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"frt'lU. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N C, PRIDAY -IIORNING, JANUARY 17, 1908. PRICE. FIVE CENTS. V. """""" v - a- '-:r ' t-. t '.'7i r. i i I r-i . JIOBE jySASITY EVIDENCE THAW'S IRRATIONAL CHILDHOOD AecA Teacher Testifies Imrreswlvelj " of the Unnraial Conduct oi the De fendant Wlien, ns a Boy, He Was lder Hi. - Care-Mr. Willl-n, 't Thaw May Take the Stand In Be- rt n..p Stin To-l8 Jf roine Kx poets to Fifflit the Admission of Kvelyit s xoaimwiy, im , Probably He Allowed Jerome Gets v in Some Master cnrour v ''-y r "Examination Non-Arril of Wit iufr-ii Hampers Uie TrlaL -. , : New York, Jan. 16.-The non-arrival of Important witnesses who are hur tn Mew York by steamer and train caused ar abandonment of gthe .onnnn inn of the Thaw trial to-day and cut the morning - sitting down to less man two ouuib. y Littleton, leading counsel for tbe-oe i that- herinnlnff to- morrow he would hurry the case along as rapidly possible. It was neces sary, he explained, that all the. evi dence having to do with Thaw's alleg ed Irrational acts of the past several years should be introduced before the medical experts are ouwu w ---. w.. o aoisntiflc oDinlon as to .f.Timt'a mental condition at .v.. h. vine Stanford White. Mrs. 'William Thaw, mother of the .rrivoil from Pittsburg to. """ day aair rong-enough-may--take h.t.nd to-morrow. She has been 111 for more than a month and at one time it was feared she would not he able to attend the trial at all. Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw wM not be offered as a witness until some time next week. All of the Indica tions so far have been that District Attorney Jerome will make a desper ate gbt to have- he testimony ruled -out this year. Counsel for the de fense are confident, however, that It will be allowed to gi In now that they ' have entered a formal specification of insanity In connection with the plea of not guilty. MOTHER'S EARLY FEARS. The elder Mrs. Thaw1 figured Indi rectly in the, eidence taken to-day.- A letter written by her In 1881 to the master of the little Pennsylvania school where her son was a pupil was Identified by the master and read to the Jury. It told of the mother's great anxiety over the conduct of her non nd the fear she entertained that his mind even then was unbalanced. The school master, now 7 years ( of age was an Impressive witness. He Is Abraham R. Beck, an uncle of Xor- tner Ass stant Attorney James ol. Peck, and he related many Incidents which led him to the conclusion that young Thaw undoubtedly was Irration- ai. ;' ' - A Benjamin Bonan, farmerly door keeper at the Madison Square theatro where Evelvn Nesblt played in "A ruri SVom Dixie" in 1303. repeated the utory he told at the first trial' of a hrn.t murte tV Btaniora wnne iu find and kill Thaw before daylight. ' ' 'IlCrTLIR AOAITN1 EXAMINHDr- ' Per August Weber, the former Thaw tiutler. who yesterday testified to va rious Incidents in the life .of Harry Thaw during the early months of 1903 was recalled to the witness stand U'hen the trial was opened to-day. He was asked by Mr.' Littleton, of the defense of Thaw' actions as he ob served them while employed In the Washington and Pittsburg homes im pressed him as rational or Irrational. "Irrational.' replied the witness inromntlv. ? District Attorney Jeronio had the witness repeat several of theIncidents he related yesterday afternoon and was asked if he considered a 5 tip (rom Thaw an irrational act. "It seemed aueer for what I did,' hila Weber. The witness declared that Thaw was not dissipating and seemed healthy when he knew him but- always was nervous and excitable, jerome's Piaster stroke. Christopher Baggan, Steward of the New York Whist Club, waa recalled to fcive the dates of Thaw's visits to the club la 1904- and 190. Mr; , Jerome tirought out from the 1 witness the fact that he waa able on each of these occasion to play f bridge whist with the best, players in the club. Raymond A. Brown, a music pub lisher and eye-witness of the killing N ef Stanford White, was called and tes titled to Thaw' Irrational appearance en the roof garden, Brown said he knWv Thaw person ally and spoke to him during an in termrisslon 'In the performance, but could not get a coherent reply. "Did you ever try to get a coherent reply from any other man twenty mln- utess before ne cook tne me or a rei low human being?" asked District At torney Jerome. "No." replied the witness. Abraham R. Beck, of Lancaster t rounty, Pennsylvania, was the next .witness. He said that Harry K. Thaw was one of 15 boys in his school In 3881 and 1882. The memory of the boy had always lived with him, said the witness. EXCESSIVELY NERVOUS. "The boy was excessively nervous," paid Mr. Beck, "and was very unso cial and sullen and abstracted. . His eyes were were most striking. One' of yie principal things I remember about young Thaw was the spasmodic and startling outbursts of animal-Ilka howls. These howls would stop as ' suddenly as the turning olt of a foun tain." - Mr. Beck identified a letter he had received from Mr. William Thaw, the mother, about the boy's conduct at school, and It was read to the jury The letter was dated October 25th, 1881, and was In reply to a communi cation from Mr. Beck complaining of his conduct and speaks of the distress the letter caused the parent. " "Can you not bear with him a while longer?" the letter from Mra Thaw v read. ' "To yield to his wishes now "and to send him heme I am afraid ml.lil .ill. titm T Ln 1 . ' fr his ponduct and his outbursts art, tint all the results of temper and rebel lion, but that his mind Is more or less unbalanced. Do you think there is any danger of that? His uncle, who became weak-minded, was subject, as boy. to just such outbreaks of tem per And I have a horrible feeling of dread. Won't you deal gently with him for my sake? How would It do to avoid noticing him for ons day? I really do not know what to suggest. Harry Is so different from the other 1 four children He ought) to have been wore carefully watched, and trained. Mr. Thaw will be home soon and will be able to advise with me.'" , A DIFFERENT" BOY. Mr. Beck said he had had many years of experience In teaching andj uiinins DdjB, uui uiiwi conduct was different from any he ha,d ever known. Annie Baggan, a sister of Chrlstov pher Baggan, and housekeeper at th whist clua, told of several Instances of PBEPARIXG ALDKICH BILL THE MEASURE TAKING SHAPE, Various Amendments Wia E Work ed Into the Bill at the Meeting of . tlte Scimuo , Finance Committee Monday Amendment Offered by Senator Bailey, It is Said, Will Re- reive the Jupiort of tho 31ajority Senator Dolllver J2xpwied to Of fer an Amendment Oullnc lor the ' iniml nation of the Ka.lvoad Bond Feature .of the Bill Minority giot in vor of the Hill a a Whole, Jiul is Making the Mwt of It. Washington, Jan, ,18. After two sessions of the Senate committee on finance to-day the memnrrs of the committee were in possession of a fair Idea of what shape tire A'drlch finr anclal bill -will be in when It Is re ported next week. There will be no more meetings of the committee un til uMonoay when the various amend mentwbtchK.have Jbeen gradually evolved through t ha general discus sion of the bill during th! week will ne incorporates in the mmsure. -. ' It is stated to be umotlcallv ceri tain that the -limit of extra currency which the bill provides or will be raised from -$250,000,000 to $500,000,- uvu. Most or the members of the committee believe that this figure is no xoo nign ror a time of emergency when a heavy Issue of currency notes is demanded on security of" the' pre wcrlbed sort and under ths prescribe! j no ax on tne emergency Is- euen. win not, it is believe !, be Dloc ed ihijher than per cent., which the uiu now proviaes. ' BAILE "." AM END M EXT. - An amendment offered bv fienator aiiey reducing the reaulr l nonula tlon of a county or municipe'ity whose Donas are w ngure In a currency Is sue from 20.000 to 10.000 1s exnitted to receive the suDDort of a vi me committee, ind according to reliable neportl will .be lnntH Thf will permit smaller town? of Just as Kreai an age or commensurate pros perity with the larger towns to par- uuipwie in ine Denents o.' the meas ure. , , Senator Dolllver probablr, will offer n ammament in ontxwlMim 1ia rauroaa bond fennure of tim hill anil it may possibly call for tha entire elimination or such securities. Ken ator miiey will, no doubt, cimnnrt in-m in ucn a project, as he does not nesirate to jet it be known that he W not In favor of - ralirnnria bo I no- el lowed to file their bon with the government as security for currency iwues, owinar to their tendency to nuccuaie. "mere. Is Jthnuirhf in he enough opposition ' in th-j committee, however, to defent such an amend ment, for the belief expressed by Its vpiiunenu is mat ine naccin by the government, once railroad bonds nre Accepted a securltv for a certain la. sue. will have tho effect of Insuring mi- jjiHoin'-v oi me curr.rr.cy notes Is sued on them. . OPPOSED MY MINORITY. - A pemQcoatla. member of the con jinnee asrenea to-aay that the minor ity as a whole Is not In favor bl . bill providing a currency based on securities outslda of hunm..i toonJn, bub 1eJn? Unabie to ' prevent a. morauie report on sucr. a meas ure they are making it their duty so far as lies in .th-slr power, ! -make it M effective a measure of that nature as possible, and they are therefore Joining with Republicans, In advo cacy of most of, the measures of the Aldrlch bill. TO rilOSECTTE T. E. PFSDEB. Xnrse Who Alleges Mistreatment at Ills Hands I'rged to Bring Suit Against Him Has Received Many Letters of Sympathy, and Even Proposals of Marrin-e. Rpecl;il to The Observers Asbury Park, N. J., Jan. 1. Miss Olga SJostedt, a Red Cross nurse during the Spanish-American war, who recently returned from the South, bringing with her a harrow Ing tale of abuse, Is, still receiving a number of letters of sympathy from an over the country. Proposals of marriage and offers of positions ara in some or the missives. Not a few iei mius imvo, urge a tne nurse to prosecute T. E. Pender, the nlanta non owner or Weldon, N. C, wHo Miss SJostedt alleges mistreated her upon his lonely plantation. This she will do. ' The nurse, however, has returned to ner occupation in the sickroom, and slnfce a week or so after Jher re turn hub 'ueen employed bv Mm Almlra Green, of 107 Mount Herman way, ocean Grove, whom she at. tended several months prior to hei trip soutn. Boy Shot Vhllj Hunting Rabbits. Special to The Observer. Gaffney. S. C. Jan. it. Whli out nununjr rabbits vesterdav afternoon. Roland Sanders, who was accomDanl- eo wy Merman urocKer, wo acciden laiiy shot by the latter. The boys naa started a raDOit. an 1 the Kan- aers boy stooped in order to give Crocker a chance to shoot; tut Crock er was so long in firing that Sanders nine a to arose to his feeL and In doing so received the charge orsmall "hot with which Crocker c gun was lOBoea. sixteen or eighteen of the shot entered his cheek. WhiU the wouiw is very painful, II is not tnougnt to se serious. what she termed irrational conduct on the part or Thaw. The next witness was Benjamin Bo nan. former stage' doorkeeper at the Madison bquare Theatre. After Bo. nan had been cross-examined adjourn ment was taken. - . . . WOULD BE A SUBSTITUTE. Ohio Man Willing to Take Tliaw's Place and Stand to the Rack For the Paltry r.nm of , $3,000,000. New York, Jan. 1 One of the 2,000 strange letters which have been received by Mrs. Evelyn Thaw since Harry IC Thaw's trial began, which was made public to-day, con talced an offer from an Ohio man to substitute himself for Thaw, and Jf necessary be executed. The writer Imposed the consideration that his family be paid $2,000,000 as soon as tho proposed substitution Is com plete. His letter cover six hundred pages. He declared that he was a double of the prisoner In appearance and could take Thaw's place In his cell by visiting him in prison In dis guise. The writer, whose name was not made public, said he had no rpeclal desire to live and was not "afraid to die. but made the offer In order to provide for his family. The letter was written coherently. TIME BIPE, SAYS SIMMONS SHOULD MAKE THE STATE "DOT1 Former Chairman of th Bute Dem ocrs.tln K!viti(lvo fVniutlieA tilve 1 Out an' Int'?rvlew In Whlcli He Says That. Taking Everything Into Con sideration, tlie Kpri'lal Session Ougiit lo Take tho lie ponidblllty of Pass ing htato Prohibition Iaw Glenn Helterates Former Statement That He Will Not Recommend Such Wheeler Martin, ' of WllllamBton. Will Succeed Duncan as Collector or lievenue Representative Small Aks For Federal Building For Greenville- Work For Immigration. JJT II. E. C. BRYANT. Observer Bureau, s Congress Hall Hotel, . Washington, Jan, 16. Senator F. M, . Simmons, former chairman of the Democratic State ex ecutive committee, gave out the fol lowing interview to-night: ! . "It must, be apparent to every one that the sentiment In the State in fa- vor of prohibition Is so overwhelming; that nothing can prevent the adoption of State prohibition as the policy of the State. 'This may.be accomplish - ed In one of three ways: by an act of th Tirlxlntnrn at th Rnecial session. which meets next Tuesday, or by lts:''afng an'j Dr. Varden;-of Red 'Springs. submitting a constitutional amend ment to the people to be voted upon at the next general election, or by an act of the next Legislature. Whatever may be the views of some as to the effectiveness of the lo cal option provisions of . ths Watts law, in bringing about ultimate prohi bition. It t evident that a. vast ' ma jority of the people is unwilling to await the slow process of this method; and that we are to have State prohibi tion in the near future by one of the three ways I have mentioned seems, to be certain. T have had some doubt about what the extra session should do with ref erence to this matter, but after thor ough and deliberate , consideration It seerris. to me that1 under all the cir cumstances, giving full consideration to the Interest of temperance, thn State and the party, It would be bet ter 'that the special session of thfe Legislature should take the responsl-i billty and pans a general law prohibit ing the tale and manufacture of 11- riuor anywhere in the State. When the mandate of the people with refer - enee 10 a matter or state policy, arterj mature deliberation. U unmistakable and It Is evident that delay will not change that purpose but only result In friction and agitation. It would seem to be the duty of their represen tatives, as well as a wise policy, to execute that mandate at tho first op portunity." WHEELER MARTIN TO SUCCEED E. C. DUNCAN. Chairman S. B. Adams, of the Re publican committee, recommended wneeier Martin, or wniiamston, to day to succeed E. C. Duncan, resign ed as revenue collector for the east ern district, and President Roosevelt promised to make the appointment right away. . Martin Is said to be cap able and popular. - Representative Small to-dny Intro-j duced a bill for an appropriation, the sum not to exceed $75,000, for a Fed eral building at Greenville. ' Cnpt. Douglas Settle, of the United States army, was here to-day on Ms way from Cuba to North Carolina, where he will visit friends. He will spend about ten days In and around Greensboro with relatives, and then ro West. Robert D. Douglas, of Greensboro. Is at the National. Mr. Douglas is hav ing trouble In getting his appoint ment as postmaster through the Sen ate- Governor Glenn remained over here to-day. He told some, of his frienjs that his message t the Legislature would not contain a recommendation About prohibition. He talked with a number of North Carolina Congrea men about the antMiquor feeling that prevails In the State. REV. W. S. KEY'S WORK. Rev. William S. Key, of Artesla, North Carolina, was In the city a few days ego on his way to New Eng land, where he will visit friends and attend to some business matters. For the last several years Mr ' Key has lived in the eastern part of the O'd North State, whera he went from the North to do missionary wcrk for the; Unitarian Church. Kece.uiy he has been doing work in connection with Mr. T. K. Brunner, of the Department of Labor, at Raleigh. Ho made an exffended trip' through England, and Scotland, looking for prospective im migrants and settlers. , In. talking with Mr. Key I learned thut he and his wife are connected with a thriving colony of Englishmen and Scotchmen in Coiunibus county. About forty persons returned la; year from England with Mr. Key anj planted themselves at Artesla, and wWl pro duce truck for a livelihood. Mr. Hugh iMacRae, a well-known busi ness man of Wilmington, became in terested In Mr. Key's work and help ed him to land and establish the col ony In Columbus. Since the arrival of the Britons anl Scots, h has been back to the old country on a lecturing and preaching tour, and tho reception given him everywhere wan very cor dial. The latch strings were hanging out and the people eager to hear of the advantages of the South, and es pecially North Carolina At one place Mr. Key adJressed $.000 peo ple who wanted to learn of this coun- i try. It was found that thousands of persons of money anl character are ready to come across al the first opportunity'. Already a number of farmers have arrived and bought1 land in various Southern States. All that North Carolina has t do Is to exert herself a little and shexan have all the Individuals or col on lee desired. Canada and rrany of. the States of the Union are n:aklnc at tractive bids for English and Scotch immigrants. Mr. Hey Is verr anxious . to see 'SoHJt Carolinians , who deire Immi grants for fiirms, colonies or domes tic service get together and make concerted effort to accomplish Just i Porm ""a sa was what they want. He declares hat; further .Informed that Rogers was there are tiundreds of the best ort of tnarrled and could not be married to white servants, rrnla anl female, to'"?th, However, upon going to be had for the aKlng. .During hls!,no "lK" l"B rriix m Ur-cj ana stay 'in Europe Mr. Key visited th fairs of Scotland, end ErlanJ and met the .people. . The rtry of the great rsource, the rich lands, th excellent climate and the hospitable i.eurt and answer to the charge of a people of the Tar Heel State Inter- j felony. Rogers Is 48 years old snd eted one and all. 'Suth AItIch. New h lfe and three children at Tr Zealand and Australia ar bidding koro. Mrs; Mabe Is 47 years old and for the Britons and Hcots ard spend-i ha two grown sons ana grsndchlld Ing vast sums of money to. get them, i r,,- "t of her own money she ad "if North Carolina w.tnts thes , vanced the s :ppoei huhtn4 ih SJ 1 . , j ?weiry to frr the license which (Continued on Page Four). was never obta'ed. COAST LINE GETS HEARING IT WAXTS TO TAKE OFF TR-TXS, - rrjia Corpontttoii CoinniHsion Pctl uoncd by (ho Atlantic Coa.- tane ' to Take Off PnsMMiger Trains on Several Branches and estcrdav Hearing of the Matter Was Given Order of Commission Xot Yet Isn ' ed- Grand Lodge- of Mbhoiis Ent!s its Annual GoinnmnlcKitloii and Of ncers Are InMiillctl Mr. S. 31. Gat lis, of Hlllsboro, Becomes Grnd iaistcr Tlie Clmrtres Aealnst Ir. Mn-k, of Thomnvii:i. Coii'ilderwl Falmv and He Is Re-Instatin Trial i. of Railway Men ties Oer to Xex xerm. ft Observer Bureau, The Holleman Building, Raleigh, Jan. IS. The corporation commission had- quite an extended hearing this after noon on the matter of the taking tiff of certain trains on the Atlantic Coast Line. - That company petitioned the commission to permit It to discontinue certain trains between Washington and Plymouth, Weldon and Klnston and Fayetteville and Bennettsvllle. S. C., that Is to' permit the taking off of 'one passenger train daily on thess j branch lines.' .Mr. Craig, general 1 passenger agent, and Mr. Bonaen superintendent of transportation, ep Peared for the road..' while E. H. Wll- appeared la opposition to the discon tinuance of the Fayctteville-Behnetts vine train. E. J. Everett, of Wll liamston. spoke In behalf of the peo pie of the northeast against the taking otr or th9 Weldon-Klnston and Wash Ington-Plymouth trains. The A. C. L. said that It. found it necessary to curtail expenses as much as posstbl and that traffic on these trains which it was desired to take off was found to be light and thut In fact they were hardly paying expenses, it being further set out that the other regular train Was sufficient to do these neces sary services The corporation com mission heard both sides and will later announce Its order in the matter, The Legislature,, in special session can draw pay for not more than days but can sit longer without pay, MASONIC GATHERING ENDS. . The Grand Lodge of Masons ended its annual communication to-day, th attendance remaining good to the end. The order Is very proud of the large meeting. Everything seems to be all right us to the con structlon of the tetnnle now. Tho Liwiue of $50,000 of first mortaace bonds has been authorized, but none oi inese nave yet been used, and o the second mortgago bonds only $ IX, 000 have been issued. exceptionally well-intormert per eons say to-night that they are confi dent that the 'Legislature will at next w eek s special session enact a com plete prohibition, law on the Alabama plan, by a heavy majority. TRIAL OF RAILWAY MEN CON " . . ., T1NUED. f The trial of Engineer RIppey and otner southern Rallwny employes on charge of causing a fatal collision at Auburn last August Is continued until the next term of court. The Installation of tho new officers to-day was a very handsome cere mony. The Installing officer was the retiring grand master, Francis D v lnston. J. E. Cameron acted as grand marshal at this striking cere mony. The retiring grand master was presented with a very handsome past grand master's Jewel, the speech of presentation being made by M. C. S. Noble. The speech of presentation and that of acceptance were of a very high-order, and there was much applause. The officers Installed were: 8. M. Gattls, grand master: R. N. Hackett, deputy grand master; V. B. McKoy. senior grand warden; F. M. Winchester, Junior grand warden: L D. Heartt, treas urer; John C. Drewry, secretary; J. T. Alderman, senior grand deacon; F. P. Hobgood, junior grand deacon; Rev. S. N. Skinner, chaplain; Charles H. Bahnson, grand lecturer; Dr. C. L. Prldgen, grand marshal; George 8. Norfleet, grand sword-bearer; A B.. Andrews, Jr., grand pursuivant; H. A. Grady and M. F.t Hatcher, grand stewards; W. S. Primrose, auditor; Marshall Delancey Hay wood, historian; Lem Cash, member of the board of custodians; " Robert H. Brady, grand tyler. DR.. MOCK. RE-INSTATED One matter before the Grand Lodge was whether Dr. J. H. Mock, of Davidson county, could be re admitted to 'the' order,- a suit having been brought against him Involving a married woman, and ho having been- suspended withoutdate He denies -the charges,, and .the .man bringing the suit has. been sued for slander. By practically unanimous voto tM Grand Lodge voted to re- Instate Dr. Mock, holding -the charges against him to be falV- Mrs. Fulton to-day had papers served on her husband here to defend a suit tor divorce In Guilford county. TROUBLE FROM MOCK MARRIAGE A Goldsboro Widow Is Made to lie llcve Khe 1 a Man's Lawful Wlf? ami Her Life Is Ruined Tlie Man Now In Jail on the Charge of a Felony. Special to The Observer. Goldsboro. Jan. 18. Quite an Inter estlng as well as serious casri was gIV' en a preliminary hearing this week In the Justice of peace court It seems that Feter Rogers a tailor of this city, has been paying quite a great deal of attention to Mrs. Martha Mabe. a widow, who has been the housekeeper at Mrs. McCullen's boarding house,' coming here original ly from Stokes county; and In the course of time became engaged to be married to her. This week, through a mockicvremony at his place of busi ness on West Centre street, Rogers made the woman believe hat she wss tilt lawful wife, thus debauching her chancter and ruining her life. On tbe other hand It is alleged by friends of Rogers that there whs no ceremony performed and Mrs, Mabe was so Informed by the Justice of the peace whom Rogers had summoned to finding that no license had been Is sued. Mrs. Mabe hid Roeers arrested, and he is now in jail In default of $1K) bond to appear at the next term ot SENATE CLEABS CALENDAR THEN TACKLES THE PENAL CODE Tiio August' Body Slw Down on the' Communication Habits, Adopting a Resolution to tho Effect That IC Will Receive None From Any Source Unless in Compliance With J.aw or Transmitted by the Presi dent Porto Klcaii Nominations Confirmed New Treaty With Spain lo Ratified and Made Public Bill Passes Providing- For the Erection of a $3,500,000 postonice In New York City. Washington, Jan. 16. The Senate calendar was cleared of nearly every bill upon.lt to-day and the .bill to revise the - criminal laws of the United States was taken up and dis cussed until adjournment, which was taken at 4:30 o'clock until Monday. The Senate -to-day passed a reso lution declarhs-Oal, noncommunica tion from heads of departments. chiefs of bureaus or other executive, have divided into three warring camps officers will be received by that body . -u,nftns in be- unless they are sent in compliance! n lnlr "xlety and suspense in be wlth law or are transmitted by thej Inff delayed In getting their jnoney. President. One of these Is headed by Mr. T. ' The resolution was reported from Moultrie Mordecal, of Charleston, as the committee on rules by Mr. Lodge attorney another, by MrrRoy, of yesieruay ana was me reaun. i u- 4u.ttr.n. niii. k, t.nt,ir Hrvbum and Senator Hale to he reception Dy the Senate of bills sent by Secretary Garfield in connection with a com- mur.lcation. , TREATY WITII SPAIN. The Senate to-day ratified and made public a treaty between tho United States and Spain wherein It is agreed that Spain shall, upon requisition, deliver up to Justice per sons charged with any of a list of certain crimes ranging from murder to slave trading. :' The nomination of Regis L. Post ti be Governor of Porto .Rico was to-dav confirmed, as were all tho other Porto Rican territorial nomi nations. The Senate passed a bill to pro vide for the erection of a postottlee building In New York City to cost $3,500,000. ' There was a running Are of criti cism of the bill to revise the criminal laws of tho United States which Senator Heyburn. chairman of the Joint committee which framed the bill, met with hiany explanations. Senator Bacon claimed tnat tne print of the bill was not arranged In a way to make clear every change of law contained m tne Din. wnniors Heyburn and Sutherland defended the bill," explaining that they were readv to give full explanation of each section when reached. Itouso Still on Urn IVnul Code Bill. Washington. Jan. 16. A complete change of front wan exhibited by the majority In tne House oi itepre sentatlvts to-dy in tho consideration of the bill to codify and revise the penal laws of the United States The naciflc suirlt displayed by the committee on revision of laws toward committee ira revin" m " ..... .. .......i.,,,'.. . ,i,uinn tno ci-mo ui 7c., o ""M when It . SDDeared as thuugn tne several amendments strengthening certain provisions .of the Mil regard in altered corruption In the ap pointment of persons to public offices would be adopted, had vanished and Instead every Inch of ground was fought over to keep amendments out of the' bill. When adjournment was taken at 4:06 o'clock only six ad ditional pages had been disposed of and but one or two vernal amenu ments by the committee had been In serted. ' . f Mil EDWARDS IMPATIENT. Member Front titjorgla Wunts to Do boin.ililug For tlm country moioto Hot Weather Comes on. Washington. Jan. 1. A resolution reading in part as follows was offer ed in the(,House w-aay uy air. wards, of Georgia: "Whereas neonle and business InatI, tutlons of all kinds are suffering from the panic that Is upon us, and the whole rountrv " Is demanding ' that something be done for reiier; and whereas the House of Representatives has been In session now for over 30 days and has accomplished absolutely nothing along these lines, but Instead Is killing time upon matters thut are not nearly so vital; therefore be It, "Resolved, that nine o'clock In the morning be fixed as tne nour tor con v.nini i tin lend nf 1! o'clock noon, and that the hour from 1 until 2 be allowed or lunch, artd that tne Mouse remain ... . ., 1. IV.. a 9 ii aPKKinn until o m i ternoon or later if necessary In order that we may get dowa to work, do omethin for the country and ad journ beiore not wmc w... SPIDER BITE CAUSES DEATH. Hon. Edward 11. Strolx'l. Former A siktant (Secretary oi htnie, rorc.gn Minister and Professor at Harvard, Dies in Wain Mother and Relatives Live at Chester, b. C, Special to The Observer. Chester. 8. C. Jan. 16. A cable gram waa received here yesterday af ternoon announcing the death of Hon. Edward H. Strobel at Bangkok, Slam. Mr. 8trobel's mother, Mrs. C. L. Stro bel, Is a resident of Chester, as Is also his sister, Mra Ina S. Hemphill. Mr. Btrobel was an authority on Inter national law. He served during Cleve land's first administration as secretary ot the American legation at Madrid, and during Mr. Cleveland's second term was third Secretary ot State, and also minister to Ecuador and Chile. Later he became Bemls proreasor of International law at Harvard Univer sity, and about two years ago resigned that position to become chief legal adviser to the King ot Slam. The cause of his death, it Is supposed, was spider bite received while In Cairo,! Egypt, shortly after accepting his Siamese post. He cams to this coun try for treatment, and, although he seemed to Improve for a. while, his Improvement was not permanent. Appalachian Forest Convention at At lanta. Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 16. The conven tion of ths Appalachian forest asso- latlon and allied organizations, which brought together here to-day repre sentatives from many cities In Oeor- la, Alabama,. Tennessee, Kentucky, North and South Carolina,:, adopttd resolutions- asking every - Southern State to send delegations to - Wash ington with a view to securing the aa- roval of the Appalachian-White Mountain forest bill by ths agrlcul- urai committee of the national House of Representatives, Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, presided at bf'th sessions of the convention. Letters and telegrams of endorse ment were received from the Oover- rrn ft North and s-uth Caroisn.t. lrglnla..We.t Virginia. Alabama and Kentucky. WLNDING UP SENSATIONAL AN . ATTORNEY IS ARRESTED Th Commission to Wind Up the (South Carolina PiMpenstiry Hold a Stormy Mention, Reselling Cll max With the Arrest of Mr. M. A. Goodman. Who Represented Com - pany With Which Big Business Had Itcen Done, aiul the I nance of " Warrants For .Three Former Dl . rectors One Attorney, After -Lively Tilt With Attorwy General. Irfiavus For AshevlUc, l'resumably to Anneal to Judge Prlu-hard Contract Ilor I aw Declared Un-(-oiiKtltutlonul by Judges Sluing En Italic. - Observer Bureau. 1422 Maiu Street, Columbia, 6. C. Jan. 18. The dispensary winding-up com mission held another lively session to-day.T.The . whiskey houses haying claims against the" Stale appear to K . . . tnnIov.j Mr p . lut w no nas e Mipioyea Mr . t" . H. Nelson as attorney .and another by Mr. Lester, an attorney of New York and. .Baltimore.. After a stormy session, in which .Mr.: Lester had tilts with Attorney General Lyon, meimera'of the com mission and Messrs. Anderson and Felder, of Atlanta, who are associated with . zAr, Lyon as attoi'neyg for , the ' commission, Mr. Lester, who claims he represents creditors, whose claims aggregate 1400.000, refused to nroauce the books required by the commission, made formal demand on the commission for pay, which was refused, and left the commission room hurriedly and Jump, ed Into a hack to vatch the train, presumably for'Ashevllle, where he Intimated he was going to secure an order from Judge Pritchard In the Federal Court. Mr. Lester said the order had been prepared several weeks ago In anticipation of this ac tion of the commission. Mr. Lester went out bowing to .Mr. Lyon, saying he would meet him before Judg Pritchard. In the meantime Ms.'- Mordecal. who read In his morning paper In Charleston about the commission's being incensed about a letter Mr. Roy had been sendlnV ut to creditors to com Into his camp, chartered a special train over the Coast Line to Columbia. Mr. Mordecal started out at 9 o'clock. n-rtvn, ln Columbia early In the afternoaa. SENSATIONS tfPRUNU. Sensational developments followed each other in rapid succession from to-day's proceedings 6f the commis sion. The day wound ud with the B.PO, v. . arrest or Mr. M. A. Goodman, ren f ntlnir fllmon . . Wl, . xTJ., V4 . IIIl'$JlIIUllv which has done the nulk of the busU ness with the State dispensary since the summer of lHOfi. . on the charge of conspiracy to clerraud the State, the Issuance of warrants for " three ex-directors of the dispensary, and warrants and requisition paper for several others In two other States; and it Is likely that other warrant will Issue In he y f - Mr, Goodman was later released on nan in the sum of $23,000, wmch lis gave with a surety company. It Is expected other warrants will be served to-morrow. Mr. Goodman had come before the commission to collect claims amount ing to about HO.OOO for Ulirnan & Co., and the Anchor Distilling Com pany. Mr. Goodman's arrest follow ed Immediately upon his leaving the witness chair before the commission, where he had been under examination Attnfwy,T B' of Atlanta, who with Mr. HIR. of Atlanta, and Gen. Clifford L. Anderson, of Atlanta, are assisting Attorney General Lyon for the State, His arrest reemej to be o complete surprise to him. CVIr. Goodman de nied the existence of eertnln docu ments which ware afterward produc ed with a Jetter which h hi first tes tified he had no recollection of but which he admitted w.n r.enulne. ad dresned to Mr. n. Khrllch. This let- ter -wajT written In .he summer l0t. It dlreoid (Mr r,iiK of see f"nn "wk and havi him see to having certain , purchases, about to be mad. at' the August meeting ,7i L ,A . oi "'rectors Held up un til he fOooslma-i) could rlose n con- luiAUriln,n - told the writer to have MJor Blask. who not then a member of the brrj of .. viurj.. no ree uireetor L. W. Boy- . V.w a,!,run" (Witn him the ad iiln -riy,Mr. m"tsr r"r John Bell TowIU Jnto the scheme. The letter referred to a commission, but Mr. Goodman-denied that it was in .ndel to-pay Mr. Poykin or ,Mr To- wui any rommlsslons. The letter ucepuoie or either construe tlon. Other testimony ah owe j that the uui nurenmes were postponed Dl rector Hub ,Evans entering him pro i on tne minute booki. Heavr it nwQ at t.wo su-bse- quent meetings of the boerd. Evans prolong. At theso msetrnrs large awards were made to the UJl man concern, Ex-Governor HevwarJ wss to-d-ty sskevl. eince his nam h4 Kn dentally rousht Intn . before the commission t& wind up the S!te dispensary, jf to cared to any emtement. snd replied that he did not. Regarding Mr. Rav's rierrncf id mm. appearing In the papers this mnrmnr h mi.t ik.i . wns sdmplv asrkd to give nn endorse ment to Mr. WlUhm D. Melton a iBTrrr una a man. Of course he gave this cladlv and u'.t v. woutd do so a,rsln under slnvllsr clr cumstnnc. Further than that he knew nothing about the matter A meeting en banc of alt the Su preme Court Justice and Circuit Court Jds of the State was held In the Supreme Court room this af ternoon for the nurpose of pawing upon the eonwtuMofilty of the con tract labor act. which a declared tinconstlttulonal by Juds Brawley In Federal Court Iat spring. Ths ob ject of an 1mm. 11a t .lcUljn was t clmr the wny for leglsintlve a-'tlon on the situation. In a divided opin ion the court declares the act un constitutional, and orders the dis charge of ths prisoner, a negro named Hullman, who hs 1 rwtbes. corpus pro. ceedings instituted. Th dissenting opinion. twenty-one tpewritten pages Ion.?, is written by - Justice Jon.s. Governor Ansel ' this afternoon re fused t further Interfere In behalf of Oeor?e Kenny, a Charirston nesrm convicted of the killing of Guar! Stetlo. of -ihs Charleston vbnlnang. nd Knny will be hanged there to I morrow1. . B0YEBT0W3 BUSIES I AD TRAGEDY DEVELOPS A MYSTERY Bsdy. Snppnred to BeTTiat of a Man, Turns Out to Be the Corpse or a Woman in Male Attire The Ilnd Cn-atea a Sensation and Idcntlnca tlon Has Not Been Made The Nnm-, ber of Victims Will Probably Reach 1HO and Pofwibly 200 Only 22 or the Bodies Those of Children Many of tlie Victims BelleTed to Havs B-en Incinerated and Identi fication Will lie Impossible. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 1. This little borough, ' which lot one-fifteenth of Its population in the opera housa horror Monday night, to-day turned to the task of burying Its dead. Be cause of the condition of most of the bodies the borough authorities haye asked the bereaved relatives to bury the deadwTtTiTnT--laya. All night long scores of men worked In the morgues preparing the Identified bod- : . ies for removal to their late homes or to the cemetery. As early as 5 o'clock "a long line of death wagons movod here and there are about the town distributing the corpses and before nightfall most of the dead will bo ready for Interment. Tlie relief com ml tee working lr conjunction-with relatives has removed murehanSOodiesJrom themor- gues. It is a common sight to see a man carrying through the streets charred bodies on boards covered by a' blanket or uullt.. . It ralne.d slightly Ihls mornlnz an.l 1 there was a little fall of snow, but tnls did. not deter the work ot digging graves. A force of men started to .' dig graves in Falrvlew anfl Union cemeteries this morning. ; MONUMENT FOR I UNKNOWN.- ; The borough has decided to buy : eight let for the burial o the unl dentined dead. In the centre of th plot sufficient space will be left for the erection of a monument. The scene shout the morgues :-- . day are much the sam as yesterday. Daylight found crowds sround tn entrances clamoring for admit tance. At 7 o'clock the doors were opened and the gruesoma work of Identifying the dead was again tak-'n up. it Is believed that more than 60 bodies will never be identified. .Ttye death list continues to grow and It Is now feared that the number of victims will reach 10 and possi bly higher. Tb-dey Mrs. James Frier, who was injured by leaping from the burning building, died, mak ing tha total number of known dead 17 J. ' Coroner Strnsser's official lit this afternoon showed that of the dead 112 were females and 45 males. There are 15 bodies so badly burned that It Is Impossible to distinguish t'nelr neX. I LIST NOT COMPLETE. ' There are 2 2 bodies of children In msles. The coroner stated that th' list Is by no means complete. Borough of Boyertown mourns the loss of lis of Its people. The remainder of th victims hailed from about ten different , hamlets all within a radius of five miles. ' "1 have every reason to 'believe." raid th coroner, after making anoth er examination of the ruins to-dav. that the number of dead may reach nearly 200. A number of bodies, how .many we will never be able to' tell. were practically burned to a crisp. Nothing , remains of them but scat tered ashes." In order to get to the cellar of ths building as quickly as possible a sang of men was set to work this after noon to clear away the tons of bricks and mortar., , Little headway was made tu-day In Identifying tho remainder of the "tin- , known dead. 8o far 115 bodies have been claimed. A MYSTERY DEVELOPS. A , mystery has developed as a re sult of the examination of the bodies dtlU remaining ln the school house. In looking over the corpses Coroner Strasser cams across one he at first had reason to believe was that of a man, but on opening the coat which enveloped the frame, he was surprised -to see that the boJy was that ot a woman. The whole body was attired In male garments even to the under clothes. An Investigation showed that there waa no girl In tbe play Monday night dressed In man's attire. The body Is one of those still un identified and it Is hardly likely that It will be claimed. The features are burned beyond recognition. Thus far no one ln town has been found who has any recollection of a person who would answer to the description of the body. - THE DEADLOCK UNBROKEN. No Change In tlie Balloting and No lTospect of a Break. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. II. Ths. Senatorial deadlock remained nn- , broken to-day. the only change In the ballot being the recording of .. one more absentee. The Republi cans cast their votes solidly for former Governor Bradley and for mer Governor Beckham again r celved ft votes, notwithstanding tbe prediction by his opponents that he would be unable to hold his vote to gether after yesterday's first ballot ln Joint session. Claims for andagalrwt Beckham's election continue to be made, but nothing has developed thus far -to Indicate any Immediate change, In the contest. The only change in the Sena- . torlat ballot was that of McKnight of Mason, voted for James B. i!c Creary. and Senator Chsrlton. of Louisville, voted for R. W. Knott Ths vote for McCreary Is not con sidered as announcing his candidacy. It looks like a hopeless deadlock un less the Republicans and anti Beckham Democrats can unite on some Democrat other than Beckham. Three-Year-Old Gaffney Child Badly jiurnea. Special to The Observer - Gaffney. S, C. Jan. 1. Testerdnv bout o'clock Byars, the little 1- yar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. I Harvey, while pUylng tn the fire, had his dre-l set on fire and before ail could reach him was aim ; envelop ed In flames. The dr.eos was burned almost entirely off, and :he body, armi and face of the chUd were bad ly burned. The mother ln endeavor ing to xtiniru:h the Harms susuiinej painful burns on the harM anl rnn Dr. Pitman; who attend-) the burn ed chlk-h announced that iht injuri would not prove fata'. un!e the lit tle fellow had Inhjued tho flam.-, i'i which case it would be Imrosih'" ' ' sy as yet whher or not he w i,.' 1 recover.. At this time the eh .! i as comfortnbl an cou'd b ep 1 unJer the c!rcuman -es.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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