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' 1 'if'" TTY? ' -V r 1 . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C;: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 28-1906.1 , : PRICE; FIVE CENTS. 3M III I I : "t DOCTORS FIND THA W BASE . , EXAMINATION SHUNNED BY IHM '-'viyteiItoUlned br District Attor :.: ! r ncv'a Office llroort Slayer t.Htan rYv: White Perfectly Sane After 4hnttlnr with Him. Thougn itc vented tYom MiUgf Regular Es- - . i : r emulation ; by Mis Obduracy ite ftiM&l Disapproved by Hi Attorney Hh Affectionate Meeting wiui Wife Witness Who Heard White Mske Remark. Derogatory tQ. Mrs, j , Thaw In Tuaw's Hearing, " New York. June . 17. That Harry K." Thaw, the slayer of. - Stanford White.-la perfectly sane, waa the re port made to-day by the alienists re talned by the district attorney's of lice i to examine into tne prisoner mental conditions . Thla report waa r '4 made after th physicians had spent i an hour with Thaw, who, In defiance 1 of the advice' of hla counsel former . Judre Olcott., refused to answer any ' questions, and declared that nothing mull V iu.i tui vg nvuiu t,v,,arot ..him to submit to a physical examlna " r tlon. - J i.When the committee of physicians ' . called upon the prisoner. Thaw said . firmly, as the first member was In .; troduced to him by Drn Allan. McLane ,: Hamilton, retained zor tne defense. be your pardon,- I will answer no r questions whatever. 4. , t ; DEFTLY PARRIED QUESTIONS. . V-Thea began a. general conversation " on trivial subjects with Dr. v Austin - Flint 'and Dr.--Hamllton. -Thaw deft ly parrying any questions that had any bearing on his mental or physical condition. Finding him obdurate, tho doctors hurriedly summoned Mr. OI cott but. to him -Thaw vehemently reiterated his determination to an wer noyijuestions. . " ""You can put It down to the condt- tlon of my feeling. It you will," said Thaw. "My nerves are unstrung, the tension Is great. I will not be ex .'mined -to-day," -;. : Pressed for 'ft clearer explanation cz his refusal, he said: " - "I haven't any: I have none at all Put U down to obstinacy If you wish." REFUSAL NOT DUE TO COUNSEL. Hi had promised Mr. Olcott before the examiners met to submit to the examination 'This refusal will hurt you," Mr. Olcott la said to have pleaded "Nothing but absolute force will , get me to allow myself to be exam . Ined or to say anything to-day. think first I ought to Ulk wHh Dr, Hamilton and then have a talk with Mr. Delafleld. Later I will tell you whether I will talk with the commit tee or not" . . He waa then taken back to his cell . . Mr. Olcott said later that he.was ' unable to account for Thaw's Vttl ' tude, that he could only attribute It to h. unaccountable obstinacy. As his i. counsel, he said, he had no Objection -: to Thaw's answering any of the ques- - tlons .addressed to him by the phy sicians. I 1 , MRS. THAW 8EES PRISONER. . i After the alienists , nad departed .' Mrs. Thaw was permitted to see her .husband for the first time since his arrest. She came to the Tombs In a r carriage accompanied by Tier hus band's brother, Joslah C. Thaw. - The meeting between husband and wife was affectionate and they remained togther talking in an undertone for nearly an hour. Thaw also received ; a visit from his sister, Mm George C-. Carnegie, and from Clifford W. - Hartrldge, of Pittsburg. Before vlBltlng the Tombs Mrs. ' Thaw had a long conference with for- - xner Judge Olcott and Frederick Del afield, at which it la believed that the line of defense was duscussed and the . Intention to Interpose a plea of In ," sanity was confirmed. - When asked about the letters from White which Mrs. Thaw yesterday turned over to Mr. Delafleld, Mr. Ol cott said that he believed they would . te or- material value to the defense Furthr than thla h declined to com- : ment on the case. ? INQUEST TO BB THOROUGH. ' ' Coroner Doley announced this af '. ternoon that the Inquest, which opens to-morrow, would not be merely a formal proceeding to establish the cause of White's death, but that all available witnesses would be exam - Ined for the purpose of fixing the - crime- on Thaw, in order . that he ' might be held for the. action of the grand Jury. . Mrs. Thaw will not ap- pear4 at the Inquest, and It was said I ; to-day that In all probability she .would not be required to appear be " fore the grand jury, ln which case her testimony will not be taken until the trial. In the meantime the dis- - ' trict attorney's office will prosecute V a, most searching Investigation ot the ".. habits and movements of Thaw and White during a period of - several weeks previous to the tragedy. , .No fewer than twenty witnesses v were examined In connection with the case by the district atorney's office to - day. Among the mos( prominent of - these was Thaw's valet. William Bed j , ford, who has been In nls service for ' six years and Is believed to be oon . versant with the events which are ;,. supposed to have been the Immediate ; Incentive to the crime. .;l WHITE'S REMARK ON MRS. THAW - It waa announced at the office ot the district attorney that Mr. Garvin, who Is preparing the case against V, Thaw, to-day discovered a witness v.. who alleged that he overheard White V. make derogatory remarks concerning Mrs. Thaw while In the Cafe Martin, a few hours before he was shot. Ac cording to the-witness, whose name j Is concealed tor the present, he heard - the remarks of Whiter who was seat ed two or three tables away, and evi dently was not whispering. , . At that time Mr. and Mrs. Thaw were in the cafe dining. It Is believed that this witness will not appear before the '."coroner, but that he will be reserved ;,for the trial , . i 'was examined by Mr. Garvin to-day, was Nellie Leahy, Mrs. Thaw's maid. The runerar of. Mr. White will take ; placer to-morrow from the1 late res! i denes at Bt. James, L. I. :.;,s; i ... $1,323,000 VOn JAJtfESTOwy , Houso ikl Senate Conferera on Bun dry Civil BUI Agree oh Approprla V ' tlon for Exhibition and No Further . ' , Obstacle Is Apparent. ' Washington,. June 27. Ths confer . ence agreement-on the Senate amend ' ment to the aufidry civil bill providing ;' for government participation In the , Jamestown Ter-centennlal, which was reported to-day, provides for an ap . proprlatlon of H.llS.OOOi The con ; -Varces' elmlnated 110(000 for the transportation of troops, the showing 'being made that the army approprla , tlon . bill carries 111,000,000 for this expense, the necessary amount' of which can be utilised In sending troops to the exposition. The orig- ii al amount of $171,000 for govern . ment buildings was reduced by f 28." t on. , v-. : i'.v BAILEY DEFENDS SENATE VXCOVEJW" HEARST LIBEL MILL "Treason of tilH -Senate" Series Of ; ' Articles in Cosmopolitan Mara line Slorts Iteply In the trrnate Vvam the Man Who Has Revised , Uie High PreMtlge of Soutltern KtatctunanHblp .. Attack Vjwn Himself. Utterly ' False and Tltat Upon the Late Ken- ator Gorman Vasd Upon a tWslty Loudly Applauded by - Senators - and llirong of Members of the Washington June 1 7. The first reply in the Senate to the series ot articles running through The Cosmo politan Marmslne . under the head. "Treason -ef the. Senate," was made to-day by Senator Bailey, of -Texas, who spoke . especially of the attack upon himself.. and generally ox -the stacks upon other Senators. ' - Beginning with the' sutement that he did not make It a practice to take notice of criticisms, he said that the fact that The Cosmopolitan la owned by a member of Congress takes this case . out of the general ' rule. He then spoke of the published matter as .'false and offensive," hutr said that he did not propose to consider it from a personal standpoint, "because It Is a kind which, If dealt with In that way, would require a different place." He then added,: . "Indeed, If I consid ered It purely and only -from a per sonal point of view, I should, not re gard it as worthy of any notice; xor nothing which this magaslne can say will Injure me with my constituents or In the 'estimation of those with whom I have served In either House of Congress. But," 'he went on, "I cannot - free myself - from the belief that I owe it to the- American people to show what manner of men these are who are striving to destroy popu lar faith In the Integrity ot all publlo servants. MEANT TO INFLAME PREJUDICE. He then 'said that he had been in formed that several months ago The Cosmopolitan had been sold to W. R. Hearst and that Immediately after wards. "The Treason of the Senate' articles had begun to appear. He then declared that instead of being written with care and with regard to truth, these articles "have been so manifestly designed to prejudice rath er tnan inrorm tne puDiic, tnat intel ligent men have laid them aside in absolute disgust Still, some people seemed to expect replies. Calling attention to the fact that the magazine articles are based upon the assumption- of a secret agreement between Republican and Democratic Senators for corrupt purposes, he quoted the chsrge that Senator Gor man had conspired with Senator Aid rich to shape the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill so as to cheat the public. saying that it was not true and that If the author of the article naa desir ed to learn the truth he could easily have done so. He then called atten tion to the fact that Instead of Gor man being chairman of the finance committee as was charged, he was not at that time even a member of it, and asked : "What must fair-minded men think of a writer who charges that a Sen ator abused a position in the. face of the official record, which shows that he did not occupy the position which he Is charged with, having abused!" HIS ACTS FOUND BLAMELESS. Mr. Bailey then discussed at length the charge ot the magaslne article that he had lent himself to a schema whereby the anti-trust law of Texas had been evaded by a foreign cor poratlon. Of this he said that It had been "thoroughly Investigated by the very Legislature which elected me to the Senate, and it waa shown to be -so entirely unjust snd absurd that the decent men among my most Impla cable enemies In Texas no longer dis cuss It." I A committee appointed - by the Texaa Legislature, he said, made a re port unanimous exonerating him and the State officers from 'every shadow of offense. He pointed out that as the case did not Involve his official conduct he would have been entirely justified In appearing as an atorney In the corporation case. HEARSTS BIG CAMrAlUN. Mr. Bailey said further: "1 have been five times elected to the House of- Representatives snd once to the Senate, and In all those elections I spent less money than- the man who owns this magaslne spent In on warn In his race for mayor of New York. His affidavits showed that, all told, his expenses Vers f (0,000, 40 times as much as I have spent In politics all . my life. Jet he talks about corruption and machines." The Texas Senstor also made refer-, ence to the magaslne charge that he bad been a party to an effort to cheat the Indians ot Indian Territory out of their coal lands which would have been successful but for the efforts of Senator La Foltette. . He then called upon Mr.' La Follette to say whether he (Mr. Bailey) had not co-operated with him in what he (Mr. La Fol lette) had done. ' The Wisconsin senator responded promptly, saying: CONFIRMED BY LA FOLLETTE. "I take great pleasure In saying that I conferred with the Senator from Texas before I offered anything bearing on the disposition of the coal lands of Indian Territory and that I received valuable advice as to what I proposed to do." v - - - --. i 1 He spoke or tne charge tnat na (Mr. Bailey) had been successful as a lawyer,' . is that a crime 7 ' asked tne sen ator,- and then announced hla inten tion to continue tne practice of his profession. "I despise these publlo men who think they have to remain poor. -1 Intend to make every dollar (honestly can so long as my practice doesn't Interfere with .my . publlo duty.""".- ' V Mr, Bailey spake in praise or the generality of newspapers and maga sines and compared The . Cosmopoli tan to the outcasts of society. "Such publications as this," ho said, "should be scourged from' the company , of well-behaved men snd women; , they should bs outlawed by the united con tempt of honest men." , . . . , EVENING JOURNAL'S SHARE. He then referred to another article which he' said had appeared In The New York Evening Journal, a paper bearing Mr. Hearst's name, the day after the article In The Cosmopolitan had made Its appearsnce. He then detailed the fact that the article In the newspaper' had advised Its read ers to buy the magaslne. "Hearst's magaslne prints slander," he said, and then Hesrst's newspaper advises Its readers to boy the- magaslne. Mr. Bailey bad a large end atten tive audience both In the galleries snd on the Senate floor, the latter element-, Including ,. many of' Mr." Hearst's collesgues In th House, When he had concluded he was loud ly applauded' snd warmly congratu lated by Senator and members of the House. , BtACKBUfiN ; THE NOMINEE NO OPPOSnTOX IN THE EIGHTH Rcpubl leans Hold Harmonious .Con , ventlon at . Wllkeilor President Itooeevrit's Administration Endors Y ed Congressman Hlaokburn' 1 "re sented by F. A. Llnney and Slakes ; '; a Thirty Minute Speech of. Accept : ance Instruc ted Delegates to the State Convention Now Said to be - About Three to One In Blackburn's Special to- The Observer.--'1"" "- ; , Wllkfesboro, June . 27, In strong contrast to the convention of . two years ago, the Republicans of the eighth congressional district held an entnusiastio snd harmonious conven tion here to-day and renominated E. Spencer Blackburn, to succeed himself in Congress. - One thing , was clearly demonstrated and that la that Black burn has by his courss In Congress al layed all opposition, and stands at the neaa or his party in. the eighth, witn out opposition. - . . , - The convention was called to order at 1:10 o'clock by Chairman . Charlie Cowlea, with Secretary John Crouch In his place. -Not a single contest was In evidence and the committee on credentials was dispensed with. A roll call of counties demonstrated that It waa an unanimous body. Many speeches were made, but Frank Lln ney. of Watauga, made what was per haps the strongest speech, nominating Mr. Blackburn. He dwelt' upon tne fact that the. present congressman saw the first light of day "tinder the crest of the Blue Ridge and al ways responded to his party's call. He was fully In line with a movement that was both pronounced and unanl mous. The nomination was made by acclamation anfl a committee was ap pointed to notiry the nominee. . ENDORSE ROOSEVELT. - While the committee was out ths following resolution was offered and adopted: "We endorse the patriotic and American administration of Presi dent Roosevelt and endorse fully his course In prosecuting the trusts of the country. His wise action in regard to the Panama canal and his efforts to give every American cltlsen a square deal. We also endorse the course ot Hon. E. Spencer Blackburn for his efforts In securing an appropriation for government buildings at Salisbury, LWIIkesboro, Mt. Airy and other places ral routes in what a few years ago was an Isolated district, and these things would not have been secured but for the perseverance of certain In dividuals. We believe that his re-elec tion Is important, both to district and State. We further endorse his canal dacy for the State chairmanship." Hollcltor M. N. Harshaw also maae a telling speech nominating Mr. Blackburn and la an erdent support er of the "drummer boy." BLACKBURN ACCEPTS. Mr. Blackburn - came Into the con vention and was presented by Frank A. Llnney, of Watauga... In a thirty minute speech hs accepted the nomi nation In a clean, clear-cut exposi tion of Republican principles. No reference whatever was made to his opponent and his speech waa well received. He assured the contention that at no time in the coming cam calm would he resort to other than clean language and decent methods. H. M. welbern, candidate ror tne nomination two years sgo and thla year, made a telling speech in favor of Blackburn and assured the conven tion that Ashe county would give him Its hearty supporti Mr. Chas. H. Cowlea was electee: chairman of the' executive committee to succeed himself and an aggressive campaign will be Inaugurated. Ashe, watauga and Allegheny in structed for Blsckburn for State chairman with an aggregate of thirty nine votes. As it now stands the in structed delegates to the State con vention are about three to one against Butler and Adams. A site for BUckbnrn. Special to The Observer. Wilkesboro. June 17. The Ashe county Republican convention In structed for Blackburn yesterdsy without a dissenting voice. HALIFAX DEMOCRATS MEET Full Ticket Nominated Hon Clande Kttchln Endorsed for Congress. Special to The Observer. Scotland Neck, June 27. Halifax county Democratic convention1 was held In Halifax yesterday. There was a full delegation from tne various townships and a full county and leg islative ticket was nominated as fol lows: For clerk of Superior Court S. M. Oary: for sheriff J. R. Patterson: for register of deeds, T. W. Peumer; for county treasurer, F. P. Shields; for coroner, Dr. Hoy t; for county commissioners, B. A. Pope, W. - XI. Harvey. N. L. 8tedman, C. T, Wil liams and O. P. Johnston; for Sena tor, W. E. Daniel; for the House, MaJ. J. B. Neat and N. P. Kltchln. Mr. k. Li. Travis was re-eiectea -cnair- man of the county Democratic exec utive committee. Delegates were ap pointed to the State, congressional and judicial convention. A resolution was adopted endorsing the course of Hon. Claude Kltchln, memner ot congress from this, the second district. All the county omcers were nomi nated as their own successors except the coroner, surveyor and . two com missioners. The contest lor treasurer waa sharp between F. P. Shields, the nominee and W. T. Clement, the vote being 52.21 for Shields against 41.11 for Clement.-. - ,,.. " - Representative Thomas Renominated. Raleigh, June 27 Congressman C R. Thomas, Democratic was renomi nated to-day for the third North Caro lina district for the fifth term. The district Is overwhelmingly Demorcatlc BssBSBsakftsssasBBBasasswsksBsssaBsssBaBSJBSB . WEDS "CLANSMAN" ACTRESS. Mr. F. O. Hamrtck, of Shelby, and Carrie Thompson Married In New York Bride Member of The Clansman" Company and the Groom the Author's Secretary ' Special to The Observer. . New York. June 17 Mr. F. d. Hamrlck, of Shelby, N. C. was mar ried ,in this city this afternoon to Mias Carrie Thompson, ft "former member of "The ' Clansman" Com pany, which has toured the North and South. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. Henry Marsh war ren, hotel chaplain, at 41 West Ninety fourth; street. The groom has been secretary to Rev, Thos. Dixon, au thor, of 'The Clsnsmsn," for several years and mat Miss Thompson while the company to produce tne pisy was being orgsnlsed. ' A romance then began, which culminated In the marriage here to-day. lis will man age next year ft company now being organised to present a dramatisation of "The One Woman," novel by Mr. Dixon. Mrs. Hamrtck will be member of this company, The bride la an unusually attractive young woman and Is very highly spoken of. The groom ' Is ' widely popular both la New Verb an4 North Care 1 is, , ; ( DEADLOCK ON MEAT BILL.. '' -V.'. - r ' ml- .--. a i- .- ' ' Mr.. ' Proctor ' Reports to Kensto- That House Conferees Will Consider Nothing but . Unconditional ttur. , render on .Question of Government Paying Inspection; CorS Matter Goes .Over. ;,. .:. ' ' Washington, -Juns 27. An abso lute deadlock -eo the meat inspection amendment to the agricultural ap propriation bill was reported by Senator Proctor to the tienate late to-day, after three sessions of - the conferees hsd ; been held. The Ver mont Senator said that the Hound conferees had i declined to consider any compromise on the subject of the payment of the cost Inspection by the packers, ;" v- - "The Senste ; conferees offered to compromise," he said, "upon a tax of five cents ft ; head on cattle and three cents on hogs, sheep and goats, to be collected and covered into the Treasury the same as any other revenue." He read the compromise proposition showing that the 23,0.00,- House would remain In this bill and the cost of Inspection would be paid therefrom. In reply to a. question from Senator Hale he slated that the tax would amount to about one-hair of the appropriation. The compromise proposition was met by the House with the argu ment that it would be unconstitu tional on ths ground thst Congrens has no authority to levy a direct tarn upon chattels. -; . Senator Proctor related tne par ticulars -of - the- provision regarding the -cost of inspection, and . added that the House conferees had abso lutely declined to sign the report un lees the House provision should be accepted letter for letter. He said the effect of the position taken bv the House would be to cause the failure of the legislation and the general arrest ot business. Mr. Proctor said that nothing had been ' said regarding the date on canned meats. ."We did not reach It," he said., "They Insisted on theij entire provision! there waa no chance for a compromise on anything." Mr. Hale then spoke of the gravity of the situation and advised that the Senate refrain from further comment that might excite- feeling. "My Im pression Is that ws will do well to leave It over night where It is ana that we should do nothing to In flame the situation. In the hope that better counsels wVI prevail to-juor-row." "I see nothing better to do," as serted Mr. Proctor; "the House con ferees refuse positively to join In any report." Mr. Hale then. In pursuance of his suggestion to let the matter tie over, moved an adjournment, but he sub sequently withdrew the motion in order to permit executive session. DIKE STABLES DESTROYED. Magnificent Brick and Stone Structure Owned by Tobacco Magnate, In cluding Horses, Carriages and Auto mobile, Goes Up in Msmes Fire men Make Gfillant Item-now. 8peclal to The Observer. New York, '.June 27. The costly stable fivetory brick', sad Lsjlone owned by James B. . Duke, the to bacco magnate, at 20 West Sixty- sixth street, was completely destroyed by fire to-day. , All, the contents of ths stable. Including four horses, six carriages, a 12 1,0 00 Mercedes auto mobile and valuable harness, were destroyed, making a total Iohs of be tween io.uuu ana iiuw.vuu. The Are was discovered bv an em ploye In Durland's Riding Academy, across the street. Two alarms were turned In. but by the time tho fire men arrived the flames had sained great headway. No attempt was made to save the horses, the firemen devoting their attention to three women. Mrs. A. Pmlth, Mrs. Mary Farrell, Miss Nellie Flynn ahd a nine-months-old baby of Mrs. Far rell. v The women occupied rooms on the fourth floor of the stables. The Are started on the floor below, thereby preventing their escape down tho stairs. The smoke filled the hulls and poured from the windows. Mrs. Smith ran te the front ef the apart ment ana was about to dron the baby to the street when Charles Netter. ft chauffeur for -Judn Warren, called up to her,' "Don't do mat: we can savs you ftll. Go ud to the sky light" Netter and Rufusi Johnson, a ne gro, reached the roof of the Htable through the flat house at No. S2 and broke in- the sky llht. Netter jumped down Into the smoke-niled room below, while Johnson remained en the roof. The chauffeur lifted the women up through the broken any ngnt as tne smoke swirled about them, and Johnson dragged - them out to safety. By the time Netter succeeded in getting out he was al most overcome. , . A series of long, drawnout walla then came from the top. floor. a laaaer was thrown un and mounted by ft fireman. While the crowd below held Its breath the fire man disappeared ' for ft moment In the smoke and flames.; When he re appealed he carried under one arm two diminutive French poodles, squealing like ft dosen babies. rRKACHEU-SAILOn DISCILXKOED Matthew FortSMW, Young South Car- oilman wno iMwened, Is Dlnlxtnor ably Discharged -Ways Me Will Pur sue Ministerial Studies. .,- Norfolk. Vs.. Jnna 11 Fortner, the , preacher-sailor from South Carolina, was dishonorably dis charged from the United State navy yesterday. rortner is the vtans min hn while telling of his ministerial call ing to ft recruiting officer, was ad vised to enlist in the navy to study the conditions which might aid him In his work When he entered th army of gospel workers. , rortner enlisted, but aava he did not find the navy suitable to ft young man of his morsls, and he deserted. He was arrestee in a dtvinitv eni. lege In South Carolina, where he was pursuing his studies for the ministry. Fortner stated thst he will return to South Carolina to pursue his studies tor yie ministry. , - ; , Cliester Newspaper Cltsngcs Hands. Special to Ths Observer. .' Chester. 8. C, June 27. The Ches ter Reporter, one of the oldest papers In .- South Carolina, ; hss chsnged hands. Mr. Jehn H. Buchanan, who for mors than to yesrs, hss ably eon ducted the destinies of the sheet, has pulled down his name from the mssthsad, and In the future the paper will be under the management of Messrs,' J. T. Perkins and W. J. Irwin. Mr, Buchanan will retain his work as correspondent for The State Snd will probably engage In other forms of .literary work, for which he Is so eminently fitted. Messrs. Perk Ins and Irwin ar both newspaper men ot considerable" experience, and they have both been Identified with local newspaper Interests, , , v '.. to; penalize; BAILEOADS SAFETY APPLIANCE LAW ALIVE Attorney General Moody Directs That Hulta Be Brought Against Large Number of Companies for Failure to Keep Equipment In Required Condition, Atlantic Coat Una Be- , lng Ureatest Culprit Wltti (Ml Alleg ed -Violations Ono of, tlie Coaet Line Cases In Eastern ' District of North Carolina Government Means Business. " Washington, 'June" 27;" "Attorney General Moody has directed that suits be brought against a large number of railroad companlea to recover penal ties for violation of the safety sp pllance law through failure to keep their equipment In proper condition. The largest number of violations at tributed to any road Is 62, agajnst the Atlantlo Coast Line Railroad Company. t--- - Among the roads made defendants. and the districts In which suits were brought, are the .following: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com psny, southern district of Georgia. Atlantic Coast Railroad, southern district of Florida. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com pany, eastern district of North Caro lina. Norfolk ft Western Railway Com pany, northern district of West Vlr gjnia. St. John's River Terminal Com pany, southern district of Florida. Seaboard Air Line Railway Com pany, southern district of Florida. A statement Issued by the Depart ment of Justice to-day says: "Attorney General Moody Is very much tni earnest In . the ' enforcement of these laws, which were enacted for the purpose of saving life and limb. In hla letter to the various United States attorneys under date of Dec, 10. 1904. he said: " The government is determined upon a strict enforcement of these statutes, which were enacted for the promotion of the safety of the travel ing public in general, as well ss for the protection of railway employes. Therefore, any case of violation which Is brought to your attention by the inter-State commerce commission or Its Inspectors, or by other parties, must be promptly and carefully In vestigated, and suit for the statutory penalty be Instituted and earnestly pressed If in your judgment the facts Justify that course. " 'You are Instructed accordingly; and you are expected to be vigilant and active In the matter.' " CATAWBA COUNTY CONVENTION, Three Ballots Required for IiCgbdatlve Nominee Ttiree-t'-orncred Fight for hheriff Won by Mr. D. U Hoyd An Interesting Address. Per sonal and News Notes. Special to The Observer. Newton, June 27. The Catawba county Democratic convention yester day equalled ft State convention in In terest. With only two candidates for the Legislature, three ballots were re quired to make a choice. This was on account of a resolution that 31 votes were necessary for a nomina tion, SO. 60 being half the number. This shows the evenness of the strength of M. H. Yount and J.' D. Elliott, the two candidates, when that small Intervening faction was so di vided as to prevent either from the prise until the third ballot, when Mr. Yount won. The three-cornered fight for Sheriff between D. M. Boyd. J..U. lng and J. H. Atken was a record-breaker in Catawba conventions for length and tactical manoeuverlng. They were almoat even In strength. First on led and then another. On the 26th ballot Boyd waa nominated by the small Margin of .6. C. M. McCorkle waa nominated on the first ballot for clerk of the Su perior Court; Jacob H. Betier for register of deeds; Enlor Yoder for surveyor; J. A. Rice for coroner; 1. Alex Yount, J. M. Shuford, Samuel Turner. L. M. Smith and Summey Wllfong for county commissioners. Resolutions were psssed Instructing for Simmons for United States Sen ator, Webb for Congress snd Jam Kelnhardt for State Senator. The convention was In session from lis. m. till 7 p. m. E. L. Shuford, of Hickory, wss elected chairman ot the county executive committee. The Catawba Democracy la more alive and In better shspe then It hss been In ten years. To-dsy ths Republicans hold tneir primaries and Saturday will have their county convention. Mr. D. W. Mclver, of Montgomery, Ala., gave ft very Interesting talk last night. In the Presbyterian church, on ths organisation of the young' people Into societies for the carrying on of church work In Its various branches. Mr. Mclver graduated at Davidson this year and Is assisting Dr. Phillips, who Is at tho head of the Board of Sunday schools In ths Presbyterian Church, South, In his work this sum mer. Mrs. R. W. Wilson left yssterday with her children to spend some time with relatives In Abingdon and Bris tol. Virginia. This Is Mrs. Wilson's first visit to her old home In a num ber ot years. Mrs. J. C Whltesldes, wife of Dr. Whltesldes Is desperately III at her home la Maiden, with but little hopes of her recovery. Mrs. Whltesldes Is ft most estlmabls Christ ian woman and ft large host of friends wait anxiously for some news of her Improvement. ' ' ' , . NO AGREEMENT ON RATE BILL. OH ripe lines Likely to he Exempted Before All Is Said ami Done lss ITovlslon to be Comparatively ' stringent. . Washington, June. JT.-Ths eonferenes on the railroad rate bill to-night result ad In no agreement on that measure, The dbtcuaslon made It clear that ths fsse provision, which Is to be perfected or the set Ion of the committee to-morrow morning, will follow closely the lines ot the origins! Senate amendment on that subject. It will name certain classes of persons Wlu may. receive pusses, Snd exclude All others. There Is slso ground for' the prediction that the pipe line amendment will be reported xsctly as It was In the last conference report; that la, the phrase "common curriers" will' give place to the word The effect 6f this will be to permit pipe lines to transport the product 'Own ed by the owners of ths pipe line. 1? ( Former Ashevllle Woman Suing for . :,. .- - Divorce. -,-:. ,-'yr.t- , Special' to The Observer-'. i' St. Louis, Mo., June1 27 Mary B. Snyder to-day filed suit for divorce from Andrew K. Hnlder, alleging In fledllty and that he has refused to live with her for several yesrs. Mrs. Snyder says they were married In Ashevllle, N. C, October 11, 1114, and paratt January It, ltot, . LAWYERS AT THE SEASIDE MR. CANSLER'8 SPEECH A GEM Charlotte Attorney, In Responding to the Addrewt of Welcome, Captures tho Crowd Annual Session of tlie StJte Bar Association Formally Opened Programme Cut Owing to Social Festivities President Msn- ly's Address ft Dignified, Carerully Prepared Effort, Delivered With line Effect. . Special to The Observer. Wrightsvllle ' I'.each.' June 27. Tho first session of the State Bar Asso ciation was held here In the ball room ot the Seashore Hotel to-night. It was rather late before the crowd assembled, many ot its components being bent on social pleasure, and a good deal of the programme had to be postponed. E. C. Smith, Esq., of Raleigh, chairman of the executive committee, called the meeting to order and in troduced O. O. Carr, Esq., of tho Wilmington bar, who delivered a brief and graceful address oi wel come. MR, CANSLER MAKES A fllT. " Mr. E. T. Canrler. of Charlotte, made a decided Mt by his response to the address of welcome. He tickled his crowd by some humor at his on expense for wearing ft drew suit, averring that he had borrowed It from the head waiter. Nobody else had glad rags except Col. V. A. McLean, of Lumberton, an-1 Judge W. S. O. B. Robinson la spite it his attire he atatod a tew mji.utfs later thst formalism In uiw snd life has been swept away.. To conceit upon which he played, to the great delight or his tjdience. was mat tne bar association was his client, and that his client was conducting a 'Summer Girl Fllrta'.'on" with Ihe sweet city of Wilmington on her seaside playground. He thought It hla duty to file exhibits to hw the character of his client, tlie first ex hibit being the young !twver. He characterised this fellow most heppily and concluded this nigh; by the as sertion that Judges Biggs and Robin- eon should understand his sayings. For st somo time tliey both must have been young." 'I can acquit Biggs," said Gov ernor Aycock to a friend, while thi laughter lasted. Exhibit B was tha lawyer-politician, who Is born with his eye on a scat In Congress. C was the greatest criminal lawyer In the State, of whom each county has one. The most notorious railroad attorney, known as the "paid attor ney" and defended as being "only a local attorney for the Atlantlo tt North Carolina Railway." - This reference was to Col. P. M. Pearsall and raised a roar of laughter. Gov ernor Aycock waa sitting on the foremost eelt. "Governor." cried Mr. Cansler. "I did not know you were going to De here to-night." Next exhibit waa the great cor poration lawyer, and then the antl podes of the two last named, to wit. the contingent fee, damage suit law yer. All along this route he said oceans of clever things, greeted by ready applause snd laughter and ap proving exclamations, ne grew seri ous at last in picturing thehonest lawytr, the ger. rat practitioner and the aged lawyer. Hla retreat from the stage was amid great osttnta tlon. THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. Chairman Smith designated Messrs. Aycock, Woodward and Pickens as a committee to conduct President Clement Manly Into the hall, which they did with due form. Mr. Msnly's address was, as It should hsve been. dignified, carefully prepared and de livered with fine effect. His subject was tne North Carolina lawyer, .the circumstances and environments from which his subject had been evolved; that Is. the homogeneous, sober-minded cltlsenshlp of the State, of which we draw our lawyers, the elemental principles draughted by Blackstone. admitted by all the Mates, except Connecticut and North Carolina, as sufficient learning upon which to grant a lawyer's license, the conservatism of the lawyers In their wisdom which keeps ths State In equlllbrum; theso things, snd more. ne nandied with the ability of an unremitting student of the law and a first-class speaker. Of such per suasion and Impression was It that great many members stood st ths windows snd doors outside snd at tended It throughout Secretary Biggs read an invitation from the Cape Fear Club to all members to enjoy Its privileges for ten dava. Col. Sol. Gallert submitted the report on new memnera, aecianng thst 10 hsd been approved, with others vet to come. - This report will be up against the association to-morrow. AST 1 M PU KTA NT REPORT. Mr. T. T. Hicks, of Henderson, msde a pass St a very Important re port He did not read It because It wss too late, but he ststed viva voce thst the thing provided thst the Legislature should appoint a com mittee of four, ons's term to expire each year and to be supplied by ap pointment of the president of the bsr association. Ills extempore report also provides for the exclusion of members. Messrs. A. A. Hicks, T. B. Womsck snd A. W. McLean were appointed a committee to solve this pusile. Chairman Smith announced that ths following Illustrious men had ac cepted Invitations to speak before the association: Hon. Hannls Tay lor. S. F. Mordecal and T. W. Blckett And tssis It was that ths first lesson closed.. -t J. C. M. .000 FIltE AT CARTAGE. Flames Destroy Livery Stables and Valuable Furniture Six Horses rcrlsh. . '.-r-v, v:.., Special to The Observer. ' '7" ' ' Csrtbsge, June 27 O.' C. 0 raves livery stable with Its contents and Dr. W. W. Fry's residence across the street from the stable were burned Un thlg morning at o'clock. . The fire had made such headway when discovered that It was Impossible to save any of the vehicles or feed which waa In the stable. , On the second floor of the stable Mr. Graves hsd about 21,000 worth ot new household furniture which he had just received for his elegsnt residence. All of this furniture and everything else sbout the stable burned. Seven fine horses wsrs victims of the flames. All of Dr. Fry's household fdrnlture was saved. The loss to Graves Is about 15,000, while Fry's loss Is about 11,000. It Is hard to determine ths origin Qt the fire. ','..;' Groom Kills DrMe at Wedding and ,-w,., Hulcidee. ... ' Comfort, Tex.,- June 17. In the presenee of the assembled wedding guests last night at the home of his Intended bride, Joseph Relnhardt. the man who waa to have been married to her, shot and instantly-killed Miss Ernestine Kutaer and than shot him self, with probably fatal result. Ths cause of the trsgody It. not known. - - ?r' . ' - , .-. PBESIDEXT'SWOBTHY DEED SOUTHERN MEMBERS REQUEST IT Chief Executive Accedes to pics' of Meurs. Webb and - Bell to Place Mrs. Ssllle Gresham Jones In tlo Claeslflcd Service State - Cliairman Adams Caller at the . White House Hie Friends Upset Over Action of Gaston and . Adjolntii-x Counties, but Feel Hopeful Over the Eastern Situation Attorney General Moody Directs Suits -. Against . Various IUIItosmI ' Com panion, . , , , V, ! ,,V.',. ' . BY W, A. UrLDEBIlAXD. . ' Observer Bureao. J417 O Street N. W ..Washington, June 27.. Representatives Webb, f ot s.Xfcrth Carolina, and Bell,; of Georgia, were among the callers at the White House this morning. These gentlemen went to the White' House to talk about Federal offices but their mission wse of a more lofty nature than. tb President usually hears sbout . when his visitors talk about offices. - Mrs. Sullle Greiham Jones, who hail' nu merous relatives In North Carolina, has a portion In the land . office, where there Is little or no chance ot promotion and the pay Is small. The Southern Congressmen suggested t the President thst he would be doing a good deed It he- would make an order transferring Mrs. Jones to the classified service and enable her -te obtain a better salary, Mrs. Jonee la the widow of the grandson of Presi dent Tyler. Her huuband was th only male child ever born In the White House. President Roosevelt said he would make the order with, pleasure. CHAIRMAN ADAMS CALLS. , Republican Stats Chairman) Adams wss at the White House to day and visited soms of the Depart ments. With Mr. Adams was W. 8. Pearson, of Morganton. When asked how his candidacy for ths chairman shlo was progressing Mr. Adams) said ha waa getting along very well. Mr. Adams and his friends are upset over the action of Oaston county and the reports that other counties in that section are showing, ft dis position to endorse Blsckburn. How ever, they are expecting big support from the far eastern counties, where Mr. Butler and Collector Duncan di rect the movements of Federal office holders, or most of them. Singly these counties do not amount to much, many of them easting only two or three votes In ths State con vention, but ths total of these eastern votes amounts to a good deal. kui set dl- RAILROADS TO BB SUED. Attorney General Moody reeled that suits be brought against a large number of railroad com panies to recovsr penalties for viola tion of the sarety appliance law through fajlure to keep their equip ment in proper condition. The largest -number of violations c at tributed to any railroad Is fifty-two against the Atlantic Coast Line Rail way. - . ... . . Both ths appointees named by Mr.' Webb for eadetshipe at Annapolis. A. Herron Sloan, of Mecklenburg county, and J. L. Kerly. of Burke, have stood successful examinations. ANOTHER C1IARLOTTE CONCERN . National Investment and Inaarsftce ' Clearance Company, With Capital of 160,000 Two Experts Selected for women's Institutes Returns From Corporations News Notes of the State Csnital. Obsrver Bureau. , 122 South Dawson Street . Raleigh. June 27. Mention has been made of the fact . that this yesr the agricultural de- -partment will, for the first time, have Institutes for women. The two ladles who are toronduct these are Miss Card, of Oueiph, Canada, and Mlas ' Viola Boddle, of Ashevllle, who is i now a teacher in the State Normal A Industrial School for Women at ' Greensboro. Both of these are said to be very competent State Horticulturist , Harold Hume left to-day for New Tork and Canada. It Is not yet known whether McDon- ' aid College, Canada, which has se cured his services as horticulturist will relesse him, so thst he can re main In North Carolina, A charter Is granted the National Investment snd Insurance Clearance Company, of Charlotte, capital stock 140.000, T. C. Guthrls and ethers ' stockholders, to do business ss Insur ance sgents, etc. Another charter Is granted the Farmers' Hardware Com pany, of Albemarle, Stanly county, csplUl stock 111,000. ' The society event here this mom- lng was the wedding of Mr. Rufus Y, McAden and Miss Mary Lacy, dsugh- ' ter of the State Treasurer. All of the State officials attended. The cere mony took place at the Presbyterian church. State Auditor Dixon says that re ports from corporations are ' new pouring Into his office. ' The " Bute now derives ft very considerable rev-. enue from corporations, some coming in irom tne lees ror charters, the li cense fees, the general taxes and also ths taxes on what are known as the excess value, the latter amounting to a good many millions of dollars. Ths, agricultural department Is sending out experts to several points In the Stats to collect exhibits which go to New England. Mr. H. F. Ad- dtckes goes to Blowing Rock to make collections in that part of, the But. Inquiries are mads as to the condi tion of Supreme Court Marshsl Rob ert H. Bradley, who has been 111 since April. Hs is able to sit up some each day, but his , Improvement Is quite slow. Rev. Sylvester J. Betts, who got up ths list of petitions for an election on prohibition or dispensary, says he ee clearly It Is too late thla year to d snythlng except to get the scope or ths Watts law' construed . by thn courts. He will then endeavor to t the Legislature to amend the law an election can be held early next year, . : ; Moore County Democrats Mvt. Special to The ' Obssrver.' 1 Carthage. Juns 27. The Demo cratic county convention met hr to-day.. About 60 of the repreaent i tlva men of the party were rr"'" ' Mr. E. 3. Harrington, of I .1. - township, presided over the cnve -tlon. All Democrats of good lng In the county were eleri.-1 . gates to the various cinr. r Senator wmmons was m the United States fcnt t . htmselfi Hon. Robert N. I'a dorsed to succeed hlmn-'f 1 1 from this district snd 1 1. McNeill to suope,i him, ir I, i tlon commllon'r. I'lisiiri , rlnston was called on f r and he entertain-,! tii short charactcrUUi) c :r '..r :.;r.:'
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