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lTe:licr To-D:y 10:p2ge$To-C2y n r-.f AIR 1 V' r . :; v w, r .;. ... ,, -, ,- SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 . A ,YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TOTRSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1909. PRICE FIVE COTa KO "SALARY FOR SOLICITORS HOCSE KILLS THIS K.OONCE BILL Many AppmpriaUon Bills Presented In Lovrer House V ewterday "Teet h" i Section of Autl-Trns Document Pmmiod Axainst by Wilaon Delega ' lion Grant Introduce Bill ' or Punishment of , Election Officer 1 Another Effort to Amend Prohibl ' tion Law Representative Williams, ;Tof Dare, to Retain Hla Seat tlra bam Peremptory Challenge lslf "r ? Swamp Drainage Measure r wvered iibjp toattoerrtorUr'.Wortc ta Detail. " . ' BpMlal to T Obirrr.' , ... ' Ralalgh. Jma. lY.h ' eoUoltor'a aalary bm waa kUlad in tha Bouaa to-day on Ha third aadtng bya voM of 41 to 12- There waafnore.de bata before th daatb,- but y no meana o lensthy waa the argument ae on yesterday. The debater to-day war Turlington and Hayea. agalnit. and Kanderaoti and Kelty; for the meaa. tira. Many amendment were offer ed, but all were -voted down except one by Mr. Koonce to prevent the ao lloltora f rom i dawlnjr the I2t now jald out of the State Treasury. The bill aa defeated waa the aame that waa paaaed on second reading y eater day the Koonce TUU aa nmended to make the aalary I1.3S0 Instead ot ti,760 - To-day Bepreaentatlve Hlne dala. of Wake, offered a f 3.S00 amend menW ut It waa snowed under, M t It Then U waa aeen thnf tb WU waa doomed. .i :u--f.-vv-V Mr. Oavln offered a bill amending (ha penalty law, RevUal iti. by add Inf after the word ,conalgnee', the words "or party damaged" so that any one damaged by treasonably delay ad shipment can recover. ' The Houae JudloUry committee will . report this ill! unfavorably. . , . x Mr. Rodwall lntredoced a bin to expedite the printing of the 8upreme Court reports by allowing the court to give the work to any printer or wore than lone, not confining it to the State printer. , THREE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS The .bill for the maintenance and upport of the Stonewall Jackson Training and Industrial School waa introduced by Julian, carrying $15, 00 for 10 and 120.000 for 110 for Maintenance and" $20,000 annually thereafter, and an additional 110,060 each year for lt0' And 1010 for aa tninistratton building an Other necea- ary buildings. vi ' A biU far another new county was offered br Mr. Underwood to be call d Hoke, from parts of Cumberland and Robeson. v -.-" iiu Harrison by request presented the bill appropriating for the school for the deaf and dumb .at J4oranton 160,000 annually for maintenance, d0,000 tor erecttnr and equipping a ftHritarr vnildtngr elM0 for patoting and repairing buUdtags and renovat ing the boiler house and 1800 for a sipeclallat on eye, ear( throat ; . and teeth,.- r v t, ''S - ,v A bill for approprlatlone for' ha ptate Normal -and Industrial Cortege at GreeiioBo"r'6"wai?-iritroatidd .hy Connor.. . It calls for $100,000 anntt ally for wupport. -and 150,000 for ltOS and f(0,000 for 110 in addition for erecting and equipping an infirmary and increasing the dormitory-capacity. Mr. Connor also offered a blu for the protection of employes of com tnon carriers as to contributory negli gence and liability. . It is modeled after the Federal law aa to liability cf employer for acta ot employee. GRANT HAS NOTABLE MEASURB. Mrr Orant," Republican, M Davie, introduced" a ' nouble bid providing tmnishment for election officers .who refuse to allow persons. to vote who exhibit poll-tax receipts bearing data cf May 1st, or prior thereto of the year of any election and who refuse to aQow such elector to take the oath preacrlbed. . ' . ' , . Another bill that would affect State prohibition was offered In the Honea and the Senate. It would permit th people of Johnston county to manu f aeture and aell cider, wine and brandy made from fruit grown on their own land. ' - ; '- '' '-. In the Senate there-was - another long discussion of game lawa, the ape clfic bill under discussion aad finally passed being that to permit non-residents to hunt on lands of their father or sons In this Elate without paying the,. Audubon tax. . An .amendment W adopted striking out a clause that ferould allow a non-resident guest of landowner to hunt tax free. ';' ' The State swamp-land drainage bill rlll "b reported favorably by... the House committee on agriculture. "It carries no State appropriation, mere ly providing machinery for drainage' ef those localities desiring It,, the or ganlsatton of local drainage commta ions and local bond -issues to cover1 expenses. --i-v-rV . - The piloUge WU Introduced y Representative Morton will be con sidered by the House committee on Judiciary No. , I Thursday,- February 4th, at which time an who desire to tie heard before the .committee are Invited to be present. WILLIAMS TO RETAIN HIS SEAT. Representative -Williams, "of Dare county,' will retain his seat In the House, the -committee on privileges and. elections so-roting. There was only', one vote . against him, that- of (Representative Kennedy,' of Sampson. The' other two Republicans.,. on the committee, Hanes and Rose.' did not vote at alU r.Dr M.,Strlngfield. the con testant,, had run as an independent. . ' The - Joint J udiclary committees Nos. 1 and a, of the - House, decide to report favorably Speaker Qraharn'e bill as . to peremptory- challenges of Veniremen In the trial of capital cases, amended so aa to give the State 8 an the defendant 20 peremptory challenges, the State to stand none at the foot of , the. panel. , This de cision was arrived at after taking a consensus of the opinions of all ntejn- ers- of the two Cflmmittees--prent. Thavote on it was finally unanimous. Cpeker Graham's hill waa originally to give the State and the defendant each It ' peremptory challenges and to stand hone at the foot of the panel. The present law gives the defendant J I and the Sta te I, the rule tsalng that the SUte may stand at the foot of the panel not more than one-tenth' of the ventre. - '. ?. . -;. - ..- - ,v ;. StrB-SECTION "K' UNDER FIRE." r SBbaectlon 'A."' I the "famous teeth" of the State anti-tros-t JegrisU tlon,;was under fire for en hour to day before the Senate judiciary com mittee while the committee was hoar Ing a delegation from Wilson, rre aented by Senator Dawes, of the Wil son district. In presenting the dI gation and later hi -closing the dts cusafon. Senator Dawes declared that what the people of his section want 1 try be let alone ai win urai m ts allowed to re-establish thPtnwjv S hacco and manufacture It : He de li a .(!sines way, and that thpy f-t jtlarcd further that Veueruelan plant . .i . r . 1 ers wre enttrely fro torateo and pro- . i-.?3 ob T"ag Tnr). ' ra Ciejr oua ta'-a.'v . , , ACTOR COGCELM DEAD. France's Greatest Stage - Character .-: PasM Away Suddenly Xfma. Ready o uegm JUa Mew Viay, "IDe ctian tick." .. -- , , Paris, Jan. S7. Benolt-Constant Couelln. the great French actor, whose culminating triumph had: been awaited la Edgemond Rostand's "The ChanUcler." which is now being re hearsed, died last night at Pont-AuX' Dames. Ssine-et-Marne. The French preea pays a high trib ute to the. genius of M. Coquelln, whom It considers "to hava been one of the greatest theatrical figures of tne age. Almost all the papers re call his latent success In Bardou s "The Poison Affair.''; -- The Temps says "M Coquelln will . be meurned . by every eae'b? the authorities of. whom he was the brilliant interpreter; by the public of whom ho was the idol; by the great and humble, and by poor ac tresses, of whom no was the benefac tor," -.... ; -", -. -.. - 7 ... ' The funeral of M. Coquelln will be held January tlth. The death ef M. Coquelin la an In calculable loss to the French stage. only a lew days ago M. Rostand, who recently naa oeen giving the finish Ing touches to "The ChanUcler." ar rived in Paris from Cam bo. and ha waa ready to begin the rehearsals of the play In which M. Coquelin who had the leading role, waa expected to upiicata his famous success obtained I in M. Rostand's "Cyrano de Beraerae. j m. uoqueiin auooumbed suddenly at mianijnt to an acute attack of embol ism. A CHILD REVS BUREAU. Welfare Workers Ak Congress to Jfctauuot a Bureau For Uta Oouec tion of Infurmatioa RrJatlng- to Child IAfe. t Waahlngton. Jaa. t1 Pleading for the establishment of a children's bu reau in one of the big departments of the Federal government at Washing ton, promoters or the welfare or children who have been in conference here this week bora down on Con gress to-day Activities were centred on the House committee on ex penditures of the Interior Depart ment, to which had been referred the Parsons' bill for the establishment of such a bureau la the Interior De partment Representative Parsons, the author of the bliL presented a long list of speakers, who made arguments in support of the measure. - Among them was Judge ' W. K. Fagan, of Birmingham,. Ala. Representatives of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the council ot Jewish Women were present, but the commit .tee was unable to give them time in which to be heard. - Mr. Folks contended that the great need ot the wont for the tipllft of children was' the establishment of a Federal bureau to collect reliable In formation -relating to ohlld life, , . jebjsBy cant txbb bjeqadt. Tnnnel TJioder North River la Conv ptnted aa the Laying Of Uve Track WiB Begin, at Onoe. ;.; ' . ;.';- . Kew5 Toric, Ja. 2t--Th almulU Aeous explosion . of : 12 dynamite charges at t:2T o'cldcltfthla afternoon following" the pressure jt a lever by Chief Engineer Charlet M. Jacob, blew, down , the four feet of ' natural barrier far under the North river be tween the two sections of -the third tube of tho Hudson end Manhattan Railroad;' between Cortland, street, Manhattan, and Jersey ' City; - Two world's records were made in the work. Tho first was the driving of the shield through the slit formation! and erecting 72 feet of tunnel lining reaay ror track in 24 hours. ' The second was blasting- through the rock section. HO feet during thirty working days.; . .. ; v . .... . The running time for trains at the opening of the tubo about July let will be three minutes between Jersey City and - New Tork, ,'and they will be despatched on a three-minute schedule.--. ' , s , Ex,-Treasart JGlasler Guilty. -Xanslng,- Mich; JTan.' IT. Bht-Stato Treasurer, Frank P. Glasler, of Chel sea, whose failure In December, 1007, resulted In the closing the Chelsea Savings Bank, of Which Glasler was the- head, and which bad on depoalt about m.0t ef eute funds,' was this afternoon found guilty by a Jury in thO Ingham county Circuit Court of mlaapproprlatlng ' Stats fund Mr. Glaiier'o attorney im mediately gave notice of an appeal to the Supreme - Court, and ho was re leased on f 10,000 bait and given until March Ith to file a bill of exceptions and a -motion for a. new trial. Mr. Glasler received tho verdict without emotion. . . - . : CHILD. DnrXKS CARBOLIC ACTD. Bottle. Picked Vp in Nei(thbors Tnrd , , Littlo . Hop JToc Recovery. Special to The Observer ' tr '' ' Burlington, Jan. 27 Lydla, tho 4-year-old daughter' of Mn, dna Iso ley.' swallowed It quantity ot carbolic add to-day and alight Jiopo fpr .her recovery is entertained by hef physl plans. The bottle' contalrfing the acid was' picked , up cy 'tho child in 1 the yard of a, neighbor, - . . . 5 . : - ' - Jlopkina Losing' Ground. r , ; " Springfield, IU Jan. 1T Senator Albert J. Hopkins' candidacy for re election suffered severely In the Joint session ot the' State Legislature to day when four more ballot failed to break the deadlock.- - v 'Ppnator Hopkins vote on the list ballot droprwd to 73. Repreaentatlve Mot ton D. Hull and Senator W. Clyde Jones publicly renounced any further allegiance to the Hopklnsv candidacy, and voted for Congressman George Edmond Foes," who ran second to Hopkins in the Republican primary election, Smith TJnaBlmously Bectodl Senator. t :C6Tuffirjt-w: S. X!. Jan. -JT.E. D. Smith, who receivea tne nomination for ITnited States Senator In tne Dem ora tic primary taat rummer to succeed Sfinatt Frank B. Gary whose term expires March 4th,-was to-day unan ImouKty elected Senator by the General Assembly la Joint session- Senator Smith's term is for six years. - . - iii --' ... Yonmuelan Clsaretia Monopoly Void. Wlllemstad, Curacao, .Jan. 17. President Gomes on the 12d of -Jan-nary iaaued a decree declaring void the existing monopoly for the mana- i lacture OI CJKreiir" frurMtmiino prmlUin every one to import to divkrSifiedagriccliure -e . i f . RB-A WAKENING QF THE SOCTH "- . . : I.':. ,!. Ofilciala of the- Dt art m4 of Agrl :. rulturo Review the Prmrreas of tlx! Koutn Alone; . Agricultural Li new f Southern Farmtva ' Are Quk k to '-. Grasp; ScientUio Knowledge and ; Are Fast Recovering. From the , , Mistakes or tbe Past Advent of -.. the Boll M'eevU Baa ; Turned the . Farmer's Attention to Other Oops and Has Therefore, -Been a Bleas- log to the booth -Corn, nay ana Pe iiatiilng oq Ue Increase. . Waahlngton. Jan. 27. In no secUoa of the country . probably has there been a more wonderful advancement In. agriculture within the past tea or twelve year than In the south. Fa vored, as it la, with a soli aa fertile In many places as la the valley of the liile and with tho introduction or practical sclentfflo methods." the belief is expressed by officials, of tho . De par tment of Agrloulturo that' tho Southland la bound to. take that place In agricultural development ' ah merits. " - A. epirlt of re-awakening Is coming over the Southern farmer. The agrl cultural progress In .tho South i hag been marked by a matarial prosperity such as, perhaps, has never before been enjoyed br tho farming element .Of that part of tho country., The fl- nanoia) condition of the , southern planter began to take an upward tendency about 1107, since which time the situation ha steadily im proved. The production of cotton that great staple crop of tho South- Increased It per cent, from 111! to 1101. and the value .of the crop 111 per cent The Southern farmer, long debt-ridden, has to a marked degree beea again placed bn hla feet as it were by the increase prices he has received for hla eotton crop of late years. As a. natural consequence ho is devoting more time and attention to building himself a better home, to tho cducauoa of his children and, he la In fact, deriving more of tho com forts ot lift than over bsfore. ? WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT. Tha arrlcultnral nrarraaa of the Bouth really dates back to- - a lew years ago when tho Agricultural De partment inaugurated aa educational campaign for a diversification in the oropa. The application of practical scientific methods to Southern agri culture in tho opinion of Secretary Wllaon has done' more ' to uplift land than any ' other factor. King Cotton until recent years, practically waa the oao - great crop of the South the farmer dsvot- ad little or no attention to : otner oropa But the advent of the eotton boll weevil that little inseot pest from Mexico because of the devas tation -it left la its ilghtaing-llke spread over the South, has brought tho farmer to a realisation that ho must raise other oropa. Now, through tho educational propaganda conduct ed by the Departmatit of Agriculture in the diversification Of crops, tne Southern farmer- ar accomplishing notable results.-. ' '. . Officials f the Department ox Agri culture believe that the advent of tho weevil waa in reality a sort of bless ing to the south. While it was dis astrous in its effect 'upon that great staple crop; tt at tho same time made the farmer realize that bo must not devote all of his land to eotton, but must depend to a considerable extent upon otner .. crops. The South waa quick to absorb the scientific knowl edge so freely given it fey the Federal government and Is rapidly recovering from past mistakes. ' Secretary WIN son la a great believer in the doctrine that the foundation of mis nation s prosperity is an enlightened agrloul turo." -., SECRETARY WILSON PLEASED. "X am happy to have an opportun ity to express through The Associat ed press," said Secretary Wilson to day, "the Agricultural Department's good will toward tho South and its desire to foster in every way tne ag ricultural prosperity of that great and favored region, I have alwaya taken a great interest, in the agriculture -of the South, not only naoanao or It ex tremely interesting possibilities, but becaua I have felt a keen sympathy with a people struggling bravsly to overcome tho results of a devastating war. I felt that they needed such help as iha Department could glvts them, and I have lent a willing ear to their appeals. - It Is very gratify ing to mo to see the cordial spirit ot appreciation manifested by the people of the South for the work the Depart ment la trying to do." , Under Professor W. J. Bplllman, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, who haa charge of the farm management Investigation in tho South, much haa been ; dons to encourage better sys tems of farm management, looking to the restoration of fertility,' tho bringing back of humus into tho soli, and the suggestions of Improved ro tations. . .. . ; - "-: 4 "One of tho moot important meth ods , adopted In flighting the cotton boll weevil," said Professor Bplllman to-day, "1 the diversification of crop and the introduction ot new - crops. Since the farmers have begun to rea. Use that tho weevil . will Jn a few yearn spread over tho entire cotton belC.thcy have become Interested in other crops aa they never were be fore. In many sections truck growing haa developed amaxlngly. This la es pecially the case along the seaboard, and along the principal lines of rail way connecting the South with -tho large industrial centres of the North. In other sections farmer have turn-fed their attention- -to tho production of hay. Formerly much of the hay used, even on farms to the-Soutav haa beea shipped tn from other sections. Tho price' of hay haa therefore been high.- While not enough hay is grown In tho South .to snpply tho demand, tho quantity of the home-grown product haa increased to a remarkable degree slnco tb Department of Agri culture began Ita propaganda -for di versified agriculture in tho Sooth as a means of fighting the boll weevil. In some sections, especially in Alabama and Mississippi, alfalfa' hasj become an important crop." Leaf spring one small town In' Mississippi sold over 11.090 worth of alfalfa, seed Five years ago there waa hardly -an acre oi thta crop in thSjt vicinity, s 'T'" ' . .. : - STOCK RAISING. .. , 'Many other crops formerly grown tn - small acreages only . have . been own on an Increasingly large seal for the past few years. This is espe cially true of corn, cow peas, --and beans. - The row pea crop j especially has become vastly more important than formerly. This crop -ft used both for hay and aa a seed Iron, for' which there has been-a steady, demand at good prices. "Southern farmers also are turning thPlr attention to atock ratting. Cat tle tv not beta much xi4 In. tho mm mvmt speech SPECIAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. By an Almost . rjnanlmous Vote the . Houae Adopt the Special wmniii- ' 'm "Rmwm mnA hint, l-Voi The Record, Uxo Speech of Mr. WUleU Uoase should Protect the Chief ' Executive From "Personal Abuse, ' Innuendo or Ridicule Teodlna; to vCreato a Personal Antacoulmu on the Part ot tb Preeideut' Toward th H ouse" I m pcl bio to Separato " tho Objectionable Pans . and tbe jbaure epeecn is wicaen wu. Washington. Jan. 17. Tho House with but a few faint "hays to-day adopted the report of the special com mrtte on tho Willett speech. . Representative Mann, of Illinois, chairman of the special committee, presented the report, which, he said, represented the unanimous opinion of that committee. After the report had been read, Mr. Mann offered to yield time to anK member wishing to dis cuss the report, but as none evinced a desire "to do so, the reaolutlor striking out the. speech waa passed with hardly a dissenting voice. Urging that th speech delivered in the House last week by Representa tive Willett ot New Tork, in which the President waa severely . criti cised, be expunged from th Con gressional" Record, the select com mittee appointed to consider . the speech submitted Its report to the House to-day. A letter written to the committee by Representative Willett, urging that his speech should remain on record, accompanied the report. - Declaring that "the consideration of the speech In question involve a-consideration or what is and what to not orderly debate in the House." the committee' report define the privileges ot members of the Hous and the limitation of debate. It dis cusses t length the relationship of th two Houses of Congress and the relations which must be maintained between the House of Representa tives and tho President, In accordance With the constitution. Th report declares that It would seem that th "peculiar constitutional duties of th House In relation to tho power of impeaching the President do not preclude a clear line of dis tinction between that critloiam . of acta and conduct necessary for per formance of the. constitutional duties of the Hous and a criticism merely personal and irritating." It also claims that It la especially th duty of the House Itself ; to protect the President "from that personal abuse, Innuendo or ridicule tending to - ex cite disorder in th Hous Itself and to create a personal antagonism ca the part of the President toward the House, and which is not related -to th power Of the Houae under the constitution to examine Into tha act and conduct of tho President. ' v - "Your committee has carefully con sidered the remarks of the gentleman from New Tork," continues the re port, "and find that hla remarke con cerning the- Preeidenfar not Justi fied by. any consideration of the con stitutional duties or. powers of. the Houae; that they" transcend' proper limits of oiiticlsm In debate: - that they ar deatruotlve of that courtesy, respect and dignity which ought to be preserved, and that they ought' hot to remain in the permanent official record of th ' proceeding . In th Hous," x V - Th eommltte claimed that it was Impossible to separate the objection able, remarke from th remainder of th speech and , that the, only way to eliminate th remarks considered out f order Would be to strike out tho entire speech. It. cited as-a. prece dent for such action by th House the speech of Robert F. Kennedy, of Ohio, attacking the. Senate, made la the House -on September . Id, 110, which waa excluded from th perma nent record. . ... .. - . . . In his letter to th committee, Mr. Willett claims that he did not transcend tho rules of the House, but that he wa entirely within hi rights to make th speech, under the order of general "debate. "Freedom of speech ha always bean, .held , . so sacred," he declares, "that the. ut most latitude ha been allowed In de bate, and X respectfully submit that to strike my speech from the record In- this lntancwlli establish , a precedent extremely dangerous." . Tbe resolution recommended by the special committee . for adoption by the House4 reads: s "Resolved, That the speech of Mr. Willett printed In th dally Con gressional Record of January 18th, 1009. contain language Improper and In violation of the privileges of de bate, and that the same be stricken front , th permanent record." CHANGE Kf INTERNMENT. , Governor andl'rlrector Propoeed For Canal lone Instead, of the Seven CommtwHtoMei Three Coart to Bo Made Into One..' : Washington. Jan. 47. Change" In the i method of administration of the government on' the Isthmian canal sons ar recommended to Congress in a bill -Which wa agreed upon to-day by the committee en Interstate and foreign eommerc who member re cently returned from the sone. In stead of tho commission of seven now governing th sone, the bin provides for a Governor and director to re lievo the chief of engineer of mat ters not dtrectlv eonnected with the actual work of construction, "ffut Is so worded a to-permit the -President to appoint Colonel Goethals, the pres ent chief engineer, aa director. In ad dition1 to his position as, chief engi neer. Th report of tho committee will praise Colonel Goethals work un- tlntlngly. . v. Instead 'Of three district court on th xone on 1 provided, and a method of appealing to th fifth judicial circuit at New Or lean to authorised. The present form of government organised by the President, under ex rcutlv order, is legalised. ' by -th bill.-;' ;t i. - South, both because forage crops wer net extensively grown and be cause of the presence ef :7th ties which spreads th- dreaded Southern rattl fever. The government, both Stat and national, is now making an effort, to eradicate this --tick, wttri every promiso.ot success. This will permit of th development of an finv portant new Industry- In tho South which is not affected by th boll, wee vil. - , . -.; . 'Apparently It will only be a short time before the South will adjust its agricultural Industrie to th changed conditions brought about by the ad vent of th Doll weevil, and will tm even .tnfre 'prosperous than It wa when cotton was-king. At the same time, owing to improved method of culture, and increased acreage, the cotton crop, will probably be - even greater than U la nav.' WiSEKS AKSVERS RALNEY NO SECRECY ABOUT SHD? DEAL Representatlv From nilnoto Cham pions the Porchaso of tbe Shawmut and Trcmont For the . Cue of the " Canal CorunMaMon declare That Rainey' Remark Are Incorrect and Should Be It ef erred to the "Realm of Kaner" StrOnirW Resents the Attack Made on Senator Lodge- roatofnee Appropruuion Bill Comes TJp and Creates a Storm of Debate Mr. Lever, of sooth Carolina, Favor a Parcel Post. HOUSE SUMMARY. ' A variety of subjects occupied th attention of the House of Repsenta tlve yesterday. The proceeding be gan with the adoption of' the special committee report recommending the expunging from The Record ef the re cent speech of Mr. Willett, of New Tork, denunciatory of President Roosevelt. en In the course ot tbe further consideration of the postoffiee appro priation bill tbe charge made yester day by Mr. Rainey affecting Panama canal affair cropped out again with ths result that Mr. Weeks, of Massa chusetts, ' entered a defense f Senator Lodge, while Mr. Rainey reiterated his statements regarding th puach of two hlp at th instance of th Ma- ' asrhuaetl Senator. Th postofflo , appropriation ' WU waa amended , in several particular, th meet important being th trans ferring ei MO - assistant superinten dents, elerks, U.. of stations from the 11.000 to th IU0O class, while ,tb provision tor th payment of neoe ary expease of division superinten- -dent, .railway mail elerks. and oth ers, while away from headquarter waa stricken out- Aa amended th bill was passed, carrying aa appro priation of over t2M.eoo.090. Th Hons at f:M p. m. adjourned. ,'' .. SENATE SUMMARY. A abort togUiaUve aeealon of th Senat devoted U . lh transaction of routln morning business waa brought to an abrupt close yesterday by a motion to go Into executive session to consider tb Csasdiaa waterways , treaty. Senators desiring to consider rarioua poodlng measure resisted th wish ot th majority to dispose of this treaty, and a ye and nay vot wa required to close tb door tor xo uv business.- y Th treaty was not disposed of. Th Senate adjourned at 4: o'clock. w..MriAn Jan. 27. A repty tO th speech delivered in the House . k Renreaentativ Rainey, of IUinola, upon the -L"mv'cn.!' wa mad t-ay y wpFW-,.- w.V. of MaaaachUMtt. - Mr. Week confined his remark to Mr. Ralney-a nfmnM to tne nurcnasw Shawmut and Tremont by the govern ment for usvpy ,tn;isuni .nn.i . m neciarea mav 11 m hr atatamant In . Mr, Ralney a speeclj; wsr BO jnore oorrevi tloq warding; th purch ot th two, vessela, th -cfltji- peech b referred to th "realm ot fancy. He aisn aald there had been no s- crcy about th transaction and atrong- ly reaentea any rsneou v tegrlty of Senator Lodge, of Maaaa- chusetta. ; - , Mr. Rainey deciarea jar. w not "proteated too mucn.- air. reseated hi 'statement mad yesterday that through amendment by Senator Lodge th Isthmian canal commission wa compelled to take two hip they did not want, and that th hip In question belonged to Sena tor Lodge's constituent. "Now, with his knowledg of our merchant ma rine," ho exclaimed, "It Is Impossible for mo to reach the conclusion that tho two ships and no othr two ships in all th world could b bought under hi amendments." RAINEY CALLED DOWN. Mr. Rainey held up to view th amendments referred to ana "com menced to discus them, when ho wa halted by the chair with th statement that he could not discus proceedings In th Snat. Mr. Rainey later revived tn uo- ject He declared that II tne unuea States wanted to duuu ni should not b made "the dumping ground for anything anybody doe not need any longer and wants to !!.". t Mr. Week repneo tnai tne snips had been sold by' the Boston Steam ship Company for to cents on tne dollar of their varus and said that if what Mr. Rainey had said wa true, they-could,- under the Lodge amend ments, be turned ever at once, to tb navy a serviceable colliers. General debate on ?uy posiomco appropriation hill was resumed in tbe House to-day. Representatlv Lever, of South Carolina, . spoke in favor ot the parcels post, and Repre sentatlv Flntey, of South Carolina, in th. course of his remarks declared that th bill reported by th postal communion for reorganising th post al service should not be passed at this session. . When th bill was read for amend ment th provisions covering the per diem allowance of Inspector as well as their traveling expenses wer stricken out on point' of order. MORE CLERKS FOB POSTOFFICE8 A storm of debate was raised by an amendment by Mr. Gardner, of Mas sachusetts, providing for an additional too clerks, assistant superintendents, private secretaries, etc, at station of th 11.100 cjass. ' Th supporter of tho proposition wer in' the majority and th amendment waa adopted 71 to 10. -A further amendment was agreed to providing that the 600 addi tional 'employe of Motion shall be tgken from those ot the f 1.900 class. It was brought out in tho aubs- quant debate by .Mr. Sims, of Ten nessee,' that hundreds - of rural car riers were acting aa salesmen for busi ness house, Mr. Overstreet gave It his Opinion that a th law was being clearly violated there should be criminal prosecutlolna. : ;" Against the vigorous opposition or Mr. . GoebeL- of Ohio, the paragraph appropriating tlS.OOOfor-Jwrpenaoa of railway mail clerks and other of that aervice while traveling on busi ness of the Postoffic Department and away from their headquarters, . was stricken out on a -point ot order, by Mr. Moon, of Tennessee.-v. "V A emended the bill -then Maaed. the amount carried-beinar a reported by tho committee, and tho Rous ad journed. . ... ; , - - , CBIKF WTLKIE TEST1TTES. . Head Of tho Secret Service Appewra Before the crsnnuuee on Appmpria tion Ask For an Increase of $30,. . - '. . , - t..:,' Washington, Jan. 27, This after noon in th committee room of th Houae commute on appropriations. tb suk-ooro mil fo -having la charge the drafting of the sundry civil ap propriation bill, bad Chief Wilkle. of the secret service, on the witness stand. Chief Wllkie registered an objection to the limitation of hi service to coun terfeit case, but it is believed that the sub-committee will recommend a feature in the forthcoming bin simi lar to the on of . last year. For more than three hours Mr. Wilkle was plied with qusstiona Th significant fact was brought out that although the limitations placed upon the expenditure of the money for secret service last year in the ap propriation bill reduced the number of men employed under Chief Wllkie by nine, those same nine men were placed on the rolls or the Depart ment of Justice. The secret service of the Department of Justice consists of 21 men in addition to the nine dropped by the Treasury Department secret service. Chief Wilkle stated that counter feiting had Increased rapidly during the recent financial stringency and that there waa much need for an Increase to 1126,000 of ths appropria tion of 1 111,000 of last year. CANADIAN WATERWAY TREATY. Senate Take the Matter Vp But lit tle Progre 1 Made ta It Italia- rauon, Washington, Jan 17. After devot Ing over four hour to a consideration of tne Canadian waterway treaty to day th Senat adjourned without having mad any substantial progress In th ratification of th instrument The traty probably will be Con sidered daily until it Is voted on. Senator William Alden Smith Insisted that th treaty should not bo ratified without- a provision fixing a division of th Interest of Canada and the United State ta th 1,201,000 ton horse-power provided by th rapid in Bt Mary lvr... Senator Lodg defended th treaty on th ground that tb disposition of water right related to a question of boundary and could be settled later. In this view Mr. Lodge was support! by Senator Carter, of Montana. TO REMOVE MAINE WRECK. President Asks Congress to Clear Ha vana Harbor of torn Maine Wrack. Waahlngton, Jan. 17. President Roosevelt to-day sent to Congress a message approving th recommenda tion or Governor ftlagoon that an ap propriation be mad to remote th wreck of th Maine from Havana har bor. - ;- . Th President' message waa as fol low: "Governor, Magoon on th v of leaving Cuba ha expressed the hop thai the wrack of th httlhlp Main may n re move a rrom the harbor ot Havana. I trust th Congress will see the wisdom of thlr sura-ostlos. and win provia ror the removal ofth Malna. . .We shmilt unt ltnw th wreck of this historio ship to remain as a possible danger to navigation In Havana v harbor: ,W is twUe-rom no standpoint .. An appropriation should o mad ror th removal." .y '.'.. Bftt to Settle Browmrvlllo Matter. Waahlngton, Jan. 2T.8enat lead ers have drafted a bill for th settle ment of the Brownavtll question, whioh meets with the approval of President Roosevelt and Senator For aker. It provide for th appoint ment ot a commission ef general of ficer to consider all application of the discharged negro soldier for re enlistment. Th conclusion of th commission ar not to b final, but must be submitted to th War De partment for review. In th event th commission finds that there Is no eviaenc to connect th applicant for re-enlistment with th Brownsvlll affray th applicant 1 to bo restored to servics in th army. Tito bill haa not 1 yet oeen mad public. Bacon and O'LaughUn Nomination Confirmed. . , Washington. Jan. 17. ITh Senate to-day confirmed th nominations of Robert Bacon to be Secretary of Stat,' and John Callan O'Laughlin to be Assistant Secretary of State. Tho nomination were acted upon by the rcommltte on foreign relations to-day and wer unanimously reported. ' Mr. Bacon took the oath of office late- to day. Mr. O'Laughlin will take tho oath of Office to-morrow morning. HAMLET HAS 150,000 FIRE. Boyd Hotel and Several Other Build ings Deatroyea Yesterday Afternoon Firt House Erected . In Town Among Property Destroyed. Special to Tb Observer. Hamlet Jan. 27. Th Boyd Hotel. a four-story building, and other build ings were destroyed by fire this after noon, it, is not known how the fire originated, but it is thought to bav caught from defective flue. A negro restaurant next to the hotel also burned. - Owing to the distance to th nearest water plug the fireman wer unabio to do very effective work and - could only keep the fire from spreading. ' Th town waa having a water plus-: put In lust In front of th building when the fire broke out The total damage from the fire I estimated at 150.000. The hotel was a total loss, and th building alone 1 valued at between Hi, 000 and 110,000. Beside the hotel was a res idence belonging to Mr. E. N. Rhode and a small fram building belonging fo Mr. E. A. Lackey. The residence, which wa burned, was the first house erected in Hamlet The north wall of thd hotel fell en an adjoining build ing, almost completely demolishing It beside oauaing considerable damage to the livery stable belonging to Mr. R. E. Hlnson. So . far, as can be learned there wax onlv 21.000 Insur ance carried 'on the hotel buildm. A considerable quantity of th furnish ing, was saved.. ; f- 4 ' I II ... - AlMgator Steak For Mr. Taft Nw Orleans, Jan. 17. Determined that Louisiana, anent " th Georgia 'possum dinner, shall not b behind In furnishing : unique n4 typical vl and for the delectation of President elect Taft Secretary M. B. Trexevant. i of tho Progressive Union, which er-j tan nation is taking a prominent part in arranging for the entertainment of Mr. Taft on hi visit here, has ad vanced- a plan to give the distinguish- ea visitor an alligator steak dinner in New Orleans,. v " 1 Son of tbe Preident-Elct Improving ( New Haven. Conn., Jan. 17. ft was stated at the Tale. Infirmary to-day that Robert A. Taft. ot the Junior aca demic clasa. at Tale, and a son of th Preslilent-elect waa improved. It was explained that h was not 11L but following th activitle ot th Tate "prom" had gon ther to1 rest He will leave the Infirmary In a day or THIRD VENIKE SUMMONED JUROR LEIGH'S CASE BEARD Second Venire of Talesmen, in h Cooper-Sharpe Case Hm Been Ex- -. haunted and too Officer Are Sam. moiling tho Third Yesterday Ex- . - amluailon Failed to Add a Stncto ' Juror to - tbe lint Caoo Agaias Juror Leigh to Called and Continued Until To-Day H Adroit Taktrsff , a "Four" the Day Ho Waa Selectod, Bat Denies That He Wa Drunk- No Afore Booao to Bo Served tho Jurors....- - ,',-;' V-""' Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 27. Th first ' day of Hi second week of th trial of . Col. Duncan. ' B. Cooper, Robin Ccoper, and John D, .Sharp for th slaying ot former Senator Edward W. . Carmack, closed this evening with no further progress In th selection - of the Jury. Deputy sheriff -ar riding the county to summon ' tho-'third venir of iOQ talesmen which will re port Friday. r t . ' But if no progress was mad in -completing the Jury, It at least was not u-pie ted. Judge Hart cpent the day hearing testimony a to tb competency ot Juror Leigh and lu formulating a definition of drunken ness. About 60 witnesses were v-x- amlned en both sides. Those for th State were quit poeittv that Leigh was drunk when selected and was an habitual drunkard. 1 V t ' ' One man swore that Leigh had de-. clared that Carmack was a "blank, blank, and should hav been killed long age." Other said ho had ex pressed th opinion that Sharp wa innocent and that th Cooper war Justifiably provoked. , . : On th side of th defense th wit nesses admitted Leigh wa a drinking man. that be had taken a "few" th day h was chosen xn th Jury but they insisted h waa hot drunk within th definition of Judg Bart that is, that h wo not making a ; publio oulsanc of hlmoelf. y . . ' f . . R. H. Bherrin. a member of .the ' grand Jury called by th dafenao thought Leigh was sober i on. last Wednesday. On cross-examination he vigorously denied that alter,, ho had gon on th . bond ot former Bherlff Cartwright 1 arrested for per-. Jury in connection with this ass, h bad aaid "Novar mind Tom. this charge against yew will hav to com befor me In th grand Jury room." NOT DRUNK BUT DRINKING. After both aides had clooad. Judge Hart called Jurors Leigh, ' 'cxplainod th charge to him and told him his prtvllegea - ' - " " "I was drunk on Tuesday," Leigh promptly agreed, "and also on Wednesday morning, the day I was seleeted, ' I never said - Carmask should hav been killed long ago." ....V Re aaid h had declared a belief In Sharpe's innocence but denied sax- -Ing anything, about to Cooper. , On oro-xamlnation he qualified hla ad mission of drunkenness and declared that what h meant waa that that "war a JltUc. drtnkirtg!'thoo two -day .(. i v ..'.' -. ; ;'. v a "Tou mean you were under th to nuenc of liquor th day befor you wer selected and on th day Itself." - "T aaid."- ' - "But not drunk r" - ? t "No sir. When Tm drunk I don't knew adyfhing." - 1 i ' He admitted that he had been hav Ing two drink a day sine being on th Jury. ' - ' ' Th court ordered Leigh returned to the Jury room until his ca was decided and he was advised to "cat out" th two littl drink a day here after. ' - Attorney General ' McCara asked that an order be entered prohibiting th serving of liquor to th Jury and th court so ordered except In tho case of juror Whit worth, 'whose physician prescribed It Judg Hart then aaid he would Mateo to discus sions on th cas lu th morning, at which time, too. the charge against Juror Jackson will be considered. PATTERSON TAKES THE OATH. e's ChF ted Fdr I r thefcai Tennewwe'i Executive I In M MflpwlfM tsMl Bis Second Term " Deplore tho Warnmck Tragedy and the Slander That Mar urown out of it. .. -X , Wnahvllls- Tenn.. Jatt, 27 Malcolm R. Patterson waa to-day Inaugura'.ad for bid second term as Governor. Tho oath ot offlo was adminlstrvt K. w n neard. chief iustlc Of th Supreme Court of Tenneseee, : In hi inaugural aoaress, vtovernor Patteraqn referred in part aa follow to the killing of Senator Edward W, Carmack: - r '-.-'.':. "Tour 8tate. la passing through tho shadows;' her people ar divided, w hav fallen into the habit ot distrust ruplclon snd aceuaatloa. . - "I am conscloua that throughout th Stat men hav repeated slander ik.i newananers hav circulat ed, cruel and false charge, and even gon so far a to connect mo wiu a in.T wMrh I denlore mart than do tho so who hav sought to make out of tt a political asset and to ue it as a motive and lncntiv for unwise, n domestic and destructive legislation. 'o the Inluatie of all thla relates to me a an individual, or th pain It ruthlessly ana mercilessly 111 riii. it ii cf no concern to tne pub lic, but as Governor th peopl , of Tennessee hav a rigni io nave in office reapected and my service In an n Atrial fanacltv not Imsaired by fa) and repeated accusations. "If. In any way. cirecuy or re motely. I hav sought to encompass . .Aw nt m. fallow man. I am de serving ot every punishment which Inw and aoclty can inflict, for I am the Governor or tn w,'timia with th power to pardon, and th riiirn therefore Involve th barest and blackest turpitude, x i , t kaa mrm not nroferred. or if they ar and faiL-'S believe I am en titled to ak tor tn peace ana nonor f the stain and in th name of de cency that thi . recktos dfamatioa shall cease." TJuabte) ti Conner With Cruiser Btr Tir..v.ln.tnT, Jan. : ST.Th Navv Department ha failed to conned wa the acout cruiser ttirramn now on her way to Mobile, with a view t having her go t Harana to bring Governor Magoon t Florid a in auguration day. If the depart rr -t ht unsuccessful tn getting wori -v her. th Governor will come away a battleship.. August Belmont rniifrgoc Cpefs'f. - New York. Jan. tt. Aukus K most, the banker to-day or.i--'' an operation fr appe-a-.iifit; in ; MemoriiU llrital in thi ci'.v : - tiJd'ol U tnici cf ' r . ' v
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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