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, y . GTOSCEIPTION PRICE: 3.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTO. CHIEF CIIASQN STILL LIVES DETAILS OF WALKER'S CAPTURE Throe Members of the Posm From Fayettevllle Overhauled the Kegro Murderer at Duun, Just He Had " Boarded ft Coast : Line Train for Washington lteaelied Dunn on a JYelght Train Chief , ;' Chason ; and , III Subordinate Officer to a Criti cal Condition and No Hope la Held TVV4 for the Recovery ol Either KV Vi.'- Ucltement. Intense Saturday 1 A.'ljjht. Hart Knhi.1,1,-,1 Yestrlav. . VXlai to The Observer.', . Vayetteville, March 8.-Chlef of once naaon, ana umcer .uui;.y ham. who were shot here last night by the negro, Tom Walker,; at' the time that he'' murdered Offloor Lock arty, , In 1 resisting the search, of' his bouse for contraband liquor, are lying ' t HIghsmith Hospital In a most pre carious condition, really hovering be- twee.it life and.death. : The attending physicians are' unable to hold oat much hope for the recovery of either of the wounded men, and it will prob ably be I H hours before they ... can feasard a definite opinion of their ul timate oondltion. ' ' v.-.v v " Chason's wound Is in the head and tne paysicians nave, oecu as yet. un able to remove the bullet , Bucking ham was shot in the shoulder and ' the ball pierced the lung and likewise . has not. yet been removed. . Pneu monia is threatened. - r The artest of Walker, the murder er, at Dunn last bight about midnight " was etCected by Howard Smith, D. K. , Taylor and H. LT Lamb, negroes of U a -fiAMa - wYia. hA vnnA tin An train 12 of the Atlantic Coast Line In search ot him.-. Walker had beat; hla "way to Dunn on a freight train and bought there a ticket for Washington. He then boarded trsin 82 and Mr. Smith recognised him and covered him with a revolver, Walker had shaved oft i his mustache and had his face black- - ed. He was taken In charge by Sheriff Watson, of this county, and Mr. J. - B. Tilllnghem. of Fayottevllle, and taken to Raleigh for safe Keeping. Excitement was intense nere Bight, but all is quiet to-day. all ' SAFE IW STATE'S PRISON. Tom Walker, Negro Murderer, Taken to Raleigh by Sheriff Rose and a Deputy MAkealr Denial of His Crime Owns a Fine Weapon. Observer Bureau, The HoUarrfkn Building, Raleigh, March 8. Tom Walker, of Fayettevllle. the negro murderer,, waa brought to the penitentiary this afternoon for safe keeping by Sheriff Rose, of Cumber land, and Special Deputy D. K. Tay lor. The sheriff drove from'Fayette- vllU at t o'clock this morning In a fcut-rv to Dunn, believing .Walker would board the fast north-bound train there. Walker left Fayettevllle ., en a, freight, . : .... , He was found by Taylor In a Jim crow car, his head towed over the . seat and was instantly covered by a ristol and told to threw up his nanas He was disarmed. He was brought to Apex on a Durham & Southern train and from there here on the 8eabbard. He made a denial of the crime, but - talked rather freely about it. He had bought a ticket to Washington, and 136.10 In cash waa found on him. The pistol was .shown by Taylor and Is a particularly fine weapon, one of six n..iv fennarht hv a Favettevllle dealer. It Is said Taylor is a remark ably accurate revolver shot Deputy STaylor said they had no trouble in hrinarlnr Walker here, though he is desperate man. ONE MORE DRAMATIC FEATURE. Said to be Programme of Defense to Have Mrs. William Thaw Take Stand, Her Testimony to be In Line of Pre-Natal Influences Affecting Son Drs, Blngaman and Deemar Also to be Called. New York, March 8. At least one more dramatic feature of the Thaw trial Is foreshadowed for this week In the appearance on the stand of The prisoner's mother. Mrs. William Thaw. It is Bald to be the pro gramme of the defense to haw Mrs. Thaw take the witness chair as did her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Thaw's testimony. It Is said, will be in the line of pre-natal In fluences which made of Harry Thaw a, nervous, sleepless and headstrong child, as he was described In oourt by the family physician. Dr. Blnga man. and Dr. Deemar. of Pittsburg, who attended Harry Thaw when he passed through a severe case of in fantile diseases, including St. Vitus' (Canoe, will be put on by the defense. They will follow Dr. Charles W. "Wagner. When Justice Fiugerald asoends the bench to-morrow, Dr. Brltton D. Evans will return to the stand and District Attorney Jerome, it is ex. pected. will conclude his cross-examination of the alienist Lawyer Del- mas spent to-day aa the guest of Dr. Evans at Morris Plains. N. J. :.. 1 Thaw's Sunday in the Tombs was uneventful. He did not attend re- aigloua service and had no visitors. He wrote and sent out a single letter to A. R. Peabody, of his counsel , . Later Mr. Peabody said that the letter contained a denial of the re peated story that there bad been an unpleasantness between members of the defendant's family.-.- - v aa Sinn imX - tHountain Slipping Into Valley and It , v is Feared Whole Village W1U Be -Uanles. March I. -The mountain in i thl Province of Polensta, near Mont- amiVt, wnicn is tupping Into the (rally? began again this morning to ' move after having remained , Quies cent Saturday night The roaring of the araiancnes was neard for a con alderaoie distance. Trees were up- ' rooted ana the wnoie country was de vastated. Five thousand persons are homeless and the scene Is one - of c desolation. It Is feared that the whole village will be covered over.: ' TtnoiwnrrlC to Become Life Member , Washington, March 8. Responsive So an invitation extended br James A. Drain, of New York, the president of r the National Rifle Association ' of America, ' President : Roosevelt has signified his pleasure to become a ' life member oi the association, whose : Object Is to encourage marksmsnshlp . throughout the United States, ' and ' which - Is working In co-operation with the national board for promo - tlon of rme practice, . RUN DOWN BY A TRAIN. A Norfolk & Southern Special Kills l urney Freeman, Traveling Blind : Tiger, Near Klnston -1119 Son Ks ; capes Uninjured, but the Stock of Liquor Is Spoiled. Special to The Observer. Klnston, March 8. Shortly after midnight this morning a special train on the ; Norfolk St Southern killed Furney Freeman, white, about two miles from Klnston. , The train was running from Ooldsboro r after the performance of "The Clansman" find struck; a hand car at a sharpy curve Just beyond Neuse-river bridge. Freeman and "". -his son, aoout i years old, were on the car -with a number of Jugs ot blockade wnisKey. Every-jug of whiskey & was broken except one - gallon, ? Young Freeman Jumped from the car, before the train struck It and was uninjured. It la thought the elder Freeman was too Jntoxicajted to realise the danger. He was struck on "the head and both arms and both i. legs were broken. The train returned to Kin ston with the body, which was hurled this afternoon. V: A'j?r'i-,.i ;.-v-''- Younar Freeman savs they took the lever car at Neuse river .bridge and went about four miles . and stopped, bis father went into the woods ana brought the whiskey out and put It on the hand car, when . they started back .-to-. lanstonj'te';:'. Freeman had been a suspect Diina tiger for about a month, and it is now thought that he haa been secur ing his blockade whiskey In this way each Saturday night for sunaay ais trlbution. ;,- 'A hj, J'f,':-. ' The first train crossed the Kinsion It Carolina Railroad bridge across Neuse river at Klnston yesterday afternoon. ' ': "'. ' .' ' " A RED STAR LINER ASHORE. - - Tho Vaderland Strike pa Goodwta's Sands and Tng Goea to ashisi ner Other Veaeels Grounded and King Edwards Visit to Continent May Be Delayed German Stream er Marsala Sinks the Helenc, Eight of Crew Going Down. London, March 8. The Red Star Line steamer vaaenana. -apuu Ehoff, which sailed from Antwerp on Saturday for New York, Is ashore on Rant Ooodwlns Sands. A- tu haa been sent from uover w tbe asistance of the Vaderland. The position of the steamer is not believed to eb danger ous. The fog is so dense that It is impossible to see the distance of a ship's length. e OTtanniv la the list of ground Ings that the number, of tugs avail able is Inadequate for the calls for assistance. . Unless there Is improvement in wib situation King Edward's departure for the continent to-morrow win o Turn nr thrflu other vessels hav-H winnlad All nondwim's Bands. 51VUUUVU w w - Many collisions are reported. The Germans steamers jnarsaia. uu ene collided and the Helene sank and eight of her crew were orowneo. Ondwln Sands Is a range of dan- mrous shoals In the Btraii 01 wover. Th Vaderland and the steamer M.wnrth rtia were In collision Jan narv Uth off the bouw wooaww ii.ht.hin Ti Naworth Castle was .,,nk and three of her crew perished, Th. vriand suffered damage' to her plates below the water line. The Admiralty Court on r eoruary rendered Judgment against the Red Str Unt. holding tnat tne vaaeriani- was to blame for the collision. Thm Vaderland la a twin screw iumr of 11.017 tons: length 580 feet breadth 60 feet She caniea or dlnarily about ibo nrsi-ciaua, uov ond-class and 1,500 steerage passeng ers. She is commanded ny tapt it. r, Ehoff. NARROWLY ESCAPE VIOLENCE. Sketch Artist and Assistant Drag and Attempt criminal Assam on o Small Girls Sheriff and Police Guarding Prisoners. M.Hetta. O.. March 1. Walter W. cavmr nf flvracuserN. Y.. and Andy Corothers charged with drugging and assaulting six aman iri, .-"jis'"- narrowly escaped violence ai me hands of a large crowd that for a time surrounded the Jail. Savage is an advertising sketch ar tist and has been here about a week occupying a window In . the Dime Savings Bociety ouuuing. w u made a specialty or getting young girls to allow mm to maae mmr pit- Vim h&ii It fiirlsl 1)2- tween the ages of 18 and 14 years In his room, gave them whiskey, wine and beer In which he administered some kind of drug. The police this evening found the girls unconscious, lying on the floor. Savage and Coro thers were found in the room. Both men and the six girls were, taken to the city Jail. t Physicians gave the girl's emetics, and they regained consciousness. The girls said that the men forced them to drink The physicians are con vinced that at least two 01 me gin are victlmr of an attempted assault tTnder ruard or tne enure ponoo force, the men were hl I0,9 county Jail which is on the fifth floor of the court house building. The sheriff and deputies assisted by the police are guarding the two prisoners against a lynching that was threatened by the excited populace. The girls will recover. NEGRO STRUCK BY CAn.1' Unusual Accident In Columbia Re suit Seriously to -Negro Stable man.'' 1"," , ' . Observer Bureau, 1808 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. March 8. Will McMillan, . colored, was seri ously injured to-night while " riding on a street car". The negro was standing on the running board of a i.i onen car coming ' from Ridge- wood, and as. the car passed an out- going BiaiWing sire car, av siomb car, in front of Thomas' drug stoTe, the negro leaned too far over. His head struck the Blandlng street car after the front of the car had passed him. ' He was knocked to the ground and rendered aoneleM. A physician waa summoned and ' the negro was taken to Taylor Lane Hospital, where hla skull waa trepanned and : the physician has hopes of, his recovery. The negro worked for Martln'a sta bles. ,. f-.w - ' ,vn v;;. , 1 11 )' ' in Overcome br Coal Gas. 1 ' Bmlthfleld, R. L, March 8. Twenty men and five women were overcome bv coal aas in a boarding nouse con nected with the Bernon Cotton Mill In the village of OeorglavlUe to-day, and while nearly all were eventually. resusclsted It Is feared mat in two cases fatal result mar follew. SENATOR SrOONEIiBESIG jSS IS TO TAKE EFFECT MAY FIRST Groat Surprise Follows Action of a iriconsin, Senator, Who Declares Tliat to Remain a Member of the Hotly Involves a . Sacrilicc -Letter WlUi Ileslgnation to Governor Dav idson Dated Saturday But Sena tor's Intention to Reelgn Not Known to Senate Until , Late Yesterday Will Resume the Practice of Law; Washington, March 8. -Senator Spooner has written a letter to Gov ernor Davidson, of Wisconsin, tender ing his resignation as a Senator of .the United States to take effect; May 'i next,,' The" letter ; was dated jyester-' day, but the fact that such a letter had. been written or that Mr. Spooner contemplated resigning did, not be come known In the Senate until Jate to-day, when .It created 'great surprise and ; the i Wisconsin Senator fatj once found himself the subject 'of" many inquiries., To all he replied that bis mind was fully made up. He had found,; he said, that to continue' in his present position would require' a sacrifice oh hislpart that he could not Justify himself In making. In- reply to questions he said he would resume the practice of law, but declined to say whether he would be located In Wisconsin. He did say, however, that he would be a citizen of that State as long as he lives. Vice President Fairbanks was one of the few public men to be made ac quainted with Mr- Spooner's plans before he wrote his letter. The knowledge came to him through the personal confidence of the Senator, but the latter made no official com munication on the subject either to the Senate or its presiding .officer. The law does not require that ft re signing Senator should do more than Mr. Spooner has done, but some Sen ators who have resigned have given notice to the Senate. On being Informed of Senator Spooner's resignation, tbe President made the following-statement: "I cannot sufficiently express' my regret at Senator Spooner's resigna tion. We lose one of the ablest, most efficient, most . fear less, and most upright public seN vanta that the nation has. Four years ago I knew the extreme re luctance witty which Senator Spooner finally consented to serve In the Sen ate, and year1 by year since I have feared that he would resign, as he flnaliv haa resigned, for I have known that every year of his stay in public life has been to him a flireci nnanoiai loss which he could but 111 afford. -I understand fully the senator s ieenns that he cannot longer stay In the nubllo service at such cost not only to hlmselt, DUl 10 nia uuiuij , mm.!, t reirret his resignation, I am most sincerely grateful that he has K.an mriiiinc to aervo as long. He has v i hi. 11 f a rallant soldier, a trained public servant of the highest standard et ability and faithfulness, and. at all times ,an American clUxen ..a .1. 'i.l. M,.tr " wno aia bw ,.wbbi ., 1 1 WAR AGAINST OWN PEOPLE. t.,m. BivfiMi hr Dlstinrulshed aorfMn . cirimni Presented In it,...-, in (Connection With Estab llalunent of Immigration Stations la the South Protesting Against '"Per verted Use of Government Fona tlona of Which Rush tan People are VIettma." Waahinrton. March 8. In connec tion with the establishment of Immi grant stations at Galveston, New Or u... anH Pharleaton. S. C. Mr. Ben nett of New York, presented In the House to-day a petition signed by a distinguished list of American cltl sens, calling upon the Congress of the United States to protest against "per verted use ot governmental functions of which the Russian people are tn victims." , , Th. nrntat recites a list of atroc ities asserted to be practiced by the Russian government in its "prolonged warfare against its own people." The arralsmment of the Russian vnvernment Is as follows: 1. Thousands of men and women are dragged from their homes solely at the discretion -qr pleasure ot iocbi military or police authorities; placed in remote settlements of semi-savages close to, and within the parlor circle, where the most loathsome diseases are chronically epidemic 8. Hospitals are deliberately fired upon by the regular troops without rehuke. S. The Red Cross Is not respected and the wounded are frequently slaughtered or thrown Into the sea or burled alive witn tne aeaa. 4. Women, children aged and de- creDlt men are maimed and killed by sword slashings, torn ny payonet ana trampled under boors of horses. 6. Girls ana young women ronaoi tants of districts under military "pro teotion" are repeatedly given over to violation by officers' aa well as ordi nanr soldiers. 6. Tortures are applied to prisoners within fortresses and prisons to elicit Information. COMEDIAN JUMPS TO DEATH. Member of "Vanity Fair" Cbmrjanr Instantly Killed wnue Trying to Escape Being Burned to Death--- Woman of uompany injured. -Chester, Pa., March 8. In an ef fort to escape being burned to death John Conly, ft comedian of the 'Vanity Fair" company., was Instant ly klllea to-day by Jumping from a window ot the Arcade '.Hotel, at 0th and Market street where the theatrl cal company waa . stopping. The flames broke out on tbe first floor of the building and. out off the escape of all the members of tne company. Fire men were on the scene before the flames gained much headway and rescued all the occupants of the hotel excepr Conly, who seemed to have lost bta presence of mind and Jumned from a third-story window, udesnite the warning of the firemen Mrs. Wataon,-also a member of the com pany, was severely burned. . - FIREMEN RESCUE SICK UN. Fire Follows Close Upon VMta. lion of the Death Angel In m Wil mington Home. ",- . , : s Special to 'The Observer.''- Ipfi- -V:'L '"Wilmington, March -5 1. Early tbla afternoon ' the residence . of Mr. A. O. Hanklna, on North Fifth street waa partially destroyed by a fire which started from defective flue In the rear of the bouse to-day, Cap tain Phil Thomas, formerly ft Sen coast railway - conductor, who was critically HI In a room was rescued by the firemen from suffocation by smoke. His sister-in-law. Miss Ida Kennle Hanklns. a daughter of Mr. Hanklna, died in the bouse and was burled only yesterday. EUSf SUNDAY IN C0NGBESS ONE TAR nEEL IN THE HOUSE Mr, Webb Shows up on the Second Roll CallThe Senate lias ft Goodly Attendance, Owing to the Organised Plan to 1-lllbnster AgalnMt the- Ship Subsidy Measure Senator Overman Selected to 1K Much of tho Fillbusterlng--Tlie Forest Reservo Fight Which Will not down, Now, for the Third Time, May Be Said to Have Been Fin inhed New Opposition Develops North Carolinians on the Warpath. BY W. A. inLDEBRAND. ;'..v;v-;y.-; . y kis; .'..'V:.' vuiHjrver oureau. V'p :f:ix,flii: tnieei, in.:, vv, ..' ) ' ' i Washington, March 8. While there was some backing and filling and filibustering. Congress ob served the Sabbath by doing about the hardest day's work ofth e session. The writer observed, hen roll was called (it : J 1 o'clock to ': ascertain whether there was m quorum, that not a North Carolina, member was present but on the second roll call Mr. Webb show ed up, and 'later some of the others came In 4 In the Senate things were different. A goodly number of Senators appear ed early with a; view to participation in a' filibuster against the ship subsi dy bill. In fact the filibuster was care fully organized before the Senate met, a detail of this movement being that Senator Overman should occupy the floor, for 4 hours should it be ftfund necessary to resort to drastic measures. It reminded one of the time Tom Car ter talked a river and harbor bill to death by occupying the floor practi cally all of one night and untfl noon the next day. It was suggested that the North Carolina Senator in the event he ran short of data would find tho occasion appropriate for reading tne uia xeetament. FOREST RESERVE FIGHT. It has already been related how ad vocates ot the forest reserve bill had more than once leaned back to take their ease, feeling that it was all right about their measure, only to find that opposition had broken out in the most unexpected places. When the favorable conference report was submitted to the House it was taken for granted that It would be adopted without question, but once more the friends of the bill found that they had counted without the resourceful and hostile Cannon coterie. It will be recalled how Hemenway started a fight against the Simmon's amend ment in the Senate, but was called off by Vice President Fairbanks, who wants the presidential nomination. and who felt confident that the gentle men from Indiana identified with his political management was not help ing his cause. Hemenway remained out of the Senate chamber when the amendment waa brought up, but there are Indications that there was a string to the withdrawal of his objection Anyway, when the conference report was submitted to the House, Over- street of Indiana, at once set in mo tlon a movement te amend the Sim mona amendment. A .vain of. what might -be termed malevolent humor runs through the Overstreet amend ment It so broadened tba terms of the Senate amendment to provide for the survey of all the lands near the sources of all the "various streams in continental United States," which are big enough to be at ftll wet How far 825,000 would go in this direction may be imagined. CAROLINIANS ON WARPATH. Messrs. Thomas. Lerer. Lit- tlefleld, and others immediate ly assailed the movement as an attempt to destroy the Simmons amendment but most all the know parliamentary devices were resorted to by those bent on securing the adoption of the Overstreet substitute. A doien members spoke for or against the substitute under the fire, and later the two-minute rule. Mr. Thom as got the floor several times and while the North Carolina member is not from a district that Is directly concerned in the fate ot this legisla tion, he made a fine fight First there was a rttilng vote, then tellers were demanded, and then there was roll call, which resulted In the burning down of the Overstreet substitute by a safe majority. The result la that for the third time it may be announced that the fight Is all over and that the Simmons amendment undoubtedly the entering wedge tor forest reserve legislation, will stand. DEFENDANTS FOUND GUILTY. Jury in Nelson Case Returns Verdict of Second Degree aiuraer j aago Peebles to Pass Sentence To-Day. Special to The Obwrver. ijenair. Aiarcn s. ine attorneys in the Nelson murder case consumed the entire day yesterday and until 8:80 last night with their argument and Judge Peebles then charged the Jury- He went into details of tne evidence of the prosecution and defense, con suming two and a half hours, giving the full and fair duty td each Juror, and stressed the law firm and plain, finishing at 18 o'clock. Tbe Jury retired and after a short discussion took a vote, which stood in iavor of murder In the first de gree and 8 In favor of murder In the second degree. They decided to de finitely settle their decision, and did so Just at 8 o'clock - thla morning, when they decided to render a verdict of murder in the second degree. Judge Peebles will pass sentence to-morrow. Although due In Wilkes boro he wltl hold court to-morrow here just to pass sentence. . V , . PRESIDENT'S SON ILL. ' Archie, Suffering - From ' Diphtheria, Isolated in Sontlieaat Room of Capitol and Strict Quarantine ; Being Maintained, r Washington, 'March I. President Roosevelt's young son, Arohle. baa diphtheria, but It Is said that he Is not seriously ill. The patient has been Isolated In the southeast room of - the White House and ft strict quarantine Is being maintained. , Surgeon General Rlxey, the Presi dent's physician, to-night said : that be was first called In to see Archie last Friday, Dr. Rlxey at once be gan the use of antitoxin and sent for a trained nurse. He has assured the president and Mrs.,- Roosevelt lhat their son la not seriously 111 and that there Is no occasion for alarm, Ar chie was in school last week until the day he was tiksn tlL . Steamer Dakota' Goes Asliorci., Yokohama, Maroh 8. The Great Not t hern steamship Dakota went ashore In the bay of Toklo last night All passengers , are safe and the gents of ths vessel ars hopeful of saving her. - -.. ' ' m HOPE MR SUBSIDY BILL SPEECHES MADE TO KILL TIME Slost of Day in Senate Devoted to ; Filibuster Against Measure by (Dem ocrat, and Though Pending at Midnight the Bill Was Facing the AbNoluto Uncertainty of Failure -With Close of Congress at Noon -To-Day Friends Give Up Hope of Securing Any Shipping Legislation at This ScwtionrGalllnger Refuses Appeal by Dubois and Carmack to Withdraw Bill. Washington, March 8. Beginning at 11 o'clock to-day by far the larg er part of the session of the Senate was devoted to a filibuster Jty the Democratic ; Senators against a ship subsidy bill as It passed the House, and when the Senate adjourned a few minutes before midnight the bill was till pending, but It was facing the absolute uncertainty of failure with the close of the Congress at noon to morrow. Speeches Intended for no other purpose than to kill time were made by. Senators carmacx, dudois, Overman, Newlands and others, who frankly confessed their intention" of defeating consideration of the ob jectionable measure. . when tne re cess was taken at 11:40 the friends of the bill bad given up all hope of se curing any shipping legislation during the present session. At 8:8U to-night senators dudois and Carmack made an appeal to Sen ator Gallinger to withdraw the bill, but he did not comply with the re quest, f .The debate was interrupted by the ' passing of a resolution for the printing of document on norses, which brought out from Senator Car ter the remark: "That'e a horse on the Democratic side." This sally aroused the venerable Senator Pettus, of Alabama, who remarked: "We ac oept the rebuke from the Senator from Montana because or nis wisaom and long experience and do not fall to recollect that he ha ethe record for speaking for more than 80 hours to kill a river and harbor bill. RELISH FOR FILIBUSTERING. Never before has the Senate ap peared to relish so much an attempt to kill legislation ey niiDusienng methods. Mr. Carmack, as the di rector of the minority movement against the bill, kept the members convulsed with his sallies and at no time did he try to hide the fact that his efforts was a filibuster pure ana simple. He scorned substerfuge and at the outset ef his remarks came into the open by addressing himself nrlnclDally to the term "niiDusierers," Which Mr. Gallinger on yesterday ap plied te the Democratic Senators who have undertaken to aereat me mwi life. First Mr. Carmack devoted himself to an endorsement of Webster's die tionarv as an authority on or thocraDhv and definition and said that if the Senate had any doubt that this work was an authority he would bring it In and ask that passages from It ha read at the desk. After reading Webster's definition of "flllbusterer." with Its varying use and synonyms, Mr. Carmack said that the remark of Mr. oainnger. naa branded him as "a marauder, a pil lager, & buccaneer, a sea robber, a free booter. and a pirate upon the aeas," in fact ne saia, -1 nave own accused ot almost everything except appendicitis. 80 branded, I em tp be rafiruA from this Doav ana em u mv home, for I cannot defend myself by attacking the character or mo rrefl hilitv of the senator irora i vtamnshlre. I cannot discredit him truthfully, and therefore I cannot dls- credit him at all." SENATORS SHOUT AMUSEMENT. When he had spoken for about 45 minutes with the obvious purpose of killing time Mr. Carmack paused. looked at his watch, and remarked: "Well. I see I must be hurrying along." At this, the Senators on the floor shouted their amusement To aire Mr. Carmack a rest Mr. Dubois read a document on the Phil ippines. As he sat down a colloquy occurred between Mr. aaiunger ana Mr. Carmack over the definition of the word filibuster, as given by dif ferent dictionaries, snd the latter charged that Mr. Galllnrer had simply been trying to "filibuster accoramg to his own definition of the word. Charging that the pending measure was for the purpose of "looting the Treasury," Mr. Carmack referred to the bill as voting a "subvention." and Mr. McLaurln asked the difference between "subsidy" and "subvention." Mr. Carmack answered: "Subsidy by any other name smells bad." Mr. Carter adoea to tne spirit 01 levity by Interrupting the reading of letters from shipbuilders by Mr. Overman, who was giving Mr. Car mack a respite. "I want to know,"ald Mr. Carter, "what. If any. dictionary Is used in Tennessee, and whst'lf any. standard of spelling exists and If It is unnorm ly applied." This gavs Mr. Carmack an opening which he took advantage of to taunt Senators Carter and Gallinger with being parties to a filibuster. A THRUST FROM CARTER. "Observing that my question em barrassed the Senator," Interjected Mr. Cartar, "Inasmuch as ha probably la not willing to admit that the dic tionary Is unknown In that State, I will withdraw the question." "If the Senator wants a direct an swer," said Mr. Carmack, "Tsnnesses stands by the constitution and Web ster's dictionary." . Just as Senator Tillman had pro duced a burst of laughter, during the discussion of the amount of steel in a ship, by asking how much "steal" there - was In shtp subsidy, Senator Prye, of Maine, took oocaslon to re buke the whole proceeding as unseem ly and undignified. - "If the Benator refers to me, I will say that I am not responsible to him for my conduct, and I shall conduct myself according to my own notions of oronrlety. If th Senator from iMslne does net like my manner," said Mr. Carmack, "he has my permission to leave the ohamber, and go wnere ha can attend church, If he would prefer." "I would much rather ., be. In church." retorted Mr. Frye., . . Senator Carmack expressed regret that the Incident hsd occurred.. He had spoken, he said, ,on the (impulse of the moment, and withdrew what bad been said. Senator Frye, too, expressed the same sentiment and explained that he had not meant to address the Senator from Tennessee personally in his criticism. t : At 1:80 the Senate took a recess until 1:80 o'clock. : 1 To Investigate Basinets System . of ; ,.; . Ppstofflce Department , - , Washington, March ' Vlos TrU- ldent Fairbanks to-day appointed Sen-1 ators Penrose, of Pennsylvania, Car ter, of Montana, and Clay, ot Georgia, to represent the Senate on tne joint commission to make an Investigation into the business system employed by the Postofllce Department . New Immigration Stations. Washington, March 8. The Senate to-day gave its approval to House measures providing for the puuaing of immigration stations at Galveston, Tex., New Orleans, La., and Charles ton, S. C. - ; ' Bailey to nold His Pec. 1 Washington, March S.-r-Senator Bailey, of Texas, who has Just re turned from that State, was In, his place in tbe Senate to-day for the first time during the present session. He ' received hearty welcome . by hla colleagues on both Bides of the cham ber. He said he would make no state ment In . the Senate concerning hla recent eventful campaign. r 4 Nominations Sent the Senate. Washlrta-ton. March 8. The Presi dent to-day sent to the Senate the fol lowing nominations: To be postmasters: Georgia, a. Glover, Montlcello; North Carolina, W. J. Leary, Sr., Edenton. CARRIES OVER $10,000,000 Senate Passes the General Deficiency Appropriation Bill Smoot Amend ment Brings on Talk. Washington. March 3. The Senate this morning passed the general defi ciency appropriation bill. The bill carries slightly less than 810,740,000. The Senate agreed to an amena- ment authorizing the payment ol 815.000 to Senator Smoot for remun eration on account of expenses in curred by him in the contest for his seat The Smoot amendment was the only one In the bill which occasion ed discussion. Senator McLaurln of fered an additional amendment which provided that the protestants agalnat Senator Smoot should receive an equal amount. When this was laid on the table he proposed that nan the amount should go to the protes tants. It was explained that Senator Smoot had paid his attorneys 8 80,- 000 and the amount in the bin would only reimburse him partially for bis expenditure. It was also stated in opposition to the amendment of Mr. McLaurln that the government had paid all expen ses of attending witnesses making a total of more than 826,000. Mr. Du Bois said the women who had pro tested against Senator Smoot had raised the funds for their attorneys through collections. He had no doubt that If reimbursed the organisations represented would use the funds for good purposes. The second McLaurln amenment was also defeated. A BERTH FOR AINSWORTH. President Appoints Military Secretary an Adjutant General In the Army- Nine Other Officers Promoted. Washington, March, 8. Among the nominations sent to the Senate yester day was that of Major General Fred. C. Ainsworth, the present military secretary, to be the adjutant general of the army, which office was created by a provision In the army appropria tion bill. At the same time the Pres ident sent In the names of nine officers who are to be known as adjutant gen erals. These are as follows. Brig. Gen. William P. Hall, with ranK of brigadier general. Col. Henry O. S. Helstand, with rank of colonel. Col. George Andrews, with rank of colonel. Col. Wm. A. Simpson, with rank of colonel. Col. Henry P. McCain, with rank of colonel. Col. James. T. Kerr, with rank of colonel. Lieut. Col. Alexander O. Brodle, witn ranK, or lieutenant colonel. Lieut. Col. Benjamin Alvord. with rank of lieutenant colonel. Major Eugene F. Ladd. with rank of lieutenant colonel. in executive session the nomina tions was all confirmed. - ONLY TWO MORE WITNESSES When Their Evidence Is Heard tbe Defence will iiave Its Inninar In tne Mill lasea at Grensboro Mo tlon to Non-Hutt Likely Wliat WIU Be Done With tbe English uinar Special to The Observer. Greensboro, March 8. There waa no session of United States Court yes terday, other than the formal open- ng ot court at 10 o'clock and the tak ing of an adjournment until Mon day morning. Two reasons are as signed for not holding court the continued Illness of Juror J. A. Hearnn, and the desire of the attor neys and court officials for a slight rest from the arduous work of tho last four days. Mr. Hearne Is not seriously 111 and was able to be out of his rom to-day. He expects to be ready for business Monday, when the tolal of the case wll be resumed. District Attorney Holton has only two more witnesses for the govern ment and after these are examined the taking of -evidence for the de fendants will be commenced. The government, will probably have to fight a motion to non-suit when all ef Its evtdenos is In, but tbe Impres ston prevails that no non-suit will be allowed as all parties are anxious to test the Immigration act and have It construed. - The prevalent opinion Is that tbe government wll lose In the end, even thougn the law would be as the government contends, for the evidence against ths men is not generally believed to make them guilty. A verdict In favor of the de fendants would be no surprise to ths public Messrs. Cansier, Tlllett Smith. Ber gent and others who have ben here during the week, went to Charlotte thla afternoon to spend Sunday at their homos. They wit return la time for the opening of the court Mon day, There has ben quite a large attendance of Charlotte people and eqtton mill men from other places in ins state nere oaring tne week. The question of. what will be done with the English girls at the end of the trial has ben discussed by the district attorney and other govern ment officials. Mr. Holton does hot Intend that they shall be deported tin til after the cams art finally disposed of. ' Should the case be carried to the Court of Appeals and a new trial granted the English girls will be wanted again . for witnesses. It Is probable that an effort will be made to secure employment for them, and they will be. kept under surveillance until it Is found tnat there Is no 1 further bead tor them,1 v j FOB BANK IN PHILIPPINES WIXLIAJIS SQUARELY AGAINST IT Senate-Bill Passes House by Vote of it 1 10 e, JUeArmond, of Missouri, Voting for Measure Small, of Carolina, and Aiken and Legaro, of - til Kuimort TtiirUpr. nf MlMTMirl diargea That Certln, (Democrats Who Voted Favorably ,o Meaeuro '. Visit to Islands, and Receive Hot T?Ase ITWwn Ufa . CKUIm ,,.-"( - .'.v.- vvi v .ivj.st" s?UJUl Vafe . of .187 to 19 the House to-dav nassed the Senate bill providing for the es tablishment of an agricultural bank . The passage- of the bill developed ' dlametrleatlv nnnonlta vtewa en 1 th part of two leaders of the minority. Mr. iArmona, ot wissouru, voting .; , ; for the measure, ; while Mr. Williama, - of Mississippi, me minority leaner, ; mtnnl annarnlv Biralnar tt The fnllnvrlno' TVtmncrata vntaA tnf th hill! Mmiml Alfcen. Rnnth Ctm. Una; Bankhead, Alabama; DeArmond, Missouri; Howard, Georgia: Kline, t S. . v ai M ... ;.,V iium: nuiuaueiL ajouiaih.xi'bi: AiLouvru v , O W AVI At UOI IOJ I aVVU V UUStg . E? - a BV ' -h t4.r-.eu ik.Aii.. . mm a i V V- Wllev. Alabama. Bat two RoDubll- V cariB voiea aramflc it vis. mavirfl. uarrajfn, or Micnigan, and Joann. oi Illinois. . 1 1 1 1 n inn uiii nnn,r ur. rtucKer. or Missouri, maae tne ai- rect cnarge tnat certain Democrats f who were in favor of the bill had - ' been the minnta nf th Reeretarv nf r?ar on nis trip to me rmuppinea count for the position taken br these arenuemen. wno were aaessrs. ut Al .,.v,.u, DucilCfi liv? J I1U uunaiui , i fir.- Tn renlv Mr Okarlev aaM that th - slur" cast by Mr. Rucker upon tbe :: Democrats who voted for the measure.. ' warn iin&llAn taw. In vt .nr nf fn Tflir . .A. . 1 i 1. - . .... 1 1 LUH II1I W IIO IM1 LI BfJfJIl mi . iDDina Hituaiion waa Deiier aDie 10 . lesismie man uii man wno iiaa nOT TTnder n Houan Rnanlutlon Sneaker . Cannon appointed the following com mittee to attend the opening of the Jamestown Exposition: Messrs. snerman, or iew iun; Virginia; Tawney, Minnesota; Pollard, f M.n.i.lf. . XfaVlntav TlllnnU- Wat. uui iiiumiia, .ajivi, jvannun; iviaynaru, Virginia; ivsr, t Rrtnth Carolina: Ooldfoele. New York: ' Kline. Kpnnnvivanm- i.invn niuaun. More than an hour was spent by - the House In obtaining a quorum af ter meeting at 11 o'olock to-day, but when the necessary number waa Be- . cured business proceeded as usual. A greater part of the day's session was ; iri v. v. r ill. MHinn.rlA nn f ,i ' . . - . ft . . 11 A mirtlal ranort on the raJTollett rail. road bill were accepted and the bUia ;" sent back to conference, for further consultation with the representatives ..v of the Senate. The final report on ' ; tne pension appropriation uiu, con- : talnlng a provision for the malnte nance of eighteen pension agencies was agreed to. The bill authorizing the establishment of an agricultural bank In the Phlllplnea was passed. At 6 o'clock the House took a reoess un til 1:30. A fin Vi aaSnetei t Vl fc TTsVtlSaS. Sa flTVaaat A to the conference report on the gen ' ra1 n1 Aflfl nnr-v hill A n.imKmw a, A n a, n-i , kllla war a monument in nonor oi tne oatue ot New Orleans at Chalmette. La., the Stevenson Grand Army memorial to , pner uoiumous statue ior nuioj ton; monument for Tippecanoe bat tie ground Indiana, The conference report on the so- called IS hour bill was agreed to by a vote of 2 SS to 0. The conference report on the sun- ' ury uivii uii. was vbicvu mi, iiu wtiii- , hiialneis a-anerallv comDleted the a . t..i i will . . J ,A J I W Hnnn at 11-1A a. m. took a recess . V 111..., v.v w-mmiwni j .i.. m1I a.tA . .i nwnm A REVIEW OF CONGRESS' WORK. Appropriations During Short Session Approximate a uuiion Dollars, More Money Than During Any Pre vlous Congress New Laws Put on Status. Wnnhlnston. March I. More moner has been oprroprlntrj durlnf the Short Session of the ittth Conitress. which - - aseee Into hlntory at noon to-morrow, -halt ilurlng any previous neialon. The . amount, ni near can -e eatlmated, , approxlmaiea a billion dollars. Two ma Dattieinrps were autnoruea for the navy, and the artillery oorpa et ; the army waa reorsanised ami enlarged, t A rennnil service nenaton waa granted to veterans ot the Mexican and civil wars, . , and Ilka provUlon waa made for army nurses. For river and harbor Improve- nenls the appropriation aaTregated tSl-. AAA AAA Increaaed aalarios were given to t,ou . net offlera. the Vice lYesldwit and Ben store, the itpeaker of th House of Hep- . reaenlatlvea ana ita memoera. amoaeaa- dora. mlnlaters and consuls; to poatofllcs clerks snd letter earriers. - The nublln made more Uiauinea ror in- - formation from the document rooms ot Congresa regarding the ship subsidy bill, , the currency meaaure ana tne out res- ulatlng the hours, of railway employes than any other pending leaiilatton. Ship , Subsidy died ban) la tho- last hottra. The . other two meaauNs became laws as the Seaalon Closed. - i "--w.. ....-- -vv... ...-,,, The Immiaratlon bill, one ef the meet urea brought over from the lone . ss- " elon, waa oomplotcd under the sour et... the T'reslc'ent that he anight meet the r-lirAMlaTaMtia altnarmn hv a-lvlna . the sitmlnlatratlon control ef eooti im portation through paae porta The bin further reetrtots the admlaaloa et atleas to the country. . . . .. . u A bill was paned for the establish ment of an acrtcultural bank In the n Philippine lalands. . r . The free alwhol lav? of laat oeaslon wss modined that farmers may distill tbe wants produeta of the farm to be de barred and used for arts and sciences. The rlaht of appeal in, erlmlnaJ caaes waa granted the covernroent , a measure Intended to strengthen the antl-truat leaiHlatlon by altoUn ft means where by the Supreme Oourt may pas upon the constitutionality and construction ot such laws. - ; , 1 ' ' : - An Inveatlgatlon was authorise re ganllng the condition of women and child workers. -.'";-. . -.-,-'- . - - The Inter-State commerce eommlatlon waa euthorlaed to aacertala If the ex- firess oompnnles of the eountry are evnd ng the railroad rale law of iaat aeeslon hy buying, aellinc and handling on cun SlfninRnt fruit. yert.-M snd Oy-er. lleed Rmoot w retained by th frenntn as a Senator fmrn Utah, snding a (mr yeera eontrovry. The Henate retlned treatt with f mi l tXmlniro and Algwlrna. The l're'-' nt waa autlrirUfd t- use- hta t'nl u; i to prevent atrc"'ltlf In tM t'nnijf,. Tne 1Siii lo ln"h'-'l en , live investigation of the Iid. trr. ; .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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