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GTJEGOIilPTION PRICE: $3.00 PER .YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 19Q7. PRICE FIVE 'CENTO. i I. AI)J0UMED UNTIL M-OTAY vrira of juiton doltox dead. En ' band Summoned to Bedside When JTUU Had Seen la Ifoirress Less Than Four Minutes and Death Cam Shortly After Ills Arrival -; Arreement 1 leeched Between Coon 1 to Release Remaining Jurors a i iTou Further Coaunemeufr In An momnomsj Aajournmrni to jnonasy Voatloo Fitzgerald Expressed Hope That Trial would be Reaumea Tom, But Bald Some Other Solution of the - Diincuity Must o looked ror u tne '. Grief-Stricken Juror ; Is ; Unable to Give UJs Whole Attention, to the ,. Caae During the Remaining Days of 5 New, York, Feb. 14, Another tragic chapter In th history o the Thaw- White I episode was t written gto-day When grim death stepped J In to halt the famous trial inlts fourth, week. lfc;;wta.i loii';'' Bolton," pMaed; away1 this if - 'J ternoon soon after her, husband reach ed her- besldev He had been sum moned from the court, room,' where - than tour minute J The formal an nouncement of Mrs. Bolton' death was mad In court shortly after the hour wt;':.for(thy afternoon ; alont tod , -luetic Fltrgerald immediately herder "ed an adjournment of the ease until next Monday morning. The court also eruerea, wun tne consent 01 .counsel, tha.the other 11 jurymen sb given their Uberty ana; no longer no neia to . getber; He admonished the jurors to be guided by their1 honor and their oaths and not to read the newspapers - or discus the Thaw case with any- body. : .:;;- vre DOCTORS TO TESTIS! IKT COURT, The statement . In court that counsel for the defense and prosecution had eon ' aldered the proposition of taking .' tbs depositions of Doctors .. Blngaman and Deemar, the . Thaw family physicians, ' during the enforced recess which was endorsed by Justice Fitzgerald, eutise- ouently was modified by statements made, after recess. Mr. - Hartridge, of counsel for Thaw, says that the defense has decided that tt will be of greater advantage to have ' the physicians testify In court Mr. Hartrtdge said that what they have to say would be of greater advantage If told to Jury by word of mouth than if - , depositions were read. The death of Juror Bolton's wife cast a gloom over the criminal courts hilt 1(11110 Anil hflA a t.uil,.iila..1v A a ---a - . V. mm y.l VlMIU. UC7 pressing effect upon every one con : neoied with the trial. The prisoner seemed to feel the matter quite keen ly when he was brought Into court this afternoon to hear the formal an nouncement of the order for V post ponement of his further hearing. The .- (act that the Thaw jurors have been kept inclose confinement since they were selected for trial service and that Mr. Bolton had been allowed . to vis it his. home only three times during hie --wtfe'r fatal ' Illness, lent , a na- - thetlc aspect to the case and the greatest -sympathy for the afflicted man was expressed on all sides. THAW EVIDENCES SYMPATHY. TJ.4,V K.I .. 1 When Mr. Bolton had taken his place r In the bo. Thaw faced the Jurer with i a. fixed gaze as he entered. It was ) not a stare of curiosity or of concern I as. to his own welfare that the de- fendant turned upon the juryman, but i there seemed rather to be a light -of I sympathy in the eyes of the man ac- ' cused of the murder of Stanford White. , Mrs.. Bolton suffered from double ) . pneumonia. Her, condition became serious yesterday; when the morning allow the juror to visit his home, which is far up In the Bronx. Bol ton was accoenDanlnd bv ten nthr jurymen and by two court officers. The law Which was invoked at the bea-innln of the' trial to keen the tiirv ' together, provides that no one juror hall at any time be separated from in others. Mrs. Bolton rallied yesterday af ternoon, her husband returned, to his place and the trial went on. When court convened at 10:10 o'clock this morning, Mr.- Bolton was again In . Seat No. 11, but it was stated that hie wife's condition was critical - and he might ba called away at any moment Dr. Britten D. Evans, superinten dent of the, JJew Jersey State Hos pital for th Insane, was recalled a a alienist to continue his direct ex amination. The witness was aakM to detail the conversations he had had on-t various occasions with Thaw in the Tombs. He had already .' declared these conversations to be an essen tial feature In hla, conclusion that Thaw was of unsound mind at th v tlcse of the doctor's first three visits . to him, the last being on September .11. Mr. Jerome had withdrawn hi objections to the statement by Thaw going Into the avldence, and Dr. Ev " ana was about to detail the events of hla first Visit on August 4 when the summons for Juror Bolton came. Captain Rlcketta, of the court's police quad, was seen to whisper to Justice ' fltsgerald. Bolton seehifd to divine hia so lesion and moved uneasily In his dfUalf. . .. - ' A recess waa taken until t p. m. and the juror, still aocompanied by ' two of his associates and two court effloers,, hurried to the little home in the Bronx, -where Mrs. Bolton was . being kept alive only br the use of oxygen. She died soon after her hus band' arrival Juror Bolton, la 17 gears of age, and a clerk, ... sAwhen court again oenvened at 1:11 Vprnu there had been a. conference 71 - j " .u v H.iiv, v , vmr- yersia m - nm areemen. : . naa oeen reached to release the remaining ju . ? ror from . further confinement. ; In ' v,Uklng thl action. Justice Fittgerald i took pain to stata that the rule keep- ' ing them together had not been adopt- ed upon the separate recommendation .. of either side, but was the result of an agreement based ' upon " reason whtoh appeared excellent alike to the ,. interest of the defendant and of the 1 ' people. There was Intended not the allrhtest reflection upon the lurv in . any way. It would hav been well. Justice Fitzgerald remarked,- If this rule oouid nave been adhered la until ' th doee of the trial, but the sad oc . currenoe had brought about a con dition which must be confronted. It ' would be manifestly unfair, the court aid, to keep th juror further from their home during the day. ,: ... la announcing the adjournment until " Monday, Justice Fitzgerald ex.preaeed th hope het.the trial , might then proceed. ' It I realized, however, that i this will depend largely upon what tte condition of Juror Bolton may ke at tun time. IX he feel that he can put aside "all personal constd erauons ana continue to act as a juror,, the trial will be resumed. If he. feels that his condition of mind is shaken, that his personal affairs are such as to , prevent his giving his whole attention to the case during the remaining days of the" trial, some oth er solution of the difficulty must be REFEREJTCE TO ; , THAW , CASE. iieeointion Introduced In House Em " powering.' President to Exclude From ' Malla Any and v AH Paper Publishing Revolting Detail of tho Special to The" Observer. ' "i Washington. Feb. 14. The first ref. erence to the Thawcae. heard in either house of Consreas found ex pression In ;the House to-day ln:i I the following joint resolution introduced by Mr. Wharton of IUlnolst v . Wherea.! the public sense of de cency and morality ha been grossly outraged w iheriuMicauott in-etau of , the most - revolting: feature of the U . evidence of the trtal of Harry K. Thaw now" In progress In th jtity of New Tork, and which re veals a depth of moral depravity, ae. gradation and degeneracy on the part of . Stanford . .White, uneaualed in : all the- annals of. our ..criminal history and. --c.:-.jiv':w; ... "Whereas, the Dubltcetioh in detail of the loathsome and licentious acU of the .- said Stanford y Whit In a long and uninterrupted career of the .: loatheome and Jicentlou ae baucherr of airllsh virtue and chas tity must of necessity have a demor- alizlng Influence on the youth Of the land, therefore be it, ' :v,' -sX ' :- "Resolved, by the Senate and House or Representative In Congrea asaem bled, that an a protection to the honor and good name of the womanhood of America, the President of the united State is hereby authorized and em powered to exclude from the mall of the United State any and all publica tions containing the revolting detail of this case and others of a similar nature.! : :."rr:'i-'-'- Paper Indicted for Circulating Inde- . cent Report of Tnaw, ue LOulsville, Ky Feb. 14. A special from Lebanon, Ky., say: ' The county , grand jury last night returned indictment against The Cincinnati Enquirer, Louisville Her aid, Louisville Times" and Evening Post for printing and circulating in this county, the "offensive and inde cent" proceedings of th Thaw trial. NEGRO CONFERENCE ADJOURNS Address Issued Defining Purposes of Association speaker Conserva tive, No Reference Being Made to Social Kquallty. Macon, Ga., Feb. 14. The Negro Equal Rights convention adjourned late last night and to-day Issued an address defining' the purpose- of the association a follows: We join hands wUH an race and plead for majesty of law strict en forcement whether affecting white or biacki: aeciarea tnat .neacerui. re lations v now exist between the races; that , negroes do not encourage crime nor harbor criminals of the race; de mand better educational facilities - in rural districts,, that teacher are hot qualified to Instruct the negro youth; urges negroes to acquire property. build houses, be honest, . truthful and Industrious; that agricultural col leges or scnoois snould be provided for the negro youth, a JO per cent, of the negro' population 1 on the farms; they urge mala adult to pay all taxes and qualify, themselves for suffrage, that through their bailou ts the safest guaranty of all the rights of cltlsensMp, oppose convict labor In competition with free labor, and deprecate efforts to hay convict la bor on the Panama canal; declares that th "Jim Crow" car Is a disgrace to th race, Is harsh, degrading and unjust, and a revolting a t Is to one' sense of justice, the present system Is o operated that our. people may h, and are frequently, subjected to mny Indignities, such a smoking, drjnklng, whiskey, etc., In the pres ence of our mothers, wives and daughters; that this is the home of the negro and that white and blagka should dwell together In peace and harmony, mutually dependent on one another. .' . .. The speaker were conservative, and no reference was made to social equality. It Is thought that much good will result from th work of the convention.' POPE RECEIVES SOUTHERNERS. Bishop Kelley, of savannah, Ga, With Party of 8 American Pil grim, Warmly Received at Tati- can. I . , Rom, Feb. 14. The Pop to-day reoetved In private audlehc the Right Rev. Benjamin J. Kelley, bishop1 of Savannah, Oa., and th party of" II American V pilgrims h brought to Rom. The bishop de livered, a short address, tod, presented the Pop, with Peter pence. Th Pop thanked th bishop warmly, ex pressing th satisfaction which' h felt at the loyalty and faith of th Americans In ' the present ' trouble some Um;;',';'- ". ', ' . ' V"-' '.' ' ' ' Ifl"the coum of his remarks the bishop said; ,m,,Jk...it,.,J ,".W cam from th sew world. to olemnly protest against th persecu tion which the Church . 1 - unjustly suffering In France, -which boast of being the beloved eldest daughter of the Church. ' In America there . ar cyer iJO.OOO.OOO heart which sympa this with the Holy Father. All th Holy see approve we approve: all tt condemn we condemn. .: It I false to say that th Church and " fitat eparatlon . law ' put th French Church In 'the same condition a the American Church. W enjoy perfect liberty, of possession, using our prop erty according to Church law, . ur rights being protected by the civil law." - ! i-.V."?-'.v..;y,v " . The Right Rev. ' John :' Shanley, Mshop of Fargo, who- accompanied the American pilgrimage, ln was reived In '.prirato , audience by' th Fop.' v -;: ,- i'v. ; ,- , -,. . , ' .... - i .-I ...i .. ci ' Suicide Decanse of IU Health, .' Chicago, ; Feb. 14.--B.:- Kupptn heimer. manager of the firm of ft. Kuppenhelmer A Co., was found un ronsctoua to-day "In hla realdcnce, In Prairie avenue, with a bullet wound In hi head. A revolver lay beside him, Mr, Kuppenhelmer died before a physician arrived. Th coroner jury returned a verdict of . suicide vhilft dofpondent . beesus Of 1U health.; . , , , ;v. ; HIE DAY IN THE LEGISLATURE After Much Discussion the Commlt t. tee Railway Rate Bill Passe the House With Pew Amendment, Al though Many Are Offered Section ,. 8 Relating to Newspaper Contracts stricken out Graham, Offers BUI In Senate for i t 1-S and a-Cent !j, Paasenger , Rate for ,.,Two Claesea. With ' Qualifying - Provision Sev- : era! New, Bills - Reported, - ;',;y . :J.'l 'Kc''r:,i Observer Bureau' ,'iT:it; Tha-Hollaman Building,-''' 'i';;',';'S';'.'Ralelgh-tFeb.:; ' several :larg f delegation from eastern ' towns. : Including one of - 80 leading citizens "of Greenville, . head ed . by .;vex-Qovrhor '( Thos.; J- Jarvls, mad their appearance 'f beforelthe' Joint t, committee - on ' education k; to- nlghC favoring the bin ;.ta establish a normal school In the east.- Speeches for vthe bill "were made byQovernof Jarvls and other representative from aneenvilie. Washington and- Eliza- beth City, and by Committeemen Loveatl, of Wautaga, and Price, . of Rocalngham. No argument w made Opposing the bill. The committee went Into executive session ate 10 O'clock. y -r.,v,; i'i The advocates of a normal school for th eastern part of the Stat de ny that they desire It to he of an equal class with the State Normal at Greens boro, but say -they desire It to be a training school, of a class lower than the normal. ,, ; ; Representative Douglass, of Wake, to-day carries out his threat to sue the editor of The Lincoln News tor al leged llbeL Messrs. T. M. Argo and R. N. Simms are his lawyers. - Pa pers will be filed by Monday, it 1 aid. The amount Is not known, but it l saia, mat u win oe i,uvv. iwuz tasa waa charged with pushing anti- dope blU to promote a beverag man ufactured by his company. r, , The House judiciary committee re ported unfavorably the pougiass out to" re Deal tne London Ubel law. Douglas gave notice he would fight for the bill on a minority report on the floor of the House. The Insurance committee to-night reported unfavorably Iblls to require payment of full amount of fir In surance on which premium was paid to agents; to establish a' State in surance commission; to prohibit co insurance clauses in fire policies; to require cash deposits. All these bills were opposed by the allied Insurance Interests, several representative of home and foreign companies appear tng before the committee. The joint Senate and House rail' road committee gave the first hear ing to-night to railroads opposing and business men supporting the Justice freight reduction bill. Representa tives of all railroads were present Mr. Henry A. Page made the only argumeta on this side to-nlgnt. Argu ments for the bill were made by Norman: Johnson, for the Norm Caro Una Merchants' Association; Charles Ireland, for wholesale merchants, and severtrfor jobber' association. - Rep resentatives from, several cities, favor ing the? bin, . were present. Other hearing vnu oe given. ... " ' ' THE SENATE. ' The Senate met at 10:30, Rev. Dr. M.. M. . Marshall offering prayer. Th committee on claims recommended that the long-standing claim of Mrs. IS., A. BIOUBUO DO puiu. BILLS INTRODUCED. The following bills were introduced: Pharr: To authorise street and Inter-urban railway companies to build and maintain water-power plant. Klutts: To honor the memory of Zebulon Batrd Vance and Charles Duncan Mclver by erecting statues of them In the national capltoL Relnhardt: For th benefit of ex- Confederate soldleds and sailors. In creasing pensions. Klutts: To charter th Nasaretn Orphans' Home, In Rowan county. Mitchell: To make it unlawful for any tenant to leave the employment o hi. landlord before paying debt and to make It unlawful for any one to employ such tenant Balllnger: To amend the Polk road law. Harrington: To Increase the num ber of - commissioner ot Sampson county and appoint th same. Buxton: To secure better arainag of lowland In Forsyth and Davidson. Mason: To amend the charter of Belmont -i Reld: To make general election day holiday. Petition were received for th Improvement of th upper Cap Fear waterways. BILLS PASSED. Bills passed allowing Tyrrell to levy special tax. To give Wake county a road com mission and to Improve the publlo road. To give Sampson county th good read law. To revise th charter of Murfres- boro. To glv Yancey county th road law. To amend Cabarrus road law. To give Wayne the road law. To allow Rockingham to Issue wa ter-works and sewerage bonds. . For the -relief of th road fund of Stanley;-. ..t"1!-'-. .v--:.-.' . To allow Macon county to levy spe cial tax to pay publie road debt , To allow susabtth City to Issue bond and levy a special tax to pay floating debt ,- ,- -. "To allow th people of Ttrboro to vote on a bond issue for street im provement, v i-; '. v - i . ' ., v. ' v; -f,, To incorporate Btoaesaaie. . ?. To lncorporat Ronda. . - To amend the Clay tock law. " V '-. To allow Caldwell county to wot on bonda ' : -' ' --'it v To Mtabllah;!! Wadeaboro graded chool district ' v " To lncorporat , Zebulon, - Wakt county. -"i ' To appropriate 11,000 ror th negro exhibit at th Jameetown Exposition, ORMON BILL DISCUSSED.; Ormon's bill to pay $10 and costs for th . seizure of Illicit distilleries wa dlMossed,' ' He eMd (ts purpose was to enforce the Watts law. and that sheriff and -other county officers had been- extremely derelict- In. the performance of their duties under thl act and. that they received no com pensation for their work and for the expense incurred 4n seising Illicit dis tilleries, while th FedertI revenue officer 'received good pay. Fleming aid he had Introduced a bill to pay SIO for each capture, ind thought 110 not - enough. Buxton offered , an amendment that th bill should &ot apply to hi eouoty, th sheriff ther being on salary. Fleming and Long wanted the bill re-referred and this 4Catlnued en Pas TUt,); TROUBLE IN DISPEN8ARY CAMP ' Dispensary Director John Black . Pulls Oun on Mr. William P. Nor th folk, Blender for the South Caro- ''' Unm. 11lutwnurKnrfnlk' V.vim dence Before - Legislature Investi gating Committee Caused Trouble, Having Resulted In Reconunenda . tion of Removal of Blank and Other ' Members of Board Second. Urn , Black Ha Lost Temper. Because of Inveetlgatlona. .-. , ;;,y; ' Observer : Bureau, WMi 180l.;Maln. Streetvfe' i Columbia,-, S. C... Feb. 1 4, : State Dispensary K,Dlrettor U John Black . thl s afternoon, ;raltempted to shoot Mlv-WnUam';P.:;': Norfolk, blendef tor h Btite: ,du)penary, The lncldenti -took; t place In" the room V.of the.1 dispensary i bokrd,' at ' the Capl toL -wher ; Mr. Norfolk had gone to secureIifec1Cf't Black cam iri awhile Norfolk was in the room and - demanded to know what': he wa1-doing there.. Norfolk replied i that if Vcame for his cneck, whereupon' Black ordsred him out using violent language. Norfolk did not leave Immediately and protested against the language of the director. Black then drew hi revolver and ad vanced upon ' Norfolk, when Mr. Cliff Mobley and . 'others Interfered. Nor folk, who appeared to be unarmed, then left the room, and the Incident seem to b .closed, although no ar rest have been . made. At a recent meeting of the legisla tive committee' appointed to Investi gate tne affair of the dispensary, Mr. Norfolk gave the most damag ing evld-nce against the member of fne dispensary board, and it wtfs largely on this testimony that both houses of the Legislature recom mended that -the. Governor remove Black arid th other members of the board. Norfolk had testified that ah amount of whiskey for whlcn the board paid 1100,000 of the State's money, had been worth not more than half that amount. This liquor waa purchased from Clarke Bros, and other whiskey dealers. He also tes tified that there were great oppor tunities for graft under the dispen sary system. Mr. Black was. at that time, at Hot Springs, Ark. It was Director Black, It will be remembered, who neld up Chief Dis pensary Inspector J. Frazler Lyon, in front of the Columbia Hotel during the Investigation last summer, threat ening to shoot the Inspector and us ing threatening language. This mat ter was carried t to Governor Hey ward, but a reraovaF of the director was not then ordered. SECOND HAGUE CONFERENCE. Oaestlona Afrrt(n -' thai nwi nio. emeewvoy rreaueirt Wltb PrjeldentJ ? nwwerat, or interrrrliameQUry . Union, and Joba;sbarp,-Wililgms. ' Washington, Feb. 14. Questions af fecting the work Vof the second Haau Confarenra enonnla . ih. tentlon of the President .for a time io-uay.., ne aiscuased these with Representative Barthaldt th presi dent of fn Am.rl nttn arAi v " . w. .vtMl flVia! VI II V inter-parllamentary union, . and Rep- rewBiniYt jonn cinarp wililama, al so a member nf Mh Mininn Th former presented certain . resolutions laosiea dv inn utiinn , at itm nntr ence in Lonaon last summer, to gether-with a history . of the events which led up to a meeting of that body and the programme arranged by it for the coming Hague conference. ar. wiinems oeiievea that the members of rn court ah a tated salary by the governments they. riDresent. aufnpiani i.... enough to enable them to retire from a" Private practice. He suggested 15,- ww jreur. in me case ot tile smaller countries Mr. Williams thought they might be wllllnr to raitnoa resentaUon If they did not feel able ro pay so many member as the larger countries. RACE RIOT NEAR THAXTON, VA. Tnree or Four Negroe Reported Kill- nj iiuuuio atom uver Iilscliarge of Workmen oq Railroad Construe tiou Detectives Seat From Roan oke, Roanoke. V.. Fah 11 i . reaches hera to-nlrht ibmt a ha. Is in progress st a railroad construc tion camp near Thaxton, Va., about it mile east of Roanoke and that three or four negroes have already been kill ed. X number of armed men from a Roanoke detective agenoy have been hurried to the scene of th disturb ance. The trouble arose this morn ing over the discharge of som work men by a foreman, arid It la said that th hootlng had continued through out the day. Ther la no wire con nection with the camp and full de tails ar not to be had. . At the office of the construction company here to-night It 1 stated that the full extant nf Mi mnh at th camp near Thaxton 'has not been learned; The head of . a , detective agency which furnished men to-day, stated that he had received a request tor new recruits, out tnat ne ha no renort aa to th serlouanea of ' ttia Claah,. . ;.v' ,.- BONDS ARE PLACED AT M.00O. V. B, Commissioner st Mobile,, Ala, itotas zo uraaa sury xnoee Ue ' lleved Directly Interested in Opera tions of Lottery Ctompaay. v. t Mobil. Ala., Feb. 14. A a result of th ' preliminary hearing of jth caae. before United States Commis sioner Jones to-day only those whom th government believe ar directly Interested m th operation f the Honduras National Lottery Company in this city wa held to the grand Jury. These Include R. K. . Thomp son, foreman of th pre room of th printing establishment; L. -& Orabam. alleged proprietor of v th -Oraham Printery, and Edward I Pence, who appear from testimony given to have superintended the shipment -of v th lists. Each wa hM in 11.000 bonds to th grand Jury.' Th local official of th Southern Express' Company were 4temld. :;-" ..ii...;v:;",i.v.- II-Year-Old Boy .Flag Passenger . Train With Sweater. ., Birmingham. Ala,' Feb. 1 4. Madi son Jones, 11 year old, discovering that a portion ot a o-root tresti had been burned near gparka Oap on th Southern Ball way, 10 mllea from Birmingham, .thl morning, left hi wagon In th road and taking off his red sweater flagged an st'proaoh Ing . caenger train from lilrmlne- ham, ,. The train came to a ttalt and the passenger upon discovering the vttiatton made up g purse for the coy. " . 4 - - - WILL N, C. (JET THE MILLION ? ; JUOGLTVO ' AT , WASHINGTON Senator Burton and Other Opposed to Amendment to Naval Appropri ' aUons Bill That Would Give This . State a MllUon for W ter Way Im - provcraents Congreasman E. ' Y. v Webb i. Want New .' ProJectne ' Tested . Before More Battleship Are Built The "Loyalty Test" for Pensioner A Joke on h Senator v. Furaker, v v :.-. -, -;. BY-W, A. HILDEBRANDi . Observer Bureau, 1417 O Street, N. Wi - ( . . Washington. Feb. 14. 'rj Representative . E, Y. Webb u 1 urging th adoption of an . amend ment to ' the: naval appropriation bill, which will render unavailable the- appropriation for construction of the proposed new battleship until a test- is-mad - to..ascertaln. ..whether the new type of battleship can with atand sheila . fired from twelve-Inch guns, at a distance of 4,000 yards, which : is the torpedo range. An in- ventor has made a shell which he claims will destroy a battleship At the distance mentioned, and is urging that a test be made by using the battleship Texas for target. The Inventor, Mr. Ishara, is well known f in .western North Carolina. He has spent much time at the home of. Mr. Maney, at Democrat In Bun combe county, and, of recent months, ha been looking after the mica min ing interests of the Johnston's at Ashevllle. " It may have been noted In the press dispatches recently that Charles Cramer Julian, a High Point young man, failed ' in his examination at Annapolis. As the young man had been very ill and had failed to an swer only a few of the questions, Senator Overman has asked that he be. reappointed. This will be don and Mr. Julian will be given another examination. WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS. One hear a great deal of spec, ulatlon of late reaardlns- th nrob able fate of the Senate amendments which carry aomethlng like a mil lion dollar for waterway Imorove ments in North Carolina. Mr. Small is frankly doubtful when discussing wnat is naeiy to happen to the Sim mons amendment, which aeeks the construction of a twelve foot chan nel from Pamlico Sound to the ocean. this being, aa hitherto explained, the inira section of the much talked of In land waterway project. Messrs. Bur ton, Dovenor, of West Virginia, and uanxneaa, or Alabama, are the con ferees on the part of the House; while Messrs. Fryo, Elklns, and Berry are conferees of the Senate. Obviously Mr. smaii is or tne opinion that the attitude assumed toward this project by Mr. Burton, the chairman of the committee, denotes a large measure of personal animus. Ana It must be ad mitted'that some things appear de cidedlr queen, Twelve of the seven teen members of the com mi tee as sured. Mr. Small that they favored, the appropriation, and of course the whole State knows by this time how the North Carolina member was kept off this committee by reason of his per slstent advocacy of the project. Of course the Speaker would not have taken this srep without consultation with Mr. Burton. BURTON'S OPPOSITION. Again, it is recalled that the sub committee that took these North Car olina matters under consideration was composed of Messrs. Burton. Moon, and Sparkman. The last two named gentlemen are Southern Dem ocrats and they said they would approve th plan. They did not do this, but on the contrary permitted Mr. Burton to submit an adverse report algned only by him 3elf. Still again, Meaara. 8parkman and Moon declared It to be their pur pose to bring the matter before the full committee, but for aome reas on not yet explained they never did this, and Mr, Small was not permit ted to lay the matter before the com mittee In person. Mr. Burton appear ed determined never to allow the bill to come to a head. Mr. Small In sisted on thl course. He knew that a majority of the committee had com mitted themselves to this bill, and he was anxious for the matter to be brought to a show-down, so he could tell who had taket back-water. Mr. Burtoa blocked every effort to glv the bill formal consideration an other commentary on our alleged Republican form of government. Mr. Small could not even secure consid eration for hi bill In committee, to ssy nothing of the House. Spark man and Moon said It might not b wise to bring th bill to th atten tion of the committee, In a formal manner, but Mr. Small aald to pro ceed, that he wanted a vote In com mittee, and wa willing to take chance on th wisdom of such a course. With reference to this matter, sari Interesting statement was mad to day. It Is said that Chairman Bur ton has carried his opposition to the bill to the extent of going to Senator Fry with atatementa which are Intended to prejudice the Senator against he project and other Sen tore have Indicated an equally friend ly attitude. Those who feet1 that th case la hopeless, o long as Chairman Bur ton pursue' hi present course, have been asked to remember that both th survey for thl great project were secured over the protest of the Ohio member. He particularly objected to the amendment Introduced In 1101, whloh carried an appropriation am ple for making a survey .for a six-ten-foot channel Th Senate ' con feree out-talked him. THE LOTALTT TEST. A veteran of the Mexican war recently wrote her to ascertain If th fact that he; served In th Con federate army would militate against him In hla effort to secure a pension, or an increase in his pension. The question was put to Chairman Sulll way, of ths Hou committee on pen sion, who did not aeem to understand just what thl law waa' on th ques tion. Th . imm-KSioner of . peiu.on . when appealed to, as Id that th last pension act wa silent on thl point although previous act had specifical ly stated that . "loyalty teat, should not be applied to th veteran of th Mexican war. Aa ther aeem to be som uncertainty aa to how the stat ute will be viewed Representative Bur-, lesoa, of Texas, ha introduced an amendment which declare specifical ly that th loyalty test should not be applied In the caa of the veterans of the war with Mexico, No question ot thl kind aroa recently when th Senate peaaed a bill granting pen sion to Mr. Stonewall Jackaon. Rep-! reaentatlv Webb 'la inclined to the opinion . that the bill will also paaa the House In due time. Congreas man Lo ng worth, th Frdnt ea- IS: fM' 2 - matter, ::':-:rj ;,',.(".'' ,',-.;.'' ONE ON FORAKER- On day recently several . Senators ' were sitting In the room of the com mittee on military affaire, awaiting . the arrival of a witness. Some light talk waa . being indulged In when on .Senator turned to Mr. Foraker and asked: "Senator, what do our colored ! i - .a ' . j - i - . i. . I menus nnre uu wnea vug pi tueir number dles?,,!..:,.,'V;;.rv.'v.!, 't?v-;.lv The Ohio Senator gave It up, when th other replied: "They go a black burying, don't they?" ..j...,, NO CLUE TO BANK : DEFAULTER. Directors Know v Nothing of Where . about of Missing Treasurer of Bav ;'; Inga Bank . of New - Britain or of Location of Securities. ; New Britain, Conn., Feb. 14. Not a clue as to the whereabouts In New York of William F. Walker, the m Us ing treasurer of the Savings Bank of New Britain, had . been xcelved to day by the bank directors. No clue aa to the location of the securities whiCn Walker took from the bank has been found In spite of a very active search la New . ifork and several other cities. The bank situation ap parently rests on the apprehension of Walker, for tn run of depositors has ended. Th actual shortage remains unchanged at $566,000. The belief la held by the directors that the greater portion of tne miss ing securities have been hypothecated, - Inquiry among financial interests in New York City brought out the fact that Walker would have been unable to dispose of the securities ex cept at a considerable sacrifice, ow- Ing to the state of the market but he would have been able to borrow money oa them without much dlf Acuity. , - The developments of the day were that Prosecuting Attorney Mitchell, on ais own initiative, drew up a war rant for th arrest of Walker, on the charge of ' appropriating to his own use two bonds of 11,000 each be longing to the bank, and sent Chief of Police Rawllngs to New York to Inform the police there of tne fact that th missing treasurer was want i on a srlmlnal charge. HUGE OIL TANK EXPLODES. Concussion so Great Thousands of Windows la Vicinity Were Broken only Three Person. Injured Ow ing to isolated Situation of Tank. Now York, Feb. 14. With a roar that was plainly heard above the atreet noises of 'this city, a big oil tank In the Standard Oil storage plant at Constable Hook. N. J., ex ploded to-day. So great was the concussion that windows more than a mile distant from the scene were shattered and . building many miles away were snaken. Fortunately the tank which exploded was Isolated and only three persons were Injured. These were workmen who were fight Ing a lire which had started . near the tank. House in the immediate vi cinity war ahaken a by an earth quake, and thousand of window wer Droxan vy tne shock, Aoross th Kill vott Kull, on Btaten- island, tne effect Wa almost aa severe, and in the down-town districts of New York there was a distinct trembllpg of the eartn, lasting tor several seconas. MOURNED AS DEAD II YEARS. Famous Wisconsin University Base ball pitctior Turns Lp at Merrill- vllle, Ind. Has no Recollection of How He Got There. Madison, Wis.. Feb. 14. After be tng mourned as dead for IS years, Charles McQee Williams, the famous Wisconsin university baseball pitch er, who disappeared In Chicago In It 94, waa found yesterday at Mer rillvllle, Ind. He had been living there sine July, 1814, aa an ordinary workman. He la married and owna hi bom. According to Wllllama' story he suffered mental aberration when he mysteriously disappeared from a ho tel in Chicago, wllllama said: "On July 0, 1814, I suddenly found myself In Hammond, Ind. I had no recollection of how I got there, and It was only by aslt.ng atranger that I found where I was and what day of th month and year It waa I be gan to trudge away without purpoae. and found myself aome day later here in Merriuvuie." SUBPOENA FOR PRESIDENT KILL Head of Great Northern Railway Host Explain to Knuteeon committee of Minnesota Hons Recent Deal la Ore Lands. St. Paul. Minn., Feb. 14. A sub poena was Issued by order of th Knuteson committee of th Hons to-day, directing President J. J. Hill to appear before fne' commute thl afternoon to explain the recent deal of th arrat Nortnern Railway In ore lands. This committee waa ap pointed for the purpoae of investi gating the ore lands transaction be tween the oreat Northern Railway and the unitea States steel Cor poration, and the committee will make an effort to ascertain, if, under Its charter, the Great Northern Rail way Company ha th right to deal In or land. Big Lumber Company Declared In solvent. Mobil, Ala, Feb. 14 A petition in bankruptcy waa filed to-day in th United 8Ute Court by creditor of th Mann Lumber Company. Th company was declared Insolvent and an Inquiry instituted. The liabilities ar placed at 1110,000, assets nominal ly the same. The nurrican of Sep tember, last Is . responsible for th Insolvency of th company, having blown down all standing timber on tract for which they had just paid over 1100,000., R. K. Msnn Is presi dent of th company, and O. W.-At-wood, secretary and treasurer. ' ' 1 ' ii . . WW AWd by Arbitration Court,'; Washington. Feb. It. Dlaoatrhaa val rived by the Prtaldent to-day from the Prealdente ef Nicaragua and Honduras give asuranee of the maintenance of peaceful relation between those wo count rice. In raw)nae to th Joint note ef the United BtMaa. Mexico, Guatemala end the other Central American couh tiire, both Presidents have vtgnMed their willingneaa to wr to any tp which may be taken leading up to the submis sion of the questions In dispute to mn arbitration oourt and to ahlda bv lt . claim. i ...;.-.'..,'..(-.-..,, Mother Banted to Death Endeavoring . ' ;( (v ewve l41UO : !.-; .. - Ponotoe. ' U.M.. Feb. 14. Valntv endeavoring r to xtlngulah i flame vnicn envelopes. hr Infant son. Mrs. Charles Mauldln was burned to death t her home near here to-day The child' clothing eaght flr while playing about som burning leaves, and before atslatanei could . reach them both Mr Mauldln and the C&U4 had seta burned,' FULL FLEDGED FILIBUSTER THE DMaORATION DILL RUSHED. Attempt Made to Force Conference Agreement After Tillman and Ba con, Expressing - Sympathy iv,P Measure, Attempted to Delay Ac- , tlon for Day to AUow Time to Study It Truce Finally Declared v Untli ' , To-Day at Suggestion of Mr. Spoon er Democratlo ? Senators Agree t That Restriction of Immigration In ' What i Familiarly Known as "Jap : anese Ooolle Clause" la of Great Im-' ' .poMancev.. tWMhlhsAo.rb.!idi''Mdn development of a full-fledged flllbus- : . . ter resulted to-day in th Senate when V an attempt waa made, to force th adoption c of 5 th confereno agree ment on th immigration bllL Thl ' report carrlea r pro vision "intended te ''.-? aid in the settlement of the Call- fornla-Japaneae problem, and speedy - action waa ArtAA k- .i.u..,i...".'''; - i umuiuuuvu v .. ; Expressing sympathy with thl ob- f Ject-yet regarding the renort wtth ana. V ,v,vU uw vwior puinia, jueaars. - ut.i iA .-. con and Tillman first endeavored-to -have action delayed until to-momwiX' v iai mey mignt ,. study th ' report, fl - 4 .. mm naa rviuaeu tne nuouaier : :k ;. oegan. Mr. Bacon held the floor for i;' two and a half hnnn M IMIImao' ' remarked that he waa preparing Xahi AaTAlnnf tflA agnA4 Kaitanaa ka Aklaal i w -m ssHaav Via a 19 iiuur i. sttlf t 1 ka na a. v-a.. , t . ' vv voui iua uver w wnn tn Kulv v mobii. Mr. Btcon objctd that th w :l J Dorr nhnneKn jrvlatl law wa ; Wh nh ha ItAllaiiaA kHMiAi a,.-'V Y nation, would deprive Southern State -k r rnm nnraininff avaa ba m a lai. or supply from abroad which wa i, 'i -V available under the nraaant Immlm. h tlon laws. , M-0'--l a iruce was aeciarea unm to-mor- rnw . h r rna iiirrannAn tnw - uanatA ', opooner, wnen the report will aataln ... coma no for rnnMtilaratlnn . AAminim- f . tratlnn fl.ii.tnM In tl.. ' ,1'' i -. adoDtion Of ths renort wara alarmail : ' . up appareai vemocrauo noeuutv. - - - ' aii i me democratic leaders when questioned as to their attitude dls- v'"' claimed the adontlnn nf a r..-t- -ru . .:' , , . . ' . " ' .V., (.,.. in reararu 10 ina ronort mil ha ' . that they were actuated wholly by . V resentment of what they thought was 7ri i an miempi 10 iorce immeaiate ac- ; - . iii.i iaiu iiiai ineir ninminn -s mi moy naa uoi naa an opportunity ' ' . to examine the report were elncerc, :..f and that there were no ulterior mo- . -,7, tlves Involvnd RanatAf T)lalrl..M '., vuiiiiuiuci, naa 111 1110 orownsvilie nearing when the renort waa cat lad MM XT . t . V. ...A t . . - v- -v- - aniu hibib nuu uesn no ais- cussion or tne report and that he felt v y ' sure mil inert waa no annosiiion ta m 1 1 u . . . u n j . 1 . w m . ..' :' j- iiiiuu.LEi ... 1 bl I . 1 1 v 1 1 . 11 1 m rrv i n r ii uver uiiiii 10-morrow. . Dcnaiors uacon ana Tinman made ; -; 1 m 1 1 11T m t u t a ni on.. "i .. . a u . . .- . the reatrlctlon of Immigration pro- ? vkjso in wnat is laminariy Known, as the "Jananaaa conlla nlanaa la . v".' great Importance. They would not ?' C say vnat.utLE aixiiuaa wouia bil nar r ... . whether they favored a party confer-' X nw vDiietu-mug 1 iw x .waa maae piain, nowever, tnat tney.wouia con- ; . siaer tne report over nignt ana tnen, . If the Question nroved to be one en '' ' -'V which It was advisable to hold a con- ' . ' iiicuva umi, w ... in lbiidu lu. . seiner io-morrow. 1 THE 8MOOT CASE AGAIN. y! H in session was oegun wiin an ex- ',' inueu aaaress oy oenaior ivnox. or - Pannavlva.nla In Hfnu nt t IcVi : Of Heed Smoot to his aeat.aa Snnator ' .' ' from Utah. Mr. Knox received from : f ' his speech. 7; Th. n -!.. It. .! .r.n.nl,l VIM ' ' waa takan tin fur ftnaldratlAn : ,V: rraaaa tn tha aalarv nf lha r-hl-f ' tha foraatrv bureiu. Senator ftala importance- 01 ine Agricultural ie- partment In comparison wtth other de-.": hirtmanti t1 tha tAvimmtiih iiiit 'A . called attention to th $4,100 salary of..,'.'',.; the assistant secretary, saying it wa ' proposed in the . bill to Increase that . . of the chiefs of several , bureaus to ' ta,vvu. a running uouaia luirawm, - , Th nrarfantlala At Pnlurt V. TawtA1. ' elected to th Senate from, Tennessee, ,. wer presented by Senator Carmack. - whom b ueceeda. NAVAL MLfc IX THE UOUSK,';. ' . " uoe over 10 To-uay, wnen cnort , M. ha, 4mAa tn RniiarM Vuaket ",' of Battleship Provided For. annrAnrlallon hill norunlnH tha n. . tire time of the House to-day. Ta t Ingle remaining section Is that In- .... eraaalng fne naval establishment It v waa allowed to go over until to- v morrow, when It 1 expected an effort " - will be made to reduce the number "" of battleahlpa provided for In th bill. ; In connection with the restriction V put upon th power ot th Becrstary ' of th Navy to order repair upon a veasel. a provision wa Inserted re. . . . Culrlng that none of the restrictions shall be construed to Interfere with tne repairs of vessels damaged in v foreign water or on the high aoe wnen necesssrv to enable them, to get home. The bill wa still under consideration . when th . House ad- - ' ' Journed,; .. . '; v ;.v W J. tiraeavllte, 8, Cn Ba Big Fire.'''. ' Qrnvllle. 8. 3 '- -reWi-ll-mr broke out to-night la the .. Conyer . -building, completely, gutting It- ...The .... Oower Supply Company, the Postal Telegraph Company, Waddlll eV son '; and several other 1 buslnns house war burned out" The fire, I up ,'. posed to nav tarted in the cellar ' of the Oower Supply Company. Th " . lose is estimated at 110.090 to 7..r. 900, ' partly inaurad. -. . -,y:-.-y : ; First Annsrl OoaventVon ot Southern ' '-., .Florlstar ioctety,.:'., .,'':..-"-Nw - Orleans. Fb. 14.fivral f Southern cl tie were represented in . mt nrst uidiuj cunnauvn. wi , ui . Southern Florlata Society, .which be-. gan here to-day. - The society was organised at Chattanooga, Teno la it. year, and R. C. Beckraan, of Augusta. I prldnt ..v --..'.., . - .-. i 11. , ...ni . ."'.'.. Barrow Hall, of Lmcola Memorial ' Unlreretty. Burned. Cumberland Oap, Tenn., Feb. II. Harrow ItalL on of tha bulldtnge of the Lincoln Memorial University, w destroyed by fir to-day. The loss is about 110.000. Oon. O. O. Howard la at th head of th University. feVlioortrr Robert Ot, ??(r,n!H.r Arrive INurtolK. a.. ten. it - 1 it lurt-a-n. . -. l jh'onr Kfhit C. M juiii.-. l from Port Eil!n to 3t t.invu;, 1 roal-lsdon. put In here ti-iiny f.ir hi aflor having rail n, svr pvT..nn, , 1 plnrmy wlhr on l)r 1 ! 11 1 A, ..'.. t'r 't! I .-n ti 1. r, ,.r -i.crt,.jr fc . 1 ;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 15, 1907, edition 1
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