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f Vhp- nl&. I3oily IPaper in Klorifa OarpMrno Yhat Mao vor J727-0OO QufocGF&focFG ...... j.-- il . i i n '1 rr.ii: sr.: i to-dajc Tllll .'to-: 10) irv Ialr and ri.klcr .Ttrla y ; Wrdiwr-lay fair dlroln " log HcthweK Iim!j 1 - - - 1 Fair mul colder - Tuesday: Wednesday rutr;l diminish ing northwest wind. 1 H Volume IX No, 123, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESbAV MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1907. Price Five Cejits. JLads Carolina BMlies M .-. T -. ... V-7J . : -if Mates U V; - 11 ew i i Mew S t XI IP I Ml I nr I III. Objections Block Testii mony for the Prisoner. THE WILL BROUGHT If i irp. t . ' . ? jmrmnx io VI nit A a Blackguard Prodocrtl I aoU Read to the Jut 'WlUKua . i 1 . WW- ml Stomp. Cur the Associated. Press,) N Tori. Feb. 11. Auiwtrlna hypothetical question covering erry detail of the testimony up to thla time hi the Thaw trial, including Kvelyn Xeablt Thaw' narration r oil her life history to the defendant. Pri Charles O. Wuwr. superintendent of the State Hospital Tor the Insane, at Blnghamton. X. T4 declared on 'tha witness stand lata today that i In hla opinion Harry K. Thaw did not know that the act waa wronc when ho ahot and killed Stanford White.- ; f Ir. Wagner atepped aside far later crosa examination by District Attor ney Jerome.i and aa court adJourneX iwr ine aay. it waa announced that the defenae would proceed wth the testimony of other alienists itotnori row. ; ... . i . i The taking- of Dr. Wagner's opinio of a hypothetical question, tbo ma a under consideration being the; author of the lettera which have beca lntru doced aa emanating from t Harry Thaw. during the perKxl or ihU estrangement from Kvvlyn Xeablt af ter their return trom Kurvref la 1103. followed a day of almost .con tinuous legal sparring- between Delphla M. Detma. fur the defense, and .Mr. Jerome. ; for. ; the ' pro-ecu t ion. Mt Jerume effectually blocked tn com pletion, for th time betnar. ; of t he direct tmlmonr of Mrs, Kvelya Thaw, by insisting that before sue ahould go further competent testimony , aa to Tlu" ttnvon Jnrsn of nUrtd' ahoula bv placed before the Jury. lilt. Del ma tried to carry forward ithe young life's story, but ' the District Attorney wo on hi feet with: an ob jection to every truestlon asktd. Tin- Thaw. Will.. I Mr. Thaw had been recalled a thio mira witneaa of the day. . Ona of! her Irelecx-Mior was J. l. Lyon. rlc- prefident or the Union Xauonal Kank of Pittbursr. who stated that he 'had rectlved Harrv Thawa will from thw la iter's own hand some time nrior tn Apt II 1. 190C. and had held It n n eaie uepoaii uox until Hale In Xovem ber last, when he directed hi secre tary to forward It to John B. Uleasot oi Thaw counsel. lln'tJlanon f fot lowe Mr. Lyon on the stand and nakl ne nal recen-eu i the will by jnall cat lcember llih. 1901. an-t that abso- . lutely no c ha rues had been made In me instrument during the time It' hi ieen in hi powieswion. JLr.' Jerome admitted the progmw of the will froat Mr. Lyon to Mr. 3 lesson without th oecewlty of bringing the former's aee- rciary as a wttnesw. air. DelmaM did not offer the. vrlll In evidemtr today, however, owing to the fact that 18 has in lui entirely oeen pruve m navina; icen legally executed by Thaw. Tlie Elackxnard' Xotc. ' When young- Mrs. Thaw waa called to the stand he was dressed ! preclsa ly as when she oocu Died the witness chair last week. As she waa taking- her i r. ucinuu lumea to the pi. trlct Attorney and renewed ( hla; de .mand of Wedneadaj last that the now which waj passed by Mrs. Thaw t rer husband at the Caf Martin the nignt or ine trarecy should ibc prn- uucea. n r. jorome upon the ccalTn oi tne nrst demand had rem lined j lent. Today he waa on hu feet at once, sayinr ho would and t for th slip of paper. It waa brought fman hU ofTlce, waa identified by Mr. Thaw una men read by Mr. Del mas as fol lows: i f "TTie II- tvas here a mlautefaro. but went out again." . f The contents, of the note t-iu-;d 'n surpne only also the exact Wording. It had generally been tuppcd that tne note reaj: - i The H la here. I Mrs. Thaw testified today that Mih. n mean ine bUrKrrsnt" sa Thaw always referred to Stanford White, whom she had seen on iho ba. cony of tha cafe. j J j JervntrV Object tons llald. f J The only essential point Mm. Thaw waa allowed to bring- out I In .hem tes timony waa the statement that the defendant never carried a pistol ex cept In New York city. 8he waa a ed many other qutlons. embodying various stories she ' had dlscuased with Thaw, including- the 'fata of a girl known to them a -the le 'irlrt" fct the hands f Htanford White, hat Mr. Jerome- blocked every lquc.lijn with a sustained objection. 4 ' i Taking- up another (tn of cuejttoa- Inr. Mr. bttmas saldi "Mrs. Thaw, the na me of May Mc- Kenxle has been mentioned a numbtr of times In thla case. Will you at-tte when you first met hd rr : i "I think It was In li or.- i i "Did you ever tell Olr. Thaw of fu -visit made to Mae McKenxie hn tie waa slek In a liospltal and when Stanford Whit was preaentr t t . -Yes. r I" "State what you told Mr. Thaw. Mr. Jerome objected, claiming that this was another ease or piling- up mutative evidence without the ez'-.rt-tia! fact being- first shown, j i -The defendant und-r thls'rutlng-'l In an unfortunate condition.- said Mr. Del ma. -.e ere tryintc to prove the mental condition or tha diren.!- ant by hla looks, acta. and declaru- tnm. He waa uonertcrlly Ituanc, JEROME HAS BESTOFSPARRIfJG : A 1 I i r i arc trying to prove it by re act before and after. thla -c- 'Fitzareratd sustained thec-b. jecuon. ! i i Irs. Tli aw. did you In uny conver tuition with your huhund state tn him that after .your marriage May Me- Kenxie nau sau. when she told Stan ford White that yu were inarrlid and lltlng happy with your husband. that" ! Mr. Jerome's objection to this ulso wps sustain!. H-Did you attend th thnltre with I tarry Thaw and a lady in thla city In J1WJ7" ated Mr. LK'lmua of the wit nsr. i i Mr. Jerome an In objected on i the oroad ground (hatsumr alienist should nrst show: that Harry was of unbound mind at the time of the oceurrencefl covrre! by the question of counwl. andi that the stories told him might haw affected his mind in the way counsel desired to Indicate, i jThe objection was sustained. "What seffect upon Thaw; did the presence !of Stanford Whlti have?" asked MrJDelmat. Again Mr. Jerome objected and was austalnedJ Objection at Kvery lo4nt. "frvo n Vonr return rrnm Vnrnrvo In liOi. on a North CleYman LJoyd steamer, waa Mr. Thaw present on the steamer?" -Tea alr.T J i "When on the steamer do you re member I whether Mr. Thaw told ! vou aoythlnc .about a certain younc'glrt and what happened to her at the hands-of Htanford White? , jMTea.! ; . IThe court sustained another obloc- llon by Mr. Jerome and the wltne (Continued on Page 8U.) i f 1 i CRUSHED BY CARS I Richard Wilcox Dies of if':' His Injuries. Ml , i t: rvAenjcnr ! Coactsra Jlan Down on I if i , j II Im While lie Was OUin? Loco motlre In Uie Seaboard i ' . I iVarda at HamletJ h , ; . . . - i CHpeclsJito News and Observer.) Hamlet FeU, 11.-4 Teaterday rnornlrvc at two o'clock Jtichard.WH- rox."" nhtwi Jioni'f "was af TiutiilK-Hoh, was run j over by some runaway cars and sustained Injuries from which he. died It hours later. . ! The shifting crew had just placed the coaches for train X0.1 40. The Hhiftlnff; engine waa standlnc; In front of the pastM-nger station and WIICox waa stand ng on the front tart of the Cnglne oiling the release orakea when the pawtenirer coaches. whtch had ben left" r'.andlng- some 1 distance away, began moving and bore down upon the- unfortunate young- man be fore he! aware that anything was .wrong, f Ills right leg- waa mashed on and bU Ion unn crusheu almost Into pulp. He no attended by the phl Ctana of! Hamlet, but there was noth ing that could be done to-save : him. Ho had only been at work eight duK This la. the tecond man from Lumtx-r- Ion killed In. the yards hri this year. A '. Dorlcd at Klngralaie. Lumberton. X. C. Feb. 11. The re rnalna Of. lllcuard Wilcox were In terred at; hla home near Kngdale to day. He tnrt death 8aiurday night while In .the discharge of dl& duty an fireman. In the railroad ( yard at Hamlet, t He was about 21 year old And was j a son of Mr. Iraiah Wilcox, of i thla , county. ; I l-X)It L XEV COUHT 1IOVSK ) !f " j nlUal Order Taken by Ctumltlon t i cr of Ilobeson Cbuuty. 1 r - r i rf (Special to Xeaa and Observer.) Lumberton. X. C' Feb. 'II. The tloard af County Commlaslonera waa In eeitsl on 'today and It Is a source of de light that an order waa made looking to: the botlding- of a new court houe. The action of tho commissioners la prompted. by a conclderatlon of the condition of tho court house, safety of records, sanitary condition and further consideration of reports , or recent rrinil litrlem In rnfrt to It. The order that waa made today will be call to thei attention or Robeeona Representatives ni the t present Leglslarture to make arrangements for Mtfthorlzlng- the is auaoceiOf bonds for thU purpose. -m:k coixt hFixiAU Five Hundred Citlaen Coining to S-c I . ; k; I he Jvfr Well lKm. r f if- i (Special 1o X-ws and ObTver.) San ford. X. C Feb. ll.ThV "1 Countj'; special will leavo here to- morroViit :3 a. m.. earning about Jive hundred representative, citizens of inn iown ana curruunums auumiij iu be present at the meeting of the Hovae , Committee, on Countle. CI Ilea and Towns, which will make a report oil the, bill to establish Lee county. Mr. j M. McKeitzJe. representing a canning- company of Baltimore., Is here soliciting- subscription for a pro posed canning factory to be enjabllsh ed at this place. S1M.OOO.OOO MOItTGAGK. ! i Itei-ordt-d by Seaboard Air Une ltall- . rued Company. i.lghteen million dollars- H the amount 'of a mortxrace recorded In the ofllc of the register of deeds of j Wake county; by tho Seaboard Air i Une. The mortgaco Is given to the, Morton Trust Company and Jamet L Iturke. trustee. Tho fact I xt forth that the mortga.Te 1 given for tho acquirement of new equlpmrnt. ( i ;A mortgage of thla kind' la required by law t be recorded In e-eryl coun ty through. which the line f road ex tend. ! It wilt cost something like l00 in registratloa feca In Xorth lend wear (I rlea of act i I cvrrenee..? ijni1 tCaroUna. alone. eiG ITEM FOR A DEEP WATER-WAY Committee Adopts Sim mons1 Amendment. TAR HEELS REJOICING Projovt Oontniiplaten lUpendilure or f 7HO.00O for a Twelve Iut Cliau- Hi Connecting liinillc Sound With tlie ilanik Ocean. Hy THOMAS J. PKXi F. Washington. D. C. Feb. H. There waa much rejoicing; on the part r the J orta Orollna eleg-ation today n luii the fact was asctrtulned that Senator Fimmons had succeeded In having the Senate Committee on Commerce In corporate In the Hlver and Harbor bill an amendment appropriating 1710.000 for the construction of a twelve foot channel between Pamilco Hound and the ocean, thus giving d?eu water to the numerous sound rivers in the Htalo. That the Senate will cpt the amendment for this ml ap propiialon Is net doubted, but there Is reason o believe that It will be op posed In conference by the House conferees. The Hnat conferee have uxaureu Senator Simmons that they win insist on the retention of thH amendment In the bill, and ir they hold out to the end an the senior Hn ntor believe they will, th" State will g-t the- benefit of this Irnporant appr prlation. The lmiortance of Senator Sim. mon' victory can be Judged when the fact Is recalled that the ifous onlv gave all the Tar Heel rivers and har bor Interests appropriations to tlv amount of SS30.000. It Is doubtful whether the senior Senator could have accomplished thl. result had It not been for the ruet that he Is a member of the Senaf Committee on Commerce. which passes on the itlver and Harbor bin. : The appropriation .which . Henatir rimmonf suceeasfuli advoeateil to day will construct the third im-c1 ion f the prvpowf Inland wuteruuy ro per sistently advocated by lletireentatlve Small. While urging the importance f the appropriation from thi stand point. Senator Simmonp uio enipha-slM-d the fact that it v.ouid ziv th nunifri'u North Carolina rivers any thing In th three big Found deep water to the ocean. The bulk of the appropriation. If granted by Congres. will Ik ud In making a four mile lul l "eim vi Adams Creek., which connects t- ocean and the sound The Committee on Cotnmeree h::d the project under con-iideratlon for more than an hour todar. Senator Overman wx lie fore the committee during the day and urged that the acceptance of his amendment appropriating $400.000 ; for th Im provement of the upper Cape rear between Wilmington and Fuyettevllle. The appropriation calls for the con struction of-u lock and uum. Senator Overman spke at length ol the Im portance of this project, but he real ises that there ore strong Influences in Congress opposed tto it. The Committee on Commerce adopted Senator Simmons amend ment providing fr a thirty-foot sur vey or Beaufort Harbor. The preen: project Is Tor a twenty-foot denth. A distinct event In the social life of the capital this winter was he re ception given this r ft e moon nt the Highlands by Mrs. Simmons and Mrs. Ankeny. the wife or the Senator from Washington Official and social lire was well represented, and practically all or the Xorth Carolina, colony nere exienueu their compliments to the charming wife of the Senior Senutor. Mrs. A. It. Andrews, of Raleigh, waa among those in the receiving line, and Mrs. Gudger served. The reception was unn of ho most delightful affairs of the winter. Today's arrivals Included Clement Manlv. or Winston. J. Wcscott Rober sen. of Guilford. uid J. O. Ellington; of Favettevllle. Tlie President sent to the Senate today the nomination of C M. McCall to be postmaster at .Marion. Overinan Abo Scores. Senator Overman alto scored today In a legislative matter. Some time ago the Senator secured the passage or the bill appropriating fifteen thousand dollars for the erection of a monument to General Nathaniel Greene, at Gull ford battle ground. Tlie- rpenker has refused to permit consideration of the measure In the House and there the matter stood. While the military ap propriation bill was under consldera lion In the Senate today Senator Over man offered his bill as an amendment to that measure. It was first ruled out on a point of order, but Senator Over man rallied his rrlenu a. and on the final rote the amendment was incor porated In the appropriation bill. Like Senator Simmons deep channel amendment the only ' danger to the Greene monument proposition la that It may be killed in conference, . . There was some talk tonight to the efreet that the advocates or the Guir to the Lake scheme, fn the Senate. wm are not recognized 1n' the River and Harbor bill, will talk the measure to death In the final day or the session. There are many disgruntled Senators and members.! who don't like the di vision of the pork, but the barrel Is such n large one It Is, not believed it can bo defeated. ? j . A frenzied financier uy the open aeaKon for sucker pi never cloned. When a man trie to please his wife's relatives he attempts the Impossible. TiieiIpaSs Another Rock cveltian Idea Put- Ft rward. POSER FOR CORTELYOU ; ; t v If He SlKukl KxcfuUc laper lYom the Mail lie vjuld Not Know Where to Degift or Wlicreto Stop The Contract a ' Dig- One. : ' ' fSpeclal to JCewa and Observer.) , WiiKhington. DC Feb. 1 1. Presi dent RooseveltV suggestion that ia- perx printlna: Ihe details of the Thaw trial be debarred from the mails 4s recognized na one . of merit, but i the feetlna: In Congreralgnal circles is that no action should be taken which con bf construed aa. censoring the prew. Only two .Vew York'rpaper printed tha full ilul all. lha . w...-v cniiuiij .-oiii- i emoexzitrig' county funds. f j plained of. Where tker pnstoftice In- Ono hill nsrainxt J. McArthurJ A. sector would draw .the line as to the!T. Herring nd George Highsmlth. ithe iTiuiing or court newa.js the viuestion that Is puzzling V Mr. Cortelyou. to whom the matter has been referred. It was stated today that an Inspector or censor would be. required' In each city (.aI.-Iik. nil mwiiinl nf f ri.nu. up ine country wun ually paper re una that there would be dally eon tests, in the courts and elsewhere. a to whether the papers had compiled with the postomce regulation in printing certain details. - ;;. j Itoo-evHtV letter to CortHjon. ! Washington. Feb. til. The follow Ins: statement was gt-.-en out at the White House todays v "The President has communicuteil ulth Postmaster General Cortelyou to know whether ii in. feasible to biir from the matla henaters that give the full, disgusting? particulars of the Tlay w case. He dues not Know wheth er It Is feasible, but if IJ is- he wishes It ono..' ? j - j PoetmaMer OenWn trteTyou--Tlns ivceiv d the letter frond the lreldent; but he declines to discus the matter or to Indicate what, if any. action will k- taken bv the lepnitment. The President's letter will he referred : Assistant Attorney Genera Goodwin, for the Pod OfUce leiai-tment. for u lesrrl opinion. It Is -xi-iel that the IcKal division of th- wsi otV-- I partment -will -.peIU: the matt.-, and tha: If action is to bo taken by the leDurtment ft wlli l in. soon. i President Roosevelt hus- reeolved number of protests -from persons who lh nk that ihtv npwin.ii.ir nrlnlln.. h I ' a ' ' a- - - tull detail of the 1 Thaw ca-'o should be prohibited transmission through the mails. One of these was a long telegraphic' protest from a newspoin-r. the mime of which, however, wus not given out at the White House. The recent discussion of the oucstlon In Canada, notably in the C.-fadlan par liament, and the statement of the Postmaster General at Ottawa, who was reported to have ald that any newspaper publishing -uch evidence h that given In the Thaw case last Thursday would be guilty of a mis demeanor under the Canadian law. olso was brought to the attention of the lTesldent. DlMiict Attorney Threatens Procu i lion. 1 Xew York. Feb. 11. United States Uftnct Attorney Stlmson. of this city today served a nolce uoon the nun Usher or all the principal newspapers in this city that he intends to bring rerore the united states grand lurv ror criminal proscculon all violations or the federal laws aealnst the circu lation -of obscene matter In reporting tne Thaw trial. ! Mr. Stln.son's notice read: "Information has been brought to me indicating that some of the news papers of thia city, under the guise of reports of the pending Thaw trial, have been sending through the United States malls lewd. lascivious and ob scene matter in violation of section 3893 on the revised rtatutes. I hea: to advise vou that the mere fact that such mater nurports to be an account of a Judicial proceeding furnbhe n excuse ror a vloiaion or the statute in question tn regard to the malls, and that I propose to bring berrc the federal grand jury or this district for criminal prosecution all such vio lations which may occur." STKVKXSOX IX CIIARIjOTTK. The Former VlccPrcJdeiit on a VWt to Friend-". Special to XewsandObserver.) Charlotte. X. C. Feb. 11. Adlal Stevenson. former vice-president of the I'nlted States under Democratic rule Is visiting at the home of Rev. Martin D. Hardin. In this city. In an Interview the ex-vice-president said that conditions In the country were never better than today. He spoke hlghlv of Xorth Carolina and the Piedmont section.- He Intimated that the work of restoring good wfll between the races was progressing satisfactorily at this time. Mlttnkc Corrected. To the Editor: In your reoort of my scech before the Senate Commit tee on Propositions and Grievances on the hearing of the Wrd bill. I am report eel as having said that man Ratellff has nothing h do with the town or Marlon." This j I did not say and on the contrary I spoke very com plimentary or hlra- as a, man. In that, he was mv friend and an elder in the Presbyterian church but, owed hl elec tion f whiskey. Please make this cor rection at once, and oblige. Yours. P. Jj SINCLAIR. High Polut, X. O, Feb. 11. REPUBLICAN RULE STANDS FIR RUIN Finances of Sampson : ! County Swamped. OFFICIALS INDICTED True lulls ! lVund Against Portlier Slicriir and : Treasurer and the Present ami Farmer Boards : ' i of County Coiniuissioiicr Corruption Exposed. (Special to ews and'Observer.) Clinton. Xt :.. Feb. 11. The srnd jury, which has been' Investigating the financial condition of Sampson couhty for the iast week, returned true brills of Indictment against the. following: Ono bill against A.! W. Auian. form er Republican sheriff of Sampson county, for j embezzling Slate; fundi. ' , kill nt. . ' . 0 u uiu u$iiin a. it. tuiau, ;iur former board iof county commission ers, ror turning over the tax books to ,A. W. Aman without settlement for tho previous year. j One bill against V. J. McArthur A. T. Herring and George Hlghsmith. the fiuaner board, ror railure to re quire -V. W. Aman to give school fund lond. i j One bill against J. R. Peter3on.l W. J. Faii-cloth and C. ! E. Jackson, ithe present board of county commission ers, for failure to 1 require Kverett Turner, the i present treaKurerj of Sampson county, to give school fund bond. The former sheriff. A. W. Aman. made n assignment January 26, 1507. and ha hot been seen here since. The general opinion la thaf he Is in Xew York. The financial condi tion of this county ts. something terri ble. The! shortage . will be In Ithe neighborhood ! of ; forty-five, V&uiand dolla rv-. Ther M v mme - uncollected taxes to is taken f rtih tms moutit.r The net shortage will, be at least twenty-live thousand dollars. If r.not thirty-five thousand dollars. . - Tlie bondsmen will meet herej to morrow and pay the amouat due; the State, which Is about five thousand dollars. It will be u question off law as to whether the school fund will be collected, us there Is no .ond eii'er Ing this fand- The bond "s a general In.nd. covering the ! entire cobnty funds and-nut a senarate school fund bond, as required by law. The school shortage Ik fourteen thousand dollars. Tlie Democrats charged these things! UKalnst the Reitublican party In the last campaign, bu: It xvai bitterly de nied by tho politicians. The present board of commissioners have taken no steps to find. out the condition! but seem very indifferent about the mat ter. This will come hard !o the! tax payers if the shortage i not collected out of tho bond. It will almost bank rupt the county. j Thn l only another sample of Re publican misrule In the State, j The good, honest s?ode who have been voting- the Republican ticKet arq be ginning to see the : fruits of Republi can rule, and are so expressing them selves. The tax-pavers need tot be delivered from the crowd that 1st now handling the county finances. I'llEFEH COIIXTKY LHKl MccJuniicvillc leople Do Not Vant TtM'Ir Settlement Incorporated. i i (Special to Xews and Observer.) High Point. X. SC.. Feb. 11. A great majority of the people residing In Mechanics VI lie. the suburb north of nigh oint and comprising a popula tion of about!. 500; have decreed; that they do not desire-separation front the present order of things, which yould mean the establishment of - that place under a separate Incorporation. (Not withstanding the fact that a charter has been applied for. It.s felt that such action will amount to nothing. Today petitions are being circulated among Mechanicsville residents i and many signatures are being placed against incorporation. Superintendent George II. Crdwell,' of the High Point! Graded jSchoajl.'. i In receipt of a most flattering leUer Ifrom Dr. M. C. S." Xoble. of the de partment ef tedaa-oar In the univer sity of Xorth Carolina, in which mos rommendaioty terms are emoljysd regarding the conduct of the schools here and expressive of opinion form ed von a recent visit to Hlah Point. Amonjr other thlnra Dr. Xoble j?ays. "The co use of study Is most carefully planned, and the good order prevail ing, the bright, cheerful and ttudlous manner of the dudUs and the enthu siastic work of the teachers all (com bine to give your cits a public school system of ; which it may well be proud. i - ; j j Rally day ! was yesterday obarveA In Green Street Baptist church the object being! to discharge a debt' of $800. which i has been hanging I over that church.' The disposition of th3 people is demonstrated to more ac tive and energetic church-work! and undertakings; . f r ........ . - The Ledger office, of this cityi was swamped with rata (but not the; klud that is generally applied to a, quitter of the union) last Saturday. and Manager Da r bee -shut down" f long enough to kill some 15 or 20 with the aid or a dog and trap, , some of jthem being as large eSgrey squirrels1.. While applying brake to ruhning car yesterday'atnoon. crnaney uaKos, a brakeman ion. a Southern freight train fell to the" track : and the car passed ovtH his- body. u forcingr his head Into i the ground and tnllictlng painful but not serious wounds, i. The attachments under the car caught and bruised UIm ibodyl)n several places. to a.yJ?.4y TOO Hclnsr Over Drcsjexl Gets a Crool In Trouble. (Special to Cews'and Observer.) Hiirh Point. X. C. Feb. 11. Th thief who entered the home of Philip Rogers last night and stole a numbct' of articles of clothing a fult case razors, etc., waa arrested here today. He gives his name as Frank Miller and- savs he Is fro Germany. On his person was found two suits of clothes and two grs lor , socks. ; He was made to undress and the. goods were identified as those ' stolen la-st nla-ht. A 38-calibreJ oistol was lodged about his clothes,- loaded to the brim. Letters and books round on him would Indicate that he is from Baltimore and that , hp Is an old crook, a photograph has been" taken of the man and the officers expect to hear more about him as, a result of this picture. MIUerhs been held for trial under the charge : of carry- ins concealed weapns and burglary. - - . t TltlAI iXK 3HJIIDKII. The Prisoner Says. He Slioa tlie De- ceased Who Was Trylnar Tq i Rob Him. (Special to Xews and Observer.) f Salisbury. X. C. Febi 11. Superior court convened today. The most impor tant case to be tried will be that of Scott Phifer. charged with murder In the first degree, for killing 'Hilary Mc Henry, at Cleveland, hist fall. Phifer alleges that McHenry attempted to rob him In his owu house j wnen he shot and killed the latter. - ' ESTATE Property Amounting to a Quarter Million. J JLodges of Odd IVflows to lie Instl- tutctl at Hillshoro and Mctauic -Freeman Jones Had Ufo -;-i-v - Insnred. f - t(Speeial to Xews and Observer.) ' uurnamv,.,Vi, teo.t m a ue wunv of 'stilinP ut theestate of the late ATLMafeauiiuIr: has been completed a ua .today tne aomintstraiors, Aicrsrs. J. S.. li. W. and:F. S. iMangum. made a final -report and were discharged. This estate amounted to more than a quarter million dollars, and it is all now settled- with the) exception of a division of a portion of the real estate. which -will be by order of the 'court emi a commissioner1, ine - com- mlsloners have : already 1 " sold and " divided .. real estate ' valued at 3113,000. Then I the -admin istrntors wttled the personal ptoperty portion; this amounting f something over $40,000, and ; the commissioner now has a-little more than $100,000 In real estate to dl1de i among the si heirs to this fortunes j - .. Had Narrow4 Ivscapo. Ziite yesterday afternoon a negro brakeman on the yard crev or the Mouinem had a narrow esf-ape f ror.t Traving his lire crushed out. . H? made an effort to climb the ladder on the fide of a car. while in motion andy missing hU footing fll to "the ground . end was rolled between th Journals of tho car and the grano l.thic paviement at the union station, the truck being- some eighteen inches or two feet lower than the i-avemen. Those .who saw the negro', fall .were onfident that he .was killed, among these being the. engineer. The trai.i us Flopped and the negrvi crawjed from his perilous position - before ihe cculd be given atfistahce. No bonos were broken, but he waa mashed and bruised so that hi condition is moM -.ries3 aerlous. It was repcrved,.hi afternoon that he wilj recover. , ' Freeman Jones, colored, who .was hanged on Friday, had his life . In sured for a . small . amount and today the -claim was forwarded to the home office for settlement. The-policy was one of the industrial In . the Virginia. LUo class x of policies Insurance Com- pany. f The death certtficate ;wa made out this mornin S and forwarded for payment In the police court this morning one colored woman was. charged with sell ing whlsk-py and landed in Jail, being unable to give bond,aid another col ored woman was charged with drink ing .whiskey and Isfcded at the work house because she. was unable to pay the required fine. Mary Jones was charged with aelllngwhlskey and was placed under bond of $30.- Jennie Smith was drunk on Sunday and was fined $10 and cost. , - . It Xcw Odd Fellows Lodge. J i Tonight the Durham lodge of Odd Fellows elected a number of members for a new lodge to jbe Instituted at Hillsboro. This ne1 lodge will start off with thirty-three members. Xext week the lodge here wlli send a team tXo Hillsboro for the purpose of In stalling the new lodge. The weeje following the Durham lodge .will also Install a new lodge at Mebane. The new trains on the Southern were put on yesterday.".-Those two new trains give Durham a) total of twenty-eight trains arriving and leaving every twenty-four hours. . . The- Xor folk and Western; Seaboard: Air Line and Durham and Southern each have four trains.: two to arrive and two to leave, and the others; are on the South ern and Its branch, ithe Oxford and Clarksville. ; , : ' . . - . , . TheChristian .congregation has call ed as pastor. Rev. G. O. Longford, now. a student at .Elon-College, who will graduate hvJunej. Ro will come here. immediately afteir graduation and take charge of hla work, vile filled the pulpit here yesterday., preaching his firs?t sermon in Durham. Dr. C. H. Detwller,! who Is conduct ing a series of mi-etihgs at Trinity col lege, preached at Main Street Method ist church yesterdayjmornlng. ltev: T." A. Smoot. pastor. -enCtOi Greens- boni- to 1111 Dr. Detwller'a up- pointments there. W1UIIDUP TRTr nrriornpi rues.. -wu mi l ui 1 iuliiu SALARIES FIXE In Substitute Dill H ported to the Senate. 'DOVELL CO. UOH - , r, , -. :....,, i , Bill Granting Prohibition Pas--d 11- ! -i ' i ual Heading In the Senate Oys ter Rill Passed .ly the S louse . 'i i ' i Kdllor Attacked Dy a v .-.r - i i j . . . " 3Iender. .; '. The Senate Committee on .Salaries and Fees yesterday reported allirtna tlvely a substitute bill fixing the sal aries of the State officers. J The sub stitute Is for the blllsdf Senators Webb and Turner. The. salary or the gov ernor s fixed at 35.000 per annum. The . fee are taken awayj from the other'State officers, and! a! at salary Is prescribed for,, them. ' Their tal- aries are: fixed In the bill lis follows: State Treasurer . $4,000 ; Secretary of w. , v, iM'iitrslVr TlVI WOO!) 1 :viJ-",.r,-. ?; V 1 1 ' K i' iir iiauuoipir t.' umy -of-ilnudolpl r C 'Author of : UHl "to 'Ma We l"rf Pound of Corfi t McnI'a- i;a-N. 1 -; Chalrninii or the tlycW CoinniUtcc ' on liiiniigration. '!' . - ' ' State. $4,000 and he shall receive n other compensation or fee's: the Attor ney General $3,00j and I in addition thereto l.e shall be alloweil his actual expenses in attending to .the business of the State, whenever It S necessary for him to leave the cltj, of Ralclh for that purpose; the State Auditor. $3,000; the Insurance 'Comml.sIont r. $5 rift ft. Vi o SnnArintunnnt r-f Tnl.1i instruction, $3,500 with rio allowance ror traveling expenses; the chairman of the Corporation Commbeion $3.."om. and, the other two1 members of . th Commission shall each receive n .-: 1- an oi .vuv in iuii comne ifai on inr , m aa aaa a a . ftheir services as mehjbeta of the Cor- ' po rat Ion Commission. - ahd also as members of the Hoard of Stae Twx Asseesors: the Commissioner of Agri culture. $3.000.., ,The bill, requires that ihe Attorney General, Secretary of -State. Insurance Commissioner nnl ether officers therein referred to, shall collect the fees which may come iut' their hands and which may be author ized by law, and turn over the sain. to the State" Treasurer to! be deposit ed by the -Treasurer la! the General State fund. ! , ; -i " Many . . of the Senators tfre , net wholly satisfied with the bill in lis present condition, one of jtlielr objtr- tions being that the .allowances fr traveling expenses should not taken away from the State Superin tendent V? j The McDowell 'co'untvi Drohlbition bill passed lb final 'reading in tl.e Senate, and will go to tho House t -day; . !- - j, j- , The bill of Mr. DavHrdf -Hyde, r i - vlding that the oyster comml-irion shall also overlook and! protect il-h Interest; , prohibiting ' tl.e dred l for oysters in the waters of Pamlico Sound, . Pamlico River, Xeuse Uiver ItKPRli:XTATIVi: DAVIS. - - of Hyde County. Author of the Oytcr . ;I12"I Wi '; U Scored a Rig Victory I;it!e It Ytitlay Chairmait if Ihe li i CoMinilttec on Ojtcr latere .:.. i - - - . - a and Ing Shoal River for a perlol ' two years, and that no. oysters whi h Will not bear Inspection shall 1- s', : -ped out of Xorth Carolina. joj mJ j. final reading In the llou? . l ) . "" " '" hfo . There was n moment of Intense j i- terest in the House when Mr. I - lass roso to a "question of r ! privilege. He refeVred to a cril! i ; i of him lh the Lincoln N'ew.--, and -uounced the article as f .No, and ; piled the epithet of "cur; to its e '. : r. .;'"'-'T-;'-; 7 'TIlUSi;XATl.' ; The Senate cnvened rit l.' o7 ' Lieut-Governor Winrton in the i-' and prayer was offered -b" Rev. j. i;l . (Continued on ?-ige TUrev.) f i j ! i i
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 12, 1907, edition 1
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