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fair SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. f m f fe iter ;t . Mr - - - I A 1 " sv V- H J "A. THE PRESIDENT CAUSTIC CONDEMNS ADMIRAL DROAYNSOX KENTUCKY'S TOBACCO WAR TO "BUN OYER" CLEVELAND no pardon for ALL;. . KyS OF STATE CAHTA.L PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH THE THAW TRIAL TO-DAY Chief Executive Declares Admiral's Conduct to B Uoth I nscenily and - Improper Not Only CbJlilii-h, Hut lu the Highest lc;jrte Rop,re-V-JienKlblo to I'errolt 1'ersonal Pique ? r Wounded Vanity to Interfere l I k ftb Plain Duty The PretddeiiCs Personal lews Are net lortli In Two Letters to Secretary Metcalf, Which the Latter Takes Good tare to Get to-, the Public Ad- nilrul Hrownoii Has Nothing at All to bay. o Washington, Jan. 5. President Roosevelt's attitude on the question of the command of hospital ships in the navy -which resulted In the resign nation of Rear Admiral Willaxd II. . Brownson . and, Incidentally, same caustic observations on that incident and the controversies among the naval Bfflcers and their adherents as to de tails of naval" cpnstxncikm and meth- ods of training, were made known to day when Secretary' Metcalf gave to the press two letters from the Prest dent addressed to him ,oa these sub jects. ... In the first of these letters. Presi dent Roosevelt", -without mincing "words condemns In unmeasured termB the act of Admiral Brownson, declar ing, Jt to be unseemly and Improper. The a-uestion as to which Admiral Prownson took issue with the Navy Department the President declares' is one as to which there can be entirely legitimate differences of opinion, but ddi; "There is no -room for differ ence of opinion -as to the gross im propriety of the admiral s conduct in resigning sooner than, carry, out the orders of his superior officers in such a" matter: The officers of the navy must remember that it is not merely childish, but In the highest degree reprehensible to permit either personal pique, wounded vanity, or factional feellirg on behalf of some particular bureau or organization, t render them dlBloyul to the interests of the navy and therefore of the country as a Whole." THE PRESIDENTS OPINION. Regarding the controversies in the -navy- the President admits there al ways are and alwuys wtd be defect to correct both In the construction of ships and in the organisation of the department and la the actual drill of the fleet. I. Is well, he says, that these facts he pointed out but it Is also well that they should be pointed out without hysterical exaggeration or malicious untruthfulness. He doathlngly rebukes those "guilty of ex ploiting them In grossly exaggerated form In the fancied Interest of an individual or clique of Individuals or for the sake .nrtrklirlnl. ..n.flHnnl TT1 I I f 1 T ! II 1 - t ft newspapers. Because of "so much misrepresentation and exaggeration. the President has asked Secretary iletealf for a statement as to the ex act facts concerning which there has keen dispute, desiring" particularly the opinion of Admiral Converge, formerly chief of the Navigation Bureau. Who toecause of his high professional at tainments and standard of conduct the 'President considers peculiar ly fitted to give Judgment.- LETTER TO METCALF. The President's second letter to Mr, Metcalf Is an argument to sustain his decision to assign medical officers to the command of hospital ships. He recalls an order of the Navy" Depart ment of December 12th, 1906, made by rerretarv . Rona parte, directing that . hosDftal ships be pi red under com mand of a medical officer. Such ships the President therefore directs snaH hereafter, .unless otherwise directed by Congress, be placed under the con trol and command or meaicai onicers, i their navigation being exclusively controlled by a competent sailing master having the complete respon sibility for everything connected with the navigation of the ship. "Hospital ships should be main tained in time of peace exactly under the fame conditions as in time of war." declares the coresident; "the system has been tried in the army end tried in foreign navies and has worked without a hitch." Admiral Brownson wa shown the President's letters to-day by a rep resentative of The Associated Prem snj asked If In view of the fact that Mr. Roosevelt's side of the subject had been stated in these" rnmraunt rations, he would not feel at liberty to Jay something in his behalf. "Not a word.", was his prompt reply and this attitude he maintained ta all In quiries or his views. The ,aJ.mlral ;fcss consistently declined to Any any thing for publication In -the whole matter. , -, Accompanied by a "friend Admiral "Brownson, left W'ashintrtrm this after noon for -a trip to South Carolina, where he expects to Indulge In duck shooting for the next week or 10 days. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY, Prominent Peniifvlvanlnn KMm Wife and Then Suicides. III Biston, Ba.. Jan. 5. Frank, Smith, rm of city controller Chester Smith, to-day murdered his wife and then at ("mpted to commit . suicide. Smith .nnd. his wife hud bfen separated Tor pome time. .This morning the hus fcmd forced on entrance to the rioose occupied by his wife and sister. After securing a carving kUfe Smith itnie to the room occupied by the two vomen and plunged the weapon. Into .Ms wife's heart, killing her Instantly. He left the house and. going to his "father's residence. several blocks way,. told him of th crime he had eommitted. The startling Informa tion unnerved the" Ltther and 'before lie could regaiu his composure the son ttempted to kHV himself by gashing his threat and ' nbdomen. , The physicians to-ulght say that P.mlth will recover. He charges' his Vyffe with Infidelity. ' Jealott'y Leads to Tragedy. T.iiAInertnit Utt l, Tan 5 Cr i-v Jpalou.y, Leonard Brown, of Grand Jlapid, came here from his home to day, drove six miles Into the contry ..ta -the. farm, jif JRaberf .Johnson... .a here Ms wife was staying, and fired upon the womnn. wounding lvr so that she! i ted In a few hour?. Brnvn then fired " ' ' i. i . v ... .... ... w'.'.' r. " ' J HllU shots into hts .own head. None of j thm will prove fatal, however, and Johnson will ajfo recover from "nln pounds. Brown, who has not lived with his wife for two", years, accused Johnson of breaking up .lis home. Frlnrft De Seean IxxleH Cliarge of A- T unult AgaiiistJlimi. --Paris. Jan. 3. In f iilfliltrent nf his Intention announced nu Friday Pr'r.re Jleile da Segan has filed a comprint ea the grounds of asau!t aS'iivst f'.tunt Bfy P Casieilatie In the cflin--eotrrt, asking one frani- datiiag. Tle ar tion w be tikeu'vp br-f'.ire the tourt c January ZUt, i IT REACHES AN ACCTE 6TAGI3IF IIE ATTENDS CONTENTION. The Recent Raid on Russellrllle It-rings to a Head a Condition Which Has Kxlstert. For Two years The Situation , rile Result of a light Be tween the Growers of Tobacco and the American Tobacco Trust, It Is . Declared, Him SulTercd Less Than " the Folks Who Have Pitted Them selves Agalnart I Anti-Trust Grow crs. Declaro That It Does Control the Market of Kentucky ' anil Ten. nessce, Despite Statements Made by Witnesses, , Louisville, Ky., Jan. 5. The ' raid on Russellvllle, Kyi,, early Friday morning by "night riders" which re sulted xi the destruction of nearly $100,000' worth of property and the wounding of three persons; the re fusal yesterday of the. tobacco grow ers to accept the proposition of the American Tobacco Company for the purchase of tobacco and the an - IHV U lull, v. 1MB blvnlla w proceed pgai n inltLfr,. ?n" ""PI to have expressed the senti ";in"t, of Bryan" whenhe said: bacco Company ovtrn"r Wi tmenli "If Grover Clevelanr comes to Den that the lawless element will be se-'Ver and attempts to start something, verely dealt with, have brought to he will surely be run over. However, an acute stage a condition which has i believe Cleveland has too much sense existed In Kentucky and Tennessee to attempt anv couD-at the conven- for two years. Conferences during the past two days at Frankfort be tween a representative of the Ameri can Tobacco Company and the tobac co growers has resulted only In trans ferring the- matter to the heads of the company in New York for con sideration. The situation Is' the result of a fight of the growers of tobacco against the American Tobacco Com years. Conferences during pany, and other purchasers and the "u . 1 . present situation is best explained by the following recounted sequence of events in chronological order: CAUSE OF TROUBLE. Flrst, the apparent passing of the leaf tobacco market in Kentucky and Tennessee into the control of the Am- ej lean company wilii ino . .11 i .e .i.. n i , v-, r . i l .w ,ki, "r'1 the mllemen or Independent to- bacco buyers and rehandlers. Second, the awakening of the farm- er, to the eitiation .nd the forma- tlon by them of the American society of equity, and two Subsidiary organi- zations, the-burley (light-colored leaf) looacco association, ana tne aarn, io-. bacco asflociatlon, with the purpose of producing and holding their crops until they could obtain what they held would be fair price from the JLmerlcan Tobacco Company and af- lillated concerns, Third tho failure nf ih femnt hv t farmer.' A,-IH. t wl . ."'w'Vf ft.V y ...lw",eir P" "P' l enable them to compel the company to pay the price demanded. Fourth ostracism and petty perse cution directed, against' "Independ ents" the farmers who were unwil ling or unable to pool and hold their crops of tobacco and who sold to .the "trust. Fifth, whipping of tobacco buyers and farmers who sold their crops; de struction of beds of : young tobacco plants, burning of. tobacco barns con taining -the 'harvested crops of Inde pendents; shooting into homes and the wounding of . Innocent persons, among them being women; the warn ing of 'refractory independents to leave the county. 1 -Sixth, the culmination of mob spirit In bold attacks on Princeton, Hop klnsville and Russellvllle, towns of from 4,000 to 10.000 Inhabitants. which raids resulted in the dvna- miting and burning of tobacco ware-. houses controlled by the American Tobacco Company, the killing of sev eral of the raiders and the wounding of a number of citizens and the de struction of property owned by " In. nocent neutrals because the raiders refused to allow the fire departments to work. ) j AS TO THE TRUST. As to the tobacco trust, so-called. It has suffered Ipps In convenience than the metl who have sold their leaf to bacco to It and less monetary loss than the men who have pooled' their crops." Officers of the American To bacco Company have, during the past fjw days, declared, under oath, at a New York hearing, that the company and its allied and subsidiary concerns d n,(it control the tobacco trade of A merlcBr ; When, two years ago, the company put buyers Into the Kentucky and Tennessee flel ls to deal dlrortiir with the producers after it had made ar-. rangements dispensing with the svs-1 tem of buying from re-handlers and Independent middlemen, it also denied that it controlled the raw leaf mar-1 kets of. Kentucky and Tennessee. The' "The result or our punitive pro-anti-trust growers vehemently assert ceedlngs is far from satisfactory. In that it does, control the market In C.reater New York we brought 73 the two States. As to the assertion cft,? to court, only 23 of which have that the trust forces the growers to bf"n disposed of- Convictions were accept an unfair price, neither side obtained In 7, 2 were withdrawn by has produced any figures as to cost !hp department and 1 were dis of production and farm-values in the hil?sed." tobacco regions which would bear but Commissioner winiams comments the statement pro or con. The "trust" ! at ome ,rnKln on the ctlon of cer hns suffered the loss of a number of ta,n masistrates. especially Id Buf warPhnii wnnh t?nnfin falo and Elnghampton. in suspend- of their warehouses haye been closed. ! This loss, however, undoubtedly : falls below the aggregate damage sus-l talned by the roea who have refused to Join the farmers' associations or nuol their rrnns . Rome tr .h wereoo Independent to be coerced, while most are financially unable to hold their crops If they so desired. On this latter class ';of "Undcpert lenis" I the pooling movement has had a most' disastrous effect. A large number of them are renting farm, and are com- polled to market each crop promptly in order to provide sustenance untU the following one Is raised. Some of them sre often compelled to mort-1 gage a crop before It is cut and cur-1 ed. The societies have, during the ' ..... ... A.!' " ot rrrZC 'Ing in other field' hare apparent ' . - ' ' ' - - ' - ' .v, luudl. W. . - ration that the company has the j longest purs. . ha moved the socle- ties to start a movement, now In full Lynchburg. M, Jan. J.. West swing, pledging the -membersnot to minster Presbterian church to-day plant any trrp at all during l0g. By extended a call to Dr.'W. H. Palmer, this course they hone to f or -e a hiirh-! er price for the- 1S07 crop "and siw to. shorten the supply s that the company will have to come to terms. Atlantic to- Line to Put on llorida . Train. - iWa-!ilngon. Jan. 5. -('onimfiwtnj Mondsy. Jantiirv th, tlie Atlantic- ior tne 'season their se lor.; and F.'rid specUl trsltu- U- So Says Mayor Dahlman. of Omaha, - a Clows Personal and Political Friend of William Jennings liryan Tins Report That tle HMiorcd Kx-Preaident May Attend Demo cratic Convention an a . Delegate From New Jersey Causes Counter ' nation In the Hanks of the Per petual Candidate Ilia Influence Over Latern and Southern Dele- cathjfw IOgnlzeli. Ik-Ins Great Auiultlon MaJtt'Tliat His Ir-- ence Would l'end Toward Party Harmony. Special to Th Obsr-rver. Omaha," Neb., Jan. 5. The report that Grover Cleveland imy attend the Democratic national convention as a delegate from New Jersey Is' causing a great deal of. uneasiness in the Bryan camp. Mr. Bryan himself Is h!t , y q ieJ ?, t0,8"1 a11d - a'L B exp.r,e8SedJ hJmBf.!,f- ,b"1 and political friend. tlon."" While Bryan Is not afraid of any thing that Mr. Cleveland can do to the delegates from any of the West ern States, 'he an J his friends are ap prehensive of his influence on the Eastern and soma of the Southern delegations. To the Democrats of the West, Mr. Cleveland can say nothing, and Bryan feels perfectly se cure of his Western delegations. But Of the delegations from the North wejitorn e...; . "c u,t' ..i.v mo tuiiio u nine in me con vention when a word or. a speech from the ex-President might turn cer- lain NortnVestern deSons from! ine support of Bryan and place them M'' comoany do- behind some candidate more to the b ';0 ' C Xeet" near W.of. those Democrat, for wL," " fnv icvpirt !in unnR I r" ' Bran knows that Clevelanrl will have more influence T with the deleaV-1 ro" New fork New jSy Pennsylvania MMMehuae7 and a rhtMJi ihM rh mB 11 hm And h also lt Leot M . f.,..,.,.-! nn a 'L,K , gm,u, delegations. He knows that the fight t, ba ..mi k. i,,-,,iir i'ti...,. anti-Brvino " and' h iltn'knovi lust wher ripvoinnrt hi. iniiim win. be found in such a conflict. HjS PRESENCE FEARED. That Is what Bryan 'fears from the preence of Cleveland in Denver, and '"' menu can .pictcm u.o "Sage of Princeton" from being plac- ed on the delegation from New Jersey, P. will be done. But at the same time thut Mayor; Dahlman makes his threat to "run over" Cleveland, he throws a sop to the many followers the ex-President undoubtedly has, by saying: " "I be lieve It would have the effect of weld ing the last 'link of party harmony. If he takes any pirt in the convention, it will be such as will lend strength to the Democratic movement. "But If he attempts to 'start some thing,' he will surely be run over." The mayor does not wish to .offend the Cleveland followers, but he dies want to serve notice that Cleveland must not lift his voice against Brynn while at Denver, or there will be trouble fpr the ex-President. BRYAN QUIET ok THE SUBJECT. Bryian has kept mighty quiet o"n this Cleveland matter and he and his friends are hoping the ex-President will not be sent to Denver. While ryan boasts that when he ha any- ming to say ne says it, nunaen m.uusn The Commoner, and that no other man is authorized to speak for him, yet Dahlman Is known throughout the West as Bryan's closest friend, both' political and personal, and the mayorvious year. In orrhr to meet the often makes' statements concerning j continuous growth of his bureau Mr. Brvan which are practically "official." And because of his close personal and political relationship between Bryan and Dahlman, there is a significance when the latter says Cleveland will be ""run over" if he comes to Denver and "starts something. VIOLATIONS OF LABOR LAW. New- York State Authorities D1 appointed at Outcome 51of the Ef forts of the 'Lalor Department. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 5. In stateJ ment given out to-night Commis sioner John Williams, of the State labor department, gives a resume of violations of the labor la w, , partlcu 'ary cnlla ia nor .raws. . uiuu.n uuu court 'during the three months end- '"sT December 3lst ia.si. commenting on rhl1,1 ,abor casP-" Commissioner Williams, says: ,nB ntenc after, tne ' department la(1 "eured , convictions. 11 ne aepanineni. m-mr.pn. W ""PPort at the hand, of the mag s, 'rates," continues Commissioner WII- Mams, ' inere is no rrason . ny violations of the child labor law may not eventually be entirely wipea out. tor our wn tn, continue to enforce It most rigorously. Between October 1st and December lrt th nT,)!.""i x "t" N . T th rbl ri.'' l" Klven a" divided as follows: Employing chl d findej 14 1,; employing- child without frt,fi'?' 66: employing child over h,7" l'S employing cnl1,1 afte' T m - . ' Of this number. H Is rannoWweed, vlctions were had in 40. t were with- by the department and 17 Uncliburj Church Calls ew Orleans " psxtor - of the r irt rresnvterlan 'cYiurc'hi of New Orleans. lf. Paimer wiy preach here January lfth. WII-o II. I'alrKifU Dead." Warren. Ms.. Jan. 6-. Wilson II FifThank, former Mass-cchutts com- miss-loner -to tne por'.land. Ore., Fx-i p'w'Uoii. more recently commixsioile r j ' ' w.-n-oiowii r,x- l j pc.;ion, dted to-Uay at his home here, 'ile; IX jrfra J Jiouninincer -serving J.iie nnn una Xo.Cleieney 1 roin Pardon ISoaril of Palmetto Wato Two Crude At tempt at Robbery in Columbia Still No Trace of Mi.tng llss Sltannon, 1 Observer Bureu, 14 22 Alain Street. Columbia, S. C. Jan. 4. The report of the rardon board submitted to the Governor to-dity contained a sad note for Walter Allen, the Greenville niouctalneer life-tt . . . , . . txivlct who voluntarily returned rm to the penitentiary recently, after run ning away to his . consumptive wife who had written hini a pathetic let ter about her condition. The report, whose recommendations were, adopt ed throughout, said that arter care-j ful consideration ot tne case the members of the .board" saw no rea sonto recommend clemency. The repoirt warf a surprise to those had- kept up with this case. ose who pt up with this case. His running away was ' considered ' ex- . v,r. h.j.i hi. omo ,itwtr visement, had intUnatea ithat a par don would be recommended . I.Vi. nr.1., In nrlilnh ' flamanU la rnommf.nri,i i. that nf ivi xvi- son, a Bamberg negro, whose death ey can make. He finds a d senterice for killing another negro in ciJed improvement throughout the a fight at a hot supper, was respited State in the way -of improved con till January 17th. Nelson will not dltlons and Increased efficiency of lire hang, but will serve a. life term in- departments. Under the laws now In stead. There were elements of self-i defense in his case and hfs'" pardoiti wvas recoinmcifded by the solicitor and many prominent Bamuerg peo - pie, though the trial judge declined! to recommend. ' Two burglaries, accompanied by robbery, or attempted robbery, oc- curred in Columbia last night, but both appear to be crude attempts there 'being no indication in either that the gang which has bn oper- atin oth?r Parts of the State re- j ' " ' " damaged 'by burglars. The dial was prled ofr' but Wa rou"er8 were ev'- denty frightened away. A butch- er shoP et 1608 Tav'or street' three Wc,cks from Miin' was broken into nd robbe1 f 60 Pounds of good '"?h mcat', T(he P"11 8eem to be without a clue In either case. pried off, but the robbers were evl Tne father ancl brothers of iMIrs onjnnon, une prouy nine Brookland Lutheran Sunday school teacher who disappeared a week ago after a quarrel wltn her lover, are having a tough time tracing her. The Lexington county 'authorities have done nothing so rar. and 'the Brookland town authorities have mane no headway. The Columbia police have been worfcbr on the rase with the relatives, hut not even a hope ful clue has been uncovered so far. iMr. Shannon to-dav offered a reward of $25 "for information leading to the recovery of his daugh ter, dead or flllve." The general be lief is that Miss Shannon threw her self into the Oiniraree from the Brookland 'bride 'Sunday evening, and that her body was carried Into the swamps many miles bPkw Columbia by Tuesday's freshet. REVEXVE FROM ro.STOrFT.CICS. Annual Report f First AsMnnt Pns'mti"'or General Hltclirn'-k, "Mdf. ThihlM Yetordv. Contains Tnteretnr Facs and F'Tiircs. Washington. Jan 5. The annual report of First Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcovk for the fiscal year was mde public to-day. The revenues collected through the postoftlces during the fiscal year 1906, he says amounted to about $168,000. 000. a gain of more than $15,000,000, and the report stuten that this growth was continued In 1907 when t.te ag gregate reached $183,000,000, being somewhat .n excess of that of the pre Hlrchcock makes a plea for harger sppropriat'ons. He also recommends the appointment of five traveling au ditors to supervise the financial op erations of the leading postoftlces. "The present policy of reappoint ing presidential postmasters who have conducted their nfllces tn the satisfaction of the public nd of the department has resulted In decided benefit to the service," says .Mr. Hitch cock. He n.lds that 65 per cent of the presidential postmasters have been reappointed because of efficient service. In creates In salaifes for . various classes of employes of the department are recommended. "In order to relievo thlrd-classs postmasters of the neces sity of paying for. assistance out of their alare. a recommnd-itlon Is made for an Increise to $2,000,000 of the allowances for that purpie. Thirty instead of 15 Jays annual leave the allowances for-postal employes. . An extension of the delivery ser. vice to smaller towns than tire In cluded under tho present law I rec ommended. Under .the amendmit to the law he sugeestn free e'lvcrv service would be given to over 1,400 towns that do not now enjov that ml vantace. - He recommends thrtt n law he enacted requiring patrons of the department to provide a receptacle for the reception of mails as a mean. of savins' the time of the carriers. Mr. Hitchcock (1eil with t'.ie-nie-tlon of the hsndllng of first-class mall deposited without nottaie nd su? rVsts tTiat such mall he forwarded at once and that double the ordinary pofage ball be collected in It. The total number of postmnters of all cln appointed rfuriTur the veor was 13.315 as avalnst 14.535 for 190s. THE "I1H FOUR" SLATED. not. fort H von Blnr-fc ntxl WoorlrnfT WHI 1rol:My lie New York's IJeJe-' crafion to tlie Itcpulillcnn Xtatn Convent ion. New York. Jan. B. The Tribune to day ays: "While the list Is subject to change. llkijpt Jiff POlLUaLSa'esJA"l Plan of the ot-ganlzatlun leaders -is that the Big Four elected by the Republican State' convention will be Elihu Root, Secretary of State; George -R.. Cortel you. Secretary of the Treasury ;. ex Oovernor Frank S. Black. -and Tim othy L. W'Q.vlrufl, clial-man of the State committee. - The State convention" Is likely to held on lucsiiay. APr 4th. 4 II tnss s;aie sianns obviously lljeor, uovr-niur in.-irii. tni.K nrtrun leaves 'outside the bre'aft wks' thrn-e shuilur to yot.rs. snii if you will it-ii-r to rational convention veteran Senat-.r- "' llUT. VV'' ""' Tlinma. Collier IMA-t o,l rS , ,- v ' Mlteliell Ieiew. The ten ef dozen who control the 'Republican organi sation in -this State are chary of Ing why the ,I.Ue lem ? Se-nators IMatt and Depew off-the lift. -but. when tirs. - ea tner mimit tlmt tiItner (Sena ator l-cil.kely to g as dele gate large." - ' i t ... mmrs w- A Letu Is WrltU'ii Ue. Cliief Execu tive of rlie Km pi rc S Hte Coiiimeiid iiiff Hl Refusal lo Act Uonil Offert'd Him lU-port Mude.on Ct of State PriiitiiiKT-Xunilier f I stllutionx Iteci-lvc Ilencfa1loiM Ioni Mrs. CaiM-luirt Mineral De partment of Statu MiiM'iiin Iteiiii; Greatly Improved Mr. La''' Health - Gets Better- In Arlwmn Raleigh lllsMnsary Wicfrlh $I,KIM Oaiy Man Has Twir Wives Who Draw Pensions. x. Observer iTureau. The Holleman Building, Raleigh, Jan, '5. Insurance Commissioner TJoung has a report fr.im rhief J. M. GallaKher, of the A'ashlngton Fire Department, which makes a remarkably fine show ing for last year. The lire depart ment attended twenty-seven-llrcaThe loss was $400, half oX.thi being on a gasoline boat in the harbor. Com missioner Young says perhaps no 0lner P'ace tne site of Wasr.nfgton in the State can mVke 'o good a re port as this. At any rate he would like to hear .from the chiefs of the various . departments as to the show force, properly enforced, there are bound to be goiod results. A charter is granted the. Selma j Lumber Company, with $50,000 cap ital stock A letter received from State Treas urer Lacy, who is out - In Arizona, says he has gained 20 pounds dur ln hi8 gtav tnere and ,nlg health is ,,,. ,hlr haln nn tron ble frmn asthma. He, goes riding and shooting and is enjoying himself very much. Some of hU friends think he ought to remain unyi his health is fully restored. , M US. CAPEHART'S BENEFAC TIONS, Mrs. (L. C. Capehart, a daughter of the late B. F. Moore, of this city. whodled this week,- gives to Rex Hospital here 11,500 asa memorial to - her mother, who was Lucy Wil liams Boddle. She bequeath to St. Luke's Home for Aged AVome.n at Raleigh $1,000. Her estate Is valued at $75,000 and Is mainly divided among five brothers and sisters.- She leaves to her cousin, Mary Dickson, of Baltimore,' during her lifetime $1,000, but at her death half of this goes to the Ladles' Aid Socle- fV ot St. James church at Klttrell and the other half to the Thompson Or. phanasre. of Charl.rtte. She lc.-ivc t her faithful maidservant, Rose Klt-tit-11, $100; t.j ner cojk, t.'ln rile lu ll, faithful for ten years, $300, and t her manservant, $100, these three be ing colored. A CURIOUS CASE. There Is a very curious cane In the insane' hospital here, that rtf a pa tient who has two wives. He moved In the eastern .part of the State dur ing the civil war, deserted and Join ed the Federal army and married in Philadelphia. Both wives arc now Hying and his pension is divided an nually between them. Of course he cannot be tried for bigamy, as he has no mind at all. Perhaps It Is the only case "of the kind in fhe coun try. One quarter the Pension Bureau sends a warrant for $36 to the North Carolina wife and the next quarter the money goes to the Pennsylvania wife. Upon making an Inventory of its stock the Halelgh dispensary finds It to bo worth $4,800. Tlfere aro as yet no arrangements made for the sale. The mineral hnd building stone de partment of the State Museum Is to be made extremely attractive, and the Installation Is being made permanent. With derricks the heavy stones are now being hoisted in place, some of them weighing" at least .200 pounds and being beautifully polished col umns,, eight feet high. John Phillips Snusa, the famous bandmaster, who has been at Plne--hurst .for a fortnight recuperating, has returned to Washington, . D C, but will returjv'a little later wlth"hts family and stay until spring. lie has been quite sK.'k, , To-morrow a ' erfcninal te.fm of Wuke Superior Court begins, the-only case of interest being - that-of Rosa Johnson, the young white woman who Is charged with infanticide. The Insuranco Commissioner has- approved the re-insurance, of the Car olina Life, of High 'Point, whl h has been tnken over by the Jcf'erson Standard, of Raleigh. Copt os',rui;Lic printing. - Assistant . La'xir Cot.milnnlcmer M. L Bliipinan lifts prepared a statumr-ut, the tMut one of the kind ever 'made, showing lb cost to th Htute of the publics print ing durli.g thu past year. f courso the Legislature twlng in sfsHvn lust year Hie cot wss gi-eatly in cxr.s of that ciurlng an off year. A separate -account la ki'pt In each department of the State government. The statement Is quite lor,g one, but a sui'niary of It follows; AarirullurHl and Mechanical Colleao, $1.6i2; auditor's den.trtprnt, $l.84; usn cultural d'-partnier,t davn p.r lt. own printliK'. $,iit-': Attorney (lefiersl's do lisrtiiient, $.'.112; btire-iii of l.itor ft uci pilntlim-. $1,(C9; corporation cumniission, j;i,4t'o; executivs drpnrtn'eiit, fi-li coir mission, $12; geolo-lcul survey, 16.1; teard of henlih, I;";; hlsiorlrul comtnlr slon, $"9; Insurance c1c-rirtmirit; $:i.;27: fvta'ft Jtlimry, IIJS; legislative 'clc-piirt-nvnt, $7.!r.'l; oyster em irnl.'iHlun. $UC; b-ard of jmbll- charitlc-s. :J. depart tne nt of State. $1.74; Suf, rr-m t 'ourt (In cluding reprints of old rrportf mn w-li a the prlritln? of current reports i, $'..! H; clepf.rtnu-nt of puM'c incli uttlon, $l,iw; htn-te rc--onI, $I.;M; Tr csury depart tnc-nt, $2; grai d total, i.o,M. LKTTKH TO GOVKIiNOIl lU'GHEH. Governor Glenn has written the lol l'wing eximnrly litrretting -Mt-r" lu Gov. CnHrles K. Ilttql.rm f New Vork: Vln the morning paters- I imtTr-e tiut the Nitht'arillna bendti'dcir-rli -jiave- of "ferwU'yc li "a cV-rtaiti ""'i'uii0rTi.''7iiiTI.'oh dollars t of North ('uroltna bonds u 11 duoa'ion. to the end thnt you miK.it lirlug- suit nertlnKt the - Statu cf North Carolin e. hlrli, iu..ler the t'.nt!lutl in." tl!y caonot do. This Is Init, pjert of a brnn they bave len tryinif to put In to efTMut for a rood njiny years having work-cl It In inothor c-l! ut bunds with then Mate of ISouth tKOta. 1 U-slrc- in the name or tti jieoplo of rojr MMtc tJ thank ytu for your sctioo. ' your -i-rr-.! r1 "r 1 r"m . " Ull from tin ir.Mory.ei inee niniu i.i;ii in. y t re now eklrg to try rind loie the State of North Carolina P?iy nir Ktalr .as txird In "vefy t t-c. .h'ii-stly i,m uaf- ft a cl llKiitRiif. t ut a i-tt toitny I, uU nf-tr .ui- njMin the markets j'il uft'-r tlie e-low ot tlte e lvil nur i-nd 'lor cn.iho cf tiicnt- we ie,r spis we re 'e-ive-d ralustiJa :nKl l-rtiiti, uiuie others w did n'-t. e. ttM-refore, ppointcd a conurKtteie, cotwhOng of tie virrr vp itu ivtnivr. CltrvPsi .... " t The Rice Crop I'lvo. Times Greater Hie Past Year and tlie torn Crop Has Increased Nearly Ilfty Per Cent. Jlie Womlerfiil Growth of tlie. Cotton Crot tlie -SuDjtff of F.x tcudexl (Inninieiit -Tlie Sletal In tlusir). otably I'ljC Iron, Sliows Vnunual lncreMe 1 Tenrte and Kentucky ltapld Strides the South list MakhiK Kt Forth In tlie Ann us I Statement of the Traleman'n Be vlew AulliciitlcIW-ts and Ilgures. Chattanooga. Tenn., Jan. 5. Tne Tradesman Annual contains among its important features an elaborate review of Southern progress during 1907, In which tha following interest ing facta are given: The principal, crops were as follows: Hay of all Vinds. tons 7.590,000. -Wheat, bushels 91,433.000. Corn. buheU 958.743.000. Oata. bushels, 67,338,000. Tobacco, pounds, 437.139.000. Kite,' bushels. 21. 412,000. Two notable increases over the pre vious year are shown by the.ie flnurt;, the. Southern hay crop being 2i per cent, greater than in 19. and the rice crop Increased nearly the sarno percentage. PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE, j During the last five years, however, agriculture has made such progress In the Southern State, that the corn rop has Increased nearly 50 per. ceit. ! The rice -crop is five times greater, while as Already stated, the foddir crop 'has enlarged 25 per cent.- In a single year. In WOO'the value of pr,i iicts of vegi'tahle gardens of tlie South was $13,000,000; at present't.ie annual yield of orchards and vine yards in this section is over $30,000. 000, making the sum total of the an nual fruit and truck product of tli- South fully $150,000,000. During the hist cotton year we sent out of the country about 8.500, 0001 bales of raw cotton, fully two-thlrd.i nf the crop; but such Is the growth cf the cotton Industry In the Unltsd States that the South now contains 700 mill, operating nearly 10.000.000 spindles and 1908 will add fully 20 more plants. The States of North and .South Carolina have no less than 400 plants with , 300, 000 Kplndle". THE METAL INDUSTRY. The metal Industry, Including thel mining of ore, shows a notable In crease compared with previous years. The total tonnage of iron produced by the Alabama furnaces during 1907 will aggregate about 1,750,000 tons, with a value of $32,000,000. This n. 100,000 tons more than the record for 1906 and about 150,000 Ions more than the record for 1905, while the value has Increased within the last two years nearly 50 per cent. In Kentucky the total tonnage of pig Iron produced aggregates over 125,000 tons, a gain of fully 100 per cent. In two years, while the value ofr .1-...., . .1 ....... .1 i the output of the smelters has actual ly more than doubled In two years. Tennessee also shows remarkable progress, for the tonnage of pig Iron made In this State in 1905 was but 372.692, while for the present year It will be about 450,000 tons, represent ing a value of about $7,500,000. The total Investment of capital In miscellaneous Industries In the South ern States Increased no less than 50 per cent. In tho brief period of five years, while the value of the manu factures has Increased 25 per cent, and In .1 905 exceeded the total In vestment In Southern Industrial plant by the sum of nearly $200,000,000. NORTH CAltOI.IXA f.Ki:s GOOD" Tho , Armored CrnUrr Arrive st Itrv lthiiul Standardization Trial To-Day. Rockland, Me., Jan. 5. The ar mored cruiser North Carollni, built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, arrived here to-day. While running for a hort time under forced draught the cruiser averaged nearly the required speed of 22 knots. The standardization trial will be held to-inorrow on ttu? Rockland course. .'.' - No Change lu' the Strike) Situation at Muiiile. Muncie, lad... Jan. C. With hun dredsof mllltlumen pcesent under martial law, street car were run to day from early morning until dusk over all lines. With the exception of the 11 V - throwing of a few stones on the out- skirts of the clty the cr. wfre unmo-j lested, notwithstanding -they were amnned by Imported strike-broakert and had neither deputy sheriffs nor , troops aboard. The strike of street ; car men that caused the recent riot-j Ing ut still in force. j Major General McK.ee, In command : of the troops, takes a cheerful .view ! of the situation to-night. He nald: j "Things were muc h letter to-day I snd 1 feel suro there will be no out-' breaks except thosu brought ton by small boys." Two IUi! and Itcwntr Drow nedf While Skallnj. New York. Jin. 5 The hist day of Ice skating in this vicinity was mark ed by the drowning of .'two' boys and a man who tried, to save them at Jamnli u, L. 'I.', to-day. ' Francis Steoher. aged 1 years, and his brother I Willlaru, 3 years younger, ventured on! Ice which formed over night on Tmkj Pond, near Hlsen kst unip rod. The Ice gave way a-rid the two brothers - . . I. kn milrliiiWH '. r ll , .ie.l 1, ,t,- h.,l- render. :t.mre.' The ' ice gave bencsith him and he was Iso drowned. nost Intelluteiit sud hone rsMo eltif -n of nur l-liitrt. tf ci.refully cliiswfy All 1 tie .,i.t l.i mm V whl.'h Mhoulit rndei I In' rati r In tirt'nod wblrli mt" r.t all. j'pon Jill report s cou ln- lti it as , ade'pTed VcmT ITict ST.c:e Tuii rmhrTTTty- rarr-1 rl,U out the fwr.-rM. -ayn. W Ml reci-lved. J he. clevi ii nuihun t-ondsc. I nowTn the lSml. of the -...-c .ill. d Nottl, t are-liiia t-emclholelcrs. were pronou.ioe.l I lsilu'ti.-ly triu.lulewrt. tvic 4 reived T Uilruf tor tln-ni. rlic-y l.v tm rrp.i- (titled by twj Leirinlaturrs tnd at-co l.y a ronttiluttonvl sntiHiim-nt. . tut iutte.1 t ,1-. -U.....IO "1 Vi.tli l-Hnilin, V. .(.. n,.C I f.c t that ny sltr sttc rt,0i4 accent i . 1.- ,1,1,1 i,rtn,t. ne -1 e, woh v-exallous suits nd (H-ts J, the rcfir.' j front her with lncilents of the Ku t )iav tried t" Inform all the Main ol f ropean trips not hinted at at the fi'rt (lie iruec voTioiiiu -c B'lu-ttv jnur IT- : j -. - f , . . ,H.. l.l..... ...... 1 lir-"-e-e, 1.1 v- ,j nit mutter, thuusht. 'we tutj rxjht In wir actl.t ant t"ltf n-e p: nM,nnlly . I h.et l:e win. I aeccfpt no iKin !s akiiiivH toe ,-!(? cf North. Carolina- ur.ti4 ho r.rs.t ceiit ferred with nw ill icsarel t jlheir l-rr.!,tv. This Is nil vi cocid afk rt ai, m.hi. ! A-t:ln tluctikll-SV 'U In ti c iiitiNi c f my i pe-nile fvir. refuHinir to lind )ir iStuI le ms j thbdc " a i-rty to a tnir.sat tioa which we t is uis'ust sud UUuu.tous, I am, ., - M V lure TVSTIm Y. Hie District Attorney IIa.1, Yrt. Not JttMlarett Hlium-lf on the Point, But lie .May Klse to Objec t If Hr. ' Kveij-u eIHt Thaw Is Offered Willie la the Second Trial of Her Uu.,Uit, WlUch Begin To-Itay A -Irs. JIihw'h Testimony Had MucU ei Io With the Result in tl I irst 4 IrlaJ KuJe Iiid iKnvn In the Ihaw Cmte lion Served as Pre cedent in Another Famous Trial Tlie Variance in tlie Two Case Pointed Out by Lawyer. Npw York, Jan. 5. On the eve of the second trial of Harry K. Thaw, which will begin to-morrow before Judge Victor DowIIng. of the Su preme Court, comes the" report that Oistrict Attorney Jerome may ..at tempt t:iis time to bar the testimony of Mrs. Kveiyn Nesblt Thaw, wife of the accused man. ,At the first trial thlg testimony was allowed to ga be fore the" Jury with the consent of the district attorney. Several "criminal lawyers, of prominence in their pro fession, have argued the point with Mr. Jerome since the close of the. " tlr.st hearing und '.lave urged him to oppose this line of testimony at the. trial about to beln. These attorneys-declare a vital principle of law is involved and that it should go t the highest courts for determination. Mr. Jerome has given no definite iin swer to his fellow members of the bar and ho may feel Impelled to consent to another recital of Mr,. Thaw's story to prevent a:i appearance of In conslstency with hk course a year o. Hut the representations made to him as to the Imnortance to the, community at iare of testing the le gality of such testimony, have been unusually strong and many of 'O prosecuting officer's clowest frleni would not be siu-prlsej If he shouM rise in his place when Mrs. Thavv H called a a wltnesn and conte-nd nralnt the admissibility of her testi mony. THE FIRST TRIAL. Young Mrs. Thaw was allowed t testify ut the first trial upon the theory that If was her story, told t Thaw In Paris In 1903. two years be fore their marriage, that plantej the seeds of temporary insanity In hl brain. The prosecution was- not al lowed to test the truth or falsity of the sttiry, the court rule being that regardless of It truth, the uue had to do solely with the effect upon the defendant's mind. Mr. Jerome offer ej witnesses who, he declared, would contradclt certain of the glrl-wlfe's statements, hut they were not allow ed to be hmird. The prosecution hid Its only recourse in a severe cross-examination, but even this was allowed only on the ground of testing the credibility of witness in a general way. , Already the rule laid down In the Thaw tvie has served a a precedent In another. In a former a judge In Vir ginia recently shot and killed a young man against whom his daughter had maje churges of having drugged her. The young woman admitted that she V. - 1 . . J . . . , . had not te44-her fathee-tne-trutil. but - ne was acquitted on the ground thst h"r story, true or false, had had the effect of Inflamlnjf the parent's mln.1 to an Insane degree. Tlie presiding Judge followed the rule i.et down In th Thaw trial. The lawyers who have approach ed Mr. Jerome oh the subject are in clined to the opinion that there are vital differences between the Thaw case anj that of Wood, w'.ilch served as a precedent at a trial before Judge FltiveVd The Wood case was one In whlc-h Wood's wife told him that her father had been gulltyof Improp er -relations with her before her mar riage and had hue recently sougght tier again. Wood. In the heat of passion, straightway emptied a hot gun Into his fiiher-in-l w, killing1 him Instantly. The defe"V was one of Insanity, brought on bv the awful ftory of the wife. The" difference, pointed out Is thut in the Thaw rase the killing did not occur until t'tree years after' the recital which Is alleg ed to have Incited the deed. The lawyers My the difference Lb Just as' vital n that which the law makes in. various decree of murder a homi cide committed In the":ieat of passion beln widely dlstlncrulshed from coolly plannej and deliberate one. TO DltAW Itm I'.OOMS. A IOllery Asxlrnnent of Member of the lioee.fii the Ve-w Ollce Ttulld l"r Drawing to Take Place Thurs day. - i us".ilngton, Jan. 5. An unique feature- of the week's proceedings in the House of Representatives will be the UHxisrnment of members, by kt- ,(.ry ,)f rom ln th $3,000,000 House f)f bulM now .brfut completed, The ur9Wlnwll p(. h , on xhuPj: ,,nil!1 " sth im,.. i. ,he rending of the Journal. Three hundred and thirty-three marble consecutively numbered from 1 up, will bo placed in a box. and as each m turn is drawn out bv a blindfolded paa and handed t the reading clerk Its number will.be announceJ. The member whose, number on a prepared lint corresponds with that on the mar- ble. will come forward to the" desk and select by diagram a room front among the 397 offices lnt-i which the first, second and third floors of the building are principally divided. That only 333. of the 39 members of the. House will participate In t'.i" drawing Is chiefly ecvounted for by the fact that chairmen of committee! : ere not .entitled to private offices In the new building, but instead will use the rooms f aside for their respec tive committees: About a cfo'aen of Jhe. 50-odd com ,m!t!eei. Including thocsa of baniln:" and currency. war claims and : claims and elections No.' 1. already ,iav' vara ted the Capitol .nd taken quarters In the onVe builllnr. ll&r nifnv more will follow suit Is unde termined. DNtrlct Attorney Jerome has con sistently decHnej to discuss the Thaw ca.e for publication. "TTUs course as regards the at! importtnt '-testimony of young MrJ. TJtaW will be watched. rPVwevef. wltTi " the "fceenc-it "lntereifr her story is de-,uM s lj sible bv ., . ,, ,. , , " 1 . J""lce IXiwlltw It.Ssde- tared that the rro examination t y. h!'-h sh will be suM'-teit. w 111 be f r more se vere even than the fir-it one. - The dis trict artt-rney .-eem.d last year to, have every detail of file -young w--' man's life -at command, bat it b said that this ve.ir he w!Jl tw ah'e ta r-,m. V--1 r! ?r rUi "- Jap.Or!crcil Hrttnc. Tortland. Ore-.Jin. 5 Th'Ore rninn t.-n'fht re-eiej a desrah from Vnvouvcr surtnar tH.it h-in-(Inils of Jap4!'..e ex-fo! l:er i,- ,r ft"! at in Vancouver bate re, , i eriif t mm t.te .MA a da l; return T' J:rn aae. .
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 6, 1908, edition 1
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