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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : $8.00 PER YEAR. . CHARLOTTE, N. C.j THURSDAY ; MORNING JANUARY 24, 1907, PRICE FIVE CEN1U THE TEIAL OFTnY BEGUN ONLY TWO JURORS PASS MASTER I Yonng Pltuburg Btllllonairo Charged WlSi the Murder of Stanford Whito. Placed on Trial for His Life At- oak . - 4t Jl L tnulano in Court Room Confined o AUendanU Talesman and New. vvifA and Slaters. Mrs. Carnegie and ; Ue Counted of Yarmouth Present Nineteen Juror out ot a- nuioi . of 200 Called and but Two paw Huooeasfully .the Examination of District Attorney Jerome, Who ; U Cbndnctine the Case In Peraon One of the Jurors a Retired Manu ' facture and the Other Tteeunsoer Thaw HI at Ease. - New York, Jan, ( II. The j curtain 1 was rung up to-day for another: q la the tragedy of rear life known as s the; Thaw-White : case. , iThe setting was not the gay., au-nignt .restaurants ef the endor!o'fwWwth!:'ltocl pal actors In the tragedy were once familiar figures. -It was hot the roof ' garden . crowded with , - the ' summer revelers who on a fateful night clink ed, glasses in rythm to the musioof. the orchestra and listened laughing ly to nrrjr singers, and then .were 1 hushed Into a silence of - horror 4 as three pistol shots cracked and a noted architect lay dead at the little round table where he had been chatting with friends. ' .'' ,The story of the play brought down to the grim court room scene where twelve men ar to sit and ren du V a judgment which may mean either the taking of another" life, this time by the, State, or a -determination that Harry K, Thaw 1 was Justi fied th claim' that he. shot the man who" had "ruined his wife." There mar he third decision, Thaw' was Insane at the time he committed the crime "emotional insanity,' It was called to-day but there will be no opportunity to say that Thaw Is In sane. ' TWO JURORS SECURED. The long awaited trial began this morning shortly before 10: JO o'clock, and when an adjournment for the day, had been taken, 'about 5 p. m4 there were two Jurors In the' box. The third Juror toad been accepted and b worn,. but he wag excused in the cu bing moments of the day's session, the reason for the action being of a private nature and not made public. Nineteen of the 200 talesmen who were summoned were examined be fore the day closed. Nearly all of them seemed anxious to serve and a small . percentage was excused for cause. The challenges in nearly every instance were of a peremptory character, and about evenly divided between the prosecution and the de- 6m a to br' The examination of the first tales men called from the large panel was followed with the keenest Interest, as it was thought the line of questioning by the attorneys for Thaw would de velop the character of the defense they are to show up. There was dis appointment In this respect. The de fendant's counsel seemed perfectly willing to accept any proposed juror who satisfactorily answered the ques tions pnt by District Attorney Jerome, who personally conducted the exami nations. The defense peremptorily challenged two talesmen, however, who gave their business as archi tects. t Mr. Jerome asked each talesmen in turn If he would be Influenced by the so-called higher or unwritten law to the exclusion of the actual laws of the State as they would be laid down ' by Justice Fitzgerald. There was none to say he would not ac cept the court's ruling aa to all ques tions ot law. On the question of Insanity as an ax ouae for crime, Mr. Jerome explained to each talesman that the law ex cused only those persons who were laboring under such a defective rea ,son aa not to know the nature or the quality of the act committed, or even to know that the act was wrong. . JEROME LAYS DOWN LAW. "That is the law," declared Mr. Je rome. "Now would you Import Into your concluslonany imaginary form of Insanity you -might have in mind or that might be suggested to you, to the exclusion of. the law as It will be laid down to you by the court?" ..The talesmen said In turn -that they would be guided solely by the court . Thaw's counsel entered objections only to certain forms of questions pro pounded by Mr. Jerome along this line. They declared they had on objection to the questions In principle. . The usual percentage of salesmen who declare their conscientious scruples against capital punishment was missing to-day. On the other hand, however, every talesman ex amined said he had formed or ex pressed an opinion In the case. All admitted, however, that their opinions were baaed on newspaper reports, and these had . been so conflicting from time to time as to make their opinions susceptible of change by the actual evidence. , ' . QUESTIONS PUT TO JURORS. The talesmen were asked If - they knew .Thaw's, friends Or White's - or sny one connected with the case. They were asked If they, were on the A ' Madison Sauare .Roof Garden the tint oi the tragedy;, it tney naa t. friends in Pittsburg; or if their sym V psthy or emotions would affect their - f fair-minded Judgment : The exam! .'''.nations by District Attorney Jerome a.nd by Thaw's counsel varied little . three . noted alienists "- in the court room, aa prospective witnesses tor tne ; . A . . . . . ,' prosecution, created some comment. Thaw sat during the, day at the table wet apart for his counsel. At times he seemed to take a lively in terest in the' examination of the men summoned to decide his fate, leaning well forward and holding his hand to his ear to. catch livery 'words that J mliht fall from Ihe lips of the tales- men. . Again he would seem listless '.' and' his eyes, deep set' and having , something of a stare, roved about the court room. .. His face . was pallid, ; doubtless doe 'to his seven, months' ; confinement In the tombs. Thaw Is ' fully six feet In height and Is quite . thin. He wore a dark blue sack sutt . and had always i with Mm a ' plaid '. ulster ' coat, '. , -; ,. y . FAMILY, GREETS PRISONER ., t Just behind the prisoner sat 'the several members of his family gath- ered here for the, trial. They had ar .rived before the prisoner was sum dd 'twtl, '"iSjfitMdS g SSfc"' 52 did not see . his mother or , hi. wlfo until he was almost upon them. Then his sober .face broke Into" a quick ami! 1a mm a Vnnf4 Jali ! All til Vf , ' "' 1 smile and 'he bowed graciously. Mrs. William Thaw, the prisoner's mother, was the first of the family to arrive. She ' was dressed In black and wore a heavy black , veil, her white hair showing m striking con trast against the .sombre costume, She sat with her eyes fixed, upon her son and spoke but seldom to ber children abotot her. During the long and somewhat tedious afternoon ses sion, she threw' back her veil better to see', and study the faces of the prospective Jurors as they were called to the stand. , f , , ."', ' i ; COUNTESS RESEMBLES THAW. The Countess ; of 'Yarmouth, who was Mlsa Alice Thaw, followed her mother. Her gown was of, brown, cut yxrlth coat on front The brown hat was of" fur and a heavy brown veil covered her face. But the Count ess; too, after the bad 'become more accustomed to her , surroundings, pushed aside the veil which had hid den her features. : There was a de cided murmur In the court room as the spectators noted the striking re semblance between trie Countess and the prisoner.; : The lines of her face were more delicate and the features more' daintily moulded, but these served to make the re semblance all the mora striking. ' Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, an other sister of the defendant, came In with the Countess and there was a lively craning of necks to catch the first glimpse of. Mrs. Evelyn . Nesblt Thaw, around whc the storm of the great trial will rage. She quickly appeared with,' May, McKenzle, the actress, who has been her sole com anion since the night of the tragedy when the artist's model wife of Stan ford White's slayer, fled to Miss Mc Kensie's partment - The younger Mrs. Thaw was dressed in dark blue and wpre a' plain dark hat which waj almost' entirely covered by a white tulle veil. MRS. THAW VEILED. Not once during the day did Mrs. Thaw remove the veil,, but her fea tures were plainly discernible and there was about them much of the beauty which caused her to be so wildly sought as a model by noted ar tists. Her dark mass of hair made a pretty setting for the Ivory of her cheeks. She seemed to take the keen est Interest In every question put to the talesmen and was constantly nod ding her head as if to give assent to some mental conclusion she had reached. Hardly once during the day did Harry Thaw take his eyes from the front and look at his rela tives. His brother, Edward Thaw, and , his brother-in-law, George Car negie, sat almost at. hjs elbow. ' The family party waa escorted to waiting automobile cabs at the end of the day by a squad Of policemen. Quite a crowd collected about the building to catch a glimpse of Mrs, Thaw and others. ' FOUR WOMEN REPORTERS. Aside from the members of the tfamllx. there were only four women in the court room, and these were newspaper writers. The attendance to-day was confined to newspaper people and Jury talesmen. The Jurors who , remained In the box when' the day was done and who were turned over to a bailiff who will have them In charge until the end of the trial, were Doming B. Smith, re tired manufacturer of umbrellas, and Charles H. Fecke, ' an employing teamster. Both men are married and have families. Smith Is about 65 years of age and, Fecke 44. The trial will be resumed to-morrow morning at 10;80 o'clock and there will be two dally sessions, con cluding each afternoon at 5 o'clock. PATTERSON-EVANS MARRIAGE. Notable Social Event at Lanrtnbnrg Congressman Patterson Weds Mrs. Ma trie McXalr Evans. Special to The Observer. Laurlnburg, Jan. 21 One of the most notable social events of the sea son was the marriage of Mrs. Mat tie McNalr Evans to Hon. Gilbert B, Patterson, which occurred at 7:30 this evening, at the home, of the. bride's father, John F. McNalr, In tots city. The marriage was a quUst affair, only a few of the relatives and friends ot the parties being present. The large parlors were ' brilliantly decorated with ferns and carnations The wed ding march was beautifully rendered by Miss Anna McNalr, sister of the bride. Little Miss Sarah Pate and Mr. John F. McNalr were the bearers of beautiful baskets of 1 violets, and were followed by Miss Mary McNalr, sister of the bride, who was) t'ne only attendant. The bride and groom en tered together, and the ceremony was most beautifully performed by Dr. John M. Rose, pastor of the Pres byterian church. The bride was at tired In a lovely gown of grey crepe ketchln. ', The groom fs a prominent attorney ot Maxton. Althougn a comparative ly young man, he is now serving his second term as Representative in Congress from his district. He la a man whose engaging personality has made' him a favorites with all who "nave met him. The bride Is the sec ond daughter of Mr. John F. MoNalr, who ' is recognised In several States ss one of the most foremost capi talists and business men. She . Is her self a woman of marked business tal ents and In the social worl dls ad mired by hosts of -friends, ' Mr, and Mrs. Patterson left on the 1:50 train for Washington, where they win . e for, several months , before , returning to their home at Maxton. 1 ; ,! . Mr, and Mrs. Archie Patterson and family, of Brockton, California,. were here to'day, having come across the continent to witness ; their brother's marriage,- ',,.. . ' u ' TcnnrMc Elect Senator Taylor. i Nashville, Tenn., Jsn.vJS. In Joint convention of the two houses of the General Assembly to-day, Robert L. Taylor was formally elected United States Senator. . In his speech of ac ceptance. Senator - Taylor ! declared Bgalnst the "evils Of centralisation of government and ot encroachments on State's rights.. Jti ' v-? ',, Alabama' Approves Crowns vin .Ac ;. ,v . ,.i ilon. , ). o .v , Montgomery. Als.; - Jan. il.Th Alabama House of Representatives to dsy pawed 's resolution approving the action of th Preniieot In dlsoharg Ins; tfia nrv soJVrs Implicated In the Urownsvllle affair..". .' 1 . '. MESSAGE FBOM PRESIDENT HE URGES SUBSIDY IR SHIPS Urgent Need of the Country Carry . lug Its Commerce .in Its Own BoU torn Is get Forth in Brief Mes- bb&o to Both Houses of ConRrees ' President Holds. Up Experience of Secretary Root on His Recent . South American Tour How Our Commercial Competitors Are Get ting Ahead of UsSUto Aid to -c Steamship Lines aa 1 Important Part of the Commercial . System Earnestly9 Hopes for the Enact ment of a Suitable Law. v, , ; f 'l -Washlngtonyf Jn.i - 8 8.Presldent Roosevelt's message; In. support of the ship ' subsidy was received : and read by both houses of Congress to-day. ' After the reading in thi House, the . message k was - referred to the committee on merchant marine and fisheries from which a mail sub sidy measure has Just been reported. In the Senate the message was sent to the committee on commerce. - . ; vThe President calls attention . to the great desirability of enactment of legislation to help American ship ping and American trade by encour aging the building and running of linos of large and swift steamers to South America and the Orjent. " The urgent need of our country's making an effort to. do something like its Share of Its own carrying trade on the occasion, has been called to his attention, the President . says, in striking fashion by the - experiences of Secretary Root in his recent 8outh American tour. State aid to steam ship lines, the President says, is as much a part of the commercial sys tem of to-day as State employment ot consuls to promote business. The President discusses the bill now be fore the committee and says "It would surely be discreditable tor us tp surrender to our , commercial rivals the great commerce of the Orient, the great commerce we should have with - South America, and even our own comunication with Hawaii and the Philippines." SECRETARY ROOTS EXPERI- - ENCE. . "The urgent need of our country making an effort to do something like Its Bhare of its own carrying trade on the ocean,", the President says, "has been cajled to our at tention In striking fashion by the experience of Secretary Root on his recent South American tour. "The facts set forth by Mr. ' Root are striking, and they cannot but ar rest the attention of our people. 'The greaf continent to the south of us, which should be knit to us by the closest commercial ties. Is hardly in direct commercial communication with us at all, Its commercial re lations being almost exclusively with Europe. Between all the principal South American ports and Europe lines of swift and commodious steam ers, subsidized by their home gov ernments, ply regularly. There is no such line of steamers between these ports and the United States. In consequence our shipping in South amerlcan porta is almost a negligible quantity; for lnOTahee,-i,irr the year ending June S 0,1905, there en tered the port of Rio Janeiro -over three thousand steamers and sailing vessels from Europe, but from the United States no steamers, and only seven sailing vessels, two of which were In distress. One prime reason for this state of things Is the fact that those who now do business on the sea do business in a world not of natural competition, but of subsi dized competition. STATE AID TO - TRAFFIC. "State aid to steamship lines Is as much a part of the commercial sys tem of to-day as State employment of consuls to promote business. Our commercial competitors In Europe pay in the aggregate some $25,000. 000 a year to their steamship lines. Great Britain paying nearly $7,000, 000. Japan pays between $3,000, 000 and $4,000,000. By the propos ed legislation ths United States wilt still pay relatively lesa than any one of our cempetltors pay. Three years ago the trans-MlsslsslppI congress formally set forth as axiomatic the statement that every ship is a mis sionary of trade, that steamship lines work for their own countries Just as railroad lines work for their terminal points, and that It Is as ab surd for the United States to de pend upon frdelgn ships to distribute Its products aa it would be for a de partment, store to depend upon wag ons o( a competing .house to deliver its goods. This statement Is the lit eral truth. NEED OF PROTECTION. "Moreover, it must be remembered that American ships do not have to contend merely against the subsidies ton of their foreign competitors. The higher wagas and the greater cost of maintenance of American officers and crews make it almost Impossible for our people who do business on the ocean to compete on equal terms with foreign ships unless they are protected somewhat aa their fellow countrymen who do business on land are protected. We can not as a coun try afford to have the wages, and the manner' ot life of our seamen cut down; and the only alternative, It we are to hare seamen at all, is to off set the expense by giving some ad vantage to the ship Itself. ' "The proposed law which has been introduced In Congress is in no sense experimental. ' It is based on the best and most' successful . precedents, . as for instance, on th recent Cunard contract with the British government As far as South - America is - con concerned Its aim la to provide from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts bet ter American, lines to ths great ports of South- America than the present Europesn lines. . The South Ameri can republics now see only our. war ships. Under this , bill . our trade friendship will be made evident to them. The bill proposes to build large slsed steamers of II knot speed. There are nearly. 200 - such steamships al ready in-the ; world's foreign trade, and over three-fourths of them now draw subsidiespostal or admiralty or both,' V - : ' i WILL ENCOURAGE! . SHIPYARDS, "The bill will "encourage our ship yards,, which are almost as necessary to the national defense aa battleships, and tho efficiency of which ' depends In large measure upon : their steady employment In vf1arge construction. Ths proposed bill is of Importance to our navy, because It gives a consider able fleet of , . auxiliary steamships such as Is now slmost wholly lacking, and also . provides . for an effective naval-reserve. - ; -;, "The bill provide for " 14 steam ships, subsidised to (he extent of over a million and a halt, from the At lantlo coast all," to run to South American porta , It provides on the Pacific coast for 2$ steamships sub sidised to the extent of two millions and a quarter, some of those to run to foutii Amtrlca, most ot ttwci to SALARY INCEEASEyOTE!) PROPOSITION v PASSES -.'.SENATE Following ' a Discussion of Tlre Hours and by a Vot of 68 to 21 the'. Upper House ' Accepts the Proposition of the House of Rep 1 resentativea to, Give Cabinet Mem bers, the Vice President and the , Speaker 912,000, and Senators and , Representatives ?,500 Annually Two Amendments Voted Down : North Carolina Senators Vote for ' the Measure The Vote in Detail ,' Beveridge Begins His Lengthy t Speech on Child Labor. i,;i-' 'Washington, ; Jan.$ ?3. The Senate to-day accepted th proposition of the House of Representatives V to in crease the salaries of Senators, Mem bers and " Territorial , Delegates to $7,500 annually, - and- those of the Vice President the ; Speaker ' of the House and members of the PresU dent's cabinet to $19,000. This ac tion was taken by a vote of 63 to 21 and followed la discussion of nearly three hoursj An amendment confining the Increase to cabinet of ficers and the presiding officers of the Senate and House, wag voted down, as was also a proposition to post pone the increase until 1913. The result of the, .vote waa aa fol lows. -:'f.:::',:,' Teas Alrlch, Allee, Ankeny, Ben son, Beveridge, ! Br,andegee, Bulke ley, Burnhara, f Burrows, Car ter,. ; Clark, .(Mont.). Clark, (Wyo.), . Clark, : (Ark. ), Crane, ' Cullom, Daniel, Dick, Dillingham, Dubois Dupont, Flint. Foraker, Fos ter, Frye, Fulton,: Galllnger, Hale, Heyburn, Hopkins, ' KlttreUge, Knox, Lattlmer, Lodge, , Long, McCumber, McEnery, Millard, Money, Newlands, Nixon, Overman ' Penrose, Pettus, , Piles, Scott Simmons, Smoot, Spoon er, Sutherland, Teller, Tillman, War ner and Warren--fi8. Nays Bacon; Berry, Blackburn. Burkell, Carmack; Clapp, Clay, Cul berson, Frailer, Hansbrough, Hemen way, LaFollette, ,. McCreary, Malory, Nelson, Patterson,! Perkins, Rayner, Stone, Taliaferro and Whyte 21. Senator Beveridge of Indiana, be gan an extended address setting forth the child . labor conditions of the country, in support of his pend ing bill prohibiting inter-State com merce in articles which are the pro duct of child labor. Mr. Beveridge spoke from 3 o'clock until 4:30 and gave notice that .he would conclude his address to-morrow. An urgent deficiency appropriation bill was reported to the Senate by Mr. Hale, who said he would ask for its consideration to-morrow. RIVER AND HARBOR BHJU Though a Reoord-Breakcr In Size It Carries Small . Appropriation for North Carollns-Tlie Amounts in Detail. v-' ' Washington. Jan,' 23. The river and harbor appropriation bill which will be reported tf the House to morrow by the committee on rlyers and harbors will 'carry an appropri ation ararrer&tln III 4t lift nt 'this sum $34,631,111. is appropriated man, w do Kvsnaote mvwsen juiy i, 1807, and July 1, 1908, -and $48,834,. 623 Is authorised for"eontlnulng con tracts, limit being fixed rag to when it shall be expended. 4 This bill Is a record-breaker in size, exceeding by many millions the amount allowed for river and harbor improvements in any Congress. Among the items in the bill are; North Carolina Beaufort, $22,000; Pamlico and Tar ,. rivers, $11,663; Neuse and Trent rivers, $30,000; wa terway between New river and Swans boro, $17,000; Cape Fear river at and below Wilmington, $185,000 cah and $250,000 continuing. South Carolina Winyaw bay, $30, 000; Inland waUrways between Charleston harbor, 8. E., and opposite McClellanaville, $76,230; ' Charleston, $25,000; Waccamaw river, N. C, and a C, and Little Pedee river, S. C, $20,000; Santee, Watered and Conga roe rivers and Esthervllle-Mlnlm creek canal, $150, 000. - MINIMUM PRICK FOR COTTON. National' Farmers' Union Adopts a Number of Important Resolutions al Second Day's Session. Atlanta, fta . Jan 9H xt.i i ' - . W .MK,IIHI Farmers' Union In Its second day of the annual convention here to-dajr, adopted - vi iiiiiiurwnt resoiuuons. Amour thoio was nn -thai ,h should establish a minimum nrlce for the cotton crop of the present year ut Its meeting next fan, and that by Its system of warehousing It should main tain such price. Tha A I van.1 find (Inn n '.Mta ... . . t. . subject of a resolution which called upon mo jamivra vi um councr 7 to increase the variety of their crope and more largely to raise supplies for home con sumption. It i urged thai farmers ralaa anmothlnv which ahull aj . local sale each month of the year. -roe Farmers' union Press Association, organised at Texarkana, Tex., last Sep tember, held Its annual-, meeting to-day. Only rmitlno himlnoas va .n.iiu. The convention will continue, through oununy. Manila, Australia and Asia. Be It remembered that while the ships will be owned on the coasts, the cargo will largely be supplied by the In terior, and that the Mil will benefit the Mississippi valley as much as It benefits the seaboard. . 1 "I have laid stress upon the bene fit to bo expected from our trade with South America. The. lines to the Orient are also ef vital Importance. The commercial possibilities of the Pacific are unlimited, and for na tional reasons It Is Imperative that we should have direct and adequate communication by - American lines with Hawaii and the Philippines. ; BU8INESS THREATENED. ' - "The existence ? ' of ' our present steamship lines on the Pacific Is seri ously threatened by the foreign sub sidled lines. Our communications with the markets of Asia and with our own possessions' In the Philip pines, no less than our communica tion with Australia should depend not upon foreign, but upon our own steamships. The Southwest' and the Northwest' should alike be served by these lines, and if thts la done they will also give to the Mississippi val ley throughout the. entire length the advantage of ' all : trans-continental railways running to the Paclflo coast To 1 fall to establish adequata lines on the' Paclflo Is equivalent to' pro claiming to the world that we have neither the ability nor the disposition to contend for our rightful share of the commerce of the OrWnt; nor yet to protect our Interests Inthe Philip pines.'1. It would surely be discredit able for us to surrender 'to our com mercial rivals the great commerce of the Orient, ths great commerce we should hsve with Soath' America, and even our own communications with Hawaii and the Philippines. a ' 1 - "I earnestly hop for the enact ment of some lew like the bill In question. '" . ' 'THEODORE ROOSEVELT. MANY BILLS PASS HOfjSE .,- y... , ., .. ' ,.-.'. GALLERY RESOLUTION TABLED Several Counties Ask Favorable Ao tlon on the BUI to Prevent Fraudu lent Sale . of Merchandlne Insnr ance Committee Reports Favorably' :. Several of the Drewry Bills House v and ' Senate Join In the : Official ' Election of Senator Simmons Ad ,' ama . Receives 24 Votes and Britt ;(;:Getsa.-V''-.:'-,v:,;;; y.:y:.U:f.i 3'V V;"; ' Observer Bureau,', - ." -,f; The Hollaman Building, ,A Xi'tHU'M.' Rale'gh, Jan.;.il..s'j 't:. Committee on the corporation com mission this afternoon reported unani mously in favor of Speaker Justice's bill to extend and enlarge the powers of the . commission. After another long hearing on the Douglas ' dope bill, the House committee on proposl sions and' grievances by a votle of; 7 to 6 reported adversely. Several doc tors from Raleigh testified that de cided effects, resulted from the use of many of these drinks, while pthers declared with equal posltlveness tnat they produced no deleterious effect The Judiciary commlttef reported unfavorably on the bill making mu nicipal corporations responsible in damages tor the torts of its officers. Morton's bill, extending the landlord and1 tenant act of the hist session to domestic servants In NVw Hanover county, was also turned down. The . public service corporations committee gave another extended hearing to the representatives of tho telephone companies. In opposition to the bill authorizing t'ne corporation commission . to compel interchange able connections of long distance with local telephone companies. The hearing was adjourned until Monday night. Representatives of local Independ ent companies, and their attorneys from all over the State are standing side by side with the Bell Telephone Company in fighting this measure. Senator Drewry's bill to define the status of persons soliciting life In surance provldea that any person who shall solicit application for insurance upon the life of another shall In any controversy relating thereto between the assured or his beneficiary and the company Issuing any policy upon sutfn application, be regarded as the agent of the company and not the agent of the assured. THE SENATE. The Senate convened at 11, Rev. D. M. Starling offering prayer. The Insurance committee made a favor able report on the various bills In troduced by John C. Drewry. chair man of that committee, these being based upon the New York law, and preventing discrimination In policies, preventing misrepresentation by companies, and prohibiting glfst to political parties. There was also a favorable report on the bill enlarg ing the powers of the Southern Home & Insurance Company; on that regu lattng -vetertnary -surgery, and giving magistrates Jurisdiction of oases of cruelty to animals. The following bills were Introduc ed: Turner: To force Superior Court Judges to open court Monday. Pharr: Amanding the Building ft Loan Association law. Holt: To make the township the unltl of Special school tax districts. Seaweli: To further regulate pub lic service corporations and enlarge the powers of the corporation com mission. Wilson: To change the method of selecting Jurors. Aycock: Limiting the amount of land permitted to be held by corpor ations. Ormond: To rev.ie the road law of Lenoir county. Mann: To amend the laws regard ing days of grace. , Burton: For the promotion of public decency, Bellamy: To punish the larceny In temporary use of automobiles. Turner: To prevent the wearing of striped clothing of persons convict ed only of misdemeanor; Also to exempt Confederate veterans from road tax. Lovlll: To prevent destruction of timber and other damage by burn ing woods. Burleson: To incorporate the town of Spruce Pines, Mitchell county. Drewry: To define the status of persons soliciting life Insurance. Benton: To amend the law regard ing eminent doman. PENSION FOR MRS. JACKSON. Senator Webb Introduced a reso lution, accompanied by a petition of John T. Jones Camp of Confederate veterans of Lenoir providing for a pension of $100 per month to Mrs. 8tonewall Jackson, ss a mark of reverence In hlch the people of North Carolina hold the memory of her husband. Petitions were received from a number of counties asking for fav orable action on the bill to prevent fraud In the sale or merchandise In bulk and leaving creditors out In the cold. Upon objection by Webb, a bill .to provide for the payment of Jurors fees rn Rowan, Union snd Anson was returned to the committee on sal aries and fees. Bills passed: Establishing a grad ed school In Moore county and one at Plymouth. Fixing the salaries of Buncombe county officers. Drewry's bill to prevent discrimina tion by life Insurance oompanles was discussed, some Senators opposing It. It was finally recommitted. . Bills passed to prohibit the use ot funds by insurance companies for political purposes and to prohibit misrepresentations by life Insurance companies. Also a bill to enlarge the powers of the Southern Home and Mutual Insurance Companies. , , ' THE HOUSsl ! Speaker Justice culled the Home to or. dor at 10.30 and Keetor MrNMey Du Dose nf 8t Mary's School offered prayer, Among the petitons presented were the following: Devta. of Carteret:. To . repeal the HMnestead act. " . Itnysier: To establish a dispensary al Credmnore, Granville county. , Watts! To appoint magistrates for Jllxander. . ,; , Stickler: From eltlsenr ot Guilford sratnat excessive freight rates, romnlln enuesslVe chars; os of exprvse companies snd also roaardlng freight .discrimina tions hi' railways. . . ...... The following hills were dulr ratified: Authorlslnsr Juthre and matUtratot m trials of felonious ImuKNd exclude, all exeept persons properly Interoated. To validate lh deed by the aldermen of Houihpori, To allow benovolent and fra Omul isoclMlas to receive and make deeds for real ett. , To prohibit the sUt of liquor In Hnrks county. Vor re lief of Jpmre In Chatham. To allow Slinlby to Issue bone. To trvn throw. Ills' savrfttst If M'l'-helt rotinlv ttrvann, The following bills were liltrodnoed: fcoonee: To promote the safety of travel on railways, and prohibit. Sunday trains. , ..v.. Koyster: To allow Oxford to issue sew erage bonds; slso to establish a dispen sary at Creedmoore. ; Williams: To provide for working Dup lin county road, also to amend the . law regarding the election of magistrates; al so to regulate the . earning of public service corporations. . ' Morton: To allow New Hanover to is sue public school bonds. . ... Pickett: To allow cities snd towns to condemn lands for cemeteries under cer tain conditions. '- ! . ', . Davidson: To repeal the road law of 1905 ' for Cherokee; also to regulate the pay of eounty officers In that county. . . Johnson: To allow Caswell to levy a special tax. Mldyette: To prescribe the time , for hunting deer In Northampton. PASS FINAL READING., : The fOlowtng bills passed final reading-: 'To allow the Carolina and Glen Anna Railway to expend operations pending improvements. , ,-v.--:f To substitute 5 per cent, for per cent, as the rate of interest on High Point Railway improvement bonds. To Increase the number of commis sioners for Harnett. To abolish March term of Onslow court ELECTION OF SENATOR. At noon the election of a United States Senator was taken up, the approach of the Senate was announced, it entered, headed by President Winston, who. taking position on the Speaker's platform, call ed the Senate and House together In Joint session, to declare the result of the election by each body yesterday for the Senator. Forty-two Senators responded to the roll call. Speaker Justice ordered the roll of the House called and 109 mem bers responded. Chief Clerk Maxwell, of the Berate, read the Journal of yes terday's session showing that Simmons received 33 votes and 8. B. Adams J. Assistant Clerk Lasaiter, of the- House, read its journal, showing; that Simmons received 13. S. B. 'Adams 21 ana J. J. Erltt 2 votes. The tellers for the Sertate were Drewry and Carter,, and for the House Stlckley and Tevlor. and these cams foiwerd nnd verified the Journals, aiming; their names to the records and then reported throusrh Drewry that It had been ascertained that for Senator there had been cast for Stmmnns 116 votes, Adams 24, and Brltt 1 President Winston, formally declared 8'mmons elected for six yenrs from Mtrch 4th Inst. Speaker Justice followed with a like an nouncement and the joint semlon ended. JOINT RESOLUTION TABLED. The House took up the Joint resolutions providing for the appointment of a com mittee to ascertain the stock of the Bute In the North Carolina and Atlantic ft North Carolina Railway, which was In troduced by Oallert yesterday. He ex plained It, saying that In view of cur rent reports the greater value of stock and the fact that undee the terms of the leases the State wss not recelvtns over 2 per cen.: he thought It wise to get the facts, if It should be found advantageous to the State to get out of a bad bargain In making; the leases, then to sell the State's Interest In those roads and be done wlh the matter. OTHER BILLS PASSED. Bills passed final reading as follows: To prevent the quashing of bills of In dictment because of non-payment of tnxns bv a member of the grand Jury or because one of the grand Jurors Is a party to a stilt in court. This bill being very heartily opposed in sneeches by Man gum, of Gaston, and Harshaw, of Cald well, and being warmly advocated by Wlnbome, Persons. Mldyette, Laughing house, and Blckett, amendments being offered by Harris and Grant, which were To provide that no criminal cases shall be tried st the spring and fall terra of court In ' Hertford except when defen dents la Jail. ; . - - -, s To Include Bwaln county In the act re garding assessment of railroad com panies In etocklaw territory. To include emnloyes in the State de partments, receiving less than a year in the act allowing 15 days holiday each yenr. To give the State two challenges for each defendant In trials of Indictments in less than capital cases. To cede exclusive Jurisdiction to the TTnlted States if lands on which stand Federal buildings. To empower committee on nubile ser vice corporations to send foe persons and pnnem and comnel testimony under oath of witnesses summoned. To Include Rowan and Rutherford In th lonlnrd and Tenant Act of 1IMS. To mnke 10 years separation of hue bsnd wife when there Is no living Issue ground for divorce. To authoHie the running and marking the Stntd lines between this State and Virginia. . . t. . To mage the annuity tables competent evtlence In actions for damages for desth or permanent Injuries. To amend the law of W5 with refer ence to trials of real actions In Hert- To Include Alexander county In ths anti-jur law of 190R. The House adjourned. ORATORY IN THE HOUSE. Pension Apnronetatlon Bill Fur nfetie Opportunity for Oral Pyro tevhni'i. Washington, Jsn. 23. This was a day of oratory In the House, the pen- Inni annrnnrlatlon bill affording an opportunity to a number of Represen tatives to maxe spercnes noi oniy in behalf of the bill Itself, but on the tariff and on the San Francisco school Incident. On the latter subject, Mr. Hayes, nf California, Insisted that all California desired was to be permitted i.. isAntinmi American snd that foe Chinese exclusion law should be made to apply to Japanese coones. Mr. Grosvenor. of Ohio, occupied an hour and a half In a discussion of the tariff. Mr. Crumpacker. of Indiana, and Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, spoke on pension u.i.i.iinn nt a Keneral character. both having bills before the pension committee tennintr to oroaaen in scope of existing pension laws. a r.irited controversy arose over an effort to have the pension agencies of tne country reduced from li to 0. The provision was sharply antagonla- . . ed by memoers representing aismcia from which agsncles would be re moved. . withnut reaching the .pension ap propriation bill under the live minute rule tha Mouse, at :o p. m., aa- Journed.1 , - CHAIRMAN SHOJtTg RESIGNS.' Head of the Isthmian Canal Com mission Will Assam -Targ ot Ryan-Belmont Interests In . New York Stevens Likely to Succeed Him. ' . . vv . Washington. Jan. II. Chairman Shouts, of the Isthmian canal com mission, has resigned. : '. ':: '.' Mr. , Shonts resigns , to assume chargo ot the Ryan-Belmont Rapid Transit Interests in New-Tork, ; 1 1t ' has been , determined to estab lish the headquarters ot the commis sion on the isthmus and Crlet Engi neer Stevens undoubtedly will bs in Ch'lr," - ' Tho Y. Mi I. Third Class Reinstated, s Rut Heavily Penalised. v. . Roanoke. Va.." Jan. IS.-A Times special from Lexington, Va.. says the board of visitors of the Virginia Mili tary Institute Issued an order this afternoon reinstating the third. class who earl In January engaged In a display of fireworks from the roof of Kmlth Hull contrary to regulations. Tho hoys will be heavily penalized. ', STAT 10 LULE COllMEECE RADICAL LIQUOR BILLS VP North Carolina Interested in Little- neia . and Hopbura-DolUver Bills Giving Any State Control Over Inter-State Shipments ' of Liquor as Soon as It inters Its Borders Have Been Before . Sub-Committees of Both Houses Question of Constitutionality " Much Mooted. ' Liquor . Interests Confident ; Su preme Court Mill Kill lU..yl.:. BY W. A. HILDEBRAND. Observer' Bureau, v-' ' r 1417 G Street N. W4s4 ; - Washington, - Jan. 21. . The nreaent atatna nt tlia . T .It tie. field IiOUOP bill will ha tf muoh Intr. est in North Carolina, as report re-' , ceived here show' that the subject i of Inter-State - ahlnmonts nt , limine i Into drv commnnltlpa la a IIva tnnln : bill, divested ot its legal : verbage, : : shipments of liquor shall lose their, uiici-Dwic vuwai;u-- sou uuansiore K'."' the protection the Inter-State conv.":.r; merce law affords the moment thw - cross tha borders of a RtatA mil !.' ,: ,. ': fore the liquor Is delivered to the '-.. consignee, xnis Din was lavorably . reported by the Judiciary committee ti of the House to-day. . ; : , LlTTI.EFtELn KTT.T. rnWRTTTir. 't :' "K, The Llttlefleld bill and the Hep- burn-Onlllver hill hearinar on tha same subject have been up in the sub-committee of the SenaU Ju diciary committee and Senators Ba con, of Georgia; Spooner, of W iscon sin, and Knox, of Pannsvlvanla. tha Senate sub-committee, have raust.. - ? ea tne appearance of Mr. LitUeneld; to explain his measure and to give his views on certain objections, va mainly as to 1U consUtutlonaltty. 'r; ;: Mr. Llttlefleld thla artarannn a. . ' that tha hill wmtlit .(,.4 th..tu nf tha flfturta 14. mtA K. J . . amlned Into that feature and waa $'-'-; prepared to cite cases in support of - f his belief.- He also stated that ha :v.. naa expected the measure to pass the .,'3 '. " .w. wvm.v qui. UCA. noun, . Senator Bacon, of tha Henata snK. committee, sUted that he was entire ly friendly to the object sought to ne accompusnea oy tne measure and ; favored It from a moral standpoint, ;. but that he had not yet reached any conclusion aa to the constiutlonallty of the measure. If the bill is un constiutlonal as some fear, it will, of course, be inoperative even if It . should pass both Houses of Congress. A member of the House Judiciary ' committee, who waa on nosed m tha Llttlefleld bill, declared that the' whiskey interests were perfectly sat- Isfled to have it adopted, having been advised by counsel that' the Supreme Court would unquestionably kill It. The Supreme Court of the United State recently held in the case of Paul Heyman. of Augusta, fia.. vermis tha Southern Railroad that, the act of ' .P transportation was not completed un til the merchandise was delivered to c lthn1gnee.'M v' The question now is whether Con- " VV grass by statute can so affect tha ' i -'' rights granted under the inter-State commerce law, which is a constitu- ; i'-v-tlonal right, as to give the State cob- 'X ; trol of Inter-State shipments .the v moment they cross the border of the State or before such shipments reach the consignee. vl: NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS. 3;. t Now that this Hepburn-Dolllver - . bill Is out of the way, it is assumed ' V .v that Speaker Cannon will at once vVf '- let It be known whether he intendgV.V to appoint Mr. Webb on the Ju- . dietary committee. Minority Leader , ? ' Williams haa again duacua.ui this . . . Subject With the? Sneaker at tha let ter's instance. Senator Simmons to-day reported for confirmation the nomination of Willis Brlggs to be postmaster st -i Raleigh and of D. H. Patrick to be " collector of customs at Newbern. v Nothing was done about the nomlna-"7 tlon of Douglas, at Greensboro. The committee having in charge the general post office appropriation ' bill to-day passed favorably upon tha ' proposlUon to Increase the salaries of free rural delivery carriers from '". 1710 to 1140. Postal clerks In the several branches of the service will also receive an Increase of pay. Tha . North Carolina Senators voted to- ' " day with the large majority of Sea' i ators who went on record as favor ing an Increase In. the salaries of the members of Congress. Commander Long, of the Presl-" dent's vessel, the Msyfiower, enter- ' talned on the vessel at dinner to-day A. D. Watts and Settle Dockery. Commander Long's old home Is at Statesvllle. DISMISSES THE INODKXT, Tlie President Aunwers Earl Grev iiiat tne Act of Governor S wet ten am 1:1 a iiuog or tne past. Wanhfnatnn Jtn s ri.. n..j, . has nnally d Ism Used the Incident con nected with the refusal by Governor Sweetenkam, of Jamaica, of aid from Admiral ImvIs as Is shown In the fol- . lowing letter, made public at the State loiuinni unuj, aoarcssea Dy Acting becrt-tary Baoon to Charse' Howard: " a' iwr Prtmnl WMhlBto,, "' "Mr. time Howard.; Charge' si'Affalres' ad Interim, the British Embasay,. Wash ington. "Kir- T hawa lit k..M A.v..i.. ' the receipt ef your note of yetrda-g date, by which you communicate the substance of the Instructions rsualved by VOU tram Sle tUararrf rirw I. -' to the Jamaica tncldoot--.-. . ; -t nasten to assure you, en behalf ef the President that this government will and very much appreciates the frank and ""7 wuiwir sira romiaoraiion snowtt In this diipetch by Sir Edward Grey. " "1 can only repeat to you. In this more formal way, what I said to you person ally last evening, assuring you of the President's sincere appreciation of the cordial spirit shown by your government : It Is especially gratifying to the President to feel that it has been possible for thle country to show In any practical way, however small. It - friendship to a com- ntlinltv A VAiie tiannla In a tlmi nt aiu.K ' suffering and need. V ' ; ; 'inrKt-iarjmiai aqahu-: No Cases Tried Yesterday In Green . boro Federal Court Bankruptcy : Case Monday.' , Special to The Observer; , Ureensltoroi Jan. H There were n eases tried In the Federal Conrt to-day. The jury waa excused Until nest Mnluy, after the docket had baen called over. Upon the opening of court thla morn ing It was ascertained that the amemU' t complaint which had been granted Iml not Doea fled In the c of AtMher v. Southern Hallway Company. at fr t,: I thla rooming and It was continued t consent. . The bankruptcy ce of Pi'.m . i itnrdwar Company t al, va. I;, i. Hardin et at. has own i fe tn..l ,-v tnilHy, Fetinmry 1 Tlim rl -several das snd It will ! f, -!.!.! i . ik tH.t ,,f Hie c agnlnat lui -lolte D!U muu. Hi-ii i.-V.'F;'v . i-. X
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