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f t . w I f GUBSCRIPTION PIIICE : ' $3.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, WED1TE3DAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DAY iLOST IN TIIAW CASE COURT EXCUSES TWO ' JURORS fudge Flugeriild, for Some tJnkhownf ltonson. Peremptorily Excuses Jar. on Campbell and Fair District . torney Declares the Action Was vyoplred by Business Reasons and Vaa by Agreement With Counsel Two More Jurors Secured, Mak Ing Up For the Two Who Are Dropped The New Jurors, John 8. Dennee, TrTclin Freight Agent, - ' and David S. Walker, Bon of John ,' Brtsben Walkers Thaw Pleased ; With the ; Selections The Entire ' Family Jn Court,. -. Disarming' the , . Usual Heporte,rf .NaV, York, : Jan. 0. The -first big i ; Ourprlse of .the trial of Harry K. r f haw eame to-day when Justice litx l , g erald. on the motion of District At-' ; torney. Jerome, and with the consent " Of the attorneys for: the man accused ; , of the tnurdeR of Stanford White, an- nounced that two of the Jurors select - ad in the early, days of. the prpceed- tngs would h excused from further' enrtce.- "Without any ' reflection on ", Jthe Jurymen ? whatsoever.";:, said -the presiding & Judge; f Jurors numbers - - four and six will be excused.", The men in question - were f Arthur 8. ' Campbell, a superintendent of tele phone construction, and - Harold R. - Falre, a printer and publisher of a i pamphlet circulated la W,all Street the. court room was crowded iol" the . opening of the afternoon : session 1 when . the announcement was made. "By agreement," said District At ." torney Jerome, "the reasons for this . notion will not be made public, but . they are of a business nature. . Coun- sel representing the ' people and the - ', defendant have conferred with the court In regard to the matter and a unanimous decision was arrived at," BESIEGED .BY !. INTERVIEWERS. ' ? When the excused Jurymen left the . court room they were besieged by . questioners. Mr. Fairs created mild sensation in the corridors when he asserted with posltlveness that he was utterly In Ignorance of any rea ' son why he should e asked to step down. He said: , pns announcement in court was the first knowledge I had of the In- . tended, action. In passing through the court house corridors this morn ing X heard a man remark that two of the Thaw Jurors were to be excus ed to-day. I had no idea that the remark, could include me. About three years ago when I was connect ed with a brokerage concern two de- ' tectlvea from the. District Attorney's office who said they visited the places which sell unlisted' securities, N dropped' In on me, asked some im pertinent questions and wanted to know if I would be willing to go up to the district attorney's office any time I might be wanted. ' I said 'Tea,' but that was the last time, I ever heard of the matter." Mr. Campbell, the second of the excused Jurors, declared he "had too . much respect for the court to give an' interview." It waa genrally re ported that Mr. Campbell had asked - to be relieved. He begged to be ex cused when first-placed on the Jury. t. ' ' TWO NEW JURORS. S One new Juror had been added to the trial panel when the excuse of i Falre and Campbell was announced y and a, second one was subsequently ; secured, thus offsetting the loss, of : ' ' the two previously sworn Jurors. When court adjourned there were nine men In the Jury box and three va cant chairs. Forty-six talesmen were called before the two satisfac tory Jurors were obtained. This ex hausted the original paael of 200 men and used up 18 of the new panel of 100, summoned yesterday and In court to-day for the first time. The two . new Jurors sworn in ' to-day were: , .No. 10 John S. Dennee, traveling freight agent it years of age and unmarried, a native of New Orleans, La. No. 4 David S. Walker, real es tate broker, 14 years of age, and un married, a son of John Brlsben Walk er. He was chosen during the after noon session and replaced Juror Campbell. , THAW WELL. PLEASED.. Thaw seemed to "bo . particularly well pleased with the selection ot noth Dennee and Walker and smiled when the prosecution withdrew all pending challenges against the tales men.. As soon as Mr. Dennee said ' ha was' a Loulsianlan Thaw seemed to be In earnest consultation with his lawyers. Mr. Walker was accepted by the defense in spite of the tact that he knew Stanford White and many of the dead architect's friends. He also had formed an opinion In the case and had expressed it many times. These facts, Mr. Walker de clared, however, would not prevent him rendering an entirely fair and Impartial verdict He had not seen White for a year before hts death. ' Thaw's ' attorneys set a high water ' ! mark for peremptory challenges to day when they summarily excused from service seven talesmen ' who had been declared legally competent by the court : The State challeng ed peremptorily but once. The de i fenoe now .-has II of Its peremptory challenges left and the State has iP ,,v ;;familt; alz m court. The. members of the Thaw family wera all in court to-day and for once . - ' disarmed those who had circulated reports of a serious break In the fern- : Ihr relatione Mrs. William Thaw, i mother . of . the prisoner, conversed '! and chatted with Mrs. Harry Thaw JhLeonstantly. r The Countess , of ; Tr vV5louth also talked freely with young .' Mrs. Thaw at. Intervals during the . . . day. " Miss , May MacKencla was a vi:t' participant In many . of the family V "' chats, notably during the luncheon recess, when the party sat for a time t i ... In circular group and . carried on ginml conversation. :ra'..-.-.f?7 - - The prisoner seemed to be In high , 'fplriu and the fact that the .actual i t Bearing of the case had been put ,." . back a full day oe mora by the court's ', . action In excusing two of the sworn Jurors did not seem to have the least i . effect upon him. It la now believed that the taking of testimony cannot be reached before Thursday . after i(U noon or Friday morning.. ; p' TWO : ATTORNEYS ABSENT V , Both Attorney' Delmas, who Is suf tering from a cold, and his law part I t ner. jMr. McPlke, were absent from ,: -; the defendant's counsel table when : the morning session opened. This ' ''.n: left a gap at two vscant chairs on " the prisoner right and gave him a ' elear vtsw of the i jurors thus . far aworn. He profited by the opportu nlty to study their faces for some j . t Tumm mm ArrninMfl nnnffannas ; " rwlth Mr. Pttbody, who Mt t bU MU tfViVinv miwnvj'iiwm till la-ejyM ta fL extent -tut have been reading th papers since the trial began, and If the had been Influenced in any way thereby. None of the men put under examination in the early cart of the prooeeaings would admit that' they had attached importance to anything outside of the actual proceedings in couTt . Sidney H. Salomon, a young busi ness man, loomed up as a possible Juror until he struck that portion of the district attorney's examina tion which has to do with the differ ence between a reasonable and a pos sible doubt Salomon was not sure as to where the distinction should .be drawn v and he was - excused by con- sent , ,-. 'r'l ''.''fi, .,,y:.ry M. SAMUEI-POPPEBEXCUSED,;' : 1 Oam...! IDMM-Mjaei v a ' Vflanilfflrir1n ; autU eV Vjyjyva. t wsj utwwwtwvxwtHfj Jeweler, vwent j twough the regular examination bv both the prosecution and defense, - but he. finally came to grief against a peremptory challenge exercised by Thaw , lawyers. cop per was , the first, man of all In -t the bia 'panel originally summoned to de clare that he had neither, formed an opinion nor heard one, expressed. Mr. Hartridge. ': for the aeiense, again' indicated, by nls i questioning of this talesman - that there may be more than one excuse offered by Thaw f for , ' hi ' killing f of SUnford White;"..;; r "j -w-J, ',. "Would yob object to two or more ouia you opjeci 10 wo or mora sesr-Inquired -the ' pxlaoner's iei v r1-'f i'l ? . replied Popper." " defenses r counseL 'No. After a, consultation, among the de fendant's attorneys the . peremptory challenge was entered. Only one of the. Biates auemsu was In court . to-day. Dr. Austin Flint . His associates, Dr. McDonald and Dr. Mabon, have hitherto attend ed every session ' of the court and have scrutinised the defendant .close ly. ' V , , , ? MR. WEEKS A SPECTATOR. Bartow S. Weeks, one of the law- yers who defended Roland. B. Moll neux, was an interested spectator of to-day's proceedings, - The original Jury panel was ex hausted when the 20th talesman was examined to-day. The last of the old list ws Henry Peacock, who was challenged peremptorily by the de fense. Mr, Peacock was asked by Mr. Gieason, of Thaw s counsel, if he had any objection to a defense of in sanity or If he felt he could compre hend such a defence. The .talesman thought he could, but the defend ant's attorneys were not satisfied. The first talesmen of the new panel to take the stand waa Alphons J. Simondingef, who had a letter as an excuse. William Moeller, a decorator and painter, was examined by John B. Gieason, for the defense. "Do .you mean by decorator that you do such work as that on these walls?' asked the attorney, pointing to the picture ef "The Three Fates." "Is that a cause for challenge?" Interposed District Attorney Jerome laughingly. "It may-be," replied Mr. Gieason In a jocular vein. Mr. Moeller had. a decided opin ion, however, and this let him off without further discussion as to the artistic quality of the court room dec orations. JUROR RILES THE JUDGE. . There was a slight disturbance In the court room as the new Juror Walker was taking his place In the box. One- of the talesmen on a rear bench was trying to close the upper sash of a window when a bailiff spied him. "Sit down," called the officer. Justice Fitzgerald rapped for order and stopped the proceedings. "But Judge, your honor, ' pro tested the talesman., "Sit down." replied Justice Fitx gerald. with a hard rap of his gavel. "The next person who causes an In terruption here will get' Into serious trouble." . ; V . ' FOUR KILLED BY DYNAMITE. Delayed Blast Results Fatally to Party of Italians ac Work on Sooth A Western Construction. Bristol, Va,. Jan. ) At camp No. 4, of the Walton Contracting Com pany, on the South at Western Rail way near Moccassln Gap, a few miles west of Bristol, four, Italians, whose names are unobtainable, were killed at an early hour this morning by a delayed blast The force-was work ing In a cut on the South ft Western's right of way and had prepared three blasts In a massive rock. The fuses were lighted and .the - workmen re tired to a safe distance until the ex plosion came. The men then re turned to work, when one of the oharges that had failed 1 to explode went off, killing four Italians and in juring several others, The bodies of the victims were terribly mangled.' The remains of the men will be burled near the. scene of the accident to morrow. The Walton Contracting Company sent to Bristol this after noon for a Cathollo priest to cqpduct the services. ;., GULF STREAM CHANGES COURSE United States Geographic Office at H?Jb-Jg aTWIsskllsl nnnMinMM Trtl-J Fan ; and Will' Make Map Embodying 1 trie manges Tne Change Noted . Where tho Stream Enters the At. ; IftntlC. t, v ..,.; New Orleans, Lai, Jan.'. 21. The fact that the Gulf Stream has made Important changes In Its coarse was announced to-dsy by; the gulf -division of the hydrographlo office. In charge of Capt John C. Soley. These changes are noted between the Urns tho stream leaves the north coast : of South America ? Until ' It enter ' tho Atlantic. ', A map , embodying . tho change wlV be Issue dnext month. , Fatal Quarrel Over Pack of Clga- v - rettea,,; ' y '.;.:: Danville, ;. Va.? Jan. 2. Walter Barksdale, ft farmer about tS years of age, was mortally wounded, end Joe Echols, .a - young farmer, seriously Injured In ft duel fought late this af ternoon several miles from Danville with shotguns. The men quarreled at ft country store over; ft pack of cigarettes and agreed to return to their homes and secure their weapons and fight the affair out Barksdale arrived flrst and, when Echols came np, he opened fire without warning. A large hole waa torn la tho Ude of Barksdale and Echols body was rid dled with email shot V'j . .!(v . A Can on National Ranks, ' i Washington, Jan. I . The Comp troller of the Currency to-day, Issued a call for ft statement of the condi tion of U national banks at the Close ef fcs.tesl tft'Janfitrr M. ''""'" - BEVEBIDGE SPEECH ENDED TOO MUCH TALK. SAYS MIL HALE The Indiana Senator Concludes Three-Day Address m Advocacy of 111 Child1 Labor Bill, Presmtlng . Affidavit as to Conditions In South ern Cotton Mills Ha Declares Thai V the Power of Congress Is Absolute . Over Both Iater-6tat and Foreign Commerce and That Both Could be Prohibited The Senate-Passes the Diplomatic and Consular and the Fortifications Appropriation B1IL i 5 Washington, Jan. 8. The Senate to-day began Its session with a leo tur from y Senator Hale, who ' con tended 3 that much ; talking i and pot onodgb ' work was , being? done. He had particular reference to his - In ability; to secure the passage of the diplomatic and consular, and the ' forti fications appropriations bills, which were on the calendar, fii Before the session ended these two measures had been- disposed .of. .....J: j.v.;:':v: vfv" Senator Beverldge concluded' v his speech In . advocacy of his child labor bill, which ibaa occupied tlnree days. His argument to-day waa de voted , to the constitutloanl power Of Congress to prohibit Inter-State' com merce. In child-made goods. He was questioned somewhat closely by Sena tors who hold that thle power does not exist and. In .replying j took the broad ground that the power f Con gress over Inter-State - and foreign commerce was absolute thai .. sudn. commerce could be prohibiten alto gether, so far as the power-was con cerned, and that In all cases the ques tion ef policy and not of power was the point to be considered. ' v ' -CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN ' MILLS. ':":: . Senator Beverldge presented a num ber of affidavits setting forth condi tions In Southern cotton mills,' and asserted that many children under 12 years of age were working in these mills. In reviewing the many endorsements which, Ine said, had been given tils bill, he said hearty commendation of the measure had been made by "the man who will be the next standard bearer of the Democratic party," and also by the present President of the United States. . . . "I want to know about tine endorse ment of the next standard bearer of the Republican party," suggested Mr. Carmack. "My dear " began Mr, Beve rldge, and then as the remark caus ed laughter "I was going to say my dear boy there are many things you want to know which I am not going to tell you." BILL MUST TAKE ITS COURSE. Loan of $1,000,000 to the Jamestown Exposition,'; Proposed by Llttauer aa a Rider to the Urgent Deficiency Bill. Finds Objections. Washington, Jan. 29. Mr. Llt tauer, of New York, reported to the House to-day the Item attached by the Senate to-day to the urgent de ficiency bill loaning 11,000,000 to the Jamestown Exposition and aBked that the House consider the Senate amendment as In committee of the whole, this being the most expedi tious way In which to reach the Issue. Considerable opposition de veloped, Mr. Foster, of Vermont ob-J jecting to tne consideration as pro posed. Mr. Macon, of Arkansas, asked if the loan was of the same character as that made to the St Louis Ex position. Mr. Llttauer stated that he would hardly say that It was. Rather than precipitate a debate. Mr. Llttauer withdrew the bill with the Senate amendment and the bill will now take Its regular course through the appropriations com mittee for consideration and report North Carolina Postmaster Con firmed. . Washington, Jan. 2. The Presi dent sent to the Senate to-day the following nominations: ' Postmasters: North Carolina Estella Cameron, Rockingham. Virginia O. L. James, Abingdon. LOOKING INTO FREIGHT RATES. Shippers and Railway Officials Testi fy Before the liner-State Com merce Commission Sitting at Ma con Hearing Will be Concluded To-Day. Macon, Oa., Jan. l. In the hear ing before the Inter-State commerce gsommlsslon to-day the questions of rates. refrigeration and rebates were generally considered. General Freight Agent Green, of the southern Rail way, was one of the principal wit nesses and was questioned closely by E. A. Waxelbaum, complainant, in order to show that discriminations had been made whlon were unfavor able to shippers of fruKa and veget ables to Eastern and Northern, mar- kets. Witnesses from otlher railways and wholesale shippers of fruits were examined, and so exhaustive were the Inquiries that the case under In vestigation will not be concluded un til some time to-morrow, commis sioners Harlan and Clements are giving complainants every oppor tunity for a full hearing. PETRIFIED CHILD REMOVED. Remarkable Resnlt of Operation Per , formed on Gates County - Woman t Suofflk, Vft. Special to The Observer. .. . Richmond, Va., Jan. J. A most remarkable surgical operation, which has mystified the physicians through out the State, was performed at Suf folk yesterday, resulting In the birth of ft petrified child. A woman hail ing from Oatee county. Norta Caro lina, whoso name Is unkno'SV who had been suffering from Internal tu mor, as wa eupposed, and who' had been similarly afflicted for - three years, cams here for treatment. The physicians deemed an operation nec essary to save her life.' The opera tion resulted In the discovery of the presence of the unborn child," which had turned to stone. The weight of the child was five and . one-half pounds. V''"---V' '.: V;-'. ' TO BE AT FAYETTKVnijB : Bod of Re W. P. Fife Leaves This Morning For FayettevUlo, Where . Interment Win Take Place Death Dne to Fatty .: Degeneration of Heart. . '.-. - ;. ' . ,.-., -,; Special to Tn'o'ObMrVor." t-ftvj!''''.'v St Louis, Mo.. Jan. 2. A. verdict of natural death from fatty degen eration of the heart was returned at the coroner's Inquest to-day trio the death of Rev. William P. Vlfe, the evangelist broker. The body wilt leave .- to-morrow morning at . I o'clock,: accompanied by the widow and son for Fayettevllle, N. C, the old home. Mr. Fife's other child, a dausUtcr, ta already ta FsyetttvlUe, , AT LEAST 50 DIE IN, MINE AN EXPLOSION CAUSED BY DUST The ' Stewart Mine, In. Fayettevtlle County, West Virginia, the Scene of a Horrible Accident A boat , 200 ' Men !' tho Shaft When the Ex plosion Ocoarred and Every Effort .'Is Being Mado to Reach (he En- - tombed MenAt Least 50 or 60 Dead and , the Death List May be Swelled to 85 The , Scene About : Mine PataeUo One The Mine In Operation tor. Over Three Years, But Has Never Been Fully Devel- oped, '.v x i c Charleston, W. Va, Jan. 29. There Is at least 10 or 40 persons dead as ft result of an explosion Jn the Stew art mine near Faytttevllle, in Fayette county, ' to-nlghl Vccordlng l to Jhe last reports received and It Is expect ed that jtho' number will reach 25. The explosion, -was caused by dust In the mine. ' Every effort is being made to get to the men who are en tombed but there Is little hope that any of them are alive. At the time of tho explosion there were about ';200 rmen in the shaft and , there Is grave apprehension that a greet many of' them were in the mine when the explosion occurred. A list of the dead Is now being com piled, and will ' Include. t least the number mentioned". Organized effort Is being made to get to the men in the mine and volunteers are plenti ful. The scene about the mine Is a pathetic one, men, women and chil dren crying for their dear ones and Imploring these on the ground to go to their rescue, LOCATION OF THE MINE. .The Stewart-mine Is a shaft 56S feet deep. The ' development Is In the Bewail seam,' which ranges In I thickness from four to five feet. The mine is located on the White Oak Fuel Company's private line, connect ing with thO Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Carlisle. It Is located about four miles from Fayettevllle and seven miles from Thurmon. The mine has been in operation for about S years or more,4 but has not been fully developed. The work of devel opment has almost entirely been done in the double entry system. The per manent structures, such as head houses and tipples have been com pleted within the " last year. The mine Is owned by the Stewart Col- liery Company. ,' WOMAN LEAPS OVERBOARD. 4 Strange Woman Claiming to be Wife of M. B. Vanam n Attempts Sul ride at El lsabetb City . Docks Vanaman Denies Marriage,, but Ad mits Existence of Child. . Special to The Observer. Elisabeth City, Jan. 2.-"-Connlder-able . excitement was created at the docks here this afternoon when a well-dressed woman, a stranger In this city, attempted to commit suT clde by jumping overboard. She was rescued bsr a spectator. She claimed that she came here In quest of her husband, M. B. Vana man, who had deserted her. In this city she found Vanaman aboard a schooner and created a scene by de claring that he was her lawful hus band, which he emphatically denies. The woman produced a marriage cer tificate in which the name had been scratched. Vanaman finally admitted that he knew the woman and had lived with her In Norfolk and" that they had one child, but they were not married. A reliable traveling salesman stated that he knew the woman and her people, who lived In Camden, N. J., and that 'her parents were, worth 1200,000 or more. Vana man claims the woman has a hus band in 6alenN. J. Chief of Police Bell has wired for particulars. - i in i . Officials and Employes of N. St W. Still Apart v Reanoke, Va., Jan. .IJ.President L. E. Johnson, and other officials of line Norfolk A Western RnJiwav r- J turned liere to-day from Columbus. O., where they met the heads of the urotnernoods or locomotive Engi neers and Locomotive Firemen wltin a view to settling differences exist ing between the Norfolk ft Western and tho englnemen and . firemen. It waa aald to-day that the differences have not been adjusted., It Is learn ed that one of the chief contentions , of tho men Is for an , elght-taour day. Alabama Motorist Seiionsly Hurt In ' Auto Wreck, -' Montgomery. Ala., Jan! 22. A big automobile running B0 miles an hour, according to the chauffeur, was wrecked near Montgomery to-day and James lartlty, a young man of Montgomery, was seriously Injured. Hartley Is unconscious to-night and may die. W. N. Cannon, the chauf feur, and Charles Ingalls, a friend of Hartley, were badly hurt Young Hartley la well, known In and around race tracks. $ Rushing Cotton. Out of Flood Danger. New Orleans, Jan. It. An unusual ly largo amount of ootton Is being rushed here because of (threatened high water In the upper Mississippi river. Within the past few days about 20,000 balea have reached here from .Vlcksburg, Natches and othor points. ' A large part oi ' this has come by rail, while all available boats have also been used.' The river here Is slowly rising, the stage of 12 feet having been reached early to-day. ' v M.l I I I I I .' New , Assistant -. General Pa-wen ger K Agent of, tin A. A W. P. : Atlanta, Oai-Jan. 21. Announce ment was made-to-day of the ap pointment of Jos. A.' Hlgginb to be assistant general passenger agent of the AUanta . West Point Railroad, ft newly created position. ? Mr. Hlg glna had been with the read for some time and is ft native of Richmond, Va. -,?.. v - ..: ' rr " GeorgV ' Marderer Sentenced to Die. - Marietta, Oa Jan. Il-John Bul lard, who killed his daughter. Ruble Dullard, In this county last Septem ber, was sentenced to-day by Judge George . T. Oober t to be executed March 1. The Supreme Court having affirmed the decision of - the lower court his ease will probably be ap pealed to the prison commissioners at onpe, . ' .. i. CONTEOL OECOBPOBATIONS TO .GIVE ' AH TO COMMISSION Langhlnhouso Drafta and Introduces . Bill Which Contains Amendments ' to Present Act Defining Relations Between . Corporation Commission; and Corporations and : Strengtlien i lng the Power of the Commission in Its Regulative Caapcity Largely : Attended .Committee. Meeting . DIs- - ousses Need for Immlgr.nt Bill ' Drafted Providing for a Regular . , Bureau of Immigration . SusUined by Appropriations rrom State, w - "Observer Bureau.- l, ' ' ' The Hollaman Building. -1 ; Raleigh, Jan, 22. Ul 'Preparations Tare complete for ft hearing ; on the reformatory . bill . by, the Senate and House committees at 7:10 to-morrow evening in the . hall of the House. Great numbers of ladles will be present from various parts of the State. Many arrived to day to work for thevblll, which Is that of Representative Preston. The com mittees which will hear the argu ments are those on penal Institu tions and appropriations. A promi nent speaker will be Mrjs. Robert p. Johnston, of Alabama, for ten years past the head of the Alabama reform school. She was a native of this State and a daughter of the late Col. Peter G. Evans. There are petitions tor " the establishment of a re formatory, one having many thousand signatures. The scene to-morrow evening will be very spectacular. This afternoon there was a very Important meeting of the Senate and House committees on Immigration, at which about forty cotton mill .men' and several farmers, were present ft dozen of whom spoke by Invitation. Senator Wood presided. Representa tive Preston's bill was taken up. He said that the agricultural and In dustrial ; Interests of North Carolina had far outgrown the labor supply. The only .relief Is In the creation of an Immigration bureau. The agri cultural department Is willing to give the necessary funds. Certain men at Charlotte, ,who thought they were acting through tho State, had got Into trouble. The agent had been appointed to secure immigrants, but the Legislature had made no pro vision. The only way to take this step was through legislative action. Among the mill men present,- some of whom spoke of the great and growing scarcity of labor, were E. D. Smith, J. W. Cannon, A. A. Thomp son, W. H..Wllllamaon, F. O. Morlng, Myslck, M. A. Droper. M. J. Leake. S. Robinson, Thomas H. Battle and Krutger, the farming interests being represented by E. W. Van Cleve, Lucas and others. It was decided to change the bill as to Its fifth section, so that Instead of naming five coun tries, "Canada, Great Britain, Ger many, Scandinavia. Belgium, Hol land and other nations of Saxon origin." It should name three races. This being unanimously favored, a report was ordered on the bill, which Is now In these words: TEXT OF THE BILL. "Section 1 That the department of agriculture, Immigration and sta tistics prepare .and keep for distribu tion all necessary Information as to mines, minerals, soils, climates, wa ters, water powers, fisheries, moun tains, industries and all other such Information as may be best adapted to advertise attractions and ad vantages which North Carolina af fords to Immigrants, and shall make illustrative the exposition thereof whenever practical In this or for eign countries. "Section 2 That said department shall be authorized In the Interest of desirable Immigration to employ agents at such points in this or any foreign country, as It may deem ex pedient or desirable. "Section J That tho agent or agents herein authorized be . em powered to make such arrangements with steamship companies and emi gration agencies that we havs In our country" and abroad as may best serve the Interest of our people In bringing desirable Immigration to the State. Necessary expenditures being made within the annual appropria tion heroin provided for this pur pose: provided, nothing herein shall prohibit said agent or agents acting without fee as agent of such citizens of the State as through the department of agriculture. Immigra tion and statistics, who wish to meet the excess expenses of bringing de sirable Immigrants for their farm or other lands or for any industrial pur pose of whatever nature. v "Section 4 That the board of agriculture Is hereby empowered and directed to set aside from the funds of the department, for expenses and the conduct of this division of Its work. . $10,000 annually. "Section 6 That efforts to secure Immigrants shall be confined to the United States and abroad to persons of Anglo-Saxon, Teutonic or ueiuc origin. . ,. "Section s That this act shall be In force from and after Its ratifica tion." RAILWAY HiiVRING. The 8enate and House committee on railways devotod the afternoon and evening to hearing the officers of lntra-8tate roads. Henry A. Page, president of the Aberdeen & Ashe boro Rallwsy. being principal. He antagonised rate reduction and de clared It was a grave error to think that the embarrassment of big rail ways did not affect the small ones adversely. THE SENATE. Th. senate session began at 11 o'clock. Rv. Dr. McNeeley DuBose offering prayer, closing the Lordfa Prayer, repeatea Dy me oena tors. The committee on rules offered a resolution allowing the committees on magistrates, judiciary and coun ties and towns a clerk, for all three. Senator Odell objected to more clerks, saying he saw no need tor them. Webb presented . the need of these and said , that as this clerk was to bo allowed only JS B0, money would be sated. Senator Pharr favored the resolution, which was adopted, t I BILLS INTRODUCED. : Rift, were introduced as follows: ' By Elbrldger To protect and pro mote the shell ' fish Industry In the State: . . - rv Holts To provide for the erec tion of a fireproof building for the State library and the great collection A riios in the Hall of History. By Buxtoni To authorise Mt Airy to refund Its bonded debt,, u. By Thorne: To Increase tho power of minority stockholders la , electing boards of directors of corporations. By Breeie: To repeal 8ec.-14U of the Revlial regarding the service of process on foreign corporations. . By S'ubbs: To amend Section 21)2 VI III 1. v p w . m r --- - - - ' By Breecet To erect on the site of tho present agricultural building and Supreme Court building,' a building containing suitable omoera tor . me executive and Judicial departments. State museum and hall of history and records. Bv Dickey: To correct the spelling of the name of the county seat ' of Cherokee by making It Murphy and not Murphey, It being named In hon or of the father of public education in North Carolina,' Archibaid ,Dv-Mur phy,-':1;'-7i,T,5"''r','rT'..i-'-i-i'; ". PASS THIRD; READING. - iBIlls passed third reading is fol lows: To allow Burlington to levy ft tax for ' sewerage bonds, to amend the charter of Saluda, and that of Roper. To allow Jones county to issue bonds for Trent river bridge. ;-"-? r To correct the spelling of Murpney. t To . amend the Revlsal " -regarding water supplies, byv requiring good drinking water to be furnished,, nnaer penalty..'':. e ,. r- To provide for impounding nogs in Tyrell. To repeal the tax on dogs in rana- Un county. To rive the anti-Jug law to Lin coln and Catawba making the place of delivery th eplace of sale. To appoint R. H. Ricks, T. V. Avent and I. F. Finch the board of educa tion for Nash. To require high schools and col leges having fifty or more boarding pupils to have a night watchman. To change the name of Ashpole, Robeson county, to Falrmount, To allow Vance , county to elect county commissioners. - - To appoint trustees for Coddle Creek, Iredell county, railway bonds. The money Is ready, but the creditors do not desire payment To prescribe the pay of jurors m Rutherford. To prohibit killing pheasants In Anson for five years. The Senate concurred in the reso lution . appropriating (20,000 for the Jamestown Exposition, the House having made this immediately avail able without waiting for taxes to come in. By Douglas, to amend the law relating the killing of birds In Hertford and Martin sent to the House. To regulate the running of auto mobiles and vehicles driven by steam and electricity on public roads, a number of towns asked to be except ed. Various objections and amend ments were made. The bill wa re referred to committee on propositions and grievances. Senator Bellamy's bill with a Jail penalty for parties who temporarily committed larceny of an automobile met with objections as being too se vere. It was referred to the com mittee on propositions and grievances to be considered with the general au tomobile bill. To prohibit the walvrog of bills In certain cases, this to be done only by counsel employed or by order of the court. THB HOUSE. Speaker Justice called the Hous to order at 10:80, and Rev. R. T. Vann prayed. Petitions were presented as fol lows: Wlnborne: To protect railway, pas sengers against accidents and un timely deaths. Gaston: Regarding- srams lawa tar Gaston county. Julian: To repeal the homestead law and enact a garnishment law. Bills were Introduced as follows: Erlnghause: To amend the char. ter of the Elizabeth City Bavin ank. Royster: To establish a dlsnen- sary at Creedmore. Kennedy: To Incorporate Garland. Clifford: To allow Dunn to vote on establishing a dispensary: also to rostore Harnett county to the aen- eral law regarding cities and towns. Gordon: Allowing; Mail Point to substitute 5 per cent, for ( per cent bone". Brewer: To Incorporate Grove City, Craven county. uibbs: To amend the landlord and tenant law In regard to those raising crops. Hooker: To re-enact the law chartering the Washington A Vande mere Railway. Parka: To validate a stock law election held In Ashe county four years ago. Manning: To settle the debt due by the State University to the late David L Swain; also to amend the Ta i . , fcunmm county mmi law. Turlington: To confer special powers upon deputy Superior Court clerks. Manning: Requiring Insurance companies to make deposits with In surance commissioners. This bill re quires that all life, fire, accident and sick benefit Insurance companies, ex- oept fraternal orders,' doing business In North Carolina shall keep on de posit In some safe place In the State, designated by the Insurance commis sioner, an amount In cash or good marketable securities, to be desig nated by him, equal to 20 per cent of the gross premiums received by the company from policies Issued on property In this. State, or to persons residing In this State, as shown by esch annual statement BILLS PASSED. The following bills passed final reading: To regulate fishing In Black river. Sampson county. To pay State witness before arand Juries In Mitchell, Watauga, Yancey and - Caldwell hair-fees when "not a true bill Is found. To amend the Revlsal regarding license of attorneys bv requiring ap plicants to give certificates of good moral character and prove this to the satisfaction of the courts To allow full pension for toes of an arm and a leg. ' To amend the Randolph game law. The general bill for the relief of sheriffs and tax collectors allowing tnem to collect back taxes. To r give the corporation commis sion authority to compel railways to provide depots or stations In less than five miles of each other In cer tain cases. . .' jv To regulate hunting In Henderson county. .. -Xi- v 'To permit cities and towns to eon demn lends for cemeteries under cer tain condltlona . ' ' v a : , To protect deer In Northampton.' -' To make public drunkenness In Moore, Richmond and 'Scotland a misdemeanor."" ; . r . ,.. Ta put Stanley In the anti-Jug ter ritory, e- '.:,. I,-. -:-;,- To prohibit killing deer for 10 years In Cherokee, and to prohibit the killing of pheasants and grouse for four years In Ashe. To change the name of . Summer township, Guilford county, , to Gor-relV- ,-v:"j' - To give McDowell county the stock law of not. .. To protect possums In Catawba. 'To t point ma gist rates In certain townships In Yancey, , To Inoreaae the pay of jurors In t (Contltttd ttt rrt Ten). LEVER ASSAltS CANNON DENOUNCES ARBITRARY TACTICS Representative From . South Carolina, t urging the Purchase of the White Mountain and Appalachian Forest ''Reserves, Declares Speaker Cannon tt Suu! Uls Henchmen, Through "Mys 4 terions Influences' are Holding tho BUI tap Propoer That the People ' Shed . Know Where the Objection LiesAmendment Offered by , the South Carolinian Ruled Out on ft Point of Order Free ' Seed Para graph Voted In the Agricultural Appropriation , Bill AgainStates ; Must Execute Their Own Pure Food ; Washington; Jan. 22.-j-"Representft. tlve Lever, of South Carolina,; stirred tip a hornet's nest tn tho House to-day when he offered to tho agricultural ap propriation bill and amendment appro priating 18,000.000 for the purchase , of the Appalachian and Whits '.Moun tain forest reserves.- He said twelve. States were ; Interested In the move-' ment and many Governors had per-' sonally solicited the Speaker of the House to permit the bill to come be fore the body I on Its merits,' but through mysterious '-. Influences, ha said, one Speaker . was continuing to hold the bill up and he wanted tho country to know tho facts about tho measure.-- ; - Mr. Tawney objected to the per-!' sonal attack on tho Speaker, and said he would object to further considera tion. V WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW IT. "OOj, tt's not a personal attack on the Speaker." replied Mr. Lever. "H'a an outspoken statement as to where tftie objection to the bill la. Person ally I have profound regard for tho Speaker, but he and some of his henchmen are blocking consideration of this bill and by the gods I propose that the people shall know it" " Mr. Tawney replied that he waa not questioning the motives of tho gentleman from South Carolina, but he was questioning the language used. Mr. Lever tried to make it appear that the agricultural committee waa unanimously In favor of the bill, but Mr. Haugen, of Iowa, wtth consider able warmth, replied flhat he had not voted In favor of the measure and he gave notice Stiat he would vote against It If the bill should ever get before the House. HOT RETORT FOR IOWAN. ' "You vote against four-fifths of the good propositions that come before this House," hotly replied Mr. Lever. Mr. Wadswortlh made a point of order against the amendment, which was sustained, but not until Mr. Lever Inert been heard. The agricultural appropriation bill occupied the House ,mot of the day and as usual when the amendment striking out the free distribution of seeds was reached, the members from t!he farming districts out-voted those from the cities, reversed a rul ing of the chair by a vote of ISO to 85 and restored the paragraph as ha been the law for -a number ' of years. The recommendations of the com mittee on agriculture to increase tho salaries of tme OhJef forester, Glfford 1 Plnnot, and the chief of the bureau of chemistry, Dr. H. W. Wiley, from $3,600 to 14,600, went out on points of order. . n STATES MUST EXECUTE THEIR OWN LAW8. An Important amendment waa adopted that no part of the money : appropriated for. expenses In the u forcement of the national pure food law should be paid to any State, city or district official, the amend ment being based on the treaty that Ithe States should execute their own pure food laws and the government ! do dhe same. The House to-day passed tne Sen ate bill Increasing the board of cus toms appraisers In New York from' ten to twelve, and also passed tho; Senate bill making provision, for con veying a strip of ground In St. Au gustine, Fla., known ss "the lines" for school purposes r ATTACKS COTTON E PECULATORS. Representative Lhn wton Want De- ; 0 uarlinewa of Cnni l-rr mnA iMham i to Investigate Fluctuations of the ;,. Staple. wasm'ugton, Jan. It. Represen- ; peered before the House committee,;: on inter-State and foreign commerce ; to-day and urged favorable action on vestigation by the Department of commerce ana Loor or ine nucjua- tions in tne cotton market wits the , whether such fluctuations have re- . . suited from the "character of con-, tracts of alleged sales and deliveries mad on rhe New Tork Cattan Ri. '. change." was denounced by Mr. Livingston, who said that the cotton growers and ootton spinners of the . . United .: States are absolutely at the mercy , the 10 classifications of cotton which xonneriy eximea anacajiea auenuon 1 ' to ne fact that 11 of these classes ' narv toiiou oianipuiaiors Durrwo; Livingston spoko of his attempt to have - couon nmanipuiators barred ; from the mails aa frauds, and said . he waa threatened wtth a libel suit because of his action, but advised representatives of the cotton operators . I n hi nm wonin mrn in a&uu in im n In fine prosecution of a suit against . Iilmself and had heard ' bo 1 more of the threat. .. . ... n.,- ...... . . Many quotations 'were made by Mr. Livingston from a report' of the f forestry on the condition of the eot ton Industry made tn the third ses sion of the Fifty-third Congress, r... : Arrested for vacr,xcV. 8. O. lyTonard. of nale'l?h.'Wlth Five , $20 Bills tn His Pniweaslon, Nabbed by , Richmond Officer. . - y j Special; to: The- Observer. .v';:''; ' Richmond, Va,, ' an. 21.-S. G. Leonard, of Raleigh, N. C, a guest at Murphey's Hotel and the possessor Of. five $20 notes, was placed under arrest last night charged with va grancy. The police, since the recent stir-about the arrest of the alld railway baggage thieves, have bee keeping a , close watch on il strangers. Leonard, who has ten the city three weeks, wtth an nothing to do, arouxed thoir h -plclon. ' Inquiries vere maie -. him and It waa ascertained. It I al leged, that he was a muiip!r. T! w'as aufllclent. In the rrei,nt, s' ' criminal unrest. t warmtit 1 i; : rest Le-nnuM tih'lN b 'r fnlrtnnl f xmbl-r. IIs si t' hs epratcJ St d'-".".-rcnt I ' ' t for years. WW "J
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 30, 1907, edition 1
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