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4' v' s. . I. ' - GUEsciiiPTin:; ruion ioo.per yeak. CII AIZLOTTE, N. .,0., WEDKi:ST)AY'; MORNING, NOVE MBER ffiOOfigft pjv'pvPKICi: riVITCIIiri..!. CAVED by -yoMAys riyc tn:rus viskltiijiocgii peru I ed to tho Whe-1 for Days and tits, WL'tmut IWhI, A.ii. Erank T ;,; Ml. Us jsravwy - U lie lot liir i! in '-.i in! and ' I-1 ior ii Ic to Kern hail oil Munil 1 1 io Craft for JJcvi-n ly the 'ie.npest , iiu tci LHtle , rVhouncr'aixl Drain M taxed Her Crew In tlio raw. But hupi-rliuman Efforts .and a Woman' , lU-roUm i k-aved the Day. . r -" Maehla,'Me., Nor. 87. -Lashed to the wheel of the schooner; Qqtd Hunter, tho captain's ' , Wife,. Mrs. Frank McGuire, steered - the 'little vessel during terrific gale, while her husband and the only other man : .aboard worked for hours 1 to set- sail on the almost dismasted craft. The vessel showed plainly the marks of the storm on her arrival here, XI days .overdue, Her deck Was swept clean' and her sails were' in ..tatters, but the' hull ' withstood, the : terrific - tooundlns- it Jiad received; j ',.'. ; . The Gold- Hunter lea v Portland Mo. '10 with .' a , general cargo ' for this port- Nov .'f 11. the Gold Hunter made good progress until s sudden ; s;ust ..ol, 'Wind iroltt .the mainsail of the vessel, and carried away the Jibs. Wthout her headsalls tho - little fcchooner . . became .-, unmanageaDie. The eea.' made tip . rapidly and ; the . vessel ' was continually smothered . tn the wash' of tho combers.. i ' ? '.'' :-.'. 8TUC KTO HER POST.i t ; -V- ;WHb treat- patleneo, and eonsum ' rneto seamanship tho two men labor , vd " f or hours to ;bend ' a; foresail so s to brlnf the vessel tap to tho wind, vhlls Mrs. - Quire. lashed to 'the avbeeJf' aided as well as, sho coutd by - wbar. steennr was possio.v W ' '. ' noajly tho j foresail was'- rlgyed, ';' iooblo-reefed, and while the two men , hinf exhausted to the mast, Mrs. MoGulro broucht tho- vessel - around head, op to the wind and held her there tor 4 hoars. Berore tbe rury '. of tho xale the vessel drifted out ; to - 'sea for rt nriles' off- Mount Desert . .- rode '. ib u this time it. was. Jm pos sible to cook food or- even to heat : ooffeo. . Kept op only ty exeitoment '. an ' plock Mrs. McGulro ' clunr to " Jir poet-through the helrHt of the ' rale, while Capt. , McOurre an his . , man styttoa to : tneir Mttio storm sell, which oontlnaaUy r broke from - its - Insecure t astemncs. It was - a ... man's york at tho wheels, with the : helnr "kJckins' stronrly to the wild ' plunges ofltboshiip but ' tho endur . t since ot the ruvred nortn-woma was equal to tne test. .-, , . temporary . sails and ' Mrs.- Mc0u,r Wae relieved from her post. .Under - suoa ocanty canvass as xould. be set ' It wss'hard and slow work brinslnc , the Gold liuntef into port, where she had about been given, bp aa iost, ; WOST STjLT -PROSECXTIOX. ,K Jfot Bdlovrd That Deatlk of VCni d- gar K. Kra V ill Prerens Prbaeca r tJosi of Alleged Bank Wreckers, . Special to Thobasrver. . - .;':,'.,',:'-'k.' v JLshovil!e,'Kov. IT the report sent ' ant from Greensboro reoontly that tho death of -Mra; Edgar WlLsoo Nye, : eridow of the, We humorist. '"BUI" ' jyya. Would abau the proseoution1 of " Uie aoonsed rirt National Bank of tAHhev1U offlclalo, was hardly Ibund od aa act. aocordlos to tho s tat em ant ef an AsheviUo gentleman who has - since the , fallora ot tha bank been Identified with tho prosecution of ho accused bank ofQctals and who is ro , carded as :, aa authority - on matters pertaining, to tho defunct t AehevlHe institution, t. This AahevUlo gentleman ' was asked- this week" If tho recent death of Mrs. Nyo, a wltaeos for tho , prosecntio n. would have tha effect of - abating- thf cases- involving tha bank V oRictals, Messrs. Breeso Pen land and ; pickarson, and reply said that Mrs, Nye's death would not la tha toast af ' feet the prosecution. Continuing, ho ' said? "Wlilie Mm Nyo was a witness for tho prosecution at. tha last trial '. whoa Major Breeso was : oonrlcted. hsrv testimony . was ' however, not v essential to . the eonvlcUon of tho ac cosed. . ' It most, be remembered that -Mrs. - Nyo Ton1y testified : at the last trial ; that of the three rrevtous trla's of Major breeso, Mrs. vN was not called and furthermore . that Major Breeso was convicted the . , first time that ho was placed on trial." V Ic is still contended that tho. cases aftsirrt the accusea Ashevllle bank oftdals will bo called at CharlotU v h-o Urn rosxt year, probably at a ' special term of. United Btatea court , '" The officials. It Is further contended, ' win be called to trial under tho origin ; 1 hill of Indictment found at Greena- - Wo shortly alUr. the failure of tho : First National Bank In -July. - HIT. and-which. It Is said, was legally so- ' rREsn)ENT wants evxdexce., r- p.lrf Fxecutlvo nolds Thai Ho Has v , tlio lowcr to Hoinstato Ulwhargrd . Nrgro etfldlers. But Ha Mont Bo ; ,. r.hod FUfts That Jastlfy Kcln-SIAU-uient, ' -j.-y.-; ;, '.: Washington. Nov. JTl -President ' hoosevelt holds that he has tho pow " er to rornsUte In the 'army any of tho members of the three companies ' of tho Twenty-rffth Beglment ot cof '. ored - Infantry woh were discharged v - without honor as a r-enult of tho trou le at Brownsville, Tex ;, some time sgo, If tho clrcumetances of any In titvidual case Justify such acUoo. ' Whether he will avail himself of that " power according-to the - President, "' will depend on such evidence ' that nMutn'nA In htm In Ihtt raw H nf any one or more soldiers which ram ir participation tn the Inci dent. This is 1n conformsnce'wlth tho : announcement ho made while nwsy to Bm-reUry Tart when the lat ' ter had tHegraphef tho President Stating that application had been - rnade by a number of persons for- a rehearing. . The rreldnt wants ev- ' dencef not deductions, as he told y somo of hlf callers to-iay; of non partlclpMlon before anything may be done. Thoae who talked with the ' Prefildrnt to-day on the aubJK-t found Mm unyielding, in his original stand In the matter with the exception that fa Individual caws where the farts warranted It he said the man might ' te relnfttfd. fs ' gome atatcmont Is expected from :,1ho White li'i li a trw days de flntnc the l'reni Jfi,t' attitude and clearly outlining rfnoos for or rtnr th ili.mlinrrn of Ihn three nmpanloa of mnr- Ji ii awHltlntr, cnriain nun urnriMK on nm winjnci , and some coninmiili ulinii from pcr- SUGAR TUUST llXED $18.000., . '. ., ... : - .- . JuUe Holt I'lnda tho Tootlisomo f -topan Guilty ot AocepttoK . He , luti--OUfT VenUlng iuhutelu , dlcuuenu to Tried Shortly. . , New York. Nov 7-A' fine of fH, oiJO was Imposed upon tho, American Sugar i Refining ' Companv by , Judge Holt in tho United States Circuit . Court : to-day ' for accepting rebates from, tho New, To rk Central Railroad Company. The railroad was onlv al lowed 0 days to prepare an appeal of L mo -i iuiw. - i no . reoatea . amountea to 2,O0O.V Prior to imposition of the of the sentence N. K. Mcllvaine.the defendant's counsee, made a lengthy argument In support of his motion for an arrest of Judgment. He contended that fhe contract made with the New If ork Central - by' Lowell M. Palmer through .' which the rebates were araultil, . not bo held to be binding criminally vpou the defendant. . . ,s J ud Kb Holt in the course of tho dls cuisl-Mi bkaied that In-hW opinion Mr. Palmar could, under the inter State commorce act,' as au"rded by tho Elklns .act. have be a Indicted, tried and convicted for soliciting- the rebates. Under , tho former enactment he would, upon conviction, have been imprisoned, said -Judxe v Holt, -.While under tho Elklns , law a fine ' , only ho imposed.! ' i v '-- ' -: ' . Air. Mcllvatno- insisted that It .was no crime for tho shipper. to solicit the rebates at the time Mr. Palmer mads tho contract. , Judre Holt reit erated 'hat h was satisfied that K was a crime to . solicit- even at that time and 1ho crime u not complied until the relates weio actually paia. hbus bringing tho jient offenses cUar:v w;l.ln to F'Wns law, ? : ' It la understood that United States Attorney etlmaon will move for trial soma of tho other pending rebate in dictment. Indictments . are still ponding against - the Western Transit Company, tho , Northern Steamship Company and tho Delaware, Lacks wanna 4s Western Railway Company, In addition to Indictments against tho Now Tork. Centra tto . American Su gar Refining ' Company of Now Jer acy.'ii Indictments are also ponding against C Goodloo Edgar and Edwin Earle, wholesale sugar doalera..lt u also said that tha redoral grand Jury will shortly rosuma tho rebating ln oulry and. that tho carrying of xom modiUea other than sugar to to ho in cluded in the investigation. ;t ,r;.; PnTSBURG'S ? NEWEST BCAKDfVL. i t a A i -wojosae'"" . - " " ' ' ' A City 7 Councilman Locked Up o a Cbargo lot wiwr-wwwTO to Uava Others Cades' SarnsOtonosv 7 ; Pittsburg; Pa,' Nov. J7A-Clty Coun. cllmn "WV A, Martin, charged -with briber In oonnacUon with tho -alleged Tuha ,.Clty Railroad ' franchlsa, scan dal, waa arrested' at his homo to-day and Is now locked up at Central police Station.- together with C & Cameron, president - of tha Tuba City Railroad Company. Superintendent of Police McQualdo who made the Information against Martin 'and Cameron, aajd the hearings in tha cgso would probably be held on Saturdar-; ,Bir -was fixed at $10,000 In. each case, -and, upon being fdralahsd, both men. were released.- r A ' number' of wmembers Of " both branches of councils are reported to he under surveillance by,", detecttvos and any attempt to Iave- the 1 dty will,' It to said, U followed by im mediate arrest. k- It was alleges to-day that $40,000. of the $70,000 which went astrar'aad caused ail the trouble,- ws to have been distributed among: . lc v. -ncil-men o',."' "'iV "3 Mlt MADDEN STAKP8 TATi At a Hearing Before th CongrMonT , el Postal Comaalttee He Stands Out for Increase of Rates on Second . Class Matter. '" ' , r.- Wtahttirtan- Nov . J7i The contTes-e Sional postal commission wosy n nnai II ) Tenbrock.. of the Moreen tile Adjuster, of, ai tuls Wllmer Atkinson, of The-Foreign-Journal of Pnlladelphla? ex-Mayor Neff, of Kan sas City, J. a: Boycs,' ot Chicago, and Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden.- ..'...v -s ' Mr. Madden did aot recede from his position In 'favor ot an increase or me rates on secona-ciass nunw, " tler He contended tharall p Should be required to pay the same rates and said tuat na wouta put an on a purely physical basis. He sug gesteA four cento a pound as the prop er compensation for carrying; the pe rtodical mail.-. ' - ' Mr. Atkinson made an attacV upon the practice of -the Postofflce Depart ment in permitting the comlo supple ments of the. Sunday papers to go through at the second-class rate.., , r S 8WEXL CAPTTAI VEDDDfO. r i- s ; s'vi ; -eweaweleMejs " ; 4 "' IflM Alloa Xauichorne, Cousin Of Mrs". Charles Dana Gibson, Beoomca the -- Rrido of Blanley Wasbbarnv v Washlnrton. . NnvA .:, 17. At 8t.4 John's church to-day Miss Alios Tjanshorne waa married t to - Stanley Washburn, or , Minneapolis, so .ow . I A . A r- . . 1X7 1 i tonnir uniwu omm ouwr w. u. Washburn. Mrs1. 'Powell Clayton, Jr., the bride's sister, was matron of honor and W-D.-. Wash burn, Jr.,'. of Minneapolis, .acted, as his . brother's beet man. Former Senator and Mra Washburn were . among ; fhe out-of-town . guests. ' . -A-, -v..'"'. ' - ':? " ' ; The bride to a cousin of Mrs. Chas. Dana - Gibson, 1 and is a member of the langhorne family of Virginia.- . Mr. and ' Mra Washburn .' will re side in Minneapolis. , - : ': .-' 't. "-, Clirlstian Kndcavor Day, Oct. 17. ;. Norfolk, Nov. .17. Christian En deavor day will be f.bifrved, at the Jamestown " exposition October i IS. 1107. J This date was set aside to-day by the department of congresses and special events at ho request' of tho Vlrainia' Christian Endeavor-. Union. which will hold Its annual gathering' at the same time the national body Is here - c.'v : " ' r- :i ;V. French llert Sails for Tangier. - 1 .Toulon, NoV. ' au.The French nquatlron, commanded by Admiral Touchard -left here at half-past 1 o'clock this morning for Tangier, Mo rocco, wron the receipt of Instructions frqm the mJniHtry of marine. The fleet Is composed Of the bsttleshlpa Burrereri 8t lufv and Charlomagne. ad is accompanied '. by1,, the transport Lantve. ; ' ''J ... 1 1 , Negro Kills' A noticr in t inrtiuburf . Special to Tho Obscn'er. Kpartanbur. a C, -J-'ov. 27. At the home of s nwirrex, Mary Adams, on Bouth Liberty street here to-rHtbt, Jack Iiarker vm stabbed to diath by Jesse Wliltmtre. Doth eng",;ed In a fiKnt ovvr sdine trivial nuittor., Harker's Jnarulnr vein w e-vorcl, floiiih eniHiima- within a fevtf HilnuH-s. Whltinlre ! not been caught. The dead man and Ms slayer are colored. THE EYIDENCEJJOW ALL IN TWO JLAWYER8 ADDRESS JURY Tcstlinony Comes to a Cloon la Hed rlck Cmho After lur and a Half " lajs of Surprlwa A Hard Jot) for tho Jury J Irs.-' lledrldk Will ' Probably bo IntlicUNl at Anotlirr rnt of -Court for t'-oniipiMcy With ) Whltako AgaliiHt ll.-r , HuMbond's liiftw.'Squim Rav Bolioves ; Willi. !', kr's Mind Was All Right Opinion r-Jot Allowed, i ; ,.- J vV.;.-..- 9pecjal to The Observer, -v.V, - fcallsbury.. Nov. J7l--th4 - teatlmortv pn the liedrlck caae came to a close io-aay .near noon arter tour and a half days. In which tt In hardly pos sible .that' any greater shift of popu lar opinion-could have been made. it nas been a rare, study, and that 'It will - be .a - complication to 'the ''Jury is freelyand- safely 'wagered . because of the conflicting views of ; witnesses and counsel. .,.;-:' . -- Vr Mn unusual array : of Intelligent testifiers and It appears triers have held ' the case -In "hand1 Opiy-one man's character has been' assailed and It has been possible to prove all witnesses good men by each charao-' ter witness introduced.. When the state offered , a voucher f or-a ' Wit nesse's reputation.- the defense "on cross-examination almost Invariably extracted the confession that. the op posing witnesses are just as good and the reverse was true, - That Is why it is believed the-Jury will have diffi culty tn arriving at a verdict: In time to eat Thanksgiving turkey..' - '. 1 V - OBDER t OP SPEAKING. '.V-. The lawyers sre putting the finish ing, touches to the case now. When Solicitor .Hammer announced the con elusion ot his case and : Lawyer Clement 'beckoned to his brothers for a confab, of a moment. Interest In what, would be done was . apparent.; Then - It developed '; that'-: Attorney Price would open for the prosecution, Frank Hudson, Whitehead Kluttx. I U. Clement . and Senator Overman would follow m rapid succession for the defense ; and, Hammer for the State would close. ' The adjournment for dinner -was asked and at S this afternoon tbe arguments began. When the State rested Friday after, noon the defense had pot announced its plea, All positive testimony went in support of the State's contention, murder, and there did not appear to be another element in It. jr. Mra Hed rlck did., the work . the , minute she took the stand and when she refused to - answer Attorney Price's question- whether she had entered a conspiracy against her husband or not. the si lence waa significant.' Solicitor Ham mer was on the., point of ordering a warrant ' for; her, charging . her with that crime, hut the grand Jury had been discharged and It to more than likely that . she will he -indicted at another term, of court i . This day has been a oulet one and the testimony has been for- rebuttal or corroboration. The State Is at tempting to prove that Whltakers pistol was n a state of disuse, by the mildew- in- the chambers and in ttrs barrel While there baa. been no dr nial of Whrtaker being armed,- It to contended that be made aa effort .to use, his weapon and that to the way the evidence died out to-day. ; -The 8tate reopened lta ease U10, the first being a , returned subpoena' served upon - Dr. P. I Murphy,; of tfbrganton. State aupertnteadsnt " pf the Insane -Asylum. .;- w-r i ;jSQUZRB .JUT : PUT ON STAND. ? TThe ' defense - objected, the - State merely .. contending that It i wanted to show the serving of 'the 'paper. Dr. Murphy Is la Baltimore. J There was short consultation here between -Mr. Whltaker and his counsel and. W. I Ray, Esq., of Spencer, offered some rebuttal evidence. He was asksd If he saw Hedrlck that day and replied that he did seeV Hedrlck and. Tom Rose man talking and the defendant ! motioned to him to come there. They talked and the defendant said be was willing to surrender to any offlesn and had hla nlatol In; his-, hand.i Mr. Roseman V aaidv It was the best thing he could "uo. Mr. Hedrlck was talk Ins? cooilr ait appeared, remarkably So under the elrcumstanceat-He aald he regretted having to 'do - what he did, but Wblttker had come into -his home and destroyed it .- He said he wanted to go -home, change clothes and see -his children. ' - ; - ' i i Aakad about Hedrlck's ratlonalltv. 'Squire Ray said ne-appearea io e of good mind, but no opinion was al lowed, ,aa be had not quajinea as an expert' v r i HEDRlCk MENTALLT NORMAIi." G. W. Connell, a Mbrchant of Spen cer, waa Introduced to prove the conrf fliUon of Mr. Hedrlck's,' mind, based upon his actions. , He said he . had observed .the defendant a ; few days before the homicide and that he ap peared to be Jolly and. In. good fiu mor and as usual. His -opinion was that the man's mind was alt right " A. v W. Hicks, cashier of the Wachovia Loan Js Trust Company, ot Spencer, . said " he . saw defendant and wife walking ' by the - bank rather slowly two,., .minutes; .before . the tras-edv: that was all. - - ' Dallas Scogglna was tendered by the States Solicitor Hammer said: "Gentlemen I tender Mr. Soorgtna" This was a portion of the. warm epi sode yesterday , Mr. Clement arose, walked up to Mr. - Soogglns -and bowing,, smiling and scraping, said: t'Mr. Scogglns. with my compliments, you may retire." He did; ; ' ' Sheriff Brandon was . examined on WhiUker's pistol. , He sat on r the coroner's Jury and,'' looking at ths pistol, saw three - loaded shells, one discharged, and one empty, barrel. Defense rode: blm with spurs, but he stuck out" for his original story.-; ; W. D. : Pethel, of . Bpeneer, . .cor roborated Witness Brandon. - " VCapt. -V. . Camden, general yard master, of Ashevllle,'. was Introduced to show the duties of. freight con ductors, but .there wss such general objection to his testimony that it .did not amount to much, ? - At 11:40 Solicitor Hammer said: "That's the case for the , Ktate,M and the stefense retired for. a few ' mo ments' - consulutlon.- On returning, AttornOy : Clement, ' addressing the court, said the defense had concluded IIS case, uvrnug khii i'tii iii- stractlons, - and - moved Sor a Teeess until 2 this afternoon. All wltneses have been dlm-bsnred and St 2 o'clock A IL Prlc opened for the tit ate. MB, PRICE OPENS FOR STATE. JudKe. Ferguson-snnonnced as the prosecution opened that the speak er would -not' be limited, and Mr. Price opened With Webster's first paragraph llf tils great reply to Hayno ' In the - United Htates Monate. He said In view hf the shifting na. turit of the defonse he thought the worl especially . applicable. ' lie first epotheoMlzed the law, say. Inn the universe Is g-overned by It, ail thlnrs animate and Inanimate sre ruled j-onscloiinly or unconHr.loiinIy by It. Traclnsr the evidence to the In troductinn ,of Mrs. Hedrlck, ho said ut to tl.i ''-: t he had wondered what couli te sl U and When Mra UEE11KG AT iLMHjGIOM WATERWAY . UlUkirRS ZEALOUS ; i" Imoortant . :'. JI--:!i? . of '; ' Xational . Waterway Aiwm intlon Held in V 'iminsrton Uy -Doaon Sea -. aiiil I ni 1 Fort.i iu-rrtrnteriAd-': lrriMt's y tXni;reHsuaa Hinail, and ' TbH)ins lajor IIhIt), J. A. Taylor, V. H. 1- orent, W. I. Morgan, H. K. Jaw-kmn, Col. P. Mo vail and Others '. - will . 'll . f ort , , Caswell In j a - Body New ' OUicer. are Elected 'i at' the Afternoon bcsaloa. g. . .. Speclat to The Observer , A - V Wilmington,' Nov., 27.-A. dtaen principal sea and "Inland ports tn States, on the South Atlantic v sea board . were, represented . la. the sec ond annual meeting of ths National Waterway Association . here to-day. James H.,Chadbourn. of Wilmington, presided. - The ; principal addresses were made by Congreeamen John H. Small and Charles R. Thftmas, Of North Carolina; 'Major- US, J. Hale, of Fayettevllle, . representing .... the Na-, tlonal' Rivers hnd Harbors Congress; J. A. Taylor, president of the Wil mington chamber of commerce; C H, Forest, of Baltimore,' W. D. Morgan, of South Carolina; tit. R. Jackson, 4 of Charleston, S. C.i CM. P. Stovail, of Savannah, Ga., "ana. ouiera oeie gates to the association have accept ed an invitation - to visit Fort Caswell, at the mouth of the Cape Fear river, with the local chamben of commerce, to-morrow The delegates were very enthusiastic and the meeting is giv ing great Impetus to the movement for the improvement ot national wa terways, primary with , the accepted project, of a twelve-foot protected route from Norfolk Va., to Beaufort, N. C avoiding the dangers of Caps HatteraaVH ,w. . - v t'At the afternoon -session the con vention board addresses.-from J. D. Fox,' of 'Arkansas; Major B. W. Van C. Lucas, ef Wilmington; W. L. Ca hoon, of Elisabeth City;- Senator F. M. Simmons, of s'orth Carolina; E. B. Taylor, of Columbia,- 8. C and oth ers, ' Hon John H. Small, of the First North Carolina district; was recom mended for-appointment' to the ex- rlstlng vacancy - on the- House rivers and harbors committees ine worn of. the National Rivera and Harbors Congress was', endorsed .and, 12 dele gates at large appointed to the an nual meeting In Washington, D. C, December and -7. - The following officers were ejected: K. H. Estill, 'of Savannah, president; vice presidents P. Stovail, - of Savan nah; W. D. - Morgan, of Georgetown, 8. C: Captain' James McCarrlck, of Norfolk; J. A. Taylor, of Wilmington; E. J. Hale, of Fayettevtlls; Secretary, C. H. Forest, of Baltimors; Treasurer, B. B. Clark, of Columbia, S. C Ex eoutfve oommltteei K. B. Taylor, -of Columbia, S. C.V James H. Chadr bourne,-of Wilmington, and John H. Small, of Washington, N. C. The as sociation aooepted . an invitation to meet next year at' Norfolk, Va.'ss a guest of ths board of -trade of that Clty.e' -'. -y v... - -i- - - The sessions ' of vthe association were marked-fey great earnestness on the part of every delegate, t On mo-Uon-ef Major. Jfale,, of FayettevlUo, the work of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress waa endorsed - aad It delegates at large were named to the annual meeting In Washington tn December ss follows: "' J. H. Estill, Savannah, Ga.; H..Kamlnjkl, George town. S. C.; Jas.,8. Murdoch, Charles ton; "Cot C P. Goodyear, Brunswick; J. D, McNeill, Fayettevllle; Capt Jas. McCarry, Norfolk; Dr. I B. Blades. EUsabetir Cltv: J. - J. Wolfenden. Newbern; G T. Leach. tWashlngton; C H. Forrest Baltimore; Jaa Uprunt and B. ,W. Mallory, of ' Wilmington. C. E. Albernetny, Esq spoke witn great Interest of the extensive (m ororements at - Beaufort and the great development" that is promised by the ' greet Norfolk r! A Southern railway system with 'Beaufort as the terminaL ' ,-.-.' j ,. . Senator -Simmons eras heard 'With much enthusiasm on the national. as pect of the livers and harbors . im orovement 'Pledging' bts earnest and continued" support to the Inland war terway already accepted, by Congress, the cost of which to unofficially but reliably' known to be estimator ' at three and a half mil Hon dollara. The delegates v to night are being entertained on 1 a trolleyperty and at- an -oyster roast ,-at wrightsvllle sound.'. Tomorrow, a .number of the visitors will, be guests of the cham ber of oommerce for , a trip to Fort I',' I ' - - '." -" , .;. Florida Peonage Cases Resumed. -Pensaoola, Fla,: Nov.-17 The tri al of the alleged peonage cases was resumed la the United - States Court here to-day,, and the case- charging conspiracy to commit peonage against Managsr W.iS. Harlan,' vt the JacV son Lumber .Company, C W. Lamata, Robert Gallagher, Oscar Sanders, B. Newlander, Archie Bellnger, Harry Halverssn and ! W. E. Grace was called. Harlan has already been con victed On a eharge of peonage. Tak ing of testimony jwlili begin . tomorrow.'".- y iivf. f:t'm.' Hediiok - rendered her evidence, he could see nothing less, than murder In ths second degree, even '.though the deceased did draw a gun, a state ment . which was , denied by every ether witness..-; "Whsn they turned her over to me for orose-exsmlnaUon," he said, "they expected me "to make a violent as sault upon her character. I knew no reason for tpis and s also knew that this would be left for them to do and they have made her a co-conspirator with this poor dead boy. They saw self-defense wouldn't work and they tried conspiracy." He ridiculed the defenses and gfve the evidence from the beginning.. " Mr. Price Inteoncluslon said:. "I have now traced the 'evidence ' end have tried to 'be fair. , I have given consideration to every phase of this case and If self-defense. Insanity knd conspiracy can-be reconciled, the mat ter Is with 'i you., They have made their, Clilef witness ss to conspiracy the worst Of: women an 1, they have pictured their Insane man as cool and thinking,, our deceased man of -violent and dangerous .character, as running ond breaking aown aoors for Ma life. If these can, be rsconcileil, it is wltM you. . MR.' HUDSON FOR DKrENSB. - -';T. -F. Hudson opened, fr the de fense. lie said be hxJ no pnlnjry to make for the. nature of tfieir plea sthI that alt fscts oifere l by the. wit iihhc tended to . prove It. , lie held that the defendant and 1 wir.i were happily married and live,! so until the deceased Intruded lilm If Into the home of the i defendant snd drove him from' one-locality to another.- lis srroe.l tbt Whltaker wae the. 'sg irreiwor; that' ihe followe i the " fendart and located n- Ms home, ilulded by his-lovo f r I wife and driven to greet sorrow I n,ie of tho conduct of the two. I n rie(l, the in.ui s mind was In luri-l" to the etent Hint hs could tn.t prnirly dim-rlrriliin ; , between r' - it and wronsr. Jle ' argued ' cleverly the In. sanity snd conspiracy .po:.. is, - , EXPERTS TESTIF Y ALL DAY GlLliETX 'lZ LA WTERS FIGHT nARD . ". .. .-'!v Ponr' of ' tlio Five Physjdana Km-H - pioyeq py uto istate, wno - rer ' formetl the Autopsy ' on Grace Brown's Iktdy Give FnrUr Con firmation Thai There Were Blood .'.flora nn ilw filri'i Rnlta.DerMUis xJiak. l)TvZrMrJJtt)V'to Wlow lliat Death Was Caused by Drown- ' tng )ho Physlciaa Swears --That ' tho I nj urlrs on Grace ; Brown's Body Were Inflicted , Before Death, v Herkimer, -Nv T.V Nov. 27. Techni cal .testimony relating to; conditions ordinarily found in the bodies of per sons who' have met death by drown ing, marked ' to-day's sessions , of - the Gillette murder trial. Four of the five doctors employed as experts by the: State to' perform 'the autopsy on the. body of Qraco Brown, siillette's alleged victim, were , on tha , stand during the : day. '.' . ''. .-. v.r' ' .Some of Jhe questions put to .the experts by . counsel ' brought : out further confirmation of the claim that there were, blood . clots' on the girl's brain and under-- the scalp. Other questions were put to the doctors by nr. Mills, Gillette's senior conusor. to bring out . opinions tsndlng to show that ' the : conditions found In the dead girl's body were similar to those someumss rouna in tne poaiea of drowned - - oersona. - and that the conditions they found at the autopsy are recognised by the authorities as indications or drowning v i.r - .'." A GRUESOME EXHIBIT. ' . A' wordy war between opposing at torneys resulted from the district at torney's effort -to-' introduce . in evi dence the , child taken from Grace Brown's body at the time or tne au topsy. District Attorney Ward - suc ceeded In getting the ,. exhibit', ad mitted' In evidence, although It was shown to. no - one except Dr. X3v. H Douglas, who identified it . 1 ' y An Interesting point was reached when Attorney .Charles D, Thomas, of the defense, extracted' from Rev. Cuthbert Frost a Lowvllle elergyman. contradiction of a statement maae by him on the witness stand Mast week. At that time Mr. rroet swore that Gillette broached the subject, ef the . Big - Moose tragedy to some guests at -Arrowhead Inn, where he stayed i after 'leaving Big .Moose, where the girl died. . To-day no ad mitted that he waa not sure whether Gillette or some one, else spoke ot the Big Moose Incident V INDICATIONS OF-DROWNING. The defense laid ' great stress . on whether or not there was water tn the Brown, air rs stomach, how much, it any, and what Indication of drown ing such a condition wouia bo. Tne doctors swore that .only two table spoonfuls of fluid were found In the stomach. .' Dr. Hayee testified that he made an examination . of the stom ach a fsw days ag the organ having been preserved. "There waa a very small quantity of liquid In-the stom ach and it had i no . odor about It There, was no. sand .t or mud In . the stomach," -v7 , ,'' . .;-. On rs-eross-examlnatlod .Dr. Hayes swore hemade the latest examination ef the stomach about November 10. He did not know. where the storoacnr aad .been smoe juiy, out j. was in a sealed packaga The fluid would not disappear or evaporate In dhat time, he said, but the fluids, would, keep unchanged Indefinitely to such a case. Dr. a a Rieharda' called to the stand lust before closing Urns, stated that the Injuries to Grace Brown's body wore mniotea. oeiore ..aeaui. He enumerated the Injuries as had the physicians preceding him 'on tbe wltdess stand... -...-,-v. i:r PACKERS . OBETINa i THE tAW. Chief 'of the Bttfrem af Animal In dustry Make a .Tour of Inspection and Reaches that Conoinaion. Washington, Nov. 27. -Alonio D. Melvln, chief of the Bureau ef Ani mal Industry,' undsr whose office the administration of the meat ' inspec tion law enacted at the last session of Congress, la carried out, has re turned from 'a western tour of In- Inspection which Ineluded a visit to packing nouses in vmcagov Milwau kee, Denver and - Kansas City. Hs says everything there Is apparent the beneficial effects of the execution of the law and a manifest desire on the part of packers to comply with its provisions. . .In some places new structures have replaced old ones and In other extensive implements to the plants already established have been made so as w bring them bp te the standard required by tha meat In anefltlon act for the health and com fort of the packing house employsa Dr. Meivtn says tners were some cases in whlch packers have pro. csedsd rather grudgingly In making the necessary improvements due to the outlay of money requirea. j1.: TRIED TO WRECK TRADf. EnrinerS Kara Right Thwarts Plot , Near WI1on--prtvllrgrd. JPrlsoners -: Rise to Their Opportunity end Es- '.' cape. -iyv- r.n -. ":'' ' ' .:-VV"'' Special to Tha. Observer. , Wilson, Nov. 17, Last nignt an attempt was made to wreck tbe northbound 'Shoo Fly train south ot wntm , r -K"""- .'JTr . Th y- Ji?!!r fwH! luckily to tlms 'rt accident As It was, the engine 'was , slightly damaged and the train was somtwnat asiayea . i Some time last night Henry Clay ton, serving a sentence for pick-pock-etlngt and eGorge Carver, tonprison ed for obtaining money under false pretense, t escaped . from ' Jail by re moving brick from around the Iron grating. They were allowed the liberty of the - corridors. Ths Cell prisoners did not escape. . ; ; E2TGUSIC SPUfNERfl TJNALARMED , - ..,. - . - ' . PrvwUlcnt of the ' ' Iaadon Board of f Tnule .Says tlio Developments Fol 1 lowing the ' Orgenlastlon of - the i tkmfiMrn Cotton Co- Will be Close- Ir . U ntuttcd. 1 London, Nov. $7 la tha House of Commons to-dsy, 1 replying to a ques- . vial mt Tm Ih, MVMMMt jntndsd to take in ordsr to check- mats - the trust ' acneme unaer the name Of the "Seutinera Cotton Com pany," the president of the board of trade. Mr, Lloyd George, said he had seen reports that a scheme was be ing drgantaed In the United States to regulate the price of cotton by means of storsxe and 'gradual sale. Tne developments, of course. would be carefully watched, but the board of trade did not understand that , ths Lancashire . cotton trade . at present was greatly alarmed. : Alabama's OMrnt Msson Dead. - Mobile, Ala.,' Nov. 17. Hon. John J. Delchampa tne oldest Mason lo Alabama, If not In the fcouth. Is deed at his home here. He was born st Ksvannah, II yeara sko and o so s recent date was very active, lie wi Injured In the great storm of Uitt itptember end never recovered. EDUCATIONAL BOA AGAm ; Intensity of Political Feeling Finds Expression, in RcsoulUon Trgiug ' - the Government , to Totally ' Reject tho Amenduienta. . ' ."V . - k London, Nov.' '2 7The Intensity of the political feeling aroused Dy tne House of ; Lords' "-treatment of the educational bill found expression to day In an emergency meeting of the xeneral eommittee- of the National hlberal Federation, at which a reso lution was unanimously adopted -urging the government i to -take 4he drastic step - ot totally rejecting the Lords' amendments to the bill and to "resolutely determine that the pres ent' parliament shall not come to an end antll steps are taken to- bring to - final - arbitration the question whether the House of Peers should any longer possess the' right to vote on the will of the people as .declared by the House of Common." The meeting was. the largest and most representative ot its kind which had assembled during . the last 20 years, v The v speaker . warmly de nounced the action of the peers, de claring that the-House, of Commons should; hot waste another day in con sidering, the amendments to the bill, which should be returned v to v the House of Lords without debate and that the Liberal government ought to apply the only , remedy, ; which must be drastic and final. A , ' r . An Important letter from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was read. In which the premier said that it was realised , by all liberals that the "House of Lords wootd hasten to as sert Itself as theJnstrument ef union Ism as soon as .the country rendered a verdict against the unionist gov ernment and the. unionist ' policy,",: TCNTSTJAL POISONING .CASES, Physicians Say HI nee of Wait Fam , ily at Auburn, N. Was Caused 4 by Aisnio--DetecUvce Called In- to the -Case. y,.-- ','1 u Auburn N. T., Nov.' 27After ov er , month's Investigation ; by , phy sicians and chemists It has been de termined that the peculiar sickness In -tne family of William F. Walt Is due to arsenical poisoning. Mr. Walt is still very 111 at the city .hospital aad his. son, , Bryan. . who recently graduated at Tale, is partially para lysed, i Physician ; say.- he - may. not recover in yeara ; " . Rev. Harvey Clements, of aiovers vllle. a son-in-law, who recently spent a few days In the Walt household, was stricken with the - malady and was 111 for some time, .- Mrs. Walt also waa desperately . Ill for several days.' The servants tn the household and the coachman were among the victims of the, disease. All symp toms point conclusively to srsenclal poisoning, and as a last resort- de tectives and the local police were calU ed Into the ease. Analysis of food stuffs remaining In- the Walt house showed the - presence of . aroenlo In sufficient quantities to produce death. There Is absolutely not the slightest proof to Indicate the . author of the crime.' Mr Walt Is a member of the carpet Manufacturing firm of Nye Walt : . -i ; ; v - x CkvernerjEIct AnseU' AppotnU Mr. 3 Be then Prtvate Secretary ana hiss Henderson Stenographer. i.'St- : Special to The Observer.' ---- GreenviUe. & , C. Nov," l7Cover-nor-Eleot . Martin F. 1 Ansel announced to-day the appointment ef Mr. A. 3. Befhea, ef Darlington, & C ag pri vate secretory to tne Governor, and Miss Alice Henderson as tha -private stenographer to the Governor. ' Mr. Bethea was highly, recommended, to Mr. . Ansel - by many Influential per sons of the State, especial , by those of the Pee Dee section. Mr. Bethea waa born and raised in Marlon and mov ed to Darlington several, years ago, where be became editor of The Dar linaton Pros, a weekly newsoaoer of much Importance In the Pee Dee section. Mr. Ansel made tnia appoint ment after much deliberate consider ation, and It will doubtless . be satis factory to tne people of the estate la general Miss Henderson to at pres ent the stenographer of. Governor Heyward and she has been capable at all, times, and the appointment is de served. She has many - friends al over South Carolina who wilt--have cause to congratulate her, - KEY, VT. B, DTJNCAX . SPEAKS. Address on History of Methodism Is t ruex rvatnre or Houta fjswoiina Methodist Omference, i . x ---!' 'Observer "Bureau,"','-, , , ti ;' ; "'''"-' 200 Main Street ' . Columbia, 8. C Nov.-21. The first feature of the ratheiine- ef Methodtsts - for the annual . Con fsrenoe here was the delivery ot the annual address, tills evening on the "History of Methodism," by Rev. Watson B, Duncan. - The effort was a flne one, Mr. Watson being an lm -preserve speaker snd a capable man. 4'he meeting of the mission-board showed that this arm of the Church Is - doing a splendid . work ' In needy places, though no figures are obtain- able so far. Blahoo Wilson, of Baltimore, is hers to formally open the .Confer- . .i tel.WAM , .1.1-. North Carolina, and Duncan, of this SUte, have notyet arrived. , So far Ahe only promise: of . uplt. ltd inoid-. - the Crelahton char. aoter trlaL Mr, Creaghtoa Js fighting the presiding elders with bis Chris- tla .ADDeal newsoaoer. The dis pensary will likely get a lively whack at the hands of the Conference, though there Is nothing particularly sensational looked for. , ', .. ., i i iiii - , ... PORTO RICAN JOB VACANT. The Official Axe Drocctvls Tpon the , Head of the t'nltrd Statra Dlstrkl A tageahJf- In tike IgdnTaJflsfl. . Washington; Nov. 27 President Roosevelt to-day directed the dls- ' missal frhm office ot Noah B. K. . Pettingillf United 'States District At torney for Porto Rloo. Before the President -left Washington on his Panama trip -charges affecting 'Mr. Pettinglll had reached here and were referredo-ihe -Attorney-General, These were that while district attor ney he had In the capacity of a pri vate attorney entered suit against an other government 1 official ; charging gross misconduct In office. ( Attorney Genersl Moody received an answer to the charge from Mr. Pttlngill, but this wss 'not satisfactory to Mr. Moody or the President, The action of he 1 district attorney, the Presi dent said, amounted practically mal feasance In office. f ? . .. , i i 1 1 Coroner Hays Harder .and Suicide. ''Upper Sandusky,- Ohio. Nov. 17. Coroner Stutxe has rendered a ver d lot that the death of Mrs.-Henry Herman and her daughter Mary who a case of murder and suicide. ' He ays the daughter killed her mother and herself with morphine. It was at first believed that the two women had been asphyxiated by escaping en la their home. yjj A XIIiELESS .T0ILLM, ynVL go to pinLirnxEs soov. ., . j .. . . ' , ... ).. t .- ITblqnltour Secretary I'l.irinlnjj Autitli ' 'er . Trlp to the Atm-rii an I'd. , ,-fslons In the Pacific lui i;nthup.i !, astlc Over the I-uture of the 1 ,i'.uU " . -and Believes. America Will one lsy . . ' bo Proud Of Them Una K-ri(icsl -Seat on Bendi of Supreme Court to -. rlnlah His Work in I-liiHprincs f Hardest Worker, In tho Cabinet BTi,"vVAIUCE': if 0-- tha Intention of ecretary, Taft, as soon as the approaching short session 6t Congress shall have been conclud ed, again to visit the Philippine Is lands, , Of all the great work Secre tary Taft has. had to do since he be-, earned Sooretary of Wars; that ' relating to fhe Philippines is nearest to his heart -; He believes thoroughly tn the islands,', in their people snd In- their future. 'His idea to that, In a com par- . atlvely few years they, will be a source of great pride to the people bf the ' United States. ' His faith '.In them' caused him to put aside the opportu- ; nlty to don the silk and ermine of a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, thus sacrificing, for the '; time at least the ambition of his life. , A . monumental ... task confronts the : , American government in the Philip- pines and. it to realised on all hands, that no man in public life to-day is , so admirably equipped to direct that work as Taft. .; !ev---..--i'':,'" . 4 -' ;;-r . . His .trip .to the PhUlppines . next spring will be made to enable him to be present at tbe opening ot the Phll- . lppine Legislative Assembly. Then he . will witness .. the accomplishment ot V some of his desires regarding the la-, lands and their people. He will terry . to the Filipinos the hearty good wish- i; es of the American.: people In their, first substantial effort at self-govern-; ment and will convey to them his per- sonal words ' of encouragement iand- l hope, i He Is the most- popular Amer- . lead among vthe Flllpinoa who vever: . set foot on the islands, and his visit, promises to be of Immense advantage. , to then and to the American, super-: vision ot thee government , of tha ls-; ; lands.'"-' '.:(- '"-- 's"1 ";. ' s HIS WORK Vt CABINET. C : . MeantlmS, however, .' Secretary Taft ; has a great work mapped out here.; Ha to, by far, : the . hardest working-, . member ot the Cabinet and. with the. possible exception of President Roose-' volt himself, achieved more and great-, er results than any official ot the Ad ministration. It baa happened in the . past year that he waa "sitting on the. lid". most ot, the time. HO took' an extended vacation last summer, but he. , worked harder and a great number of hours during his outing at Murray. Bay than two-thirds of the govern ment officials work when they are In, Washington. Scarcely had. he con-t eluded his adjustment of' the . Cuban, Imbroglio and , hurried -back Jo ths United States,', when he started out on, -av campaigning .tour . In the , West and , Southwest . .Now ha has 'returned! from important work ,i at Tale Col-, lege and finds himself confronted wlth serious and intricate problema . only ai few days before the convening af Con-; , grass. .He must' prepare his -a anna It . report 'which will eontaln important, recommendations Tegwrdma the army.; the Improvement of -Internal Water- ways,, Philippine affaire, the Panama -Canal and the provisional government of Cuba. . Matters relating' to Cuba fiave been-placed lit the bands of off!- clala of the Bureau of Insular Affalrs.( of the War Department' under-thet. direction of Secretary Taft It to the Secretary's Idea that some dsy, thei Bureau ot Insular Affairs, shall be a department In ttselt but Congress has not, been pursuaded yet of the necee-j, slty of creating such a separate exs- ... . cutlve department . y '' '- 1 WTLL WORK FOR , TARIFF BOX., ' It will be Tatt'e great effort : thlo winter to secure; the enactment, by . Congress ot the Philippine tariff mess-, are, which he so strongly, urged at the last session.- He believee he, will be successful and to confident that the . passage ot the bill will redound to the benefit of both the Philippine Islands; and the United States. -;' :.-.- -."r - , ..', ' : "-'';:' f .- " : - SDIPLIFIED " gPSSLUSa. ...;. , Ilouse Committee Dtsonsseo tne V"- tkta While Passinir Oa the Legisla-: T tive.; Executive and . Judicial . AP- proprtotlon B1U, But Reaches o. Conclusion.' ! -i-1 , Washington, Nov 17. The House committee on the legislative, execu tive and Judicial appropriation bill' took - advantage ot the ' appearance before tt to-day of Public Printer -BtiUiOR-B to discuss 'the question of simplified spelling - to congressional,' dorsoients. Ths bill came before the couMUittee la both the old and the hew styles of orthography, the esti mates of the Treaaury being tn the' new and the reproductions of tbe cur rent law in the old. t, . - - ! Attention' was called to - the fact that the Supreme Court ot the Unit, ed States had refused to rocognlso the executive order for a change of -spelling, and the question was rained whether by legislative enactment that .tribunal could, be compelled to adopt the- modern systsm ... '-', '- .';- v.- .- - The same -question arose with ref erence . to the executive departments, the question there being whether" Congrss could compel those Ddpart-; menta to return to the - orthodox, spelling by legislative enactment. - There were so many points at Issue, that there was no- attempt made to reach, a conclusion to-day. " ,. The publlo printer agreed with some ' members; "t the . r"-n-mlttee ' that ' tn effort1 to main-.' tain different .; systems ' for the executive and - legislative . branches would Involve considerable extra tx-pense.-';?:;."''.- if-- .'' ' .''.,;:; MEXICO ' IX THE . RIGHT. Evidence Points That Way end the Julf ttnlicrlos Company Uoertvr ? ttle Consolation trom the suto ' " Wpartsnciit : , f . "'' ' " Washington,' Nov. ; 27:-A' delcg- tion of olllclale of , the Gulf Fl.hru s Company received' little consotution to-day when It called at tho f--!' Department to enforce Its prot. si against the action of th Mexi- government. In' seizing several ft . company's boats on charges of i -Ing within the three-mile limit in hibited by that government. T case against the fi nning smaik I I Adams was dceldml i'i f ivor ot l government In the M l.n I Court snd It l said that tinK" 4 ther 'protet la itiuJn L-y ' - 8tate tbe hi'her couii e- . 'Siixta-tn the il"iisl"ii an t I . will be conR-tcatM i t :-. . vlleni-e'bf f're tt i '" i Indicates V it tha f -. i ment waa wwrrsnto l in ? i .:.: urs. ..I