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1? if ! i fr 5 'Uj.T I i U SUBSCRIPTION PEICE $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 12,1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. vr ' : . i IIUKLOITE IS SELECTED . THE CONVENTION DATE JUNE 24. Te Qoeen City Will Entertain This 'I'-ar the Democratic Slate Con tention, Her Claims Having Won - Out "Over Thoe of Greensboro V; For Tht Honor WwinenGay, June s 21th. lhe Date Set For TliU Im portant tiatlu-rlojr Executive Corn 's mitre Has Long Discussion Over the Matter of Endorwlna: William JennlnKi Bryan, Mr. A. M. Scale, of Greensboro, Having Introduced llcolutloii. . . Observer Bureau, , , The Holleman Building. . Raleigh, March 11. The State Democratic executle committee In session here to-night se lected the J 4th of June at Charlotte for the meeting of the State Demo cratic convention, and by a close vote endorsed Bryan for . the Presidency. .The committee met at o'clock In the Senate, chamber, Chairman Hugh G.'Cb&tKam ohd Secretary A. J. Field dolnr the duties of those position The attendance was very large and there were many spectators In the lobbies - and galleries. Red satin badges tearing the word. "Charlotte were quite a marked feature, of the assemblage, white badges bearing the word "Greensboro" being also se,en here end there.. The roll was called, showing It members represented, In person' or by proxy. Chairman Chatham said this splen did attendance was evidence that the great Democratic party was militant and very much .alive.5 He said that reports from 8Uer cent of the coun ties showed that the ranks of the party are yet unbroken and that at the next election it would be seen that . . , i... ' J... it,, nartv anil rveiyn tnaw cauea ai air. u nomj ,o harm had been done P"ly n,J offlce to-day and attached her signa nuch good doneihe State.- He thenNtur- to tn- p,perl jn tne case..- As no much declare! the committee ready for fcua Jness. - ', ' 1 j "- f k "-.- AS . TO , ENDORSING BRYAN. 4 Mr. A. M. Scales, of Greensboro, said he believed the convention ought to pause long enough to commend one of the most remarkable men this country has produced, William Jen nings Bryan (applause), the ( great commoner. He aiso paia a vriouie tu that great man. North Carolina's fa vorite son, Charles Brantley Aycock. (great and prolonged applause). Mr. Scales Introduced a resolution setting forth that the 8tate Democratic party at Its last convention endorsed Bryan and Aycock for President and Vice prMldtnt: that the committee re- afflrmg this and recommends Aycock t the party all over the country. Mr. Weddlngton, of Charlotte, said, he wanted the resolution divided. -He thought the nation was for Bryan and the Stafe waa for Aycock (applause). He said be wanted Aycock endorsed now; he might vote at the State con vention to endorse Bryan,. but that was later on. " . MaJ. E. J. Hale offered a resolution endorsing Bryan, saying If there was a division he wanted it made on Mr. Bryan. Under the circumstances he said he would second Mr. Scales' reso lution. ' - Mr. James A. Bryan said that while he was for Aycock for any position he did not think this was the place or time to adopt such a resolution ab this; the' executive committee had no right to attempt to pledge the party . . . . J . . V. xor any man, as n. rcprcBcuicu the party only to a certain extent.- Mr. Heriot Clarkson said that this magnificent gathering showed that North Carolina waa in a ; dominating noslUon. but that this committee was not here to endorse any one. .He fa- vors a reference of all this matter to the SUte convention, which has full power This would make all leave .. in 1 kMimi. rntwwi uA made a motion Tor uch a reference Mr. Wdd?ngton M he ha7 never scratched a ticket and would not do co now. . (Applause). Mr. Scales said he could not that- his resolution was out or uupi upor, iui u wmyif uunis what the Democrats all over the ns tlon are doing: that it Is absolutely certain that Bryan will be the noml-- nee at Denver. " He opposed . a dl .Mr Pharr of Mecklenburg said' Mr- Clarke-expressed tne opinion tnati in jrownvuie anray occurrea on, admittance, that if the resolution goes out defeat- tne majority would not pass this bill al-j the night of August llth-14th, 1806. Sumner, however, is not dead but thi.'win k .t th. ntn. of it lowing the emergency circulation to be The War Department conducted a la .in the Mission Hospital here, des rntroducrr fi the co hM Mtlred w,thout llmlttlloB- - ' hurried investigation of the shooting Perately wounded. , ....:' . W .. A vI;. ' Mr. Oarke said he would not only re-'and a result President RoonevBlt' The shooting occurred twenty nothing to doVith lt The committee ha, Just as much right to adopt lutions endorsing Home. Crala- or or Vlrxhln H .nnnnrttil rinrV.nn'. motion for a reference to the State tl0nal banks should pay interest on the 1 f,0 nn.d lirJS? convention. What can thla commit-: l.ooo.WO of government deposits. after Coniress convened In December, tee, the creation, do as compared with1 Mr. Aldrlch said that five years ago he' i r'Bea lue8 uo" ' to tn Its creator, the convention? - 'had introduced a bill providing for the Fres,de"t "ht to discharge the Mr. James A. Bryan said such en- payment of Interest on such deposits at men ana an investigation by the com dnraement amounted tn nothinr. aim. the rate of 14. per cent. but. he added, i mlttee on military affairs was order- ply forestalled the convention's ac- tlon. The man the convention en- dorsed all would vote for; the party now wants all the partisans possible and needs every one in Its ranks; that Republicans would from this time , .mrA ,v. .... forward stir themselves as they have not done since reconstruction days. Major Hale said It would be flying tere(lt sriouiet not be charged on these' 1108, the Secretary of War, by my di ln the face or the convention not to aeposlta Mr. Culberson, he said, had rectlon. Issued the following order: adopt the resolution. It has been fre- introduced a bill to require payment of 'Applications to re-enlist from fluently said that this committee does interest on government deposits and It former members of Companies B C -not represent the people; the adop- was now before the committee on and D.. Twenty-fifth Infantry, who f this resolution will disprove finance. - . . were discharged under the provisions iw .ranu air. ntuwn J tvia oia noi mina -resolution - exactly appropriate the now, but said good actions were al- ways appropriate. MR. E. Je JUSTICES POSITION. E. J. Justice said he was Informed 'ef the fact that the committee waa In danger of making a grave -mistake. He did not know that Scales would In troduce his resolution, but any refer ence of It to the convention would be construed by the pubU6 as a rejection of it We do not want to take such a step. No man had more cordial regard for Aycock than he, he said. The committee cannot endorse Aycock without endorsing Bryan. There Is no distinction In principle and fact. The only reason possible Is that certain committeemen favor Aycock and do not favor Bryan. There Is grave doubt if those who oppose Scales' res olution really represent their constit uents. Ninety per cent. oi,the North Carolina Democracy Is for Prjan- Contlnued en Fsge Two). THAW SUU FOB DIVORCE 10S MOTHER A CO-DEFENDANT. Evelyn NesMCs Lawyers Serve Harry Jt. and Ills Mother, Mrs. VtUiiam Thaw With Necessary Papers in . Suit to Annul Their Marriage The Elder Mrs. Thaw Made Co-De-. fendant 15onno the Law Looks Upon- Harry Thaw as Legally Dead Evelyn Declares That the Public WW & ever Know the Causes Lead' Ins; to Their Estrangement Colin Bel Do Xot Anticipate Any Trouble In Securing; Alimony and Counsel Fees For the Fair Plaintiff. New York, March II. Mrs. Wil liam Copley Thaw was served here late to-day with papers In which she Is made a co-defendant with her son. Harry .K. Thaw, In the action instituted by the latter' wife, Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, to annul . their mar riage. As Harry Thaw is an Inmate of an Insane asylum he la in the eyes of the law legally dead and' the next of kin becomes technically the actual defendant In the case. An' attempt was also made this evening to serve Marry Thaw at Matteawan by mes senger, who waa admitted to' the asylum. Late, to-night, however. It was made known that owing to' a technicality the eervice was not com- tendent of the " Institution, being Thaw's legal guardian, must also be served, ' It was explained. Learning this Thaw refused to accept service and the process server returned to New York, - where another set of papers will be prepared and service made upon Dr. Lamb and Thaw to morrow. It Is possible that Dr. Lamb wlll.be substituted for Mrs. William Thaw as co-defendant. , Daniel O'Reilly, counsel for Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, explained that Thaw's mother was made a co-defendant because,-being the next of kin, she Is t.hn.llv h rem I defendant. The Iaw presumes her son o be insane and,, therefore legally dead. Mrs. she Jeft the office Mrs. Thaw was ask ed whether she would subsequently made public the cause of the estrangement which led to . the suit 8he replied : . " PUBLIC WILL NEVER KNOW. "The public1 will never know." . The papers served to-day briefly re cite the fact of the marriage at Pitts burg, on' April 4th, 105, and . set forth "that at the time f the mar riage of the plaintiff to the defendant the defendant was a lunatic and of unsound - mind and was Incapable of making a valid contract of marriage. The cause for anulllng the marriage, o-wlt: The lunacy of Harry Kendall Thaw, .existed at the time of such marriage." ' ' Lawyer O'Reilly said, that he did not anticipate any trouble in obtain ing tho defendant's counsel fees and Alimony, TSCTTDiO-MWDi rRa A, Russell feaDoay, counsel tor Thaw, said Tt will not be necessary for Bvelyn to go to he courts in order to get counsel fees and alimony ' while the suit is pending. . She has been getting money fi;om me to pay her expenses while Harry la confined and this will be continued during the trial of the annullment. I .shall fight the case upon instruc tions from my client ana shall repre sent him perosnally In the defense." The matter of a cash settlement upon the plaintiff has not been taken up, Mr. Peabody said. FURTHER CURRENCY DEBATE. Clarke,-' of Arkansas, Denounces the Aldrlch BUI and Demands an In vestlgation of the Panic's Cannes ' Aldrlch Heard in Bill's. Defense. Washlnsrton. March IX. Senator Clarke. d"f Arlunau. denounced the nendina cui rency bill in a speech in the Senate to- day, declaring, that no currency leglsla- tlon should be enacted until an InvesUga- tlon Is held as to the causes of the panic. . , ; . s ! 'o sue 'Ka , "f8! ;! now, said Mr. Clarke, it is not only, not necessary, but It may become dan-; gerous. "I am not disposed to tolerate ,de ot K'vlng any support to the t'Zl'JJT? ! """""' .mlttee." I Mr. Clarke denounced the operations of of -rdaee echanges and said the Amcaicaa lntroduced,. which provides for the! h" he had killed Parrls Sumner and of place peopi, wouid BOt be satisfied with the eneral numose This bill how that he was Justified in doing so un ply doing proposed currency leglslaUon without a " . w rlw I the "unwritten law." James Fra- proposea currency legnsiauon wiuwui a complete knowledge of causes of the panic. "The time has arrived, he said. I . "when the affairs of the New York stock; ; exchange and other stock exchanges complete knowledge of causes of the panic. "The time has arrived, he said. I "when the affairs of the New York stock; i must be looked into.'.' "o, but - a.'".? ' 1." RfrV9lt reso-'Iu'" 1"" S.?"1!!?. wynthouttionor to my Interest on checklnar acoounta I .-.''Z. ZJ. " . .-S ... . Senators had opposed that bill on the! grouna mat at cnangea tne nature or tne loan. Former Senator Spooner and the 'te " liv.j'?rK??' voppo,ed the Dl"- ,tht f w. ?m h Jt tZ?Ki'l bring In such a measure. He did not n , u , ' ,h. v(h r. tsaiiey spoae at some tengtn sug- wuw iui wi nam purpone oi nia. suo.tltute was to favor the principle of , government money instead of bank money. No Jury Yet In nitcheock Case. KT, ' . i V. V., m" . . .... J plicated in the raid on Brownsville, New York. March II. The trial of,T th nicrht of iuen.i isrt. Raymond Hitchcock; the comedian, j was continued In the Supreme Court to-dv. The work of securina- a iurv ' continued slowly and only 11 Jurors "elected when court adjourn- ea ooui '"-""-. uneiiuani a, wife, who with all other spectators, was tarred from the court room yes terday, was permitted to enter th room to-day. ' Mississippi Defeats Confftltutlojial Prohibition. Jackson, Miss:, March 11 Consti tutional prohibition was defeated in the Senate to-day by a vote of II ayes to II noes. The defeat of the measure was not unexpected. BMWXSVILLE (USE AGAIN FOUR REPORTS TO THE SEX ATE. Military Affairs Committee Tieseends-f l pon the Dignified Hody With. -u-- iLerous and Sundry Views f Out rage by Negro Sold-crs of the Twenty-Fifth Infantry and the Thread Hare Subject Is to Bo Threaslied Out Arln Tlie President Sends in - a Special 31 rwece In W hich He Auks legislation Giving; the Negroes Who Were Not Guilty the Right to Re-Enlist In the Army Bailey, Warren and Tillman Enliven the "Proceedings to Some Extent. . "Washington, March ,11. Reports from the committee on military affairs, . j in regard to the Investigation of the affray at BrownsvWle, Tex., which re suited In the disoharge without honor of three companies of negro soldiers of the Twenty-nfth Infantry. At the same time a message was received from the President calling attention to the fact that the testimony taken by the committee, sustains his posi tion in discharging the negro soldiers. He recommends extension of the time for re-enllstment of the discharged men who mlght.be found not to fall wtWn th. term, 0 tne oraer. Th, I were four reports from' the commit tee, the majority being signed by Sen ators Warren, Lodge, Warner, Dupont, Taliaferro, Foster, Overman, Fraxler and McCreary. A minority report was signed by Senators Foraker, Scott, Bulkeley and Hemenway.,. The ma jority report found as follows: . THE MAJORITY REPORT.' . . That in the opinion of the commit tee the shooting wss done ty some of the soldiers belonging to the Twenty fifth Infantry; that the testimony falls to Identify the particular soldier or soldiers, who participated . In the af fray. It Is stated that there Is con siderable 'contradiction in the testl mony, but that, taken as a' whole and reconciling 'it - wherever possible. It proves the case outlined In the major ity's decision. - :.-.. The ' principal minority report was presented by Senator Scott and takes the position that it has been Impos sible to ascertain who did the shoot ing and makes the recommendation that the negro soldiers be restored. In ..i V .Ki- ,inri B-niSP1" to TM ooserver. ators Foraker and Bulkeley joined In; Boston. Mass., Marcn ii. 'ine en- a supplemental report which was pre-lI w reached toAjey InUhe affairs uu' w T v m v rY e swum j. sented by Senator Foraker. ; . ' j Senator Foraker's report declared, of Boston, whose skyrocket career that the testimony of the eye-wlt- was rendered memorable by his ex nesses against- the negro soldiers Is tensIve a,VCTt!slng - and frequent not reliable and that no motive for. . .tw T their alleged , connection with the af- j P-at-arm, with Tom Lawson fray has been shown.; He summed up; nd thr dera. Jn the financial the testimonv taken v the , Senate committee as. follows; NO INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED. That It wholly falls to identify the particular : individuals, or any of -them! have been defrau Jed. Judge Bolster, rlou, sections of the country. Last demonstrated that finally the ship who participated in the ehootlng: that of thi Maesachnsethr-Bunerlor Court, i summer .tha..twa. women' decided to '. hniirlers had evolved thla bill by it falls to show that any of the dls-; charged soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry had entered Into any agree ment or so-called '-.conspiracy of - si lence." or that they withheld Inform atlon possessed by themTor the shoot' lnsr? that the testimonv Is eon trad !v. tory and not sufficient to sustain theied. His Brookline ' mansion, his charge'that the soldier., were 'con-Llub. h,a Dalatlal flffle., th hoteb reoted with th hootins- and that thJ ' PiMiai omces, tne noteia Llll Vs JDai..!' and every place where . King might noTeof the"negro soldTers cEl i- in the affray, A supplemental report" signed by Senators Warren, Lodge, Warner and 'ago, after his affairs were placed ln Dupont declares that under the evl- the hands of trustees, mortgaged his dence It is shown that the - assault; beautlful nome Becurinr ijj.ooo In was . perpetrated by-members of the w1. ,, kki- battalion, but that It Is reasonable to! ?ash' UW he" found- " ' u Pvrobab, believe that, all of the soldiers were! that thls ' chara wiU be brought not concerned in the commission ofaalnst in addition to other the crime, either as. principals or ac-! cessorlea.- They recommend that flti'Tremont street. Boston, renreanta a would be Justice th" restore to all of j the innocent men , the fights and privileges which had accrued to themi by reason ef their previous service In I the army.' AUTHORITY TO REINSTATE, A bill is presented authorizing tho President within one year 'after the passage of the act to authorize the f nllstraent of. .an men wh?m ne may oe sausnea naa no connection with the shooting. Senator Foraker ,. .nnrt . kiii n...in....f ,,. " . . : ' "' , . ' ment cc'pt l"9 "n!nt of tny, on of tn discharged negroes whoj makes oath that he was not connected; .V ",, j, . , T ! ment 1 cce,p enlistment of , any, on OI ln" aiscnargea nagroes wnoj Wltn the shooting. ... . "l lno companies. OI negro soi- uier wir, were men imnea at - The committee began taking tes timony on February th, 1J07, and concluded March 10th, 1J0S. The following is the text of, the President's message sent to the Sen ate to-day: THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. "To the Benate: On December Uth. of 9pcW order No. I6.v War De- Dartmpnt. November 9th 1908 must ?ANIfff . V""' led by such evidence, also In writing. as the applicant may desire to sub 190g, nor withheld any evidence that! m,ht ,..A ta the. dlacoverv of th.l , . 1 "Proreedlnas were berun tinder thla order; but shortly thereafter an invea-I t gatlon was directed oy the Senate, and the nroceed nS under the order were stopped. The Senate committee' entrusted with the work has now) completed Ita investigation and finds that the facts upon which my order of! . J discharge of November th, IJ0, wns based, are substantiated by the evi dence. The testimony secured by the committee is therefore now available, and I desire to revive the order of De cember 12th, 1908, and to have it car ried out In whatever, shspe may be fCon'.lnuod oa Page Ten). GREEK LABORERS MOBBED. . A Party of Sixteen Driven From Their Homes by Negroes ax Belhaven, ' Five Being Seriously Wounded Military Company Called Out to Preserve Order, Another Outbreak '. Being Feared. Special to The Observer. Washington, N. C March 11. Ac cording to reports arriving In this city this afternoon there came near being a race riot In Belhaven last night. It aeems that the Inter-State Cooperage Company, employing between 400 and E00 men .In Belhaven. had brought . ' . . . , down a party of sixteen Greek labor era to take the place, of negro work- ' Bra, ' oeriain weea. oi raia men. These Greeks, one of whom delphle, -hot and killed Mlsa EUxa was married, were living In four dwel- , th Hardee, of 214 Gyt ,. . , , street. East Savannah, Ga., and then .ing nouses on tne company, prop-, commlMed ,ulcd9 at the Laurens erty. Last night about .JO o'clock. ! fop QrJa Jn renway (J1 while in these houses and unarmed. the Greeks were attacked by a mob of fifty or sixty negroes, supposed to be led by several whites. This mob shot up the houses nd . forced the Greeks, both male aid female, to flea! to" a nearby swamp la order to save October 1st, the day the school open thelr lives. Later llv developed that . Miss Weed broke down as a re five. ,of the Greeks were seriously. if .of overwor. and was commit not fatally, wounded. The mob. un-.' , f anitarlum In order to be .hi. ... 4 At. I treated for nervous prostration. JilMS J A -i S. wamP8; d,s- Last night Mies Weed escaped from mi th -'.w "J ' ' the sanitarium and nade her way to The citizens of Bethaveh are Very;tn. .choo,. ehe appeared to be bad Indignant, and to prevent an expect-;Jy arranged mentally. A fruitless ed recurrence of the outrage called attempt was made to communicate upon Governor Glenrf, "through Sheriff with the authorities of the sanitarl Ricks, of this city, to send the Wash- urn, and at length Miss Hardee suc Ington Military Cdmpny to Belhaven ceeded in getting Miss Weed to go to preserve order arid prevent vlo- to bed In Miss Hardee's chamber on lene ftf anv Hn1 ' Th mHllnrv eom- the third floor- in the School build- nan v hv itreHon of . the Oovemor end in charge of Sheriff Ricks, left on special train for Belhaven at f o'clock this afternoon. . . From latest reports everything Is quiet, but an outbreak Is feared dur ing the night. , ,- -.v, WARRANT FOR RJC. Vest F. KING. A Crisis Reached Yjpsterdsw In For mer Tar Heel Financier's Affairs, When n Bench Warrant Was lamed For Him Officers Fall to Locate the Man Said to Have Mortgaged Hi Horn. ' . , i of C. F. King, the, financial broiter world of Boston ana, wan btreet Heeding th urgent appeals for Jus- tiee that are pourth m from all over ,," ii, .a the country from those who claim to to-day Issued- a warrant for King's ? arrest, - Inspector McGarr , searched all .day for Klnj. but 4ip Co a late ; hour to-night he had not bnen found ; and no definite information as to. his '. nresent whereabouts haa been seeur- i Iound hav ch- ed an.l are carefullv watched. ed and are carefully watched. It Is said that King a few weeks charges. Charles A. McDonough, 18 number of .mall inventor. laim , .. n. tn v, fn fc , J V t T .1 . tT cks wnIch he Claims thej have never re- SLAYER ASKS FOR ADMISSION. Ylnnrvtmfi,. Kltal ft Awakened Midnight by James Frady, Who , says Ho snot rarr:s Sumner Under i the "Unwritten Law." BPoCl' t0 The Observer. - Asheville. March 11. Clalmlnir a or well-known citlsen of Limes- tone township, twelve miles from Asheville. aroused Deputy Sheriff Mitchell at the county Jail here a"bout !. a well-known citleen of Llmes- tone township, "twelve miles from Asheville. - aroused Deputy Sheriff mldnlht last nicht and demanded yaras rrom r raay s nome last even ing. Frady and Sumner, both well- known and highly respected cltltens, are neighbors. Frady alleges that Sumner was Intimate' with his wife, and last evening, finding the two to gether, opened Are on Sumner. Frady shot five times, three of the bullets taking efftct Then he beat Sum ner's skull in with the butt of his pistol and left his victim for dead, coming to Asheville to .surrender. Sumner was shot through the lower abdomen, the rlht lung and right shoulder, while an operation was. nec essary to remove the fractured pieces of skull. CONFERENCE OF RECEIVERS. .The Three Meet at Greenville and Map Out a Course to Pursue Will at Once Demand the Fuud, It Is Said. Special to The Observer. Greensville, 8. C, March 11. Mes srs. C. K. Henderson, of Aiken, and ! B. F. Arthur, of Union, receivers of the, dispensary fund, arrived In the city this afternoon far a conference on the situation with Mr, J. A. Mc Cullough, of this city, the third re ceiver. When asked for a statement the receivers said that there waa ab solutely nothing to be given out to th Press at this time; that they were her arranging . to give bond. sign their oath ana taxe charge or K.f i. , Id. a Mltru ft ttl.r.n. M... .. ' .... ...... iVmand will be maJe upon the wlnd- ing-up commission' at once for the funds. Messrs. Carter and Barnard, two Asheville attorneys who represent a "umber of liquor houses, were a!o t0la' but hy "'"J? t0 lv rtn inHh nr. cnvlnr that tti.v n - m pausing through the city en route to Atlanta and topped over to become acqiinlntev with the receivers. "There is no use of prenting any iliilmn to the receivers until they gcet sime money?" remarked Mr. Carter, lie ts of the opinlin that the case will be carried to the -United States firpreme Court. DEMENTED WOMAN'S DEED SHOOTS FRIEND AND SUICIDES Suffering From Melancholia, Induced by Overwork Mlsa Sarah Cliam berlaln Weed Kills Miss Elizabeth Bailey Hardee. Her Business Part- . ner in the Laurens School For . lrl and Thou Takes Her Own Ele The Slayer a Phlladelphlan and Her Victim a Native of Savan- . ttah. Ga. MJse Weed Had . Been Confined In n Sanatarliun Since . Her School Opened. But Managed to Enr-tipe I loth Women Gradu ates of Wellesley College. . Boston. March 11. Suffering from melancholia, due to overwork,' Miss trict to-day. :' . . " - The bodies of the two women, were found in bed to-day by Mrs. Page, the matron of the school. - The Lau rens School was established, last fall by Miss Hardee and Miss Weed. On Ing. Miss Hardee retired with Miss Weed. TRAGEDY: OCCURRED EARLY. Both women were awakened by Mrs. Page about a. m. and potlfled that they must get up if they were to catch the 7:15 train on which Miss Weed was to be taken back to West Newton. Mrs. Page then left them, and a few moments later the shoot ing occurred. Mrs. age thinks the mestlon of returning to the satitarl u m must have excited and angered Miss : Weed and Induced the shoot ing. .. From the nature of the wounds Medical - Exaxminer Stedman .decided j cde by ,hooUng herself through the (right temple, after having shot Miss iub, .mjmi iimu Itni. tviiiiuunu lui' niruet . mrjugn ino uaai , oi tag brain. ... Both . women were' about it years of age and they had been Intimate friends since their graduation from Wellesley College, Miss Hardee re ceiving her diploma in 18H. while Miss Weed received hers a year later Mlsa ' Hardee was an instructor In mathematics at Wellesley In 1 : nd 1900, and since that time had sidy bill In another form. He trac- been teaching in .Vermont. Mlas ed the various bills proposed from rw . ... h...'.,,., i. v.nitt .11 e whwh h.H failed, and Pen a' boarding school tor. glrla "on Audbon road. In the Fenway district. r On, October 1st, the day upon which tho Laurens School, as they called it. was opened, . Miss Weed broke down as a result of overwork and was taken to a sanitarium in est New- &menT "while al t the .anVrium C Wd hid ton .ablect to imre Miss weed naa Deen sudjcci to severe attacks of melancholia. Escaplng ."Icnr 'mTsV Hare. ".- the night BEHAVED STRANGELY. Miss Weed behaved in a peculiar 1 manner, according to the teachera, i wandering aimlessly about the school ; building and occasionally making - some strange or Incoherent remark. At length MiSS Hardee, persuaded i Miss Weed to retire, and the de-1 mented woman followed her to her own chamber on the third floor of the school. When Mrs. Page, the matron of the school, went to Miss Hardee's room . this morning to awaken her, she was shocked to find both women .1 ,M The pupil- at the school about rO i in r,,T,hr . th. rimifht. of t wealthy parents from all sections of lno counuy. miss iiaraee, in aaaiuon to ner school work, had taken a great in terest In settlement ork ln this city, especially among the Italians In the North End. During her college ca reer she was - prominent In many branches and extremely popular. Miss Weed's work, since leaving col lege, has been confined almost entire ly to teaching. ' While In the sani tarium at West Newton she was fre quently subject td extreme paroxysms of weeping, but never appeared to ! bear any animosity against nnr of her friends. ; Weed Family Informed of Tragedy by ;- tho Associated Prrs. Phlladelphla, March 11. Mrs. Syl via M. Weed, mother of Miss Sarah Chamberlain Weed, lives at 110 West Willow Grove avenue. Chestnut .Hill, a fashionable suburb of Philadelphia, with a daughter and T. W. Taylor, an uncle of the dead woman. The fam lly did not know ef the tragedy until shown an Associated Press dispatch from Boston, and It was decided not to Inform the mother, who Is a widow and Is 111 In bed. until official con firmation shall have been received from a sister of the dead woman, who is librarian at Wellsley College. The sad-intelligence was first Imparted to Miss Harriet N. Weed, another sister living with the mother This sister said the family knew that Miss Sarah Weed was III ln New England with nervous jjrostratlon, but did not believe hr condition was as . ,, ,., ,.. w.. ... v. serious as . n'r to commii bu ft v. t. , Miss Sarah Weed occasionally visit ed the mother, accompanied by Miss Hardee. Miss Sarah received her early education ln Boston. Ml Hardee Daughter of Savannah Attorney. Savannah, Ga., March 11. Miss nardee, who was killed at Boston to day, was a daughter of William P. Hardee, an attorney of this city. Her brother, Cosmo Hardee, left for Bos ton to-day. Miss Weed had visited Savannah end was known to almost all of Mlas Hardee's friends. Baffled hy Italian. Secrecy Tsmpa Po lice Drop M looting hcrape. Tampa. March 1L Baffled by the secrecy maintained by ail Italians, in cluding the victim, the poiire de partment to-day relented five Italians helj In connection lth the horUn of Dr.. Gran and two companions from imbuh 8ui)4ay night. APPOINTMENT IS HELD UP BY THE FEVANCE COM3I2TTEE As Was Exnected the Senate, Through the Finance Committee, Holds I p Appointment of Colonel Pearson a Asuayer and Melter Here New York liner Loud tn Demanding Investigation of "Indian Scandal" . Senator Joe Bailey Invited to Sieak at Hlrh Point Appalachian I 'ark Bill to Be Taken L'p by - Judiciary Committee . the 20th Congressman Small's Remarks on Ocean Mad Rill, n BY H. E. C. BRYAXa. Observer Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel. Washington, March .11. The appointment of Col. W. S. Pearson as assayer and melter at the mint at Charlotte has been held up by the Senate' finance ' committee. When asked to-day who had done It, Senator Aldrlch laughed and said that a number of such appointments was in the same boat. It la understood that none of the North Carolina delegation will stand In the way of the confirmation of Colonel Pearson and, therefore. It will eventually go through. The New York World Is printing column after column about the Choctaw-Chickasaw Citlxenshlp Court and calling on Secretary Garnld, of the Department of the Interior, to probe to the bottom the -"Indian scandal." The Department of Jus tice has complied with the request of the Senate for a report, but the Department of the Interior has not as yet. A- delegation from the Manu facturers' Club of High Point was hre to-day to Invite Senator Bailey tft speak at the annual banquet in April. Messrs. W. G. Bradshaw, Fred E. Tate. A. E. Tate and John J. Farrls composed the committee. Senator Bailey thinks now that he will go. He Is anxious to do so, but may have to be in Texas about that rtime. The High Point gentlemen, however, will depend on him. , Representative Webb made a mo tion before the House Judiciary com mission to-day to name a date to take up the Appalachian park bill for discussion and consideration and the 20th Inst was fixed. SMALL ON OCEAN MAIL BILL. Mr; Small spoke in the House Tuesday afternoon in opposition to what Is known as the ocean mall sub sidy. Thla bill proposes to Increase the compensation i of the . H-knot steamers from 12 a mile 4o $4 a mile on the outward trip, on routes from the Atlantic coast to South America and from the Pacific coast to Japan, Australia and the Philip pines. Mr. Small laid down the proposition hat this bill was nothing more or less than tne oia snip sua- ) which they hopedrimairrdlsgulsad the Treasury for the purpose of building up their Industry. He quot- cd admissions from the advocates of thls bill that its. purpose was to Drovid, naval auxiliaries and to Offer ' J"0"""11 or ?"lnot tahlp ln Am'rlc1! y,r? Ind lhat. th' " i portilt on 0j ma , was only an Incl- : enta .... wa- -dmltted . J" - f pendlture of about four million dol- liars annually, but Its advonates ob- i served that the profits from the transportation of our ocean -nail at the present time yielded nearly that - nUm and that, therefore, we ought t0 expend this profit to encourage the building of ships. In any event, as tn speaker contended. It would re- nnlra an nnrnnrlitlnn of larr sum ,,f mrinpv to h lmnosed unon the Poatoffice Department and thereby In crease the deficit If It was a ques tion of transporting the malls, he said, and by the cheapest method, an entirely new condition would arise, but such was not the case. , It was admitted by Its advocates that this rr.nnrLi.CS.e,nT,ta0l.ea0nf transporting the malls on the ocean to points named and that much low er bids could bs secured by open competition. The purpese of the bill was simply to obtain ship subsidy ap propriations' under the guise of carry ing the malls upon the ocean. Mr. Small then referred briefly to the causes which had contributed to the decline of American shipping up on the seas. He showed that this re sult had been brought about by the high protective tariff which had con stituted a barrier against commerce and prevented our trading with South America and with other countries up- on , equal terms. He contended that e at ai W la. laa1 tfm at revanil a ti4 W th a tariff levied for a revenue and with Incidental protection would remove these obstacles and revive our com merce. He further stated there was no economic reason why an American should not buy a snip abroad, pro vided it was to our interest to do so. Free ships and a reduction of the Dlngley tariff, with the application of American enterprise, would, revive American shipping and make un necessary these perennial - demands upon the Treasury. - WEBB ON INVESTIGATION COM MITTEE. Representative Webb, of North Carolina, Is a member of the sub committee of the House Judiciary committee appointed to, Investigate the charges made against Judge Wil fley. a United States Judge In China. Hit associates are Representatives Moon, of Pennsylvania, and Delke- Lmn, of Michigan. This Is an honor that came to the popular Congress man from the nintn district without J ' . , V . . " VZ Ing to be one of the most Import an hearings of this Coag.-esa Preslden his asking. The Wllfley trial Is prov- t ent Roosevelt in his characteristic way, has declared that the charges against Wllfley are false. The committee will proceed to the end with Its in vestigation, nevertheless. - The immigration commission ap pointed by the last session of ' the Fifty-ninth Congress has begun "its work in earnest. It will be recalled that Senator Latimer, of South Caro lina, was appointed chairman of a sub-committee to look Into conditions ln the South. After his dath Sena tor McLaurln. of- . Mississippi, was named to succeed htm. The other members of the sub-committee are, Kepresentatlves Pennett, '" of New York;' Burnett of Alabama, and Howell, of New Jersey. Under the direction of thes gentlemen an ln vestlxatinr committee, headed by Mr. Luthrr Martin Hoard, of Elber ton. Oa., Is at work ln North Caro lina this month. It la the purpose of the commission to ascertain, if po- , (Continued on Page E!tM). STILL KNOCKING THE NAVY COMMANDER KEY FINDS FAtXTS Rest rained From Taking Vp or Criti - rising the Testimony of Precetllnfc Witnesses the Former Naval Aide to the. President Airs His Views on . Battleship Construction srnator Tillman .Wants to Know if a Naval . . Aide Is Simply an Ornament, and . . Commander Key Admits That the Aide's Chief Duty U to Attend ' White House Functions Structural - Information Complete Committee Will New Take Vp Other Maurr. 'Washington. March 11. Before Commands- A. L. Key. former naval aide tofa President, resumed his testimony before the Senate naval af fairs committee to-day. Chalrmtn 7 Hale made a statement in rercrence to the . controversy yesterday when the witness showed a disposition to attack the testimony given by Chief Constructor Capps and other official champions of American methods of -construction. . . . th mmmlrt., w.raAft Mr. .14.1. "You may make statements from your . own knowledge and observations. It Is' not a part of the conditions laid down by this committee for one wit ness to take up the . testimony ef another and criticise testimonv he be- . lleves to be misleading.": ' COMPLIES WITH RULING. Commander Key agreed to comply with this ruling. He .then proceeded -to compare American snips .construct-' ed since 1S9 with British shins built, In the same period. His 'diagrams, tended to show ' that American ves-. sets are over-draft to a greater de-; gree than the .English ships. . He agreed with Admiral ftemcy and Captain Winslow. that ships should carry full - bunkers of coal when they go Into action, and he said that not to do so would be "preposterous." " His observations In regard to draft of vessels were that the decision of the Walker board of May llth, lS. that "a battleship's draft hould be. her fighting draft; not her maximum draft with full stores on board," had . been disregarded by the naval con structors. .. ., . - f ', , i , "How are we to remedy these at-, leged violations of the law?" asked Mr.. Tillman, who also wanted to know what guarantee Congress has! that good fighting ships would be, built, with the money appropriated.-. This led to a general d!scu.n.i, and: Commander Key, suggested that the general boards, which are not respnn-' sible under the law, have loo much' authority. . ' .' AIDE SIMPLY. AN ORNAMENT. ? "You were naval aide to the Presi dent, what were your duties T' aeked Mr. Tillman. ' i ' "Chiefly to attend functions at the White Mouse" the commander fce- gan, but he was Interrupted by Mr. ( Tillman, who said: . - "In uniform, . Just as an' orna ment?" "Oh, no sir, not at all." the witness replied. 'The' naval aide goes with tne president on trips to visit s.iips. At. An r C trm m ne is sort or an ai- , M. M.Ptln w.nt irnn .if t ( pyegijent in regard to the. naval programme and other matters. "If. the President had a' young; officer ln that capacity his advlco would be resented by other officers, I think." said the' commander. Chairman Hale questioned Com mander Key about the work he -had done while naval aide to the PreM dent. In endeavoring to promote the chances for naval personnel leglsla-, . tlon. "My efforts' were purely personal and had no connection with my du ties at the White House," the co.n mander said. "I .didn't think trat being aide to the President I had lost my personal independence.' - ' "But you do think, such duty les sened your Influence?" asked Mr.' Hale. ' , ; ' A WARM RETORT. ' "My work was entirely with officers and not with Congressmen, the wit- nu renltuil .'-,. J : ? . ' Senator Tillman called attention to the campaign-conducted-by mid-' shlpmen for the personnel bill and. Commander Key denied that he. was, responsible for that campaign. .! The witness explained his reasons for believing that it was not neces sary to extend the armor belt more than . five feet below the "actual", water line, and the advisability, of having the remainder of the arm6r above the water line. He criticised a number of the American ships on the around that the free board was Insufficient in heavy seas, the effect being that the gun decks were so low inai wiv uig guiia vuuiu nui do nrrti - in such seas. He found flaws also In the turrets and ammunition hoists. Commander Key said that the American Is the only navy in the wortd . that has "hung on to" a type of hoist which does not Isolate the handling room from the guns. ' , Mr. Tillman was anxious to know who was responsible for this fact, and asked how long the American navy had persisted in keeping ' this type. et .... (...... w- . m the witness. "In that time It has . cost 15 lives." BLAME ON PRESIDENT? , "Six years," repeated Mr. Tillman. That Is one year less than Mr. Roose velt has been President and he came from our Navy Department and Is supposed to know about these faults." Commander Key said that the IS lives were "unnecessarily sacrificed," but tha tthe. chief of ordnance has now asked for more than 82.900.000. in order to correct the defects ln the hoists. ' f In concluding his testimony the commander paid a great tribute to the American navy, especially thu gunnery. "It is a fine thing." he said, "that a young man, green from a farm in the West, can be taken on a ship now and drilled so thTc in. three months he can make a hit with one of the big guns every-40 sec onds." . - The committee decided In executiva session not to take further testimony concerning the criticisms made of structural matters, and to decide at another meeting what other matters will be taken up. , Beech HargU Trial Continued. Jackson, Ky.. March 11. Uron ' fidavlts filed by the defendants, t case against ISee.ch . Hare's for t murder of hi father, Ju !:) J Hargis, tha feuJ leader, was cor' and set for the seventh !.! i-f rest term.. A!'.- '..tvits t.-.l r - ' ' the statements Cist Ja-Us J. ,? TUchone, of tJ-e a-.t'irn.-) s f r fene, is not jhy? a' - ' duct the trUl. atii t- it : an uncle cf the jwr-; tent from the citv.
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