BUBSCIttPTJON PRICE:
$3.00 PER YtiAR.
CHARLOTTE, N. C; SUNDAY MORNJNG, JANUARY 27, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENT.-.
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OBJECT TOJUE M'KEMIE
MTtS. WM. THAW WANTS HER OUT.
Continued Run"iors of Difference Be-
tween Jim. Hurry K. Thaw and
L Mother and Blster-tn-Law Over
' . Presence of Former Chortw Girl at
- Sessions of Court Attorney Pea
JSU body Kays She Has Prowl Herself
V True Friend to Wife of Defendant
- , No Truth In Report that Other
' , Members of Thaw Family Have
' Qiuvrrelcd v With - Younger Mra
J Thaw Because of This Friendships
New York, ' Jan. JS,-Rumor ; ; of
difference between Mrs: Harry K.
' Thaw on one side and Mrs. William
Thaw and the Countes of Yarmouth,
-mother and slater, respectively, of
Harry K. Thaw, on the other, which
, -were started yesterday,. continued to
be circulated to-day, despite, a denial
by Thaw's counsel that any ; such
differences existed. The reported dif-
, ' ferenoe are said, to have arisen ever
the continued presence In . the court
' , room of Miss j v Mae SicKensle,' the
. " t former chorus girl, ' who . Invariably
accompanies Mrs. Evelyn' -Thaw arid
alts by Bier during the sessions of thw
'court s Mlsa McKenzl is said to toave
r een the younger .Mrs. Thaw's con
' ' etiant ' companion since Harry Thaw
shot .Stanford White, ':tvt:w
r .It was reported to-day that Dejphln
v M.'Dslmas, the San Francisco law
yer who came East to defend Thaw,
.went, to the Hotel t Lorraine, where
thie relatives at Harry. Thaw are stay
: v Ins;, In the hope of reconciling anydtf-
terences which might nave arisen be
( -tween the women.' It was said that
. ' Evelyn Thaw made tha first step to
' placate her mother-in-law and slster
', in-law, and that Mr. - Detmas onlji
conserved to try to smooth over their
misunderstandings -enuthe , agreement
" tihat Miss .McKensle should dlscon
, , tinue toer appearances in court.
' DI8CUSSED WITH COUNSEL. -.
. , - Hariy-Thawlla saidito have" dls
' cussed this matter with A, . Russell
; Peabody; -of his counsel, when Mr.
Peabody visltsd him In the Tombs
Sri son to-day, ' Afterward Mr, Pea
ody said: - A:,...
; "I don't believe that Mr. Delmas
know that Miss McKensle is in the
court room. He t there to .work and
I don't believe he gives the woman a
thought. ' '
"Early last summer, wfnen Evelyn
Thaw was practically ail alone, Miss
McKensle was with her most of the
- time. It Is only natural to suppose
that Mrs. Thaw wants to have Miss
McKenzle with her now, even If the
other members of her husband's
family are with duer."
He was then asked to staite wiiether
there is any truth. In the stories that
Thaw has received many threatening
letters since, he has ...been in the
Tombs. . '
"I want to talk to counsel about
this matter before I aay anything
about It: It is possible that I may
have something to say later,", said
Mr; Peabody.
"My client bas received hundreds of
letters during the time he has been
awaiting trial. in the Tombs and I
have seen nearly all .of them; . Nan
- of the'TOiSBives could,beXlaBafid- a
threatening. Abouune in a hundred
of the letter contained what may.be
described as; ' unfavorable comment,
and bhat Is a. light percentage, as letter-writing
cranks, as a rule, use
strong words In their uncalled-for
communications."
JURORS CLOSELY GUARDED.
The jurors were kept under cJoee
surveillance at their hotel to-day. The
wires of two of them called last night,
,bui their-guards only -permit conver-4
sations in the prestnee or another
Juror and one of the guards. ,
Mr. Peabody said that Miss Mc
Kensle had proved herself one of the
best friends Mrs.7 Evelyn Thaw ever
bad, and that she took care of Mrs.
Thaw last summer when One young
woman was "suffering agony greater
j than that borne by any' woman In
New York," and bas been devoted
ever since.
"Is It-to be expected that now Mrs.
Harry Thaw would cast her friend
aside Just for the - sake of appear
ances?" Mr. Peabody asked.
He declared that there was no
more truth In the report that other
relatives of Thaw (have quarreled with
Evelyn Thaw because of her friendship
for Miss McKensle. He said that Mrs.
William Thaw and her daughters have
never had the slightest objection to
the Intimacy Of the pair and that this
applied to the Countess of Yarmouth,
wihio, he said, had not been In court
for the past three daysbecause she
was so overwrought by the first day's
proceedings that she had to stay in
the hotel to recuperate. He promised
that she would be In court Monday
.If she had recovered.
PEABODY DENIES REPORT.
Mr. Peabody said that the report
(that Mr. Delmas had delivered an
ultimatum that he would withdraw
from the case unless May McKonrle
was kept out of the court room. Is
absolutely without foundation, and he
' said that Mr. Delmas had not de
clared ait tho Yale Club that either
jne or Miss McKensle would have to
keep out of the court room.
Mr. Peabody also declared that the
report that Harry Thaw and his wife
were contemplating a divorce it Thaw
is acquitted is also false. He said
that Thaw and his wife "are more
Inseparably bound together to-day
than before the tragedy."
. - It was said to-day that evidence
- .. will be put before the jury to prove
that ever since toe Madison . Square
Garden tragedy last June, the entire
. living expenses of Mae McKensle have
been paid by some one connected with
the Thaw family. The district at
torney la Mid to have copies of bills
paid on Miss McKensle'e account at
"the. Hotel Lorraine. Miss McKensle"
win mypcKr am urimvra I or ino pruae-
; um bi int.rfponn in circulation
to-day dealing wltln Thaw's motive for
; shooting Stanford Wihite was to the
' effect that on the night before , the
shooting Thaw called .on White ' and
exacted, from him arpremlse that he
would never try, to communicate wlto
,' Evelyn Thaw again. If was also re
''ported ttbat while at dinner In the
Cafe - Martln.y four hours before the
tragedy, Tlaw 1 Intercepted a . note
from White asking Mrs. Thaw to meet
. h1"1 - "''- .'.:
. V'' FOR, PITTSlBURO WITNESSES.
v.-V' Rooms are nported to have "been
'.engaged in this city for eight Pltts
burg witnesses for Thaw to be brought
to this city undr the care of Roger
CMara, the Pittsburg dHective.
-The seven Jurors are comfortably
, ftoused at the Broadway Central Ho
tli 17 rooms wKh baths and a private
,' dining room - having - ben engaged
.' for them. The Jurprs so far selected
,,;ar accepting " th situation In a
, philosophical mannr, , . ., ,
. r The plans of-the; 4efnWv while'
, they tiave not definitely developed.
' are believed to be as at nrst supposed
V emotional Insanity tnd an appeal to
tha so-cailea "pigasr, law." Only the
(alnttst Indication Ini this ' direction
GRIDIRON'S ANNUAL FEAST
THE NEW PRESIDENT PRESIDES
Famous Association of Washington
Newspaper Correspondents, In Pres-
encc or Nation's President, Vice
President, Representatives of Co
" Ordinate. Branches of Government,
a Host of Newspaper, and Literary
Men, Statesmen and Captains of In
.. dtutry, Erects an Empire With All
ii the . Splendor Attendant Thereon
, President Makes a Forcible Ad
- dre.jrVir
Washington Jarii'i 'liCentnallxa
tlon was the major motif In the en
tertainment . furnished . to-night by
that famous association of Washing?
ton newspaper, , correspondents, 4 the
Gridiron Club, at their annual winter
dinner given at the New Wlllard. The
new president of the club. Samuel 0.
Blythe, of The.New York Worlds dl-,
rected the entertainment ,
V In y the presence of ,' the President
of the United States, the Vice Presl
den and representatives from the co
ordinate branches of the government;
a. host; of I'terary: and newspaper
men; before statesmen and : many of
the cap tains of Industry, those who
have done and are still doing things,
an empire ' was erected with 4 all tho
splendid -: attendant ; ' thereon. The
scene was laid in Washington and the
nineteen hundred and seventeen (ten
Irears" hence)..;iiiU'M-:::
The kingly power was surrounded
with all the .officers of State with
courtiers and , pages, a herald who
looked more like : "Happy Jack Fal
staff" than anything else and a nu
merous court to complete the gorge
ous picture and the fun, these men of
the Orldiron Club, got out of the
"skit" to say nothing 'of the enjoy
ment of the guests, showed how keen
ly the assemblage appreciated the sa
tire., And . there was -i a Jester, too,
who, clothed in his motley,-spoke an
epilogue which served , as the Intro
ducer of President Roosevelt,' who
made a forcible address.
The grand procession was wel
comed by "God Save the King," ren
dered by a section of the Marine
Band. But the King was finally de
posed and the court . sent Into exile
while (the band played VThe Star
Spangled Banner." -
IS JAPAN CONQUEROR?
During the course of the centrali
sation act the King asked one of his
ministers; "Has Japan conquered the
Philippines?" The chancellor of . the
exchequer replying: "No, your Majes
ty, they now offer to give them back
to us for a coaling station at Guam."
The initiation 'of Clifford K. Berry
man, the cartoonist and creator of
the "Teddy Bear," afforded an oppor
tunity to Introduce two enorirfous
clnamon bears, played of course by
two members, and between the Presi
dent and Mr. Berryman the club had
a lot of sport over the hear Incident
A showman, who had the bears in
charge, explained that he had taught
them the language of man, that they
could "think as Quickly, speak s
rapldivjjind ; spell asiJjadly . asthf
President of the United BUtea"
Mr, Berryman, with the aid of his
bears, made a number of cartoons.
One of the bears requested that he
draw a picture, of the-man whom the
Senate loves most and a striking like
ness of the President appeared. A
picture of Senator Foraker showed
up .when, the cartoonist was .asked to
draw a picture. of the Senator whom
the President . loved most. The pic
ture of the next Vice President of the
United States was a composite one,
starting with David B. Hill and being
changed into Fairbanks. The cartoon
of the next Republican candidate be
gan with Taft was changed Into
Fairbanks and ended with a speaking
likeness of Joseph Cannon.
. SONGS AS INTRODUCTIONS.
Songs to Associate Justice Harlan,
of the Supreme Court, to Vice Presi
dent Falsbanks and Speaker Cannon
served as introductions to speeches
from . these . gentlemen, while other
brilliant after-dinner efforts were
made by Gen.' Horace Porter, Sec
retary Root Henry Van Dyke, of
Princeton University, Representative
Adam Bede, of Minnesota, and Fran
cis W. Cushman, of Washington
State.
As a souvenir of the dinner a book
of .nearly 60 pages was presented to
each guest. Its title being; "Who's
Who in Gridiron Prose and Rhyme,"
dealing with historic characters and
nortrayed with a profusion 'of outs.
Governors Warfleld,.of Maryland, and
SwVnson. pt Virginia,- were -represented
as speaking to one. another as
follows:'
"Says the Gov'nor of Ma'yland to his
friend of Vlrginyeh:
"I will mix you-somethings that are
" good to put In youh."
Says the Oov-nor of Vlrginyeh: "I
prefer not to wait,
When time may be saved by taking
, th!m straight." '
TUB CAR' SHORTAGE QUESTION.
Subject for Consideration at Con
ference Held at White House by
Heads of Dcpartmenta
Washington, Jan, 26. The car
shortage question was considered at
the White House this j afternoon dur
ing a conference which was partici
pated In by the President, " Secretary
Root, Secretary Taft Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou, Aslstant Secretary Ba
con, Commissioner of Corporations
Garfield and Chairman Knapp. of tine
tnter-Stato commerce commission,
The , President has . announced , his
Intention' of sending to Congress ' a
special message urging legislation of
a remedial character , to meet such
emergencies as that now existing re
garding the car ahortage question. The
inter-State commerce commission has
submitted certain principles which the
members think should form tn basis
of any, legislation to be recommend
ed on, that subject to Congress, and
It these meet the views of the Presi
dent they will be sunmrttsd to that
body. 'r. C '.V--:"
Joseph P. Mlnetree's Funeral to be
i - Held Txi-Morrowv j v ,
v Wahlngton,. Jan. 2-It was decid
ed to-day that the funeral of : CoU
Joseph P. Mlnctree, purchasing agent
of the Southern Railway, who died
here yesterday,' will take' place from
his httoy residence next Monday and
that the Interment will be In Rock
Creek Cemetery, this city , .. .. --f.
has ahpvared at the trial thus for,
and that Was yesterday, when Clif
ford y,'. Hartrldge, chief counsel for
Thaw, naked prospective Juror this
question: - A ; , yy. -.:..
', "Would you Iske Into consideration
all the vldciro tending to show the
condition 6f this msn's tThaw's) mind
st the time ef tin killing of Stanford
HYE PERISH IN -FLAMES
PROPERTY' LOSS HALF MILLION.
Mill No. 1 of Cochedo Manufacturing
company, Dover, N. II, Hurned to
; C round Bodies of Four Boy Opera-
fives, Charred Beyond Hope of
Identification, Found In Smoking
v Hulns and It Is Believed Another
F Will ' be Dlscovered---Many Opera-1
Uvea Injured While Descending by
ltopee Exits Blocked by Strug
' gllng Mass of Mill Hands and Many
Jumped From Windows. fcl. s '
x? Dover. N. ;H.; h Jan. 2i Dover's
most disastrous Are, which occurred
td-day, eost the lives ef Tour and prob
ably fiveyoung mill operatives and a
property loss of half a million dollars.
The fire destroyed Mill No.y 1 of the ;
Cochedo .-; Manufacturing Company.
The bodies of four boys, charred -be
yond Inope : of . identification were
found In the smoking rulna and as
five boys are known to be missing, it
is believed that another body will be
discovered. ; : u v.;V a
-The;misslng boy ' :'' to; ., '
' CHARLES COSGROVBi aged 16
years.'-'"--"'- v-j-.v ;. :
CONSTANTINE ELOPULOUS, aged
If years. -
JOHN NICHOLOPULOUS, age4 15
yean. . -'tr',C,'-'-;
REDDEN,' aged 15 yeara
HESTER, aged 15 years.
Several of the Injured ; were hurt
while descending by ropes. ;.
The Are broke out In the mill not
long after the 500 or more opera
tives had assembled - for their day's
work. Friction from a belt generat
ed sparks; whlohr 1 lodged; in 4 a mass
of cotton and' the .flames quickly
spread throughout the building. The
exits soon became . blocked by a
struggling mass of mill hands, v and
many were obliged to' jump from the
windows. Others secured royes and de
scended to the ground. '.
There were" several daring ; rescue
by firemen. Four Imprisoned men on
the fourth floor-were ratten out of a
window, though not until they ted
climbed one by one down a stout
pole which the firemen had made fast
to the top of a ladder too anort to
reach the window sill. The. total loss
Is 1500,000, covered by insurance.
NEGRO SELLS TO VANDERBrLT.
Afer Fifteen Years; of . Bickering,
"Cabin That Vanderbllt Can't Buy"
la Sold to Him for $2,000 End of
Romantic Story Offer of $8,500
Made a. Few Years Ago.
Special to Tne Observer.
Ashevllle, Jan. 26. Charles C. Col
lins, of color, owner of six acres of
land and a log cabin situated close
tx ?the famous Biltmore house of
George W. Vanderbllt has at last
capitulated and to-day for a consid
eration of 12,000 sold his holdings to
Mr. Vanderbllt The story of the
cabin and the effort of the New York
millionaire to purchase. It and the
few acres of land makes interesting
reading. During the past ten or fif
teen years the thousands ot visitors
to Ashevllle and the Bittmore,. estate
and Biltmore House 'haVerbefctfUold
of Charier ComfflrthV'caW the
six acres of land and the refusal of
the negro to sell to Mr. Vanderbllt
Many photographs were taken of
the cabin and the Collins family.
Souvenir postal cards with a picture
of the shack and the wording, "The
cabin that Vanderbllt can't buy,"
printed thereon have been sold by the
thousands during "the past several
years. Many stories have also found
place In the journals of the country
relative to Collins, and his six acres
of land, and log cabin. Many of
these stories, of course, were grossly
exaggerated. In one Instance It was
stated that Collins refused to sell be
cause he desired to have Mr. Van
derbllt as a neighbor. Another story
was to the effect that Mr. Vanderbllt
had offered the negro $75,000 for his
cabin and six acres of land.
All this, of course, was bosh. Just
why Collins has declined to sell dur
ing these past 15 years no one seems
to know. It Is doubtful If the negro
really knows himself. . It is believed,
however, that the negro had some
sort of a dream of eventually secur
ing for his holding a fabulous sum.
At one" time he could have secured
a small fortune, for the cabin and the
few acrea It Is known that a few
years ago Vanderbllt offered the ne
gro $8,500 In cold cash for the place
AN UNQUALIFIED ENDORSEMENT
Joint Resolution Asking Honse to Get
Squarely on Record Endorsing
President for DlsnuXing Negro
Troops (Introduced by Representa
tive Sims, of Tennessee.
Washington. Jan. 2C Represents
tlvs Sims, of Tennessee, wants the
House to get squarely on record In
favor of the President for his action
In dismissing three companies of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry from the mil
itary service of the United Statea
He said to-day In the lower branch of
Congress that by unanimous vote of
the Tennessee Legislature the Pres
ident's course was endorsed and he
had therefore introduced a joint res
olution commending the President in
his position. He said the resolution
had beenreferred to the military af
fairs committee, which he believed
would act upon the resolution. . If it
should not he would ask that tha
committee be discharged and ' ha
would bring the whole matter before
the House for discussion.
"In another body of Congress," Mr.
Sims asserted, "an ambiguous reso
lution has been passed ' which chal
lenged the propriety. If. not the au
thorlty, .of tha President to take the
action he did. .. In the debates his con
stitutional authority had been chal
lenged." , ' v ;, ,'. - i. . V--.!
If the President had exceedeoVnts
constitutional authority, said Mr.
Sims, be was subject to : Impeach
ment and such . proceedings must be
commenced In the House of Repre
sentatives '' , .. .."I , '
In view of the resolution passed by
the Senate neither admitting or deny,
lng the President's authority, r but
simply providing for an Investigation
of the facta, Mr. Sims ' thought It
proper that the House ahould express
Itself. r-:- -
It was not his purpose, ; Mr. Sims
asserted, to discuss the punishment of
the discharged soldiers; that question
should not be considered in connec
tion with the matter. 'The action of
the President was not taken," assert
ed Mr. Sims, "as a matter of punish
ment, but as a matter of discipline.".
Fifth Georgia Regiment to Camp at
- ; , , Jamestown Exposition. i 4
.' Norfolk,' Va.,' Jan. (.Announce
ment was made from Jamestown Ex
position headquarters, to-dsy that the
Fifth Oeorgla Regiment, the crack
reflment from that State, will encamp
at the exposition from June to IT,
coming direct from , Atlanta under
sauna, ef Col-C. L Andersen.. ,
PRESIDENT ISSUES PIPER
TO END PUBLIC LANDS FRAUDS,
a In Form of -Letter to Secretary
Ultoucock ana uirocts xnai Here
after no Certificate, Patent or Oth
er Evidence of Titles Shall be Is
sued Under Law Until Actual Ex
amination Has Been Blade on
Ground by Authorised Official, of
, Government Lands ' Already Ex
amined In Xbie Manner Are - ac
cepted From, Pro visions of Order.
Washington. : Jan. 26. President
Roosevelt has determined to put an
nst If niHlhl. : in frauds In th
acquisition of publlo lands by Indi
viduals and , corporations.' He: has
directed that, hereafter. no patent
shall be Issued, to publlo land until
an examination of the ground shall
have - been mad by an authorized
officer of the government. r ,
The "President' order is ; in " tne
fornt , of a letter, to Secretary Hitch
cock, and. , under Its provisions, 1 or
ders are being sent - out to-day by
the officials of the general land pf-
Following is the text of President
Roosevelt's letter:
V "The White Housse,
y "Washington, Jan. 25, 1907.
"The Secretary of the Interior,
"Sir: To prevent the fraud now.
practiced In the acquisition of public
landa of the United States, I have to
direct that hereafter no final certi
ficate, patent or , other evidence of
titles shall be 1 Issued under the pub
llo land -laws until an actual . exami
nation has been made on the ground
by an authorised .officer of the gov
ernment; but the following shall be
excepted from the force of this or
der: .
EXCEPTIONS TO ORDER.
"(1) All claims which have here
tofore been examined on the ground
by an authorized officer of the gov
ernment, whose report Is found satis
factory. 'Vv;f-"' - -
"(a) All claims wnere neretorore
an -officer of .the government other
than officers authorized to take final
proof, shall have been present at
the taking of final proof to cross-ex
amine claimant and witnesses, if such
proof is found satisfactory.
"($) All claims where claimant's
compliance with law has been estab
lished by contest or other regular
adverse proceedings.
"(4) Entries which may have been
confirmed by virtue of an act of
Congress. ''.
"(6) Selections and entries In
which no residence or Improvement
Is required by law, when the lands
embraced therein are strictly speak
ing in agricultural districts,, or when
charter has been fixed by investi
gation and. classification made In ac
cordance with law.
"(6) Cases of re-issuance of pat
ents because of soma clerical error
occurring In the.: , patent heretofore
Issued. . '. . "
"(7) All Indian-allotments which
have been regularly approved In ac
cordance with. Instructions of the
Secretary or the Interior,
"Yon - will "' IssuV all necessary In
structions to carry this order Into ef
fect. , '
"This order la lh, lieu of my order
of December 13, If 06.
(Signed)-
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
SAMTSON TREASURER FAILS.
A. W. Aroan, Retiring Sheriff, and
Treasurer of Sampson, as Well as
Mercliant Makes Assignment Lia
bilities $30,000 Assets $10,000
Bond Secured by Farmers.
Special to The Observer. '
Clinton, Jan. 26. Business circles
here were subjected to a shock when
it was announced that A. W. Aman.
general merchant and retiring sheriff
and treasurer of Sampson county,
had made a deed of assignment. He
conducted a large dry goods store
and owned the gsocery buslneos con
ducted under the name ef the Clin
ton Supply Co. It Is rumored that
his mercantile liabilities are about
$15,000 and that he Is behind us
county treasurer about an equal
amount, making his total liabilities
about $30,000, as estimated.
His assets will approximate $10,
000, consisting of mercantile stock
and accounts. On his bond as sheriff
and treasurer are some fifty of the
leading farmers of the county, so
that their loss. If any, will be indl
vidual. The worst feature of it all
Is the tangle into which the county
flnanees will temporarily be, though
F. R. Cooper Is named as assignee.
SCOTS AND SWEDES COMING.
Arrangements Making With Steam
ship Companies for Landing of
Several Hundred Immigrants With
in Next Few Weeks.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 26. The Georgia
Immigration Association announces
to-day that arrangements are making
with representatives of two steam
ship lines to bring . to this country
within the next three. weeks several
hundreds Scottish and Swedish im
migrants to relieve the very urgent
uemana tor neip in tnis section. The
matter has been taken up with Com
missioner Hudson and the request
made that the 8tate lend all Its aid,
which will be, compiled ' With. The
Immigrants are to be landed at the
port of Savannah.. The association
has committed Itself and' Its foreign
representatives to the policy of bring
ing only that class of Immlrrnnti
against who no objection can be
round. ., ,
Details tor further extension of the
movement will be perfected n't the
State immigration conference to ba
held in Macon February Jf-j a,
FUNERAL OF SENATOR ALGER
Chaplain of Senate) AsaMs Rev. Dr.
Itadcilffe In Kervlce Body Escort
ed to Station by Squadron of Car-
: nlry. ..
WashlDiion. Jan. ' ft In accordance
vaiv ww maw : -w MaiaiWia MIlU I M fill I J
the funeral of the late Senstoe Russell A.
Aicr, oi niuuisan, wnicn wsi held st
the fsmlly resldsnce . In th:i city st t
iva 1 ha ceromofiles were conducted by
in wrawr insna sni former
poMor, Rev.Dr., Wallace Itsdcllire, of
the- New York Avenue' Preihytertsq
church In this city, and Rev. Dr. E.I
wsra Uvorett Usl. the chaplsln of the
United gtstss Senate. .. - ,..,.
R4presentatlve of congreMlonat, offi
cial, dlplomnUo and social Wa.hlnston;
snd many friend from Michigan, were
present The eseeudvs branch of the
sovernmenl ,wn represented by : the
iTenkwnt and his aeeretary. Mr". Loan,- tho
War Department by Secretary Taft and
officer of the army, sod the Navy De
partment by . -AakJatant . Secretary New
berry. -'".,.-'. ' -. 1 f
After1 the funeral servloea, the body
was ecortd to the-station bf a fitiad-
ten ol cavi'iry. wnare si odors; H was
taken to Ixurfilt. On Monday after wr
virs at the -family ri.tiir. the boiy
-tU havt a mlWary etcon to the- grave.
MRS. BLAIR .GRANTED BAIL
ARMS DENIES ; WRONG-DOING
' : '"'' -
North Carolina Woman Charged WlUi
Shooting Her Husband Is Released
From Jail on $2,000 Bail This Is
Made Possible by Affidavit of Con
ductor Arms, Who Swears , There
, Was No Criminal Intimacy Between
, Ulm and Mrs. Blair Says Ho and
, tho i Lat Conductor Were ' the
Warmest of Friends Arms' . Affida
vit in Full , y,i,';v';
UrH- ''-H". Observer Burean,.- ''
:7;-iiv"t; --v 1209 Main Street,
Columbia, 8. C, Jan. 25,
Mra- C. W. ' Blair, the handsome,
dark-eyed widow of Conductor' Cully
W Blair, whom she shot, to death at
thet home on Marlon street on Jan
uary 17th, was to-day released from
Jail after a week's stay ' there, " bafl
being secured from Judge Prince sit
ting at the Lexington court In the
sum of $2,000.
The release In this small sum was
secured i on the testimony as taken at
the Inquest and upon an affidavit re
cently secured from Conductor Wil
lis & Arms, about whom Mrs. Blair Is
said to have shot her husband. Mr.
Arms swears most emphatically that
he was .never criminally Intimate vlth
Mrs. Blair, that he and Arms never
quarreled about her, that on the con
trary he came to their home at the
invitation and repeated solicitations
of Mr. Blair, the two conductors be
ing as friendly as brothers.
It will be remembered that Dr.
Know.'ton, who was with Conductor.
Blair on his way out to tho hospital,
testified that Mr. Blair said just be
fore he died that his wife shot him
"In a quarrel about that man Arms."
Dr. Knowlton says Mr. Blair prayed
for his wife on tho way out to the
hospital.
Mrs. Blair testified beforo the cor
oner that Blair was accidentally kill
ed in a tussle between them over the
possession of a revolver, the two rac
ing from a boarder's room across the
hall to their bedroom, where the wea
pon waa always kept on the mantle,
after a violent quarrel, In which the
conductor struck her; that he was
drunk, and aid he was tired of her
and was going to kill her.
The affidavit of Mr. Arms follows:
I am now passenger conductor on
the Southern Railway, running be
tween Charlotte and Washington, and
have been on this run for the past
six years.
I first knew Cully W. Blair eighteen
years ago, when he was running as
freight conductor between Charlotte
and Danville. I waa working as
brakeman on the same division, and
was thrown with him constantly as
long as .he worked for the Southern
Railway. At the time Mr. Blair mar
ried he was running as passenger con
ductor between Charlotte and Rich
mond, Va. He was married at Salis
bury:. ft.X... At that tltne,!. was tun
ning a freight between Charlotte and
Danville. ; Later on Mr. Blair ran as
freight conductdr between Spencer
and Selma, N. C, and I had the
same run at the same time as freight
conductor. I think this was the last
work he did for tho Southern Railway
Company. When he had the run
between Spencer and Selma I board
ed with him and his wife In Spencer.
Mr. Blair and myself wero alwifys
good friends. We were as intimate us
two men could be and I regarded him
as one of my best friends, and from
his conduct know he regarded me the
same way. I felt perfectly at home
at his house and he alwayx treated
me kindly and cordially and we never
had a cross word.
BLAIR URGED HIM TO VISIT.
"Since his removal to Columbia I
always stopped and saw him when
ever I had the opportunity to do so.
The last time I wan at his houxe was
on January 1, 1907, and left at 3 that
evening for- Charlotte. Mr. Blair
got homo that day between 12 and I
o'clock and stayed at the house the
whole time I was thero. When I left
he came to the door with me and In
sisted on my staying longer, and ask
ed me to try and arrange It so that 1
could get off for a week and come
and spend the time with him here
and In Laurens. He was then en
gaged as passenger conductor on the
C. N. A L., between Columbia and
Laurens. I did not see Mrs. Blair be
fore I left the house on January 1, as
1 understood from Mr. Blair that she
was asleep. When I left the house
Mr. Blair accompanied me to the
street and was most cordial In his In
vitation to stay longer and to return
as soon as possible.
NO CRIMINAL INTIMACY.
"I have read In Tho State of Jan
uary It the statement made by Dr.
Knowlton at the coroner's in
quest, wherein Dr. Knowlton
says that "he (Blair) said
his wife killed him because he got
after her about being too Intimate
with Mr. Arms" and that he had,
quarreled with her about her In-
tlmacy with me. I swear most em
phatically that I was never criminally
Intimate with Mrs. Blulr, and have al
ways regarded her a lady of the high
est Character. My visits to the house
were through her husbsnd's Invita
tion, and he never by word or man
ner Indicated that my visits were un
welcome, but on the contrary always
lnstted upon my coming to see har
when 1 could. I fully Intend1 to be
present at tha trial of Mra Blair and
refute any charges that may be made
against me as to my undue' Intimacy
with her."
Fog Placing Additional Anchorage
.' Marks In Hampton Roads.
Washington, Jan. II. Rear Ad
miral P. F. Harrington, U. 8. navy,
has submitted to the Navy. Depart
ment an estimate of $15,000 for plac
ing additional anchorage marks in
Hampton Roads as part of the gen
eral plan to have Hampton Roads and
the adjacent waters ready by the mid
dle of April to receive tne foreign
fleets coming to the Jamestown Expo
sition. - The work Includes the plac
ing of pile beacons and marking buoys
the publication of an anchorage chart
and rules of anchorage and other Im
portant preparations of the same
kind. .: .. . : ' ' ;, '.':, 'cA
'-' VfV? " mi i.vV
Damage Sustained by Battlcelilpa
.Ban Juan. P, R., ' Jan. ,' SO-Accordlng
to Information obtained , here, which,
however, cannot be verified, the damage
udatned by the Unltad 'States battleahiu
Connecticut when the ran. on a reef
while enuring the harbor of Culebra H
landV eomitted of an Indenture, forwsrd.
10 feet long. It I also Mid that 7.000 fe
of lumber and 30 barrels of eamnnt were
Usod to (top the battleship's Irak. .
A reurt of Inquiry In Investigating the
accident, the reaponniNllty for which' fa
not known, v Thu African of t Uie Con
necticut refute to dicuai the matter. ;
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IMMIGR ANT (USE AGAIN
MAT BE MADE MERELY A TEST
Senator Simmons and rtcpresenteUvo
Webb Discuss Indictments Against
; Mill Owners With' Assistant Attor
ney General Will Confer " With
.' President , Next 1 : Week Hope to
Have Oases Merely Made Test of
Interpretation Cannon Again Over
rides Williams and Appoints Itecd
'in Place of Webb on - Judiciary
Committee for I'artlsan Reasons, it
"Is Said.' .- -'';i,i,'V.;:'':''''' '
BY W. A. IDXDEBRAND.
iiir,"'-;:'?: k,:: ''"'
. , Observer "Bureau,
1417 G. Street, N. W.,
.Washington, Jan.' 2$. "
Senator Simmons and Representa
tive Webb' called at the Department
of Justice to-day In the matter of the
prosecution of the cotton mill owners,
charged with violating immigration
lawa Next week these gentlemen
will continue the conference at - the
White House, tine President' already
being in measure familiar with the
cases. To-day Messrs. Simmons and
Webb dlscused the matter 'at great
length with Mr. Ceoley, the assistant
attorney general, who, has charge of
these particular rdsecutlona Mr.
Simmons said to-night that he and
Mr. Webb hoped at least to accom
plish sometolng by way of an under
standing that the prosecutions, in the
event they continue, will be chiefly
confined to the object or establishing
a final interpretation of the law bear
ing upon the right to import skilled
labor, when such skilled labor can
not be obtained In this country, ,The
statute is now a subject of controver
sy. Mr. Webb-loses out In ths judiciary
committee appointment Tne Sneaker
to-day gave the place to Mr. Reed,
of Arkansas. Republicans explain
the act of the Speaker In persisting
in this course of overriding the mi
nority leader In this recommendation,
that the Speaker has nothing against
North Carolina In general, nor any
thing against Mr. Webb, in particular,
but that he has some partisan pur
pose with respect to some pending
legislation. It Was hinted that Mr.
Webb would receive such recognition
at the next Congress, wnen he would
be unable to Interfere with any of
the Speaker's pet legislation pro
jects. WHO WILL BE SENATE MINORI
TY LEADER?
Democratic Senators are Just now
devoting considerable attention to the
matter of the minority leadership,
for service In he Sixtieth Congress.
As matters now stand the minority Is
generally very well content with the
leadership of Mr. Blackburn, of Ken
tucky. They feel that the Kentucky
Senator brought to bear exceptional
skill and diplomacy in the recent
brush with the Senate leaders in the
Brownsville businesa But Mr. Black
burn's congressional days are num
bered, and on the 4th of March, he
goes out. Peculiar Importance will
attach to this , position of'minorlty
l-ail.x In ; tha nTf. T!anSriSS..f ThS
presidential eeupatgJkJtiUba rdrau
near, and the minority leader : will
hate to aid in shaping in issues, ana
in putting his party organisation in
fighting trim. Mr. Bailey would be
the logical leader, but for the one
lamentable fact that he Is under a
cloud..- The legislative committee Is
expected to clear him, because the
committee was friendly disposed to
ward the Texan when It was appoint
ed, but there Is no doubt that he Is
handicapped by having been ; under
such a fierce fire by a large element
of his own party. It must be said
that Mr. Bailey's colleagues do not
think him guilty, but nevertheless
they are not certain that the rest of
the country thinks the earns thing.
Besides, this question of minority
leadership Is something that la de
manding attention at this time, while
the legislative investigating com
mittee may not report for some
time yet. Messrs. Daniels and Cul
berson are mentioned very frequently
In connection with the leadership. In
passing It may be said that the rela
tions between the Texas-- Senators
have been rather strained for a long
while, but It is doubtful whether Mr.
Bailey would be able to Interfere with
the arrangement, should his col
league be chosen for such recognition
by his party.
COMMITTEE MUST PROBE
BROWNSVILLE BUSINESS.
The Sonata committee on military
affairs will early next month begin
the work of Investigating the facts
relating to the shooting up of
Brownsville by the negro soiaieri.
Never did a committee enter upon a
duty assigned them by formal resolu
tion of the Senate with greater reluc
tance. Seven out of the twelve mem
bers of the commrttea regard the
whole movement as a piece of fool
ishness, which must Inevitably result
In the needless expenditure of much
time and money. , Besides, the com
mittee . cannot possibly complete the
Investigation during the present ses
ent of Congress, and 'It will,
therefore, , be compelled to sit for
some time during the recess. The
Senators. Including Senator Overman,
who are members of the committee,
are being chaffed a good deal about
the Job they have on their hands.
They are being told that they will
tiavo o go to Brownsville .during
July. This town Is In the extreme
southwestern part of the country, and
the heat Is something fierce at tlmea
Senaor Overman will do his utmost
to prevail upon his colleagues to post
pone their trip to Texas until Octo
ber, should he be mad a member of
the' sub-committee. - -
The Pottofflce . Department has
agreed to establish a dally steamboat
mail route ' between Elisabeth - City
and Manteo. ' " '
Representative. Small expect to ad
dress the House soon on tho subject
of hi inland waterway project whlls
the river and harbor bill to under eon
slderatlon. ; , -r -
SEN ATE IN SESSION AN HOUR.
ssws , : ., i
Adjournment Taken .to Permit' At
lendanoe on Funeral of Late Rcna-
. tor v Alger Resolution In , Regard
to Naval Officer Referred to the
t Commute on Naval Affair. - v
Washington, Jan.' f I. The ' Senat
wa In session to-day only tor a lit
tle mora than an hour, lh early ad
journment being taken to permit at
tendance on the funeral of the late
Senator; Alger. A fw bill of minor
Importance war pusssd, but most of
the time of the sitting waa devoted
to th further dlsousalon of Senator
Halo' resolution providing for an In
quiry Into the personal Interest 'mani
fested by naval officers In the navy
personnel bill.' The resolution was
ultimately refer th eommlttt
en aaval affair .
MYSTERIOUS CBU1E j)0NE
PHYSICIAN MORTALLY WOUNDL!)
Prominent Statin . Mnnd Surgeon
. Shot by Assassin Whllo In Ll
.A First Declared Wonnds Were In
fllctcd by Burglar, But Later Said
He Knew Who Shot Ulm, I)c lin
ing to Give Name, Because "There
Is No Need to Sacrifice Ktfll An
v. other Life" Cab Driver Arrest d.
But Released on Physician' Dec
laration That Ho Was Not Assail--.,
nt; vv;:;(; V..? vW-, v -A,'
New York, Jan. 31. Dr. Charlos
W. Townsend, one of the best known
physician and surgeons on BUten
Island, was shot and . probably mor
tally wounded while tn. bed in his
home at New Brighton, S. X. early
to-day.1- Tho case , la surrounded by
mystery, but from th meagre details .
which' have been permitted to leak
out. by tho officials, it is believed that
the doctor was the victim of a man
who sought vengeance for some - real
or fancied wrong. . -,. ," :..:.'.., ;
. Dr, Townsend at first declared that .
his wounds were Inflicted by a burg
lar, but later said he knew the man
who did It "I know perfectly well ,
who shot me," he told the police.
out I shall not tell you his name.
I do not want th man arrested;
There is, no need of secrlflcing still
another life." i . , . ? '
A cabman named Silverman, who
answered the description given by Dr,
Townsend of his . assailant, was ar-'
rested. When he was taken to th
bedside of the dying man, however,
the doctor refused to Identify him.
"I didn't tell you It was Silverman
who shot me," said the doctor to th
officer who made ,the arrest :
merely said that my assailant looked
like this man. Silverman Is a friend.
of mine, and he is not the man wh '
fired the shots at me." ,,
Dr. Townsend's home la a hand- '
some residence a block from the
New Brighton railroad station. The
doctor and his wife occupied tho
rornt bedroom on the second floor
his aged mother slept In a room la '
the rear of the doctor's, and his
four children In another room, on-th
same floor. . t'
About $:45 o'clock this morning
the doctor's wife waa awakened by
some noise and aaw a strange mu In '
the room. In one hand the Intruder
carried a lighted match and In the
other a revolver. The lower part of
his face was covered with a band-
kerchief. Mra Townsend screamed ;
and her husband awoke. Th
stranger advanced on the doctor and
declared that he was going to kill
him. He ordered Doctor Townsend.
to get up and it is understood that
ho said something, but what It wa
tho coroner will not reveal.
Dr. Townsend was in a half .slU
ting position when the Intruder fir
ed. The bullet struck the doctor a
glancing blow In the stomach and '
then burled Itself In the bed clothes.
Again the stranger fired and. this
time the butlet hit the' doctor in th
abdomen and pierced the intestines.
;As soon as he had fired the sec
ond, shot th assailant -fled, from th
The Intruder 'garnet td
th house by forcing a window In
the doctor's office on the ground
floor. Tracks also were found-leading
from the house to the water's
edge and it Is believed that the as
sailant, after his crime, mad his eg
cape in boat, which had been pro
ylded In advance for that purpose.
ORDERS ISSUED TO VETERANS
Date For 17th Annual Reunion June
1, a and 3, Next Choosing of
Sponsors and Maids 6f Honor, In
tended as Honor to Women of .
Confederacy, Has Forced Soldier
in Manner Into Second Place.
New Orleans, Jan. 2$. Two.lm
portent orders to Confederate veter
ans Issued by Stephen D. Lee. gen
eral commanding the United Con
federate Veterans, were made publlo
here to-night. Speaking of the ap
pointing of sponsors and maid of
honor, Gonoral Lee . says: . -
"It cannot be denied that what wa
Intended as an " honor to th ds
scendants of th glorious women of
the Confederacy, has grown to such ,
a degree that the Confederate sol ,
dlers have, In a manner, been forced -Into
second place." .
He announce that this matter will ,
be brought to the attention -of th
Richmond reunion this year and that,
pending action by the veterans, at
this convention, he will abstain from
appointing a chief sponsor and maid
of honor for the Richmond reunion. .
It is absolutely necessary, he con
tinues, that the expense of the re
union cities be reduecfl ana he wishes
It distinctly understood that th out- 1
lay for entertainment of all sponsor :.
PIIU IIIKlUa VL i'VMUl ,MUb Vy.
by those who make the appoint-;
mtnts.
The second order announces th .
date of the l?th annual reunion for .
June 1, t and S next ,
cm Tien vvn -ram Brii'''
- M .U. a, . r v. r . .... A '
Will Make No J Announcement Re- '
sporting tho Award of the Panama
Canal Contract at Present. V,. ' :
Washington. Jan. i(. Secretary
Taft la not yet ready to make any'
announcement respecting the award
of the contract fop tha construction
of the Panama eanaL ne mads this
statement at th conclusion of a con :
ferenc at the Whit House te-day;.
He aald no announcement on th sub
ject win d man before Monday, lie
UUUUHIU Id IHUICKW WllSt 1111 JUb 'i 99
the conclusion of . th resident and
his advisers. " It 1 surmised that' ad
ditional Information I awaited on
various feature of th proposition ,
and that pending the receipt of this
final action 1 not to b taken. In ad- '
dltlon to th President and Secre
tary Taft there wer present Secre
tary Root - Postmaster General Cor
telyou, Assistant Secretary of . State
Bacon and Jatne R Garfield. Com
missioner of Corporations, and for a
portion of the time Chairman Knapp,
of the Inter-State .; commerce com
mtssion, , ' . i,p,.:
I . v., '. II I i ii .'
'' Marriott Will' iVnbehl Ttaraww'
"j- Ormond,' Fla.; Jan. It. Fred Mar -rlott.
who wa aerlousry injured yes
terday when .Mm racing automobil
wa wrecked while racing along Or-mond-Dnytona
beach at a speed f
nearly . 121 miles en hour, . paxw l a
fairly comfortable night and prob ii '
will recover. . It Was feared at t
thai the driver had sustained int. ;
Injuries, but no Indication of i'
thing of that kind has develops !.
-
Contractor Charged IVon -
Sent Ofl to Grnn l Jury.
Roanoke, Va. Jan. Si. John '
!oney, a railroad contrartor cm.
barged with ponag, . t.-l.' v t
sent on to the Fler.il r-i'l j -r'
United etats O'rnr..' iir
after hearing thst l.. l t - v