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ft jvvoMIn outwits iawyer ' MISS SIIKH1DAN GOOD WITNESS ' Defendant la. Murder Case is Al- '' f- N IamuI o n tfnvA --Inutilittl rIVIl iff A.--- Favorably impressing Jury inuie ;' .dutly ' Resents Insinuations of y"f Counsel for Defense Hasty .Weak-,.- . ening Under Strain Physician Ad 1 mils That He Had Bet Cp, a to 1, ' - i Defendant ' Wttiilit 4 tut CnnvintMUo ), , i Many Society Women ' In Court worn. t ' Special to The Observer. v ' "" aaffney a C, March t "Your honor ,:an wt the unusual scene which pre- ' -gents Itself here," said Col.', George Johnstone,, speaking to' a motion .on t ihe part of the defendant; George Has 4 ty to continue. Why can't; this trial : wait until there la a little quietude In public sentiment?" . ( '-' - Indeed, It was an "unusual t scene." I' - There was not a negro In the house. .Every foot of standing- room In gal--'lory and on floor was occupied. V In . the entrance corridor 1 you could see , .men on tiptoe, straining tor a view "of ' the bar. ;it's the biggest crowd," said , the clerk, "which has ever heen In this , ,xxmrt house." But the unusual thing .was thepresenca of women, there be , ,lng a score or-two of them In the crowd; and members of the bar told ,. tne they were, many of them, the best ' women of the town. "They may have r. to hear some pretty rough things, if , tbey keep coming here," said the clerk. THE TWO PRINCIPAL WITNESSES. On the front bench sat MJsa Bishop, a pretty -brunette, whose large- eyes fill easily with tears, and Miss Sheridan, . a blonde In deep mourning. Several well-dressed good-looking OafTney girls sat with them atid seemed on terms of Intimate sympathy. When the sheriff brought Hasty in teethe dock both girls looked at him through tears, and be was much more agitated than on Mon ' day. The muscles In his face oulv- iv ered and his eyes showed the strain on his nerves; tout he was faultlessly v dressed. MOTION TO QUASH INDICTMENT. OoL Johnstone, for the defense, moved to quash the indictment upon a technicality, which motion Judge Memmtnger overruled, as'he did a Bee ond motion to the same effect but on the ground of absent witnesses. The ; State admitted that absent witnesses within the court's jurisdiction would say what counsel had set out in aft! k- davits.' . s ";They got" the Jury from 36 veniremen While the names were being drawn from the bat and the men called and ; examined, .George Hasty -stood In the , dock, one of his counsel standing by nun. Tne judge asked each venireman the statutory question, turning him . then over to the attorneys, who sel dom examined him. It was quick busi ness, compared with North Carolina courts. The State had but five chal lenges, the defendant but ten, and the ; .challeres for cause are so limited that . only two were stood aside, and one of them ror sickness. , The Jury being completed, court ad' journed to 3 o'clock. . WOMEN" IN THE COURT ROOM. , But by 2 o'clock the house was pack ed again. Hundreds of men could not e get inside. The middle square was - Ailed almost entirely with women, . creese a tiptop, ana tne cnatter was 'worse than at a theatre. Misses Sheri- Han and Bishop aat In the bar, sur--" 7 rounded by more than a score of Gaff- '.C-'Jiey ladles. All the preachers of the town and some from the country, were , ""in court. Men, scuffling about the en : trances, trying to forge through, cried, - "Ain't the. witnesses to git in?" Dr. . t Lee Davis Lodge, president of Lime- etona College, nearly all the doctors, ' ' some bankers and prominent mer- chants were also in waiting. When he resumed his seat - at 3 . o'clock, the Judge made the announce ;neiit that, seeing many ladles In - -court, he felt It 3tls duty to suggest that a cltlien was oa trial for hla life: ' that things might be. brought out In the evidence Which would be unpleas .' ant for them to hear; but that, after v this warning, tne court would not re . strict the evidence because of their . ...presence or for any cause whatever. , He repeated the suggestion; whereupon - . some of tne laaies made tneir way out y through the bar, but the great ma- --(Jorlty of them stayed. The first witness for the State was Mr. R. O. Sams who had made and ' ' now testified to a diagram of the sec ond floor of the Piedmont Inn,' where : ; the killing occurred. 4 " 4- . PHYSICIAN TESTIFIES. ''': Dr. B. Jm Allen testified that on De icember 15 last he made post mortam i examination of the body of Milan Ben- nett: rather he assisted Dr. Nesblt . . Found wound four inches from left . ' nipple, hit 7th rib. penerated left lung, - the heart, and the right lung. That shot, In hla opinion, caused the death . of the man, v.Hla testimony that the shall ranged little upward did hot " ' aeem to please the solicitor. v -' CoL Johnstone cross-examined him. "Witness admitted he had done, all he , could- for' the 'afflicted people." The ... ' colonel sprung a sensation' when he .asked, dramatically: v" - i, "Doctor, nave you got a bet op with Dr. Qunter, to 1, that this man will fe convicted?" , , ' "Nn." a.id th Anotnt emohatlnallv S. ' -"But dln't you haver . 1.1 The .'doctor , stammered and-evaded and sat silent. Col. Johnstone insisted, 1 'until the witness admitted the bet and tie ana nr. uunter oiten maae rrivoi ' ; ous bets, put up the money, and took - It down, itie lawyer wanted an in - stance, which - the witness said ha r wouldn't remember. 'But you remember this case, where the life or aeatn or a man, is the issue, when you bet money on- his death?" ' The witness made no answer. "Doctor, X don't want to embarrass you." said the lawyer, effectively, and sat down , (for counsel in this State stand to ex. amine witnesses. . . , : MIS3f SHERIDAN ON THE STAND. Miss Verne Sheridan! for the Stat. " was born lit New York city, is 21 years - old, has oeen on tne stage four years, - She was here in a. musical farce,, play ing soubrette part, on December .13. " Mr. Bennett -was the musical director. , , They left the theatre between 10 and 11 o'clock and went to hotel. Mr. Ben- nett brought her a lunch, 10 minutes (Continued on. Page Four.) MSCBEPMCr . IN; TESTS A WITNESS PAINTS -1 COVHT i 'i - ;V .-'fi mi V'"- Immediately After '- Leaving 1 Stand. .; Mrs. Hay, Witness for ' State in Matthews . Murder' Trial,. Ftilntf ,. Jr. Turner Testifies as to Scenes in . DratH-Clmniber and ' Analysis of Contents of ' Syringe Discrepancy Y'ln ) Tests Consldered by ' Defense s Strong Pdlnt In Its' Favor Four '. - Wltnemea Examined Prosecution May uest This Morning. jk V Special to" The 'Observer. t-.V - Greensboro, March iAudiences that were timitea Dy the sitting and stand ing capacity of Guilford Superior Court room attended both sessions' to-day In the trial of Dr. J, B. Matthews, charg ed with Wife-murder. During the day only four witnesses were examined but counsel for the prosecution are, of the opinion that some exceedinaiv dam aging testimony- was Introduced and that the State. lias already made out a strong case against the defendant. However, other witnesses will be ex amined before th State rests, though not very, much time will be consumed by them and the prosecution may rest ita case at to-morrow morning's ses sion, -' -i THE FIRST WlTNESa The first witness for the prosecution was put on the stand when court re. convened this morning. She was Mil lie Watta, the colored; woman who was cooking for the Matthews family at the time of Mrs. Matthews' death. Her testimony was to the effect that, on the morning following last Thanksgiv lng Day, Pr. Matthews told her to go to Mrs. Matthews' room to see her, as she had been very III during the night. having taken a - large quantity of strychnine about 11 o'clock the night before, that she was low-spirited and he did not know what was the matter but that he had heard her say that none of his people liked her and she wanted to take something to put her self out of the way. The witness said she went up stairs to Mrs. Matthews1 room and found her snoring loudly and tried to arouse her but could not. Dr. Matthews came up from foreakfast and said he was going out to a drug store. that she begged him to send for an other physician but he would not do so that when Dr. Matthews came back he went to his wife's roam and Capt. Gift- man arrived and also went to her room but came down at once and sent Dr Matthews'- little -eon, Ben, after Mrs, Hay, a neighbor, going himself after a doctor. MRS. HAY ON THE STAND. Mrs. A. M. Hay was the next witness and she said that she lived a short dis tance from the Matthews' home and had known Mrs. Matthews for four years. ' Dr, Matthews had attended her, When Ben Matthews came after her she hurried to Mrs. Matthews' bed side and found Dr. Matthews there with a syringe In his hand. He stated to her that his wife had taken enough strychnine to kill two people and that he haa been working with her all night. He would not have another physician and did not want the affair to get out. Mrs. Hay recited the occurrences of the day and said that. In the after noon, the defendant came into the room and asked those present to leave, as he wanted to have private 'prayer with his wife. All of them did leave but herself, she remaining because her suspicions against Dr. Matthews had been aroused. , He got on the bed be. side his wife and, kissing her, said ."Poor little thing, she is gone, but can get another." Watching htm closely, she grew more auspicious of his actions and pulled him off the bed. Later In the afternoon when she re turned to the room, after having been called out to see some ladies who had dropped in, a new puncture was found in .Mrs. Matthews' arm and, in a short time, she began having convulsions and died. WITNESS FAINTS. Upon the conclusion of Mrs. Hays' direct testimony it Was observed that the witness had become, violently, 111 and she was removed to the . ante room, where she fainted, The counsel decided to excuse her for the rest of the day and to take her cross examina tion later In the trial. DEATH-CHAMBER SCENES. Dr. J. P. Turner was the next wit ness. He began by saying that he had been practicing medicine continu ously since April, 1896. Was educated at University of Maryland, Baltimore, and had been county eoroner six years. When he responded to the call to the Matthews home on December, first last he was met at the door by Capt. Gift man. Upstairs he found Drs. M. ' R, Farrar and Z. T. Brooks treating Mrs, Matthews for what he and the other two physicians diagnosed ; as opium or morphine poisoning, jm explained tne effect of certain poisons and the anti dotes used by physicians and' related, in graphic style, the circumstances and incidents of tne aay, telling oz tne en trance of Dr. Matthews about 6 o'clock in the afternoon and asking all to leave so that be could pray privately with hla wife, this request being made re. peatedly.- He had decided to watch the movements of the defendant more closely and declined to leave. Dr. Matthews went to the bedside. of his wife and." while pretending to pray. put his hand under the cover. Just then the fitness rushed across the room and caught the prisoner by the arm. flndlnK- that the hand held a hy podermic syringe, one-third of Us cyl inder being filled with wmte powder. Dr. Matthews refused to say 'what he was trying to do and asked Dr. Tup ner and others to keep the' affair quiet because It would rum him, - . ? ' DISCREPANCY IN 'TESTS. . The witness said he tested the con tents of the syringe and found that it contained strychnine ana tnat Mrs. Matthews died from strychnine poison ing the symptoms , of which were shown sorti after the puncture In her arm had been made by her husband, He was K questioned very- rigidly on cross-examination regarding the analy sia made of the contents of the syringe by himself and Dr. R. E, o. . TJavis, at Chapel Hill, a month ago, the test then showing morphine instead of strychnine, but there being a shield In the substance for the strychnine; that is, masking the strychnine in the real due under the color test, 1 Maj. w. A. Guthrie; who conducted the cross ex amination, stressed this discrepancy In the two tests, 'ana enaeavorea.to snow that Dr.' Turner had carefully 'avoided making known the result of the test at Chapel .Hill but that It had leaked out. i A "f V v t i ' "', Dr. Z. T.. Brooks, another one of the physlcatns who attended ' Mrs.,-. Mat thaws, was the next witness, hie testi mony-corroborating Dr. Turner's as Ho .-what occurred ' at the - Matthews home. Dr. Brooks declaring, 'on cross examination, that ' the defendant, al though loaded with morphine on that day, was in full possession of his sen ses and his every act and movement was one of method and precision.- and that while the morphine had destroyed his pride, ' his mind -was active and clear. , VY-a,s . . . i, " t jt : j.' BfiGULATION MUST - COME DOLLIVER WARNS v RAILROADS BrlllJnnt Iowa Senator Makes Ex haustive Argument for Bill Wliich Ho" Assisted in Framing and le rlarea That tile Public - Demand Mast Not be Trifled WithPresent Difficulty - About- Rebates Not ' in Punishing Violations' of Law, but v in Discovering 11 lem Creates Stir - bf Allusion to Investigator "Who . jiau to unload His Railroad Se curities as Preparation." Washington, March' lThe discus sion of the' railroad rate question in the Senate was continued today by Mr. Dolllver, who spoke in Support of the Jpolllver-Hepburnr bill. He said that the bill was Intended merely to supple ment the existing Interstate commerce law and contended for Its validity from a . constitutional point-of view, pre dicting that government ownership .of railroads would be forced upon the country if Congress did no( meet the present demand for regulation. Mr, Dolllver was not questlond, and when he concluded, the remainder of the day was devoted to the bill providing for the settlement of the affairs of the Five Civilised Tribes of Indians after the termination of their tribal rela tions. Mr. Dolllver in his speech said he did not agree with either Mr. Foraker or Mr. Bacon that the secret practices have been abandoned. He did not be. Heve the Elklns bill adequate for pro tectlon against these practices. "The diincuity about rebates la not in punr lahlng violations of the law," he said. "but In. discovering them, and we have undertaken to amend the law so as to cover that defect." Returning to the question of appeals, Mr. Dolllver said that the power the commission would exercise in prevent ing, recourse In courts was about as great as the power of "my friends who are tiptoeing about this chamber talk lng of the 'day In court. " PRAISES MR. OLNEY. Mr. Dolllver referred to the recent magazine article by ex-Secretary Oiney and said that he was the, man upon whose advice President Cleveland had sent an army to Chicago "In the face of the protests of panic-stricken may ors and screaming Governors." There was a perceptible stir in the Senate when Mr. Dolllver referred to one Investigator "who had to unload his railroad securities to give him the sol ritual preparation for the work. Mr. Dolllver made a broad' plea lor the right to regulate the railroads, but a Id that this right did not come from the fact that the railroads enjoyed franchises. "It is because of the busi ness In which they are engaged," he said, and added that "It would save much time if the railroad managers could be brought to a realising sense of that fact." That the people were not complain ing of the railroads combinations, Mr, Dolllver averred, but he asserted most earnestly that they do demand that Congress shall assert its function as the guardian of the 'American maraet place. Commenting upon Mr. Foraker's criticism that the Dolllver-Hepburn bill was unconstitutional, Mr. Dolllver said that it is most important to know what power Congress had In the mat ter of rate making and he therefore urged the importance of passing the bill for that purpose If for no other, He then entered upon a line of argu ment to show that Mr. Foraker had been mistaken and that. Congress Jiad the power to regulate rates. He con tended that if tne states nave power to fix rates, as decided by the Supreme Court, the United States had the same power. HIS VIEWS NOT SOCIALISTIC. Mr. Dolllver referred to the fact that he had been charged with a tendency towards Socialism, only to contradict it. saying that Jie did not desire to have the government take charge of the business Interests of the country. He believed fully in the right of prop erty to protection. Yet, he asserted, "There is a storm brewing ana tne time is approaching when' the citizens of the United States are going to make inaulrv into the right by which some men In a few years, make hundreds of millions of dollars, rendering them capable of even overshadowing the na tional government," and he predicted that u congress aia not agree upon a bill for the regulation of the, rail roads the country would be called up. on to face the problem of government ownership. Burins the consideration of the in dlan bill Mr. La Foltettee offered. an amendment prohibiting railroad com pantes from acquiring any of the terri torial coal lands, tu saia tnat it was impossible to conceive of free compe tlton with carriers owning any com modity and had a letter read from w. B. Johnson, of Ardmore X. T., declar ing that the railroads now have a prac tical monopoly of the coal business In that Territory The Senate adjourned until to-mor row. . , - , A . GIVE 84,000 FOR MISSIONS, ? Contribution of . Student Volunteer Convention in la Minutes Nee ne Inspiring When ' Great Audience Joined in Song' And the; Lord's Praye. .V , 'Vs'lt - . jnnnviiiv, xciiii..; jbhktcii ii imit ates' time to-night the convention of the Student Volunteer Movement contributed $84,000 toward prosecution of mlsiooary work' during the next four years, , This sum exceeds by I25.00O that raised at the last' convention. ' Rymau ' Auditorium afales were filled and many .had been turned away, unable- to gain- entrance, when the night session began. The open ing scene was an inspiring -one, the mighty audience of 8,000 persons joining in - tha ehnruH of the hvmn. "The Ron of God Ooes Forth- to War," Which was followed Dy tne jjora rrayery repeated in concert by tbouaands of voices, - Bishop Thomas V, Gallor, of the Pro luiant mnlnnnal Church, mi tha hlnf speaker of ' the evening, his theme be ing, "The Only Absolute Religion." The afternoon was devoted to section al' - conferences, of which there were nine, Miss,. Ellen , Stone was one of the speakers. Bishop K. R. Hendrlx . talked on "The Pastor a Student of Missions." Rev. W., H. Sheppard, the negro mtlon nr. told of hla work in Africa. Rev. It. W. KIrkby. Just returned from the Con go Free State, told of his missionary work there, and Bishop I. G. HartMll, recently home 'from labors in East, West and. Central Africa was heard. All of the conference were well- attended. , .. - For Surveyor of Customs at Memphis. Washington: March l.-The President to-day sent to the 'Senate the nomi nation, of James Jeffreys as surveyor of custdms for the port of Memphis, Tenn. f uttge Parker to Address "Mississippi . Jjegisiainre. Jackaon. Miss. .March l.Judare - Alton B. Parker has accepted an Invitation of the MimlsKlmri ' Iyllatiire r and has agreed to address- them oa March 13. AFTERMATH OF SACE RIOT SPRINGFIELD MOB WONT RF.ST Third Niglit of ; -Attacks on Negro Quarter Begins With Setting Fire to a House, Troops Arriving In Time to Prevent Much Damage Distribution of Machine fiunsi and Troops All Over the City Depresses , Rioters, but Bringing Bark of Brakeman'a Assailants Starts Mur muring Afresh Typical Instances , of Wednesday .Night's Mob Out- rages. , x Springfield,, O., March 1 After a day of quiet from the mob which haa held sway for -two nights, this even ing was ushered in with Indications that more depredations against the colored population of the elty had 'been planned for to-night. Anticipat ing tnat tne attack, if made, would be In the vicinity Of Section street, Col. Amel sent a squad of soldiers to that locality at 7:30 o'clock. Just before their arrival a crowd of rioters sprang from the bouse of 'Pearl Howard, against which threats had been made. The house had been set fire to, but -the troops sent In an alarm and' the structure was only slightly damaged. The rioters escaped. As a precaution ary measure. Colonel Amel has posted two machine guns and a company of troops at the court house and jail and the entire square la cut off. An effort was made to-night to secure automo biles to carry troops from one section of the city1 to another when needed, but not enough could be had and wagons have been provided for that purpose. t ,; MILITIAMAN FATALLY HURT. The distribution of the guns and troops over the city has had a de pressing effect on the rioters, and with the exception of little affrays which did not amount to much, but little out of the ordinary had hap pened up to 11 o'clock. A house at High and 'Race streets recently occu pied by negroes was fired by rioters but the flames were quelled before they had made great headway, Ar thur Ancll, a member of the Xenla military company, was lilt on the head with a brick said to have been thrown by a rioter and fatally hurt to-night. His assailant . made an improvised slung shot of a piece of brick wrapped in a handkerchief. Two more com panies of State troops from Plqua are held In readiness for service here, but the present outlook does not Indicate that more will be needed, as the back bone of the riot seems to have bean broken effectually. BRINO ACCUSED N BOKOES. Ouarded by two companies of th Third Regiment, the prisoners, Kd ward Dean and Preston Iadd, were brought here from Dayton to-day and taken to the city hospital to be Iden tified by Martin Davis, the brakeman who was shot and wounded Monday night by Dean and ladd. The Jour ney was made in a upedal car over the Dayton, - Sprlngffeld & l.'rbana traction line. The prisoners were tak en from the car and marched to the hospital, 10 blocks away. There was no disturbance on the way to the hos pital, as their coming was not gener ally known. r,o lAanttftaA IPAatarA TtAn n tint failed to identify Ladd. ! When the identification of Dean as the assailant of Brakeman Davis he- came known, murmuring was renewed. The police learned of threats made against one or two factories employing negro labor, and a number of appeals were made from various sections for protection to-night. Threats have also been made against Police Judge Mil ler's residence and he has refused to accept protection. 25 RIOTERS FINED. Twenty-five rioters were arraigned in DOllce court to-day. Sixteen were chanted with rioting, four of whom i had the additional charge of carrying I concealed weapons. These four were i each fined $200 and costs and sent to the Xenla workhouse until the fine and costs are paid. Those charged with disorderly conduct were fined $50 and costs. As UBual the innocent and harmeiesa were the greater sufferers In last night's disturbances. The different mohs, which were made up of young hood lums and rowdies rather than de termined men bent on avenging wrong, directed their movements promiscuous ly against the colored populace at large. The first destructive work of the mob in the district known as "The Hill,' where many of the men and boys in the crowd were reared, It Is said, was In Harrison street, when they broke Into the home of George Miller, an inoffensive" colored man. Miller and his wife were forced to flee for their lives, costless., hatless and barefooted, getting out through the basement. They ran and Jumped over a wall onto the railroad tracks. Miller stumbled along the railroad tracks and reached the city buldlng In safety, where he told a most pitiful tale to the military authorities and Mayor Todd. As he looked - hack he could see his house on Are. -Another wanton attack was made at 178 York street, where two colored families, one of John Logan and the other of Noah Ingram, resided. Both families escaped from the house, al though Logan's wife stood In her back yard and watched the house set on fire. REB MITCHELL HANGED. Necro Wlfc-Munlerer Pays Dentil - Penalty on Gallow at Windsor. Special to The Observer, f Windsor. Marcn i.-KeD . Mitchell, the - wife-murderer, paid the nenaltv of death here to-day on the gallows. The crime for which be died was com mitted on the night of June 12th, 1905. as a result of an altercation with his Wife, He knocked her ,1a the head with a' cart board, killing her, - He then out the body In an outhouse and burned 'It. leaving nothing but frag ments of the liver, heart and skull to telt the tale of his dastardly deed. He made no statement whatever on the gallows, having some time ago admit ted his guilt. He did not flinch but only said he was willing to go. , , ' M'CURDYS JOIN EXILES. . Exploiters of the Mutual Life Sail for - Europe, suits Having previously Been Instituted Against Them, Now 'frnrtr -' March . l.Stitta lUftMiffv have been instituted by the trustees -of the Mutual Life Insurance' -Company against former President Richard A. Me. Curdy, former General Manager" Robert Mcuuray, ana - in nrm oi vnaries tt. Raymond A Co., formerly general agents for the Mutual, according 'to an an. nouncement ,mude by the board of trus tees to-day. These suits -wars begun some time ago, upon the advice or Joseph H. Chonte. "Richard A. MoCurdy and his family, and L, A. Thebaud and his family sailed - for Europe to-day, oa the steamer Anwrika. tjsij . p I; unn'mnw i" IfiilKliiiM.tiiu -ilitinnUnjlii m K Editor, of Methodist - Paper '; Drops - -rIlauVr7 rTjfh. Birmingham, Ala.?' , March i.3. - D. Kills, editor of The Alabama, Christian Advocate, and- well known among, re UkIous publishers of the South, dropped dad In his office ner this afternoon from heart failure, (l RATE BIU .VICTORY SURE j ONLY BIG MEASURE NOT DEAD Opponents of Railroad Regulation Are Now Almost Ready to Admit That the Senate Will Pass House Hill - Without Important Changes, While Philippine Tariff and Statehood Bills and Dominican Treaty Seem Doomed Only Chance for State hood Bill is Acceptance of Virtually Nullifying - Amendment Adjourn ment to be May 1 or Even Karller. s Washington, March 1. .That the rail road rate bill will be passed by the Senate practically as It came from the House Is an admission that the op ponents of the measure are almost ready" to make. It was admitted to day that they cannot hope for any assistance from the President in get ting an amendment for Judicial re view of orders of the Inter-State com merce commission.. The President made this clear to Senators Crane and Spooner to-day. The only hope left to the opponents of the measure Is In the Democrats. They have not definitely determined what the party position will be toward such an amendment, but it is admitted that more than half of the minority favor passing the bill exactly as It came from the House. The railroad rate bill for several days has been regarded as the one measure standing in the way of an early adjournment of Congress. One of the leading Republican Senators, a member of the steering committee, de clared to-day that "the Philllpine tariff bill, the statehood bill and the Santo Domingo treaty are all dead." He qualified his statement concerning the statehood bill by saying that ho meant that the friends of the bill could not pass it without the Foraker amend ment, providing for the submission to the votes of the people of New Mexico and Arizona, separately, the question whether they should have Joint state hood. A poll of the Senate to-day showed that If voted upon now the Foraker amendment would win 48 to 40, providing the entire vote of the Senate was cast. A hasty poll of the Senate taken to day Indicates that If brought to a vote the Phllliptne tariff bill would be defeated by a much larger vote tnan was found for the Foraker amendment to the statehood bill. Practically all of the Sennte leaders concede that the Santo Domlnsro treaty bill will bo defeated If brought to a vote and the plan generally favored la to defeat the treaty as early as possible and thus avoid continued dis cussion of It. Under this general programme out lined by Senate Republican leaders, a great amount of expected oratory would be eliminated. These leaders say that Congress will adjourn early and May 1 has been named as the lat est probable date. BANDITS AMAZING FBATS. After Robbery of Russian Bank Cornered Fugitive Snatches Re volver From Police Chief and Holds Town Hall for Hours, Killing Four and Wounding Many -uo titled by Stream of Water. HelHlnefors. Finland, March 1. The pursuit of the bandits who last Monday night entered the Russian State bank here, killed the guardian and secured $3,500, resulted to-day In another highly dramatic Incident and cost four more lives at Tammersrora, where two of the fugitives were cornered. One of the bandits got nos session of the town hall and held it for hours, but finally was subdued by a stream of water directed by the fire men While Commissary of Police Balu- shin was examining the two captives, one of them grabbed a revolver from the belt of the chief of police and w!t,h it killed Balushln The bandit then dashed upstairs, where he barricaded himself in a room commanding the stulrs and lobby and the street outside. There he defied the police for three hours. Two policemen who tried to pick off the desperado from a house opposite were killed by the bandit, who was an excellent marksman. After all other resources had been exhausted, the firemen were called out and poured a flood of water Into the window. Simultaneously a picked band of po lice and firemen stormed the stairs. One of. the assailing party was killed and nine were wounded before t,he bandit, who fought desperately with a big knife, could be over powered. BARES PLOT TO KILL HUSBAND. Wife of Benjamin Aiken, Charged With Complicity In His Death, Creates Sensation at Preliminary Hearing in Georgia Murder Case. Washington, Oa., March 1. The pre liminary trial of Mell Adklns, Alex Ads kins and Mrs. Benjamin Aiken, all charged with complicity In a plot to kill Benjamin Aiken on the night of Feb. 10. was held this morning before Judge Samuel Hardman, of Washington city court. ' A dozen witnesses testified that Mell and Alex Adklns had been seen on the afternoon of Feb. 10 going In the direction of Aiken's home. They were In a topped buggy with all cur tains up, although there were no signs of disagreeable weather. One witness testified that Moll Ad klns had been seen to go to Alex. Ad klns' homo on the same afternoon that Aiken was seriously shot and from am bush, secured two shot guns which were wrapped in an overcoat and drive Off in a closed buggy. Mrs. Aiken, wife of the man who was shot, was the last to testify and cre ated a sensation In laying bare the whole plot, which she said was Insti gated by Mell Adklns to kill her hus band. 8h said ' that Mell Adklns threatened to - kilt her in the event that she said anything to her husband or any one else about designs he had upon Aiken. Judge Hardeman bound the two Ad klnses over under $1,000 ball each. They were returned to jail It default of bond. NOT TO STEP IN AT ALCECTRA8. United States. Not Among rowers - Chiefly Interested-8ecTetary Hoot Confers With French Ambassador, Washington, - March iMVhtle no im mediate ' break ' in - the conference at Airsciras is ' exOected bv thia ttavmm. meat, the negotiations there have reach- ea me stage wnicn, according to tne re ports received here, threaten the failure of the ' conference uqIfs - there - is a chftng In ths attitude of Germany, A long conference occurred- at the State Department to-day between - Secretary Root and Mr. Jusserand, ths French am bassador. during which the negotiations at Algeclras were the main subject un der dlaeusslon. It is not unlikely that on, of the -neutral -powers more directly Interested will renew tholr efforts to bring Prsnce and Germany into accord. The Washington government, however, it Is stated hers, is not among the powers chiefly Interested at Alxeoira and can not be expected to intervene in -European !"; V-V4' V'Hr nV'lK f ;?; $69,000,000 F0B.THE ARMY CARE FOR CONFEDERATE DEAD House Passes Two Important Meas ures, tl! Second . Providing for Erection of White Marble Head stones Over Confederate Graves In North and for Commission to lift' rate the GravesJurit What the Women of the - South Wanted Effort to Have Government Make II Own Smokeless Powder Failn Attacks on Postofliee Department Rulings. Washington, March 1. The House passed the army appropriation bill, aK so the Foraker bill providing for the marking of the graves of Confeder ate dead burled In the North. Points of order made to the provisions, for a cable ship for the Atlantic coast and to a ship for mine planting on the Pacific coast eliminated those provis ions from the army bill. The alleged powder trust came In for a scoring In debate, and Democratic endeavor to have the government begin tho manufacture of Its own powder met defeat on points of order and finally by direct vote. The army bill as passed curries something more than $69,000,000. The passage of a resolution calling upon the Postmaster General for all Information and reasons why The Union News, of Thomaston, Ga., had been excluded from the malls as sec ond class matter furnished the text for speeches by Mr. Bavtlet.t, of Geor gia, and Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, criticising the "autocratic bureau rule" of the Postofflce Department. ATTACK DHPARTMENT RULINGS. Mr. Kartlct-t made the etateinent that The Union News was' purely an agricultural paper. Mr. Williams made an amusing comparison between copies of the Georgia papers and The American Economist, carried as sec ond class matter, and devoted, as he said, to the "stand-pat" doctrine. The Georgia paper advertised for sale a black horse and a 10-year-old mule, while the other paper contained tho advertisements of several "trusts." Carrying further his charge that the present administration was a government by "construction of bu reau chiefs, Mr. Williams reviewed a ruling of tho Treasury Department that frogs' legs were dressed poultry, made, he said, in the Interest of a frog raiser of the Northeast to protect him from Canadian frogs; also the ruling that wooden piano hammers with pad ded ends were "woolen goods." WANTED ARMY POWDER PLANT. Tho profit in the manufacture of smokeless powder was called attention to by Mr. Graff, of Illinois, who said that for several years there had been but four bids to furnish the govern ment with smokeless powder and that each bid was the same 70 cents per pound. The "Dupont powder trust." he said, controlled the four plants. The government, he said, could build four plants with equal capacity at a cost of $350,000 each and save enough in the manufacture of smokeless powder in one year to pay for all the plants. Mr. Rixey, of Virginia, said the navy had a smokeless powder plant at In dian Head, on the Potomac river, and that Admiral Mason had recently tes tified that It cost 60 cents a pound to manufacture the powder there. Mr. Klxey said he was willing 'to Increase this plant and would also favor a government armor plate factory. Various efforts were made by Mr. Williams and others to Insert In the bill a provision for government manu facture of powder, but all failed. ALABAMAN'S MISTAKEN ZEAL. Mr. Underwood, ot Alabama, made a plea for the creation of a Confeder ate memorial commission of three members to Investigate and report the proper steps to mark the graves of the Confederate dead, and offered an am endment to that end. Mr. Hull stated that his committee had to-day reported the Foraker bill, which practically accomplished the end sought. Mr. Underwood replied that this applied only to Confederate dead In the North. Mr.. Williams, of Mississippi, urged Mr. Underwood to withdraw his amendment, on the ground that all that the Confederate veterans and the women of the South wanted was the provision of the Fora ker bill; that the Confederate dead In the South should remain sacred to the care of the South. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, commended Mr. Williams' statement and expressed the hope that there would be no oppo sition to the Foraker bill, which he regarded as forging another link In welding the Northland South. ALL THAT SOUTHS WOMEN ASK. A letter was read by Mr. Hard wick, of Georgia, expressing the satisfaction of the women of the South with the Froaker bill, and he concluded with the hope that Mr. Underwood would not press his amendment. The amendment was defeated by a point of order, made by Mr. Kahtn of California. The army bill was then passed. Immediately Mr. Prince, of Illinois, asked and secured unanimous consent for Immediate consideration of tha Foraker bill for the marking of Con federate graves In the North. The bill provides ror tne erection of white marble headstones over the graves and the fencing of the same. A commission is authorised to locate the graves. After a brief discussion the bill was then passed amid general applause. The House adjourned until to-mor row. .. SOUTH THE TARGET OF HIS WIT. Pennsylvania Representative Intro - duces Would-He Humorous Reso lution for Repeal of 14th Amend ment's Second Section. Washington, March 1-, Representative Smith, of Pennsylvania, In traduced m Joint resolution to-day for the repeal of the seeond section of the 14th amend ment to the constitution of the United States, which provides for a cutting down ot the representation Of States tu Congress In case they limit the rights Of cltlxens to vote. . r The resolution contains a long pre amble more or less facetious in character In wbich reference is made to restricted suffrage In Southern States . Verdict ot Life Sentence tar Killing . Cleric , Monroe, On.. March 1. The Jury1 this morning at 10 o'clock in the ease ot ths State against Tom Long, charged with killing hla clerk, 'Joel Toole, In thla city the latter part of last Novem ber,' returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation for a life sentence, after being out since, yesterday after noon at 4 o'clock. - I . iQi i,m,,i .,liii,f., ,i MM, iiiUIii minliWpniliU 1,1,! ,ft 1 u A Pioneer Cltlxen of Atlanta Dead. Atlanta, Ga., March i. Wesley O. Collier,-a pioneer citizen - of ; Atlanta and one of the best known men in mid dle Georgia, died here to-day, aged S3 years. He Is -survived by Mrs. Col lier, and" nine "children. ' " STATUE TO l)BJ,t3f)UHRY WILL IT BE PLACED IN bApitTOL? Feared That Opposition May Develop to Placing of Statue of Distinguished . Southerner in Statuary HallChief of Engineers Favors 24-Foot Canal , From Wilmington to Ocean Blackburn Files Additional Charges Against Holton Argument in, Selma Case Concluded Request That Patterson be Retained. In' Concord Postofliee Pending Trial. BY W. A. HttDEBRAND. , : ' Observer Bureau, ,s.' 1 1417 a Street N. W Washington, March . iocmu,o Diwiuurn nas jOv let up on District Attornev Hnttfin He filed additional charges to-day ,in'- official. Mr. Blackburn has not r-!-" turned to Washington, but he sent the ' inuiciuit-iii. ugumsi uie ouicer, who prosecuting him, to Senator Overman, "iiu iiivu ... null juuiuiaij vuiiiiiiiw. t Holton falsified his accounts, charging -$4 a day for a hotel bill in Asheville when he spent only $2. There are' ; other charges. Included In which it IS' alleged that Mr. Holton has not Dtos-- ecuted a number of persons guilty of violating Federal statutes, because it i: 1 ARGUMENT IN SELMA COXNEC-4 I TION CASE CONCLUDED. I The argument In the Selma eon nee tlun case, brought here on appeal by.' the Atlantic Coast Line, was conclud- ed "to-day. Ex-Congressman Wood ward opened for North Carolina and . trier. Er-Judsre Johnston concluded for the railroad. It was contended by . attorneys for the State that the oper atton of a train by the Coast Line to connect with the Southern's train at Selma was necessary for the conven- . ience of the public. The railroad de- I corporation commission to do this. I piaciii&T rttMonaioimy lor lauure .10 - make connection on the Southern r , - 1 1 ..... .. .: ., rsenaiors Kimmons. ana overmans; presented to Postmaster General Cor- telyou to-day Dr. R. S. Toung and Lv. 1 . Hartsen, or roncora, wno came UA... ... n 1 . . 1., ., . . ......... i.,..i. :.'v: iirju lu awn. iiiul r oniiimnier jraiivrnuil )t be continued In office pending his trial : on the charge of having permitted the opening of first class mall In the ' Concord office. Patterson was indk't ed by the Federal grand Jury at Ashes vllle. it was contended by the Con cord gentlemen that his removal from ' office before his trial takes placttj would prejudice his case. Mr. Cortel you promised to give the matter his careful consideration. One of the newspaper correspondents here, who is looking after the Interests of a number of Alabama papers, aays i passed a joint resolution appropriating luiius wiui which iij iruL;ur ov iMwrwta.,' statue of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, to be plac ed in the statuary hall, at the capltoL The sculpt er, one of the best known in New York, has completed hi work. and some fear has arisen over tne probability of some objection being raised to the placing of the Statue In the hail, where so many or tne states are represented. During the civil war Dr. Curry, who was so well known In' North Carolina, served on the staff 'Of . both Governor Johnson, and Gen. Wheeler, and the fear Is that some one mav ihfct tn tVlA nlnplnfl. nf n fttfl.tu'; of this well-known Confederate in the National capltol. TUB INEVITABLE BILL. sat upon last session It waa not be- . lleved that anv more members would '. come lorwara wun 0111s to restrict rep- . ,A,anlalln In th, fir AtA wha,A thA tiA-,'.-" gro has been disfranchised, but Repre-, - ... .1 A I n ,k. n..i.'ffl:'.: Speaker of the House has 'come for ward with the Inevitable bill. FAVORS 24-FOOT CANAL. In the course of a letter from the' acting Secretary of War, transmiting. with a letter from chief of engineers, a report of an examination of Cape . Fear river, at and below Wilmington,' , these statements are made; In view of the quantity of this com- ucumriy m view ui uv uigu vaiuc iuiuk UQriBVUUrill llllAIUI IBUIV, 1L i IJ1V UAflM !. Ion that the adoption of the 24-foot ' nrntenr irlven nn nnffp A nii 5 herrf. ; Is fully justified. In fact, if the com merce be rated according to its value. ,l lnstead of its tonnage even a consider able greater exDendlture bv the sen- eral government would appear to be lustlfled. " . It win pe notea mat ine principal item of Wilmington's commerce is cot ton, which is distinctly a high-priced product. There are comparatively few articles, except manufactured goods. and the higher Priced metals, that r lJ til v v a mnuiv) jvm v am ivunvk, fciiOT; mutter of value in mentioned because ' of itft apparent Importance. One ton1 fHAM iinlllnkln t-v111 n -4 n r- rkl fl . ' TltA vi er number of people than many tone . a W 1 S I Jivivio iiiviv vav-Hw r wnpi " - ot products whose cost per ton Is com- paratively low, such as iron, coal, Jum- ber, cement, grains, sugar, cattle, etc. Hence more benefits to more people would result from the providing trans- ' portatton facilities for cotton than for. ' many times the same number of tons of the cheaper products. ' w- ."' Another point that seem worthy ot mention Is that practically all of the cotton and most .of ths rest of Wil mington's outgoing freight go" abroad, and hence adds more to the material wealth of the United States than the same products moved from one portion of the country to another, -.Furthermore, the relative proportion of for-, elgn to coastwise - commerce seems im portant on account ot the fact that the foreign ' commerce Is usually car ried in deep-draft vessels,- and hence needs deeper water-than most of the coastwise freight. 1 . In , Wilmington's commerce' thia proportion Is large. - The table in paragraph SI shows that the tonnage responded promptly to the adoption ot the 20-foot project. - The Increase, la tha first five years was about W Pr cent- If another chance of project should be followed by a sim ilar Increase, 21 feet would prove I -equate before It could be secure-? : To summarise: - It la my orl! the commerce of Wilmington the coat of. a 24-foot chan WHmlngton to tha ocean: that . lng basin should be substitute mooring dolphins already a. . Confirmed by the Sen .Washington, ' March l.TI, yesterday confirmed the follow ' roasters: , , , .North Carolina R. -P.. I'm: lsburg; D. C. Pearson, 1 r- -
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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