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1 ra DAY, rCBBRUARY 22, T9CT THE TWICE-A-WELK TELEGRAPH T.rt ; spring to his ftst . an cbjei :«c-n. H- -i-maafiM that record of th« divert": esae so - *h’ into the court that It might »- for i-self Jt:'- ■:* Fitzgerald r ruled the obj-ctioa. hut Mr J— into ■' thdro", Syrians in the Brooklyn Colony _ Quickly Adopt American Customs ?* ,V;t G^gf*- Brown and Harvey Crouch Quarreled and Lat ter Slain. F;'z~-r». i ‘ Yl S' * O ' J ^ ho- - * ^Wreta W- ts A----r E- r qU*st::r.. Never Poaed m Nua«. J»ront« i; oat.'nird the witness r*r manner -f posing for ar- t.-oajti front her a d-rmsl S They Visit Charleston and Will * iiifty pAicgripfe* of Mm. w*r-^ in er..i-c>;4. Mr. Jerome; -Hj l '■ NARROW ESCAPE OF . • - ! ln -a :*fc ! - rr- rr. B . v * _ g session plied the young ; ors \s T .o what dia- ! nade of the letters Go to West Indies and * » Panama. s^anrorc tiarv- . hid been '.ad f : .\ en t * exaxrir >:a and answr a WV.t* •2** strayed. her hU5- „ the District At* lion with rerard to n-n he was pres Ain? *rha' had become rhaw leane*: far over > h:« eoiuwe; in a aoae nearer" him: Union ral hundred yin? b« 'T. •. AO'Rr . .’* *h S't.’i r J W>!*a r ,r : * h•» Stanford White's Letters. ?a:1 G U4.T- ir.■:e : i * y seems de:em Croc Another Aecourt o* Affs ■ - r RD. Oa„ Feb. 20.—Kurt ■t a young firmer li-.-.ng '.a., wax . : *. >* irgv d x tr.r afternoon tiing existing between l Mr. Delias. The protect Mrs. Thaw In ray. He mowed from place at Thaw’s side In the rail where the sits and directly in leaves a wife and Oe-T »« Jerome { be very glad to have him to do so.” i Mr. Jerome remarked sarcastically, j Later Mr. Jercme Indicated that he I bad ia W* paamba > number of let- iters written by Stanford White to | Evelyn Nesbir, saying be would show [her the letters to sea -i they miM • no: briar'--, her memory a hi.'. He u:.« mrn.d, if*merer i-i the letters wen cot produced. Mr. Jerome lemanded that Th»r j counsel deliver -■ .; 1t ....... * he Star.f'r! Whf- i-t- (ters they have bt * l *"*** J r. Bad UUy ■ - - --..h — ;.r ■ J-r'me ru • - • - 1 ”.i • •:r i. .' .-. i... .t >ss-e*a:n- ' :nation by typewritten statements by Mrs. Thaw's mother and by CHARLESTON 5. C. Fe\ 3«.—With ! e d :v a party of two hundred business men. r®f*enill lag th» commercial clubs of Chicago. St. L*’u:». Bn?:on and On- (.c.-ai! on board, the Uamburg-Arcer- ican line steamship Priaa Joachim sa.i-d eouthward tomy.-.t about 9 Q’tiock for a visit of about r.rev-n day* to the West Indies and the Is- - n«* of Panama, it being the peest* . t Intention of the party to return to this port on March 12. The Boston members of the party ■mere aboard the steamer when she came in the afternoon, and on the wharf stood members of the commer- eiai clubs of St. Louis. Ch::as° and Qaeisaati. who had arrived in the city at noon aboard a spe-'iai train over the Sou there Railway. Many of the party, after taking lunch at the Charleston. Ho:-'., were taken by rr.-m- her* of th- Charleston Commercial Club for a drive over the city. It had be-n -hit rue steamer would be in thi* afternoon "her. the ■"--•■'.a; arrived. ->.• r. i.- years t.tev have aitere i i:t bounded b-- Smith tJl “'ll? fj 1 y o ^ unt:l l.*«a • ' m ' - I fax:'. of S rums t on loxt-r Si.t.--* w* - pia-’v .1 in.er.tr H Her. Pa-'i-. Amity Cor.rross - ind Athstic avenue, and property uvust- l ne to nearly a m ion io are ia ov The neigrterhood is beginn ~z to be known as the Syrian colony, hut there j - r t t ”• •. - :r ’ -. ‘ r r nearby districts ea-ept that among the _ - - ,. - t ' t — ----- spots sawU leys ar.d girls swarthy of akin with the ‘aril: ant black ey - ->f | - _ Tte." p v 'f.r •' the :'a!r-skihoe<I Amertuana a# if their ! te-'tie H-ere ne. i tumbi.ng ’ u-* or the same sie-i with no thnught »f i the strar gene-*- of them compa Thirteen >i^n Tn Circular Chamber Uuder North River 1- Hours. illusira“^3 char^cterisr: Ca*hr Maro w^ith tk ^•. - - ■ • •• . • illy ail air Chrwtia y ene or two Mohair n coos the-:. The m nur 2-' —A fen >*tti# --in -mV hours iakec. out Their ifv i some which is march and except tha ’ . ; S', r; i- s hip. Tba of these people the historic Asi - tie country. Having car-, in their in the ne-v ceuutry of the west they quickly becem .lur.erjeans in tbe r :items. arei.« and rr.ar.rers of living Cath""ics •mm - taswp x "* ••'WWjrl The Greek Catholics have Pa<?ifle street, over which e Oatholk the «5ame. ttive saints. Still ot!i are Protestant?, Fy to the Presbvterfh.ii nwil churches, fcut the per cent, compared :he caisfjs an wielded fes Ihem, All der the ini m Great Wit Wins, lforraed the Californian (IT was not cc-irtes- in Vetv York • Howard Nes’iX her bonier. H- con- count of heavy fo« alon? the Carolina rapt an attorney when he was ! snlf-r-i th** ytaterrencs from time te | c<mis:3 It did not show up until dusk an objection, lir. Deirras tljp^ and Hr. Dolmas 'The Pie Girl” Incident Told Met bc- the jury by rtmarking Cvelyn Thaw Ro.-aIle<i to “ Stand. Entered <> r deal of S Cro>b-Examination KBW YORK Feb. 13.—Mrs. E ***eiv.t Tnaw today . tered ur- t ordvai of ter cross exam.nation before Di**-;.:t Attorney Jer. me Ike vHmbIb g|S8ne for half an he had secured from W>r bring.ng in K. Thaw ail ma may tend to d. wife. HnMe - :>s of ■ • Mr. Thaw and that her story wa.> I court a rt ins the w al of Har come kn by the prosecution when ’Mr. Jerome j BP°*t tt Interrupted. Mr. Del mas, who turned 1 Eei/n in Pz- An Ordeal. • ' great s-m sm remarked: T ; jlr. J^r 'rr.e s cross-examination may have been .told it ia not- courtesy in I require aenernt deye yet.. He Jonpev New York to Interrupt when an objec- 1 about teiey ben tet part of Mrs. is_ ■ - T ?;at»d. ‘ j Thaw's etory sad ore period e* her life Mr. J-r - if i■■ vb. [to another m. » way that bafded any 31.'.-' Thar - cross-examination [attempt :o tell hew far he had pro- Pf'—- i • - vp. -i the two at- with lis r:i:k. He appar- ts we i as between Mr. Je- err.-- intends to take every aivanfage i the wify of the defendant. I of - tte roDug of yestgfdsy^^wbich xl- m- ’ n a verv ch -ful fram' lows him wi le latitude in testing the daring the afternoon, espee- | cerdibility of the witness. Mr. Det- n Mr De:ma3 was insisting | mas, contrary t j expectations. Inter posed few objections. He i3 evidently preparing, however, for an extended re-direct mmlmlbB and this, to gether with Mr. Jerome’3 cross-exam- ination on the re-d:re-rc. promises to keep the prisoner's wife on the wit ness stand for an indefinite period. Mrs. Thaw seemed perfectly self- d j poised at every stage of the cress-ey - i animation. A . paasengers * -re ab-'a i b-f ••• r.igh* and later the vessel steamed aw iv. A!: re-nbers of the party :ro welk and i.n'tine apints. President S. M. 'Weiton. e£ the Chicago and Alton Railroad, a member cf the Chi..-ago Club, left the party at Chattmocgi. having been called home on business. at th s cross-examination of his wife should proceed. The young man grew more sober faced after Mr. Jerome had begun to ply his questions ia a way that indicated a relentless search into Mrs. Thaw’s past life. Mr. Jerome did not even forget the incident of the cat and the conductor who wanted to put it off the train. Mrs. Tha-v had that she had told her hus MUTUAL LIFE CO’S ADMISM10N WON more quickly perhaps than the immi grants from any other country. Wbaa the first Syrians began to ! come into the neighborhood where now ; they have formed a colony there was | eeeee alarm among the ’ residence j around, hut the eowconere have prov ed very peaceable neighbor*, incon- l spicuous and quiet. It is a fairly pm- - perous class who live in this part of i tha city, many of whom own their j homes and nave, some of them, im- [ portant commercial interests. A great many do business in Man- rhattas and live In Brooklyn, but seme ' have their business Interests in the r.-ar neighbor'”, f i. such as small gro- i eery stores and barber shopa In At lantic avenue there is * large lace facs • tory and in .Pacifi.? street .there is a shirtwaist factory. A number of t.aese ! Syrian residents of Brooklyn are the [ owners of the Oriental goods stores in regi leave th were un nearly t our and were pr-r • - - - rc h i tunnels and hot> i Ail of them may smfer f Rail-: a native Syrian, presi • s and , « cal'- n disease as a r* ; there is a Maronlte chapel In Hicks : lon S exposure. Ordinari street, with a sub-bishop or monsig- remain uud-i the h at nor. The Brooklyn Syrians who u-e °nly three ar. I one-ha If Protestants hold meeting every Sun- thirteen men had eor day evening at the Unitarian church ‘ ’ ‘ at Congress and Clihton streets, and they are plajinlng to build a church of their own when suffiicent funds can be secured. The importance of the Syrian inter ests in thjs country can be judged by the fact that there are eight Syrian papers published In New Fork and two neagusines. Two of tl- papers »re dailies, the other bi-weekly, tri weekly and weekly, devoted to the • •e-es:* the S :••. ms a -m . - ; ope of the mag-az' rtes Is eeacerned with the religions of the g-.— • • * Katherine: glover. ' Rector and Washington .-'.reeia ... j-Amm-n m/> Manhattan, same of them are m.ir NOTICE lO SUBSCRIBERS. 1 fheturers with large interests, a few have drug stores, and there are sever- , : til doctors. lawyers and editors, men ! UST. It tells hCW VOU Stand On RECEIVED ALMOST TWICE I AS MANY VOTES AS UNITED COMMITTEE TICKET. NETW YORK, Feb. 20.—The adminis- At times her voice trem- [ tration ticket of tha Mutual Life In , . | ' ■ ' ' UdU'-’U ULa'Cb v-’A tuu ai.ui.uu* i—v'- Aax a. at o. this incident In her early tuft, j bled pereeptfhty. bur almost always it j .. htr -7 ! who « also remembered that Mn w» diiw aSyrtlllfc. suranee company was «eeted By a ( I told of eating chocolate I _ - 2 . I majority of approximately 130,000 in ter first dinner with Stanford ! Feocec With oerome. j the recent policyholders* election, ac- •** ed sag Mrs. false, the fact ie had told It t ^ her husband ;e or,. et.=entlal point. Mrs. had been allowed to repeat the 10 that the jury might judge .is eff ict In unbalancing the mind — am trial for the mtrrder^M Mr. Je Thaw had cream at her first dinner with Stanford I . White. “It seas not dinner.” poured f Sne fenced with the prosecutor con- tha witness, “it was »uppe- ” tinuously and corrected him at times In completing her direct’ testimony as to assumptions drawn from pre- Mr.’. Thaw told of the conversation I viottS . answers, and occasionally told Whi Mr. Jerome. she and he husbamd had regarding the Cate of other young women at the hands of Stanford White. One of these girls was known as “the pfe g’.rL” She was 15 years of age and , wore only a gause dress when she m op --red way for th ntroduetion of stimony tending to i-lww the truth or falsity of Mrs. Thaw’s st-ry. Hr asked th i witness: Held to Her Story. "Wu the story you told 3Ir. Thaw a j sprang from a big pie at a stag dinner. a replied firmly. Thaw’s leading counse :!v to the Question, hr *as Mr. Deli -Ojected **' or . • > tent as trading M si of the witnr”. Whi intends to take advx ig in * * rape ie troth o( ruling • - cover th-- wh Mr? Thaw’s evidente. th-* Jfut duct of th- c.iso alor.o can d- M- Debras win continue i with einstant objections the i IC'uor ier Mr, age of t throw the sto Ie su'r compe- idlbiUty Jerotne he rul- ) doubt iry, or id his ermine. fight Mrs. Ca He allowed Mr from Mrs. J. J friends of Mrs. the sub- vi mess is raid early would n of th e’s Testimony. -The witness declared that May Mac- Kenzie has told her that Stanford ■White, when told she and Harry were very happy together, had remarked: "Pooh, it wop’t last. I will get her back.” Harry Thaw’s letter to Anthony Comstock describing three houses or studios where he declared Stanford White and “other scoundrels” lured yi'uar girls, was read. Among the places described was the house In West Twenty-fourth street, where the vel vet swing and the mirrored bedroom were located. Evelyn Iderilre-: White’s Letters Mr?. Thaw Identified forty-two let ters which she said were in the hand writing of Stanford White. The let ters were not offered in evidense, but Mrs. Del mas will attempt later to g*t them Into the case. Mrs. • Caine, who was the only other witness of the day testified to overhearing Harry Thaw ask Mrs. Nesbit for her daugh ter’s hand in 1903. She also tes:!3-d as to haw Harry Thaw agted wheh he saw Stanford White. She declared | he appeared angry. ’As a man In the face of his enemy might appear.” suggested Mr. Jerome, “Yes.” replied the witness blithely. Mr. Delmas asked the witness If she did not mean that Thaw's conduct in the presence of White was irrational, dl chants and the majority own comfort able homes. Washington street, in Manhattan, has a large settlement of the poorer Syrians that Is considered, sort of school for the new-comerS settle there before they have be come established in the new. country have earned enough money to live in some measure of comfort. Neat and Comfortable Syrian Houses, It is a characteristic of the Syrian people that money spent in a home is considered money well spent. Though not in the least given to rash extrav agances the Syrian husband is anxious to surround his family with the com forts of a good home. He is not willing to live under the conditions of squalor and wretchedness that many Italians will submit to. so as soon as the Syr- ” i Ian’s business begins to bring him in ' a fair sum one finds him settling in j comfortable sections of Brooklyn. jyj£"// TREATIES S C TWEEN ’ where he ean enjoy an uncramped PUBLISHERS AND UNIONS : Pj ace ' In thf ‘, ' lcI T e5 of mo -' n j them there is an air of nearness and com -» - i - j CHARLOTTE, N. C . Feb J'V—? JLxamiiie laoei on your pa- Messer, the South’? oldest citizen, is a hizntrp s:id trapper bef-»ro of education and professional ability. | fJL j I ^ oa bfl«e« * trail setae the IM The wealthiest Syrians in Greater : i-fiG DOCKS. JJUfi ITOm dat6 OH mountains, i New York make their homes In South ( a, joBpl SpdH in rlnae on/I wo, -'I Ct. :nty u i Brooklyn, where ther* is a considerable : l V e la0el * 7 . ™ aUSS and m , n , : . J54l , colony between Thirty-ninth and six- J ilso renew tor tne year 1907.' 1 tieth streets. Most of them ar# mer- at ill policyholders' cording to a statement made by the election inspectors to the proxy cotn- mttitees.j The vote for the various tickets as given by the inspectors was: “For the administration ticket I9S,- 182. For the United Committee ticket, 69,181. For the third, or fusion ticket, 3 447.” It was also stated that of the 199,182 votes. 132,439 were chal lenged and no special objections raised to them. This in itself is almost twice as many as the United Committee ticket secured. In addition 23,864 votes were declare void and not counted. TAX COMMISSIONER REMOVED FROM OFFICE NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 20.—Tax Commissioner Frank E. Healy, of Windsor Locks, was removed, from of fice by Governor Woodruff tonight for improper concur, as a Start officer. Mr. Healy was charged with oSferi.'.g to secure a Hartford eommissionership for Howard N. Steele, of New Britain, upon payment of $1,200. Healy was dismissed after a hearing. The inci dent created a zreat stir in political circles, as Mr. Healy was political agent far Lieutenant-Governor Lake in the campaign last fall and waamaw- age r for Governor Roberts two years ago. He was appointed tax commis sioner fay Governor Roberts. him his questions were entirely too long to permit of a proper answer. The young woman seemed to-d>e swayed by the District Attorney’s mood. When his voice was soft and purring, and perhaps insinuating, she answered him in the same low tone. When Mr. Je rome vould become aroused and snap questions at her in a loud voice, she replied in kind. When the prosecutor would persist with a question she had answered two or three times Mrs. Thaw would finally reply with an em phasis on each word, speaking slowly, 1 _. _ distinctly and defiantly. NEW YORE. Feb. 29—New agreements fort that bespeaks the spirit of the The defendant was always alert to | which are expected to avert all Labor ! home-lover, and the people themselves | catch every word. He seemed to he troubles between the parties affected and. i are very hospitable and gracious, impatient at times at some of the ques- la guarantee an amicable settlement of I Those who speak English with ac- I tions put by the prosecutor and kept f t?,?,, I ouraey mingle some with the people of j up a running fire of whispered com- ! AmeriSc Newapaper 'p-agILsbefs’ A-so- ’ °* h,?r nationalities, but for the most men: with hts attorneys. ciatlm with, the International Typograph- | part they live very much to them- sp iral Union, the Internationa] Stereotyp- J selves. They are most eager to be ers' Union and the International Photo- | come Americans in every sen-e of the engravenj’ Union. Although the sub- j word, but it is natural that people If ; from a land so far awy, where the public, it was said by a member or the i . _ . Publishers’ Association that there is ! customs a.e so different from :o:re, i . bi-montMv moarin~ now a clear understanding between the j should cling elesely together. They I jre*vu*r m association and the unions. form a world within themselves, their I conxe, erne M-s-er w j_- bom August 1.'. Iin Lincoln County, and in early Ufa, v%M| Western Ctni na was »n unexplored w,- ♦err.-sa peopled b: the Cherokees. r.e i - . : : •fn'Ti what is now Waynesville. the eeuntj t of Hayw- •! County, there r .. = = wild vacs on of hunti i an 1 , trumping He wa* -a.* •.:?’»!*»•:« up -o w::hln a few months of hi.; death, free i-nt!y wa.K- ins to WaynesviUe to attend ttw OmmCK Court" and once every hia *.“ - aay, swimming the Pigeon river, which runs by his mountain home. He awnW a woman of WUmington, this Jta - ; w ■> bore him nine chi: 1 ’en and lir*i to t'.:« ege of B4. But one ^r|id. now a wgia 3(1 years ol!. survives ::r.i H e , * |s establisi-d by authentic records. He used tobacco iad the .torn whisky of the mount fins m me<!eratlou V. -,s life and attributed Ua greet ege tee tkg fact that most *? : - < e. • ag a *. i waa.ng hours were spent out of doors. CASE SIMILAR TO THAT OF HARRY THAW 10. PASSENGER MED MEET AT PALM BEACH CFAL RATES TO JAMESTOWN AND SUMMER FARES WILL SE CONSIDEREO, PALM BEACH. Fla.. Feb. Three Democrats Voted for Him m BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR ON TRADE RELATIONS. KENTUCKY COURT MAKES NEW BUFFALO. N. Y„ Feb. 20.—Joaquin RULING REVERSING JUDG MENT IN SHIPP CASE. Nabuco, Ambassador from Brazil, was the guest of th» Liberal Club here to night. Mr. Nabuco was formerly the Brazilian Minister to England and was president of the third industrial con- Taking for his topic “Trade Relations Between FRANKFORT. Ky.. Febr 29.—A case similar in many respects to that of | ference at _Rio Janier Harry K. Thaw, now being tried .. ‘ * MMlMi New York, was the occasion for a : North and South America,” Air. Na- new ruling by the Kentucky Court of i buco reviewed the rapid stride* toward Appeals today. In reversing a juag- continental fraternity in the western meat sentencing James A. Shirp of hemisphere and prophesied even closer ’to life imprisonment • relations between the republics of the ~ - ~ ' *— Americas. • WASHINGTON. Fee. :* ■ years’ contest against R"*- : ing permitted to retain |riy ggg Senator of the United " Utah was ended today by forty-two e| his colleagues \ >•: ig to * :staln him. as against twenty-' gh: for the reso- iqtion to unseat him. Added to 'a. - there were eighteen Ser.at paired, making; the actual standing on the resolution fifty-one votes ag> ar.! th:rt’ -seven fo? it. S jar •- Smoot himself did not vote, and Senator w-t- more was absent and not .paired.’ The Smoot resolution was caM ip soon after the Senate convened: ©very seat in th® galleries wa.~ c -nd during th and Evelyn Nesbit. Mather- P.-om sec Evelyn ta Thaw Among t --:" 1 was the fact that Mrs. Krs. , jrrs. N ?s it had not accompanied her 11 er ir.d Harry Thaw to Europe Th 1 ’ in 19C.4—the second trip abroad. He t to liUjy got from iirs. Caine the fact that llrs. Evelyn Nesbit told her that th® oper- ation which has figured so frequently 5 , In the case, was for appendicitis. j on sight after I Mrs. Cain® testified that Thaw had I Mrs. Shipp's V ex ~ j told Mrs. Neshit he would provide for a new trial ce ?- I har and her son if she would consent I to her ' - itriage him NEW ORLEANS WANTS it promised to do her i ICE TO SUBSCBIBER3. I was competent for the defendant to a-™:-. l a >, 0 l tell the jury of a confession to Shipp fijX3,2Il»i-6 iEC^l C_ yOLT p2L- me wife regarding her relations -per. R tells how you stand OR with ^rr.ith. T conression. he says, fl , , ^1? , f p , . she mii. to h:rr. * v--. «:av«s be? re the th.6 DOCtvS. DU8 from dStS OT! : popularize T killing. The court decided that It was I «-*—* c._ n , l It is only in the past fifteen or twen not competent to prove her chastitv as rebuni g -v idea that she woum have also renew for tne year 1907. made such a confe.-sion to her hus- Shipp swore he killed Smith ■ l 9.—The of the _ I committee of the South chief interests centering In their honjes j Eastern Passenger Association was in and families. The Syrian husband is i? as!l ? n n l* 1 * ballroom of the Royal devoted to hU wife and his children, PoroiaP. today, having been > preceded the Syrian wife is faithful to her various sub-eommUtee meetings on liege-lord and devotes all her time and | Tuesday. Tne meeting thought to her home and her house- doubtless continue throughout wor ^_ t Thursday. Routine matters will en- A club is almost unknown among LS*» thsrentire time practically of tha. room on the floor was Svrlans. and they are little given to p’ sion. but the question? of summer ; members f tne H ad - the theater or to any pleasure that I excursion fares and special rates to ; the berate. Tc.'-r^ have be takes them much away* from their the Jamestown Exposition at Norfolk 1 mi:-, sp homes. The social life eonsfsts al- ” !; I h® censideretl. most altogether in informal gather- | A majority of the gentlemen in ic ings of a group of families at one ! tendance at the meeting will leave home, where there is a gam® of cards' for their homes Thursday night or music and refreshments. There are I Those in attendance are. _ Jos. Rich- several Syrian cafes in Manhattan, and I argsojt, chairman; W. H. Howard. Jr., one in Brooklyn, on Atlantic avenue, secretary: J. S. Holmes, chief rate where sometimes the men gather for a j clerk of the Association: A, J. Lyttje, rreal and Unger afterward for games. J assistant general passenger agent. One of the favorites is a game that ! Queen and Crescent Route, Cincinnati: Sen i unseat him we 1 committee on r I just prior tp th gress last year, Georgi: hear the story from is ordered. PANAMA STEAMER3 2t:r court and I Mr. J- the Di. Mr- Nesbi: promised to do Ibes- 'i have Evelyn cons , rai .. ; ,. * *• •- attime s fir Nc.LT '“"RLc-AN?. La.. F*b. 20.— •*. - B-hmttn tnl the New ” •eojW by Mr. Gleaaotx and Mr. Pea- | Progressive Union Map atSH^M al body, leaving only four lawyers, in- [ movement to lay directly before Presi- j x - E - i - Mr. Hartridge n: Rq, seve!' the claim 'hat N-w Or- O’Rie’y and Mr. McPIke. It was said I jeans' should divide with New York the I that Hr. Gleason was suffering _ from | service of the MmUSarflAwny steam- | Mr. P It was's.>.2. ers. Louisian s congressmen were in- i xa, exami: ng ■ -‘n-rss- r . struc:~d to do : - md a communica- . : '• was ils. i : ::--=rl Fres.- i passenger agent Central of t w „„. T JdH |L Railroad. Savannah: J- D. R the label. Send IE dues i>.n^ ty years that Syrians have immigrated G. P. A- Florida East Coast P. to this country at, all. and in that time ! St - Augustine; C. C. MeMiiii A. G. a noticeable percentage of the popu- j P. A.. Georgia Raflmad. Augusta: C. lation have turned their faces west- j B. Rhodes. G. P. A. Georg' Southern ward. Conditions in the Eastern I and Florida Railroad. Sevan: S. G, country are not very favorable to the | Hatch. G. P. A.: John Scott, A. G. P. Christian dwellers under th® Moham- j A. and G. C. Roney, chi-f rate clerk medan. rule, and within th® last een- | Illinois Central Railroad. Chicag tury contact with travelers frem the West has stirred a longing among the Syrians to see the things of the wo . Id and to start a new life in more pro gressive lands. ’”’ I The past thirty y-=ars has seen whit MISS DIVINE. THE NURSE. SUS- i is called tb® Renaissance' in Syria __ : ~ •--- has been a vivid awakening n PtC i ED DAUGHTER Or ; literature ar.1 s ier. e. and moral and POISONING MRS. BINGE. i spiritual stirring, owing to Western Newlands a chairman o against Mr. Smofi Beveridge. Doliiver in his sui'jjert. The tlon was as follow®: ■•Resolved. That I Senators present pi that Reed Smoot 1 - na tor oft Aith- • . - it a- AT MOTHER’S INQUEST [s infiuences- Forty or fifty years ago | A. John M. Beall. G. P. A. Mobile and Ohio. St. Louis; LV. K. Lig’ntfcot. A. G. P. A. Xashvil>, CT.attanojga and St. Louis. NashaJIIe; C. h. Sr r.e. G. P. A. and W A. Russell, A. G. F. A. Igmiavflle and Nashville, Louisvill®: Geo. H. Smith. G F. A. New O' eans and North Zanerr. Railroad, New Or- leans: W. L. Rohr Norfolk and West- Chj-;.< cxi : J. O. :i - P Ocean Company tanford VThl NEW YORK. Feb 29.—In contirming dent. is crosa-examinetioa of Mrs. Evelyn In reply to a statement of Mr. Shontz - T:- • • •.*■ at ■ ' * tria' of h *r ■ yesterday that Jlctile wants Panama Dist-i ' A ■ rney Jerome steamers, the Louis; ma congressmen ; Wafiau, rought out th® fact Qnt I® 3M8 9huk-1 vtr# given a telegram of Secretary jrd White deposited the wmm of IT Wt! Zee, of the Mobile ChHjbar ef Com- ittk a New York trust company with I mscse osiBC thnt tlMt fcedy hnS naSe istructions that it AmN h® paid to j no formal request for the GoverusMBb N- •' * s'." It th " • •*' 52' . r ’ - * - r- i - - . ~ ' ' fr<r.:-t v .. t— ” lulf rorts si. 1 no: be discrmlr.a'ei RA J- ; ,;-^ c cue;:, xrts. eye was ROAD WNS A POINT iN FLORIDA COURTS agnmst • vl Ci<- NEW YORK. Feb. 20.—Testifying at j the coroner’s inquest held today to dls- j cover whether or not Mrs. Ida Binge ‘ was poinsaned by bichloride of mer- : cury. alleged to have heen adminis- ; tered by her daughter. Mrs. Lottie coroner's physician, Otto i Schults. said that what he foua2 in the autopsy was consistent both with j natural c-'-ath and poison ing. Ke was una - e t j say w It the nu.-e : death i was. but said that Mrs. Binge had * been or“*rated on for caacer and h heart d-.-ease. tafiammat. a f the ki s«ys. hardening of the walls of arte- riaa, gn internal tumor and congestioc of to® vessels of the brain. Mrs. Wailau. who is under arrest, ch-inge-i with the murder of her m:::.-:, was present at the Inquest. Miss Eliz abeth C. Divine, a nurse, who at- tp-- ;--d Mrs. Binge t -Tifl.jd tha- she P.:-- Jercme’s Kccw’edge s4 Ev#!vn. Itemative writ -i ~.u -- D- yZ white there were nnt a large percentage of the people who could nafrl and write, and now there are very few who cannot. With this stirring to new progress and culture has come a de cided tendency toward emigration. The first emigrants went to Australia be fore any Syrians came to American, but they did. not meet with very great success there, and emigration to that country has almost ceased. A large colcny went to Brazil, and there they have become very prosperous Many Syrians have gone -- Mexi-a and have flourished, and they got such a -irong hold on th® businoaa IS’.era* ls of Hayti that laws had to be passed against them. " la America th*’ success of the Sy rians has been slower than in Bra-cit and Mexico, because they have had more intelligent people . to comoece j aiu with, but ir. the end it will undoubt- I ADP ; ' . *J!j- be sure-r. It is estimate ! that th-) export and impart trade of the Syrians . j_ j_ ‘ in Great r »••• York .-.mounts to 510.- - - -•< Coo.cpo a yeari Aixcut 6Q.CC0 S;-r ans in America, Tram am arc-.:: ?:r -r.-i:- __ sir. ! r-~:a- .< ! r.r in Mar.harmr. t-’ BnittRL and in. the whole United States there are between sixty and a hundred thousand. r;-ria was f r =nturies a r York: J. J. Brown. G. P. A. Old Domln- ion Steamship Company, New York; W. P. Turner. Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, Baltimore; W. P. Taylor, traffic* manage R -- mood. Fredericksburg and Potomac. Richmond: C. B. Rysn. G. P. A.. C. D. LYayre. chief clerk passenger depart ment Seaboard Air Line, Portsmouth; C. A. B«t5i niter. A. G. P. A., G. B. Al len. -a. G P. AS and C. A Kline eh it rate c!e*h Ejpntheva Kali way: J. N. COntatzjr. A. G. P. a Fr‘o S''item M nnhis; C. E. H min. P. \. Western and Atlantic Atlanta; J. A. H :::: -• A. G. P. A. West Point Rcute. Atlas :j. ALASAVA A = PRCRP'ATES 3NEY FOR £! NTGOMiatT. WHY SO POPULAR ES ! N FLORIDA MIaMT. Fitf Feb 2*V—W-fls. f B'-.-.t.•'ngzon V:.. ?r«s:f-*n: -f th* ? n*ton Tt'zsz Company, ar,.-; cl the : Ricnirdscn C->npir.v -iftnf*.ctrs <?f r-prieLir:’ articles, died here ;* r.< r*.- ’r’lzizd r.r\rd :h.it She .e r*' - v. Lp.-’r. • irverae , iXr DftiaUAj ir z‘s with , . protest. Mrs lia v za^'.rd h:rr : j -ore5r>cnd- *7^ cas« . WANTED. i irr'i.d net - , trader 7- V' 3 - 5 t 7day is k of of Br^o two rnmi-.^a wh Do yon Know popular 2 'T, * r- the Bitters Vcu.* 6 tiers cured you that .a.zJT-22 BOSTEITER’S STOMACH BITIERS With those was shaking :*r head f-rrsti «c.ar-s*;r wsgsj. . G«meav-j#. Fla. i Bmg#. F a =ti; ?rrio car** ijecojae ; - s a superior zitdizine and tha c.** you rfay* about cne t need cure Dyspepsia Indigest'or*. to Mrs. i the country*' ”hree rrillion population! Cc«tlv«resa. Female liis. Haa<i*ch^ the brick and fbaeniciaa icSuencs* Colds, or Malaria. Try a bottf*. RWISTINCT PRTJTT 1C omcer from rre w;rh a war es r -!ra.«*d from th* F-NiemI prison Only "*?Q days z'.rte yegziT.cn releasri-i and :*;i orow :r*:o -.•? hands of a CaraliiiA Sheriff who car nr-i :h=m hiaic there for r r:a.. T:ady -Iclvir.ley. who >15 Jusr conoleted a sentence cf Cy*,* for ocstoffb-r robber**, was released, ’'’-rn^diat^iv h* wa? smlHxi by % South clr^i na drpcrv sad ha§ hm*r taken be^k - 5:3*» He had only the satiafa^- ::on of get*:-.a i $5 bill a c*w snU 9t c.cttta cut of Lie Tn:te4 sutu#