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The news & observer., 1905-12-24
BUT THE SHOUTING
Higgins Thinks the Fight
is All Over.
He Regards PIedgis Given Wadsworth
for Speaker as Settling Matter.
0deiI Loses in the County
Fight.
(By the Associated Press }

New York, Dec. 22.-Two import
ant conferences of members of the
New York Assembly to consider the
question of the speakership, were held
here today All the Republican MEM
bers had been invited to the first
meeting, which was held in the Hotel
Cadillac. Only the New York dele
cation in the assembly attended the
second meeting, which was held very
late tonight.
The first meeting was called by
men whom j. w. Wadsworth, Jr.,
said were opposed to him, though
he and every other Republican as
semblyman were invited. Mr.. Wads-
worth sent out many messages to as
who are supporting him,
advising them that no good purpose
would be served by their attending
the meeting. Thirty-seven assembly
men were in the conference.
After having been in session more
than 3 hours the conference adjourned
without having taken any action
whatever. Assemblyman Jesse Phil
lips, who had issued the call for the
conference, declared that COM
promise candidate would not surprise
some of the men who are we'll ac-
uuainted with the situation.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
IS IT S|GN|F|CANT2
Revenue Agent Chapman
is Transferred.
In The Light of Recent Federal Court
Trials it Looks as if Washington
Acted With a Pur-
pose.
Especial to News and Observer

(SDeCldl 10 NEWS ana oUSeINeT.J
Asheville, n. c., Dec. 22.-The TAX
ing of evidence in the liquor investi-
cation before the board of County
commissioners was resumed this
morning, and has been in progress
throughout the day. Further evidence
as to the selling of liquor to abandoned
women was taken, the furnishing Of
beer by the barrel to bawdy house
keepers was proven, and other start
ling evidence, the details of which
are revolving and unprintable, was adj
duced.
This last came up in connection
with the investigation of the Swanna-
noa bar, and had to do with the So
liciting of lewd women. The women
themselves were put upon the stand
to testify as to this.
Evidence of startling nature has
been obtained, largely through the
Instrumentality. it is said, of Wiley +.
Black, a salooniSt. who was himself
denied license because of irregulari-
ties. When Black was put out of
business through the instrumentality
of other liquor men, he announced his
intention of getting even with his
erstWhile friends. and ii would GER
tainly seem that he has succeeded.
Black is in the court room constant
ly with counsel for the private pros
ecution, the w. G. T. u. and it is said
that it is largely through his instru-
mentality the evidence was obtained.
He constantly prompts counsel for
the prosecution. and it is said the
list of witnesses was furnished by
him. 1t is stated that idictments of
guilty saloon men in the police courts
will follow and that wherever the in
vestigation shows Irregularities they
will be prosecuted.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
CRASH! AND LIGHTS WENT OUT.
Effect of Storm at Kinston--Parrott
Gets $505.55 Damages.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Kinston, N. c., Dec. ga wind
storm of unusual violence passed over
this section last night and did some
damage in this city. The front para
pet wall at the top of H. Dunn &
Co.'s drug store and the adjoining
store was blown down and fell on to
the shelters in front of the stores,
dragging the wooden shelters to the
sidewalk with a great crash. The
electric wires were broken and the
lights went out. The damage is per-
haps $500.
The jury in the case OF Pa"rott VS..
Atlantic and North Carolina railroad
Company, for $4,000 damages for put
ting plaintiff off the train between
LAGRANGE and Goldsboro, one dark
night. rendered verdict for the plain
tiff in the sum of $505.55. The de-
fendant company appealed.
Henry Blizzard, of Trent township,
this county was in the city and he
was an object OF curiosity to those
who learned his age. He is sixteen
years old weighs forty-efght pounds
and is three feet and nine inches high.
lie is a bright lad enjoys good health.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
ED.yTT TAPLEY HANGED.
Some Points About His Execution
Which Make Interesting Reading.
(By the Associated Press }


New York, Dec. 22.-Edwin j. Tap
ley, a negro murderer was hanged at
the county Jail in Jersey City today. 1t
was said that Tapley had arranged
with a clergyman to signal with his
hands after the drop fell to show that
he was alive and realized what was
transpiring. Tapley's hands did
twitch convulsively, but Rev. Emil
Meury with whom it was said he had
arranged. to make. the signals and
who witnessed the hanging, refused to
say whether the movements of the
hands were like the pre-arranged Sig
nails. After the rope had been placed
about Tapley's neck and he was asked
whether he had anything TO say, he
replied:
Gentlemen. ! am guilty of this
crime, exceedingly guilty. l am sorry
for it. She led me into it by tortur-
ing me. / am sorry for it and am
justly punished.
When the hangman stepped forward
to ti~hten the, rope Tapley collapsed
and fell to his kness. The doctors ex-
amined the body seven minutes after
it had shot through the trap and
found evidence of life. The man was
pronounced dead just 13 minutes after
the trap was sprung.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
SENT TO THE ROADS.
Prince and Bcattic harrington, Who
Were Convicted of Arson.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, n c., Dec. 22.-Prince
and Beattie harrington, aged 16 and
Is, sons of Thomas Harrington, were
taken to the county convict camp this
morning to begin serving sentence
of five years on the county roads, i'm
posed last summer upon being convic-
ted of arson. AT the August term of
Superior Court Tom Harrington and
the boys were tried for burning the
barn of Isaac Stanly, in revenge for
information given by Stanly that Tom
harrington was selling whiskey, con-
trary to law. The jury failed to agree
as to Tom harrington, but convicted
the boys, who were sentenced to serve
five years on the roads. They took an
appeal to the Supreme Court, giving
$1,000 bond each. This week Tom
Harrington was convicted of retailing
whiskey and sentenced to twelve
months on the roads. The arson case
against him was continued. Yester-
dav the two youn~ men went to the
sheriff gave themselves up, saying
they had abandoned their appeal and
wanted to begin serving their term.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
POLICE ON TRAIL
Another Lady is Robbed
in Durham.
Man Snaiches Mrs. Pritchard's Shop
ping Bag as She Stands Under
an Electric Light at Her
Own Gate.
Especial to News and Observer.

(Speclal to news ana ODSerVer.J
Durham. n. c., Dec. 22.-Since last
evening the police have been dill
gently searching for the man who
robbed two ladies on the streets last
night. After the robbery of Miss
Wheeler, which was reported by wire,
there was another in the northern
part of the city, but the facts were
not learned down the street until af-
ter midnight. Mrs, Walter Pritchard
to their home on Broadway, and
about IL o'clock a negro man ap-
preached Mrs. Pritchard, snatched
her shopping bag and secured a fine
gold watch, with q diamond. setting,
her wedding ring, five dollars in mon
ey and other valuables.
Mrs. Pritchard is the wife of Wal
ter Pritchard, assistant agent for the
Norfolk and Western road in this
city. There were many people on the
street and she and little girl came
up to do some shopping. On their
way up the street negro stopped
them and asked some questions about
where some person lived. She then
got a good look at the negro. When
she went to her home on Broadway
about IL o'clock the same negro was
standing at her gate almost directly
under an electric light, and it was
then that she was robbed. !.
The police have a good description
of the negro and are doing every
thing possible to apprehend him.
Christmas has opened early i:nie
and this morning there were five
young men before the mayor charged
with shooting fire works inside the
city limits. All of the defendants
were fines $40 each and cost, the fire
work fines and costs amounting to
more than sixty dollars.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

ENDS A DUAL LIFE
Bigamist Loved His Two
Wives DevotedIy.
Probably Unable to Bear Up With a
Heart Thus Split Open, Gibbons
Takes Passage for the Be-
yond.
yond.
(By the Associated Press. J

Norfolk, Vo., Dec, 22-B. ]. Glib
bons, aged 81 years, after leaving a
letter in which he admitted he was
love for two wives, put a bullet
through his head at his Norfolk home
today, dying in a short time.
Mrs. Gibbons number /, with her
two young children, are here While
according to the letter left by Glib
bons, wife number 2, whom he mar
ried in Valdosta, Ga, December IA,
is now at a hotel in Atlanta, Ga.
Nothing has been found to indi-
cate who wife number was. prior to
her marriage to Gibbons. except an
affectionate letter signed Emma" and
written from some point in Florida,
to Gibbons, before their marriage.
Gibbons formerly was a Methodist
preacher in Princess Anne county,
Maryland, where he married wife
number /, ten years ago, but lately
has been employed as a travelling
salesman for Richmond house.
Gibbons, who had been away from
his Norfolk home for several weeks,
returned last night, telling his. wife
here that he had been on a visit to
their old home in Princess Anne,
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

school house. A few were wounded
in their attempts to escape the mill
tary Gordon.
Seventy of those attending the meet
ing We're arrested. but they were sub
sequently liberated. fSw revolvers
were seized and many daggers and re-
volvers were left behind in the gar
den surrounding the school house.
Demonstrations of the strikers were
continued all day, but in every case
they were dispersed by Cossacks and
dragons. Several persons were In
jured, but no one was killed.
During the day wholesale arrests
were made.
All business has been stopped Sew
eral of the baker shops have been
plundered
The strikers are using the strongest
measures to enforce the complete ces-
sation of business, but notwithstand-
ing these measures the poS.ls3 opera
tions continue.
At meeting of the bankers today
it was decided to open the banks to-
morrow
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
THE BACK Of THE
CAR ST|FFENS
Her Decision Against
Universal Suffrage.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
This Iron Rule Has Been Proclaimed
in Roland. The Government Holds
the'Whip in the Strike Situation
at ST. Petersburg. Strikes
tlorondv
UnreadY.
(By the Associated Press }

st. Petersburg, Dec. 23.-(Satur-
day)-The Emperor and his cabinet
late last night reached final decision
regarding the electorate law. deciding
against universal and equal suffrage
and in favor of the extension of the
law promulgated August 19, last to
include in addition to the small land
and the educated classes the small
rent payers in the cities.
The Douma will be convoked in
March.
In high government circles the
greatest confidence is expressed that
the general strike will fail.
So far as ST. Petersburg is concern
ed the battle certainly is going against
the revolutionaries
Unless better results are obtained
everywhere or the fight enters on a
distinctly new phase the leaders will
be compelled to beat a general retreat
in ordr to save their prestige.
In spite of the Herculan efforts OF
the local chiefs to cheer on their
followers the past forty-eight hours
have not produced any extension of
the strike
What was gained yesterday by the
strike of the printers, which was in
complete, was offset by the return to
work of 10, 900 men in the Seminovsky
mills and the announcement that 12,-
600 men of the Poutaliff Iron Works
would go back Monday.
The governments stand effectively
prevented the strikers keeping up the
excitement in ST. Petersburg by Red
Flag" demonstrations and by the old
plan of marching from mill to mill to
force the men to strike. Non-union
men. such as the freight carriers be-
gan an attack on the strikers.
Some of the leaders already con-
fess that the outlook is discouraging,
and they express the fear that the
organizations were guilty of a blunder
in striking without due preparation
Nevertheless they declare that the
provinces can still turn the tide.
The main hope of the strike leaders
rests on Moscow. to which all eyes are
turned and where the tie-up is prac-
tically complete.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 22.-At ses-
sion of the cabine, presided over py
Emperor Nicholas. it was decided tnat
universal suffrage should not De
ora ptpd
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
One Man Killed, Four
Fatally Injured.
HURLED INTO THE AIR
The Boiler Went Pitching End Over
End Down the Railroad, Tearing
a Deep Hole in the Lehigh
Tracks at Swamp
Siding.
Siding.
(By the Associated Press. }

Elmira, n. Y, Dec. 22.-The boiler
of a locomotive drawing a southbound
Lehigh freight train running between
Van Etten and Sayre, exploded at
Swamp Siding" one-half mile east
Of the village of Van Etten tonight,
killing Fireman Frank Morris and
fatally injuring Engineer Fred
SWarthout, Brakeman Henry Nc
Mahon, Conductor Martin Gallagher
and Freight Handler Springer, all OF
Sayre, Pa.
The explosion was witnessed bv a
large number of people and the deaf
ening roar was heard three miles
away The boiler was blown from
the carriage of the engine and hurled
over a hundred feet down the track,
where it continued to roll, end over
end, tearing a deep hole in the Lehigh
Valley tracks. The cause of the ac-
cident is unknown.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
THE WESTERN MARsHALsHIP.
The Sentiments Of Lawyers and Bus
mess Men of Salisbury.
Especial to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
Salisbury, N. c., Dec. 22.-In the
fieht for marshal of the Western dis
trict the local bar endorses Millikan.
There is very decided sentiment
among lawyers for the present incum-
bent. The Salisbury bar association
almost solidly endorses his re-appoint-
ment. This course was not taken at
a meeting of the bar association. but
was the result of Mr.. A. II. Price $
personal work in behalf of his favor
ite. A few lawyers were not ia town.
and the approval of these were not Sc
cured. Opposing the candidacy Of
Mr.. Millikan is Mr. l.. G. Wagner, of
Statesville, a very popular and a capa-
BILE man. The politicians remember
that Mr.. Wagner was a Blackburn
man and that Mr.. Millikan is true to
his assistant district attorney. and this
explains the whole situation, as the
knowing ones say Mr.. Wagner has re-
ceived the endorsement of practically
every business man in Salisbury.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
NO REHAsH OF TAGGART CASE
Eason OverruIes Motion for New Trial
and Gives it to Mrs. Taggart's
Counsel
(By the Associated Press.)

Wooster, O.. Dec. 22.-The motion
for a new trial in the Taggart divorce
case was overruled by Judge Eason
here this afternoon. Mrs. Taggart's
ATTORNEYS. who made the motion took
exceptions to the ruling with the an
nounced intention of carrying the case
to the Circuit Court. The court took
four hours to give the decision. He
paid particular attention to the affida-
Wits against himself, some of which
declared that he was prejudiced and
biased in giving the decree of divorce
TO Major Taggart He pronounced
these affidavits unfair. unjust and un-
usual for lawyers TO make and that
all other affidavits were a mass of
trash. The attorneys who swore to
the affidavits of prejudice, he said,
were clearly in contempt and he inn
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
INCORPORATIONS.
Woodlawn Manufacturing Coil
lington Supply Company.

The Woodlawn Manufacturing Com
pany, of Mount Holly. CASTOR county.
with $150.000 authorized and $4,000
subscribed capital stock. was charter
ed yesterday. The incorporators are.
C. E. Hutchison, ]. M. Springs, r. *.
Davenport and j. w. Holland. all of
Mt. Holly.
The Ellington Supply Company
with $4,000 authorized and $4,000
subscribed capital stock. was charter
ed The incorporators are: r. M. Mel
son. A. P. McPerson and A. c. Holio-
way, all of Ellington.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
TO MIDDENDORF-WILLIAMS.
Sixty Eight Thousand Shares of Sea-
board Preferred and Common
Sold for S2,600,000.
lBy the Associated Press.

Baltimore, Nd, Dee. 22.-The Ruh-
STRAIT committee, which was formed
soon after the Ryan Blair plan for
the reorganization of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway was promulgated,
to protect the interests of the minority
or non-assenting stock holders, and
with which about $4,000 shares OF
preferred and common stock was
pooled, announced today that it had
sold the stock to Middendorf Will
liams and Company, of Baltimore,
and John T. Williams and Sons. of
Richmond.
The prices paid were $55 a share
for the pfd., and $50 a share for the
common stock. The amount involved
in the transactions was $4,000, 600.
Payment will be made on or before
February /, 1905, when the stock will
be delivered to the purchasers by the
International Trust Company. Nego-
tiations fo1 the acquisition of the
stock have been quietly pending for
several weeks.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY.
Banquet of the Organization Held in
Charleston Last Night.
DIV the Associated Press. J

Charleston, S. c., Dee, 22.-The
eighty-sixth anniversary banquet OF
the New England Society of Charles
ton. was held at the st. John Hotel
tonight, and proved one of the most
interesting in the long history of the
organization. The first toast of the
evening, "Forefathers Day." was re-
sponded to by the Rev. M. L. Car
Isle. D. D., of the Methodist church.
and the second toast, "The Kinship
of States" was responded to by Mr.
w. r. Evans. of Everett. Mass. Ad-
miral f. w. Dickins. u. S. NJ. COM
manding the coast defense squadron
now in this port, responded to the
toast, 1.-THE Navy" The assembly was
toasted and Captain Hunter, from Ft.
Moultine. responded and Editor j. {.
Hemphill, of the News and Courier.
defended "The Press" At the annual
meeting held yesterday. DR.. Charies
s. Vedder, the rector of the only
Huguenot church in America, was
reelected president.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
THE NIAGARA IN DANGER?
A Report That Howard Gould's Yacht
is Threatened by TcmpestuOus Seas.
(By the Associated Press. }

New York. Dec. ga report was
circulated here today that Howard
Gould's yacht, the Niagara on which
Mr.. Gould is making 4 cruise to the
West Indies was in danger on account
of the storms along the Atlantic coast
ana that two revenue cutters had
cleared from Norfolk. Va. in search
of her.
AT Mr. Gould's office it was stated
that a cablegram was received from
Mr.. Gould last Wednesday which he
had sent from Nassau in the Bahama
Islands to a relative in this city.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
ONE KILLED. SIX INJURED.
Wreck ON the Illinois Central Hail
road Near Holly Springs.
Mississippi.

Memphis. Tenn. Dec. 22.-One pas
senger was killed and six injured IN
a wreck on the Illinois Central Rail-
road near Holly Springs, Miss, this
morning.
Two coaches of a northbound pas
senger train running between Canton,
Miss, and Cairo, were derailed and
turned over a 25-foot embankment.
Mrs. James Wade, of Sidon, Miss. was
crushed to death.
The injured DR.. VIM. Murphy,
Jackson, Tenn. will probably die; w.
S. Bokie, Jackson Tenn; Rev. r. M.
Evans, Walden, Miss; DR.. 4 coleman.
Oxford, Miss, a Chicago 9 salesman
name unknown; r. T. Miller. Derch-
ard, Tenn.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
DEpoRTED AS A sTowAWAY.
Man Whose $50. 900 Worth Of Property
Was Swept Away by the Gal
weston Flood.
nv the Associated Press.)

New York, Dec. 22.-Henry huyper,
of Galveston, Texas. who claims that
he was worth $4,000 before the Gal
weston flood which he says wiped out
his fortune, was deported today on
the steamer Colorado. Kuyper says
that he became a naturaliZed Amerl-
can citizen in 1885 and that ne had
a hardware business in Galveston.
After losing his money he returned to
his home in Antwerp. Belgium. but
failing to prosper there and wishing
to return to the United States he hid on
the steamer st. Andrews, which arrived
here last week. He was caught, and
lacking proper identification papers,
was denorted as a stowaway.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
BRYAN is IN MANILA.
Received With Enthusiasm, He Says
He Has Greatly Enjoyed His
Trip to Japan.
(By the Associated Press. }

Manila, Dec. 22.-W. J. Bryan ar
rived here at noon today and was
given an enthusiastic reception by
committees representing the citizens
and Elks. He declined to discuss
politics and he would express no opin-
ion upon the state of Nebraska, go
ing Republican at the last election.
He said he had enjoyed hugely his
visit to Japan. Mr.. Bryan has given
up his idea of trip to Australia. SIe
will remain i'm Manila for about two
weeks and then sail for India.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
NEGRO HANGED FOR MURDER.
Quartette Sang "GOd Be With You
Till We Meet Again.

San Antonio Tex, Dec. 22.-Geo. Fl.
Turner was hanged here today for the
murder of Mrs Elizabeth Lynch last
March. AS Turner was led to the
scaffold quartette of negro prisoners
sang God be with you till we meet
again." Turner left a note wishing
Everybody q Merry Christmas"
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

posed a fine of SIS each upon Judge
Lyman Crutchfield, Captain Jas. Il.
Taylor, and Judge M. l.. Smyser. He
suspended collection of the fines until
the Circuit Court could pass on the
decision. The attorneys made vigor-
Gus protest against such a proceeding
and insisted that he place his charges
against them in writing.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
No Verdict in Mrs. Payton's Case

Fairmont, w. va, Dec. 22.-Af-
ter spending all day in their cham
Der the jury in the case of the State
VS.. Mrs. Helen May Payton, charged
with numbering her husband, reported
this evening that no verdict could be
reached. Judge Mason held all the
jurymen and will again send them to
their room tomorrow morning for
few hours.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
REFUSAL TO GO ON DUTY.
All the Artillerymen at Moscow Ex
cept One Company.
6By the Associated Press. }

st. Petersburg, Dec. ga mes
sage by telephone from Moscow says
persistent rumors are in circulation
there that all the artiilerymen with
the exception of those of one battery.
have refused to go on duty.
The same message says that a plot
has been discovered to seize Governor
General Doubassoff
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
HON. +. d. WINSTON SPEAKS.
The Celebration of North Carolina
Day by the School Children OF
Roper.
(Snecial to News and Observer

Roper. N. c.. Dec. 22-North Caro-
liza day was Interestingly and pfofita-
bly, observed at the graded school here
today. Readings. rectations, patriot
ic songs. chi!dren's addresses. Gov
ernor Winston delighted the old folks
and captivated the children with his
eloquence. At the conclusion Of his
speech the little folks crowded about
him eager to shake hands and thank
him for coming. Superintendent A.
II. Koonce and his excellent corps of
teachers are doing splendid work with
the school.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
BRooKLYN's SCARLET MORN
Several Buildings Destroyed by Ar
After-Midnight Fire.
fRv tbe Associated Press. )

New York, Dec. 23.-Fire early this
morning destroyed the buildings ex-
tending from number 30 to 90 Mas
sau streets in Brooklyn, and occupied
by the New York Transfer Company
as a stable and store rooms Tor trunks
and parcels in transit. lnousands OF
packages of Christmas goods were de-
stroyed.
There were 113 horses in the sta
bles when the fire was discovered, but
all were gotten out safely The loss
will exceed $1100,000
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
Martial law In Poland.

Warsaw, Russian Poland, Dee. 22.-
A proclamation Of the GoVernor-Gen-
eral was gaZetted here today estab-
fishing martial law in all of the ten
governments of Russian Poland and
appointing ten temporary military
goVernors-geneFal.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
Disorders i'm PskOff.

st. Petersburg, Dec 22.-It is re-
ported her3 today that disorders in
Pskoff, 148 miles southwest of st.
Petersburg, have assumed great di-
mensions and at Vilorsk on the War
saw line, a squadron Outrageous has
been besieged for three days
The news from the Baltic provinces
continues bad. Frederickstad has
been taken by the insurgents and
Kreutzburg is surrounded and stand
ing a siege.