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C " . 1 V .r . , SUBSClilPTION PRICE: (3.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., f EDNES DAY MORNING, FEBRUARY; 6, Tl. PRICE PIVE CEKTa 4 JEfiOME BLOCKS DEFENSE HIS AIM TO BAR INSANITY. PLEA District Attorney, Displaying ft Won derful Knowledge of the Technical ' Details of the (science of Medicine, 1'uU Experts on the Rack, Fighting Every, Inch of Ground The Task of Proving to the Jury TliawWas buffering From Hereditary Insanity Uhctt iXr Killed White glupen i doua One Jerowe KelentlcM In ilia Attacks on Dr. Wiley The Expert " , at Timet Baffled 1y the Ingenuity ' of n the ; Prosecuting Attorney btumps Witness ' With Complex ' i Medical YTmva&'rp;mmii' New York, Feb. 5. The task of " proving to Jury that Harry Thaw ' , was Insane through heredKy : and "H " mental stress- when ,. hj : shot ',; and - - killed Whit waa taken", up to-day u f toy the ' defense In this famous cane, but when, adjournment waa announc ed In the afternoon, It was th eral ooinion in the court room that Thaw a attorneys endeavored in vain t place before the Jury evidence tend y In?, H was said, to prove a strain of h 1 lnarjty "bi the collateral bianchea of tha defejedap-fs family, but they were - blocked at every point by District At ,' ,4enmy Jerome, whose objections Were upheld by the rulings of Justice Fltx- gerald. . ...... v.. :.-.- . . . - Th t' defense did, however get be f fore the twelve men in the box 'the tes:mony of an expert," tl.at in; his f oplnl on , Harry Thaw waa "autt erlng - fn m Insanity." the night of the trag- - edvMr. Jerome undertook to break down the evidence of the alienist Dr.. C C Wiley, of Pittsburg and for thtt-e hours put hlm through a cross- examination as aevere as was ever heard In ft New York court. The i prosecutor was relentless In hla at f i tack' and before-he had finished Dr. . Wiley protestlngly' declared: "I didn't J ; come-, here! .as en experts I -came; as a witness to ft fact, and I have been converted Into an, expert without be : ing prepared ; for tV.-,: ... , JEROME'S MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE The district attorney astonished ev eryone by his intimate knowledge of medicine and lta technical ; phrase ology, demonstrating the care with which he had prepared himself to. , meet the very defense which Thaw's counsel have entered In his benalt Mr. Jerome searchlngly Inquired in to. Dr. Wiley's record aa a physician and an an expert on insanity. He liurled volleys of technical questions at the witness, who ait times aat mute att'J at - other times declared he could not fti,swer, or gave evasive reniles. Often he brought upon himself enarp warnrng from the. district attnvy to- make a reply and not an &rgu menu De Wiley testified that he preilc. i el his opinion as to Thaw's ranty upon hie actions on the night at the tragedy . aa desoribed to him It hypothetical question propounded by the defense and upon an Incident which he witnessed on a Pittsburg street car during the summer of 190S. (Thaw, sfcld th.e doctor, adtea imtioTi- nuy on me., oar conuiig-.. in; pujaejiqr; and Jerking up 'one of the window blinds, alamming It down and then liftlg It again, the while engaging In . word war wth the conductor. v NEVER, USED A TEST "Have yon oyer examined th' de-iet.djwit-.wlth nf 6t t6e y-ecojwsd .:ieaU of lnanltyr, asked Mr.;Jrome. "No," replied the witness.. ' "Have you ever - conversed with Wmr .,, "No." The district attorney then drew from the alienist the opinion that Thaw's acts on the Madison Square roof garden, when he killed Stanford White, were not acts of insaulty when taken, singly, but constituted evidence of. Insanity when considered collec tively. At times Dr. Wiley seemed r entirely baffled by the questions. He s, hesitated at each, and before he could answer Mr. Jerome had framed t . . another query replete with impressive sounding technical terms and appar ently offering a problem no less dif ficult than lta predecessor, The wit ness admitted that many of the tests to which the district attorney refer red, such as the Romberg test and the Argyll Robertson pupil test were vc known to him, and when he was ask id to quote from any accepted work on Insanity, declared . he could not give the exact language f rim any . book. RIGID CROSS-EXAMINATION. ' Mr. Jerome's well of knowledge, however, seemed never to run dry. He carried hla cross-examination through practically the entire mom Ing aeaslon and for an hour after . , luncheon continued to ply the witness with all manner of questions. . It was necessary for the bailiffs sometimes to rap down the outbreaks of laugh ter . - ' Thaw's eounsel tat quiet without protest while Mn Jerome grilled the first witness for the defense. Thaw himself seemed to take but little. In terest, in (he cross-examination at the outset, but later began to take notes and waa often in earnest conversation with those of his eounsel who sat nearest him. At times Thaw could not altogether suppress ' the sugges tion of ft grin at the keenness of some ef Mr. Jerome'a questions and the subtle humor they so thinly conceal ed. But before the close of the day Thaw seemed to worry. He bit his finger aatla and aeemed . anxious for .the doctor's ordeal to end. His at . torneys appeared ft bit puaaled - at ' first, but evidently determined to give ; the dlstrlot attorney the widest 11b it'" erty. Vf ; , . -'" It was at the close of Mr.' Jerome'a - '.. erea-examinatlon of Dr. Wiley that v attempt, was made to Introduce II TVymony tending t show the strain "2T v V insanity said to have existed In v oerUin branches of the Thaw family. RICHMOND RELATIVE TESTIFIES. Alfred Lee Thaw, 41 years of ago. , ' 'resident of Riohmond, Va next ' wm cs lied to the witness stand. - "Are yon related to the defendant, v Harry X. Thaw r asked Mr. Oleaeon. , "I Ml. "' t -What Is the rehrtion V - "Iy father and hts 'mother were Brst eousina.' -!..:' ;.'..-'.. -? Whsn did your father dler . ; , . -"October II,, llll." '. "Where waa . your father, or 'have ' i rev any-means of knowing where he was when he dledr ' s ' '- "I object." Interrupted District At v, torney Jerome.-v 'l : n-'v;, "The question Is irrelevant nd lm material.1" - justice ntsgerald austalned Mr. Je , : rims'i objection, ..-j. -.- f - MR. OLEASOJf ARGUES. ; 1 Jl W4 wwewwie subjmvw . iwiiis ft W s SOUTHERN RAISES WAGES Advance affects huxdkeds. Conductors, Trainmen and Yardmen to Keeclve an Increaao. Aggregat ing lJctween $350,000 and $400,000 - Year Men, In Conference With Officials, Urged That Owlnir to In creased Cont of Living, Advance In : Wages " Was NecessaryThe In crew in Wages Dependent Upon , CondlOons the Men GolUng Pro. ' nortlonate Advance ' ; : .. ; Was'nlngton, ) Feb. 5. All con ductors,' trainmen - and yardmen of the' Southern Railway are to receive an Increase In wages aggregating1 be tween $150,000 and- $400,000 a, year, The advance affects f hundreds ' of men. - - l ; ' . , . For : several , weeks General : Man ager Ackert and other officials of the Southern , Railway have' been In conference with . -. committees repre senting the men, who urged that be cause of the increase in living ex penses "during the past ' two years they. were not abje to. live on the pay they tnen we're, recelylnB, ud they asked for horizontal i increase la wageav'r''f ;,-.?;-;v 'lV p .: : ,'A satisfactory:; . adjustment; finally wag reached tolday.NO v flat i per centage of increase in wages la given td any class tt employes, the '' In crease In every case . beinr . dependent entirely upon conditions. The In crease amounts, however, from I per cent, ' as the minlmom, to SS per cent aa the maximum. Through freight conductors, are to paid on a basis of tt.lt per hun dred7 miles;" local freight conductors tJ.80 per i hundred miles; '' local freight brakemen tt.lf psr Jbttndred miles, and through freigfat breaktnen 1.75 per hundred miles. Other con ductors and trainmen :. are granted proportionate4 fhcreaaes, aa are the yardmen. ;''-i'.r- ' ' . :. RAISED tO PER CENT'- Sonthern Railway Clerks at Spencer Receive Increase Western Union to Rebuild lines, -Special to The Observer. Spencer, Feb. . B. The clerks em ployed In ffc offices of the Southern Railway Company at Spencer were notified yesterday that, effective Janu ary 1, their salaries were Increased ap proximately 10 per cent The in crease In salaries s-pply to H office men from the master mechanic down and came as a surprise to-the clerks who are delighted at their good for tune. A number of foremen in the shops here also received an increase In salary recently.-" " . The Western Union Telegraph Com pany has authorised: the rebuilding of its main, lines, .north of Spencer running , br way ; ot Greensboro to Washington. , A , tarjfce fbree !of , men were set to work to-day placlns; ad ditional poles and cross-arms carry ing 16 circuits.--The work Is under the direction of Mr, C F. MeUon aa foreman. When pompjeted the ,ser-' vice of the company :w)Jl be reatty improved and. the lines will be Jess ltabie to trouble aa there;. will be 47 poies co in mue instead of .10 ao at present '. ' ' V.. --r , Under the direction of the new Superintendents . of ' - the . Southern Railway, Messrs. C. S. Lake, of the Danville division, and a B. Fftllls, of the Spencer-Greenville division, there will be several changes effecting Spen cer. It- is learned that the large yarda here,' including the shops, will come under the Jurisdiction of General Manager Coapman, 'the Danville division terminating at the northern limits of Spencer, and the Greenville division, terminating at Salisbury The change is made, it is understood, in order to bring the Spencer yards, the largest on the system, under the supervision of the offices at Washing ton. - .' AFTER NORTHERN PACIFIC. ' Senator Heybnrn Wants the lload In vestigated oy Bpeclal Senatorial Committee Indian Din Tftkee Up ..Entire tasloa..'.- i"rJt .tl-.vKr Washington, Feo l-8enator Hey bnrn presented . ft resolution in the Senate to-day providing for ft special committee of five . Senator to "In vestigate the reorganisation of the Northern'. Pacific; Railroad property," to ascertain what title and estates are owned by the corporation which was created by act - ef Congress of July t, It 14, and If said Federal cor poration has no title or estates In any property, then what reason there ' Is why said charter act should not be fully repealed by Congress. 'The resolution 'provides for sending for persons and papers, etc. It waj referred, to the committee on Pacific railroads. - -. ,;; w . 1 .- . - 'The Senate spent the' entire day in conslOertng the Indian appropriation bill. 'but without, concluding the dis cussion of Senate amendments. The measure la to be before the Senate to-morrow, . .- " ' f t- The army appropriation bill was reported to the Senate and will, be taken -np as soon as the Indian bill has been disposed of. . The bill car ries' ttl,t00,00, ;v $ v V,.. 'J, - Dfttlnf Rivers ftnd Harbors BUI, - Washington,' Feb, I. General de bate on 4he rivers and harbors ap- Jiroprlarion bill which has been' be ore - tlvs House since last Wednes day was terminated at I o'clock this afternoon, when the reading of the bill was begun under the five-minute rule. Dorlnr the 'hours devoted to general' debate rto-day speeches were made by Mesere. Kelfer, of Ohloi Davidson, of Wisconsin; Humphreys, of Mississippi; Ppnrkman.- of Alai bama; Lloyd, of Missouri; : Robinson, of Arkansas, and' Bankhead, of , Ala bama. The reading of 10- pages of the bill' was completed before, ad journment n!'.v j' v.-:'. i -e. - -rr Tom Wataoa Pays Tribute to Roose- - Jackson, Miss., Febi I. In address Ing the Farmers', National Union for Mississippi here to-day, Thomas B, Watson, of Georgia, paid ft tribute to President Roosevelt ' for - his . disapproval- of sectional : Intolerance. Mr. Watson attacked ; ' corporations, alleging , that ." they ' are . 1 robbing farmers. 1 He denounced - the na tional banking system as Iniquitous. He said the railroads should be more vigorously controlled by the govern ment to compel' the payment of smaller dividends and the expenditure ef more mosey to. prevent the sacrt fict of human llfey 4 QUEEB GIFT OF WITNESS KNOWS MAKE OF GUN BX" SOUND. Former Sergeant Harris, of the Dis honorably Discharged Company of Twcnty.Flfth Infantry, Teetincs That Firing Was Done by Win ; Chester Utiles and Not by Spring field Guns Negro Soldiers Wanted American Right of Going Where They . Pleased Senator Overman lnits Some. Queries, v ' Washington,' Feb. 8. The hearing on, the Brownsville affair, in which negro members. , of the Twenty-fifth Infantry; were alleged to have '"shot up" the town, -was resumed before the Senate committee on military af falra to-day.' A large map of ' the Fort Brown barracks , and of the town had been placed upon the walls of tlhe. committee room during the night and was carefully studied by the Senaton . before -the business of the day began. The witnesses, whose numbers had grown to 20, again were corralled In the one of the corridors of the Senate, and only on of them allowed to enter the committee room at a time. The session began 5 with former Sergeant Harris, of Company D, still on ' the stand and under a sharp fire of cross-questioning by Senator Warner. . .H Mr. Warner's - questions related largely to the time wnen the soldiers were called for the roll-call and In spection.' He could not state definite ly the time, but said that it waa very early In the morning. It might have been Inalf-past six, but it waa nearly dark. Senator Lodge then stated that the records of the naval observatory, showed that the sun rose at Browns ville on August 14 at 5:27 a. m. I HAD. PREVIOUS TROUBLE, f Senator Warner had the witness detail trouble t'nat previously occur red between citizens and members of the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Mcintosh and San Antonla,. Texaa, and the witness said that on account of the feeling engendered against the soldiers he had determined not to re enlist and was continually' expecting trouble.' because of prejudice, against the race. .. .. , Senator Overman asked the ' ' wit ness if he toad ever had any trouble, and he replied: "No, air." "Would the other men !nave had trouble If they had behaved them selves as, you did?" said Senator Overman. "I do not know," was the re sponse.' Harris said he was not . treated badly, because he did not , put him self in a position to be so treated, but that the men generally complain ed because they were compelled to enter saloons by the rear doors. He could pot give any Instances of ill treatment of others, but 'ne wanted, he said, ."the American right of go ing where he pleased." Senator Foraker , then examined the witness regarding the bullets, clips ' and shells sent to the Senate by he President with his message, Hut .it .nnaarlTic. tKot tin' VtMfl&ta art A shells hid been returned o the War Department, further questioning on that line was- discontinue vto be iaK.en.up again. ; ;,. ' KNOWS GUNS BT SOUND. ')j.4rlthass' bellbved the' firing on the plgttt, of the Brownsville affray had come principally from Winches ters and 'six-shooters, because. lie said he was familiar with the sounds of valrous makes of weapons and that he 'neard no firing from Sprlngfields, with which the Twenty-fifth was equipped, when questioned by Sen ator Foraker he stated that It was inls impression only that Sprlngfields were not used.' He had hunted game in Montana and thought he could tell the sound of a Winchester. The witness was then excused and the committee adjourned until to morrow at 10: to a. m. JAPAN'S SOUND FRIENDSHIP. "Ebulttidns of the Anti-Japanese Press of America Powerless to . Shake the Cordial Relations," Is Declaration of Official Statement , Implicit. ConfiOendB Reposed In President Roosevelt. . ' Toklo,: Feb.- I The view taken here of the American-Japanese situa tion arising from the San Francisco school. Incident, Is Illustrated by the following official statement which was Issued to-days ; - "Since the talk of war was first transmitted, from America we toav carefully watched . the? development of . feeling here. There has not been ths slightest excitement anywhere In the country." . . . The statement concludes wlth'thes words: , iThe talk of war Is completely Ignored here, and Implicit confidence la reposed In President Roosevelt and his, government The ebulltlons of the anti-Japanese press of Amer ica, are powerless to shake - Japan's cordiality towards the Unltsd States." t ; 1 The press up to this afternoon con tinues silent anent the war cry In some , American , papers. Not the slightest excitement was -apparent nere at noon to-day after this talk was transmitted . here. and . It was generally Ignored. It1 Is believed that tne anu-japanese agitation by a por tion of the American press will af ford proof of the futility of an ef fort to a'nake the profound confidence which Japan reposes" in President Roosevelt and In the, American peo ple generally. ' ... TOE DEAD NUMBER 1. ") With One-Exceptlnn AO the Fatalities , In the Thomas Mine Were Foreign . ers 10 Bodice Taken From the Mine .' .j v--?f v - ' '""v" j n f,' ' Elklns, W. Vs., Feb. I It Is now definitely known that the total number- of' men In 1 the Thomas ' mine at the time of the explosion yesterday morning was 17, all of whom were foreigners. ' y'-iT' : ."' ?' ( Mips Boss Daniel Jones, :an , ex perienced mlner 10 years at m. suffocated to death. He .was one of sne nrst -rescuers to enter the mine yesterday and waa brought out nearly dead' br: his , comrades. , Aft ra. covering he went In a second time iasi nigni ana was nrougnr out dead from suffocation, . making the total death' list $$.'. " : bo iar is pooies nave keen taken from the mine. It la extremely, dan gerous to ntr . the mine for any considerable! distance because of foul gases. ..The drift Is ft mile In extent and It may lake day or two before the drift Is clear enough of gas to allow the rescuers to recover the rest of the bodies. Not until then, can ths real causa of ths explosion be known. The work of 1 rescue Is being-done by the American 'miners, Many of the reecuers war; everecms , and were fcreeght out more dead than alive, BKKEiT BILLV IS FaVOBEI) SHERIFF'S DEFICIT LAEGE JOINT COMMITTEE APPROVES IT IAY AMOUNT TO $35,000 Comnilltecs From Senate and House to Deal With Insane Decide to Re , port Hill Providing for Expenditure of $500,000, Only , $250,000 to be Spent; This Year Bond to be Is- ttf XT If , Neces$ary Joint Commit-: toe on Reformatory Project WU1 Itooonuncnd Incorporation of La dies Industrial Sclwol Association With Appropriations Decision as to Railroad Fares. . -. - J, v . Observer Bureau, , ) , The Hollanan Building, . ' - - Raleigh, Feb, . The Senate and .House Committees onr Insane asylums In Joint session to-night unanimously agreed to report favorably Blckett's 1 bill creating ' a hospital -board and providing; a bond issue of half a million dollars if the necessary money Is, not in the treas ury . to- orovide ' accommodations for the Insane of the State,-'and mental' defectives . such as ' epileptics, Idiots and dangerous incurables. The bill provides that not more than jzso.ooo shall be expended this year; the lame amount vjtexi year, - ana u me money Is not In the Treasury a bond issue shall be made by . the Treasurer to raise the money. The sub-commltue appointed - to draft ft reformatory bill has agreed to.', recommend thev Incorporation ,t of the Ladles' Industrial School Asso ciation wltw the ioovemor as ex- offlclo chairman of-the board of dl rectbrs; and that tlMOO annual ap propriation be' given for Its support with $5,000 to be available at once for the erection ofa building. Mi's. Johnston, of Alftbama, made a strong appeal to the appropriation commit tee to-night to do this mucn xor me boys in the 8tate as a starter. RAILROAD FARW." BILL AGREED . , ; $v,v OH,; Tha (Unt aAJ House committees on railroads held a Joint sosslon to consider various bills concerning freight and pas senger rates and; the hours of labor. By a vote of 12 to t, the committee instruct ed Manning, chairman or tne House committee, , and;. Graham, chairman of the Senate 'committee, to draft a pas senger rate bill, providing for a t-cent flat rate for railroads, showing- earnings exceeding 1,8W ft mile, two and a half cnu for thoievearnlna lees than this amount end three cents for roads earn ing less than 11,000. It is reported tnat Benators Graham. Etherldse and Mit chell, of the committee, voted against a reduction to less than two and a half cnta on any road and that Chairman Graham notified the eommlttue that he would fight the hill on the floor or tne Rflnatn. Th ra.ta armed on will let the Seaboard Air Line and all other roads except the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line out of the t-cent ckaes. The next f union of the committee will be de voted to bills rea-ardior freight reduc tion. - ' .'- '. The Senate and House- committee on penelons unanimously agreed to report favorably the pension bill carrying IIM.CCO annually. - , THE SENATE. In the Senate prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Venn.- l9. ' Bllla were introduced . aa follows: Seawell: To authorise Ibnesboro' to Is sue bonds. '. Thom: To nx time lor Tfaan courts. ltuxtnnr To amthorrsa t Winston town ship and others In Forsyth and also towna there to aid In ' buildta slectrlo raUway. frem WlSMton-BBJen-te.jHtCft roint.'- . . -j- - Davia. Tv allow tha. kathodlst church trustees at Morgatrten to remove the remains of eertatn persons. ' Flemings To -fix salaries pr Pitt eoun ty officers. -r Drewry: To punish those -who know ingly detain servants Who are In the service, or anotner. Burleson: To regulate charges of tele nhone comnanles ' for Ions distance me aaarea and to reculate the charxes on Pullman cars; also to- protect, the lives vf TiAaaAnvera on railways. ureeaa: 1 o inrreaue ine raww ui inn Cherokee Indians to trade and make contracts; also to allow mamee women whose husbands are Insane to dispose of their DTODerlv without knowledge of . r T I ineir nusoana. MUlS passea nnai reaaine: To fnnnraorata Mortimer. To allow the register of deeds of Le noir to have a deputy. To amend the charter of tne wastung tnn and Vandermer Railway. To amend the landlord and tenant act for Lin coin. .... To extend the crlmnal Jurisdlotlon of the mayor at Terboro. .To aatabllah a atandard time. . that of the.7Sth degree of longitude - west of Greenwich, throuchout North Carolina. this being a copy oi tne mw iora statute. ' i ' The bill to make public drunkenness a misdemeanor was taken up and Buxton satd If it were to pass now be wanted Forsyth excepted, as the act- was too universal in Its operation. At his re quest the bill went back to the calendar so be- could more ruuy inrasiisate . it Ona ( Burton's bills, preventinr the kale to children ef exploding eartrldgee and cannon cracker of large dimensions were taken u f Waht aald a substitute Dill SBOUIO DO rsed and so the bill was re-referred the' Judlclsry committee.. Another bill of Burton to validate marriaa-ea solemnised by - -unerdained ministers came up; onrtain young ministers, sent out as missionaries hav-, Ing married people, some of theae mar- rlsges having neen penormeti is years aao. Graham offered an amendment that these marriages should be valid and effective from the time tbey.ocour- ed. v The' amendment was. adopted and the bill nassed. Other bills which oass- ed provide for completing .the paving of the capltol aqnnre, and amend the re- visa! regardinir roads, except tou roads, xem in oroer oy in owner. . The bill was taken up to Impose a penalty upon railways fos failure to transport freight promptly, : fit lag the nenaltr at th value of thu aooda. Webb offered an amendment, strlklns out ths penalty for failure to -settle the claim In so days. The bill wss finally referred to tn eommmee en railways. senate tnn eojournea. :,v ' THE HOTJ8E.' Tne House met at 10:10 and Rev. Dr. JdcNeeley DuBose offered, prayer, Julian eresnted ft petition, from Ho wan for a compulsory education law. Bills were Introduced as follows: . Douglss: To appropriate. 1500 for examining partition wans of, the pen! tentlsry. a . i Lhrerman: To allovr Tyrrell to levy special tax. Bryant: . To give Tancey county the road law. Laughlnghousej To provide for de claring vacant the office of town commissioner upon removal of such officer from the ward from which he waa elected. 1 Manning: To allow High Point to appropriate it, Gu to carnegia li brary and to extend the police Juris diction there. 1 . '-.:..-Wlnborn: To restore to' Superior Court Judges their pay for . holding special terms. - v-, '- Wood: To make 41 pounds of com meal a bushel, -. - - . , ; Taylor: . To allow Brunswick , to subscribe to the capital stock of tne Wilmington, Brunswick eY - Southern Railway, t .'v-'-e. :; t,. Preston's bill cams, no ss ft special order appropriating' 110.000 a year from. the agricultural runs xor imml aratlen. He explained -the bill, say Ing the department had such authori ty up to the itevisai or no, co ex pend ' this' sum, and that . tne addi tion 'made -to the eld law m bis bill Is from the Seoth' Carolina law and Investigation Into Business of Aman KIioms 8lKruge With County Will ' lTobably Reach $25,000, Which , Mcrcanulo Liabilities Will Run up to 133,000 Sheriff Has Disappear rd Since Filing Deed of Assignment Sampson's Treasury Empty nod Unable to Meet Current Demands John Manilla, ' Colored, Alleged Murderer, Captured In Newbern and Jailed. ' i Special to The Observer. ' 1 , 1 Clinton, Feb, 6. Further lnvestiga tlon Into the affairs of A. W, Aman, the defaulting sheriff and treasurer of Sampson county - and general ' mer chant 'of Clinton, shows his shortage with the county to be larger than was at first estimated, rit now looks as If It wUl reach ttl.000 which, added to his mercantile; liabilities of $10,000 will amount In- all to about lts.000. The assets, consisting of mercantile stock, will aggregate some 111,000. Sheriff Aman has absented himself since filing his deed of assignment ftnd his whereabouts, are unknown., His bondsmen have appointed incoming Sheriff D, C McPhsil tax collector and he has taken charge of the tax books and will collect the balance standing on .. them. The failure of Sheriff Aman is deplorable In many ways. There is no money In the treasury to meet the current expenses of the county or to pay the vouchers of the public school teachers. But provision Is being made to meet these obliga tions and It Is hoped that the most pressing will soon be reached. This Is the worst, failure that , has ever oc curred in 8ampson county of an in dividual nature. John Matthls, a negro, who killed hla father, cremated his body to con ceal the crime and then fled the com munity to escape arrest, was to-day arrested In ' Newbern and placed In Jail there. The sheriff of Bam peon was notified by wire and will send for the criminal, who will likely be tried at the term of Superior Court which convened .here yesterday with Judge Long presiding. The circumstances or this crime were particularly brutal and a conviction of murder In the first degree Is probable. There was a large reward offered for the appre hension of Matthls who, at the time of the commission of the crime, elud ed large posses which pursued him through Sampson' and Duplin counties and finally lost his trail in a Jungle In the latter county. FOUR FATALLY BURNED. Fire, Which Broke Out Daring storm, incinerates a Mother and Child, ft Servant and Stablomaa fcv new xock towd. Pelham, N. Y Feb. C During the htfffht Af Mile waoiwlns'a Slotiitu file swept through the uvery statues and living apartments 1 above Richard Vaughn-and burned to .death four oc- Cupanis pi tne nome. xars. vaugnn and her 3-year-old son were caught by the flames as the mother with the child In her arms, was groping her was through the smoke toward an exit A colored woman living with the Vaughns was burned In her bed. Thomas Micky, a stableman, escaped from the house only to lose his life In an effort to save, the horses. Mr. Vaughn escaped. He said that he and his family, occupying rooms over the stable, were awakened by the fire and amoke and that In their ef forts to escape, he became separated from his wife and child. Georgian Indicted for Murder. Gainesville, Ga., Feb. t. The grand Jury of Hall county, which was order ed reconvened. In special session to day by Judge Klmsey to Investigate the killing of Newton Strickland by his 14-year-old brother, Harry Strick land, In the Fork district, Saturday night, to-day returned a true bill charging Harry Strickland with mur der. Tha defendant will -to-morrow be placed on trial before Judge Klm sey. V-:- enabltng the State agents to bring Immigrants for individuals, if the lat ter pay the expenses of such special Immlsranta. Blckett said he was not opposing the bill, but didn't think the farmers ought to pay. the fio.ooo from their nd, out that it should come out of the reneral fund. He had receiv ed ft bill prepared by the State Im migration Association or urensnoro. He asked leave to Introduce this bill and moved that both bills be re referred to the committee, that they be printed, and that further consid eration of the Preston bill be de ferred. ,1- ferred. Preston said he did not ob ject, and the bills went to the com mittee. INSTRUCTION AS TO EFFECT OF NARCOTICS. Dowd'e bill requiring provisions of the public schools for Instruction as to nature and - effect of alcohollo drinks and narcotics came up as special order and he briefly explained it, saying that In this rapid age It be came more and more Important that children should be taught the effects of such poisons.: ' ; McRae . offered - an amendment, which Dowd accepted, providing- that the county boards of education shsll. make the order for the enforcement of the law before It becomes oper ative in their particular counties. Various amendments were accepted by Dowd, adopted end the bill passed second reading, with Brunswick. New Hanover, .Catawba end Martin ex cepted, and , the! bill a went to the calendar. "i-v -.. ,' ..... ', An Important bill passed ; final reading to allow 'railway conductors and station sssnta to arrest persons who are drunk on trains or at sta tions or Indulging In profane, obscene and -boisterous language. The House then adjourned. ' ;-'' ; ' The House Judiciary committee report ed favorably Morton's ' bill - requiring county ' end 'State convicts to be srulely housed and fed snd where prac ticable to be worked in separate enuads. The, bill requlree ft change of diet In the food for the prisoners, requiring vegetables, coffee and freah meats to be given them at certain times during; the week. It also reported favorably Lon don's bill giving newspapers a dollar and a half per Inch for legal notices provided the amount should not exceed ten rtollsra. ' Another bill reported ts vnrably Is an amendment to the rules ef eviiience In dlvorrs eases, so as to allow a wife or , huenand , to teatifr to Impotency In suits for divorce for that cause, . . , BEYERIDGE COMING SOUTH TO SPEAK IN NORTH CAROLINA Senator From Indiana Proposes to Propagate His View on Child La bor Among North Carolinians, Whom He Regards as Prominent Offenders Does Not Know at What Point But Date Will be la April i , senator overman, ituiciie toiu,c gro Soldier Admission That He Was Not Maltreated Foraker Pleased at Developments In President-Negro Situation,' y.'o; i'-:,l:': tyy Vt. A. HJLDEBRAND. Observer Bureau. . , 1417 G Street. N. W i, Washington, Feb. . 5. ' , A day or so ago , Senator Albert J. Beverldge' told Senator Overman that he waa going to make a speech In North'; Carolina soon on the subject of child labor, He proposed tobeard the lion right in his den, as It were. To-day the writer met Mr. Beverldge and asked him about the proposed speech. He said he was going to North Carolina in April to deliver an address on the subject of child labor, but for the life of him he could not say where the speech Is ,to be made. He said he depended upon someone else to keep track of his engagements. He Just knew that ha was to speak somewhere In the State. OVERMAN EXAMINES WITNESS. While Sergeant Harris was giving his tesUmonr on the Brownsville shooting affray before the Senate oommlttee on military affairs to-day Senator Overman took the witness in hand a number of times. The wit ness had said that neither he nor apy of the other, negro soldiers like the Idea of staying In, the South. Sen ator Overman asked for the reason for this, and If he had, been mis treated by any of the Southern people. Harris said no. that he had been treated all right, as he went to but few places at Brownsville and al ways attended to his own business. The North Carolina Senator then replied: "Yes, and If the othera had attended to their own business and behaved themselves, there never would have been any trouble." But the witness went back to his original proposition that Brownsville was no place for the colored soldiers, and said that the only reason he kept out of trouble was by keeping out of certain public places where the negroes were discriminated against. It seemed that discrimination against the negroes in the barrooms was the consideration 'that chiefly rankled in their minds. And this was the prin cipal complaint sgalnst a Southern army post. Benators could not shake the witness from hrs declaration of yesterday, that he heard no discussion among his men of the shooting, fur ther than to wonder what the War Department would do about it. Thus far. things have gone to suit Senator Foraker., He doubtless feels that he Is going ta make out some sort of ease against President Roosevelt be fore the thing Is over. ; .tt. .. . , jj JIC08EYJCLX .SMBAJBJUUSSED- ".-o ' And ' In the meanwhile 'Foraker Is Immensely tickled oyer the way things iisvw gonq lit unto, jvvqji nepreaenia- tlve Lotlgworth, the president's son-In-law, is protesting against the pro posal to appoint a negro aa surveyor of customs at Cincinnati. The Presi dent started out to make this appoint ment with the Idea that It would en tall no end of embarrassment for Mr. Foraker, who is now sitting back and saying that he will certainly not oppose the confirmation if the Pres ident cares to transmit the nomina tion to ths Senate. To-day it was stated that the President had given ear to the protests against this con templated Cincinnati appointment and had expressed a willingness to give a good Job to the negro in Cleve land. This gave Congressman Burton, the leader of the opposition to Mr. Foraker, a great Jar, and he was smong ths first of the callers at the White House this morning, like all the others, when the matter of negro appointments was brought close home to him, Mr. Burton began to squeal. The President Is now represented as not knowing which way to turn, but after all the talk ha feels that hs must give some negro e Job some where In Ohio. Senator Overman hag been advised that the matter of alts for the pablio building at Concord will be settled by the Department on the loth of the present month. This matter has been in dispute for some time. ' Senator Overman has been In formed by the War Department that Lieutenant Toung will be allowed to remain as military commandant at the A. A M. College. It had ben re ported that Lieutenant Toung Would be sent to the Philippines. juason uasseii Blount, of Bet will receive cadetshlp at West Pofri through senator Overman. SENATOR DRYDEN'S SUCCESSOR. New Jersey. Legislature Electa Frank O. Drlggs, of Trenton, the Present Stato Treasurer. V Trenton, N. J., Feb. I. In Joint session here to-day the Legislature) ! cnose Frank 0. Brlggs. of Trenton, to succeed John F, Dry den In the United States Senate, He received. 41 out of 7 1 votes cast. ' Senator ; Ackerman (Republican) voted for ex- Governor Griggs, and Senator Colby voted for Justice Pitney. James E. Martina, the Democratic nominee, received If votes. There were two ;( Democratic a-, sen tees. The only . Republican ab sentee was Assemblyman-Bucks, who Is alck. . ,,, . ,.. , , Mr.-t Brlggs was born In New Hampshtrs In 1810. He graduated front West Point In 1171. and In 111? he resigned to enter the employ of ! the, John A. Roebllng Son's Co, here as an engineer. He waa elected mayor of Trenton In lilt and In llOt Governor Yoorhees appointed him - State Treasurer, which position he still holds. Mr. Brlggs Is the , chairman of tha - Republican - State committee. ,,, ;..j.s- tV-w ,. .Mill I, - Vi .' V. ' Thre) Trainmen Killed In Kentucky . v' v .i - . , Wreck. ,.-;:v.-7V , Lexington. Ky Feb. I. In a wreck of freight trains on the Chesapeake V Ohio Railway near Colby Station. II miles front 'here this afternoon. Engineer Edward Harp, C. K, March all and R. B. Wilson, trainmen, were Instantly killed. Several other train men whose names have not been learned - were Injured. One of the engines exploded, killing the men In stantly. The trains suet In ft head on collision, The dead men all lived here. , : ' : : K BAILEY I0SE3 IH3 TEHfC HE 'cimTES SCENE AT HEARING Dnunatlo Epiaode Boring Yesterday's ; feesslon of the Texas Lcgbdative Committee Which Is InveHtlgatlni Senator llalley Senator Gives the Lle and Witness Mentx, of Houston, . Quickly Picks up the Gauntlet A , V, Personal Encounter' Narrowly ' ; I Averted The Senator Apoloelzes I, o the Committee. -Austin Tex. Feb I-a1 dramatic scene was enacted in the Bailey In-; vestlgation to-day, almost resulting tn a personal encounter between Senator vv.auey and 11. N: Ments, of, Houston b'io,;.;,;,"?. The clash occurred shortly after the legislative committee resumed' consideration of ths chare-ea naniinr against Senator Bailey.., Mr, Menu . was on the stand when Representa- uvm -oe, wno is prosecuUng the -charges against Senator Bailey, asked , Mr. Menu if Colonel Cowart, of Dal- las. had not gone to New York to see -Bailey. Mr. Coke asked ' if . Colossi Cowart's visit, though ostensibly to r have his throat treated, waa not . really made for the purpose of at tending to some business for the. Kiruy Lumber Company. , , Senator Bailey, who had anterad the room ft few minutes before, arose , ana saia mat any one wno said that , Cowart went ' to New York to sea ' him waa a liar. ' WITNESS SHOWS FIGHT. n; The witness understood that Sen ator Bailey meant him and ke arose'' in nis seat and declared emphatical ly that he would allow no man to call . him a liar. . , . He asserted that he was not a win-: Ing witness. "But so help me God, X' will allow no man to call me a liar," he shouted. y '' Senator Bailey started for ths wit-, ness, who seemed ready to meet htm. Deputy Sheriff White stopped Sen ator Bailey and trouble was averted. The Senator then apologised to the committee, declaring that he had ' been Irritated so much during the past ' few weeks that he could hardly help' his action. He asserted - that It was' hard to keep from denouncing what he knew to be Ilea. Representative Coke retorted that" Bailey had legal advisers who were', able to Uke care of his Interests. MAKES DAMAGING ADMISSIONS. ,. State Librarian of Virginia Being In- . veetlgated by Legislative Commit-. -tee on Charges of Discrimination Bought Books of Raleigh Firm for ; '' , $10 and Sold for $20. J ' Special to The Observer. Richmond. Va., Feb. S. A sense- ' tlonal climax was reached In the In- -; . vestlgation by the legislative school 4 book committee late this afternoon when SUte Librarian John P. Ken-, nedy. who la accused of having dla-- 1 criminated against local publishers In ' favor of Northern concerns in the : matter of furnishing books , for " schools and ths traveling libraries., said, speaking of the accusation, that ' he had been engaged by ft Northern publishing house to write a history of Virginia for . sfhloh- b. had -re-. - ceivea cnecsr ror isoe in ftdvftnce,, , that the offer had been made him by t his wife. He acknowledged, however, ,, after close Questioning, thst he had Invited B. F. Johnson & Company, publishers, of New York, to make him an offer for ft similar work. ' Asked his reason for approaching the r , . Johnson firm under the circum stances, he said merely that he had changed his mind. Letters were exhibited in evidence' . to show that the librarian had pur- . chased from J. C. Blrdstrong A Com-1 ' pany, of Raleigh, N. C, a book In the - name of the library, for which he paid f 10. the same book being after-' wards sold for 120, the difference in ' the cost and selling price reverting ' 1 to the property of 'the librarian.' Kennedy was mrle to acknowledge that he had been In the habit of ne- -gotlattng auch trades for his personal profit. Kennedy's testimony will be -.. . resumed to-morrow morning. It la' probable that Mrs. Kennedy will also be called upon to testify to-morrow.; ' TWO DIE FROM DOG BITE. 'j Two-Year-Old Child of Pelser ft C, and Mr. Walter Griffin, Who Tried ' to Rescue It, Were Bitten Three. Weeks Ago Both Are Dead. Special to The Observer.- t ? r i . Greenville, 8. C. Feb. ' I. . About , ' three weeks sgo the little two-year- r" Id son of a Mr. Farmer, of . Pelser. was atUcked by a mad dog. Mr. . Walter Griffin, a young man who was . - r standing nearby, seeing that the dog .. had the little child down, ran up and. , knocking the dog off, picked up the child and was taking It to a place of "; ' safety, when the dog Jumped on him -(Griffin) and bit him on the leg. " ' Laat nla-ht tha little child died at - its home in Pelser and this morning ; Mr. Griffin breathed hla last, both , of them dying from the effects of ' . the dog bite. The dog wss a fine," large dog, and belonged to Mr. Farm- . er. the father of the little dead child , ' to whom it semed greatly devoted. - ' er. the father of the little dead child. -when all were away from home and' always protected It Two, or three days before it went mad It was noticed ' r. that tt was acting rather peculiarly ' nd It waa shut up In the back yard. 4 ' " but somehow got out to the front yard 1 ' , where the child waa playing and at tacked It. The dog waa killed lm-' mediately after it bit Mr. GrUfin.. -. , v.' ' ''. v ,- -t t ' Alleged Yeggmen .Under Arrest- ... . . i Valdoata, Ga Fen, ' I. Two white' men, A. H. Perkins and Charles E. Bailey, are under arrest here charg- v ed with dynamiting the safe In the postotflce at Broxton, on November -IT last, and stealing ft In money and till tn atam pa Perkins was arrest ed at Douglas by Deputy United ' States Marshal Mlddleton and Post office Inspevctor 8mlth. " Bailey was . arrested this morning at Fitagerald by .Potsof flee Inspector Smltbi s Georgian Acrused of Embenling. . Savannah. ' Oa., ' Feb. -y'l. JL' P. Holmes, a local dealer in pianos and musical goods, was this afternoon ar rested' oa.t charge t having, , as trustee In bankruptcy of the stock of McArthur Sons Company, embesxled 111,000. The warrant waa sworn out by Assistant District Attorney Alex ander Akerman. Holwes will be given a hearing to-morrow. , WOuld Unearth Fonth Carolina Affi'-. c Washington, Feb. t. Ttepre.-n-1-tlve Gardner, Of MamachuiiPttv In troduced ft resolution to-day provM Int for a report from the ivp ut t of Commerce snd Labir ss t t Information It hs "relative to th I i troductlon of foreten )fborpr I the Stnto of Bouth Carollnaj ty T,. 3, 1 Watson." . ..1.4 .. . U'V-A't --.'-,: ;--. ,;t. t -. V .
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