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. - . - .1 'VNr4 VI V J VAJJ J J -'i VCJA 1 su T-uxva s V v . 'W , v - 'w . . 4Mb. ' ' -v..' . 7 ,, j n . ' w . -w w w . . v a "-a v 1 ( atJDSCIUTION PBICE WeSSB K0Y HASASE MRS BIRDSONG .A WITNESS toosecutlon v In Manle One) Cora- filete It Evidence With Srprl ng . Rapidity a Principal Points - ' vm tA irora Act leli berate end - That Final Shot ' Ww tired After sl'le for MererMr. Norn Garrett Bay Blie Saw (Shooting Both Is Of fice and Outside and llwurd Phr- 1 slclan'a Flea .Defendant' Mother ' In-Lav? Drnlra -That - 8h . Told - lancbter.of nilcge Stortra. v'nasiehtant," Mlu, Dec. T. With urpriatog raptdltr tna proiecutlon in tha caa of .' Mrs. Anjle Blrdaong.' charge with 4 the' murder ; et Dr. Thoaam Butler, completed tta aTldenca to-day. i K day and a half baa been occupied ; In preaentlng ?; tha Btate'a rUneaacs."-"' '" ..;-'. -Two leading points were aimed at vy tna proaecuuon. trx, n waa at , tempted to show that f ;aanra lowed her already mortally wounded Tioum ui 01 nis tj in volver, after, ha had pleaded for mercy, and that with the . weapon again ready,4 she 'fired three .more shots at him. The second aim of tha proeeoutlon was to prove Dr. Butler's good character. ; i One - f the State's wltneases, Mrs. Kora Garrett, lived aerou tha street from Dr. Butler's .pffloe. She teatl ' fled to-day that aha saw the ehootlng both tn the office and outside and . that sh heard the nhvslolan err: .. : "Angle, don't shoot me any more. 1A moment later Dr. Butler ex ' elalmed: "My God, Angle, What wUl become of you when you die?" The . witness said that she herself .. called to Mrs. Blrdaong to stop shoot ing. This witness ' said there was no . truth in a report that she had In formed Mrs. Blrdsong of stories about the letter's character alleged to have been circulated by Dr. Butler. Th prosecution went Into details, about the nature of the physicians wound and then rested Its case. ' The defense Immediately called aa , Its first witness the defendant's - mother-in-law, Mrs. 8. E. Blrdsong. The latter testified that the defend ant after the 'birth of her last child. v had shown signs of Insanity, and that t th symptoms were repeated sbout the time of the killing. The mother-in-law said that Mrs. Garrett, who had testified for the State called upon Mrs. Bfrdsong a few days before the trsgedy and that after this visitor's departure, Mrs. Blrdsong remarked . that if aha found Dr. Butler had told 111 stories about her, she would kill him. Witness said that Mrs. Blrdsong had been out at night only once dur ing the period the stories referred to, and then ths dsfendant bad gone for meaicine at witness' request. 1 Other witnesses told of 'Mrs. Bird song's attempt at suicide a few days before the shooting. At this point an adjournment was , taken until to-morrow. r KILLS TWO AND WOUNDS OTHERS Negro After Shooting- Woman in t , Hoarding House Fires on Police. i Killing- One, Fatally Wounding An '.' ether.. Finally Surrenders Uimscif .-to sheriff. " - Greenville. Miss.. Dec T.-r-Two eer- eons dead, two. seriously wounded and two sugntiy injur a is the result of a , to-aay aamittea to prooet. Th aoo rlght which occurred here thla after- ument waa executed In New Tork noon. Felix Holman. a negro from city July 27. 1I9&. All bis household Arkansas shot and killed Coltna Hoi man, a negress. In Mrs: Pratt s board ing house for negroes. Policeman P. A. Abercomlln with B. Coffer, Wil liam Vaught and Enoch Thompson, entered the boarding house to srrest Holman. The negro had two pistols ana nrea upon tn arresting party. Ths. first shot psssed through Thomp son's breast, killing him. Another shot struck Coffer In the oody. He Is la a precarious condition. Police man ADercromiin s ngnt tnign wss shattered by a bullet from the negro's revolver O. Wstnsr, a business man, waa struck in the leg by a atrav bul let, but waa only slightly hurt. After emptying his pistols at "the party the negro nea rrem the boarding bouse and waa fired upon by policemen and ettlsena. He was finally driven Into a warehouse and after a threat was made to burn him out of his place of refuge he surrendered to Sheriff va esHa vsewa via v wnvnu Crouch and was lodged In JslU Hoi- men was shot In the arm. CHANGES ON COAST LINE. Superintendent of Terminals Spencer Promoted to Superlnteodeiicy of GabmevUle District of Third plvto- - lo Other Change Effective' De v cember 10. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 7. S. B. Spencer has been promoted from the position of superintendent or terml , nals of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road to be superintendent of 'the Galnsvllle district of the third divis ion, succeeding A. L. Glass, resigned. .Headquarters of the district will be transferred to Jacksonville. H. O. McAflhur, trainmaster aTTconvened this, morning at 10 o'clock i : sSanford. will succeed Spencer as su v penntenaent or terminaia J. F. Council, superintendent of the ,; ' Norfolk district, will bs transferred i to-the Lakeland district, succeeding 8. E. Mlddlsbrook, assigned to other , duttea These ' appointments all become v j -' affectlv December 10th. SCHOONER A FATAL LOSS. . ' '' The Florence I. ' Lockwood Stranded V on William SboaL Off Aseateagae, '! . VaOrew Rescued by Life Saver. Philadelphia, Deo. 7. The Asss ' teague life saving station reported to-day that th three-masted schoon ', r Florence L ' Lockwood, from Nor " - ' folk to. Now Tork, with a cargo, of 'i y lumber. stranded on Williams shoal, , t off Assateague, Va., last night, and is ' . ' to-day a' total los. Captain Taylor and hi crew were reoua oy, tne life - ssvera Tb - cnoonr went , i" ' aground during a navy gaie iiw j quickly pounded , to piece fin" th; heavy Hav-t' Cis., .... - . ' "i , Th schooner wss bnllt at : Nor-1 aground during a heavy gale and walk. Conn., in 1$7 and waa owned by J. XL. Smith,, of Boston; Th vessel was 10$ feet long, had a beam f t feet and a depth of 14 feet ' v ' . , I i ill ii , in i i ' ' a Victim: of ASPirrxiATioN. iohn Cropper, a Retired lawyer,1 and Who Waa Prominent In Social and ;' , aub Life ot NaUonal Capital, Die y: at Washhtgton.!.-"-:-v ; S: Washington; Dec. r ; 7.ApcldenUl asphyxia tlon Is given as ths cause of h death at Ms horn in this city to day of John Cropper, a retired law yer, who was prominent In club and octal life In the .national capital. His wlfs. who Is In New Tork, I tha ' daughter of the late Robert McLane, at on time minister to France. Mr. Cropper waa 6 years of age.. r He was a roembi " v" C-J- K," "'vf ; clonati and ot tha Society of the War of ins. $8.00 PER jYEAR. : vy; : UlAfl'COAli: UKlt rKAUi)Sj GRAND JURY'S PARTIAIi REPOItT lodtotmenta-Returned Agateat Cnlon Vadflo and Oregon Short Lin RaU roada. Union PacUlo Coal Co Utah Fnel Co. and High Official of Har u: rlman and Gould OorporaUona Aa & alatant Dlatriot Attorney 6nya Flnd ; inn Mark Beginning- of GoTem v- ment Probing In Utah and Wyom ing IVro lmoM Indicted for Per Jury Arreated, Bnt Released later on Bonds of 1X00., Salt Lake City, Utah. Dee. T.-Taa Federal grand Jury that Is InraaUgaN Ing coal land fraud In Utah and charges that railroad corporations hava discriminated ; against certain ahlppera. made a parUai report to day. Indictments wera returned agalnst the Union paclflo Railroad Company. the , Oregon Short " Lin Railroad Company, the Union Paclflo coal Company, the Utah Fuel Com - pwjy and several high ffldahr repre- sentlngj the Harrlman and. Ooiild cor poration. , , Two ;.othr indictment charging perjury before the grand Jury- were also returned. The name of the per sons accused In thee Indictments ar withheld. - y- After the grand Jury had adjourn-, ed. Assistant Attorney General Map nard. of Washington, stated that when It reconvenes the Inquisition will be resumed. The Indictments returned to-day, be said, mark onty the begin' nlng of the governments probing In Utah and Wyoming. The violations of law alleged In these Indictments are only incidents of a gigantic sys- tern of fraud that probably have been In operation in the West for many years. Th Indictment ajralnst the Harrl man companies embraces the Union paclflo, Oregon Short Line, the Union Pacific Coal Company, Everett Buck ingham, general superintendent of the ! Oregon Short Line and i. N. Moore. Union Paclflo, allege discrimination against D. ,J. Sharp, a coal dealer, who was forced out of business after he had cut prices. The Indictment against the repre sentatives of ths Gould Interests em braces the Utah Fuel Co, H. G. Wil liams, general Manager; Robert For ester. Alexander M. Cowto. Elroy N. Clark, ths Utah Fuel Company's at torney at : Denver and George A. Moore, the company's sgent at Den ver. They are charged 'with defraud ing and attempting to defraud the United States government in acquiring title to icoal land In Utah Bench warrants for the arrest Of persons accused in the indictments The two men Indicted for perjury proved to be Theodore Schultse, an employe of an Insurance firm, and Thomas A. Moore, abstractor In the county recorder's office. Both were arreeted , to-night and ' released on 12.500 ball... SAMUEL SPENCER'S WILL FILED. AD Household Goods, Choice of Tux- edo Park" Gsttte of Property in Washington and One-Third of Resi due of Estate Go to Wife. Washington. Deo. 7. Th will of tb lata Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway Company, was furniture, picture, painting, plate, horaea and carriages are given to the widow, Mrs. Louisa Vivian Spencer. absolutely. Mrs. Spsncer Is also given the resi dence and real estate In Tuxedo Park, Orange county, New Tork, Or the res Idnce and real estate In this city. She also given th us for nfe of the residence which she decides not to take. At her death the residence so used shall rvert to the surviving children of Mr. Spencer In equal parts. The residue pf the estate Is to be divided Into three equal parts, one of which Is to b given absolutely to Mrs. Spencer: another share Is to be held by the executors . n trust for Mra Spenoer during hor life, and at her death to revert to the children of Mr. Spsncer or any descendants of deceased's children; the remaining part of the estate 4 to be divided 1 - . . . J1-1 i The heirs of Mr. Spencer are stated te be Louisa V. Spencer, the widow; Henry B. Spencer, Verona Spencer, Layng and Vivian Spencer, his chil dren. I The personal estate Is given as "in excess of 110,000 and the real estate la estimated at 176,000. The exe cutors ar th widow, two sons and son-in-law, James B. Layng, Jr. TS COURT OF APPEALS. Case of Oxford A Coast Line Railroad , vs. Bank of Richmond Argued tn Richmond. Richmond. Vs.. Deo. 7. The United State Circuit Court of Appeals re- 1 with the following Judge In attend ance: Circuit Judges Go IT and Prltch srd rd W-trlPt Jurtars McDowell. Ths rase wss armed to-day of Oxford ft Coast Line Railroad Company, plain' tiff In srror, vs. Union Bank of Rich mond, defendant In error; In error to circuit -Court at ' Raleigh, N. C. Ths case waa further argued by WU- i Ham L. Royal, of this city, for the dsfendant In error and by A. w. Gra ham, of Oxford, N. C, for th plain tiff in error, and submitted. COMPLAINS TO COMMISSION. . - 1 .... n fJr . . ...I A-t ftMIIM.. Charges N. A W, Railroad and 0 Cool and Coke Companies of State With Discrimination la Distribution f Car. r.-'.;-. Washington, Dec 7j The Powha- tan Coka and Coal Company, of West Virginia, has filed a complaint with th Inter-Stats commerce commission j in inwouu cumnercei coramunpn i against the Norfolk A 'Western Rail- way - f3orapaiiir' - tn about to aoal and coke companies of West Virginia. Th basis of the complaint Is alleged dls- crimination against ths coal and coke 'company In Its system or method of car distribution add that the defend ant aoal and coke companies ar giv en undue and unreasonable advan tage In this regard. .,.,:.' .. , '. ; Slight Wrecks dn Georgia, Southern llorkla Railway. ; Macon, Ga ' ' Dec 7 Psssenger train No, I, on. th Oeorgla, Southern A Florida Railway, was derailed, cause unknown, 40 miles south of Macon tnte afternoon,' one parlor car, two ocachea, two express and one baggage car were badly damaged. Bgagemtr 1 M. Wright was the only peraowporlously Injured, having been caught under th wreck fend piles of bareage. . Other were slightly iurt. . Th road was blocked several ours, the accident occurred between -'station,. i y CHARLOTTE, (S V s5AfjT Ay CE TO GET POST MAYOR 1TNINCH NOT OOPEFUL. Charlotte's 'Chief ' KxeentlTe. Now In -Washington, KKpreaeea Uunaplf as 'fi Being Pretty Well Discouraged Ov -;' Outlook for the Charlotte Army ? Poet Project Senate Committee on i Military Affairs Mot Ilpoaed to , Establish Mora Posts, But Mar Die x continue Some Already lxlsuuii- , Bontbrrn Railway and Others File Answer to Complaints , of Jllult Point Shippers. BT ,W. A. UIIiDEBRAND. Washington, Dec 7 jSenator Sim mons and Mayor". MoNlnch, of Chir lotte, spent a good part of the day looking. afterome matter of con- cern to people of Mecklenburg coun- ty. Tb matter that received chief w. i ... . " Al ' , ' section'' Senator' Simmons, after his visit-to the White House and-War Department, expressed willingness to devote some further -attention to the undertaking, but Mayor McNlnch myt he feela pretty well discouraged, v The situation waa explained by Sen ator Overman, who is a member of the Senate committee on military af fairs. This oomraltt acting In con cert with the War Department, I not only discouraging the establishment of any more posts, but have about concluded to aboliah many of those J nreaoy located in amerent part or i tha country, the Idea being to l larger number of soldiers together at a few place. Should this be done, the problem spf mobilisation would appear more simple In the event that soldiers were needed on short notice. More over, If camps should be established In Mecklenburg, the county would be compelled to donate aomethlns- like 10,000 acres, which would use up lots of good cotton land. A NEGRO SOLDIERS HAVE HEAR ING TO-DAY. In disc using this subject to-night, some one remarked that after the good people of Mecklenburg had do nated all this valuable land for army purposes they might find that they had drawn a regiment or so of negro troops, and there would always be the danger that Charlotte would gat all shot up some time like Browns ville, Texas. Two of ths soldiers who participated In this episode, which haa attracted national atten tion, arrived here thla morning, and have been hanging around the War Department all day. They declare that the President and the. Depart ment are all wrong, and that many of the soldiers are entirety wrong. Sec retary Taft haa promised to glv them a hearing to-morrow, when both men, who have been in service for many years, will seek reinstate ment They say they were asleep at their army bunka when the trouble occurred; that they and many of their comrades knew nothing of the shooting; and that there had been no conspiracy to supprss the facta. This will be meat and gread for Foraker and the other critics of the administration If tha soldiers now her can prove their assertions. RAILROADS FILE ANSWER TO COMPLAINT. The Southern Railway Company,' together with a number of other rail roads, hava filed their answer with the Inter-State commerce commission to the allegation of ths furniture manufacturers of Hlght Point and elsewhere to the effect that the char acter of the cars furnished Is unsatis factory and that ths freight charge the exorbitant. The Southern claims that ths cars sent these manufac turers are all that they should be and that the freight charges are reason able. The other railroad companies af fected by the charges, chiefly Western roada, tate that th ahlpment do not originate on their lines and, there fore, that they are not responsible for either the character of the pars or the amount of the frslght ehargea FROM NEW ORLEANS TO COLON. Louisiana Business Men Endeavoring to Get Panama Railroad 8teamahln Line to Establish Such a Service. Washington. Dec. 7. Senator Vnm. tor ana Mctcnery. RenraMntatlv Broussard. Mayor Bahrain; of New Orleans; J. W? Porch. chslrSf. TTf in ooara or traoe, Panama canal committee ef New Orleans, and M. J. Saunders, wth a delegation repre senting the principal business Inter ests of Louisiana, called on Chairman Shonts, of the Isthmian canal com mission, to-day with the object of en- deavoiine to rut th Panama n . n.n. a Steamship Line to assign two boats to service between New Orleana and Colon. The matter was fully discuss- cu, ana me cnsirman inrormed the "DUIT new aepoi ana a grest gentlemen that It would be taken un- 1 likelihood that It will be changed der advisement. tfrom one to Jwo stories. No man Representative Brousard said to-can yet speak, with.. enough as night ha will Introduce a bill in surance to promise this, , but there la vonsreas to aoonsn in government- owned steamship line now operated by the Panama Railroad A Steamship ' ......... ,Uiai flfllUQ 111 tu IMJ GflKliavu llQU. ' . . , the Isthmian canal commission. He The congestion along the Southern declared in an Interview " to-night renders these steps necessary and that the government has no right to they are made for purpose of fa operate a public service corporation diluting passenger and freight work. In 5ompetlon (with private enter- The placing of Captain McManus, aa prises snd that Its ownership of the popular- and delightful a. man as Panama Railroad A Steamship Com- ever came to Salisbury. 1 cauo for pan. to.?ot cn,jr "ubWy ut die- more than ordinary congratulstlon. crimination. ifhi nit tiim no mk hii.ai.1 man FALLS VICTIM OF ASSASSIN. 'T2n'nw!L AtoI?r' J5? Hotel Man . . nmc i mamtenanc or tne beautiful In na Whlle .Entering Gat of Home. Iture. Ther Inaugurated i Arbor Da Knoxvlll, Tenn - Dec. 7. A :t7r'r,.,"w. L ' T. M1Dan" V nr V V . ' wssssa - Bawasgaa - xrvnilflVIl attorney and hotel owner living at McCaya, four miles from this plac. waa ahot In Iha hark laat nlaht aa ' he waa entering the eats of Ma horn by unknown parties, Hs dlsd this morning, There is no clue to inn morning, xnsr i no clu to the Identity of th : aasln. An' i examination of surrounding premlaes'i waa mad by olTlcr . and track were found In a flower garden op- 'posits th gat, of the Gulnn , real-" dence. .A coroners Jury will In. vestlgate th tragedy Saturday afterithe obaervaUon that Uowan will not noon. . . : .--.! -y '' , ' -Jhav mor than. two-third .of a crop .. Officers, aided by bloodhounds, ar working for a clue. TWELVE MIXER TIE IN SHAFT. Throngh rarr4esnr Big Flow of t Weter Is Let Ir.to Lower Level v; Where Mm are Isrovered. . , : , i Laredo.' Mex., Deo,' 7 News has just reached thlsclty from Monterey, siex., ot a mine acciaenw wnicn oc ourred last Tuesday at th Avln mines, i and which , resulud In the'pany and of the Prudential F'r In death Of ll Iiexlcan miner, who wr ,urnc Company of West Virginia, at work lnth shaft. r with- authority to iav In-charg th Th acclsent waa due, It la reported. te the caJ-eleasne of som on In Mt'ng a his now or water into the I . lower le J covered. 1, where th men wr dts-1 'v V' '.-V.-' 8ATlA.;MpimrNO;''D:aEWEnW 1906;;, r. j SJBYJKN MEET TRAGIC PEAT tl CORNELL'S GREATEST, DISASTER Four SrndenM and Three Firenm 010! m flames Which Destroy Chi Pal Cluipter llonse. Erected by- Jennie' McGraw Ftake at Cost of $150,000 One Stodent Seriously Injured and Three Slightly Hurt Flames P'nnned by Strong Wind Trap 8tu V denu oil Third Moor Many Jump , to Safety, While Other Are Car ; rted Down by Falling Walls. Ithaca. K T .Dec 7. Seven per sons met a traglo leath this morn ing tn the worst disaster that ever be fell Cornell University. Three of the victims were volunteer firemen of the city of Ithaca, and four were students of Cornell " University. The firemen all were prominent in this city. They werer- . ; 'J. v. '-' ; A. a ROBINSON.' Attorney. ' JOHN RUMSOT, hardware mer chant. V iv ESTT LANDON, a salesman. The students were: O. L. 8CMMUCK. Hanover, Pa. F. W. ORBililiK. South Orange. N. J. W. H. NICHOLS. Chicago. J. M. M'CUTCHEON. Pittsburg. Bchmuck got out of the building, but went back for his room-mate. Nichols, and In the attempt to rescue hi comrade, he was ao seriously In lured that he died Jh the hospital One student. C J. Pope, a treah- man of East Orange. N. J., was seri ously injured, and three others were slightly Injured.- They are: R. R. Powers, a senior of Atlanta, Ga.; W. W. Goets. a aophomore of Milwaukee, Wis., and H. M. Curry, Jr., a sopho more of Pittsburg. Rumaey, Landon and Robinson, the Ithaca volunteer firemen, had an aegd to train a hose on the north side of the house when the wall tottered. There waa a cry of alarm, and sev eral men standing near managed to get out of the . way, but the three named were caught under the mass of debris and killed. CHAPTER HOUSE IN RUINS. A few minutes after the flames were discovered the Chi Pal Chapter House was all ablase. the flame fanned by a strong northwest wind, and ths students were trapped In the dormitory on the third floor. Many of the boys Jumped to safety while those who hesitated were carried to the ground by the falling walls. No alarm was turned in until half an hour after the fire had, been dis covered and It was half an hour later before the volunteer fire department could get to work. There was a long climb from the lower part or the city to the college grounds and by the time the firemen arrived the interior of the building was almost burned out They could do nothing but pre (vent th adjoining buildings from taking Are. The money loss-Is nearly $200,000. since the original cost of the building erected by Mrs. JnOl McOraw Flske was about 1110.000 and extensive in terior decorations had been made. iTbe cause of the fire 'Tm unknown; though It Is suspected that ft started In th kitchen. Cornell University Is Immeasurably appalled by the terri ble catastrophe and academic work Is almost suspended. ' .. The burned building- was built by Jennie McOraw Flske. the benefactor of Cornell, whoa will was contested by her husband; Prof. Wlllard Flske. Mra. Flske died abroad, seeking help for an Incurabls disease, and never entered her beautiful mansion alive Her body waa taken there for tho obsequies. NEW SOUTHERN DIVISION. Southern Railway Win Ex.mi.i. Jew Division, With . S lisbnry aa Headquarter and Capt. P. K Mc Unos, of Charlotte, as Division Superintendent. Special to The Observer '. " Salisbury. Dec. 7. th morning paper will bring a bit 'f n. Salisbury that will surprise her clU sens most pleasantly. It Is the an nouncement that Salisbury i. ft . 571 . lnat ?" Is to AlVXal' irintenifent'a nr. floe here, and this lev u haihtn..,i when it 1 known chat Capt. P. L. MoManu. of Charlott. will be al. lotted this place. Tour correspondent receives this from t , unquestioned sources. The superintendent wilt have cnarge 01 the spencer-Oreenvllle, 8. I C" vision of the Southern and the ' Bbury-Norwood Una. - Thla seem 'to Indicate a change In the plan of no. doubt or the first mentioned change. The railroad people belle vo the station will be madr to conform- quit ao wen. r Thar waa a meeting this after- tlAAN ' at 4 Ik aliHA . UsaiAitlatlaM at a organisation of ladles pledged to the and wilt keep It alrv by th plant- "l". ,J7. V m ..iin. .i... V vailU -BBw,aBg i IV -7 va fleers., also adopting a constitution. i Quit a number of Salisbury young naAnlat want over 'to lllarh Point In. nlsht where they took Dart In a dance given by 'the young gntlmen of ? that city.". The vent-l planned for large results ana inose going over . expect - tn ,'time or their Uvea" 1 : m V Esqulr S. A. Earnhardt, who has had the supartntendency of Rowan's cotton crop, makes hi report with thla rear.? " There .ar 51 gin in operation and tho crop . i about 8,000 bSles. i.i, i Court AppHnu- Reelvr for Two In- , , surance) Company. ' '' Aflahta; Oa.; Dee, "I-on th pen Men of a California creditor" of th Atlanta-Birmingham Insurancs Com psny Judg Pendleton, , In the Bu Derior Court her 1st to-day appoint- ed -A. Orm recelver.of jhat com 1200,000 of insurance py the Attenta Itlrmlnghsm Company tn the Prurlen. nut. - it 's aaa mat tnia d Kept aa i separate trust fund (or th benefit ; 1 7: ' '.;7'v ., 1 j lipjj aSS9 UUKTjBlLl' Tjf : INTEREST OF FREE TRADE Development '' In Case of mere BUI Relating to Co nv let Made Goods, Affording to States . and Territories Right to inhibit V Sluppliur ' of Such Goods Within Confines i Committee on Ap propriations Says in Report Thai Printing Office Shall Follow Weh- ' iter or Other Sundard Dictionary - In Printing Goernment Docomcnu v. Bill for Game Preserve Passed; . Washington,, Dec. 7. During the three hours the House was in session it passed a bill which has the enthus iastic endorsement of labor as well as manufacturers generally, repealing W. T. Rlgsbee, of Durham. nd I pi essed the hop that some; Kf nnrinn h wn.nn infJt star! to worth several , hundred thing definite and effective could to that portlqn of the WUson Inter-State thoUBand d0nars, to show cause why done In the way of increased "ap commerce bill relating- to convict-1 he should not bs found guilty of con- propriations for the improvement of ' made good and pointing the several tempt of oourt. District Attorney., tha nation's waterway. Albert States to legislate for themselves as gk'n!.r "A8?!! . J1! man'TJ"' .Zl C1"cinniM' n-gpeka. . to their competition with "free la bor" made goods. The bill waa. introduced by Mr. Hunt, of Missouri, himself a practical stonemason. Under the Wilson bill, which became a law In 1810, convict labor-made gooda may enter Into ac tive competition with the gooda man ... A..J , ... , ,, . .. J - uiwiiumi ujr irvv ir u this Federal law a State could not past a law that would prevent the ahipplng into- ths State prison-made gooda of other States. The law which waa passed to-day abrogates the inter-State commerce law as at present applied to convict-made gooda. thereby affording to the dlf i '.?"ni I,Vrtorl'"f HtH'HS' to Inhibit the shipping of convict made goods within the confines of any State or Territory. Mr. Hunt asked for its passage not only In the Interest of free labor, but In the Interest of the manufac turers. He said It waa an attempt to curb the criminal competition of the penitentiary, with the free labor of th country. "It is cruel," he said, "to ask the free labor of this country to main tain Its citlsenshtp. Its dignity and its self-resDect. If It has to wait until the product of the Stats prison is sold before the employer can get a rea sonable price for hi honestly manu factured product." The vote for the bill was practi cally unanimous. SIMPLIFIED SPELLINO SCORED. Simplified spelling received a hard ITU hinw m.4.v in tha loaHaiativo hill for lioi reported to the" House by Hi committee on appropriations, which says: "Hereafter in printing docu ments authorised by law or ordered by Congress or either branch thereof the Government Printing Office shall follow the rules of orthography es tablished by Webster's or othA gen erally accepted dictionaries of the English language." The bill carries an appropriation of 111.215.625, which is $(85,842 leas then the estimates made for the leg- lslatlvo. Judicial and executive De- partmenta ot tho government An Increase. from $1,200 to $1,400 Is made In the allowance to member of the House for clerk hire, and ths requirement that . members certify they have spent, this amount la omit ted. Efforts to take up the bill confer ring citltenshlp upon the cltisen of Porto Rico, reported from the com mittee on insular affaire of the House were defeated by objections of the Democrats. Representative 8outhwlck, of New Tork. introduced a bill to-day In creasing the salaries of all civil ser vice employes 10 per cent The House passed a bill creating a game preserve of nearly seven hun dred thousand acres within the Olympic Forest Reserve In the State of Washington. The House adjourned till Monday. TRAVELING RECRUITING SHIP. Converted Yecht. Wasp. Will Visit Various South Atlantic and Gulf Ports Object Is to Bring Into Navy Many Desirable Young Men. Washington, Dec. 7. A traveling recruiting ship which at the same time will servo as an object lesson to would-be apprentices In the navy. ha. been designated by the bureau of navigation to visit varlour South At lantic and Gulf ports. For this pur pose th Department haa utilised the converted yacht Wasp, until recently serving as a recruiting vessel at New port and which Is designed to lake the place of recruiting parties, which it has been the custom in the past to send out It I believed by th Department that the plan will result in bringing Into the navy a number of desirable young men, who otherwise could -not hav been Induced to enter the service. The Wasp recently has been in Hampton Road and is now ready for th trip down th coast. ALL BIDS REJECTED. North Carolina Conimlsalon of the Jamestown Exposition Declines Bids for State building. Special to The Observer. Greensboro, Dec. 7. The North Carolina commission of tha James town . exposition met here to-night to consider bids for ths erection ot the State building at the exposition. All bids were rejected. Mrs. J. Lindsay Patterson, of Winston-! lem, wii elected Stat his torian, In charg of th Stat exhibit of relic and the like, with power to appoint assistants In ths different communities. A number of cities have applied for rooms In the State building. Mra George W. Vanderbllt. of Blltmore, wilt be allowed to furnish one. It will contain handsome carved oak furniture, and sperlment of weaving from the Industrial departments of Blltmore. RETURNED TO NORTH CAROLINA of Wllllsm anTlsaae HorrrU In Mitcliell County on Way Here, ty. on way Here. Springfield. lit, Deo, 7. David Oar- . .. laa aw m r cnirRu wi.n uif inuruoi ok j wuiiam ano " ,"',c.. county, N. C, In December. 100, was returned to North Carolina by Gov mor Deneen to-day. Oarland ta un- der arrest In Pontlae, He asserts that n snot mem in an enosavor to seep III" pmn, ni bi-u u.iun iiiai iia la fuaitlv ' from Justice- ssylng that he has lived in Illinois six years and that ther has. been' no previous sf. ) fort to. .arwst tlm,:: although h . has Vialted Mitchell county. Minister Exnrlled From Church , for , , f: : '. " . ; tmmors 'I t y. .. . j -' Shrevoport, La.,' Dec 7 Rev.N. J.. Roberts,' of Tscompa, . wa to-day expellee xrom tne Louisiana confer a no of ths - Methodut . Kniananal Church, South, on the charge of jun morauty. . , y.. .... . vi IS BiGSBEE JNCOmi JUDGE PURNELLv ISSUES WRIT ond Grand Jury Failed to Indict for Stuffing. B Dot v Hoxee Court Officers Claim That i Rlgsbee Had Important Witnesses ' Subiioenaed to Appear at - Federal Court to Block Wheels of Dhrliam Court Judge Purneil Thinks Rlgsbee is In Contempt of State and Federal Courts. . Observer Bureau, The Hollaman Building, Raleigh, Deo. 7. Judge Purneil. In th Federal Court here to-dav Issued a rule w ... -'v.. ...... ... - ...v vuiii.iimuu, uaxii.cu case against Moonshiner, but stated the proposition that the natural that they knew nothing about tha waterways, made efflclent by the aid matter. Moonshiner had not asked ef the government, would not only that they be summoned. State So- supply the deficiency of transporta- , llcltor Brooks, who was present In tlon facilities, present and pros court, waa asked for a statement by pective, but would so equitably and Judge Purneil. He aald that Rigs- naturally regulate freight charges as hr had hmin Inrllntatft hAfora the tn ha mntt Mnituni.. jm i ' . -" . . . grand jury or Durham, ror alleged ballot box stuffing, but the bill was j thrown out. because several grand . jurors had not paid their poll tax. A new grand Jury was summoned for "hitherto desultory and Inadequate this week, when it was found many appropriation for the improvement v witnesses against Rlgsbee had been of the waters and 'o place their summoned to appear before the Fed- prosecution on a business basis. In- eral Court here. Brooks said that he surlng their completion within ' - i came to Raleigh to ascertain the reasonable length of time, tacts. He found thst Rlgsbee had -mm pmrumirvr-a bioit -V been getting witnesses to come to . . PRESIDENT'S RKPLT. .,. Raleigh Instead of Durham, money Replying the President said: having been paid to have them sum-1 "I have come to feel a growing moned, and money having been paid sense of the Importance of establish to them to pay their expenses to in a far-reaching coherent plan for Raleigh. Solicitor Brooks said he be. the general improvement of the ' lleved It was a plot by Rlgsbee to de- waterways of the country. I feel ' feat Justice In the State court, and that the national government should ' if it were not contempt of the Fed- concern Itself with ths proper eon eral Court, It was certainly contempt troi and utilisation of the water of the State court. Judge Purneil lower down la the river, where they-; says he believes Rlgsbee is guilty of are fitted to b grest arteries of contempt of both courts. The rule communication.- I, hava had It,' Is msde returnable next Thursday brought strikingly to my attention morning. t but recently how much we suffer at AUDITOR DIXON'S REPORT. rrtjr 8tat Auditor Dixon has nearly ways for moving the grest grain -completed hi letter to the Governor. way, for m0vlng the great crop .of transmitting his report for the fiscal country. We need and must have fur ' year ended November 10. The bal- ther facilities for tranaprtatlon. and ae : ance on hand of th general fund a ha. K.n wn nninta nnt na f tha ' v'RH r nrn wna 1419 714 tha r.a.inta i .i J3s 78 The disbursements were iU'.ni loi. leavm.Tetance 082 It will bo remembered that the State auditor told your correspondent three w-eek ago that the balance on hand would be -.ver $100 000 The balance of the educational fund ine oaiance ot tne eaucauonsi iunu on hand Is $56,625. the disbursement during the year having been $0.85, and the receipts $125,051. The State debt, 4 per cent.. Is 1 4. 111.- 1450; 0 per cent., $2,720,000 ai;i VJ North isre yet outstanding of old .Carolina rattway construction bonds 6 per cent., unredeemed, $23,000. The total debt is therefore f5,87t, 410. The State owns 10,000 of North Carolina railway stook. $. 000.200: ll.m shares Atlantic 4k .aa? i-? int. hnL alnd Congress. Included the bust 2t.00: Alexander eonntr booa.-r nmkt!, i.oAsadihea or tn bed to-dav. T st A K AAA aiBssaaj TJCTIilr 4hA-A af Jrm ferson Turnpike Company. $64,000; v. f,ww ... . total Investments. 14. 328.550. It had bean announced by an official William B. Stlllwell, president Of the, nf one of the companies thst ths Bll board of trade of Savannah; Frank and Inter-State Telephone ayateni would D. La Lanne. president of the Na-.. "r. D"? . ' h LmT1 t,on1 Bor11 ot Tr. Philadelphia;' ' Capital City Company, but nothing has n w.., . Ul,l, -so far been done and there Is not a sign v v:.nnaicC,r,yi ;Hnaton. of a ripple on the water. The Merchants' W. Va.; Richard N. kdmond. of Association has declared against the Baltimore; . S. Conway, of Chi- , Inter-Htate and It la goin to take up cago; M. T. Bryan, of Nashville, and the matter and what causes the do- p j. Van Loben Sela, of San Fran lay In consolidation. Cisco - " FUNERAL OF Mlt STUNKEL. j j. N. Teal, of Portlsnd, Oregon." This afternoon ths funeral of Mr. Wll- chairman of the committee on rose- t llam A. Stunkei. tha young man who wss utions, brought in the plstform re- - killnd yesterday by a runaway horse was . whlrh waa adnntl hv a rlalna li-IH. under the direction of the Elks, of port TJw" , P . .y r,,ln which order he waa a much valued mem- , vo,- The report In part follows: ber. This is the second death nf an Elk "Present conditions demonstrate . which has occurred sines the lodge was that transportation facilities are ... established hare. totally Inadequate for the prompt' MAY CONTEST TTRELL SEAT. and economical transportation of. the . A rumor Is current among local Re- products of the country. Wlthi the., fubl jeans that the aeat In tha lower last 10 year the tonnage moved by louex. from Tvrell. will be contested by miim-. ha. i i ? -ant the Republican oandldate on the ground that the Democratic nominee, who got a major Ity. a a county off eer nJh.i continued In that office alnce election. WORKMEN STRUCK BY TRAIN. One Killed and Aoother Seriously In- vide the t assistance wfilch properly -lured While at Work on Bridge Improved nstural waterway ' will Over Harlem ltlver. give. Increased fscllIU for trans- New York. Dec. 7. A theatre train porMng freight. , on the New Tork Central A Hudson "Th time ha now arrived when s River Railroad about midnight to- the United States with greater , night plowed through a gang of natural advantage must also reeog workmen on th Uarlem rlvar brlrian nlse the function of the waterway In - of the New York Centrsl Hudson River Railroad. Instantly killing one of the men ami fatally Injuring an other. The workmen were Installing a signal system on th third rail sys tem for the Central electric trains. The man killed waa John Kaiser, at tires unknown, and the man fatally hurt John Baumgartenj of 17 East 117th Street The train that struck the two men did not stop. After th accident be came known all 'trans were held up wii an 'ii an. ntic iiciu uif until thn foreman nf tha finr hail untu tno toreman. ot in gang nan called the roll of his men to ascer tain If the others were safe TWO NEGROES KILLED. I-,-,,- r I Colored MenN.med.BuIl.rd M Under Improvised Shelter. Special to The Observer. Clinton, Dec. 7. Two negro men named Ballard were killed at their ' home 10 miles west of Clinton last nla-ht. meeting death by an unusual accident While burning a tar kiln. thev went to sleep under an Im provised shslter made of poles and covered with straw and dirt The heavy shelter fell upon them while they alept and crushed out their lives. They war Industtlou mon nd leave families. NEW . PRESIDENT T.IKS OFFICE. Successor to Samuel Spenoer Assumes a . Actual ssUUt. ... Washington, Dec., 7. William W. nly recently chosen as the sue f winiy ' the lata Preeldent Samuel Bpflic.r of tna gouthern Railway, a, ,ttma4 the active dutte of hla offic to-day and will make hie headquar. tera In thlls city. Th pollcle of th late president will be carrlea Out ad DO maieriBI cnnn In th System t or th personnel ; of th - executive branch of the road ar contemplated bs , Mr,? FltH.t.j;.:VWi j J '"'4 ' ,iW ; " . K r t' MM Owl watsUv 'sn-.l w-s : LOs Ahgeles, Cat., Deo. 7. Abe At- tell, of Los Angeles, '. knocked v out Jimmy Walsh, ot Boston. In " th4 eighth round of a fight for the feath- erwelght championship here to-night The contest waa ast 'Artell having-ths advantage (from the start r Tommy Burns was th reierr. i. ..- , . . i : PRICE FIVE CENTS. HARBORS. NEED DlPItOmrrvr He Delivers Most ' Emburaclnv Ad. iisroors Congress at White Houoe. Icfluii and Effective Would ' bo " Don--. Refrains ;iom Entering Into Dtscnwilon of Details of Plan Before He Has Spoken , With Ijeaders In Oongress--Platfonn IUh port Adopted by a Rbung Vote. ' : Washington, Deo. -7. President v Roosevelt told the delegates to the Natlonsl Rivers and Harbors Con- Bros, who called on him at the White House to-dav. that h. UlJ consult with the leaders v..mvi-3 J Lvuuiium prosperity. He told the President - that the convention suggested a regular annual appropriation of not v less than 150.000.000 to renlap th . . . . .. r -necuve meinooa oi enecung rw- Wf nt'l " to P?vMe f2T Z Pr0P'f ' , to enUr ,nt0 any dcuslon of th . deU, of your pIan UBtl, t ,: ipoken wlth me of the leader of tne tw0 HoUses of Congress. I shall Pon.ult wltn them at onc and trust Ponsuit wlth them st onc t tnat ,ometh,ns definite csn al th( ,ne tnat you , The unanimous sdopticn be don . mention." ntiin n haV reaolutlona urains Conareas to so- pronrlate annually not less than $50,- - 000,000 for the Improvement of ' rivers, harbors and wuterwaya. com- ' l menclng with the present ' session, and the appointment ot a com mittee of it deltratee, headed by Mr. Francla. to present the sentiments - of - th Convention te tne -President . i - ' ivixrv a nnnvoara Uinv HAil A . AVaiiObO . JRAiVgi. Among tne sneakers to-dav were wuiia Hnrin tha aama norlrut rallwav ' J n" reaTed Tnly 20 per ' "I"?" ,ha! Jn.Cr'!' . cent. Hundred of millions of. dol lar ar lost annually to our farmers and other producers by the failure of the national government to pro- the economlo development of ,th .country." v.. . ALDERMAN JOHNSON DEAD. Prominent Cltisen of Wilmington Dies of Parens Funeral To-Day.., Special to Th Observer. " ' V , Wilmington, Dec 7. Alderman Edward F. Johnson, a prominent member of the council, chairman of the water eommls- alnn and acknn wledred leader of ' the , , . , fc . , . , , municipal owntnnip moTrairai in T )i- ,1IW, Whinh niattnm na loading caiMiioaie tor mayor id in forthcomlns city election, died this morning at 4:45 o'clock at hla home en Ninth atreet after an Illness of two weks with paresis, during greater WV-vsgiBl Willi asai -, ' ' tieaioi tn of bleh ttm. k. i time h waa uaconHnlone. Mr. Johnson wa head of th Wilmlnpr ton Peanut Company and had lived here nearly aU hi life, He wa In the fifty, first yesr of his st nnd leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter. Three years in ha waa chairman of th Democratlo county executive eommlttee and had al- ways om souve wwser in ina party. ills death Is generally deplored all over the city. ' - . The entrance to ths city nsif snd of fices were to-day appropriately dror.l tn mourning, . out of - respect . to Mr. Johnson anJ all buslneaa will be su pended to-morrow durlnsj the . funeral, which will be at S o'clock. fron hi lute residence. The mayor and board -of al dermen will be present, and an honorary escort of pollee will attend the funeral In a body,,..;..., t (', .- . v ) :'c ' TAFT TO GIVE INFORMATION. .' .-,.. Resolutions T Rrgardlnir Dlschair of r Negro Troop Recrtved at Hou- and Turmd Over to , Secretary of - , Wat. f-:.;i,T' -y-y.. '-.y.:-: f . . ' Washington, Dee. T. Th ' resolu tion of Senator Penrose passed y t.rrimi' ..tllna ah IK Sr.al l.n r a. t. ' ! tha facta reaardlns the (f-charir of tha nev IrAAnii htfilnnrtnr in thn t,i w.Afth Infinlrr I'll ' rei-etvi',1 at th Whit House to-day ami at one tornd over by the president t- Secretary Taft' who'wiH furnt-n ti... inrormation oesirea. inn rm ". resolution, which also -was pa.-l .. the same time, bat which I i ' to the Secretary of War, h i been received t y Scrtury 1 to a late hour t.-dny. s-crem- v said, however, upon return 1 1; ; the cabinet mee.lnx. that hu v comply with both restlutlon t fullest xtnt ' : ' .VS.;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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