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Bail 'J- VOL. LXII.Na 102, NEW BERN, N. CH FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY -3854014 FIVE CENTS PER COPY f ' ! ' II ll It . - J L''.II.-JL) IJ- ' . V' n .'"-' '-i's- - .4 'V. 4 ' OF BLIZZiiRD S ICY GOLD. GRASP - VJ&$','!Afci'1 - City Covered .With. Snow Yeater- vr;: day Morning. :'v,i-X-v5-- "iv' i. WIRES DOWN. TRAINS DELAYED Srorml Swept Over The Entire . . vx Country Doing Much . v&;.,;:t't Damage. - -vfcl i,iZZar& which his -ben sweep : ing over the country this week, and - which struck New : Bern : Wednesday .evening -is believed to" be a thing of the " past; ; Local "citizens awoke yesterday worning and iound that the snow which had fallen on the previous night had been covered with ah icy sheet of water and the ground was ai ' most as slick as a piece of glass. During the early part of tHe day pedestrians found travelliflgabbut the streets dangerous and until shovels had been brought out and the snow and fceicleared away there were but few out:;; The 1 worst damage done by; the stw-m was thfe breaking o nupierous telegraph wires and the dejayinjjf of ill trains during the morning hoiirs. : ; yjLater in Nthe" day the temperature vise and ia the afternoon the' greater portion' of the snow and ice had been xnawcut cw uv.- - ' ot the tail-end of the Btortj4, Presa dispatches .Irom ?.otner-, poinir snow, v that those places suffered tni.cli g'neaW : fiaa' did this city and at fspme points ; tk.traffic was tied up forlkou - - "5nowInGteenvlUes-C.a ' ; Xtmm. S. , Cv Feb.o. Sndw which began falling here '41 .o'clock " yter'daafteriwncovere'thfejjround 'Ja dept 'bfX3alhicheV 1 Sifowfeters Mississippi.- . . lai-fcaoui Missif Peb. 2 Mississ ippi todaf" was coverd : with a' mantle' of snow. tt-tegan falling at irthis and lasted till noon, cov- -. ring the ground throughou.t thestate to a. depth ol l incnes. Dy noon mc temperature' began to rise ind at- nlghtfilt thesnow had almost disap peared, : - . ' Nearly Three' Inches In Oakla. Montgomery; A.la; Feb. 26. More i thaV'two ' an(f 'half inches of snow ,' fell here and the rpreclpit ition xon- timfed ,ealy- today,' All incoming " trttfns w'erelate. J V i f Snow in Gulf Coast Towns. . f'New Orleans, Feb. 26. Several gulf ''" 'VoARt ; towns reported a light snow- Tan At Morcan 'City the -first flakes 5L.'a --uveara wf:ef 8een -"JPesP'te. a' tem-ofe-ature-jii-ound freezing, the 1 snow "-nelted In this city 9 4t fell. Upstate ' Louisiana and Miaiisippi - towns . re i ported two inches or- more of sftow. v The fo-ecast' is fo continued cold. vv-"VrSnow In Charleston , . - Cha.-let.ton,.1 S. , C, Feb". . 26c Two inches of snow fell here. The BnoV storm and rain btorm ' a nd the streets . are covered with W glass-like- coHmg - of ice: .-The snowf ill was the heaviest -"" inl5.yea.-s. '" " ' . . Tennesee Storm Bound. c , Nashville, Tean. Feb. 26. Nash- - vitle and othe.- cities ' and towas la f "-'v middle Tennessee experienced "light snowsto.-m.i" Vamf , cold ; weather ; prer l'ceded the snowfall. " ' " i -Three Inchea In Chattanooga.; ChitUnoogi, . Tenn v Feb. . 26. Snow has fallen continuously, in this . vicinity throughout the day, and lies "i three , inches deep ; in Chattanoogt. On the mountains the snowfall ; wis t'' considerably heAvie.v i : Indications' are .us that freezing te nperature will be reach- during the night. ' , ' . '- : v." . . : . . -. f- -v - .';:.-..... . .i ' v ; Tl ' T S " , Six Inches In Macon. . Micon, G Feb. 26.--The United States Weather bureau stated that six inches of snow had fallen in Macon at i $ o'clock. It is still snowing and Indi- cationa art that it will continue for another -12 hours. .' All records here 'hvc -been broken, r Mercer students --' ' and Wesleyan female college students ' - engaged in a battle royal on the let ter's campus, - 'p 1 " 1 ' large clock on federal eu:le":g friizes . O.e c ' r 'tUrjs wl.Icli yewaajr vt n t' i r ' AnOTIER DEATH Body . Of Clemente Vergara Demanded Of Federals. WAS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN Secretary Bryan. Appears Before Foreign Relations Commit tee With Information. Washington,1 Feb. 26. The Mexican situation, which in the last few days h is centered chiefly on efforts to de termine how and why the constitution alists executed William S. Benton, a British subject, todiy was broadened when' Consul Grrett, at Nueva Laredo, wis instructed to inquire into the hang ing by Mexican federals of Clemenre Vergstra",' an American citizen. The consul was directed by the State Department to demand the body of the dead American from the officers of the Huerta government in the vicinity of Hidalgo, Mexico, where Vergara was killed, Earlier in the day Marion Letch er, American consul at Chihuahua, had been instructed to insist that General Villa permit the delivery of the body of Benton to-the Widow for burial where she may" wish. . These, with an explanation by Secre tary Bryan to the senate foreign rela tions committee of all the State depart ment's information in the Benton case, and Mexico generally, constituted the principal developments of the day. General Villa's mesaagfe of last night offering to permit the Widow of Benton of relatives and an American official to ee the body when exhumed, Is taken by tH AaiaftaM gowentment i;mean'that a ' cewpteaaiedical ?exatmn afton '' may bkltrfQlTni'?' ': .v. . -! ' Must See The Body. ' Secretary Bryan told the senators that the United States wa insisting that two Amencan representatives be per mitted to. see 'the body and that one of these be an army Surgeon. He also has made inquiry as to exactly where the' grave is located. General Villa 1 ite to day had not replied to the last request of Secretary Bryan for the surrender of Benton's Body, but it is. understood Sir Cecil Spring-Ric the British Am bassador, for the present will be satis fied if there is an opportunity for an autopsy to determine whether Benton was 8hot by a pistol bullet or by rifle bullets from a firing squad. It is thought the British ambassador is ajixious that evidence be Obtained first, believing discussion of the dispo sition of the body can be taken up aft erward. The same army surgeon who will be detailed by General Scott at Fort Bliss to act with the British consul, Charles A- S. Perceval, when he arrives at El Paso, will report to the American government on the condition of the Benton : corpse. . . -: The British ambassador early today had brief .conferences ; with Secretary Bryan and later was kept informed of messages received by the State depart-: ment. "That no change of policy in connec tion with treatment of the Mexican problem was discussed in the .Senate conference with Secretary Bryan, be came known afterwards. It is apparent, however, that while officials are not prejudicing the Benton - affair 'and are awaiting facts, the danger to the safety of foreigners in northern: Mexico and what - is . being construed as inability of a 'part of the constitutionalists, at least, - to prevent international com plications, is- receiving deep considera tion by high administration officials. A. C L: REDUCES ITS CAPITAL . . STOCK. ' - - " Hartford, Conp., Feb 26. Filed in thj office of the Secretary of State to day was a certificate of reduction In the capital stock of the Atlantic Coast Line Company of Bridgeport," from $12,640,000 to 18,200,000 and i par value of each share from $100 to $50. ' The redqetion is in accordance with a vote taken at the annual stockhold ers meeting held at Bridgeport Feb ruary 20. . I " -1 ; . fU S. Deputy, 'Collector of Internal Revenue Tutl, of .'Kinston. wa in the r?-y yesterday eonf ring- with Com moner ,C.f B. - II.... --.A.-ii. L r'ece to rropei'ly reform its dutfc i" I in consequence the inr-trum t 1 to chime .-forth the pn?s;r j Is There seems to be som doubt of the correctness of the latest report of thedeath of Menelik of Aby ssinia, but if he is deadhei has been succeeded by - his grandson, Si Jassu, wbofe portrait is here pre sented. - ' ' V CAPT. BERRY ADMITS THAT HE IS TO BLAME SAYS THAT HIS JUDGMENT J WAS MUCH IN ERROR. Philadelphia, Feb. 26. Captain' Osmyn Berry, of the steamship Nan-, tucket, admitted on the witness stand today in his trial on charges of negligence in causing the collision with the steamer Monroe that if he had stopped , bis ship when he-first heard the- Monroe's whistle the disaster, -Which cost forty one lives, might have been averted. ' I supposed he was stopped and that I could easily pass hhh, Captain Berry said. . . ' - Under .ross-examination the cap- inurther Im rn&rir iitirAr wKnn lis. arttAc i .could, see a mile ahead in thefog. He said he did not see the loom of the Monroe's light until they were within an eighth or a quarter of a mile of the Nantucket. Captain Berry contended in his te3 timony that the Monroe was out of her course. He said he maintained a speed of about 12 1-2 knots through the fog after he heard the Monroe's whistle up to within a minute of the collision. TROUBLE AT GOLDSBORO. Hot Water Tank Explodes With Serious Results. Goldsboro, Feb. 26. The hot water tank and pipes running into the kitchen range at the home of Capt. J. C. Collier, in this city, exploded about 9 o'clock this morning.scverely scalding and bruis ing the cook, a negro woman, who had to be taken to the hospital for treat ment. The tank and water pipes had frozen and the explosion came a short while after the fire had been made in the range, blowing the range into atoms, breaking out the window lights and de stroying all the crockery in the kitchen, & quantity of which was highly treasured-on- account of having been in the family for more than half a century. Loss, about $500. TER PATRONS MUST CLOSE FAUCETS AT NOT SUPERINTENDENT HODGES : WARNS AGAINST-ASTE OF THE SUPPLY. a During Wednesday night there' were probably three or four hundred water consumers in- New Bern who, rather than- cut off the water at the cut-off attached to their line for such purpose, allowed the faucjts to remain open all during the' night and the amount of water -wasted in this ' manner caused the supply in the tank to become so , T . -. ' : . ... that there was but a few pounds - T -- lure. , , r t. , ' t low pressure. Fortunately a fire did not break put' ""V T?T '77 during the nighi. If such had occurred S f"?01 anJ f0' u:uJuA AU 5 ,.M1W delegates to the ..county in a thickly - settled district, it woufdl have meant a loss of thousands of dol lars for there would have been no water with which' to fight the bl. f iff' - The situation has become so serious thai;. . Superintendent - H. - H. Hodgef yesterday ; had several thousand cir c -lars distributed 'warning, water con sumers i to cut ' of.,fhelf :w'ater ivery night during ! the 'cdld -weather ' and warning them against ' allowing -it i n. UnfeBS the consumers heed ..,' ; . 'sest, the water will, each night, Is c t oJ from the mains,'. This is-m r which is of vital importance y LYERLY WAS MURDERED VICTIM WAS KIN TO WHOLE FAMILY WHO MET DEATH IN SIMILAR WAY. Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 26. In the light of evidence submitted to a coro ner's jury at Barber's Junction today, the most probable explanation of the charred body found in the ruins of H T, Smithdeal's store last night seems to be that a robber, surprised by Man ager Preston Lyerly in the act of rif ling the safe, killed the merchant, up set a kerosene oil tank and set fire to it, firing the building, and fled with a small amount of money taken from the cash drawer. Burns, who was first discover profusion had issued from wounds in the skull,-one seemingly made by -a pistol bullet -and another by a blow from an axe. Two elements indicate a possible motive for the killing other than rob bery. So far as is known the, me.-- chant had no enemies, but it was brought our before the coroner's jury that a negro section hand whom he had prosecuted for false pretence, in timated that he would kill the white man "when he had an opportunity. Preston Lyerly, though not of the immediate family, was a relative of the five Lyerlys who were murdered in this community eight years ago their heads being chopped from their bodies on the same night. Three Gillespie negroes charged with the crime were taken from the jail at Salisbury hanged and riddled with bullets by a mob. While it is not known if Lyerly had any part in avenging his kinsmen, the lynching is recalled as furnishing a possible motive through which some fiiend of the. Gillespies sought his death. MEETING OF THE STATE COMMITTEE IS CALLED ,. 1 mm . CHAIRMAN C. A. WEBB HAS MAILED NOTICES TO THE MEMBERS Ashville, Feb. 26. Chairmati C. A. Webb of the Democratic Execu tive Committee of North Carolina has mailed letters to the members of the committee calling a meeting which will be held in the Senate chambers at Raleigh Tuesday night, March 10, at 8:30 o'clock. - The purpose of the meeting as out lined by Mr. Webb include the selec tion of the time and place for the State convention; the fixing of a com mon day -ion which all princinct meet ings or primary elections will be held 'fox the . purpose of ascertaining the . . " r .choice of the Democratic electors for Lu. e-. : i :..j::i ' conventions; thenaming of a common date 'for the holding of a county con vention In" each county of. the State for the purpose of declaring the result of the orencinct meetintr or orlmarv election or to ascertaia the choice 'of alt electors in mass convention end for the appointment of "delegates to the State, Congressional, Judicial and State Senatorial Conventions, -' to3 every citizen ot New Bern, and Su- perintendent Hodges ' request' should btf given consideration. , ; E ' AGTivmr ;it this t MOVING SEEMS TO BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY AT PRESENT. (Speciil to th. Journal.) Anpahoc, February 26. There hit been an unusual amount of moving from our plice this winter. Notwith standing there is some of us yet left. H. B. Bennett, Ch.irles Lane, V. (.. Lane, John Filming have all moved to Grimesland, N. C. Well, I guess, if I tell of any more our readers will began to wonder who is left to hold the fort. But the most of our vacated places are filled by good people who have moved in, so you see we can battle along with a bout'the same strength. -Notwithstanding the discoti.-igement of last year's storm our people are pnttinp; on new effort in the prepara tion of another . crop. Ou.- school work is moving on fine. Lem Willard, of Middle Tennessee is our principal, C. K. Dunn, our first issistint and Miss Ruth Reel second Miss McWillims third. Mr. Willard seems to be the right man in the right place and all his assisstants seem to be co-opcriting with him in acompiishing good work at Arapahoe. All our chu.-ches at Arapahoe are supplied with "new preachers this year Mr. H. C. Quin of Wilmington, N. C, pretches for the Christian Church and Mr. Joyner from Ayden, N. C. for the Baptist and Mr.Moore for the Methodist. Old folks use to say that new broons sweep clean, if this is true, Arapahoe ought to be swept and garnished this year. THE HUNTING SEASON FASTHEARirELllSE NO SQUIRRELS TO BE KILLED AFTER SATURDAY OF & THIS WEEK & Next Sunday, March 1, brings i a close in Craven county the season in which local sportsmen, or all others as far as that part is concerned, can shoot squirrel, qual, wild turkeys and doves, and those who own guns and want to get one or more cracks at the little fleet footed animals and the wild turkeys and quail, have only today and tomorrow in which to gratify their desires. While there has not been what might termed a scarcity of game in this section during the season which is fast coming to a close, it has in no ways been over abundant ami hunters have been less fortunate than during pre vious seasons. This condition is ac counted for by the fact that during the past few years in this section, which has become noted as a rendez vous for the sportsmen, has been so thoroughly canvassed by the men with guns and dogs that the greater part of the game has been thinned out and it , ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON M ID will take some time for the supply to; DI.E STREET NKAR enlarge. BROAD Th'e local game warden warns all sportsmen to strictly observe theStat.' While attempting I u Turn into Mid game laws and avoid possible trouble. ()lc strC(,t from jr)iM ,sU.r,ay ,rn- ing an automibile owned by the TWO GOOD ACTS. c.w Bern Garage Company and driv- en by Ben. Williams, skidded on the Vaudeville At The Athens Pleases v pavement and crashed into Dr. Theatre's Patrons. , Walter Watson's machime which was 'standing in front of his oliice on Mid- A really good show deserves praise and the two acts filling the bill at the Athens theatre during the last three days of this week are among the best seen here since the Athens joined the well known Keith vaudeville circuit. The first number on the program is Miss Grace Pomerog, singing comed ienne. I his young lady has a voice of exceptional sweetness and in addi tion to being personally attractive, her costumes are elaborate and the whole" Combined makes her act one of real worth and each selection rendered by her,; yesterday afternoon and last night .brought forth frequent encores. vKeane- and White, the trickolo- gista'nd the pianist, fill the second number on the program. This act is refined ini every sense of the woord. Mr.' Keane is a sleight of hand per former of no mean ability and Miss White is ; an accomplished , pianist. Their act Is really one of merit and has greatly pleased the Athens theatre goers. , .G. Taylor of Clarks spent yester 4ay.in the city returning home on the afternoon train. BECKER DEMANDS 0 PLACE AND ALL BACK PAY Expects To Go Free And Will Seek Reinstatement. ASKS FOR NO SYMPATHY. Says That He Is innocent And Will Prove This To The Satisfac tion Of All. New York, l-.-b. 20. Charles Becker, the ex-lieutenant of police, who was saved from the electric chair uy the decision of the Court of Ap peals granting him a new tria ' for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, will tight fur reinstateiiiei'1 on the policy force and to recover his buck saiarc at his sccong trial. At the time that Becker was sus pended from the police force he was receiving a salary of $2,250 a year Therefore, the monetary sum which he will seek will be in ihe neighborhood of S,000. Becker was removed from the death house at Sing Sing today to another cell, where he will remain until Fri day. Then he will be brought back to the Tombs. He is considerably fleshier than when he entered the prison. "I hope the public will bear with me until I prove I am innocent, more sinned against then sinning. I ask no sympathy and no quarter. Only jus tice." Becker displayed exceptional bitter ness when the name of Schepps was mentioned. He clenched his fist and his voice was hard. "Schepps was a perjurer of trie worst type," he exclaimed. "He nev er came to see me at my house. I don't know who put the words in his he said. "I could have walked the streets a free man if I had been willing to make a false confession, but I wouldjnot. I knew I was innocent and I made up my mind I would ratlii-r go to the block as "a murderer than go free un der a stain like that. "That deatli house i terrible. Have you ever read Dante's InfernoV Yes Well I read it while I was in there, and '. tell you Dante knew nothing as bad as what 1 had been through in there." District Attorney Whitman insisted that he could not possibly outline his future course until he had time to go over t be full text of the desision of the Co:'rl of Appeal-. b which Beck er's conviction before Justice '.off was set aside. SKIING AUTO STRIKES ANDTHER-WHEEL BROKEN 'le street. wncu two uttoiiiobiles collide or when one crashes into another there is always some damage done. For tunately in this case the damage was confined to a demolished wheel on Dr. Watson's machine. The car which had come out second best in the collision was taken to the New Bern Garage and the damage was repaired. Although the street!, yesterday morning ( were coated ' with ice and all modes of traveling were dangerous, this was the only accident, so far as is known, to occur in New Bern. DECISION EFFECTS NORFOLK SOUTHERN RATES Washington, D. C, Feb. 26. The Interstate - Commerce Commission . to day handed down an important de cision affecting the rate on mine-prop logs from North Carolina to Norfolk over the Norfolk Southern Railroad. : Jf held that the present ; rates on mine prop logs are unreasonable and the future rate shall be no higher than, the Norfolk Southern charges for mill logs.- , A TR A
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