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| 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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." -
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