8TOS0RIPTION ERIOE: C$3.00 PER YEAE.
CHAHLOTTE, N.; 0., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTO.
MS. THAT BREAKS DOWN
SECOND DAY TOO MUCH FOR HER
Collapse 'came When Noon Recess
Waa Announced and She Was
. Taken to the Witness Room and
Placed on Conch Where Mlse Mao
Kenzta Revived Her With Smelling
, Salt Defendant All bat Lost Sight
of as Ills Girl-Wife Makes Terrible
Sacrifice In Effort to . Save Htm
'From Electric Chair Cross-Ex
, nminanon oiay DC ; uwuinun
-v or inumacy vv un ivme xuuwraii
'::' Night In Mirrored Red Room and
to Illm Asking His Influence With
Certain Man In London to Prevent
ana imencnng - wwn , m uonunn
t" ins in the, Company of Thaw.. -;.
;: NewTork,'; Feb; 0 it. Under ; the
atrcea of a firasa-eiramlnatloti Irt which
District Attorney Jerome gave no
1, broke -down to-day noon the ' witness
, Btand,Wlth blinding tears i burning
, their taway . do w,n cheek" which from
itshen white had iflushed' to! crimson,
' Ik. aAifilttait ha .Ms- hu' lurM.
, nniucs wiur oiaaiora none ner re-
latlon' with the architect continued
. for several months.-vnirt thla w nnt
f all. There . were ; other -confessions,
wdiud. wnua aa.ma.nnr - ib oar own
th. ,aOT.thT. n.aa....al aaiaia... at., la
'M.il.. t W. .a,.- -a-.. ..... W V..
Danj trpm death in the electric ebalr.
Tilt fu Una nrArrtaud. In tha nftlnt
. where the defendant has been all but
... ivm waBMB. v raua; awa a-aaaa niiv tea
i nan mi on w at ; w iaa avii-iit lt at . ear-rat vas
the figure about whom, 'the storm
, aanes i v lurjr, ' cm it u wqdn uie
j la being searched out and who la be-
ma nflifl nn fa anra hv rna nmivnt.
tng officer. '. '-5'" 'v'-v
... OTV. - a. I- k..l.a 1 1.1. - J
iU U IKI UUI IOU Ul UIB UBUUB,
conrt room htctura ta-dav and nnn
would have missed ' aim. 1 All eyes
were upon the witness chair and the
During the morning and at all times
; neretoiore aurs. Thaw has bad to sit
. an tha adri4 nf tha rthnlr In nrilap that
her feet might reach the floor. To
long ordeal stilt ahead of her, a foot
tool and back cushion were provided
. during tne. arternoon. . At the close 01
. tne most eventiui aay 01 tne trial Mr.
Jerome announced that, he would
probably keep Mrs. Thaw under Ore
for two more days.
; Adjournment was taker-, until Mon
day morning although at one time
Justice Fitzgerald said that to accom
modate . out-of-town witnesses he
would hold court to-morrow, a holi
day, and Saturday. v
JEROME IS UNRELENTING.
There was no subject affecting the
witness of so Intimate a nature that
the district , attorney hesitated to haul
: It from tte hiding place "and hold It
" before the 'laae of the world, all the
whOa teaVIrtng tharshe would recbg
. nise and own the fault In her own
words; : ':,hs:.;:,i.' t
; When Mr. Jerome was plying the
witness with questions as to her re
lations with White, carrying her from
place to place and demanding to know
every detail, and while bitter tears
were welling to her eyes, two news
. paper women, accustomed to the
narsner scenes 01 uie, ion tneir
places In the court room and made a
hasty retreat out of the big portals.
At last the prosecutor himself relent
ed somewhat and suggested that the
proceedings suspend. Mr. Delmas
thought he detected an unfavorable
slant to this and protested that the
witness would be able to proceed.
, Mrs. Thaw wiped her eyes, stiffened
sp a bit and nodded to Mr. Jerome
to proceed.
! After bringing out' that her rela
tions with White continued for some
time, Mr. Jerome went deeper. Mrs.
Thaw admitted that In 1 SOS, after
the return from Europe she spent the
night at Thaw's apartments Id New
York and that for three weeks he
and aha nnr.unlArl rnnnatlna- anart-
tnents at the Grand Hotel in this city.
Mrs. Thaw admitted freely and. with
frankness that the champagne which
she had declared had tasted bitter
the night she lost consciousness In tho
mirrored bed room was no more bitter
than any other champagne she had
drunk. In fact she declared It tasted
like all the rest. She denied that she
had intended for the jury to assume
otherwise. -
A MOST DAMAGING STATEMENT.
; Mrs. Thaw made what was consid
ered1 perhaps the most damaging
Statement to the defendant when she
aid he had showed her copies of
cablegrams that were being sent to
Stanford White from Europe asking
him to use his influence with a certain
man In London to prevent Mrs. Nes
blt from "raising a fuss,"vand inter
fering with Evelyn continuing la the
Company of Thaw.
'- "fr Thaw atari wo tnrrnA tn arlmlt
hot when aha and hnr mothnr want
abroad with Thaw In 190S they were
till drawing upon the bounty of
Stanford White. Evelyn declared that
ho bad a letter of'credit for 1400 or
I & 00 which was given to her 1..
White, and which she later I urn;
' over to Thaw. There was still a bal
ance In the Mercantile Trust Com
pany to her order.
' "But Mamma got all of that," said
the witness.
... Mr. Jerome dwelt for a long while
pon the subject of the cablegrams
which Thaw Is said to have, sent to
ir.ia ir. .... il.. ..vi.-
irrams were .sent .after Thaw knew of
mi nuiiom ' wn rn nan athi m m,
. iwmn aiina tesDii ana in arcnueci.
Mrs. Thaw would not admit that she
knew positively who sent the ' cable-
, grams or wnemer ner nam was sign-
furely,' remarked Mr. r ' Jerome,
you don't mean to say that he sign
d his own naraeT" v
, "No," she replied, MI don't mean
that al alL" ".T. '. ., ....
OAT LIFE TH PiltTl . . .
' '! .. k IfttlM ... aaUaM Wa ' m! .
In 1904. telling of her gay life In
Paris with Harry Thaw and "A bunch
' from the tenderloin," was read to the
," Jurj by Mr. Jerome. This brought
tout more testimony as to, the "Dead
nai," a ransian oars, xnere seemed
-. 10 pe noinina " i"" .wnness' past Uie
bout which the prosecutor was not
.tnfnrmafl'. Hi IMmiil tn hiu K..n
, aoie to trace ner every step, largely
, due, doubtless to the typewritten
f.M.fi f rt tha fnnttia klnk r
'. Jerome nearly always holds In , his
hand while hurling questions at (the
. dauthter. - In single-spaced troewrlt.
Ing the statement Seems to cover fully
' It pages. ' V".
' Tits springing of sensations did not
. (Oontlnusd on rage Tin),
ABTIST KILLED IN .OFFICE
SUOT BY-WIFE OF MILLIoWAnUD
Sirs. Flora McDonald, Wife of Former
; rouucal "llose" Mcoonaia, 01 vni-
cago, guarrels With Webster It,
' , Gueruv AUaa Louis Ftsher, Pro
prlctor of Harrison Art Company,
and Fatal Shooting Follows Mo
tlve for Killing Not PoslUvely
Known, But It Is Relieved Guerln
Had From Time to Time Obtained
5 Money From Mrs, McDonald - by
Tttfeat of Certain Disclosures. .. .?
. rhlr-arn. TTah ' ti --.Webster H.
Ouerln, alias Louts Fisher, proprietor
of the Harrison Art Company, was
to-day shot and killed In his office at
La Salle nd Van Buren rtreets ; by
Mm. TTlora M nTtnnald. Wife of Michael
C McDonald,.-.a mUUonalro, who ' was
for many years the Democratic-polit
ical rposs'ot ChioagOii ja?ms?m-,it
! The motive of the killing Is not -t-
artlv knnwn. Mr. McDonald . be
came hysterical, and was unable to
make a connected statement. Tom
what she; said, however, it Is believed
that for some time Guerln naa ootain-
d mnn from har hv the threat Of
making certain disclosures to her hus
band. ' 4 ' ' t ? i J " " v
; Shortly before noon Mrs. McDonald
entered Guerln's office. The latter, as
soon as the woman entered, directed
his office boy to leave. A quarrel be
twaan Mra. - MnDonald and Ouerln had
already begun, when the boy left.
witnin . is minutes tne report 01 a
revolver was heard and when other
occupants of the building " rushed to
Guerln's office they found it locked,
with Mrs. McDonald endeavoring to
escape' through a hole she had made
with the butt ot her revolver In the
glass door.
Lorenzo Blast, who; occupied an
adjoining office to Guerln's, was the
ftrat tr? rash tha door, and With the
help of Jacob O'Neil and Charles
Williams, who arrived an Instant later
he pulled Mrs. McDonald through the
door and took the revolver from her.
In the lower part of the building
when the shoptlng occurred were
two polios officers on their- way to
nnnrin'i offlea at the direction of
Chief of Police Collins to Investigate
Guerln's business, concerning wnicn
complaints had oeen made to the po
llna. It had been allee-ad bv several
persons that Guerln had been demand
ing exhorbltant sums for enlargements
of photographs and threatening legal
proceedings If the amount were not
Immediately forthcoming. These
officers arrested Mrs. McDonald.
Mrs. McDonald was taken to the
Harrison street police station and
when her Identity was made known
her husband was called. He declared
that he knew of no reason why she
should have shot Guerln except that
possibly ha had endeavored to extort
money rom her. Mr. McDonald de
clared that some years ago Guerln had
followed his wife to California, and
Insistently .demanded money from
her. HU wife had mentioned th mat-
heardnrslnce."Hknew dt no
business affairs whlen could have
duced hi wife jlo visit Guerln's office.
THE TRISOO SCHOOL QUESTION.
Written Interpellation Presented to
Japanese Government by Member
' of the House of Representatives.
Toklo, Feb. 11. A written Inter
pellation regarding the San Fran
cisco school question was presented
to the government i-day by a mem
ber of the House of Representatives.
The reply of Foreign Minister Hay-
Vashl Is expected In a few days.
The Japanese M . Ban Francisco
have cabled a strong appeal to Toklo,
asking the government to support
their cause and pointing out that the
restriction of Japanese emigration
would eventually result In the ex
tinction of their eompatrlots re
siding In San Francisco.
The Japanese newspapers have not
commented on this appeal up to the
present.
AOKI TALKS WITH ROOT.
Programme for Conducting Negotia
tions for Preparation ot Treaty
Relative to Japanese Coolie Immi
gration Into United States Dis
cussed. Washington, Feb. Jl. Viscount
Aokl called at the State Department
to-day to talk with Secretary Root
over the programme to be followed
In conducting negotiations for the
preparation of a treaty relative to
the reatrlctlon of Japanese coolie
Immigration Into the United States.
As the ambassador had been fully
Informed of all the steps leading up
to the passage of the immigration
act. and, in fact, had really sug
gested the adoption of measures to
exclude Japanese without passports,
he was not disposed to criticise ad
versely that had been done by Con
gress. Therefore, the way to resums
negotiations for the projected re
strictive treaty was regarded as open
and It Is believed that-before .the
assembling of the next Congress the
new convention will be ready for the
consideration of tho Senate.
It was stated at the White House
to-day that the conference held there
yesterday afternoon between the
President. Secretary Metcalf and the
general board of the navy had no
bearing on the relations between
the United States and Jatfaiu .
- X O SUCH SOCIETY EXISTS. T
; .if. r - - ''
Report , That General Manager ot
Mexican Central Had Been Murder
ed by- Member v of AnU-Amertcaa
' Society Without - Foundation. ,
Mexico City, Feb. 11. The story in
circulation In the United States that
the recent general manager of ' the
Mexican Central Railroad, F. E. Sty
ner, had been murdered by a mem
ber of the Antl-Amerlcan Society, Is
absolutely , without foundation. ' No
ssoh society exists here. Styner Is
at the point of death In his, boms as
the result of self-inflicted wounds. On
Saturday ' last. Styner : resigned his
position as general manager ot the
Mexican Central Railroad, and on Mon
day morning he was found In his room
with blood flowing from a wound In
his throat, which 'he had Inflicted
with a raxor. ' His condition to-day
Is such that the attending physicians
refuse to say that he will recover. :
-Styner is one of the best-known
railroad men In the republic
,-i t . ' V'V;
f "." -'-i IUteej tor Exposition.;. Y.'sv' ..
West Palm Beach. Fie.' Feb. 11.
The Southeastern Passenger Associa
tion to-day adopted rates' for the
Jamestown Exposition , and special
tourist rates, bat these will not be
published until revised by the proper
authorities, . Otherwise only routine
matters were considered and the as
sociation adjourned tomlght.
icq go po iin snip
SEAS POUND VES8EL TO PTJGCES ;
Rotterdam Steamer Berlin; With 141
Passengers and Crew of 60, Wreck
ed Off the Hook of Holland, Every
Sonl Aboard With ' One ISxcepUon
Disappearing tar Mountainous Waves
; Violence of Gale and Heavy Sea
V. Made Impossible the Approach of
L1feSavers, Who Were Forced to
7 , Witness iBreaklng Up of Steamer
and Washing Away of the Helpless
Passengers and Crew., -.'vr;. I
London, Feb.. 1 U-The ': Rotterdam j
mall ateamerBerlln; ' , from England, I
with 141" passenger and crew, was
wrecked off the Hookxof Holland, at
the entrance of the River Maas,lead
Ing .;tox Rotterdam, short! before
0 clock this morning,: and ' with one
exception all on board perished. ; !
r jAiterrifier-southwesterly -gale twas
blowing right in shore and drove
they Berlin on a sand bank 'close to
the northern Jetty as she was trying
tff enter the new waterway. Heavy
was quickly pounded the vessel to
pieces. She broke In two. her fore
part sinking immediately while the
doomed passengers and crew could
be seen for a brief spaced of time
clustered on the afterpart. Then
the " afterpart slipped off , the dedge
and disappeared in the mountainous
waves. Tugs and life boats, When
the alarm was first sounded; prompt
ly put out to the assistance of the
Berlin, but the violence of the gale
and the heavy seas made It Impos
sible to approach the wreck, and the
helpless would-be life savers saw the
steamer break up and the crew and
passengers washed away - without be
ing able to render tha slightest as
sistance. - '
The Berlin - left Harwich at 10
o'clock last night, upon the arrival
there of the London train, with the
greatest number of passengers who
subsequently lost their lives. The
steamer should, have reached the
Hook ot Holland at o'clock this
morning and would have then pro
ceeded for Rotterdam.
ALL ON BOARD DROWNED.
, As the Berlin was entering the wat
erway at the entrance - of the river
LMaas, she apparently became un
manageable on account of the force
of the wind and was driven ashore.
The alarm was given and life boats
from- the shore went to the -assistance
of the strieken steamer, but the seas
were so high that the boats , were
unable to approach the' Berlin close
enough to take off any of the passen
gers or crew and the life boat men
had to sit helpless while the steamer
pounded until she broke in two and
every' soul on board was carried
down. The steamer apparently
struck about midships, as her fore
part broke off and sank Immediately,
while her afterpart could be seen
for a considerable period of time af
terwards. The waterway in which the disas
ter occurred Is a new one on the north
side of which is the pier and railroad
station. The steamer must have been
within thw miles of tying 'up.afWrl
her rough passage across tha North
Sea when she was overtaken by the
disaster. Land was but a few yards
away, and except in the roughest
weather those on board the Berlin
Could have been rescued without dif
ficulty especially as the waterway is
navigable at all tides.
DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN NAMES.
The Berlin was a steel steamer, 11
years old and popular with travelers
to the north of Europe. ' In summer
she usually was crowded with passen
gers, but at this time of the year her
average was about as it was last
night, the number being equally di
vided between first-and second-class.
Much difficulty is being experienced in
obtaining the names of the passen
gers as the tickets were purchased
from many agents In London and oth
er cites, while some ot the travelers
had return tickets. The only names
the company can be sure of are those
of passengers who secured reserved
bertha The company's agents are
being asked to send In Immediately to
headquarters the names of all such
persons. .
The members of the crew, number
ng 50, were mostly Englishmen from
Harwich. The officers were Captain
Precious, first officer C. Morsley; seo
ond officer J. Wyatt; Chief Engineer
Bennant; four assistant engineers and
four stewardesses. ai
A few -persons clung to the axter
part of the wrecked steamer Berlin,
which was not wholly submerged, as
at first stated, and It was hoped un
til late to-day that It would be pos
sible to effect their rescue.
The lifeboat Captain Jensen, which
has a record 'of til lives saved, made
a desperate effort all day long to
reach the wreck. Many times the
lifeboat and the tug that accom
panied It were fluhf back on the
shore. Three times communication
with the Berlin was established, but
each time the lifeboat parted her an
chor and hawser and was swept
away. Once she was within 10 yards
of the wreck and her crew could
hear the cries ot the survivors cling
ing to the stern of the Berlin. . The
boiling sea, however, made a nearer,
approach tmpqsstble, and the life
boat was compelled to put back. -LITTLE
HOPE FOR SURVIVORS.
It is feared that the last vestige
of the wreck .will completely disap
pear to-night and there is little hope
of rescuing the survivors, If there
are any on board. ' .
Herr Dennlnger, a member of the
German Opera Company, who baa ar
rived at Rotterdam by way of Ant
werp, says that II ot the company
were on board the wrecked steamer.
Dennlnger was too 1st to catch the
Berlin and came v on the Antwerp
boat - - '-"
Capt Parkinson, of Belfast, -Ireland,
who appears to be the sole sur.
vlvor, was on his way to Amsterdam
to Join his .vessel, the Myrmidon, of
the Holt line, to bring her back to
Liverpool. ,' The . captain, describing
the disaster, says the night was the
most terrible ot all ; his experience.
Never .had he seen such weather. Mo
terriflo was the gale that he remain
ed all 'night completely dressed on
deck. The Berlin already was near
the light at the north pier and ths
passengers, many, of whom had not
gone below, were beginning to breathe
freely again after the teerlble cross
ing, when the ship struck with a
violent shock. Then suddenly the ves
sel broke 'In twain.' Capt, Parkin
son hurried to ths 'bridge toOoffer
Capt. Precious his help, but Just as
be put his foot on the ladder he saw
the captain and ths pilot swept away
by the seas. -
, Of what followed Capt Parkinson
cannot give a clear account. When
he recovered himself he was la the
water, surrounded by floating tim
bers. One of these he seised and hs
succeeded in , keeping himself afloat
until he ssw the lifeboats. Ills cry
for help was hard and he Was pick
ed Up and brought ashore,
TUB GRAZING LEASE) TnOVlSION.
Will be Eliminated From Agricultural
Bill on Point of Order Washing-
ton's Farewell Address to be Read
' To-Day Rjceolatlon to Investigate
. Deposit ot Public Moneys. v'
Washington, Feb. 21. It was con
ceded to-day by Senators in charge
of the agricultural 1 appropriation
bill In the Senate that, the r grazing
lease provision will , be eliminated
from the, bllL on point of , order.
Several Senators . desire to make
speeohes on the provision before it
la stricken out, r otherwise this - ac
tion would have been taken to-day.
The reading of the agricultural bin
was completed after most of the day
had been spent in debate on the for
estry system and the grazing provis
ion,, 'There is to be decided objec
tion, according to Senator Lodge,' on
several provisions relating to the
bureau of chemistry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and these were
passed over until ,'. to-morrow.' An
amendment was' agreed to at the sug
gestion of Senator Nelson which will
add 16,000 each year to the appro
priation tor agricultural colleges until-the
total amount for each State
for these colleges shall be 150,000 an
nually, n The annual appropriation at
present f or agricultural colleges is
1 10,000. 'An
The salary of, the assistant secre
tary of the department was Increased
from 14.100 to JB.000.
The provision for the survey of the
White mountain and Appalachian
mountain water sheds, to ascertain
the feasibility of making a forest re
serve, was also' passed over for dis
cussion. v . ,v 1
The session throughout the day
was devoted to the agricultural ap
propriation bill, and it Is understood
that this measure will be again con
sidered to-morrow with the Idea of
getting final action on the measure.
The farewell address of George
Washington is to be read in the Sen
ate Ho-morrow, according to custom.
Senator DepbeW to-day presented
the following, resolution. It was
ordered printed and west over un
til to-morrowf''
"Resolved, That the committee on
finance be authorised to Investigate
and report what legislation, if any,
may be necessary. In relation to the
deposit of public moneys and the Is
sue of currency to prevent condi
tions of abnormal and dangerous
rates of Interest at certain periods of
the year and provide such elasticity
In the currency that It will be more
responsive to the conditions of busi
ness." BUI Amending Existing Law Prohibit
ing Shanghaiing Pawes
Washington,. Feb." 11. The House
to-day passed the bill Introduced by
Mr. Sherley, of Kentucky, amending
the existing law prohibiting shanghai
ing in the United States. The bill
enlarges the scope of the present
law so as to reach any American
vessel whether engaged In Inter-State
or foreign commerce or not.
A CUP PRESENTED PRESIDENT
Given, -b -General Count Arthur ' de
Tcheren-SplrldoTlteh, President of
Slav Society, Moscow Is Two
Feet High, Standing on Three Lion
Legs and Capped With Helmet.
Washington, Feb. il. President
Roosevelt to-day was presented with
a splendid eup of honor two feet high,
sample of Slavonic art' The cup was
given by General Count Arthur De
Tcheren-Spirldovltch, the president of !
the Slav Society of Moscow. The
cup is of gold and silver with an In- J
crustatlon of enamel handwork. It
la of the old Slavic style standing oni
three lion legs and is capped with a
helmet j
In handing President Roosevelt the
cup the general expressed his great 1
honor and pleasure in presenting a!
modest evidence of esteem, love and
admiration of all the Slavonic peo
ple "for his noble work In bringing!
about peace between Russia and Ja-i
pan." e
President Roosevelt with warm ex
pressions of gratitude asked General
Bplrldovltch to cordially thank the
society for the gift. The President
presented his visitor with two of his
favorite photographs with his auto
graph, one for the Slavonic Society
and one for the general's own use.
Folowlng the presentation a beau
tiful wreath was deposited In behalf
'of the general on the tomb of Wash
ington at Mount .Vernon on which
rested the following inscription:
"Slavonic Society, Moscow, to
Geogre Washington. ' Slavs wait im
patiently their Washington libera
tor." TAFT GOING BACK TO CUBA.
Will Compare Conditions With Those
. Left tn Havana Last Fall Datte of
.Withdrawal of Troops Will Depend
Entirely on Complete Restoration
of Order.
Washington, Feb. 11. Secretary
Taft to-day announced his purpose of
paying another visit to Cuba to look
for himself Into conditions there and
compare them with those he left In
Havana when he quitted that city
lost falL The Secretary will make
this trip early in April next, stop
ping at Havana on, his, voyage to
or from the Isthmus, whichever may
be mors convenient, . ' -
The Secretary, In . answer to in
quiries as to the prospects of a with
drawal of the American forces In
Cuba Indicated that the date would
be determined entirely by the com
plete restoration of order and demon
stration of the fact that a peaceful
and fair election could be held.
Secretary Taft will stop in Porto
Rico to look Into conditions on the
island. This will be by direction of
the President who desires to know
more of the Island's affairs than can
be had from the official reports which
reach? him periodically.; In October
the Becretary will go to the Philip
pines to take palt tn the Installation
of ths new Legislature. : -
'SOLDIERS INVADB? HONDURAS.
President of Salvador Confirms Re
. port of Actual Outbreak of Ilostll
litre Between . Honduras and N lo
oragua. , ' V'V. . ' - .
City of Mexico, Feb. 11. Dr. Bal
tasar Estuplnlan, minister from Sal
vador, and Honduras to-day received
a message from President Escalon, of
Salvador, further confirming the re
port of the actual outbreak ot hos
tilities between Honduras and' Nicar
agua. The message says -that Nlo
araguan soldiers have Invaded Hon
duras and that one encounter has
taken, place In Honduras , territory.
The Honduras , soldiers are said to,
have captured proclamations purport'
Ing to establish a provisional govern
ment In Honduras, signed by men
said to be revolutionists who ar
fighting - with President- v Zelsya's
forces. ,' ', ' ; - .
BATE BIU IN THE SENATE
HOUSE PASSES PRESTON BILL
A Hard Fight on In the Senate Over
the Railway Rate Bill Will Come
Up , as '. ; Special ' Order To-Day
Preston's Immigration BUI Goes
: Through the House The Revenue
: BUI Dcing Considered 18 Tele-
phone and Railway Attorneys and
Officials Appear to Protest Against
Long's BUI Fixing Charges Bills
Introduced, ,
Observer Bureau, U
" The Hollaman Building",
' Raleigh, Feb. 21.,
There .were 18 telephone and rail
road attorneys or officials before the
Senate railroad committee this after
noon In-.opposltlon to Long's bill fix
ing a maximum and minimum scale
of charges, graded according to popu
lation of the town. This bill Is mod
eled on the Wisconsin law. No result
was reached though, and a favorable
report Is expected.
The Senate committee on liquor re
ported favorably a bill establishing
a . dispensary . in oleraln, Bertie
county; unfavorably, a bUl which
passed the House allowing Scotland
Neck to come under the operations
of the Watts law. A minority report
will be filed as was the case before
the House committee.
There was an Immense crowd in
the haU of the House this afternoon
before ' the cities and counties com
mittee for and against the bill ex
tending the corporate limits of Ral
eigh. The bill provides for a quar
ter of a mile extension, and is ap
proved by the board of aldermen. An
amendment, urged by the chamber
of commerce, the merchants asso
ciation and leading citizens, declared
for half a mile extension. The de
bate was warm and lively. A sub
committee was appointed by the com
mittee to prepare a bill, and report
Saturday,, providing for a legislative
extension ot one-fourth mile, and a
popular vote on extension ot the ad
ditional fourth.
THE HOUSE.
Speaker Justice called the House
to order at 10:80, Rev. Dr. Marshall,
of Raleigh, offering prayer.
When the report of the committee
on counties, cities and towns came
up, it reported unfavorably on a bill
to appoint four additional commis
sioners for Sampson county, and a
minority report was filed by Wash
ington, Wells, Winborne and Pitt
Owens, of Sampson, asked that the
bill be made special order for next
Thursday night Morton moved re
reference to committee. Washington
strongly advocated the motion to re
refer, Owens and Kennedy, of Samp
son, opposing It. The motion to re
refer was lost by a large majority and
the bill was made a special order
for Thursday night of next week.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Bills were Introduced as follows:
McCracken: To allow Whttevllle
to hold a bond Issue election.
-Kltchln: To protect dogs in Hali
fax. Davidson: To amend Murphy's
charter, and to Improve the Chero
kee's roads.
Jacobson: To allow Beaufort to
Issue court house bonds.
Beauman: To create Park county
out of parts of Watauga and Mitchell.
Kltchln: To abolish the dispensary
at Jackson.
Laughlnghouse: To give Craven
county the road law and to change
the dividing lines of two townships
there.
Manning: To give Durham county
a court stenographer.
Lockhart: To allow Anson to levy
a special tax.
Weaver: To amend the Watts and
Ward laws regarding Buncombe
county. '
Bailey: To allow Madison to levy
a special tax to enable that county
to build a county home and to es
tablish a stock-law territory.
McNeill: To allow Fayettevtlle to
sell or lease Its electric plant
Gordon: To amend the Revise!
regarding Investment of capital of
Insurance companies.
Grant: To establish the Mocks-
vllle graded schools.
Gordon: To require railways to
record deeds for rights of way, ease
ments, etc.; also to provide for , pri
mary elections In Guilford.
Doughton: To change time of
courts In Alleghany.
Lockhart: To amend the Morven
township road law In Anson.
Liverman: To provide for drain
age of Tyrrell.
Mull: To protect game In Cleve
land and Burks?
Albright: To amend the charter
of Mount Airy.
Gordon's bill regarding Insurance,
amends section 4TS1 of the Revlsal
by adding at the end thereof a new
sub-section, to be numbered 4, as
follows: "That any Insurance com
pany having a capital stock of more
than 1100,000 may, with the consent
of the Insurance commissioner, after
Investing 1100,000 of the capital as
provided in this section. Invest the
remainder In such other securities
or In such safe manner as may be
approved by the commissioner."
CONSIDERING THE REVENUE
BILL.
' At noon the House resolved Itself
Into committee of the whole and
considered the revenue bill. Royster
In the chair. Doughton. chairman
of the -finance commute In charge
of the bill, said there had been no
changes In the sections up. to I of
the present act. and these were
adopted without reading. A slight
amendment by the commutes te sec
tion 9, regarding the inheritance tax,
was adopted. From that section to
section II there waa no change from
the old law and there was adoption
without reading. Section II, re
quiring the tax-payer to send certifi
cates of Income to the corporation
commission, was changed so that it
Is to be sent to the tax-lister. Sec
tion IT was amended so as to Include
exhibitors of moving pictures v and
maglo lantern pictures in the II per
day class for taxes, provided they
do not glvs continuous performances.
There was prolonged debate over the
committee 'amendment to section II,
Imposing a tax of ft 00 Instead ot
the present 1200 on circuses. : Gal
lon offered an amendment . making
the tax the same as at present, and
fervid speeches In behalf ' of circus
privileges for ths people and In sup
port of the amendment' were mads
by, him and Blcketr, Galloway, of
Greene, , Kennedy wnd PeoL - The
amendment was defeated. ' '
.Having reached section H without
material amendment of the commit
tee's report th committee ot the
whole arose, the House resumed its
r, Continued on r.g Four.).,;,
WINDING UF DISPENSARY
THE COMMISSION IS CAUTIOUS
Ex-Speaker W. . F. Stevenson Ap-
' pointed : Attorney Much . stoat
' Taking to be Done Governor An
j. sel Makes Appointments Prisoner !
Charged With Bigamy Escapes
Through Car Window Brlde-De-
setter and Forger Gets Five Years
, Expected ta Stay Drank Wil
liam P. Little Is Acquitted of
Charge of Murder, hut Pays i $50
for Carrying Concealed Weapons.
Observer -Bureau. .
12Q9 Ma'.n street';;
- Columbia, 8. C, Feb. 2L' ,
The new State dispensary commission
Is proceeding with great caution In tak
ing hold of 1U new Job. There were
more conferences to-day with the attor
ney a-eneral (and , tho Governor. ; The
commission has employed ex-Speaker W.
F. Stevenson, - Of Chera w,- as- attorney,
nreferrlns- an out-of-town man so as to
be safe from any local Influences, It
Witt get the State dispensary books certi
fied to and then have them re-audited
carefully. There will be a carefully
verified 'stock-taking at the State
dispensary at ,onc and similar stock-,
takings In the sub-dispensaries, where
books do not tally with the State dispen
sary books, and the sub-dlspcnsarles
stocks will be sold to the county boards
organising under the Carey-Cothran act,
the basis of settlement being weekly
cash Installments.
In addition to this the force ot hands
at the State dispensary will at onoe be
reduced, and the salaries of those re
tained cut down, though as yet It has
not been decided just who Is to go. Com
missioner Tatum will likely be retainer
at a reduced salary.
The State, sinking fund commission was
reorganised to-day with the re-election
of Mr. D. H. Means as cterk, which po
sition he had held many years. Mr.
Jsmes H. Taylor, a one-legged Confed
erate of Greers, Greenville county, was
made fleld-acent In place of Mr. D. W.
McLaurtn, who waa retired with a place
tor three months es special agent
Governor Ansel to-day reappointed Mr.
n. R. Brooks, Jr., State electrician. Mr.
Brooks has held the position creditably
for a number of years. Hs Is a young,
frogrfgs!ve rtan of attractive personal
ty, capable as well as conscientious
such a man as It la well to keep in
publlo employment.
It Is understood that Governor Ansel
has about decided to appoint Senator
Nells Chrlstensen as State auditor of
ccunty dlspenseries under the Carey
Cothran act As a member of the sub
committee of the dispensary Investigat
ing committee Mr. Chrlstenssn did ef
fective work against the State dispen
sary. He Is a strong man and the ap
pointment, if u Is made, will meet with
general approval.
Governor Ansel ts one of the defen
dants tn a suit which FMltor Clark, of
the defunct Fountain Inn Journal. Is
bringing against the other stockholders
to force a sale of the plant so as to di
vide the proceeds. The paper was start
ed for the purpose of boosting the pro
posed new county of Falrvlew. which
was to be formed from parts of Green
ville, Laurens and Spartanburg counties,
but which failed tn the election held last
month. 1 . t , . .
' Ononis' sVoy e:-Arsc.uider ajrast
for bigapty, Albert Fletcher, a young
white man. Jumped from the window ot
a Blue Ridge railroad train as tt moved
slowly across a high trestle, and made
good htm escape, after being chased four
miles by the deputy who had him In
charge. Wife No. 3 was being brought
with Fletcher aa a witness. As the train
started over the trestle Fletcher asked
the deputy to hand his wife a glass of
water, and while the officer did this
Fletcher broke through the window.
In the Circuit Court here to-day T. 8.
Travis, the younk Elko. Go., telegraph
er, who deserted a bride In Columbia
and skipped after cashing two forged ex
press money orders aggregating IM,
pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery
and was given five years In the peni
tentiary. After he cashed the forged
orders, Travis, who had been working as
a train dispatcher here temporarily,
spent the night In the tenderloin, getting
riotously drunk and apending his money
freely. He was eaught in Jacksonville a
few days lster, where he said he was
folng. From Florida he sent his bride
his telegram: "I am drunk and expect
to stay drunk. Good bye."
The Jury In the case of William P.
Little, charged with the murder of a
fellow street car conductor named Clar
ence Daniels, returned a verdict of "not
guilty" this morning after being out all
night on the case. The Jury brought In
a verdict of "guilty" against Little on
the count charging him with carrying
concealed weapons, and for thle he was
fined $60. It Is thought that this was the
point on which the lury hung.
Daniels was a sickly and Quarrelsome
man with a handeome wife. He quarrel
ed with iJttle because the latter offered
refused to doff his hat to Mrs. Daniels
cn the car. Little's defense was thst his
hands were full of tickets and he could
not get to his hat. Daniels followed
Little when the two left the car shed
fter midnight on the night of the kill
ing. Daniels was shot through tha heart
at a lonely spot on the way home by
Little, who claims he was attacked by
Daniels. There were no eye-witnesses.
BETTER RAILROAD FACILITIES.
Slogan of Gathering of Southern
Fruit Growers at Atlanta Com
mittee Appointed to Appeal to Inter-State
Commerce Commlseion, if
Neeeseary. ,
Atlanta, Oa., Feb. 11. Cheaper
rates and better service from the
transportation lines was the slogan
of the gathering of Southern fruit
growers held here to-day. President
Matthews, of Fort Valley, Ga., of the
Georgia Fruit Growers' Association,
declared In his opening sddress that
a crisis had been reached In the busi
ness, and unless better distribution,
transportation and refrigeration fa
cilities shall be granted the business
Is doomed tn the South. So serious
has the situation become that the
Georgia growers invited the co-operation
of those similarly occupied In
Florida, South Carolina, Alabama
and Tennessee, who responded with
a large attendance at to-day's gather
ing. A resolution was adopted that
If necessary appeals shall be made to
the rnter-State commerce commission
to secure . better facilities from the
transportation lines, and a committee
of representative men was named to
carry the matter to the highest au
thorities. This committee was head
ed br RC. Berckmans, ot Augusta.
Ga. Provision also was made for an
asaessment on fruit growers with
which fund the fight for better con
ditions will bs waged.
The , Georgia Satis tor Newport
. Boston, Feb, 11. The battleship
Georgia sailed from ths Charlestown
Navy Yard to-day for Newport R.
I., where she will take aboard 100
sailors and apprentices.' - After - pro
ceeding to New York : for ammuni
tion, and to Savannah for exhibition
purposes, the Georgia will Join Rear
Admiral. , Evans fleet , in Cuban
watet,;c--' :--V'.: ..;' v-v' ' ;
'Nominations -Sent the Senate. :
' r Washington, , Feb. 1 1. The Presi
dent to-day sent to the Senate the
following nominations: t-..
Postmasters: , Florida! John M. Jol.
ley, Datona;. Georgia, W, E. Dunham,
Cochran; South Carolina, A. D. Web
ster, Orangeburg; Susan E. Morton,
Due .West; U I'adgelt, reUor, ,
TIIE CAPE FEAR FHOJECI
N. C. SENATORS NOW FEEL SATE.
The -Senate Has Pastaed the Amend-
( Menta Carrying Appropriations For
; Waterway Improvements in Thle
, State and the Conference Commit
tee From That Branch Will Insist
; on Their Pasaage in the House ,
Government WUI Have , to Own
; Land in the State For the Improve-
' m sari st sfs.tMevlva-w. at nnaAnHni(. Vt. .
j;pmtloa;,
By W. A. IUXDEBRAND.
, Observer Bureau, ' " .
' 1417 O. Street N. W.,' -
Washington. Feb. 31. '
A close Inspection of the river and '
harbor , bill, as It, V , passed
the , Senate last night . ' dis
closed the fact that 'aU the
North Carolina appropriations were'7
kept in the bllL And it is In shape '
that the bill now goes to conference.
Senator Overman, who Introduced the
amendment carrying the approprla '
tion for the upper Cape Fear, say
that the Senate conferees will now '
feel, since the favorable action of the
Senate, that It la Incumbent upon
them to do all In their power to have
the various items retained.
Senator Simmons . finds that while
the North Carolina law authorities the
government to acquire title and exer- ,
else Jurisdiction over lands needed for
public buildings, forts, etc., It's not laT
the opinion of the War -Department,
broad enough to Include lands requir
ed In connection with river and har- "
uur improvements, lie sam:
"It Is necessary on carrying out the
project of canalising the Upper Cape
Fear for the government to own lands' ,
on either side of the river at location
of locks and dams. Again, in carry
ing out the scheme to connect Para- -llco
Sound with Beaufort Inlet by a,
canal connecting the waters of Neuse .
river with Newport river by way of ;
Adams and Core Creeks, a dry cut of
four miles will be necessary to connect '
the headwaters of these creeks, one
of which empties Into the Neuse and.
Ka Atk. I.Ia k. XT ...... n I -.
fca.w vui.i .UlU 11IO IITVI,
Which flnlrl lntn tha nr-.o n htr T)aat.
fnrt Inlal- an.t th. . ... aa411
have to acquire title to a atrip of land
over four miles in length by about 18
feet in width. It Is estimated that ,
this land will cost about 115,000.
My amendment appropriates money'
to buy this land, but there Is no
North Carolina law to allow the gov
ernment to acquire lands in the State
for this purpose."
To meet this situation the Senator
has, after conference with general
McKenxle, chief of engineers, prepar
ed a bill conferring the necessary au-;
thorlty on the government and sent
a copy ot it to Senator McLaughUn,
of Cumberland county. The Senator
says the act should be passed by the
Legislature as soon as practicable.
David Probert representing the
I Charlotte Teung Men's Christloa As
sociation, spent the aay in washing
ton, and will go to New York in the
Interest of the Charlotte 'Association..
Mr. Probert found some encourage
ment in tne torrn 01 financial aid '
while here.
Representative Claud Kltchln has .
returned, after an absence of several
days In the State.
FOR BROTHER-IN-LAWS MURDER
Philip and James Soother on Trial
at Culpepper, Vs. IrocnJaes to be
Most Kensational Since Conviction
of McCue Jurors Will be Token.
From Shenandoah County.
Culpepper, Vs., Feb. .1. FnlUp
and James Strother, brothers, were
placed on trial to-day charged with
the murder of their brother-in-law,
William F. Bywaters, on the night et
Deeember 18 last within a few hours
after he had been married to their
slater, Miss Viola Strother. The
"unwritten law" will be the defense,
and the trial promises to be the most
sensational In Virginia since the trial
and conviction ot former Mayor Mc
Cue, of Charlottesville, for the mur
der of his wife. Judge Thos. W. Har
rison, of Winchester, Is the presiding
va Mra Rvwatim Via a haan 111
since the night her husband was kill-,
ed, but It is thought that she will be
able to testify for the prosecution.
William Bywaters, the victim, waa
a club man, horsemanr politician and
general "good fellow" about town,"
One ot the defendants, James Stroth
er, la a lawyer ot Weloh, W. Va and
a member of the West Virginia Leg
islature.
James McCah Woods, ot Charlottes
ville, who prosecuted the McCue ease.
has been retained by tne Bywaters
for the prosecution, and Is assisted
by M. and John Keith, of Warrenton.
John Jeffries, of Norfolk, as leading
counsel for the defense. Is assisted by
John L Lee, of Lynchburg, and R.
Walter Moore, of Fairfax.
The session . of the Circuit Court
waa convened ahortly after the arrival
of Judge Harrison and the case was
formally taken up. James and
Phlllo Strother and many relatives
were on hand with their counsel.
There was not a large crowd present
when court opened, but as the hear
ing proceeaea ut wwawum .-in
creased. '
Commonwealth Attorney - Keltn
thought It would be inexpedient to
secure, a Jury from Culpepper and
the court decided to: have the Jurors t
from Shenandoah county. 80 talesmen
being summoned. Court " then ad
journed until Monday; ;
It Is probable tnat tne uerenaanis
will be tried Jointly, they having ex-
pressed such a wish. , ; ' V
1 , i.. '
FOUR KILLED AND TWO INJURED
Fart American ExpreM on Michigan
Central Collides With , Ice Train
: West of YpslUntl. V; '
Detroit Feb, 11. Four', trainmen
were , killed and two others Injured
this afternoon when the fast Amer
ican express train , on the Mlohlgan
Central Railroad, west bound, which
let this city for Chicago at 1:81 p.
m. collided with an Ice train two
miles west of Ypellanti. The express
train was composed of express anl
mall cars only. - The dead ore as fol
lows: "' -;" "
ENGINEER JOHN KCALLEN. De
troit' " " '' ' v.. '
BRAKEMAN THOMAS LITTLH.
Detroit ' "
FIREMAN C a MILLER. J.' -son.
i. - ;
MAR CLERK SILAR M'lLLVAT ,
Detroit .
The accident U was stated t '
Michigan Central ol'Ws horo. v
cauneil by EiiKlrwr fnlKn. of t
exr-'"'! train running 1 ' -t a r
ViUkU Ttl Stt K '' i '