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- j Vi'calhar To-Ccy" 22 PjjaTo-C:y iwo seoig:;s SCBSCItlPTIOX PRICE: ,53.00 A YEAK.- CHARLOTTE, N. C, . SUNDAY5 MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS.' IMPOBTANT BILLS PiSSED I STOBMY SESSION OF COUBT MAYBE TIED UP MOSTIIS FABEWELL TO ROOSEVELT WOMAN TERRIBLY BtJBNED DRESS CAUGHT FROM FIREPLACE PELLAGKA AGEAYEMEXACE MAT BECOME! ENDEMIC IN SOUTH HOUSE ' HAS BUST SATURDAY. COXFHIMATIOX OP SEAWELL. GRIDIRON CLUB GIVES A DIXXER . - J.- f 1 - "2 Two Arrlcultnral Measures of Inter rat Disposed of by Lower Branch . Governor . Given . Authority to Hue . Regarding State Boundary line Hons Uew Aroaiea urcr a uure Lull, and the Usual Debate Follow Cotton Mill Men to Be Heard on Child Labor WednesdaySpeaker - Graham Granted Leave of Absence, and Morton la Designated to Pre- atde . session of berate of 8bort . . Duration Long list of BUI Ap- .proved rojr Mouse.. ... .; ;.:-. Special tot The Observer. ":. "-i'"-4 Raleigh. Jan. 0.The Senat had a vary abort session and the House a very pusy on to-aay, -. ana oma branches diaposed of important legis- latlon and started the ball rowing to ward more. The Senate passed the House blU which allows the Governor to sue directly In the United States Supreme Court in actions Involving the boundary lias between flonn Carolina and Tennessee in the. Smoky mountain region, so that each casa may be Anally, settled. The Public 1 Service Company, of Greensboro, was Incorporated by tha tipper ' branch. . It will eonsolldata three corporations and build an eleo trio railway from Greensboro to High Point. .; MANNING'S INSURANCE BILL. A bill introduced by Senator Man- nine" reaulrea Are and casualty -incur- ancs' companies to deposit approved securities or cash, to an amount equal to I per cent.. on the capital stock. with the Insurance Commissioner, who shall compel each-company to make good any depreciation or re duction In value of securities, and each December examine them all for that purpose; bonds so deposited to Co delivered ty tne insurance com mlssioner far safekeeping to the State Treasurer, - who shall receipt therefor, and the State to be respoosi ble for them. Companies operating exclusively la the - State and on a mutual plan, making no distribution of earnings among members, are ex empted. The law now require life companies to deposit cash or securi ties with the Insurance Commissioner. It la understood that practically all of the boms companies approve Senator Manning's bin. ' ; ' .'. ,.' A' new bill by Senator Joaes pro vides that embalms aad funeral di rectors shall be -exempt . from jury duty. : 'iiGVBtillZKB ITS DAILY DEBATE. The , House came .near getting through another , day without a de bate, but before adjournment several members got aroused over a little bill to Include Anson county In the tot of two years ago that permits the com missioners of Pitt y county to , work prisoners In Jail awaiting trial' for -effenac on (he roads, or hire them out, the -punishment for Which could not exceed two Hare; provided, the prisoners wish and -that they da not .wear strip -or-xhainB.i There wag sv. rush to add counties until It socmen as If it would be almost a State -nilli and Mr. Connor, after adding hi county, Wilson, began to get doubtful and wanted to refer the bUL " " " - Mn. Grant scented all kinds of dan gerous element, Including the grave constitutional question ' of Whether a man could waive his right, possible; Indictments for peonage, to Say noth ing of the desire for fresh air leading, the prisoner to ask to be put on the roads and then the request being used against him at the trial In reply to a question by Mr. Turner as to It be tnr better for the health of the Incar cerated one, Mr. Qrant ventured the opinion that It was not healthy for a man to have a chain galling his ankles and a guard standing over him with a shotgun. He was- set right wbout the chain, but he still stuck to It that the gun over a man was not healthyr ... , . . v- '!.' Mr. Cotton said he had never heard f a prisoner In Pitt taking advantage f the law. He told Mr. Grant they had good . Jurors In his county, this - being- la reply- to -the--argument , ot prejudice. -'?. Mr. Currle fold Mr. Grant that the way of the transgressor is hard; also that the Legislature had a right to say something In behalf of humanity. Mr. Connor Informed Mr. Cox,1 of . Anson, that there could not be any sucH thing aa a local bill affecting crime. A motion by Mr. Connor . to refer prevailed. - -.,..' ;v -The Harshaw bill for the election Of county school boards- by the people was mad a special order for next , Thursday. . y1- ' ' Bills, were Introduced , in both ; branches for the creation or a his torical commission to perpetuate the history of "Daniel Boone, the great North Carolinian, by Senator JClutta ' and Representative McCrary. - BILLS PASSED BT THB HOUSE.'' ' The House passed the Joint resolu tion to petition Congress to help In constructing post road In North Car olina. . . .. . Important' agricultural bills passed by the lower branch were those by : Mr. Currie . to abolish the crop pet commission and turn its duties ever te the board of srrlculture. and the : act recommended by the convention of Cpmmlsaloners of Agriculture of the Southern State-- regulating the registration and sale of concentrated, commercial feeding stuffs. '- Mr. Connor"! WU requiring deposi tors to notify banks of forged or raised. check .withfn three months . after receiving the canceled check, 4n order to get the benefit of the bank' liability, went , through it readings. . . - , ' - Among the many leaves of absence 1 asked was one for the Speaker v for three day, - and in accordance with the House rule he was permitted, by consent, t name member to pre side in his absence. He selected Mr. Morton, of New Hanover.. - ' On Wednesday February Id, the - Joint- committee on - manufacturers and labor will hear cotton mill men oa the child labor question. , THE HOrSE. The House was called to order at It -by Ppeakr Graham. Prayer- by He v. W. McC. White, pastor of "the Presbyterian church, -R)lh, Speak er Graham nerged the Indulgence ot the House on account ot business in the executive office and put Mr. Mor ton in the chair. . -, A minority report came from " the committee on education en the Har shaw bill for the election ef county board ef education' by the qualified electors of the several counties. The committee report wa unfavorable. The minority report was sirned by Mr. Gibba, On motion of Mr. Hsr shsw. the bill was made a special order ioA next Thursday. - iBtrodurtio of biJ'.s: . ' V McDonald, of Moore: Amend Ch., J31. Lar.-s 190g, authorizing commis-j i . iCuatlcued on Page "SIbb). SEXSATIOX Vi COOPER TRXVL. State Attorney Creates an timsr la - the Cooper Trial by Declaring That .. ; tli ' Defeat - is , (Tsiugr Cn lawful Means to ltemore) One of the Jurors ' . tawrrj Ir the Defense Spring to Their Feet and Strongly De nounce the Charge While the Judge , Haps Vigorously With His Gavel Court Also Creates Sensation by 1 v Questioning the titate . 'About a Atisstng Note iinrw oc in (votn- ' Pietcd.- -:- - U ' - Nashvlller Tenn.. JaaTA 3. There was a very -brief but sensational sea sion.of court to-day In the trial of Cok Duncan B. Cooper. Robin Coop- errand John D. Sharp, charged with the murder of former Senator Edward W, Cannack. ;i r y .The trouble began after hundred or more, talesmen had been examined and not a juror secured. The venire was. exhausted and the court an nounced that the new ens would not beVvallabl until Tuesday. Then he took .tip' the question whether Juror J. M. Whttworth was physically ah Is to continue In the case. Whit worth was called to the stand this morning and testified that he felt pretty well. Judge Hart then said that as Whtt worth had an organic disease which might terminate fatally at any time, thus causing s mistrial, the court felt Inclined to avoid the chance by excus ing the Juror. The State Objected strenuously and in the midst of the discussion Attorney Garner J of - the prosecution, threw the verJfal bomb shell. 'We have information," he- declar ed, "that the defense has given it out that at all costs. Whltworth must bs removed from this Jury. .W have in formation that men were sent to Mrs. Whltworth to say that a physician had examined, her husband and declared he was In a precarious condition. It was on this information that ' Mrs. Whltworth acted." . A, SERIOUS CHARGE. The entire body of counsel for the defense was on, its feet in a second, demanding to be -heard, protesting) in nooenoe and- denouncing the charge. The court rapped ' them Into silence and remarked: , - ' "This Is a serious charge, and If there is anything like It going on, ths oourt wants to know it" a Garner hastened to say that he had no informations that counsel for. the defense had knowledge of the plot. He ' went on to say that lie based his charges on Information which he had not had time to verify," but he added that he also had information that Mrs. .Whltworth had written a" second letter to trie court saying she did not wish her husband excused unless h wished it. ("-:;..'.,'.. Then-came aAnmatlon Na. 1 - ' "As you know of the existence if the-nete,-" remwricexl the-- judge In a chilly manner, "possibly you can. tell me where It is -r wh tuok it from my desk. ' had merely glanced at It ana mtenaea to airect it to your at tention but it .appears that Some one has relieved me of that duty." -The state explained' it got Its Infor mation from'' the man to whom Mrs. Whltworth intrusted the note and was exonerated of any connection with its disappearance, judge Hart declared that he would Investigate the charges carefully. He said he would first summon an eminent physician, have mm -examined Juror Whltworth and report at l a. m. Mohday. STORM OJC ' OABOLNA . COAST. Steamer Dost on Diamond Shoals- Lookout Lightship Drags Her An chor. v EUsabeth City, )3to. ' iio; The Diamond Shoals, lightship reports that an unknown steamer foundered dur ing . the storm to-day, about three miles northwest of the lighuhlp. No boats' fronT ths" ateameror "wreckage Is to be seen and the fste ef the crew is not' known. The wind lsblowlng from the southwest ' at the rata of forty-five miles an hour and the sea is rough. - :""V The'- steamer City of Savannah, which 'passed Cape Lookout bound south this morning, reports that ths Cape Lookout lightship is off her station. -- . .- v . - -- .,-", , t Steamers CoUlde In Storm." ; New Tork. Jan 0. During the thiplr. imiitorm earrr -' to-dav ' the coal-ladln schooner- Perry Setxer, bound from Philadelphia for Boston, rammed the Scotland lightship at the Southern . entrance to the - cbannsl leading to New York, harbor. The collision caused no serious damage. Just after the collision the schoon ers J. & Lamphrx. from Leadsvilie, Va for Boston, with oil. was seen coming up the bay practically water logged and in tow, She was beached en Statea island. . ; . . ; Cold "Weather In ItoHdst. Pensacola. F1a. Jan. 10 The tem perature this morning dropped IS de crees and this section of Florida Is experiencing the ' Coldest weather .of the past two- season. -' It Is feared tnat,toe trull and vegetable crops may be . seriously .Injured. , v TATT VISITS OBALDIA. ' ' . . The Prewldmt-Elort Is CoedlaOy Be etvM ty tne rresMtwt v,tto Tonsts Him as the Long-Time) . friend of Panama Will Be Given an Official Ball This Week. ... , :.. Panama, Jan. SO. President-elect Taft visited President Obaldla at the palace to-day. the party including the American and British minister and the officials of the Panama govern ment. . At the luncheon which wras served. President Obaldla gave a toast to Mr. Taft, as the long-time friend ef Panama. An official ball will be given at the palace ia honor of -Mr, Taft next week. .-. - Mr, Taft met the women's club this evening at the Tlvoll Hotel. He will receive the. British minlaterC JtalleV to-morrow. One of the -questions which Mr. Taft will Investigate is that relating to the merchants complaints against the- commissary system, which is dealt with in the new treaty. Lieutenant Colonel Gotthals. " the chier engineer, will proceed to Wash ington with the special cIvH engineers now here to explain bla estimates on canal construction to Congress. . Mr. Taft will sail from here on February 8th and it his engineers have not com pleted their work by that time they will delay their departure for a few days. To-day the engineers examined the locks on the Pacific side and ex-pv8-ed gratification at . ths rapid work. They will examine the Gatua !aiu to-morrow. ' BALLOONS; t OR THE ABM Y HOUSE TOTES HAXF A MILLIOX. After Long Debate the Lower House . of Congress Adepts the Antendnieut ; to the .Army Mjnropriatloo llili Providing 3oO,0(MpVpr Army Bat loooa Supporters . tf (he Measure Declare, 1 hat Vessels of .the Air .- frtorni an Important Part in the Make-l'p of a First-Class Army Pnasago of the Bill Is Greeted With , CKccr Conferences) oa Propoenl Liquor LegUlaUon Are Being UeiU , by House Leaders. .... , HOUSB BUMMART. By voting aa appropriation of WK 900 over and above the amount originally reported. ' the- House of Representatives yesterday taade liber al provision, for' .'further .experi ments by the army , with bal loons and airships for .use in warfare. The subject lava rise to a spirited debate which continued most of the session. The opponents of the props- . sltloa sought to encompass its defeat by raising all sorts of parliamentary points, - but the chair In elaborate ' opinions overruled these antT" thus paved the way for the Incorporation of the provision in the ' army appro priation bill. Previously to taking up the army - bill the consideration of Which was not ' completed, the House -passed a num ber of miscellaneous bills of more or less public interest. At :4 p. m. the House adjourned until to-day when the body will meet in special session to bear eulogies on the life and character of Representa tive Powers, of Maine, who died during the recess. Washington, Jan. 30. Aeronautics occupied much of the time of the House of Representatives' to-day In connection -with the consideration of the army appropriation bill, to which ItOO.OOO was added for balloons, The advisability of appropriating for army balloons was first considered. The burden of the arguments in support of ths baltoon provision, was that balloons had now become a psrt of an efficient army, while some of the Opponents maintained that bal loons were not' used in the Russo Japanese war, the Spanish-American war -and the Boer-war. Mr. Macon insisted that balloons had played no Considerable part In warfare. HI statement was controverted by Mr. Cockran. of New York, who said that s t balloon performed a signal part in ths war between r ranee ana uer- mauy when M. Gambetta escaped from- Paris- by euoh meana- and or- Mr.- Mann, ot Illinois, in ravoring the balloon provision, pointed to tne sinking of the RepubUoand said that no one -could have cited ten day sgo any " oase where- wireless telegraphy had saved hundreds of lives througn shipwreck.- JTh trme ff-cttlrtr -em case In reference to balloons," he said, "will come after they, have saved hun dreds of millions f, dollar ana may he hundreds or tnousana oi .uvea. and nosslbly a great deal mora. Br a-vote or lb to-so tne huu appropriation' was . adopted, the an nouncement ; Being greeted wltn .ap plause. ',vt-''v , ? Except, with, respect to ,ths . appro- nriation for -aeronautical experimen tation' the biU- was not amended in any Important particular. It was still pending when the Houae. adjourned, LIQUOR LEGISLATION, . A series of conferences were held by House leaders to-day to determine on some method of getting the House to agree to legislation to regulate the shipment of liquor , from Stats '. to State. , Representative James E. Wat son, of Indiana, "Republican whip," whose defeat for . Governor, Of his State last -November is charged to his antl-ltauor platform. Is leading the fight for the proposed legislation. The programme . finally-' oeciaea upon . probably -will be, to taok 'the liquor legislation on to the bill tor the cod location of th penal laws of the United States, which ha a privi leged character on the . House cal endar. As a bill for this purpose has already passed the. Senate- It is be lieved , that both houses can '; be brought to an agreement to enact liquor legislation more quickly than by voting on a separata bill. , SEPARATE STATEHOOD. ; RepreeenUttve HhmlHon Asks Dower Hons to- novtoo eeparaie ruue hood For New Mexico and Arisona, Washington." ''Jan.' H. An omnibus bill providing separate Btatenooa tor the Territories -of New-Mexico and Arlsona was introduced in -the House to-day by Representative Hamilton, of Michigan, chairman of the House committee on Territories. - The bill vas framed by" the Republican mem bers of ths committee and submitted te the-minority members' who have approved It, ' 4 New Mexico is given two Represent atives In the House of Representatives to . be elected at large and the City of Santa P Is designated aa the cap ital of the Bute until 1130. For Arlsona, phoenix Is designated as ths capital until UJ0. Arlsona Is given -one-- Representative in . the House of Representatives. " ' Hearings on the bill will be held by the committee on Territories ' ' next week and it probablywlll be reported before ths end of the weeky ? ... To Encourage Private Manufacture of . . - --. War Material. .. , Washington, Jan. 10. To stimulate the manufacture of war materials by private concerns and ' to ascertain who makes the beat. Brigadier Gen eral Croxler. chief of. ordnance of the army.-has asked permission ot the Isecretary of War, at the suggestion ei xne national nosra r iu yiviuu tion of rifle practice, to have I.00O, 00 ronnda of ammunition manufac tured for experimental use during the season of practice, which occurs before ths next national match. -He proposes that the Frankfort arsenal maksu40a00flftj:oBndS smdfpur pri vate concerns manufacture 1.000,000 rounds each. The cost of manufac ture at Frankfort is gradually being reduced and Is soon expected to reach $2$ a thousand. - -. . . , Co (iter's Sons Assault Editor Glass. Montgomery, Ala.. Jan. 10. Fletch er and Donald Comer, sons of Gover nor Comer,- to-day knocked down Frank P. Glass, managing editor of The Montgomery Advertiser, when they met him on tne street. - o ar rests have been made, though war rants for ths Comers have be?n is sued. The trouble was the result -of ni-fe'ing over a darasge salt In which the Grnor sernred. a verdict of one cent scalnst The Advertiser. Senators Aldrlch. Hale, Depew and OUiers Trying to Give Koosevett Parting Sliot In This Manner Taft WUI Probabry Re-Appoint the Carthago Man If I beir KUorte Suo ceed Ail Sorts of Testlmoniaia toe osred by Him Much Sympathy at Washington For a ltoun-icc vic tim Duck Learns From This JSidgealup Contest That Getting . Tesitunoulals is a Cinch Ooold Have Got Some HimseifFor This Judgeship Plum. BY H. E. C. BRTASTT. Observer Bureau, " Congress Hall Hotel, ; Washington, Jan. 39. -The confirmation oi H. T, Seawall as Judge of the eastern district of North Carolina may be tied up for months. . This is through no fault of ths -friends of the young man from Carthage, but on account of a burning desire in the breast of Senator Al drlch, Hales, Depew and others of that element of the Republican party to give the passing President a part ing shot, one long delayed because of fear. No charges have been filed against Mr. Seawell. His character, his habits, his ability, his courage, his temperacqent and his legal learn ing nave been vouched for. . 'The offi cers of his church the Baptist church of his town have sent to the North Carolina delegation here a tes timonial that would do credit to candidate who had passed the anal board for the ministry. Many of the leading Baptists of the State have written letters concerning him. But. above ail, one of the members of the Supreme Court bench has endorsed htm as a lawyer and said without reservation that be Js fit for the po sition. Learned attorneys at his home, in his .judicial and congres sional districts and elsewhere have declared over their names that he is all right MEN WILL DO STRANGE THINGS. But there is more to be said oh the subject The desire to get hold of a public teat, even though it be a judge ship. Is 80 great that it makes men do strange things. During the contest for the appointment I learned more about '-human nature than I . ever dreamed I would knew. There are many men " in North Carolina who would go to any extent to get the honor almost in the hands of Mr. Sea well. ' The 1 bosses of the Senate are getting encouragement from the State. Certain Democrats believe that if the appointment goes over un til , March ; Mr. Taft will not re-appoint Mr. Seawell. But they reckon without their host Mr. Taft has said that it would be .better .for the-party if the offices were given to Demo crats than to turn them over to un worthy Republican, in looking over me endorsements oi sr. eeawen, Mr. Taft would find strong ' ones' from some of thtr most -promtnent hrwyers-, to say nothing of ens or more Judges in th States and other from leading churchmen standing tor his character. These things are hard to get over. If the -good people who vouch for Sea well's legal ability,- his training and his-manhood are not falsifiers, he Is as-good as the Republican, party can afford. "He is classed as young,- but that is all that has been said against hfm, Representative Page thinks that Seawell should be confirmed. 1 ' He has testified as to his standing as a .man and as a lawyer. Mr. Tart I. human, It is generally supposed that he has sense. He could hot. It Is argued, afford to turn down a man named by Mr. Roosevelt with out good ground for doing so. Those who expect the incoming President to throw out Mr. Seawell and put In a Democrat or another Republican just to suit the whim of a coterie or fac tion do not know him. He would say that if he could not believe the en dorsers of Seawall he could not be lieve other'' North Carolinians.- .1 :EOO VICTI M 1 ??D. The .confirmation of Mr." Seawell may be delayed, but unless a miracle comes It will go through sooner or later unless the tribes that are at his -heels And more against him than they have found up to this time. An unfortunate victim -of rotten eggs has sympathy here. The Republicans, es pecially president-Roosevelt, admires Seawell for the way he -conducted himself under Are at Shelby. It Is not of record that he ran. Those who would defeat Mr. Sea- well's confirmation will have to bring and provs charges against him. Those who argue that they are better) fitted for the place must convince Mr. Taft if the appointment goes over. EAST TO GET TESTIMONIALS, Men love' to see their names signed te - testimonials or endorsement. There is a subtle compliment in ask- - ing a fellow-citizen to write a line for you... I had realized this before com ing to Washington,- but the more I see ot -contests . and .. endorsements the more do I become convinced that the greatest sin men will have to answer for at the final bar of Judgment will be for testifying to the character and fitness of . candidates for office. Had I had the time- to have made a visit rto the State, although I never looked la a law book for any other purpose than to help my father find some law to send a mean negro to Jail, I could have, got a number of attorneys to give letters declaring that I could fill the Federal Judgeship with credit to the Stat. I may be wrong, but this is the conclusion that I reached alter , much thought en the subject. i It is safe to predict that Seawell, wHl . succeed Judge Thomas R. Pur nelL Recommendations -are recom mendations,- and - no -other candidate could have any better .than the ones that, have come here. .Mr- Taft will not have time to take each author of a letter oft and ask him if he was Jok ing or in earnest when-he. endorsed SeawelL To the man irp the tree Mr. Seawell seems to have lived a model life, learned all the law and got all the experience his years would permit. and Is fit for -the position. The oppo- sition of Aldrlch and Hale and' men ot thnt.kldnev will not httrf ths.-Tar I Heel with the people. Judge Hundley's Case Again Comes Washington, Jan. 16V The" ease ef Judge Oscar R. Hundley, whose nomi nation to- be United States Judge for the northern district . of , Alabama has been pending for three years, was again taken up to-day before a sub committee of the Senate committee on iudicianr - There were 5 over, id witnesses present among the delega tions for and against confirmation. The hearing was compeleted before the sub-committee to-day. Briefs will be filed and the case will go to the full committee for its considera tion. , - . . . v . . -.' - Washington's Famous Bunch of Fun linkers Bids Farewell to the Presi- ' dem and .Vice PrewidentGueaCs of ' Honor Tske . Their Medicine Gracefully and Heartily Enjoy the JbTening"s J-Jitertatnnvrn-n s u ' Almanacs 111 bl I tilted by the '"Grid iron Water-Wagon Press" Servw as . Sosrvenlrs Almanacs Are Kntiued 'Special Message No. 23212323233" Lights: Go Out For the Revision of the Tariff" Total Eclipse Pre- . dieted lor "Early la Mjirch.' Washington, Jan. SO. Farewel) to President Roosevelt and Vice Presi dent Fairbanks -In thelf official ca pacity only was said to them to-night by the famous Gridiron Club of Wash ington tewspaper men. The occasion was the annual winter dinner of that club. In all there were nearly 200 guests, and, as is always ths case, the roll included many names that fig ure conspicuously In the hall of fame. Ambassadors, Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Cabinet officials. Senators, Representatives, editors, publishers and men of affairs generally were In this gathering of guests of the newspaper men. It was far from a sad affair, al though the occasion was of a fare well nature. Gridiron dinners never are sad. As1 the President and Vice President were the guests of honor, so they came In for equal prominence In the fun of the evening. While they were the butt of many of the jokes and skits, there was every evi dence that they enjoyed the entertain ment Just as much aa when the Jests were aimed at others of the notable guests. THE SOUVENIRS. The temperance movement that has swept the country ehowed it effect on the club.. A the aouvenlr of the dinner, the guests- were given "H S O" illustrated Gridiron almanacs, pub lished by the "Gridiron Water-Wagon Press." Between its covers there was no remedy given for the ills of "statesmen, journalists, real newspa per men, mollycoddles, malefactors Of great wealth" other than plain "H 2 O." In this almanac, the "Teddy Bear" formed the centre of the sodlao, while the entire production was marked as message No. II2t282I3tl " The truest observed particularly that a total eclipse of the year Is-due "early In March" and "win do vtewea With Interest by the United States, Canada, Africa and Oyster Bay.' . A list of forecssts for every day was given in one section of the almanac, but the prognostications did not ex tend beyond March 4th. The reason for this, it was explained, was that after the 4th of March there-is no tell In r what will happen." For tha convenience of some of ths guests a notice stated that gentlemen -mentioned" for the 'Taft -Cabinet 1 will march In procession, at the inaugura tion forming division 2 under William Locb, JrH ' who has been -mentioned; iRoatjfm?ootts. -r: u NEWS' FROM "dREAT BAtTLE. Bat ell - tSh. wit . was net In that almanac - At length , the . President and several of the Senators and Rep resentatives did not think so, a a megaphone man announced bulletins from the "great battle." This great battle, advertised on handbills scatter, ed through the- banquet room proved to be-a fight between President Roosevelt and Congress. ' 1 The inauguration of Henry Hall, correspondent of 'The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph, as president of the club afforded the retiring pres ident. Jamas & Henry, ot The Phila delphia Press, an opportunity to give the new official soma Instructions. The nsw president took the oath with his left arm raised and two fin gers crossed swearing that he would keep the Ananias Club In a flourish, ing conditon, ride S mites a day and keep Congress on Its reservation. When Jewell H. Anbere, corres pondent of The 8t Louis Globe-Democrat, made hi appearance for initla Hnn. h nroduced an Invitation from the president of the Ananiaa Club. He was told of his mistake, bat he In sisted xht thw roem was-packed with members of the Ananias Club. L. W. Strayer, of The Pittsburg Dispatch, had to prove to the club that he had never been a" member .of ths Pitts burg select or common council, er a depositor la a. Pittsburg bank before h ma admitted to membershio. The third initiate was Harris Ml. Crist, of The Brooklyn Eagle. SECRET SERVICE SLEUTHS. The dinner was well advanced when the ii-hta suddenly went out Amid the darkness and to the accompani ment ot a weird piano air, there was a shyffle of feet and in rhythm came a sibilant and mysterious "sh-sh-sh. The secret service sleuths were ap proaching. One or tMir unmoor, Bllnkerton, explained that the sleuths were trvlnr to find out what Con gressmen did with their 1 7,100 a year. Chief Bllkie admitted that he had detected no counterfeiters, but add ed that he had discovered a few four-flushers. The, . sleuths then sang their repertory Including sleuth ing In general and White House sleuthing In particular , Finally the ouad seDarated. one party going "to protect the letter boxes in order to keep cenaior luunu rom a grand piano. " At another Star of ths dinner, an Interruption was made to revise the tariff. ReDresentatives Sereno Payne, of New York John Dalxell, ef Penn sylvania, and Champ ciaik, ol, saw souri, were discovered seated at a table. Announcement wa maas mti the Hons committee -on ways ana means was in session to hear evidence concerning the tariff, and "God save h rnntad fltates added the herald. The climax of Andrew Carnegie's tes timony came when he demanded Jo know what reason there was fori a tariff on steel, now that he had gone out of the business. -, 45QNG3 , TO "HONOR GUESTS. The music was attractive"- usual, reached its cuUniatlon when a quar tette of member told Tlee President Fairbanks in song that In the club's memory his tall form would ever fondly live. The horu Joined in singing to the tun af Oa the Banks of the Wabashf - - "Of the eock-toils they are crowing hi the morning, 'llBr1 , yufwapk; , s fle.Urrssigh They ar waiting th return ef Mr. Falr banks, - - - - . -" Oa the bank of the Wabash far away." A song by n clear tenor -directed attention to the President ef th tTrjYt ed State. It was about "Roosdvelt. Good Dutch Name."' ' It told how the President made the air blue with the message he wrote to 'Con green, how he was bound to have something to say about everything on the face of the earth, and then concludod with the observation that there "Never was a man-named Roosevelt -that didn't ----, . Dm4JmI ' A number of members appeared al the President's country life coram-1 sion, Sons startitng discover! were Mine- Marthas Glltespie, an Aged Mai den Lady of Iredell Coonty, Roast ed Alive by the Barnlng of Every ' Stitch of Her CloUUns; Physicians Say Her Body is In Mont Horrible Condition They Ever Saw Flames, Fanned by Strong Wind, Envelop Miss GlUeaple Before Help Can Reach Her Desperate Effort Made - by Her Nephew to Save Her Was Still AUve Last Night, But Death Expected Before This Morning. Special to The Observer. Statesville, Jan. SO. Miss Martha Gillespie, an aged maiden lady, was horribly burned to-day about noon at the, home of her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mennls, three miles east of Statesville. She was alive at 7 o'clock 'this evening but Is not expected to live through the night - Miss Gillespie had been standing In front of an open fireplace and left the house to look after some work in the yard. When -about SO yards from the house she found that her dress was on fire and screamed for help. Fanned by a strong wind, ths flames soon snveloped her, and by the time Mr. Mennls reached her her clothes were In flames from head to foot ' Mr. Mennls mad a desperate effort to Jerk the burning garments from the victim and In doing so his hands Vere badly burned. His efforts were unsuccessful and every stitch of clothing was burned while on her body, together with her hair. Quilts were wrapped -around . th suffering woman and she was carried Into the house, Dr. F. L. Sharps and R. A. Campbell were, hurriedly called and did all in their power to relieve the terrible agony of the wo man, but they consider her case hope less. The skin of four-fifth of her body has been burned sb a crisp, and th physician state that her body is in th most horrible condition of any living person they have ever seen. SHI PP CONTEMPT CASE. Charges Against Temiteawee Sheriff and Nine Others WUI He Argued Before) the Supreme Court During Marcl History of the Cnse. ' Washington, ' Jan. "10. Tha argu ment,' stage in the contempt . case against Sheriff John .?. Shlpp, of Hamilton county, Tennessee, and nine other pending in the Supreme Court of the United States will be reached in a lltUe more than a. month. ., , , . When It first cams Into exlstene in I05 the case attracted considerable interest:;;.; .'..'.'., , ; ' '"".'' ''i the case DrUiateS intna lynching in':Oattanooga,,Thn-, In - Marcotff UnK . skf n.,narrin,MnMail VA TyU.M who had .been tound guilty of criminal - y ess, live V uimuuu , U - MVUHSVIIi 1 assaurt ty tne state courts and sen tenced to the death penalty. Ill the sentence of Judge Harlan the Su preme Court took cognizance of John son's case, and the .announcement of the fact that it had. done so was fol lowed that , night - by the hanging of tne negro Dy a mob which took him from the county JalL An Investigation of the crime by the Denartment of Justice resulted In contempt proceed ings against. tne sheriff and II other persons, some accused of actual par tlclpaUon in the lynching, and. oth ers. Including the sheriff, ef compile ity In failing to take steps to prevent it Deputy Clerk Maker, or the 8u preme Court, was appointed a com missioner to take testimony In th ease, and upon his representations 17 of the men against whom the original charge was made, were discharged a few weeks ago. This action by the court left only ten defendants. In cluding the sheriff. The case will be argued for the government by Sollclt- or General' Hoyt, aad It is understood that most of ths various defendants wilt be represented by separate coun sel. Cruiser Birmingham Makes Fast Time. Mobile, Ala., Jan. so, Captain B. T. Walling, of the scout cruiser Blr mingham, to-day made the following statement of his ship's record time: 'The Birmingham arrived yesterday having made a run of 1,801 miles via Havana, an average of 11.7 knots for ths whole distance and ever II knote considering th back-set- of ths gulf stream. The cruisewMiad made an average of IS knots t6 the Providence channel. - This last record exceeds by two hours that mads by ths West Virginia to New York with President Roosevelt on board- The West Vlr glnla's run waa favored by the Gulf stream. Atlantic Coast Line Buys Lexington to . Kastern. Lexington. Ky., Jan. SO. It la re- Sorted here to-day that the Atlantic oast Lin Railway Company has pur chased the Lexington A Eastern Rail way, leading from her to Jackson. Breathitt county, a distance of miles, which penetrates rich coal and timber territory. It la said the pur chase price waa SOOO.000. It ia re ported that the road will be extended to Big. Stone Gap. Va.. and - through to tidewater by the purchaser. This would give the Atlantic Coast Line control of the richest coal and Umber land In th South. Virginia Bank Destroyed by Fire. Bristol, Tenn., Jan. SO. Over $00. 000 damage waa don by fir at Chil li owie. Smith county, Virginia, to-day. when the National Bank ot Chtlbowie and several other busiaees places were destroyed. The fire started in th bank building and Is believed te have been Incendiary.. Alabama's Chief JarJce Resigns, Montgomery, Als Jan. SO. After 11 year en th bench. Chief Justice John - R. Tyson to-day resigned te re-enter the practice ef law. mad by these frock-coated, college-.. m.pltred,nUeTJTA. . MEfjSAQE FROM TAFT. They round that the principal In gredient of milk is water, that ancient eggs are sold te city folks as strictly fresh., and - that 'open plumbing' is confused la th rural mind with open work hlrt waists." As they departed a messenger' boy handed President HU cablegram. rnMM ' rZv! JJl T!ILnr "The 'possum am verv very fine, ' "WILUAM H. T AFT." The message came from'-Panama and served to lntr-vduce Major AifredJ 3. Stofer.- a Southern correspondent, who sang hi famous "Watermelon U,4 'Possum Song." Credit For th Discovery eg- Its Ex--' tfttence Given to Fasued Assistant Surgeon - Iavrlnder, - of the Marine Hospital Service, Who Has R omit ted Formal Report of Conditions to Surgeon General Wymaa Ttoe Sub-: Ject, He Declares, Require Exten sive Investigation in Order that Ac curate Information Be - Dispensed i to Southern PrnctifioncTs - Dr. Lavtnder Advances Some Imorem Ing Theories' Concerning the Dis- Washlngton, Jan.- SO, Looming up as a grave menace, to health condi tions ia the South is the recent ap pearance of a deadly disease known to medical sciential as "pellagra.'!, This strange malady is a veritable scourge In th Old World and the possibility ot Its becoming endemic in the South ern states Is by no means remote.: For several centuries "pellagra Is known to have '; existed In th -Old World, but its presence in the South has but recently been discovered. It probably ba existed- for several years in that section ef tha- country, but medical men have failed to recog nise it presence. f v v"-.,- Now, however, this peculiar 'disease has' been diagnosed as true pellagra and the credit for Its discovery in the South belongs to Passed Assistant Sur geon C. H. Lavtnder,. of: the public health and marine hospital service He has made thorough Investiga tion of the disease and has but re cently mad an exhaustive report en his observations to Surgeon General Wyman. ""- " ' "Pellagra is a malady, caused - by th eating of polled "malse" and pro duce in persons afflicted with it a ort of Intoxication, ' Th disease gen erally occurs among the poorer classes of the rural population who subsist largely, or exclusively, j on corn most usually prepared by boiling corn meal in salt water called "polentta" in Italy, t Dr. Levlnder states that In pellagrous countries the corn is often ef a poor quality, gathered before ma turity and not properly : cured and stored, so that parasites, more easily develop-upon it. i . , r ENDEMIC AND EPIDEMIC ., k Pellagra is both an endemic and epidemic disease, which occur -in those who lead on diseased malse, and is - characterised by an erythema of the skin, digestive disturbance, and nervous disturbances. : It may termi aats - In ,uch serious conditions as grave cachexia or insanity; it ia pe riodic in Its manifestations, and usual ly appear with' the - beginning of spring, arnelloratea during - summer, and i ordinarily in winter the symp tom disappear to" such an extent as often, to give the false Idea of recov ery. So long as the cause persists. n,.w,T',Jft r'-pP!'I?,iJ"r The disease usually begins .with g astro-intestinal. disturbances," i .says Assistant Surgeon LavlndesrfoUowed shortly by the erythema-of the skin. and In i brief while there la more or less involvement of . the : nervous sys tem. It is a slowly advancing toxe mia, the, brunt of which, in ths end. Is borne by the .nervous, system, and each annual recurrence leaves a deeper and more Indelible mark., on the mental and nervous condition of the sufferer.' V The great gravity and danger of the disease, It I pointed out, lies in th number ef pee pin affected. -and in it Immediate and remote eon sequences not only to Individuals, but to ths race Intellectual feebleness, lessened resistance; economic ' loss, physical deterioration of the race, etc . J . : '". CORN MAY NOT CAUSE IT. . An Interesting theory, advanced by Dr. Levlnder Is that if the cause of pellagra be accepted as feeding, on spoiled -malse. then the malse crop of the United States must in recent years hav undergone dseldecVehaage In some rtspect, for ma is has always been very extensively used aa food in the Southern State, end pellagra has not appeared In former years. This is a subject which, he declares, will re quire extensive investigation, should the disease continue to advance. ; , Concerning the etiology ot the dis ease, it is said to be an Intoxication due to using as food Indian corn (malse), which under , the Influence pf unidentified parasitic. . growths (fungi), has undergone certain change with the production' of one or more toxic substances of a chem ical nature. In th preface of his report.. Dr, Lavtnder declares that there Is reason to believe that perhaps pellagra may be quit prevalent in the Southern States, but is unrecognised.' Within the past two or three years, tor some reason or reasons unknown, this dis ease has rapidly Increased in numbers and extent of territory affected. Pel laara bears a close resemblancV to tha accepted description ef pellagra as It occurs in the Old World, though diff erenlty in some particulars, and the acuta eases greatly preponderate and the mortality Is high. ; , "Since it Is of a serious nature, ana pldemie In character," declare Dr. Lavtnder, "knowledge concerning It la becoming of muca importance to tne American physician, and specially te the practitioner ia - the Southern State. ' . ' --, Garfield. Will netlre. V Washington.7 Jan. SO. Th definite statement can be made that James R. Garfield, Secretary ef the Ditertor, fill net be a memner er tne ioinei of the next administration. Neither will he be aa ambassador to a foreign country. He will return to his noma la Ohio and take up the practice of law. There I almost as good author- , Ity for saying that there will be a iImi aweeo of the nresent Cabinet unless it should be Secretary ef Agri culture Wtlsqn Bd Postmaster Gen eral von Meyer- There m taia w much doubt e to Mr. Wilson. No statement has come from Mr. Gar field, hut to an Associated Press rep- remteVm..tflrdnjrCTbo Jdmltted that he would not be in tne next Lno.aei. - Entire East In Storm's Gresp.- Washington, Jan.; SO. Gale-wrt coasts,' a freese tnr the 'fruit -f Florida, temperatures SO to SO in gress below the seasonal avers snow In many sections and cold sn.i everywhere north of the Mexican v, . and east of the Rocklee wef the f tures that marked to-night s we.tn map, Tte storm. wia us jr..- ' vave and accompaniment of -winds. Is to-night otr the Ne i land oast pastniC oft to eea. Ing craft alon the At:jn'.:o n t earnest cf it trca.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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