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f f v"'r SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N, C, TUESDAY ' MORNING, JANUARY, 29, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. .200 KILLED IN EXPLOSION. 161 BODIES RECOVERED 'BO FAR. '.: : . t, ' Dwter Occurred hi Government Une at . Saint Jobann-On-Kaar, ,rtvruw.la Seventeeii Men Have Becu y fwcued,,! Dangerously Woandcd . And 00 arft MissingRescue corps " Worked' Desperately to Reach Eu- ' tombed Men who May Yet bo Alive, But Outbreak of Fire Drove Them Oat Thousands of If embers ol Families of Entombed Miner Gath ' ered About Mouth of Snafu ? - 1 Saarbrueck, Rhelnlah, Prussia, Jan. '''ll.i-A -fire damp, explosion , occurred ' this) morning In the Blldstock shaft of tha RednMine at Saint Johann '" "1 On-Baar, opposite this town, t Up to 1 l" oolook : thla 1 afternoon the bodies rpt l4 miner had been taken out of 'ythe mine. It -men aangerousljrlnjur ed bad been rescued and half a hunt ; dred miners .were . missing.' ' There C?" were about (00 men working In' the shaft when the ' explosion ccuraed but half of them were not In thecal V ierles which were wrecked.) Tha'ree V cue "corps Is working t desperately ' In 'i efforts ' to reach the entonrbed ; men : nd lt Is hoped that sorsfa. of them will be found alive. Tbe'Reden Mine Is owned by the Prussian government , " Later an ' outbreak of Are in . the mine dfpve out the rescuers. considered probable . that.'-20 to 40 men are stm in; the pit ; The num ' her of dead is now estimated at 200. 'The disaster loccurred 2,100 feet under ground and one and one-quar- ter miles from the floor of the shaft It is the greatest mining catastrophe ever known tn the Saar region, i About ,00 , men entered the mine for the day shift and all but about 400 of ahem escaped through the. ' Blldstock shaft which communicates with the Reden underground At a late hoar to-night It was still uncer tain how many workmen still were in . the mine, the report being conflict ing. The entrance to the galleries un ' der ground Is blocked with dead hors a. , v Heartrending scenes are witnessed among the thousands of persons, ' many of them members of the fam ilies of the entomt'.d miners,' who are gathered about the mouth of the haft Most of the bodies brought to the surface are mangled beyond recognition.- - .y.yvv-tftjfl The mine inspectors . thla evening , rrVdered the rescuers to .'e-eturhy to their homes, but to hold themselves In readiness for further orders. . Emperor William has ordered that a full report of the disaster be sent him. tT-W v?H '. ' , , Experts calculate that the rescue work will Uke one week,', ; . A SECOND EXPLOSION. , ;t After' all the' rescuers had reached daylight, according to one version, a, second terrlflo detonation , was heard under ground, But according to an other report many of, the , rescuers were stilt below when the second ex- plosion occurred, and it Is estimated that the casualty .list from the two explosions reaches a total ofSOO men. It Is believed that all the men who Were in the lower levels assuredly are dead. . y STORE BROKEN OPEN. Unknown Parties '' Enter Store of WeUs-Breity Co., at Winston-Salem, But Klee Unburdened. ' Speolal to The Observer. Winston-Salem,', Jan. 28. The gro cery sotre of the1, Wells-Brelts Com pany was broken' into on Sunday morning about 8 o'clock. An en trance was effected by flint smashing a glass in the front door and unfast ening it, from the inside. The would be thief was too doubpL, frightened away by some nolae, as the front door was discovered standing open by a passer-by, who reported to Mr. Breitx, of the firm. The latter went to the store and found several hams near the front door. The thief had In tended to take them had he been giv en a little more time. Nothing was missed by the Arm. . Snpt J. M. Bennett' of the Win ston division of. Southern Railway, who has been transferred to the Dur ham division, is expected to arrive here Wednesday from , his home at Greenville, 8. C, where' he has been for a few weeks as the result of an Injury to his foot The closing session of the Mission ary Alliance Convention was held at the Four-Fould Oosoel church here last night. There was a large attend ance and a number of professions. COMMISSIONERS AT MACON. Om of Wholesale Fruit and Vege table Dealer, Alleging Discrimina tion in Freight Rates, Being Heard. Macon, Ga., Jan. 22. The,- inter State commerce commissioners, Jud son dementi and James Harlan, are holding a session in this city to eon v elder the. complaint filed by J. J. . Waxelbaum,- wholesale dealer In fruits and vegetables, against rail way companies in this State, alleging t . discrimination In freight rates. This vjfase will . occupy two., days,- as the fy..'donc la voluminous.- Other cases, s Involving wholesale t grocery Arms, in . Mhls and other .Georgia cities, and v; ' also ens r two large . lumber mlll ; ? wlH.be heard' by-, the ' committee, ! which woulr require nearly the en tire week. ..The commissioners will ,(,,': leave hers) Saturday or Sunday for V.tr -UttU Rock.-Ark.'-.V;., . , Q-. ACCIDENTALLY KILLS. SON, ':: Wrger : of V Fmthcr'a gliorun Is , -; ; ,t. Tripped as Re Climbed Throagh -v,, ,'X:: Barbed .Wire Fence. J .4"w ':, A'fj; .V Bristol .VsC' Jan v 21. George .-I Dlshner,. a middle-aged farmer re Y siding two miles west of Bristol, aed--v..' dentally shot and almost instantly !.v 'killed his lt-year-old sot Jefferson - -Dlshner, while out hunting on his y ; farm near Bristol at 4, o'clock this -.. v-: afternoon. The father-and sort had nnisnea nunung through a field and were preparing to go into an 'adjacent field. The son had crawled under the wire fence and as the f;her was stooping down to go between : the wires, the trigger . of his 11-gaoge . shotgun was caught in the barbed wire. The gun was accidentally dis charged and tbe contents , emptied Into the son's breast Just above the left nipple. He lived onlv a short f - ttme after the svnciJent . The-father ' , is almest insane front grist THE CHILD LABOR LAW A, BAY Ol ARGUMENT IN SENATE SeiiMor 'VBoverldge ! Af thr ' ft More Than Four Honrs' (Speech in Knp ' port . or Ills -Measure Una Only . iteaehett Legal and Constitutional ' I'Iionws of Question a t Adjonrn , . tuent, and He Will Continue To , , Bay Speaker , Met , Fusillade of Qnestions by Colleagues on Po : sitlon Tlkflt Cbnjyress Exercise Any . ' Restraint It Saw Fltr-Senator Ray '. nor Propounds , Some Dlflicult Questions. - . , Washington, 'Jarit ""2. Senator Beverldge occupied the attention of the senate throughout the day wun ; a continuation of his argument In be half of his child labor bill. He had but reached .the legal and constitu tional .phases' of: the question- after : speaking for 'more than four hours and arrangement1 was made whereby he WW continue to-morrowi ;?:ln tak 1 ing the position, that as to .'power. Congress, could exercise any power It saw fit on inter-State commerce, Mr. Beverldge met 'fuasilade of ques tlnons by his colleagues and his pro gress' laC.; argument iVwaa slow White i ho:'- said t v the ',5 power, i to regulate was absolute, he maintained that the question of policy would al ways restrain' ..any . hurtful regula. tlons. fiSfcJ'-yJfr.i:-' f&x. i Beverldge ' stated " that - three fourths of the cotton factories of the South were opposing the bill, that the railroads of the South were op--posing It and that the coal mine op erators of the 'Sputh were" opposing It, He presented' an illustrative map showing' the "location' of , the oppos ing industries, and. saidv that In an ticipation of this weighty opposition he should .dsYotej the major portion of hU -speech toh. setting forth evi dence of-the deplorable .conditions he had pictured, This evidence he said. was all sworn to and in the form of afndavits.;y!f...ft':u.:.,'i GEORGIA 'LAW "DEAD LETTER." "t When I'JJr.'Seve.ridge made the statement that.hp recenUy enacted child - labor law -f Georgia was a "dead letter," Mr.- Bacon took Issue with. him. V.'-'1" V f . Mr. Beverldge ' asserted there had been filed "2,000 application for per mits for child labor under' the law. "How many of them have bean granted ?" asked - Mr.. Bacon. "All of them." Mr. Bacon then explained that the law prohibited children under 12 years of age from working after January 1. 1207. ' "Tes," responded Mr. Beverldge, "but there Is not an Inspector In the State and no means of enforcing that provision. What' good Is a measure of that kind?" . Senator Tillman acknowledged the very great evil of child labor in his State and asked Mr. Beverldge to submit all the evidence: possible that It might, be used in a crusade for BUte legislation. Added to the dif ficulty in his State, he said, was the Northern millionaire who came down there, invested n money in couou mills and then Influenced the Legis lature against child labor laws. GALLINGER HITS AT TILLMAN. '"The Senator' is to a certain ex tent right," interrupted Senator Gal llnger, "there is Northern money in South Carolina and God help 8outh Carolina if there wasn't Northern money there." .'..-. "Rather than have Northern money there - exercising Its lobbying In fluence," retorted 'Mr. Tillman, "I would to God the Senator and all others would keep Northern money out of my State.'- -Mr. Tillman add ed he fully appreciated the conditions in his State and would go as far as any one to correct them. He believ ed the question was one for State con trol rather than Federal legislation. Senator Beveridge's position Is that the power of Congress to enact leg islation is ample, but when asked by Mr. Rayner it this power could be exercised to absolutely prohibit com merce between the States be replied I tha,, Ve question was an Impossible rnna "If you would ask me if Congress could prevent entrance Into Inter State commerce of a pall of milk milked from a cow by a young lady 12 years of age, I would say yes." "Could you put the young lady in jail for not being 18 years of age?" asked Mr. Carmack. ' "DISTRICT DAY" IN HOUSE, Body Passes SO BUI Relating to the District of Columbia During the Day's Session,- -.-v Washington." Jn. a.-Twenty bills re lating to the District of Columbia, were pussed tb-day in the ,HouseH this being "District Day" under House rules. A Joint resolution was passed granting per mission to the Secretary of War to sell Arir,m ihtk nt ihTM months to citisens ot Montana at actual cost to the United States at the pice Ol wimua quan tities of hay, straw and grain for .do mestle uses from the stock provided for the use of the garrison at Fort AMinay bt.me. Montana. Representative Dixon, Senator-elect from Montana explained that there wero . head of 'eattle In the,.vleinlty of Asilnaybome threatened with, starvation, by reason of the blia sard now raging, and In dire need of hay. straw and grain. At 8:10 o'clock p. m. the House adjourped. tA TiAKfiER LINE AT VIcksBURa president of Fifth Louisiana Levee : Board, However, After Investigation Saya There to no Danger..' , - Vlcksburgi ; Miss.; Jan. 28.iJ.' T. MeallanBpresldent'of the fifth Lou Islanav levee board, who has returned from a trip over the levees In this district, report that the river Is-up to the, danger line, but. there la no danger of the levee belnr overtopped by the 51-foot stage forecasted for Vloksburg.;" I -.r;..;. 5- : It Is feared, however, that long con tinned high water wilt cause-softening and sloughing of the slop , v Evorr preparation la being made to take care, of the threatened points as they develop. - y; Uontea Flooded by Breaking of Lax era. Ark, Levee. ' i Mmnhla Tena.. Jan. 21. rna Luxora, Arr,.tow levee nroaa sun day and the place la nooflea, the wat r drlvlnV the residents to the second storv of their homes No toss of life Is reported.v'i - , . : The government levee back of Lux ora is still holding, and It is being patrolled by, armed guards." ' ' v ' ...,',-r t rr Alabanta Senate Paaaeii the Antl-Pasa ' ileMure.' !. f i .' ''.-. Montgomery )Ala.; Jan." 21 Tha Alabama Fnnate to-day passed an anti-pasa measure which substantial ly conforms to the Federal anti-pass provision. An effort was made to ex elude newspapers exchanging adver lining space for .transportation but this met with proatpt defeat EOAJDS ASKEl), TO ANSWERS VOLLEY OF QUESTIONS FIRED Senate Committee on Public' Service . Corporations Propounds 24 Search ing Questions to Southern, Sea ' board and Atlantio Coast ' Line IUllroads Aska for ' All ' Salaries ' Over 92,000, Actual J Value of lroperty, Money Invested in News papers and In Appearing Before !U Legislature Bill Introduced to : Make Maximum Fare t 1-2 Cents on Roads of 81,400 Grose Earnings. ' ObeerVair". fiwao,'.'.' - v The Hpllaman Building, ; . Raleigh, Jan.. 28. " Acting Chairman ;Yount,j; of the House committee on ? public ( Service corporations," propounds 87 questions to the Southern, Seaboard 'Air Line and Atlantic. Coast Line railways,' re questing verified answers by, , Wednes day, and saying .hat such answers will greatly, aid the railway committees In nxing iair, reasoname ana jusc rates, with due regard-to the interests of all parties concerned. The questions 'are as to the actual cash value of all real or personal ' property and particular ly in that North Carolina; the amount of air salaries . exceeding 1 2,000; the amounts charged tq the private cars of '; otneers and, other , persons f the names of persons given free - trans portation; . the , number of special trains not run for . regular passengers; the number of through trains operat ed; the .numbet of local trains operat ed; the proportion. of tntra-Sta,ta and inter-State passenger. . : traffic; the amount charged last year as terminal expenditures; the amounts paid oth er attorneys than those regularly em ployed; the amounts paid for appear ing before th Legislature; the amounts paid to any newspapers, or Invested In any newspapers; the amount raised by the sale of stocks and bonds in the past five years;-; tbe other side of the earnings; . the amount received from the operation of trains; how much the company has spent during past five years in ope rating trains, maintaining : way.' ate; whether the company - has charged to operating expenses, rolling stock or- the maintenance-"-of ' way,,-any money which it placed to the surplus account; the amount allowed for cross ties during , past five , years which , was not used, but was report ed, as used; what nroportlon of monev has been expended In improvements t-' v. A V H uu iiuw inucii iur new lines, eome other questions are regarding stocks and bond questions. Twenty-four is very important whether the proper ty of the company is assessed at Us real value in money and If not how much below Its real valuer what per cent of this amount is net earnings; on what amount would the net earn ings pay 4 per cent; on what amount 6 per cent. The company's books of last year are called for and the proper persons to explain their contents. ;,;. THE SENATE i The Senate met at noon, Rev. J. C. Massee, of the Baptist Tabernacle, of fering prayer. Bills were introduced as follows: . : By Buxtohr'To. prevent'. the? menu. facture and sale of adulterated pain a in iNonn carouna. By Belnhardt: To prohibit the manufacture and sale and Importa tion of liquor In Lincoln and Cataw- Da counties. B Bellamy: To authorixe' Bruns wick, county to subscribe to the stock of the" Wilmington tc Brunswick Rail way. By Buxton: To provide for the uniform stamping of gold and. silver articles of merchandise; also to pre vent the manufacture and sale of adulterated foods, drugs and liquors. By Breese: To make additional ap propriations for the support of the Cullowhee Normal School and for the erection and equipment of a dormi tory for girls. Bills passed third reading: To prohibit the killing of partridges and quail in Swain. To encourage the killing of panth ers and certain other wild animals In Graham. Allowing 25 for killing of panth ers and wild cats and 81 for killing wolves. To amend' the act ' regarding the close season for game In Pender county. To allow only 2 months for hunt ing deer In Nash. To repeal the squirrel law In Wake and to amend It as to squirrel hunt ing In Lenoir.. . To prohibit hunting birds In Clay county. To protect deer In McDowell. ' To protect pheasants for Ave years in Anson county. To regulate killing of quail and other game birds in Madison. Making the open season from No vember 15th to February 1st, not over 28 per day to be killed. To prescribe the pay of Jurors In Rutherford county. . To Increase the number of olm mtsslonera In Harnett. . - REGULATE SAtEJ NARCOTICS. frhe bill to regulate the sale of narcotlo drugs was referred to the' committee," on public health upon ob jection to Immediate consideration by Senator Pherr and It comes up Wesnesdsy. ' '. ' . . . A bill by Eflrd, already enacted in to a Jaw, amending the charter of Lexington, as re-called from; the en rolling department;- so - amendments could be made to make Illegal as to the tlma of residence of voters. This amendment waa adopted and th4 bill passed. .'. '. . .'.' - There was.' considerable discussion of Graham's bill defining the rights requiring passengers to enter cars at the rear and leave at the front and requiring roads to provide .such ar rangements as to stsps that no pas seager shall be compelled to step up or down more than . IS inches, this law to be operative April 1st next, and when there la a violation of the taW regarding the stools there. Is to by a penalty of 250. McLean ridi culed the bill, inquiring whether the Ana was to be placed upon the step per or upon the stepee, and whether every man In North Carolina should f'weer a legometer In order to see that he steps exactly II inches, The bill wis Anally, on motion of Turner, f Pasquotank, laid on the table by vote of 10 to 18. ---:.v, ' - Fleming, of Pitt, introduced a bill to increase4 the number -of Judicial districts to 20, making ' Increase- of four. Judges and four solicitors, The Senate then adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow, -v, : ;.,;-... .THE ROUS B.J '?''''.': ' ' i Tlie Ifeiise mt at 10:W and 'Rr. TL1 F. Bumpu, ot lOdenten Street-MnthOiHat EninoApaj rhwren, crrrea preyw. , . Hills were introduced as follow.: Hjr Mount: Requiring bank holding ioMi or etue monv 10 pr iiurMn tliwon. AIM to provla ul(it. enrntn mjuiv8s pit . Jurors la Wasiilnglosi county. Also, to regulate the. pay -of, comiiiinnlonors iu tliut county and to provide, for the election of magistrates there. - -' By wlnborne: To amend the charter of aCurphreesbord. . ,v .i v By LauKliinghouse: Regarding the d: trlbutton of the dispensary fund ill FaulkUnd.- ' By Prltchard: To allow Oranae county to apply surplus 'funds to general pur posea. ' j ;-"t"v. ' . By Koonts: to relieve peooie 'irom unreasonable - restriction in . fire ; Insur ance-, policies and to provide' for reduc tion or cnargee in certain classes or nr Insurance policies, ' ; i, ' a- .v " ' ' By Gordon: To provide for the redue tlon of passenger rates and to regulate weight - of ...-baggage.--'' 'HV.i ; - ' .'; By Wellst To appdlntV magistrates ' to Rocky. Point, township, Pender county. r 'By Davis, of 'Iyds. To establish, a graded school Ht' Laka. Le nding, and to amend the graded act at Swan Quartet. ; By i Williams:. Amending .the charter Of the Dover V Southbound Railway, '4 By Morton: To prescribe prison food for convict campe, In Jails end to pro vide for separation of whites and blacks in - convict camps. -': y ,t- . 1 ' . M v By Cowlesi, Amending, the Bevtsal by Increasing the amount of property own ed by pension applicants t from 500 to eCO.' 'iV "4l ' - ''( By -Ldckhartf ? Amending "the 'Bevuuu, by authorizing the Governor to appoint special . policemen" for-,, electric, water power and. construction companies. Also to amend the -Revisal regarding the ap pointment of ; guardians- of insane per sons upon eertlfloetes of the superm tendents of the hospitals- for the Insane. By Harris: To ,'provlcie W flremen's re lief fund and Increase -the efficiency of the various Are "departments. , Byr Harshaw; a Tor . reciprocal . demur rage. i-A'J'Vrji.'lHvi U. " By Washington: To Increase the num ber of the commissioners . of Wilson eounty'w ? f ' '- r By Morgan if TO; give foik county ine road law.vr.i';:;:-jv-ii..::V v ' TO. FIX.' RATROA FARR The mbsf important bill Introduced" that of Koonce, of Onslow, regarding, Are Insurance, and thAt of Gordon, of iGu 11 ford, regarding "railway. . passenger ? far and baggage. One of Koonce's bills pro vides that when - Are t insurance rcom panles demand from a policyholder a de crease of risk, a like decrease ,lu' the rate shall follow his ' other bill relate tn the ns-lnanrancs ' clause In - Policies apd practically prohibits . this provision, i uordon s Dill proviaei . lor a maximum passenger fere rate of t cenu on all reads where the .gross earnings per mile reported In 106 amounted to $1,400, and allows 2 pounds ef baggage (or each passenger. ; On all roads where the earnings In U06 Were less than U.400 pei mile tbe maximum, rate la fixed at 2 cents, The.bim further provides for separate cars for! the two races, but tor only one clase of fare. The corporation commission Is given authority to reduce fores at any time when such necessity U fully established, after hearing before It MR. LAUQHINHOT'SE SPEAKS. A bill 'introduced by L.ughlnhouse prohibiting the setting of Dutch ana Dound nets in Pamlico and Tar rivers came un with a favorable report, a minority report heing submitted. Laugn lnarhouse anoVe to the bill and sabi that the last session of the Legislature the report was almost unanimous against this bill, but that as soon as tne mem bers of the House understood lu merits thn hilt nasxMi bv a larce malorlly and was only killed In the Senate after a lot of disgraceful log-rolling and swapping of votes in that body. He declared he fait that the bill came up under more favorable circumstances this session. - The eomnuMee on fish and flaherlM last aflaslon . was SO "Dftoked ' In. favor of the big fisheries that an np rlver flsh bill stood as about little show before It as would a railroad relief hilt before, k. .committee . composed of Jim Pou, Tom Womack, Henry Miller and Bill Rodman- The committee, now was not, so packed and in consequence U e Dili - whs adversely reponea oy. a oare ma tori tv. He then described the condttons In the upper -.counties by reason or tne prac tical stoDnaae of all 'flsh by what no termed tne nsn trust aynaicaie on ram- linn river, aav m that while this coin plete monopoly of the flsh business by three men was depriving-people of flsh, at the same time the wholesale destruc tion of small fish was actually destroy ing the breed of shad. He. read several articles to emphasize the evil of thli wholesale destruction .of small flsh. Hooker, if Beaufort, made an earnest speech In opposition to the bill, deducing Its practical effect would be to confis cate thousands of dollars of lnvestm capital In the extensive shad fisheries on Pamlico river. Juris Wlnborne advocated the prin ciples of the bill, but said he thought HS provisions too mm, ana mow :in. It be recommitted. Other' extended ar guments against the bill followed, Xlwirt. Vann. Jackson and Purh. mak ing most elaborate and Interesting talks. PASS FINAL READING. -The following bills passed final read- To allow Swain county. to levy a spe cial tax. , To prohibit the sale of wine In the town of Littleton. ,n .To empower town constables to exe cute process as other officers. To extend the time for - commuting, compromising and settling, the Bute debt ' - '.' ' i To appropriate $30,000 addlttpnal to the Jamestown Exposition. v t ' v A SPECIAL RIVER BULLETIN". Ohio Has Fallen One Foot at Cairo Since Snmlny Nlcht While Rise of - One Foot Is Recorded at Memphis , Stages of Water a Other Staw ' tlons on Lower Mississippi. Washington, Jan. 28Th follow ing special river bulletin was Issued by the weather bureau to-night: The Ohio river at Cairo has begun to fall, tha gauge to-night reading 60.2 feet, a fall of 1 foot since Sun day night The stage - at Memphis to-night was St. I, a rise of 1 foot since , Sunday night .Stages In feet at other stations on tha lower Mis sissippi on Monday morning were as follows: . '.--'. . Helena 45.2; .Arkansas City 49.0; Greenville 42.1,' a rise of .2 foot at each place during the last 24 hours; Vlcksbvrrg 41.0, a rUe of 4 foot; Matches 44.1, a rise of ,2f foot; Baton Rouge, 1 2.07 a rise of .1 foot and New Orleans 17.2 and stationary. Maxi mum stages as follows are now Indi cated ..In the Vlcksburg, district the crest "to reach Vlcluburg in about 12 days: Arkansas , City 12, Greenville 42 and Vlcksburg at least U feet. No changes from , previous foreoaau are indicated In the Memphis and New Orleans district ;. ,t . f REQuisrnov for kimtDEIlEll. Governor Swansea - Asks ' Governor Glenn for Weev WUkcyLatter : Broke Jail With Confederate, ' , ' Special o The Observer. ; i - ,, ' Richmond,- Va., ' ! Jan. ' Wea Wllkey, a Scott county, Virginia, no gro, convicted of tha 'murder of Otis Rots last tall, who sought to evade death on the gallows by breaking out of prison several weeks ago,. has been apprehended at Salisbury, N. C, Gov ernor Swan son this morning Issued a requisition en , tbe Governor of the Did ' North ' State - for the ' extradition of the. man and Officers V. ., 8. -Cox and J.-D. Broadwater, of. Scott, coun ty, will go to North . Carolina for him. If tha requisition of the Virginia Gov ernor Is honored the . man. will, be hanged on the original; date for the execution, February 2 J .Wllkey and his companion, oJhn Eaton, who1 es caped with him, broke nfi an Iron bed in the jail land with this mate rial made thaioels with which they cut their Tar out of tha prison, - MA IIEBTQ TAKE TESTIMONY CHANGE TO CAPITAL OPrOSEl) Solicitor General Iloyt Prescnta Brief ' Polntlnst Out That ' Evidence in Isiilpp Cae.Klionld Be Taken at ClutttanooaraInxllgnatlon ' Express- fd Tluu Witnesses for Defendant -Would Refrain From m Giving All . Facta For Fear If Examined at Chattanooga Brief Signed br At torneys Cliamlce and Lewis Shen pcrd, ot Chattanooga- Attorneys Say Granting of Motion, Would Be a Denial of Juatlce. . . :: y-.;.; WashlngtonJ Jan.i 22. -In the I ; Su preme Court of the United States to day Solicitor General Hoyt - stated that James D. Maher, assistant cleric of 'that court, practically had been agreed upon by both parties as com miaatoner to -take the testimony for the court' in the contempt- proceed-! ing against Sheriff Shlpp and others charged with complicity in the lynchi Ing at Chattanooga last March of the negro, Edward Johnson, after tn court had assumed jurisdiction in his case.flri..':..' ' - iMr. Hoyt also presented for the op posing counsel a brief in opposition to the government's motion to change the place of taking the testimony in the Shtpn case from Chattanooga to Washington. ,- The brief expresses In dignation at' the Intimation that wit nesses for. the defendant would re frain from giving 'all the facts for. fear of the conseQuenoes to them selves if examined in Chattanooga, It Is asserted that there would be no more restraint upon them in Chatta nooga than In Washington. -' -t The ; brief la algnad4 bj . Attorneys George W. Chalmee and Lewis Shep- Wrd, of 'Chattanooga, and in part reads:. v, v '-. r"We sayrthat there is no reason in the world why, the witnesses for the government should not' tell the facts about thla case at Chattanooga just as freely as at any other place. And if after .tha, hearing is commenced at Chattanooga, any witness is in timidated, t the court has the power to change the place of the hearing .and also , , to punish the Offending party, if such a case were possible. Public opinion Is In a mood now to hear freely,; frankly and unreserved ly all the facts of this case at Chat tanooga without intimidation to wards anybody, io take those wit nesses away from Chattanooga and deprive these defendants of the right to meet them face to face, as must necessarily result is a great hardship upon them and particularly so If they are Innocent as they clarm to be, and especially on account of their poverty." In view of these and other circum stances which they adduce, the attor neys say that to grant the motion of the Attorney General would amount to a denial of justice to their clients. nOMICIDE IN DANVILLE, VA. John Cousins Shoots "nd Kills George Steilman ' as Renlt of Qnarrd Roth Originally From North Caro lina, . . i Special to The Observer. Danville, Va., Jan. 2S.-John Cousins, a white man about 25 years or ae, waa shot and Instantly killed here to-night by George L. Steilman, a carpenter, of this city. The shooting took place at the home of Steilman, end he declares thai Cousins had fired at him twice with a pistol and was attempting to enter h home, when he killed him. The wife of Steilman was an eye witness to the Vllllntr. After the ahootlns. Steilman mrrendered to the police. He says that about six months ago he met Cousins nt Ostewood, N. C, and was only bare ly acquainted with him. At uatewooa the two men had a euarrel and Stellmnn alleges that Cousins attacked him wltn n knife and threatened to kill him sonio dny This afternoon for the first time since this Incident the two men met on the suburbs of the city and horan drinking together. Later In the afternoon. Hteil mun declares, that when he started en go home Cousins inais:o.l In golns with Mm. He explained Mint his child was sick, and gave other reasons for Cousins not to accompany him. but the man was persistent. The two men started on to the house from the rear. whei. fltollman turned on his follower and tried to prevent him from coming In. At this lunoture. he eayev Cousins drew his pistol and nred twice at him. Mrs. Steilman grabbed her husband and pulled him in the door. He then went to the foot of his bed end, after saouilnit a double-barreled shot gun, fired twloe at Cousins, only one load taking effect. He fell to the ground deed, the load having entered the breast lust under the neck. Steilman waa placed In jell to-night and will be given a trial. " . Both of the men are originally from North Carolina, thouah little Is known of their past- Steilman has been living here tor some ttme anil Dears a iainy good character, lt is reported that there t an Old grudge bnhlnd the whole af fair. THREE KILLED AND 17 INJURED Ice Machine Filled With Ammonia Fumea Explodes in Power House of Armour Co., at Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 22. Three men were killed and II others seriously 'In jured to-day as the result of the ex plosion of an ice machine Riled with ammonia fumes, in the power house of Armour A Co., at 44th street and, Packer avenue. - Twenty men were working in the room when the head of a cylinder on the lea machine blew off, filling the room with fumes. Three men were Instantly killed and the other men are In a serious condition.. . The strength of the ammonia fumes Was so great that the men In the room were rescued with the greatest difficulty, and for a time thereafter it was necessary to abandon the building until the am monia had, to some extent evapo-1 rated, The men who were killed In the room were near the Ice machine, and It waa Impossible to get them out before they died. All of the vic tims were foreigners. ' FIFE INQUEST , POSTPONED. .-'.'-;. ii ii i i Investigation. Into Death of Win, F Fife Put Off Fnlll To-Dny Mr. Fife Said to , Have Pled Worth MfiG.OOO.'-' " '; -,'. ' Special to The Observer. St. Louis. ' Mo., Jan. a. The inquest Into the death of Winy P. Fife was post poned -"to-day. until to-morrow.. Dr. Henry ' t Moyd, the deputy coroiW, who Is In charge of the Inquest,- stated to-night to The Observer correspondent, that the postponement was mereiy t3 enable tbe deceased s wife and their son, W. VV. Fife, to attend the Inqueet. -Tr, Fife has wired me (rem Denver that the party -will vreach - St. Ixiuls to-morrow morning, " said lfr, Lloyd. , T. $. Henderson., president''' of " the Great Western, 0ld Company, to-niant stated to The ' Observer correspondent thai Mr. Fife. died worth abour UMM practically all Of which he had accumu late'! within the 1 two yean an4 much of which had rome to him through lli grrat line- Of Goldlaid stocks about Ihree months ago. A prlvete telegram from Tr.- Fife to 1r, Henderson IniiH rt- that the burial will oe in Nortti Carolina. ' f ,.". -, , JUBY;r ALMOST COMPLETE ! J..'.'".';v.' i '- ''-'' NINE MEMBERS NOW IN TOE BOX :.,...,, V'.-. , V- ',. New Panel of lf0 Ordered In'Aidl tlon to S!V Remaining From llrst, Making Total of S00 Thus Far Sam , mbned in Tliaw Case Retired ; ptallroad Official and llepreaenta live bf 1; Wholesale Candy Housej the Two New Jnrora Talesmen Questioned Searcliingly as to Rea . aonable and Possible Donbfr Young , Mrs. Thaw .and - Mlaa McKcnxle . Visit-Thaw In Priaoner'a Room. ; j ; New Tork, Jan. '.. 28. The Jury whlcV Is to try - Harry K. Thaw for 'the killing ot Stanford White is near ly completed. When court adjourned this evening there were nine men in the jury box. one having been added dur ing tine morning session and one just before Cdjournment. The taking of testimony may be begun Wednesday afternoon.' . Fifty talesman were examined to day and so rapidly were, the remain ing members of the special : panel disposed of at the morning session that at noon orders were hurried from the court for the summoning of an additional 100 men who are to report before Judge Fitzgerald to morrow morning. This will make a total of 200 men thus far summoned. ui tne original panel mere remaineu to-night but 25, and it was consider ed that this number would be suffi f, n JS!S!SIf7 mM,?p-' cient out ef which to select the, three rl ii. 7 k T J- -V.m7; a.v ii m?! -etii 1 S5iLVun.erolnth'y ii l h- ahakan h. th. iSmiirr!a,n0,1 01088 Who indicated their dlS- : etrong to be shaken by the testimony; from thK nt tVt. 'Wi-,.- ?o fncaSafea mntorsSta 2 S6Bator' and th Writer Ijmort feeto "JES m&L iS"tW in aayin. that Mr. Spooner 7 death. Five talesmen were challenged ' v peremptorily, the State leading in XlZZ&LJl thl8 Prlvllew ,Dfl,;tor is ometit,es caUed. "Mr'spoon-l mln'of the SO who proved tt eft who la perhaps 65 years old. and Louis Haas, the New York represen tative of a Philadelphia wholesale candy concern, who Is not more than 20 years of age. SEARCH INGLY QUESTIONED. iln acr-optlng the "latter Mr. Je rome d. for some time upon the question fr reasonable 'doubt, ques tioning the talesman searchlngly aa to his ideas of the difference between a reasonable doubt and a possible I doubt. Mr. Haas seemed to Incline i to the Idea that a conviction for mur SfJnnw TSSTeu Issue In his own life had been re - moved by the evidence. This seem - ed to satisfy the district attorney. AVi. Tamma .A.,. toSr,tAoarenl.JTxrm wlVoffeo ST. inmZi Vt ll timl "V the holiri.ndythI oteera ?inw asked the accepted talesmen If In the event two' defense, were offered and 'they were not consistent with each other, Which they would accept Both of the new jurors declared they would be guided by the court's Instructions when It came to questions of law. All of dim defendant's family were In court to-day. Mrs. Harry Thaw and her companion. Miss May Mc. iKentle. wero the first to arrive. Then i Icame Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the prisoner, accompanied by her (two daughters, theCountes. o, Y.r- other. Mrs. William Thaw had a gracious bow and a smile for the prisoner's wife when they nrst met and the latter was quick to return the greeting., PRISONER SEEMED DELIGHTED. Thaw saw all seemed delighted when he of his. family m .court and appeared to be In high spirits u"ut"v u"'-. . .. was breught"to aTabrupt mm The morning session or the court shortly after 12 o'clock. There had of the criminal court's building and n2nfdhi.,'i,a,feei S.'SlZ. ' the temperature in the court room "J'h. no.-.'Tnw ' v was uncomfortably low. " "' l!jB5 5 KPSKT '-i V A recess of two hours waa order- , rmJ?!.h i! - ' ' ed. the engineer promising plenty or !,!TSh fA TnniJSe 7 warmth by the end of that time, 'The Mf",B . engineer kept hla promise as -hff-Sii -Ing the eourt room in a hablUble' a J '0nni tntrn. condition at 2 o'clock. i v fnator Wmmona to-dajr Jntroduc- ; r v During the long reoesa Mm thaw .rtr ? .,ary 0,- t ' ' and Miss McKenile were-allowed to Visit the defendant In the prisoner's room. They remained with-Thaw un- til the jury had taken Its place. Mrs. William Thaw, the Countess of Yar- mouth and Mrs. Carnegie, after they had lunched In the clerk's room, re- sumed their chairs In the eourt room and chatted together during the hour preceding the opening of .the after- noon session. Joslah Thaw joined the family party during the recess, Miss McKensle to-day declared there was absolutely no truth in the report that there had been differences In the Thaw family, and said lt was especially untrue that any dissension; couVrm 0V" PMMnC6 'n th! MraATtiaa w'nea a rain (ha daSZie'crhV.now come familiar to those In the court and sarin her features were hidden beneath a closely drawn white veil. Mrs. Thaw carried a large black hand satchel In which were stored .SMlatvii- sandwlchea and otner viands' for the n'JftJJ4 midday luncheon, which she and Mlsa l .'EtlSatTi Inl McKenile usually share In one ot the Md"d- .1 'irt.S ' court clerlfe room. ( &'t?T$ p 2 -... ... i larly women, wno . appear at trials VERY CHILLY IN COURT ROOM, with particularly sensational features, The elder. Mrs. Thaw alwaya shall be barred. This order has been dresses in the plainest of black gowns made imperative, and the-police and and wears a heavy fur-lined coat of oourt dfnoere have been told to obey , the same color. The Countess of It to the letter, -.-i '.v-.-.i Yarmouth wore a long dark gray1 The Interest in which the trial la English traveling coat , and a ' small held fj shown particularly by the ar green turban, which -waa almost en- rivals ef visitors at -New Tork hotels. jtlrely covered by a . black velf It was aeciaeaiy cnuiy in tne eourc ,in the majority. i , 1 room and none of the ladles In the Tnt-rule to bar all persons , not Thaw , party removed rheV ' heavy having a direct interest : in the pro wraps for some time. When they did ceedfngs waa strictly adherod to to so It was Mn that- the Countess ot .day, despite, the fact that tne dlspl Yarmouth wore a plain cloth suit "of tipn ef.more than, 100 of the talts dark green. Mrs, Carnejle.was again men summoned In -tbe special 'Jury in dark brown.- .-, : panel had left many vacant benches The family was seated In two rows In the rear of the room. ' Much of of chairs to-day Just back ot where the space now unoccupied,' however, Harry Thaw sits. in - the -first row, must be given ever to the wltnesfcs behind the prisoner were , Edward ' who will not be required until the Thaw,- t)eorge - u. - carnsgie and the s Countesa of Tarmouth. in the sec ond row .Mrs... William sThaw sat on the aisle and nearest the. defendant; next to - hefaat Mrey, Curnegle. then came Mrs. Harry Thaw, and lastly ( Miss McKensle, , - . - has ajever outlined or even Intlmu; When the defendant waa called in-1 what the llnof dofcn. in to i lo the eourt this morning he appear- There have been so tnnny runt ed, on .the Instant and evidently had Iln the case In seven mMi'S t i been waiting close to tha door lead-knew ttinr on the part of t Ing from the prlsoner'a pen. At he'U bolnsr looked fur. BETERIDGE SPEAKS AGAIN SCORES TAR HEEL MILL MEN. Indiana Senator Lends np to the Con stitutional Side of Ills Child Labor ; B1U Senate Declines to Take Him Seriously Bererltlge Soya Congress,' in ivcnru to inter-state omnierrf , lias all -. the . Power There la hpooner Dissents an Shamir From ; ; lhla View That Beverldge Leaves the UaU in a Huff. ' BT W. A. HXLDEBRAND. , " .;:'- :'.;:'".!':?" ' i v "::':. Observer Bureau, " t 1417 G Street N. W.',J ' 4 ' , j Washington, Jan. 22. , Senator 'Beverldge M-day ' devoted several more hours to the discussion of the subject of child labor and will conclude 'his remarks to-morrowv Ha ; ft to-day led op to; the constitutional v2; ulAW of the aueatibn and the great '; ; ; Importance, of the debate to-day layi :.'r In the, fact that it dlsolosed the imet'iif: attitude of the Senate -leadera t 'pn wards Mr. Beverldge and hie propoaii-i;' if. tlon. - the truth is, the Senate sUU;'& declines to take - Mr. Beverldge aeriV ously, and on this latest movement ViSfi of hlg lt nrono, tn ,auh h, court. Mr.. Beverldge .... to-day . laid down the proposition Chat the ones Uon of Pllcy h Congress had. Uhe power to exert ab-wlute, unquall-: ,. ,ed ana unlimited authority over to-'V." tate and domeaUe.'CQminer,--g r' Spooner, Aldrich and Baner wera ; ' marTf niir trlrm. ha fallKar-ats. Infant i 7, "1 ZT,Tm webaah. th? f! 'Zlt!" 'WM S. XT&ZW' that had been absorbed by the . sen tleman occupying the floor, and thenvk Mr. Spooner did what thla writer baa never seen him do before he left ? -the Senate chamber and did not ap- -pear again while Mr. Beverldge waa 'a': speaking. Mr. Spooner rather freely , it' admita that Mr. Reverldaro- raha til- the wrong way. , BEVERIDGE APPEARS CONCEIT''' : ED. SfsW: Thla- Is eaally explained. Perhaps '?f : impression that his self-esteem. ge&rW- 1 ff' Jt J 'M v; ll? ui JJn. S-v ! Jg," J?"t ' ' most Queered the child labor move-"i' 7 , NorUl Carolina Senators took Issue fi ' wlth h,m- H "" that the mUl TfrlX !SM'iffle?iffPil2 neh? LM'0,n. .J liV &&2 SSS-J. hlzZ l0L1 ffflot-u 0f c ' M ber e AZnW SVrtJ Toflhn ! ' jKF" t rtkV imJtnll Z& :: "' 22Bfflr? T f wi2, SSS":'y " J?0? ? h Xl v I" vJ$6h Jhft $ 7 'Whlch he alleged that these children v. ;U,v, ' ,7n; RLmm, wOM 4" ! . nrfnenra.t?rB m"''.), ' ht, 1" -I. ' DreD "."J " l: tli - "41 m7. Beverlda-e ' .. ,' i.Ji undwtook t0 cove t0 mch .f.ro"na,' ,'A n iinvtA. humunauu.-xb. It la hinted that the nomination of : Douglas, at Greensboro, and the ; nomination of Joyce, ah Reldsvllle. ,. P1, b w"ndw5-. V? vlsablll- v hft,hl-.X" VL'Tlt V- someone speaking, presumably, for- U.n.t., T...nu .kol. an K- "LTn'; - - ;t "W T' 'V 1"! ZJ??Lm self It is said that such a star "V." w ' JT: ,' r'e TV.1!0 Dav 4 route " mUe". .. "' " li ", . . .' paused the family group he waa 7 greeted with smiles by every member of lt He smiled broadly himself and then gave a quick glance at the re- porters worklnr at two long tables. " 4 Is said the prisoner waa resentful yesterdsy when read so much in ., the 8,tnday papers about a reported v break In the relation! between , hla , ,V ' wife and mother and sisters, ' and ? -. that to-day he was interested in .the t appearance of family unity. , - , i ' . SPECTATORS TO BE BARRED. There haa probably never been t- BJUrder Ce in this OOUntrf Which ?i v ,Ji.'. I IT JlZZ l-.T!L 'tr elded on stern measures, however, to curb the tendency, of the mere tight LIJT?.1 Realdenta of Pittsburg, naturally, are Jury Is completad. . The apparent desire of the defend to baen the trial, at leat to com. te tbe Jury. Is thought to be a i . t that some move not as yet hint.; will be mado. Counsel for TU i !
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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