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? IT 9r' il i guts SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUEJ)AYllORNIXG; JANUARY 7, 1908. PRICE FIVE GENTS. KM 1 FIRST-DAY OFTIUNY TBIAL . . : ! KKHEAKSAL OF AX OLD STORY, - , St-cnnd Trial of Harry K. Thaw For inn Murder if Stanford White lie fins' With I'rumI . Scene In wild Around the Court llouwe Mrs.) Thaw Pursued by Curious , Crowds -y-'id Iolicemeii Arc inuvti m lUi kcoi Passageways Clear Thawf id Iolicemeii Are tailed Hi to t-oi Passageways near maw Culled to the liar ami Counsel i.n- tcr Plea of Insanity at 'lime or Clime live Jurors --cur-cd Dur Jug Day's Session, Hut Will Not llo Sworn Uiilll IJst Is Complete I)e-lc-iduitt Calmer and More Serious Thau 11J Was at First Trial -Mrs. Thaw Appears In Schoolgirl Press. New' York, Jan." 6. Th-- second trial of Harry K. Thaw was begun to-day before Justice Victor J. Dowlingr in the State Supreme Court. At the very outset of the. proceed- lnS8 fi plea of Insanity at the time of the killing, of Stanford White was entered In behalf of the defendant. Tst vear the case was fought out on a straight rleu of not siftlty. but itmnnnru tnHnltv flnuilv was relied Upon. j reserves in national banks In reserve dKion waa announced by Justice None cf the jurors will be sworn cities, and air laws permitting na-1 White and was reported by the nar until the box is filled, however, and tional bank in reserve cities to Jteep row margin of one, the court standing all will bo subjected to peremptory -v.ii, ..niii ih. i.inr Mth ! d. ministc red. This arrangement is a h.ar.t cr. .efim.iM tn-iiiiv im tii the departure from last years, when each: than one-nair oi national on w mu hi ' A ' Unr tonn cn - reaer-ei now required to bo kept In tested in the result of the court s de Veith ? Dl"r?c ' Atthroey Jerome 1 lawful money in central reserve j liberations, but attorneys generally re Neltner. pict au rney ""' ' aart' mKt iM hoi.i in B-nl.i fralned from comment. The law In nnr rnunnei lor me ueieuse wumu , - -- time that will be required to find The bill la to become effective Jul twelve satisfactory men. x 1st, 1908. i USUAL. CU-IUOi;8 CROWDS. j 'CUT IN REGULAR ARMY. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was pursued by I A bill reducing the regular army, crowds as curious as ever and had after the first day of December, 1908, to be escorted ln,and out of the court, to J5.000 men, 10,000 ol whom shall house by a detail of policemen. constitute an artillery force for coast The UBual curious crowds were ' defense, was also Introduced by Mr. gathered about the criminal court Williams. Tho standing army, as building this morning in the hope of now composed embraces 40,000 of ratchlng a glimpse of Harry Thaw, fleers and men. - as he crossed the bridge of, sighs.; Mr. Williams offered a bill repeal In the corridors of the court house' ing -all laws by which national bank there was also- a throng of several examiners ar. compensated by fees; hundred persons, who had come to and placing them on regular salary withe , the opening scenes "of this, of J3.000 per annum, rew rehearsal of an old story. A I Two bills Introduced to-day by Mr r-quad of fifty policemen kept the Sims, of Tennessee, are designed to passageways clear. TheV arrange- prevent .star route mad carriers from inents were far better than at the knowingly carrying packages of In first trial, when the crush to get Into toxicating liquor to or for my one the court room amounted practically on the route. . f a star route carrier to a riot. The word that women does so his action shall be deemed were lo be barred had been given unlawful, and th offender .hall be out and there were none but news-1 doalt with according to such rules paper writer's 'on haa to-day, . and regulations as the Postmaster Judge Dowling arrived at the General -shall prescribe, rnnt In, hi' it 1 '5 a m.. and' Among the other bill Introduced -the daS 'WHlormtlly opened, m the House , during it, half-hour I r.mitea later. 7 aes-sion were the following: Thaw was visited to-dav by mem- !haw. wf- 7 ,L yTo,h! errs vi nt! iwww yxa platprl over the fact. that the day of his second trial had at jasi. anivcu. - im ;eorire lender Carnegie, nis sister, and Joelah Thaw, 'one of - ht4 hrothers, also canoa on me uc; charges of peonage In the soutnern fendant and brought him a. message gtate8 an1 an investigation of prose flf greeting from his mother, who t.utions thereof by the Department of 1h 111 at her nome m t iiisours. n. m the first time In several monthH that Thaw had Been his alster nd!realinp tne duty on wood pulp and Virnther. and his greetinga were af- i ,rln,in- nmicr. fectionate. Mrs. Harrv .K. Thaw went direct hotel to the court house. Thprn were the usual number of rumors about the court house to-day. i n of them beina- that the first 100 names had, been stricken from the upeclal Jury panel of 300 on account of tho publicity given tothelr se lection. Clerk of the Court Penny said there was no truth In the report. One hundred talesmen are under or ders to report on each of the first three days of the trial. THAW CALLED TO KATl. Thaw was called to the bur at 11:27 .o'clock. ' . As noon as Thaw appeared his chief counsel, Martin W. Littleton announced that the. former plea of not guilty entered by his client would bo amended to read ''that the de fendant was Insane at tho time the deed was committed." Thaw was seated at the counsel table with Messrs. Littleton, A. Rus sell Feabody and Daniel O'Reilly. IMatrict Attorney Jerome and As sistant District Attorney Garvin "represented the people. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, attired In tha kine fhnoltrlrl dress which became ' - . . . . ,,nnn What he had read of tne case., no teU 'he.couia renner h ioir nu . f. .... - . . : Impartial verdict and upon this state ment Mr. Jerome announced that he passed the Juror for cause. SELECTING 'THE JURY. The three talesmen who followed iciii..,,niiii- examination were ex- ii i ii. " unqualified cused hecause of tne opinions they deciartd they held. Justice Dowiing 'himself took a hand fn examining some, of the proposed urors. Thomas H .Banner, who was fnan of the second "Nan" Patter ' f' '- Jury, and voted for acquittal, was UlW ed because of Illness.- ds to the plea of Insanity Mr. Je U1B explained to each of the -pro- familiar during the first trial, was in (npg and was examined by J. C. the court room when the proceedings MavReynoids, of the government. Vr. began. She was accompanied byit.omey said prices for tin foil had Mrs. Carnegie and Josiah Thaw. j been higher for the past few years Justice Dowling announced that VAn for i899,-due, he said, to the until further notice there would be niKher prices of pig lead and tin, but three court sessions each day, as fol-j tne rPC-Pnt slump in the metal market, lows: From 10:15 a. m. to 1 p. m.; , tne witness thought wduld decrease from 2 p. m-. to p. m.. and from th(, price for a time at least. , g p m" to 10 p. m. He also an-t Kary Jungbluth, president of ttie nounced that the ' Jury would be! MacAndrews & Forbes Company, a locked up throughout the trial, j'eiubsldlary concern of the American The work of filling the box was Tobacco Company and the principal tsken up withnut delay. District licorice paste manufacturers of the Attorney Jerome, undertook the ex- j country told of his Indictment and nmination of the first talesman called J acquittal for an alleged violation of W the T witness Thair. He was Wll-jthe Elklns actxln restraint of trade, v Miller a decorator. Miller , last year, 'said he' hS known Stanford White Mr. Jungbluth further told of the castaSy-and had formed an opinion purcha, , of the ,J.fYoung Company sed jurors In turn in P ; Man Ik)-, Railroad Roilt l,y i -exwirtd from '1? .Xtcrrt Cw,l(a and U,- f ,,1y Me In this State onfy .upr ,he I ntl.l Wales Owne, ami cier. - was at the time of the deed suffering) Nrjrrocs. ... from such defect of reason as not Btt , ' , V, to know the nature or Quality of his' J.ckonv,Ile, Fla, . Jan. S -flxy irt or that the act was wrong. He Endlcott. Jr . of Boston Jl.ss.. to iuo auctioned each talesman close- day bought at public auction for $70, !v a to y opinion held or any con- 000 the property of the North Jack scientlouit scruples entertained against onville Street Railway & Town Im Pttal punishment . ' ( provement Company, popularly known ' Charles E. Gremme'.s. a ship as the "negro street railway." 'broker said he had certain scruples The .sale wa made to samfy the s t mi. tai nuiiiiinment. nut lr 'sworn as a "Juror 'he felt he could 1 .. If .nlil. nnit vote for a. (nvlrtinn if the evidence reemed to warrant it. , It -Is reported that the road now Mr' Jerome was Inclined to chal-! 'I''I become the property of the Jafk lense for'caue. but Justice Dowlin ' nvll Electric Company, and that ordered the . examination to pmwM. ; the a!e . was carried through prln ' In other wavs Mr. Gremmels was ' clpaliy to make-the transfer-of the ac'centable tooths proyeeirtion and . VrTty wholly legal. ' wn 'turned over U Mr. Llttl-ton, e.fi This road 'was, built here s-veral the: defense. He was ' finally ac.-.yeaM ar -by .negro capital. an. was , : , j the only line In the United Stat (Cont!r.d on-Peg-j Toi.r).' I owned and operated by negroes. MANY BILLS LNTitOUUCED . SHOUT SESSION A'' BUSY ONE " - Representative WttliHina Introduces 1WU Asking For ' lleneal of Law liegardlng Reserve I'uruls of Na tional ltauks If l!ill Jiecomes a J.aw Itesore Iind Must I5e Held In Gold or CertilUates Mr.W'U liams AImo Asks For Itedttction In . Mundiiitf Army. lom iO.OOtt' to "i uoiu ur n-niinuir .nr., nn- Hams AUo Asks For Reduction In 85,000-Ien, 10,000 to Constitute tin Artillery Force) For Coast De . reuse To ITohlbtt Star liouteMull Carriers lYoui-Kuowinsly Carrying' FackHBcs of lntoxlcatlnj; Liquor i Coujfresslonal InvestlMtlou -of I'eoiuisc Cluirges lu the South.. Washington, Jan. 6. Representa tive John, Sharp Williams, of Missis sippi, to-day Introduced a bill re pealing the law directing that three nfths of the 15 per cent, reserve of ances due a . bank available for the redemption of its circulating notes ! from banks approved by the Comp-i trollcr of the Currency, and repeal- ing all laws permitting nationar , banks to keep three-fifths of their liU per cent, oi me reserves in cemrti. I reserve cities. ' If thia bill becomes a law, not less' or certificates. By Mr., Gregg, of Texas, providing for tlie selection of a site for a navy vuvA iinrt drv dix k It Galveston. I.NVXBUUAllO." T X tiv.i.vju CHARGES. t Mr. riHrk. of Florida, providing for congressional inveatigatlon of urintin? raoer. tw Mr. Clark, of Florida, prohibit ing the transportation In the mails, fhB Hpnnsitinn- in anv mail re niaii r nv newsnaoer. magazine 0p otner publication containing the allegod facts of any divorce uu. murder case or other proceeding "of an indecent or Immoral character, or -hi,.h wouM tend to corrurt tne vnnnff." uv Mr. Ferris, of Oklahoma, Anahiimr the distribution annually of treasury aurpluses among the States for the Improvement or ijuuh n6"-wnvie-and tiost roads. Proving an eieht-hour day on all government works. To prevent gambling In cot ton and grain futures. HEARING OF TOHAOCO CASK., Case AgaJnSt American Tobacco Com . pany For Restraint Trade He.. Kumed Refold Commissioner Shields rWo Important Witnesses Testify. New York, Jan. 6. The hearing in the case of the government against the American Tobacco Company for alleged restraint of trade was resum ed to-duy before United States Com missioner Shields. , - John Cohley. of the Conley Tin -rr... 1 1 -,rt,,oMv. vl-ha mlleri an the first -(FII V 1,111 1II.L1J I . -- '" .." " ." " " . v.. pany. and or an agreemeni oy wnrcn the MacAndrews an,! Forbes Company was to smpply Ucorlce paste to t'.ie plub tobacco manufacturers' allied with the American Tobacco Company, while the Young Company was to suppry the Independent concerns. If an independent firm attempted to buy from ' MacAndrews and Forbes they wouHl ne quotej a price to a quarter of a -cent a pound higher than that t hythf Young Company and vice versa, he said which kept the agree- ment effective. An adjournment-to-morrow. was taken until I5UYS NEGRO rj-MLWAY. juusmruv i ...n.. n. i- :h W, I. Barnett- was irjsiee. ACT IS UNCOSilIUTiUNAL s 'EMPLOYER'S LLVBILITY LAW. i ' Supreme Qiurt Decides Tliat Congressional Act Known a 'Employera Liability Law" w VmoiiHUiul.oiHil li-aus It Goes Beyond Hound 'Permitted ' In 1 , i.. .J...- ... Tn..VJjt. nml- jtBuuuh n . ...... - v luercx lecibiou KeporteU by ar- KiulroaOa Responsible to Employes . For Accluenvi Due to Negligence of Fellow fcervanis or to iut-HcciIve AiiiutiRC Kenlncky and lenne bee Decisious Anirmed lvr Sot Confined to Regulation of Inter Ma Uv Curriers. Washington, Jan. 6. That the con gressional act of June 11th, 1906, known as the "employer's liability luw," is not in accordance with the constitution of the United States, be cause it goes beyond the bound per mitted in the regulation of Inter-State commerce, was the conclusion reach ed by the Supreme Court of the Unit ed titate in, deciding tvv-i damage cases coming to the court .rom tne Inderal courts off Kentucky and Ten- ntssee. which were brought under the provision of the law. The de- uve io tour sa'"a-- l"e I amonjr the five who voted not to sua- tain the statute, their were differences question makes railroads and other common carriers responsible to em ployes in accidents due to -the negli gence of fellow siFrauts or to Inef fective appliances. TheTleicision of the lower . court was allirmed. TWO CASES BEFORE COURT- " There were two cases before the court, involving the question of t'.ie vullJity of the law, one of them be ing the case of Damllle-iAaivard, ad miuistratrix. of her husband, W'H Howard, a locomotive fireman, who was killed In an accident on the Illi nois Central Railroad near Memphis. Tenn., and tho other, that of N. C. lirooks, administratrix and mother of Morris S. Brooks, a fireman who was. kUled on the Soutnern Pacific Railroad, In Nevada. The Howard case was tried In the united states Circuit Court for the western district of Tennessee with Judgu McCall pre siding, and tlje Brooks case In the United States Circuit Court for the western district of Kentucky, with Judge Walter Evans on the bench. In the former cass damages 'amount ing to $25,000 were demanded, while In the latter the sum was fixed at $20. 000. The railroads fought Joth cases strfnuously -bolh In the trial courst and in the Supreme Court and In each case obtained a verdiat against the complainant on the ground of un constitutionality of the law. Judge Evans and Judge McCall followed the i-ame line of reasoning In reaching their conclusions, both holding the law to be invalid on the double ground that a congressional enact ment could not be made applicable to intra-State commerce, as they claimed was undertaken In this law, and that protection from accidents In inter-State commerce could not be construed as any part of "commerce" of any. kind. Both the Kentucky and Tennessee decisions were affirmed by Justice White's opinion on the ground that the law Is nofe-eonflned to the regulation of the business of inter State carriers but undertakes, to reg ulate their dealings with their em ployes. HOW JUSTICES VOTED. The decision has been expected ev-er-slnce tho beginning of the recent term of court as the cases were argued at the lust term. The Chief Jus tice, Justice Brew and Justice Pecii ham Joined with Justice White In the result arrived at, but they did not follow him in his assertion of the power, of Congress to regulate the re lation between master and servant. Justice Day concurred In the decision. Justice Moody dissented Entirely, holding that the law is constitutional on all points. Ho expressed tho opin ion that Congress had the general power to pass the set and the court's position was an Interference with the domain of the legislative branch of the 'government. Justices Harlah and McKenna unit ed In an opinion affirming the consti tutionality of the act but holding it to be applicable only to employes en gaged at the time in Inter-State com merce and not to those engaged whol ly In the State In which the aocidentx happened. Justice Holmes also de livered a brief dissenting opinion. FATALITY ATTENDS FIGHT.. James Patterson is Shot and Killed by Gudjrer Flnley and Ills Brother is ' Badly Wounded I-lnley SIhiis Patterson's Sister and the Troublo. Follows The Slayer Arrested. Special lo The Observer. Marion,. Jan. Gudger Finley shot and killed James Patterson last night about 9 o'clock and at the same time shot at Fred Patterson, the brother of James. Alfred was shot ln the shoulder and the ball passed through the upper part of the lung. It is thought that the wound will not prove fatal. The trouble arose as the Patterson boya were going from church. When they reached the First National Bank Building Finley Joined a crowd' com posed of the two Pattersons and' their wives and a single sister. The. sister was accompanied by a young man. Finley made the young man give up the girl and he started home with her. They had gone but a few steps when Finley and the gorl had some words and he slapped her. At this both Of the Patterson boys came to the rescue Of their sister and a -three-1 handed fight ensued. The Pattersons used their knjves and succeeded in marking Flnlcy's clothes In several places, both In front and behind. Finley appears to have hacked off and warned" The" boy not-tor-tntfijw-htnr but they came on Just t he same, and Finley drew his pistol and fired twice, i The first shot struck James Patterson' tn the abdomen and he fell and the other one struck Alfred In th,hould er. .Finley was arrested while jfc.sTirl held the pistol in his hand and was lodged in Jail. James Patterson Ilv. ed for about an hour and It Is thought that' Alfred will recover. . Saili itor Spainhour has come up from j Morganton. but it- is not known whether he will Insist on -trying Fin ley for his life or will allow ball. Hlah uliit to Have Another Bank. special to-The Gbworvr. - Hiih Poini. Jan. .-"Mrssrs. p Kalb and G. F. .M. -Danl-., "f Ktng'a Mountain, will open a Ytr. rtinn her commencing Marcrt 1 5th. The caiital of the' tank wiil be $T5.fvU. FAILS TO MAKE GOOD. v rui-er rsunn laronnn in cktvw hlandardizatkm Trial Falls to Make . Itcquired Speed Not l'usli'Jtl to Her Mini I and It U relieved at Nest - Trial She A;iU Better Her Itequlred Speed. Rockland, Me., Jan. 6. The nsw armored cruiser North Carolina, built by the Newpprt News Shipbuilding and Dry rvtk Compony, on her screw standardization trial to-day, failed to make the necessary number of revo lutions to maintain her contract speed of J2 knots on any ut vt 14 runs over the measured m J according to unofllclal Inforn, This was understood to bejdav'1 handicap. No 'official report oit t permitted tn b given 1 As a result of to-daj found that her propellej peed was trial It was mast make 119 revolutions, per minute to enable her to, attain a upeed of 22 knots. Ow- Ing to unsatL-factory communication i between the engine and te roomi, , . , , ... .Vil jdue to a recent order of the a i ! TVnnrtmont that thp four fire rooms r " " - - be tightly sealed, t'.ie cruiser was not pushed to her limit and the greatest number of revolutions per minute was 117, which fell short of giving the re quired speed.- It la considered 'prob able, however, that on the four-hours' run at gea to-morrow which, after a slowdown for 6 hours, will be follow ed by a 24-hour run ending at Hamp ton Roads, the cruiser will better her required- speed. Selected coal was not used. There was very little vi bration and no accidents. SEVEN MEN' DROWNED. While Attempting to Cross River Wave Overturns Boat Drowning Seven of tlie Party of Nine Two Were Rescued Willi Great Dlfllcul-j orlttem come jn the chooslnj of the ty. ; . j men who shall be allowed to try Leavenworth, Kas., Jan. 8. As a' them, result ot the overturning of a skiff, The President declared that the containing nine men near Kiokapbo, 1 rfreat majority of the clerical em Kas., to-day. 7 men were drowned Inj ployes of the last two censuses were 'the Missouri river. - . The dead. . . FRANK HILL, leaves wife and six! children. -. RALPH HILL, water boy. CHARLES BAKER, leaves wife and 4 children. JOHN BAKER. ELMER HUNDLEY. tlROVKR HUNDLEY. UNKNOWN SWEDE. The men were employed by the Kansas Saturn Gas Company In con 8tructng pipe under the river and the accident while they were rowing to the Kap-Pis ide, preparatory to re turning to their homes. They had proceeded about a third of the way .across but the current and wind be ing swift the men decided to turn back.' In endeavoring to turn the boat a wave brhke over it, oiuing It to capsize and throwing the occupants into the water Two of the men were rescued by Ernest 8chwelter with great dldlculty. . None of the bodies has yet been recovered. -EXAMINATION OF WHITMORE. Evidence Brought Out In Examination of Whltniore I-eads Authorities to Believe That Another Man Is I11- ' iovl In, the lurder Mystery. Newark. N. J-. Jan. 6. Evidence unearthed In the case of Helena Whltmore, whose body was found in 'the Lampblack pond' near Harrison, NV J.. leads the police to-dy to the belfef that two men were Involved In the murder of the woman and that onef tho men naa a perieci anowi- of tho men naa a perieci anowi-i ? of the lonely neighborhood ! edg' where the boJy was found. Theo - dore--Whitmore, husband of . the swamp victim, was under a severe cxaminatibn all day and though fre quently giving -way to crying spells he stoutly "maintained that he knew nothing of his wife's murder. Whit more ha retained Alexander Simp son, of Jersey City, as counsel. The Brooklyn detectives - to-day closely questioned Harry Hrndrlekson who is held as a witness In the case. He declared that he had an engage, ment with Mrs. Whltmore on Christ mas night, but failed to, keep it, TO TEST PROHIBITION LAW. Announcement Made 'Tliat a Test of Georgia's Prohibition Iw. W III Be Made at Coming Term of Court. . Augusta, Oa., Jan. 8. Announce ment was made acre to-day that counsel has been employed to make a test of the constitutionality of the State prohibition law at the coming term of the city court, probably next week. A white man by the; name of Thomas Norrls was arrested In the tenderloin last night for selling bot tled, liquor, ln half-pint quantity, and when searched was found to have a quart on his person. He admitted the charge and It I state J will plead guilty and the. case be append to the Supreme Court -of the State . on the ground that he was exercising a constitutional right. Counsel of high legal standing In tne State have been retained. WANT I'OW F.RS PARDOXED. Chlcns of crgeto 11 Preparing an Address to the People Cullluj t'p-, . on Them to Petition the Governor to Pardon Caleb Powers. ' Georgetown. Ky., Jan. Cllbens of Georgetown irrespective of politi cal party affiliations are preparing an add res, to the people of Kentucky calling upon them to petition Gov ernor Wlllson to pardon Caleb Powers. This address will he accompanifd by petltioii which will be sent Into rdy. for circulation tomorrow. 1 Receivers I'or -Tllnlali Falls Rail- road. . Atlanta. ia. Jn. s. A special , Jun. 6. A special fr. rnrnelln. C,a . saw: ' every county in . Kemucay. ine com-, St. John, N. 11 Jan. I. Hope forj-'1 ' , pnysician. i.na in. - whch h atnt, ,n -cu-vocal mtrtee-ef- Geocawn..ftlze!5.s .at the ! the safety of tine Canadian Pacific chief rouble is gallstone. His gain ; ,rms ow doe n eon.'-re' with head of the movement is composed oq steamer" Mmirir'jrnj-ar'lim "' ' four Democrats, two of whom are e.-t this port from Antwerp, which has vtrv l0' ,n1 hn hd never llei '-first Governor Johnson b.i'evesT fenf-deraies. and 3 Republicans, f been gradually wunhig as Jay after to leave his bed. " i,n a tarllT reform that w!!5 g'vs to The addreW and petition are expected 1 day went by. without the receint of . The police continue 'lo give excel-! ai, .ii,isfrl sn Mni t-s.. rpon-.pphcstloh of H. .11. 'Dean, of j light, soTithwest of Ireland. Tile Ca-jH'- say that they are going to do ev.r Gainesville. Ga.. Judge- j. J. Klmsey, j nadlan I'acific offhlals. feel. , certain erythlnc In the world thev can t- shjt to-day appointed W. H. Krwln- and thut the tmr s'ghted Is the .Mount lout the blind tigers and they feel thai it. Adams tenriporsry receivers for the f Itoyat, nn.I the J.ike Maaitohi- h.as'lhey are strongty fca-cked by the po TaltMlah Fall. Railway Company. The ; been 'dispatched from Liverpcol. . U t lice Justice, who Is going t stnd t.f hesrinx will come up January 25th. ! o-lst her. fenders to the f.ublic rt.A.t- fur lort -It Is Mated' that Jha. -n.lebtedne' of t he rompatijr Is only atnut $2,000.) The ' Ta'luin-h Falls"- Railroad -; tends from Cornelia. Gs... north to Oft !anl , N. '., a distan.-e of nhout ii:h- -ii iieoM n i'ioownna i LOTH liUUSES BIXONYEME , ovr v ctrnrtT fcri;Tov Tin D 0:NLV SHORT SHSSIOXS HULD. Coinrross lteconvciies After Holiday lleeess and Alter Short Sessions liotU Houses Adjourn Out or H ct to Memory of Iite Senator .Xutilory l-reslUCiit I'rges Tliat Ad TrSufrM Help Aeedtxl in " -Taking-'.Next CctSsBT He Appofnted Arter ."lHuiprtlUve Kiamuiaiioii and lc nounces FatroiiiiKe- Sjskhh" tircat Majority of Employes of lJist 1o teusuMcH Far Below Average Ability and Only About 50 Per Cent. W ere Abie to Vans Cmiettilve Kx . aiuinaUoiis Urges larticii)utlon lu . Scientiltc Conarivss. Washington, -Jan. 6.r-Congress re convened to-day after the holiday re cess but both Houses adjourned until .to-morrow, after brief seAsions out of respect to the " memory of the late Senator Mallory, of Florida. The Senate was in session only four minutes and th House :or half an hour. In a message to the House to-day PresiJent Hoosevelt ured that in nrvnnrinr fiir lh work of taking t.ie next ceiuw, the -4,000 or more addi- tionaj employe needed be appointed 0Illy 'artef competitive examination ,v. cn-li-p com- UIIU 1 111(2 . m . l vt... - - - - - mission and strongly denounced tho "patronage ystem" of making tie appointments, aaylng that the civil service commission was fully capable of securing a most efficient force. The non-competitive examinations used in selecting tho force at Wash ington of the last two censuses, the President said. . served only "as a cloak to hide , the nakedness of the spoils system." Such examinations, he declared, were useless as checks upon patronage appointments. MOST COMPETENT NOT SECURED 'They prevent." he said, "the most i Incompetent from being appointed but they do not secure the appoint ment of the most competent and they afford no check upon political ap pointments." The President said It ,M ,d,e t(J ' tnat llc;i fJ h. ,.hr,imi.i examinations ss and fav .ar Deiow tne average anmiy, a mat suitisiics snow mm oniy aucLo rer cent, or in appircanw mio. employed In the last two censuses were oble to pass the competitive ex aminations under the civil service rules. , . "The taint of the spoils system," he eald, "will not merely Vi'imper and delay the economical and efficient tak ing of the census but will Impair the belief of the public in 1U honesty." Another - message from the Presi dent was read In the House urging participation by the government In the first Pan-Air" '"rlcaji scientific con gress to be hei j In '"Santiago. Chile, the first ten days of December. 1908. To provide for. a fitting representation the President urges a timely appro priation. The congress, he said, could not fail to be of great interest . and Importance to the governments and of ftM tne Amerlca republics Representative filemp, o mVi , , district, who s.: f the ninth ireceds his fat'.ier. the late Campbell Slemp, took the oath of ofllce to-day. XO CHANGE IX EMPLOYES. Chief Executive 'Officer ' Garrett An nounces That All Officials and Em ployes of the Seaboard Will Bo Con tinued In Their Prewcnt Position Full Statement of Road's Affairs Ready Fnr .Rccelvcrs. , Norfolk, Vs.. Jan. 6. From the of fire of W.' A Garreft. chief executive offlcer for the receivers of t'.ie Sea-! board Air Line Railway. It was to-dny announced that all oftlciMl and em pioyes ot tnp seatioard will be con-1 tlnucd In their present positions and ; ployes of thp Seaboard will be con- th4t the affairs of the roud will be contlnuej as heretofore. Mr. Our- rett and Receiver R. Lancaster Wil liams held a brief conference yester day. The first Joint visit hero by Receivers Williams and Warfleld is expected to be made this week. A fut statement of tho liabilities andj Assets of the Seaboard system Is ready for the receivers. Reeelver, Kccnrlty $5,000 Each. Philadelphia. Jan. 6. On the appli cation of counsel for tho Seaboard Air Line Railway Company Judge Mc pherson, In the United Slutes Circuit Court, appointed fl. Pavia' "Wnrflold, of Baltimore, and R. Iancaster Wil liams. . ancillary receivers to tak" elmrge of the road's property In this district. Security was fixed In the sum of $5,000 each. The ancillary receivership was the result of the filing in the tTnlted States Circuit .Court of this district, a bill In equity against ths Continen tal . Trust Company, of Bal timore, Md., trustee under the first mortgage mnde by the Seaboard Air Line Railway, by the attorneys of that road. The complaint Is prac tically Identical with the bin filed sev eral days ago In RichmonJ. Bond 1xt at $15,000 Ew-h In Bis. trlct of Columbia. Washington. Jan. 6. Chief Justice ClabauJth, of the Supreme Court of ' the District of Columbia, on the petl tlon of the Seabourd Air Line Railway to-tlay appointed S. Davis Wartield, of Baltimore, Ml., and ft. Lancaster Williams, of Richmond, Va., ancillary receivers for the company's property in the District of Columbia. T:ie re ceivers' a.fe authorized to take Imme diate posMc-Mslon of the company" property and continue to operate the road. Bon I was fixed at $15,000 each. MOIXT YtOYAL SIGHTED. Hope For Safely. of Cansdlnn Pacific Steamer Ilevlved by Report From IJvcr,-,! That She Has lice,, Sigh,, j int-IJig-nce. was revived to-fiight by a cable despatch from the liyerpool manager lo the head oflicials of the line announcing that a steamer re- semblin? the mlolng vesst-l. a ad been semb reported 2j0 miles w t of l ystnet The Mount Roy I i now thirty. d;iys ! V . v. . . """,r .V.': -rj frankly, and atated the phitt.irtn oit t fw a.dAa - i i inpti mat air itriinpr irnnn;. 1 out from Antwerp. She left,' Ant-, ItHwiJ. t;gers would find Raleigh a Very J wprp on. It-i ember 7t: for St.- Jhn.' di.rretx'ht "place- from Durham and.' lie a if if ''curries 304 imrfiigraats' and aUiiled that in the movgmentto ieep: large enrgo. Hh l hm-A flit steam-1 Ratt-lgh .11 riht the people v'e're"cer-j ri uui iinn u" e , i a ik -cupu u more TIIELIIARY MEN MEET OTXVEXTlbX HELP AT KALEIGH. The New Organization of the National, Guard of tlws Stat HoliV Us first Session In tlie Capital City C nip and Drill Matters Dlscuwcd Ciov ernor C.lriin IKdlvers an Address - Ihwtli Warrants For Two Men arc Signed by Uio Governor Railroad Men to lie Tried Thl Week Ik cause of Auburn Wreik. Another Insurance Company Chartered Xorth Carolina Wairln on Virginia to Ac-t in tike Rale Matter IW-rore Calling Legislature Other Raleigh News. ' Observer Bureau. . The Holleman- Building. Raleigh. Jan. . This afternoon the newly-formed I National Guard Association of this; State met in the hall of the House! of Representatives, C aptaln Norwood,) siding. Captain of Waynesvitle. -presid Barker, of Salisbury, la secretary, Canwtns Hobgood an . Robertson, vice presidents. This morning the executive committee had a meeting' to prepare a plan for -the Work. It Is slated that the design Is -to make n educational the- National Guard a Institution "and to develop It in the very best way. possible. " Tht associa tion has appointed a committee composed-; of General Armlleld, - Llouf. Col. J. VanB. Milts and MaJ. C. I. Harris, to call on the authorities of Morehead City and the Norfolk & Southern Railway to insist on com- Pllance with the contract reeling. the Drenanitlon of camp. A reso lutiori was Hdopted favoring a proper water supply, tub floors,- and a store house at Camp Glenn. The 'conven tion ratified the action ef the Inter State National Guard Association re ganling Federal appropriations and " b two the enlistments 'f L', eTtt'a.let.or"..."?.' o that the Federa government an atu,m,,t ,,y tn Bupporters of any call on this force to serve for m, vandWate 0 H:)r0Kste the two-thirds full remajnlng period of ll "k i rule vvould. If It faiftd. Jeopardize his ment Instead of only nine cause In the convention, and If tha Another resolution adopted urges the attempts were successful It would b payment of 50 centH. for each drill, -( on)y after a cnfilcl or sentiment not towxeeed 24 drills-a year. . I among the delegates end his candl- Governor Glenn was Invited to ad-, Jacy wouj gufrer from the memory, dress the convention and did so. He of ,t; therefore, we may assume thut deciured tl; guard to be one of the tne attempt will not be made, most honorable and necessary of all ..At ,ne present time ihere la no organizations and that It deserved r,A,on 0 doubt that Mr. Bryan will the heartiest support of all gd cltl- tne ieaiing pandldate for President eens. He said there has never been w,en the contention assembles, but a prouder time In his life than when the reaction against radical policies the North Carolina National Guard , growing stronger every day as a passed In review before him at tho result of the Industrial depression. Jamestown Exposition. I The greater the reaction against poll- A resolution was adopted express-1 rie1 which have Injured tuslnes and ing gratitude to the Governor for hi thrown men out of employment.the leM words and for his undevlating de- desirable as a presidential candidate votlon- to the best Interests of the will Mr. Bryan appear to thos who guard.. All the officers, were elected are idle through iio fault of their ahfl-st -11:30 to-night the convention I own. and to all thnee who feel th adjourned.' I Pinch of hard times. In 189 times At the Soldiers' Home one -of tho were hard enough to sutt any radl men In the hospital, C. V. Williams, eal candidate, but the better sense of died this morning after an Illness of the country prevailed and Mr. Bryan several months. Ba served in the was overwhelmingly (?reated. It is Forty-seventh Regl-nent. an wis therefore prebable that when the e-n-from this county. This Is the first, yentlon meets, not only will Mr. The number of deaths during 1907 was thlrty-twor Governor Glenn to-day Issued war rants for the execution, at Hurham, Ajr.,iAw n nthrto rntnrfl who strangled his wife, and at Marlon,' of Robert McDowell, who murdered J.l -'; ni nority. in tne .vw L Miller, baggage-master on a train,' England States. In New York, tn New February 20th being the date of both Jersey, In Pennsylvania, in Delaware executions ' j Hn1 ln 'M""ylnd, there :a a convlc- Qovernor Glenn offers a $S0 reward 'J"n, mong the thougntful and prac for Alexander Harman, who mur- tical Democrats that Mr. Bryan's darnel lleniaml Guv. ln W'ataumv eandliiacy would be hopeless. as county TRIAL OF RAILROAD MEN, Irf'Superlor Court here this week the ease against Engineer Rlppey and his conductor and two train dispatch- era of the southern Kaiiway, ior ai- Ieged contributory negligence ln caus- ing the fatal collision of freight and passenjxer irains near jvuourn lost August, comes up.' There are many passenjxer tfains near Auburn last witnesses This case went on from the finding of the coroner's Jury, and Is the first of the kind in this coun- ty, I'h.rU. Afllfholl vihn km th nrln. clpal witness against Bertha Brown, notorious tendeiioln woman ln tho - r8f,n Jn which who Is charged with evening -whiskey, died at his homo here lo-dny of appendicitis,. It Is stat- ed A charter Is granted the Hickory Insurance and Reality Company, -of Hickory, capital stock $30,UOO. This is another of the now numerous char tered insurance agencies which are so peculiar to this State, The first one granted a charter was at Elizabeth City, Mr. Mllllan applying for the charter. Nothing was heard "new lo-day In regard lo the possible extra session of tho Legislature. The Governor and Council of State seem to. be resting on t!wir ouxs, o to speak. " WAITINU ON VIRGINIA. It seems, from what can be -gathered, that North Carolina Is Just now WHiting on Vlrplnla to act on the rail way rate matter before the call for the extra session of the Legislature Is made. The corporation commission of Virginia Is to meet on the 10th Instant, It is learned, and take up-the matter of making the railway rate 2 1-2 cent. .Tho com mLn.lon in tlut State has verV great authority, more than Irr North Carolina, telng; In fa. t a court with very full powers, and so It will not be necessary for the Legis lature to act there. It seems that as soon as. Virginia acts North Carolina will be ready. Tennessee has fallen In line In making the rate and so has Georgia. South Carolina snd AUbam.i. Secretary Thomas K. Bruner.-of the State board of Agriculture, who has been sick since his return from Eu rope last Auscmt, but whose condition was thought to bo Improved, has had a relapse and of a serious character Yesterday -he had a severe chill, thia1"11 T l ? wrt n? k-i., ,u,-a , . i.ik r. kI willy-nub', to swallow. But neither being followed by a high fever, temperature going "to 105 degn Vour corrodent ha. ..ready mea- lent reports as to the condition of things here slice the closing of the dispensary. There U not a case of) drunkenness. ),ale!ghl almost al-, .. .1 . . ..... n,,td, an 1 y,,f,.r. .... I . . , ' ...w.j. JTI.-1. 1 now it Is holding the record. The po- terms. A police oiticer remarked than tai ni v ueiiinn i il e -po: in a n a e :i courag - : Ing them to U their utmost. THE P-BESS FOE J01LNS0N HE WOULD OITRUX" BRYAN. T1ie Governor of Minnesota U Belnjr ined uut With the Aeorusxsu EeadJng Paiiera of tlie North I- lare '1 liat He Would I(U More Votes Titan Uic Peerless One Wastiinirton Pout Calls Him "a IkcnxxrHt, pare and Cndetik-d" llo Would Apeaae the Conservative Jtauks and et Ably Lend tho l'ro (rtetvdve Movements Tlie New ork World. W hich Would Like to Supiiort the Democratic Candidate, Mrongly In Favor of Governor Johnson. ' BY If. E. C. BRYANT. Ob.-erver Eureau, Congress Hall Hotel,. Washington, Jan. Gyv. John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, l the coming man .of tha hur. His style ot iiemuLTucjr 13 vcie ...v out. with that of William Jennings Bryan and the advantage is iu. Old-line men like Harmon, of Ohio, and Gray, of Delaware, are not con sidered by the masses, but Governor Johnson is a favorite Mr. Bryan cannoi cnauenge nis .uruiui:i.. The Minnesota man Is a dyed-tn-rhe-wvI Democrat. The great papers of the country are interested in the Democratic contest. The New York Sun, a paper ' that VTator Tillman sa" he rea curate nt.wl,. reCently gave tl , KUmmlog up of the sltua reads for ac- the follow- u j n.',n . rmrE: . ' "In the Democratic national con vention that meets m Denver In July,. thTe will ba. 1.002 ueiegates, assum ing that all elected, or their alter nates, are present. No candidate In, nn conclusion, but his weakness SCiTTJiTidldnte will havs teen demon strafed by the.lorle of events. "In the East there is even now no demand for Mr. Bryan-s nomination. , except among the extreme- radicals. 1 .-cw Ol It IS BUII, and inexorably. the 'enemy's county,' and It would le fatuous t suppose tliat he could obtain any electoral votes In Connac. tlent or New Jit.v. Th. r.nii. date of an intelligent and robust op- position would doubtless command in the national convention the votes of all the' delegates from the States nameu, and tlielr total wduld be 247, uu iiir miai woiihi De zil or 60 short of one-tnird of the con veniion representation . Those SO would be made up by Texas 3) if It presented the name of j (,harles A. Culberson, and Virglnl ' 2I) If it proposed John W. Otiniel. The addition of 4 votes trom Ohio. off"" J"'!" Harmon as a candi- date, nd of 22 vuteirfroin Minnesota? i--im... w y. jonn a. jorrnson. wa''ul,,I?' ,m position strength t a deliberative temper, w ould turn i deaf ear to th? counsels of emplrla radicalism. The result --would prob. ably ho the tho select ;on of a candi date f ir President w hose Democracy ' could not.be assuilec. and who, whiia sMfe and sane, would be progressiva enough to attract the support of the reformers who had not parted alto gether, with their common sense. "In fact, the more his canvass ff the nomination is considered In the- light of events as they are shaping themselves, and the more the touch stone or the two-thirds rule Is ap plied to it, the more possible It ap pears that the Democratic party wilt reject Mr. Biynn and nominate a candidate who cn cnnimnnd. elector al votes n he Hast." The Washington Post, if Sunday. UQVERNOR JOHNSON'S PLAT-" FORM. "If the Democratic, pajt.ji.-4s siacera In lu desire to ' seek a "Democrat, pure and undented, to whom it can offer the leadership ut th parly, what fault can it lind with Governor Johnson, of Minnesota? That ablu executive.' of a single tftate is rapidly beooifiing a national figure througii the sheer force of his Democratic principles and good com-hion si-nse. Ytyit other man so completely em bodies In his own poi,tti-al views th modern principles of' the Donux-ratio par;y? In him there is no taint of populism, no tendency to demagogu ery, no Inclination- to din eti-adfastly to some particular pet lies. Is he a sort of political - bell buov f 'Vh7 aav-eV" He h i " Z c ' -, V. V, 1 . . 1 .- 1 . . , . 1 . Is iKenitH-ratic - principle.. oil 44 the jrf,.ar:y. . Next, ti teaves em- phaWly that the states aione. i h: 'Federal f-n,i .s.,j.i ,.-. t ' tr-0 power .to remedy tno corporate an, other abuses frorii which they. individually sutler, aaj that each State ought to have power to P'lTsh the coriioratlnns ofT-nii'ng with it own Tlsnes. The doctrine of yMt.es rights' was the" verv r?nt;k .on whi.-hi the party u.st nour :kj ' in Its V. fanev. "Furthermore. . he a JvfT :;;r and Inheritance taxes, and j--c: ag.iinst imp-r!.!i.!n. Vv'h ' H-trr.-T that plundering orparat oti-sr i '.!' - 1 o be -checked, th i ; a:-,j t l'fia'cr,u wcu't'EM OTta;&. ir. Me n 'uu.tiii i.fi.i-aj., f uiuii 17 usvs in me j s-v e.r. ' ' - ' " ' '.''.'" ' I
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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