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i 1 1 . !- 1 r !1: f Mao Over VV.QOQ SubccpSbon r . . . T VI I H T7EATIIZ31 TO-DAY f Fair and warmer Katur-i flay; Sunday partly cloudy ; Ibrhf wf to -southwest:-winds, f J TTTB UnVllUa TtVDAT. Fair and warmer Ratur day: Sunday partly cloudy; llglit wet to xnthwrc winds. , Volume LX. No. 12?. RALEIGH) NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 16. 1907. Price Five Cents Carolina l ra 0WS i Tlhe Newg iff ' ' i : t . 4 l :' 1 !:I- t lilies North 4 ---! VflTF T IMMIGRATION Bill Vigorous Opposition ! by Bacon and Tillman. AFFECTS THE SOI TH Interests of This Section Ignored at the Ileliost'or theSvhlte Iiouso Strenuous Method Applied to Legislating for , Country. the (By the Associated Press.) j Washington. Feb. 1 5. An agred ment to "vote tomorrow on the confer ence report on the Immigration bill, which' includes the provision intended to settle the Callfornia-Japanesei4uea- tion, was reached in the Senate"TiSday as the result of an entire day of dis cussion on that measure. . . j j The principal -speeches were deliv ered by Senators Bacon and Tillman, in opposition.;to what they regard as an effort to prevent the South from Retting- a desirable class of immigrants Senator Tiliman'a remarks on the'Jai PM.ae situation brought a. warning trom Senator Lodge that if continued he should move that the discussion proceed behind closed doors; - - Ihtee national, references were not made afterwards by Senator Tillman. j J Senator iGallinger expressed surprise that the conferees should contend that they had not injected "new" matter into the conference report and Sena tor Carterlsald he should vote against - the report, entirely on that ground and ,jji-edicted "i.tst defeat. j Both Messrs. ' Bacon and Tillman i disclaimed any intention to conduct ja . filibuster, and many other Democratic senators Mated that; even if the eGoc 1 gla and 'the- South Carolina senators did entertain such : a purpose they would hot follow; thera. i , ; if During the debate a member of the cabinet who was on the1 floor told the ... Senators that the rsubject of State im ' migration had received 'the attention of the - cabinet at its meeting today and that there had been, a general conclusion,, that thei terjna ."of the bill would not require a hew ruling South Carolina case.--::J ' Recent Ruling - Vitiated, in the Explaining the precise point of his objection ' to- the report, Mr. Bacon said that under the ruling of the De the contract labor clause, of :.the imml- , gration laws . has been " so construed - as , to permit, the State Immigration agent of South Carolina to receive contributions of funds from private in dividuals and v ue the money to en courage and assist Immigration!. : Ex tended preparations were being made by other Southern States to take ad vantage of this construction bf the law. -All that was asked, he said, was . that the law be allowed to remain as it now is. The conference j report would prevent any action by a State, if Mr. Lodge said there had not been the slightest intention on the -fart Of the conferees to modify in any way the clause which gives ' power to a State to take steps to induce Immi gration. "There was," he said, "no intention on the patot of thef con ferees to limit the poVer of the; State. If thoes clauses whl-& limit contract labor have been strengthened, 'it .has been without any - reference to this States.": - ' ; Referring to the' South Carolina system, Mr. Lodge maintained that if that system was to be. extended there was not a State -which could not under the guise of a State agency,! with funds proivded by railroads and man ufacturers introduce 'any number of contract laborers. -Mr. Lodge had no doubt that many States would be quiek to take advantage of the; South Carolina ruling. This ruling of the Department he regarded as a j "close case" and, believed it might have been presented differently and with a dif ferent result. If the - present bill strengthened the contract law, he was glad of, it-A;;v..-,t - j- t , ,j Mr. Bacon aain 3xpr-sod regret that the. Pacific, coast provision was coupled with the immigration amend ments It was not necessary to have resorted to this expedient, lie v bo , lieved a separate - measure could hav received a unanimous vote 1 the Senate. . , i. Senator1 Galllnser expressed symr pathy for the. situation in the Souti'. and sustained Mr. Bacon'f contention that-the situation was one of fminr rassment. as he should feel cons pelled to vote for the 'report because of thfe Pacific coast provision. j- !l Mr. Bacon then entered upon a de toiled discussion-of the amendment to ' which" he objected, saying it - utterly nuilified the present construction of the l2.w. ! . - j When Mr. Bacon concluded Mr. .Till man began a discussion .of' vthe ' South Carolina system, but: indicated that his main purpose: was to revievif another part ofN the conference report; Sternnous Miethodif. j "Even one supposed that this lmml gration bill was dead." continued Mr. Tillman, f But lo and behold, an exigency has arisen on the Paclfls coas Strenuous! individuals are at work to accomplish a certatn end. The able ' man who presides over the State Department drafts an amendment to a law passed last May by the Sen ateand last June by the Houte and whfch - Itas been in conference . ever fiince. The conferees take that distin guished gentleman Into their conu dence, or ratner ne takes them into hU confidence and the Senate is no-titled that this bill must go through. Why? Speaking in plain: terms, to? keep the Japanese out of California. Bt there Is a two fold objection mV S volyed in the measure. The first of i I , i will vote for an exclusion act tomor roWj which will keep the Japanese outi ;t do not see why there should be a prejudice against them, yet I am willing, to keep them out if it brings . ' Senator Lodge arose at the last re mark, j "If," he saidr in a low tone, "wei are going to discuss that ouestion J. think! we ought to do po behind cloafd doors." j ; "I am perfectly willing to go bo hind closed dooi-s," Mr. Tillman re sponded j promptly. "Perhaps I. can getMahfart to heart talk with some people) -ho will .not stay here'iand listen, but who have got orders from the iWhite Hpuse that this report has got lo go through. If the man at the White House had not taken it upon himself to meddle with everything in the iTJpited States we would not have this' issue here" said Mr. Tillman.! i Stating his opposition to any i sys tem I of icorttractf labor to be as .strong these is intended to keep Japanese laborers off the Pacific coast and from getting1; into thifi country: and j the conference in furtherance of a policy whih 1 looks to sectional advantage have incorporated a provision which changes the law in regard to contract labor, jvhich will keep out : the jjttle dribble of immigrants who have start led to go southward. K "And ; these two provisions linked together) are to be driven t hrough Congress. The South'a interests are as usual ignored; the Pacific coatt of couiise, lli i taken care of." i Tillman Himself Streniious. , Mr. Tillman contended that this pro cedure! must be In pursuance of a Settled policy and made strenuous ob jection jt M. i j Continuing, Mr. Tillman said: "I 1 f j (Continued on Page Five.) One Was Playing in the Fire. Durham Negroes Will Set . Up a Sav- Incs Bank Y. M. C. A. Confer- j ieticej for Students Isegin ses-. i ;. skmwat Trinity College. iti-r.'i! ... ... ; j If ' (Special to News and Observer.) fj Drham,1 N. C, Feb. 15.A son of . Rl Mcrown, Of West, Durham, was fatally j burned this morning. ;The boy;; was pet ween three and four years oldand was wearing dresses. While playing; i the fire during the tempor ary absence of his mother the cloth inglipt tKe little fellow caught on'fire ana iiie was Durnea an over ine oouy. cries of the child attracted the at tentkm of the mother, but when she arrived most of the clothing! had been bunted from his body. The child was stilt! living late this evening,; but It is not thought possible ihat hei can sur 5vlve: the terrible burn. , This is the second jcpiid to burn to death in that section : since the beginning of the news year. i With four more days in Iwhlch to Worfc. the' Young Men's Christians As soctationi building fund needs 86,C68. Thejreports up to this morning show ed that (since the beginning' of i the jeampalgn on the 7th instant, a total of $28,332 had been Feeured for this fund, i The goal is $35,000.! ; - Iirldge on Cliapel Hill Road.; "A j new steel bridge has Just been Completed across New Hope creek, be tween here and Chapel rim. This roadl is being macadamized from Dur ham! toj the Orange county line. This bridge Is twelve feet wide, j the steel Span; i seventy feet in length and the I wooden approaches, built on steel Co lu inn 4. are fifty-three feet. The bridge was raised above high water ieves and some of the concrete pillars are :?ltwenty-8ve feet , in the ground. this.; being to get 1 a solid foun i'dailon.! - This is -the fourth steel bridge that Durham has erected in a comparatively short while. The, work hf thacadamizing this ioadfis being donel by! two forces or convicts. rtne road! has been graded the entire length, i This will make a fine drive thre-fourths of the distance from here! to I Chapel Hill. There Is some talkjthat probably Chapel Hill town Ship Orange county, may complete the :good work to Chapel Hill. ! f TNe bill introduced In the legisla ture a few days ago for a, charter for the jfeople's Savings Bank of: Durham, is for a banking house to be owned by colored people. ' If the charter Is granted! the colored citizens: will iput in $10,000 as. paid in capital; with au thorized capital of $50,000. ! Back of this; move are several wealthy colored menffhere, among whom are Robert Fitzgerald, one of. the wealthiest col ored citizens i In the State: . John Merriick. I Drs. Warren. Moore and Shepiard. James E. Shepard, J. A. Dod son 4nd others. As soon as the charter t$ granted the bank will be organized. fj .. Situdents' Conference Opened. I? Tne students' conference! of the North Carolina college and prepara tory fschools convened th!.s evening at 1:3 Of I o'clock. The first session was held! in Craven Memorial : halli at Trinity, which the public, as well as the students and . educators, attended. Thi:conference Is held under the aus pices of the Interstate committee of the Carolina In T. M. C. A. work i' The opening session of this unique gathering of students .and college men I was largely attended. Prt-sidept Venable bf the Stat- CnlverMty. Avas present land made a twenty minute talkjon I'The Young Men's Christian Affopiation as a moulder of the cql legtsplrlt." ! M If Among the leaders of this move ment here are as follows: Dr. H. F. LaF-lamme, of Toronto. Canada; Mr. R. it. Legate, of Clemson. S. C:Ur. A. U PhilllDs. of Hlchmond ! V'a.: ;Mr. G. Huntington. Charlotte; Messrs. Ralrih M. Harper, of New York r. p. Daniels, of Charlotte: Drs. Edwin Minis and W. ; P. Few. of Trffilty. There are other educator here from the "various college's. The student at- BOY'S BURNS FATAL l":lS'Jl :' : ' i i Little i tendance': Is very large. - A THAW UP, AGAINST 1 NEW PROPOSITION Jerome Hay Ask for Com mission of Lunacy. PRISONER IS WORRIED Would Prerer Sing Sing and the Kloc- trie rhair to Life In an In sane Asyliini-i-Nrw Move Will be ltcistcd t Strenuously - - i (By the Aseocated Prefs.) New oYrk. Feb. 1 5. Close observers of the Thaw trial. j whlJh has been postponed for several days-becaus of the death of a juror" wife, believe the present trend of the! trial, as shown in the last two days is; toward a com mission ' in lunacy to determine offl cially Harry Thaw's kfnditlon of mind. Thla belief is suggesjed by District At torney Jerome's apparent willingness to admit part of thewill. by his readi ness to with hold technical objections to the testimony of th- Thaw fiimli physicians tending to throw light upon the defendant's mental statu, and by nis poncy or yesterday in admitting without i onnosition the conversation between! Thaw and the latter was exam in th Tombs. Dr. Evans when nlng the prlvner Counsel for Thaw have reached the nated abruptly any day next week from this cause. So fully convinced! if iiipv mat jemme win maKo iium move that they are planning to fight nim on; this line. Thaw himself is credited with having declared that he would ; not ruce the asylum in prefer ence to 1 Sing. Sing j and the death chamber, so it can 1k seen with what feeling this expected move of Mr. Jerome's is creating in the camp of the defense. j One! of Thaw's lawyers In speaking Of the probable plan for u lunacy commission said 1 yesterday : "As the case has progressed from day to day we have become more and more convinced by the District At torney and his experts who are ob serving the defendant fo. him that it has been and is his 'purpose to lead the case to the point -where he can apply properly for a commission in lunacy."': I Jerome Gives a Hint. Teh I following statement as to Dis trict Attorney Jerome's position with regard to the sanity or Insanity of Harry'i Thaw was made today: " "Mrj Jerome does not know wheth er or not Thaw Is Insane. None of his assistants knows. None, of the experts retained for the prosecution knows. 1 These experts have not had an opportunity to' examine. Thaw either as to his physical condition yr his mental Urallbre. They are preseht in court at the i trial with an open mind. I They would like to know. "If !any exierts retained for the defense, some of whom have already testified, will say authoritatively, that in their opinion Thaw Is now insane the District Attorney will join with them In the request to the court for an appointment of a commission in. lunacy! . t odecidet on the question of the defendant's sanity." Harry McPlke. of counsel for Thaw said today: ' "When the trial is esumed next week Dr. Evans will conclude his tes timony and Dr. Wagner De re called to tell of his conversations with Thaw -conversations which were ruled out last week. Then Mr. Thaw's wife will finish ! her story, and his mother will be called as a witness for the first time. Finally, after Mr. Thaw's will has j been introduced as evidence, it is probable that the fam ily physicians of the Thaw family will complete their testimony. The alien ists will be asekd a .few final questions in order to round out the case, and then, unless something mew develops, teh defense probably! will rest." 1 Another Tliaw Freak. Dr. Josiah Strong, president of the American Institute for' Social Service. said today that Harry K. Thaw con sulted him more than two years ago aoout breaking up a "den of vice" in this city whics was protected by a wealthy and influential man. Thaw did not say where It was located, but Dr. Strong said the young man told him such a story that If "made his blood boil." Dr. Strong 'added that he referred Thaw to Anthony Corn stock. I j Death i has again invaded Harry Thaw's environment. Close on the passing of the wife of Jseph Bolton. one ofi the jurors who have to decide the questin of his guilt or Innocence f the murder of Stanford White, came the announcement today of the death last night In a hospital of Michael D. Downey.: who for months had been Thaw's night keeper on the second tier of cells In the Tombs, which Is known as "murderer's row". Downey had .been a keeper in the Tombs for more than twenty-eight years. When Harry j Thaw first came to the! Tombs Downey did not look with favor on the new prisoner, but during) the long watches of the night when Thaw paced. up narrow confines I friendship r:- !"'-;.(' ; , . Keeper a? ney is b1. bearing j casket. S ftowers t he hearf;- 1 . Sr tie ' ; J ' Mill Creek. N-.C,rwa born July 31st, 1847. and passed Into, rest on Febru ary 8th. 1901.-: - She was the daughter of Dr. John and Anna Goeghegan. Her life till young womanhgod was spent in her native town I of Clarksvllle. On November 1. 188, she was mar ried to Mr. T. H. Street. Seven chil dren were born , to this union, three girUi and four boy. ; one while an infant passed, on to the beautiful shore, , while six, . with the hu.band, survive her. . . . L i ItOPK nitOKE TWICE. " ' i Ghastly Scene at in . Execution in VlralnUu (By the Associated Press.) Richmond, Va. Fb. 15. There was a harrowing rcene at the hanging at Farmville this morning' of Moses Hill and William-Ruffln.-: two negroes con victed of the ; murder of Postmaster John Grubb.T sometime ago. Hill weighed 275 pounds. The rope broke; he walked calmly back to the scaffold : when.it broke a second time, he died In agony on the ground. ' ALFHED WALTKR nuitlED? . Intei-ment at Baltimore In the Pres ence of a N'ainber of Friends. (By theVASsoclated Press.) Baltimore Md., Feb. 15. The body of Alfred Walter, president of the Seaboard Air Lini Hallway, who died last Tuesday la '-New York. was brought to Baltimore today and in terred in Green Mount Cemetery. A party of Mr. Walter's friends were wailing In the- Union station. With the body were, several of the deceas ed's relatives., ; ; STOCKS RUN DOWN -" u Cold Spell rjade Winter Goods Sell. Normal Conditions .Prevail Since the ! Weather Moderated Mills and 1'actorloH Continue Well Employed. (By the Associated Prcrs.) - .. ?Ncw York,. tVOilSR. C' Dunn & Company' weekli- r;ew of trade tomoriow wlM say: ; Despite holiday and weather Inter ruptions the volume of business is well maintained. In most : ttlons of the country the movement of mer chandise has resumed normal pro portions, snow blockade Toeing re moved, but tardy t deliver! s still cause muvh complaint, especially in regard to grain. .Retail stoci:s of winter goods were most satisfactorily depleted during the! period of low temperature and tli4 new slpason will open under favorable auspices. Wholesale and jobbing houses report a liberal spring demand, particularly in dry it-mkIs, while at the interior there Is a vlgorou tnoveutent of agricultural implements and other farm supplies. A gratifying feature of many reports is the greater prompt ness of mercantile collections. Mills and factories have jo much forward business that new Contracts are not taken except at full jllgures, and there Is dissatisfaction because shipments are notxmore prompt. Wakes have been advunced In several Important concerns and there are no serious la bor controversies. Iron, and steel pnducers are re ceiving much new business. Textile mills continue well employed, with especial pressure for orompt delivery of cotton goods. Prices are fully maintained, the moJera;e reaction in ra;w cotton having ho more effect than the preceding advance. There Is! less indifference in the export divtf slon. manufacturers evincing a spirit to consider bids and a few small sales to India and China were effected, while more business is expected af ter the Chinese newj year holiday. A further advance in j prices of outing cbt&m is noted and the relatively greater strength of best grades of raw cotton has supporting influence on the more xpensiv finished products. Ini the woolen goods; section of textile markets there Is no change to report. j GOOD RIDDANCE, i - 1 Scott Phifer Sent toi State Prison for Fifteen Years. : I (Special to News and Observer.) Salisbury. N. C. ! Feb. 15. Scott Phifer was today sentenced by Judge Fred Moore, now holding court, to fif teen years In the penitentiary for kill ing Hill McHenry. St Cleveland, last October. Phifer was to - - tried for his life, but through his attorneys submitted to murderi In the second de gree, though he claimed self-defense which could not boj proved. ' Phifer ws-s a notorious moonshiner and re tailed in upper Rowan. The com munity is glad to get rid of him. COTTON SEEDS PRODl'CTS. 1 . A ! Georgia Man to Investigate Home nnd Foreisn; Markets. ! ! ' (Bv the Associated Press.) Washington. Feb. 115. The Bureau ofi Manufactures of the Department of Commerce and Labor probably will appoint J. L. Benton, of Georgia, a special agent to investigate the mar ket for cotton seu :rpf"ucw 001 n in I i- PQU VOTES FOR TWO BIG SHIPS Kitchin Leads Opposi tion Forces. I OUR GAIT TOO FAST 4 Firth District Our Navy Representative rs Superior to That i of France, Germany or Japan -He Commands At. ! tentlon. Ily TIIO.MAH J. PKNCE. Washington. D. C. Feb. 15. -The provision fbr two twenty thousand ton battleships in the naval approprl- J at ion bill was saved by Democratic j votes today. Representative Pou was among the! twenty odd Democrats who supported the battleship pro gram. : i The other North Carolina 'Demo crats voted to strike out one of the monster fighters. Representative! W. W. Kitchin led In the opposition, making the closing; speech for hl-t side. The ! Congressman from the Fifth sustained his reputation as tone of the first 'speakers in the House, lie was at his best and had the finest kind of attention. Mr. Kitchin d clared that this country is plunging too deep in its naval program. Next to Rngland. he sad. America had ttha second best navy. France, he said, had the greater tonnoge, but haten t the effective rhlps. He minimised ithe war scare with Japan. America. Mr Kitchin said, has now a sixty per cent, greater navy than Japan. The speak er went on to sa that talk of war with Germany was Indulged in a few years ago.' Rut now that the 'United States navy has so outgrown that of Germany, this war bugaboo had hieen shifted to : Japan. He concluded j by saying thai this country ha forty thousand more tonnage In battle ships under construction than kny other pow er "In the world. The supervising architect . of fthe treasury has selected fhe Ross prop erty for, the site of the new public building at Concord. The price! is ten thousand dollars. ' j Pun Not a Candidate. . j ' Representative Pou will not be a candidate for the Democratic nomi nation for Governor. Formal An nouncement tothla effect was made to day by Mr, Pou. when shown a neivs oaner story mentioning " his name among others In a list of possible can didates for: the honor. The Congress man from the Fourth has been per sistently urged by admirers - and friends In the state to enter the pu bernatorlal: race and the opinion has prevailed that he would be a formid able candidate for the nomination. As late as ".today he had letters from the State and a number of them; at that pledging support. I Mr. Pou; has sought by choice a Congressional career, and he befeVes tnat ne can oe more useiui 10 ,nis State by a continuance or his service in the field of national legislation. The Representative from the metropoli tan district has rapidly advanced) to the fr.mt among national legislators. He will In ;all probability be made a member of i the Ways and Means Com mittee In the netx Congress, for as- surances given him by leaders In Cpn- gress Justify this statement. j Mr. Pou s statement with regard to the nomination for Governor follows: "I appreciate keenly the compli ment whichsome of my friends have paid me in suggesting my name Xor the high office of Governor, buf .for several 1 reasons I have decided not to be a candidate. For months I have been saying this In -private conversa tion. I would not make any state--"n for the press now were It hot for the fact that some of our State pa pers continue to nrlnt my name In the list of candldtes." j Brooks Looker-on. I Representative Kitchin has burn- J ed the bridge behind him to far as a Congressional career is concerned, and is an avowed candidate for Gov ernor. That he wil be a very form idable candidate Is conceded. Looking on the proceedings In the House to day was a man who expects to be Mr Kitchin's succersor. This was Solicit or A. L. Brooks. Although here Jon proesslonal. business, the charge was made against him that he was hern to pick out his seat as a member of the sixty-first Congress. I Overman . Draws Out Information. The filibuster on the immigration bill which i several Southern Senators thought might restrict the opportuni ties for inducing Immigration to the Southern States, was. so serious at one time todajH that there was talk of jan extra session of Congress. - Senator Overman was one of Senators to se cure from the administration Inform ation that allayed the fears of South ern Senators. He was informed by a Cabinet officers that the obtectionsi of Southern Senators to the bill was dis cussed at a cabinet meeting this mornlne. ! At this meeting- both Sec retaries Root and Taft expressed the oninion that the ..immigration bin -. :' i affect t decision of ' Tv,,tfu ',- TV. C"f' coast and to meet: the presccu ac ajpanese situation. r The amendment providing for a bu reau of Information at Ellis Island, where S.tes can exhibits their re sources and v maintain Immigration agencies remains in the bilL It was knocked out in the. House, but Its au author. Senator Simmons, was success ful in having It re-inserted In the Seln ate. ! . . The bill provides for a commission of nine, six to be appointed by Con gress and three by the President, to consider the whole immigration ques tion. The commission, which - will make its report to: Congress, will un doubtedly consider Senator Simmons educational test clause. w A FLYING TRIP. No Stops on the Presklent's Com ins Visit to Ills Sans in College. . (By the Associated Press.) .Washington. Feb. 15. It was an nounced today at i the White House that there w-ill be no stops made in either direction by the President on his trip to Massachuseets next Friday, when he goes to visit his sons at col lege. The President expects to reach Washington In time to resume busi ness at the White House on the fol lowing Monday. Mrs. Roosevelt.' Mrs. Longworth and Miss Ethel will a--company the President. . - Will Get a Gatliug- Gan. (Special to News and Observer.) Washington. NV O, Feb. 15. The Washington military company is to have a Gatling gun. . .Capt. W. C. Rodman, while in Raleigh a few days ago put In a personal application. POWERLESS TO AID Pleadings oi Mother Are All ini Vain. Mrs. Sledge Tries to Get Her Boy Re leased from Marine Corps IIc . Ran Away from School and 4 - . ' 1 ' ' '" Rnltsted In the Service. (Special to. News and .Observer.) Norfolk. -Yaw. FetuJ Se-Lnred by -n. ciatlons and a chance to see the world, ; Walter Erriest' Sledge." an 1-year-old boy. sonof Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Sledge, of Louisburg. N. C en listed In the United States Marine corps and came to the ' barracks at the Navy" Yard at Portsmouth. -yThe boy was rent to school is Raleigh, but left there and went to Rocky Mount. "N." C, where- he enlisted. . His parents only - learned of the fact a few days ago and today his; mother arrived here. She called oa Mayor Reed, but that official -could render no material aid. although he did send Police De tectlve Land with her to the barracks as an escort. . j Mrs. Sledge told the mayor that Walter w as her son and that she ha I come for him and would take him back with her. She said the boy's father was sertouslv ill and she fesr ed 'fatal results on account of his con tinual worry over his boy having-enlisted. Mrs. Sledge saw Col. L. W. T. Fuller, commander of the corps here, but he could r.ot comply with her re quest that her son be discharged. The matter will be taken up In Washing ton. - - i . . PICKED HOLE; IN AV ALL. Charles IL 'Jonea, Breaks Out of Franklin County JalL ' (Special to News and Observer.) Louisburg. N. C.,! Feb. 15. At the last term of Franklin Superior Court. Charles R. Jones.; a white man about twenty-seven years) of age. was sen tenced to one year: on the roads for an assault upon young Jackson, in Allen Brothers store. .It was said at the time that although young he was a hardened criminal, naving oeen in court before charged with various of fenses. Since bis incarceration the Superintendent has kept.a close watch on him. but some lime diKini Wed r8dv nlKht he picked a hole through the : Inside . brick wall and made his escape through the ventilator in the irabie end or the Jail using blankets as a rope to let himself-.-down to. the ground. .'; ' ' , - - r 111 V DIED FROM BURNS. Toons Woman Lingers In Suffering From Moiulay Until Tliursday Night. - - (Special to News and Observer.) Statesville. N. Ci J Feb. . 15. Mrs. Robert Beard, who was seriously burned last Monday while assisting In the family washing by., her dress catching from the wash pot fire, died last night from the effects of her In juries.. She was. about 2$ years old. She was a daughter of Mr. Amos Ar thurs, of Gastonia,? and was married to Mr. Beard In ; Gaston la last Sep tember. She was well known as a leader 'of the Wesleyan Methodist church. . I . LAW SUIT OVER A DOG. Tiro Years of Litigation Oyer a Hound Valued at Five Dollars. i 4 i : j - St.. SHE VOTE DEFEATS LEE COUtlTV- BILL adison Prohibition Bill Passed the Senate. MEDICAL PROFESSION Whirlwind or Protest Against a Bill to Mako Literary. Acqnlrcments a requisite to Securing License to Practice . 3Iedlclne Railroad Rate pill a ' - Special Order, j By-one vote the Lee colmty move ment was buried for two! rears. The bill to establish the new County was lost In the House yesterday by a vote of 48 to 49. and as a two-thirds vote Is necessary for a., motion to recon sider to carry. It la lmprolabIe that any further effort In behalf of the movement at this session of the Leg islature will be made. ; There was in-, tense Interest which 1 became ex citement as the speeches ; n eared a close, and the time for loiln drew nigh. Opponents of the bill left their seats and v made personal appeals to representatives to cast tlieir votes against It. Finally, when ihe calling of the roll began, the no;e and con fusion of heated debate had given way to a deep stillness, and it wa Impossible to tell which side had won untl! the last name Had beri "called. The promoters of Lee county t - HON. YV. T. Fot'snni-i Member of the House of Reprocnt.i- tlves from Randolph County. were sorely disappointed, tuid left iV. House Immediately after the roll ra!'.. - The bill had just onposite fortune In .the Senate, hnving passed tha: body with only one vote in opno.-iU n to it. The leaders in the : moven-u are not discouraged, however, t-y yes terday'?- dili.-iloa. but ileclare t!n-y will, return home and prepare for an other effort to be made uefore thr next General Assembly. The Senate dld'not di.cu5s the Gra ham rate bill yesterday, tiut mad. it a special order for next Wedne.-u.-y at 11:20 o'clock. Tlie substitute til! fixing the salaries of the S:ate of ficers and departmental clerk war made a special ordfr for 'Friday, t-t 12 o'clock. It Is stated tiiat this !;:;. if passed, will cause an increase in the salaries to the enormous amour,' of $30,000 the sum asked by the Hast for establishing the Ku.-ur.i Carolina Training School. There?vere two breezy dl.ecu?" nr In the Senate, one on the hill of Mr. Ormond. to allow sheriffs S10 and e x penses for the capture of illicit tU--tlllertes and placing them ;nto the hands of revenue officers for confisca tion, the bill passing: and the other on the House bill to reo.u re anrli. cants for medical license to have lit erary Qualifications, this bill go;- r back to the committee. One of t Senators called this "a bill tobe en titled an act to prevent poor- n n from practicing medicine.". The L 1 11 Is without favor In the Senate. The bill to permit the town ' Dunn to vote on the Question of r. - -nensarv. which was rcn-orie.1 ur. fa vorably., and was placed on the calen dar by a minoritv report, after a 1 ; : discussion passed the Senate ur.ar.i mou?ly. THE Sl-'NATE. The Senate was convened at 1 o'clock by Pres-idrnt Winston, rv t Senator Brown led In prayer. N corrections v. ere reported on the d '. ; '. journal and it stood approved. Im ports of standing committevs on bi'.N were submitted. ' ; '. , f - Bills and Petitions, - New bills and petitions wore intro duced as follows:. ,L .- ( 1 -r ! y 1'. 'a :i:.-: It"' : '?--- i' i 1 f
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 16, 1907, edition 1
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