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THI. TIMES -TJUNDBD H?o?.
THE DISPATCH FOtlNDED 1850.
WHOLE NUMBER 17,810.
IIICMMONIVYA., MONDAY. JANUARY 20, 1908.
PRICE TWO 0ENT8
REAL WORK BEGINS
TO
Chief Problems Before the
Bodyto be Taken Up,by
Committees This Week
NEW RECORD MADE
FOR PROA1PTNESS
Members Are Losing No Time
Getting Down to Business and
Are Not Disposed to Waste
Worcts on tmimportant
Matters?Review of
Some Lcgislation.
Important Hearings
Arranged for Week
MOSDAV.
ITearlnic Of nll good road* menn
i:re? heforp House Commlttee on
Iloada at 10 A. M.
Jolnt coniiulllce on conflriitntlon
of ciccullve'npjMilulntenta tiftcr ml
journmont of Nennlc nc-Nslon.
TUESDAV.
Henrlng of nll-blll* anil rc*inltt
tloua relntln*? lo electlon of com
iiiIijiIimhth of revenue licfore IIukkc
Coinmlltee nn I'rlvllegen nnd Klec
tloui nl 4 P. M.
Ilenrlog on nll blll* relatlng lo
game Invra of the Ktnte belore Hnnse
Cominltlee on Cotintle*. Cltlew nnd
Towin nt lO A. ^I.
?WKUNESnAY.
Ilenrlog on blll to repeal Inw
nrolilbltlns: nurallrlltig nt llne ?>f It.,
V. & t'. It. It. before Senate nnd
llouite Commlttee** on RoadM at 10
A. M.
Henrlng nnd flnnl nctlon on WU
tlninx blll to re-cnact Whnrton null
t-oiuprct Inaurnnee Inw before Houac
Coniiulttee on Innnrnnce nnd llnnk
inu nt 1 I'. M.
FRIDAY.
Hearlng on l>lll? r.-Inllnjt to work?
lng of convlcta aa pnblle rond? be?
fore lloune Cnmiiilltee- on lloitdn nt
-1 I*. 31.
BY LBW1S II. MAC1IEN.
In tho prompt nnd buslnesa-liko
manner with whlch lt has lnaugur-cteu:
th? bualncs** of thc scaalon the Legis?
laturo of 1908 has broken all recorda.
At Its fourth alttlng it appointed com?
mittees; at Its seventh lt began pa_s
injf bllls. Durlng tho flrst ten days ol
life; lt organlzed, elected most of tht
ottlcers of whom-It bad the -chooalng
uiiil dlsposed of ucarly all the routln*
lYot mrlctly legislatlve ln Its charac?
ter.
Ilrottgbt IIHIm Vlth Them.
The membera hnvo, to a greater ,<>x
to-nt than ever before, prepared for |
their wjrk ln advanco. Most of them
arrlved ? In Richmond with \Vell-'con-'j
.sldered bllls, which they had drawn In
vacatlon. So far, they have Introduced
an avcragc of slx bills each. The
.committees of thc two liouscs have been
busy slnce their appolntment, and thu
cfllendaru aro rapidly fllllfig up.
On tho floor of tlic- Sc-nate and House
there Is an apparcnt dlsposltion to
wasste as few words us possible, and to
act upon menaures wlth as llttle dls
cuaalon as l? sutllclent to bring out the
.-?ailent points of tne matters being
consldered.
The Introduction of bllls wlll be
limlted to a time fftr enough ln ad?
vance ? of adjournment to c-nable tho
members to dlspose of a goodly portlon
of the work now before them.
CongeMtton an Kvil.
The congestlon at tho latter part of
tho 6ession has been the most dlf
tre3sing feature of prevlous eessions,
und has been responRlble for muih
haaty and heedlesa leglslatioii and for
the failure of many meritorious meas
urea.
Under the old Constltutlon, when the
General Assembly met ln December, the
Chrlstmas recess broie the contlnultj
of the. work and the reassembllng af?
ter the holldays^ was slow and paln
_ul. Though the allotted time of thc
session was thlrty days longer than lt
ls now, tho actual worklng timo was
very llttle more.
Besldes, the eroatlon* of tho Stato
Corporation Commission, wlth its ex
tensive powers and jurisdlction, has
relleved the Legislature of much work
that was burdensome. At the same
time, the new Constltutlon made it
necessary to pass general laws upon
subjocts that could formerly be set?
tled by local measures. i The result ls
a greater dtfflculty of adjustment. A
proposltlon, whlch, lf applicable to only
one county or clty, would go through
without oppositlon, might, If it af
fected all the countles and citleE, ralse
jjront oppositlon and cause strenuous
contentlon. Therefore the net saving
of time ls not so great as appears at
flrst glanco.
Changlug Condltlons.
But, anove an, it must bo remem
bered that tho Stato la growing in the
smount and ln the klnds of Its busi?
ness, ln populatlon, in the volume of
lle taxatlon, and in prog-ress ' along
social, Industrlal and educatlonal llnes.
As a consequence, the demand for leg
Jelatlon to meet those changtng condi?
tions ls growlng also, and wlll con
tlnue to grow ln geometrlcal progres
?lon. <?
It Is obvloua that leglslatlon la an
evo'utlon. Tho statute books of any
State or county are a falrly good indes
of the characters and Irttelligence of
ite people.
. The HJassachusotts statute of Colonlal
tipnes, " whlch provided for borlng
through the fonguo wlth a red-hot Iron
es a punishment for speaklng Irrovent
ly of the caponical Scrlpture prepares
one admlrably for the wltch-burnlngs
at Salem. If tha reader cqm'paros the
presont statutes of that anclont Corn
monwealth with thoso of that former
?flay, he wlll see tho steps ln tho maroh
?f a groat people from uuperstltlon and
blgotry to enllghtonmont and freedom
of thought.
Statutos must change as tho timos
change. Those wlso ones tvho oo
oftalonally dcclaro tliat wo havo ohough
atatutes" to last us a. huudi'od years
?re wlso only ln tholr own concelt. II
|b a dltflcult matter. to arrange thc
|?ws so thafc. they wlll meet the do
^ iConthiued on Third Page.)
NIGHT WORK TO HURRY CANAL
\ Coloncl rJoplhuN neelnre* nu Kee. ln
Sufflclenl Wldtli for Locks.
I WASMINCTON. January ln.?? Nlght
work wlll probably be umlertaknh to
expedltc tlio work on -tlie I'anaina
Canal. Thla announcoinont wns made
? to.day before, tlm Henatc Canal'Com?
mltteo by Colonel Oottbala, chnlrinan
of tlie Cunal Coninilssloti. Ho also de
clarc d hat, wlth - tne locks of Ih-J
ca.nal lnereused to a wlrltb of 119 feet.
they undoubtedly would accommotlnto
tlift Inrgeat vchsoIk bullt ln many gon
Ul'iltloiia.
? "If wo made them much wldor tlmn
-thnt," ho aaid, "It would practlcally
cull for a wldonlnK of all the drydocka
of the world. Wo flll be o-blo to ae
cpininodate ahlpn of 108-foot beani. I
doubt If tho'beum of shlps will ever bc
grcutor thun that."
He declared that all tbe locks, espec?
lally tho Catun, would bo porfectly
safe.
Rcgardlng nlght work, ho sald that
when the cetntnt work In the locka
beglns next .January it will bo advis?
able to keep concrete-mlxlng/machin?
ery constantly In operatlon. Colonel
Oorgas. of tlio .sanltary department,
hos glven hls opinion thnt thla wlll
not bo harmful to anv oppreciable ex
tont, provldlng tlio men falthfully take
daily dosea of cjulnlne.
YALE SURGEONS TREAT DOG
\nted Profeimir* Drop All KIsjc lo Save
Injured l-nlvendty Pet.
NEW HAVEX. January 10.?-Three
celnbrated Burgeons wero called to
day to save. tho life of "Lad," the
best-known nnd perhaps tbe most
vnliiniile dog In New llavon. He ls
! owned by l'rofessor AVIlliam t?yon
I I'-helps. of Valo. and hls skull was
j pnrtially cruahed to-day when he waa
tttti down by an automoblle.
; Mrs. Phelpa had tnken Lad out whlle
i i alliiitr. Tho dog atrayed along Whit
! ney Avenuo, and a littln later was
Ibenrd'at thc door of tho house whore
| hla mlatross waa visiting. Ho was then
found to be covered wltli blood. Pro
j feasor Phelpa wa. i/raraoned, and hla
i Valo recltatlons for a .timo plnyed a
| mlnor part whlle tlie dog was remov
i ed to the Inflrmary of Dr. Harrlson
j W'hltley. Dr. I-'rmicls Bacon and Dr.
.1. P. C. Foster, two of the most aklll
ful surgeons of the Tale faculty, were
j aummoned. and, by a delicate opera
\ tlon, pieces of the dog's skull wer<=
i remoyed, and hc-has an even chance
for recovery. i
BLIND MAN SUREST SHOT
lle AInm by Sound- Whether at Hu
iniiiiH or nt lllrils.
YORK. PA., January 19.?Charged
wlth throwlng a stono at Frederick W.
Oestewltz, a muslc teacher, and lnfllct
Ing a gash ln hls scalp, John I-Iart
man. n bllnd man. ot Spiingfleld
townshlp, was glvon a hearlng before
Alderman JacOb Stager here yesterday
und held for court.
I-Iartman'a defense was, that belng
bllnd. ho would not have beon ablo to
see whero to throw the stono.
Oestewltz clalmed that he could pro?
duce nelghbors to testlfy that Ilart
man shot blrds, almlng by ear from
gounds they uttered, or from thelr
rustllng In the treos. Ho said hls foot
falls In runnlng away enalj,ed Hart
man to throw with accuracy.
AS VILLAIN HE SHOOTS SISTER
l.Utle Boy Trlc* (o Itc-euu.-i "Mrlo-I
ilrnimi KffecllTrl.v.
SHENANDOAH. PA.. ...inuary 13.?j
James and Hattie Toomey. rged ten:
and tweTve years,~-r??9pectively, were*
fndulging In youthful pranks g}Mt:.
mornlng, when James secured "hls1
brotiier's revolver and began to lmi
tato a seenc of a melodrama. As he
pointed tbe revolvc-r at a noar-by post
and mlmlcked the vlllaln the weapon
waa fuddenly dlacharged. there wus a
cry of pain and t^ie glrl fell to the
ground, shot through the chcst, near
the heart.
Physicans probod for tho hullet and
succecded In locat'ng It, tln *gbt the
vlctini l=s in a precarlous cond'tion. The
youthful shonter Is ? heartbroken over
tbe affalr. Tho sister admitted that
the shooting wus accldental und tho
brother was not to blame.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING
You ii sr Mnn Kllleil "licn Guu Bolls Off
n Log.
r = -i'.-'ii <n Ti,e. ne>i-l3upatcli.]
WIXCUESTER. VA., January 19?
News*haS reuched here of the uxcidcn
tal shooting of Wardney Wilson. son
of Joseph J. AVl.son, of near Moore
fleld, Hardv county, who wlth a com?
panion named Wilklns, wns hunt
! ing rabhlts, and whlle tylng a
i slaln rabbit's hlnd legs together, ho
laid hls shotgun down on a log. The
gun rolled off and explodcd, the en?
tire Ioad enterlng Wllson's hip.
As he was belng carrled down the
1 moun-itln slde to a nearby stream of
1 water by hls companion. he dled.
i Wilson was about nlneteen years old.
' and was marrled a few weeks ago.
j GREWSOME JOKE LASTS WEEK
_
Indertnkor's Hacks, Sent by "Nlce
Young Man," Call on Jurlst.
NEW YORK. January 19.?Every
nlght for nearly a week Justice Faw
: cett, of Brojklyn, has seen a processlon
of a dozen or more hacks from under
! takers* establlshments roll up to his
. house at exactly 7:30, Eaoh drlver
. gets oiR. goos to tho door and an
nbuncos his arrlval. Thtn, when told
that the~ judge sent no call for a hack,
he drlves away agaln..
? The judge says lt is a practlcal
joke. He thlnks that some young man
? ls trylng to even up a scoro wlth hlm.
1 Justice Fawcett vlslted the seven un
' dortaklng eatabllehments from whlch
, hacks had come and found that all had
been ordered by a "nlco young man
about twenty-two years old." Ho would
Uke to meot thls "nlce young man."
EXPORT 60 CARS OF TOBACCO
Wbolc Crop of One Kcntueby Conirty
Soid to Engllftli liuyeru,
MADISONVTLL-E, KY., January 19.?
Tho Amerlcan tobacco truat will losc
i the whole of the 1906 crop of YVebster
i countv. Thls.crop, pooleu by l'armtrs
'? who would not accept tho prices of?
fered by the trust. has ueen sold to
i English buyers. The tobacco ls bo
lng loaded for shipment and wlll be
I stnt to New Orleans and from there to
? Liverpool. The purchase conslsts of
i 825 hogsheads and wlll make a traln
j of slxty cars.
i RUSSIAN OFF1CER.
PURSUING FLEET
j ST. PETERSBURG. January 19.?Tha
Importance attached by the Russian ad
miralty to the lessons to be learned
from the voyuge of the Amerlcan bat
tleshlp fleet under Rear Admlral Evans
ls shown by tho fact that a Russfan
naval offlcer, Coran.ander A.exU
Dlatchkoff, ls followlng the fleet on
Its trlp apound South America.
Ho travels from port to port by
whatever means* ha can obtaln, adopt
Ing thls cour-e only after hla repeated
renuests for permlsalon to joln the
shlps had been refused,
Cut nt Southeru's Shops.
rspeolnl to Tho Tlmes-Dtspntch,.
SPENCER, N. C. January IB.?Fol
lowlng its gunoral plan of reduolng
cporatlng exponnos, tho Southern Rail?
way Company on yesterday out the
force employod at tho Sponcor shop?
to flvo days ln tho wook. All depart?
ments are effected by the cut, whlch
lt Is undorstood, ls goneral -over the
entire system.
T0-BOLTW.J.BHYA
Will NotTakePartinNew
York Conference to Pre?
vent His Nomination
JNO SYMPATHY
WITH MOVEMENT
Parkcr-Bclmont-Southern . Com
bination to Meet Thursday,
Report Says, to Blast
Nebraskan's Booin.
Hoke Smith
Declines.
Einphatlc nnnouncement was made
yesterday by Oovornor Swanson tlidt
ho would not bo a party to the move?
ment started by old-llno Democrats in
: New York to defeat thc nomiruitlon of
Willlam Joniiings llryart for fho pres
' Idency.
Dlspatches from New York stated
that n meetlng would be held at tlio
Waldorf-Astoria on Thursday, and al?
though efforts were mado to keep sc
| cret tho object, it hecamo known that
I tho real purpose was to stlfle tho Bryan
; boom in thc East and South. Gover
: nor Swanson was mentloned as ono of
the promlnent Southern Democrats In
. vited.
"Ho far as the New York meeting
' Is concerned," sald tho Oovornor, "J
| know nothlng of Its purposcs. I nhall
j not attend. but wlll romaln ln Rlch
i mond untll tho Lcglslaturo adjourns."
SwnnMin .Vnt a StWer.
Later In the evening Governor Swnn
son recelved a telogram from a New
York newspaper. ln whlch tho confor?
ence plana. aa published, wero related
ln detall. He sent the followlng tel
egram ln reply:
"I recelved nn Invltatlon to ntlrnd
n conferencc, but drcllned. I knovr
nntblng whntever nn fo vtiiut tlic
iiiiriionrn of thc proposed confer
ence rrnn, ns It vrn* not indlcnted
lu the liivltiitlon. I Imve nn Inteu
tlon to nttend such n coafereitcc,
nor om I Hj sjmpatJvy ivtth the par
posrk nf n conferenee un stnted in
jour teleprrnm.
"CLACDK A. SWAXSON.
"Governor of VlrBlnln."
To glvo his support would have
nieant that the Governor of Vlrglnia
was dlrectly opposed to the nomina?
tlon of Mr. Bryan. and that he would
help any movement tendlng to rtefeut
or pri-M-iu iiie nuiii|iiu.iiuu.
Mnny Invlted to Conference.
Tho promlnent Democrats trom thc
South InvRed to attend the anti-Bryan
demonstration. were Oovornor Swanson.
Governor Iioko Smlth, of Georgla; John
T. McGraw, of WeBt Vlrglnia,'and J. C.
Hemphlll. edltor of thc Charleston
News and Courior. Mr. McGra-w ls
chalrman of the Democratic State Com?
mlttee, and Is a follower of Henry
Gas30way Davis. who was Judge Park
or's runnlng mate. Judge Parker, Per
ry Belmont. Ivowls S. Chanler, Asa Blrd
Gardlncr. Willlam Travers Jerome. Jef
ferson M. Levy, Morgan J. O'Brien.
Herman Ridder, Edward M. Shepard,
John D. Stanchtleld, Wllliam L. Doug
las, thc shoe man, and a scoro of others.
wero expected to partlcipato in tho
proceedlngs.
One of tho arguments used against
3Ir. Bryan was the alleged fact that
Willlam Randolph Hearat was behlnd
hlm, and that hls selcctlon would not
be satlsfying.to Democrats of the Gro
ver Cloveland strlpe. Herman Ridder,
edltor of the New York Staats-Zeltung,
who Is on a trip through the South.
did not attempt to conceal tho object
of hls trip, -whlch was to urge the party
leaders' to break away from the Ne
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
ENGINEER KILLED'
Wreck on Central of Georgla KUla One
and Injurea Tbree Others.
SAVAN.VAH. GA.. January 19.?A
wreck occurred on the Central of Geor
-gia Rallway near Macon at 3 o'clock
'thls mornlng, when the passenger traln
bound for Savannah from Atlanta
struck a spllt swltch at the Macon
and Athens Junctlon.
The englne was thrown broadside
i into the ditch, two express cars were
wrecked and Engineer W. B. Traver
was kllled. His colored flreman, John
Wiliiams, was palnfully hurt. The
flreman had Jumped, but the engineer
remalned at his post.
Mall Clerks O'Connor and Burke and
j the ? express, ? messenger were slmken
up. but sustalned only jsllght brulse-i.
None of the passengers were Injured.
CARNEGIE RPLIEF FUND
Slxth Annual IU-ii...i Sliorra Dlstrlbu
tion? uf WHi.7tl4.ori.
PJTTSBURG. January 19.?The slxth
annual report of the Carnegle Relief
Fund, applicable to employees of the
Carnegle Steel Company and Ite nlne
constltuent companles, was mado pub?
llc to-nlght.
I Durlng the year 1007 It shows the
cllstribution of $216,764.05, dlvided as
follows: Aecldent benefits, $17,545.15:
death benefits, $130,449; pension allow
anccs, $6S.7S0.90.
?
FORHIGNERS FIGHT
AND POLACK KILLKD
DETROIT. MICH., January 19.?Cas
lmlr Duzlcki, a Polander, of 918 Rlvard
Street, was kllled- ln a street flght
at Canfleld aod Rlvard Streets early
to-day, when two groups of forelgners
jolned battle ln the street. Duzlcki
was stabbed through the neck and
ran half a block fmm tho scone be?
fore he dropped/dend. ?
Outflow of'MHen*. Contlnue*.
NEW VORK. January 19.?Rush of
forelgners for Europe oontlriues un
? abated. Durlng the flrst seventren
> days of January 30.056 steerage pa,csen
gers left New York asv agalnst 9.476
last year. Durlne the eame period thls
year only 7,138 Imml-Vrams arrlved.
Increase In oast-bound steerage trave)
so far this month ls U10 per cent.
-?-, i
Uulft nt St. Mnre.
POUT-AU-PRINCE, HAYTI, Januarv
10.?-Tho blookatfo of st. Mavo and
Gonalves, whlch aro heldby the rovo
lutlonlsta, ls aasured- by tho presonc*
of roui* warshlps at theso ports and
tho dlsposltion, of tha Haytien foroos
on land. The govornment oontlnues tf
dispatch numerfw troops for tho pur?
pose of surroundlng the terrltory now
oceupied by the rovolutlonlsts. Oalm
is maliitained tn all tho other towns
GAMBLEftS JAILED
Police CiiiiimlN<ilooer TflkM ."?)?? Iiei-* ln
ilmi llniuls untl MolteM'Jlu-ny \rrfsln.
MEMPHJt), TKN'N., January 19.?
When if,.; tlo'ctcat is cUvared In the clty
court to-morrow seVOlJly-one prlnouor;',
practloally all of them negroes. wlll
answer to tho chnrgo of gambllng ? .-,
conductlng gambllng housv. tl.c rosblt
of teveral rulds durlng last iitrh*. and
early to-day, cunducted undor tlie por
fonal pupervlslOn of VoU'.r- C'ommlr
?lonei- Edwird II. Cl'Utnp, and without
the kiiowlodge of the Pollco Depart?
ment.
Alr. Crunip was- rc-contly olecteii ar- a
member of the Doard of FIrc and V'o
llce Ooinmlssloncrs ;on an Indepetident.
ticket. a.itd among-, hls prt-electlon
pledgea were that' tlio law prohibltInor
gambllng and tho Sunday clorlng law
should be rigldly uiiforced. Notwlth
etandtng thc fact that Chief of Pollco
O'Haver had 'issued posltlvo Inntruc
tlons to thoso under hls jurisdlctlOiT,
Mr. Crump was Informed that thc In?
structlon.! wero not boing carrled out.
alid Hccurlng n force of speclal deim
tles, personally supcrvlsed tho raids.
Interostlng deveidpments ? are antlci
patea. Tho pollco t-i-dny were espoelal
ly vlgllnnt ln onforclng tho Sunday
closlng lnw, and several nrre-jls tfc-ro
made:
DOUBLE THE COST
Woiinrw Prlsoner* Are Junt, Twlce iim
C'xpcitNlre BS .Men.
ALBANY, N. Y".. January. l!l.-~R cost
tho State of New York almost twlce
as mUch to caro for a woman prls?
oner as lt does to provlde for tlie
want.s of a.malo Inmate In any one of
Us several prtsons. accordlng to tho
annual report of the Stato Commis?
sion on Prisons, whlch was made pub?
llc to-day.
In Auburn prlson, where mon only
aro harbored, the dally cost of main -
tenance for each prlsoner was 38.2
cents. whlle In tho women's prlson
a-. Auburn It was 07.8 cents.
Another Intcrontlng featuro of the
i report is that tho State prisons in
I October last had a larger numbor of
| Inmates than at any tlmo wlthin ton
j years, wlth two exceptlons. Tho to
; tal number was 12,277.
! Durlng the year endlng on thall
! date the number of prlsoners admltted
j to Instltutlon'4., Includlng county lalls,
; penltontiarles and workhouseM, was
| 07,01 p, of whom 2.266 wero women.
The total number of. womon ln cus
tody at tho close of tho yc-ur was
1,591.
ALABAMA NEGRO LYNCHED
Itlddled Wlth Bullrtn for Sbootlng Mnn.
Tnkm from Sherlff.
DOTHAN, ALA., January 19.?Cleve
land Franklln, a negro omployo of a
cotton oll company, was lyncbed here
to-nlght by a masked mob of 200 ungry
cltizens. The negro's body waa rid
illed wlth bullets after lt had beeri
awung from tho limb of a tree In the
northern part of tho town. It ls sald
Franklln shot and scriously wounded
A. C Faulk, secretary and treasurer
of the oil company. laat night, after he
had been caught. In the act of robbing
the cash drawer'at tho mlll.
rnis mornlng tne snoriff icarnea tnat
the negro was at Webb. Ala., und
later in tho mornlng he was captured
there. Franklln was brought back to
Bothan by rrlvat>? conveyance. Just
after hls arrlval here, and whlle belng
taken to tho jall, a mob of 200 men
nll masked, swooped down on the
sherlff and hls possc and forclbly took
tho prlsoner. Ho was.hurrled a short
dlstance awny and hanged to a llmb
and his body riddled wlth bullets.
LOADED DICE
Judge TelU Ucnwrki'ble Story to Jury
Whlch Ciin'l Ajcree.
LAKE CHARLES. LA.. January 19.?
When tbe slxth jury ln a contest case
to remove-Sherlff D, J. Roid frpm'of
flce, reported that llke Its flve predo
cesaors, it could not agreo, Judge Lee
of the State Clrcult ? Court declared
that ho was surprised that after
aeventy-two hours of deliberation the
jury was unable to brlng ln a verdict.
- "It remlnds me," sald .Tude-e Lee to
the jurors, "of a story I once heard
related by Judge White. He said that
If a man throws flve sixes ? ln a dlco
game, it is not surprlslng. If he
throws five sixes twice ln successlon,
lt Is not very surprising. If. he throws
them three tlmes ln successlon, it Is
rather curious. If he throw6 them
four tlmes succcsslve, it Is romarkable.
If he throws them flvo times hand
runnlng, it ia wondsrful. But If he
throws them slx tlmes without a
break. there Is nothlng curtous or re
rnarkable or wonderful about lt: the
dlee are loaded".
"Gentlemen retlro to your vroom.
Mr. Sherlff. adjourn court-. until 0
o'clock Monday mornlng. I shall oac
pect a verdict by that time."
LOST SINCE BABYH00D
Flfteen-Yenr-Old Boy ts Worklng at
Pl"ce-SlKt**r l? Vlslting.
WORCESTER. MASS.. January ? 19.?
One of the strange happenlngs, whlch
at tlmes come in real life took place
at the resldence of John Fuller ln
Granby to-day. when Roy Turner was
brought faoe to face with hls slster,
whom he never remombered having
seen, and who bad not seen hlm for
flfteen years, durlng which timo he
had been lost completely to hls famlly.
His mother died when he was three
years old. and he was placed .ln a
famlly and boarded for two years.
When hls father come to pay another
year for hlm he discovered' that hls
son had been taken away by the State
authorltles. The famlly has aearched
for him over slnce.
His si?ter happened to drlve up to
the Fuller resldence. and struck.by the
remarkable resemblance of the yourg
man ln Fuller's employ, asked lf ho
wasn't Ray Turner, and whep he re?
piled ln the afflrmatlve f?he dlsclosed
lier ldentlty. Young Turner Is now
busily engaged gettlng acqualnted
wlth hls own famlly_
BRAXTON IN NEW YORK
TuH? Northern People "How Negro
ueciune u Voter."
CSpeclal to The Tlmes-pispa.tch.1
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.. January 10.
?A. Caperton Braxton, presldent of
the Vlrglnia Bar Association, ,was tho
speaker to-day at tho IMopla's Forum,
ln tho New Rochello Theutro, having
for his subject "Hov tlw Negro tfecame
a Voter,"
Mr. Braxtou said' "Tlio onnctmont of
the'fifteenth amsnr)m<-nt was tiieorlgln
o:. the negro nwo^1*011 h}.,h-'S country.
Beforo thls amenJinciu wati tacked on
at thc foot of tho Con*=tltutlon the sen
tlment of nearly nll the Statos were
"tlment of nearly ol' l)'? Statos was
opposed to negro suffrage. Even Lln
jcoln was agalnst '-t. and sald Bo ln a
Idebate wlth Judsre liouglnss ut Otlawa,
0. In the entire I'nltod Statos ln 1860
.thero wera only abiut 12*> nogro votors,
not ono of whom llved outaldo of N,w
York and Now Entr'nu-l."
T
Paris I" tt Fo***
PARIS, Januur. 18.?Iu au Impeno.
trahie fog whicft enshroudcd Paris ana
Its ?uburb- to-day. roudering all trans?
portation most dangerous, two electru*
cars collldod at VUry. ^Forty peraona
wer? mjuvod, soveral of them f^rlously.
ANARCHISTS PLOT
10 BMf SHIPS
Gathered in Rio Janeiro
to Injure American
Navy.
THE AUTHORITIHS
WERE WARNED
Jean Fedhcr, Chief Conspirator,
I* Has Fled to tlielnterior, and
Fellow-Conspirators Have
Also Vanishcd?Was
Known in Wasliing>
ton and Paris.
' RIO JANEIRO, January 10.?Tho Bra-!
ztllan police havo diseovered an an-;
I archlstlc plot hero. having nr, its oh
| joct thc destruction ' of part of the
'American fleet now lylng ln tho har
'bor. The conspiracy. whlle oentring ln
Klo Janeiro and Pctropolls, hns raml
ficatlons in Sno Paula and Mlnaa Go
raes. An indlvldual named Jean Fcd
her. who reslded In Petropolli, was the
chlof conspirator, although lt ls un
dc-rstood that forelgn anarchlsts are
deeply Involved ln tho plot.
Fedher Is bolleved to havo fled to
Sao Paulo, and tho pollco, who know
him, have beon sent to that placo for
tho purpose ot apprehendlng hlm.
One of the dotectlves, wno was weii
actiualnted wlth Fedhcr, having sorved
on the police force at Petrspolls for
some tlme, returned from that place
to-day after having made lnvestlga
tions there and hnd a long conference
wlth the chief of police at Rlo Janelro.
Tho latter gavo It to bo understood
that tho Sao Paulo pollco aro on ihe
track of tho arch-ccmsplrator and es
pect to arrest hlm soon.
Known ln Adv/ince.
In an offlclal note. whlch the chief
of pollco sent to the correspond.mt of
the Assoclated Pross, he says:
"Some time before the nrrlvat of the
Amerlcan fleet at Rlo Janelro lh? Bra?
zlHan government recolved from Wash?
lngton and Paris advlces that annrch
Ists of dlfferent nntlonalitie-* lntended
to damage one or -sevcr.il of tbe shlps
of tho Amerlcan fleot. Tho names nnd
addrcsses of the conspirator s were In
dlcated by Information whlch the pollco
i here had recelved prevlously from
j Franco and Germany. The police of
ims dtsxrict are worKing wun the po?
llce. of Sao Paulo nnl Mlnas Gcraes,
and I am sure every precautlo^ wlll be
exerclaed and the most rlgorous vlglr
lance observed, both on lanj, and at
sea, to prevent any lnlUl'^TSeTng^oho.'
Consplrators Flre.
Tho chlof of pollco, after having
made thls offlclal statement, sald that
he dld hot feol he Bhould go Into any
further detalls wlth regard. to the
consplracy. but ho authorlzed tho
statement that the plot was organlzed
by Fedher, and ho added ihat the peo?
plo of the Unlted States could rest
easy, as all of tho cohsplrators had
taken rofugo ln the Interlor.
As yet tho people of Brazll aro
Ignorant of tho dotalls of u.'o plot to
do Injury to tho vlsltors, although
there has been some sllght Jnkllng of
tho matter.
The impresslon whleh tho exposurr
of thls plot wlll create hero wlll be
a profo.und one, becauso it ts the first
anarchlstlc-consplracy that has ever
been known In Brazll.
The police of Sao Paulo have sent
j word that they are on the track of
tha malefactors, who, they declare,
i will not be able to como to RIo Janelro.
NO WORD FROM EVANS
Xavy Department *(ot Advlaed of An
archlat Plot nt Rlo.
WASHINGTON, P. C, January 19.?
Rear-Admlral John E. Plllsbury, chief
of the Bureau of Navlgatlcn?-. of the
Navy Department, was greatly sur
prised to learn through the-Assoclated
Press to-nlght of the dlscovery of an
anarchist plot lnvRlO de .Janelro, the
object of whlch ls the ?.' destrucuun
of a part of Rear-Adlmarl Evans's bat
tieshlp floet It was the flrst- lntima
tlon the admlral had had of such a
plot
"I cannot belleve lt; lt seems pre
postorous," sald Admlral Plllsbury,- He
said that It would be a strange thlng
lf the anarchists should go so far as
Brazll. bent on the destruction of the
Pacitlc-bound fleet. when thos* probabiy
could carry out tholr plot with much
greater ease tn thls country.' Thou?
sands of vlsltors annually vlsit the
Amerlcan battleships at Hampton
Roads, New York and other places,
and it would not be a very difBcult
matter for any one having as an ob?
ject the blowlng up of a ship. to car
ry out thelr intention. No advlces were
received at the Navy Department from
Rear-Admiral Evans to-day, and Adrril
ral Plllsbury exDressed the opinlon
that ho would have notltled thls gov?
ernment If he had been offlclally In
fr.rmed of the existence of a plot al
Rlo.
FIRE AT WINSTON-SALEM
Lon.-i ls Ksthnated at More Than
$73,000?Flreman Almost StUYocutcd.
rsnoHni to Th?? T'lniea-Dlspa.tch.l
WINSTON-SALBM. N. C. January 19.
?Fire -here to-nlght, orlglnatlng ln
the rooms of the Young Woman's
Chrlstlan Assoclation,4 cauaed a loss
estlmated at between $75,000 and
$SO,000. The greatest loss waa sus
talned by tl\e Browm-Rogers Hardwaro
Company, the second story of whofe
building ls occupled by tho Young Wo
men's Chrlstlan Aswoclatlon. The ad
joln.ng stores of F. C. Brown and t|ie
Wlnston Clothing Company were also
damaged to'.the extent of $10,000. The
Brown-Rogers Company carried a stock
valned at $75,000, wlth lnauvanco of
$45,000.
Junlus Martln, one of the llremen.
waa rescuod from tho Young Womon's
Christlan Assoclation rooms about 0
o'clock, almost suft'ocated from smoke.
HUSBAND'S BODY FALL.S IN
Out to Make ? Coll nt Nlshl jBeua tu
the Mnruliig,
SCRANTON, PA.. January 19.?Ed?
ward Crawford, a Dunmoro contraetor,
wen'. out t" make a call at nlght, and
ln thu 'mornlng. when .hls wlfo openetS
tlio dooi\ he fell insldo, dead. Ho had
been dead somo hours,
. Coroner 'Jaltoy la Irylng to fathom
tho myetoty.
M. SVIRIDOFF KILLED
Shot to llenth hy llrntlier of Woiimn
Who Murdered (icuerul Mnxlmoffaky.
KKASNG-UFIMKK, lU-SeilA, .Tanunry
19.?M. SvlrldotT, proaldont of the local
Zemstvo, wua shot to death to-day by
a broth-.r of Mlle. Ragozinnlkova, tlio
lourdercaa of Genornl Mnxlmoffsky, dl
I'octor of tho Deiiartment of Prlsons of
thc MlnlHtry ot tho Interlor, on Octo
Tj?r 28th last. It Is supponed that tho
murdor to-day u-ns commltted In re
yengo for tho retueol of M. Kvtrldof. I
to wnakc nny m6vo in belialf of Mllc. |
Ragozinnlkova durlng her trlal.
Mllo. Ragozinnlkova was a daughter !
of a toacher In tho Imperln-1 Conserva- |
tory of Music of Pern. Provlnco. Sho
presented herself at tho weekly recep?
tion of General Maxlmoffsky, ln St.
Petersburg, and when admltted to hla
presonco drow n. revoiver and flred
aeveu sliots at tho general, slx bullets
taklng elfect. On October 3tst Mlle.
Ragozinnlkova was hanged.
BOY OF THREE WONT LIE
Mimidoned, 11c IlldeM ldentlty. ns IIc
Promlsed Mother.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Jnnunry 19.?
"1 won't tell! I won't toll you"' ls tho
reply mndo over nnd over agam by
a three-year-obl boy in tho Children's
Home hore, when asked for his name.
"I told mammn. I wotildn't, und :i won't
tell a lle."
-*IIe waa found last nlght playlng ln
tho Pennsylvanla Depot nnd aent to tho
homo. A hundred peoplo havo seen
hlm and asked hlm the. aame rjnestlon,
to no avall. There ls a acratch on hla
forehead and below hls eyo. When
asked how ho rccolvcd tho scratchos
ho sald: "Mamma dld lt llko thls," and
ho pressed hls flnger.nalls ln tho flesh.
The authorltlos thlnk his mother told
hlm not to dlvulgc hls name and then
abandoned hlm, departlng on a traln.
MOB AFTER NEGROES
They Kllled Telegrnph Operotor and
Watchnuin nt Tcnnessee Statlon.
KNOXVILLE, TENN., January 19.?
Two hegroes whose names aro beiieved
to be Walter Cole and Kess Willlams,
have commltted a double crtme. which
greatly oxclted the peoplo of Morgan
county, Tenn. Wlth robbery as their
mottvo. lt ls belloved that they way
lald Jbhn Brown, a Clnclnnatl-South
ern telegraph operator, at Annadel,
Tenn./ bralned hlm wlth an ax, and
took a ptstol from hlm wlth whlch
they later shot and tnatantly kllled
Davld .Langley, Jr., a watchman for
the same railroad, at Annadol Bridgo.
The kllllng occurred thla mornlng, and
all day long hundreds of mon have
searched for the negroes, but without
success.
OLD NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD
Cnpttoln Slr-mon, o? Georg-tn, Wm In Edl?
torial HnrneM Before Clvll War.
ATLANTA. GA.,-January 19.?Captain
Wardy Prltchard Slsson, ono of tho
oldest newspaper edltors and publlsh
ers ln tho South, dled at hls homejn
Kirkwood, a suburb, to-day", agod
-seventy,_Gaptahv Slsson waa a Con?
federate veteran and sorved wlth dls
tlnctlon throughout. the war. He was
connected wlth thc Atlanta Intolti
gencer beforo the Clvll War, and with
the Constltutlon for a numbor of years
after Its tormlnatlon. Ho. leavos a
widow and two daughters.
FOUND DEAD IN ROOM
Chief ot Pollco Hnd Uullet Trtolo ln
Head?lSTlflently Case of Snlclde.
DARLINGTON, S. C, January 19.?
About 10 o'clock thls mornlng A. E.
Dargan. chief of police of thls placo.
was found dead ln a room adjacent
to hls bed chamber. There was a bullet
holo ln hls forehend and a revolver of
lnrgo calibre wus found near hls rlght
hand,'one chamber being dlschargod.
The clrcumstances seem to point to.
sulcldo, though no reason for such
action can be asslgned.
The coronor's Jury had an lnquost.
but adjourned untll Thursday for
further considcratlon.
EJECTED PASSENGER WINS
Agent Hnd STo Ticket* and He Kefusetf
to Puy Extra on Traln.
BLOOMINGTON. ILL., January 19.?
Clarence Wilson, of Macklnaw Town
shlp, has recelved $300 In settlemont
of a suit against the Blg Four Rall?
way. He attempted to .purchase a
?ycket. but the supply had glven out.
and upon belng assured by the agent
tbat under the clrcumstances the con?
ductor would not charge more than
cents a mlle he boarded the traln.
The conductor decllned to acccpt
the explanation and demanded 3 cent*
per mile, as the law permlts when the
fare ts pald ln cash on tralns. Wilson
refused to pay 3 cents, and was ojoct
ed. He sued for $5,000, but the road
declded to compromise, and the case
was dlsinlssed when Wllsrm was pald
$300 in settlement. Thls Is the flrst
case of thls klnd slnce the 2-cent law
went into effect ln Illlnols.
LOVE LETTERS A PILL0W
Itualinnd Dlea Flrst, and Tcnder Mls
alves Are Burled Wlth Hlm.
READING, PA., January 19.?Wlth
hls head restlng on 200 love letters
that he sent to hls sweetheart, now
hls widow, and the letters she sent
to him years ago, F. Milton Baer, was
burled to-day,
Durlng thelr courtshlp they agreed
to save each oiher's letters and that
the one who .dlod flrst should be burled
wlth the letters as a plllow.
Whlle visiting hls father-ln .low
Aaron Btrobecker, Mr. Baer bevime II)
wlth pneumonla. and tn a few days
passed away, tn hls forty-nlnth year.
EXPLAINS RECEIVERSHIP
Pocnhontaa Colllerlen Company Mcrcly
ComplleB Wlth Technlcal Law Polnt,
NEW YORK, January 19.?Charles
Thorne, flrst vlce-presldont of the Po?
cahontas- Oonsolklated Co'lleries Com?
pany, tssueij a statement to-plght, In
whioh he stated that the reoent appll
cotlon at Lynohburg, Va., for a ro
celver for the con^pany was for the
purpose of comply|ng wlth a techni
caltty of the Vlrglnia law, a"hd ln no
way affected the standlng' of the com?
pany, whlch , ho sald, was thoroughly
solvent. The suit was Intended, he
uald, to perrnlt a small number of se
curity holders to secure a cash ap
pralsal of thelr stock. No date for a1
hearlng had boan sot, Mr. Tborno sald.
Kllled In Anio Aetildeut.
PROVIDENCE,, R. I., January 19.?
George H, H, "Mercer, forty-flve years
? old u oottop. broker war-fa*atlj htrt
to-nlght when an au-omoblle In whlch
he was sittlng sklddaj ln turnlng a
corner and dashod Into a. telegraph
pole. Ho dled aoon -Nter tha acoldont.
ERTDMBED 46 DAYS,
Great Rejoicing at Mine
When Three Men Are1
Brought to Surface
BURIED ALIVE
S1.NCE DEC. 4TB
Caught by Falling Debris, th?
Miners Managed to Communi
catc With Friends by Strik
ing Updn a Pipe When
Rcscue Work Was
Begun.
ELY, NEV? January 19.?After h?V
Ing been ontombed forty-slx days 1,09*
feet below tho surfaco ln the Alphn
shaft of the. Glrottx Mlne, A. D. Balley,
P. .1. Brown and Fred McDonald wer??
rescued lnst nlght. Whlstles all over
tho camp blew loudly, whlle crowda '
cheered ln the streets of Ely to th?'
rlnglng of bells.
"Ah!" wns the only word of Balley,
tho ilrst to reach tho outer alr. H<*
tottored forward Into tho arms of com
rades, who ln a fow mlnutes recuper-;
ated hlm.
"Is that you, Arthur?" querled Fred
McDonald, as hls brother stepped for-<
ward and embraccd hlm after nearly
aoven weeks of separatlon.
"By Goorge, lt certalnly seams good
to be out of that hole!" ho sald, as ho
was led away, telllng hls brother oC
hls terrlble experlence.
"Somcbody glve ma a chew. of. to?
bacco." sald Brown, wlth a laugh. as
ho was led from the'mlne shaft. to the
chango room of thc , mlne, where tht*
three men wero made comfortable.
Crovrdn Greet the Men.
Tlie news that rescue was near ai
hand reached Ely from thc mlne short
ly after.'ll o'clock yesterday, and many
citlzens went to the mouth of the shaft
to greet the men. Many hours passed
whlle tlie crowd walted, and the.cn?
tombed men and their rescuers dug
vlgorously to removo the earth that
blocked the mouth of' tho 1.000-foot
tunhel. Finally the anxlous crowd
around tho shaft heard the bell slgnal
"holst away," and a loud cheer burst
forth.
The basket soon rose to the surface*
bearing ono of tho rescuers, support
Ing Balley. Mrs. Balley was not pres?
ent, as one of her children was slck.
As soon as Balley was provlded wlth
clean clothes he hurrled home, sup
ported by friends. Another shout of
Joy greoted Fred McDonald,.aud when
tho last man, Peter Brown, came out
! the crowd bccamo almost hysterlcal,
; re&llzlng-'ihat tho-Jong entombmeht was
ended.
Story of Ac.ldent..
On tlio- mornlng of December. 4th;
McDonald,. Brown and Balley and two
Greeks woro worklng ln the bottom of
a shaft S5 feet below the pump sta?
tlon and 1.085 feet below the surface.
The shaft caved ln, snapplng the cablo
usad to haul the shaft and hurllng
thousands of tons of rock and timbers
Into the slfaft. From the bottom of tho.
compaitment In whlch the men were
worklng to the purriplng statlon, a
serles ot rlckety laddcra offered tha'
only means of egress.
Wrlth falllng rocks and tlmbora
streamlng down on them tho flve men
struggled up these' ladders. Half way
up falllng timbers knocked the two
Greeks from tho ladders, kllllng them.
Balley, McDonald ;and Brown reached
the pump statlon. Its tlmbered roof
withstood tTfo rock and. tlmber that
came down the shaft,- and offered them
a safo prlson, whore for a whole d.ty
tho, men crouched, whlle at Ihtervals
rocks and .timbers kept crashlng about
them, threatenlhg iinomentarlly to
crush the deep tomb.
" Food by Plpe.
At first lt was thought on the sur?
faco that all flve of the men.had per
Ished, but twenty-four hours after tha
acoldent the three burled men managod
to make themselves heard by tappins
on a alx-inch water plpe that reached
from the pumplng statlon tb the sur?
face. Comrpunlcatloh was" establlshed
wlth the world above, and food atid
drink were plenteously lowered
through the plpe. A large supply was
sent down^ as lt .was feared tbe plpo
might be broken before the rescuora
could reach- the Imprisoned men. But
throughout tho^long weeks of Imprlson
ment thls plpo was daily used. A por
table telephone was. lowered and tco
men were. able to t.alk wlth people
above. Thls .telephone carried from
friends news of-the world and mes-.
sages of cheer, and from the burled
men reports 'of. their .condltion.
' Clearlng the debris was slow worfc
as timbers, rocks and earth were sa
twlsted togeth'er that a new shaft ha4
to be-cut for most of the 1,000 feet. At
no time dld tho entombed men suffer
greatly except for tho dlstastefulnesj
of their forced secluslcn.
STABBED HIS WIFE
Mnn CluiniH That He Wua Under th*
?liiflucnee at Dope.
[Sni>"lTl to Tlie Tlmas-Dtspatoh.]
SALISBURY, N.' C. January l?.-r"
Charged wlth a "murdorous assault
Upon hls own wife, John Anderson, a
white man forty years of age, waa
glven a hoarlpg bet'ore Justlce H. J.
Overmnn. ln Sallsbury yesterday af.
ternoon, and bound over to court. Two
months ago. whlle wuiklng on tha
streeta of thls city and proteottng deey
affectlon for hla wlfo. Anderson stab
b<sd her In the hreast wlth a larga
knife. Mrs. Auderson was carrlatl
into the homo of a washerwomaa,
where she remalnqd several weeks ua*>
able to b? removed^on. acqoupt of tha
stab near hev hedrt It ls clainw*
Anderson was,under the Influence of
a dope when he commltted th* orlmt.
PRESIDKNT PRESENT9 GOIJJ
SPOON TO NEW YORK BOW
NEW YORK, January 19.?Preeld-sat
Roosevelt has sent a gold spoon as %
glft to ftve-year-old Charles Baldwta,
tha younpost of elght children of Po?
llco Captaln Sylvestor Bajdwln. of tha
Charlos Street Statlon. Captaln Bald
wln hns known Presldent Roosevelt fo?
many years, and recently v'.sltcd tkf
WMtit Hoasei wlth hla youngest soa.
The Presldent talked with the young
ster for soveral mlnutes. The *ali
spoou wlll bo framed by Captala BalaV
, wta. ? ?