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A y 'I ""l , my) 'A " SUBSCRIPTION :P1UCB $8.00 PEK'YJSAB. r CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. -9 1 A c'. vX'Wf CBAMATIC SCENE AT FINISH JUSTICE II I HUllflCOT PAGE tfVEAX HOTLY HURLS DEFIANCE , ,.j p,, tjAjeded to Desperation Because HI Cohorts Refused to Heed (bo Crsck 4 of the Lash, the Speaker of the , House Takes the floor and In Frcn tied Accents Read Lettolatort Out - of the Partj-The Galleries, Moved k by His IWloWf Speech, Cheer ' J Him to the EchoSenator McLean Takea Un the Gauntlet and Defies Mr. JusticeThe Latter Make En- emleabyhtoRae ANoteolApol ' ogy From the Speaker Follows the ' Performance Upon the Floor of the House The Dove of Peace Furls Its Wings Over the Legislature at Adjournment Mr. Klutta Believes That -ax Breach Has Been Made In the Ranks Which Will Not be Heal ed for Borne Time to Come The Legislature Has Accomplished Much That Is Good and In Many Respects . Has Been Notable Something of Its Shortcomings. Special to The Observer. Raleigh, March 11. The great bat tle of the giants of the Legislature culminated in a grand climax here this morning. The defeat of the Justice amendment to the McLean anti-trust bill In the Senate so angered the bril liant Speaker of the House that he descended from his seat of honor, took the floor and vented his spleen upon those members of the Senate who voted contrary to his liking. In his magnificent rage Mr.Justlce made the welkin ring, going so far as to say that he would have the roll called on the audacious Senators at ths next Democratic convention. As Mr. Justice, with his strlklnssjeatures, animated with good, rich, boiling blood, and his sharp rasping tongue, declared everlasting war on -those of the upper house who had dared not to do his bidding, the lobbies and gal leries of the House were crowded with nif n anl women. As the Spanker's wrath grew and his tongue became keener and his eyes flashed defiance the throng Increased. MULTITUDE CHEER3 As the hot words fell thick and fast on receptive ears the multitude cheer ed vigorously, not that everybody In ths hearing of Mr. Justice's voice was In accord wlthr what he said, but prln- clpally for the purpose of egging him Sn. As the game cock ejanswers the challenge of a neighboring rival Mr. ffustlce sounded his war cry to the Senate. The Speaker was intemperate In his speech; his outraged feelings overshadowed his reason. He spoke of such men as McLean, Mason, Blair, Bellamy and others as Republicans. He made a threat to carry his troubles before the next State convention. In that one sentence Mr. Justice gave a note of warning. In other words if the Democrats of North Carolina do cot follow the dictation of the Speak er of the Hmse he will read them out ef the party. The slogan of the radi cals has been chosen. Mr. Jfustlce want too far. The bowstring broke. In cracking the heeds of unruly Senators he riled some of his faithful cohorts tn the House. Representative Julian, of Rowan, In explaining his vote de clared that he did It without regard to the speaker or the speech. M'LEAN HURLS DEFIANCE. When Mr. Justice took his seat the Spectators and auditors in the gal leries poured out of the House In throngs and went Into the galleries 01 tne senate cnamDer. Tney were looking for excitement. Their hearts were contented before many minutes had passed, for Col. Netll Arch Mc Lean, one of the Legislature, picked up Mr. Justice's glove and accepted his challenge. Col. McLean Is a man o,f large frame, handsome person, dignified bearing end the manners of a Chesterfield. On his feet he Is at ease. To-day, aa he stood as erect as a pine, his Iron gray hair was care fully parted on his noble, massive brow. He was attractive to look upon. There as no sign of snge- In the beaming face, but the steadiness of his eye and the poise of bis head and the curl of his lip mads one anticipate his remarks. "The Speaker, the would be Democratic dictator of the legisla ture, has seen fit to denounce the honorable gentlemen of this body who m At to vote agalqst his will," de clared Col. McLean, as he lifted him self a little higher and shook his frosted locks. "I defy Mr. Justice to read me out of the Democratic party. X have contempt fof his threat." The onlookers applauded boisterously. In this deliberate, bold and determined attitude, ths Senator from Robeson was magnificent. His lips curled and tils voice hissed. The carefully formed . - t sentences came slowly from his mouth. Ths people hung on- his words. - At every convenient point the audi ence clapped Its hands. In the midst , ef Col. McLean's speech Senator Holt, of Guilford, received a note from Mr. Justice, In which he retracted his : ' threats, declaring that he had made A them In ths beet of passion. t. PEACE HOVERS OVER ALU' s The war clouds rolled away and feace followed. The McLean amend ', -. ment became a law;', ' An appears that ths anti-trust bin Is ; f ', ;i?polU1eal 'meMore. In the coming (campaign between the two great fac ' ttons of the Democratic party the f5 fight over the antl-tmst legislation ' , will be used by both Idea. Many per sons, who like not a dull' time, '.re gret that Col. McLean and Mr. Justice were not members of the same house. These two fighters are somewhat-alike. They are dictatorial. Mr, Justice being more so than Col. McLean and pugna cious. The Guilford man is more in dustrious, the Senator from Robeson, more powerful. Had they been on the same floor the capltol would not have held the crowds that would have (cone to hear them discuss the issuos of the day.v'',-..-"'-vt'.:v'' 1 , BREACH IXTIJB PARTY.; This afternoon; I etskedt Senator Whitehead Klutta, of Rowan,' who is counted! with the radicals, what ' he. .thought of the work of the Legisla ture, In reply he said: 'The General Assembly of 190? adjourns, leaving- a breach In the Democratic party which only time and the common, enemy, tiepuDucanism, can neat xnere was a bitterness of personal feeling mani fested such -has not been known for years. It is a vast relief to get back to the peace of one's own roof. Look ing backward, it appears that the Leg islature has done more rood and less harm than most Legislatures. In my judgment there was never any very good ground for the fear that It might Injure business. The railroads in the beginning, and the mighty tobacco trust at the end of the session, after the immemorial custom of their kind and In the latter case with telling ef fect, cried 'wolf, wolf,' when there was no wolf. But for the blind opposi tion of the railroads, they could have secured a two and one-half cent pas senger rate at the outset The regula tion and reduction of freight and pas senger rates, the increase of power given the corporation commission to regulate public service corporations, the establishment of a reformatory, the creation of a system of high schools to open the path from the cornfield to the university; the large ly increased appropriations for the insane, the old soldiers and ell chari table and educational Institutions; the founding of a State hlspltal for the treatment of consumptives these things will stand as monuments to the wisdom and humanity of the General Assembly of 1907 when Its strifes are forgotten. It would seem that some advance was made along the line of allowing the municipalities more of local self-government. In both the Wadesboro and Scotland Neck cases, the Legislature decided to allow the people the right of suffrage upon the liquor question. This Indicates no de cline of temperance or prohibition sentiment, but a rather saner and therefore a more hopeful attitude. IMMIGRATION LAW ABORTIVE. "The Immigration bill, originally commendable because limited to na tions of our own or smillar stock, is abortive. Twenty-one counties in the east, and two west. Swain and Mont gomery, were excepted and Immi grants from any part of the world ex cept southern Italy, may be brought to those counties and from them of course distributed over the State. Of course this amounts to Indiscriminate Immigration, and I voted against It We shall have to trust the wisdom" the State bureau and the limitations of Attorney General Bonaparte's re cent opinion to avoid ultimately low ering the standards of dtlsenshlp and the wages or labor as a result of this legislation, which Is, I think, about the only serious mtsiAKe maae. Representative Dowd, of Mecklenburg, who stood with the Conservatives and did some fine service in this Legisla ture, told me this afternoon that he was very much pleased with the work of the General Assembly. He thinks that the laws effected will prove satis factory to the people of the State. No radical measures got through. He sees that the two elements of the Democratic party have drawn apart for a battle royal." H. E. C. BRYANT. FATAL EXPLOSION OF BOILER. Three Men Killed and a Number of Others Hurt by Accident to Loco motive Portions of Iron Blown Blocks Away, Tearing Into Build lngs. Metuchen, N. J.. March 11. Three men were killed and a number of others hurt and Metuchen was shaken mil threatened with many fires to day when the boiler of a locomotive on the Pennsylvania Railroad explod ed when drawing a freight train through the town. TV,- AmnA ire WILLIAM J. SISHER, engineer, or Philadelphia. C. S. SMITH, nraxemen, irenion, N. J. . W. H. FRITSCHE, fireman, Trenton, T T The train left Jersey City st l a. m. and was passing through Metu:hen under good headway, when Just opp .i,. k. Hiirniil atatlon the boiler Of the locomotive exploded. Portions of th hniw were mown iwo dmcks ..c enA inn iviv into buildings. The bodies or Engineer owner anu Brakeman Smith were a hundred yards from the tracks. Many freight cars were piled In a heap an 1 several the tra n Hands were injured, uui nnnik M.rlotulv. The broki'i cars caught fre. but the blase 'vas sn.m xtinmlihul A nortlon of tha locomo tii mi hinwn into Harm's dru ntor two blocks from the track ana a plose nf atiMi snterea Mcuuicneon s pnar- HitVi atnr were in cn nre simultaneously, but In neither case was there any serious loss, miss massy Martin, telephone operator in me raiimiti tattnn. wss thrown from her chair by the explosion and slightly in jured. The station caugni nre out was not destroyed. Strike at Motor Works Ends. Toledo. O.. March 11. The strike t the Pope Motor Works was ended shortly after midnight last night In nrh a wav thtt there cannot be a i....ptmlln ana In a wav ami- nently satisfactory to all parties con- l . .l.a.aJI cemed. Tne men Will oe reinaiainu Tuesday morning. Between 1,000 ami i.ioo men nave oeen invoiveo slr.ee Monday last when ths strike wst declared. The question of hours and waa-ea wss not Involved, but the tiikiri claimed the company had t..... mImih nrfimlaea mada whun they returned to work a tew wieki after being out ail winter. A Premier, Assassinated. TlnUarla March 11. VL Pet. koff, ths Premise and minister of the Interior, was assaslnated hers to-day. M.. Petkoff, with other ministers, was welklnr in the Boris garden, when he wss attacked by an unknown man, wh fired at them with a , revolver, Ths Premier , was wounded by three bullets and died Instantly. . M. Quern adlff, the minister of commerce and , agriculture, who was one cf the min isters accompanying M, Petkoff, was woeaded la the arm. TIIE famous inquiry ends COMMITTEE MAKES ITS REPORT, If the Sixty-Mile limit Matter Is Car. nea into the Courts the Defendants Will Meet the Issue Boldly Sena tor Webb's Testimony at the In vestlgaUon He Had Two Conver sations -With Joscphue Danlelg and He Narrates the Details- the Only Man Who Could Dissolve tbe Mys . ' tery : Not Called to the Stand ;.' Committee Finds That the Charges ' of Undue Influences Were Blander ' ous and False the Report Re ceived by- the Legislature and the . Committee Discharged. ,- ;; ?X Special to The Observer, ,:. .V- Raleigh,. March 11, The famous Sixty-mile limit story investigation Is at. end ' so far as the Williams leg islative committee Is concerned. The report was made to the House and accepted to-day. " if tne matter is carried ' into the courts Ihe defendants will meet the Issue boldly. Among those who would be "summoned are: Speaker Justice, SSnator C. A. Wbb and other members of the Legislature. On the stand before the committee Senator Webb said; "I will state that I have had two conversations with Mr. Daniels about rates since I have been in Raleigh The first part of the session he was talking to me about It. I tnlnk In the Yarborough House, one day, and he asked me what kind of a law I was going to vote for and I told him was in favor of a two and half flat rate. He said that won't do. He and I had some discussion about tho matter. In the discussion Mr. Dan lels said he favored . the two fares, first and second. I don't mean to say that Mr. Daniels was talking aDout the rates being put Into the bill, but he took the decided position In favor of the two fares. And the next time I talked with Mr. Daniels was on the night before we had made our report and that was in the Tar borough House as I came down from the meeting of the committee where we had finally agreed upon tne bill, ana i was requested to draw it up He asked me if we had agreed upon our report, and when It would be put in, and I said to-morrow and he said, 'Well, I am glad to hear It.1 That Is all that was ever said between Mr. Daniels and myself about the rate question. My recollection la that something was said about the nun dred mile limit and we found that that would not Include the Atlantic A North Carolina Railroad anil would not Include two' or three other roads; and that we said something about a seventy-five mile basis and we finally agreed upon the sixty-mile limit , HE VOTED FOR IT. "I will say, so far as I am con cerned, gentlemen, that I voted for the sixty-mile limit because I wanted to catch Mr. Page's road and I will tell you why. I have heard Mr. Page say himself that he charged two cents a mue ror hauling passengers on his road, and furthermore that Senator Biairr Wh fcitrdtetj -ar-Ml!-4ir-4h Senate which provided for a two-and a-half-cent flat rate, had said that be would oppose the House bill be cause of the fact that the House bill would allow. Mr. Page's road to charge more than two-and-a-half cents per mile and he used It as an argument that this little road run nlng down through his county didn't have any first class cars, that the passengers were hauled in cabooses, and that they didn't give a first-class service, and ought not to charge more than two-and-a-half cents mile. That was his argument. Now take these two things together. I will say frankly that I voted for that sixty-mile limit for the purpose of getting Mr. Page's road In It My recollection Is that Mr. Page's road had been discussed there and that It Is about sixty-five miles in length. I believe he has some more over there and that makes It about eighty In all." Senator Webb was not cross-examined by counsel for the derendant. The only man who could have an swered definitely about the matter was not put on the stand. Mr. Dan lels was not called to testify. Many people marveled at this. If the case were to be tried Mr. Daniels would be a witness. H. E. C. BRYANT. THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. Charges of Undue Influent a to the "0-MHe Limit" Clause in tho Rate Bill "Slanderous and False" The Report Received and the Committee Discnarged. At noon the Investigation committee made Its report on Its Investigation of charges made In The Raleigh Evening Times on March 1st It finds that Josephus Daniels did not In any way, in person. or otherwise. Influence any member of the conference committee In fixing the 80 miles exception In the railway rate bill, or In anyway, have anything to do with the committee In Its delibera tions. That the provisions In the bill were not made at the Instigation of any person outside the committee, or to punish any person, but were made In justice and fairness to all persons and roads. That Editor R. w. simp son's refusal to disclose any founds tlon for his editorial on tho committee on the ground that It might tend to Incriminate him and subject him to a criminal prosecution, (a a subterfuge to which he resorted to conceal a slan derous and false charge made by him. That the matters apnealng In The Times were repeated in a signed ar tide In The Charlotte Observer, writ ten by Mr. H. E. C Bryant and based upon no other foundation than the slanderous, unfounded and false , publication appearing In The. Times. Mr. Bryant stat Ing that he did not, wish to make any charge against the committee, on his own responsibility but only to give me story ss rumorea arouna naieign after the publication in The Times. The committee finds that ths fslse charges were repeated by Rev, Plato Durham from his pulpit at Charlotte without any Investigation aa to their truth, and when testifying before the committee he wss unable to Justify or excuse his conduct saying some per son had told him of the matter charged, but declined to say who told him. The committee says It could not find whether or not Mr. Durham was ever, told this; but It does find that If ha was, It was utterly false, and 1f he had been duly careful and considerate ef the character and reputation of members of the committee, he would hare learned that the charges were utterly unfounded and he- should bare refrained from repeating them. In conclusion, , ths committee says that as to what course should be taken regarding , Simpson's refusal to an swer .ths committee's questions, , the Istter thinks It Is best not to make tony recommendation, but to leave the matter to be dealt with by the courts Till CURTAIN BUNG DOWN CLOSING! DAY OF LEGISLATURE The Usual Horseplay, Consisting of Fake Resolutions, Jokes and Songs Occupies Much of the Time of the Closing Session The "Sweet Singer From Pasquotank" Delights the Galleries Universal Satisfaction ' at tbe End of the Session, Which Has Been Like m Night-Mare to Many Democratic Party Hurt Rather Tliari Helped aa a Result of It Some of the Final Acts of House and Senate, ''i " ' Observer Bureau, , The Hollaman Building, ' Raleigh, March 1. Thi;lM".bee:great day In the LegislatureHEarlyV.thts morning the gallery became ;; crowded with well dressed, "mefl ! and, women who fore gathered to witness the closing, scenes and hear the final debates of the Sen ate and the House. Late Saturday night Speaker Justice tacked an amendment to the McLean substitute for the antj-trust bill. The Senate declined to accept the Justice amendment to-day. This made Mr. Justice mad and he lost his head and denounced the Senators who voted against his amendment, threatening to read them out of the party. This, Sen ators MrLean and Fleming resented In vigorous speeches. While Mr. Fleming was on the floor of the Senate, Senator Holt arose and 'asked permission to read a note from Mr. Justice, in which he retained the offensive language and the threats. This little war In words caused con siderable excitement. Mr. Justice had not heard what was being said about him in the Senate when he wrote his retraxit He had cooled down and his better Judgement returned. The Williams Investigating commit tee reported to-day. The conference committee was completely exonerated and the matter turned over to the solicitor ot this district Judge Win- borne said that Rev. Platto Durham, of Charlotte, had a case of hydropho bia caused by a bite by Josephus Dan iels. The death of the Justice amendment and the report of the famous commit tee were the most Important matters before the Legislature the last day. At the afternoon session of the Senate the hill amending FayettevlUe's charter passed final reading. A resolution urging Senators and Representatives In Congress to ue their Influence for constitutional amendment for electing Senators by the people was taken from the table on motion of Daniel and passed. The Senate tooBr recW,"motH-r. - eVMoaW spending the Interval in singing and saying good-byes, the crowded galler ies and lobbies Joining In the songs. The House bill to pay outstanding State bonds, known as vthe western North Carolina construction bonds, was tabled. The House bill to require directors of various State Institutions to furnish the State Treasurer with Information necessary to prepare his biennial report, and the Houso bill to validate certain probates and rcglf tratlons, a clincher being put In the last-named bill. The 8enate next put clincher on Pharr's resolution to consider no further bills of any kind good or bad. Another recess was tak en to allow time for preparation of acts for ratification. HOUSE FOLLOWS SUIT. The House also re-assembled at 3:30 p. m., the mini roil neing caned, ac cording to custom, to show who were present Immediately before adjourn ment. A message came over rrom the Senate reporting Its action In tabling Justice's bill supplemental to the anti trust law and also notice of amend ment which the Senate had adopted. This amendment, wss concurred without division or debate. Bills passed amending the law of 1887 regarding Irsdell oounty, and au thorizing the payment of the Western North Carolina Railway's co itnitti bonds yet outstanding. The announcement at 3:43 o'clock that this exhausted the calendar of the House produced a burst of applauftc. This was followed by the nsual horse play of fake resolutions to qui. o r tain members, followed by the sing lng of "Old North State," "Am-rlca" and other songs, In which the galleries were asked to join and did so with will. ladies being present In great numbers. A feature of the singing was a solo, by Swift Galloway, of Greene: "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming." By special request of the ladles Ehrlnghaus, the sweet singer from Pasquotank, sang 'Tell me Pret ty Maiden," from "Florodora." i resolution was adopted granting thj privileges of the floor during the re mainder of the session to Htiury W Miller, of the- Southern Railway. Thin wss by a rising vote, amid roars of laughter. The singing continued while scores ot sets were ratified, many Senators coming over and partlolpat lna In the music. Douglass Introduced a resolution, which; was unanimously adopted, that the Senate and Hou adjourn st 5 o'clock. Both bodies adjourned sine die at. the stroke of 5 There Is universal satisfaction st the end of the session, which hss been like a nlght-mare. The crowning In cldent of It all wh that of Speaker Justice to-day, which Is told In the detailed report. It Is one of the cur rent comments that the Democratic party has been hurt by this session There Is general regret that there are so many bickerings and heart-burn lngs and that ths session ends with an unusual display or these. THE SENATE SESSION. Bills passed the Senate to allow townships in Buncombe and Hender on to subscribe to stock In a compet Ing line of railways between Ruth erfordton and Ashevllle, allowing pee (Continued on Page Two,) In whatever proceedings may hereaf ter he Instituted. V .' , ; When, the report of the Investigating committee was made wlnborno ssld that Rev. Plato Durham was reported ss having given evidence which show. ed he had an attack of hydrophobia due to a bite by Josephus DanNsand was now seeking to vent his spits on other honorable men. v Win borne said he would refrain from further notice of Durham, leaving the latter to his conscience end his Ood. - The Teport' was -received f ana' the committee oischargea, y MEASURED BY THE BESULTS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT LAWS The Session Just Passing; Into History lias Accomplished Much legislation , That Is Good and Left Undone Much That Was Bad T1m Establishment of a Reformatory, Two Important State Schools and a Provision for the Insane, Its Most Important Acts .Many Matters of Minor Moment Fully Nine-Tenths of the Acts . of Purely Local Nature The -, Laws That Affect Charlotte and Mecklen burg County A Resume ot the Leg islation That Was not Effected. Special to The Observer. i' t Raleigh, March 11. The work of the Legislature is over and the repre sentatives of the people have gone to their respective counties. On the whole the law-makers' of North Carolina have done well. The largest number of bills of any Legislature In the his tory of the State has been passed. Ninety per cent of these bills were purely local and of no general public Interest. A number of nubllo laws were made. IMPORTANT PUBLIC LAWS. The revenue and machinery acts now In force were re-enacted, without much change. The State banks are exempted from the franohlse tax Liberal appropriations to all State Institutions were made, and It is the first time since the war that such in stitutions have been adequately pro vided for. All insane persons will be cared for. A number of new Institutions, such as the Reformatory, the Eastern Training School, the Spray school of Technology and the Sanltorlum for Consumptives were established. The osteopaths were recognised and given a charter and a board of exam iners so that frauds may be exclud ed. The new county of I-ee was made from Moore and Chatham. A shell fish commission was estab lished. The salaries of State officers were equalised and all fees will be turned Into the State Treasury. This will make very little difference In the pay now received by the various officers, but the method Is more dignified. The salaries of the Superior Court Judges were Increased $250. This should have been made 11,000 or 11,600. It is a notorious fact that any bob-tailed lawyers with any sort of ability and Industry can make more than the Judges who preside over the superior courts. The Attorney General N allowed an assistant until the present term Is out M'DOWELL DRY; ANSON WET. McDowell county was madn drv and Anson left wet. The people of Scotland Neck will vote on prohibition. The other coun ties and towns are under th Watt and Ward laws. Passenger rates on all lines, excent those protected In the now famous 60-mlle limit will be reduced to 2 1-4 cents per mile. This law goes Into ef- iect arter th- first day of July. The parents of small children will be es pecially Interested In this bill as it does not exclude babies under S veara of age. The ralroads of North Caro lina have never charged fares for children under 6, but the new bill contains this provision: "For trans porting children 12 years of age and under" the railroads may not make any charge for the Infants and tiny iois, dui mey nave me legal right to do It. This Is thought to be an over sight. Discrimination In freight rates will be prevented by the Manning bill and penalties have been reduced more than half what they are now. The powers of the corporation com mission kave been greatly Increased. Compulsory pilotage has been re-es tablished at the mouth of the Cape Fear. WHAT WAS NOT DONE. Here is what ths Legislature did not do: The Holt and the Aycock anti-trust bills, which would have put the farmers' association out of busi ness In North Carolina and hit many things no one desired to hit, and would have crippled buslnoss, "gath ering the bearded trusts at a breath. and the flowers that grow between," were killed. These bills provided for affidavits from corporations and busi ness men, saying that they were not violating the law. Had one of these become a law hundreds of men would have been In the position of the Eng lish "ticket of leave" men or of the American convict who Is out on sus pended judgment, and who must re port to the police and show that he Is behaving himself and he under con stant surveillance. These bills started in the Senate but did not got far. Senator Aycock's bill to tax the cash surrender valuo of Insurance policies was killed. It was a new pro position and did not meet with favor. The Justice bill giving the Attorney General Immense powers, among oth ers to summon any person whom he thought might be violating certain laws, passed the House, but was stop ped In the Senate. Mr. Justice went before the senate committee and ploaded for part of his bill; but that deliberative body had no Idea of es tablishing something akin to the old Spanish Inquisition. The bill died. No serious Insurance legislation passed. The Stats was authorised to pay two old claims, the Bledsoe and the Tucker claims against the Insane asy lums. The Swain claim against the University, when Vance, Ellis and Worth were Governors, was left over. CHARLOTTX5 AND MECKLEXBURQ The following named bills which af fect Charlotte and Mecklenburg coun ty become laws,: ' To extend the city of Charlotte. ; To permit the city of Charlotte to Issue bonds, To allow trustees of Charlotte to pay , back certain loans to the Piedmont Realty Company. To Incorporate tne Charlotte Foul tnr Association To amend, the chartor of the Pres byterian Hospital. ... . . To regulate the sale of prescription whiskey In Charlotte-iA(4(';f Mecklenburg members were direct ly responsible for the reformatory and tha immigration bills and , the baggage provision In the railroad rate bill. ' The Preston reformatory bill Is. a law. ; "The Stonewall Jackson Memo rial ; Training School,'' is to be the name of the reform school. This name was suggested by ;; Representative Avery, of Burke, who thought It pe- culerly appropriate in view , of Mrs. Jackson's recent letter to the Senate in which she expressed the hope that such tin Institution be established by this Legislature. The appropriation amounts, to $10,000, the first $5,000 being payable after the first ot, Sep tember, when the organisation meet ing oi me Doara or trustees wui do held, Private subscriptions to the school amounting to several thousand dollars have been made and mucn more can and will be procured. Four trustees are named In the act and the Governor is authorised to appoint eleven others. It Is understood that he will name persons especially inter ested In the institution. It is believed to be the beginning of a great work in North Carolina. The seed that should grow into a great plant has been grounded. THE IMMIGRATION LAW. The Immigration bill, known as the Preston Immigration bill, was passed. This bill carries an appropriation of $10,000 annually, $5,000 from the ag ricultural fund and $5,000 from the general funds. It places the question of immigration in charge of the De partment of Agriculture, and leaves the selection of desirable Immigrants largely In the discretion of the De partment. The law Is tn effect now and some Scotch Immigrants are ready to set sail for North Carolina. Representative Preston was Instru mental In passing a bill to make the railroads carry 200 Instead ef 160 pounds of baggage free. This law will go Into effect with the new rate bill. Mr. Preston Introduced the hi", and a committee of traveling salesmen ap peared before the commute on rail roads, and requested that it b I made a law. Senator Pharr introduced the same measure In the Senate and the 200 pound provision was thus Incor porated in the conference committee's report MANY BATTLES FOUGHT. Many brave battles were fought out In the House nnd the 8enate. The brilliant fight made by Representative London, of Chatham, against the forming of Lee county will not be forgotten. The proposition was defeated by one vote in the first contest, but the merits of the bill carried over London's protest In the second round. London's person al popularity and fine taot and great ability secured at least 10 votes that the opposition could not nave omer wise. Senator Seawell made the sue cessful stand for the oounty. His fight was strong and dignified. Senator Bellamy's bill to restore to th rjilots of the Cane Fear their an cient privileges showed his great force and popularity. Senator Mason's speech for a fair anti-trust bill is ooupted -nong .the brilliant efforts or tne session. Col. Nelll Arch McLean, a new par ticlpant In the political and legislative contests In the State, nas won more fame than any member of the Legisla ture. Heretofore he has devoted his time to Dractlclna- law. He Is brave, brilliant, scholarly and powerful. He will be heard from tn the future. He has stood geardian In the Senate of certain principles An unusual number of bills regulat ing the disposal of sawdust, the season for musk rat. the size of eels to be caught In Currituck sound, and the protection of pheasants, were passed The number of boose artists has been remarkably small. The Republican members have not hurt their party anv. Representative Orant of Davie, has made a fine record as a aesaior. H. E. O. BRYANT. WIFE GETS MONEY AND SKIPS. Husband Tells Police That Ho Had Knent More Than $8,000 on Her and When Asked Why Ho Gave Her I8i $3,000. Replied That She Wanted to Buy a Hat. Chicago, March 11. Mrs. ttiphle Wambaugh, formerly Sophie Finleii, of Denver Col., who was married in court lost Friday, after she hsd been arraigned on the charge of obtaining $3,000 from her prospective husuaml William Wambaugh, dlsappearod to day after obtaining more than $3,000 fnm her husband. Wambaugn reportedxto tho police that he had gone to a department slore with his wife and says th.: he entered a room to try on a pair of trousers he hsd purchased. HW wife Induced him to give her all the money he had. about $1,000. before entering the room, and said that she would wait until he came ou'. Ho searched tho store for an hour, and then reported the matter to the po- Wambaugh told the police to-day that he had spent more than in his wife since he met her In Den ver a week ago. This amount Includes the $3,000 she obtained from hlrn to day. When asked by the police why he gave her sucn a large sum, aughbMpenredt- hauirh renlled: Warn "Well, she said she wanted to buy a hat." SOLD DISEASED MEATS. Consolidated Rendering Company iinat nuiltv to Si Out of 400 In dictments Before Burlington, Vt, Court ami la Fined W.000 and CUMtH. Tiuriinrtnn. vt. March. II. me Consolidated Rendering Company, of Boston, which owns and operates tho Burlington Rendering Company's nlant In this city, pleaded guilty In the Chittenden county court to-day to four Indictments charging selling, anu having In Its possession diseased meat and was fined $3,000 and costs. The Indictments contained 400 counts, to $4 of which the company pleaded arulltv. Judge A. H Hall, In Imposing the flnaa. aald that he was In favor of a via-orous enforcement of all the pure food Inws. but he realised that the expense to the State of trying there cases would have been ' very ) rir and therefore be took Into con sldcratlon the fact that the company nlsaded guilty. i - Will Re-Entcr the Ministry. , Atlanta. Go.. March It. Rev. A. J, Moncrlef has tendered his resignation as president of Cox College at College park, near Atlanta, effective In June, at the close ot the present college year. A determination, to ire-enter the ministry is given as tha reason far the resignation. ' ' A TEMPOBABY STANDSTILL SOLID WALL CONFRONTS JEROME Well Nigh Ceaseless Battle Between sending Counsel for Defense and Prosecution, in Thaw Case, Justice Upholding Rule That Young Mrs. Thaw's story Was Admuwablo Only an Tending to Sliow Effect it Might Have Had in Unbalancing Defendant's - Mind ; and ; Tliat He Truth or Falsity la 'Not Material Nino-Tenths of Day Spent in Argn- ment, Justice Sustaining Defense ' tn Almost Every Instance Long fellow Turns Examination t o Naught and Is Dismissed Without v Cross-Examinatlon. ", Ne w York. Maroh 11. On the "first ' . day of the State's case tn rebuttal at the trial of Harry K. Thaw District Attorney Jerome to-day cam a tn temporary stanstlll against 5 A the practically solid wall the rules of evidence have built around the story of Evelyn Nssblt Thaw. Mr. Jerome began to attack this story as soon as court opened this morning. ' There ensued a well nigh eeaseless battle -between the prosecutor and Delphin . M. Delmas, the leading counsel for-.' the defense, at the end of which Jus tice Fitzgerald upheld the rule mid down at the beginning of the trial . that younf Mrs. Thaw's story was admjsslble only as tending to show me eneot it mignt nave had la un balancing the defendant's mlad and that Its truth or falsity Is not ma terlal. . . , i Mr. Jerome tried to avoid this rale by declaring he was endeavoring merely to show by Inference by , circumstantial evidence as to facta and details In the story that Mrs. Thaw could not possibly have told the story to her husband. MAT ATTEMPT AN ALIBI. ' Although he will dotrbltena be blocked by the same rule wheat tht " time comes, it is said the district at- " torney may attempt in the same way, to . prove an alibi for Stanford White'- on the night he Is alleged to have maltreated young Miss Nesbft. ; .' Nine-tenths of to-day's sessions were spent in argument and In nearly every instance when the smoke of conflict cleared away Mr. Delmas had won his point as to the law, while Mr. Jerome In the very argu ment Itself had got before the Jury a perfect knowledge as to what his vrlU nesses would have testified to had they been permitted. The district , attorney called 10 witnesses during the day, but aside fro mdrawlng from the State's eye-witriesses to the tragedy the opinion that Thaw' seemed rational the night he shot and killed Stanford White, little real headway was made. Lining up all his forces In rebuttal. Mr. Jerome decided to open his lght upon the defense by attacking the story told the Jury by Evelyn isesblt Thaw. He called to the stand -Frederick W. Longfellow, formerly an attorney for Thaw, and sskefl him Irst concerning the case In which . Ethel Thomas Is alleged to have sued Thaw for damages because of erjel""'" treatment Mr. Delmas objected to questions along the line under the professional privilege of lawyer and client but before Justice Fltsgerald sustained the objection and ruled v out the evidence, Mr. Jerome de- . clared: "The story of the girl tied to the bed post and whipped by Thaw Is the story of Ethl Thomas. This poor girl Is now dead." Here Mr. Delmas Interposed an objection to the district attorney's remarks and . the latter began an attack along a ' different line. MR. LONG FELLOW EXCUSED. He showed Mr. Longfellow the photographic copy of the affidavit Evelyn Neablt Is said to have signed 1 In the office of Abraham Hummel alleging that Tiaw treated her , ' cruelly while abroad In 190$ because .' she "would not tell lies against Stan- ford White." Mr. Jerome followed this up by '. asking the witness If Mrs. Thaw had not turned over to him certain pa pers to which she had subscribed. ' Mr. Longfellow said she had. There was a long argument between Mr. Jerome and Mr. Delmas. at the conclusion of which Mr. Longfellow turned his entire examination to .' naught by declaring that Mrs. Thaw . . had never shown him a paper siml lar to the Hummel affidavit in any : way. He thereupon waa excused without cross-dxaminatlon. Police officers who saw Thaw, the night of the tragedy declared be acted rationally. Many of the witnesses called by the State during the presentation of the case in chief were recalled to- ', day. All declared Thaw seemed to1, them to be rational. Aftr the afternoon recess Mr. Je .' rome called to the stand Dr. Rudolph Wltthaus, a chemist and expert In -1 poisons. Tho district attorney framed a hypothetical question cov erlng Evelyn Nesblt's description of .. her night with Stanford White In ( t the 24th stroet studio house and' asked If there was any known poison ' whleh would cause Insensibility llf two minutes nnd permit of the quick recovery testlflod to by Thaw's wife. PLEADS WITH THE JUSTICES Around this vital point the storm of argument raged for an hour or : more. Mr. Jerome pleaded with Jus tice Fltsgerald at length. Mr. Jerome said he Was nof"""at- tacking tht truth of the story. He . was calling for an expert opinion to the effect that no known drug would produce the effect testified to by Mrs. Thaw. ,v- Justice Fitzgerald sustained the objection Interposed by the defense. When late In the afternoon Mr. Jeromo called upon James Clinch Smith, a brother-ln-law of Stanford White, to the stand, another, 'long argument ensued. !, " Mr. Delmas objected to Mr. Smith's -testifying, saying he should ' have ' been produced during the presenta tion of the case In chief. . Mr. Jerome . said Fmlth was In Europe when tho State's case first was presented. 'He threw himself upon the 'dis cretion of the court and the matter was pending whoa adjournment un- ' til to-morrow morning was ordered. iii -i i i ii i ii in i -- i i ii Court's Dedsloa - Will Stand. Washington, March 11. The Su preme Court of the United States to day denied the petition it B. F. Sprinkle and others, of North Caro lina, for t writ of review In the pro ceedings against '. Them, on the charo of carrying on the business of recti fying distilled spirits wth the Inten tion of defrauding the government The rase waa decided against them t ? the Circuit Court of Appeal for t: fourth circuit and the result cf t--dsya ruling wlli be ti pi-rn.lt i decision to stand. -
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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