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The news & observer., 1902-01-19
HANDS UP, SPORTS /!
Gamblers Robbed by Men
Who Claimed to Have
Been FIeeCed.
(By the Associated Press.)

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 1S.-Two robbers
held up dozen men in gambling room
over the saloon of Cliff Cole. at Four
teenth and Douglass streets early today
and secured the cash box and 5000 in
money from the customers of the place
They were captured ten minutes later
however, by squad of policemen and
locked up. They gave the names of
Frank Williams and Frank Jones
The robbery was bold one, having
taken place in the heart of the city
Neither of the men was masked They
drew reyolvers and ordered the men in
the room to hold up their hands. After
securing their money and the cash box.
they rushed down stairs into Douglass
street where policeman gave chase,
firing several shots. call was turned
into the police station and wagon load
OF officers rushed to the scene. One of
the robbers ran out of an alley and into
the arms of a policeman and the other
was found in a hallway.
At the station both men admitted their
identity and said they had lost their
money in the place and that they thought
their game was as fair as that of the
gambling house. All of the stolen money
was found on the men, the cash box
having been emptied and its cont ents
thrown into the street The men are
strangers in Omaha The police think
they are the men who a week ago held
up Kansas City pool room and escaped
with $1,500 They are said to answer
the description given by the Kansas City
police. with whom the local authorities
will communicate.
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
Agree on a Line Of Policy.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The Democratic
Steering Committee of the House of
Representatives reached a decision today
on a line of policy to be recommended
TO the caucus of the minority in the
House. The committee also agreed to
request, Representative. HAY, OF Nir-
ginia, chairman of the Democratic eau
Gus, to call caucus for next Friday
night for the purpose of passing upon
the report of the Steering Committee.
Mr.. Hay said later, however, that az
Friday night was bad one for a eau
Gus, many members being out of town,
he would call the caucus for one week
from next Wednesday night, January 30.
The Steering Committeeiis is made up of
twelve Democratic members of the
House They We're appointed soon after
the present session began to take under
consideration various resolutions which
were proposed declaratory Of the atti-
tude of the Democratic party and it's
Representatives in Congress Unusual
secrecy was observed as to the agree
ment reached today, a resolution being
passed binding each member to silence.
The only announcement authorized by
Chairman Richardson was that an agree
ment had been reached and that pend
ing it's submission to the caucus it would
not be ade-public.
1t is understood that the agreement
is to the effect that all questions shall
be referred to the full caucus so that
the latter body will have an opportunity
to discuss the various questions of par
ty policy which have been under con-
siGeration.
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
DECISION RESERVED
Governor Hears the Petition
in Gorham Case.
Southern Railway Agent Claims the Evidence
Was Not Sufficient 10 Convict Him
of Contempt.

Governor Aycock yesterday morning
heard the petition of Jas. A. Gorham,
of Ashevlle, legal agent of the Southern
railway, for commutation of his sentence
of twenty days Imprisonment in Jail and
fine of $50. imposed by Judge Brown
al the spring term of Iredell Superior
Court. The charge against Gorham was
contempt of court in attempting to in
tluencc the verdict of one of the jurors
in the case of Long against the Southern
railway for amages, tried at Statesville.
Hon. Locke Craig, of Asheville, coun-
sci fcr Mr.. Gorham. presented the case
before the Governor, who listened to the
entire matter carefully and reserved his
decision.
Mr.. Craig's speech in support of his
clients petition was a masterful effort,
in fact, one of the \stronest presenta-
tions of case ever hear in the eXecu-
tive chamber being an exhaustive
treatment of the law on contempt in all
its phases
Gorham contended before the Cover
nor that he was not guilty of any at
tempt to corrupt the juror, and that
the evidence was not sufficient TO con-
vict him of contempt of court; that the
only power the court had~to punish for
contempt was by virtue of the statutes
of 1869 and 1871 brought forward in the
Code. that there was no evidence that
he had been guilty of any of the Of
fenses prescribed by these statutes, and
the court could punish for contempt only
as provided for by the statute law.
He reminded the Governor that he ex-
pected to be tried by a jury for this
same act at the approaching term of
the Iredell court, and asked that the
judgment upon him be suspended until
a jury should pass upon his guilt or in
nocense
Referring to the question as to wheth-
er the Governor has the power to remit
a sentence for contempt. distinguished
lawyer who has worn the ermine for a
number of years in a note yesterday
said:
Noting your alluson to the sugges-
tion of pardon of Gorham for contempt
the question occurs as to whether the
Governor can pardon for contempt. The
Constitution, article 3, section 6, pro-
vides that the Governor shall have pow
er to grant reprieves. combinations and
pardons. after conviction, for all Of
fences Except impeachments), etc.
Then it is further provided that the
Governor shall communicate to the Cen
eral Assembly, stating the name of the
convict. the crime for which he was
convicted. etc
Contempt is not a crime.
The writer is quite sure that Cover
nor Fowle once refused to pardon in a
case of contempt even when the court
recommended it, but thinks Governor
Russell pardoned the Sampson county
school board (Populists). who were ad-
judged guilty of contempt and fined.
The courts would be helpless if the
Governor could pardon as fast as par
ties were dealt with for contempt,
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
The Cotton Seed Manufacture.
GBy the Associated Press

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The report on
cotton seed manufacture in 1900 shows
that there were 357 establishments en-
gaged in the extraction of cotton seed
oil in the United States. using 2,479, ,3S6
tons of cotton seed. costing 2S632. .616,
an average cost of $11.55 per ton. The
total value of the products was $i2 AL,
S35 The quantity crushed was SO per
cent of that produced. The latter ag
gregated 4,668.346 tons. valued at $54
345,677. and the former 2.479. 1856 tons,
costing at the mills $2S, ,632 616. The
available and tie actual value of the
crude manufactured products are $50
31l.37 and $42, All ,S35 respectively The
estimated value of the lint cotton pro-
duced during the census year Is $685.
SS6.92l The combined value of the liAf
and seed produced is $395 1S2. 598. and
the value of the entire cotton crop, in
Guiding the value of the available crude
manufactured products from the seed
The news & observer., 1902-01-19

$419, POS ,296 The quantity by tons and
cost of cotton seed crushed and quantity
and total value of products by States
follows:
Alabama cotton seed 1903 tons; cost
$2,019, ,0S5; products $2,952.25.
Arkansas. 19O.051 tons; cost $2,245, no
products $3,1SSS12.
Georgia, 271 1888 tons; cost S9,246,S14
products 81, ,7S7 100.
Indian Territory, 26. .415 tons; cost $297,-
739; products $44607S.
Louisiana, $25O,9S3 tons; cost $2,S33,767
products $4.397, ,891.
Mississippi, 394,76S tons; cost $4577,-
995; products $6,671, ,031
North Carolina 107660 tons; cost ST.
31S,663; products S1,SS0,015.
Oklahoma, 26,425 tons; cost $247 ,520
products $410,063.
South Carolina, 156,642 tons; cost 81
1S6, ,40S; products $3,043,54
Tennessee 16S, ,3O7 tons; cost 81 ,S4S, ,S29
products $2,737O3S.
Texas, 692,6O4 tons; cost $3.50, ,661
products $11, ,519, ,656
All other States. 21,731 tons; cost $254,
225; products $97S,95O.
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
he DIED EOR HIS HONOR.
Shot in Duel by the Iothario Who Wrecked
His Home.
(By the Associated Press.

Hanover, Prussia, Jan. 1S.-Herr Won
Bennegsen, Landrath. OF Hanover. and
son of the noted politician Rudolph Won
Bennegsen.' died during the night as the
result of a bullet wound in the breast
sustained in duel fought Thursday
last with Herr Falkenhagen. a tenant of
the Royal estate near Syringe
The duel was the outcome of the in
timacy of Herr Falkenhagen with Frau
Won Bennegsen. The club to which Herr
Won Bennegsen belonged informed him of
the stories in circulation. On Monday
Frau Won Bennegsen visited Hanover and
returned to Syringe in the evening, ac-
companied by Herr Falkenhagen. The
next morning Herr Won Bennegsen or
dered his wife to leave his house and
then challenged Herr Falkenhagen. The
conditions of the duel were three rounds
with pistols at ten PAGES. Herr Won Ben
negsen. who is ashort- sighted was shot
il the first round. His brother witnessed
the duel.
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
Ridiculed BY Beers.
(By the Associated Press. J

London, Jan. 1S,-Dr. Lcyds. the rep
resentative in Europe of the Transvaal
according to a dispatch from Amsterdam
tc Reuters Telegram Company held a
conference today with the Boer delega
tion at The Hague at the house of Mr..
Wolmarans No official statement has
been given out but there is the best au-
thority for asserting that the conference
was merely periodical meeting.
The ldispatch says the reports Of q
strong peace movement are ridiculed by
the Beers themselves, who say that such
stories are simply fabricated by British
agents. with view to British publica-
tion, subsequently, turning them to ad-
vantage in South Africa. rhe Beers
Geny that any negotiations arc in prog
ress,
Dry Leyds left tonight for Utrecht
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
SECRECY is OBSERVED
Steering Committee to Report to Full
Democratic Caucus.
HOUSE TRANSAcrs ROu TINE BUSINESS
The Bill Approprialing 100000 For Govern.
ment Exhibit at Charleston is Passed.
Root Urges Sale of Il g Friars'
Lands in Philippines.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington. Jan. 1S.-The House of
Representatives was in session less than
wa transacted, the most important fea-
ture of which was the reporting by Mr..
Cannon, chairman of the committee on
bill will be called up for consideration
next Monday.
The Senate amendments to the House
bill appropratng $4,000 for a govern
ment exhibit and floor space at the Char
lesion Exposition was agreed to and the
bill passed
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
Ieadsal Dailies i'm News and Circulation
615.96O.57

for general purposes. ..... 6t5,96O.57
Taxes from the Counties,
for interest. on incomes.... i,S00.43
Taxes from the counties, for
interest, on merchants. 1S,165.2S
Taxes from the Counties, for
interest, on liquor r.... 5,SO1.H
Taxes from the Counties, for
Pensions, property ..... Sl,S1S.39
Taxes Sfrom the Counties, for
pensions, POLL ............ 22,919.96
Telegraph and Telephone tax,
on gross earnings ........ 3,2i9.S0
Telephone and Telegraph prop
erty tax, general .......... 2,2624
Telephone and Telegraph
property tax, pensions. -. 4S4OS
Tonnage tax on fertilizer. 67,9SS24
Water lighting and sewer
property tax. general -. :. 1.S32.1S
Water lighting and sewer
property tax, pensions :. . 3iS.9S
Weights and measures =. e.. 1887
Balance Board of Educa
tion from fiscal year end
ing November 80, 1900. 23,219.50
Receipts Board of Educa-
tion for fiscal year ending
November 80, 1901 :. :. . 17,620.10
Balance from fiscal year end
ing November 80, 1900. :. 101,149.22
Total receipts .,...........s1,744,6 80
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
STATE ENGINEERS ASKED TO COME.
The State Board of Education Decides to In
stall Capt. McRae in the Capitol.

The State Board of Education met yes
terday and instructed the superintendent
of Public instruction to write to Capt.
J. II. McRae, State Engineer, inviting
him to bring all his maps and other in
struments 10 Raleigh and make his head
quarters here. 1t was ordered more
over, that room be provided for Capt.
McRae in the Capitol Building
There were present at the meeting
Governor Aycock, Auditor Dixon, Treas
urer Lacy and Secretary of State Grimes.
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
Sharkey and Maher Discharged,
(By the Associated Press.)

Philadelphia. Pa, Jan. 1S.-Peter
Maher and TEN Sharkev. who were
arrested Yesterday at the instance, it is
alleged. of the law and order society,
and held in s. geo bail to keep the peace,
appeared ar the Magistrates office this
morning and were discharged. James II.
Mcfarland. the promoter OF last nights
bout who was also under bond. was re-
lc' ed. Tho magistrate announced that
as t',e rlcn had not committed any overt
act which might be construed as viola-
ton OF the stute prohibiting prize fight
ing. there was no complaint against
hem. !
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
Substitute Philippine Tariff Bill.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The Democratic
members of the Senate Committee on
the Philippines were in consultation for
several hours today over their proposed
substitute proposition for the Philippine
tariff bill. They are agreed on all the es-
scntial features of their position. In
general they say they will recommend
that in the end, pi oviison should be made
giving the Filipipos their independence,
but in the meantime providing for free
trade between the United States and the
Philippine archipelago such as is main
tanned between the United States proper
and @other territories.
The news & observer., 1902-01-19

ent departments. The naval items in
clude 81, 900 900 for armor on ships now
under construction. The bill contains an
item of SO, 900 for the payment of re-
bates on tobacco manufacturers as pro-
,ided in the War Revenue reduction act.
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
Raper For Superior Court Judge.
Lexington Dispatch. }

Lexington Dispatch.)
E. E Raper, Esq, of Lexington, was
here Saturday on legal business before
the Justices court. He is an excellent
lawyer and the News would be pleased
to see him nominated for Superior Court
judge for this district.
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
RECEIPTS $1,744,o59.39
While There Was Spent For All Pur-
poses 81, ,69O,872,73.
FROM DECEMBER /, 1900 TO NOV. 80, 1901
The State Treasurer Yesterday Issued Full
Statement Showing Our Financial
Standing and the 0bliga-
tions Met

The revenues of the State of North
Carolina and how>the money, which came
into the Treasury was spent, must be
interesting reading to the people who
pay the taxes.
Yesterday State Treasurer B. r. Lacy
issued the following statement showing
that the receipts were $1,744659.3O, the
expenses 81, 500, S72.73, the Asurplus being
$53, 1866.
The statement in full is as follows
Statement of General and Specific Re-
ceipts from December !, 1900 to No
vember 30, 1901, and the Sources from
which thew ere received
The news & observer., 1902-01-19

President Roosevelt has decided to de-
cline all invitations TO deliver public
speeches until Congress has completed its
work for the session. Exceptions will
cnly be made in cases like the Charles
ton exposition where circumstances seem
to require his presence in his official
capacity.
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
PANAMA OFFER.
(By the Associated Press.)

: Washington, Jan. 1S.-The sup :
: elemental report of the Isthmian :
: Canal Commission on the propo- :
: sition of the Panama Canal Com :
: pany to ispose of it's property to !
: the United States for $40,000,00 !
!. was delivered to President !
Z Roosevelt this evening. The !
: members of the commission re- !
: fuse to discuss the nature of the !
: report and like reticence was !
: maintained at the White House, ::
Z but it was stated on excellent ::
: authority that the report unani- .
: mously recommends that the of ::
: fer of the Panama Company be ::
: accepted. The report, it is stated, {.
: is very voluminousn going into !
: all phases of the question and ::
T attempting to meet the obiec- !:
: tions that any legal complica- :;
: tions will arise. !
The news & observer., 1902-01-19
Urgent Deficiency Pill Reported,

Washington, Jan. 1S.-J'he urgent detic-
iency appropriation bill was completed
by the Appropriation committee today
and reported to the House. 1t carries
The news & observer., 1902-01-19

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pensions ............'...'....' z'4oo.'z
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The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08

cemetery at Colorado Springs, where
two armed men watch over his grave
day and night. His whole estate is
under as constant and secure guard,
while the set of executors named by
him in his will and a set of admins
tra,ors appointed by the court struggle
for the temporary custody of his
wealth.
One thing is clear. After a career
tnat will be remembered in American
mining history. Stratton has left be-
hind him a muddle that has arrayed
lin opposition all the mining experts
and most of the ablest lawyers in Col
orado.
All are preparing for litigation to ex-
tensively that able jurists have de-
clared that the suits now pending or
about to be filed will cause new pro-
bate system in the State, because the
present code is inadequate.
When Stratton and his wife separ-
ated by mutual consent some years
ago, the only son sided with his mother
and went with her to Tulon, Illinois,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08

WASHINGTON ID. c., Oct, s.
While the assurance of William N.
Cromwell, attorney for the French
company in the recent Panama canal
transaction, that the title to the prop
erty which the United States proposes
to buy is fiawless, proves welcome, as
it is point on which there has been
at least doubt. the danger point today
is not there, nor even in the disturbed
and upset condition of Colombia, but
in the possibilities of a John T. Nor
gan contingent in the United States
Senate. 1t should be remembered that
when Morgan and his associates yield
ed to the Spooner amendment, they
proclaimed, the belief that it would
mean a Nicarauguan route in spite of
the preference expressed for Panama.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08

where they made their home until the
latter part of the last year, when, up
on death of Mrs. Stratton, Isaac moved
to Pasadena, California, securing a po-
sition there as clerk in bank.
Young Stratton was not the only
one to hurry to Colorado when the
news of the elder Stratton's death was
published
John Hays Hammond, the mining
expert, arrived post haste from Lon
don, and his presence showed that the
purchaser of the independence mine
entertained keen interest in STRAIT
toms affairs With John Hays Ham
mond came the story that the Ventura
company contemplated bringing suit
for damages on the ground that the
independence mine had been salted
There are those who claim to be fa-
vored with an insight who assert that
the Ventura company paid some $5,-
100000 more than the property was
worth. and that settlement was to
be asked through the courts. Friends
of Stratton, however, say that this can
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, Oct. 81
am only 81 years of age, and want to
live, if only long enough to finish what
l have begun and what | have clearly
outlined in my mind"
This was the statement the million
aire miner, W. S. Stratton, made on
his death bed, and the plan he had in
mindf embraced the gigantic engineer
ing feat of digging chain of tunnels
throughout the Cripple Creek region,
connecting in one glittering system
all the gold-bearing veins in one OF the
richest mineral districts in the world.
This, he insisted, would open up such
q storehouse of treasure that he could
easily sell his holdings for S25,0OOOOO,
with which ha intended to endow, not
only the Myron Stratton Home, but
establish and contribute to other phil
anti ropic Institutions on a scale tnat
would favorably compare with, ii not
1ival, the benefactions of Carnegie.
Instead of living to realize TINS
dream, or anything approaching 1t, W..
s. stratton. lies buried in Evergreen
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08

business speculation. A number of
spectators have formed a pool to pay
the expenses of the fight and share
in the profits of the
estate.
These men have, in some manner,
proposed to young Stratton to under
take all litigation, do their utmost to
put him into clear possession of the
bulk of the estate, guaranteeing him
that. in the event of their failure to
establish his claim and that he was
declared thereby to have forfeited the
amount allowed him by the will, they
would themselves make good the
$4,000. 1t is not positively certain
who composes this syndicate" exact
ly upon what basis it was formed, or
in what ratio they were to benefit by
their possible success, but the existence
of such a conspiracy has been openly
asserted upon excellent authority. 1t
is certain that they have secured the
services of formidable array of the
shrewdest, most successful mining at
torneys in the State.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08
VERY SENSATIONAL CONTEST
FOR THE STRATTON MILLIONS.

not be true, since the mine has al
ready yielded more than was paid for
it, a claim which is partially SUBJ
stantiated by the statement of Me-
Hammond to the effect that the mine.
has already produced over $4,000, ,Vv6
gross, out of which $6,000,000 was paid
in dividends.
In the midst of all this muddle scores
of persons who had claims against
Stratton sprung up from all sides and
began to prepare the papers necessary
to secure settlement from the admin
istrators, executors or the courts.
Popular feeling and popular curiosity
were aroused, and new sensation en-
tered this hitherto prosiac contention
when among these claimants were
found two women asserting their right
to $4,000 each as common-law wives
of the dead miner.
AS to who they are, or what is the
justice of their claims, little is
said. There is mysterious quietude
about this phase of the dead mans
life that leaves much-in fact, every