimony was practical' the same ss the oil. erg and only in one or twocflBes did it not conform with the other. - . .' ' i At 12 oVUk all of the iw,,' I,,,! . ...... 1 r 1 1 .a !l i 'r t r '";- 1 r;,..ot;on f: 1 1 iv r(..ii,'3 in t' 1 ! ' ' Jiu-y c-' ' 1 1 t::r if t ( U ; ,. 1' 1 l t i ' -y 1 f 1 CT-MESS -GOSTSIHS Throne. Vfyve Irf Popular Indigna- if; tion Because Tfoung Baler jr't .vt lj;V.; Flaunted. ' Berlin; Oct A French variety ac tress, Mihc- Baby DeshVieostw King Manuel his throne, aecording "to high officials of the German Eovernmeat who expressed no surprise at Cha' revo lution In Portugal..;- ' According to these officials,4, history has repeated itself in Portugal where Manuel's flagrant flaunting of this wo man in the face of his starving subjects caused a wave of popular indignation that cnlmlnateeT h the revolt j v ' The reports from the German minis ters in Lisbon have long emphasized the public danger that was eaused by Manuel's actions toward the French ac tress, Though the nation was bank rupt and her people, oppressed by - tax ation, were starving Manuel is said to have given rare jewels, worth 500,000 to the dancer and actress," It is report ed that ha bdged her in a royal suit in his palace in Lisbon and- that, she ac companied him on all bis travels. Jn a polite way the world has been informed on a bomber of occasions of Manuel's antics in . Paris and how the actress had taken him in tow. It was on one of these jaunts' that Manuel met Mile, Deslis and ; attached her to bis entourage, Since that time he Is said to have spent most of his time with her, neglecting "the signs of discontent in the nations ;H Manuel's personal extravagance and that. of. his mother and grandmother al to contributed to the wrath that led ftp to the ervolt. -. pay high prices for your gooosr we sell for less. J. 3. Baxter. fatal blow, that she had not stuck to her story in every respect Every ear in the courtroom was tm the alert al) throngh tbia speech and every word of it was heard all over the large hall.'. In conclusion the defense asked the 'jury to release the defendant on the grounds that there was no, conclusive evidence in the case and that there was a doubt as to who committed the act , At oiio o'clock Judge Wni ordered a recess.-, upon returning to te court room the last of the speeches which lasted S5 minutes was made and .the Judge began his charge fothe jury. In his charge! td the jury Judge Ward fully explained the difference in; the different degrees of murder , He told them that if they came to the ? conclus ion that Midgette was such a? dispised specimen of hamaaity that af ear wreck- ins; his homo he taraed upon and slew ine nusnanq pi ue vicwm 4Sz pie iust whether the action was : premeditated. that they should find him guilty' of mOr de ' In, the second degree. "Going 60 fortbt he read the testimony of several of the witnesses which seemed to show that the murder was net premeditated but wss done pnv the impulse, of the moment tbey should bring to- a-verdict charging him- with manslaughter. He further went on to state, that 'if they were fully convinced that Midgette was not the man that dealt 7the fatal blow they should brtog m a verdict of acul t- taL ; During - this eharge, everyl- man in the jury box paid strict attention and when' ho had completed "his Iharga- it could be plainly seen that their minds were made up in regards to the matter. At 4.85 the Judge completed his eharge and the jury filed into the ante room to decide on tba ease.-'" After deliberating on tne case. lor about an nour too jury returned to the court room. 'and after the prisoner had been ordered to stand up the clerk; requested 'tbem to give their verdict ; During these shdrt pre liminaries the prisoner's "eye ; closely scanned every face in the jury put .not a hint of his fate could he "obtain. When the foreman of the jery informed the Judge that they had found the pris oner guilty of murder In the second de gree he wavered slightly but otherwise did not exhibit any signs of emotion.1 ." Sentence will be passed on him today. After the case against Ruflin Midgette had been disposed of the case' Of the State vs Charley Paul and Henry Arti.i, two yonr-j white men who are charged with sending in fake fire alarms a few day ee wss called. The details of this aiiasr are O-muiosa well known to our ... . l ira as a f .11 account of it was pub ifl i 1 tl.O J- rnal immfiJ' ,tc'y aft' - ii t t' e. ; 3 t T vlll ' , j t ASK THOSE who have baoked with us for years whether or not th?y like our business trjethods. 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