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SITBSCRIPTION PRICE $8.00 A YEAR. . CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1908. ' PRICE FIVE CENTO. V HOT DEBATE IN CONGRESS BURLESON rAXD PAYNE SPEAK Congress Gvti 1 Hnvn to IU Old-Time Activity and During Five-Hour KcshIoii Transacts Mnoii Business of a IublliV Nature Mr. Littlcfleld' Attenint to Amend Hill to Codifr. vevine ana Anient! criminal ijiws tj tle United Mates F1U After -neuaior - - 7iiirlen- reditu Senator Foraker JmT ltlier Republican Willi Hav- ! lue expenauure or aooiii isu.wo.ooo In lug Charged President Willi He- proposed public buildings. If. 20 per poniblUiy of Recent Panic and a cent, of that total is appropriated dur ' ?'"BiI,,i5ll0'0l,p0B,fta the: present session, the people of . Washington, Jan. 10. -The House of Representatives to-day assumed ,... ' , . . . rumination oecreiay i r .... , , I This .atatement was made to-day by'wnilam Taft to-nlirht laced a New- its old-tim act vlty and for over', ., ,.i,i. . .""" n. lan n nigni wra a Jive" hours transacted business of a Chalrraan Bartholdt. of the House! york udlence. ret forth In detail his I,, - . rrBnsae'td4 bius'nes8 or a committee on public hjilldln and Mand or the pertinent question of tae public, nature. Material progress ground. . mmr-!ntereta and rights of labor was made with tho. bill to codify,! "Government revenues." he said "areand capital, and In turn ubmitteL io revise and amend tho criminal laws . - . . . . nr mn uiinea ciaius, wiucn wna ciunn i,;n whs unitt oi nuanciui Qiaiuroanoe ana had been disposed of.. An attempt commercial- depression. We fare a by Mr. Llttletleld, of Maine, to heavy deficit, 'it the close of the fiscal amend the bill so as to afford pro- year. Estimates . for runniug ex action to aliens In the matter of penses for the fiscal year ending June civil rights, failed by a decisive vote 30th, 1809, must be cut down, as the after Considerable discussion.. chairman of ' the appropriation com- The feature of the eeRsjon ws a brief address by Mr Burleson, of Texas, who credited Senator Foraker unH Atha. P.nnhHpa na wltVi Vtnvln. charged the President with the re- pponsibilitv for -the recent financial panic. THE ALDRICH BILL: The country had been on the'tip- toe of expectancy, he ald for a remedy.. Both senators Aldricft and Culberson had offered measures which he .presumed reflected in the first Instance "the 'will of the Re- publican party" and in the second priatkm of about $10,000,000 for public When Charles fc'prague Smith, who j.rluoner and his wife had an earn wt !" company or other common car Instance "the Democratic view" of grounds nd buildings throughout the' pieslded. suggested that three cheers flVo minutes' talk after the last Juror Tiers to transport any spirituous- llq- the measures which should be enacted Into law. . It waa a matter of par- lar concerts he maintained, ticu . , VIII 1 ( whether elther'of these bills iegls- lated for a special class or whether they were In N the interest of all the people, iie sent to tne. aeK ana nan icnu cuuuimi Mum io icw York World of yesterday eontajnlng criticisms of tho Aldrich bill, and In doing so prefaced his action with the- remark that The World had been a Democratic paper but was now In- dependent A lively colloquy ensued between Mr. Burleson and Mr. Paype, of .New York, the Republi- can floor leader, who Inquired if Mr. Burleson was reading ..out of the Democratic party 'all papers and Democrats "who have a sneaking notion that there may be more than ono man In tho Democratic party of sufficient character ana ability to be its i.ndidi for th nresidenrv at the next election." "Not by any means," shcruted Mr. Burleson. -He said It did not rest with 'him to- read metropolitan or weekly Journals out of the Demo rat!c party. On the contrary, there had been a disposition by Republican leaders to. read out of the Republi can party papers that have not ap proved of the Repubjiean platform and policies advocated ty President Roosevelt. "Isn't it the leading offense If The - New York World , proclaims dally and boldly that there are other gentlemen In tho Democratic party than the one peerless leader,' who are competent and able to fill the President's chair?" Mr. Fayne In quired. , . "If It does," replied Mr. Burleson, "it only states a fact." RESPONSIBLK TO THE PEOTLE. Mr. Burleson . declared that al rilKKntlRrafttlnn with th. At.ii-i,-v Mil and had offered many amendments. Then, raising his voice to a high pitch and '-facing the Republican nlde, he said: "You aredirectly re- Fponslble to the people. You are the direct representatives of the people and will be amonable to them for your conduct in connection with these measures in the fall elections Ho predicted that it would develop . . . . .., 1 . . . . . inui oppusmion in mc mouse 10 me Aldrich bill Is greater than In the Senate. The incident was then rlnl The bill extending to January 1st,, 1910,-the time allowed militia com- panles in which to. conform their organisation, armament and dls- clpline to that prescribed for the regular forces of the United States wa passed. ' " sented a petition from the army and navy union praying for the enact-: tnent of the Dlck-Capron army and, navy pay increase bills, which pro-i pose Increases of from 10 to 25 per cent In -the pay of the officers and men of the array." navy, marine corps and revenue cutter service. ln an exhaustive explanation of the bill to codify, revise and amend ership proceedings against the South the penal laws, Mr. Moon, of crn jtailway. General Counsel Thorn. Pennsylvania, chairman of th com- 0f tbat road, to-day denied any knowl rolttee on revision of the laws, eijge cf anjr such ' proposed action, stated the need of the revision pro- president Flnley. of the road. Is at posed la response to what he said his home, but It was stated at his of was an Insistent demand from the nce that nothing was known there re public at Jarge and from Congress. Rarding the matter. First Vice Prea- inero nan oeen no revision, n saia. since 1871 and more general laws had been enacted since then than had beenput on .the'atute book from the time of the formation of the government up to that year. CONSPIRACY BILL UP. An amendment by -Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, to Section 19 of Chapter fr the report but pointed to the re S of the bill relating to ronsnlrai-ies' rent receivership proceedings of the to Injure eftitens in their civil tights so as to Include aliens, aroused con- slderable debate, Mr. Littlefield said there was no reason why an alien in this country, who was behaving Jilmself, should not have the protec tion of all the criminal statutes,, the "me" as citizens, and-several mem , ers agreed with him, but Mr. Wat- ains. of Louisiana, a member of the committee, protested on the ground that the bill did not make new law Sr-clal to Tho Observer, but only revised the laws already In Burlington, Jan." 10. To-day the existence. Mr. DeArmond. of Mis- third forged check for 125 made pay sourl. likewise opposed the amend- "hie to A. Linrwrt. drawn on the ment.- j Whitehead Hosiery Mills blank check Mr. Sherley. of Kentucky. belieTed as did Mr. Watklns. but'he- had rovered he nermit In a uuni. ,m It was a matter of history? he salj: that the United States had been greatly embarrassed In the past .In Louisiana, California and elsewhere, where attacks, had been made on foreigners and Ibe government had " : " - -'i y lack cf law to enable it to uphold oeen nnminaiea on account of a It treaty obligations with foreign countries. - The Hmise. adjourned at 6:12 p. m. until to-morrow. af,er effom had been made by the Iem'crHts to continue consideration 'of the cods REVENUES FALLING SnORT. Chairman Barthofdt Kay Government lie venue Are Falling Short at the lUte of f 1,000,000 a Month Slxtl e h Congress Has Bills For the Fx penditure of 180,000,000 in Public jjuildlugs. Washington, Jan 10. "The Sixtieth i-ougrees nas oeen in actual session only a few days, and more than 600 vm- j . . . . u1B nircauy na-vc Deen iniroaucea ror ,. m " country may consider- themselvesxjrnatdtefr--the Republican presl-j l'"""K Bn"rt fl.lne rai or aoout t. - tuu.uwa monm, aue to ttie curtailment ... i i i. , :. . . ' 7 7 ' mlttee pointed out recently, and original legislation such a. bills pro,'"nc" V " lne wa's ln "?lJ tirinlna- ihn erection of Tmhllp hiiiMina Bn A lha riii)iiua r . f miKII.. .miii,a 0,.uPU..bI1.e,-5r5"n. must be belt i ravernmenf balanca It is true that government bajaoe.. sheets show a handsome surplus of something .ike J50,000,000. but It niustl be remembereit that a rreat deal of that money is distributed among the stlonal. bank8 and tlnat they are not Ht this time In a position to hand it over. . "The 600 odd bills that have been In troduced thus far, call for the appro country, ana approximately sto.wu.uuo foP tne Hme purpose ln the District of. Columbia., where there exist such . - crying needs, for instance, as a safe building or the archives of the govv ernment which, now are scattered about all over the city in such peril es y ouia iu.ib xi.e ijaiiuii vnai cuiui- ra'ssment if they should be destroyed." Chairman Bartholdt organized his comrnittee to-day by the appoint-. ment of various sub-committees. All bills for the purchase of grounds for the erection ot public buildings in Alabama, Georgia anj Louisiana will be passed upon by h sub-committee of (which Represnetative Burleigh, of M'line, Js chairman; Florida, South taroilna -ana lexa. itepreseniauve Howell, of isew jersey; ArKansas, Tennessee and West Virginia, Rcpre- eentatlve Conner, of Jw": Kentucky, " tentative Rodenburg, of Illinois, REFUSES TO ALTER ORDER. Justice Cionltl Overrules Motion Mado by American Federation of Labor Ui Amend Court's Order In Case of Buck .Stove and Range Com pany, Rettntly Placed' on Boycott and Unfair -List.? - W'aehlngton, Jan. 10. Justice Gould, of tho Supreme Court of the tary pointed out the , dependence one nt.i..f r rninmhii iiviavi n.r.iPon the other of capital and labor. ru,ed a rootlon made by the Ameri- can Federation Of Labor to- amend tha , i hn raA nf 11,0 guc stove and Range Company, of St. Louis, ln which the court recently temporarily, enjoined the federation from placing the company on a boy cott and unfair list in the federa tion's publication. The case Involved the right of labor organizations to boveott. The motion of the federa- 1 tlon contended that tho order was because It was made to run until the final decree In thel s inste&d of until the further order of the court; because it may he construed to enjoin the de- fondants from uniting to" agree not to patronize plaintiff's products, or construed to prevent the defendants "and their associates from saying to others that they had united and combined not to patronize such products, or construed to enjoin their nnn..nAin that thv hart rnmhln.(1 """"'""'is - . . . i not to deal with others "who should , The motion I deal with the company order also contended tnat me abridges freedom of speech of all the defendant-), and freedom of . the press "which Is protected by the first amendment to the constitution of the United States. The court decided that It would not alter the order in any way. DENIES RECEIVERSHIP RUMOR . . General Counsel TI10111, of Southern luuwujr, mih-s jtuin.-m inwi. ership Proceedings For Ills Road Failure or seauoara .stay nave in spired Rumor. - Washington.' Jan. 10. In reply to tnaulrles regarding rumors of receiv- i,iPnt Andrews declined to see news- paper men, referring them to Mr. Thorn. Mr. Thorn sand It could be gtateJ on hi authority that he knew nothing whatever of any such pro ceeding now or contemplated and that it w as the first he had heard of It. He said that he couldnot account tVaboard Air Line and suggested that av have Inspired an idea that that m there might be other roads l.r.to receivership. brought A THIRD FORGED CHECK. Was Made Payable lo A. Unnert Smallpox i" Alamance Brought' v,,ni West Vlrirlnla For Interment In Orange County wa CXtsenten to ine mill winners nere for payment, the first endorse- nwmi .linyA-muii , H'anJ. Va man. The two fwrner checks presented were for similar amounts and were alike except as to numbers.'1 t ' " ' Sfveral csj of errwllpox have been reported rerenlly from the Brick Church neighborhood. . about eight miles west ot isuriiBKion. two new- cns having been reported yesterday. miles west of Burllnston, two new The bo.1v of Mr. Henry Thompson ws brought here t-oday from lilue fiid. W. Va.. and "buried In 'Orange countys Mr. Thompson died at the ripe age if 84 rar. He wis the fUier of Mrs. John Plckard, of this city. r, ' TAFT ON LABOR QUESTION EIGHTS LABOR ANT CAPITAL Secretary uif War William ' IL Taft lacos Aud?nc at .People's Insti tute and Set Forth Ilia Stand on Relative Rights of Capital and La , bor Cooper Union Crowded to lto Canacitv anil l'ill- Are Called to Clear the Walks in Front of Uie I For tire Next President" Signal For ' XoUty Ovation Capital and .Labor Dependent Otic t'oii tl e Other, New York. Jan., 10. For th first t'ma inif h hrrama a. rpoornlzeJ ;a rapid tire attack from the audience. ; which quizzed him keenly and in a - . ; milieu iruvr rssjn i cuiiil, at- crrdlng to the practice of the Peopte'H institute, wnose guest , ne was. me eecreiary provea cquauy enecuve 111 attack and defense Not less than 2,000 persons,, Its ca pacity, had crowded into Cooprr Vnion. when- police reserves were dl . : . . . e buiidin. where a thousand 6r .n.Pi As the Secretarv oY'War made his more through the throng a shout of , 1 nre enters ror me next rresiaeni, "ignat ior a noisy ovsn . continued until Mr. Taft bow- acknow ledgments from the platform People' Institute audiences usua'ly bring together Intellectual leaders in all walks ef life end to-night's gath- crlng was a typical one. At least- a third of the auditors was women, De given for the speaker, the demon - stration continued for three or four! i r.mup kftrr referring in m.K 1 J - - -- - ...... . . - r, ... .... ..( complimentary terms to his record ns a Cabinet oftlcer and the good Influence exerted by lili trip abroad, Mr. Smllh; Ktd that, he was proud tn Introdutc tr e Secrctarv of tia ''lVy ' ,.,. i,ian.n.-ir ' MK- o-"S AiisiAivr.. When the laughter, hegun by the Secretary himself and Joined In by the audience, had dird away, Mr. Talt paid playfully that he wished It un- Jerstpod that he was the head of what he, at least, considered the more important department. j. ifa W(UJ reminded, he added,' of a story told ny the President. Mr. Roosevelt once attended -a pubiid meeting in the West, ut which the chairman spoke most falteringiy of the speaker he presented. This chair man aid: "T'take pleasure ln Intro ducing to you a 'man known from California to Maine; from Canada to Mexico, who has known what It is to be on the firing line who has smelled gunpowder the Hon. - M?. Here the chairman hepltated. embarrassed for a jmoment, then' turning to . the Ktiest of the evening 'asked; . "What, la your name, please?" In his prepared address the Secre- He declared that great aggregations of ln properiy empiuyau widened th field of labor and were to be" wel- corned, while wealth Improperly used was to be condemned." He advocated unionism ln so far. as sympathy and 1 the resultant co-nperatlon- made for the common good. CARRIFD TO HOSPITAL. Mr. Oeorge A. W'srllok . rf Newton, to Take an Operation For ApprndicltiH "Mr. M. M. Sinyro Returns From the West With a Ilrld. Special to The Observer. Newton, Jan. 10 Mr. George A. Warlick, one of Newton's leading bus iness men, was taken to the Whlte- head-Stokes Sanltorium this morning to be operated on for appendicitis. Mr. Warlick was taken with the dis ease Monday and Dr. Stokes . wis called from Salisbury Tuesday in con- itaf Inn with Drs u't"f .11 Campbell ana Everhart, and they agreed In their diagnosis and rather urged an opera tion, nut Mr. warucK mougnt ne would risk, recovery without one. As he did not Improve, Dr. Campbell ac companied him to this hospital to-day. Mr. Warlick has a large number of friends, who, are anxiously awaiting the result of the operation and sin cerely hope to soon see him well and strong again. This la the second case of appendicitis taken to the Stokes hospital within a week, as Mr. Rob ert la. Wilson left Tuesday to-be op erated on. Newj'recelved from there this morning states that Mr. Wilson will undergo an operation to-morrow, but that he Is very much Improved. A party consisting of Meters. John E. Setzer. R. D. Rufty. A. 8. Fowler and Ed Fowler Is spending this week In Phoenix, New Havover county, hunting foxes. " . 1 Mr. M. M. Smyre has returned this week with his bride from her Western home. On January 2d In Indianapolis, lnd.. he married Miss Bessie Sigmau M' a-. .Inln - 1.. ... .... years past has made ner nome in that , citv, ' Mr. and Mm P. O. Carpenter, of Newton, are spending a few days In Charlotte. ' . Negroes Not A'lowed to Vote la Pro hibition Election. Shreveport, La., Jan. 10. The ne groes of Shreveport and Caddo parish 'were notified to-day by both the pro hibltlonlsts and anti-prohibitionists that they trill not be allowed to vote In the election next Tuesday on the liquor, question. Recently several thousand negroes adopted a resolu-, pledging to support prohibition. The warnings to-day, followed a .conference of attornej-s for both sides In tne-proninnion coniesx. Four Firemen Burned to Death ln New York Fire. , New York. Jan. 10. Four firemen went to their deaths to-night when ther responded to a fire that ruined the - Parker Pullding. a 12-story Dusmess siruciuro wupjinx mo j,U(Ck b4.tween East Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets on Fourtn avenue. The monetary loss was estimated to night" at $1,600,000. .' AppIhatIon For Recelverslilp. . New Orleans, Jan. 10. Application far" a' receivership of the Adler We'nberge.r Steamship Company was mf,e here to-day by Mrs. Mathilda Kaufman., a stockholder. The corn- puny ia-capitalixed at J1.0OO.000 and owns two steamers, the Nicarsgui ; the nrlzt-s and the fund rn t in and the Venus, TSJud at ' about i-rrwsed by H0.by popular iubscrlp 1150,000 each. "" itlcn. SECOND JURY CUMPLETEO ADJOVRXMEVT FXTILi MONDAY After Five-Day Session Second Jury to Try Harry Thaw For the Slurder of Stanford White Hatt Be?n Com pleted Adjournment Taken I'nill Slouday When l"tecutlon Will Present Its Casw AfrainM Defendant Attorney Garvin Will Wake the Oix-ninir Statement For the Proie- cutlon and Martin IJttJelon For the! Vefeiie Tliavy- and -1 Us- W lfcr- Are f Fji'tlr?ly Katlslled With the Jury . Jurfga Iovvling Annoumfn Tliat Tvo KevsiOita Will Be Held Fjh Ii Day 1Lst of the Jurors. New York," Jan. 10.- The' second Jury to try Harry K. Thaw .for the killing of Stanford White was com pleted late to-day and on, Monday morning ,th prosecution will present Its direct ca.ie against the defendant. Five Jurors In all were accepted and sworn In In the morning and after' noon sessions. held to-day. As .' whole the Jury is made, up of Intelligent business men. moM of whom are at middle age or over. When the panel had finally been completed after many vexatious delays, and after, tne i exercise rf 1 neremntorv rhallencoS bV ,no defense and 20 by the people i Thaw announced that he was entirely hv the defense "and 20 hv' the neoole tlfled and In fact well pleased with .m"; ""!,-..," aldenC I ". tZ nrZt Ion that Vff ,haJ3u,ror",,vl,th ,th? k"enei-t l,)re1 ed -mso declared that she was well sat- lified. THAW PLEASED. "Thev are much, nicer ttisn the men elpptprt last -enr." she said as court adlourne.1. and Thaw exclaimed that i he echoed his wife's sentiments. The - had been sworn r.cys were conferring as to the ap-' i. hinv. ,.111 ivilillllll, I ll . V viiiiii..diuii 11 1 ' V 1 ni.. h Pnt to Pittsbure to take the testi- mony of Mrs. W'illlam Thaw, the mother .who Is still too 111 to come to New York. The Jury a finally completed stands as follow s: . . . I 1. Charles F. Grrfnmels, ship' hrnkor fnremnn 2. Arthur R. Naethrng, employing taker. " i. George W.- Cary, dry goods. . 4. George C. Rupprecht, salesman. LE. John II. Holbcrt, mineral wa ters. . David E. Arrow-smith, manager. 7. William F. Dollttle, auditor's clerk. 8. -Wllliam II. McIIugh, clerk. 9. Frank J. Howell, manufacturer. r lb. William Burck. assistant sec retary, Y. M. C. A. 11. Francis Dovale, real estate. 12, James A. Hooper,, meats and provisions. ' The new jurors selected to-day were. Messrs. McHugh. Howell, Burck, Do- vaL and Mnnnor Tl 1at tvn aenta in the Jury box were especially hard commoner clay, butt In. The follow to fill and 'a number of taletmen were Ing resolution was introduced In the najw.l temnorarllv Into these daces House- Wednesday by Mr. George E. onlv to he excused In a few minutes I by challenges from both defense and prosecution. TWO SESSIONS EACH DAY. Justice-Dowllng announced at the beginning of to-day's sessions, that beginning with Monday, the court hours would be from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. Af terwarda nt the request of the attor neys, he fixed the 'hour of adjourn ment at 5 p. m.. Instead of 6. Assistant District Attorney Oarvin will make the opening statement for the prosecution as he did at the first trial. He will not consume more than 10 minutes and It is said that the State's direct witnesses will not occupy' more than 2 hours. The defense will open Monday afternoon, Martin W. Littleton. Thaw's new chief counsel making the opening statement. Moses Marks Bound to Court For Em bezzlement. Special to -The Observer. Winston-Salem, Jan. 10. Mr. B. S. Womble, Junior member of the law firm of Blair & Womble, and Mr. L. M. Swlnk returned yesterday morning from Pilot Mountain, where on Wed nesday they appeared ln the case against Moses Marks, a merchant of this city, charged with embezzle ment of $375 from L, Levy while tHe defendant was ln charge of the pros ecutor's business at Pilot Mountain some time last summer. Mr. Wom ble represented the defendant and Mr. Swink and Mr. "Virgil E. Holcomb. of Mount Airy, appeared for the pros ecution. The hearing was held before 'Squire J. 0. Key and consumed a half a day. j After hearing the evidence the court decided that there was jjroD- able cause and held the defendant to the February term ot Surry County ; Superior Court, his bond being fixed, at $1,000, which he gave. rour ...n " ivmn.peu 7 Planter. j mew linearis, ua.., jan. iu. i ne n . . 1 ai .... j r f - in.m.i u n"""r'u , 1 lu-meni inai iour imiian mmiiin, niimherin ahout ? tiemnns. have been apparently kidnaped by some ble utterance." U the Hon. Jonah Ku planter living near Taltlulah. The hlo Kalanianaole, of Walklkl. of Uie Italians, who were Imroigrants, came district of Honolulu, of the Island of here from New York en route for Oahu. He Is the territorial delegate Girard, La., where employment had from Hawaii. been secured for them. At Taltlulah.' "He has royarblood In his veins. Is a man giving the same name as the cousin to the late King Kalakaua and Girard planter boarded the train Queen LllluokalanI, monarchs of the and persuaded the Italians to fol- then kingdom or Hawaii, and nephew follow him, since wnen tney nave not been heard from. Ho far as the State Immigration league knows the Italians have not been mistreated. Will Foster Sentenced to Be Hanged 'February 7th. Spfdat to The Observer. - Ppartanburg, S. C, Jan. 10. Will Foster, convicted of murdering John Yjung. an aged white man. was to day sentenced by Judge Gary to be hanged February 7th . Foster re ceived bis sentence with Indifference. When asked why sentence of death ,houlJ not be pronounced, he made no response. The killing or Toung was one of the most brutal that ever occurred In this county. Salisbury. Trying to tic I Firemen's 1 Tournament. . frpedal to The Olwrvrr. Salisbury, Jan. 10. The firemen of Salisbury are trylnT to get the Plate tournament for 1101,- no place fur holding it having yeibe en select ed. Eleven patriotic citlxroa have put-up enough money to' guarantee; LIQUOR BILL INTRODUCED TO PIlOTECr "DRY TERRITORY . . " Svniiu.il,v V,r ltuittlaiut Iiitrodui-ed -Dr. XmcIi Miliee Point Out Ha wall's Deleicate Aiinual-ltcport of becrctary Taft. .N BY II. E.JC. BRYANT. ' Observer Bureau. Conpresw . Hall Hotel, Washington, Jan. 10. Some of the North .Carolina Con gressmen are not taking kindly Gov ernor Glenn's suggestions about voting fcr certain liquor bi'ls. They feel tint ho is trying to run both ends of the 7. 6 that If he , wrote him ho would tell him a thing or two. v The Repre- sentative In mlnj says that he real- .u.. v. .r p)e of nls district ntt not to C.ie (jovernor "TZl Mr Webb pf tne nlnth district. !n- ixWRresanian r . we 00 strength of the regular army was I.-PropoM-d In tho House of Kejre9en-i 750 offlcer, ,,, 60 190 enilsid men. tative the Fnactnient of a Law M t t j f 8, 940 jBtrlbuted as fol- ProhlhltUieTraifiortatlon by Com- jj: 4 0 ' moil Carriers of Uquor From One- -. ol,,. rn i ?? Mate into Prohibition Tcrrl:ory of tJvlJumted BUU' i Another Some Tar Heel Omgress- ln .he j.fltn'pVnes '. fos '12.WI men Not Taking Kindly to tavern- in Porto Woo 8 4,11 or (ileim'w Juggr.lon a to Voting In Cuba 1 2TH i.iy; HexoluUon -of In Hawaii 12 19o troduce1 to-day the following bill. to;prt ,hft maximum authorised strength rronlDlt tne hlpment of liquor rrom .one State to prohibition territory of another, which he showed to Mr. tlefield, of Maine, and Judge Clayton. of Alabama, two of the leading law yers of the House, from whom ho got favorable opinions: . "Be It enacted that It shall be un- law ful for any railroad company, ex deliver same in territory of the latter State, wher the sale and manufac- - -- -- . ture of sucsf liquors is prohibited m "aid territory by the laws of the State wherein said territory Is. . Any common carrier, violating inn provisions of this act shall be guilty of a mUdemeanor and upon conviction therefor Bhall be fined not less than !1QU nor more than Xrf.OOO in me Jurisdiction of the court" This bill goes further than the llep-burn-Dolliver bill That liquor legis lation will be considered seriously this session of Congress there ts no doubt. The popular wave has struck -Washington. Among the visitors Here to-day are Dr. and Mrs. Henry T. Bahnson, of W'lnston-Salcm; George Boyd, of Charlotte, and R. R. Boydi of Ral eigh. ' Mr. Small, of the first district, has introduced a bill in the House, asking that the fund for a Federal building in his town, Washington, be for $130. 000 Instead of 175,000. All sorts of bills are Introduced. I Ongressmen, IS Weil SS p?rOnS Ul Waldo, of New York : MI AlfA'l 11 x run ltUfBlA.. "Resolved, That the heroic struggl"" of. the Russlon people'for a free gov ernment under a parliament and writ ten constitution are, In the Judgment of the House of Representatives, en titled to the warmest sympathy and respect of the American WeoJtle and government, as well as bw reason of the virtues and courage which thoy have exhibited-as of. thfl. II sufferings which they have endurcaj n "Resolved, That this lliusk); deeply sympathizes with those i; MieWipers of the Russian douma whoHTjiaio exer cised the usual parliamerttAryl fight of freedom of speech 14 th ifietlngs of their parliamentary 1 bodly and who nave as a consequence iPfen wepienceu to suffer severe punishments and Im prisonment; and be It further1 "Resolved, That the corntWlUce on foreign affairs be Instructed ko Inquire Into the expediency of requesting the President of the United States to In tercede with the government) of Rus sia, either through a special minister of the United States pr through Cie present minister accredited ! to that court, for the liberation of the mem bers of the Russian Jouma j now In prison or under duress j wltliln that country, with a tender t therh of the United States as an asylum, and pro viding. If necessary, for their Imme diate removal here." It Is conceded that M Waldo Is hitting at the right place. hut some II ' may doubt his wisdom. HAWAII'S DELEGATE. While watching the members of the House select their rooms In the new office building yesteraayimy eye irum voriiurauwus n iw was mini fell upon a dark, swarthy, well-j duced to-day by Representative llull. dressed, fat-faced man on the back of Tennessee. The resolution pro-j r,r iv,. nnuhtlan aide At flrat. vldes for th appointment of an in- 1 ti.nl! th. man to ha a srood-looklns: ngro but. on making,, closer exam- inatlon. I discovered that he was one; of Uncle Sam's new subjects. Dr. i Zach McGhee, of The Columbia State.! "7 . " t on on the fact, con- reau of nf't'on the 5.0"', . ... ------ . r I is An him to Mtt m m T&i 211. - V,V'r; x,,r.heV n.in M. ...... - fascinating moutn ror a aeep ana no- or wueen Kapioiani, ronton oi naia erefft'ed nrlnce bv royal n 1881 1. kaua. He was proclamation ln "Mr. Kalanianaole I, a Republican. ' having defeated E. B. McClanahan. Democftit. and Charles Notley, home ruler. "His face Is .attractive lo look upon " . SECRETARY TAFTS REPORT. Secretary Taft. of the Wsr De partment of the United States, hss Is sued his annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1907. The following facts are Interesting to the average American: "On the-12th of December,. 1J08, the date of the last annual report. the army of the -United States, sc- cording to the latest reports whfc'.t have been received from the military departments tOetober I5th. 1 04 ). consisted of 3,709 officers and 54,859 enlisted men, a total of 58.168. , In additlon there were In the service 3. 177 men of th hospital corps, exclud ed by the act of March. 1st. MSi', from etasiiliat-n as part of the en I'.stsJ force of.the srrny. There we also lr the service 25 officers and 554 enlisted men of the Porto Rico reg-,to Iment and XII officers and 5.01S enlist ed men of the Philippine scouts. "At the date of the last reports re ceived from the military department 4 - 1 rL 1 IA? K a aMuaT 1 w luurr lam. a v i t , -" . 'roops en route and ofrtcers at other foreign stations.... M i.vi The total Is: Officers' i,"50; enlist ed men, 60,130. ; "This la a total decrease of the regular army during the year of 4, 428. - "These figures do not Include J.400 men of the hospital corps, who, un der the act of March" 1st, 1&87 are not-to be counted as part of the en listed strength, of the regular army. ."There were also In the service 24 officers and 67! enlisted . men of the Porto Rico, regiment and III officers and 4.848 enlisted men of the Philip pine scouts. This Is a net Increase of 17 in the Porto Rico regiment and a net decrease of .687 ln the Philippine scouts. "Including the hospital corps, Porto Rico regiment and Philippine scouts with the regular army, there was a total net decrease from last year - of 4.855. - , At the date of the last annual re- of thfl regular army (exclusive of th - noplta, corp8) a provided by law Lit-Lnd flxe(1 by executive order made in pursuance of law, was 3,889 officers and 12,48 enlisted men. "The present authorized maximum strength is J,97 officers and. 69,861 enlisted men. This increase of. 128 officers and 7.372 enlisted men results In the main from the provisions of the set of Congress approved January S5th, 1907. providing for reorganis ing and Increasing the efficiency of the artillery arm of the service.- "This statement of the present au thorized strength does not Include the SI officers and 674, enlisted men In the Porto Rico provisional regiment, the 116 officers and 6,208 enlisted men of the Philippine scouts, nor the' hos pital corps, which has an average strength of about 3,300 men. Under the law the hospital corps Is not to be counted as part of the enllstrd strength of the army." FIVE KILLED IV WRECK. Passonircr ami Logging Train Collide on Autbmim & Mlwls Jpp! Hailroud, Killing live aiitl Serlouwly Injuring! Two Wreck Occurred on TrcMle ut Sharp llcnil. , Mobile, Ala., Jan. 10. A special trom vinegar Bend, Ala., tells of a disastrous wreck en tae Alabama & Mississippi Rnllrond to-day, caused by a head-on collision between a passen ger train and a logging train. Five persons "were killed outrlght-and t- were, seriously Injured. -The dead are: W. B.' PAIXE, merchant, . Vinegar Bond. . CHARLES C. BUSBEE, a section foreman. ' - THREE NEGROES, names unknown. The list of Injured Is as follows: Frank Marks, engineer ot the pas senger train, will die. Henry Hall, fireman of the passen ger train. seriously Injured. Several" negroes, slightly injured, Twelve, miles west of. Vinegar Ben.t the road turns sharply' and the great er portion of this curve Is' made up of trestltr.g that spans a ravlro and a small brpok ut the bottom. Running at air speed, tho passenger train took the curve ' and trestle Just as an ex tra freight-twin came Into view on the opposite end. Before Engineer Marks could bring his train to a stop both trains met head-on In the cen tre of the trestle. ' Simultaneously with the collision the trestle gave way and t-oth engln-vt and trains fell to the bottom of the ravine. On the logging train were a number of convicts. CA M PA IG.V CO TRI 11 UTIO XS. Itcprcsentatlve Hull Introduce Res olution to Subject Democrat anil Republican to Scni lny of Houe to Ietermlne Whether They Ac tvptrol Campaign 1'uiuU From Cor porations. Washington, Jan. 10. A resolution designed to subject the Republicans and Democratic parties to the scru tiny of the House of Representatives to determine whether they solicited or accepted campaign contributions vesicating committee to consist of .r1"': . uZll " """"A, -"X" " 'I 'a , ...JI, ' , rectly, shall ascertain the names of the P0"111 organizations that ben- efited thereby, the nam-, of the corporations cnnirjDunng, the amounts contributed ancr any agrree- mem or unoersianmnr expressed or Implied, that may have ben entered Into elatlvety. PAHKUR ON THE PANIC. Juilge Parker Addresses N'mt York Ifctnocrat on Itecenl "CrcHt Panic. o Kingston. N. Y.. Jan. 10. Before an assemblage Of 80 associates Of his! nom eounty of Ulster, former Chief j JrfJf - A',n I'urker. of the Court Ji. r ".r ' ! of th' ca( of the recent "creJitithey unconsciously followed him. not panic" and of what he considered the! only In his Instructions, but ln his dangers of putting "untutored ld.l- life's examples. The name of Pr. b-m" In charra of the nation's affairs. Ahernethy will be i.onorej and rever The occasion was ..Unner given by'l bv the reoPle of Nortn Caro.lua four score or more Ulster county i fr "ll tln,e o come. ivmnrnif. at whirl, Jii i P.,L- ei This occasion marks an interesting was the auest of honor. - riorida Xeiroes WorLlns- ror For norirta negroes , working ror For- . . . Jacksonville. Fla.. Jan. 10 An or- ganlxe dmovement among the Re- publican negroes of this State in favor of J. B- Foraker for President, has Just come to light It U the purpose of those Interested In the movement to capture the State lie- publican convention., which will be held In St. Augustine Feburary 6th. desplte the earnest efforts of the ties of our young men ana women, a? office holding Republicans who are kcW a the encouragement of th working for Taft. A telegram re-1 who are ndea-.-rg to a'c.ir -' eelvej here to-night from Fernsn- tomethi.ir before life's truK.its arc dlna announced that that county .-ended. The j vun? ntcn or tnis i.i-::-wlll send a soll-l Foraker delegation 1 tutum ' are net oniv enef:t-,i by i- the state crcntkn. NEW LIBRARY DEl'ICATLD JUDGE PRJTCIIAIU THE ORATOIi The Hand.otne Buildhig Prewented to the Town of Rutlm-ford Collcse 1T Mr. Andrew Cnrnegle Iediat-1 YcteUy With Appropriate 1 vcr clseH.'tlie Day Marking an Fs-I - in Uie History of the Town Unit ed States Jurie Priubard, of Ahelilv Di'livers the Adilrcw. Speaking or - tho Opportunl lea of the Young Men of North. Carolina Ttio Donor's Life Held Up as a G'kkI -Example to . Follow Voung Men l'rgel Not to Ieave the State. Special to Tiie Observer. ' Rutherford Colloge, Jau. 10. To day has been a red letter day in th" history of Rutherford College. Never was there a more striking and Inspir ing address, filled with good practical , advice, delivered before an audience " of young people than the one given by Judge J. C. Prltchard to the people of Rutherford College to-day. The oc-casrofrwas-the-dcdlcatlon of the libra ry building with Judge Prltchard as principal speaker. This building Is. the gift of Mr. An drew Carnegie to the town of Ruther ford College. It U of colonial archi tecture and stands near the centre of the village, at the corner of the col lege campus. From tha top of the handsome structure the national flax floats beautifully in the brisk moun tain breezes; within are rooms for officers and the reference and reading rooms. The building la quite an ad dition to the place and the people of . the town are especially to be con gratulated on having open to them, a free public library.. Judge Prltchard was met at the , station by a committee and escorted to the college auditorium, where the exercises were held.- Iu front of the building he was given a great ovation by the throng of college girls and boys who waved high their banntrs and, tilled the air with cheers of welcome and collegesong8. After the distin guished Jurist was seated upon the rostrum the students in a body, marrhed Into th auditorium, fol lowed by the citizens of theitown. and, remaining standing, sang "On ward Christian Soldiers." INTRODUCED BY MR. MKESSOX. Mr. T. L. Sigmon, mayor of th6 town, presided over the meeting. Af ter a prayer by Rev. C. F. SnerrilL presiding elder of the Morganton dis trict, the speaker was introduced by Mr. C. F. McKesson, of Morganton. Mr. McKesjon, after paying a glowing tribute to the memory of ths founder of HtttherfnrA l'nli.cr- III. lot rt R. L. Abcrnethy, dwelt on the crown- y Ing virtue of a. succssful life of indus try, honesty and tne courageous de termination to overcome obstacles. These principles, he declared1, em bodied the elements f success In Judge I'ritchard's career. He said In part: ' "I Indulge in no Idle compliment. no fulsome flattery, whtn I declare that these crowning virtues hare beckoned, strengthened and .sustain ed our disUnguUhei visitor in all his wonderful life. From printer's devil to law office; from law office to the legislature; . from Legislature to' the Semite of the United States; from Senate to tho Federal Judiciary, they have been his shield and buckler, ills whole career has been at once their prophecy and fulfilment. Among the prominent men of the State, what Itfo is so rich in-enrouragement, so pow erful or a irnulant so abiding or an insplrationo young men earnestly striving to win ihelr way ln the' world? In the great, rugged, honest heart of North Carolina he has won an enduring nlcha." Mr. McKesson also addressed the people at night In the Platonic Lite rary Society on the character of St. l'aul. Judge Prltchard (.poke as follows: JUDGE PRITCHARDS ADDRESS. It is a source of pleasure to me to accept the cordial Invitation of your' excellent mayor to be present on tis occasion and participate in the open ing exercises of the Carnegie library -at this place. I deem It appropilate, under the circumstances, that I should discuss those things which pertain to th welfare of the young men of our, country. Rutherford College, as an educa tional Institution, has exerted a pow erful influence for good among -the younp men of western Carolina. Within the walls of this Institution " have been, educated somo of the ablest men of the Ola North State, Thla college Is not only the aim mater of many or the on. of North Carolina of whom It Is Justly proud. lut Its foundation and Its history wiU always be connected with the name sil one of the most distinguished edu cators which this State ever produc ed you all snow that I refer to the late Dr. R. L. Abernethy. He was a pioneer in the intellectual develop ment In thlsiStftte. He had the char acteristics of a pioneer. In stature he was tall, robust ana commanding l appearance. In the formation of pplnlon and the expression of his views he was stron. original and courageous. His .strong ami vigorous Intellect found Its fullest play In hi great efforts to develop the rnimi.i as well as the hearts of the young men of this section. While a most excel lent all-round scholar and an enthu siastic educator, yet he hod same specialties of which he was devotedly fond. Among thee were moral phi losophy, ethics and economics. He believed that the only way fully ti H--.l..n tha vnnnr man wa to teach him the "full knowledge of his mental, moral and his physical powers to- a!.lntr' ..V"rL. ."'"j 'P11 I" the history or this comma I n;iy. The- generosity of Mr. Cafne- P"' the estab'.lsh- n(ot of nbrarie, throughout the country, and the seneficliil results Whlch naturally fi.vw t-iwfram ure plainly to be oterved in every coni- , tst .. im fortunate enough tv secure the recognition of tliis good man. In'rnaklng rontribu- tlons for the establishment of Uhera- rie Mr. Carnec'e has ttt actuate! ty a deiire to'wecure the development of the moral tin t ln:;i"ctusl qu-iH- i cess to th:" library, which lun 1'
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