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■ ■■ ^ ■ Many Idtn Negroes Are Arrested Because of Attacks on YOUNG WHITE GIRLS Relftt of Terror In Herron Hill Dis trict Onuses Police to Decide to Arrest All Negroes Without Visi ble Means of Support—Relentless Crusade to Stamp Out Crtnies. • • • ' • ■ - . . ■'$' ,/ . . Pittsburg. Feb. 3^—At the Central police station here today 126 negroes arrested last night and today, fol lowing a carnival of crime agains. young white girls In the Herron Hill district recently, were given hear ings before Magistrate Brady. For ty-three of the negroes proved to the court that they have honest employ ment and were discharged. In spite of many threats of-armed resistance upon the part of negroes If the police continue their whole sale arrests of members of their race without employment in the Herron Hill district of the city, no outbreak ef any kind has occurred up to late tonight. Of course these threats will have no effect on the authorities. Following the wholesale arrests last night from now on large forces of officers will be stationed over the entire Herron Hill district and stren uous efforts will be made to stamp out the many assaults on young wo men. Indignation is high against this chaiacter of crime and the au thorities have decided to arrest ev ery negro who has no visible means of support or who Is known to be a user of drugs. During the evening three wert tsken to police station?, and U is anticipated that tonight many others will be arrested. No further iiltflrkt upon women or girls has l»c« i* rcpoit ed since last night, and ahould on« occur, the temper of citizens is sucl that violence very probably woul<* be meted out to the assailant 1, caught. Men and women throughout th section Involved are carrying revolv ers. and the negroes are said to b< well armed also. Should a clash come, as is considered not at all Im probable if more arrests are made, the result, would be serious. Bocal orators are Inflaming the negroes to resistance, and the feeling is high Forty-two were fined today In amounts varying from $& or ten days in jail to $25 or thirty days in the workhouse and forty-one were held over pending further Invest! gallons. The police are of the opin ion that the terfible criminal acts of the negroon are the work of s few degenerate cocaine fiends. Thie- character of negroes together with those who shirk work and frequent pool rooms, are to be taken Into custody as soon as located. This afternoon a large number of negroes are indulging in much rabid talk. There is talk of race riots and bloodshed. It is said that the ne groes are arming themselves. Ac cording to rumors, should the au- thorides decide to make another raid on the negroes armed resistance will be offered by them. The police, however, seem to have the situation well in hand and probably will not make further indiscriminate arrests Of the negroes arrested last night, thirty-nine wer? fined, most of theft) gclng to the work house, and two. Mack McGee and Edward Armstead, were held over for further evidence, having been partly identified as per petrators of one of the altacks on girls. It Is said that during !he pasi month over a dozen girls have been assaulted in the Herron Hill district This wiU give some idea of the state of affairs. STARVING FAMILY IS FOUND. Father Placed In Jail for Stealing Breed for Children. New York, Feb. 3.—So weak from lack of food that they could scarce ly walk, a mother and^four children were found lu a house at Corona, L. I., by an agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Child ren. The woman's husband, Michael Lumhard, is fconflned in the Queens county Jail, unable to provide $200 hail after being arrested «on a charge of steattngr breads ^ aad Jiiii wife were arrested wKh twenty loaves in their possession, but the charge against the woman was not pressed. With her husband in jail, the mother had no means of providing for. herself and children, and they were jjp a pitable light when visited. The children were sent to the rooms of the society, while neighbors pro vided food for the mother. v; ' 1 Town Under Water Chico, Ol . Feb. 4.—The town of Tehama, which had 60fi inhabitants Is under 15 feet of water. The Sou thern Pacific railroad operator at Tehgma Junction, half a mile from the town, says that the depot la gope ’ and » block of house* has been wash ed away. The houses are floating 90 feet above th# oUy’a atreeta. he is charged with conspir acy TO DEFRAUD The Government in the Town Lot Case—Six Others Are Indicted ‘ ’ t—; With Him. , Muskogee, Okie., Feb.-4.—^even indictments were returned by the Federal grand jury here last night In the town lot alleged fraud inves tigation, the charge being conspiracy to defraud the government?; The names of those indicted are: Gov. Charles N. Hasketl, F. B. Severs, A. Z. English, C. W. Turner, W. T. Hutchings, Jesse W. Hill and Walter R. Eaton. Attorney Thomas H. Owen, of Muskogee, representing Governor Haskell made arrangements for the governor to enter his appearance on Friday and give bond in the sum of $5,000 for appearance for trial. The writs Issued are returnable forthwith, Governor Haskell is at Guthrie. There Is hut one indictment against him. It charges conspiring with Walter R. Eaton and Clarence W. Turner to defraud the government. There are two Indictments against Turner and one each against the others indicted. Walter R. Eaton, one of the men Indicted, Is the secretary of the In- dianola Contracting Company, of which Governor Haskell is president, and which It Is alleged scheduled the names of many “dummies'* to secure town lots. Fifteen of the wealthiest men in Muskogee called at the office of the United States marshal and signed Governor Haskell's bond for $5,000. Many more asked to be allowed to vlgn it. Governor Haskell when informed that he was indicted Issued the fol lowing statement to The Associated Press: “f have just heard of the indict- nent for conspiracy coupled with ;even cr eight of the oldest and high est charactered citizens in Muskogee vho developed and built up that •ountry by their unselfish effort. From now on, the proceeding will be open to both sides. “Hearst's crooked manipulations will he at a discount. “I am satisfied that the interior department has been misled by tnlst statements. 1 am confident then has not been a dishonest act done by my of the indicted parties and that goojj citizens in general regardless of politics feel the same way. (Signed) - “C. N. HASKELL.” TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. Sent Out to Mannfacture Test! mony Against Men That HE COULD NOT BOSS •»- An Arizona Man Files Sensational Statement With Senator Clay. Says an Effort Was Made to. In volve Senator Morgan In a Timber Scandal—Perjured Evidence Used. Washington, Feb. 6.—L. S. Wll- THE HOUSE REFUSED TO INTER- FERE IN MATTER. Nineteen People Drowned in a Lake in Italy. Rome, Feb. 4.—Word has just been received from Vercurago, in the district of Lecco, of a drowning ac cident, In which nineteen people per ished. The wife of Signor Longone, the proprietor of one of the larg sst silk factories in the district, was taking sixteen of the girls employed in/her husband’s mill on a trip to :he famous San Gennaro sanctuary, when the barge In which they were proceeding began to leak. The girls became panlch-stricken and in theb struggles upset the boat. All w^n drowned, including two workmei 'rom the factory who wore rowing he barge. BOTH LEGS BROKEN in Attempt to Stop a Horse at Ben nettsville. Bennettsville, Feb. 3.—Gn an effort o stop a horse this morning, Mr leorge T. Reid had both his leg: >roken just above the knee. Mr teid was at home. The hoy brought he horse and buggy out and the lorse became frightened at some hing. Mr. Reid attempted to stoi he animal and was knocked down md injured. The physicians havi ',et and dressed the injured part 1 md Mr. Reid seems to be standing the shock remarkably well. He b ibout 57 years old and the se.nlor if the firm of Reid & Co. of thi- place. ELEVATOR ACCIDENT. Kills Two Men and Wounds Eight Others in Mine. Johnstown, Tenn., Feb. 4.—Two men were killed and eight others injured today as the result of an elevator accident at Shaft No. 1. of the Jerome Coal mine, Jerome, Pa., near here-.- The dead men are Michael Mudderlck and Charles Ber gen. While descending the abaft the elefator dropped with ‘ terHflc speed. Mudderlck and Bergers at tempted to Jump out when the car struck, but -when the car bounded upward- they were crushed to death; while their eight companion! escaped with painful brulsea. Shot Girl and Self. New York, Feb. 3.-—Harry Pope, a aalooa keeper In Brooklyn, shot Bessie Schroeder, 23 yean old In the back this afternoon and then killed himself in a- brooklyn hotel. Hams, the Arizona man who came to Washington to press charges aigatnst the secret service and who claims that his room at the Raleigh hotel was entered Sunday night and valu able papers taken, has filed with Sen ator Clay, a member of the investi gating committee, a sensational statement enumerating his charges against secret service agents. The statement revolves arojind the conviction of E. B. Perrin, a mil lionaire land owner and sheep rais er of Arizona, for conspiracy against the government, but, according to Williams, the original purpose of pressing the house was a groundless and unsuccessful effort to implicate the late Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama, in a scandal involving a large tract of valuable timber lands in California. Williams chargee also that the de partment of justice has made" an Investigation since the conviction of Perrin which completely vindicates him of conspij-acy and shows thal the conviction was scoured by un questionable means. The report of this investigation, Williams claims, will not be divulged by Attorney General Bonaparte. Senator Clay will lay the state ment of Williams before the inves tigating coinmitttee if he can get a meeeting. He states that the in vestigation has been delayed by Sen ator Galliger, ^hose time for the present is required by the consider ation of business of the District of Columbia. Another of Williams’ charges is that E. H.-Harriman obtained several years ago a vast tract of land in Utah by the same means as Perrin contemplated using. The lands were patented to the Harriman Interests, by claims under the Hitchcock ad ministration. Subsequently, when there was talk of an investigation, the Harriman people deeded the lands back to the government and and there were no prosecutions as in the case of Perrin, whose methods were identical. The prosecution of Perrin grew out of a transaction he contemplated with John A. Benson, of San Fran cisco, involving sixteen thousand acres of timber land in California. When the government Investi gated the case prior to Perrin's In dictment, Inspector George C. Hunt advised against a prosecution. In his report was an affidavit by C. P. Snell, a secret service agent, who was previously in Perrin's employ as a lawyer, and this affidavit set forth that Perrin remarked trr Benson, the alleged conspiracy that he (Per rin) had great influence at Washing ton with Senator Morgan, and that ho could get him to assist in geting the lands. The first question asked Perrin by Inspector Hunt was: “How much money had been paid Senator Mor gan by Perrin," and for what pur pose had it been paid, according to Williams' statement. Eight months later Secret Sexy ice Agent William !. Burns appeared before the fed eral grand jury and declared that he was just from Oyster Bay, and that President Roosevelt wanted Per rin Indicted." Snell's affidavit, in which Senator Morgan was mentioned, grew out of a conversation which he overheard between Perrin and Benson, in which the former spoke of the Alabama senator only as a friend and not as a legal adviser, and the impression conveyed~was not justified, accord ing to Williams, and was malicious. In this connection - the Arizona man states verbally that the inves tigation grew out of a desire on the part of the president to implicate Morgan because of Morgan’s persis tent fight against the Panama Canal. It is charged by Williams that the'records of the secret service wdll show that about $4,04)0 was paid to Snell by the government an<L his only services consisted of testimony against Perrin. Snell trad- prertoW-4« his employ ment by the secret service been Perrin's lawyer. The statement charges that Snell’s sworn evidence against Perrin on trial of the case has 'since been proven by Snell’s confession to have been perjured. —- Williams claims Ihat-.ln aplte of Snell's cenfeeslon to perjury, the government refuses to indict him for the offense. He claims that Perrin wm notified only last week in San Francisco at the door of the (rand Jury room that no indictment would be returned against Snell, dfcless it was ordered by Attorney General ~'-J Bonaparte, no matter what evldsnoe might be submitted. This state ment, he claims wsc^iade by Aa- sletant District ,** / A.. P. Black. Wdlliama’ r ' J i> subdivided / - Sabbath Observance Given as the Principal Reason for Voting the Dill Iknvn. . . ; — Columbia;-Feb. 6.—The Rucker bill to prohibit any city or town to make it unlawful to eell lunches on Sunday had another fight and was finally killed by a vote of 68 to 48 by the house yesterday. When third reading hills were reached Mr. Richards moved to re commit the hill. He said he knew it was unasual but he felt he would be doing himself and those who be lieved In Sabbath observance an in justice If he did not protest against such a bill. The legislature had not the right to enforce a law of that kind on towns that might want to prohibit lunch selling on Sunday. Mr. Rucker said his bill simply allowing a hungry man to gel some thing to eat when he traveled on Sunday. He had no patle.ic y,!th the amug believer, in SaJabatli iali^crv- ance who denied a lunch to the trav eler while enjoying a hot dinner'nt home. Mr. McMahan said it was dang erous to meddle with local p lice regulations. It would not be fust, for instance, to say to a strict 're ligious community like Due West that it should have the same local ordinances as Columbia. The entire principle was wrong. The bill on an aye and nay call was accordingly killed. The Vote. The vote on the motion of Mr. Rihcards to recommit the bill was as follows: Ayes—-Messrs. Amick, Bodie, P.o'v- ers. Bowman, Brice, W. D. Bry an, Bunch, Cantrell, Carey, Car- rigan, Carter, Carwile, Coley, Clary, Daniel, Dick, Dingle, e! C. Edwards, Fraser, J. P. Gibson, W. J. Gibson, Graham, Green, Greer,-Hall, Hamer, Harmon, J. R. Harrison, Wade, C. Harrison, Hines, Horger, Hydrick, Lane, Lawson, League, Lee, Leng- nick, McColl, McEachern, McKcown, McMahan, Mann, Mauldin, Mosley, Nicholson, Niver, Nunnery, Richards^ Ridgell, G. M. Riley, D. C. Sanders, Scarborough, Selhels, B. A. Shuler. Simkins, Singleton, Chas. A. Smith M. L. Smith, Spears, Stanley, Stubbs, fared D. Sullivan, Suydam, Utsey, Vaughan, Way. Wlngo, Wyche—08. Nays—M'ossXs. Joshnia Browning, F. M. Bryan, Coker, Cos- rove, Dixon. Doar, Duvall, Isaac. Edwards, Foster, Fultz, Garris, Gasque, Glasscock, Griffin, Hollis, Hughes, Irby, Jackson, Kibior, Lee- land, Mars, Mobley, Nesbitt, Pat terson, Pauling, W. L. Riley, Robert son. Rocssler, Rucker, O. L. San ders, Sawyer, C. T. Shuler, K. P Smith, P. P. Sullivan, Tobias, Wade, Wells, Whatley, Wigglnsr Witlirms, O. A. Wilson, W. B. Wilson, Ji Wright—4 8. Wins Its First Fight In the Uouss Thursday VERY CLOSE VOTE The House Agrees to Take up Pro- hibitiou Measure Out of its Reg ular Order and Will Talk on the Subject, But the Vote is Not Con sidered Important. Columbia, Feb. 5.—After an- aye and nay vote the house yesterady decided to order hill No. 85, known as the prohibition hill, an adjourn ed debate bill, for 11 o'clock today. The State says the vote is really not a test- of the streigth of the phohibitionlsts, according to the lo cal option people In the house, as there were a number who will vote against the bill that were willing for it to come up and be dlsposi-d of before the debates were started on the appropriation and supply bills. Mr. Richards, who made the mo tion for the bil, urged the bouao to^ consider the measure either one way or another at once. The hill Is in troduced by Messrs. Richards, M. L. Smith, C. A. Smith and J. P. Carey. Mr. Rucker ralsefi the point that the night before the house had re fused to take up the bill for a special order and the (Jlincher had been put on the refusal. Mr. Smith, act ing as speaker in the absence of Mr. Whaley, ruled that the motion of Mr. Richards was in order as the motion the night before was for the purpose of making the bill a special order. The present motion of Mr, Richards was to make the bill an adjourned debate bill. Mr. Rucker held that to make the bill either special order or an ad journed debate bill two motions were'necessary. First to take up the bill out of its regular order. Tlia 1 motion had been defeated the day before. Should the house agree U: take up the bill out of its regular order, then it could be made a spec ltd order, withdrawn or any other action taken on it that the author might desire, should the house con sent. Mr. Smith, however, ruled that the Melvin J. Ashley. Ayer, Berg, Brown, 11011212 could « ot b,n £ ttse ! f for tho FIRE DRAWS NEAR And Residents of Pittsburg Are in Great Fear. * Pittsburg, Feb. 3.^—A fire burning for forty years in the depths of a coal mine la West Liberty, now in (he new Nineteenth ward will be fought by the Pittsburg fire depart ment in an effort to save two houses which are threatene^T' Besides fear ing for the safety erf their property, as the smouldering fire creeps closer, have asked Director of Public Works Edward G. Lang for aid. Asslstam Fire Chief Janies Connelly, after an Investigation yesterady said that while the danger did not appear to be Immediate, action would be tak- °n by the department. Three years ago a man who went to sleep on the warm earth above the fire was over come by gas fumes. CHILI) KILLED BY LION. Mother, in Despair, Almost Throws Herself on Beast. Balboa, Cal., Feb. 1.— Her two- vear-old.boy killed by a huge moun tain lion and the sight of the fierce beast devouring one of his legs, which it had torn from the sock et, greeted Mrs. Chris Brown when they entered the family tent, after a short walk last evening, \yhen the mother realized what had taken place she screamed and almost threw herself on the lion, which growled savagely and disappeared slowly through the rear of the etnt, carry ing a mouthful of 'flesh Tn" iis teetTfrhr entire session "OQ any motion not to take up a bill out of its regular order. The mofion to make the bill a special order had been clinch ed,' hut the motion of Mr. Richards k was to make it an adjourned de bate bill. The Vote. Mr. Dixon moved to lay the mo tion of Mr. Richards to make the bill adjourned debate on the table. The ayes and nays were called for and the vote was as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Melvin J. Ashley. Ayer, Berg, Browning, F. M. Bryan, Bunch, Carwile, Coker, Cosgrove, Cothran, Dick, Dixon. Doar, Duvall, E. C. Edwards Isaac Edwards, Fultz, Garris, Gasque, Glasscock, Graham, Greer,-Griffin, J. R. Harrison, Hol lis, Hughes, Hydrick, McColl, Mc Mahan, Mars, Niver, Patterson, Paul- ling, Rucker, O. L. Sanders, Sawyer, Scibels, Simkins. Singleton, K. P. Smith, Stanley, Tobias, Vander Horst, Vaughan. Wade, Wells, Wig gins. Williams, O. D. A. Wilson, W. IX Wilson, Jr., Wright—55. Nays—-Messrs. Amfck, Joslvba W. Ashley, Bodie, Bowers. Bowman, Boyd, Brice, Brown, W. I). Bryan, Cantrell. Carrlgan, Carter. Celey, Clary, Daniel. Dingle, Foster, Fraser, J. P. Gibson, W. J. Gibson, Green, Hall, Hamer, Harmon, Wade C. Har rison, Hines, Horger, Kibler, Lawson, Lee McEachern, McKeown, Mann, Mauldin, Mobley, Mosley, Nesbitt, Nicholson, Nunnery, Richards, Ridgell, G. M. Riley. W. L. Riley, Robertson, Roessler, D. C. Sanders, Scarborough, B. A. Shuler, C. T. Shuler, Chas. A. Smith, M. L. Smith, Spears, Stubbs, Jared D. Sullivan, P. P. Sullivan, Suydam. Utsey, Way, Whatley, Wlngo, Wyche—61. The clincher was then put on and by a division vote of -69 to 52 the house agreed to make the measure an adjourned; debate hill for 11 O’clock tomorrow. MARYLAND GOVERNOR WOULD HANG NEW YORKER Who Abducted and Carried Off a Twelve-Year-Old Girl From Her Brook lya Home. : — TBaltlYnore, Teh! T&e BaltF mpfe grand Jury today will Indict Joseph Janer„ Who la accused of kid napping Katherine Loercb from her home, 334 Classon avenue, Brook lyn, and if he is convicted of the crime charged, he may be hanged. The Maryland authorities will re sist all attempts of the Brooklyn po lice to have Janer extradited and win insist that he be tried here, where death ,1s the penalty. The child,, who will not be 12 years old until the 22nd of this month, related the story of her ab duction in the Central police court. When she had finished the Mary land authorities, headed by the gov ernor, were so enraged that they deciiind lo imlicLoad- try him wit bin a week, undpr Maryland law, Ar ticle 27, section 369,-of the code of public general laws of Maryland, provides for cases of this sort as follows: "The offender being convicted thereof, shall, at the discretion of the court, suffer death or imprison ment for life in the penitentiary or for a definite period, not less than 18 months, nor more than 21 years." Janer, who had been a friend of the girl’s paralytic father, and a boarder in her home, was arrested In a barroom on Calvert street. He had been drinking heavily there for an hour, and the child he had stolen stood shivering and crying in tbs street outside. He had forced her to wait there for him since they had left a cheap ^hoarding house some hours before,/ At police headquarters Janer was too much befuddled with whiskey to talk, but the girl sobbed out a pitiful statement to the officials, which she signed. Its nature is -uch that no considerable portion '■•ill do tor publication. 7 MEMORY OF LINCOLN Will Bring Harmony to Political Parties of Kentucky for a Day. .. politics ath One3,6k hrdluuuuuu __ __ Louisville, Ky., Feb. 4 -Though lotenteae between calls for a <pK)- politics are admittedly domiB*&t ln Kentucky, both political parties have united in preparation for the Lin coln centenlary celebration to be held at Hodgenville, Ky.. February 12th, wht?h President Roosevelt aflfl others will speak. State Chairman Winn and Henry B. Prewitt, both of Mount-Sterling and next-door neighbors, have each appointed four members of a con ference committee which on Satur day will determine what concerted part the Republicans and Democrats shall take In the ceremonies. CHANGE NAME CAPITOL SQUARE Wants It to Be Known as Indepen dence Square. Washington, Feb. 4.—Congress man Barthold, of Missouri, pfoposes to introduce a hill to change the name of Lafayette Square, which is directly in front of the White House to Independence Square and substi tute for the statue of Atjdrew Jack son, a fitting statue of George Wash ington. The .Ifckson statue now stands in the center of the square, and is one of the handsomest in Washington. . The statue of Von Steuben* which is to adorn one corner o fthe square, is now ready and the house has beet) so notified. On another corner i« ‘he statue of Lafayette( on another tint of Roch- ambeau and on the fourth corner will be Pulaski. Bat He Plaas ter by Which He Crum’s He Can Talk It to Death Provided Ills Health Will Stand. Washington. Feb, 3.—In order to defeat the confirmation of W. Crum’s appointment as collector of the port at Charleston, It to stated today that Senator Tillman, If ucuw sary, will conduct a ‘‘one-man” flilll- biister until congress adjourns March i',~ even Kt the risk of health, which to none too good. The senator -proposes to talk the confirmation to death, whleh h+ ay i easily do if hla strength doesn’t de sert him. Under the rules of the senate, no proi»osJtlon can be put to a vote so long as a senator wants to he hea'-d, and 4here to no way by which the remarks of a member can be limited. ; Senator Tillman has requested a number of Democrats to nHp him with his fllllhuster, speaking from/ ,.. 4 one hour to half a day each, and has enlisted the aid of a numt although it appears that many Dem ocrat* doubt the wisdom of contin uing the fight on Crum. But, with little he should be able to hold up x mation until Taft to In.mgur and unless he changes bis mlsd, will do this. a The senate does not hold an ex-~' ecutlve session every day, and this fact will operate to the hand of Tlll-v man, as the Crhm matter can be con sidered only In executive After Senator Tillman had taken the floor, he caned for a quorum, and after the roll cal!, he announced that be proposed to see that a quo rum was maintained thronghout dny/ The vice president called his tention to a ruling made In the last n hours of the Jtost session of to the effect/that, business i THE HEAD OF A MAN Found on the Pilot of Passenger Train $ngine. New Cotton Expert Appointed. Washington, Feb. 4.—Jullen L. Brode of Memphis, Tenn., an ex pert in the cotton business, wil be appointed special agent of the de partment of commerce and labor to inquire into the matter of cotton seed products 1 , succeeding-, AIbeft G. Perkins of Tennessee, resigned. Brode’s work will begin in the South of France and will extend east as are as St. Petersburg. _New York, Feb. 3.—The head of a man was Carried ittttr the Feunayl- Stock Trains Crash. Chillicothe, O., Feb. 3.—Three trainmen were killed and one fatally injured early today when two stock trains op the Chicago, Milwaukee And St. Paul, railrpgd-collided head- on at Powersville, Mo. It appears one of the trains was a runaway, the cr?w having lost control of it. under nineteen heads, and after each allegatien he eftea references, letters, affidavits and cokrt records to sub stantiate them. the investigation committee goes Into the matter, much time will be requi^d to In- vestigate the citations unless Wil liams has certified copies x>f all the records As he claims he have In the sal* at Raleigh hotel. ' vania station on the pilot of a lo comotive which drew a fast passen ger train into Jersey City. Despite the fact it was removed as quickly as possible hundreds of passengers saw It. It was4earned that in Rah- vray men had picked up fragments of a man’s body and had been eearch^ - for the head. Then word, was Rent to that place of the finding of # head on the locomotive, which un- ing for the head. Then word was aervt man. Shoots Self to Death. Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 3.—Citizens of Thomasville, N. C., were shocked this' morning by Thtruews that- Ar-Pr Cox, one of the most promlnent^jes- idents of that town, had committed, suicide. After kissing his wife and baby, Cox went upstairs, took his revolver and blew out his brains. A- \ Shot'While Hunting. . Hawkinsville, G^., Feb. 3.—New* has Just been received here that Dt- E. C. Brown, a welj known physlcfon of this city, had been Accidentally shot through, the sy* At a dove shoot Sl.ev.rAl miles Ahev. her#. . - - Loeb Gets the ob.. - Washington, Feb. 4.—Friends of William Loeb, secretary to the Presi dent, -made the definite announce ment that he will become collector of the port of J4ew York At the be ginning of the fiext administration. rum, and that a speecn would regarded as This announcement prov discussion of the rule, hut tl out the afternoon no occasion to call forth a ruling on that tlon. Mr. Tillman had received commu nications from various commercial bodies of Charleston, In opposition to the confirmation of'the Crum*no.a- ination, and read them to prove that his protest against Crum fully repre sented the popular sentiment to Charleston. . The Japanese and Chinese qoea-, ^ tlone, now cansing discussion on the Padflc coast, were referred to, and Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, made a eral Inquiry of the Pacific const as to their attitude toward any prop®- ' sitlon to appoint a Chinaman as col lector of customs of San Franctoeo. There was a very general discus sion ot the race proble several of the senators on the ocratlc^.slde took part. Money occupied-naariy an hour and reviewed the history of the races, to sustain his position that the sir- periodty of the white race marked It to dominate in matters govern ment. > About fifty senators remained the chamber thoronghout the s soin. The nomination will come in executive session today, and Tillman, it is expected, will contlaas - ' nis remarks. As predicted above, the Crum mat- ter came up today and neatly ftrar ^ hours was devoted to its consider*- J tlon. Senator Tillman aided by hto Democratic colleagues staved off ac tion and the matter went pver for the present. . ' . • The Repqbllcan senators are ed in favor of confirming order that Mr. Taft may be reliev ed of the necessity of sending a ination to the henate. wbich has opposed daringHhe present ad tration. The debate in the senate today, according to the reports which leak-" ed out afterwards,-resembled an old time minlstrelsy. Senator Tillmaa, McLaurln, Money and Johnston told negro dialect storl iSffate In taughter thi proceedings. „ „ j Nothing but the beat of humor was displayed. Senator counted a number of lUddenU with his various controversies with PresL - a.»t ROOMT.lt ru.— ^ New York, the Norws sailed from New * Darien, f rfcd Passed Over Veto of Governor. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 4.—The bill prohibitjni the manufacture o; toxica ting llquofp tn Tennessee passed by the house over the eroar's veto. T for 1 sit® left and Munia, Which January If, had the steamer Minin ccrrtod i a crew of 1 there was a the Mania waa er which went Shoato last