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"J- ' . - - - - '7 -."-- - . " " ' j . - 1 .( - ' ' - J t - ' ' - - - . ..--'- i - f . 1 ' , i - - ' 1 " . ' ' - f X ; : ' THE FiOWERS COLlicnOTT . TO GMT, THE NEWS THE OTHER. ' PATERS FAIL TO PRINT. YOVMUST READ THE TARHEEL. v . i THE, DATE ON THE LABEL OF THIS - PAPER SHOWS WHEXTOUR. SUB&CRIi TION EXPIRES. . ..": , Devot i to the Educational Interests of Eastern NortJi Carrolina; VOL Vl; ELIZABETH CITY H. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 1907 no so 1 f ' Sickness Delays' Thaw's Trial New York, Feb. 13. The Thaw ' trial todays was limited, to an .after ' noon session of lees than two ; hours -duration, the morning sitting of court ; having been - abandoned because 1 of 'the illness of the' wife of one of the : -jurors Joseph" B. Boltont No. XI. " Mr. Bolton was allowed to visit his liome in company withtwo other ju rors, and ' two court officers. " He "found his wife .suffering :fron double ? pneumonia,, and two physicians certi , fled, before District Attorney Jerome ? . that her condition , was . very serious. "Bolton returned to the jury panel in time for the afternoon session, which. . began at 2 : 10 p. m. and adjourned at 4.u5; o'clock. j . ' : There was a stipulation of . counsel ' by which the juror might again visit ; v ; his home, accompanied by bailliffs tonight It is hoped that the trial will go on -' tomorrow. Juror Bolton this afternoon; appeared distrait, ap parently taking little -, interest in the proceedings.-' " :' ; : If Mrs. Bolton's condition - should . continue so critical that 'her husband - cannot be expected to giveproper f consideration : to r his duties .as'aliui - Tor, there may be an indefinite! post , "ponement all the other jurors mean "while remaining locked up or possi-"bly-a mistrial. Dr. Evans the Only Witness of the v' 'Aafternoon. s Dr. Britton P. Evans, siiperintend- ; i nt o fthe state hospital for the in-. . sane, at Morris Plains, N. J., was the only witness of the afternoon. He concluded his direct examination and " District Attorney Jerome . reserved the. right to cross question the exper " - -at a .later stage of the trial. - v Dr. John T. Deemar, of Kittanning, t "Pa., was . recalled to . the stand just "before adjournment . ; and asked to -state what he knew of the mental con dition of John Ross, a first cousin cf A-f Harry Thaw. : (, .Mr. .Jerome ? objected? tcr the -question on the. ground, that- the relation ship was too remote to permit the - drawing of deductions as to heridita ry insanity." Both question and wit v mess were withdrawn temporarily. Dr. Evans today detailed the re sults of ;his various examinations and physical tests n his visits to the de fendant following the tragedy, .. Dr. Evans testified first as a to the -general condition of Thaw's body as to nutrition and said it was good.. - ' What as to the . conformation- of head?" - " . "The shape of the head showed no particular points prfacts,scept that there was an unusual and marked de pression here.' ; Dr., Evans pointed to a spot on the bacKct-his own head to illustrate to the jury. 'What sifnificance do you attach to the : depression or valley in the : rear of the- head?' ' , v "I am unable to attribute any spe cial significance to it, or to character ize tt, to rthe reason that I never be fore, had met such a depression.' ' Dr. Evans 'gave the details of his i examinations of Thaw's pulse, tests i being made on numerous occasions. ' ' 'He exhibited the most remarka i6le nervous pulse it has ever been my opportunity to examine,'1' said -the alienist. ' : "The pulse indicated a nervous -control of the heart, showing the sym" pathetic nervous system , to be ., serK ously at fault. The irregularity of the heart was evidenced, by the pulse changing. Its rate four times within a minute, the variance being 12 to 24 heats. " "' 4 1 have never before known a heart to act that way. 'I htve, known the pulse to change once in a minute, but Thaw's' pulse would- start the . first quarter of a minute at 64 beats and in the next fifteen seconds would run UP to 112 'or more. It would then change to 90 and back to 80 or 82. ' 'I took his pulse many times and noticed this variance on every occas- . Ion.' ". v ' L "Fearing , sometimes that the exer tion of the physical examination had ; tired him I tried to compose his mind f- and then again took his pulse with the same result. This led me to ex- , amine his heart, v which I - found, of course, in the same irregular conSi- ' tion a the pulse I examined the heart for murmurs ; or evidences of vaVvular troubles, but found none." : Found n0 Evidences of the Drug -,i - '"-Habit. - The next examination, Dr. Evans ,said, was for muscular co-ordlnattn. I After a - very careful examination, the doctor said he found : no evidence of abnormal jnuscular ' incorordinatiou. A search for evidences of the drug habit . also . was ..made'..' . The only pos sible : test, - said the . doctor, was a physical ' examination to - see if the re "were on the body scars indicating the use ' of a hypodermic - needle.'; No such indications were found. Dr! Evans also declared that' Thaw exhibited none of the tremors such as are found in persons . who have been addicted for a longtime to an exces sive use of intoxicants. The tests of suggestion were not successful, Thaw wandering oft in his conversation and failing to follow the' suggestionl 'of-' f ered. - ' T During the examination he was very nervous, and. seemed unnecessar ily apprehensive of' the manner iDf the examination. He appeared to be very tired. 1 - - Prisoner's Memory is Good. ' Referring to the memory, tests, Dr. Evans said: . 1 'It is my opinion that "his onemory was good.' " '- " Dr. Evans took occasion to say that he) felt it was extremely , unfair to him . as a physician to require him to separate his physical examinations of the v&efendant from the questions and jswrs as Jto ?his . mental .processes. v we was interruptea by both Mr. Je rome1 and Mr. Delmas, and Justice Fitzgerald said: ;- ' - : ; -'"Will you kindly confine yourself to ' answering questions and not giv ing expressions of opinion. The defense assumes that it has now laid the foundation for the intro duction of testimony which has here-, tofore been excluded from the case: . Among the things which have been so excluded is -Thaw's win and the codicil teherto which is fcaid to pro vide a fund of $50,001) for the pro? cution of his murderer, should be die a violent death, and a fund of $75,000 for the care of a number of young women, said to be named in the will who : Thaw is said to have believed, were victims of Stanford JJVhlte. me aeiene counrar largely on tnis will .' to ' sha w ther effect - on Chaw's mind of the stories which were told hini regarding the relations of "White and Evelyn Nesbit. It is also will form a proper foun dation for the testimony of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw regarding conversations with her husband in which were, men tioned the names of a number of oth er young, girls who are said to have been the victims of White. The defense claims that these sto ries preyed on Thaw's mind and con tributed largely to the mental condi tion which induced him to shoot White. -: . StV ; K;Js:'--- Mr. W. W. Sawyer, who has spent some time In Norfolk on business, passed through the city today : en route to his home in Tyrrell. . - Mrs. S.A. Brickhouse, after a pleas ant visit to her sister, Mrs. Gard, left today. Miss Irene Holt, of Moyock, was in the city the guest of Mrs. S. S. Bar cliff on Church street. . ' . - t Mrs. Peter Ferebee, of .Brambleton, is attending the sick bed of little Ma rion Barcliff who continues quite sick. - Miss Katie Sawyer, of Weeksville, is in the city shopping. Rev: N. H. D. Wilson, of Hertford, is the city. ..(,''.-:.... - .v . Miss Bertha Sawyer is a guest of Miss Cora White this week. r ' Miss Birdie Scott leaves today to visit friends in Norfolk. - . Miss Cora White entertained a few of her friends last night, at her home on Euclid Heights. - Miss Lucy Gregory left today for a visit to friends and relatives in Norfolk. - -; - Mrs. J. .B. Mason is spending a few days at Windsor, N. C, where her husband is in the interest of an in surance company. Youd better paddle your own canoe, For that's what you'll have to do) For when you are tn hard. luck , And want to borrow a "Saw-buck," All youH get is sym-pa-thee, Unless you take Rocky Mountain Tea. . - . - ' Standard Pharmacy. At Hatteras ' Avon, N. C, Feb.- 12. On - Wednes day morning, February 6th, while a fearful : .gale was blowing from the north, .and the temperature at freez ing, a vessel was ' discovered, on the Diamond Shoals in a perilous condi tions. As' soon as the" wreck was discovered, notwithstanding the ; se verity of the wind and weather, Capr. P. H. Etheridge of the Cape Hatteras life saying station, and Capt. Peel, of Creed's Hill, launched their' boats, ,and put to sea, and for several hours braved the dangers of the cold and storm at the peril of, their own lives, frying to rescue the crewi of the unfortunate wreck. Bnt owing to the con3ition of the, sea, and .the dan gerous location of the wreck, it was I impossible for the life savers to reach them, or render'them any assistance. The vessel was synk, and the waves dashing over it. And whfle it was physically Impossible for the life sav ers to " get any nearer, or. hold out any longer, it is due that brave, fear less, and courageous hero of Cape Hatteras; Captain . Etheridge and al so Captain Peel as well - that they went to the extreme, limit of human endeavor, to rescue the ship-wrecked crew from their perilous birth. And not till exery effort had been" put for ward, and every possible means ex hausted, and after the bravest, and most heroic battle Jhat has ever been fought to save human life, did they give up the! struggle, and then only with the avowed Intention to resuine their efforts as soon as : the storm abated. ' ' . v'v ' ' ' : But on the following morning when the day dawned no trace of the wreck could be seen, the wind had Increased during the night, and the "unfortunate wreck had disappeared. And thus the ever : feared, and f. dreaded. Dla mondSh'oals ? had claimed another crew as its victim, and provided for them-an ' .unmarked gPSTO in the ma riners cemetery among its thousands of unknown- dead. We admire the bravery of those gallant heroes of the life saving service, who are ever ready, as was recently demonstrated td risk their own lives to rescue ship" wrecked seamen. And while their noble efforts were not successfully rewarded, to them It must be said, you did your whole duty. " And, . As down In the sunless retreats of the Ocean, Their bodies entombed no mortal v. - - ' can see, As they perished their, hearts breath ed a prayer of devotion Unheard by the wolrd rises silent to thee. i As the world offers homage to men brave and true, So your country a just debt of grat- titude owes you May your brave deeds be written in temples of fame, ' To be rea while the Cape Hatteras Diamonds remains. Death of Confed erate Veteran Mr.. M. B. Sevilles, of Walnut street, died yesterday afternoon of paralysis, aged sixty-two years. Death occurred at the home of Mr. Sevilles son-in-law, Mr. W. H. Owens. The deceased is survived by wife and daughter. s Funeral from house, at, 3 o'clock this afternoon. Interment at Holly wood cemetery. ' Rev. Mr. Thompson pastor of the First M. E. church will conduct the services. Mr. Sevilles was a -Confeder v eran of the civil "war. Mrs. George Pritchard, of Holmes Co., and Mrs. H. C. Grlce, of McCabe & ' Grice, will leave today for New York," where , they, go to "purchase goods for the above .firms. s Hello Girls.'.' How to be 'healthy and happy and be a phone girL Ring us up for a package of ,'Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with full, partic ulars. 35 cents, Tea 'or Tablets. Stand ard Pharmacy.'"". . . ' . - I Passes Away Olean, N. Y., Feb. 12. Frank Way land' Higgins, ; former x governor of New York, -died in ;hs home here to night, at 8.40. Mr. Higgins for years had suffered - from heart trouble. Af te rhe entered upon bis work as gov ernor, Mr. Higgins. was warned by Dr. E. ; G. Jane way, of New York, of a serious organic difficulty in the heart but no effort was relaxed, which 7 Higgins believed .essential to the, dis charge ' of the trust reposed in him by the people. ' . . Surprise Wedding Last Night A wedding which comes as a great surprise to the many friends of the contracting parties occurred last night at 9:30 o'clock at the residence of ' Mr. J. C. Spence, in which Mr. Ernest L. Sawyer and Miss Ema Ward Rodgerson were united in marriage. It was strictly a secret affair no one in the city being aware of the inten tions of the couple, except the bride's mother- Both of the contracting parties are residents of the city. " Mr. Sawyer is a prominent young attorney; well known, and held u high esteem by all. The bride is a highly cultured young lady, who ras made Elizabeth City her home for number "of years. Bill for the Insane Passes Both : Houses Ra.eigh, N. C.; Feb. 13A bill" ap propriating $500,000 "for the enlarged ment and improvement of state hos pitals for the insane and for the con struction of a new hospital for ment al defectives was unanimously ipass'sl by both branches of the legislature. Ijacksonians Ndt to Suffolk, . Va., Feb. 12.-W. . Paul Moore, treasurer of . Jackson, N. C, denies emphatically that there Is any excitement or lynch sentiment in that town. He stigmatizes such a report as a lie, and declares peace prevails in the county. Party of Sports men Pass Through A, party of officials, and their friends of the Dare Lumber Company, after spending the night at the Souths ern, left on the company's yacht, the Grace R., for a week's hunting down on the sound this morning. The party included the . president of the company, Mr. C, S. Hotchkiss, Binghamton, New York; Messrs. G. W. Wells and Albert B. Wells, of Southbrldge, Mass., Messrs. King and Kent, of New York .city, and Mr. H. C. Tuns, of this city. Ministers Hold Institute v The Methodist ministers of the Elizabeth City disrit, met .yester day at 10 o'clock .inan iafiwioal meet ing at the First Methodist church. All the Methodist ministers in the district were present. Matters of interest pertaining to the welfare . of the denomination 4 in the district were ably discussed by the various ministers present T" , Last night . at 7 : 30 o'clock Rev. N. H. D. Wilson, pastor of the Hertford Methodist -church preached ': at - the First Methodist church to a large and appreciative - audience. ,The visiting ministers enjoyed? the institute great ly and had a most pleasant sojourn in the city. . ' , , Lynch Bill Not Vot xvaAcigii, in. i? eu. "h was only, one debate tonight ' in tWhouse on the bill providing, for only first class fares, this to-be 2 cents on rail roads whose passenger earnings ex- ceed $1,550 a mile, 21-2 cents on those exceeding $1,000 and 3 cents on I those less than $1,000. ' The debate continues Thursday and a vote may be reached then.- Big Item For a Deep WaterrWay Washington, D. C, Feb. 12. There was much rejoicing on the part of the North Carolina delegation today when the fact was ascertained that Senator Simmons had succeeded in having the senate committee on commerce : in corporate in he river and harber bill an amendment appropriating $780,000 for the construction., of - a twelve foot channel between Pamlico Sound and the . ocean, thus giving deep water to the numerous Bound rivers, in the state. ; That the senate will ac cept the amendment for this big ap propriation is not doubted, but there is reason to believe that it will be opposed in conference by the house conf ereep. The senate conferees have assured Senator Simmons that they will insist on the retention of " this amendment in the bill, and ifj they hold out to the end as the senior sen ator believes they will, the state will get teh benefit of this Important ap propriation. The Importance of Senator - Sim mons' victory can be judged when the fact is recalled that the house ' only gave all the Tar Heel rivers and har bor interests, appropriations , to ; the amount of $530,000. - t It is 'doubtful whetherk the senior senator' could' have 'liccomplished this result had it not been for . the fact that he is . a member ibr the senate committee on commerce, which passes on the river and harbor bill. The appropriation which Senator Simmons successfully advocated to day will construct the third "section of the proposed Inland waterway bo per sistently advocated by Representative Small. . ' , While urging the importance jof the appropriation from this stand point, Senator Simmons also empha sized' the fact that it would give the numerous North Carolina riven any thing in the three big sounds deep water to the ocean. The bulk-of the appropriation, if granted by congress will be- used in making a four mile cut to a depth of twelve feet at Adams jCreek, which, connects the ocean and the sound. The i committee on commerce had the project s under consideration for, more than an hour today. , Senator "Overman v. was . before the committee during the day and urged that the acceptance of his amendment appropriating $400,000 for . the lm provement. of the upper Cape Fear between Wilmington and Fayetteville The. appropriation calls 'for the con struction of a lock and dam. Senator Overman spoke at length of the im portance of this project, but he real izes that there are strong influences in congress opposed to it. The committee . on commerce adopted Senator Simmons' amend ment providing for a thirty-foot sur vey of Beaufort Harbor. The presen project is for a twenty-foot depth. A. distinct event in the. social life of the capital this winter was the re ception . given , this afternoon at the Highlands by Mrs. Simons and Mrs. Ankeny, the .wife the Senator from Washington. Official and social life was well represented, and practically all of th North Carolina colony here extended their compliments to the charming wife "of the senior senator. Mrs. A. B. Andrews, of Raleigh, was among those in the receiving line aniP Mrs. Gudger served. The reception was one ' of the 'most delightful affairs of 4 . the winter. Todays arrivals Included Clement . - i . . . ... , .. . ... .. ... Manly of Winston, J. Wescott Rober- son,- of Guilford and J. O. Ellington, of Fayetteville. ' . . v The president : sent to :. the senate today the nomination of C. M. McCall to be postmaster at Marion. .. -XX - Overman Also Scores. - - Senator Overman, also scored today: " m a legislative matter. Some time ago-: . the senator secured the passage cf " . thej)ill appiaopriating fifteen thousand ' . dollars fo rtheterejetioh of a monument -to .General Nathaniel Greene, at Guil- - ford Battle ground. . The speaker has refused to permitconsideration of the measure in the house and there the ". matter stood. '-While the military, ap propriation bill was under . considera- tion in ne senate today Senator Over man uoff ered his bill as an amendment to that measure. It was first rule'd out on a point of order, but Senator " Overman rallied his friends; and on the final vote the amendment was in-, corporated in the appropriation bill. Like. Senator Simmons deep channel amendment the only danger, to the Greene monument proposition . is ' that. -it may be killed in conference. There was "some talk tonight to the effect that the advocates of the Gulf to the Lake scheme 7 in the senate, who are not. recognfzet in the river and harbor bill, wil talk the measure '' to death in the final days' ofthe ses sion. There are many . disgruntled! -senators and members, who don't like the division of the pork,, but the . bar- rel is such a large one it is not be lieved it can be defeated. Loyalty Clause flay be Repeated : Washington, Feb. 12. Representa tive Burleson, of TexaSi today intro duced in the house a joint resolution repealing section 4716 rof the revised statutes which requires loyalty dur ing the civil war to be proven before a pension, is granted. . , Commissioner Warner is in favor of the resolution, but is inclined to be-v lieve that even' without it the service pension act is to embrace the i Mexi can war veterans' whxj subsequently served in the Confederate -army and l& 'whose interest the", resolution- was prepared. - - -That: there may be no doubt on the point, he expresses the hope that the statute will be repealede. , . - . . - ; : ' Poor San Francisco Poor Army (American Industries.) "In San Francisco a bricklayer,; plasterer or plumber receives more . pay than a captain of 20 years' ser vice stationed at any of the ; posts v near the latter's quarters and . the , commutation of his grade. A hod- 'i carrier in the same city receives more pay than a second lieutenant," - This statement Is made vby Briga dier General .Funston In his annual report. He adds. . 1'The very existence of the army is - threatened if wags In civil life continue to vise uniess steps are tak en to increase the pay of the rank 1 and file. Recruits are obtained with great difficulty. The wonder Is. that with the wretched pay:: offered, , the army obtains as man good men as it does.' ' .-. Gen. Funston finds himself - much obstructed In improving the military ' posts by the high price of labor in Sar- Francisco and "vicinity. He says: 'In -addition to the fact- that ab normally high wages are being paid, the building trades in that city' are completely dominated by tyrannical : , THEFT'S NOTHING ; L TRUE BUT HEAVEN. This world is all; a fleeting show, : For man's illusion liven; " . The smiles of joy,fthe tears of woe, Deceitful shine, defeltful flow;; . - There's, nothing true by Heaven. And false the:light on glory's plume, As fading hues of even; And love, and hope, and - beauty's bloom - ' ', -. v . v Are - blossoms ; gathered fro the ; tomb . . " There's nothing bright but Heaven.; Great Investment, absolutely ;. safe, brings returns, ; giving, surplus; earn ing power of youth till old'age, secur ing " comfort and ' health! ; In .your ; de clining, years. That's what Holllsters Rocky vMountaln Tea does. . -Standard Pharmacy. "t'''- i i i i ....- r : -1
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