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GUECCniPTION PRICE: 3 8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1907. price itve ce:;t s r mum hakes answer erNATE AS A -MINSTREL BIIOW" Humorous Reference Brought Forth Stinging : Denunciation. From bena tr tar mack In ltesentment of A1- 'lustons to 111m, and .Sertoli lleply, : f 1 rorn Senator Spooner on Tillman's ' Attitude on Race Problem, imauy - i , Resulting in Two-Hou Session Be hind Closed Ioors Tillman Li tcr ' Apologize. First to Carmaclc, Then to AH Senators Referred to, and Finally to , Whole Senate -Foraker " Resolution Again To-Day, Washington, Jan.- Jl. Few- teat v urea cf the spectacular were missing K from the'proceedlngsot' the. Senate to-day. The Brownsville affair wu the subject' of- controversy-, and the " day began with the announcement of a 'compromise, resolution which brought both Republican' and Demo , cratlo Senators together on the basis of ordering an- Investigation , of the fafitl f rthe ajfiraywlthouW Into question - the authority of 2 the President to dismiss the negro troops. When the "harmony' testimonials i were jail tri, Senator Tillman took the - t floor and delivered 'a 'speech In reply . to the recent criticism - of himself by 4 Senator Soooner. , This aneech beean with a satirical picture of the Senate as ."minstrel ; show,"- which Mr. , Tinman, later said was his first and v . last attempt to , be 'funoy'j an at v . tempt ' which , ttfi Its ., conclusion ,i brought ft stinging denunciation from Senator Carmack In resentment of allusions td 'htnuW This was preceded v by sa, serious . reply from Senator ' , Spooneroa the attitude taken by .Mr, Tillmaaf ob I- the Irace problem, all finally resulting in a session of nearly two ' hours behind closed doors. . , The secret session was followed by . a brief open, one, In which Mr. Till C. man made a profuse apology to Mr. Carmack, to all Senators whom' he had 'brought into his frst "essay in the line of humor," and finally to the whole Senate. "I very much re V gret that I ever undertook to be gunny, and' I will never, do so any more. ' Mr. Tillman then withdrew all he had said In his "funny essay" and said It would not appear in The - Record. CARMACK ACCEPTS APOLOOT. This apology was at once accepted! by Mr. carmack. who regretted he had questioned the. . motives of his fnend. and he too withdrew words he had uttered in protest.. Mr. Foraker made a final attemnt to get. a. vote on his resolution, but NsWectlimws r-wade. and HW .inaBr"haw m.-, ietw 1tr-Mtrbarunn' he ae- will be taken up to-morrow immedl Stly after' the morning business has been disposed of, Mr. Carmack re marked Jocularly that there were not more than IS or 20 Senators desiring to talk, and Mr. Foraker. feigning seriousness, retorted hotly that the Senator need not think the Demo cratic side of the chamber ' ' could monopolise the talking. Mr.. Car mack explained that he was only trying to be funny, that It was his first, attempt and he would never make another. As Senators were laughing heartily over this parting sally, adjournment was taken at :18 o'clock. During the entire day the galleries of the. Senate were crowded to their capacity, and the debate was also listened to by seemingly a majority of the Members of the House of HMTnUUv.e"' wno occupied all Available seats and standing room In tne chamber." -if the Filipino was unflt for suf he asked, how could the negro be lit for It? He said there was a grave jaesUon as to whether the 14th and lith amendments to the .constitution were ever legally adopted. He doubted if there would ever be a change In the constitution. - Mr. Tillman wanted the negro to have equality under the law. a right to acquire property and protection in Its. possession and the right to pur suit of happiness "provided his hapl hess does not Interfere with mine." RACE HATRED GROWING The South, he said, was offering us anywhere from 40 to lOo maidens and matrons to thli "modern beast," annually. Race hatred, he said, was growing. The ' North to day had a billion dollars of capital Invested In tne- South and self-interest made It the duty of the North to move, to do something to relieve the situation. At his conclusion Senator Tillman was applauded. ' ' ( At this point Mr. Tillman ' turned his attention to Senator Spooner's recent attack upon him. He had not Intended to speak again on Browns vllUe, but "the unprecedented actions and utterances" of the Wisconsin Senator had made It necessary. "WORTHY OF Uriah HEAP." .'Mr. Tillman declared that in Sena- tor Spooner's recent speech "his manner rwas . as Insulting . as It is possible , for k a Senator to assume" and that the attack on himself was "unparalleled, . Intentional? - and : ' m cold blood. It was acting worthy of Uriah heap." MK Tillman asked. ."Since when did Senator Spooncr be come the censor or Senators T" - Explaining the conditions In his State during the carpev oag" govern ment to Justifying the riot and "bal lot stuffing.", Mr Tillman said: "We rhave not shot Tany negroes in South ; Carolina on account of poltttcta slnVe 'we tiaven't fund It necessary." . :e saia ne would not call the negro I , miiuig uirj art), men, ... . said,t ret they . are . so akin to . m tasv . IWVA" y. i ing tor tne missing lnk yet! - . . InvesUgatlon of the whole race ones- 4;; w ort such 'an Investigation Bnaior Tl llmnn 'In iKar i.A.iu -- " a vi huh U4, ' . "Peech containing ' the " offensive i ( " remarks which he v later Withdrew. .y .'.'tne press had denominated him "the ' burnt cork artist -if the Senate." and , ' be added If he were "entitled to this ,v appelauon or that of latchfork Ben' at one end of the minstrel Hn y!rtaln Z :. ly 'Are alarm Joe (Senator Foraker) ougn not w oe ignored at the other. ; We both do the Orlando and. Furluso CULBERSON AND DANIEL?'"' ' . : , Senator Culberson : was 'designated ' : ss performing a solo on the "bones" In prlie of th I'rcMdcnt; gnntor Lauiel w called '"thrt brlllltint anil courtly Benetor. from Virginia, w'aose! specialty Is oratory and who works his rhetoric overtime." ' "Next," said Mr. Tillman;: "we have me dying swan. Smiling Tom, of Colo rado, the State recently bought - at auction by one Guggenheim, and the swan's song U a dirge for the dying Democracy of the North, stabbed In Its vitals by Ben's pitchfork. His act is very pathetic Indeed, and always brings tears into the eyes of tne au dience. , , , , , , , 1 "'"Next we have the redoubted Ten nesseean, who was once a Knight, a very hot spur" In the Hats, whose spear has rung true1 and clear upon the, visor of the usurper at the White House and who , has made tne sparks fly In many an onset: but his spear Ihead U' broken off; he has been un horsed, but before retiring from the lists he seizes , a garland " of , flowers and placing it on his headless weapon (now, alas no longer of any use) he lays It at the foot of the victorious Roosevelt as a peace offering and joins the minstrels to ' slng-xa X last song i to the ; victor of Brownsville, who whistles Democrats ' to come to the .White House and lick the to and which has so often smote them; -t His speciality la a. song 'renominate our Idol or give tie back. our. platform. ' "Next, as the negro preacher and telephone artist tin, the show, Who on occasion gets in communication with the Wtolte House. .ever the wire and acts as a receiver and repeater, a veritable chameleon In - his accuracy In reproducing white House colors, we: have a f Senator hailing- from Massachuetts. the home ot tine sacred cod, , where the Adame . vote for Douglas, and . Lodge t walks with the Aimignty. .-- V-.y ,i , - THE POMPADOUR r ARTIST. " "As the middle - man we have the pompadour artist from : Georgia, whose speciality is to never answer any question and' who 'depends upon his voice to carry conviction to .lots atudlence. ' t --tv':' -. - ' , j "Then ' comes,, to" the star of ' the trouple, 'Gumshoe Bill,, front 'Old Mis souri.' He - can dance the highland fling on top of '. a ten-rail " fence and never touch the ground, but his great est feat Is walking on , eggs without breaking the shells. K - "Last we laave the artist from the Badger State, an acrobat and Juggler of International reputation. He is supple, sly and fpxy-e.nd having once been . a lawyer, is noted throughout the land for his ability to get on either side of anv Question and main tain the necatlve or affirmative In any argument with great force and fervor. He sings bass, alto, soprano or tenor, and is superb-in any roie." Mr. Spooner said that he had no doubt Mr. Tillman would regret some of his expressions of to-day when his anger subsldjK). He declared himself without niauce or wunoill any aeuuuruie imry'j to offend Mr. Tillman when he spoke the other day. ai the South Carolina Senator had charged. ' . ... He declared that Senator Tillman had (6-day gone beyond any utterance that he'had ever before heard when the lat ter had said that-as Governor of South Carolina he had not wed the machinery of the Bute government to prevent the elared, . and added that , the - men who Justin such a course offend- agalmt Our civilization. ? - - , When Mr. Spooner took- his teat Sen ator Teller obtained recognition, hut catd be would . yield Drieny to -"Mr. uarmaca. who was also addressing the chair. Mr. Carmack wld: CARMACK TAKES FLOOR. "Mr. Preildentr I was not In the chamber In the early, part of the speech hiade by the Senator from South Caro lina (Mr. Tillman). I " believe that no Senator here has given more frequent or severer provocation for retort than the Senator from South Carolina hs done and no Senator has complained more often bitterly of having been made the victim of offensive remarks. No Senator upon either side of the chamber hsi ever made remarks about the Senator from South Carolina aa studiously offensive as the Senator from South Carolina with out provocation whatever has teen fit to make oi a number or ms colleagues m thi chamber. The Senator from South Carolina saw fit to Include me In his personal remarks without any provocation whtuever so far as I can Judge. I have no feeling r re sentment toward the Senator from South Carolina, tor without making any per- -nnal annllcatlnn I wish to sit tlmt with respect to some men it la a misiortunen rather than a fault ' that they do not know how to apeak the language of courtesy and good feeling. "The Senator from South Carolina saw fit to allude to the fact that I had been defeated for re-election. It was a retort so obvious, so ensily within the reach of the moat grovelling controversial faculty that I am not surprised that It should have besn surrasted to the Intelligence of the 8enator from South Carolina. - A TELLING , BLOW. mhi ..Senator .'from South Carolina did not need to lift his belly from the dust to attain to the height of that great retort I believe it to be true, Mr. Preat deu, and I say It with - pride, that the fact that my service terminate is a matter ot regret to nearly every Senator upon this side of the chamber sad I be lieve to most of the Senators noon the other side of the chamber, I doubt very much whether that could be truthfully said with reaped to either side if the Senator from South- Carolina waa In my position. , "Mr. President the Senator from South Carolina says that my spear W broken and that I have taken a garland of flowen upon that broken spear to the White Houae. Broken or unbroken that spear has never been dipped In the filth or the muter, i am giaa to s.y mat tnat shattered sneer will be withdrawn from here unstained with dishonor, unstained by. any set of mine with anything that approaches that name." ' When Mr. Tillman rose to reply. Senator- Teller moved that the doom bo clos ed and the audience excluded. The mo tion was seconded by several Renators, and the Senate went Into closed session at 4:11 P- m. The closed session waa de votee entirety to an enors to nave ex eunoed from the Conrrsswlonal Record that portion of Mr, Tillman' remarks re lating to other Senators which he char acterised as "the minstrel show."., .sj, f COAST LITE TRAIN WRECKED. ' New York and Florida - VesUbeled Trsln 88 Crashes Into Freight En- Sim on . Open ,. Switch, . Killing agineer of Inncngrr and, Injur Ing Four of Freight Crew. , , Charleston, S, C., Jan. tl News was received here to-night of "the wreck and destruction of northbound special New York and Florida vest!- buled ' train ' No. 1 1. Atlantic ' Gout Line, at 1:10 o'clock at Temassee, a Junction point 8 miles from Charles ton. .The train," , which was running at a fair speed, - went Into ao open switch and crashed Into the'englne of a freight train on the siding. . Engi neer Johnson , or Florence, on train 8$, was killed and Engineer Horton and three train hands of the freight were Injured. The train, composed of a bsggsge car and seven Pullmans, caught fire at one end and all except one car -were burned. - It wa said that there were only a few passengers northbound' on board i and only one was hurt. The name" of th pas senger snd -extent of Injuries could not be learned to-night, Csptaln C. ,C. iTHghman was-" In charge of tl; .vesttbuled train and Conductor L irt Ilelsenbsrser In charge f ' W eight. - ISO COEPOBATION : MONEY MUST NOT AID IN EXECTIONS. Discussion Took Form of Campaign Stump. Debate in House, But This IMd Not Prevent Passage of Meas . wro by a Two-Thirds .Voto Action of Cortelyou Criciclied by Williams, . Robinson and Uardwick, Robinson Citing Fact That Republican Cliair . man .Had Been Promoted in . Of- flee and Not Asked to Make Resti tution of Funds "Taken v From . Widow and .OrplMUU." -t X Washington, ,:'Jan. 81.-i-DlscussIon of the "Senate1; WU to ihlM, "cr porsttong from' making money oon tribtttions n ; connection I with po mical'3'oiactkins;liof of . t campaign ; stump . debate ' in the-- -House -i: to-day, a but i; this did not': prevent the passage : of the measure, ; Democrats,' under , the lead of Representatives Williams, of Mis sissippi; Robinson, of Arkansas and Hard wick, of Georgia, criticised . the alleged activity of . Republican . Na tional Chairman Cortelyou, "during the last presidential. campaign, In soliciting funds from corporations. 4 Mr. , Hardwlck recalled ' the charges made by Judge Parker, v the; Demo-, cratlo ' candidate, and they defense by President Roosevelt v The fv" Georgia, Representative called upon ; the , Re publicans to refund to Vwldows and orphans" the 148,000 contributed - to the fund by the New' York Llfe ln suranceCompany, the facts of which were brought out In the recent in surance investigation la New Tork. He referred to Mr. McCall Jate presi dent of the Company, and 'Andy" Hamilton, Wno was said to have re? celved -money from Insurance com panies for use In politics. ; , Mr. Sherman, of Netf s York, put Into The , Record that both of these gentlemen were Democrats. "Mr. Williams declared It to be a still sadder commentary on the evil practices of the - Republican party, when it could go outside Ite own ranks "to corrupt."' . ' v Mr. Mann, of Ilinois, opposed the bill on the ground that corporations should be permitted to contribute to election expenses if rich individuals were to do so. The Democrats ap plauded a question, by Mr. Williams as to wlnether any one doubted Presi dent Roosevelt's ability , to bring about a return of contributions by Insurance companies "If tie exerted his great power, influence and popu larity." Replying to this question, Mr. Rob inson said It Is a well-known fact that the Republican chairman has been promoted In office and he had not beert asked to make (.restitution of the funds "taken from widows and orphans." . ' Representative Grosvenor, -of Ohio, said he would vote for tne bill so as to give the people an opportunity to see how bad a failure' it would be. The bill was passed, two-thirds hav ing voted for the measure. .' . .The bill to reorganise and increase :the -efficiency . of the artillery corps of the United states army was taxen up under suspension of the rules and passed. ' A bill was passed authorising the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to Investigate and report upon tne "in dustrial, social, moral educational and physical condition of women and child workers In the United States. The measure haa already passed the Senate. After the passage of a number of bills under suspension of the rules the House passed 'the District of Co lumbia appropriation bill, and at 8:10 p. m. adjourned. ON PEONAGE IN THE SOUTH. Florida Representative Forming Federal Legislation to Define Stat us of the Employer and Employe. Washington, Jan. IS. Federal leg islation to more certainly -define the status of the employer and employe, particularly with reference to the al leged practice of peonage In the South, is being formulated by Repre sentative Sparkman, of Florida, for presentation in the House. ' In a statement to-day Mr. Spark man Indicated the extreme difficul ty of drafting a bill which would give adequate, or In fact, any measure of relief, particularly to the employer' of labor, who, he said, was often placed at great disadvantage owing to the rigor of peonage prosecutions in the Federal Courts, It was a frequent occurrence, he said, for negroes ' to make charges f maltreatment against their employers simply for the pur pose of being summoned as witnesses In the Federal Courts for which a fee Is paid sufficient to support the negro in Idleness during the pend ency of the suit There were, Mr. Sparkman maintained,-many other points wherein Justice ' results from the present mode of legal procedure In determining charges of peonage for which correction Is needed. Mr. Sparkman has not completed the draft of any . measure which as yet meets his approval. CHURCH'S .SLATER ARRESTED. High Point Man Who FatallyStabbed new xont fan pi ore tn quarrel is Captured at KernersvUle. 8peclal to The' Observer. . ; : ; High Point. Jan: 11. A long dis tance teelphone ' message ' from Ker- nersviiie informed Chief Gray of the High Point police force that Walter Hudspeth had been arrested at that Slace this morning, and toad -ae nowledged that he was the assailant of Church. Chief Gray left for Ker- nersviiie at once and returned with the . prisoner this - afternoon. .. Will Hudspeth, a brother of the ' slayer, was arrested , last night in Greens boro, and, waa brought, ' here by a High Point officer ttle morning. He was placed behind the bars and will be held as an accessory In the crime committed Saturday. .The arrest of the man who wid the cutting was ef fected by a Mr. Stafford, of Kerners vUle.- , -v. H.:'.-.' ! ' ' The .body Of young Church ' lies in an undertaking place Inere await ing the arrival of a brother ; from New Tork, who will take the remains to his old home for burial. , At the preliminary hearing this aft- trnoon Walter Hudspeth was bound over to court In the sum of 11,000, In default of which he was sent to Alleged Lynrticrs to Appear Before ... . TffiiM-fteee District Court. V ., YWaahtngton'-Jan'. tl. In the 'eon tempt rase of Sheriff Shlpp and oth ers, charged ' With complicity In the lynching of the negro Ed Johnson, at Chattanooga, Tenn., ' the - Supreme Court of the United States to-dsy en tered an order directing that each of the tl defendants spprar before the District Court for the eastern district of Tennessee and enter into a per sonal recognlxsnce for his personal appearaneo. The testimony In the case will be taken by a commissioner, A SUBSTITUTE BY FORAKEB k' ': ": - - '-' -. v" v k FORMER RESOLUTION ASIENDED Words, ''Wlthorft ' Questioning ', the v. Legality or Justice of Any Act of '5. tho ITcsldcnt In Relation There . to," Were Inserted as Result of Conferences Called to Harmonize - Differences of Itepubllcan Senators After Introduction - of Blackburn V Amendment Endorsing President "' IxMlge Expretes Satisfaction and Withdraws pending Amendment- . Tillman Comments on Exchange of J Cordial v v Compliments Between 'K Blackburn and ...Jfltgrakar'.;: Washington, Jan,' ?!. accqrd ance with an agreement reached to day .by .Republican Senators, 'a sub Stltute resolution ,on the Browiisvllle question was introdQced n the Sen ate ' by . Mr. Foraker. The substl-tuterrfada,as,ioiiowi:'- :i Resolved.f Thai without question ing the legality or justice of any act of the President in relation' thereto the,;C(mmlttee n affair is hereby authrized and directed,. ' by sub-committee, ' or otherwise, to take and have ' printed, vestimony' for ,the purpose of ascertaining all the facts with reference toor connected with the affraj at Br'owrisvllle, Tex.i on the night of August lJth-Hth, S0: Said committee is authorised to send for' persons and, papers, to adminis ter oaths, to sit during sessions or recess of the Senate, and, if deemed advisable, at fi Brownsville or else where, the expense, of the Investi gation to.be paid from the con tingent funds of ., the Senate." The resolution Is Identical with that Introduced by Senator Forake? on -December It last, except for the declaration against raising the ques tion of legality Of the President's act ; The .words .without question in the legality or Justice of any act of the' President tn relation thereto," were Inserted as ' the result of the conference called ' to ' harmonize the differences , of Republican Senators after the introduction by Senator Blackburn, of his amendment to en dorse the president. to meet Colleagues' view. In presenting' bis resolution Mr. Foraker said thathe had heretofore amended his original provision so as to make "it. meet wtth the view of his colleagues, and he added that the modification now-presented waa for the same purpose. He believed that the present change did not In any way alter the effect of his previous resolution or harrow the scope of the proposed Inquiry.. "When the facts are ascertained." ' he continued, "we will be In the situation of not having raised the question in any way, and we will not be' precluded in any way." - - ; Senator Lodge expressed his entire satisfaction with s the modified reso lution and 'withdrew his pending Lameadment . to 4fevQrielBa Foraker Senator Blackburn, the author of the much discussed- Blackburn amendment, asserted .that the modi fied resolution' was satisfactory to him. "There Is not a shadow of difference, he maintained, between the amendments which I offered and the modification to ithe resolution which Is now proposed." He claim ed credit for securing the change. TILLMAN MAKES COMMENTS. An exchange of cordial compli ments was then Indulged In between Messrs. Blackburn . and Foraker, which led Mr. Tillman to remark that the incident reminded him of the biblical passager "how sweet It is for brethren to dwell together in unity." Continuing, Mr. Tillman declared "that the Senator from Massachusetts has squeesed through a small hole to get back to the ma jority of his party." He also said: "The Senator from ' Kentucky, Mr. Blackburn, has squeezed out of the very same small hole to get back to the consciousness Of rectitude and non-partisan purpose with which he offered his amendment, I congratu late the Senator upon the fact that all of us are united for once." Senator Carmack ; expressed the hope that some Republican Senator would ' give the details of the mid night conferences, in-which he said the compromise had . been formed. Senator Scott -remarked that the negro soldiers involved .would all be dead before the Senate committee could get to work' on the Investiga tion. . Senator Tillman said he knew that the whole South "would tumble over Itself to support the President be cause we don't want negroes In the army at all." . , , WILL VOTE Q.V 2o0,00Q BONDS. Buncombe Commissioner Deride to Submit Macadamlsatlon to I'conlo and to Sot February t as the Day. Special to The Observer. Ih;h.Ji,V'u, -The cltlsen. of Ashe yllle and Buncombe county will vote on the question of Issuing $250,000 In bonds for the mscadumlslng of the road of this county. The election will be hold on Thursady, February, n, and during (he 30 day between this and the .lay of the special session elootlon the Good Road Association and other Interested In tho question of orads will wage an active oempaljn to carry the election in favor of the bonds. -t At the adjourned meeting of the. board pt county commissioners held this morn Ing a resolution was adopted ratllna for the special election to allow the people to vote - on the question. The order for the special election we 'called In pur suance to a written request clod on January T by the Good Road- Associa tion, i February II was decMed noon hy the commissioners to-day. The commis sioner a'so ordered that there shell be aa entirely new registration of all the votore In the various voting precincts in the city and the county. , , ' ' t fv : Report Silly and Untrue. Augusta, Oa., Jan. II. John Skel ton Williams, asked about a press dispatch from Atlanta, stating that the road was being promoted to be sold out ratner than developed and operated,' repllod: "The , report la of course slllytsnd untrue. v We have taken hold of the Georgia, 4k Florida Railway enterprise' for the purpose of developing and operating : It. . We have gone into this business with the object of unloading an Immature un dertaking on possible competitors, as has been suggested, by some unfriend ly snd probably . rival Interest.' . - Writ , ot ' Certiorari Against Newspa : t pera Js Denlrd, ,.. ;v., ,, .V ' Washington, Jan. Jl-A petition for a writ of certiorari la the case of Annie Oakley against The Charles ion (8. C.) News and Courier, and Evening Post,, of the same city, was denied by the Supreme Court of the United States to-day. It was a dam age suit i and the newspapers sou&ht to have the court review the priK-.oedlnss ' of -the Circuit Court of Appeals for the fourth circuit. THAW . TRIAL POSTPONED BEGINS TO-MORROW MORNING Prisoner Appeared Happy and Confi dent and Walked With; a Springy j Step i as He Entered . the Court .' Room Arose Early and Seemed Anxious for Trip Across the Bridge of Sighs District Attorney Asked j Postponement of Trial to Wednes ; day to Give Time for Concluding ' One Pending, Which Was Allowed f The- Special Panel ot 200, From WWoh Jury Is to be Selected, Ex cused, x '' ' ' ;"' :NeWiTor';Jan2Lhe' trial ot Harry; Kt Thaw, charged with t tha murder f SUnford' Whltei-; was to day postponed v vunULV . Wednesday mornin'f at 1 0 : 1 0 o'clock - Thaw waa not brought1 Into the court roomj $ Thet defendant, was . , held In ;.j tha prisoners' room. In the criminal courts building during the time the roll of the COO talesmen, summoned In the special jury panel, was being called. He was up bright and early,' anxious for his trip across the bridge from the Tombs prison to-the court room. His wife arrived at the, prison too late to see him. She did not go to the court house. The Prisoner appeared happy; and confident and walked with a springy step. He was accompanied by his counsel. . District Attorney. Jerome appeared before 'Justice Fitzgerald . and ex- plained -that counsel .in the pending case, that of Mathew Hilgert, . the maker of "magic . boots," believed they could conclude the trial by Wednesday. He therefore, asked that tho special panel called .for. the Thaw case be excused .until . .Wednesday morning. The court ordered that this be done.; - - Alt persons, other than the 100 men from among whom- the jury of IS Is to. be selected, were excluded from the court room. Even the newspaper' men were held outside the court room during the brief pro ceedings. , Thaw's sister,, the Countess ot Yarmouth, and Mrs. George L. Car negie visited him In the Tombs this afternoon. Clifford W. Hartrldge, Thaw's chief counsel, Is quoted as having said to day that he will place experts on the witness stand during the coming trial to testify to Thaw's sanity. Howard Nesbltt, brother of Harry Thaw's wife, came , here from Pitts burg to-day and went to the district attorney's office, where he was ques tioned by Assistant District Attorney Garvan, It was stated unofficially that young Neshitt might be called as a witness for the prosecution and his testimony would he In defense of Stanford White's reputation. BY-LAWS TO BE AMENDED. New York Cotton Exchange Approves . Recommendations of Board of Governors , and Will Vote on ':' Changes. , . 'New'Torlt Jan. tl,-The members of the New York Cotton Exchange to-day approved several amend ments to the by-laws of the ex change as proposed by the board of governors, and ordered a meeting to be held Wednesday for balloting on the amendments. The object of the amendments, it was stated. Is to se cure a revised form of contract that will redound' to the Interest of the cotton trade generally, as well as the exchange. Summarized,' the amendments are: The elimination of the following grades from those deliverable on contract: Strict, good, ordinary, tinged, low middling, stained and all of the quarter grades. Deduction bv the rinieniAn committee or appeal committee on ciassincauon for gin cutting to be one-half grade or more. Instead of one-quarter grade or more. FOR FRAUDULENT USE OF MAILS Wealthy Attorney ot Indlanappolls, Ind,. Pleads Guilty Before Grand Jury and Is Fined $1,500. Indlanappolls, Ind., Jan. 21. Phil ander H. Fitzgerald, a wealthy at torney of this city, who was Indicted at the last session of the Federal rand Jury on the charge of using tn malls with intent to defraud, appear ed before Judge A. B. Anderson to day and entered a plea of guilty. He was fined $1,500 and costs. The Indict ments related that the ellleged fraud was In. relation to the "1904 colony" located In Georgia. It was related that this colony had been established at St. George, Georgia;-that Mr. Flu gerald had the town of St George Sur veyed and planted and had sold a large number of lots. From the sales sv made it was alleeed Mr. Fitz gerald received about $70,000 Of which $85,000 was not aocounted for. SHEA CASE JURY DISAGREES. Announcement Made Tlmt New Trial of Teamsters' President at Chicago Will be Made at Once. Chicago, Jan. tl. The Jury In the conspiracy trial of Cornelius P. Shea, president of tho International Brotherhood of Teamsters, reported a disagreement this afternoon. The jury was discharged. The Jurors stood seven for ac quittal and five for conviction. Not withstanding the fact that the trial Just closed has been the longest and most expensive trial In the history of Cook county, the announcement' was made by the Bute Attorney's of- flee that arrangements will be made at once for, a second trial " Cuban Officials Fined for Cock Fight. , , Ing. Havana, , Jan. Ill General Jose Miguel Gomel., the Liberal presiden tial candidate:. ex-Congressman Men dleta and .Gen. Montesgudo, the two Witter also being Liberals, were fined $10 each this morning tor cock fight ing. General Pino Guerra, the . ex revolutionary leader, was to have ap peared In court on the -same charge, but excused himself . on account of Illness. i That defendants claimed that they did not Intsnd to break the law, but anly. wWned to make a demon stration of Cuba's national sport to some high American army officers. . -m t. ii Arrangement Made for Da nils An i , v , , ralversarlce In May i07. ,.,, New York,J Jan. 21 General rangentunts for the Baptist anniver saries n May 1107 were announced, to-day as follows: . -;-. -' ... -. , i Meetings -of the Missionary Union, ins Home Mission Society and ' the publication ' Society, ' at Washington, D. C Mag 14-11 Inclusive,- meeting of the Southern, Baptist convention. Richmond Va., May Ji-21 Inclusive;1 meeting of the general convention of the Baptist of North " America, Jamestown, May 23-21. , . ' TWO NEGROES HELD Miss Shelton Persists That Hudson Is the Negro Who Assaulted Her Of v fleers Believe Steptoe tnoN Guilty ::;One.';::';.''v;x.,.-;-;A ;j;A Special to The Obsemr..-;-;;;.;,,:r,..,;.'3:;.,,;'; ? Lynchburg, Va., Jan. tl Alter an Investigation, which could hardly be termed a preliminary ' hearing, held this afternoon in Amherst county, ac cross the Ximes river from Lynchburg Justlo Dawson held Peter Hudson and Herbert, Steptoe, , negroes, : for ' the grand Jury on the charge of criminal ly assaulting Miss Gladys Shelton, on, January L The negroes were .brought here 'from Roanoke, being :;i met at the station by the Lynchburg - hoWe guard, which escorted them across the James into Amherst county. A detach ment of police guarded the bridge and" kept the crowd back. After the inves tigation the negroes were taken back to Roanoke. Miss ' 8helton : clung to her original identification 1 that Hud son was the negro who asked her tor bread. She spent some time looking Steptoe over and Anally concluded that, while In stature he looked like the man who assaulted1 her, she could not say It It were he or not From the questioning of Common wealth's Attorney Evans r. the ne groes consul that It Is evident that the authorities think Steptoe is the cul prit and ttat they will endeavor to that they will endeavor convict Hudson, the first negro held will ;be him. It is more than -probable that able to prove an alibi, it is said that Steptoe has made a written statement, which he can not substantiate. NEGROES RETURN TO AMHERST At Hearing Mlm Shelton Identifies . Hudson as man wno awviu Her, but Later Says She Believes . - Steptoe Was Her Assailant. Roanoke, Va.. an. 21. Sheriff Beard, of Amherst county, came here to-day and took back to Amherst for a preliminary hearing Herbert Step toe and Peter Hudson, two negroes accused of outraging Miss Gladys Shelton near Monroe two weeks ago, and who had been here for safe keeping. , Hudson was Identified by Miss Shelton as her assailant, but de tectives declare Hudson Is Innocent and that they have sufficient evi dence to convict Steptoe of the crime. A military company Joined the of ficers at Lynchburg and acted as a sruard at the hearing; across the river from that city. Miss Shelton identified Hudson as tne .negro wno entered her home. After leaving the at a nil aha tftt1 tn the offlnera that she believed Steptoe was the man wno assaulted ner. Tne negroes were returned to Roanoke jail to night, i - L - - juHi rvtwvjuLOj uinjrw a sun Plaintiff In ' 3Tt!asee'f Agalmt Cape Fear Power Company for Alleged Damages Sustained From Over flow of Land by Back-Water Lose Out in Montkra to Remove to State Courts Charters Granted to Greensboro Security Company Council Lumber Company and En gle Land Company Observer Bureau, The Hollaman Building, Raleigh. Jan. 21. Before Judge Purnell there was a hearing In 22 suits against the Cape Fear Power Company, which Owns the Buckhorn Falls Electric Power Plant on the Cape Fear River, these being for alleged damages by the overilow of land by backwater, due to the great dam of that company. The plaintiffs were represented by J. A. Long and T. M. Argo, who made a motion to remand the suits to the State court. This motion was re sisted by Womanck 4 Hayes, James E. Shepherd and R. T. Gray. The motion was denied. A charter Is granted the GreeneH boro Security Company, which la an Insurance agency, capital stock $125,000, R. G. Vaughan and others stockholders. It is said North Caro lina Is the only State In which Insur ance companies are thus chartered. Other charters are granted to the Council Lumber Company at Coun cil, $50,000, and the Engle Land Company, Winston-Salem, $100,000. A, fine of $60 was Imposed upon the Southern Railway here for. its failure to provide automatlo gates st the railway crossings In the city. While other places all over the coun try have had such gates for a great many years. Raleigh hae not had them until within a few months past, when the Seaboard pbt them up, but the Southern has never made any provisions of the kind. The latter road appeals from the fine. Insurance Commissioner Young Is Informed by the Hartford Life In surance Company that It will not do any business In North Carolina this year. Ho remarked that the com pany had no general agents here. President John Wtlber Jenkins, of the North Carolina Society In Balti more, announces that It will give Its banquet at the Rennert Hotel Janu ary 26th. The speaker will be Sen ators Overman and Tillman, Con gressman Claude Kltchln, Cardinal Gibbons, who lived so long In this State and who was In charge ot churches In Wilmington and Raleigh for many years; Governor Warfleld, Mayor Ttmanus, Dr. Charles G. Hill and President Jenkins. " CORONER SCARES "CORPSE,'! ,. Coroner Ramsey Answers Hasty Sum mons to Investigate Supposed IXrath of Negro Hit With Brickbat Proves to be Bloody, But Much Alive Darkles lice IWthwIth. Augusta,- Oa.. Jva.' 21. Coroner Ramsey was summoned to a saloon In the suburbs to-night by a hasty message to the effect that George Schune, a negro, had been murdered by Peter Allen. When Mr. Ramsey and party arrived , the victim, - who had been struck a frightful blow oa Bits head with a brick, was lying bloody, and mptlonlese oo the pave ment, surrounded . by . , .100 gaping blacks. v . . . Preparations. were made to move the body to a. nearby house, and hold an inquest, but when hands were laid upon the supposed corpse, It sudden ly bolted upright ot Its own volition, and began aa evidently delirious dis sertation on craps. The crowd split tn all directions InitantanenuMy-c If disintegrated by an explosion. Au-an-while, Schune regained complete con sciousness and was told bv a rennrtee I that the eoronen had come to hold ian Inquest over 'him, and wss ready to proceea. jteai tear convulsed the features ot the Injured man, and hel began -s piteous ' supplication for' mercy, evidently believing that his life or death was mil hanging in ths balance. He will reoovcr. . 1 CABMACK SCpKES TILLMAN RUPTURE ' BAIU.XY ; VEXITED. Senator Tillman Takes Fall Out of Carmack, Patterson, Daniel and .1 Other Minority Senators Who nave Differed With Him on Brownsville 2 Case Carmack Replies With Spirit ;, and Senate Goes Into Executive Ses sion Meanwhile Aldrlch's Dlscl f; Pllnea Steers Republican Ship Over -:Shoals and ; Party-Men .Agree on -Satisfactory Resolution Blackburn ' . May Not Return, , -fr ' n,. ; 0;V-.:j'v: BY XV. A.' UELDEBRAND. ' 1417 ( three . V vr.i -. V ', MV .. t waahlnsrtnn., Jan T ' . - iTo-nlght .the United State .Senate ' leadership Is happy and contented, while the Senate Democrat are rather dole- . . ful-and unhappy. The superb Aldrlch discipline. has served once mere' to ex tract the Republican from a most carloiu altwtiotv tfperinduced by thi Brownovilta buslne. which thratae4 to rflminfc th tMlrtv. PrMlrtnnt ITnifwtt lift A .Ian i.t Hat' nnAmrmtMA ViasV Vaa -srmti v -' regara uie act ot KepuDUcana wno voted v: msinar nia autnonnr m aacnarsm tne ae- . sro battalion. ' not only as a rebuke to ; i nim in mis immediate matter, oat tnat c that such Republicans were hoping to '. embarrass him In his efforts to curb the the trust and corporation. As many Rati At An AHnA riV v!at ihtk trriHAn ' ': .' faced tho party. : ,''-;; . :'::,ht.: -: liIwviasiTMltavt1 ss si si . WasssatAeasa '; mrmm" ' :' the rejoicing 'in the Republican eamp - ' harmonv had been' found thronsrh a reao- I ' wmcn noes not raise tne question or tne ? : legality or justice of the President's ao,; , ' tlon In dtscharrtnr the nermesk-Nat eiilv 1 aid the Republicans, heave a sigh of re lief when they were pulled out Of this - aamitteaiy seep note, but they had the r uicobuiu vs. uouih tuv jLninrvreaijay wuv . sUtv vTtsMn thlnsv sa.rwatf snk anvrnfrhaav . CARMACK SCORES TILLMAN.-! tir&n Deaaior a iiiraan, id repiyinsj : xo aorne - tninra saia annul mm , - Henatirr ' Spooner, took occasion to take a tall . nnrniiwn,inninn,f.i. nmnrtn. I mna : ieis ans otner minority aenator wno' ? nan lanen issue wiin aim. ins scene was .. . m i .iivi vstm r. uuu ml..' - , mack, following Mr. Spooner, arose to replyi to the strictures of the South '. .ivillnlBn Ml1t n.S crowded Senate chamber listened wlth f,.' cr.ainima axiiinm, wnsn varmaca: ae- . dared that the Senator from South Car-. . , ollna didn't have to take hie belly from . ' the dut In order to rise to the level of a certain retort There were some who suspected there might be another Till- -man-McLaurln affair. - ;V; - 'l. While Mr. Carmack wa tin on hi : feet trying te say more,- Mr. Teller, who , who had , obviously ' arisen . for - another -... burnoae. moved that the doors be eiosed . and the galleries, cleared for aa executive , session. Tnere came rrom tn itepaon- - -can a eulek seeokd to this .motion and ' H wa then that the nvell was broken: ' : later when tne sraiierv floors were .Ummwm ..nan Via TM Itman anAlnvtui ,rk "''' evervlVMlv smd thla , helried aotne. hut a. bad taste was left in the mouth and ' day doings, although tne resolution e .;,.'. iui to oerxsua iej)UDiicn. y5 ' .senator r enroae ma not return ru-ay so no step was taken respecting the Simmons expressed himself as confident ' ... tiUa. haf m ih.mmmlllM wnllM lu. arnolnted to sro Into this matter. It was , . i staieo tnai t.;nairraan Aaams rmnainwi, however, unui this morning in tne nope , ; Of seeing Mr. Penrose, but was dlsap- rxitntnH In nnl flndlnsr Mm and left dur- ' Ing the afternoon for home. Collector Duncan, It Is said, -has been left on -guard. Col. Pewrson left during the af-j- : nrnwn wun v.,ittii ,- awhi wm .... return at once to Morxanton. - ir r. BIACKBURH TO . V ... Greensboro with the papers of the Tar ' Heel Company, which snow the persons .. who subscribed stock, toxethee with the , amount of their stock. The debts of the ;, concern will be paid, but stockholders - .It . 1 .. 1 .11 (k.. K-l., .K.',1--' will nui 111117 mii iii-7 w fc, -v companx. OUI Sime 01 uirrn win iwv. m mske anotner payment mere naa oeen mnmm tn tlia mtfmct that ftlaehhurn ' Intended ti return to the State and try to buy the Tar Heel plant when It Is sold ' by the receiver, but It h not likely that . -he will do thla In all probability fee ' will go to Arlsona or Mexico, where ;: ; r pmiwh has minvied iriinina? inter- eta ' , f I- Senator Overman to-dar eeeured the - . passage throuxh the Senate of his bill ' granting a pension of t a month to " Mr, stonewall jacssotx RECENT CHANGE IN BARRACKS Second Vice President and Minister of War of Venesnela Told by Conunan dant at Trinidad That He Will Shoot first Man Who Attempts to Enter. '-;.K-Caracas, Venesuela, Jan. JO, via WUlemstad, Curacoa, Jan. II During the night of Jan. 1. Second -Vice President Gomes and Minister of War , Araujo. having reason to believe that an out break was impending, at tempted to change the officers at the Trinidad barracks here a ad to place In that hulldln 100 of their own sol diers. Commandant Base, a distant relative of President Castro, who was In command at the barracks, refused -, to allow the changes to be made, de eiarins? ha would ahoot the . first man who tried to enter. Not being desirous of bringing out a crisis at the present moment. Gomes" stationed . troops f aniaeA all th bOlntS Of eCTeSS from the barracks and prevent the removal of war munitions wmcn. u was sus pected. Commandant Basa " contem plated sending to Geft. Alcantara,- the administration candidate for dicta tor. The situation is now nulet.Ba remaining undisturbed at the bar racks, but an outbreak 1 believed i to be possible at any moment. .; . .. . BUCHANAN SUIT IS DISMISSED, Former Circuit Judge of 6outh Caro lina Had Brought Aiflon Involv ing Amount of Salary Due. ,',y y. Washington. Jan, 11. The case of O. W. Buchanan.' against the State ot South i Carolina, Involving a ques tion aa to the amount, ot the salary of Buchanan as a State cricult judge In South Carolina from . 1395 to KSt, 'was dismissed to-day by the Supreme Court of the United State for want of Jurisdiction. The dis pute was due to the fact that there waa doubt as to which of two Soirrt Carolina statutes controlled m t' matter. One of the, a general 1. was approved Dec. 22, 19U3. an I I s ed the salaries of circuit J i 1 ; t t IS, 000 per year, while th - . n regular spprorrlatlon bi'l, i ! -came a law the mxt itiv, j for them at the old rut- or : The suit was brought i r L- u ence, emountlng t. $'.'') a The extra sum am C- It Fuprftne Court of f ' t A M t-i-il.i v'.t (!"',"' ! : cf :::.t': ; t! n r-; v if. US-
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