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J SUBSCRIPTION PJIICE $8.00 PER YEAR. charlotte; n.;c.,. Saturday morning,-December is; i906;;i s 1priceetve cents. v ; SOME SALAB IE 3 INCREASED ' LITTAUER AMENDMENT PASSES ' Vln President Sneaker "-. of ' House '.nA MimhcM of Cabinet WW Hr- . - reive-' $11,000 -Yearly Amendment '.'' K" to lncreHe " Salaries ol ' Senators, -VV- ; Representative and Resident Com. sS k mlaetoner iYom Porto lUoo to 7, " " mm nihmil K tlr.. T.I turner. . Ie- -1 -;?s' faaiMi Aftr . Considerable Disc- "-. lun by VoUj of 18 to 106 Sup-. ' 4 - ported ICntniwlUcaIy tf Rrpre ' , T sentatlvo Clark, of Florida, From : v . Ktandoolnt of Poor Men. - ' v: Washington, Dec; i . Bjr .vot ;, .. of 101 to ill b Bouse of Represen . Utlvea "to-day .refused to'; Increaao "1 from 15.000. to 17.600 the aalarle of ''; '" 8enator, member and delegatee : ' - . Th House., however, br an over r'v ; whelming rote. Increased the ealariee - , - .11 1 1 1. V It.. . I ..1U( III. M : the House and membera oi tne -ree-'.j Ident'a cabinet to 113.000 each.',' ";- : In an anticipation or tne question or increasing aaianes coming ueior , v the' House there , was an. exceedingly ...large membership and the debate on v Vr. ... . . a... ., ,1 mo savsrsi unenniuia iw iikhi - . whlph war offered bv Mr. Uttauer. -Vfr xww V. , wv ..... ....'- " . r I ' nr4on Vlll waa followed with mark- .s- oa -interest, aiiw piii ' ;Vo'.. salary question, tha' House passed tho j- -legislative, executive ana. juaicuu p- proprlatlon . biu. ' - - -i i v . . Mr. Uttauer. of New Terk. opened ,,1 , amendment raising the salaries of the ' Vice President and the Speaker of the ..' . - ...AAA. - -. , 1I. ! spoke of the dignity of the positldn of "Speaker of the House and said that m' avarvhndv reeornlsed that the duties are arduous ana tost me pay is un ' sU UUUl it vvuf v '--. s- poaad anr further lnoraa of Muarles ' r : : .U Ca ll-vak Aft later lla H Va BTlfl TN? " . ; uUve effloes. . He believed the salaries V ':. of the minor tclerka of the govern- " ."ment should i be Increased n account J ef the Increased cost or uvtwe. . 1 COHQHV85 . NOW WELI PAID. , f; ; -'7 Mr. Underwood further said 'that " there Is no legtaUUve body In the world that pars 1U memners aa mucn - aa the membera of the Congreaa of r 1 . w iti..4 a..., mm Mia ..An. tenuon waa i an tea i o iaiu w members of Congress so that a poor man might come to Congress and ' represent his. constituent. ., w air. nugeraia, di new tori, hm I he would vote for the increase even It - , the price meant political oblivion. He Y ' ' called attention to the salary of the ...... . . . V I. - M .lM . ox tne oompirouer ok uik vhj u ' Insisted that the Vice President and the Speaker mould be paid aalariea commensurate with the dignity of their office -' - ' .After other speeches ; the amend ment waa adopted by -a--vote of Hi to 6tl, the opposition falling to se cure votes enough to call the aye nd noea. a . .- Having won a meat subetantlal v1o tery If r. 'Uttauer Introduced another amendment as follows! ' ' i 'On and after March 4. 1107, Ahe compensation of Reads' of executive departmenta, who are aembera oi the President's cabinet, shall be 'at' the rate of 1 11,000 per annum each." . Mr. Uttauer held up a '.large, pic ture of a president of a baseball asso ciation, whose - salary had been In creased from 110,000 to 111.000 a year, and contrasted that with the salaries of 'the cabinet The amend ment was adopted 204 to CO. ; Mr. Uttauer who retires to private life wltn the close of the present Con- grees, offered a provision raising the salaries of Senators and members of ' ' Congress, delegate and the resident j commissioner from' Porto Rico to 7.- t00 and on, agreement the time for the increase -to begin was fixed on March 4, 1109. ,Y Mr. Boutell, of Illinois, said he waa opposed to the proposition to Increase ' salaries of members, but was glad to vote to Increase the conmpenaatlon of ' the Speaker, Vice President and members of the cabinet. FROM POOR MAN'S STANDPOINT. 'T- 'Representative Clark, of Florida, said he desired to discuss the quos .: tlon from the standpoint Of a poor ; man. He called attention to the fact that men are leaving the service of the country and returning to private life, solely because tne salary wnicn , : they receive In offlctal positions waa Inadequate to maintain them. "And they see In the future years poverty for their children and want In Cnelr old age."' . : - -: - .."I believe there are not tea men ' on the floor who. In private conversa- tlon will not say the salary Is Inade quate, the Increase Is right, but some say 'I cannot affofd to vote for IL' If the time ever comes while I am a member of this House that I look up on any proposition as being light and , yet I am afraid to vote for It. I will tender tny resignation and go home' ? - A - round of N spplause followed , which rather startled Mr. Clark. "For Ood's .sake let us answer the: great '," daily papers who are challenging our ' courage to go upon reoorH by ur votes bpf ie all te country," waa; his S concluding appeal. -v ' ' Mr. Lamar, of Florida, opposed the Vv amendment a did Representative , Oronna. of North Dakota, Lacey. of Iowa, arid Webber, of Ohio. ? Others who spoke in favor of tne amendment .were Representatives ,, Orosvenor, of Ohio,' and Sim and Gaines, of Tennessee. The amendment was defeated by a vote of ayes 100; noes 111. -. .i .-. 1 rOU SniP SUBSIDY MEASURE. - i President ' BelleTee Reference In . HI ' .Annual Message) Was Mis understood ,and Will fiend Special to Congress Advocating It rasnage. - ,- ... - -,' Washington, Dee. 14. -That Pretl . .'. dent Roosevelt will send to Congress ' -'a special message advocating the pa ' - sage as a ship subsidy measure at the present , session, waa sUted by several members of the House to-day.. It vaa snld that the President had declared X that the Tecommendatlon In his an f tvual message wa misunderstood. In -'that message he said if it were found "7. inexpedient to pass the Senate bill, a . '-'measure should be passed to provide for a,, few lines to South American porta 'v He did not mean to minimise . the Importance of other feature of .y ''the bill, it 1 said." and now purposes to correct any false Impression that . may have been gained by the House. The House committee on merchant . ' marine and fisheries will meet on January 1 and ' It Is believed the ' president "will further communicate "his wishes to the House "before that meeting. - ; '' ;"".;.".;'"'. -'. ..-.';. v";.;i." , Enrique CL Creel Mexican Ambassa- dor to United States, , , City of Mexico, Dee. 14rt haa ' been officially announced by the Mex- ' lean eovernment that Eniiaua C. Creel. Governor of the Stale of Chi-1 . . ."Tiuahu has been appotnteff Mexican ambasssdor to the United States, Senor Creel Is of American descent J and U one oi tne weaitniest- ana I most progressive men ct the republic ' IkUNKERS riiAJf IXADEQUATE. Sec. Shaw 'Anbcars Before House . . CommlUM on llanklnc and Curren ry In Advocacy High Taxed Credit .-. currenry Hngirestnig tive m vran. " aa- Desirable iUte. '.'v -".,r'.Y -Washington, ' Dec. It Secretary Shaw appeared before the House .com mtttee on banklnr and currency to day in1 advocacy of a high taxed cred It currenoy, ; suggesting ( per : cent as a desirable rate.- He emphasised the greed tor greater .elasticity in currency, but ' expressed the opinion that the plan framed by fas American Bankers' Association will not bring out sufficient to be ever useful. Grant ing that the bankers , plan results . In tha issuance of '1300,000,000 addition' al In national bank notes, Mr. Shaw said that Tn his opinion k not more than 110,000.000 worth' of these will be redeemed,'., Mr. Shawyihought tne bankers' plan wholly Inadequate : to ! meet the requirements, of the commercial world and said It waa encumbered with top much machinery for the limited good result' he feels it Ut capable, of. ae pompllshbg. i He would not want to be -regarded as an opponent of the measure suggested by the bankers be cause lie felt that any step, toward relieving the demand for greater- elas tic it y at certain seasons of the year waa ansiraoie, out urgea mat the committee strive to frame a more ef fectlve measure. . It was -urged by the secretary that an effort should be made to make ail our currency elastic, rather than to Impart elasticity to a certain amount or emergency currenov., Un aer me oanaerr plan,' he said, only the credit eurmnn whlr-h mwi tntn national oanas would oe on IU way tt reaempuon. in ere would be no rea son why private bank shautd seek the redemption of national bank notes ana consequently they would', maae no esrt to do ao. In the bankers' aan hitlmnl banks are to be permitted to Issue 115.006 additional notes for every 4100,000 of meir cad-ixi. a' an intri. rale it a l-S per cent and an additional ij BOO with interest .at too rato ot per cent CHARLOTTE POTJDTRY IK) WELL. B. S. Davis' PlymouUi Rock' FWk Uln fiMIM lvlma AM 'Ptallfl mt Third on Pen at Great Knoxrllie hijow Othce winners. Special to The Observer. , : . KnoxrtUe,' Tenn.. Deo. . 14. The second annual meeting and exhibit of ute Kast Tennessee Poultry Associa tion came to a very successful close to-night. Fifteen hundred birds were exhibited by nearly 160 owner, from all .sections et the eoantry , The competition In most of the elaasea was very close and - the judges.- Charles McClave. et -Kew , Loudon, O.J hnd f. J., aLarsnau.'er coiige Fark, Qa., naa-s-H uieycouia OP. ; in re charlotte. N. C. owners ex- hlblted hens and carried nrixea. B S., Da via entered, five birds In tha Barred Plymouth;. .Rock class, in which there were 100 entries. He wen second on pullet - and third prue on pen. John P. Greene entered in the Brown, Leghorn class and won third on pen. Z. A. Hovla. entered pen of partridge wyandottes and won -first prise on cock and second pen. . The meeting baa been laraelv at tended. Judge Blanck. of New Or leans, declarmjr thai the attendance was larger than at any other meet he has seen in the South. In addition to the Charlotte owner, on or two other North Carolina and on South Carolina 'owner had entries END OF THE WELLS CASES. The Plaintiff Get Verdlot foe a Total of I7MH.1&- Review of the Case ' Argued Four Times tn Circuit Court .of Appeals. ' The famous cases of the Well Com pany vs. the Oastonla Manufacturing Company and the Avon Mllla, also of Gastonia, came to an end yesterday afternoon when Judge James X3. Boyd ihe-Unlted eutes .District Court signed the Judgments awarding the plaintiff I4t.4lt.t7 and 112,471.18. re spectively. These two judgments are among the largest ever signed In this district of the Federal Court A brief resume of the cases, will .b Interesting Inasmuch as they have been In tha courts for about four years and large amounts have been involved. The - Wells Company, of which Mr.. W. L Wells la president and manager and whose -head quart era la at Vicksburg, Mies., sold the two defendants cotton to the amount in cluding interest to date, of approxi mately.. 188,000. Mr. John F. Love, for the two - mills, claimed that Mr. Wells agreed -to take two block of stock In the Loray Mills amounting to 140,000 and 110,000 respectively In part payment for , the cotton. Mr. Wells denied tat and Instituted suit to 'recover the amount due for the cotton.: - ,"'' ' ' .-. " " ". ' - The ease was heard in the District Court In Charlotte at the June term. In 1I02 when the court, decided In favor of the plaintiff. The defendants appealed to the Circuit Court of Ap peals at Rich mond, where it . was argued four ; separate and 'distinct times. It finally went to the United States Supreme Court and was sent back to the Court of Appeala, which upheld . the : first - decision of - Judge Boyd except a to one Item, involving the 110,000 item named by the de fendants. ' , ;-'.i, V- , .''.,',.- The case wa sent back to the Dis trict Court , there nd the ( plaintiff agreed to accept the Judgment as up held by the Court ef Appeal rather than go to the Inconvenience ot an other trlaU"! IV".".. (': - In this ease the ptalntlff company was represented by Mr. C W. Tlllett of Charlotte." and Murray F. Smith, of Vicksburg, Miss. The defendants have been represented by Burwell Cansler, of Charlotte, and Mr. O. F. Mason, ot Dallaa A , .''' ,c.;,5.:.; Doeter Case ' Consumes Entire Day. Almost the entire day in the tTnlted SUtea District Court yesterday wa consumed with the evidence In the case of E. D. Deeter vs. the Southern Railway in which the plaintiff asks for ttt.000 on account of alleged Injuries received while he waa In the employ of the company at tha yards at Spen cer In 1104. This case was removed from the Rowan Superior Court The case will be concluded this morning; Tha rfafnndsnt enmnanr la rnruit. ed by Mre. Caldweir. of Statesvillet Xynh,"bf Greensboo; n8 tTaptaiW Ca aon. of Gastonia: the plaintiff is ren- resented by Messrs. Clement and Cte- ment, ef Salisbury, and J. E. Justice, of Greensboro. ' ' ; JONES DECL A BED GUILTY ' ; , - , .i .yv- GUILFORD .;. NEGRO WILL ; ILiNG Frailer . Jones, .Negro . Arraigned at . ureensbora for Murder of Uls wife, v Declared Guilty of Murder- In First Degree Dad Mixture of Indian and African Ci tl en Younger of Youth' . ful Would-De Desperadoes Excused f The Other Get j Two Year In ; Work HouseHigh Point Man Sent tot v Road Mr. Clark Return to Grejeosboro. Special; to The, Observer, . Greensboro, ; Dec -H, Fraaler Jones, the'' !nerro charged . with killing hi wife at their hom,U Glbsonville. ;on Thanksfiying DayK wa this . afternoon found 1 guilty "of murder in the first degree.,' The Jury waa out only a few. minutes, and, the verdict waa reached on first ballot Judgment will probably be announced to-morrow morning, the verdict leav ing nothing for Judge Moore but to pronounce the death sentence and fix the date, for his execution. Five . witnesses for the State . were Introduced as follows: Battle Holt a relative of the deceased. Ethel" Gibson, a niece of the deceased. Caleb 8um mere .'.Policeman ' Gee May and , Dr. j. ..tn. ' Jordan. The defendant ; of fered no testimony and at 4 o'clock argument of eounael wa begun.' The attorney spoke in . the .following, or der: Thos. s. Beall, for defendant: D P. Stern. W. H. Carroll and Solicitor Brook for the prosecution, and CoL J. A. Barrlnger for the defendant Judge Moore charged the Jury that there - was evidence to Indicate that the defendant was guilty of either double homicide or manslaughter and they must either acquit him or return a verdict of guilty of murder In. the first or second degree. Solicitor Brooks represented . tho State, and the defendant was repre sented ey col jonn a. uarnnger ana Thomas S. BealL The circumstances of the shooting were most revolting. The. defendant in . the presence of a large . crowd of people at his home on the morning of Thanksgiving Day deliberately walked into the kitchen where Ms wit was at work artd. after a brief and heated conversation, drew a pistol' and open ed fire. The first shot took 'effect In her hand, and turning, she 'ran.: Two more shots were fired In -Tepid' suc cession and the 'woman-' fell to the floor and died almost Instantly. - THERON CAUSET GOES TO -WORK HOUSE. Theron and Ed Causey two white boys, whose ages are 14 and 11, re spectively, were the defendants In eight cases called in court to-day. They aubmttted pleas of guilty to ail of the charge, and Colonel Hobgood, weir .auomey. maae a . strong plea for fcbe'Tmercy of the court. ' In-his speech he advocated a reformatory ror uon criminals. . inese soys had read five-cent novels and -stories un tH their Imagination. Were aflame,' They decided to go Into camp life and stealing a. large amount of neces saries, ammunition, a mule and wag on ana other things, went about 10 miles south of the city and 'pitched tent They were 'arrested one night Just' after they had entered a grocery store In the southern part of the city. They had two bagfuls of provisions and other merchandise, when taken by the officer, who owned the store. After hearing the argument of the counsel. Judge Moore sentenced the elder bey to two years in the work house, and judgment wa auspended In the cases against the younger boy, who Is' Just 11 years oia. it is a rather sad case. especially so-since their' father Is a hard-working, hlghly.respected man. MURPHT GETS TWO TEARS ON roads. - -; Another case disposed of this morn lhg was that against Charles Murpy; or High Point, wno was sentenced to one year on the county roada for an assault with a deadfy weapon- upon Policeman Lovelace, of High Point There were two other charges against him for carrying eonoeaied weapons and resisting an officer. Judgments In these oases were .dismissed. He submitted to -leaa of guilty in all of the cases.- The defendant' wife was In court when the sentence was pro nounced.'' She wept most bitterly... flag and a Bible were presented by the Greensboro Council No. It, Jr. O. U. A. M., to the Bessemer avenue public school In the school house to night The presentation speeches were made by Col, F. P. Hobgood and E. D, Broadhurst . The- exercises were greatly enjoyed. There wa a, large attendance. Including a number of members of the looge. The Greensboro Musical Association gave the first annual Christmas con cert In the Grand Opera Houae this evening. The event waa well attend ed and all greatly enjoyed the pro gramma rendered. With one or two exceptions ail of those who took part were Greensboro people., The re hearsals were held under- the direc tion of R. Bllnn Owen, a musician of ereat .ability, who recently located here. Miss Lillian Saunders, of Blue field, W. Va., sang several numbers and wesMbllged to respond to re peated encores.- " .?-; l;v Rev. Melton ciark. in new pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will arrive In the city to-morrow and will preach at the , church Sunday. . ' He will arrange to stay In the olty until Christmas, at which - time he will probably bring his wife to their home here. The church la delighted to have paator, after having been with out one for more than a year.' Mr. Clark come from Columbia, but has been for some time pastor of the First Presbyterian church tn Florence, 8. C. NEGROES , MAKE DEMONSTRA- - At a late hour last night Policemen Ridge and Marsh were called to the home of their brother officer, police-j man R. T. Skeeris, to quell a crowd' of negroes, who were making- a big demonstration. The negroes had fired several pistols and shotguns, some of , the shots having struck- the house of the'offlcer. When the officer arrived! they found several of the crowd, some of whom wore white sheets over their heads. They ran , when the officers approached. At a negro house near by a negro aance wa in progress. The policemen also visited this place, but when they . demanded . entrance, the participant In the dance also fled. Some time ago while carrying a negro to the lock-up Mr. Bkeens shot the prisoner aa u iiau iua.ua a, uaiii tor llbertv,- The negroes were very much wronkht up over this, and tt. la believ ed that the demonstration last night wm the result of this feeling. . , GENIAL GILMER'S KErOBTjHEABING MAX END T0-1) AY GIVES STATISTICS OF ; CRIME 10,117 CrlmlDal Ac41ona Disposed ' ot M Mate. courts During Year KM . lnx July 1 IncreaHO t-f About 1.SO0 ..Women Are Defendant in lift Cases The - Flgnre In Detail Governor Glenn Refusr to Cona- mate Sentence of Ren Williams or Postpone Execution Elder II mi ' hlU 1. AcuUted of Retailing Wfala- key on the Undergrooud System Deliberated Twe tatinutes. , , v i oheerver Bureau, J 'i The Hollaman Building. ... ; '. .Salclgh. Dec 11 Attorney General f Gilmer haa com pleted hi report of criminal statistics ror tne two years enaing juiy i, last. Each year : is mads up separately. ; These report areAbaBod on returns made by v clerk otl court ' During the.year i ended-Jujy 1, 105, there were 0,614 criminal actions disposed Of," Of which 'women) were defendants in 721, of the defendants 4,427 being Wnlte, 4,111 colored- and 15 Indiana The number of convictions waa 6,- 464; acquittals1 1.0 8S. For the year ending last July the number ot crim inal actions aupoaea or was m.in, the defendants in (13 cases being wo men, the number of whites being 4, 040, negroea 4,l.i and Indians (8, the number et convictions being 8, 711 and aoaulttala 1.215. The follow ing Is the summary of the various offencee , with ; which the defendants were Cflarged. the first ligures given showing the number of persons so charged for 1905, tjie last figures those for , ito; . . COMPARISON , OF JCR1MK STATIS- TIS. Assault and battery 302 and 340; abandonment 57 and 61; affray 852 and 880; arson 14 and 7; assault 119 and 844) ; assault -with felonious in tent 84 and 86; attempt to poison 5 and 1; "assault with deadly weapon, 1,250 and 1,251; abduction 8 and 14; bigamy 14 and II; burglary, first de gree, 6 and second degree 35 and 11: burning other than arson 15 and 22: carrying concealed weapons, 1,101 and 1,049; conalparcy 0 and 12; cruel ty to animals 59 slnd 75; disturbing meeting lit' and If 9; escape 31 and 80; embesstement a and 40; adultery 285 and 214; failure to list taxes 868 and 801; false pretense 105 and 82; forcible trespass, 171 end 199; forgery 41 and 81; gambling 350 and 815;. housebreaking 81 and 02; house burn-., ing 8 and 1:- Incest 7 and 8; illegal registration 21 andbnone; larceny 1, 028 and 1.004; larceny In receiving Z85 and Z7; libel 13 and 11; man slaughter 20 and 21; murder, first de gree 28 and 64; second degree, 59 and (1; malpraetlce In emce 6 and 1; per jury 31 and 42;' pnactlclng medicine without license 2s and 26; criminal assault 18. and 16 d- robbery 32 and 23; retailing whlakfy wltnout license 1,044 and 1,222; selling liquor to mi nors 17 and 6 and selling It on Sunday It .. .. a. a. . , ... . . .nil , . wuivvi ay-aiiu aw, aouuv- no t anovaAj. rVA aa j y v-r -1 ? Tne corporauon ' commission in us capacity a the ,8tate board of tax assessors haa finished. Its report This refers to the important '-question of equalising taxation, of ' course the latter Is a very, hard thins to do, but the Injustice of tne present plan pro vokes much comments -the criticisms made upon It .by States Auditor Dixon bemg very sharp and In the -opinion of the public meritieea, since In some counties the assessment' Is very fair, while in others it Is. grossly under stated as to valuation, t REPORT ON HOSPITAL FOR IN SANE.. ,. The board of directors for the Hos pital for the Insane here Informs the Governor that more land la needed for the farm and that the colony plan of caring for the Insane In certain' cases Is recommended, this having been found to be very beneficial and eco nomical aa well. A great many Im provements have been made at the farm of the hospital and the herd of cattle has been broug'nt up to a fino muQMU. ing prrcnue oi cures has been large and the management very economical. During, the year the new wing for female patients, to contain 100, 'nas been completed and is rapidly Being - niiea, there having Den many appucauona on file. These nave been very, carefuuv. examined. to see mat meritorious case were ad mitted. . , . j. r Elder Barnhill . wa ;acaultted in the Federal Court this afternoon on the charge of havinr whisker bar rels burled In the ground In ' Pitt county and pumping up llauor from them and selling It, . The jury , was out oniy two minutea ' The trisi lasted three days. - ; '. , NO COMMUTATION FOR WILLIAMS. "Governor Glenn to-day declined to In terfere In the matter of Ben .Williams, the negro convince oi .muraer UK Kni amlavk as St A Slan MnfimA 1A ' lak heM flraVl ' Inatci el Kb, and sentenced to be. hanged here uccemDer zu. mis siiomer maie a niea for commutation . to life Imprisonment and, this falling, asked -that the execu tion be postponed, but the Governor says that after reading the evidence and also the letter Trom Judge Council, who tried the case, that he cannot grant any commutation or postponement and that the man must be executed. Commissioner of Insurance Youns re turned to-day from - Robeson county. where yesterday at Raeford, Lee 8. Ewlng, colored, was given a preliminary haarlnr on the charae- of reiraaantln the Solid Rock Building Association, of Philadelphia, which haa no license what ever In North Carolina. Ewlng waa sent to ail at Lumberton, In-default of 8200 Charters are .granted sneior Com- esnv. Charlotte, clothing dealers, ra til ts I atock 810,000; the Oreensboro Pepsl- Student Building Association.- Incor porated, Greensboro, .to assist In erect- ng and equipping whet la to be known ss the students Duiunns at . the State Normal A Industrial Code. There la no capital stock, Mis Mabel Howell and others, of Ooldsboro,- are incorporators. TO CONSIDER, NEEDS OF INSANE. Nnt week Dr7 Fatson. ef 'the ICaatam Hospital for the Insane; Dr. MeKee. of the Central, and the. representative of the Westers Hospital at Morasnton, III meet here tor a eonrerenoe with the State board or charities In regard to what shall be -done in the way of addi tional prevlson for the Insane,, epileptics, Idiots, and other defectives. A rough census has seen mane ot the number of these In the State and It approximates MO. A. tlan Which Is sussealail alraarf Is that at eaeh of the presont hospitals there be erected saperat buildings for iBSZ-SZl utive commit-1 University of Idmta, epiiemnw. nnuras, imoac This eftemoon the exeeutlv tea of the trustees or the North Carolina ... met In tha ofrioa aavernor -Olenn to receive rannrta ana arrange varlone tnattera , President Ven- aue wa. present .;,;'.-. '.,- ' ' I. .W.ii.l TOJrrnAcr jiAs rken awarded. If. D. C. Balldlrur e FtposHIon Will Cost SS.ooo and WUI be Reproduc tion of Jefferson Davis, j. . r -Norfolk. Va.V Dec. 14. The contract for the building to be erected at the Jamestown Exposition bv the Daurh. tera ...of Jhf , Confederacy . all . oyer. the. oouniry, ' nae ormn ewaraea. Tne building will cost 15.000. and will be a reproduction of "Beauvolr the home of - Jefferson Davis, ' Presld ent of ' the Confederacy, al Gulf port. Miss. NEARLY ALL EVIDENCE IS IN. Mrs. Winston and Prof.' Goodwin i, Prlnrlal Wltncsers Yesterday- Day lull to Yield Aught SeniNU - tional Mr.Legle TreUiies to Having- Heard of . a Hullabaloo and Jr'a using .Tlicreby RaiHing. Question , of Vernacular Mrs. Winston Makes Good - Imnresslon - and la Paid Tribute by Mr. Self For Hi Client Prof. Goodwin Describe School. . , Special to The Observer. m Morganton,' Dec ' 14. The prlncl pal witnesses to-day were Mrs. Win aton and Prof. Goodwin. In the Inves tigation of affairs 'at the State School for the Deaf and Dumb. There waa nothing bo rd or Ing on the sensational. The young lady teacher had their fancy work, on hand and made peek a-boo holes-Industriously. The busi est person In connection with4 the trial Is Mr. Emerson Eve, of Ashevllle, an expert stenographer. The little con fusions and; hurries Incident to euolt hearings never get the better of him: he hasn't yet called a halt or been caught In error. . Mr. J. G. Neall. one of the directors, resumed the stand thia morning. He did not approve the purchase of mat tresses for the convention last sum mer at 88 to 8.60. He would not have paid more than 14 to 14.60 each for them. There waa a division, he said, but not factions. In the board of directors. Numerous complaints came to him,. and were brought to the attention of the board by Dr. Jeter and -other membera They re f erred to the social rules, and favorit ism to Mrs. Hurd and Mrs. Winston. Although the minority In the board had brought ' these complaints to the attention, of the board. Mr. Neal could never get his Informanta to substantiate the charges in auch a way that the board could hear or act upon mem. his informants wouia not allow him to use their namea He warmly approved of Prof. Good win s .conduct as -superintendent. Mr. Seagle, of Lenoir, another dl rector, had also heard complaint. "What was the character of them," counsel Inquired. "A whole lot of rumors," he said. 'A sort of hullabaloo and fussing." -"What do you mean by 'hullaba loo,' " tha commissioner asked. "That s a good word in Caldwell.' Seagle replied. (Laughter). His evidence wa very similar to Mr. Neal'a He and Mr. Neal and Dr. Jeter, comprise the minority. He, too, warmly approved Prof. Good wln'a course as superintendent. All of the directors have done so. MRS. WINSTON . TALKS OF THE - WORK. Mrs. L. A. Winston, the lady prin cipal then took the stand. She Is a gentle, lovely woman, who radiates goodness. "I have been here since the organisation of the school," she said. She haa been lady principal H the while. In answer to a question aa to what her duties are, she read her last formal report to the super intendent The Deaf Carolinian, the sefcool tier- w.hie&.je mIUs. tsxhea the -children the ,art TofWnUnjgTV'R serves aa a medium of communication between parents and ouplls. It goes Into the homes of many parent and to every similar Institution In the United States, and it Is a source of great pleasure to the children on the prem ises. The rules and regulations that have been the source of some friction wert' adopted by' her' with the ap proval of the superintendent Anybody who misunderstands the psychical operation In a young woman, who has a love affair, wilt know how nat ural Is objection to any restraint even on the part of her mother. She gave some reasons why- the rules were adopted. She does not think she has enjoyed extraordinary favors, and she explained her absences reasonably. She endorses. Prof. Hold. Se adopted Mrs.' Hurd'a methods. Messrs. Holt and Goodwin, she is sure, never neg lected the manual for the oral de partment at . sundry conventions and exhibitions, which she mentioned. Most of her cross-examination per tained to the technical merits of the vocal and algn languages for the deaf. At the close of her examination Mr; Self made a ststement for his client, Mr, J. A. TUlinghaat, to the effect that a certain obscure portion of the complaint -might be Interpreted as an Impeachment of Mrs. Winston's character,-was not Intended in that light and he assured her that hla client ha ' the greatest respect for her personally. - This statement wa dictated for, the record. . MR., GOODWIN WITNESSETH. -Prof. Goodwin consumed the rest of the day. His cross-examination had but fairly begun when court ad journed. His testimony waa rather tedious, for Mr. Spalnhour led him carefully through the complaint a long document, formulating hla ques tions from the numbered allegations. He came to the school at Its begin ning as Its superintendent, September, 1894. HI duty Is to act as the ex ecutive head of the Institution, to see to the execution of every order given by the board of directors. Besides the educational department, there Is the farm,- the wood working department shoe-making repartment, the print ing plant. The board consists of sev en directors, appointed by the Gov ernor and confirmed by the Senate The directors appoint Prof. Goodwin to his position and the length of term Is three years.. The general policy of the Institution Is shaped by the direc tors. There were at breakfast this morning .211 pupils. There are II grade teachers, one handicraft teach er, one teacher of sewing, one of cooking, one chief Instructor of oral work, one teacher of printing, . and one of shoemaklng. , ' r INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLING. ," Other employes are the head farm er, the carpenter, steward,- matron, three supervisors of-the domestic de partment, one engineer, end three firemen. For the purpose of Indus trial training, there are a shoe shop and other such things. Fourteen of the larger boys work two and a half hours a day five days In a week, and four hour Saturday. So are they trained practically In many reanecta The girls are taught to. sew, launder, wait ' at the table, and such like. The' law prescribes that these pupils must be educated (or not educated) between I and 81 year of age, The KWSod'wJn V" Prof.' Goodwin. : - y, , , V I ! offere4 .admission to; all eiigioie cruiaren in tne state,",' -he, said, "and 1 have never denied an eligible , child ' admission." - The 'sen sational house of his was built he said, under Instructions - from t the board of directors.;; In his opinion It did not cost more than $,0oo. He produced a great many receipted bills for- things bought and privately paid for, for the purpose of showing "that It was never the superintendents In tention to sponge, to put It In common parlance, upon the State." , y; i ' . Under the direction of. counsel, he answered " the " allegation about his trips to various part of the .State. He made several trips to Raleigh and return at 'an expense of 14.20. - The railroad let him travel at the rat of a cent a mile, seeing that he Is con nected, With a charitable institution, and he lodge with his brother while he Is at the capital, v HI other trips were shown to be as economical as possible ' ....,"-".' The commission, counsel, complaint and others, went over and Inspected the, house, before the adjournment for dinner. Only- a few piece of furni ture which Mra Godwin, pointed out, were paid for by the State funda Tha house was practically furnished from Mr. Goodwin' pocket The beauti ful mantel In the library, and much other akilled work .was done by young men trained In the school. , As Mr. Miller said the other day, outside and Inside, the superintendent's residence "comports with Its oeauurui surrouna Inge." it l built to. eiay.. ALLOWED HOFF8TETTER TO RE ,- SIGN. . .;. ' The examination, after dinner cov ered what was left In the complaint Mr. Goodwin was frank and eager to answer all question A touching the Tilllnghast and Hoffstetter failure or re-election to proreasorsnips, ne said that he had recommended them along with the other teachers for re election;' that, aa to Mr. TUUnghast he sincerely wanted him to be re elected; that -he had and haa the highest regard for him. , The board discussed their re-election at length. and declined to re-elect them. They created, however, the soft snap cnap laincy for Mr. TUUnghast Mr. Good win asked the board as a special fav or to him that he be permitted to con vey the news of their action to Mr. Hoffstetter, and offer him the privilege of resigning. The board granted this request, and Mr. Hoffstetter e grateful. He asked Prof. Goodwin auto to write an article over his name to the effect that he had "resigned1 and to say as much to his credit aa nia conscience weuia enow. air. Godwin wrote the article. This is perhapa the place to say that Miss Tilllnghast was not discharged li commencement but waa re-elected at exceptionally Increased pay and re signed of her own accord, without moral persuasion. Mr. Holt came up a day or so before the meeting of the board of directors last 'Summer, at Mr. Goodwin's request, to look over tne work or tne school ana see some of the examinations. Dr. Jeter waa included- in the Invitation but did not think himself an expert and so did not come. For some years Mr. Holt has been chosen by the board as its representative in the purely educa tional department he being an edu cator by profession and therefore bet ter fitted to pass on educational meth ods, it was at Mr. Holt a recommen datlon that a principal was elected for the educational department and Messrs. TUUnghast and Hoffstetter were dropped from the faculty nroD- er. Mr. Uoodwln said that Mr. Holt s reputation as a teaoher and a cltlsen is excellent As referring to Mr. Holt a sen tence tn yesterday's story reading as follows: 'The rest of her evidence (meaning Mra Hurd'a) was In regard to her relationship with Prof. Holt and the latter'a favoritism for the oral department." should have read 'The rest , of .her evidence was In re gard to. Pro J. Holt''' relation 'to her work, ana ma favoritism ror tne oral department in general." To-morrow will likely end the hearing. Every body la tired of it and will be glad. ONE TAR CUTS ANOTHER. George Hatton, an Englishman, Fares IU at the Hand or J. itodrynette, a Mexican. Special to The Observer. Washington, Deo, 14. There came near being a serioua cutting affray on board the United States light Inspector Jessamine early thla morning. For 10 days the Jessamine haa been laying . at the buoy yard dock "v" awaiting orders. Last night two of the men, J. Rodryuette, a Mexican, and George Hatton, an Englishman, became Involved In a difficulty In the suburbs of the city, Both were drinking at the time. The dispute waa continued early this morning on the boat Hatton, in wrath, made for the Mexican with the- result, that- the. Mexican . made a dive for the Englishman with a knife Hatton was cut on his back, a ahoul der got several stab 'wounds, and an arm and on of his' hands were cut wide open. Immediately after the cutting ' Hatton war carried to the Fowle Memorial Hospital, where his wounds were dressed by Dr. Jack Nich olson. The Mexican tn the meantime waa arrested and lodged In the sta-stlon-house, awaiting that The outs ot Hatton are painful, but there Is no reason to believe that tnsy win prove especially serioua A COURT MARTIAL. IS ORDERED, Major Penrose and Captain Maeklln, Co. C,. First Battalion Twenty-Fifth , Infantry Must Explain Failure to lrevent Brownsville mot. Washington, Dee 14. On the rec ommendation of the -general staff the Secretary of War has ordered the trial by court-marital, ef Major Charlea W. Penrose and Capt Edgar A. Maeklln, of Company C. first batai lion Twenty-flffn Infantry, under the 12nd article of war for ''conduct to the prejudice of good order and dis cipline," in falling In their duty In preventing and suppressing the riot at Brownsville. Tex., last August The specifications will Include among other things the charge that two officers named failed to exercise due dllllgenc tn preventing the oc currence when tne condition oi arrairs at Brownsville made It necessary that all proper precautions should be tak en to prevent a clash between the troops and cltlsens; and also that they did not examine the rifles of the men until daylight and though they learn ed ot the true atate of affairs by one or two o'clock in the morning. , The detail as to the membership of the court and the place where the trial will be had have been left to the discretion of the commanding officer of the " Department of Texas. : EPISCOPALIANS WITHDRAW. ; Will Not Tak Part In Imposed In v ter-Denominational Evangelistic Campaign to be Conducted During Jamestown . Exposition Period. y . Norfolk. Vs., Dec. 14. It developed to-day that the Episcopalians, a a denomination, have withdrawn from the proposed ! Inter-denomlnatlonal evangelistic campaign to be conducted during the Jamestown 'Exposition period. A meeting of tho Virginia State Baptist, Presbyterian and Meth odist committees has been called for December II, when the local commit tees of these denominations will dis cuss with tne; Bute representatives the situation a presented by the withdrawal of the Episcopalians. It -1 slated for the Episcopalians that their withdrawal was because of no disinclination" to co-operate, but because of the rather unsettled eon dltlons tn two of the leading Episco pal Churches here, and further be cause It waa not regarded that ttwre waa a great need for the evangellMtla campaign as some thought AISHAKE-Uf ON SOUTHERN SEVERAL MEN ABB PROMOTED v' - ' -. ...' ' ' i ', ' n .. - Beginning January 1, tho Boundaries of Division Will be Contracted so That Superintendents. May Exercise Closer Personal Supervision Nnm her of Division Superintendents Will be Increased Front ' 14 to X7 Su- perintendnt CstrML at Waah wills ' Will Fill Newly Created Office of Superintendent of Transfers Con gressman Webb Hold . Conference . With Taft Regarding Battle Ground x Monument ' " -', BY W. A. HILDEBRAND. Observer Bureau, ' , 1117 O, Street. N. W., , Washington, Dec 14. V Effective January 1.' a number of Important changes for the Improve ment of the service will be made by the Southern Railway. The moat lm ; nortant la h ,nn.rfi..i.. . i 1 tory divided among superintendent Of divisions. There will be 17 division uponnienaents instead of 14, a now. The western district, now composed- Mobile divisions, will embrace the Birmingham. Atlanta. Mobile, 8elma. " nluMkl B a,. a . . . W . -wvwau. mu i, iic macon aiviflionSs ;."T v BfiTTVni TTira an ivwrvr .' r The middle district, now composed, of Knoxvllle, Ashevllle, Atlanta and Nashville will embrace the AshevlUe. aer w . en- , . " naurpny, ivnoxviiie, unattanooga. Nashville and Memphis division. The : eastern district now composed of the inaneston, Columbia. Jacksonville ' and Charlotte divisions, will embrace the Charlotte Greenville, Rock HID, , Wf.. V . , .. i biiHimvo, .uihiiiuis, jacaJKurvwe , mua Druoouri uivisions. me norm- - era district composed of the Wash- -Ington, Richmond, Norfolk and Dan-' , Tti uiviaiuiia. win voiorsce me v asa Ington, Danville. Winston-Salem, Dur ham. Mooresville. Richmond . and Norfolk division. These changes will ' Involve a number of transfer and promotions In the personnel of the system. All of the men to be advanced win be taken from the Southern' , sunt. H. E. Hutchm will remain in charge of the Memphis division. J. ' E. Lasslter, formerly train maater at T ....... m ,H .w. h. , iij.. , , U.UUIWI,, tn nia aawiiiyiiia uiTlsivu. , will ha nromntaA tn annarlntanilant at the Selma division. The northern Al- a ha m a will h, atrlt-fitn Ih. 1nt4a.tlr.MnM - of the-Birmingham division, .with tho same officers in charge. ' NEW OFFICE CREATED. ?? Superintendent QatchelL at Nash ville, will be promoted to suoerlntend. ' ent or transfer. looking after freight trans fere at Junction points. The ob ject ot creating this position I to Im prove the handling of freight la lee than carload lots at Junction points. Mr. Gatchell waa formerly - trafflo manager for the Patterson Transfen iimnanv ar Mmnnia h . anAA m. at Nashville haa not yet been decid- u. v;. fioages. assistant superintend- . ent Of the Knoxvllle division, will be transferred to Chattanooga aa super intendent and B. E. Morris, assistant superintendent at KnoxviUe will be - transferred to the Costa division as superintendent Other division su- perintenaents wm remain In. their. plaoee It waa atated at headquarters of the Southern Ralrway that these K-n .Ill V. -..a.. ...f . U . f enabling the division superintendent to Jceep Ih closer touch with condl- -tlons In their respective terrltorlee , Heretofore the division superintend ents have had 600 or 100 mile era- ' braced In their Jurisdiction, but Im proved conditions and Increased com plications, as the result of added mile age and growing trafflo, has rendered it advisable to lessen the mllaaaa to. be supervised by superintendents. - This Is the first of a number of Im portant changea that the Fourth Vic . rrniutni v. n. Acaerx nas announcea ne mwnui u nrui sdobl since ne ' was given the additional responsibil ity of general manager. " Congressman Webb to-day con ferred with Secretary Taft regarding monument to be erected on the Kings Mountain battle ground, la accordance with the bill passed at the last session appropriating 120,000. It appear that the actual work ot con- - irucuon win noi oegin until next spring. Secretary Taft requeeted Mr. Webb to bring to the department tha r title to the land purchased by the Battle Ground Association, and then Sl0 W UUIU ai'l'VIIIV SBS VWHllUlMIVn MJ ' confer with the officers ot .the asso ciation regarding designs, Inscrip tion!, etc. ' .,.': : POWER OF TADKIN RIVER.; ' The United States geological survey. ' tu-uay ivauou a iiawiaen. u& vsuuv 111 the people who live along the Tad kin river in North Carolina, - These r pemphlets are much sought -. af ter py people in search ror factory sites. The statement concludes! The ' power possibilities In this basin In South Carolina are unimportant but In North Carolina the main stream and many of Its tributaries can be ; made to furnish power - In large amount at a number of place and for this reason they are among the most Import nt power stream . In the Southern Ststee The data collected at the gageing station - will ' furnish , necessary Information concerning the amount of water' available for such Ma., fl.valnrtm.ntl '. M ..' , ? PRESIDENT CANT COME. The President will not be able to attend tne reunion , et tne aiege or Fort Fisher at Wilmington January. 18. He ao stated to-day to Senator Overman and Representative Patter son and Sherman, of New York, . In . whose district a number of the sur vivors ot the siege reside. The Pres ident ha several engagementa at the beginning of the year .. and , declared that It, la a source of jregret to him that he cannot attend. , - The proposition to increase the sal aries ot Senators and Congressmen from 16,000 to 17,000 was not sup ported by any North Carolina member of the House : :' Mesere Pou. Small and Blackburn were absent when the vote wa taken this afternoon, but the other member voted In opposition. The newly elected member from the eighth district Mr, R JV.. Hackctt. mads hi appearance on the floor of the, House-to-day. where he was In- ' troduced to nearly all the Democrat in membership. Mr. Hackett will be , here several days. ' '.' Moody to lie Sworn In Dec. 17. Washington. Dec ' 14. At General Moody, who has ben firmed . by the Kwnate to be a a r elate Jtistloe of the 8unrema ('' the United Ptat), will t sworn i lpcember 17. The rlianrt.. Calilnet rontlnirent ur-on f r. retirement from the Attorn- v Ship also wlU take tacg on t
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