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'la.tt I To-Day FAIR .' 10 ,PaB,To-C:yl . o:jtstnp, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, K.C," MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1909. i?RICE FIVU CENTS. ' ' ' 5 i : i t WHAT CQNGBESS HAS DOSE A RECORD FOR' APPROPRIATIONS Ah Accurate Amounts Vet Avail .. able But it WH1 Be the largest in the Country' History Aa Outllrfe of - the JmporUuit Legislation Enacted A N umber of Vital Meas- ' ' Certain of Failure at This Session About 88,000 - BUI Pre- - nt!i in '"'ilia Two Honsee ai8arxT5 ' Public , Bills Became , iJtwa . Kfantdv An of the"-. General Policies of the Country . Touched 1'rxwi WlLaX the President Recom- ..mended, aud How Far Ute Recom- '-' mendaUous were Kcsarueu. , W'atiingtonf .Feb., 2l.-Now that billion-dollar session of Congress ar the rule, little other than ap propriation lesrialation can b enacted during the short sessions, and the one to end thi week la no exception The anDroDrlatloha for the session probably Will be the largest on record exceeding the $1,008,000,000 of the first session. As only one of the fifteen general appropriation bill of thla session has been aent to , the President for hi. signature, an ac curate ataternent of the amount to, be appropriated la Impossible, Scarcely any of the general policies of the country were touched upon thla session. THE ROOSEVELT ROW, The discussion In both houses of the secret service and of the Panama canal and In the Senate of the Brownsville affair and of the Ten nessee Coal and Iron Company pur chase nat brought the administration of Theodore Roosevelt prominently in view. The veto of the census bill, because the employes for the talcing of the next census were not to be placed under civil service regulations, was another interesting chapter of the session. The veto of several dam bills, because they did not recognise the principles advanced for the con servation of water powers, attracted much attention. ' An appropriation -of $800,000 for the relief of Italian earthquake suf ferers was made at the beginning of the session. The passage of a law for the sup presslon of the opium habit in this country. It is hoped, will exert a wide moral influence. A law was passed for the preservation of the Calaveras big trees In California. Another act authorised enlarged homestead n trles in the arid region of the WesU. PENAL. CODE REVISION. . It practically is assured that the monumental work of revising and codifying the penal cod laws of the United States will be completed at this session- An agreement has been reaohed by the conferees of the two bodies. As a result of . this . legis lation, the United States government will, through a "rider," enter - the field of regulating the Interstate shipment of intoxicating liquors. An - amendment to the code prohibits interstate "C O. V." shipment of Intoxicating liquor, and provides for the marking of the packages of such liquors in interstate commerce with, the bona fide name of the consignee' and the nature of the contents. Sev eral of the so-called "Ku Klux" laws are stricken from the statutes by this revision. i The statehood1 bill, admitting Arl sona and New Mexico, it la conceded, cannot pass this session. The fate 'of the Oalllnger ocean mall subsidy bill rests with the House. ' It provides for subsidising mail links " to South America, Japan, Asia, the Philip pines and Australasia. ' MANT BILLS WILL FAIL Among Important measures regarded as certain of failure to pass are the Burke wireless telegraph bill; the Weeks forest reserve bill; the Currier copyright bill; the 1500,000,009 bond issue for Improve ment of waterways; changes in the gov ernment of the Isthmian canal sone; Fed eral inspection of naval stores aod grains, and suppression of gambling In cotton futures. The Senate approved an agreement With Great Brits in. relating to the uses of the boundary waters between the United States and Canada - j In the House there has been organised open insurrection against the rules, but In the Senate the opposition did not go beyond seme sharp criticisms by new Senators The movement was designed as a warning to future sessions. Id the House it will hsve the Immediate effect' of the establishment of "calendar day" for the call of bills on the union calendar; every Wednesday. - About 18,000 bills were introduced In the two bouses, and 4,500 resolutions pre sented. FACTS AND FIGURES. About ot me puouc oius wm Decern laws. There will be about 175 PlvS bills enacted. The latter, however, ard; estimated to represent about i.000 private, bills Introduced, as many of the private bills Anally passed' were omnibus bills. - About fiftV resolutions were finally agreed to. V' Early :la the Sixtieth Congress, the President declared himself in favor of; A national child labor law; an employers liability Isw; anti-Injunction legislation ; amendments to. the Sherman anti-trust law for good corporations and for labor union:: financial legislation; postal sav-: Ln5! !! -SITS rights' on navigable streams. When the Congress ends there will be no national child labor law, no .postal savings-bank,, and no additional regula tion of water rights. - However, a child labor law was enacted for the District of Colombia. An employers liability law has replaced the on declared unconsti tutional. A commercial v currency law was anacted'aad a monetary commission Is investigating the subject et further financial legislation, .Active step looking jlo a revision of the tariff bsv been tak en. - AH through the present session the IIoBse committee en ways and means has been considering a tariff- bin to lay . . . ka n4Hal - aMfrion ta - eonvena -.-Maretii' 16th. .-The waterways "emmlsstoaj - - hss mad an investigation looking to the better regulation : of ; water right, on ' navigable streams. .V ';. -v' ; SOMSf SPECIAL" FEATURES. In each session two giant - battleships were autnonieu. cw- WMnlngton to attend1 the lnaugnra- err. was not recognised to th appro-! . . . T prlaUon billa The increase in the pay of " , iB Prtd much Improved and those in the government service was n- wlB '-be 1 able . to ; resume . her other feature of the Congress. At tha' trip to Washington In time to attend same time the purse strings of the Tress.) the inauguration' ceremonies. , Her ary wr losenaso that Widows of the; daughter, Mrs. Sherman, wife of th men who have fought for th nation will .vie President, with Mr. Babcock, an be assured of a pension. , ' ' attorney of New Tork City, Mr. Sher- Among the prominent investigation rnan's brother, has arrived here and authorized were those of Ih Brwnsrille' will accompany Mrs. Babcock to a!Talr. the secret service, submarine leg-j Washington aa soon as she la . well ibiaUon and the paper , industry. Th enough to resume her journey. V ' waterways, .immigration, ' monetary. Urowusvtll commission wer created. pniE : : SltTV-FIRST CONGRESS. Twelve Senator and Seven y-Seveii v Representative of the present Oon grea Mill Be Missing From th Next Home of Those Who Retire . Have Served Long " Terms-Teller the Nestor of These Statesmen j r Interesting Jacta and Figure. V Washington, Feb. 28. Twelve Senators and seventy-seven Representatives, mem bers of the present Congress, will be ab sent when the Sixty-First Congress as sembles in special session on March 15th. The reelection of Mr, Hopkln. in Illinois, and Mr.. Stepheneon.- la Wlsoenata, not having taken place, tbelr failure of elec tion may augment the number of sen atorial absentees to fourteen. Of the seventy-seven " Representatives who retire,-one, Mr. -Hepburn, of Iowa, has served 20 years in Congress, snd an other, Mr. Sherman,' New Tork, who be comes Vice President, has served 20 years ' In., the House. Mr. Cousins, Of Iowa, and Delegate Smith, of Arizona, have served 16 years, while Jenkins, of Wisconsin: Cooper, of Texas; Overstreet.j of Indiana; Williams, of Mississippi, and Achlson. of' Pennsylvsnia, each have served-14 years.- Of the others eight served twelve years; two W years; six years; nine years; fifteen 4 yea re. and twenty-eight I years. In the years of service, Senstor Teller, of Colorado, who declined re-election, is the nestor of the retiring statesmen, bey. In been elected Senator upon the ad mission of his State to the Union, taking his seat December 4th, 1878, since which time he has been prominently In the pub lic eye. He resigned from the Senate in 1M2 to enter the Cabinet of President Ar thur as Secretary of the Anterior, re entering the Senate March 4th. 1SS5. A Republican in politics, hs withdrew rrom the Reoublican national convention in June, XS0(, because of the financial plank adoDted by that party which he has never since approved. He was re-elected to the Senate ss an Independent silver nil In 1903 as a Democrat. He Is member of the national monetary com mission and will continue his publlo ser vice in that connection. Senator Piatt, of New York, served In the Forty-Third and Forty-Fourth Con triai as a member of the House, en tering the Senate In 1881. On, May 6th of that ver when Senator noecoe uramn hi. Mat because of difficulties with President Garfield, ir. i-iaii join ed him. thereby gaining the designation of "Me Too" Piatt., He returnee, to me Senate March 4th. 1887. Although he nas been in feeble heslth for several years, he has attended all Important sessions of the Benate. Senator Foraker, whose political career Is fresh in the minds of every one, nas served In the Senate twelve years. Senator - Hetnenway succeeded Vice President Fairbanks when the latter re signed his seat In the Senate to become ita eresidlna- officer so that h has had four years, as a memoer or uim ovuy. Previous to that he had oeen a prominent member of the House since ie jnny- Fourth Congress. Senator McCreary entered the House in tha lTortv-Nmth congress, ana ir serving six terms entered the Senate six year ago. Other Senators who will retire on March 4th are Ankeny, of Washington; Fulton, of Oregon; Gary, of South Caro lina; Hsnsbrough, of Nebraska; . tredge. of South Dakota; Long, of Ksn sas, and Milton, of Florida. Rem-esentatlve Hepburn, of lows, has been conspicuously lntersted in all mat ters relstlng to interstate commerce, nis connection with publlo affairs going back to antebellum days, h having been a delegate to the Republican national con tention in I860. John Sham Williams, former minority leader of the House, retires to enter the Ronata two years hence. Reneesentative J. Adam Bed, of Min nesota, who has contributed to the humor; of many campaigns, and Bourse voearan, of New Tork. who has figured in many oratorical contests, also win retire. - COMPRESSION AIj FORECAST. Last Day of Present Session Give Promise of Being nsy id Both Houws Severs 1 important Measures Are on Hand and Night Session May Be Necessary. Waahlneton. Feb. SJ rThe. Sixtieth rnr.rress Will come to an eno next Thursday noon with the inauguration nt Tuft and Sherman. Until that time business In both house will be in a hurlv-burley condition with con ference report on appropriation bill the principal order of business. Alt of the big supply billa have been passed by the House and all but the sundry clvli, military academy and general deficiency bills k .Km adnata. The suddIv meaaureg Jn conference are the legislative, executive and judicial; the pension, . - v. arrlcultural. fortifications and rivers and harbor appropriation bills. An effort will be made in the Senate by Senator- Heyburn to have the eonf erenca report on the penal code bill adopted, but some opposition is anticipated. In the House it la ex pected the question of changing the rulea to establish a calendar day for the consideration of bills will be taken up on Monday, and on Tuesday an effort will .be made to pass tha Senate hill providing, far subventions titeT Vat""; d Tffi to mail carrying vesseia between i America, Japan, China and Austral I asla. The passage of ths bill will be stubbornly resisted. , The Appalachian and Whit moun tain forest reservation bill will re ceive 'first attention from the House Monday. The Senate will meet la special, sessions Thursday - to.".en aider .prealdentlal nominations. - ,? ' MRS. . BABCOCK BETTER- "' Vice President Sherman's Mother-In-. Lew Will Be Able to Resume Trip to Washington to Attend the In- - aagnratlon. ,,:':-."- v;:l"i-:r Special to The Observer.'- V ajtford,JJ.i--Mr. Babcock, mther-ln-!aw of Vice President Bher man, who has been a patient of Cen tral Carolina Hospital her since Mon day night, having to be taken off of S. A. I train No. 84 while en rout to TAFT SELECTS HIS BIBLE THE VOLIME IS A CENTURr OLD. r Book Kept in the Arc hive of the $a " nMHta grVsa-s -v t a. B.. r-.mmwv a iu two V TU UJ kiic it w fretddent in Taking the-Oath of "mr TetKleiit u III Re Uroken Jfere in That He Will, Not. HrtaJu e Hunie. ana Arsiu vi nen trie Retirtnr KrMltHHit Doe- NotRfetw 1 Jiiu-k to the White House With the New Chief Kiecntivr- The Prefd- dent-Klett Attends church and Then Submit His rnangnral Ad dress to ttie Preident--Inter'iewe4 by Senators and Representative. Washington, Feb. if. William II. Taft will take the bath of office as President of the United State on th century-old Bible, which belong to ' ' . the Supreme Court of :the United States, and by U kept In sacred cus tody. There is a touch Of sentiment In this decision which Mr. Taft' an nounced to-night with the statement that had he become a member of the Supremo Court hta oath would have been taken on the sain book, During the past few day there have been many offer of Bibles to the prospective Prealdont. He has not declined to receive the gifts, but hi answer has been that It will be impos sible for him to receive them for th purpose Intended. It ha been the custom of past Presidents to use a new or an historic Bible in taking their oath of office, and each ha re tained the book thereafter. Mr. Taft will make no claim on the Bible of his choice, and it will go back to the archive of -the ancient court, for which there are many evidence- of reverend respect and lingering fond ness on the part of Mr. Roosevelt' successor. TO BREAK ANOTHER PRECE DENT. Precedent in another ancient inau gural detail is to be broken next Thursday In the Intention of Preal dent Roosevelt to go from th Inau gural ceremonies at the Capitol dl rect to his train for Oyster. Bay. and not return to the White House 4n the carriage with Mr. Taft It is poasible that Mrs. Taft may occupy thla vacant seat. From morning servloe at the Chi tarlan church. Mr. Taft to-day Went to the White House where he went over with President Roosevelt that portion of his inaugural address which discusses what is to be hi pol icy respecting the foreign relation of the country. No material change. if any. will be made In the address a a result of the conference. Mr. end Mrs. fTaft were luncheon guests of Senator1 and Mr. Hale, and from 4 until 8:80 this afternoon an Informal recaption was given Mr. Taft by Miss Boardman. As tn president-elect wa present, the affair took on pretentions proportions. TALKS TO KJTTREDQE. Senator Kittredge had an interview to-day with Mr. Taft respecting the Mann bill, providing tor a-government for the Panama canal.- son, whieh la nendlna In the Senate. Thla nfeaaur la intended to give legislative authority for practically tn presenc system ef government there. The measure makes a tew cnange in me mtem. but Is approved by Mr. Taft Tha nroDosed mall subsidy for steamships was talked over between Mr. Taft and Representative Over street and Landis, of Indiana, These subsidies ar approved by Mr. Taft Mr. Taft said to-night h had as yet given no thought to poasible change In the dlplomatlo ervice of the United State. - Tn.morrnw night Mr." and Mr. Taft will be guests of honor at a dinner to be given them oy me -an rn'n pin party. ALL READY FOR INAUGURATION, The CDitI City I in Holiday AttlreMn under the eestralnt and It. mem--aP..!lA h- Visitor. Are Pour-1 bers ar continually asking for "more ing in Roosevelt Attends Church For the laii rime a vjutci -1 tive of the Nation. Washington, Feb. Jg. -Inaugural week was ushered In to-day with Washington ready With gaily-bedeck, ed buildings, newly-erected stand and elean-.wept treet. fwrthg ''?J?jwgl Foundation Win Allow $4,. 25 J lrJS: -F - Benedclartee-Wldow. of who will come here to witness ino induction 4to office f President Taft next Thursday, The advance guard of the unat tached delegations began arriving to- day t the vast union station, where " . . . ... an augmentea toree pur iwiii MUetmiM. recruited from practically everV large 'city (in the country, went ererx !... t 'J '2 Vck-ooTkeU anTother niTi?. participate JT th. naugur.l parade 1 expected . k iXXl nrnin foe tha laaV Ttima church this morning for th laatt m as t.ni m"Tt,Z;jr, ohnrch .9 to $4,000, and the pension will going to - Grace R?tod.,fl',ih; b granted to the widow 'of a profes wher. he ha been a Regular attendant ' " ' .,i'i,i.,1tion who has since he first came to Washington. lf larg crowd had gatnereeo at iwen. j trance and greeted, him a he passed I quickly insider After the ervloeji tarried pear th door to say good-bye to eeveral close friends. He reached the White Mouse Just in tlm to greet rr. !Vf' m '"'' directly from hi church hv ah auto- mobile., .'. '' ' ' " : ; ' ' ' Jn' accordance with eostom, Mr. Roosevelt to-day Issued a proelama- tion calling the Benate In extraordi- j nary session at noon on March 4th next The eslon J to be held for the-purpose of receiving "uch com- munication a may be made by the Execntlve," among them probably th nomination of his Cabinet, officers.. . . i, i i . - The Ohio Won the Steaming Trophy.) Fort Monroe, Va , : Feb.' I J.Thf battleship Ohio sailed to-day for New call of Governor Panders, of Loufst Tork. The third squadron, which met ana, for a Southern, States child la the returning battleship on thou- bor conference,' to be held In New mttA mllea at sea. will .all to-morrow Orleans March 0th. 80th and 81st for.Guam.pamo whence it.probably h..-b will go on ; Wesf Indian cruise-. vThaj.th, Governore Kentucky. Tenner J mafUA awav the croud winner 6fr th'temmg tropnjr-, ei th oyagsi wnt.n r.. i um around the world.. The yule for .th j fte BJointd by them to attend. .. t.th nn nfiUffinx. Hi I The convention will be for the pur- cool nd water consumption, for the entire trip were laid flown jKwm after the hlp left Hampton Road teen roonuia ;.r; Small Fire 'a ; Spencer. . ; - Special tm.l ne yoitriH. SDCncer. Feb. 2$. Fir of nknown origin atl O'clock this morning de-J etroyed ' 'fram etore building be-1 loneing to L. I Cranroro. in speneeri enta!Iaag a less ef about $$00, with no insurance, The can ef the fire seems -to be mystery, no on had been In th building to-day. STATUS OF C00PEU TRIAL .MAY COXTIXUE FUR WEEKS YET. Probable That Taking of Testimony w in consume Two Weeks Further and the Arguments Are Ukelr o Od-upy an Kntire Week A Oreit Array of Lawyers and Kach One Ijtpeot to Make a Hpw It Knlliuj of the Court on Two Points Will Hare Much to Do With It Pro gress of the State and Defense Thus Far Outlined The Jury Chafes Inder Restraint and the Court Or oers Ttiat It Be Fieri-ined Twfc-e Daily. Nashville, Tenn.. Feb. 28. Sunday was a Dusy day for counsel on both ides In the Cooper-Sharo trial for I th claying of former United Stales Aftnafnf T.'r .... A TI- v. aajournment at noon Saturday over Until Monday was welcomed by every one. It concluded the sixth week o the trial and the tenth day of actual testimony. The State has offered testimony to show that Senator Car mack received threats that unless he omitted Colonel Cooper's name from th columns of The Tennessean. either he or Cooper would have to die. Its Witnesses told how the Senator, while in the act of speaking to his friend and neighbor, Mrs. Esstman, waa startled by hearing Colonel Coope aay: "So there you are; we have the drop on yeu." Mrs- Rastman swore that the Senator was in the act of raising his hat when the hostile voice was heard, that he partially drew his revolver; that before he could use It he was shAt and fell Into the gutter AM Jl PROGRESS OF DEFENSE. On the other hand the defense thus far has offered testimony to show that Colonel Cooper saw Carmack by ac cident while his son Robin -tried to lead him away; that he turned and aid he would talk with Carmack: that Robin Cooper followed his fath er; that the moment Carmack heard Colonel Cooper's voice he (Carmack) drew hi revolver; that Robin Cood er sprang between his father and the Senator, received the bullets almej at the. elder Cooper and then shot aod killed Carmack In self-defense, The testimony agalffst Sharp is largely circumstantial. He met .'he Copper a few mlnutea before the tragedy, accompanied them within one hundred feet of the scene of the shoot lng and walked away. A young worn an of unimpeachable reputation. Miss Skefflngton. State LlbrarlafC swears that a she neared Sharp she heard the shots and asked what it waa In reply she claims Sharp said 'That Is Dune Cooper killing Son ator Carmack." Oi the other hand Sharp swears he turned around, saw the tragedy and when asked by Miss Skefflngton, did not aay: "That Is Dune Cooper killing Senator Carmack." but did say Shooting," and when the woman iked: "Who is shooting; T" he said having eeen it "Shooting between Carmaplt and Cooper: CASS FULL OF SURPRISES, ' The case thus far has been so full of surprise and contradiction that It I Impossible to forecast how long the trial will last. The defense has some sixty witness watting to be heard while th State has fifty-two. How many of theae will be called not even the attorney know. Th court has reserved decision on two point and until these are handed down nothing definite on either side can be an nounced. It Is very probable, how- aver, that it will be two weeks yet befor the arguments wilt begin. It 1 Just a probable that the arguments will last a week, for over a score of attorneys are engaged In the case and each one expects to address the Jury. Meantime the Jury, made up of farm era, used to outdoor exercise. Is chaf- exerctae." Thi was called to the at- - - --- - " 7 " ' , , ' . " men out walking twice each day, "ore gardles et weather. ALLOWANCE INCREASED. Professors to Be Granted Pensions Abo Asset Now Over Ten Mil lions. New York, Feb. 28. The third sn- report of the president and truurF of the Oarneaie Foundation - ---- . - - for the advancement of teaching. " public here to-day show, teady progress In the work of that mtltution for the fiscal year ending September 10th, I08. During the '""V t w m.aa ha the rules of the foundation during The. maximum amount of a ret)rn nowanc wa Increased from ten veara been Tiarrled to the proff!B4wr; tha pension to be one-half o h t th hu.b.nd would have been entlt,ed,to ceiv. President Prltchett, ef the founda- tion; t much ha, been done Anring the past year ie do away with political Interference In State" coi- 6gt9 fcni universities and to assure an academic freedom and the eljml- nation ef politic from education. The renort of Treasurer Thomas Morrison' Carnegie ahowa the present SMeta 0t the foundation to be $10,- 7i,5S. The total Income for th fiscal year ending September 80th, i08, was $530,80$ and total expendl- tare $187,07$. . ; , ' ftttfarm rlillt Tahnv Ia TtesirMl ,; For South. Baton Rouge, La, ; Feb. 88. The see. Mississippi . and North Carolina P"? ? ""J" llJL Lw' T"" V"tu"' VerI ' mate of tha four-12?" Kt.S-'"Trr 8 ?f h Jacksonville Man Suicide. Jacksonville. Fla Feb. 28. W. B. Fnrtv. eashter of the Ltiden-famn. Kll - Kmlth Piano Cnmuanv a nit una Jacksonville meat prominent citizens, committed suicide sometime during Saturday ; nla-ht. his ; body being found at 7 o'clock this morning at the foo of Market street, on the river front. With a pullet hole through hi head. FOB EC A ST WEEK'S .NEWS INAUGURATION CHIEF FEATURE While the New President Is Uie Centre of Admiration at the Inaugaral Ball. Ills Predef eanor Will Ho En joying he Classic Shades of Oyrter Bay wipihe Man Wlio Wanted to Be PneSfUeitt WUI Bo the Hero of a Iillar Winner at niiwourg- Mm Interest Centres In the flowing Days of Congremw R Trisl of the Standard Oil Cexe to Be on in Earnest The Foreign Held, Except For a Balkan Situa tion, Will Offer Nothing Sensa tional. ' All other events of the week will be overshadowed by the Inauguration at Washington of William Howard Taft, twenty-seventh President of the United States. But while Mr. Taft is the central figure of imposing ceremonies on Thursday, a con siderable degree of unofficial Interest must follow on that day the move ments of two other men who long have challenged public attention and admiration. In the hour that Presl dent Taft graces the ball that will bring the Inaugural programme to a brilliant close, Mr. Roosevelt, relieved of the burdens of State, will be sur rounded by his neighbors of Oyster Bay; and Mr. Bryan, guest of honor at a dollar dinner In Pittsburg, will reiterate. It la hellevait tha enn vletlona upon which he contested the presidency. If permitted to follow the plans chosen, Mr. Roosevelt will go to New Tork late Thursdsy; thence to Oyster Bay. where a home-coming demonstration has been arranged that Is likely to eclipse former welcomes extended to him both as President and citizen. CLOSING OF CONGRESS. In the closfhg days of Congress nothing perhaps will be of greater interest than the action on Monday of the Senate committee on Judiciary, which has agreed to vote that day on the report of the sub-committee which investigated the merger of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company with the United States Steel Corpora tion. The 1 majority report declares mat tne merger appears to have been illegal and that the President was unauthorized to permit such merger. The minority report In substance finds that the legality or Illegality of the absorption of the lesser company py tne greater corporation Is a ques tion i or tne courts to aeciae, tne committee lacking Jurisdiction, and that the President In no sense "per mitted" the deal. The point of in terest in the committee's action Monday will be whether the retiring President is to be absolved or of ficially blamed. In either event the matter Is still to be fought out in the Benate. With the battleship fleet broken up. the special new. regarding the navy will be the naming of a suc cessor to Rear Admiral Sperry. STANDARD OIL HEARING. The re-trui of the Standard Oil Company, of Indiana, for the alleged acceptance of rebate probably will reach the testimony-taking stage early In the week. There win be a scattering of base ball games this week and enough general practice to suggest that the season of outdoor sport, is fast ap proaching. The fore I an field, exeent for the Balkan situation, bids fair to be comparatively quiet during the week. Tne power nave come together in the matter of Joint representations to Servla and it 1 believed that when Servla realizes she cannot count on support In a war with Austria- Hungary she will relinquish the de mands that have been the prime cauae or the disturbed condition In the Balkan peninsula. MEMORIAL TO "UNCLE REMUS." Old Home of the Distinguished Writer to Be Purchased and Preserved In Honor of Hi Memory Children Asked to Contribute. Atlanta, Oa., Feb- 28. "Snap Bean Farm and the Sign of the Wren's Nest." a the 1st Joel Chandler Har- rls stvled hi home. Is to be nurchaaed 1 by the friend of '"Uncle Remus" and presented to the nubile as a memorial I to the distinguished writer. The ladles auxiliary of th Uncle Remus memorial association ha undertaken to rlse fund, for th! purpose and already it la meeting encouragement with much One room in the home will be fitted up as a library and will contain a col lection of the writings ot Mr. Harris; In another room will be preserved many of th personal effect of the I author; another will be used for a col- lection of colonial, revolutionary and civil war rencs. un mm ironi lawn will be placed a' memorial fount, or namented with design of the animal friends of this great lover of nature and th adjacent ground where Mr, Harris so loved to entertain children with his delightful stories, will be utilised as a playground. The ladles auxiliary has Issued an appeal to the children "of every Ens lisn speaking home" to contribute to this f and any amount from a penny to 10 cents,, the ladles desiring that th delight , in th writing of "Uncle Remus." Cardinal Gibbon Say He Was Ml- .em0m?ro oreselv Union askin if he had been I correctly quoted Hn a newspaper Inter-1 view as saying that the bualnesa men of New Orlean were not enthusia-1 tls over the ouuoing or tn Fanama canal and .believed the money eould be expended by the government for better : purpose, Cardinal Gibbon say: "Not correctly quoted." Th Progresslv Union ha acknowl-l edged the receipt ef the telegram fromjrazor nc.and. .tried te. bans AejseiS - , " . . - : - V , Eight 'Truant Senator Will Not Re-j turn T-Dy. t Hooklnsville.: Kr.. Feb. 2S. Ela-ht Democratic Senators who on Friday! broks the Quorum in the. Tennessee! Legislature and came to Kentucky, have abandoned any intention of ve-1 turning to Nashville en Monday. They said to-day that they would remain I tn HopkinsvIO until the General As sembl) adjourn. ,- Aaststant Sergeant-at-Arm Teaman is -v keeping . them under. urveiilance. .'.? - .." - . -- The Senator assert that their sol object in breaking nuorum la to ore-1 1 vent Republican legislator from par- j ticlpating in the . election of Demo-1 cratlc primary election eomrr.lsslotier,Mo NEW BANK FOR ROCK HILL, Stockholders of the People. Bank and Trust Company Will Organise a national Bank With Capital or 100,000 Present Organization Hill Be Continued as a Trust Com , iy. fl-eclal to The Observer. Rfwk trill a r it-k a & tional bank with a capital of $100,000 will be organised in a few days by the stockholders of the People's Bank and Trust Company, and others, of this city. The People's Bank and Trust Company will be continued as a trust company, wltn a capital of $80,000 organized under the laws of the State of South Carolina, so that the stock holders In the national bank will own stock In the State bsnk In the same proportion that the stock In the na tlonal bank bears to the stock In the State bank, thereby eliminating the banking business of the People's Bank and Trust Company, thus converting it into a trust company. The presl dent of the national bank will be Mr. T. I Johnston, a gentleman of fine qualities, one who has a close Insight on the banking business, and who a proven financier. Mr. J. B. John son, who is now v'ce president of the People's Bank and Trust Company will be presidnt of the new trust com pany. Mr. L. C. Harrison, president of the People Bank and Trust Com pany, and who 1 now holding a re sponsible position with th Southern Power Company, could not accept the presljency of this new organization on account of his being a non-resident of this city, but, being in close touch with the people, will continue on the board of directors, to his ability as a banker and financier along with J, B- Johnson, active vice president, and C. L- Cobb, cashier, the success of the People's Bank and Trust Company can be attributed sine it organization three year ago. CONFESSES BRUTAL CRI3IE. John Jonken, Negro Held For Murder of Ottuimra Girl, Turns Out to Be Right Man De la-es He Wa Full of Cocaine When He Committed the Crime. Des Moines, la, Feb. 28. John Junken, a negro, confessed slayer of Clara Rosen at Otiumwa on February 8 th, was brought to Des Moines to day by Sheriff Griffin from Albia and placed In the Des Moines Jail for safe keeping, aa feeling runs high In Ot- tumwa, the scene of five brutal mur der of women by negroes within the last two years. A fellow prisoner, Albert Evans, de clared that Juqken deliberately plan ned the murder while an inmate of the Fort Madison penitentiary, serving time for robbing and beating a woman. It was Junken. boast, ac cording to Evan., that h would agaiu "do the trick" II given a chance. Evan, statement has some weight because Junken killed Mis Resen Just after he had. been liberated from prison. i Junken plan, to stand trial, alleging that he "wa. chuck full of dope," He told the sheriff he had been chewing cocaine and opium. Seek Scalp of College Professor Who Voted Wet Ticket. Richmond, Ind., Feb. 28. The res ignation of W. W. Trueblood, pro fessor of English at Earlham College, is demanded in resolutions passed by meeting ef the Friends church at Dublin, because he voted "Wet" in th recent local option election, which '-re suited In the defeat of the anti-saloon faction. Wayne county is the only one In Indiana that ha yet gone "wet" tn a local-option election Earlham Col lege is locely connected with the Friends Church Jury In PIUttorg Graft Case Can't Agree. Pittsburg, Feb. 28. The Jury In the graft case In which Councilmen J. C- i Wesson, William Brand and and John 1 F. Klein are chargad with conspiracy, reported to-night that It had been -un bl to agre on a verdict and wa locKoa up uil court convenes to-mor rw morning. The accused men are alleged to have accepted a bribe to cure th passage or an ordinance providing for the paying of certain "treet with wooden blocks. Th case wern to tne jury Saturday morning. 1 Col. John T. Sloan Die Suddenly on a Train. Columbia, 8. C, March 1. At 1 9'c.Ti'k thla morning new. was re ceived of the death on a train near Greensboro, N. C, of Col, John T. Sloan, former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. rnlnn.i ei... had oeen at a hospital In Philadelphia for treatment, and wa en route home. Colonel Sloan wa one of th best known men in South Carolina, and oad been In public life many years. North Carolinian Aspliyxiated in MemphI Lodging House. Memphis. Tenn., Feb. 28. Attract- ad br the nunzent dor or ..nin. d th door of on of the apartment to-day and found one of th occu- oanta. Robev Roark. of Crouton v. r. 4ead and hi. relattv. Gilbert Latham. in a serious condition from the ef- - aosea gas jeu tne tnea were route to a point tn Wyoming. Woman's Ninth Effort at Suicide Is Successful. St. Louts. Feb. 88. The ninth at tempt of Mr. Elisabeth Lowery to end her life wa successful to-day. Sh drank carbolic acid because, of despondency. In the last three years she drank poison six times, use,! a MlsaJna- Rome Man Found In River. Rome, Oa. Fob. 18. The badly de- composed body qf J. C, Cock re 11. :h Rom Insurance man who disappear. d on January Jth, was found this afternoon floating in the Etowah river. Coekrert waa last seen wading in tne Ktowan river aoout two mi lee (above the point where hta body was recovered yesteroay. MUm Ethel' Engagement Denied.' Washington. Feb, tt. An emphatic denial" ef the report that the Presi dent's veunser dauehter. Mlsa Fih.i enasred to mairv Third Assistant Secretary ef .State William Philips. was a-tven out from th White Hon.a - niKht 1 DE flfi PS TIIE HOI SE RULES CRITICISM IXCKNSEB CANSOJf, Attack Upon the Speaker and the Rules of the House of Representa tives, Made in Circular Letter by a Magazine, Riles the Man Frou Illinois and lie Kilters Vigorous l)e- .1 fene Declares lite Rate Were Ild Down Store Than a Cetitary : Ago by Great Men and Have Stood , the Text of Time, Even u They Are ' Not Ideal Declare the Magazine' President Knows Nothing of What lie Write and Therefore 1 pre sumptuous. . ..rl..j;,,,. i' ,v .'t- Washington, Feb. 2$. -Incensed by . an attack alleged to have been toad ; upon himself and th rule of the . House of Representatives by Edward E. Higglns, president of 8ucCaa Mag- . azine, in a circular letter to the "life subscribers" of that " publication, , Speaker Cannon to-night made pabllo a letter he bad written to one of his constituents in which h vigorously defended the House rulea ' "The rules may not be ideal.' write : ' the Speaker, "but they have stood th test among those who know them. In spite of half a century of denuncia tion, such as Mr, Higglns put forth. The foundation principles of th rule, were laid down more than & century ago under the leadership of Jefferson , and Madison. They have been per- . fected from year to year to meet tha needs of a growing representation ef , a growing nation, Just as the law of the land is developed." .' Speaker Cannon' letter wa in r ' sponse to one from F. O. Vorls, of Neoga, 111., enclosing a copy , of the circular. Mr. Cannon states that he had previously; received several letters , from Mr. Higglns Informing him that he was making a poll of hi life sub scribers as to whether he should be elected Speaker again and whether ' the rules of th House should be re vised. GETS IN'STRUjCTIONS EVERT DATV, The Speaker says that be reoetve hundreds of letter from men and t women who would instruct hlxn in hi duties as a Rcpresentativ and . a Speaker. ; . "As to the criticism which Mr. Hig glns makes of the rule and the ad ministration of them by the Speaker. little need be said. His letter shows that he know nothing of what be writes. That will be evident to any on who ever atudled the rule or ob- served carefully i and honestly their administration. A man who, with out having studied the law ef th land or practiced in the courts, ahould criticise and denounce indiscriminate ly the law and the courts, simply be cause he had heard the complaint of lawyer who had lost their cases, would receive from the community th attention to which hi. ignorance and his presumption . fairly entitle him. But it seem, that any one. after having sat at the feet of persons dis satisfied with legislation , or dis gruntled because of th failure of pro posed legislation, may become - a patriot and a moulder of opinion by denouncing the rule which adjust th right and relation and secure the efficiency ef a .body of 881 members. representing the complex Interest of ninety million people," MARRIAGE SIMPLY A JOKE!, Story of the Wedding of Midshipman Voting, of conoora, eno a rennsyt vania Girl Wa Concocted by Frivolous Mestanatea of the Younsr Naval Officer .Captain - Marshall Disciplines the Chief Offender. Fort Monroe, Vav Feb. 28. Naval circle here had a flutter of excite- , ment to-day when they learned of a mock marriage in the parlors of ths Chatnberlln Hotel late last night In which Midshipman Robert S. Young, Jr., of the armored cruiser North Carolina, and Miss Margaret Connetl, daughter of A. J. Co.nell, of Scran ton, Pa. wer supposed to be the principals. The entire ceremony wa joke .among th young people, a large party of whom had been 'enjoy ing the regular Saturday, evening dance at the hotel. One of th mem- fber of the pseud o "wedding party" called up newspaper to Norfolk 'end " Newport New and told them serious ly of the wedding. It la also said he wired the new to a paper In the young lady's home city. ' The young people were, deeply chagrined thi morning to find a . serious announcement of the sup posed wedding. A young lieutenant who wa in the party, waa announced by the midshipmen who sent out th story of the wedding, aa "Chaplain Allen. "r There 1 no such chaplain In the navy. - Captain Marshall, of the North Carolina, when he heard of tha af fair to-day. sent for the- midshipmen ' Involved and directed tha one who had sent out the story to go at once to the newspaper office to whom ha ' had sent the new and make a per sonal retraction. The story which was furnished th Associated Pre under a Newport News date line late Saturday night. is a follow: i :" "Midshipman - Robert - Slmonton Toung, Jr. attached to th armored cruiser North Carolina, and Mis Margaret Connell, daughter of A. ' J. Connell, of Scranton, Pa,, wer mar ried to-night at midnight at . tb Chamberlla Hotel, Old Point, by Chaplain Allen, of the battleship Con. necticut- uuite a number or friend witnessed th ceremony. : Midship man Straus wa beat man, and Miss Nation, of El Paso, Tex, , was -maid of honor. It is stated that Midship man Young and his bride met for th first time .last Monday , when , tha youog lady came her to witness tha home-coming of th fleet.:: The young officer, is a son ot ? Dr.: Robert . S. Tng,H)fJOqneey.S;..gi'?-.- v- - Former President of Seminole. Cotu pany Arrested at Chattanooga Chattsnooga, Tenn., Feb. 2$. John T. Garlington. former president of tha Seminole Securities Company, of Co lumbia 8. C waa arrested in his of fice tn this city this morning cn in structions from Columbia. The eharcre against him hi obtaining money under false pretensi-s. He wa released oa bond immediately following his arrest. ThjOther two defendants, M. J. Jeans and J. S. TOvfng, voluntarily t.,Tfi dered and were released. her!flr V.'. H. Coleman, of Columbia, 'S. C. Js c: rout ta nshvill to secure rju!ri tion paperS? The Accused mea s-tj thev will not resist estracjition ii in sist on being taken to Columbia c; once. 1 :- -,Vv
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 1, 1909, edition 1
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