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t SUBSCRIPTION PRICE :. $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, F1UDAY MORNING,, MARCH . 22; 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HABBISON GETS 20 YEAB8 APPEALS TO UriU3E COURT Judge Allen Fixes th Bond at $3,000 , and Harrison Is Remanded to Jail Until Bond Can Be CcrtlAed Court . Overrule Motion to Set Aside . Verdict and Arrest v Judg ment Former - Governor Aycock Base Ills Plea on the Applause in y the , Courtroom Solicitor Ward Makes an Eloquent Speech In Re distance of the Motion Former V Senator Beasley Gets s Cine to His Missing Boy and Leave f or , Ar konsaa, to Pnrsae Itv, ; V r Special to The Observer. 1 , -Bllxabeth Clty; March II. .The . Jury oams in at 10 o'clock last night " and returned , a verdict of: guilty. .Harrison dropped-bis head at. the Jury's " announcement, stricken with ' surprise, and -grief. 5 The court lords ' s red hint to Jail "for ; the nigh V tter r .the usual motion for an appeal was : ,i inadsVjft :; "'-.; '-& :y-y: V.-'-;;-'-"? . Court opened this morning at 9:30 ' and ordered the disposal, of the case ' of the State against, Joshua Harrison. . Governor Aycock : arose , and ' - asked i that 'the verdict be set aside on ac count of the Ill-feeling and prejudice against the prisoner and especially "on account of the outburst of applause in the courtroom yesterday. ( He saffi that the wall of a child lost In the ' ' night thrills the hearts of men with 'Ysuch a passion that reason ts blind ed and some one must perhaps un justly suffer. He said that they fled from the pass of Currituck to get a .fair trial here, but that he found that Currituck had followed them ' and packed the courthouse; that Har rison had never seen the boy in his life; and with a deep note of pathos Inquired as to who would tell his loyal friend Jarvis of the Jury's ver dict, and that his sister had perjured herself. He declared that the ve . diet had brought humiliation to the wife, disgrace to the children and - hopelessness to the grand children of Harrison. He wanted time In which the truth could be discovered, free from passion and prejudice. He referred to the deplorable applause and to the women who were the pink of the city breaking Into applause; that the feeling of the people broke Into the jury box and Influenced them. -No action of his honor could 1 take that Influence out, he said, and he asked him to come to the rescue of the law and set aside the verdict THE SOLICITOR ELOQUENT. Solicitor Ward spoke briefly, elo quently, masterfully. In reply. He asserted that the good people of this county were -the descendant of that sturdy old1 English stock that landed en these shores two hundred or more years ago, that the case was of such a nature as to arouse Interest and evoke a conflict of intellect, said that he thought that the Jury would have brought In the same verdict If he had not spoken to them at all. He declared that he was sensitive to the charge of Influencing the jury by promising upon a conviction the resto ration of the child to his mother's arms within six months, and ve- r hemently denied that he Intended , any such thing. He referred pathet ically to Mrs. Harrison, and then .- warmly denied that he charged her r with perjury. "Perjury catches its Inspiration from a low, debased source, but loyalty and love that prompts a wife to swear for her hus band, catches Its Inspiration from the heavens. When her statement was placed on the Great Book above, the Recording Angel dropped a tear and blotted It out." Mr. Ward was followed by Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Pruden, who present ed able arguments as to why the motion for setting aside the verdict should be denied. Oovernor Aycock again took the floor and reiterated his bejlef that the jury had been In t fluenced by the public opinion and passion and prejudice stating that ev en refined, cultured women were clamoring for a conviction, expressed 1 by their applause In court COURT DENIES MOTION. Judge Allen denied the motion . Then followed a motion for an arrest of Judgment, during the argument of which a number of alleged flaws In the Indictment were found by de fendant's counsel Judge Allen over ruled the motion. The judge then preceded to pronounce the judgment The court stated that If he had been on the Jury there were a number of , questions concerning which he would have had some doubts. Judge ' : Allen referred to the testimony of the Norfolk wit nesses. He stated that he was not satisfied with the evidence of the Nor folk witnesses, but these questions Were for the jury to determine and that they had found him guilty. Ha was satisfied that the evidence was to them sufficient to convict him. "The judgment of the court Is that he be confined In the penitentiary af Ral eigh, for twenty years." The sentence . was pronounced at 11:40. ; " UNDER BOND OF $8,000. ' .'The motion for an appeal to the Supreme Court and the question of bona was taken up. .The judge stat "d that We would like to have the en Veala settled before he left the dls : iV ' Jict which would be on the 16th of rune. It was finally settled by the , Kcourt that both the Bute and the de ', - fense would be allowed 10 days each ' In which to argue the appeal, which win amount to 120 days. After con siderable discussion as to the amount , of ball,; the court fixed It at $1,000 and the . prisoner was remanded to jail until the necessary amount eould be oertlfled. . - Mr. Beasley left on the noon train for Norfolk from which point he will leave for Arkansas, to-night upon a clue, which gives him hope of finding the lost boy. The clt liens of the town subscribed over $100 to pay the expense or me trip,- j 6EAHCHIXG sFOR LOST BOY. v Senator Beasley Leaves For Arkan sas en Receipt ef a Letter from a .-. Lawyer.."; , , V Special to . The Observer.'' X .' j . Elisabeth City, March tl.-9enntor Beasley left pn the noon train jh-day for Arkansas upon a clue In hopes FRISCO 'PHONE GRAFT , CASE No More Indictments so Far Return ed by Grand Jury A Number of Witnesses Examined. ;, , 'San Francisco, ' March 21. The grand Jury to-day resumed ita In vestigation of the alleged telephone graft, v but no more indictments were returned. Assistant District Attorney Heney and Secret Service Agent Burns Interrogated a number of wit nesses. t 1 , -. - ' , The nature of the secret Indict- ments, which were withheld yester day, Is being closely guarded by Heney and Burns, but It. is rumored that a telephone official . Is 'among those named Jn the true bill. ' w;. Among the witnesses called to-day wer several officials of the Pacific 8tates Telephone Company, which it Is alleged, tendered 'ar bribe to the supervisors through T...V. Halsey, In dicted ' yesterday and now under ar rest In. Manila,"?'! ? ' Miss Nellie Smith, Stenographer In the office of the law firm that attend ed to the details "of the Home Tele phone Company's franchise, and, who disappeared;-yesterday, , was -brought before the grand; Jury; bygone of the Burns detectives. ,vVv.-"" One of the most important wit nesses to-day was' Frank G. Brum, who is manaaer ofvthe Tevis Inter ests, which .seek to sell to: the city the Bay City's , water project. After leaving the gran a jury room orum arrllv denied that he has been sub- poenatei and followed this denial with a violent -attack upon a newspaper photographer who sought to 'take his picture. s That the alleged corrupt cttyfath era will be removed If they do not re sin is nractlcally admitted by Dis trict Attorney Langdon, but Just what steps will be token and when, has not vet been, decided. Heney, Burns and Langdon hav been to busy presenting evidence to the grand lurv to consider the method of pro cedure by which the Supervisors may be removed. : . POLICE FACING A BITSTKRT. , Summer Home of Henry Slegel, at tfamaroneck. Robbed of Paintings, Brio a Brae and Silverware Amounting In Value to 950,000. New York, March II. A rob bery case at the summer home of Henry Siecel. at Mamaroneck, some time last night, has provided a mys tery which the police were unable to solve. Seven paintings, valued at thousand of dollars, bric-a-brac collected at ereat cost In Europe and considerable silverware were stolen. The value of the articles taken was not estimated by members of the family to-day but in some quarters it was said that If would reach well ever $50,000. Mr. Slegel ts In Boston. Mrs. 8iegel remained In New Tork last night a gardener and assistant being the only persons about the Mamaroneck resi dence. They claim they heard ae un usual noises during the night En trance was gained through -a front was bent and thrown aside ana window, the house was literally ran sacked, drawers being searched, cub bosrds opened, rugs taken, solid sil ver purloined, white plate matter was bent and thrown aside and paintings cut from their frames. A curious feature of the case Is tha the thieves went to a bath room and secured a -key to the dining room, where the house keys were kept When they got these the task of open Ing the locked doors where valuables were stored was easy. Mrs. Slegel said to-night thnt she had a suspicion as to the thief, and intimated that he might have been once employed in the house. The Siegel home faces Long Island sound, and it Is believed the robbsr used a power boat to approach the premises and carry away the loot CLEVELAND EN ROUTE NORTH. Leaves Georgetown, 8. 0., With Party on Private Car Alter Expressing Heartfelt Appreciation of Interest Manifested in His 70th Birthday. Georgetown, S. C, March 21. Former President Cleveland, Rear Admiral B. P. Lamberton and Com modore E. C. Benedict reached this city to-day on the government launch Water Lily, coming from the Santee Gun Club, where they had been for the past several days shooting and fishing. Mr. Cleyeland, in an Interview expressed heartfelt appreciation for the many expressions of Interest on the occasion of his 79th birthday. which was last Monday. The party left this afternoon In their private car at tached to the regular train tor the North. To Attend Meet of Inter-State Na- tional Guard Association. Albany, N. Y., March 21. Gov ernor Hughes to-day ' authorised these members of the national guard to attend the Inter-State National Guard Association meeting at Co lumbia, 8. C. March 21-te, as dele gates from New York State: Major Newton BJ. Tugeon, Seventy-fourth Regiment; Captain David Wilson second battery; Capt John M, Thompson, Ninth Regiment, and Lieutenant Henry C Wilson, Seventy first Regiment Identity of Suicide Established After ..-. . , v Two Days. . .. New Orleans, March 11. After lying unrecognised for two days the body of a man who committed sul olds here by. drinking laudanum, was to-day Identified as that of Thos. F. Wsrd, a well-to-do resident of St Johnsvlue, N. T through photo graphs which , were sent here by oeorge waro. 01 Lfttie rails, N. Y. brother of Thomas Ward. It ts said Ward left his horns while mentally unnaiancea. ,, , Temporary Injunction Against Missis sippi Railroad Commission. Jackson, Miss., March ' II. Judge Nile, of the Federal court this after noon Issued a temporary injunction, on petition or the Louisville Nesh, vine Railroad. restraining the Mis slsslppl railroad commission from en forcing the order establishing, a two- cent passenger rite on the inter changeable mileage basis, according to a recent act Of the Legislature. that lie has received a let!? from lawyer out there Infjrmln hint that there Is a bo thre mm Currituck county, (Senator Btt1sys ? home) who was stolen.. , The party ,;,ld they, did not want any money front Staatofcaslex, 1 EIGHT AFFIDAVITS FILED A DECISION EXPLXTED MONDAY, Jerome Presents to Court ; Further Evidence In Support of Suggestion That Thaw Is Unable to Understand Proceedings Against. Him , or Make His Defense No Further Hearing on Appointment of Lunacy Com mission v Unless Justice ' Fitzgerald so Decides Delmas' Answer to Dis trict Attorney not Complete and Ad journment Is Taken.-: to i Monday Court Denies Jerome Permission to Examine DrHamUton.s.:if-:1;1'f' ' New Tork March ?iittrlct At torney k Jerome ytb-daV, presented ; to Justice .Fitzgerald eight affldavits In support' of the Wggertlan ' he made yetiwday; In the case i: of j tarry . JC Thaw: that the dkenWnt la ncv In svih-a' state of lunacy 'or. Insanity as t be, Incapable of uuilerstundjuir .ho r i eedlngs again? t him or mafcnx his defense. Tho court; wUs in seoxion for less than an hour, Delphln Del mas, ror the defense, stating that their answer to the district at torney's proposition was , hot ready. Justice Fitzgerald allowed both sides until Saturday afternoon at 2. p clock rae vsuch affidavits as they desire with the clerk of the court. There will be no further hearing in the matter! of the appointment of a lunacy commission unless Justio Fitz gerald so directs after 'considering such affidavits and exhibits' as are to be offered. Neither the lury nor Thaw was In court to-day, the Jury naving been excused till to-morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock when there will be a brief session at that time and a formal adjournment until Monday morning announced. By Monday Justice Fitzgerald Is expected to be ready to announce his decision. JEROME'S PLEA DENIED. District Attorney Jerome pleaded to-day for permission to examine Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton orally, but In the absence of a waiver of profes sional privilege on the part of the defense. Justice! Fitzgerald said lie would not allow the doctor to be ex amined further at this time. Justice Fitzgerald added significantly that he would take judicial notice of every thing which had been adduced In evi dence during the nine weeks of the trial. Dr. Hamilton, it will be re membered, on yesterday testified that In his opinion Thaw Is not at pres ent capable of directing his defense. This question waa put to Dr. Hamilton by Attorney Gleason, of the defense, and Mr. Jerome now contends that the defense thus waived the matter of professional privilege. The refusal of Justice Fitzgerald to allow Dr. Hamilton to be inter rog&ted in the proceedings to en lighten the conscience of the court to Its duty in appointing a com mission or ordering a resumption of the trial waa interpreted in various ways by those In court to-day. The attaches of the district attorneys office were Inclined .to the belief that Dr. Hamilton, having already stated his Opinion to Justice Fitzgerald the latter deemed it unnecessary to pre' clnltate an argument as to the waiv ins of professional privilege. The defense seemd Inclined to the view that Justice Fitzgerald had held Dr. Hamilton's evidence cduld not be taken Into consideration and that consequently the district attorney's Dosltton was materially weaitenea Dr. Hamilton was first called Into the case bv Thaw's lawyers and It was while he was in their employ that h made his examination of the de fendant. Under the law ne cannot testifv without an express waiver from the man who was his patient OPINION OF EXPERTS. Mr. Jerome's affidavits submitted to-day embraced the opinion of his Bt-ven exDerts who have heretofore testified and a statement oy iron o Cobb, a newspaper reporter, who gave th text of the statement wmcn Thaw Issued at the conclusion of Mr Jerome's lona and severe cross- examination of his wlfa. Mr. Jerome, in Drt'sentlnr Ifls affidavits, called particular attention to the one signed bv Dr. Carlos F. McDonald, who after reciting what he had witnessed In court, his observations of Thaw Immediately after the tragedy and what he has learned as to epilepsy and insanity in various branches of the Thaw family, declares mat ne is flrmlv convinced that Thaw is sur feting from paranoia and that whlta he knew enough to realise the na ture and quality of his act when he shot and killed Stanford White, he Is now and for some time past has been, Incapable of understanding the proceedings against him. Th reporter, Cobb, In his affidavit. sets forth the facts connected with Thaw's dramatic manner of Issuing his statement concerning Mr. J rome's cross-examination of Evelyn Thaw. All these facts were nar rated at the time the Insistence of Thaw that the reporter should sign and seal an envelope containing the original of-the statement and com pare the original with the type written copies 'which were subse quently handed to him for dlstrlbu tlon among the other newspaper men at the trial, , ,- District Attorney Jerome occupied most of the time the court was in session to-day in a personal explana tion of the Teasons which had hin dered him from earlier calling the attention of the' court to Thaw's present state of 'mind. He said he had long been convinced that the de fendant waa of unsound mind, but he had no way of legally bringing the matter to the attention of the court until Dr. Hamilton was put upon the stand by the defense. FEARED A DEFENSE BAR. Mr. Jerome said he eould not have called Dr. Hamilton on account of the professional privilege which the defense could nave Interposed as bar to any testimony . the . expert might have to oner. . . . ' - Mr. Delmas declined again to waive any privilege witn regard to Dr. Hamilton on the ground that If the district attorneys contention as to the present, insanity of the de lendant is souna nis lawyers nave no right to waive anything for a lunatic It has been rumored all day that Mr. Delmas would not be in court this afternoon because ef the attl tude assumed by some of his assoc! te counsel yesterday. i All the at torneys were present however, when Justice rittgeraid toox his place on the bench.. Mr. Delmas was , alone heard by Justice Fitzgerald. Twice Mr. Hartridge attempted to ' enter the argument, but was rapped down by the Judge. . ;. CONFERENCE IX THE TOMBS. Harry K. Thaw. had, a conference Ja the Jojiiba .gjUon, lArdA, ftUU Am US. MARINES IN HONDURAS REGARDED A DIPLOMATIC JIOVE Trujlllo, Celba .and .Puerto ..Cortes Policed by Uluejackets ana Ma rines From Gunboat. Marietta Forces May be Landed at Central American u Ports on' Pacific 1 Coast Side If American Interests Are Con sidered In 'Danger Move Regarded at Washington as on That ; Will Prevent : International Complica tions Growing put of United btates Policy,- " Washington March 21. Bluejack- Is'and marines 'have been landed from the' United States gunboat Mari etta at Trujlllo and Ceiba and prob ably at Puerto Cortez, Honduras,, in order to -protect American Interests In those ports. Advices to this effect were received to-day from Command er- Fullam ' of the .Marietta. As yet no; word has . been received a to whether forces have been landed at Central American" ports on the Pa cific coast side, but undoubtedly this step will be takenvtn American inter ests are considered in danger. The landing- of bluejackets and marines and the policing of both shores of the Central American re publics with . United States gunboats Derore trading vessels naa oeen mo lested In any manner or foreign Inter ests jeopardized i?regarded here as a diplomatic move that will prevent any international complications grow ing out of the policy of the United States not to permit European de monstrations in central American 01 South American waters. COURSING HONDURAN COAST. From the meagre dispatches re ceived It appears . that Commander Fullam has been coursing up the Honduran coast from eaet to west. It Is undestood that he landed a force of about 20 marines from the Marietta at Trujlllo, and 20 bluejackets at Cei ba, and then continued his course to Puerto Cortez. It ts said the dis patch to the Navy Department was sent by Commander Fullam "before his departure from Ceiba to-day, and that it indicated an intention on the part of the commander to land a force of IB or 20 men at Puerto Cortez upon his arrival there. The Nlcaraguan command is charge of the invading force at the Honduran port, Trujlllo, gave Commander Ful lam his promise that Amberlcan In terests and all foreign Interests would be protected and that trading ves sels would be permitted to enter and leave the port without molestation, the same as before the capture of the port by the Nlcaraguan navy. JOINT DrrERVENTION LEKKLT. Joint Intervention by Mexico and the United States In the war which threatens to Involve all central America is now regarded as probable by diplomatists. Secretary Root ana Mr. Creel, the Mexican ambassador, have been in conference frequently since the outbreak of the war In Cen tral America and Latin-American rfininmattata would not be snurprtsed by the announcement that Mexico and the' United States have decided the war must cease.' In fact such a set tlement would be highly satisfactory to many of the South American rep resentatives who reel mat meir countries suffer from the warlike reputation of Central American coun tries. TRAIN SERVICE IS BLOCKED. Flood and Consequent waanome and Landslides severs Train m-; munlcatlon From 'Frisco and tlio North. Los Angelee, March 21. -For the first time In 10 years an ran com munication from San FranclBco and the north Is severed to-day as a re sult of the floods and consequent washouts and landslides. All three trans-continental lines are affected. The Santa Fe Is transferring pas sengers to boats at Stockton, and ex pects to maintain traffic between there and San Francisco by that means. The Salt Lake line Is In worse condition than ever. For weeks an through traffic on the Clark road has been suspended owing to the de struction of 80 miles of road bed In Meadow Valley canyon tn Utah. The road cannot be restored In months. The damage In Meadow Valley can yon has. It is stated, already exceeded $2,000,000. SACRAMENTO 18 CUT OFF. neavy Rains and Washouts Have De moralized Tram service. San Francisco, March 21. The train service out of the city Is badly demoralised as a result of the heavy ralni and washouts. Sacramento Is cut off from railroad communication with the outside world except from the east By main line Sacramento is but 10 miles distant. If It Is seen that there Is no other way of bring ing in eastern trains it Is the South ern Pacific Company's Intention to run trains for Sacramento to Fresno, north by way of Modesto, Tracy and NUes Into Oakland Mole, a distance of $74 miles. No eastern trains left to-day over the Ogden route. To Appear Before the Senate In vestigation committee. San Antonio, Tex., March II. In accordance with Instructions from the Secretary of War, . Captains E. A. Maekllnn. S. P. Lyon, Lieutenants H. 8. Orler and George C. Lawrason, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, left to-day for Washington to testify before the Senate Investigation committee. Macklln's departure will delay con vening the court-martial In which he is the accused. Paul Wreck at Crewe, Va. Richmond, Vs., March 21. The fast train from Norfolk on the Nor folk Western run Into an open switch at Crewe shortly before noon to-day. killing Fireman T- H. Brown, and perhaps fatally Injuring Engineer J. K. pond, both ef Crews. A number of other persons were slightly hurt The train was badly, wrecked and traffic delayed for several hours. Russell Peabody, of his-counsel, over the question whether Thaw should be permitted to hear the argument over the appointment of e lunacy commis sion te Investigate his mental con dition. Thaw . wanted . his counsel to assure hint that he would be allowed to attend . the hearing, in court this afternoon, but Mr. Peabody did not promise nun ins desired permission. Thaw's counsel were said to be of the opinion -that he ought not to hear the argument Thaw's wife and his sister, ths Countess of Yarmouth,' also visited htm to-day and remained, with faUa lotAbouoji tour,,. , . , . . CASE OF FALSE AtABM CONTINUES r TO ' RING ; y BELL. Country Has Lost Interest 1 In the Brownsville Affair, But the Peals ' of the Bell From Senator Fo raker's 1 Tower Are PernlMtent and Contlnu- ons According to n the Senator's Theory Mexicans in the Town Of ' Brownsville Wanted to Drive the Negro Troops Away and They Con ceived a Plan to Carry ; Out Their Whdica The . Senator, Referred to as a "Peripatetic Volcano," Pro , poses to Conduct a Personal Inves tigation. 1 ' Observer Bureau, ' ' 1417 G Street, N. W., - - , , Washington, March 21. , r While the country does not seem to be taking much interest in It, Senator Foraker is still ringing the alarm bell loud and long, continuously and per sistently over on Capitol Hill. He is trying to prove that the town , of Brownsville gbt up out of bed one night loaded Its gun, went out In the street and shot itself up, and went back to bed. ' The town of Brownsville, It seems, has in It a large number of Mexicans, and being on the border line, just across the river from Mexico, there are some more Mexicans not far away. These Mexicans in the town of Brownsville, and over across the riv er, according to the Senator's theory, wanted to drive the negro troops away from' Brownsville, so they put their heads together, and together they con ceived an idea. Instead of going and shooting up the negroes and thus drive them away, they decided to shoot up themselves, put the blame on the negroes, and thus have the United States government order the troops away. Senator Foraker has Pen by day ringing the bell, as said before. In the words of Senator Carmack, he has been a "bifurcated, peripatetic volcano In perpetual erup tion, smiting fire, smoke, ashes and molten lava from his agonised and tu multuous bowels." PERSONAL INVESTIGATION. He Is even sending a man down to Brownsville, paying his expenses, for the purpose of making a little investi gation all his own. He has subpoened witnesses by the dozen. Any day one can go down to the Capitol, and see sitting around the Entrance to the committee room of the committee on military affairs a dozen or more ex negro soldiers awaiting their turn to tell the world, when Senator Foraker presses the button, how Brownsville, that historic night, got up out of bed and shot up Itself. Meanwhile the world, having taken time off to experience the exhilarat ing thrill administered by the bell ringing statesman, has had to return to other things It has to do. Anybody and everybody will wake up when the fire alarm rings, and, If It isn't too cold a night, peradventure, go to the fire. But If there isn't any fire there. folks are going back to bed. and the Are alarm will have to ring pretty loud to get them out again that nignt. IT'S A FALSE ALARM. There Isn't any Are In this negro op presslon alarm which the Senator has been ringing. Lots of people thought so at first, perhaps, though most of these belonged to the volunteer fire department up around DoBton, calling itself, -The Constitutional League And a voluntary fire department at ttny tlme of day or nignt ana many trne8 of aay or night will break up any kind of a gathering. Including a prayer meeting, a candy pulling, a not supper or a dance at the first sug gestion 01 me untmnaDuiation 01 a fire bell If people really want to go to a fire, these railroad presidents and their hirelings In Wall Street have been ringing the bell. If not with more force an dpersistency than Senator Foraker, at least In a higher place, surrounded by more people and peo ple more afraid of being burned out. And that Is the fire that people have been watching for the past several weeks, forgetting all about Senator Foraker and the oppression of the poor black man. And now this. Brownsville Investiga tion is about to come to an end. The bell tower will be closed up on Satur day, and while that may release the bell ringer so that he may resume some of his peripatetic fire alarming, it Is more likely that tn a very short time the Brownsville affair will have become numbered among closed Incl dents. There la talk of the commit tee's going to Brownsville, and this It will probably do. If there are no railroad presidents In Washington while Senator Foraker Is In Browns ville, It may be that the Senator will get his name in the head lines on the front page. SKILLFUL, INDEED, HE IS. The Senator has, however, done a really skillful piece of work from legal standpoint; not only has he brought out facts which never hap pened, but being a brighter man than the others on the committee, and al ways far more Interesting, he has made the worse appear to all who have followed the investigation, Foraker towers so far above these other fellows that sven with a hope less case, and even whlls people laugh at him, they cannot help but have a certain admiration for his talents and they are always charmed by his fas cinating manner. But he had just as well stop ringing his bell. The negro oppression firs Is out and people all over the country, except those belong ing to the volunteer fire department. wno iacK practice, refuse to turn out ZACH M'OHEE. STATESVILLE NAMED. Office of the Commissioner of Intern si Revenue for the Western District of North Carolina to be Moved From AslievHle to That City. Observer Bureau, 1417 O. Street N.W., Washington, March II. Ths office of the commissioner of Internal revenue for the western dls trlct of North Carolina Is to be moved from Ashovllle to Statesville. This de cislon was to-day announced by Mr, Ysrkes, commissioner of Internal rev enue, after having the matter of lo cating the office under consideration for a year or mors. 1 This office has been located In number Of towns In western North Carolina In times past but for II years It has been nested at AshevIUe. When It became known a little ever year ago that ths commissioner of In ternal revenue was thinking of mak Ing a change on account of Ashsvllte'i not being centrally located A number fit -tOJM 1 AffiSPJ .UU8- Winston-Salem and Salisbury, sent delegations here to press their several claims. The commissioner has had it under "consideration- since' then, but to-day. made his decision in avor of Statesville. The home of the present collector, Mr, Brown, is at Statesville, and he recommended that the-office be removed to. Statesville; Mr. v Yerkes states that the removal Is for good business reasons. Statesville , la much mors conveniently located, being a centre of the revenue-producing terri tory. The two principal revenue-producing towns, Salisbury and Winston Salem, are especially convenient ' This removal will be a-consiaeraoie advantage to statesville and a loss to Asbevllle. The. office at present em- poyes IS clerks. - PRESIDENT CANNOT COME. Informs Senator Overman ' Previous Engagements Will Prevent His At tending the Unveiling of Monument to Ensign Bagley. Observer Bureau, 1417 O Street, N. W Washington, March 21. President Roosevett will not attend the ceremonies of the unveiling of the monument to Ensign Bagley at Raleigh. May 28. Senator Overman called at the White House to-day to urge the President to attend, but the President stated that while he would like very much to participate In the ceremonies of unveiling a monument to the first American killed In the war with Spain, and the only naval officer killed In that struggle, he could not da so on account of the many en gagements he has already made for the spring and summer. Already he has agreed to make three trips away from Washington. He will go to the opening; of the Jamestown Exposition, April 26, where he will make an important speech. May $0 he will be In Indianapolis, where he will deliver the oration on the unveiling of a monument to Gen. Henry W. Lawton. The next day, May 31, he will deliver a speech at the semi-centennial exercises of the Michi gan Agricultural College. On June ID he will again go to the Jamestown Ex position, the occasion being Georgia Day. The President will partlcipatte In Georgia Day festivities because his mother was a Georgia woman. ZACH MoGHEE. THIEF MAKES CONFESSION. Man Held In Paris on Suspicion of bteaung American Mall Bag Admits Guilt and Implicates Gang of Inter national Robbers. Paris, March 21. The man named Butlosa, arrested here recently with $42,000 American securities in his possession under the suspicion that he wa an accomplice of the thlevea who stole a mall baa- containing- ahnut $400,000 on the French lin ateamor La Provence, which arrived at Havre March 6 from New York, has made a confession, implicating a gang of In ternatioaal robbers, as the result of which other arrests are expected Im- meuiateiy. it . developed, to-day that the majority of the stolen securities are not negotiable, and the loss there fore Is comparatively small. New York. March 221. O nA him. dred and twenty-five pieces of regis tered mail were stolen from the pouch which left this city on January 17 on the steamer La Savole, according to x-ommasier vvncox. when shown the Paris dispatch telling of the robbery, Mr. Wilcox said the fact of the rob bery was known here long ago, but as the United States postal authorities hold the French government's receipts for the mall matter, they are satisfied that the robbery took place in France. He said: 'On Janunry 17 a registered nouoh containing 128 packages left here with s.zuu oags or general malt: When this mall reached France the Dostal an. thorltles there discovered that 125 of the 128 packages had been abstract ed. We hold the French government's receipt for 3,000 packages all right and are satisfied that the robbery took ymcB in rrance. Mr. Wilcox said he coulii form nn Idea o fhte value of the 125 pieces of registered mall stolen. SOLDIERS FIRE ON PEASANTS. Mob Had Surrounded Palara mt v.. iui, lioumania, intending to Wreck It Town of Josey Entered and Many Houses Looted After Clash wun iroops. Bucharest. Rou mania. March 1 nunuering recommenced tn.v . Vaslul. The peasants surroundurf b. Administrative Palace. Intending tn demolish the bulldlnr. Furthur plundering occurred throughout tha town. Troops Intervened and th major opminanaing and several of ficers were wounded. The OoMIan then fired on the mob and wounded some of the rioters. Five of thm were staoDed with bayonets. Anotner collision occured at Jasav between troops and 400 peasants, who were trying 10 invgde that town. Major Colorl was wounded, two peas ants were killed and many were wounded.' The peasants succeeding in break ing the cordon and entering the town, where they looted several residences. A number of neighboring: villages were plundered. Four peasants were killed and two were wounded at Lespesi, In an at tempt to seise the arms at the gendarmles barracks. 118,000 IX DIAMONDS STOLEN, Thief Secures Jewels From Home of 1 una nee morgan. New York. March H.-E2htn thnna. end dollars worts of Jewelry was stolen from the heme of Charlta Morgan, eon 01 tne tounoer 01 ine Morgan Steamship Lines, at bis home In Orange, N. J., to dsy. Utte tnis afternoon Mrs. Morgan found a drawer In her dressing table disturb! and Investigation showed that her Jewel ham was ralstlng. It contained a dlamnmi bracelet valued at $4,400. two necklaiwa at $2,000 each, and many other pieces of jeweiry- Steel Works Strike Settled. 1 Hammond. Ind., March II. The strike at ths plants of the Republic Iron Steel Company, and the Inter state Steel Company , at East Chi cago, has been settled by the -agreement of the men to accept a ten per cent.' Increase In 'place of ths raise of 2 cents I asked by them. Prominent Wllllamaton Lumber Mer chant Dies at Washington,- N. C Norfolk, VSj, March 2L-Dnnle Blmons fngg, aged yeare. prominent lumber morehent of WtlHamston, N. C, died tulnlv to-day, while on a business trie to Washington, N. C. ' Me. Blgse wa president of the Bank of Wllllamaton and was also nresMeni or me veunia gym- "BEVEKUE FBAUD OASE? ' SEVERE PENALTY FOR DAVIT- Judge Boyd Passes Sentenc In Some ot the Cases Which Have Attracted :v Widespread Attention A Number V Who Have Pleaded Guilty of Illicit Distilling Will be Allowed to go on r; the Payment of Fines Speeches 1 Able ,i and Entertaining Before Passing Sentence Judge Boyd Stated His Position A Splendid Array of Counsel In Court Reason Sentences Have Not Been Passed. . Special to The Observer. Greensboro, March II. In United States District Court this afternoon Judge Boyd Imposed sentence la a . part of, the famous ''Revenue'- Fraud Cases" that have caused so much at tention In , the western district ef North Carolina. With the exception ,, of the case against L. E. Davis, who -was sentenced to one year's Impris-. onment and fined $1,000, the defend - ants whose causes were called this af- -ternoon were let ofT with small fines. Not all of the cases were disposed of this afternoon, but will be taken up to-morrow morning. t, 1 . The cases in which judgement waa ' announced this afternoon were L. E. Davis, whose punishment is above mentioned; A. S. Patterson, judgment " suspended upon payment of costs; R, H. Hardin, Judgment suspended with ' the understanding that defendant -should recognise himself Indebted tor the government In the sum to be an-," nounced to-morrow; C. S. Davisy judgment same as tn case against : Hardin, amount $300; Poley Hafer, -fined $500: Jim Corns, fined 11 ftOO. District Attorney Hobton asked that . Judgment be suspended in the case -against Vance Bell, as he Is suffer- Ing from consumption and is almost an Invalid. 4 Inc. OTHER CASES. . ... The Other Cases ara thna aralnat - O. W. Samuel, who Is not ewle to be here, and against several who have pleaded guilty of Illicit distilling, and It is thought that they will be al lowed to go upon payment- ot fines. 5 These cases have attracted much at- ' T.nilAn In ..... T ... . .....ui, ii, western liorin Carolina on account of the large number of peo- pie involved and the prominence of some of the people. There are a score of others who have not been tried, but these cases will be taken up ' soon as possime. Among these sre those asralnst J H Smith and .r W. Hasty, former deoutv collectors nt , internal revenue. The case against L. E. Davis is de- m-iviug ji special mention, as he 18 1 tne only defendant who waa slven a. ' term ot Imprisonment. Mr. Davis Is ex-chairman of the board of countr commissioners of Wilkes county. He se-ved as deputy collector for two 1 and a half months. He waa indlctari for filing false expense accounts, there -being two counts in the bill, charging ': a discrepancy of 50 cents in each count. While revenue officer he had charged the government $1.50 for nights lodging when he had paid only $1.00. The defendant said that the one dollar was paid for the care of ma horses, and paid with other' ac- t count, tie pieaaea guilty in open court some time ago. Strong pleas -were made for this defendant by counsel. ine Hon. nomuius z. Llnney, ex- , Congressman from the eighth dls- . trlct. Congressman-elect Richard N. ' Hackett and Mr W W nrh. nt Wilkcsboro, spoke. Mr. Llnney made v a most entertaining speech. While speaking he said that it was often 1 the cano that olflcers did not keep their accounts In exactly proper or der, but that If they were substan- iiany correct, 11 tne amount was cor rect, it did not matter if they were not entered at the proper place. While he was annaklno- hn urnl nor and patted the district attorney on . W k. -.1 . I 1 . . . . . iirau mm nam ne no uoudi lump- - ed his entries, and while the amount ' the right place. Congressman Hack ett made an eloquent plea for his ' client. He called attention to the fact that Mr. Davis had been honor- : ed by his fellowmen and trusted with the business affairs of the county. ' . JUDGE STATES POSITION. Before announcing sentence in the case Judge Boyd stated his position.' He said that when Davis was ap- pointed aeputy collector the appoint ment created such a wave of indig nation that the defendant was forced to resign and that he did not do so from choice; that It was a matter of common knowledge that Mr. Davis ; had been Interested In the people who "' carried on the business of Illicit dls tilling, and gave It as his opinion that Davis waa one of the men who learn ed of the officers and gave the opera tors of Illicit distilleries notice of the approach of the officers. After talk In for NnmA tonirht unnn th. ibi. ' against Davis, Judge Boyd said that what he said was meant in no unkind-' ' ness to Davis, but that he believed that on account of his Intelligence and superior ability that he was large-, lv rannnnalhlf for rnnilltlnii existed. He assisted the men who were not so Intelligent. His Honor said It pained him and grieved him to announce the sentence. Two ways were (iDun In him nriA itivji wav fa . tit fe .lings and suspend Judgment, the other to do what he believed that -justice and right demanded. The -sentence passed upon the defendant Is the minimum. .- AN INTERESTING MATTER., , One Interesting matter that came' to light when the case ot Hardin ' was being considered was told by Judge Boyd. He said that while trying in nmuu eu man came - to him on the street one night when ' he wss going horns and told him that ; Hardin was coming Into court with a pistol each day and had threatened " to shoot the Judge. His Honor said that he had never believed ths man. for he was the same one who told, District Attorney Holton that a con- s 4racy to kill him was on foot. He si.ia that he had known Hardin for ' a long time and believed that he was ths least guilty of all the officers. His case wss left open until to-morrow morning. He will not be sent to prison, but a Judgment for a few hundred dollars will ' be entered against him."--:- ..-v'-'.. " - ABLE ARRAY, OF COUNSEL. . There was a splendid array ot coun sel In, court to-day. District Attorney Holton was present, representing the . government. The 'defendants were represented by. Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., Judge & B. Adams, of this city; Thomas 8. Rolling and J. J. Brltt. of Ashsvtlle: Ex-Congressman Llnney, of Sparta; Congressman Hackett and W. V. Barber, of Wllkeeboro. Patterson was found guilty of filhvr false expense accounts. Hardin m convicted of collusion with Illicit di nners.' Hafer pleaded guilty of re moving and Jim Combs of illicit du tilling. The : reason sentences hv" not been passed wss that Ju !P-. 1 y 1 wanted as many as possible trka 1 fort announcing, Jusmont,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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