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t : r:ui:;;c:mrJLio:T riiics: ;;:ioo pek yuak. CIIARLOTTi; N. O., SATUJ I DAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1907. piuci: nvi: c: ';. 1IES. TIIAA7- VISITS .J0IID3 f "13 E PALI3 AND WORN Xi'ni As nrently Trying' to Appear Cheerful aB'l In jopfy to Question 1 fiald lliui Hie Waa "Feelln? Prct . ty Vcil" Thaw J'oeptloiMiify Well - ind Enjoying 1 Usual Vigorous Health Itcwplto Reports to Contrary ail. Thu Will Be Kept on Stand Monday and Half of Tues day and Crows-Examination Way A Even be Stretched Tbroufrh Twice 5qA That Time Details of European Trip Still to be Gone Into by Dis trict Attorney. , . Now York, Feb. 22. Mra Harry K. . Thaw arrived at th Tomb prison ,. this afternoon, accompanied by Dan iel O'Reilly, of counsel for Harry - Thaw. .. She teemed .pale '. and worn butwa apparently trying; to appear ' A cheerful; and said In. reply to ques tions that he was, "feeling- pretty Word waa. Immediately tent up to Thaw cell 'and Thaw, who had tent ' word to', hla . wife that he wa very r anxlou . to aee her, I came f quickly , down to; the conference , ; room " J to ' whloh Mrai Thaw an Lawyer O'Reilly had1 been ahown. Thaw rushed into , h the conference room and clasped hla , i wife . In .hla anna -calling ' her t. "My dear, brave little wife.", U 't "7 ' . Mrs. Thaws eye filled with tears and Mr., O'Reilly withdrew from the ' room; leaving both of them weeping .4 - A few minutes later Mr. O Relljy re , turned and the three had a confer- ' ance. ' ..'.-.-'&; ".'v.Vs -' v:. ,. " . , THAW8, HEALTH OOOD. " v . . j i It was well along In the afternoon " when Mrs. Thaw arrived at the prison. 1 ' There had been . reports .in some of . .v the early editions of th paper to ' t' day to the effect that Thaw waa him 1 self ' in bad physical condition, . but I ' J when he appeared to greet; hla wife , h declared that h was feeling x , cepttonally wall and waa enjoying his usual vigorous health, -:; . t . J - Mrs. Thaw was pale and worn but ''y when approached by newspaper men ' , smiled and tried' to appear- cheerful r. In reply to questions, she said she was - feeling pretty well." . " i ..Except for Mrs. Thaw's visit, to the s Tombs, the ' principals in the: Thaw trial spent the day In rest, every one "-' I, apparently relishing the respite from . ' ''the scenes which marked thla week's I I proceedings. : By ' the time tha bear- '" Ing is resumed next Monday morning ' w it la expected that Mrs. Evelyn Nes ' Y "ibit Thaw will have entirely! recovered her composure and be prepared again .. to tam her place In the witness chair. . On Thursday it waa said the young , woman was on the verge of illness ' " " and that a cup of broth had been her - ? only sustenance for two days, fehe waa , . so weakened as the result of her day's 4 V wperjenca that . she f retired; Jm mediately upon reaching her. apart 'Amentaand.did not arise until late to i . i day. Tha only reason which took ,her " ( from her bed even then was the call , 'she had promised to make upon her. ' 3 ' . tiusband . in the - Tomb's prison. . Or , .-' " dlnarily visitors are not allowed In " . the ,lg gray building on holidays, but -v - ? an exception was tnada to-day with regard to Harry Thaw's wife and ! , v counseU. .. , District Attorney Jerome has gone . K !, - to Lakeville, Conn., Jo spend the hol ' i l- lday recess with hla family - pearly - i all pf Thaw'a counsel 'remained 1 at ."Sv-t'elf 'homea, :-:V.'T.l..t.ll'r,J? ':JZr.r ON STAND ANOTHER DAT AND ,-;-.V''f-'Dia istrk attdThey will kttp Mrs. 'ytVhkW on the stand at least a day and ,r y a- half - more and may even- stretch ' ,v; ' his : . searching . cross-examination . i ' vi thrdugh twice that length of time. It y' iiwlll depend , upon how Mrs. Thaw i Hi fwHr at tha 'end of this period as to 'Vi' Whether Mrs. Thaw's counsel will go ' y! ahead with thelr re-direct examtna Vlt Vtiohiof her. Mr Delmas haa been , - j making copious notes during Mr. V?, ,-. Jerome's Questioning of the witness . .and he will likely endeavor to place a " different light , upon aome of the incl- i 't'iv dents, whlcht hava been disclosed. With the cross-examination only half ; completed and tha re-dlrect examlna .'...'v'itlaii " and ' re-oross examination .; r;,'. still ; In " view v there seems no ; '.way to approximate' the num ' ,Ver-:V" af ' : days in the -. wlt :.. ness chair Mra.' Thaw has before' her. ' ' " If ahe Is mach fatigued at the end of '-Mr, jerome a arse - cross-axaminauon . ahe may be releaaed for a time, sub ject to recall.' In' view of the fact, however, that the defendant'a coun v sel forced the district attorney to proceed with the cross-examination 'r " J against bis will he will very likely Insist In . return that they shall also - 1 f conclude with, the witness before she ' Is excused from the stand. DETAILS Ot EUROPEAN TRIP. ; 'The details of the European trip of .1104 la still to be gone Into by Mr. Jerome. The return to America and 4 the false announcement of Thaw's r emarriage to Evelyn Nesbit when the ' first scandal arose Is sUll to be told of. ., The facta of the pursuit of the young J: woman by Stanford Whlte after her h marrlag vwhlch the defense told in f ; the opening address, must be brought . ' , - out ' "' . " '.: ' " - - Of course tha truth of the story . J whlcE Mrs. Thaw actually told hat . husband and; which Is said to have , , unbalanced iia mind, cannot be ques M tloned. it she told him the story and -.., as a result hla mind became deranged, , 2 the truth of the story is immaterial. All - that the cross-examination can v..',.;;-. demonstrate r Is a doubt as to the f vaa veracity of the witness, a doubt as to . 1. whether ahe really, did tell him or iCt not. The vital Issue: Did Thaw's -.'..'.."-action after he heard the story, did :, i his relations with Evelyn Nesbit cov i ,: erlng a period of two Mara after this i v revelation, did his' treatment of her '''and of White, and a thousand other t J things, Indicate that he was brooding : iu mimj or mat na was laxing i' advantage of it? This is for the Jury j to decide and this Is the doubt that District Attorney Jerome la attemnt Ing to Instill in the minds of the , jurors. v ;., : ,;, K,-;. ' u. ; . t ; ' FORTT-TWO , LETTERS lDENTI , '; '.'.; .'',. ':'!' '. FIEP. -r , - r : Mrs. Thaw on direct examination Identified 41 letters as blng'ln the f handwriting of Stanford White. The . letter's were not written to her but to snother girl Mr. . Delmas evidently . . Intends 'showing these letters for identification during the re-dlrect ex . amination ana evidently hopes to 5 nave them Admitted as evidence off setting something Mr. Jerome was ex- pected to wring out on cross-iamfn. 't atlon. No Intimation ha been given . as to what the letter's contain or ,to whom they were written. They may , ronnttute a new element of surprse J. which la yet to be Injected into i a rn'? wnicn nns oironqy teen So p"o liflo of astounding incident.' . SENATE PASSES BATE BILL ONLir';';;.TIIRH VOTES'; AGAINST ' Tli Graham V,Sl, Irovlillnar For a First-Class IUuo of 2 1-3 Cntn, a , Sccond-Cluss lUtte of 2 Cents, and V IntwolianpfaMn Aflleagc, Goes C Through. Xhe I rP"' House In Place of tho 1 tonne Itlil, With a lint lute of 2 CcntH -Text of tho Oralinm 11111 - I'reston's Iieforinatory Bill : 1'wsmt House lovd and Lockhort Hnve a Tilt -Greater Cluurlotto lilli Introduced. ' . ' , , Observer Bureau, The Hollaman Building, ' -" I Raleigh, Feb. 22.. -The feature of to-day's session pf tha Legislature was the passage of the Graham rate bill, fixing railroad fares at 2 and. 2 1-2 cent, providing for first .and second-class and Inter changeable mileage. I'-''!"'- ' The Senate Judiciary ' committee, after a long discussion this afternoon, to-night, by a vote of t to 1 reported favorably Senator Bellamy's bill pro vldlngcompulsory pilotage for Wil mington.,, Advocating' the bill , before the . committee , were r;V Mr. ; Brook Emple rand ; CapV: " X; W." 6-alg,' of Wllmjngton,';; and ; Mr McGuthrte, of Southport, Opposing It war Mr. J. Allen Taylor,; Representative Morton and Mr. Stevens, of Wilmington, rap- resenting Swift A Co. k-v Member of the House commltte were present and hard;-th;raousloiu;''... ".At the night, session 'of the House the compulsory attendance school bill was made a special order for . next Tuesday. The following bills passed: . Preventing the ; manufacture and sale of poisonous, deleterious or mis branded foods or liquor. ,. , , i Establishing a recorder's court tor Wilmington, , Abolishing dispensaries at Roxboro, Person' county, and , Jackson, North ampton counties. " -; :; -',.. ? . The special order waa Preston's hill for a reformatory,. Speeches against it -were made by Lockhart Lauxhlnr- house, and Stephens; those making argument for It being Harms, Man ning,. Neal McNeill,. Stickler, Avery, Bolton,' Gallert Preston. Price, of Rockingham: Qrlffln, Galloway, and Dowd. Preston trailed the previous question at 10:15 o'clock and tha bill passed by a vote of 78 to I. The House at 10:45 adjourned. DOWD AND LOOKHART HAVE A . There waa promise of a sensational occurrence at the close of Dowd's speech, Lockhart, In his argument against the bill said that aa a Repre sentative he was compelled, to con sider the bill as a matter of business, a cold-blooded, : business proposition. and . ignore sentiment. ;: In Dowd's speech, referring to Lockhart, he said he regretted -that one so young and promising-has so early lost all senti ment" When Dowd concluded Lock hart obtained recognition, and asked . Dowd . if. , it , was . not fact that-, be, - since coming to Jttalelgh, had not uniformly voted la the Interest ot the railroads whenever these interests conflicted with the people. Lockhart -waa called down on ".-,. point .'. i -of,. f -. order , by Harries 1 as not -discussing .the subject : - under consideration, : Mr. Dowd arose and' said; deslrmg to V parliamentary, yet deliberate, and empnatic, ne cuiea-upoa tne recora oi given by .him a a Representa tive and denounced the statement or tha insinuation as - absolutely false, Lockhart Mid nothing but came over toward the 'Speaker's stand, from his seat near the lobby across the cham ber,' from where ; Dowd sat The crowded galleries and lobbies were exDectant and excited, but: there was no trouble," Kltchln walking up to tha lobby in - the rear of the Speaker's desk with Lockhart. and others sur rounding him,' succeeding In cooling him off and avoiding any trouble. - : v THE SENATE. Tha Senate met at :S0, Rev. Dr. Tyree offering prayer An nnravoranie reDon wae maa on the bill to allow Scotland , Neck tTl vote on prohibition or dispensary. Bills passed: Jo' allow Jonesboro to vote on im provement bonda . -? To aiww oner uuy to issue aveet bonda To Incorporate the sum ana Alle ghany Railway. , ' To amend uaxe roaa iaw; ana re charter Oatesvlll. . To amend the charters of Littleton and Llncolnton and allow tha latter to issue bonds. To allow ttocxy mount to issue street bonds. To amend the charter or ureenvuie and that ot South Blltmom Tn lncornorate the Charlotte Foul- trV Association: to amend the charter of Che Branch Banking Company, t - .To amend the aeer law in Lanootn- ton. - . . . . . ' To amend the law nxing salaries in Guilford and to Increase the road fund there ..; ' v-. . - To amend the charter, oi tne new born Banking A Trust Company. . To" protect game m waven. To aiv - a board ot - audit for the Oxford dispensary- ' , To regulau payor juror ana wit nesses in Forsyth. " ' -; V !" -To repeal the road law in uontgom- ery. s' . i , . To appoint a noara oi euucuon in Alamance." ' --' t To abolish the dispensary at Crat- weH.';'''-'Vi','... :"."m"-' . : "?..''' v ' To aiva Anson county a short form of land mortgag and deed ot trust '' V-! .. v NEW BDLLS. '.;';' s Bill were- Introduced:' ' ' To allow Iredell to levy a tpeclal road tax, and4 Issue bond for macad amising the hlghwya 1 ' Breece; To moorporate tSie Smoky Mountain Railway. , ; Ballinger: To appoint- a finance committee tor Polk. . ; -, r--- Beawell: . To smend the charter of tb Aberdeen A Rock Fish Rail- 'iemlngs :TOauthortse , Pitt ' to Issue bonda "! ' V ';'' ' ; Seawell: To 'allow' householders, owners, or occupants In cities or towns to do their own repair work or plumbing on the premises. , Graham: To provide for the sys tematic retirement of members ot the board of education of Burlington. Burton: To prohibit fast . driving over brldsres In Onaiow.-. Webb: Changing time of Superior Courts In the fifteen districts. . ' McLaughlin: Giving consent of th Rtata-to acaulfement by the United States of lands In North Carolina for duMIo ourposea Edrd: For relief of the'ex-sherift ef fits n lev ftedwlne: To allow Union to levy (Continued a fsg Elevsa.J KOTED CHIMIN AL WAKTEB SHOUT AND CETTINCS TUB EAM1S Governor Glenn Slakes Requisition on tho Governor of South Carolina for Frank Short, to bo Liberated To-Day From Columbia Prison Thonpht to bo Frank Getting, a - LUo-Terraer In North Carolina penitentiary . Methodist , Orplian o Badly In ; Need of Funds Throe Classes of Lobbyists. Observer Bureau, t' Th Hollaman Building,' w . Raleigh, Feb, 22. ' si Governor Glenn to-day ' made a requisition on the Governor of South Carolina for Frank Shorts, or other wise Missouri Shorty," ,who Is said to be a notorious jsafe-blower and postoffice robber who has figuered In many States and Is well known to the. secret service, postoffice detectives and police. He Is charged with hav ing blown the safe at the Plymouth postoffice and taking therefrom $500 in money and a, lot of other property. Then he' went , to , South Carolina, committed the . same" kind ot; crime and waa aent to the : penitentiary for everal years, r Hi iv term ; ends : to morrow.; He cannot be tried in the Federal Court for the Plymouth rob- oery, pecause it is barred by t the statute of .limitations,; so ' he will be brought here, and tried in the State courts. . ; , v.-'s? :;,.:i.iia'e'K ,He waa located. In the 'Columbia penitentiary by Postoffice Inspector Harvey : Gregory,- Sheriff Jackson, ot Washington county, vwlll go v after him and will take him prisoner , at the gate of the South Carolina peni tentiary, to-morrow ! morning, every- tning having been arranged for the turning over of tha criminal. j s The Governor; was informed', this afternoon that Shorts is mo ,' other than H. B. Getting, who about 10 year ago entered the residence ot Fred Woollcott in this city on night and stole - a lot of , property. Mr., Woollcott recently went to Columbia at the request of the State authori ties in order to Identify him, but was not willing to swear h was the man, but tb-day the penitentiary au thorities made the identification com plete. ' The man waa '-convicted as Getting In the Superior Court here and waa sentenced to life imprison ment, but escaped in July, 1898. The robbery of the Plymouth - postofnee by him was in June, 190S. ' From wnat can be learned, he Is k very dangerous criminal and the post office and the State authorities are very anxious -to put him where -, the public will be safe from . his hands. A charter la granted the Charlotte Stock A Bond Company, Henry T Ferguson and others stockholder. capital stock 140,000. It ,1s claimed , by the clerks of the House that the most rapid work ever done in the Legislature In passing bills was last: Tuesday night, when 62 passed In SS minutes, many ot tnes- being, rou-cau Mils. . ' -: Governor .Glenn' to-day commis sioned J. Van B. Mitts, of Wilming ton, lieutenant colonel of the Second Regiment of the National Guard. . State Treasurer , Lacy Is greatly gratified that his son, Ben Lacy, Jr, has passed the entrance examination for the Rhodes stholarahrp, -at Ox f ordS2ns1aad. -" - - V ' There are .now exactly 9 orphans In the Methodist .Orphanage here. This In stitution is in need of money, and the powerful denomination which la at Its back ought to know the facta - There Is now 'no, water supply, no (Ire protection, and no lights except oil lamps, dancer ous always, and yet tne place la very near the city seweraae system, and tho electric light lines." If an ondowment of 110,000 -were provided for the water sup- a meet tne yeany exnensi forever, as the cost of Installing the nlont would not be areat An endow ment of 810,000 would also provide elec tric iiftnts perpetually, anomer neeu Is at least half a doaen dormitories, these to cost 8X,0W each. This sum was the cost -or the present aonroitory, nunc in 1901, which Is th only one. Many ot th pupils are now In the main building, which was built . a a school building. 4lnln ball ItHltArilim. tl ' In three 'or four year there will be 806 orphans In this -Institution and pro vision win cenainiy nv 10 u niui for thm. The late Mrs. Charles H. Belvln made the bequest of .ow to tne orphanage. This sum goe into tn en dowment fund and will support Bve or- nk.na ftWM liallv. TlTd MStnOaiBIS UBVO raised $106,000 for this institution of Wiir.h half ta lnvMted la the Burnt th nthav fiair fnr maintenance. The around have never been Improved at an. Th new auburb of Glenwood adjoins the around and there I a street oar ser- vle. . ' There are three classes r loaoyists in Rslelxn. who have xmn here during practically all the session of the Leglslay tiira nnm varlntv can be n numerous ly around the railing or ima roiunaa ot the eapltol, another can be een In the lODDie very quiliy wiKinc m mamuen. and ometlme itttng In the seats be- rooms at the hotela and never goes near the eapltol, but awaits, without seeming fa await, tne runs oi mrawn, una latter class never by ny. chanoe men Oonlng the -word Legislature, bills or anything . ls unless visiting member first do so. This I the real lobbyist He n.M.ra hlmnoir .as Jimoh above the tha manmr of a mat denart- mrnt at ore wouia ninueii aa cumymrmi with a bootweoa. y ,,. "A MOST GIITJESOMI? : Fim - - -'.' . Ft and Portions of the Leg of Man or woman in snow usnc in Tiarfr Yard of TemtnontI'hoto. " rmnh of Woman Bearing Name 5abr,, Found Near Spot-1, 1 Nw Tork.' Feb. 22. The feet and wirt ions of th lea of a man or wo man were found in a box In a snow bank in' the back yard of a tenement house in Third avenue to-day. The leg had been chopped oft apparently with an axe. jrrom tne appearance oi the feet and legs It 1 believed that an attempt was made to destroy them by fir before they were piaeea u tne bos and thrown . wnere tney , were found. The limb were taken to i police station and an Investigation be run. ;; -' ' . ' -- . ,, Police Sergeant Mcdulre said h Is convinced the limb were cut from th body of a man probably an Italian. "I suspect the man may nave neon mur dered and hi body cut up In one of th tenement in tho neighborhood. It J possible the persons who were car rying th burden to tho Cast river became Intolxcated and lost from hi poflalon this evidence ot a crime. Detectives lifted th snow where th box was found and discovered th photograph of a young woman on the back of whloht was written the nam "Faber." Mary Vasquei, the Janltre-a of the building b-hlnd which 4 the bones were found; stated that h waa sure th box we not there yestcr day.i She didn't recognlt th photo graph or the name,-but aald that for several day letter addressed to "Fa bef had com to the house, which the had refuiod to reeely beaoM there w no one of that f'nam In th bulging. r ' f 1 JJFE BOAT EEACIIEg WIIECK ELEVEN ECItVIVOllS RESCUED Baffetcd and Driven Back Time After Tlmo Sturdy Dutchmen Who Man ned Boats Refused . to Lax Their Attempt In Behalf of Ilandrnl ,of Shipwrecked Peoplo and Boat Were Launched Repeatedly Two Women Are SUll on' Wrecked Ves sel "and If inoe Henry, . Who Saw ' With His , Own Eyes .That There ' Were Blore Survivors Aboard De clared, "Wo Won't Return to The Hague Until We Save Them." s Hook of Holland, Feb, 82. After 80, hours of ; almost . ldcessant : efforts and splendid work the Dutch life boat men were rewarded by reaching the wreck of the British steamer' Berlin, which went1: ashore ' here ' yesterday morning 1 and' II ;v survivors 7 bhi? the af terpart of : t&e , vessel were saved. Two women are still on the wrecked vessel, Buff eted y and driven back time after time,- the sturdy Dutchmen refused to relax their attempt in be half of the handful of shipwrecked people and throughout yesterday and thla morning they launched - their boat repeatedly, one to be foiled by the mountainous seas, in the ' early afternoon the ' Ufa boat again went ' Out' j' ' The . ; receding . tide and some improvement in ' ' the weather, !- ; rave pi better hope v of success, and' after a hard tussle with the seas eleven persons still living were taken off at 2:80 a. m. Prince Henry, ot The Netherlands, the Prince consort arrived here this moraine and twice went out in a steam pilot boat as near the wreck a it was possible to approach. The Prince consort after rus nrst visit to the wreok when he saw with his i own eyes that there - were sun some survivors on board exclaimed: We won't return to The Hague be fore we save them; we must get them somehowA t. WILD RUSH TO HARBOR. The news . that" this determination had 'been .fulfilled reached the wait ing crowns in tne anape vi a. i umur shortly before I o'clock this after noon and a pilot' later confirmed the tidings. There was then a wild rush of people - to. the various point of vantage overlooking the harbor. It waa wall that a special force of po lice and soldiers had been brought Into the hook tor duty as the excited crowd at one time threatened to be come uncontrollable. Long hours of waiting followed and the people be gan to doubt the truth of the report that 11 persons had been saved and It was not until lon after 5 o'clock that the steam Pilot boat heralded its approach . with piercing shrieks of triumph from,; her: siren. By this time the harbor was black ed with, thousands I ot people. The roofs of all houses and sheds were crowded while along the . roadway skirting the sea ctraced hundreds of people keeping pace with. the rescue boat ' ' v. - In the meantime every preparation was made at the harbor to-take car of the Individual .rescued. The small lifeboat was the first to reach the harbor and. Captain Jansen, Its aklDDer. received round upon round rtf Mnrln eneers. He i revortea mat three women aadthlMheTrarro- fosed to-Jump were still aboard tne wrack of the Berlin. captain Jan sen had hardly told ' HI tory when the steam sllot boat the Helvoetsluis with the rescued on board, hove In sight. . As she was moored the ring ing, cheer of those .- assembled was succeeded by a painful ' hush as the first yof the survivor ' was oorne ashore on a stretcher by six stalwart Dutchmen and slowly carried up the sten to one of the waiting motor cars. The man was swathed In blankets and made no sign of life, 'T ." STEWARD REPUTES TO QUERIES A (toward was the next man to be brought ashore. He waa quite cheer ful and shouted in reply to queries: "My name I Fischer. Then came a woman, . her face covered with a blanket, her long, dark hair streaming over her pillow, and a frost-bitten band hanging limp ly over the side of the stretcher. eventually tne - 11 . survivors so narrowly snatched from death were tenderly removed to the Amerlka Hotel, and when the 'Prince consort came aahore hla face was radiant with grateful Joy. Several ' anxious relatives succeeded In forclna an en- trance to the hotel , and there were som scenes of bitter disappointment when they discovered that the mem bers of their families ' were not among the rescued. . r The names of the nassenrera aavait follow: - . v , Mr. Toung, Mr. Broedersen. Frank lin ButtelL Fraulln Oabler. Frau Schraeder, ail three of these women belong to th opera comnanv: a man whose name Is not, known, and nv members or tne crew,- The two women still on the wreck ar Fraulein Thlele and Frau Wern- terg, The husband of the lat men. tioned woman lies ' dead In the mortuary here The correspondent of Th Associ ated Press Interviewed ' Fran Schrae der. Frau ' Schraeder. aithauah practically atarvlng and . with her hands and feet terribly frost-bitten. showed remarkable cheerfulness.. iating ner ,' experience,:; - Frau Schraeder said: ' , "I aever ean foraet tha tarrihia hour of anguish and despair , we passed through while watching wKh our hearts. I might say, the gallant efforts of the crew of he life boat and tug to snatch, us from the Jaws of death. On Thursday night our anguish reached Its height. Then the gale -seemed fiercer than ever. Mountainous, death-cold billow broke, over every minute, and tha dense, blinding bllasard hid from us th comforting lights of , the Hook. About half past five In. the morning w heard th siren of the Incoming Great Eaetern steamer Vienna, and Frauellne. Butt in a frensy, of de spair, shouted to the howling wind: Wlr slnd hlrl' (W are her), i - "Whenever w saw or heojrd th passing craft w shouted, , fearing that th peopl'. on board . would think all was over. .'', -: . .; ' SAW FRIENDS DROWNED. 1 saw Fr auBertram, and Indeed, nearly all my friends carried - away by the sea and drowned.' Wa watched th operation of .our rescuers with breathless . anxiety, v but . when V.' w finally understood their action and saw there waa a chanc of life, w could hardly bellev our eyes. Ex haustion, csposur. hunger and fear had made u to miserable that even th Joy of lift brought no smlls to our face and no wrd to our Jtns. ."Ths first thing w did' after th PENSION FOR MRS JACKSON MORE SUPI'ORT FOR RESERVE. New England and Eastern Senators InterciKiod In the Sunmons Amend ment Providing for the Survey of White Mountains ami the Appal chlan Range Congressman Webb Secure a Pension for the Widow of the South' Chieftain, Who Also Fought' In Mexican War Judge S. B. Adam Talks for The Washing ton Herald. , , ' , f BIT W. A. .HILDEBRAND. i Observer Bureau, " , 1417 G. Street N. W., . Waahlngton, Feb. 22. '; There have been some develop ments which have served greatly, to encourage those who have, In and out of season,' advocated, some legislation looking' to the - preservation ; of the watersheds of the White mountain and Appalachian' range. , While the agricultural r appropriation ' bill i was under consideration to-day the Sim mons amendment designed to secure a ' survey , of these watershed wa reached, and an unfriendly move wa at once made by Senator Hemmen way, of Indiana, who said that the matter i was one of great Importance and he thought It should go over, tor further' consideration. , , :,v Mr. Hemmenwa recently came over from the louse and he -was doubtless reflecting the unfriendly at tttude of Speaker. Cannon. However, he had no sooner shown a disposition to block the amendment than a num ber of New England and Eastern Sen ators went at him and herein lies the new servtc of encouragement the discovery that such Senator as Lodge, Brandaree and Galllnrer " have the matter In mind and will Insist upon the enactment ot legislation of this character. Mr. Lodge went so far as to say that in the event a point of order was made against amendment, he would favor an appeal from the Chair. ')H":-V- ' ('.: ,;',- During the session this afternoon the subject was touched upon a sec ond time, when Chairman Proctor, of Vermont having the agricultural bill In charge, said that several Senators desired to say a few, word in support of the Simmons amendment but they did not Ilk the idea of taking the matter up at the session to-night The Senators who were Interested in the amendment he said, did not want to talk, to mpty benches. Republican state Chairman Adam is spending two or three days here. Mr. Adams la interested In . a caae pending before the Supreme Court and says he has made no recommen dation In matter of new postmaster for Waynesvtlle, where a right warm contest Is in progress. ' The Herald, the new morning pa per here, quote Mr. Adams as say ing: "If I were able to retire from legal work, I would spend the rest ot my days on my little farm near Greensboro, for to my mind rural ex istence and life on the farm Is the healthiest known to man and most satisfying, the most Independent "The other day, remembering some experiences of my Juvenile . days. I went into my smokehouse, and build ing a. fire of corn , cobs, exulted in watching the smoke curl among a lot of ham suspended from the rafters. It pleased me more to engage t, JiZTnX? 2 Ing that meat frofcor-ef Wownj ' -..Jj'6? Against Mm by HI UaiarnsrthaTt to try a law-ult or lt on in cenon. uome or tnes aay i am going to' become an out-and-out farmer, and. then I will be fulfilling my real mission on earth." Representative Ev Y. Webb to-day secured the passage of the- bill giv ing to .Mra. Stonewall Jackson a pen sion of 820 a month. This bill orig inated in the Senate, having been passed at th Instance of Senator Ov erman,' and will now become law a soon a It is signed by the President and th Speaker. There waa talk of the poaalbl application of th "Loy alty test" white the bill waa pending, and some doubt wes entertained about Its final passage. No obstacle arose, howvr, after th bill had finally been reported favorably by Chairman Lau denslsger, of New Jersey, of h sub committee in the House, to which the application was referred. 1 Judge Jas. E. Boyd and Clerk H. C. Cowlea, of the United States District Court, are here. NEW BANDS COAST ARTILLERY. Will be Located at Fort H. G. Wright, Fort Totten, Fort Dupont and Fort Screven. Washington, Fab. 22. On th rec ommendation of Gen. Murray, chief of artillery, Secretary Taft has au thorised the recruitment of four new band for th coast artillery, to be Keatea at tne following post: Fort H. O. Wright New London, Conn.; Fort Totten, near New York City; Fort Dupont Delaware; and Fort Screven, near Savannah, Ga. The six additional bands for th field artillery authorised by the law Increasing the artlllerv corps will not le recruited by the de- . . M . 1 1 I . 1 111., Caitiiicn. Hutu it nan wvn HlUvu where th new field batteries will be stationed. Washington Exerri-ca at Richmond. Richmond, Va Feb. 22. Official business waa suspended In Richmond to-day and th banks observed th legal ' holiday. The Richmond Hqwltaer - fired a aalute In Capitol Square and an address was made be fore the Woman's Club by , General William R. Cox, of North Carolina, on "The Father of Hla Country; tha Daughter of th American , Revo lution and th Sons of the Revolution, the Society of the Cincinnati, and other ' patriotic '' organisation held usual exerclsea - '"";.." ii-";.'",M' ' : Wilt Accept Carnegie Gift, : ? ' Deland, Fla., Feb. 22. Th trus tee of Stetson University to-day vot ed to accept from Andrew Carnegl a gift of 110.000 for establish Ing a library at th University. rescue was to tear off our freeslng clothing.' , v It now appear certain that after the catastrophe , , thsr wer - many more than II pnraons remaining on the wreck,' and that most of ' .them wer washed off by th wave. One woman ' was carried away Just' be fore th rescue waa effected. , ' 'Captain Jansen 'says h was com peiled to leave the two women and tha child on board the wfck bacaus they did not dar to mak th descent of the rop owing to their completely exhausted condition. ' In fact they appeared .to. be dying. Another de termined attempt to reach th wreok will, however, be mad at . low tld at o'clock t to-morrowv, morning, Th boatment Intend to try to board th wreck, wrap up the two women and th chlld In water-proof, aacka and lower them Into th boat. Th i wind haa decreased . in violence, but the fold la Intense and tha fury of the st tcrrtbl. ' the colonial roue Y" BITTERLY DENOUNCED BY CLARK Came in Connection With His Resolu tion for Investigation of tne ixms of Uio Philippine Islands War With Spain Condemned and Pur chaae of the Islands pronounced by Representative Clark as a Serious Blunder and Most Grievous Wrong Deed Was Nothing More Than Traflia' in Human beings and as Great m Wrong aa the same Traflko by Individuals. : , Washington, Feb. 22-The o-calI- ed VColonlal policy': of the l govern ment came in for bitter 'denunciation to-day on the floor of the House by Representative Clark, of . Florida, Id connection with his resolution: calling upon the Secretary of War ;. for - a statement -ot the amount the ,Philip plna'lsland'aya';;': Statesij He condemned : the;. war with Spain a unnecessary' and pronounced the purchase of the; Philippines I "a; serious blunder, and a most, grievous wrongs When we purchased these Is lands, and this alien race with them,' he said, "the deed was nothing more. nor less than traffic in "human beings and it is no greater wrbng for indi vidual, to traffic in humanity-than It Is tor nations to ' make bargain and sal ot human beings. , t ' "Within the last wey days 1 hay heard gentlemen on thla floor speak of our 'colonial possessions,,; ).- This smacks of empire. It breathes of im perialism. It suggests royalty. - It does not indicate the simplicity of Re publican government where every clt lsen a' sovereign, but it produces vision ot kingly rule." A, -n-v. On motion of Mr. Payne, of New York the resolution was laid on the table, ayes 1IB, noes 108. Th Hous in committee of, th whole, placed Itself in squarely on record to-day in favor of limiting the power, of special agent ot the De partment of the Interior by a vote re stricting the use of the appropriation of 8250,000 carried by the sundry civil appropriation bill to pay the salaries of suoh agents. ' . By a vote of 104 to 170 th com mittee adopted the amendment which was offered by Mr. MondelL ot Wyom ing, and debated for two hour v by Messrs. Cushman, ot Washington; Lacey, ot. Iowa; Mann, of Illinois; Burke, South Dakota; Reeder, Kan sas; Bonynge, Coloraao; Gerna, North Dakota; Steenerson, . Minnesota; Gaines. Tennessee, and SmlthJowa During the debate the work of the special agents was severely condemn' ed and the orders ot the President regarding final proof, on home-stead era criticised a working unnecessary hardship upon .settler Tha sundry civil bill was still in th process of reading ; when th House adjourned, at 1:4,8 p.m. s THROWING MUD ON HIS NAME. Senator " Bailey AsWlrMLTbla-arths Enemies. Austin,. Tex., Feb. ' 22. Senator Bailey was under cross-examination before the legislative Investigating committee to-day.- Representative Jenkins conducted -the examination and naked questions outlined by Rep resentatlve Cocke. The principal tes timony ' outlined was the assurance from Senator Bailey that while his enemies had repeatedly tried to show that he only performed public ser vice for private gain,' the fact in th case showed what malicious false' hoods his enemies were presenting to further unworthy end; that while hla enemlea had plaoed a good many men on the wltneas stand to prov that he had borrowed money, that hi ne mle had selected only hi special friends as witnesses and had been very careful not te summon a wit nesses hundred ot men in Tx whom ha had don great service for at Waahlngton In many way, and never asked nor received th slight est compensation therefor: that nun dreda of Texana could testify to hi work In their Interest without a cent of compensation; that all th Insinuations and suggestions that he had done service for pecuniary re muneration wer not only unjust, un true and most contemptible, but evi denced to what end hi enemie wer being driven to throw ' mud on hi ham and attempt to wreck him as a man and a public office holder. Th House committee voted to close the investigation thl afternoon, but there was a dedlock In. th Senate committee, the committee voting three and with on member absent and without action on th motion the Joint committee adjourned , Until Monday morning. - Senator Bailey made hi closing statement during th afternoon in which he said that tha Investigation was the result ot a political conspi racy, for which h 'charged William Randolph Hearst waa reaponslble. In closing. Senator Bailey charac terised th charge ' brought by Rep resentative William A. Cocke a being calumny. Senator Baltfey wept a h told of the alleged presecutlon by hi politic! enemlea He claimed that President Sam Houston had been persecuted and that Stephen F. Austin had been driven Into retirement by th persecution of their political nemle In Texa. .',.-5.-..:" ' ' ""' There was a contct over the que tloa a to whether the sub-committee should go to St Louis ' and other point to earch for H.rClay Pierce and th House committee decided to abandon any attempt to seeura.xni evidence. The Senate committee haa not ctd on thla question. Present indications are that th Bailey Inve. ligation matter will b carried to th (loot of tha LegUlatur. vLONGSnORE!lIF.N STILL t OUT. 100 Non-rnlonlsts at Work, at No-i , folk Strikers . Standing Around, . But No Claah 1 Feared. ' , Norfolk, Feb. 22. About 100 non unionists ar to-day working In th place ot the 200 or more longshore men who struck yesterday on th for eign shipping which arrive her for an Increase In wage of from 20 to 25 cents per hour.' Tha work of loading th German steamships Wollgund for Rotterdam, and the British atrnm ship llestla for Glasgow, is proceeding with the non-unionists divided be tween th two vesaela, Th strikers ar "standing around," but no clash 1 reported. , : , Th II est Is, after taking part car ro here, will proceed to Newport New tJ complet loading. CLEVELAND 0IIAX0IICI anniversary:: of . wa::ii;; Address Before Union l;ruo ., Chicago Received UUi Ci Mamieatatlon of ; Approvui President Dwells Lea on 1 . and Achievements of Wash;. Than Upon Soundactis of l'oi. Faith and Accuracy of Econ Wisdom Repnbllo Still Has 1 perative Need of Washington, i : His Example and Teachings arc Important to Present Genen as Labor and Guidance In Ills O. ;i:Ttoc''?-?f7:i:';,;i.',''v''H. , Chicago, Feb., ' 22. Ex-Prealc!.- Grover Cleveland was the : orator c : the day at the celebration of the a -niversary of. the birth pf Geor. Washington, which to . annually he: : under the auspwes of the - Un'.o.i League Club, of this olty. . ' . Mr. Cleveland addressed aa aud.- ence that completely filled the great, auditorium and his oration waa greet ed with every manifestation . of ap proval. , xx9 ,owii less upon me His tory and achievement of Washing ton '. than Vunon - tha aoundnasa of Waahlngton's political faith, and th accuracy Of Washington s .economio wladom, They prosperity and glory of the country will b according to the speaker unbounded and Imperlshabl j if the precepts of v Washington ' aro actively recalled, and in general close ly xouowea. ' " , , f The republic still has, he said, im perative need of Washington, and his example and teaching ar a ' Im portant to the present generation,' aa hla labors and guidance was necessary In hla own time. The address of, Mr. Cleveland was as follows: MR. CLEVELAND'S ADDRESS. The AmerlcVn neonls ara but little klven to the observance of public holi days. This statement cannot be dis posed of by the allegation that our national history 1 too brief to allow the accumulation of day deserving clvlo commemoration. Though it is true that our life a a people, accord ing to th Standard measuring the ex istence or nations, nas been, a chore one. It has been filled with glorious achievements; . and though it must . . be conceded . that it Is . not : given to us : to see in the magnifying mirage of antiquity, the exaggerated forms of American heroes," yet in th bright and normal light shed upon our beginning . and growth, ar seen grand and heroic men who have won Imperishable hon or and our everlasting remembrance. We cannot therefore excuse a lack ot commemorative Inclination and a lan guid Interest In recalling the notable incidents of our country' past under the plea of a lack Of commemorative material; nor can we In this way ex plain our neglect adequately to ob serve days which have actually been set apart for the especial manifesta tion ot our loving appreciation of the live and deed of Americans, who In crises of our birth and development have sublimely : wrought and - nobly endured.: 'V'--xV-'i--?" ' 1 If wear inclined t look for other excuses, one may occur to us which, though by no means satisfying, my appear to gain a somewhat fanciful plausibility by reason of Its reference to tb law of heredity.- It rests upon th theory that those who secured for American nationality it first foothold, and watched over Its weak Infancy, were ao engrossed with th persistent and unescapabU labor that pressed upon them, and their hopes and aspi rations led them so constantly to thoughts of th future that retrospec tion nearly became with them an- ex tinct faculty, and that thus It may have happened that exclusive absorp tion In thing pertaining to th pres ent and future, became so embedded in their nature a to constitute a trait of oharacter descendible to their posterity, even to the present gene ration. PRIDE OF AMERICANISM. ' There is another reason which mlaht be advanced in mitigation of our lack of commemorative enthusiasm which l o related to our pride of Americanism, that If wa could be cer tain of It sufficiency w would gladly accept It a conclusive. It has to do with th underlying qualities and mo tive of our free institution. . Thosa Institution had their birth and nur ture In unselfish patriotism and unre served consecration; and by a degree of fate beyond recall or change their perpetuity and beneficence and condi tioned on the constant devotion and single-hearted loyalty of those to whom their blessings ar vouchsafed. But after all why should ' we at tempt to delude ou. solves T I am con fident that I voice your conviction when I aay that no play of Ingenuity and no amount ot special pleading can frame an absolutely creditable excusj for our remissness In appropriate holi day observance. . ' . The commemoration of the day on which American Independence w;n born, haa been allowed to lose much of It significance a a reminder of providential favor and the IntleriU patriotism of the father ot th repub lic, and has nearly degenerated to a revel of aenaeles noise and dangerous explosion, leaving In It train far more ot mlahap and ac cident -.' than . '. lessons ' " ot - goo. I citizenship or pride of coun try.' The observance of Thsnksgtvta r Day la kept allv through It annval designation by Fedora! and State au thority. - But It Is worth or whilo t Inquire whether lis original meanln r, aa a day ot united praise and grati tude to God tor blessings bestow l upon us as a people and aa Indivi i uala, is not smothered In feasting a i social Indulgence. We In commo n, with Chriatian -nations everywher . celebrate Chrlatmaa but . how mu h less as a day ot commemorating th-t birth of the Redeemer of mankhi , han a a dy ot hilarity and the int -r-ehang of gift. 11 I will not without decided prot t be accused of antagonising or icv -elating llght-heartad mirth and J -ty. On the contrary, I am aa earn advocate of every kind of sane, div octal enjoyment and all sorts of r -reatlon. . But nevertheless I fell t the allowance of an Incongruous j aesston by them ot our common tlve day Is evidence of a certain i djtlon, end I symptomatic of a i lar tendency which Is by no r. reassuring. ; ; ; A BADGE OF HONOR. bn this day, the Union Iaptw ot Chief go should especially r. : in th corisciousni'M of pntrloMo . panlnient; and cn this A.iy i f s'l eis. every On of Its member ? regard hl membership as a t honor. Vvhatever ely-tha tlan mny have don. It In j its existence ant esirnej t' t (CVr. 1 c
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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