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i:;ipho;t vricz-. cs.oo a yeaiv OUL, CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1907. price five c;::; TflAW ITJAL IN JANUARY WHO GETS CEHIIF1CATES? CTTT" Tn FINANCIAL SITUATION ' - - . - ? COXDITIOXS BEC05IING NOH3IAL PORTUGAL FACES A CEIS1S APXPUBLIO SEEMS INEVITABLE fOBEC AST OF WEEK'S KEWS PREPARING FOR NEXT CONGRESS MA DIE Y II1IAL LI'. "J J.UiU BUJi-J AUiit.lj A-lJiiJ. Task of Selecting a Jury Which . Would. Have to Ppeud the Holidays '1'" ler Lock una Key "d tne in- W ..Uon of Thaw's Counsel to Inspect . ' use Secret Insanity LTluemce Taken - Before tins Commission Responsible For the Postponement ase Was - et For 3Iondy, December 2dr- The Defendant Planning For-- feec- nd Trial With Absolute Confidence of ' Acquittal Speculation ,as to Whether Mrs. Thaw Will Take the Stand Again Thaw Slakes Import ; ant Changes In Ills Counsel. New York,- Nov. ' i.r-The' second trial or Harry Kendall Thaw, set for ' one' week front to-morrow,, will again be postponed, -and n there is ; little ' chance that it will be called " until i . , i' , , a a , moll n 1 mm . r'j. 4 w ' Tn W, aw , jnent has been agreed to fry .both side , Jt is due partly to the fact that the . task of selecting a jury would be made - doubly hard by the approach of tka - (holidays and the prospect-Jiefore the - talesmen of spending Christmas and New Year's Day- locked up under the care of court bailiffs and also to the fact that iThaw's counsel has applied ' to the court for permission to1 inspect the secret evidence presented before the , lunacy commission . during the progress of the first trial. - As an add , 1 ed cause for delay there Is a rumor . that, the attorneys now ' representing 1 Thaw ;may : apply ; for , a change of wvvmi inn w w ..,,ta-s a va client In New York county Is impos sible, 5 Such a moye, if made, would tratstia ' maa ar nff Ta iv Tvm tav f nn r oe Dasea upon vie auegea umnenuiy attitude of many of' the local papers and the extent to which the evidence was 'printed and read In this com munity. The district, attorney ' will seriously oppose ens granting 01 a " change In the scene of the trial. ' ; CONFJDENIT OB" . ACQUITTAL.' '"Thaw, la 'his cell la the famous oId - Tombs prison, which he has occupied , since the night of the tragedy on Mad ison Square Boot Garden June 2 Btft, 1906, la planning for his second'trlal with the same confidence of acquittal that he prepared for the first ordeal. chafes at the delays already encoun . .Jtered in getting his etory before w a ' 1 second jury And is impatient for hia days in- court to begin. It'll nimrlv 1 vinr alnr-A 4hn flrat trial was begun. It covered a period . if . twelve weeks and after two days V El M . i . B JUk.4.'iMnK '- . U a ' 1 Jury could not . agree, 6vn of the twelve men who heard the dramatla ' 'recital of Evelyn. ' Nesbit , Thaw MiM ttnt wMAnirf lit ' lAaf mant . at the hand ot the noted architect; a i, itnd cable to every -part ot the civil ized world end read as one of the " 'tnost remarkable utterances -ever , ' tieard in a court room--f ailed to be ; f Sieve that her confession to her hiis- kand Justified him three 'j&mr later ; f n taking the life of the man charged . ; Vlth.)the tuln ( his chorus-girt-m- .They vptedf torVgullty ;.af' murder In --on the other; hand, were' ready. to ac quK, most) of them I believing that Thaw's mind had ibpen so upset ;over ' the story of the girl's downfall that '. he was bereft of reason and was en 1 titled to that provision of ' the ! law which, excused a person so Insane as not to know the nature or quality of tils act ana not to Know tnat tne act Is wrong. At the police station the night of the tragedy and afterward in ' the city prison Harry Thaw contended t na a baHh an n n nwahf ftf tirt- jib TV aiyhiua o ass MOIIV ui v v - dence in sending Stanford White to his grave, . J'C ' V I COUBSE OF DEFENSE. . Great interest centres in. the course : 01 me. oeiense ai. me coming iriat. - " It la generally believed i thwt despite ' any. ideas of Justification which Thaw 1 may entertain, his present lawyers will confine themselves to making out a ase of legal insanity. (This may be 1 "emotional" or hereditary, both of these phases of the matter having V . flAaon i.m. Inn f DM fi-tol Ol '..j. wmu suuv '1ulv Mtll9 wok . lew. wi. or seven alienists took the stand at -v that hearing and testitied that Thaw tiad been driven Insane 'by the story told him: when he and the girl who , , was to become his wife were stopping together InJ'aris. Dr. Brttton D. . v iEvans, supefrlntendentot the New Jer '. " sey State Hospital for, the Insane, , made world-wide atlr by expressing Thaw's condition of mind the night of the tragedy as a "brainstorm." The . oarK ciouas naa oeen gauiering zor a year or more, he declared.: and when ' Thuw saw WhHe'glowertng''.. ittt.4ilm n tht onf arrten nt h flrt ilr1if of a summer extravaganza known as 1 - 'Mlle. Champagne," the storm broke , and Thaw, fired. "Ai:,:-i. ,w , '' -i-.- TMHtrlct : Attomur Jerom : ? pomhnt. ted this iplea with 'the testimony;' of eeven jAperiu, 01 wnum aeciarea " that ThaWs Insanity1 was not such as , ' to deprive him of knowledge as to. the " wrongful - nature of his act. i? Not- witnstanamg tnis,. nowever, ; they ' agreed with District Attorney Jerome that .Thaw was .medically insane, not throughout the trials during -, which, they declareoV he was tinable 4ntelU - ' gently to advise with counsel or to, ap preciate, the character, of the pro ceedlngs . against. .hiro.v.;r''LS':-,.i-,.Vl JEROME'S , COMMTSSION. ' : ' (The trial was interrupted, it will be , rememheipedby .the appointment of a commission at Mr.s Jerome's 1 siigges- tlon, to : Inquire Into Thaw's' mental , condition.- v The - commission, agreed i Ailvtaa lritlllirnnt1v wlfh . nuninl a-nil to understand all of 'the proceedings ' In court . They examined the young tnillionaire - both mentally and ohvs , lcally and: he ceme out of the tqsts With flying colors. This tended to v-iii.r"vn; mo- neory or ne aeiense ,iatThaw had suffered from a "bsain etorm" and that his condition h. had wonderfully improved during his stay on- jam it was contended J that with the -death of White the force which s jiad .fomented the disorder was re , taoved and that .the clouds of Wind insanity had broken away. i.. , I When the trial -was resumed, how ever, ana the arguments vtvere begun, Thaw's principal counsels Delrjhln M. repucauon from thd.Paclne coast to take charge of the casei threw down : tne auDstantiai structure of Jetral In . eanlry which had been built vp, toss ed it literally out of the window,: and , )nade his plea unreservedly . ov- the "unwritten law ' He pictured iwith great, oratorical effect "the wronged Evelyn4' "an anrel chlld.1 "Thaw alternately was a 'Slr Gaaha'l., or a -st. oeorge" destroying the flraeon. , Thla line of argument gave District Attorney Jerome an unenroected ODen ing and he too disregarded the mass . of testimony, tending to show Thaw's wntil Irresponsibility, devoting him elf to ridicule of1 the heroic rolea in which Mr. Dnlmas had cast the do- (Conllnued on Tags Seven). Siren SPECULATION' ABOUT TIHS Secretary of Treasury Still Silent In Seven Tongues on Thla S ore -Why the Banks Have Not' Taken Onto the Bonds as It Was Supposed Tliey Would Mr. Blorran Kul He Came Slerely to Pay Hi Bespexita to tjc President That There 1j to Be No Tariff Tinkering by the Congress About to Convene Is Now Certain Strange Things at Waslklngton Just NOW.- , . . 1 Observer Bureau,' ' T 13 Post BuHding. : Washington. Nov. ii. 'Who will get theJIOO.000,000, S per cent, certificates, which' tne. Secretary of too Treasury has decidei to issue ostensibly for the purpose of relieving- the financial Cjrtrlngency though issued, under a -law; Vhlcihi authorizes the k issue only to meet, the expendi ture of the government. Is still a matter, of specuuXion, " The Secre tary . is mum as a mummy - on the subject, saying only . that bids are eoming in, ana that the Treasury' hi getting along . all right ith the dia poaltion of the Panama bonds-and. the 3. per cents. ' WheUier eyerytWng is as smooth as the Secretary's front when he makes 1 this announcement, is quite, another matter and a matter of grave doubt to some. It Is true, and the reason 1 good no doubt, that the certificates which bear 2 per cent, will - not be sold until the - Panama bonds which bear only 2 per cent, are Jlsposed of. J ' It ws supposed Jty the Secretary and the President at first that there would be a arreat demand from the banks- for the . bonds, because while they bear only 2 per cent, interest they can be used as a oasis of cir culation. But it seenw otherwise, and the reason is not. far to seek; though the great experts, of flnanee In the Treasury Department' and. In the Cabinet seem not to have thought of IV:: When the matter is looked closely: Into, what Is the manner, In which thin $100,000,000 of certificates hi 1 going to help out the currency situation ?, 51 The theory of : the issue Is : that money Iwould be ralsej f: for the government :whteh could be de posited In banks. J The idea was that from the chimney corners and stock Jnys which all over the country , had superseded the -bank as storing places for money would come this root of el evil to pay for certificates. People who have been accustomed to having their money in hank deposits and in stocks and Tjonds had taken It out tfor the reason that they (had lost confidence In the solvency of the banks, or in their: management, and In the stability of the ;s, stocks t nd bonds. But When the money Is thus stored .in stockings, chimney corners, breeches" pockets and . the like, it bears no interest. Itleemed natural to suppoea that, this money would read, ily come fort3-tovgetigovenment cer tificatea which are absolutely safein. wstment tJLt per. cenfei Interest, pay. able without fall, in a year. .That it does not eonae-wreaaily is evfitenc ed' by 4he; fact that the Secretary, an nounces now lhat the certificates will be - sol to the banks, an' that the banks inateaxl of paying for them may keep TS per cent, of the price on depoeit ; Of course, thla arrange ment 14 good one for the banks that it is absolutely;: safe aecurityi ends to the stockholders of the banks but where do "the people come n? The banks Instead of having more; money will have less,' because they have to pay out one-fourth of . the price of the certificates to the jrov ernment, and they will have tq give up the mpney they now have fof their customers In order to get the per cent, certificates.; - It is a good thing for the ba nks only for the ' reason that it . is ; obsolutely eafej security, though the Interest Is but 3 per cent, whereas in ' the Sourrt, at least, Uie banks can get a much higher rate than ; that. S , Tet ..the banks will not have to give 4ip but one-fourth of the price of these certificates, so- that when it Vs properly figured out the banks will be making something like 12 per cent, interest. . . r But .your -Uncle Pierpont came down here yesterday to talk over the situation with Secretary Cortelyou and tha President He told some newspaper OTreporfdenti after -his conference with the President thatihe had -come merely to pay his respects to the President Some of the hoys argued that the "uncrowned' king." as ex-Senator Spooner called him in New Tork the other day. must hav great respect for1 the; (president ;'t for it took him an hour and a half. While a hunch of newspaper men were wait ing outflMe. :to py - them. . Tour Uncle Pierpont nays, . though, that everything Is all right how. So you scared neople may ago arJ put your money back : into the : bank. . V NO TARIFF REVISION BY THIS !vv CONGRESS.; -r-k ? There Is going ito be no tampering with the sacred institution of the tariff this term ot Congress. - Very ew people Oiave really had any idea there ' would be; but thai matter is fixed now. The Honorable Sereno Paynet chairman of trie ways and means committee of. the House .and John Dalsell, chairman of. the' com mittee of ruleap-were both : at the White House this morning, and they maJe the statement as they left that there would b no tariff tinkering. . "What abjut the duty on wood pulp?" some' one asked. -The Pres ident 'told the newspaper publisher a-few, weeks ago that he; would ad vocate removing' this duty, which is IS per cent . - - . ' "I haven't Jieard of it' salj Mr. Dalsell. 'All I know about it is what I've seen in the papers," said Mr. Payne. - , 'Didn't the President mention ft to you?" -'Not a word," was the reply, and the two statesmen walked away. That's the way ; It . Is, going to be,' too, for these' two statesmen are the powers that 0. alongside ot Uncle Joe himself, who Is a standpatter from Standpatteravilte. :-, Washington has William J. Bryan in its mktet this week , He; calleJ upon the President yesterday and naid his resoects. ' It did fl6t Thake khlm in an hour and a half to pay his respects, rrom wnren eome are con strained to infer that he hav not ma great a respect as Mr. Morgan; ' It is not P strange a tnlng that Mr. .Bry an should all oh'lhe President He always does that when Tie comes here. Mr.' Bryan was introduced at Conven ti'on Hall, where !he made a speech, by none , other than ' Mr. George Ii, Cortelyoo. That's a pair: n't It? 1 i ZACIV M'OHEE. : v-.t. :'",,! ,.: ,,. -. , 1 ...,. .y--' ' Goes to flnrl Pacific. M9lta, ' Ata.. Nov. 21-Horsee " W. Clark, miperintendenf ef trannpnrtatlon rf the Mobil 4c Ohio Railroad, has ten dered hi reafRnatlon to take effect No. v-Tnbr Hlr.'- Kn will awtr tntilur -vt-e with the Missouri Paclflo ' Railroad. Interest the Past Wrck Was Centered In the Issue of Panama Bonds and toe Treasury Certl8cat, Mail ' I ers For Panama Bonds Are Very Heavy andT the Administration Be lieves That the loan Will Be Fully CovercdTh9 Plans of the Treasury . DepartQient For Increasing the Cir .. oulation Large Importatlftn . of Gold Adds Greatjy to the Monetary Resources of the Country Cotton . Crop Moving and Threatened Dead lock is Broken, .1 :--v4t':' i ' ,WaingtonNOv. 24l Xhe ieyents of the past week in the financial altua tlon have centered around the, offer by the . government to receive bids for $50,000,000 In 2 per ' cent.1 bonds, for Panama cahal construction and .offars at par for $100,000,000 in Treasury cer tificates running one year at ? t per cent The announcement of thla pro ject by President Roosevelt-Jn hi let- ter to- Secretary Cortelyou published on Monday, has done much to -restore normal ;, conditions In the -money market -The premium on currency, While somewhat obstinate, - has been gradually; declining , and the rally in tho stock m&rhet on Saturday,' follow ing .the visit to . Washington 'of J. Pierpont Morgan and Georee F. Raker. indicate that confidence is being, re- atorea i oy the manifest co-operation Deiween tne government and big fi nancial interests in New Tork.;. Some uncertainty prevailed early In the week regarding r the terms of snbscrlptlbns and allotments for. the new securities, but doubtful polnta have been cleared up from day to day by the statements of Secretary Cortelyou and other of ficials, and the manner In which offers are being received for the new se curities, indicate that they . will prob ably, be over-subscribed. . . j . , ; MANX BOND OFFERS. The mail joff era from national banks for the Panama bonda are very heavy. The envelopes will not be opened until the time for, receiving bids, closes on, oaiuraay next, put tne numDer or Pi as received and the declared purpose of some of the large New Tork and Chi cago , banks to subscribe, t with .the "purpose of increasing their note cir culation, leaves little doubt In the minds of bankers and Treasury-offi cials that the loan .- will be covered. The fact, that the one-year certificates can be availed of to secure new bank note circulation and that such circu lation can be retired within a year, Is having an effect in drawing offers for these securities. Indeed, Secretary Cortelyou,v In making (allotments, la rejecting many offer which- he does not think will tend to materially bene fit 4he monetary situation.: k By : per mitting issues of bank notes td the full amount of the bonds and certifi cates and then re-depositing -the, pro ceeds of the sale of the securities to amount of 16 per' cent, in the banks, there is'oppettttnltyfdr Increasing the amount f ntreftcT im elrthilattoit by-, a net amount equal to three-quarters of the new security issues, - It is not expected that .the increase will Je so great as thlsv. since some of the short term certificates will be taken, by pri vate investors. There ia doubt also whether any such increase will be needed if the corner is turned in the momentary pressure When, the bids for the Panama bonds are opened and of fers for the certificates- are: closed at the end of next week. The Importa tion of $81,000,000 m gold," now ar rived, on the way, or engaged, adds so greatly to the monetary resources of the country that it ds anticipated that there will soon be a plethora of circu lation rather than too little. . , . SITUATION CLEARING. ' ; The fact that the gold which has thus far arrived ha not increased per manently the New Tork reserves Is declared by New York bankers to. be sufficient evidence that everytmng , is being done which is possible ny ew York- to aid the banks throughout the country. ;. ": ' : Reports from the South indicate that the. cotton ctop is moving with a fair deeree of facility at the present time and that the deadlock which threaten ed at the outbreak of the crisis has been broken. It in hoped that it will oon be noeslble to. resume cash pay ments ,at all principal centres. . . Bank ers from Chicago. New Orleans and other leading cities declare that they are ready to resume as soon as new York will give the signal. . gUlii IH FRACTURED. . . Thomaa B. Oldham, of WUmlngton, Hit by an Engine and His injuries May Prove Fatal. Special to The Observer. . . Wilmington, Nov, ' 24. While . re turning, to his home In the .country late' last jnlght, Thomas B. Oldham, book-keeper for 6. and B. Solomon, in this city,, was struck by a shifting en gine at 'what fa known as the Castle Haynes crossing of the county road with th Atlantic Coast JUne. sA col ored man in the eurry with him at the time the vehicle was struck was also slightly cut about the head. The horse escaped and went on to the in jured man's home In the country, about three miles from the city:,: 1 Oldham wa apparently not much hurt at first and came' back to the home of his father in town. About 2 o'clock thla . morning he : lost con sciousness and, upon being carried to the hospital. It was found that he had a fracfuVe-of -the-ekulL Htf t not expected to live. '- He l about 10 years of age and has a wire ana several children.: , , " 4 r, 4 i'"'"':', ;' ininiaimn' 11' 1 11 '--'- r-i ;-' -.i.' ri .':Mi; Next Hobel Prize to Go to an Eng v lishman. ' ? ; " , Stockholm, Nov, 24-The next No bel prise for chemistry will be award ed to Sir William Crookes, of London. Sir William Crootoea discovered thal lium, an element, ta 1S61 and Invent ed the1 raldiometer'in 1174. He was knlahted in 187 and has been close ly, Mentlfledv with many of the. most important advance in science, f. Pro fessor Crookes recently discovered a process of extracting nitrlo acid frpm the atmosphere which. it was an nounced, would soon be available' for coramerclal, industrial and. agricul tural purposes and would revolution ise the nitrate industry and ' the world lood problem. . . ,, , - ! ,, i- . German Oner Singer a ftakldc. f Berlin, Nov. 2. Theodor Bertram, the celebrated opera sincer. commit ted suicide to-day at Bayreutb. . He had been despondent elnre the death of hla wife, who waa drowned in Feb ruarv last in the wreck of the eteam ship Berlin, eft the Hook of Holland. Tteodore Bram' most' successful rile were WaenerUn and hemad hi 1 greatest reputation as V'otan. VALUE OF HANUFAGTUBES $15,000,000,000, THE EXPERTS SAY Chief Carson Makes This Estimate in : the Annual Heport of HU Bureau, Which Was Made Public Yes' erday ' i dlffures Do Not Represent Flnlsh 1 ed, Product FaMlrely, But Include Products In Various Stagea of Pro- gres8-peolal Significance Attached "; to tlie lncrcaw of Nearly $20,000,- 000 In the . Exports of Completed Manufactures -Cotton 'Seed Pro ducts Exports -J Have Economic Value-and Importance to the Conn-.-.try v.'.' - -! ,-V-t ,!c.:,- -V.vr; . Washingtoh,' No 24. Fifteen r bil lions of dollars' represent the value of the annual production of manufac tures in the' United States. After care ful estimates ; were mad e "by exnerts. Col. John M." Carson, chief of the bu reau of e manufactures, was able , to make this statement In the annual re port of the operations of his bureau, made public , to-day. , The figures do not represent finished products entire ly, but include ". products in various stages of progress. Last year the ag- gregate value of domestic merchan dise exported 'was $1,854,000,000, an increase of nearly $1)6,000,000 over the preceding year.: In this classifica tion "manufactures ready ' -for con sumption'" are credited with . $480, 000,000 and these figures are general ly accepted as the extent of the ex ports of manufactures. ' ; The Tepert of the : bureau, however." groups this classification with those of "food stuffs partly or wholly manufactured," and "manufactures for further use In manufacturing," the aggregate exports of which last year were $806,000,000 and this amount added to "manufac tures' ready for consumption" make the aggregate value of manufactures exported in the year ended June 30, $1,086,000,000 or Jmore than' 68- per cent,. of. the entire exports for that year. Special significance is attaohed to the. increase of nearly $20,000,000 In the exports of completed manufac tures, In view of the fact that the ex ports of cotton cloths declined more than $21,000,000, this loss being en tirely in the cotton trade with China. The popular feeling aroused In that country growing out of alleged out rages against Chinese residents in the United States is assigned as a con tributory cause for this decline. COTTON SEED PRODUCTS. The, cotton seed product exports for the year were upwards of $40,500, 000, an increase of $9,(00,000 over 1906. In commenting on these figures the report says: '( "Aside from, its intrinsic value the relatively new industry has an eco nomic value and Importance to the Country, the beneficial results of which are especially" felt In the ' several States In which cotton Is indlgenerous, ?nd in which the cotton seed industry s naturally located." The auccess attending ' Investigation , by ... escperta sent abroad has led to the adoption of the: policy of specialising investiga tlonf trade conditions ' ftt foreign market.-; tjt.ti One of the obstacles to, the enlarge ment of export trade Is the uncertain ty of transit between nlaces of produc tion and the seaboard. ' Merchants In the Orient especially complain that calculation cannot be made as to when goods ordered in the United states will be delivered; and in conse quence orders go to European houses that should come to those of this country. The bureau has been in cor respondence with managers of railway and ocean steamship companies .with a view to' securing more reliable and rapid transit toy- merchandise destined to foreign countries. - Demands made by business men for the extension of the parcels-post to foreign countries is discussed. It is claimed that this extension would open markets now closed to American business men for lack of transporta tion facilities, but which are open to their competitors who have advant ages of the parcels-post system. AN EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN. Several Hundred Men Signify a Be, i aire to 'Accept Christ at Y. M. C A. Sunday- Meeting. Washington, Nov. 84.-The climax In the evanaelistle campaign which the In ternational Young Men's Christian Asso ciation of North America is conducting in this tlty in connection With the thlrty nixth annual convention, was reached to dav when several hundred men signified a desire to accept , Chrli-t following a powerful address by Fred B. Smith, of New York, International secretary of the Y. M. C. A.- at Convention Hall. Mr. Mr. Smith deprecated giving up the Sab bath day to popular amusements. He declared that the cry for the superlflclal pleasures of the hour Is causing mm to forget God.. Another reaon Mr. Kmlth save why-' counties thousands forget God was because of the great prosperity of this land. "When men are well fed." said Mr. smith, "they forget God." The pulpits of at- leant a hundred Churches were filled morning and even ing by delegates to the convention. A WONDERFUL CLOCK. Timepiece Installed In Cleveland In stitution ' Attraction Because of Unfailing Accuracy. Cleveland, O., Nov. 24.-A clock has Just been Installed In the observatory of the Case Bchooi of ADDlled Bcienoe In this city which is so nearly perfect that it nas attracted tne attentionot, tn Smithsonian Institute at Washington. As Another mark of distinction tts have proved that the -meehamam is so ac curate that the clock will not vary more than li one-thousands of a second from the exact 1lm in 24 hours, t '' .The clock will measure the minutest fraction of a section; It only rival In accuracy is. said to be a similar : time niece In Berlin., .The construction of the Case school clock I so delicate that for Jirotectlon .it l surrounded by a gloss ar which is partly a vacuum. To pro tect the clock from disturbance the wind ing Is accomplished by electricity, ' Phtladclphlan, erased by Fever, geeks ,. to KM Uls Family. t :T Phllsdelphla, Nov. 21- Frederick O. Lutt, a loommaker, attempted to asyhy xiate his three children and himself with gas at his home her to-dsy. Ho turned on tha gas In the room In which he was Kleenlng. . together with his children, Frederick,. Jr.. Ena and Emily, six. His wife, who oonunled an fl Joining room, with a, sick- Infant heard on of the children troanlng In IjiIi's room. ' When she went to Investigate the father' and children were unconscious. . I.uts was the rnont seriously aTected by the nun. , Ho suffered from symptoms of tyrhld fever In a delirium of which h sormht (0 end hla life and that of his children. i .n . -' ' ..p. n r . 3 A 110,000 IJhel Suit to Be Instituted In . Wake County. . , Special to The Observer. - 1 Greensboro, Nov, 24. Suit will bl Instituted m Wake 8uprlor Court In Raleigh Tuesday morning by the Southern Trading Stamp Cnpany, of Greensboro, against Boyln, Pearfl Co., of Raleigh, and The Raleigh Evening Times for $16,000 as Jam ages for libel In an alleged libelous article - publiahf 4 laThaJvinlnf Times of November ltn. , Endorsement of the Dictatorship of , Premier Franco by King Carlo is ; Said to Have Removed AU Hope of Peace and Consolidated the Entire Opposition 4p tlie Direction of Republicanism Editor Whose ; ' Paper Was Suppressed Predicts a Violent. Hevoiution Before January 1st Correspondent, of a Paris JVewppaper, who Has, Visited the . Country, Makes Clear That tlie . Situation is the Result of Scandal- one. Conditions.'.;.:. -v,-'1 Vs :"' ; Lisbon, Nov. 24. The government deoree issued yesterday, in addition Ur. extending; tha life f the" decrees agiinst the press , 5 until Cortes ns sembles, aunder J which ? eight papers of Lisbon and Oporto ; wer aupi pressed, creates ! an ' extraordinary tribunal jtoLj judge .iwithout: Juries persons concerned In conspiracies 01 attempts, public Vor - non-public, ;to provoke risings against' social . order and tha security . of the - State. t ,The ; decree permits an appeal to the Court of Cassation, but ' gives that court ' the right only to annul or confirm the sentence of the tribunal. Paris, .Nov., 44.--Reports 7 repre sentlna that Portugal is- on the eve f of revolution are received here with caution;, ag dispatches coming direct from, that country have been censored,- and ' those directly across . the frontier are? held , more, or less-tinder suspicion. ' V' ? Both Jthe reports of the banishment of the Crown Prince and the mutiny of the fleet are denied by the Portu gal embassy here; nevertheless, the making of arrests, the suspension ot a newspaper and other repressive measures which have been taken by what Premier Franco ' terms "an ad ministrator dictatorship" seems con clusive that matters in Portugal, have entered upon a critical phase. KINO ENDORSES ; PREMIER," This ; condition ' undoubtedly 1 haa been precipitated by the interview with King Carlos, which was pub lished last week. In which he an nounced his absolute faith in Pre mier Franco and his intention to al low the premier to choose the time for the holding of the election of the Cortes. . The parliamentary opposi tion, whtch has been stirring up the country for months past, expected by a gigantic demonstration planned tor January 2d next to force the King to dismiss Premier Franco, but his majesty's bold endorsement of the dictatorship , removes this hope ab ruptly, consolidating the entire op position in the direction of Re publicanism. Znhor Lima, the proprietor of the newspaper Vanguardla, of Lisbon, which was suppressed. Is now in Paris and considers- that a' republic is inevitable and that the issue win Je .decided .before January, 1st He declares that tne people are hostile to a' dynasty and that the array Is disaffected. ' -;'- . "If the King cedes." he said, "there will be a peaceful republic, as in the case of Brazil. If he does not. there will be revolution; with all Its vio lent consequences." SCANDALOUS CONDITIONS. A correspondent of '.The Temps, who has just returned after an In vestigation of affairs In Portugal and who haa had Interviews with King Carlos, Premier Franco and ex Premier Castro, ex-Mlnlster of Jus tice and Worship Al D'Alpolm and Znhor ; Vllhena, councillor of State, and other opposition leaders, makes clear that the situation Is the out growth of scandalous political' con ditions and affairs which have been endured for years. Premier Franco, when he assumed the, dictatorship, cut off parlia mentary sinecures, arousing the fury hot only . of the politicians, but Ot the courtiers as well, even the Queen Mother. On the other hand, he legal ised the King's advances and in creased his allowances on the ground that the civil list was so Insufficient that the royal family were obliged to sell the crown jewels,, mortgage their property and hypothecate their holdings of government bonds. He, however, shrewdly increased the salaries of . the poorly paid govern ment employes and the officers of the army and navy, the net result of these changes being a considerable saving to the Treasury. f A special dispatch from Madrid to The Echo da Paris says It Is rumored that collisions have occurred between the troops and insurgents tn Lisbon and that many persons have been killed and wounded. " Persons arriving from Lisbon, the dlspatch states, report that Colonel Tasta,, aide-de-camp, to King Carlos, has resigned and several regiments of doubtful loyalty have been disarmed.- All leading politicians, the dispatch adds, are being shadowed by detectives, and many persons are leaving the country. The King has refused to sign a decree extending martial law. throughout the whole kingdom - : WOtU REFORM NEW ORLEANS. Hainan - Keener Start Crusade to ' Drive Ont Low Den, While the Pure In Heart Begin a Prohibition Movement ' - '' : -.' ' i New Orleans, Nov. Si-Wlth' a "dry' New Orleans as the aim of prohibi tionists, and a reformed New Orleans the object of saloon keepers,-: a - cru- ade reflecting .the prohibition move ment In other parts' of the South be gan here to-day. Ministers in nearly all the ; city , Protestant churches devoted part of their sermons to at peals for closing up tne liquor tramo. "The announced plans of innuentiai liquor dealers are first to force the reslgnatlpn from the Louisiana Liquor League of objectionable members, and second to petition the city council-to close. up the saloons of such .retired members. ? 4 The closing . of dives, ea. neclaliv nesro resorts, is one of the objecta of the Uquor dealers. ;. Another is 10 create sucn' surruunuiiig wMiiw drinks are-r sold a lll minimise Qrunkennesi and violence. Cenrt-MartM of Ilwwlan Mutineers " , 3 to Begin To-Morrow. Vladivostok, Nov.? 24,-The ' court roar, tlal of lm sappers and marines and the comma nders of two . torpedo bont de stroyers who were lmpllcted In the mu tiny of October 29th and Mth will, begin to-morrow." v'-; The mutiny st Vladivostok on October i9th wns quickly suppree.d by the use of machine guns. A battalion of sappers attempted to esnture on of the barracks f.ut were routed by two companies of a loyal regiment On the following day a nvl action took place between the mu tinous crew of a Russian destroy sr and their loyal comrades, the mutineers tin ally Kiin subdued -after a numbw of the eomhatants-he "en killed and wounded. , r All Interest In Washington Centred on the Preliminaries For the Open ing of the Sixtieth esslon Sattir . day . Both Democrats and Hepubli- cans WU1 Hold Caucuses lor the Selection of Candidutes For Offices ' In the House Tlie Bryan Dollar Dinner to Take Place Tuesday v. Evening Bids For the Issue of Panama Bonds to Be Opened Sat , nrday An Event of Social Interest , th Wedding of Miss Edith Root ; Wednesday. ' . j Preliminaries to the opening of the Sixtieth Congress will be the ' domi nant features of the week In Washing ton. ' Important among the several conferences for the shaping of meas ures to be submitted to the national body will be a meeting of the national publicity law,: association.: :-: Speaker Cannon will confer : during the week with, Congressmen ' on the prospective personnel of ( House committees ' and work i to be taken up oy mem. On Saturday Democrats and Republi cans will, hold caucuses for the selec tion of : candidates for offices of the House. ' One of the important meet ings adumbrate, of probable legisla tion Is scheduled for Monday that of the inland waterways commission, ;I : On Saturday , a . test of one of , the government measures conceived for the .relief of the financial stringency, will be made, when ids for the $50, 000.000 Issue of Panama bonds: will be opened. . , , , :V..THE' BRADLEY TRIAL. i The, trial of Mrs. Anna M." Bradley for the- killing of former-. Senator Arthua M. Brown will be resumed in Washington on Monday., .: On the same day at Boise. Idaho, Is to be be gun the trial of George A. Pettibone, charged with complicity In the mur der of ex-Governor steunennerg, 01 that State.-1- 'v. ,. .;-.rv- The national publicity law associa tion which meets in Washington Tues day is expected to advocate the pas sage by Congress of a law compelling the publication of contrinuiions ana expenditures of national and congres sional committees during presidential campaigns. ; '' "The Inland waterways commission at its meeting Monday is expected to formulate a report on its Inspection of the Mississippi river In October. The committee of Congrees appoint ed to investigate the army shooting episode at Brownsville, Tex., will meet in Washington to hear additional wit nesses and decide whether to visit Brownsville, to secure further evi dence. ' THE BRYAN PINNER. A dinner In honor ot William J. Bryan Is to be given In Washington Tuesday evening. Many prominent Democrats are expected to be present Arguments on the question whether the Mutual Life- insurance Company shall vote its. 8,808 shares of Illinois Central Railroad stock at the annual : meeting of the stockholders of that corporation will, be tieard by Judga Ball -in Chicago on Monday, , i s .The usual Thanksgiving Day will be generally observed, - An event of social Importance -fn Washington will be the wedding on Wednesday .of Miss Edith Root, daughter of the Secretary of State, and Lientenant Ulysses S. Grant, son of Major General Frederick D. Grant DEBATE IN DUMA. The first general debate in Russia's third Duma will be begun November 26th,' when the text ofhe address to the Emperor, as drafted , by the Octoberlsts will be discussed. ' Hearings of the perjury charge brought by George A. Hollamby Druce, the claimant to the Portland estates, against his half-brother, Her bert Druce, will be resumed at the Marleybone police court, London, Novemb 27th. A banquet In honor of Governor Magoon,,of Cuba, -will be given by the Havana chamber of commerce No vember 80th. , A dinner in honor of Secretary of War Taft will be given at, Moscow Saturday night CLEVELAND SERIOUSLY ILL, Salf to Tie Suffering Relapse of Old Intestinal Troubled-Details Not -Given Out ,.',-,w.,.,..ji..,1.j:,v;. .;."..jlaw.Tork,' Nov.1 24. According to reports received In New York to night, former President Grover Cleve land is again seriously 111 at bla home In Princeton. Me is said to - have suffered a relapse of the old Intestinal trouble which troubled him last June The present attack. It Is said, developed on Thursday last and, al though severe at first Mr. Cleve land showed considerable Improve ment on Friday, The details of his condition could not be - learned at his home to-night Beyond an ad mission, that he "was very , 111 and confined to his bed," no Information was.- given out ;.Yr? Ky, ; Mr, and Mrs.. Cleveland,! with: party of , friends, had i arranged for a trip to Auburn, N, Y., and the parlor car had been engaged and the start-was to have been made Thurs day,, but the trip was abandoned. The attack on Thursday, It Is said, was not so serious as the previous attacks of a similar, nature. . ''Z:i MORE TEACHERS WANTED. " Governor General of the Philippine Thinks He Can 800 More Spo i rlal Examlitatlong During tne Iloll day. ; 1 ' ' , Washington, Nov. S 4-The Bureau of Insular Affairs has received a ca blegram from the Governor- General of the ' Philippine Islands Indicating that probably 800teachers will be re quired at the beginning of the next school year, which opens In June. . These teachers will be selected from among those passing either , -the "teacher" or "assistant" examinations, which af held semi-annually by the United States ' civil servlc commis sion. ; Tbe "assistant" examination is of a higher grade than that for teach er, and appeals more to those having the benefit ot college or- university training. Special ' examinations will be given' during the ' Chrtntnwa holi days. This examination will be open to the wives, fiances, or other women who are near relative of those already In tha service, or candidates for posi tions as teachers. " The age limits ar 20 anl 40 years. The bulk of the ap pointments will be made at the en trance salary of $1,200. Matin to Have Another Auto Race V Paris. Nov.. J4.-rFollowlng the re cent auto race from Pekln to Paris The Matin has ijecidod to orgtnlie a rsce from "New York to ParU. via CUlcagOr-AtaskSe acroas... the- Bering Straits, Siberia and .UiwsU. ' STATE 11GHTS INSAMTV Il.i:. Attorneys For the Cininionwt ; " Placing Much Store bv the Letu r Found in Mrs. Bradley's Koom After She Shot Brown lyetters lUd - Been Torn to Bits, but Were Pauii ed Up and tlie Defendant Ha Identified Them- as Hers Noted Alienists . to Take the Stand , This Week For State and Defense Three Speeches For Defen.e and Two For the State Much Sympa thy Manifested For tlie Woman on . Trial For Her Life. Washington, Nov. 24.-r-Whether the , Bradley; trial can be concluded . this week or not ' It will enter upon iu final, stages almost hnmeJiately after Che court convenes to-morrow, and It is confidently expected that If the end is hot attained before Saturday night there will be comparatively little to do the following week. , All will de- : pend upon the extent of the wrangle over technicalities in connection with the expert testimony as to Mrs. Brad ley's mental condition when she Bhot Senator Brown and the length of ar gument for and against ber. ' The Judge's Instructions to the Jury. . the only other Important feature still to ke taken into consideration, will not. consume more than, an hour's time st" the outside. ' -. There ; will : probably ' be three ' Speeches In Mrs. Bradley's interest, ' one each by Mr. Hoover and Mr. Wells in opening for 8ier and one hy : Judge Powers In .closing. For the government Mry Turner will open' and Mr. Baker close.. ; Mr. Hoover ' and ? Mr. Wells do not count upon con-' sumtng more than two hours' time between them but It is probable that Judge Powers, will talk for ' an , iimv -any, an no win 10 sum marise the favorable teatlmoiy and explain away as far as posidble 'the polnu ajalnst his client Mr. Bai ker also will speak at length.-' It Is ; therefore probable that th ' better part of three days will be consumed ' In- speech-making, v"vM : ...T ' . ALIENISTS THIS WEEK. V - ,The alienists will take the stand very soon after the beginning of tha court's sitting to-morrow, but not un til more of Senator Browns letters to Mrs. Bradley shall bave been read. "The professional men who will be Introduced to testify In Mrs. Brad leys behalf ore: Dr..- Brltton D. Evans, medical director of, the New -. Jersey State Hospital for the Insane, who was one of the experts called for the defense In the Thaw trial; Dr. Charles D. Hill, of Baltimore, and Dr. Wilfred M. Barton; an expert in mental'and nervous diseases. To j these men Judge Powers will detail the story of Mrs. Bradley's life, es pecially tha part of it In which she was associated with Senator Brown. ana repeat in substance the greater part of the testimony , dealing with his 1 treatment of her and showing how she was affected bv It. after Wch; he will put th question to them o whether they believe, in view of all these .circumstances, , the woman was sane When she struck down the man to whom she had been so deeply attached. - They are expected to sav no, and in so answering , they,- will com into conflict with the alienists ft , New York, and Dr. , Ed ward a 5 Brush of Baltimore. -COMBATING INSANITY PLEA, ' The district attorney will do ell in ' his power to combat the plea of in- sanity. He and hi associates believe - thoy "have made their case." The prosecution Is also counting mucn upon the, revelations that wilt be made In letters of Mrs, Bradley's which were found torn to pieces in her room after her arrest for shoot ing Senator Brown. They were res cued and pasted together, and, Mrs. Bradley identified them as hers while on the stand. - Much sympathy Is being expressed from all parts of the country for Mrs. Bradley, and in some Instances it has taken the shape of flora of fin ancial assistance. Not only ner at torneys, but the mental experts are, rendering services without charge. . WILL ADMIT SAMPLES FREE. In Retnrn For Thl Concession Front Great Britain Thla . Country Will Admit Works or Ait at Reduced Rates England Wanted Much, But Was Unwilling to Reciprocate. asouigiun, ov. 24 A plUiuliy -small concession Is that ' made to Great Britain iw imnrlM Iw k r. reciprocity arrangements, t according to the admission of the officials here themselves, but after all it la pointed out, that It was the best that could be done unde.r the law. As stated In the cable dispatches the United Kingdom agrees to admit tree sam ples of ; commercial travelers and in return America agrees to admit at reduced rates of duty works of art originating In the United Kingdom. The value of the concession made by, America is measured In compara tively small figures. - Last year- the total value ot dutiable works of, art Imported from Great Britain into th United States wall $146,016. . The rate of dufy.wMs. 20 per cent .ad va lorem and under the new arrange ment this has been reduced to 18 per cent tn which round figures would amount to an abatement of duty to the amount of $17,000 per annum. , ut course it is well known that lu most cases there Is no duty imposed upon goods Imported Into Great Brit ain, so tha value of the new arrange ment will be found in the privilege conferred upon agents for houses dealing in beer, tobacco, confection ary, preserves and all ot tha forma of sugared conserves. ' 'Great Britain wished -'to 'obtain much more than the. meagre conces sion made in the arrangement Just completed, but It was found that the President was strictly limited in its powers? by ; the law to cases where f'reclprocal and equivalent , conces sions are. made in favor of tha Unitel States." .;,, :.i. . .,iv, - .... ' ; Having given; the .-' United States free admission for all other, forms of goods within Its" powers the Brlt Ufh government had nothing to offer in thla-case but free drummers sam ples. ;: The British merchants want ed an abatement of fte duty on spir its, which would haver been of im mense value to the Scotclh, whlskev trade ,S bat ,.lha , Praiident could not regard the abatement of the restric tions upon drummers samples a at all equivalent and he was obliged u confine hla concessions to that not ed........ . Mr, William J. Betlany. of WIUnlPT- ton, to Fpcak In Charlotte, Special to Th Observer, Wilmington. Nov. 24. William J. Bellamy. Kq., a leading youn? nrem ber of the Wllminston bar. and cm of Its most polhhed speakers, -.h-as s -cepted tha invitation to deiiter t : 1 annual,- memorial -addi-.- .X r ' , C'lmrlotte loUgo of ."ll-v.-i o-xt l
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