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h f vrV V *'7 v am . FC | 15TH YEAR. Mill MEN ACQUITTED Government's Chsrges fall Down Completely NO LAW HAS BEEN VIOLATED Counsel for the United States Throws Up t&e Sponge in the Presecution of the Charlotte Mill Men Charged With a Violation of the Statutes Forbidding Importation of Alien Labor. I Greensboro, N. C., Special.?Neve* has there been a more impressive scene in Judge Boyd's court than was enacted at (5 o'clock Thursday evening when counsel for the government in the penalty suits against the Charlotte mill men, Edward A. Smith and Sumner B. Sargent, asked the court to instruct the jury to bring in a verdict in the defendants' favor in the "ase on trial, and to make entnes of a nonsuit in the other oases and a nol pros in the case for conspiracy. Thus suddenly and unexpectedly Was brought to a close a case that has attracted the attention of the cotton manufacturers in every section of the United States, after nearly two weeks has been spent in the triai. After the day had been spent is examining a number of witnesses. for the povermnent, court adjourned several for the defendants and a few at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. At 6 o'clock counsel for the government informed the judge that after . a conference they had agreed to sub- ! init to a verdict in favor of the de- | fendants and asked that court be convened for thus purpose. The jury, defedants and defendants' counsel wpre accordingly summoned and a "few minutes later the court was opened. Assistant Attorney General Cooley, whose frank and candid manner has won for him the friendship of everyone who has met him since coming to Greensboro, spoke for the government. In a few words he told the court that the counsel had held a conference and decided that the course they were taking was the proper thind to do. He expressed the opinion thai the government was not entitled to recover and asked that ins honor instruct the jury to find in the defendants' favor. Mr. Coolcy's remarks were very timely and expressive of the feelings lie entertained. Jud|e Boyd Complimentary. Judge Jltoyd spoke briefly, lie said that he thought that the government had tnk<)n the proper course in the matter. .11 was their duty as public officers Co investigate the immigration of the laborers and to bring the suits if tihey thought the circumstances wjyranted such action, but that they displayed the true spirit in the course they took. lie complimented ho of ? ? ? ? * ? 1 ' " ?..v, uih/iiikjb uf.i|*:uiiu? 111 iuc case and expressed his approval of the manner in which the case had been brought to an end. The judge instructed that the following be entered as the verdict of tlie jury: "The jury finds for the defendants and for a verdict say that the plaintiff is not entitled to recover upon any of the cause of the action alleged in the complaint" District Attorney Ilolton then announced that he would take a nol pros in the other case, in which Edward A. Smith, Sumner B. Sargent, E. C. Pwelle and Thomas M. t'ostello are the defendants, the government suing Tor $50,000 as penalties for the alleged violations of the immigration law in importing alien labor. He also took a nol pros in the case against the four men, charging them with conspiracy to violate the immigration laws. Judge Boyd instructed that the proper entries be made. Strother Brothers Not Guilty. Culpepper, Va., Special. ? After being out one hour and a half ths i'ury in the-case of James and Philip \ Strother, on trial for the murder of William F. Bywatcrs, returned a verdict of not guilty at 11:10 a. m. Thursday. The jurors retired to the jury 100m immediately after Judge ili.irison had put the case in their hands. Then began the rnosi trying tc?t of Jhc ordeal for the defendants. The strain was most apparent on th* face of Pbilap St rot her, the yor.ngei detelidani, while James apmiently was confident, of a favorable verdict, lie ss( in silence, listening: to th ? er.mraetita of his counsel, and occasionally offered words of consniatno to h.s wife, who sat at his side. As the minute sped by the sitr.ati >n became futta strained, many in the court worn taking tl.e delav as an unfavorable sign to the accused. Jndge Harrison, himself keyed to a hugh pitch, paced restlessly up and down the narrow space behind his bench, while the counsel for both sides gathered to discuss the meaning of what seemed to them a delay. V >RT FO ATT'Y GENERAL'S OPINION Holds That it is Unlawful for State to Pay Passage of Intending Immigrants or to Assist Immigration Otherwise Than By Advertising. Washington, Special.?An opinion has been rendered by the Attorney General to the President bearing on the legality of the action of the South Carolina authorities in bringing to the United States a ship load of immigrants for work in various branches of industry in that State. The Attorney General holds in effect that it is unlawful for a State government to pay the passage of intending immigrants or to assist immigration otherwise than by advertisements. In the South Carolina case $30,000 was raised by an association of private persons, by which a general fund ! was constituted for the encourage! ment of immigration and out of I which the expenses of the immigrants brought to the United States through the efforts of State Immigration Commissioner E. J. Watson. The secretary of Commerce and Labor, in approving-an opinion of the solicitor of the department held that the plan as earned out did not constitute a violation of the contract "labor laws. The dieision came no for consider nble discussion in Congress, during the debate on the imznigrnthm bill. There was some dissatisfaction with the ruling of the Department of Commerce and Labor on the subject and the Department of Justice was asked to i-ender an opinion, with the view, it is understood, of determining the soundness of the contentions of the former department, with the result above stated. Thunder Precedes Storm. Pittsburg. Special.?From out of an apparently cloudless sky and without an instant *s warning, thus city was suddenly enveloped in a snow storm that resembled a blizarrd just before darkness fell and for an hour all street car service was crippled, many lines being tied up because of the inuhility of motormen to see beyond a few feet ahead of their cars. Through the fury of the storm thunder and lightening were prevalent, teleghaph and telephone lines were seriously affected, and chimneys were blown down, pedesteriam were ntdi??-pd in ?m>lr cl.?W/>r from a 52-mile an hour northwesterly wind and persons all over the city were frightened by the wierd and marvelous storm. China's Famine Growing. Victoria, B. C., Special.?Advices from Central China report famine conditions becoming worse. Middle aged women are being sold for from $10 to $15 and children for $3 to $4. Complaints are made that officials arc delaying shipments of flour sent by the foreign relief committee. A correspondent who toured the famine districts reports it denuded of animals, and lawlessness is growing. In some places dogs are being caught by starving people by means of tmps and hooks, and are eaten as soon as ' npturcd. Fearful Dynamite Explosion. Pottsville, Pa., Special.?Two score of persons were injured, four of whom may die, by the explosion of 1,000 pounds of dynamite in the dynamite store house of the Richards colliery of the Susquehnna Coal compan}*,near Mount Carmel. They ?re: Lewis Dowis, skull crushed. Reilly Arnold, fracture of skull and extensive lacerations. George Ilillnian, fracture of skull, ribs broken and bad lacerations. Tbos. Pitcbard, lacerations of the arms and bead and several blood vessels bursted. Sully Has Severe Turn For the Worre New York, Special.?Daniel J. Sully bad a severe turn for the worse Friday. At nigbt Dr. Sully's condition was unchanged and that there was still a fighting chance. All of the members of Mr. Sully's family were at his bedside during the evening. Bust of Capt. John Smith. London, By Cable.?A bust of John Smith, founder of the colony of Vi"ginii, was unveiled in the grammar scho I of South Lincolnshire, hy Chajhcs W. Kohlsaat, special commissioner of the Jamestown exposition. This work was executed by fien. Baden Powell and presented by him to the school where Smith was educated. After the unveiling Mr. Kohlsaat presented nn American flag t' the school and said he Hoped the * ly nations would alweys be united Viriendship. I \ . v _ MIL RT MILL, S. C., THUR5 METFOUL ASSASSIN Columbia, S. C., Merchant Is Killed on Mis Way home BIAHJUY UttU MtAR SHANUUN O. B. Greea, Suburban Merchant, Waylaid and Killed Saturday Night. Columbia, S. C., Special.?Charlie B. Green, a suburban merchant, was waylaid and killed, and his assailant, Miliar Marshall, son of P. (1. Marshall, was also killed in Shandon in sip-lit of Green's home. Their dead bodies were not found for several hours. So far as eve witnesses are concon it. the tragedy is a mystery and nuiy circumstances tell the tale. Green, with his clerk, left his store near Epworth Orphanago about 11:30, and they walked two blinks together, when Green turned down block he was accosted and the position of the o idics and other circumstances it dtcatc 11?\t Marshall attacked him with a heavy sl.i^ shot that Given fired at Marshall at close ra vre nuii that Green was himsvlf fired ujnm either by Marshall or n cc.nfederatc of Marshall. Three shots penetrating Green V body, and two of | them were tired as he was falling to his ki.e<&. Before being wounded lie had doubtless given Marshall his death wound, the ball entering the right chest, and t"w?> others making tlesh wounds on the i'nee. Missed at 2 O'Clcock. When Mv. Greea hud not etimc home by 2 o'clock Mrs. Green aroused a neighbor and a search was made. The two men were found in the street, lying with tkeir feet together as they had fallen. Green's pistol, with four chambers tired, a 32ealibre Smith & Wesson, was at his right hand. At Marshall's right was a 38-enlibne Smith & Wesson, which had not been tired, and near his left hand was a 41-eulibre Colt's, of which live chambers had been fired. Under Marshall's body was found the regulation highwayman's slung shot, and his face was covered by a black cloth mask, while a woolen comforter enveloped his throat to complete the disguise. The young man was unknown in Shandon and was not identitied for several hours until his father was sent for and recognized in the would-be robber his young son. J. Alexander Dowic Dead. Chicago, Special.?John Alexander Dowie died at 7.4."> Saturday morning at Khiloh House. Zion City. There were present with him when he died only Judge I). N. Barnes and two personal attendants. It had been Howie's custom, summer and winter, to hold religious services every Sunday afternoon in the parlor of Shiloh House. About Ii5() of his original followers remained faithful and attended those services. Dowie always wore his apostolic robes and made a characteristic address. Five weeks ago these meetings eeased, and Dowic appeared no longer in public. Three Killed in a Boat. Sargent, Ky., Special. ? Thaokcr Rice and Speed and Elijah Bailey, brothers, were killed in a desparate tight in a boat 'crossing the Kentucky river, 20 miles below here. With them was John Ellsmore. A dispute arose between Ellsmore and Rice, whereupon the Bailey brothers took sides with Rice. Ellsmore, with out warning, struck Itiee on the head with an oar, and then a light with pistols and knives followed. Ellsmore. himeslf badly wounded, finally reached shore with his companions, but they died soon after. Stock Specialist an Embezzler. I Scranton, Pa., Special?J. T. llaviland, of 20 Broadway, New York, who says he is a stock specialist, was arrested here on a charge of embezzlement. lie is licensed of embezzling $22000. trusted to liirn by Scranton |>oople for investment. lie waived a hearing and was placed under the tare of two constables for a hearing. President to Attend Opening. Washington, Special.?Jt is prob- i able that President Roosevelt will 1 make the trip to Jamestown to attend . the opening of the exposition there on Anvil 2G on the exposition yacht Mayflower or on t he Dolphin. In ' that event he will leave Washington on the afternoon of April 2~> and steam down tl.c Potomac and Chesapeake Bay. reaching Jamestown in ' the morning. President Tucker, of 1 tho exposition company, was at the ' White House to consult with the of- ' fieials about the arrangements for ' the trip. ' sDAY, MARCH 14,1907. NOT TO APPLYTO HAWAII Recent Decision of Attorney General Under Law Prohibiting State Paying Passage of Foreigners Has Already Caused Considerable A<rita tion on island. Washington, Special.?It wns authoritivciy stated F? iday that the recent opinion of the Attorney General in which he held that it is unlaw- i fill under the recently enacted immigration law for a State to pay the J passage of intending immigrants or to assist immigration except by advertisement will not apply to the Island and Hawaii. In that country the decision has already caused considerable agitation under tlie auspices of the Territorial Immigration Society immigrants are being brought to the island flora Europe and the Azores to take the place of Japanese laborers on the sugar plantations. This lias been sanctioned by the United States government and a ship load of immigrants recently brought from the Azores islands have proved very satisfactory. A conference was held Friday at the Department of Commerce and Labor tihe President l?v Attnmnv General mi the opinion recently submitted to Bonaparte 011 the South Carolina, immigration ease. It is not so clear, however, in tlie view of the officials ot' the Department of t'omerw and Labor, that the Attorney Geaiernl's opinion sustains the opinion of the Department that the immigrants landed at Charleston, S. C., last November are legally in this country. It is so clear, however, that, under the law, other immigrants whose puissnge to this country is paid by either States or individuals acting for States, may be landed in America before July 1 next, when the provision of the new immigration law goes into effect. Operatives to Be Deported. Greensboro, Special.? A message was received here from Attorney General Bonaparte to whom Judge Boyd and Marshall Millikeu appealed for advice as to what disposition should be made of the English people who have been kept in custody for itiearly four months in order that they might appear as witnesses in the case against the Charlotte mill men, which ended so abruptly Thursday evening. The Attorney Genera! directed that all of the aliens who desired to remain in this country shall be allowed that privilege and that arrangements will he made to deport those who wish to return to England. Several will return to England, hut the greater number prefer to remain in America. Marshall Milliken will leave as soon as possible for Baltimore with those who want to return any they will be placed in the care of the immigration officials there. There are 2(> of the English people here. Others arc at work in mills and several have previously returned to Ensdnml Gets $25,000 Fcr a Guess. St. Louis, Special?After two years of litigation a decision was rendered Friday hy Judge McElhinncry, in the Circuit Court at Clayton, awarding to M. Logan Guthrie, of Fulton, Mo., the prize of $25,000 in a contest to the person who entered the nearest guess to the total number of paid admissions to the Wold's fair. Guthrie guessed 12,804,010, which was announced as the exact number of admissions. Several other claimants appeared and payment of the prize was help up, pending settlement of the different claims. Guthrie instituted suit in 1005. Finally the other claimants dismissed their claims and the court awarded the money to Guthrie. Fires Bullet Into Brain. Cleveland, 0., Special.?licpulscd by the woman with whom he was madly in love, Henry I)e Burt, a prominent contractor, fired a bullet into his head while staudimr in the doorway of the woman's home, 141(5 Prospect avenue, one of Cleveland's { fashionable residence streets Friday afternoon. De Hurt was removed to hospinl in a dying condition. Marvin Child Kidnapped. Dover, Del., Special.?After a iraeh. in which the lie Ids, hay stacks and long gross were raked over, with the faint liojre of discovering the body of Horace Marvin, the 4-yoarald child of Dr. Marvin, who disappeared Monday last from the Margin farm near the Dclewarc bay diores, no clues were discovered which would m any way lead to the whereabouts of the child. There is now io longer any doubt in the minds of lie family or State detectives that .lie child was kidnapped and every' nove by the authorities will be 011 1 hat theory. 1 12 mL ^ iritfiUfi iiV 1 m riME ? | Late JSfetesj- | | In 'Brie/' ? X ? # | | MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST | ?? . .. French nuns were arrested and lined. A very heavy {rale prevailed off the Virginia coast. Louisiana wants immigrants to displace negro laborers on plantation?. Virginia's entire militia brigade will encamp at the Jamestown exposition. Hamburg shipowners are importing English stevedores to take the places of the strikers. It is probable that Mrs. Eddy will be summoned to appear before a magistrate and tell of her affairs. Herbert Steptoe, colored, was put on trial at Daiuille for criminal assault on Miss Gladys Shelton. Owing to fear of violence, the trial of llargis anil others at Jackson. Ivy., was transferred to Elliott county. Mrs. Mary Baker (J. Eddy is represented as regarding the suits tiled in New Hampshire as persecution. The Pennsylvania railroad company reached an agreement with the train men, ooin siacs making concessions. Mini* persons, one a young woman on her way to be married, were injured in a wreek near Warren, Pa. M. Golovin. the president of the lower house of the Russian parliament, had an audience with the czar. The British woman suftrairists snv they will keep on having themselves sent to jail until their object is attained. Discriminating tariffs by Germany and France arc giving force to the movement for a maximum and minimum tarif?. The Strother boys were acquited at Culpeper, Va., for tlie killing of Bywaters, the man who had seduced their ssitcr. Saratoga, N. Y., has been definitely decided upon for the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic this year. John G. Miller, a wealthy farmer of Howesville, Preston county, \V. Ya.. committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn. Frank J. Gould offered to sell Belle Isle, in the James river to the city of of Richmond and give the city $125,000 of the purchase price. The special committee of the New Jersey senate appointed to investigate life insurance made its report, hitting the Prudential hard. Attorney General Bonaparte de ernes that a state cannot pay tlie fare of immigrants or otherwise solicit settlers except by advertisements. The examination of Dr. Charles G. Wagner, an alienist, was concluded and the testimony of Mrs. William Thaw was herd in the Thaw case. Piesident W. W. Finley, of the Southern railway, has accepted the invitation of the Birmingham Commercial club to deliver an address here March 21. Edward II. Harriman, who is said to be seeking an understanding; with the president, advocates the rebuilding of railroads cn a much larger scale. The case of the government against Smith and Snrgeant for violation of the contract labor law, on trial at Greensboro, N. was decided in ' favor of the defendants. X. T. Maxwell, an accountant in the employ of the Southern Bailway company, at Charlotte, was #>dg- ' ed in Rowan jail under the charge of grand larceny, having padded the pay rolls at Spencer, where he was formerly employed as foreman of the coal chute. A sensation was caused on the New ] York stock exchange by the big ad- < anee in Reading railroad shares, and it was reported that E. II. 1 landman 1 was buying to get control. ( Following a fall of from 1 to 4 1 inches of Snow in t.hia Ulaiinn o..-l with freezing weather, Roanoke, Va., 1 experienced a thunderstorm that last- ' ed several hoiirs. The peals of thunder were loud and long and the flashes of lightening most vivid. 1 A special from New Orleans says: , The right of local authorities to use 1 the jails for detaining immigrants 1 under sentence of deportation is protested against in a letter from the Italian consul, threatening action !>y ( his government if necessary to pre- , vent such an oecuranee. Several for- \ rignors were kept in jail under these < circumstances a few months ago. Tho s expected arrival on Saturday next of liO'J Italian immigrants j iompted the < concurs eoir.inunieation. t The appropriation hill in tire West 1 Virginia legislation has 1G3 senate I amendments tacked to it in which I < the house declined to concur. I I i . ' ? i ifi f NO. 50. PARISIAN FANCIES. It Is certainly a season of pretty Iresa belongings and a season when one must have pretty articles or givo up the attempt to be well gowned. The French teach us very nice ideas in this respect, for they have a way of 'purchasing "beautiful little idclitions to the wardrobe to be pro served and used year after year. For one thin;? every French woman has this season a handsome metal purse which hangs from the wrist by a inctal chain. Metal bags come largo md f.at, and lined with whlto kid. They are. in gilt, silver and gun metal, and they are fastened with a gold clasp which is set with a turquols? matrix or with some other pretty stcne of the semi-precious varioty. This little geld chain bag is carried all winter with all kinds of fur. and can be used for one's small belongings where one could not possibly tarry one's purse. In the Game. Or.ce there was a man who thought' Vnclc Rurscll Snire ought to stop . work. He spoke to him about it, '* YVh V r?fvt ncro t hov rnnnnv Mr. Sncc? You can't cat it; you can't drink it. What rood will it do yon?" "Ever piny marbles?" Uncle Russell asked. "Yes. when I was n hov." "Couldn't cat 'c:n, could you? couldn't drink 'em, could you? No use to you. wore they? What did you play marbles for?"?Harper's Weekly. i Some Fun. "I'oor clinp! everything he earns iroes on his wife's back." "Well, if you'd seen her at the opera vou wouhlu't think he earned much.''?Bohemian. "I often wonder," remarked the soulful VOUIIST mnn. ?lronmil? n .......j i n UUb O the best way to lind out what a woman thinks of you." "Marry her." snappcl Peckkam.? Philadelphia Press. "My, but old Russell is a storage hntterv of energy. Doesn't he just fire one with enthusiasm?" "Yep; I used to work for him and I never was tired any more enthusiast ieallv in my life by anyone."? Judge. "She sings with so much feeling, doesn't she?" "Yes. She's always grabbing herself around the heart or fussing w ith her back hair."?Chicago RccordIlerald. "She married him to reform him." "Did she succeed?" "Sure! He used to he a spendthrift, and now he has nothing to spend."?Houston Post. Mrs. Watkins?If you arc unhappy with your husband, why don't you separate! Mrs. Wvlkvns?Beeause his plan of dividing assets isn't fair. He wants to take all the bonds and real estate and give me all the children.?Sonierville Journal. ALL PRETTY P\D. Mrs. Knox.? When they speak of the lower branch of Congress, what, do they mean? Knox.?It's pretty hard to say. Some cf the people in the Senate aro low enough just now.?Catholle Standard and Times. As arc the times, so are the mantiers. So. 11-'07. THE WHOLE FAMILY Mother Finds a Food For Grown-Ups and Children us Well. Food that can be eaten with relish and benefit by the children as well as the older members of the family, makes a pleasant household commodity. Such a food Is Grape-Nuts. It not r>nly agrees with and builds up children. but older persons who, from J had habits of (feting, have become dyspeptics. 1 A Phila. lady, after being benefited 1 herself, persuaded her husband to try Grape-Nuts for stomach trouble. She writes: "About eight years ago I had a severe attack of congestion of stomach tnd bowels. From that time on 1 had Lo he very careful about eating, as nearly every kind of food then known to nio seemed to cause pain. "Four years ago I commenced to use Grape-Nuts. I grev/ stronger and! hotter, and from that timo I seldom! have been without it; have gained In health and strength and am now heavier than I ever was "My husband wfts also In a had condition ? his stomach became so weak that he could eat hardly anyliing with comfort. I got him to try ~rape-Nats and ho soon found his itotnach trouble had disappeared. "My girl and boy. .1 and 9 yeara >ld, do not want anything else for ireakfnst but Grape-Nuts and more leahhy children cannot bo found." N'aino given by Postum Co., Battle ^rcek, Mich. Read the little bookie' 'Ths Road to Wellvllle," In pk 'There's a reason." - yi %A / . , -X, ; ,