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Vti&Op&Maiiy -Paper m lorihBcpiinia :. y'hot faaq.pvor M9000 Qutocpplbc?, E ' 1 - -,:A 7 ' I ' Fair and warmer Wed- nndar and Thursday, light north Hinds. ; 1 - v . ; ': ' -"' " r 1 I nm chit: Fair 'and mbtiiht Wn! itclay and Tliurday, 15;!l iiortli wind. . .. Volume IlX. No. 121. RALEIGH, N. C. WEDTfESDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1907. Price Five Cent I ': ' .''-. . i - . - ...-...- '--if- . i i . ' " ' ' - : i' ' :.: ' . . J . i . : - 4 . ' ' J ROOSEVELT WAY the Prosidenc Says HarrimanjHas Uttered a De liberate and Wilful . a Shorter Name. ALL j IN THE FAfJILY 1 KcpubUaui Political Quarrel Tliat Links Uic Wldte lipase With Wan Strect I larflma n Irprrscnta 'tins PrcMhleui as 3Promlf is to Make,le pew Ambcsscdoc. to Fninoe Ui 1.x- change fa? c BJ CdnrupUon Fund. and Then UcyndnUhz Lite Darrahi ItooecvHt Scya : 7 I Xot 'a Word oT Trath In t and Quotes TiPtlcrs to Crx Tp J li Assertion w - : -f , llarrlaiau's iXter Si?(aln How He - ! . '4 iot Mixed Up hi Z-oliUe. i ' C Uyj the Assocaltod Prta.) Wajhliujton, D. C, prll 2. Pr I uent Hooaevelt today emphatically de nied the utatetneot conjalned In a let ter published this morning purporting to hare been written b;r. K.;H Ilarrl nuvn to Sydney Web5ter , of w Tork, In the latter part of Djcember, J65. In 3Ir.' Harriman loll er the tate ment Is made that at :be request of President Iloosevelfr, h"; tllarrlman) existed in Vnlalng a. ' f and of f 250. 00s to bemused In com In Xetr York for the Itepablican parir at the elec tion of 1904. This statement the! Prcs ' ldent ' characterizes as I & deliberate and wltTu .' cntnu:-4by rt$bt, : It MMMtkl - Im afcrctdx-i . t am errs rhorter am! "laor mgiy irord 1 never rrqeird . 5r. .. tintvtnuin to rale m dollar forCiQ r?ydeiUlal campaign of IfOt, i '- .' '.. -t The President's'dcniaBn-us contained lu a brief materoent anq copies of let ters written to Representative Sher nuui. of New Torku The letters nre doited October 8 and October 12, 99$. respectively. The lre4denCs Ptateiueiit. The Prvj'ldent, after furnishing . the letters to the press dictated the fol lowing statement: 1 "After vrrmuy these letters to Con srresnian Sherman, the President was assured that r. Harriot tn - had uot trade the statements which Mr. Sher man credited him with nakln sr. Inas much as the same statements appear In the major part In the letter of II r. Ilarriman, (row pabllhid the Presi dent deems It proper thut the letters he sent to Congressman Sherman lost October shall now thesis jives be made public." 4 ' In the flrtt letter reference Is made to a conversation betwei n Mr. Jlarri inan and 31 r. Bherman . v hlch was re peated Co the President In which Mr. Harriman Is said to ha- e given as a v reason for his personal dislike for President Iioose-elt part y the hitter's determination to have he railroads. supervised and partly the alleged fact that after promising Mr. Ilarriman to appoint Senator JDe pew anbossador to France. he (the Preside it) failed - to do It. "and continues tie President, "I understand you . to so,;- that Jie al leged that I made this ' rornlse at a time when he had come down to see me In Washington. xwher I requested htm to raise two hundiod and fifty thousand' dollars for th Republican I'rcsldentlal campaign wt ich was then ' on. ' . ; :- .:: It appears from the conversation repeated to the President that Mr. ! Sherman had gone to X r. Harriman ' to. ask him; for a contribution for. the j campaign., I The President soya that Ilarriman also (more 1 1 an s once, he thinks) urged him to pro nlse to make Mr. Depew; ambassador because this would help Governor Ode 11 by pleasing certain big financial In erects. The President sold he inform" d Mr. Harri man that he dld'not bel eye it would be possible to appoint Mr. Depew and furthermore expressed b surprise at his (Hartiman's) saying hat the men representing the big flnai cial Interests of New York wished, the appointment made Inasmuch as a number of them bad written tusking that the place be jrlven to Mr. Hyde. Mr. : fa nr I man. on lcs.mlng Mr. Hyde was a candidate hastily said that he did nfet wish to be understood as antagonizing htm-and would be anile wiling to kup port him. The President says; that although - be understood that he (Hatrlman) still preferred Mr. Depew, he; left a stong Imoression that-he would "well satUfled with Hyde. be almost 4s InVonipaUhle Tilth Ilarri Inaa Theory. i Some correspomlenco 1 is - then given between the President spd Mr. Har? .riman.' from-which It apriears that on October 10. the President said to Mr. narriman that In view of the trouble over the Stnte ticket In Xew Tork be would like to have a rev! words witn him. Later on Octoberm. in a let ter to. Mr. Harriman. Id which the rgestlon had come to him In a roup lalKtut war that Mr. Ilarriman did hot think It ng weeks of ' onmn In lllA Closi the - campaign ' ' The President told Mr Harriman If he thoug it there was any danger of his visit ca to cive it up ' Here, the string trouble President In his letter Milf. Shermflnl says: -ITvn will sec tlmt Uil letter Is ! s2utrl7 Incomimtlblc with any theory -ZimZ f. asking 3Ir. llarrhnan to JLIAR Untruth Tdat Deserves COdc dow it to set me In my own lu tcrot." Tlie iPresldent enclose another let ter from Mr. flurriman In his com-muriK-atlon to Mr. fchc-rmuu. which he says shows thai HarrJmun did not have It In his mind 'any (Oca of my asking hjm o ollcct money." Then follows om corrvtpondvncc between Mr. Iforiiniati anl,the Presi dent touching, amog other thiug. on the question of railroad matter. and what the president might havr to say lo Congress on th subjx;t of the Inter, state commerce commission. The I"rident said he was unable to ojcrec mi .d r. uarniniui 5 viwu on iu matter and left his mcsag to Con grens ' Unchanged a regards the inter state commerce law. much for wliat:Mr. Ibirriman aald about m persoually." nays llM rroioenr In t-omtuding Ult Urt let ter to. Mr. Miertiian. Far ntore Im portant. tle president rcrards the ad ditional remarks which Mr. sltcrnian mid Mr. HasTbnan made to hint wlten lie asked lioi If be thought it wa well to ncci HearMlstu and tike like iri nmpluiat over tlie Ilcpubltcaii part)-. "You, sajs tlie JvkletiU "inform me that be told yon lltat be dkt mt care lit Uie IcaMt because tltoee peop4 were croika and Itc could bay ilietn. and other ; similar reinarks. Tills, lite lrc?kleni rays. m doubtlc partly hi bojihtfnl oiilciMtn and; pnftly In a burst ut bad temper, but It sliowed In the lretdrnt opinion a cyndiu and deep seated corrupt Ion m Ukh lie de sMMinces hi strong words." .Tbe seoond letter to Mr. Hhornian simply contains addenda to the ttrM. "I left particularly fortunate that 1 have , been attacked within the last Tew; day by both ex-Senatur llurton andMr. Ilarriman." said the Presi dent In a convereatlou with represen tative of the pre, following the plv ing'out of the letters to Representa tive Sherman regarding lh statement ronde In Mr. Oanimun's lotlcr. to Mr. Wbt?r. MOVUITi; PLANT CIXSKI. HrltUh Industry In Cleveland County Goes Out of nutdne. KpeeIal to Xewx and Obei v.r. fcHtelby, X. C, April 2. Th Drltltih Monazito Company. a branch of a London linn, have cloed down their plant, three miles cast of Klielby. This property was purchased a little more than three years ago from L- W. Campbell fyr 4J.00V. An "vpensive concentrating plant wa erecttd iind put into operation. However. Mr. Ktowart. the engineer In charge for reasons of his own. decided for Th present It would be better to cloee the plant, whereupon b? eubled the company in Iondou. and they eut out Mr. Lee:h. their consulting en gineer, who with Mr. Stewart agreed to close down- Mr. Rtewart and Mr Swan, his assistant, will return to their borne in England later. FELL FROM YACHT Robert Cane Sank Under ! the Waves. Pasquotank Commissioners Contract -Vor llcooovtiug Uie Court House . ' fciervlces of ITrcnieii llec- oguixcdl by Aulliorlties. ( special to News and 'Observer.) . Elizabeth City, X. C. April 2. News was received this morning of the drowning of Robert Cane yesterday evening In MUltall Creek, a branch of Alligator river. Mr. Cane was In a gasoline yacht with John Twiford. He accidentally fell v from the moving yacht Into the wotr H' bdy never came to the surface and has not been recovered yet. Mr. Cane 'was about tQ. years old and was a young man. highly eM.ee med fn this section. , , At d meeting of the county commis loners j-erterday. It wa.i orJered that the court house be painted and other wise repaired. The contract was awarded to Walter Hughri. A con siderable sum of money will be ex pended In te repairs. At a meeting of . the board of alder men last night . It was ordered that each member of the volunteer fire company be paid ten dollars for his services in the recent, fire. . :, The' board ordered that tho mayor be authorized to take Immediate steps to recover five; thousand Slollars for feit, which the! gas company has for feited by failure to Install a gas plant nere t .; MEMORIAL TO SPENClTit ' i ; '- - Large Sum Itcalutcd TrYoni Small Glf:s ..T- p TfYom EmpIojTa. j fSpocial to News and Observer.) Bpeqeer. N, Cs April ;. . Emnloves of tlie southern 1 Railway - Compauv covering, the en tiro system almost to a, mas haTe made a voluntary contri bution! from their wagea for tha month of March ton-ards the erection . . - . , t . . . - , . of a memorial to the late .Samuel 8ponccf, the lamented president of the company, who wus killed In a collision laJ-t Thunksgiving du.y. T)o plan udoptcd was that employe shall ?-ive one cent foi each dollar recelvi'ii or the month of March- The de ductions will be made from thv checks to be delivered April COt'j. It 1 estimated that about -.l.0u0 has already been raised in thl. way. It has been suggested that the memo rial take the form, of a modern hos pital to be erected at Spencer, the town named in honor of the late rail .oad president SAPLINGS SCOKCIIKD. eveiity-llve Acns of Young Trees Itnlned Through CarclcncS. Special to News and Obw?rver.) Kin-ton. X. C. April 2. Fire re sulting from a careless negro tenant's act in burning off a little patch of weeds when a strong wind was blow ing Friday afternoon ruined 75 acre of 10-year-old forest growth and de stroyed a half mile of fence for Mrs. Winnie Muggs at her place two miles from the city. The fire spread rapidly and Increased In intt-ntity until di.-as-ler threatened many in the section, but the alarm brought help quickly md the tiamcx were stopped. LIST OF WORTHIES f.len in Roosevelt's Cata- i logue of Liars. REAL ISSUE EVADED llnriinian Says He Halted a Hlg Cum- pulgn Puutl at Hie Prewklcut'M llequest. and HoomcvcU IKjcs Not Deny It Purtlier lroof of Parkcr'M Cliargf. t Uy THOMAS J. POCT Washington. I. C. April Pres ident llooseelt has Inscribed another ntitne to the list of "Those Whom I Have Called Liars." and In applying the favorite White House epithet to K. H. Harriman he has given the cauntry a sensation that almost eclip ses the Bellamy "Dear Maria" Storer incident. Mr. Koosevelt v as mud through and through this morning when awoke and read the Harriman letter and he lost no time in getting together his ad visors for the purpose of framing a j . .... . . . . . . 1. t . ti 1. .. i one on top dated five months ago. Thl letter wat. given to the .pre shortly after the noon hour end in handing it to the newspaper men the strenuous occupant of the V hite House remark ed off hand I feel' partlenJarir for tuuatc that I bare been attacked with in the lart few days by both K-Scus-tor Barton, of Kansa and 31 r. Ilarri man. Mr. UoosereM ha reu;oi to feel grateful to the two notorious men to whom he refer, for there are no two pcrsonsuges in the country who stand" less In public estimation. It in certain ly Roosevelt luck to win the disap th?tnfMl.r0hUC f ."tni-t1 Ttu rlV.f."! uyll .ir imn iniau 9 iirjKi.s iiuuiu uv uict 'ln f frank aud siraialiforward hit. IIo ITesklcnt did not inect tlie Ilarriman chanlleiig hi a way to sat isfy his friends. He denied tltat he so licited contribution for Ids election to the PrrsJdeucy from Uc New York railroad Juggler, but lie dkl not meet the real dmrge, Uuit is tliat Harriman and his friends con tributed two hundred tlieusand dol lars to make sure tlie election in Xm York State. This l4 tlie. real Issue, and It Is the very cluirge. that Judge larker made In Hint aic camiialgu. wliicli provoked tlie President to 1 toller- M filar at the Democratic candi date for ttie presUlency. llarrliuan's letter, wrliten fifteen months aso. sub stantlates Judge Parker's' ciiarge. and tlie Presklent. when lie lia'd tin op ortuulty to deny It today, railed to do so. What the President did do was to publish u letter he tent Congressional Chairman Sherman a Elatement that National Chairman Co it el you and Treasurer Blhs would have been more approved, for they ran the national campaign and fried the fat for Mr. Roosevelt, going to the extent of rob bing 'widows and orphans. Sherman ha? only been congressional chairman two years and known nothing about the national campaign four years affo. when Harriman says he endowed T. Roo-evelt as a presidential candidate. The Roosevelt list of the "men I have called liars" now includes Judge Parker. Lieutenant Governor Whitney, of Massachusetts: ex-Senator Chand ler. Senators Bailey and Tillman. Bel lamy Storer and a score of others of less Importance. - Tho President's correspondence published today, shows how-thick he has been with the greatest juggler of high finance In modern time, whom' Senator Cullom. of Illinois, declares oUfrht to be In the ?enltentlary. i The President;, had the Ilarri man's hero at the marriage of -his daughter, and seems to have been in the (closest touch with the Standard Oll-Railwoy manlpulators. A Ilalelgh Man's Title to 1 amc. W. V. Hill, the stenographer whom U. IL Harriman accuses of having given to a New Tork newspaper the letter -making chnrges ngilntt the President. Is a native of Raleigh. When Harriman was in Washington for ten days the early part of last (Continued on Page Two.) ANOTHER NAME ON GOOD n FOR THE MiTTS LAW t Federal Court in Greens boro Opened. VARIETY ON OOCKET Hum lug of Ncjro Joint -Uowcd by a SeuaUofutl Inddeot- Danquct Tonight Will Be an I.Tcgani rfnlr Goilfoml sells lload I!onds. Ily AN DIIKW JOVMlll. tSreeiisburo, X. April 2. Feileral Court opened h-reTthi.s morning and t lit- doclst't has an "'interesting variety if cases. There are but six or seven of the regulation moonshine distilling cases, the greater number being for such olVenses nown as refilling, whole saling, re-using stamps. rectifying without license, fraudulent reports, etc. There yet remains two or three of the revenue officers' cacs to I try among them being, the ca-se against lis sty in which n mistrial was ordered two weeks ago on account of his Ucin taken sick daring the trial, and after over a week had been consumel iu the taking of evidence..' Hasty hasi not yet put in appearance though he will doubtless be- here when wanted. There, are two cases against storekeeper and gaugers among th.fr. new cases. One for tending iu a false petition for a mail route, a counterfeit! nsr case, ami si bill of indictment, will be round ajtainsv Franc Jones, the defaulting ank cashfr of Charlotte. in ; his icnarge 10 in.e gran a jur. Judge IloJM I said it was very gralifylng to know mat tne lawiesness which formerlv prevailed in the district had been sup presbcl by ' the. co-operation of good citizens wl?h th courtM. and the ex-i-stenceof a boalthy public sentiment, lie inferrentlally paid a high compli ment to the WfltU'law lv saying tluit while the little three bushel stills vfere operating aU abort iaj.be boshes with a storekeeper-s&fgty 6ft band. It wa common for aM parties to not onlj defraid the ituveniincnt In the mat ter of reports as to the true uuantitv of whiskey distilled, but often when brought to look they would not lies I -tate to svi'ear to a lie about it. and of ten v.re helped by higlier official?. Xejsro Ixadfd Double Tin. re came near being ;4 t;en-utionul cPisax to ih. m-e In the McAdco Tele phone building !ust night after th lire had b-.en :ut under conli-ol. While nr.mcn were runiaging .about 1 in xne third story hi the negro cliib rooms, whfcie It orlglnatvjO. to set- If there was any further danger. Pie:v-e oung. tho Tia-mrer tmtj. Manager. 1 ii' had 1uiU returned from Winston. ; an'p1eul'' ."V n'- 4n"If , ru,rd i ? iV 1 VXO t1 I "utHJ J"1?,1" l11'" .tMJn!sLmt Molt rclgiit-d in the smoke Ciirk rooms. but Chief of Poicc Xeeiev wlio ha j oened to hear the fciioottnir rushed ur- from below and seir.ee ilie nero. taking hhn and two ne- com gal lons to t!i'- lo.-k uv- Tne report sureud Hiat one of the iiicmeu had beei ?hot Jn' i wu with difficulty thul ) lynching was prevented. IXo one was hurt, the foolhardy act of the negro beins? incredible. This ne gro is under indictment already for kecptnz a blind tiger, two watiou loads having been conllcatod in "'ub and hauled out two weeks ago. 1 oday oincers o?eueu jieroe s trunk urd found a line pattern of coat and pant sooUk whicii a tailor lout out of Wtj stoek when his '.fctabllsh ment was broken Into two weeks ago. It 'ooks like the Secretary and Treas urer And Manager of this elite negro blind tigvr will huve to serve time on the roads, afteiMhe courts yet through with him. The-'oss by the llr? will amount to about live thousand dollars, The building loss of about $1,000 Is fully covered by insurance. The negro club loses about !C0 Jn furniture, tlx tures. etc. The ri-eatist ioser will be C. O. Forbis. water datn.ige to large stock of furniture-with only $2,300 In surance. His 10fs wi'l reach ?5,OO0 llg Banquet Tonight. The Indications are that tomorrow night's banquet of the Merchants and Manufacturers', Club will be one of tlie most ambitious events that has oc curred here in, some time. The ban quet is not given by the Chamber iof Commerce but by the Merchants and Manufacturers' Club, a strictly high c!as social club, of which Hon. John L. King is president. The following have accepted invitations to be present and respond to toasts: Col. John IF. Burton, of Wilson; Joeeph G. Brown, of Raleigh; VT. A. TSrwln. of Durham; ex-Congresuman Theo. F. Kluttz; iof Salisbury: President W. W. Finley, of tho Southern Railway: Mr. Richard H. Edmonds, editor of the Manufac turers Record- f Baltimore: United States'" Senator F.. M. Simmons: D. iu Tompkins, of the Charlotte Obser-er. The banquet will 4be at the Guilford Hotel. . The county commissioners .yesterday granted throe ' local school ' tax elec tions, one In Gorrtll township, one n Greene and one- In High Point Road Bomls Sold. j ..-At the; regular monthly session of the Guilford county hisrhway. commis sion ycutenlay. $20,000 of the god4 road bonds were 'sold to Bumpus. Stevens & Co.. of ; Detroit; Mich., for Si2.l1&. These binds are a part of the $200,000 boni issue voted May 12. 10S. Of thii amount $1$0,000 had previously- bem sold. Six of the bids opened were for $60,000 worth of j tho bonds and oni. that of Bum pub. Steven & C., wai for $S0.nod. The itmmls''hn held a.hort executive sel s'.ou nd decided t awept the bid Of the latter com pan). The reason for (Continued Page Six.) . , - 1 - . . s AIID A BIG GUN 1 Shooting Frolic at a Ne gro Concert. SHOOTER SKIPS OUT IIo-ea Ilurbee Ilescnts Attentions to Wife on the Part of Ben jamin Hester Innocent ; Spectator Gets a Hole In Ills Back. - (.SptcUU to Xws and Observers Durham, X. C, April 2. This morn ingj shortly before 1 o'clock, there was a shooting affair in the colored Masonic hall, Hayti, that came near resulting fatally. The fact that It was not ; fatal was not on account of the Intentions of the one who fired the pis tol. I The parties were all colored. Ro sea l.tarbee shot and badly wounded Benjamin Iloster, the grievance being that Hester jaid too much attention to Uarbee's wife. The particulars of the shooting were not received up street until between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning. Immediately after the shooting Bar bee went to the tall timber and he has hot been captured as yet, but if he im captured his plea, in the court should be the "unwitten law." as he has a much better defense along this line than a nuber of noted classes When Hester found that he was be ing fired on by 1 Jar bee he pulled his pistol and returned the fire. He was looking! for trouble, as he knew that ooner or later he would either be killed or he would have to kill Barbee. In returning the fire of Barbee in the room that was crowded with those who gathered to attend the festival, Hester shot.; Thadeus Beckett, son of Bev. D. J. Beckett, pastor of Kt. Joseph's A M- K. Zion church. Beckett was wounded through the small of the back' but his hurts were not sufficient to end? him to the hospital, where Hester ts;now being repaired. - ' Sanday School Concert. The concert or the 'entertainment that was given in tlie colored Masonic hall last night, was a Sunday School concert, ; being given under the auspi ces of the St. Joseph Sunday School. Present at this entertainment were a large! number of the church and Sun day School members and present iu tho hall at the time of the .-shooting was Rev. Beckett, pastor of that church. whoe grown- son wis wound ed. , The entertainment began earlv In the evening and as the night wore on those; who had gathered for a good nine ami w .pe;iu tneir raonev in the interii-t of the Sunday School work, lingered. Two to arrive well in the evening were Benjamin Hester, who has a, pressing club in the city, fol lowing closely after the arrival of Ho seu Bar bee's wle. Once inside the hall; Hester began to shower attentions, tee cream. cike and the like on the wife of Barbee. and it afferwnrds developed that Barbee was on te outside' look ing in. lie linally decided to end it all and proceeded to the door of the hall, where ho was stopped bv the door keeper, but only for a moment, as bo pushed his way into the hall and al most immediately opened Tire on Hes ter with a S8 cillibre pistol. Hester was nbt fur away and the wife of Bar bee wasjciou by his side. The first shot by Barbee evidently missed fire, as 'Jitter; looked up and then began to get hie pistol from his nocked, a fchol rang out and Hotter staggered. Just as be returned the fire. The re turn shot! of Iloster vis the ball that plowed Its way through the back of Beckett, who was in the paxtv of merry makers. Another shot was fir ed, but no damage was done. .Hooea Barbee then walked from thi hall and in the confusion that followed he made his escape, having time to get well away before' the officers were on his trail, r If ho has not heard -from tho results of his work since then he believes that Iloster is killed, as the negro jflred at close range and Hoster staggered and fell as goon as ths shot was fired. ; x 1 , -The! ball. It afterwards develooed In the examination at the hosoltal, en tered ithei left Breast, break in a- the collar ! bone and then glanced down to the! lung where it is now lodged. At firs It was thought that he was fatally ; wounded, but the chances are now greatly In fa vor of - the- negro. Tlie ball that wounded Beckett passed through the small of his back, the fleshy part, and fell on the Hoot. 5 Death of 3 Irs. Mary Gates, j Mrs.! Mary Isabel - Gates, widow of the late J.l B. Gates, died suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. U Teer, Eastl Durham, this morning at :3o o'clock. She was taken ill last night. while looking after the milking of some cows and her sudden death was caused by acute-indigestion. '. She was CO years of age." the -daughter ot the late Hiram Markham. and had liv ed In Durham for a long number of years. ! She was the last of her family and left threo sons and one daughter, all of ij whom reside there with the exception of one son, R. T. Gates, who lives at Newport News, yirgtnia. : Tho funeral will take place ( tomorro w af ternoon, being conducted by Rev, C J"." FOUR j . - i- Thompson.! pastor of the First Baptist church. Tlie interment will tako place j at the family burying ground In the country. - - h v. v '. - , .r?. . i Silas! Hutchlns. an old soldier,-died in Wet Durham this morning at seven o'clock He was 78 years of age and n&d been practically an Invalid for eight yearsw This morning, . however. he v-tw a4 well .as usual, and an nounced that he Avas ready for 1 his 1 breakfast, f Lying back on, his bed ho; was dead before his sister could get to 1 him. He left one brother and oue sis-j ter. The funeral will take place to morrow morning. , v Board of Education. ' The meeting of the Board of Edu caiton of the Xorth Carolina confer ence, together with the presiding elders of the, conference, began its ses-4- slon this morning. The meeting is be ing held in the trustee room at Trinity College, j The president of the board Is Rev. A. P. Tyer. of Washington, this State, and the secretary. Iter. X. Sn Massey. Loulsburg. 'The following members of the board are present:. Rev.,' A. P. Tyer. Washington: Rev. 1 S. Masses, Iouisburg: Rev. J. IL 'McCracken, Durham; Rev. X. M. "Watson, Wil mington; Rev. J. M. Ash by, Rowland; President J. M. Rhodes. Littleton; President John C. Kllgo. Trinity; Mr. Joseph G. Brown, Raleigh; Hon. J. H. Southgate Durham; Dr. Z. T. Zolllcof fer, Weldon; Dr, J. T. Gibba, Fayette ville; Dr. W. 11. Moore.. Rockingham; Rev. A.,McCullen, Macon; Rev. W. I Cunnlnggim. Wilmington ; Rev. R. B. Johns, Raleigh; v Rev. JVB.' Hurley, Durham: Rev. J. 7X1. HalL-'Elizabeth City; Rev.,:M- Bradshawv Goldsboro. Other mehahers reached here on the afternoon and early evening trains: : All of the presiding elders of the conference are- In attendance except Rev. W. fL Rone of the Varrenton dfstrict, who is sick. 1 Alienists Give Conflicting Opinions. V PRIVATE TEST AGAIN Lunacy Cbiiuulsslon Nearly Dojte AYlili Its Task Report Will Be In . , Judge Pligciakl's Hands - ; , . When tlie Jury Returns for Duty Thursday. c ( By tho Associated Press. ) .V " XiiwTorls, April 2.t It, was .Uefln 'Itely stated- tonight, after a ' esstori. which lasted from 10:$ o'clock ;tbis 1n0rnlng hntil '6:30 p. -$nl that the lunacy commission, which is Inquiring into the present mental, state Of Harry K. Thaw will conclude ; Its "labors to morrow and will have ; reported it3 conclusion! to Justice Fitzgerald be- feioc the hour set for the Thaw jury to report in court on-Thursday morn ing. Tliere will be a brief session of the commission tomorrow, to -hear e. tinal witness and alienist offered by District Attorney Jerome and- then will follow ' a private mental f and physical examination of the ioefend ant. It was stated tonight that only the members ofv the 1 commission and 'the ofllcial . stenographer would be prtaent at Thaw's last odeal, both at torneys for the. defense' and .the uis-triet-'attorney -being barred. " r - The -announcement that the com mission desired to renew ' Its private examination of Thaw came at the end of a day of many, witnesses, and . was in the, nature of a surprise - . tThe de cision was probablydue - to the con fiscating character of the testimony .heard today. It was another .battle of alienleis with those engaged by the district attorney, i declaring Thaw, to be absolutely Incapable f. understand. Ing his . own condition - of realizing, the nature of the charge against him -or of. rationally., conferrlng.wtth counsel, while; those.;' encaged t by. the defense declared ' that -Thaw throughout, the trial bad acted . In a rational manner, had rationally advised his : counsel in their hearing, and fully understood and appreciated ever j'thJn'g connected with his ease arid triaLV f ' i- Observed a Distaiicc. ' ' The experts for. the prosecution ad roitted that they, had reached their conclusions as to Thaw's siresent state of mental unsoundness, from distant observations of him : in the court room, and from writings alleged to have emanated from him during the-trial Among the latter i were twenty-four pages of? newspaper t cuppings and memoranda written by-Thaw as sag' gestlons to his chief attornej', Delphln sj. DeJmas. ror his summing up au drees to the Jurx-. Mr., Jerome's eX' perts .'declared these 'writings, Intro duced .before the commission by the defendant's own couttfel to prove his sanity. . were the writings' of an In sane man. The experts for the de fense declared there was absolutely nothing In the writings upon which to predicate an opinion of mental un soundness.' ::.rt; ; After. the experts had finished Mr. Delmas- himself -took the stand. - de clared j that many of Tha w'a sugges tions were , most valuable and that he intended , to. 'Incorporate some of , the suggestions ; In , his ; 8unuutng1 upad-Urees.-.v-v:."---:':i-;Ji .;y ;-v The alienists for the defense 1 11 tes tifying declared that they had the ad vantage of , the constant personal ex aminations of the defendant, while the prosecution's witnesses -had not. , 1 ' The Tombs physician, two- chap lains of the city prison, several guards and a probation officer, took: the stand and testified that Thaw -In. prison had acted and spoken, like a rational man. .The--commission-; decided today to adrhlt, the much discussed', testimon of te;,' Alan .IcLane Hamilton, who stated that he- made four examinations rf Harrj- Thaw," the last in July 1900. He earn '-to .the conclusion, at that time." that Thaw was suffering from ht-ontc delidonnl insanity or tara nola, and sUl held to that ibellef. On rro-examlnat-lon ; Dr. JJantflton ad mitt 4 he had -not examined the de fendant recently :. - - , - . -' THo - v for, a; man to be; an ldcut ! DOCTORS DIFFER REGARDIHG THAVJ '.'-" ; . . r . ' ; ' - husband la for his wife to become ejKCl and the horte t widow. t - ' " J Juries. ra UGLY III ii the o flow Dcrn and GcIi:L::. 1 Suffer Dig Loco. WlflD FAHS FLA: Tn-enty Horses Perish' In a Bum: . Stable Salisbury Ilrcincn Hurt ; hy a 1'aUuiir Wall Losses ' - "Of Botli Firry Over sco.ooo. especial to News and Obsencr.i New . Bern, X. C. April 2. One f the mostjdlsastrous Area that has vi U ed this city for many years occurred this morning nt 3 o'clock." It orls-in.it-ed In J. M. Arnolds II very .stable fro: 1 causes as yet unknown. There w:;s r iilgh north wind blowing, which "fan ned the'ftames) Into a ierfect eye)"?, -and carried everything before It. TI stables with ten horses were practical -.ly; consumed before an -alarm w; iounded. 1 Embers fwrn, tho bumi stable settled -on the houses, the prri-i- ises or wnicn bordered on the vtat : 1 grounds, and they weye -one almo-t as rjulcklj. t : - Firemen directed their efforts tn tfrely to keeping lire off houCM on th opposite t?lde of the street, which con tinually kept catching 011 lire. 1'r thelr faithful work nt; great piraori i! risk they 'Eared a large amount of property,; for it Is-admitted that ha 1 tlie lire, begun on' the 'property n.:ul gained any progress at all nothing could .have' stobucd - It till it reach a tbe river front, a thousand feet away. The. losses are said to be us'follou?: J. ,M. Arnold, stable and home. . 000 '.insured: Mi-h. cKte Richurd '011. t&.OOO. insured for S2.O00: J. W. Stew art. $5,000. insurer"' D. M. Hollow 11, $2,000; Dr.'vPatj'ioV fU00a; WtlM- n, Sutton. $1,000: ,T 11. ,Cui.er. iO J. The burned property was licked up alean and "nothing t rcmr.lns of the homes'but 4he-. standing chlmneysl , "None, of the contents ow any of tlu-'f houses was waved. Th?y . immedlnt' ..-ly I escaped. with ; their" lives v1, - ' Salisbury; Battles Vvith I "...my. Sal)sburw :.t!.,-.:"prif 2. s.ilu bur suffered "one of the . mu Jt .Ji .- -trous fires in-the hlxtorj" of the ritv todayT which entailed a ! 'of about .thirty thousand dollar. Tho fire 10 - iginateu in the roof of a buiiumg oc cupied by the Barber Bug-gy Conipun; and caught from a Kpark from an en gine, on the premises. A' high wipJ blowing . -at twenty miles per hoar fanned the flames Into a furious lir threatening the whole city for a tlni Many buildings: several-' blocks tant caught J'rom the live coals cur ried. by the wind. -The fire npre;- ! ifrom building to .building Until b yond the control of the local l!r -men . when the Spencer flre depu : ment was summoned, bemg brought to this city on a street car. 'Preston Swink, "eighteen years a member; of the Salixbur- lire de partment. Wag caught under the wu!',? of a falling building and was sever, 'v lujured. lie was cnrrlod to hU hoi 1 He will soon recover. .3 A careful 'eatimite. of tho" lo as follows: V. Wallace & yon., l .-; ' : ing. $7,000, Insurance. $',,20o: I -ber Buggy and Wugon Cotni . stock $8 00, insurance $3,C0O: : II Martin, contractor ?tock I .'. Insurance $s00: Hart man & G.4J1I. .. machinery $1,500, ' Insurnnce 1 -knowii; Scutlieni Cell. Tele ! Company, supplies $500 J. II.' I -Xecly, coal dealer, stock A I SO. 1 : were also a number. of ftmlitr bv with'a small amount of tnsuraii' . - The Statesvllle lii-o department fered its seniees but they were : needed. : . ,' - GOHE Gil Girl Slips 0;? in t!;o l of Vouitg 31an Jllstrprars at The f. ; Time, and Tlie Natural Lifii ; . I Is a farris;e 0,er the Soulii C'aroll:ia Line. Special to News und Observe High Point. April';. I-st n! tlie-wve small, hours .MIj-s Hi! : ster. u pretty slstcn yyur cUi : giii. ;lcft her home a.nl hm nt seen herd - since. Al the" iik George, Hums, a yo-.;n- nuui of city," also made lit C, : . r: it Is believed the j-.- . - jjE themselves away to Vjiji CuroK. the earlv train where t: vy wcr. rlcd today. Miss Jloyster slert i i her iu: her home lait nisr.t v itli t .. young.'-ladles and In the Mi!;, night while the other two vm? . eloped, with her Jovtr, it L Khe was not missed until thu 1 about nine o'clock tfter th-j 1 ladles had arisen unj fonv. M.Iss . rioyster was w t ujn , ' they believe"!. Mr. Phil I. -. DuumiM H. .f was here today anj ' ' -iced 1:1 -. . 1 r C :. i t 1 1 ! " ( t . i I.; :. i:eitv..i. , ; " i 1 ! with tho Southern for-ote" thousand cl. his concession at t While diivimr in last nlht Dr C. ..-.. " place, ran his vv. cr v, Ith fur fct of It much dK'-icuUy tLut t trlcated from the t
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