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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C,, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IIRS.THA W AG AIN WITNESS CROSS EXAMINATION BEGINS. Over Delmas' Strong Objection Je , rome Secures Ruling Which Appar ently Opens Way for All Manner of V Kvidence Trading to Discredit De- ijn 'ant' , Wife District Attorney M uctant to Begin Cro-Exanilna-oii, but Proceeds 'After Being In- tempted by Delmas and "Declaring, "I Promise Nothing -Some Color IiOnd Rumors That Prosecution fctm f Contemplates Move for Appointment of Commission ia liunacy to Test , Thaw's Stat of Hind at the Present Time. . - . "? , ' New York, Feb. 18. Evelyn Nes bit Thaw to-day entered upon tha or-, deal of bar cross-examination and be 1 . If or I District Attorney Jerome had , had tha witness In charge for half an hour he had secured from the court er-ruUng which apparently open tha "way., for -bringing Into the .; trial of "L ' Harry K. Thaw all manner of evidence" which may tend to discredit tha do 1 fendant's wife. Heretofore It had been - held that the rules of ovidenoe pro tooted Mrs. Thaw and that regardless ' t of ' Whether : hr; story, twas true or false, the fact that aha bad told It to t - her husband was the ' on essential point Mrs. Thaw had been allowed to . repeat the story so that tha Jury might a judge as to Its effect In unbalanrlng ' th mind of tha mas oil trial for the - murder of Stanford White. J-fM ; ik t Mr. Jerome, by a nlmple. question opened the way for tha Introduction , of testimony tending to show tha troth or falsity of .Mrs. Thaw tory.3 Ha asked the witness: J Waa tha story you tOld Mr. Thaw truer ' V.,- V-A- . ' "It waa," he replied firmly, , ; Mr. Delmas, Thaw's leading coun ' eel, objected strongly to the question, tjut. Juetlce Fltageraid held It to ba -.' competent as tending to ; show the credibility of the witness. ' v Whether Mr. Jerome intends to take i; ' advantage of tha ruling In an attempt to throw doubt upon the truth of the , story or whether Justice Fitzgerald In- - . tended his ruling to cover the whole subject of Mra Thawa evidence, the . future conduct of the case alone can determine. " WILL FIGHT WITH OBJECTIONS. - ' Mr. Delmas will continue to fight with constant objections the introduc tion of any testimony as to events in 1 the young woman'a life, but the sub ject oi the credibility of a witness Is ; a 'wide one and Justice Fitzgerald ' ' early to-day Indicated that he would be liberal In his Interpretation of the rules In that respect. He allowed Mr. Jerome to bring from Mrs. J. Calne, , of Boston, a friend of Mrs. Thaw, who took the witness stand during the morning ses sion, many material points aa to the movements of Harry Thaw and Eve . lyri Neebet following their return from Europe In 1804, Including the publish ed incident of their being ejected from the Hotel Cumberland In this city 1 tha proprietor Insisting 'that1 they should register aa man and wife or leave their suites which adjoined. In bringing out these facts Mr. Jerome . denied that he was attacking Mrs. . Thaw and said he was aimply testing the credibility of Mrs. Calne. TALKED OFTEN TO THAW. Mrs. Thaw looked pale and serious ... a she took her place on the stand to finish the story of her relations with Stanford White. She appeared In . the simple girlish costume that he has worn every day since the trial began. She smiled slightly as he caught her husband's eye. Thaw returned the smile and then turned , to Attorney O'Reilly, with whom he talked for a minute excitedly.- Then he returned to his conversation with Dr. Evans, but for the most part kept his eyes on his wife, only turn ing occasionally to whisper In the doctor's ear. "Did Mr. Thaw at the tome of your marriage and subsequently thereto, talk vjry much about the incident in four life connected with Stanford White V naked Mr. Delmas. "Tea He always talked, about It. He would waken me often at night, nobbing. Then he would constantly ask me questions about the details of this terrible thing." "Did you visit May MacKensle at her apartment in 1904?" "Tea; she was ill and sent me a Jetter to come to see her." "While you were there did Stan ford White come in?" "Tea." "Did you tell Mr. Thaw of anything that occurred T" - v "Tea Stanford White spoke to yne several times and I always an swered yes -or no. Then he came over and started to straighten a bow on my hair. My hair wa sshor hav ing been out off at tne time oi my first operation. Then . Stanford White tried to put his arma around me, and wanted me to sit beside him on the bed. I told hi mto leave tne alone." Mra. Thaw said that Harry Thaw alwaya attributed her ill-health, tha necessity of the second operation, tie, to Stanford White. Mrs. Thaw also -testified that Thaw had told her he waa going to take up Stanford White's affairs with Anthony Com Wock, . . . . .., - WOULD DO -NO GOOD. "I told him It would do no good, that Stanford White had many In fluential friends and that he could top It. I told him that Iota of peo ple would, not bolleve the things about Stanford White on account of his personality." . c 'Did you and Mr. Thaw, discuas the fatca of other young women at the 1 hands of Stanford White. - and did you tell him certain names Ti , Mra. Thw said she and her hue "V band, had dlscussea number of ' JOung women. , - . , k i "Are they the earn as named , In v the codicil, to Mr. ,Thaw' wlllf .. ? 1 - Mrs. Thaw said the names wr tha ''.t'V.game. '' ''-; ' : ' 1 '' . ' ';' ' ' - -c iKj-. '.(;.. "Did you rand ' Mr. Thaw- discuss V.'ihe fate of the THrQtdVZ'Kf? s '-. r w "Yes, air. . It waar In Pari,ln UOJ. j ' iu asked ma what , , other girl I knew of 'Who had suffered at tha v'" ? handt of Stanford White. I told 'aim y X iad heard of the 'Pie QlrU' . whoso nam waa known to both of us. A - girl at the theatre had told me about It. He naked me where I had heard v : f Jthe story. I told ; him a girl had K told me. Then told me alt about H ' It. ' There waa a stag dinner he said, 1 V and Ihla girl was put In a big pie with ' a Lit of blrda She wa very young about II years old. I think he said. Ha also told me that tha girl had a beauUful figure and wore only a gause ' dress. He helped put her In the :, r v pie snd-fix It, and said it wa the bet stunt ha ever. saw at a dinner, ''i'j iWlie'n 'tne' girl Jumped out of the (Continued on Tag Four.). SENATOES' DIGNITY UPET CHARLOTTE NEGRO OX STAXD. Tar Heel Negro Soldier Turns the Tablea on, Senator Wurren, of Urownsvllle InvestlRutlon Commit tee, in a Crosn-Kxaniination The Negro's Testimony Senator Sim mona y Worlkng . f or ., oth Cape t Fear Project -$20 renttlon for :. Mrs.- Stonewall Jackson Help . From Congreesman Longworth f Oongreflsman Gudgcr 4 Slnga His 'V Swan 'Song. 'k ' UILDEBRAND. : Q Street,. N.'.W.;" J -.Washington. Feb. !.' One v witness who .endeavored .to throw aome" light, on what aa been termed, the battle of Brownsville waa William HardihTnot of "Atlantarv bat of ; Charlotte..- ! Hardin said ' he ! had lived at Charlotte for five years, dur ing one period of hie life and ' had worked both as' plumber for private firm and at the Charlotte water, works. This Interested Senator Over man, who pressed the witness to tell sometnlirg more about' his Tar -Heel raising. ; He said he worked for John Smith, at harlotte.w.?;;vf;,.ii::i' , Hardin caused . members - of the committee much amusement , He la a young negro, - very black, . with hoarse voice and stutters. . He was a patient In the hospital . and had gone to the canteen to get a piece of ap ple pie. He had been sick, was con valescing and wanted apple pie. Com Ing out of the canteen with this pie Har din encountered Major Penrose, tne mayor of Brownsville,- aftd a stranger, who waa using forceful language and telling Major Penrose that his wife had been assaulted by "negro sol dlers," and that unless arrests were made - by 18 o'clock . every "D n nigger", soldiery would be killed. Hardin told of - bearing shots' fired north and east of the hospital They continued as those firing moved west until they reached point opposite the barracks. Those doing the y firing were on horseback, and he heard the sound of the horses' hoofs. Bullets went over the hospital and the ser geant ordered them to stand behind brick pillar to keep from getting hit. The firing lasted about five mlnutea after the call to arms was sounded. Senator Warner tried to cross-examine the witness, and was asking him about the sound of galloping Morses, when th witness suJdonu Interrupted the Senator by saying: "Jes' yo' wait right there one min ute, Senator, onttl I ax you a ques tion. wiU you?' "Well, go ahead then. I'll sub mit," said Senator Warner, good naturedly. N "Now Jes you sposin' a case," the went on, "sposin youse hear a man choppin' wood 'bout three, fo' blocks from hyar an ober hyar hears a dawg a-barkln', don't you 'spoae yo kin tell de dlffunce between de man a-choppln 1 wood and , dat dawg a barklnY The dignity of the committee was upset and the Senators shouted. 8enator Warner admitted hla ability to distinguish between suCn sounds, but the cross-examination atfer that did not amount to much. The com mittee waa in no mood to be seri ous. . Senator Simmons devoted some time to-day to river and harbor matters. He discussed with Chair man Burton, of the House commit tee, the matter of aome of the larger projects In which North Carolina Is deeply concerned, and to ward which Mr. Burton has sTiown some hostility. Mr., Burton has look ed with particular disfavor on the upper Cafe Fear project, but prom ised Senator Simmons to-day that he would go into all these North Carolina matters again before con cluding to oppose any of them. Sena tor Simmons has written to mem bers of the Legislature from Cum berland asking that they secure passage of a bill giving the govern ment the right to erect certain locka and dama in the event this project should run the gauntlet of. the con ference committee. The sub-committee 0f the pension committee to-day reported favorably the bill - introduced by Congress man Webb giving a pension of ISO a month to Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, of Charlotte. As previously stated In these dispatches, Congressman Nick Longworth, the son-in-law of the President, waa good enough to give Mr. Webb some assistance In this undertaking. Mr, Webb now feels confident that the bill will pass the Utter part , of tha week. The fate of the bill seemed In doubt tor some time. . Congressman Gudger has sung his wan song, aa they say of members who make their last speech before retiring from the House or the Sen ate. Mr. Gudger spoke on the sub ject of Immigration,- saying he ap proved of the more-restrictive fea tares of the bill which have been passed, but deprecated the increased powers which have been conferred upon the President in giving him right to exclude Japanese coolies from California. WILL TISIT WEST INDIES. '" Members of Commercial Clubs of Chicago, St Louis and Cincinnati Leave for Charleston, S. C, Where They Will Board Steamer. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 18. Members of the commercial clubs of Chicago, St Louis and Cincinnati left here on a special train to-day over the Cln cinnati Southern Railway en route for Charleston, S. C.. where they will board the steamer Prlns Joachim for Panama. Yesterday the steamer left New York; with the Boston Commer cial Club end the tourists will visit various West Indian ports, reaching Colon March' 1.: The trip was sug gested at th anniversary meeting of. the Cincinnati Commercial Club last May when ..the; other clubs were guests, and was given Immediate en dorsement bf Secretary of War .Taft who' waa' present Tha .commercial travelers expect to vlrtt and carefully examine tne' present and prospective work on the Panama canal . The Chicago and St Louis members of the party reached here early to-day and the three sections of tha tourists were at once combined Into a single special train which Is due at Charles ton at noon to-morrow, ' t v - , Atlanta New Puhllalilng Company f Formally Adjudged Bankrnpt " ; Atlanta, Oa , Feb, 18. The Atlanta News Publishing- Company wss - to dsy formally adjudged a bankrupt on the petition In bankruptcy filed Jan uary 11. The liabilities of the com pany were placed at I7M8T and the a Mats at MM81. The company pub Untied tne Atlanta News, which sus pended publication about three weeks ago, s ' . . ' . SMOOT DEFENDS TOSITIQN STRONGLY CONDEMNS POLYGAMY Utah Senator Delivers Long-Expected :, Address, Being Supported by Sena tor Dillingham In an Analytical :; Hpocch of Evidence Submitted in V tlve Case Smoot Expresses Himself . Briefly, but With Candor, on His - Own Personal Attitude Upon the Subject of Polygamy and of Loyal ' '. ty to the f Government Polygamy l'ermlHslbte In Character,: but He , garded by Church as Part of lie i Uglpua Faltli, When Law Waa Paaa $ ed Denouncing fmsOo'fi' f:r :M Washington, Feb, If", Senator Beed Smoot's long expected address to the Senate to-day In defense of his posi tion as Senator from Utah, was the feature of the session. He was sup ported by Senator Dillingham, of Ver mont in an analytical speech of the evidence, rwhlch - had been- submitted in the case. . Mr. , Smoot condemned polygamy in the strongest terms ; and declared emphatically that he had taken no oath inconsistent with that he had taken aa a Senator. "The Sen ate Is entitled to know my personal attitude upon the subject of polyg amy," said Mr, Smoot "and .upon the subject of loyalty to thla government Upon 'these two matters I shall ex press myself briefly, but with entire candor. - ,; v - "First I desire' to state, aa I have repeatedly heretofore stated, to the Senate and to the country, that I am not and never have been a potygamlst I never have had but one. wife, and she Is my present wife. i, "There has been a more or less prevalent opinion that the doctrine of polygamy was obligatory upon the members of the Mormon Church, whereas, In truth and fact no such obligatory doctrine haa aver existed. The revelation concerning polygamy, aa originally made and as alwaya In terpreted, la permissible and not man datory. As a matter of fact only a small percentage of the adherents of that faith have ever been polygamlsta. The vast majority of the adult mem bers of the Church from Its founda tion to the present time have been monogamists. PART OF RELIGIOUS FAITH. "The Mormon people, however, regarded this doctrine, although per missible in character, aa part of their religious faith, and when the law was passed denouncing Its practice, the ex ecution of the law waa resisted on the ground that it waa unconstitutional, as being an Interference with their re ligious liberty. Appeals were taken to the highest courta of the land, every phase of the subject waa tested in the courts, and the law waa upheld. Then the Church adopted the manifesto against polygamy, which waa ratified by the general conference of the peo ple, and thereupon the practice of polygamy for the future waa aband oned. "There were In 1880 about 1,481 male members of the Mormon Church who had polygamtst families. That these were placed In a position of dif ficulty wae recognised by all who were familiar with conditions. The present conditions in reference to polyga mous co-habttatlon have grown out of past conditions, and both must be considered together to fully under stand the toleration exercised by most of the people of Utah, Mormon and non-Mormon alike. "At that time all the machinery of the courta In the Territory waa In the handa of non-Mormon officials who had been vigorous In the prose cution of polygamous relationships. These recognised the vexed, nature of the situation, and extended the olive branch, as it were. Aa a relief In thia dlUmma came an exercise of forbear ance on the part of prosecuting of ficers. The three assistant United Statea district attorney for that pe riod were E. B. Crltchlow, Frank B. Stephens and Wm. M. McCarty. Judge McCarty was Inclined to continue prosecutions in some cases, but the United Statea district attorney refused to allow his accounts therefor, and he ceased. Mr. Crltchlow was the wri ter of the principal protest In this case, and one of its slgnera WORKING OUT SOLUTION. "All of these, and other government prosecuting officers, testified before the committee to the cessation of prosecutions against then existing polygamous relations and of the gen eral sentiment among the non-Mormon population that that was the best and quickest way to get rid of the whole question, vis: let the old time relations naturally end In death. Thar waa m. mnaral acnuleacence. br the people, In this method of solving the problem, ana tnis memoa is work ing out a complete and final solution. "Put M President, .it is claimed that there have been new cases of polygamous marriage since tne man lfesto, and this presents altogther a Hrrant ouastloa. 1 have no hesita tion In declaring to the Senate and to the American people, tnat in my opinion any man, who has married a polygamous wife since the manifesto tinnM Kj. nriMMUtAd. and. if convict ed, should suffer the penalties of the law; ana 1 care noi . wno me maa might be, or, what position he might hold In the Church, he should receive the punishment pronounced by the law against his crime.., "The testimony' taken before the committee tends to show that there have been aome polygamous marrl ages since the manifesto. I believe sin cerely. Mr. President that such caeea have been rare. They have not re ceived the sanction or the encourage tnht of the Church. ' "The Mormon Church has stopped plural marriages, and no polygamous relation assumed subsequent to 1180 ia with the permission, sanction or ap proval of the Church that If final and fixed. Every such violation of the law ha the, express condemnation Of the Church-1 , :-U"-:--k ..CEREMONIES NOT fcTVULGED. ' '' "Reference has been made to an al leged treasonable obligation which It Is sought to claim Is a part of the Mormon endowment ceremonies. The Senate will , understand . that these ceremonies are therefore not divulged. Thoy were instituted In tte - Mormon Church by Jos. Smith, some time prior to his death, and are yet given as part of the temple ceremonies; being of a religious, spiritual character; they are for the living and for the dead; a part of tha. Mormon-belief being vicarious performance of ordinance and ceremonies, tt"-'-'i 1 There does not exist In the endow ment ceremonies of' the Mormon Church the , remotest suggestion of hostility or of V antagonism to the United States or to any other nation. They are of a purely religion nature, wholly between the person taking them and his God, and, aa with the ritual of various fraternal organise tlona, regarded a sacred and seoret "The Stat of Utah came Into the Union U years ago. , -i',. ' "Scarce two years had passed when there appeared on our national horl son the cloud of war with Spain. Side by side, shoulder to shoulder, with every other State In the Union Utah furnished her full quota of American soldiers, and offered more.. v ; THE UTAH LIGHT ARTILLERY. ' "There waa no question of religions distinction or dispute then. The Utah Light Artillery was composed of men of different religious beliefs. Including orthodox Mormons who had partaken of their' Church rites, known as the endowment ceremonies. Major Rich ard W. Young, the commanding offi cer of the Utah Light Artillery, was one of these. Sergeant Harry A. Young and others who gave up their Uvea for the flag, were of this number. And in o far as these, endowment ceremonies may have relation to this government and unreserved and. undlsput&bly ac curate Interpretation is given by the record of the Mormon mustered into the Utah Light Artillery which served in the war with Spain and during the subsequent . Philippine Insurrection. No man haa a right to question that Interpretation; no true American will do It;, it is inscribed In letters of fire by the history of many a battlefield. ' "And here In the Senate of their countrymen, upon the incontroverti ble witness borne by the brave sur vivors and the herolo dead of the Utah Light Artillery, I hurl back the charge of the dafamer that there ever waa a word of breath of hostility or disloyalty in the aacred religious cer emonies which they, or any other per son, participated In as members of the Mormon Church.: "In closing let me say under my ob ligation as a Senator that which I have said under oath before the com mittee, that I have never taken oath or obligation, religious or otherwise, which conflicts In the slightest de gree with my duty as a Senator or as a citizen. I owe no allegiance to any Church, or other organisation, which In any way Interferes with my su preme allegiance. In civil affairs, to my country an allegiance which I freely, fully . and gladly give." FIGHT OVER '. CHILD'S CUSTODY. An Interesting Case . at Richmond, Va., Where a North Carolina Couple Agreed to Separate, But Are Not Yet Agreed aa to wrucn snail Keep Their Seven-Year-Old Son Clr stances of the case. Special to The Observer. Richmond, 'Va Feb. 18. The un happy events leading to the separa tion of Mr. Andrew Moreland and hla wife, Dorothy D.' Moreland, formerly of North Carolina, and the contro versies concerning the custody of their little 7-year-old son, William Regi nald, have been partially aired In the Law and Equity Court in this city. Th couple, who formerly lived at Wilmington, N. C found that they could not adjust their differences sat isfactorily. Deciding, therefore, to separate, they drew up a long agree ment on paper. Provision was made for the care, of the child, the couple covenanting that each should have the pleasure of hi company for a portion of each year. When the boy waa IS years of age It waa agreed that he ahould decide whether he would ko with his father or hi mother. Moreland agreed to pay hla wife a certain sum of money during the months the child waa with her and a lesser sum during the months when the child waa with his father. -The husband then- Came to Rich mond, while Mrs. Moreland went to Tennessee. Moreland, In the mean time, entered suit against his absent wife for divorce, and a degree of tem porary separation waa allotted to him. The child waa at that time in hla custody and the court allowed him to retain possesson of the little one. Mra Moreland, however, has recent ly availed herself of a decision of the United States Court which allowa her to file her answer to the bill and re open the case. She Is endeavoring to have the divorce aecree set asiae, and will doubtless make further fight to regain the custody of the child. Moreland la at presnt assistant cash ier of the American : National Bank and stands high in financial circles. Nothing in the papers reveal tha na ture of the trouble between the hus band and wife, nor doea the deed of separation throw any light on thla phase of the case. LATEST UPRISING SUBDUED. General Paradas And IT Others Land ed From West Indea,, Shot by Government Troops Near Barnaeas, State of Bermudea, Venesueia, parUuent has been Informed by a cable gram from the American consul at Port of 8pain, Trinidad, of the complete ex tirpation of the latest attempted rebel lion In Venesueia. The news Is contain ed In the following dispatch: . iii... a I i ntAaln Pa v-a Amm wlfh IT nth. r wer shot Rftr blnf captured by T. . . . M TT ....... yl ahAIlt U 1 a. Parades landed on the roast of Vene sueia from one of the West Indian Is lands about two weeka ago. Mis party li . .fen,,, Ml .ii hut II mj am stated that he had ample funds and that ne wouia soon i -v-tit mi, uii"7 ui weapons with which to arm the natives whom he expected to flock to his banner. A BALL PLAYER VICTIMIZED. Man With Whom Ho ' Shared IVoom Steals taOO and Diamond Stud, But 'to Later Arrested. v .; v,.;v Chicago, Feb. lLj-Mtchael Donlln, member or tne new ion rimnnii League baseball team, ' waa robbed laat night of $500 In cash and a dia mond atud. A stranger, who av the name of T. P. Smith, and his residence a New xora, told Donlln that 'he had Just arrived from New York and waa 1 without money or friends. His story aroused tha sym pathy of Donlln, ' and , he invited Smith to" share hi room for the night Thla morning when Donlln awoke he found that Smith, th money and the stud inad disappear ed. He reported the matter to the police, and Smith waa later arrested. T- COURT IMPOSES 11,000 FINE. '"-- -v-w Convtotlon Results From First Test tn Courts of the Boy kin Antt-Butkct v, 81wp'Lav v"m. , -Vi:'. -itlinU, Oa... Feb. V , 1 8 --Th, first test In the courts of the ' Doykla anti bucket shop law resulted to-day Jn a conviction. The defendant, C. N. An derson, was found guilty by the Jury after IS minutes' deliberation, of a violation of th law passed by the last Legislature and also of keeping a faming house. Judge Roan, of the Superior Court, Imposed a fine of 11,000. The attorneys for the de fens announced that an appeal will be taken , to t He Supreme Court of the State, and pending the decision of the higher court the cases against ether defendant will be postponed. OB A LINE OF , STEAMERS TO BRING FOREIGNERS SOUTH Governor Terrell Before Convention at : Macon. Urgea Eetabllsbmcnt of Dl tect Line Ex-Governor lleyward, of i aouin . Carolina, Delivers Strong : Speech in Favor of Immigration Movement Work of .National De partment Reviewed by Commissioner v General Sargent .Who Suggested Methods by Which Tide Could be '. Diverted From Western and .East era State to Southern Farms, Fac ' torlea and Workshops Governor ' Glenn One of Speakers at Smoker, . Macon,. Ga., Feb.' it. The, Georgia Immigration Association assembled in convention In this city this morning, holding three seestona Hon. G. Gunby 3 or dan, 1 president of the ' association, presided, .'f Addresses of welcome ana responses were made. Gov.' Jo. M. Terrell, of Georgia, addressed the con vention and urged the association to establishes lines of steamer to bring foreigners direct to Southern ports. - Ex-Governor Heyward, of South Carolina; delivered a strong speech tn favor of the Immigration movement and referred to the fact that recently S ship-load of foreigners were landed t the port of Charleston and all had secured employment at remunerative wagee. There seemed to be perfect harmony between these foreigners and their Southern employers. Hon. F. P. Sargent Commissioner General of Immigration, reviewed the work of this Department of the na tional government and suggested methods by which the tide of immi gration could be diverted from Wes tern and Eastern States to the Southern farms, factories and work shops. He treated the subject of im migration In a moat Impartial manner, declaring that the national government was doing all possible to have the large Influx of foreigners scattered over the various States in order that they would, assimilate "or become Americanized In customs and business methods. Out of 1,100,000 foreigners coming to the hospitable shores of this country last year, only a small per cent had come to the Southern State." MORE VARIED ADVANTAGES. He declared that the South offer ed more varied advantagea to the home-seeker than any other section of the country, where one could labor every day In the year because of equit able clime. Commissioner Sargent's apeech was the event of the convention and every sentence waa received with cloaest at tention. Hon. M. V. Richards, commissioner of immigration for the Southern Rail way, heartily indoraed the sugges tions of Mr. Sargent and declared the railways of the South would co-operate with steamship lines and tha Im migration association in every way possible to bring foreigners to South ern porta. a , .mAiru tnniht a. climax of the convention was reached when th speaker Included Governor R. B. Glenn, of 'North' Carolina, Hon. James M. Smith, Robert F. Maddox, banker of Atlanta, and F. J. Hansen, of Sweden-. The speeches were in line with the thought and suggestion of Commis sioner Sargent. The convention adopted resolutions outlining plana and purposes for fu ture action and the commissioner pledged his hearty support to the State organisation in furthering the immigration movement. The conven tion adjourned subject to the call of the president NIGHT SESSIONS OF HOUSE. Ship Subsidy Measure May be Con- sUlered Under Rule Limiting the Debate to Two Evenings. Washington, Feb. 18. 8hlp aubsldy probably will be considered by the House at night sessions late thla week. Speaker Cannon and Repreaentative Watson, the Republican whip, were at the White Houso in conference with the President concerning the matter to-day, and although no posi tive agreement haa been reached Mr. Watson said that It now seems like ly that the Llttauer bill will be con sidered on the floor. In case the aubsldy measure Is taken up by the Houm It will prob ably be under a ralo limiting the de bate to two evenings, and the bill will be subject to amendment. After the poatofflce appropriation bill, which the House will probably dispose of to-morrow, tne measure limiting th hours of railway em pjoyea to It out of 14 will be taken up at the day sessions or the House. The sundry civil bill will then be brought forward, and as there haa been a general refusal to grant ship subsidy at any time during th re maining days of the session, Its friends ssked for consideration at nlRht. They seem now to be about win their point, although the general Impression is that the subsidy bill will be bitterly attacked on the floor and amended In many ways, If not. defeated entirely. A Favorable Report on the Williams Resolution. Washington, Feh. IS The House com mltteeion tnter-Btate and foreign com merce decided to-day to make a favor able report on the Williams resolution providing that the Hecrettry of Com merce anl Labor shall send to the House such Information as he may have shew ing whether any railroad oompany owns In whole or In part any of the coastwise steamships or ' ateamlHiat lines protected from foreign competition by the eoast Wlse lawa of the United States. . DECISION BEFORE MARCH 1ST. Prrsldrnt Make Statement to Several Contractor; Associated With Oliver In Canal Construction Bid. Washington, Feb. 18. The Presi dent told a number of the contractor who ar associated with W, J. Oliver In his bid for the conHructlon of the Panama canal that a decision In the matter would be reached before the first of March. What wtU probably be the final conference preliminary to the decision was hetd wfth a number of contractors associated with Mr Oliver to-day. . Secretary Taft said that no conclusion has been reached . irh.u unnf.Miio Included In I addition to the President Secretary J, see. a I a stf t. sts. 8 at av t j-I . fMi risko! 1 Iffj IvflBinil Jliv. vet sssa vwmmi Rogers, of the Isthmian canal commis sion, and th following contractors and other associated with Mr. , Oliver: Patrick F. Walsh, of Davenport; P. J. Brennan, et thl city; Robert Rus sell, of Lynchburg; R. A. Chester, of the Commercial National Bank, of thl city, and L, C Ounter, of Knoxvllle, Tenn, - ; , " v -1 All of them were questioned by the Frealdent and his advisers to their riprini.f .l,(v " vuir, iiuahiiv- .w-. .,,.11.... a lions w,ug iu .wore, wntvu VUM tract to uv. . A.C.L. MAY EiNTEB BALEIGn INTERESTING RAILROAD RUMOR Talked That Atlantic Coast Line May ' Build Jine From Sprlnghopxi to . the Capital Deal Between the Seaboard and the Raleigh Pam- llco Sound Seaboard Fined $500 for Failure to Post Arrival of train .-Supreme Court Announces Di ,,vfmkns---Ouuter Granted LU1k tlon Over .license of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. - Observer Bureau, , The Hollaman Building. ... Raleigh,; Feb. II.' There are persistent rumors that tha Atlantlo Coast Line Railway Is go ing to build into Raleigh, from Sprlnghope in Nash county, which Is only It mile from here. Thl exten sion has been looked for for a score of years. R is said the road would build as an offset to the Raleigh A Pamlico Sound road. The latter . Is on very friendly terms with the. Sea board Air Line and the seaboard and the Raleigh ft Pamlico Sound . will Jointly use tracks into the Union sta tion here. It will be a great conven ience to the Seaboard Air Line to use the Raleigh ft Pamlico track from Pamlico Junction, two miles north of the city, Into the passenger station, as this will save all the time and trouble of coming through the extensive yards of the Seaboard Air Line immediately north of the city. There Is a rumor that the Norfolk ft Western road la coming from Dur ham here but of this nothing definite can be ascertained. There Is more Interest expressed In railway matters than in a long time. The Supreme court this evening filed the opinion. In all the eastern cases as follow: ' State vs. Davis, from Hyde, no er ror; State vs. Hunter, from Gates, no error; Newsome vs. Bunch, from Chowan, no error; Roughton vr. Saw yer, from Tyrrell, affirmed; Hughes va. Crocker, from Beaufort, affirmed; Kelley va Lefalver, from Beaufort, affirmed; Railroad va Railroad, from Beaufort, affirmed, Garrett vs. Bear, from Halifax, affirmed; Snipes vs. Railroad, from Halifax, affirmed; Darden vs. Railroad, from Halifax, affirmed; Cogglns vs. Insurance Com pany, from Jackson, affirmed; Capps va. Seaboard Air Line Railway, from Warren, affirmed per curiam; Parker will case from Hertford, petition for certi rari.denied; Moore will case, from Halifax, dismissed under rule 17; State va Moye, from Pitt, per cu riam, affirmed; Hancock vs. Western Union Telegraph Company, from Cra ven, settled by the parties; Vivian va Mitchell, from Vance, dismissed un der rule 17. The corporation commission to-day obtained Judgment for a $500 penalty against the Seaboard Air Line in the Superior Court here to-day for failure to properly bulletin a train. A charter la granted the Nelson Cooper Lumber ft Furniture Company, at Me bane, capital stock'tM.OOO. and another to the Granville Telephone Company, head Q"rtrs at Oxford, capital stock 0,000. The Insurance department iwitl take to the Supreme Court a ease against the Pacific- Mutual Ufa Insurance Company, In which Judge Jones, in the Superior Court has decided adversely to the de partment The former general agent of the company was at Klnston and after he had ceased to hold that position he brought a suit against the company in Superior Court This the company trans ferred to the Federal Court and there upon, under the law, the insurance com missioner revoked the license. The com pany's lawyers came heer and sought to have him rescind thla action, but he declined and thereupon mandamus pro ceedings were brought in the Superior Court here by the comoanr. Tha lnd decides that only when a case so remov ed from the State to the Pederal Court grows out of a policy which the com pany has Issued to a cltlsen of this State, does the law apply, and not to other litigations in wmcn tne company aa a foreign corporation may have become In volved. Governor Olenn spoke this evening, under the auspices of the Raleigh cham ber of commerce on the subject of RJ. etgh. and had some very plain things to say. Kaieign occupies a unique posi tion In that Its streets are not the property of the city but of the State, which actually haa control over them. The Governor said very plainly that th clty'a limits ought to be extended and that the fact that they are now so cramped aa to give the city a population of less than 14,000 la a reflection, not only upon Iialelgh. but upon the State. THE CLANSMAN" RETURNS. Played to aRecord-Breaklng House Laat Night at Norfolk, its Birth place. Special to The Observer. Norfolk. Va., Feb. 18. The Clans man" returned to its birthplace to night. The play first saw the light in the Academy of Music, Norfolk, Sept. 22. 1805. There was a tremendous display of enthusiasm on that memorable occasion but not any more than was evidenced this evening. To-night the theatre was packed with the largeat audience In Its history, hundreds being turned away, unable to gain admittance. Protests for political reaaons had been made against the appearance of the play- Mayor Rlddlck attended the performance to Judge for hlmxelf and said he saw nothing objectionable and In fact was much pleased. The visit of the play will last three days and already every seat la aold for the balance of the engagement. Nego tatlona ar on foot looking to the presentation of "The Clansman" for a long season at the Jsmestown expo sition during th present summer. SUITS AGAINST RAILROAD. Win Instituted at Direction or Attorney General tor Violation of Safety Appliance Law. Washington, Feb. ls.-Attomey Gen eral Bonaparte has directed that suits be Instituted against a number of rail road companies to recover penalties for lolatlon of the aafety appliance law. Infommtlon noon which these prosecu tions will be based -were reported to the inter-State commerce commission by Its safety appliance Inspectors. - Bevent Amht violations in alt are el leged and th rallroada made defendants luclude the Alabama On rat Southern: tha Atlantlo Coast Line; the Central of .Oeorglai the Denver ft Rio Orandet the Katflra Mere ann ma niiinmon r.uun Prancht the Rrle; the International ft Orrat .Northrn : the Missouri. Kansas ft Toies; the Mobile A Ohio; th jpennsyi- tenia ana tne wap-iunai ruwni, m nt. louta A Sn Francisco; the Southern Pacific; the Southern; the Texas Mexi can and the Wabash. . , r, ,- - ' -h;" , - . nm CUWIiaa Jrttv . ' -! , i rernandlna,' Fla. Feb. , II. The nrltlsh echoner Evdne, Captain Col Una, from La Palma In making port about midnight last night struck the South Jetty , and wa towed In thla morning. A survey will be held. . s Waylaid and Killed Near Home, Valdoata, Ga, Feb.' 18.-W. R. Lanlor, J wmlnent naval stores man of Ht rga, was wrlal4 and killed early tiv lay par his hmnx. Ihnra in no eu4 te tne iinuiy oi mi easasmn. HOUSE PASSES BATE BILL WAY VOTE ON LIQUOR QUESTION The Committee Railway Rate B12L Providing for a Flat Hate of a Cents a Mile Passes the House, U to 28 AIL Amendments and Sub- ! : stltntee ' Voted Down House Pdsses tUll Allowing Scotland Nock People to Deckle Whether or Not They Will Have a Dispensary Doprd Interrogates Kltchla . Some Spice Bills Introduced 1ft . the Two Branches.' Observer Bureau, , '', The Hollaman Building, " ' ' ' : ,; . Raleigh, Feb." Xt:-:,i 'The House railroad committee re. -ported unfavorably. Turner's Senate ' ' bill to make running of freight train on Sunday prima fade . evidence; of ?:'t: violating the 8unday law.', ; ; V yy v : The House committee on cities and towns reported unfavorably the " bill . incorporating Mecnanicsville, a su burb of High Point Contending dele- ivi uu aaauiflL ma Dili iuhiib . . arguments. ..., v- t rv The House met to-night to con- ., elder the bill reducing passenger faros. &j& Manning gave notice that he would .' ; call the previous question at I o'clock, 5:' The bill was tin nn Its third rmtln Blckett offered a substitute placing , ft ratea at cent tnr n rat-plan anil I K for second-class fares, and glv- 'V': Ing the corporation commission '.X lines, not exceeding 100 miles in'":? ment providing that rates on the M: Coast Line, Seaboard. Norfolk ft ? .hA,.l4 a. .v ., . , ;..'. and on all other roads it should not exceea s cents. .;:'(. lintinuTnva t vtmxrt-kMinvT'Ti Doughton made an earnest sDeeclt mr ii ira n rnnn rt mtnf orPAn ari nMAni. . va-. ..vi.hiviivi u viiqi sa "jowiiv i1 (: in ir inn crrs-B r nasti tsr mnra i iay.a a ----- o - "wu v a, aavr7 acaisavva, . State and declarlna- that If anrbi w aaanaa ( (110 SVOV VI VII V VilV . ' drastic legislation as that proposed by i ; A ? . K a Kill . I . . ' enacted, not only would future d-..1''-;'' velopment be prevented, but the tom&tf'JMh. aircauy uperaung WOUia OS ' Oaaiy . ,: . crippled. It waa safe to leave to the - 7 v. Kw v,wu vvrillllllMIUU ma IIJUDBT OK ' rai-a aner careiut ana aeiiDerate in- . ; ; VCBUKTBUOn. HICKAII Till lo WAfl Bavin ne was wining to vote for Dough- uuii a airitmamem ann wifnnraw nta uuBtuuie. e aaia mat, since max- ' , tnr his speech the other dav. in on- position to t'ne 1-cent rate, he had ' i- - aaaau ma v a W UI( VllsJ ; H were opposed to it because they be- ila-aVfii it tamil1 nvatfAnr a sir.lvnlai aa. ' vvv aawvsaaj S BUIUVIOU ft'"' auction"of freight ratea. winborn offered and spoxe to art : amendment substituting 2 cents on;-:, roads with income of $1,500 per mile, I vv. i. v. iimLnu 71 1UI (WUI UU : . earning less than 11.000 ner mlle.-He . 4 : uM thla nut tha ftaahnart In same class with fne Southern and' . . u n a t m 1.11 WU4- i . 1 t . . i . , . . . . . . ..V . yrumiBv. no cruicisea uougnion B ,v amendment, aavlnar ha ilnnhtail tha .:' i constitutionality of his btlC naming Individual roada cltlnar .laialnna .- ' cuuru 10 snow tnat resirioiiona mar i taxes could be placed on all coming la a certain class, all equally, but not v wnen inaiviauais or inaiviauai eor.,-.. porations was simply named. V Vf A XTXTTXTCl T, 1 Cma ti'lffvtAinH V .M ...... - IkUAQ li iiAium ih im. After arguments for th commit- tee bill by Stephens and Laughing house, Mr. Manning aaid the Dough-' .. ton amendment was unconstitutional, ' ' ' - and renA t h . TTnlta atm I.. QnnMm. Court decisions In the oase of Iowa, ,, vi ninety-sixtn itepon. "xns railroads .... ? v had nottce more than six months ago ;v . inai tnis legislature wouia take up , ; ,: thla question, and Instead of going '' ;' to work and procuring figures and Information for our enllghtment 7 they treated ua with scorn, and- in - T mrt rt f ffllVaa t k AM. awlesaa aval a la. l tudea on the great values of rail- . ! roads. In reply to our specific oua- ' tlons for information they tell us It;?! would take three montha to obtain . ' - I, .Vam . V. ... W . V . I . .1 ' a. n iivii luv- HW1 BIA UIVUIDI .. . , nouce 10 get tnis reaay. leu me ine -reduction of passenger rates amounts ' ' : to nothing to the people! Look at ' ,' what Information we have got that n one year over 100,000 passenger ' and quit talking about reduction of paasenger rates being of no concern. ,r " Manning concluded with a strong ? aorjeai 10 tnt House to nu tha yaw . . nd to vote down all amendments and , BiiHaMtntAa McRae of Robesbn, made a hot -speech for the committee bill, de-; ': V clarlng he represented tS per cent of . the State's population, the farmers. uiu ne uvionif w me classes WOO . traveled free or nt reduced rates, or' i private cars like those who were crjlng out that the people did not - demand reduction of passenger rates, he would to doubt favor the bill ,'' raisin rates. H had raceivail mm. '' lutions of thanks from his constitn. ents since voting for the 1-cent rate, ': , and it was the proudest vote he ever. ' cast. -V'l"-PASSES FINAL READING. . ",. )y ' Voting began at 1:20 first on the amendments. Mr. Rarriss opposed an ; amendment substituting SH cents for I cents In the first clause of the com- . mltt.A Hill -TVi. Am waII ..ll . u ... i ......v u... ,,, vait TVW- was on this amendment. It being lost V by a vote of 45 to 8, the result be- ' Ing received by loud hand-clappings on the floor and In the crowded gal lerles' and lobbies. . E Wm bom's amendment waa lost 41 to II, The Doughton substitute failed, the vote' being 10 to B4. this result bringing applause, dekett's substitute was lost. If te .- The- bill passed its third and final reading ayes, llj nave. It. Tha Houaa tmmaillatalw a 10:10, adjourned. , . y , t ..... ; v 4TnE iiovsB. A, - The House met' at 10:10 and Rev! Dr. DuBose, of , . Raleigh - offered ' prayer. Gilliam presented a resolu tion of the chamber of commerce from Elisabeth City for a State Nor-' ' tnal ichool.. .-.'tS .-..,'?..,-'. - .- ; BILLS INTRODUCED. ' . ; Bills were Introduced a follows: Jacobson: To allow Belhaven to Is u.bonda " k : Lockhart: V To protect 'pereoni , whose property la Insured . against fire losa - ; Pitt: To amend the la wtneorporat Ing the board of health tn Edge combe, : ' V ("'"' -i.'. - . Boyd: To amend the. law regardlnj the Issue of Haywood county bond.4. Douglas: To regulate the employ ment of flagmen by railways; - also, by request, to regulate the sale ef liquor In JUywood county. Yount: to allow Hickory to estab lish and operate an electrlo light plant and to Improve Its streets. Dowd: To prevent the sale rf adulterated cider; also to amn l tV-i Revlsal regarding qualification -dlnpenrary commissioners. Hharp: To gnint the n r i prcpiScnt' house at th I '
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