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uectjpiio:; rmcE: $3.00 A YEA1J. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1907. price five c:;:; CALLED OUT AND KILLED lOCSG. WHITE WOMAN SHOT 7 inia Pryor, of the Gilead t hhoiliooil, Near lluntersvllle, - ,.iOt From Ambush and Slain In Mantly She Had Many Admirers of a Certain Kort Probable That a Jealous Malt Did the Work Officers In Pursuit of a Clue, But Nothing Was Found Iaist Night Sheriff ana Coroner Will Go to the Scene This Morning. Ella Pryor. an, 18-year-old , whit girl, living with" her ; mother, Mrs. Neely Pryor near Gilead church, six miles west "of Huntersvllle, orf" the' Beattys . Ford road, was called ' out of the residence , last night and Phot . to death, by an unknown person. The tragedy took place '' eome time between and 7 o'clock. Just after dark. r Two minutes before the gun fired some one knocked on the front door and .one( of the ' smaller girls went to the door,' but saw .. no, one. . She " was followed by her sister, Ella,fwho was -fired on with a shotgun . i from ' the "road and Instantly ' killed. ' The little girl could; not ell whether the assassin was White or black. Some member of the family thought 'that, she heard a voice calling Ella,: and .recognized It. ' j,', ' Immediately, after the young woman was slain the alarm was' given and a hunting party organized, but no clue to the guilty . one was found. , Mr. Mack Fesperman,' con- , stable of that township, and a posse were In tbe woods all night ; Sheriff . Wallace and Coroner Green am will go to the scene of: the homicide ' early this morning.1 . ' " " , . .The Pryors are poor 'tenant far- 1 mers. It was said last night that the 'slain, girl had many admirers of., a ' questionable sort, and it -is believed that some lover, in a fit of Jealousy, shot. her to get ber out, of reach of .the other fellow. . The father of the girl, who lived on the' farm of Mr. A. J. Derr for many years, , died some time ago. , He was considered a good man of his ' class. - ' ,";:i,-itft a convention. . Addresses by Prominent Sneakers and . Greetings From Foreign Delegates Principal Events of Day Secretary Straus Speaks on "Tho Association and tlie Worklnjt Man." , , , , "Washington, Nov. 25. Interest In to-day's proceedings of the interna tional convention of the Toung Men'B Christian Association of North Amer ica, ' was marked by addresses toy 1 prominent speakers and by greetings ,-. fronv delegate from "England, Swits rland, AwgjraUa,.ani Japajg,,, .Jt, npt ble ad 4 ws was made by Secretary 6raus,fthe .Department of Com ' mere and Labor in which be sug gested that the-Toung Men's "Chris tian Association may be the agency for the cure of controversial ills that afflict capital and labor.' Other speakers Included Christian Phlldlus, of Geneva, Switzerland, secretary of the world's committee; J. H. Put ' erill, general secretary of Londton, En.; Representative Virgo, - ot. the national council Y. M. C. A., of Sydney, .Australia, and Dr. Kumetaro ; Sasao, of Japan, all of whom brought ' greeting from the countries they rep resented. , o ; Secretary Straus took as "hi theme: The1 Association and the Working Man," and Apressed the hope that the association might bring about closer, and better relations between the employer and the wage workers. The Secretary said there was no lack " of present day problems, but that this condition was not because there were more, wrongs, for the rig-Ms of man were never more jealously guarded . than to-day. . Better wages are paid and more comforts are enjoyed, , In - this country the rights of every man of every- creed are respected. Mr. . Straus praised the T. M C. A. be cause its foundation "is laid upon broad non-sectarian lines. - The Secretarysald the - delations . Between employer and worker can , not be measured bv conomlc law but must be "determined hv thdtuvh principles of hutwintty. He said the leouanty or every man of everv creed bf the lwnd must be sruarariteed. t unam i. wyan anl Robert E. Ftifjfr. of New York, wer, th4 nr?n.i. effl speakers at Convention Hall to night at the concluding session ot the , convention. Mr. Bryan spoke on cnris in the life of Men." .and Mr. Sneer on 'The Association a Bond of ; international Fellowship." Jnvltatlons were extended by Ban Francisco,- Los Angeles, Denver. St, FauIPaut, Minneapolis,: Asburv Park, Albany, Detroit for holding the nejtt ; : convention - fn 1910.' The matter was referred to the International commit , tee ' for decision , v tOUIS STRAUS SUICIDES. " blather Than Face, Chances of For ' ; erery He Swallows Poison Heavy ., Ixwr In Recent Panic. .New York.-Nov. 25. Ratner than .? face charges of obtaining $5,000 n a forged bill of lading, Louis- Straus, a "'mlnlng broker, . swallowed a quantity " of poison at1 Oils home here to-night end died a few minutes later. At -'e time two detectives were in the . V ..ouse and about to place Straus under - r-rreit. WTjen warned of his prob able arrest several Jays ago by wil Ham A. Avis,-of the firm of William , Kr Avis & Co., custom house brokers. cn whose complaint the warrant for , the arrest was issued, Straus threat ; ened to kill, himself- - Avis charged :fhemlnfnsf broker with negotiating a loan of 15,000 on a bill of lading for. ore, said to be worth $7,500 and supposedly shipped fromthe-.West. Avis states that not ; long after the loan was. negotiated he - discovered that the bill' of lading was woriniess. , . Straus family said to-night that he had lost about 1200,000 in the recent decline In Wall Street and had been much depressed. The family said they ' Knew noining oe.jiis trouble over the loan xrom Avia. , ' " ; '. Ilmbewler inters pfca of Guilty, Annlston, Ala., Nov, 25.- In the united states Court to-day William B. Lawler, late cashier of the defunct bank of Attalata, Ala., charged with mrezsiement of the funds of that Institution In conjunction with the former president, .Lewis M, Dyke, now servir a term or five ywirn, en rra pita ot snwy. srmeiiee was Cererrea. t THIRTEEN PERISH IN FIRE CAUGHT LIK13 ILTS IX A TRAP In the Destmction of a -New York Tenement House at Second Avenue and 109th. Sireet Thirteen Italians Perish in the names Bodies Found Huddled Together in Kooms on the Top Floor -Seven of the -'Thirteen Were CliUdrcn Police' Believe the Fire Wan the Work of Friends " of the Inmates Who Wanted Revenge For the Arrest of Three Italians For Robbing Safe in the Same Building .v , j j i New York, Nov. 2 5 Thirteen per-1 sons ' lost their .lives and ; several others were Injured early to-day" in a. tenement house; fire at 109th street and Second avenue. ' AU the dead, were Italians. Seven of the 13 were children. The bodies h were found huddled together in rooms on the top floor of the fouf-story build ing, where the terror-stricken people had been driven by the flames which rushed up from e lower . . Jloorsi They bad succumbed before they could reach windows which . led to the ire escapes. Some had ' been enveloped in .the flames and ' burned alive. Others, overcome by. smoke. were spared the agonies of death in the flames. That the fire was ; the work of Incendiaries, who Bought re venge' Is the opinion v of the police and firemen, who made a basty examtaatloiu-'.V-''-i-;"-v-:.?;:-, WORK OF INCENDIARY t " Three weeks " ago three Italians were caught in the act to rob a safe in the saloon of Gulseppe Cudano, P the. ground floor. The safe . , con tained over $2,000, which the t sa loon-keepers friends had I withdrawn from banks durine the money panic. Tbe would-be robbers were ;. arrested and are now awaiting trial, The fire of to-day started in Cudano's saloon, and the,' police believe that It " may have been the work of friends of the prisoners, who took this means of squaring the account with the saloon keeper. Cudano discovered the fire when he went down to open his place of business early this morning. As he opened the -door, he was met by a rush of flames, and without wait ing a moment to investigate, dashed up the stairs to the tenements above, crying out f or the occupants of the bulldlnr to run for their" lives. When he reached the rooms occupied by hW own family he . burst in the door, and seizing his young son in his arms, told Mrs. Cudano and other members of the family to follow. Cudano and the boy managed to find their way down the stairs to the streef but before the women could get through the flames bad , cut off all exit. , v - , , HARROWING' SCENES. Not a single person was seen to appear at any of the windows of the blazing building, with the exception of those' on the second floor, from which several persons reached ' the fire escapes and were rescued- After the -flames had- 'been partially checked, firemen .fought their - way through the smoke to the. upper floors. ' There tney came vpon v""i of dead," where they had fallen victims-to the 'rush ''of flames and smoke, even before- they had a chance to attempt to save themselves. In one of the - heaps the flremen found a woman who had madev one last desnerate effort to save the life of " her baby,: even when , she knew that she herself was doomed to a horrible death. She had folded her arms tightly -around the little one, nn4hAn huddled down close to the floor, her own body protecting that of the child. The mother's bbdy was badly burned. That of the - cmia bore scarcely a mark, but it was dead from suffocation. On every side of the mother and, child Jay the bodies of other .victims MR. M'NINCH IN WASHINGTON. rnT..w'a . T.T.Mavor Calls on the President and They Talk About the Financial Situation Kooseveu ne- . llcves the Crbas w Pase. - , , Observer Bureau, . 48 Post Building,, , r ( , Washington, Nov. 25. Ex-Mayor S. 8. McNlnch, of Char- Wtttn. to-dav called on President Roosevelt and had-a few--minutes' talk with him upon the general -situ tlon. . - The ex-mayor; says he never comes to Washington without calling on the President, whom he considers n biff man. Finance was. of course, mentioned ia the conversation, and the President told his visitor that he might quote him as saying that, while he did not pretend to know every t h In a. he believed that the crisis had passed and, that the general outlook for business resumption was not only bright but was such as to make him feel assured that In the very near future the money stringency' will be over entirely and business normal. Mr. McNlnch made ' this announce ment to aeveral newspaper reporters after his visit to the President and said that he considered It a mostslg nlflcant statement. ' He agrees with tho President that there Is now no (further cause for alarm. , , - GOMPERS LEAVES NORFOLK. Convention : Over and Delegates and . Officer Leave For nomc New Or. leans Case Settled. , . , rf Norfolk, Va., Nov. . 25.Presldent Gompers, the executive council; and many others of the American Federa tlon of Labor, which concluded : Its seventh annual convention here Sat urday night - left to-night for Wash ington. , At a meeting of the. execu tive council Sunday a large numbeer of matters referred to it by the con vention were taken up and disposed of. ; , Important questions' considered grew out of complications arising over the return by the convention of the' revoked brewery workers charter. The most ,dlfflcult situation to; deal with was that hi- New Oleans. where the teamsters recognized by the brew ery workers af. eon strike against the new organization of teamsters result ing from the revocation of the bewery workers jenartea. . ,,The new iteam,- sters' organization In News ' Orleans win have to give way to, the old team sters, , working under the ' brewery workers' charter. - k The 'next meetl ngof the executive council will be beld in Washington January jo. , VesMfhw" Emlttinjt Dense Clouds of SnKike ) Naples Nov. 25. Mount Vesuvius, after two months onnactlvlty, la emitting clouds of dense smoke, ac companied by considerable roaring from three fissure . around The old crater. Some alarm it felt by the population In the surrounding towns in view of the recsnt earthquakes In Calahrla. It being rt-callfd tht KM. grc.it' (-ruptlon of April, 180(5. followed the Cumbrian earthquake of 1S05. LOmESY AT WHITE HOUSE Tllri PRESIDENT TOSSES A COIN. President Roosevelt Settles Dispute a to 'Distribution of OSices For South DaMota Senators Could Not Agree an He Tosses lp a Coin Senator Kir i-edge Takes 'Headti and Wins I J awing Follows Toss lTp and Prej dcnt Will Be Guided by Lot- ter.Vl In FtUing Vacancies Owing to llinnute of Senators. Old Ofllce Hoi 'rs Have Retained Their 1'os Long Beyond Tlme t Ington, Nov, 25. The White was the scene of a lottery ilioi Wat House drawl to-day in which, the Federal 6 of the State of-South Da patron ota v is disposed ; of. . . The Presj- dent' the United States turned the wheel t fortune and Senators Kit- tredge id Gamble drew out the prize packag Thrt-i waa a large number of. va- cant oi fact th unable es In the State due to the the two Senators have been agree upon applicants, thus permltt g the old office holders to retain A lr positions long beyond the time tot hica they were appointed. The Se tors met in ' the President's Jay by appointment,, -v to office t agree, possible, upon a distrlbu when ther confronted the they found themselves Just rt as they bave been In. his The President saw Che dif tion, btl Preside as far a absence ficulty , i proposed that they draw lots. 1 h t Senators agreed and . the position o ' bank examiner being the place in litimedlate dispute, the Pres ident to id " up . a s coin saying that "heads" meant that KlttreJge, should win and! "tails" that Senator Gamble Should name the man. . The piece of moniy fell '.'heads' up and the nomination was thus awarded to Mr. KlttreJgk , j . , , - B0TH SATISFIEC. Both- appearing satisfied with - this method Of disposing ot the problem, the ; president; suggested that all va cancies be filled after the same man ner ana accoraingiy tne names oi me various olffices were ; written .upon slips of iaper. The two Senators then proceeded to the drawings with the result that Senator tiambld was awarded the following offices!, JTJnlted States district attorney for the State, collector -of internal revenue, registers at t:ie latid offices at Aberdeen and Chamberlain, and -'receivers at the land ; offlcies at Rapid City, Pierre, Huron anjd Aberdeen, and ' Indian azent at-ldwer Brule agency. In ad dition to ,the office of national bank examiner, uenaior jviiireoge arew cnn following Offices: Assayer of the mint at Deadwood, registers at Mitchell, Rapid City, Pierre -and Huron; re ceivers at j Mitchell and Chamberlain, Indian agents at Crow Creek agency, and the aihdltorshlp for the Treasury Department. ' :m The result of the lottery will be that the President will be guided by it in -oesignaiing omciais to nit me vacancres. ( ,,,,. ,.i .i ; . BANE! ROBBED OF $2,200. uWhwaymw Hold Uo-knd' Ron 1111- nols Bank Cashier Forced to Open . Vault lNK)k Monev to Hotel, and . 'Escaped I When Officers Appeared Leaving i,500 in JKoom. ? Bloominiton, 111., Nov.' 25. The State Bank, at Clinton, was held up and robbed of $2,200 In oin shortly before $ 'clock this afternoon by two men yho made their escape. With df awh jrevolvers the robbers force.! George lArro. - assistant cash ier Murphy arid , Book-keeper ' John Young to einter the Dig vault wnicn they locked The bulk of the mon ey, had already been placed in the currency safe in t:ie vault, and the time lock set, but $2,200 In gold and -silver remailned on the counter. This the robbers shoveled into a bag and took with them to the Hotel Henlon. where they! had previously engaged a . room. Tney i were just aDout to leave the hotel when officers learned of their presence and attempted to break In tho door. v-v...;,.v4.';y - Before thpy succeeded, 1 however, the robbers 1 Jumped from a. window on to an adjolnihg roof taking only the $ TOO in gold and leaving $1,500 in silver, in the rbom., ,,A posse .was organized and fie country la being scoured, for the men to-night. . Before th highwaymen left the bank building they called up the tele phone operator and requested her to send soma one to the bank and re lease the three bank officials impris oned inhe vault.i ...' When Charles Parker, collector for the bank, opened the door, .the men were almost suffoffcated. ., merce and Labor, In which he sug- y FRENCH TROOP ATTACKED. Army of Frerce Berils Swoop Down on French Camp and a Bloody Fight ji-nsues Arans ioave 1.200 Dead on Field (BriUliint Charge - of ,;. Spahls Save infantry. . . ' LUa Magnlal Algeria, Nov. 25. Ten thousand of : we, fiercest Benls,: Nas- sen tribesmeni swooped down upon the French cajmp yesterday and , were beaten off with a loss of 1,200 killed The fighting continued lor along time and was conducted on the part of the tribesmen apparently "with total dis regard for thejr lives. At one - time the French inf Antrv Were In danr nf (being surrounded,' bat ? they v finally disengaged themselves from their per ilous position by a! most, brilliant charge of the (SpahU. The route of the r Arabs twi completed by; vigor ous shelling b the artillery. The French loss wata t killed.' " - .The Aralbs were not discouraged by their severe repulse, i but reformed nicir jurcea n,u in -luuiuua aireoiea their efforts to rousing other tribes. The fighting was resumed to-dav. -During the pursuit jof the ' enemy the fpahls wera dravln Into ambush and Lieutenant Rase, Jwho was riding in ironw xeii noaiea wun buuets, but the troops rallied ' and threw - them selves uton the Arabs In ambush. cutting them to plecea. -V The French larces followed up their advantge and scouring the,j:ountry killed many of the fugitives. The artillery bombardj ed the" mountain slopes where the re mainder of the "trJbesnhen ,had, taken refuge. ' -r ?:vxf .;:y::'vi;' .;n-'..: ' ."",'" ," 111 'u ( 4$yZ, , President Duckworth lit Washington. Washington, ' Nor. 25. R. , F. Duckworth, chairman f the " legisla tive committee of the National Farm ers' Union, and C, T. Ladson, attor ney fornhat organtzatioln, arrived to day from Atlanta, Gm.A for the pur pose ; of conferring with President Roosevelt on the V subject of recom mendations to Congress ,for the 'bet terment of the present financial situa tion. , They called on , tlie President, and ' also upon ,the" Secretary of the Treasury to-day and arwnged for a r conference with (he Presylent tn-mor-row, at which Sccretar Cjit!you will be present - - QUERIES ABOUT THE ORDER TAFT MANAGERS IN THE BUNCH The President's LcUer to Cabinet Members , Directing Agaiust a Third Term a - Subtle Document . Wa&hingtoulana Believe it Hnrt Roosevelt to Issue J tlie Order, -Whlrti the Public Somewhat De : manded Mr.: Hitchcock In finch a l"OHitlon That It Does Not Reach Him Taft'a Managers Say ; , a Declaration Should Have Accom 1 panled the , Order as a Perfect ;Vhiictu. i ' ; 'i f Observer Bureau, 'V,,' y,y- 13 Post Building, ,.- : ;::. ' Washington, Nov., J5.'t Return coming! In frorit all sec tions 5 of. the country, where advance notices have been received of , the Roosevelt order, directed againit the efforts of -Federal y officeholders to force the renomlnatlon of the Presi dent, indicate that a, variety of - In terpTetatlons are belflg placed. upon tne instructions to cabinet mem bers. .Telegrams have poured In on Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyo s secretary or interior Garfield and Postmaster General Meyer, , demand ing to ! know v In what manner It . Is Intended the - order shall be ; con- etrued. ' The Question is one these officials found themselves unable to answer,- for they have ; not yet fathomed the subtlety of the Presi dent letter. '; -P--? -:r.. - '..j ' Not the least ; curious of ' those seeking to know what construction to place upon the letter are the Taft political managers. : It developed that they had sought an expression from the President at this tlme,r but they, did not get -what they wanted. In fact, some of them are making bold to say that the President has but added to the uncertainty of his In tentions has further befogged rather tnan cleared the political atmosphere. They ' do not anticipate that the or ders to be Issued by the Treasury. Interior and Postofflce Departments will make it any easier for them to get Taft delegates in the South, . THE OFFICIALS. . UNDERSTAND.". From the attitude of some of the politically energetic officeholders In Washington, It appears that In ad ministering to them an official spank ing i the President did it with that ilme-worn apology: f. '"It hurts me far more' than it does . you." The victims ) understood - that public de mands and consistency . with - the President's post-election promise made necessary their public castlga tlon. Among those intended to be effected by the President's letter are politicians of greater astuteness than Internal Revenue Commissioner - Ca pers. politloiaris who have hot made the mistake of thinking out loud for the, bene fit of newspapers and, after running counter to their chief, been compelled to eat their ill-advised and Immature remarks. At the head of these shrewd politicians is First Assistant-Postmaster General, Hitch cock, who Isccredlted with having in his vest pocket the ' Republican delegations from- Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, ;l .Georgia, Alabama, , Kentucky, ; LOuIstana, Florida ' and Mississippi, sand all he can do to pwsvent Tennessee and Arkansas from prematurely declaring for . the" renomlnatlon of Roosevelt and thus exploding gun-cotton In the centre of Dixie. ; HOW HITCHCOCK STANDS. ' It is a matter of recent political history that Mr. Hitchcock is doing everything In his power to bring about the renomlnatlon of president Roose velt ahd few persons here are placing credence in the report that he intends to deliver votes to Secretary Cortelyou at any time 1ft the convention there seems to be a chance for tne latter nomination. According to (the pre vailing opinion, this Is a charge be ing brought for the purpose of stir ring up the President to censure Mr. Hitchcock and put an end to his op erations ; in the South. . (Mr. Hitch- cock, owever, appears to have prepar ed himself for Just such a sKuation and his critics are finding it difficult to put their finger on any specific act with ' which fault can be found. So far as can be ascertained here, He has not sought topledge single dele gate , o ; President ,, Roosevelt, nor- to any one. In fact it Is said thai he has v Been - to It there have been no Pledges made, which is ' as far as M was necessary for him to go to make certain that delegations, composed al most wholly of Federal omce-noiders. would be ' for Roosevelt If sentiment for him is upheld in certain Northern or Western States, or crops out In the convention Itself It has been Mr. Hitchcock's self-imposed task to see that the personnel of the delegations from the South Is "right," . and his friends are now pointing out that the President's antl-thifd term, order does not reach, him. - - ;;"s' y"-1 "'- . TJ ,- If It was the Insistent-' appeals of the Taft managers and the demands of publlo sentiment, engendered y the efforts or otner canaiaaies to wine the thirdterm' movement s C tha prompted President Roosevelt to Is sue hi order. 4t i Is apparent that none of these Interests will be satia ted. ; What they wanted waa a dec laration from h President repeating the forceful language which- came from the President repeating the forceful languages which came from theOYhlte House on the night of the last general election, that he would not, Hinder any circumstances, can- sent to take third term. While they are dispose to make the "best; of the order, these IntersU ar Holntlrig out that if the President really desired to put a quietus on his political minions In the eoutn ne snuia nave ucm naniAd M order with a declaration, brourt down to date, that left v no room lor aouoi ars io us ineimws. : A - Prominent Lawyer vBeJlevM .Have Hecn Drowned. t . -Special te Tbe, Observer. Fayettevllle;' Nov, 25. David B. Sutton, a. lawyer of .' iBladen county, ..srir -w.' J: Button, tooth prominent. Republicans,, has .been missing irom n nvmv bethtown since Saturday night and It i. .i.nnnuii UK Men orownoi IU UIO Cape Fear river. , His horse and bug gy- were round; on m .ww, ' Eight' InJorcd in Railroad Wreck. Laurel Mkw. Notu 25. Eight per sons were Injured -when .'a Mobile, Jackson A Kansas City Railroad train Jumped the track near here to-day. The cars slid, down-an embankment r r vmr -of Mobile, and C. F Taylor, of Ellorsvllle, Miss., two of xne injurea iu m v..ki Ex-Governor Heywsrd ,; VMts Prnrf- 4 dent. , " Washinvfton. " Nov. 25. Ex-Oover nor Duncan C. Heyward, of South Carolina bid an audience with Presi flint Roosevelt to-day aid on leaving thb White liuuse.swld mat tii call was merely to pay his respect., BKADLEY tbial eesuheu DR. B.1RTON GOOD WITNESS. Specialist In Nervous Diseases TesU fles That Mrs. Bradley Was Insane at Time of Shootlnir Diagnosis Ail ment as Being Puerpural : Insanity Caused by Continued Assaults Upon lfer Nervous System Being Secre tary of Political Club an Evidence of Defendant's Abnormalltye , ,ere Cross-Examlnatlon by District . Attorney and Insanity Expert i Jlrs. Bradley Pale and Haggard Defendant's Name Not Mentioned ; In Statement of Case, ; ; , H Washington, Nov , j 25 .That Mrs . Annie M. Bradley was insane at the time, she shot former Senator Arthur Brown, of Utah, In this city on De cember 8thi ? last, was the opinion ' of Dr, ;Wnifred M. Barton, of the medi cal, department of - Georgetown Uni versity, and a specialist In nervous diseases, expressed . . at ; tbe trial 1 of Mrs. -i Bradley- todayV Tr. Barton's testlmohy ' followed S the reading i to him" of a hypothetical' question . ot 11,009 words covering the history of Mrs . - Bradley's relations with Senator Brown, from the day she met him to the day of the tragedy. , Dr, Barton diagnosed Airs. Brad ley's 'ailment: 'a being puerpural in sanity caused by what he described as the continued assaults upon her ner vous sytem due to 1 the abortions which she bad , had performed upon her, .- In explaining; why hey looked upon" her as an abnormal woman, he said she was Interested In things that do not usually attract women and Instanced the fact that she was sec retary of a political club an an evl dence of her abnormality. , . ; " Dr. Barton was on the stand prac tlcally the entire day. and was sub Jected i to a severe cross-'examl nation by the district attorney, aided by the government insanity experts. Dr. Smith Eir Jelllffe, of New Vork, and Dr. Edward S. Brush, of Baltimore, Dr. Barton proved .W be a good wit ness for the defense. His testimony showing his conclusions as to Mrs, Bradley's Insanity was unshaken, MRS. BRADLEY BAD. The defendant came Into court to day looking pale and haggard, evl dently In anticipation that after all, the Question of her sanity or insan Ity at the time of the commission of the act . was the paramount issue -in the case. - While at times she exhibit ed the keenest interest in all that was said she generally soemed in a condition of mental : dejection. As has been, the case throughout the trial she displayed much emotion up on hearing references to the love that existed between her ' and Senator Brown as made known through their letters. While i she to-day shed no tears she frequently bowed her head and closed her eyes for. long periods. fl.nnn.rantlv.nhlfvlouit to nil that . was going on around. her. ; When the sen! sion for tne day was over ner mce had a distinct , expression ' or sad ness. - Dr, Brltton D. Evans, medical di rector of the New Jersey State Hos pital for the Insane, will go on the stand to-morrow and later Dr, Charles - D. Hill, of Baltimore, medi cal officer of the Mount Hope Retreat and St.. Joseph's Sanitarium, of that city, will be called. They win notn testify for the defense. . For the prosecution Dr. Smlth E. Jelllffe, of New Tork, and- Dr. Edward 8. Brush, of Baltimore, will give testi mony 'later.. Dr;-Evans and Dr. Jel llffe were both witnesses for the de fense in the Thaw case but they are on opposite sides of the Bradley case. THREE MAIN, QUESTIONS, v There were three of the questions embraced In the hypothetical , ques tion whlohwers 6nly propounded af ter Judge Powers had presented a complete analysis of the case, bring Inb out especially the points Indies tlve of mental unsoundness on the part of the defendant. The questions were as follows: "1. s Assuming all these facts to be true, what do you say as to wheth er or not' at the time the fatal shot was fired the patient understood the nature of her act, was able to choose and. distinguish right from wrong, and was able to control herself to choose , the right and avoid the wrong? .?'2. Assuming all . these . facts to be true, what do you say as to wheth er or not when the fatal shot was fired, the patient was mentally re sponsible for what she did? "$. Assuming all these facts to be true, what do you say as to wheth er when , the ?' fatal shot was fired, . the patient was sane or in sane?', 'tr';--'s'''-! ' - :''-. The statement of the case was read from typewritten copy prepared 'by Attorney Oeorge Hoover, and was de liberately and carefully presented by JuoHge Powers. Mrs. Bradley's name was not mentioned, but all of the facts were given as applying to "A woman 85 years of age," which is the age of Mrs; Bradley. ACS NOT WARRANTED. .;. y: .- : General Davis Says Troops Were Not Needed at Recent Balloon Competi tions No Emergency Existed Suffi cient For Federal Interference. . . Washington, Nov.': 25. An opinion of the judge advocate general of the army, General, George B ... Davis, ap proved by Acting Secretary: ' Oliver; was made public to-day holding that having ' regard to . -' the v mandatory requirements of taw the use of troops from Jefferson 'Bat-sacks at the re cent balloon competitions at St. Louis was not-warrnted by law. The pa pers In the case show that the request for the detail . of troops to asslt in the management and control of the balloons wsa addressed by the Aero Club and the Bustnees Men's League to the President, who directed Lieutenant-Colonel Evans to render . ev ery assistance In his power tooths or ganizations mentioned in conducting the international balloon races.' "Under our system of government,,' General Davis says, "the maintenance Of civil .order, however serious! v It may be threatened j.or ' disturbed is a function of the government of the several states, and Federal assistance Is only authorised - In certain cases, provided for In the constitution, In 'Which . the proper department . of a State government may call upon the President for assistance In the estab lishment restoration or maintenance of public order. It Is assumed that no emergency' existed in St. Louis on Octolwr 21st last, of a character to suggest tha necessity or propriety of renerai jtirerrcrenceor which the. lo cal civil authorities of the Mate were not tntlrelyaplt to control BONDS; SUCCESS ASSUBED MANX : REQUESTS RECEIVED Treasnry Department. Confident of Success ot New Loans President . lbrgan, of Chicago National Bank. . Has CoW.erence With Roosevelt and Other Officials Chicago Banks Will i 3 Able to Resume Cash Payments ., in Ten Days Large Sums Being Shipped to Crop Moving Centres Mr. Forgan Leaves Subscription For $2,300 of New Certificates Subscriptions For. - Panama , Bonds Arriving In Large, Numbew. . . f Washington, Nov. 25. A more con fident tone in regard to the success of the new loans prevailed at theTreas ury Department to-day than at any time since' the announcement of the loans a week ago. ' The visit of Mr. Morgan on Friday and Saturday were followed to-day ky a visit from James B. Forgan, president of the First Na tional Bank, ot Chicago. : Mr. Forgan saw the President, Secretary Cortel you and . Treasurer Treat and express ed his belief that the banks through out the country would soon be In a "position to resume cash - payments. The subject is of peculiar interest to the Treasury officials, i because for nearly a month government v receipts have been declining as a direct result of the- scarcity of currency. Distil lers. brewers and others who are re quired to purchase Internal '?' revenue stamps have not been able to secure currency In sufficient quantities from the (banks with which to purchase these stamps, and as the collectors are not allowed under the law to receive certified checks or anything, but law ful money, except at their personal risk, the result has been that even a sufficient amount of stamps to' cover immediate needs has been dimcuit to obtain. ' CURRENCY PAYMENTS. The government is Insisting that depository banks shall as soon as pos sible'meet the demands for .currency in this respect. There seems to be a general desire among the bankers In New York.. Chicago and other , sub- Treasury cities and financial centres, td resume currency payments at. the earliest possible moment, ana, ; Mr. Forgan's- visit was made with a View of learning the views of the Treasury officials on this particular suc-jeci. ur Forgan represented that the Chicago banks would be able to resume upon an understanding with the banks In other cities within, the next week or 10 days at the latest It is believed among the Treasury officials that a complete t understanding will oe ar rived at between the banks In New York, Philadelphia. Boston, Balti more. Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and San , Francisco by which there will be a general resump tlon of currency payments, possibly before the close of the presentweek New .York and Chicago are making dally shipments of large sums to the crop moving centres of the West and South, and It la confidently believed that these shipments will be rontm ued In, Increasing amounts until nor ' I.KAVKH BlTBaCRIPTION. ! ' In addition to the discussion of cash resumption Mr. Forgan left tangible evidence of his visit in a subscription by the Chicago clearing house banks for $2,500,000 of the new one-year certificates. Additional amounts ot these certificates are steadily coming to the Treasury as security for ibank note circulation, These represent al lotments made by Secretary Cortelyou about the middle of last week, since several days are required to complete the circuit of the allotments, advices to the banks, and their return to the Treasury as security for circulation Those certificates which are being used to secure circulation are requir ed to be registered, Instead of payable to bearer, as are those wnere regis trJtlon Is Hot asked. Subscriptions for the Panama two per cent bonds are also arriving in large numbers. These subscriptions are so numerous that It Is not expected that It will be possible to open, schedule and classify the bids before closing the Treasury Department on Saturday night, after the time for subscriptions expires at noon. It may. indeed, re quire more than one day to complete the classification and comparison of bids, In order to determine which bids are the highest , ' t , APPLICATIONS' FROM INDIVID UAL8, Although applications and cash 'de posits for the new Treasury certin rates are being received at the Treas ury in Increasing numbers from Indt vidualr as well as from national banks It is learned that no allotments have thus far been made except to banks mat ; aesire 10 use mem a pasia for circulation. All applications re ceived from individuals and from banks whose limit under the law has been reacnea, are neing laid asms tor the time (being and if allotments are made to them at all It Is believed, it will not be as long as " the present strong demand continues for them from banks desiring them lor clrcula tlon purposes. . The declared purpose of Secretary Cortelyou In Issuing the certificates was to Increase the vol ume ot ouUtanding currency, and this oblect. It Is said, can best be accom plished through the Increased Issue of nationi ban notes ana ror tne pres ent, at 'least the efforts of the Treas ury officials win be in mat direction. Wounded " Prisoner Shoot Marshal . Draper.-i ,..i....' .'V'W'j.-,,.-. - Xnoxvllle, Tenn., Nov. 25. Deputy United State Marshal J6seph Dra per ws shot and perhaps v fatally wounded In the home ot James Mitch ell, a man he hd rrested on a Federal warrant. Mitchell attscked the .dep uty with a knife. Pulling his pistol Draper fired the only ' bullet had In his weapon, wounding his prisoner In one hand. Mitchell called to his wife to hand him his shotgun and emptied a charge of shot into the dep uty's right side, seriously wounding him. Mttcneit ana wire escaped, go Ing In the direction of the Nyth Carolina mountains. , . '( ' Jury For Teonage Case. PensaWSla Fla Nov. 25--A Jury in the case Of Thomas Graham ana J. B. Graham, naval stores operators of Escambia county, Alabama, chnrg ed with peonage,' was secured In the United States Court this afternoon and to-morrow morning the cases will go to trial." -'if.."-..: t-iv.:.-? .,;" The entire- session to-day was con sumed In arguments and selecting Jury. . . Train Fall From Bridge Killing :?'.y, ;;,i-ri;'.i:.v.!Twclve-,0v;'..,-,-v; Barcelona. Nov. as.-An express Mrain from vaiencw wun many pa aengers on board feu from a bridge into the water below on the outskirts of tala clty j;o-day , ......... Twelve persons were kllltkl and two InJurM In the wre'ek. LAST WEEK OF EXfosnia:; ADMIR.VL SCHLEY' IS tlU . l.T Opening Day It Week of Exposi tion Given i)er to "Army an 1 Naval Day," With Admiral tkWy Central Figure Military Manoeti vre on Leo Parade in Afternoon Followed by .Notable Exerc ltes President Tucker Presides and Ei V presses Obligations to Army and 'Navy For Tlielr lart In Exposition ; Schley Welcomed With Enthil asnt and Pays Mljrhf Tribute to Ex position Plea For Simple Life. i -Norfolk. Va., Nov. ; 25. Army and naval day, with Admiral Wlnfield Scott ; Schley, ; U, .'s. S.,; retired, and Brigadier General George :B. Davis. Judge advocate general of the United States' army; as the central figures of attraction was the feature to-day in the opening of the final week of the Jamestown Exposition. , The mili tary spectacle on the Lee Parade ' grounds this afternoon, participated in ny an the militia now at the Ex position and ? reviewed-' by the dis tinguished visitors, was. followed by notable exercises, with addresses 'by President Tucker, ' Lieutenant Gov- ' ernor Ellison, of Virginia; , Rear Ad- nursi Hcniey and uenerai Davis. President Tucker briefly welcomed the visitors and took occasion to ex press the great obligation 6f the Ex position to the arm v .and .narr for their participation , in the mil ltary 1 leaiures of tne Exposition. . v , t . A nfTt A t. erm -c-w eoip a rra Admiral Schler. - In a notable ad dress, which evoked great enthusi asm, paid - high tribute to the Ex position, and made a Plea for the simple life practiced by the colonists to whom the Exposition was deal ratod - ' He urged that the nation, learning the great object lesson ot the Ex- ,', position, "should renew lu fealty to the simple life and resolves of the old colonists." t ' "No nation-can endure for Ions." he ' assftrted. . "whlrh fnrmtla It- riut V to God and where the faith ot the fathers Is laid aside In the struggle for temporary gain. This Is the les son that the Exposition emphasizes: That the basic foundation of the nation's greatness was laid 'In the virtuous lives, the simple resolves and primitive t habits of the early -settlers of Jamestown, who, with the Bible in one hand and the fear of - and liberty. ' ! ' iw(wa vxvif . siv'wsk w duvvx.is , wr PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS. ; "We who believe in the efficacy of prayer, believe that the ; prosperity and happiness to-day of the Ameri- , can people, unequaled ever In all -the world, ! is . the answer to the prayers ot the early colonists. It is x-i f-H ttilsi thmtirk nnMaiimnsf 4m vt In 4 , v i lu'WKiih wjKar v" ' rsj si si saw . that I come from a neighboring State across 'the Potomac to pay a tribute of acknowledgment to the Virginia of John Smith, George Washington, ; Patrick Henry,- Thomas Jefferson, R. E. Lee' and Stonewall Jackson and many others of the sons who made this -great Commonwealth. In payinr ms tribute to tne per sonnel of the army and -navy Ad-- mlral Schley denied that tne men being trained to fight made them thirst for war. "On the contrary.' he declared, all over the world the men and of ficers of the army and navy are uni formly humane and universally, kind.'' . f General Davis devoted his address largely to a tribute to the faithful ness to duty of the men anh officers of the army and navy. j, i i -11 v,, HOW PRICE IS FIXED. Official of American Tobacco Com pany Tells Row price is Ilsa to Regulate Supply -Buyer in All Sections. --:.. ' - , Kow Ynrk. Nov. 55. During the Swvrriuiivu m ,Twfcifc. ... American Tobacco Company before United States Commissioner Shields to-day,1 Thomas B. Yullle. head of the leaf " buying department ot xne corporation, told how the company fixed tbe price paid growers in oraer to regulate the supply, "A committee of four directors, n saia. oetermines.. the company's purchasing policy. ine ouying is siriu price, which I ranged If the leaf Is coming In too slowly, and, lowered It the supply Is too great. American Tobacto Company hss buyers In every market In the United States, but does not attempt to con trol its competitors buying , in any of them. "The chief competitors, he said, were the Imperial Tobacco Company, of Great Britain," and the R. J. Reynolds Company., , , - Negro and White Woman Allege'. partners In Crime. 'Chicago. I Nov. 25 James ' Ed- wards, a negro, and a. white woman, who gave her , name as Clara Ed words, but whose real name to. be uevea to . jvwm' v-v . last night in charge of detectives to answer IruNew York the accusation of having robbed millionaire ; of diamonds and money to the amount Of $25,000. Edwards and the woman were arrested late Saturday night. . According to the Chicago police, a man . who : said h ;. was Robert H. Brown, of Atlanta. Oa.,- torn plained to the New : York police that whll he was In the company of the woman. , her negro accomplice; rifted his bag aaire. and later both the negro and the woman escaped . with the . money of , the ' atoten property was found in S;' their pos session when,, arrested lm Angeles Short of Money. ' New Orleans, La., Nov. SSi Scarci ty of money. and the numerous holu days are the-; excuses which th police at Los 'Angelea, Cal.. to-day for not sending for prisoner who has been held here for several weeks at the request of the California au thorltiea -. The prisoner. C. M," Bark ley, was arrested here on. the charge of uttering froudulent checks. : Barkley, who is said to be the son of a wealthy , CaUtorniarf. Is also wanted by the : police of Aguas callentes, Mex... on; charge t utter ing bad checks. , , ( A Tragedy M Result of Falling Out -';:,-". Over a Mule.';'1 , Special ' 'f tb -'.Obseryef . V i Spartanburg, S. C, Nov. 25. Char ley Croker, a 'young white man, s shot end killed byLewis Simmons at the home of the latter near Enoree Sunday afternoon. - Simmons cam to Spartanburg to-day and srr-n tfr- ed to Sheriff Nichoi. , mo occurred In Simmon-' lot. a being used.:':. U is t'.nt 1 and Croker fell c.c r.v. - it . tnwnadr. Jby-u. him i..um I whtci was heinj worked ! ; on Ms farm.
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